Become famous another day.

"Things didn't go as you expected. It's not my fault. I have done what I should do."

After seeing Chen Siqi off, An Jian sat alone in the room for a long time.

It was only until his wife knocked on the door and asked him if he wanted to have dinner that he came out and had dinner with his family.

After dinner, his little daughter pestered him to tell her a story.

His wife could see that he was worried and knew that he had been in some trouble recently.

After returning from the crew of "Silent Stairs" "due to illness", An Jian basically locked himself in his room, rarely leaving the room, and never left the house.

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that he received a call.

"Lu Yanhe did not take over the director position as you thought. This is not something I can control."

"Of course, but you can still stand up and accuse Lu Yanhe. The reason you left the crew of "Silent Stairs" was because he disagreed with you, so he kicked you out of the crew."

"That's not what we said before, and besides, I can't do such a thing!"

"We didn't expect Lu Yanhe not to take over before." The other party smiled and said, "An Jian, you know what you did back then. You have done worse things than this. Why are you pretending to be 'innocent'?"

An Jian was furious and said, "I just used Xin Siyang's script idea. Wasn't there a lot of such things in the industry at that time?"

"There are many such cases in the industry, but Xin Siyang committed suicide."

"His suicide had nothing to do with me. He had been suffering from depression for a long time."

"How do you know it has nothing to do with you?" The other party's tone was full of threats. "Maybe it was because you stole his screenwriting ideas that became the last straw that broke the camel's back?"

An Jian glared.

"We already agreed that I would quit as the director of 'Silent Stairs' and you would not threaten me with this matter anymore!"

"Director An, why are you so naive?"

An Jian smiled.

"If we hadn't been providing you with jobs all these years, how would you support your family?" the person on the other end of the phone asked. "With your two TV series that no one has watched and that were copied from other people's scripts?"

An Jian's face turned completely dark.

"Indeed, you are right in saying one thing."

"Ok?"

"Why do you think I'm so naive?" An Jian put away the anger on his face, "Chairman Huang, if you plan to continue to threaten me with the past, then let's see who has more powerful evidence."

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

An Jian stood in front of the window, looking at the dark night outside.

A cold light coming in from the window fell on his face.

Indifferent and resolute.

"I have fulfilled my promise. If you want others to see how you treat your promise, let's give it a try."

After saying this, An Jian simply hung up the phone.

He stood there for several seconds before coming to his senses and letting out a long sigh.

A cold sweat broke out on my back.

"Knock knock," his wife knocked on the door again.

An Jian walked over and opened the door.

"Are you okay?" His wife looked at him worriedly and asked, "I made soy milk."

An Jian took the cup and smiled at his wife.

"Now that things are over, let's watch some TV together."

His wife's eyes, which had been a little worried, immediately lit up.

"Okay, what are you looking at?"

"Isn't today Sunday? It should be playing at the Jump Up Theater? Do you want to watch it?"

"Okay."

There was a hint of excitement in the voice.
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It was raining heavily on the day Lu Yanhe set out for Malaysia.

He originally thought that the flight would be delayed, but unexpectedly, when he arrived at the airport, the heavy rain stopped and the plane was able to take off on time.

He just finished filming a drama which had only one week to shoot, and now he has to shoot a movie which also had only one week to shoot.

Lu Yanhe has always known that the filming time of the film and television projects he participated in was relatively short, but he never expected it to become shorter and shorter.

Wang Biao joked, "This time when I joined the crew, it felt like the length of time I was attending an event."

Usually when Lu Yanhe joined the crew, he brought four or five suitcases filled with all the things he needed for food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But this time, Lu Yanhe brought a large suitcase with daily clothes and toiletries.

However, Huang Tianlin originally hoped that Lu Yanhe could provide more time for filming.

However, Wang Biao disagreed in his communication with them.

Because Lu Yanhe only has a few scenes in the script, there wasn't that much filming time.

If the filming is really not completed, then it can be postponed.

If they were given more filming time, Huang Tianlin might have to shoot other scenes in between, leaving Lu Yanhe waiting.

Wang Biao did this to ensure that Lu Yanhe's work would not be neglected.

Although it seems hard to imagine, there are still people who would neglect Lu Yanhe in the field of film and television work.
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In fact, Huang Tianlin also has complicated feelings towards Lu Yanhe.

If he said that he didn't want to cooperate with Lu Yanhe, that would definitely be a lie.

Which director in the world would not want to work with an actor like Lu Yanhe?

However, ever since it was confirmed that Lu Yanhe would be starring in this movie, his producers and investors have all shown an enthusiastic attitude of "agreeing to whatever Lu Yanhe wants."

This made Huang Tianlin feel very uncomfortable.

He not only felt that his authority as a director was being undermined, but more importantly, he felt a sense of unease.

It was as if, with the addition of Lu Yanhe, the focus of this work suddenly fell on Lu Yanhe.

The director and the movie itself are no longer important.
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"Tropical Rain Season" has been filming for some time.

The filming of this movie was difficult.

Huang Tianlin is a person who has very high requirements for the visual effects of movies.

For a single shot, he would make the entire crew wait for four or five hours for daylight, just to get the light in the lens and achieve the "humid feeling" he wanted.

Because his previous film was shortlisted for the Toronto International Film Festival, and Lu Yanhe is starring in this film, he has sufficient funds to produce this film.

If he wanted, he could even shoot slowly for four or five months.

Huang Tianlin himself is not a director who is willing to film in a very industrialized way. What is it that we must finish this or that scene today?

He is not that planful. Oftentimes, the shooting plan only helps him figure out which scenes he needs to shoot.

Many times, when he arrived at the scene, he would even change the content of the original script.

Therefore, he originally hoped that Lu Yanhe could give him more time.

Although the character played by Lu Yanhe does not appear much, every scene he has is very exciting and serves as the climax of the story of this movie.

The more emotional and tense the play is, the more he wants to get every detail right.

However, Lu Yanhe's team was only willing to sign a one-week performance contract no matter what.

Huang Tianlin was very angry.

Even though his producer said, "No famous actor can give you a long time to arrange as you wish. For an actor like Lu Yanhe, there are only a few scenes in your script, and it's good enough if he can give you a week. Don't forget, we don't have much pay for him."

Huang Tianlin lost his temper again and said, "Then he shouldn't act!"

Producer: "If he doesn't come to act, where are you going to send this movie? You don't want your movie to go to the Big Four international cinemas? Are you going to send it to Toronto again? Or where else? To Tokyo or Busan?"

Huang Tianlin was silent.

"Tianlin, don't lose such a precious opportunity because of your arrogance."

"Your attitude towards him makes me feel that this movie doesn't belong to me anymore. I am just his servant."

"No, you are not his servant, but he is your benefactor. I am not saying that you should be grateful, but don't resist him. Don't reject him because of your self-esteem, okay?" The producer said, "You are a director with unparalleled talent. You deserve to be on a bigger stage, but you need a chance to be seen. Lu Yanhe is your chance."

Huang Tianlin frowned.

The producer patted him on the shoulder.

"Lu Yanhe will be joining the crew soon, you should think about it carefully."

"Brother Hai, why did you help me make my first movie?" Huang Tianlin suddenly asked.

Yuan Hai smiled and said, "I told you that you have the talent to make movies, so I am willing to help you make a movie."
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Yuan Hai still remembers the day when he discovered Huang Tianlin. Looking back, it really seems a bit like something out of a comic or a TV drama.

That was at a venture capital conference.

Going to venture capital will be the job of all producers, especially independent producers like Yuan Hai.

He did not work for a large film company, but instead worked on projects one by one on his own, relying on the connections and resources he had accumulated in the industry.

Only after finding a good project will I start to contact various film companies, strive for filming funds, find directors, and set up a filming team.

There are actually many producers like Yuan Hai all over the world.

The first thing Yuan Hai heard Huang Tianlin say was that he angrily said to another person: "You didn't understand what my script was about at all!"

Because Huang Tianlin spoke in Chinese, Yuan Hai took a closer look.

He saw a young, immature face full of anger and dissatisfaction.

Such faces are not uncommon at venture capital conferences.

Yuan Hai prepared to leave.

Suddenly, he heard the man standing opposite Huang Tianlin speaking in a condescending, mocking tone, saying with extreme contempt: "Who do you think you are? Your script is rubbish. I can't even understand it, so why do you think others can understand it? I don't know how many young people like you who are ignorant of the world and think they are talented are encountered every year. You are conceited and narcissistic, and you don't know that what you actually have is not talent, but cynicism."

Huang Tianlin's face turned red, and many people around were looking at them.

At that moment, Yuan Hai looked at Huang Tianlin and sighed softly in his heart.

Because he had also been through that stage as a young man, he had also experienced being ridiculed, mocked and laughed at in person. At that moment, Yuan Hai walked away.

"You have a script, right? Why don't you show it to me?"

Originally, Yuan Hai just wanted to help Huang Tianlin out of trouble.

When Huang Tianlin heard his words, he turned around and looked at him in disbelief.

His eyes were so bright that it seemed as if a flame had suddenly ignited.

Yuan Hai was thinking at the time that this young man was a little different from those talented but unappreciated people he usually met.

For some people, you only need one glance, a glance by chance, and you will know that he may not be very eye-catching, but he is an artist who is out of tune with the surroundings.

Only those who are not out of tune with this world can have a pair of eyes burning like a lion.

Looking at the script he wrote, it is rough, with a lot of expressions and phrases such as "walking flames" and "silent stones" that cannot actually be translated into images.

However, Yuan Hai felt something vigorous, fresh and ready to emerge from his script.

So, he started his first collaboration with Huang Tianlin.
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"Hello, Yanhe, we finally meet. The last time you came to Malaysia, I was not there because I happened to be in Paris." Yuan Hai personally went to the airport to pick up Lu Yanhe.

He was enthusiastic and polite to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe smiled and shook hands with Yuan Hai, saying, "Hello, Mr. Yuan."

Yuan Hai was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, unlike the producers from big studios who wore suits and ties.

"Director Huang is currently filming on location, so he can't come with me to pick you up." Yuan Hai said with a smile, "We've been waiting for you to come."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

Judging from the last time he dealt with Huang Tianlin, he might not be waiting for him so eagerly.

"I've been wanting to come here for a long time. I wanted to come a few days in advance to get familiar with the crew, but I took on a temporary role not long ago and just left the crew. Plus, there were some other unfinished work, so I didn't finish it until yesterday." Lu Yanhe asked, "Mr. Yuan, how long do you plan to shoot Tropical Rainy Season this time?"

Yuan Hai said: "It is expected to take about 120 days to shoot. According to the current progress, it may take a few more days."

Lu Yanhe was quite surprised when he heard this.

This is mainly because apart from "Burning Fire", Lu Yanhe has basically never filmed a movie that took more than two months to shoot.

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"Tropical Rain Season" doesn't look like a movie with many scenes and complex scheduling, so why does it take so long?

Before, Lu Yanhe only considered how long it would take him to shoot, and didn’t care too much about the shooting time of the entire movie.

Yuan Hai: "Because Director Huang has very high requirements for the polishing of each shot, it often takes five or six hours to shoot a single shot."

Lu Yanhe was even more surprised when he heard this.

Yuan Hai got into the car with Lu Yanhe and sat with him in the back.

He took out a tablet and handed it to Lu Yanhe.

"Here are some of the footage we have already shot, you can take a look."

Lu Yanhe took the tablet and put on headphones.

After watching it, he finally understood why it took Huang Tianlin so long to shoot such a movie.

What is the texture of a film's photography and visuals? Every frame is annotating it.

In the materials that have been shot for "Tropical Rain Season", every shot and every person presents a very high-end and delicate texture.

The texture of this picture reminded Lu Yanhe of Sunglass King. He is also a director whose personal style can be clearly identified just by looking at the camera. Of course, the picture of "Tropical Rainy Season" is different from his style. In fact, it is more like the softness of Japanese movies combined with the art and freshness of Wes Anderson, presenting a delicate feeling like a still life oil painting.

The child in the material has a large number of shots taken from various angles, including overhead shots from the stair railings, side shots from other people's perspectives, close-ups from reflections in the glass... Different shots form a child with different sides, secrets and a sense of story.

And it can make a child feel like this -

Lu Yanhe found it magical.

After all, children are often the cleanest and most easily seen-through people on the screen.

After watching, Lu Yanhe took off his headphones, smiled at Yuan Hai, and said, "No wonder it took so long to shoot. All this light... looks like natural light?"

The light and shadow effects of natural light and artificial light are very different.

Lu Yanhe will always remember watching The Revenant starring Leo DiCaprio. He doesn't have much impression of how good the movie was and how great Leo's acting was, but he remembers the real feeling the movie gave him. The scenery was like a high-powered documentary, and the breath people exhaled seemed to be so real that it hit you in the face, the tranquility, deep blue, lead gray and flames in a truly natural state.

"In Director Huang's previous film, it seems that he did not adopt such a demanding camera language," said Lu Yanhe.

Yuan Hai: "For the last movie, we only raised $200,000 to make that movie. For this movie, we got more production funds."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Just as a chef’s cooking skills depend on the quality of the ingredients, a director’s talent and skills also depend on whether he has the money to realize them.

Yuan Hai asked: "Yan He, do you have any other work arrangements after you finish filming this movie?"

Lu Yanhe said: "There are some tasks that are being coordinated. You need to ask them for details."

He gestured to Wang Biao who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"My work is all coordinated by them, and I myself am not very clear about it."

Yuan Hai: "Okay, if you have time after the filming, please give me a chance to take you around Malaysia."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan, you don't have to be so polite. After I finish filming, the crew should have a lot of scenes to shoot, right?"

"Yes." Yuan Hai nodded, "But it's still possible to spare two or three days."

"I dare not do that. If there is time, Mr. Yuan, just tell me which places are worth visiting. The crew is filming."

Both of them were polite to each other.
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At the beginning, the script of "Tropical Rainforest" was sent to Lu Yanhe and was favored by Chen Ziyan. It was Yuan Hai who wrote it.

Chen Ziyan wanted a script for an art film. When Yuan Hai heard the news, he was very active in making connections through someone he knew.

Hence, this collaboration came about.

Yuan Hai is very positive about cooperating with Lu Yanhe.

Although Huang Tianlin has always been a little proud and has a lukewarm attitude towards Lu Yanhe, Yuan Hai has shown great enthusiasm and welcome to Lu Yanhe from beginning to end.

All the way to the filming location.

Yuan Hai first took them to where they were going to stay.

The filming location was a remote village.

"There are no good hotels nearby." Yuan Hai led Lu Yanhe and the others out of the car. In front of them was a very beautiful building with a courtyard. "This is my friend's house. Someone has already cleaned it. You can stay here for the time being."

Lu Yanhe walked in with some surprise.

He didn't expect that in such a remote filming location far away from the city, there was a log-style building that looked like it had just been built.

"Thank you." He said to Yuan Hai, "Can we use the rooms here?"

"Yes." Yuan Hai nodded, "But it's only on the first floor. The rooms on the second and third floors are all locked."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"The environment here is really nice, thank you."

Yuan Hai: "I hope you enjoy the filming here."

Yuan Hai took Lu Yanhe around the house.

"Your friend must be very rich, as he built a building like this, but it seems that he has rarely lived in it."

There are few signs of life in the house. It has all the necessary equipment, but there are few signs of use.

Yuan Hai chuckled, "He flies all over the world and rarely has time to stay in one place. This house was a sudden idea he had one year. He thought he could live here after retirement, so he started building it."

"Then he wouldn't mind if I moved in?"

"He doesn't mind. On the contrary, he welcomes it very much." Yuan Hai said, "He has seen your movie, so he agreed to my request immediately. If you live here, it only takes us about 30 minutes to get to the filming location every day. If you live in the city, it takes an hour and a half each way."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

“It’s much more convenient to live here.”

"I don't know what you need, but if you need anything in life, you can always contact me, or ask your agent to contact me." Yuan Hai emphasized again, "I hope that your filming experience in the Tropical Rainforest crew will be a very pleasant and comfortable one."
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Lu Yanhe took a few photos of the house and sent them to Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi replied: You want to buy? Where is this house?
Lu Yanhe: ...This is the place the crew in Malaysia arranged for me to live.

Chen Siqi: Oh, I thought you saw a house somewhere and wanted to buy it.

Lu Yanhe: Aren’t you coming to Malaysia soon? I’ll send it to you. If you come, you can also stay here.

Chen Siqi: I will come the day after tomorrow. Please send me the address and I will go there after I finish my work here.

Lu Yanhe: OK.

Lu Yanhe added: However, I think we can indeed plan what kind of house we will live in in the future.

Chen Siqi: What are you doing? You don’t want to find someone to design and build a house yourself, do you?

Lu Yanhe: Only in this way can the house satisfy your ideas 100%.

Chen Siqi: I don’t have so many ideas. I am a pragmatist.

Lu Yanhe: Don’t you have any imagination about our future home? Don’t you love me?
Chen Siqi: ...That's enough.

Lu Yanhe smiled, with the corners of his mouth raised high.

Wang Biao put his things away and saw Lu Yanhe's upturned mouth on the sofa. He winked at Zou Dong and asked him to go and see.

Zou Dong took a look and a smile appeared in his eyes.
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How thorough and detailed is Yuan Hai's work?
He also specially arranged someone for Lu Yanhe during this period to be responsible for cooking and cleaning for Lu Yanhe and others.

Wang Biao said: "Although this is a small crew, the producer has considered every aspect very carefully. All the quilt covers and mattresses here have been replaced with new ones, and local phone cards have been prepared for us all."

This is because this place is remote and the network may not be good everywhere.

"Just, Brother Lu, can I ask you a question?" Wang Biao suddenly asked.

Lu Yanhe nodded: "If you want to ask, just ask. Why are you being so secretive and hesitant with me?"

Wang Biao laughed and said, "In fact, it's not just others who don't understand why you acted in "Tropical Rain Season". I don't understand it either. However, the reason I don't understand is different. I think that a small crew and a small budget are nothing. Many good movies are not made with a high budget. However, Huang Tianlin is obviously not very warm to you. Why do you have to endure a director who is not so enthusiastic about you to make such a movie?"

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"You think he's not warm and enthusiastic towards me, as if I'm particularly...not caring about my reputation and lowering my posture, right?"

Wang Biao said: "Yes, of course. I know you, Brother Lu, always say that we don't need to be so arrogant."

"Yes, but you can't be too humble." Lu Yanhe said, "But I don't think I've been too humble."

Wang Biao was stunned.

"He didn't really look down on me, nor did he really not want me to appear in his movies. All his rejection and resistance to me came from the fact that he was a new director who was just starting out, while I was already a well-known and famous actor. He felt inferior and even anxious."

Lu Yanhe looked at Wang Biao seriously.

"If he had belittled my acting ability and opposed me personally, I would have given up on the film without hesitation. But for a sensitive director who just had character flaws, I didn't feel that I was being disrespected."

Wang Biao seemed to be thinking about something.
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"Lu Yanhe is here already?"

After Yuan Hai returned to the set, Huang Tianlin saw him and the first thing he asked was about Lu Yanhe.

"Yes, I'm here and I've just settled in." Yuan Hai said to Huang Tianlin, "After you finish filming, remember to say hello to them."

Huang Tianlin sighed dejectedly.

"alright."

Yuan Hai looked at him, "He spoke highly of the material you shot before and liked it very much."

Huang Tianlin was stunned and looked at Yuan Hai in surprise.

"Didn't you expect that?"

Huang Tianlin curled his lips, "He is just being polite to you."

"Whether he is being polite or not, you will know when you turn around."

"Even if he liked it, he only gave us one week to shoot," Huang Tianlin said to Yuan Hai.

Yuan Hai seemed to know why Huang Tianlin always had this attitude.

He didn't take it seriously.

He just said, "Tianlin, work hard on your filming. 'Tropical Rain Season' is a good movie. Even if he only gives you a week to shoot, if you do well, he can take you to one of the Big Four international theaters."

"and then?"

"Then you will have a chance to become famous in the world film industry." Yuan Hai said firmly, "When that time comes, tell me what you think of Lu Yanhe."
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The contract for "The Demon-hunting Sword" is about to be signed. Those who want to make money from investment can go and invest. (End of this chapter)