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Chapter 621: Young Man's Career Red

Chapter 621: Young Man's Career Red ( words updated!)

That night, after returning home, Lu Yanhe wrote the synopsis of the script of "Home Alone" and sent it to Chen Yin, asking him to do the copyright-related registration and filing the next day.

Because the copyright has not been registered yet, he did not elaborate on the film tonight. He only talked to Chen Ziyan in the car later about the story of the film.

Because Lu Yanhe wanted to completely control Linghe in his own hands, and he didn't want the company's capital chain to be broken or for others to use capital means to exclude him -

He is indeed not good at this and does not understand it.

Therefore, the film and television projects controlled by Linghe, such as "Love Letter" and "Men and Women Living Together", are all small and medium-cost projects.

There was only one "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which required an investment of several hundred million yuan, so Linghe only bore a part of it - even that part caused great cash pressure on Linghe.

But because the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" project was almost certain to be profitable - it was too optimistic about the market. Therefore, Lu Yanhe and his team gritted their teeth and decided to participate in the investment, otherwise it would be a pity.

However, in this way, the profits that Linghe had previously obtained from the copyright operation of Lu Yanhe were basically trapped by these projects.

Therefore, if Lu Yanhe does not change his business philosophy for Linghe, in the next few years, Linghe is doomed to be unable to undertake big projects, such as "Titanic", "Avatar", "Indiana Jones" series, and "Harry Potter" series. Not to mention that they are all foreign films and are more difficult to operate in practice. Even if they can be done, he does not know how to do it, and it also requires a lot of money.

Lu Yanhe felt that it would be a good idea to start with a small or medium-budget project like "Home Alone".

If Linghe's cash flow is tight, it doesn't matter if he takes on the production of the film alone, he can afford it.

However, the fact that Lu Yanhe refused to accept the investment did make some investors unhappy.

It's very frustrating to see a company with such a good future development trend and making a lot of money, but you can't get a piece of the pie.

Film and television projects can accept investment, but the company does not accept capital injection.

This was something Lu Yanhe had already decided on.

Xu Tianming and Chen Yin implemented this policy very well.

Especially Chen Yin, who is in charge of the production of the company's film and television projects.

He is a particularly cautious character.

Sometimes, he would rather suffer some "losses" due to "caution" than lose a "huge sum of money" due to "rashness".

Chen Yin spoke to Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan very seriously.

The company's operating conditions were very good in the first half of the year.

Basically, the company's operating costs are Lu Yanhe's past film and television copyrights, but when these copyrights are transferred to the company, they are basically transferred at no cost, so they can be said to be using these hens to lay eggs at "no cost" and making a lot of money.

However, the company's next few projects:
1. The total production budget of "Housemates" is 1200 million yuan, and a risk reserve of about 500 million yuan must be reserved for it, so 1700 million yuan is needed here.

2. For "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", they hope to be able to afford at least 30% of the investment share, which means they have to come up with at least 8000 million.

3. For the movie Lost in Thailand, Jia Long reserved 15% of the investment for Linghe and Lu Yanhe personally, and Linghe had to be responsible for another sum.

4. The movie "Love Letter" has been released, and Tiaoqi has already paid a publicity fee of 1200 million, and more funds will be paid for publicity and promotion later.

In addition to these four projects that will start paying out in the next one to two months, the second season of "Friends" at the end of the year is also a major investment. They also signed director Wu Chi's experimental film "The Sea, My Pah", which is only intended to be a low-budget movie with a seven-digit budget, but it is also a considerable expense.

Chen Yin emphasized: "In the second half of the year, our company's cash flow will be very tight. If we don't prepare in advance, once some unexpected situations occur, we may face a situation where the capital chain is broken. However, if the movie "Love Letter" is a big hit at the box office, these problems can be easily solved with the box office revenue of the movie "Love Letter"."

But they certainly can't put all their hopes on "Love Letter" being a box office hit.

There are several alternative solutions: one is to borrow from the bank, the second is to raise funds from outside, and the third is to give up the investment in some projects.

The final alternative solution was that if the box office revenue of "Love Letter" did not reach the amount the company required, Lu Yanhe would take out a sum of money himself to make up the difference, and be responsible for part of the cash flow in the name of personal investment, thus alleviating the company's financial pressure.
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Lu Yanhe has indeed made a lot of money in the past few years. However, unlike many people outside who think that he makes money as a celebrity, in fact, the most profitable thing for him is the copyright income. From authorization to profit sharing, these film and television projects have brought him high profits one after another.

Especially the first season of "Friends", which still brings him seven-figure dividends every year.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the drama is still popular not only in China, but also on overseas streaming media.

According to the agreement he signed with Beijing Taiwan, he can continue to enjoy the profit dividends of this drama.

Only after working in this industry did I realize that if you have a successful work, you can basically live a life of ease and comfort with the profits from it.

Although Lu Yanhe made a lot of money, he was not the kind of person who liked to fuss around.

Compared with many people who do all kinds of things after making money, Lu Yanhe basically manages his money conservatively.

The only venture investments are his own film and television projects and some of his friends' film and television projects.

With the income from "Jump Up", Linghe, Shihuo and his own as a celebrity artist, Lu Yanhe is now investing in film and television projects. Basically, as long as he likes it and it will not cause large losses, he will invest some money as a support.

Generally speaking, those who invest in TV series can make a small profit, but half of those who invest in movie projects suffer losses.

The film market is indeed not good and the risks are too great.
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The summer season is about to begin.

However, the current film market shows no signs of recovery.

Among the dozen or so movies currently showing in the market, none of them has a daily box office of over 10 million, which is extremely bleak.

Probably to coincide with the release of director Liu Bige's new film "Can't Even Fake Death", Longyan decided to re-screen "Late Spring" starting from Friday, June 6.

Mrs. Huang wants to hold a special screening of "Late Spring" and a talk show after the event.

She wanted to invite Lu Yanhe to participate in this dialogue event to discuss the movie "Late Spring" and Liu Bige's style with Liu Bige and others.

When Lu Yanhe learned about it, he was very shocked.

He immediately called Liu Bige and asked, "Are you serious? The style of "Even Faking Death" is completely different from "Late Spring". Wouldn't it be counterproductive to discuss "Late Spring" at this time?"

Longyan wanted to do a re-screening and talk show for "Late Spring" in order to warm up the market. After all, "Late Spring" had a box office of over 500 million yuan at the time, had a large market base, and had a very good reputation among the media and audiences at the time.

So, let them know that the new work of Liu Bige, the director of "Late Spring", is about to be released, and remember to support "Can't Even Fake Death".

Under normal circumstances, this is certainly a great idea.

It is a common saying that film is the art of the director.

The last work was so good, this one must be worth watching too. This is a subconscious thought. It is always easier to ask someone who has never paid for something to pay for it than to ask someone who has paid for something once to pay for it.

However, "I Can't Even Faking My Death" is not a work produced under normal circumstances.

This movie is nice, light-hearted and interesting, but it is definitely not the style of "Liu Bigo" that everyone knows, nor is it a movie like "Late Spring".

Wouldn’t such a connection make the audience who went to watch “Can’t Even Fake My Death” because of “Late Spring” feel cheated?
Liu Bige didn't expect Lu Yanhe to say that.

He didn't seem to have thought about this issue before.

Lu Yanhe: "Of course, it is also possible that I am overthinking it. I like the movie "Fake Death" and I think its market performance must be good. But if many people watch it with the idea of ​​watching a movie like "Late Spring", they may not think it is good. The reputation of the movie may be affected."

Liu Bige said: "I'll go talk to the people at the company, maybe you are right."

“Of course, if Longyan didn’t intend to lead everyone to think that “Fake Death” is the second “Late Spring”, but could clearly tell everyone that the selling point and style of the movie “Fake Death” is actually OK.” Lu Yanhe said, “I just feel that according to Longyan’s current arrangement and design for the re-screening of “Late Spring”, there is a feeling that it wants to induce everyone to associate “Fake Death” with “Late Spring”.”

Liu Bige: "At that time, the box office performance of the movie "Late Spring" was good, which was also due to your rooftop confession event. This time, for "Can't Fake Death", we originally wanted to continue to ask Siqi and others to do the promotion, but she said that her entire team was doing the promotion of "Love Letter" and couldn't spare time to do "Can't Fake Death", which is a pity."

Lu Yanhe: "Really? Siqi didn't tell me. But I guess they really don't have time to spare. They made a promotional plan for Love Letter that shocked me."

Liu Bige was a little curious when he heard this, "No, don't tell me, I'm afraid I can't help but want to plagiarize."

Lu Yanhe smiled, "Their planning idea is not so easy to copy. It's a big team effort, and it can't be done by just a few people. You'll know when the time comes. However, "Even Faking Death" has you as the director, Li Zhibai as the lead actor, and a traditional and established film company like Longyan as the distributor. As long as it's done normally, the market performance can't be bad. At the beginning, there was no way for "Late Spring". Longyan only regarded it as an art film, and even after winning the award, they thought that the box office potential was not great. Siqi tried to do as much creative publicity as possible. This time, "Even Faking Death" is Longyan's key project. They are not bad in themselves, so it won't be affected even if Siqi and others don't promote it."

Liu Bige: “Thank you for your good wishes. I am really a little nervous now. The feedback of “Fake Death” at the Jose-La-Señora Film Festival was a bit polarized. It made me unable to sleep well for a long time.”

"That's because everyone has high expectations of you. After all, your debut film is Late Spring." Lu Yanhe said, "Since you positioned this film as a commercial film when you made Even Faking Death, you are bound to face such problems."

Liu Bige: "Okay, by the way, next month "I Can't Even Fake My Death" will be screened in advance, are you free to come?"

"I will definitely come. Please send the invitation letter in advance and tell me the date." Lu Yanhe said, "I will not be in the team next month, so the time will be coordinated."

"Okay." Liu Bigo smiled.

"After you finish the release of "Fake Death", you should be working on "Dragon Inn" next, right?"

"Yes." Liu Bige said, "We are finally going to start. In fact, we have already done a lot of preparations in the early stage, including location scouting, storyboards, actors... We have made two versions of the shooting plan. But I am not thinking about "Dragon Inn" now. All my energy is now focused on "Fake Death"."

"Well, if there's anything you need me to do, feel free to contact me." Lu Yanhe said.

"Yes." Liu Bige nodded. "I'll go back to Yuming and invite you and Siqi out for dinner. I have to thank her in person."

"Ah? Thank you?"

"She didn't accept the order for 'Even Fake Death', but she later arranged for me to write a column for 'Director's Notes', saying that it would be published in the July issue of 'Jump Up'." Liu Bige laughed, "This is also a disguised form of publicity for me, I know."
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When it comes to social skills, Lu Yanhe feels that the people around him know more about them than he does.

The sales volume of one issue of "Jump Up" magazine, including the electronic version, is about 350,000.

Needless to say, the content of each issue of "Jump Up" will be promoted and re-released in various ways according to the needs of different sub-channels and affiliated self-media.

This is not a hard-selling type of marketing, but an "implantation" that is softer than soft text.

A movie with a box office of 20 million only needs 500,000 ticket buyers.

"Jump Up" gave Liu Bigo this "Director's Notes" column, which was urgently added to the July issue. People who know the subject know how valuable it is.

If we say that the film market in the past was not big, and the films released during the period were all competitors, the biggest problem in the current film market is that audiences are unwilling to go to the cinema to watch movies.

This is an era where the word "topicality" has become more important than ever.

Fewer people are discussing movies now.

Chen Siqi's approach gave Lu Yanhe an inspiration.

Investing in and supporting young filmmakers is important, but it is equally important to pool the power of filmmakers and arouse the audience's attention and discussion about films.

The audience disliked the movie for being ugly and felt it was not even as interesting as many current web dramas. Due to the large investment and high risk, the film producers did not dare to play the creative card and felt hesitant and aggrieved.

Can we lay everything out on the table and start talking about it?
An idea suddenly popped up in Lu Yanhe's mind.

This was not an idea brought by his "golden finger" as a time traveler, but an idea that suddenly popped up after his own thoughts and doubts about this industry over the years.

They are all talking, doing dialogues, dialogues with directors, dialogues with actors, and so on.

These are conversations within the industry, but what about conversations between filmmakers and audiences?

Throw the audience's sharp doubts and questions to the filmmakers, OK, how do you want to respond?

Lu Yanhe sent this idea to Chen Siqi immediately.

Chen Siqi: Do you want to use this method to promote "Love Letter"?

Lu Yanhe: No, we don’t use this trick for Love Letter and Fake Death. These are movies that were highly favored by the market before they were released, so they don’t need this trick. But for those movies that couldn’t get much publicity in the early stage, can we use this kind of provocative question and answer to get attention? Since in this Internet age, it seems that only opposing topics can trigger large-scale discussions, how about using it on movies that are not favored by the market and audiences, but we think are worth watching?

Chen Siqi: I see, this is interesting, I'll let them think about it and find a suitable project to test it out later. Lu Yanhe: Okay.

He originally wanted to ask, since you have already made an appointment with Liu Bigo for the July issue of Director's Notes, why don't you make an appointment with me for the August issue of Director's Notes?

The Qixi Festival is in August.

"Love Letter" will be released on the Chinese Valentine's Day.

After hesitating for two seconds, Lu Yanhe still didn't ask.

He saw no need to ask.

Chen Siqi would never miss him in this regard.

Chen Siqi must have her own arrangements.
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"We can't let Yan He write the director's notes for the August issue." After Chen Siqi replied to Lu Yan He's message, she looked up. She was in a meeting, discussing the contents of the August issue with Lin Yu and the others. "Yan He was originally the editor-in-chief of Jump Up, but later his name was no longer on the cover of the magazine. However, his name is still in the editor-in-chief column on the copyright page of each issue. It's easy to be criticized for bragging about melons. I want Zhang Ruozhi to write the story of starring in Love Letter in the tone of a high school student."

Lin Yu, Bai Yu and Zhou Mukai looked at each other.

"That's fine too." Lin Yu nodded, "But how good is Zhang Ruozhi's writing skills? Can she write?"

"Her college entrance examination score is estimated to be above 650 points, and she is a liberal arts student, so it won't be a big problem." Chen Siqi said, "This is also more helpful for "Jump Up". Everyone knows the relationship between "Jump Up" and Yan He, but for the heroine of a movie, a heroine who has never been known and suddenly appeared, everyone is more curious and feels more fresh. This column of "Jump Up" is exclusive, which can attract people who have a good impression and interest in her after watching the movie to buy this issue of the magazine."

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Linyu nodded.

Bai Yu said: "However, according to our reader survey, many readers have said that they have not seen Yan He's column for a long time, and many readers are calling on Yan He to continue writing the column."

Chen Siqi thought for a moment and said, "Columns are for columns. Linyu, go and make an appointment with Yan He to write a column. See if he has time and wants to write one. Yan He hasn't written a column for a long time."

Linyu nodded.

After the magazine meeting, Linyu and the others left, and another group of people came in to hold a meeting for the show "How Are You? I'm Fine."

Xin Zixiong is here too.

"Sister Zixing!" Chen Siqi stood up happily, went to hug Xin Zixing, and greeted her warmly, "How was your rest?"

"After finishing The Birth of the Actors, I felt really bad. I went on vacation and felt much better. You should also find a chance to take a vacation. Don't be busy all the time. People are not machines." Xin Zixing said, "I brought you a box of coffee beans. I brought them back from Brazil."

Chen Siqi: "Thank you, Sister Zixing, it's great to have you."

She hung on Xin Zixing like a sloth, not restraining herself at all even though there were many of her subordinates around her.

Xin Zixiong patted her.

"Are you free later this evening? Let's have dinner together. It's already four o'clock in the afternoon." Xin Zixing asked.

Chen Siqi pursed her lips and said, "Sorry, I have an appointment with someone from the government to have dinner tonight. There are many things about the film festival that require their support and coordination."

Xin Zixing nodded: "Okay, that's fine, let's make an appointment later."

"Can you go with me?" Chen Siqi asked.

"Ah?" Xin Zixing was stunned.

"I was embarrassed to ask, but since you don't have any other plans tonight, please go with me." Chen Siqi said, "With you here, I feel more relaxed and at ease."

Xin Zixing was helpless, "Okay."
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At this time, Yan Liang was also cooperating with "Liu Guang Yin" and doing an interview before the show was broadcast.

"Do you have any plans to shoot a movie next?" the host asked. "Your good friends Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe both have movies coming out this summer."

Yan Liang said: "I have a plan, I have always had a plan, but I don't get many good movie scripts, so I didn't want to make a movie just for the sake of making a movie."

The host nodded and said with a smile: "This time, the role you play in "The Flowing Light" is a god of war. It is said that it is a god of war with a lot of war damage scenes. The sense of fragmentation is very strong. It is different from the roles you have played before. Why did you choose to play this script?"

"In fact, I hesitated for a long time when I received the script, mainly because it is a period drama, and I know myself well. My image may not be suitable for period dramas like Zhi Bai and Yan He."

Yan Liang said this very sincerely, and the host immediately said, "No, you are so handsome, how can you not be suitable!"

Yan Liang waved his hand and smiled.

"Later, I also thought that this role was different from other ancient idol roles. It was not a fairy-like or gentlemanly role. I thought I could play it, so I gave it some serious consideration."

Host: "Regarding your performance in the drama "Liu Guang Yin", did Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe have any special reactions?"

"At that time, I was not very brave to act, and I felt that I could not act well. It was only after they helped me read the script and analyzed it for me that I decided to try it." Yan Liang said, "When we were unsure about which role to take, we would ask each other for opinions. If I really wanted to play a role, they would not have any special reaction and would definitely support it."

Host: "What an enviable friendship. I think the friendship between the three of you is enviable in the entire entertainment industry."

"After all, we have known each other since we were fifteen or sixteen years old." Yan Liang said with a smile.

"But can I ask you something? Cheng Hai also participated in the competition and debuted with you, so why doesn't he seem to be that close to you?" the host asked, "If you think this question is inappropriate, you don't have to answer it."

Yan Liang shook his head. "There's nothing inappropriate. In fact, we get along well with Cheng Hai. As for why Zhi Bai, Yan He, and I are closer, the reason is very simple. At that time, there were six of us in the group and the company had dormitories. Cheng Hai lived in another dormitory. Yan He, Zhi Bai, and I lived in the same room. But to say that we have become distant and unfamiliar with Cheng Hai is a lie. In fact, we are all getting busier and busier with work. It's not like when we were kids, when we were in the same group and often had to practice dancing and singing together, and spend more time together. Although we don't see Cheng Hai that often now, as long as we have something to do with each other, as long as we say hello, we will definitely respond."

He spoke very sincerely.

He did not deny that the relationship between the three of them was closer, but he also faced his friendship with Cheng Hai frankly.

I have said everything that can be said.

Things that cannot be said, for example, if Zhou Ping'an is making trouble, it is impossible for him to say it in front of the camera in his entire life.

"Then Ma Zhiyuan, who used to work in the same company as you—"

"I don't want to answer questions related to him. Let's ask the next question." Yan Liang interrupted without hesitation. The difference in his attitude before and after was so obvious that the host was stunned for several seconds.
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Naturally, this interview with Yan Liang was strongly promoted by many parties and became a hot search topic.

What he said also attracted a lot of attention and discussion.

From the God of War character in the drama "Liu Guang Yin", to the friendship among the three of them, to Yan Liang's remarks to Cheng Hai, and his attitude towards Ma Zhiyuan.

Lots of information.

After Cheng Hai finished one announcement, he got in the car to rush to the next one and was reminded by his assistant.

He took out his phone, watched the entire video of Yan Liang's interview, and smiled slightly.

pretty good.

Cheng Hai sent a message to Yan Liang: Thanks.

Followed by a smiley face.

There is no way to say "thank you" directly in Chinese, so you can only say it in English, a non-native language, in a relaxed way.

It would be embarrassing to take it too seriously.

After a while, Yan Liang replied: What are you doing?

Cheng Hai: I just shot a magazine and now I’m going to do a commercial performance.

Yan Liang: Commercial performances? Why do you accept so many commercial performances now? I saw on the Internet yesterday that your fans complained that you are now performing like crazy.

Cheng Hai: I don’t want to either, but Zhou Ping’an said that if we don’t make some money now while the popularity is high, what if the popularity dies down later and we won’t be able to make money even if we want to.

Yan Liang: Why doesn’t he give you a role?
Cheng Hai: Yes, he did. During the breaks between filming, he filled all the free time for me with various kinds of work.

Yan Liang: Doesn’t that mean you haven’t had any rest?
Cheng Hai: No, but it’s okay. I’m willing to be busy now. I had almost no work for a long time before, and I was tired of being idle.

Yan Liang had actually gone through that stage as well, so he understood Cheng Hai’s feelings.

He said: Then you should take care of your health. You can work hard, but don't overdo it. Zhou Ping'an doesn't care about your health.

Cheng Hai: No, he cares a lot. He is afraid that I will be too exhausted to work, so he asks his assistant to cook nutritious soup for me every day. Now I feel like vomiting when I smell ginseng or chicken soup.

Yan Liang: This person.

Cheng Hai: What are you busy with now?
Yan Liang: I am busy with action training. Apart from that, I am also promoting "Liu Guang Yin". The next two dramas will both have fighting scenes.

Cheng Hai: Sure, I’m looking forward to it.
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Lu Yanhe never thought that one day he would see such a comment in his own comment section:

Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai are really scheming bitches. They act in movies themselves, but persuade Yan Liang to act in ancient idol dramas. Are they afraid that he will threaten them?

Everyone in Lu Yanhe was dumbfounded.

Who would have thought of this.

He took a screenshot and sent it to a group of three people: Today is a happy day.

Li Zhibai: Hahahaha, @Yan Liang, look at what you have done.

Yan Liang: I’m really convinced.

Lu Yanhe: You should do a good job in promoting "Liu Guang Yin" so that it can perform better. Otherwise, the two of us will become the culprits.

Yan Liang: It’s okay. If I flop, I will cling to you two every day and let you two take me to act.

Lu Yanhe: I would be thankful if you don’t quit “Friends”.

Yan Liang: How is the script writing for the second season of "Friends" going?

Lu Yanhe: I have written half of it. I am quite comfortable with it and feel at ease writing it.

Yan Liang: I really want to know what stories will happen this season.

Lu Yanhe: When I’ve finished writing it, I’ll send it to you.

Yan Liang: Yeah.

Lu Yanhe: But I’m afraid that when you’re filming “Dragon Inn”, the schedule will conflict with the filming of “Friends”.

At the end of August, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" will start filming. The drama will take several months to shoot. Of course, the scenes where the three of them are on the scene at the same time will be shot first. After Lu Yanhe's scenes are concentrated, Yan Liang's scenes will be filmed. Finally, the scenes of the main protagonist Li Zhibai and other people will be filmed. This is to coordinate the time.

Yan Liang: It should be possible to coordinate. I don’t have many scenes in Dragon Inn, so they will shoot other people’s scenes first.

Lu Yanhe: Well, if it is really not possible, we can postpone the filming of the second season of "Friends" to later this year.

Li Zhibai: It’s okay. If Yan Liang can’t appear in the second season of "Friends", you can write the episodes in which he can’t come for me and let me act in them. The last two episodes I guest-starred in were among the highest-rated ones. Fans of "Friends" are calling for my return.

Lu Yanhe: I am planning to have you guest-star in one more episode this season.

Li Zhibai: Sure, sure. I’m looking forward to it.
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After a good rest, I feel better.

I recommend the old book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight", which is also a novel mainly about the entertainment industry, career celebrities, and actors.

Recommend the new book "The Demon-hunting Sword", a world of immortals and heroes, and a young man's adventure.

(End of this chapter)

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