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"It's still very nervous to be on the Spring Festival Gala for the second time. This stage has a very different meaning for us Chinese. This time, the stage performance we bring is also a very Chinese performance."

Ten days before the Spring Festival Gala live broadcast on New Year's Eve, Lu Yanhe and the other three began to cooperate with CCTV to carry out publicity activities about the Spring Festival Gala.

Now CCTV is also trying its best to make itself a choice for young audiences.

There are both online video platforms and self-media, and each channel is very good. Of course, this also means that CCTV's demand for various content has increased.

After Lu Yanhe and the other three were interviewed by a derivative program of the Spring Festival Gala, they went to another derivative program together to participate in several small games.

Of course, they can actually refuse these jobs. There is no reward for doing these jobs. But the three of them have OK time, and it is rare for them to work together, so they don't care about the reward.

Few artists will argue with CCTV for remuneration. At least no one will care about these small rewards.

CCTV has limited dressing rooms, so they arranged the same one for them.

Towards the evening, they ate lunch together in the lounge.

Halfway through the meal, the director of their show, Li Qingbing, came over.

This director was also the director of their last show, "Green Apple Paradise".

"You are eating." After Li Qingbing came in, he saw the food on the coffee table and said with a smile, "Then I'll come over later."

Li Zhibai: "No, director, don't bother. If you don't mind, we'll listen to you while we eat. Are there any changes?"

Li Qingbing nodded and said, "After the performance of the song "Chinese", the director team wants to invite three foreign friends who work or live in China for a long time to tell their stories in China. Originally, we planned to ask the host to interview them, but after our discussion, we think it would be better if each of you is responsible for one interview."

After Li Qingbing said this, he explained it in detail.

"We hope this segment looks more real." Rather than being arranged at first glance.

Although in fact, as long as it happens on the Spring Festival Gala stage, any sentence that appears is basically written in the manuscript in advance, and no hanging is allowed.

Lu Yanhe and the other three looked at each other.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I have no problem."

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang also nodded and said no problem.

For them, it was actually just a matter of staying on the stage for a few more minutes and performing the interview questions that needed to be asked according to the script.

No wonder it was handed over to the three of them.

The song "Chinese" is very suitable for this link.

If the last "Green Apple Paradise" was a recollection and remembrance of the young generation of the previous generation of parents, expressing inheritance and commemoration, this time "Chinese" is the confidence of the younger generation in Chinese culture and a gesture to demonstrate cultural strength in such a globalized and international context.

What Li Qingbing did not tell the three of them was that this year the director team valued the performance of "Chinese"-

Any artistic creation is inevitably in a bad situation: the more the main theme and the more the creation is required by the political task, the less artistic it is, and the less attractive the content is.

But this song "Chinese" has a position and a purpose, and the song is still lively and nice to listen to.

Li Qingbing smiled and said, "At the beginning, we had to choose between the two songs, "Chinese" and "Love". We struggled for a long time and chose "Chinese" because we had already decided to have international friends."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Li Qingbing said, "Can we keep the song "Love" for a while? This song is also very suitable for the stage of CCTV."

Lu Yanhe said, "Okay."

Li Qingbing: "Then I won't disturb you for dinner. See you later."

"Okay."

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A day later, the last two episodes of this season of "Friends" were broadcast.

The peak ratings broke 4% for the first time, but it was only a peak value. The average episode remained at 3.52%. Unfortunately, the average episode did not break 4.

But in any case, for the resurrected "Friends", this resurrection game was played very beautifully.

Not only did it give a loud slap to Beijing and Taiwan, but it also gave a loud bang to traditional TV stations that have gradually entered the era of "eating and waiting to die".

Yes, the ratings can still reach 3% - the question is, do you have content that can bring the ratings to 3%?

Taking the ratings of "Friends" as an example, "TV Review" focuses on analyzing why the audience is willing to return to the TV. Putting aside the appeal of the content and the actors, the article emphasizes: Because "Friends" has established a viewing habit for the audience.

There are not so many fancy scheduling methods, just returning to the original Friday and Saturday nights between December and February every year.

So, at this time, the audience will remember that they can watch "Friends".

Similarly, why are people willing to sit in front of the TV to watch "Friends"? Because both Beijing and Yuehu TV still firmly grasp this exclusive window period and hold the priority of broadcasting in their own hands.

If you want to watch this drama first, you can only watch it on TV.

At the end of the article, it was mentioned that Yuehu Theater and "Jump Up" are already working on a new big move for cooperation. When the day comes for the announcement, it will shock the entire entertainment industry.

…

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were curious and asked Lu Yanhe if there was any big move.

Lu Yanhe told Li Zhibai and Yan Liang about the "Jump Up Theater".

Li Zhibai was surprised and said, "Oh my god, it's awesome."

Yan Liang was also surprised.

"This is really a big move."

Lu Yanhe said, "You may be invited to star in one or two of the plays at that time. Please support us."

"Of course." Yan Liang said, "Besides, the shooting period of the plays in this theater is only one week. In fact, for many actors, the schedule is not a problem."

No matter how popular an actor is, it is much easier to make a week's schedule than to make a two-three-month schedule.

Moreover, a week's schedule is easier to coordinate.

Li Zhibai suddenly remembered and said, "Someone bought the short story I wrote before and said they wanted to adapt it. It has not been adapted for so many years. Is the authorization about to expire?"

"Not yet." Lu Yanhe said, "Our copyright department is watching it. Don't worry, once the deadline passes and they haven't started filming, the authorization will be revoked. Yuehutai has also taken a fancy to your novel."

Li Zhibai raised the corner of his mouth.

"Or I will calculate it myself."

"Not impossible." Lu Yanhe said, "You can even shoot it yourself."

Li Zhibai: "No, I won't consider being a producer for the time being."

When talking about this, Li Zhibai's face darkened.

Obviously, "Nineteen Years" has made him suffer enough.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang smiled at each other.

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When "The Mist" was released for a month, its North American box office exceeded 140 million, and the global box office reached 260 million, and the overseas box office exceeded 120 million. Among them, South Korea and Japan both contributed more than 10 million US dollars in box office results-

Such results are "explosively good" for a horror movie.

So, when Lu Yanhe was busy with the work of the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Ziyan was finally urged by D19 to start negotiations for the sequel of "The Mist".

Chen Ziyan insisted on box office dividends, and D19 finally compromised and gave in, saying that Lu Yanhe could take box office dividends except for North America.

Chen Ziyan proposed that if this was the case, Lu Yanhe's salary would have to be increased. Not only that, but also a clause on box office rewards would need to be signed-for example, when the North American box office of the sequel exceeded 100 million US dollars, Lu Yanhe would need to enjoy an additional bonus.

The two sides went back and forth on this aspect and negotiated for several rounds.

Fortunately, at this time, Wan Qingqing and Song Jiang had accumulated some resources in Europe and the United States.

Before the crucial negotiations, Wan Qingqing had already understood the basic rules of the Hollywood situation, and through her connections, she found out the contract terms that D19 had given to some actors in the past.

Therefore, while Chen Ziyan insisted on not giving up the 6.5 million base salary, she also asked for an increase in the North American box office share outside North America. If the North American box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, Lu Yanhe would get another 2 million US dollars in rewards.

D19 still felt that Chen Ziyan was asking for too much.

However, at this time, in the list of global broadcasts of dramas in the past month announced by Maxine, "Friends" actually rushed into the top three of the global list.

At the same time, Chen Ziyan also received a very surprising invitation.

The Oscars invited Lu Yanhe to be the presenter of this year's awards.

At this critical moment, Chen Ziyan said something to Lu Yanhe and immediately agreed.

So, when the Oscars officially announced the list of the third batch of presenters, the name of Chinese actor Lu Yanhe was on the list.

D19 was very surprised.

They have never been an Oscar-winning film company, and the films they have produced in the past have never followed the Oscar path.

Although they announced that they would strive for an Oscar for "The Mist", especially for Lu Yanhe's performance, in fact, it was just a lot of noise but little action, mainly to build momentum for the release of the film.

However, the Oscars actually invited Lu Yanhe to be the award presenter?

This certainly does not mean that the appearance of Lu Yanhe's name in the nomination list is shocking.

However, this is enough to show that Lu Yanhe has indeed entered the Oscar's vision.

In the end, D19 proposed that if the North American box office of the sequel can exceed 150 million US dollars, that is, not lower than this one, it will agree to pay Lu Yanhe a reward of 2 million US dollars.

Chen Ziyan was quite satisfied with this condition, so she told Lu Yanhe and started to negotiate the contract.

On the 29th day of the lunar year, Chinese people have gradually entered the holiday mode from the working state, but there is no such atmosphere overseas.

"Variety" magazine once again exclusively revealed: Lu Yanhe returned to the sequel of "The Mist" with a super high salary of basic salary + bonus + box office dividends!

Regardless of ancient and modern times, how much a person earns is always one of the topics of concern.

Lu Yanhe is a Chinese actor. His first work in Hollywood was a success, and his second work is the sequel to this successful work. In this case, he can get a salary far higher than his market price. In the Hollywood system, it is understandable.

Hollywood - or Europe and the United States - is a place that values ​​individual talent very much. What their cultural tradition advocates is "a person who has been given a mission" and "a hero". Therefore, if he is the person who plays a decisive role, even if he takes away half of the proceeds of this work, everyone will think it is natural.

With the current box office results of "The Mist", D19 can only pay for its previous promotional route.

Since they focused the promotion of "The Mist" on Lu Yanhe's Asian identity, their move not only achieved box office success, but also made Lu Yanhe famous in Europe and the United States and his importance to "The Mist". Now if they say that the box office success has little to do with Lu Yanhe, let alone Lu Yanhe's attitude, the Screen Actors Guild will not agree.

In Hollywood, why are many famous actors not at a disadvantage when negotiating with film and television giants? Because when they are fighting for their own interests, they are not alone, there is a very powerful force behind them supporting them. Everyone has a "collective consciousness" in this regard. If this person can get a higher salary and break a certain restriction in the industry, it will actually benefit everyone.

When "Variety" revealed shortly afterwards that the base salary Lu Yanhe received was at least US$6 million, media outlets in Europe and the United States reported one after another -

Domestic media also followed up and reported the incident.

This time, Lu Yanhe's high salary once again attracted everyone's attention.

Lu Yanhe also felt strange. He remembered that the last time he received widespread attention and discussion because of his high salary was the last time he attended the Spring Festival Gala. Why would something like this happen during the Spring Festival Gala?

However, this time no one seemed to attack him for this matter.

On the contrary, many people are excited and excited about this event.

Chen Ziyan: "Because this time you got such a salary from abroad, not from China. If some media now say that you got a salary of 50 to 60 million for a movie made in China, do you think what others will say."

Lu Yanhe: "I can't get such a salary in China."

"Indeed, it took a lot of effort to negotiate your 12 million yuan salary for "Fire"." Chen Ziyan smiled, "After the news came out, people from many domestic film companies came to me to confirm the authenticity of the news. They are all worried that if you get such a salary in Hollywood, your salary in China will also rise. "

"Nowadays, the box office of domestic movies is a mystery. Except for Mr. Jia Long and others who have very stable performance and can get super high salary and dividends, no one else dares to quote too high, let alone increase the salary. Now overall Aren’t they all reducing their pay?”

The general environment is not good, and the salaries of many actors are declining.

In the past, film remuneration was often in the tens of millions. Now, except for those major dramas, it is basically impossible to give such exaggerated figures.

Among young actors, only Lu Yanhe can achieve this number with his stable performance. Like Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, their current salary is about the same, and the average episode salary is also at the level of 500,000-800,000. Three or five years ago, the average collective salary of the two of them must have been upwards of 1 million.

The days of throwing money at actors to get money are over.

Even popular actors with hit works like Li Zhibai and Yan Liang have this trend, let alone others.

And this is even more true when making movies.

Movie pay is now much lower than TV show pay.

Chen Ziyan said: "Actually, speaking of it, except for "Fire", you really haven't taken on any more domestic commercial films."

If it's not a commercial film, the pay will not be high.

Not every movie should care about the salary figure.

Lu Yanhe said: "Now that I have "The Mist", can I slow down my commercial film route and be less anxious?"

Chen Ziyan: "Of course, the next step is to see the box office performance of "Fire". I hope it can exceed 1 billion at the domestic box office, otherwise, it will be lower than the initial expectations of this movie."

For "Fire", if the box office cannot exceed one billion, it will be considered a failure.

With such a star cast and such high special effects production costs, it is obvious that the film is aiming for the top spot at the box office.

Lu Yanhe asked: "When will "Burning Fire" be released?"

"The post-production period has not been completed yet. If it is completed quickly, it will be on the summer schedule. If not, it will probably have to wait for next year's Spring Festival. If a movie of the size of "Fire" wants to get its expected box office, this is the only way Both schedules are suitable.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

-

"Haha, no wonder everyone becomes a star, and one movie can make tens of millions."

Helan's heart sank when she heard her father say this with a hint of drunkenness.

She knew that her father had always disliked those celebrities and entertainers, especially their income.

Helan actually didn't think that Lu Yanhe should earn so much money——

Even if she is a fan of Lu Yanhe.

Indeed, this is an era with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, with such a huge disparity in income. A star may earn more money in a month than an ordinary person can earn in a lifetime.

This is just not normal.

Helan has read so many books. When he was in Zhenhua, he read many introductions, reports and analyzes on human processes and social evolution in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

She also believes that it shouldn't be like this.

But what Helan wants to say is that this is not Lu Yanhe's problem. This is not a problem caused by him.

Of course, Helan didn't tell her father anything.

Because she also knew that her father was not really targeting Lu Yanhe.

It's just that Lu Yanhe showed up at this time.

-

Helan has been an assistant to Chen Siqi for a while.

During the time she was with Chen Siqi, she had a very deep feeling.

Although she is one year older than Chen Siqi, Chen Siqi is much more mature than her.

And Helan has such a feeling because she realized one thing.

Chen Siqi never questions or gets entangled, why a certain situation occurs.

She will get angry and point fingers at people, but after she quickly vents her emotions, she will not fall into the swamp of emotions, but will use all her strength to solve the situation.

Moreover, she never thinks that there is anything that cannot be solved.

Although "we can't solve all things" is a consensus, Chen Siqi faces everything with such an attitude, and it must be admitted that she has done far more than others.

Helan feels that because she is by Chen Siqi's side and sees her attitude towards people, her first reaction to many things is also changing.

In the past, she would always spend a lot of time asking "Why did such an outrageous thing happen?" and "Why did I encounter such an outrageous thing?", which was all emotional consumption.

Now, the first question she often asks is "Should I solve this problem?" Should I face it, or just leave it alone. Confirming that I have to face it, then the next question is "How should I solve this problem?"

-

Faced with the high income of celebrities, which seems to be abnormally high income, Helan's reaction is not "Why can they get such a high salary?", but "Are you questioning why they can get such a high salary, or are you depressed about why you can't get it?".

Helan quickly figured it out that she is the latter.

She also hopes to earn a higher income.

So, for Helan, on this issue, her question becomes "How can she get a higher income?"

Of course, people can constantly question fairness, question disparity and gaps. This is the right given to everyone. But Helan increasingly recognized a truth, that is, if your questioning and doubting will not cause any change to reality, your questioning and doubting are no different from complaining.

-

Helan has no intention of preaching, so she used to refute her father a sentence or two, but now she no longer picks up the conversation.

It is always more important to think clearly about what you want than to convince others what you should want.

Helan picked up her mobile phone and looked at the time, and said: "Let's go and see the refrigerator later in the afternoon. My year-end bonus has been issued. Haven't you always said that the cooling effect of our refrigerator is not good? Let's change one."

"Why change the refrigerator at this time? Wait until there is a discount during the event." Mom said, "Refrigerators are quite expensive now. The better ones cost tens of thousands. They can be cheaper by one or two thousand during the event."

Helan said: "It's okay. I worked harder this year and the year-end bonus is very generous."

She smiled brightly, "Change to a better refrigerator for the New Year, a new atmosphere in the new year."

After she said this, her parents no longer objected.

"By the way, Dad, just tell me what you just said, don't tell anyone else." Helan said, "I work at Jump Up. If you say this with your identity, it's easy for people to take advantage of you and amplify it on the Internet, which will affect my work."

Her father waved his hand and said, "Don't you know this? I'm at ease."

That's enough.

"How much did you get as a year-end bonus?" her father suddenly asked.

Helan smiled and said, "120,000."

"How much?!" Her father sat up straight.

Helan said: "Because I just started working, I get less. I will get more and more in the future. Moreover, according to the company's arrangement and positioning of me, after I accumulate two years of work experience, I will be responsible for some business in the future. By then, my annual income will be able to reach seven figures. Don't tell others that I make money too easily."

Her father's expression became very interesting, and after a while he said: "Your company is quite generous."

"Well, our company is not only generous, but also very open and transparent. The more you work, the more you get. The more irreplaceable your value is, the more you can get." Helan said, "Don't always blame me for not coming back to see you often in the future. I am really busy at work and have almost no rest."

"I know, I know, you work hard."

-

In the evening, the family had a New Year's Eve dinner and sat together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Helan frequently looked at her mobile phone. There was really nothing good to watch. The program was almost surrounded by various slogans, which made people lose interest.

But there must be a sense of ceremony. No matter how ugly it is, you still have to watch it.

What's more, there is Lu Yanhe's new song tonight.

Although the song is called "Chinese Language", it sounds a bit mainstream and doesn't sound very nice.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the program was finally broadcast.

Helan was stunned when he saw the program information. The lyrics and music were still written by Lu Yanhe?

This was actually written by Lu Yanhe?

Helan was very surprised.

She had seen the name of this song before, and thought it was a song written by the Spring Festival Gala director team for Lu Yanhe and the other three to sing.

When a group of children chanted "The pole is wide and the bench is long. The pole wants to be tied to the bench" in a babbling voice, Helan opened her mouth in surprise.

On the screen, a group of little radishes shook their heads and recited this tongue twister, which was a very cute picture.

Then, Lu Yanhe and the other three appeared.

It turned out to be a tongue twister rap?

The melody and style of this song are completely different from what Helan expected when she saw the name of this song.

And... it's pretty nice.

When the three of them sang the sentence "The whole world is speaking Chinese, Confucius' words are becoming more and more international", Helan's father was surprised and said: "The lyrics are well written."

Nice.

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—— It has to be Lu Yanhe again, "Chinese" is awesome.

—— I thought it was a song with the main melody, but it turned out to be a tongue twister rap.

——It feels like tongue twisters have disappeared for a long time. They were all played in elementary school.

——This song is so cool. Can those who promote the main theme learn from it?

——Lu Yanhe has written a new song again! He really should write more songs. His acting talent is not enough to cover up his talent for songwriting.

——I really hope that the three of them will become a regular program of the Spring Festival Gala every year. This song will definitely be popular.

——They have fulfilled their promise. They promised to bring us a stage every year. This year's stage is here.

…

On the Internet, discussions about this performance appeared overwhelmingly in an instant.

The three people quickly became hot searches, and the three Chinese characters also became hot searches.

When the three of them finished performing this song and completed the interviews with three international friends according to the script, when they returned to the backstage, Li Qingbing came over and said to them very excitedly.

"Your performance was praised by the big leader!" (End of this chapter)