Chapter 620 A Little Rascal with Big Abilities, A Little Rascal in Charge

Able to be sold globally —

These words touched Chen Siqi.

They have been trying to find ways to promote the sales and distribution of "Jump Up" overseas.

However, given the declining popularity of physical books, it is indeed difficult to go against the trend as it has in China.

In the past two years, they have tried various methods, but have not seen any improvement.

The company has consistently operated at a loss in overseas publishing and distribution.

The primary reason, of course, is not the overall environment for physical books—if a poor environment justifies failure, then there's no point in taking any action at all.

However, film is a global phenomenon. Taking this international film festival as an opportunity, we invite film critics to write an article documenting their trip, focusing on their attitudes towards film and their reviews of the films they watched. These critics have audiences all over the world; while they may not have as many followers as other celebrities, those who truly care about them will generally read their articles.

For some reason, Chen Siqi felt that this plan was feasible and reliable.

“The print run in each location may not be very large. Apart from China, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, where the initial print run can reach tens of thousands of copies, the print run in other places, according to our calculations, will be around a few thousand copies.” Lin Yu also directly put the market forecast calculation table that she and the marketing department had made in front of Chen Siqi. “However, we are very optimistic about the long-term sales of this book.”

Chen Siqi nodded, picked it up and glanced at it, saying, "I think it's feasible. However, we haven't communicated this with the film critics who are attending the film festival before. We need to communicate with them as soon as possible to see if they are willing to participate."

Despite saying that, Chen Siqi felt that it shouldn't be too difficult.

A film critic's main job is writing articles.

This posed no difficulty or problem for them.

Lin Yu said, "For our project, we could also apply for some domestic cultural funds, which would reduce our risk of loss."

Chen Siqi shook her head directly: "Our film festival has no official backing. If it receives funding from the cultural foundation, some foreign media might exploit it to spread negative rumors. This would be detrimental to our overall development plan for 'Jump Up' overseas. This book will definitely be published in Chinese first. Then, we'll talk to overseas publishers one by one to see how to cooperate. The initial costs we need to bear are mainly the royalties, translation fees, and some basic publishing costs. What we do next will depend on the situation; there's no rush. Even if we lose money in the end, it's fine. Losses in publishing are minor. As long as it helps us establish the influence of the 'Jump Up' brand overseas, that's all that matters."

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

“I’m so glad you agreed to do this,” she said. “I was worried you wouldn’t be willing to do it, given how busy the film festival is right now and how poor the book’s sales prospects are.”

“No, I actually think the idea for this book is fantastic. A film festival, once it's over, what can it leave behind?” Chen Siqi said. “We did have live Q&A sessions, forums, and several live streams, so there will be video and audio recordings. However, these can only serve as records. But this book can continue to be sold—if we can make it a ‘bible’ that every film enthusiast knows. In fact, many film books are like this; they are not well-known to the general public, but they are always bestsellers in their own niche.”

Lin Yu nodded.

“Then let’s get started,” she said with a smile.

-

"You also want me to write an article?" Lu Yanhe looked somewhat surprised.

“Yes.” Chen Siqi nodded. “As one of the planners of this film festival, you will also be involved. If you don’t write an article, this book will be incomplete. Of course, from a commercial point of view, having you write an article will also be beneficial for our book’s cooperation negotiations with various publishers.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe didn't hesitate much. "Alright then, I'm just afraid I won't write well. I usually just write some short articles, but compared to these professional film critics, my articles seem superficial."

“Different genres, and as a filmmaker, someone who has achieved such great success worldwide, you say you’re superficial?” Chen Siqi rolled her eyes at Lu Yanhe. “I advise you not to be too modest; excessive modesty is also a form of arrogance.”

Lu Yanhe laughed.

The phone suddenly rang.

It turned out to be a call from Wang Zhong.

"Director?" Lu Yanhe answered the phone in surprise. "What are your instructions?"

"I wanted to ask if you'll be hosting a party or gathering for the film critics' festival you're having at the end of the month?" Wang Zhong said. "If so, I'd like to ask you for a few invitations. Some of my colleagues are readers of the festival, and I'd like to meet them in person if I have the chance."

Lu Yanhe said, "We have planned three events to invite friends in the industry to attend. Director, how many people do you have? I will send you the invitations."

“Okay, I have three here, send me four. I’ll come over with you sometime,” Wang Zhong said. “This film festival you and Siqi organized is really something, you didn’t even get any sponsorships, you just did it all by yourself?”

Lu Yanhe: "This is mainly because it's our first time organizing this, and we were worried that too many external factors would change the nature of the film festival, so we were a bit cautious. We didn't do it on a very large scale, and the cost wasn't very high, so we borne the cost ourselves."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, I wish you all the best for this film festival. See you later."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe smiled and told Chen Siqi what Wang Zhong meant by calling.

Chen Siqi: "The industry is quite interested in our film festival. Many film and television companies and platforms have contacted us, wanting to participate and work together, but I have refused. It is actually just a film critics' festival. Chinese-language films basically do not rely on overseas markets. They just think it is novel and want to join in the fun. They don't really think that such a film festival is worth doing anything for them."

Lu Yanhe: "Let's have fewer outsiders and more pure discussions. Let's try to concentrate the content that is not related to the film discussion in those few social occasions. This will make everyone feel more comfortable."

"Mm." Chen Siqi nodded.

Lu Yanhe is a typical example of this kind of personality.

He doesn't resist socializing, but he doesn't want to be in a social situation all the time.

He would prefer to have a concentrated period of time, like when he's doing promotional work, to focus on handling a particular type of issue.

If you have to act, write scripts, give interviews, and handle other miscellaneous tasks at the end of the day, and then one or two unfamiliar people start chatting with you, you'll really explode.

Chen Siqi: "It's just that 'Love Letter' wasn't screened at the film festival this time, and several film critics who came to attend expressed their doubts."

Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Love Letter is not a film that is suitable for discussion and analysis as a text at a film festival like this."

Chen Siqi: "But shouldn't the movie start its promotional campaign soon?"

"The pre-release promotion has never stopped, but we are indeed about to launch a concentrated promotion for the Qixi Festival release." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Although I have been emphasizing that the box office of this movie is probably only between 100 and 300 million yuan, and not too high, the people in the company still think that the box office can be pushed."

“You can’t judge this kind of movie by conventional standards. As long as it’s related to youth and romance, it’s generally a small-scale box office, as you said. If it weren’t for you and Bige, it would normally only make tens of millions. But once the movie sparks discussion and touches on people’s nostalgia for their youth, the box office will soar like a tornado,” Chen Siqi said. “This type of movie is different from hard-hitting films and creative, imaginative films. It’s especially important to see how much social discussion it generates.”

Lu Yanhe nodded.

"Zixing and I have already come up with a promotional plan."

“Sister Zixing? Isn’t she busy producing ‘China in Classics’ and other programs right now?” Lu Yanhe said. “She just finished producing ‘The Birth of an Actor’ not long ago, and now she’s finally back to making the cultural programs she loves.”

Chen Siqi said, "We decided to make a new program to promote 'Love Letter'."

"What?" Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Siqi in disbelief. "Making a new program just to promote a movie? Isn't that a bit too much?"

Chen Siqi shook her head: "It's no exaggeration. The show 'Rooftop Confession' is still very popular and has been going strong for a long time. What we want to do is actually a bit similar to that. We want to make a show called 'How Are You? I'm Fine,' which will collect ten stories of unrequited love from all over the country, write the stories into a letter, and invite the person who was unrequited to read the letter."

Lu Yanhe stared wide-eyed in shock. "Let the person with a crush write their story in a letter, and then have the person being admired read it on a TV show? What kind of operation is this?"

Chen Siqi: "At the end of the show, the person being secretly admired will be asked to guess the identity of the letter writer. If they guess correctly, we will provide them with a date trip, giving them a chance to get to know each other again. If they don't guess correctly, the person being secretly admired will never know who wrote the letter or who is secretly admiring them."

Lu Yanhe: "Who came up with the idea for this program?"

“Sister Zixing,” Chen Siqi said, “I just said that the theme of ‘Love Letter’ is letters and unrequited love, and then she came up with this idea.”

"I have a feeling this show will be a hit," Lu Yanhe said. "But the question is, where can you collect these stories from?"

Chen Siqi: "Zixing's team has already started collecting related stories through their channels. Of course, we will also conduct a nationwide open call for submissions, which is also part of the promotion of 'Love Letter'. However, we plan to start airing this program two weeks before the release of 'Love Letter'. Before the release of 'Love Letter', we will only air two episodes, two stories of unrequited love, to avoid tiring the audience. We will control the pace well, so you don't need to worry."

Lu Yanhe: "I can imagine the kind of attention and discussion this program will generate, as long as the people and stories we find are good enough."

Chen Siqi smiled.

"But it's quite difficult to find people, so we don't have a fixed number of episodes. We'll do as many episodes as we find. The people involved need to be good-looking, and they need to evoke fond memories of people's childhood crushes. They need to have stories that are regrettable, unique, and touching. We'll try to find three such stories," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

"I don't know what to say... I just told you that I didn't think 'Love Letter' would do very well at the box office, but after hearing about your promotional method, I suddenly feel that the movie's box office might really explode."

Chen Siqi: "Linghe paid us eight figures for publicity, so we have to show some of our best skills."

She had a smug smile on her face.

"Moreover, this program can also earn a copyright fee," Chen Siqi said. "We have already had preliminary discussions with Aurora Video and Icefield Video about this program, and it will be broadcast on both platforms simultaneously."

Such programs, without celebrities, actually have very low production costs. In fact, to make more people aware of the program, it is necessary to promote the program itself.

Chen Siqi said, "You brought us tens of millions of dollars for publicity to promote the movie, and we have to spend a large portion of that on program promotion. However, we both feel that the program is a good fit for the direction of movie promotion and is worth doing."

Lu Yanhe: "I also think so. Just hearing your idea for this program makes me think it's worth doing."

No program has ever done this before.

-

Lu Yanhe's schedule suddenly became very busy.

First, the preparation of promotional materials for "Love Letter"—

Recording interview programs, shooting magazine covers, recording various promotional materials with Chen Bige and Zhang Ruozhi who had just finished the college entrance examination, and so on.

Secondly, the preparation for the International Film Festival for Film Critics.

Although Lu Yanhe doesn't need to do specific work, he still needs to personally handle contacts with many important figures, including the chairman of the Jose Film Festival who was previously said to be coming.

Thirdly, the scripts for the second season of Friends and the second season of The Squid Game.

Lu Yanhe wrote the former script smoothly, only needing adjustments based on their actual situation. The characters and plot actually had very clear original works. However, for the latter... Lu Yanhe had to start creating something original himself. Originally, Lu Yanhe really wanted to give up on the second season of "Squid Game." He knew his own limitations; he wasn't a real genius screenwriter, just a transmigrator with a "golden finger." However, Maxine and Aurora Video strongly hoped to develop a second season of "Squid Game," and Lu Yanhe himself wanted to try to see if he had the ability to stand on the shoulders of giants and write a sequel story based on the work of his predecessors.

...

While Lu Yanhe was busy with these matters, Chen Ziyan finally received some good news.

When filming "Tropical Rainforest" earlier, Lu Yanhe proposed to sign a contract with Huang Feng.

Huang Feng's mother, Huang Fenglian, requested that they help arrange for Huang Feng to return to China to study and receive an education.

Chen Ziyan was busy with this matter afterward, researching policies, finding people and connections, and running around to finally help Huang Feng find an international school that could accept him.

After several rounds of communication, Huang Fenglian finally agreed to let Huang Feng sign a contract with Shi Huo and become a foreign client of Shi Huo.

Huang Fenglian brought Huang Feng to Yuming, and Chen Ziyan arranged for people to help them find and rent houses, handling everything from various documents to preparing toiletries.

There was no other way; Huang Feng's situation was special, so Chen Ziyan could only worry about him more.

Lu Qingzhen joked, "You've been running around taking care of this kid, you're practically becoming his mother."

Chen Ziyan said, "What can we do?"

"I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie 'Tropical Rainy Season' and to seeing how good this little boy's acting is, and whether it's worth all the trouble you went to sign him," Lu Qingzhen said with a smile.

"If you're free tonight, why don't you join us for dinner?" Chen Ziyan said. "Yan He is treating the mother and son to dinner. Huang Feng will be an artist in our company from now on, so you can get to know him."

Lu Qingzhen nodded and said okay.

-

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Yanhe's alarm clock rang, and he seemed to wake up from a dream, turning his neck.

He spent the entire afternoon sitting in front of his laptop typing.

It's very painful.

Writing the second season of Friends was as smooth as writing the second season of Squid Game was.

He also made a decision. If he was going to use his cheat codes, he had to go all the way. He wouldn't do anything like "The Squid Game," which only had a beginning and no sequel to continue.

Lu Yanhe got up, looked in the mirror, put on a baseball cap, and then put on sunglasses.

On such a hot day, he didn't want to wear a mask anymore.

Zou Dong was already waiting for him downstairs.

The gift I'm going to give to Huang Feng is placed on the left side of the back seat.

This was bought by Zou Dong for him.

"Brother Dong, this shouldn't be some kind of limited edition or anything, right?" Lu Yanhe asked.

This is a schoolbag containing various stationery items that Huang Feng will use later.

Because Zou Dong went to "Bai Xing," a brand endorsed by Lu Yanhe, Lu Yanhe asked one more question.

Zou Dong: "They initially wanted to give me a limited edition, but I changed it. Didn't you say that a regular, practical one is fine?"

Lu Yanhe nodded: "Although he attends an international school, he is a contracted actor with Shi Huo and has also acted in a movie with me. Given how quickly domestic media dig up information, his classmates and parents will know his background, so it's better to keep a low profile."

Zou Dong nodded.

Lu Yanhe asked, "Brother Dong, is Xiaoyu going to junior high school too?"

Zou Dong nodded and said, "I'm going to junior high school this year."

Where to?

"Your alma mater, the junior high school section of No. 13 Middle School," Zou Dong said with a smile.

"Oh—" Lu Yanhe immediately smiled, "My junior from junior school."

Zou Dong said, "I was quite lucky; my score was three points higher than the admission cutoff."

It seems that Zou Yu took the entrance exam for No. 13 Middle School.

To be able to get into No. 13 Middle School through the entrance exam, one's grades must be excellent.

Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Shouldn't we celebrate this properly?"

Zou Dong smiled and said, "I've discussed it with his mother, and we'll find a day to celebrate with him together."

Lu Yanhe nodded: "I'm in China, so you don't need to stay with me all the time. You don't need to worry about me. You can take a day or two off occasionally, and I can arrange it."

Zou Dong nodded, but did not respond.

In this regard, he has always held himself to very high standards of professional ethics.

Even if Lu Yanhe said that, he wouldn't ask for leave unless there was a truly unavoidable reason.

Especially when Lu Yanhe has work to do.

In this respect, if Wang Biao is very passionate about his job and does it with great ease and enjoyment, then Zou Dong has a dogmatic professional standard for himself. They arrive at the same goal, so Lu Yanhe never has to think about how to "manage subordinates" when facing the two of them.

On the contrary, it was precisely because they always stayed in their positions, fulfilled their responsibilities, and never overstepped their bounds that Lu Yanhe hoped they could advance further. Like promoting Wang Biao from assistant to his executive agent.

-

The fact that Huang Fenglian was able to successfully bring Huang Feng to study in China made her feel even more grateful to Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan once said that Huang Fenglian is different from many Chinese immigrants who have been living in China for a long time. Perhaps because she lived in China when she was a child, she has always had the idea of ​​returning to China.

However, due to reasons such as family, marriage, children, and work, this idea has never been able to come to fruition.

After having children, her biggest attachment to the local area became her children.

Having children means facing and dealing with more problems when moving from one country to another.

Especially for a single mother.

Although Lu Yanhe had only briefly interacted with Huang Fenglian, and spent less than two weeks with her and Huang Feng, he still quite admired her. She might not be as capable as Chen Ziyan or Xin Zixing; she was just an ordinary woman. However, when faced with the possibility of her son becoming a movie star and earning a hefty signing bonus, she seized the opportunity and made a request that, in her view, was more beneficial to her son in the long run.

Lu Yanhe particularly admires a certain type of person, not necessarily someone who excels exceptionally in a particular area—though he does admire such people. But to describe them as "exceptional" transcends ordinary judgment and evaluation.

The kind of person who, at crucial moments, within the scope of their own understanding, acts decisively without shrinking back or hesitating, but without making excessive demands.

This is someone Lu Yanhe particularly admires.

He also hopes to become that kind of person.

Everyone starts from a different point, has different life experiences, and goes through different stages.

Huang Fenglian earned Lu Yanhe's respect through her choice regarding her son.

"You'll officially start school this September, right?"

After taking his seat, Lu Yanhe asked.

Huang Fenglian nodded with a smile.

Lu Yanhe looked at Huang Feng: "You're going to be changing schools soon, are you nervous?"

Huang Feng, despite his young age, looked at Lu Yanhe with a calm and even slightly disdainful expression and asked, "What do I have to be nervous about?"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

"Okay, you've got guts, I admire you." Lu Yanhe gave Huang Feng a thumbs up.

Huang Feng's eyes always gleam with a cleverness and are full of intelligence.

He asked, "From now on, should I call you boss?"

"Call me uncle," Lu Yanhe corrected.

Huang Feng: "You're married?"

"No, why?"

“Mom said that anyone who isn’t married should call him ‘brother’,” Huang Feng emphasized.

"Then why did you never call me 'brother' when you were filming on set?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Huang Feng: "I clearly shouted it many times."

“That was all during filming. When we weren’t filming, you always spoke directly to me and never called me ‘brother’,” Lu Yanhe said.

Upon hearing this, Huang Fenglian looked at Huang Feng with some surprise.

"Xiaofeng, how can you be so rude?!" She seemed not to have noticed this before.

That's normal, though, since Huang Fenglian wasn't always by Huang Feng's side when she was on set.

In reality, Huang Fenglian was never on set when Huang Feng was there. She was in charge of the finances for the crew, and she had too many things to handle every day. Basically, when Huang Feng arrived on set, it became the responsibility of all the adults on the crew to help keep an eye on him.

Huang Feng pouted, "You actually dared to tattle at this time!"

Lu Yanhe: "I didn't tattle. I pointed out your impoliteness to your face."

Huang Feng: "..."

He rolled his eyes in a way that resembled "rolling his eyes".

Lu Yanhe was overjoyed.

Chen Ziyan and Lu Qingzhen watched from the side, smiles playing on their lips.

Lu Yanhe said, "However, you are someone I brought here. If anyone bullies you, you can tell me, and I'll protect you."

Huang Feng nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll take care of you when you get old."

He's small in stature but incredibly clever.

Lu Qingzhen couldn't hide the smile in her eyes no matter what she did.

She finally understood why Lu Yanhe had gone to such lengths to have Huang Feng sign in and pick up the fire.

Lu Qingzhen has seen many child stars in China, but Huang Feng is the first one who is so cute and lovable despite his young age.

Huang Fenglian called out to Lu Yanhe, "General Manager Lu."

She asked, "What are your plans for Xiaofeng's future filming?"

"His studies will definitely be his priority. If there are suitable roles available during the week, we can arrange for him to act on the weekend. I can help him get one or two roles. I mainly have an idea for a movie that he could star in."

When Lu Yanhe said this, everyone at the table looked at him with slight surprise.

Lu Yanhe has another idea?

Of course, Huang Fenglian was pleasantly surprised.

"The lead actor?"

Movies like "Jungle," starring a child like Huang Feng, are rare finds.

Of course, talented actors can demonstrate amazing acting talent at a very young age.

For example, Yuya Yagira in "Nobody Knows", Khuvenzani in "Beasts of the Southern Wild", and Abigail in "Little Miss Sunshine".

Even though they won Best Actor and Best Actress awards and gained instant fame, the film industry didn't have enough projects and scripts for them to continue their careers as child stars. The only child star who truly became a superstar, with scripts tailor-made for her by the industry, was Shirley Temple.

Yuya Yagira had been out of the public eye for many years before his career slowly picked up again with a few Japanese dramas, bringing him back into the public eye.

Even after starring in another box office success, "Annie," Quvenzane gradually disappeared from the public eye.

Now Lu Yanhe is saying that he has a movie idea and wants Huang Feng to star in it?

Even though Huang Fenglian is Malaysian, she knows how sought-after Lu Yanhe's screenplays are.

"Has the script been written yet?" Chen Ziyan asked, somewhat surprised.

Lu Yanhe shook his head, "Not yet, but the story is already quite complete. If the movie does well—I think it will be very good—I hope to develop it into a film series."

"Can you tell us about the theme of this movie now?" Lu Qingzhen asked. "I'm so curious right now. Is it more like an art film, or..."

"It's a comedy, commercially oriented, but a very cute commercial comedy." Lu Yanhe looked at Huang Feng, smiled, and said, "It's a story about a child outsmarting two bumbling thieves to protect his home."

"Not a road comedy?" Lu Qingzhen said. "I thought if you were to make another comedy film, you would continue to make films in the style of 'Lost in Thailand'."

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "It's a completely different style. This film is actually more suitable for watching together during holidays and for the whole family."

Huang Fenglian was pleasantly surprised and excited.

"President Lu, I didn't expect that you... you had already made plans for Xiaofeng." Huang Fenglian really didn't expect that if Lu Yanhe had told her when he signed the contract that he had a movie series he wanted Huang Feng to star in, Huang Fenglian wouldn't have hesitated for so long.

Because she followed Huang Tianlin, she knew that in the entertainment industry, many people who signed with companies were often neglected and not given much attention. Therefore, she was not so eager to agree to Lu Yanhe's request under the drive of her "star dream". Instead, she asked Huang Feng to return to China to study.

If Huang Feng really gets to star in the movie written by Lu Yanhe, Huang Fenglian won't worry about these things.

She wasn't stupid; she knew how different the film written by Lu Yanhe was from "Tropical Rainforest," directed by her brother.

The latter might only give Huang Feng an acting experience, but the former can truly help Huang Feng embark on the path of acting and be seen by the film industry.

Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hand, then looked at Huang Feng.

“However, I have requirements for you since you’re starring in my movie,” Lu Yanhe said.

Huang Feng frowned and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Compared to his mother's excitement, he wasn't excited at all.

He has a vague understanding of being a celebrity, but it's not a complete concept; he doesn't really know much about it.

Lu Yanhe said, "I hope that no matter how famous you become in the future, you will not break the law, drop out of school halfway, or decide early on to become an actor or a star, thinking that you can just do a casual job on the college entrance exam and get into an art college."

He added, "I know you don't understand now, but I hope you'll make that promise."

Huang Feng asked, "You mean I want to go to a good university in the future?"

Lu Yanhe: "I don't know if it's a good university or not, and who knows if you can study. Even if you try your best, you still can't get good grades. But I hope you won't waste your studies and your life just because you become famous and rich at an early age."

Huang Feng retorted angrily, "Who do you think you are? I'm sure I can get into a good university."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

He turned to look at Huang Fenglian.

“I hope you can sign Huang Feng’s contract with Shi Huo until he comes of age,” Lu Yanhe said bluntly. “At least until then, I will require the company to keep an eye on the people and things around him, to prevent him from going astray, from being tempted, and from neglecting his studies.”

Huang Fenglian's eyes were slightly red at this moment.

She really didn't expect Lu Yanhe to say these things, or to care about these things.

“Of course, of course, thank you,” Huang Fenglian said. “Thank you very much.”

"As long as you agree." Lu Yanhe smiled gently. "I hope you don't think I'm meddling too much. Maybe you don't understand, but my decision to bring him to China and let him become an actor at such a young age has actually led him astray from his original life trajectory. I'm afraid I'll cause his life to go in a bad direction, and I can't accept that."

Huang Fenglian nodded.

"Mr. Lu, after you told me all this, I finally feel relieved. I was hesitant to sign him because I was afraid he would end up with a bad company, that he would be forced to work hard to earn money, that he would have to work so hard at such a young age, that he wouldn't be able to study properly, and that if he couldn't continue acting, he wouldn't have the skills or expertise to find a good job in the future."

As Huang Fenglian spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

She sobbed and turned to wipe her eyes with the back of her hand.

Huang Feng looked at his mother with a puzzled expression, seemingly not understanding.

Chen Ziyan handed Huang Fenglian a tissue and gently patted her shoulder.

"Sister Lian, let's work together to teach Huang Feng a lesson."

Huang Fenglian smiled excitedly and responded.

After dinner, Lu Qingzhen drove Huang Feng and Huang Fenglian home.

Chen Ziyan got into Lu Yanhe's car.

She asked, "Yan He, what's the name of the movie you planned for Huang Feng?"

Lu Yanhe's eyes crinkled with a smile as he said, "Home Alone."

-

This movie should be a cherished childhood memory for many children.

Chen Ziyan asked, "Are you planning to film it yourself? Will Linghe be the sole investor? Or will you need a larger investment and collaborate with an outside company?"

“We can finance it ourselves,” Lu Yanhe said. “The production cost of this film can be very low.”

A film where almost all the scenes were filmed in one house.

Huang Feng is definitely the main character, but his salary won't be high—it can increase for sequels, but it certainly won't be high for the first one.

Both bumbling thieves would be more effective if they were played by actors specializing in similar roles, so it's impossible to find well-known actors.

The only place where well-known actors were needed was for the parents in the film—especially the mother's role.

But that character didn't have many scenes.

This film, in particular, didn't present much of a challenge for the director; he had a clear storyboard in mind.

Therefore, Lu Yanhe felt that this movie did not require much production cost.

The most expensive cost was probably his screenwriter's salary, followed by the design of mechanisms and props.

Upon hearing this, Chen Ziyan nodded.

“Okay, then I won’t interfere,” she said. “Are you directing it yourself?”

“No, this film is not difficult to produce, nor does it require much artistic skill from the director,” Lu Yanhe said. “It’s just a creative popcorn comedy film told from a child’s perspective, and I want to find a suitable director from outside.”

"Okay." Chen Ziyan nodded, but couldn't help shaking her head with a smile.

“You suddenly came up with another movie series, Yan He. I’m serious. I’m suddenly starting to doubt myself, wondering if my abilities are falling behind your talent,” Chen Ziyan said. “Over the years, you’re the only one who has made me feel this way.”

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"I'll take this as your affirmation of me, Sister Ziyan." After Lu Yanhe finished speaking, the smile on his face faded again. "However, Sister Ziyan, I'm really afraid that this will ruin Huang Feng's life."

The child actor in "Home Alone" later ruined his own life, which made Lu Yanhe very afraid that the tragedy would repeat itself.

At such a young age, he became an instant national sensation, and fame and fortune came his way. Can he handle it?

How do we balance all of this that has suddenly happened?

Even a 30 or 40-year-old adult may not be able to cope with the inflated ego that comes with sudden fame, let alone a child and his ordinary parents.

Lu Yanhe said, "If this movie achieves the effect I expect, Huang Feng will become the most popular child star in the country, and all kinds of temptations will come his way. Not to mention Huang Feng, even his mother, Sister Fenglian, is not someone who has experienced as much as you and therefore developed a strong heart. Can she face everything that may come in the future?"

Chen Ziyan said, "Don't worry about rain before you've even left the house. I know what you're worried about and what you care about. Don't worry, I'll arrange a reliable agent for him and the company will keep an eye on things. As for his mother—I hope she can still have a job so she can have a way to connect with society. Like you said, she's seen the dangers and cruelty behind the fame and fortune in this industry, and she'll be more alert when facing those things."

"Then what do you think she should do?" Lu Yanhe asked.

“She used to work in finance,” Chen Ziyan said. “Her son works at Shihuo, so it’s not suitable for her to stay there. What do you think about her going to Linghe? Don’t let her work on set; she can do related finance work in Linghe. Linghe is a film and television production company, and she’s already in that industry, so she can gradually understand it to some extent.”

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "I'll talk to Chen Yin about it."

"Yes, but remember not to assign her to key or demanding positions," Chen Ziyan said. "First, we don't know her well yet, so we don't want Chen Yin to misunderstand that she was assigned there because of your connections. Second, she will definitely focus on taking care of Huang Feng, and her work at the company will only be secondary."

Lu Yanhe nodded: "Understood."

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A 10,000-word update has been completed, exceeding the bonus chapter target.

You can praise me now. I'm quite satisfied with today's chapter; I just don't know if everyone else is.

I recommend the old book, "I Became the Scandalous Woman Overnight".

(At 4 PM, I recommended "The Demon-Slaying Sword" as part of an extra update event. This little book, which only updates 1,000 words a day, gained 15 new favorites. I'm happy about those 15 new favorites because this book failed its first attempt at updating; the updates were too slow, which I understand. I'm just itching to write, trying a different approach, and wanting to practice my writing. I hope someone will read it and give me feedback.)

(End of this chapter)