Chapter 672 Toughness

"So their invitation for me to star in the movie 'Doomsday' has nothing to do with you?"

On the phone, Jiang Yuqian asked in surprise.

She didn't seem to quite believe Lu Yanhe's denial.

Lu Yanhe had to laugh and explain, "It really has nothing to do with me. They had their eye on you from the very beginning. I only really got involved in the 'Doomsday' movie project a month ago."

Jiang Yuqian: "Okay, even though you said that—"

Lu Yanhe said, "If I had known earlier that you were going to star in 'Doomsday,' I wouldn't have pushed forward the 'Red Eye Flight' project so quickly. Now I have to coordinate the schedules with both sides to make sure the filming schedules of the two projects don't clash."

Jiang Yuqian: "Both of the leading roles I landed in Hollywood are related to you. I guess I'm going to take advantage of you no matter where I go."

Lu Yanhe smiled and asked, "Sister Yuqian, what have you been up to lately?"

"I've been shooting commercials, participating in events to maintain exposure, and promoting 'The Telephone'," Jiang Yuqian said. "Have you seen the film version of 'The Telephone'?"

"Not yet," Lu Yanhe said. "Have you seen it?"

“I’ve only seen some clips, I haven’t watched the whole thing yet,” Jiang Yuqian said. “I hope the box office will be over 100 million. Last time I acted in ‘Behind the Golden Coat 2,’ the box office was pretty good, I made over 80 million, and the movie made over 10 million, but a lot of people laughed at me for not being able to carry the box office. I was so angry.”

Lu Yanhe: "The box office of 'Telephone' should be pretty good, no need to worry. This kind of subject matter is very topical, but the word-of-mouth will definitely not be so good."

"Huh? The reputation won't be very good?"

“This kind of film, which involves science fiction, different time periods, revenge, and some melodramatic past events, is definitely not the type that the general public will think is good,” Lu Yanhe said. “However, it will definitely be included in various lists and compilations within this genre.”

Jiang Yuqian responded with a soft "hmm".

Lu Yanhe said, "This movie has also sold quite well overseas. The distribution rights have been sold to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and several other countries. Movies of this genre have a fixed audience. With your own fame, I estimate that you will have to do some promotional work overseas."

The original version of the movie *The Telephone* didn't actually have a high rating, and the plot was controversial.

Of course, the biggest controversy is that the female lead, Park Shin-hye, has terrible acting skills. This actress is really similar to a certain top actress in China; her acting skills are always questioned, but she's lucky, has a high success rate in getting roles, and even has some big hits.

Jiang Yuqian's acting skills are far from mediocre. She may not win awards, but her acting is definitely capable of drawing the audience in.

She and Wang Jing acted together in this movie, and Lu Yanhe wasn't worried about their acting skills at all.

In fact, everyone says that Lu Yanhe cast Jiang Yuqian in "The Telephone" because he was bringing Jiang Yuqian into the film industry.

Only Lu Yanhe knew that after Jiang Yuqian's global fame with "The Squid Game," her starring role in "The Telephone" would leverage the "famous actor + specific subject matter" model to boost the film's overseas sales. Indeed, even before its release in China, "The Telephone" attracted the attention of several overseas film distributors due to this combination. Immediately after filming was completed, overseas distributors pre-purchased the film.

Many people don't understand the role of celebrities in movies, so they blame celebrities for not being able to carry the box office.

However, if celebrities really don't contribute to the box office, why would they be paid such high salaries?

There may be fools among people, but there are very few truly foolish people in the capital world.

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Compared to Jiang Yuqian, Jiang Jun was able to star in "Destruction Day" precisely because of Lu Yanhe's efforts.

Jiang Jun was well aware of this.

However, Jiang Jun did not expect that Lu Yanhe would become the producer of "Destruction Day".

15% of the investment isn't much, so why was Lu Yanhe ranked third among the producers? The most important reason is that it was through Lu Yanhe's influence that Derian Dylan joined the film, bringing it back to life.

These things were unknown even to Jiang Jun, except to a very few people.

But that's how things are; the less people know why, the more all sorts of things people will associate with it.

Nowadays, when evaluating a celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry, people often say, "Celebrity XX has already become a valuable asset."

In many people's eyes, Lu Yanhe has gone to Hollywood to make money.

Even if that's not the case, no one will believe it.

After all, both Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian were seen by many as having a close relationship with Lu Yanhe.

You could even say that the two of them are part of his capitalist camp.

Lu Yanhe did not deny this.

Indeed, Jiang Jun and Jiang Yuqian are the actors he has worked with the most.

Few people have collaborated more than the two of them.

Then, at this time, Beijing TV suddenly scheduled the second season of "The Seventeen Floors" for release.

This drama was supposed to air this summer, but for some reason, it wasn't. Chen Ziyan said it was because Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige didn't have time to promote the show, but Lu Yanhe felt that based on the success of the first season, the second season would still do well even without their promotion.

Deputy Director Jiang Lan personally visited Lu Yanhe to inquire about his availability and invited him to help with the drama's promotion.

It can be said that Jiang Lan is the only person in the Beijing-Taiwan region that Lu Yanhe is still willing to deal with.

Ever since Linghe poached Hu Siwei, Lu Yanhe's already strained relationship with Beijing and Taiwan has become even more delicate and unpleasant.

Lu Yanhe said, "Jiangtai, I won't be appearing on any of your programs on Beijing TV. I can cooperate with anything else that requires my cooperation."

Jiang Lan asked with a smile if he would be available to film the third season of "The Seventeenth Floor" if it were to start filming next year.

Lu Yanhe said, "The schedule is very tight. I will try my best to coordinate. However, I have only filmed up to the third season. The director said before that his idea for this story was three seasons. I hope that our story can end normally in the third season. If you still want to use the 'Seventeen Floors' IP to make a spin-off series, that's fine, but please don't bring my character into the story anymore."

Jiang Lan understood Lu Yanhe's thoughts and nodded.

"Actually, you know, we've always wanted to repair our relationship with you."

Lu Yanhe shook his head: "Chief Jiang, to be honest, cooperating with you is fine, but cooperating with other people in your Beijing-Taiwan region is another matter. Even if I cooperate with you, I have to be wary of being sabotaged by others. So, until you become the station chief, I will not cooperate with Beijing-Taiwan on any new projects."

Lu Yanhe's words were quite direct.

Jiang Lan couldn't help but sigh, thinking that Lu Yanhe was becoming more and more assertive with each passing year.

However, no one could do anything about him. Now Lu Yanhe is not only an actor, but even the Golden Tripod Awards, when they went head-to-head with him, suffered a humiliating defeat and had to apologize and bow their heads in disgrace.

To be honest, Lu Yanhe's willingness to cooperate with them on the promotion of the second season at this time, and his willingness to finish filming the third season, already shows his exceptional professionalism.

Of course, what Jiang Lan didn't expect was that when the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor" was about to air, the young man who had to rely on exchanges of benefits to get the male lead role in the show had now unknowingly turned the entire creative team of "The Seventeenth Floor," especially the lead actors, into his friends.

Jiang Lan really doubted how much support Chen Bige and Jiang Jun would give to the show if she couldn't get Lu Yanhe's support for "The Seventeenth Floor".

For this reason, Jiang Lan was already very satisfied with the results of her visit to Lu Yanhe today to communicate face-to-face.

Even though Lu Yanhe didn't agree to anything except about "The Seventeenth Floor," he clearly rejected any possibility of further cooperation in the short term.

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Although this chapter is still short, it can be considered a supplement to the previous chapter which had too few updates.

(End of this chapter)