Chapter 312 Another Year of the Red River Award
Regarding "Late Spring," it is a film in which Lu Yanhe had a very high level of involvement.
The main reason is that he meets with Liu Bige and Miao Yue every few days, and they always care about his opinions and often talk about the script.
Let alone "Late Spring," we talked about many other ideas besides "Late Spring."
Liu Bige said, "The production budget for 'Late Spring' was not high, only ten million yuan was allocated, and it's hard to say whether there will be additional publicity and distribution funds later."
“It’s alright, ten million should be enough to make this movie, right?” Lu Yanhe asked.
Liu Bige: "More or less."
Lu Yanhe's salary for starring in this movie was only one million, far below his current market price.
This is because everyone knows that no matter what, "Late Spring" won't have a high box office, and Lu Yanhe doesn't want to add to Liu Bige's burden.
If his salary increases, Liu Bige will face even greater pressure to ask Longyan Film Industry for money.
no need.
Longyan is now openly funding Liu Bige and treating him like one of their own, which is why they're even casting him in low-budget art films—of course, without Lu Yanhe as the lead actor, that ten million yuan would likely be significantly less.
The key lies in the word "cultivation".
They never believed that the movie "Late Spring" could make them money.
It has nothing to do with Liu Bige being a new director; rather, the script for "Late Spring" simply doesn't look like a commercial film and is unlikely to be a box office hit.
Lu Yanhe and Liu Bige were also well aware of this. Therefore, when discussing production costs, they frequently mentioned how to minimize expenses.
Aside from Lu Yanhe's million-yuan salary, Wen Minglan, who made a cameo appearance with a small role, received 100,000 yuan. The other actors received 20,000 or 30,000 yuan each. The salaries accounted for less than 20% of the total production budget for the film.
This is all to make the movie even better. To use the best production team to make this movie.
Liu Bige said, "I invited photographer Bao Liang."
"Teacher Bao Liang?" Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up.
Bao Liang was so famous that even Lu Yanhe had heard of him.
He is one of the top cinematographers in China and has won many awards.
His salary for filming a movie is definitely higher than that of Lu Yanhe, the lead actor.
But it's definitely worth it.
"Late Spring" is a film that desperately needs a cinematographer. It's a film rich in emotional details; each character harbors their own hidden feelings. The film weaves these hidden emotions into a web, which ultimately ends without resolution.
"It tells the story of the hidden restlessness, endless noise, and fleeting emotions of adolescents during puberty, which are as fragile as bubbles and end without a trace."
Liu Bige printed this sentence on the title page of the script so that everyone who opens the script will see it at first glance.
"This is the core of this film," Liu Bige emphasized to everyone. "I hope that everyone in your respective departments will keep this in mind."
A new director doesn't have a long-term working team, which means that everyone in each department is actually working together for the first time. Everyone's skills, abilities, and whether they are easy to work with are all unknowns. And these unknowns mean that Liu Bige doesn't actually have that much control over his crew.
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March is still a time of lingering chill and fluctuating temperatures.
At school, Lu Yanhe usually wore a down jacket or cotton-padded coat, but some people were not afraid of the cold and wore jackets, and some even wore only a long-sleeved T-shirt.
That evening, the Honghe Award ceremony was held.
Lu Yanhe walked onto the red carpet of the Honghe Awards dressed in a black suit and tie, looking very proper. When he saw the other female celebrities wearing flowing gowns that swayed in the wind like blooming flowers, he thought to himself, "They must be freezing."
Jiang Yuqian appeared right after him, and after walking the red carpet, she quickly caught up with him.
"Xiao Lu".
"Sister Yuqian."
Lu Yanhe saw that Jiang Yuqian was holding her arms with both hands, and her lips were a little pale.
"Are you cold, Sister Yuqian?" he asked.
He hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should take off his coat and put it on Jiang Yuqian.
Jiang Yuqian nodded, "I didn't expect it to get so cold at night. It's okay, my assistant brought me a coat, she's already waiting for me inside."
She turned around and gestured to the camera behind her, saying, "Don't take your clothes off for me right now, or there will definitely be a lot of rumors about us online."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Jiang Yuqian: "Did you know? Beijing TV came to me and wants me to act in the second season of Friends."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was taken aback, somewhat surprised.
Jiang Yuqian: "I said, if Lu Yanhe isn't going to act, you should find a male actor to fill his place. Why did you ask me to act in it? Guess what they said?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head.
"They said that if I'm willing to act, they'll have the screenwriter tailor-make a role for me and guarantee that I'll be the absolute female lead," Jiang Yuqian said with a smile.
Lu Yanhe's brows almost furrowed involuntarily.
Jiang Yuqian: "I refused directly. I was very direct. The fact that they think this way shows that they don't understand why this show is so popular among young people. If this show has an absolute protagonist, then it won't be Friends anymore."
Lu Yanhe looked at Jiang Yuqian with some surprise.
He really didn't expect Jiang Yuqian to say that to Jingtai.
"What a pity. You wrote such a good script for the first season, and then you did so many terrible things to me. Now you're just writing a poor sequel for the second season," Jiang Yuqian complained.
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It's alright, let them film it. Anyway, with the first season as a foundation, the ratings for the second season won't be bad either."
“Then I think you’ve underestimated the audience. The high ratings for the first season only mean that the ratings for the first episode of the second season will definitely be good. This is a weekly drama. If the first episode isn’t engaging, we’ll see how the second episode goes. If it’s still bad, who’s going to keep watching?” Jiang Yuqian said to Lu Yanhe as they walked into the room.
In the artists' rest area, many people are chatting.
The appearance of Lu Yanhe and Jiang Yuqian together immediately attracted a lot of attention.
"Why did you two come in together?" Huang Kairen was the first to walk over and asked with a smile.
"I was walking the red carpet right behind him when we bumped into each other." Jiang Yuqian said to Huang Kairen while glancing around and nodding to acquaintances. "I thought you weren't coming. Why are you here?"
"The Honghe Awards invited me to be a guest, it's not like I really can't come, so why shouldn't I?" Huang Kairen shook his head.
Jiang Yuqian glanced at him sideways and smiled.
Neither of them was nominated this year, but because they are both top-tier celebrities, the Honghe Awards invited them to be award presenters again this year.
For them, coming to the Red River Awards is certainly a good event to maintain exposure, but on the other hand, coming without being nominated would be somewhat embarrassing for actors like them who have some ambition, so they would rather not come.
They both had almost identical attitudes toward the matter and understood each other's thoughts.
That's how celebrities are.
When I wasn't famous, I was determined to become famous and be recognized by the audience.
Once you become famous, you want to be more grounded, more confident, and stand taller.
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Lu Yanhe remains the youngest nominee among the four performance categories nominated for the Honghe Awards this year.
He also received the most enthusiastic support from his seniors throughout the event.
This time, many people are saying that they can contact Lu Yanhe anytime for any scripts he writes, and they can play both the lead and supporting roles.
Lu Yanhe was flattered.
People were surprised by his flattery – what's there to be flattered about? Friends is so popular, don't you know how much attention your next movie will receive?
In the entertainment industry, a new work by a screenwriter with a hit story is a script that all actors are vying for.
It's important to understand that every year there are several actors who become wildly popular, but not every year there are screenwriters who can write hit works.
Every single person's script is a highly coveted piece of meat in the industry, the kind that everyone wants a bite of.
Many people have asked him about his upcoming work.
Lu Yanhe only said that he had taken on several other scripts written by others and that he would focus his energy on filming these works this year.
Lu Yanhe was finally able to leave just as the awards ceremony was about to begin.
The Best Supporting Actor award went unsurprisingly to Li Songfan, who became a sensation last year with his role in the suspenseful drama "Pretending to be Sick".
Lu Yanhe applauded and congratulated him.
When Li Songfan went on stage to accept the award, his eyes were red. He held the trophy tightly and said, "I have been working hard in this industry for more than 20 years, and I have finally stood on the stage to accept the award. Thank you, thank you to the judges! Thank you to my colleagues, thank you to the excellent actors who were nominated with me, especially Yan He. You are also a screenwriter. Remember to contact me if you have any projects in the future."
His gaze fell on Lu Yanhe, and the whole room burst into laughter.
Lu Yanhe clasped his hands together, nodded to him, and smiled, saying "Okay."
The subsequent award results were mostly unsurprising, featuring many of the favorites.
The only thing that has attracted everyone's attention is the competition for this year's Best Actress award.
Apart from one veteran actress who is not very well-known, the other four nominees for Best Actress this year are all leading actresses who are active in the front line. Each of them has a remarkable performance and has a group of supporters online.
Finally, Xu Yiren won the award. On the big screen that was playing the award at the same time, the expressions of the other nominees were broadcast live. Another nominee, Lu Sui, couldn't control her expression. After hearing Xu Yiren's name, she rolled her eyes. Then, she realized what she had done and hurriedly put on an awkward smile that looked worse than crying.
Everyone could only silently pretend they didn't see it.
Lu Yanhe was also shocked by this scene, his eyes widening in surprise.
After the awards ceremony, Lu Yanhe received a call from Jiang Yuqian, asking if he was free and if so, they could get together.
Jiang Yuqian organized a gathering and invited many friends who were attending the Honghe Award ceremony to participate.
There was Huang Kairen, and Lu Sui, who rolled her eyes.
When Lu Yanhe arrived, many people were already there.
Lu Sui is speaking.
She looked helpless and somewhat annoyed.
"It's really my own fault. I just couldn't help it. But you know, it doesn't matter who wins the award. I didn't roll my eyes because I didn't win. I just hate Xu Yiren. His name has the character 'Ren' in it, but he's really not kind. Sigh." Lu Sui was extremely depressed.
"Your eye roll has turned the internet upside down and caused a huge uproar." Someone else said, "You should be prepared, Sui Sui, her fans might start cyberbullying you."
"That's alright, I've gotten used to it over the years anyway." Lu Sui sighed. "Since we debuted in the same drama, our battle has never stopped. I have far too much experience fighting each other."
"It's alright, this is just the beginning. There are still the Golden Tripod Award and the Blue Ribbon Award to come. We don't know who will win them yet. She just won one award. Your reputation wasn't that much different from hers in the early stages."
"Now I just hope that I'll never be nominated for the same award as her again," Lu Sui said dejectedly.
Lu Yanhe greeted everyone with a smile, and then Jiang Yuqian introduced him to Lu Sui.
Lu Sui had looked somewhat dejected, but upon seeing Lu Yanhe, she immediately broke into a beaming smile.
"Oh, Yan He! I didn't even want to come, but Jiang Yuqian told me you were coming, so I came." Lu Sui said to him, "Let's add each other as friends, finally we have a chance to get to know each other."
Lu Yanhe quickly nodded to Lu Sui and said, "Hello, Sister Sui."
Lu Sui glared at Lu Yanhe and said, "Don't call me Sister Sui, call me Little Sui, or Sui Sui."
Jiang Yuqian immediately rolled her eyes at her, "Xiao Lu is only twenty years old, don't let him shout nonsense."
Lu Sui: "I... I'm only seven, eight, or nine years older than her, how could you call me that?"
Jiang Yuqian shook her head speechlessly and said to Lu Yanhe, "Ignore her."
Someone nearby laughed and said, "Back when Lu Yanhe had just become famous, Lu Sui said that Lu Yanhe was her type."
"As long as he's handsome, he's her type. I've heard at least a hundred different types of men she likes," someone immediately chimed in.
Jiang Yuqian laughed loudly.
Lu Sui immediately retorted, "Don't be so disrespectful! This is my first time meeting Xiao Lu!"
Lu Yanhe was at a loss for how to deal with these women.
Huang Kairen finally came to the rescue.
"Don't mess with Xiao Lu, he has a girlfriend." He joked with a smile, "They're very much in love."
"I know, I know, just kidding." The person who was joking in front immediately said, "Xiao Lu, don't mind it, we just talk nonsense when we get together."
Lu Yanhe just kept laughing.
In situations like this, he doesn't know what to say, so he just smiles and tries to be easy to get along with; that's enough.
After eating something to fill their stomachs, everyone started drinking.
Lu Yanhe then went to find Jiang Yuqian.
"Sister Yuqian, are you interested in that play I told you about before?"
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I didn't fall asleep until 5 a.m. yesterday, and I went straight home to sleep after work today. I didn't wake up until 11 a.m. I'll post a little bit now and continue writing later. Check back at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
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