Chapter 882 So that's how it is
Huang Tianlin used to be a very self-reliant person.
At the same time, he is highly sensitive and has an inferiority complex that makes him very easily angered.
His first meeting with Lu Yanhe was not pleasant, but the outcome was unexpected. During the creative process, the two very opinionated people were able to have almost no arguments and gradually grow closer, become friends, and develop a good relationship, which is also rare.
In the creative field, disputes, arguments, shouting, and disintegration are the norm.
However, after the huge success of "Tropical Rainy Season," Huang Tianlin's various flaws disappeared. He was still proud, even a little arrogant, but he was no longer so sensitive, no longer anxious about gains and losses, no longer harbored unfounded hostility towards all "successful people," and no longer preferred to hold the steering wheel himself rather than add gas to his car.
Huang Tianlin spent a long time writing the screenplay "The Original Father." In "Tropical Rainy Season," he tells a family story from a child's perspective. In that story, the father's role is absent.
In this script, Huang Tianlin felt that something was not right after writing several scripts. Some of the scripts were even about to enter the production stage, but were eventually stopped. Finally, when he wrote the script "The Original Father", he felt that everything was right.
After reading the script, Lu Yanhe immediately gave very positive feedback, which further solidified his idea.
Some directors, throughout their lives, cannot escape their own life experiences in creating works. In fact, many people see them as nothing more than the same story, repeated over and over again.
However, for some directors, this is not a bad thing.
After some time, Lu Yanhe replied that he was willing to star in the movie.
Huang Tianlin felt a sense of relief.
He didn't even know when it started, but he began to value Lu Yanhe's attitude so much.
Huang Tianlin asked him, "Was it the script that moved you? Was it the script itself, or was it my experience working with you on the last film?"
“It’s the script.” Lu Yanhe said bluntly, “Our previous collaboration is certainly one reason, but for this play, the script is what moved me the most, you are secondary.”
After hearing this, Huang Tianlin smiled with satisfaction.
He would have preferred to hear Lu Yanhe's answer.
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No press release was issued when filming began for the movie "The Original Father".
However, the news that Lu Yanhe had joined the production team made the entire film industry around the world aware that the movie had already begun filming.
Five top Hollywood film studios came to negotiate distribution rights.
Artistic directors and film selectors from the four major international film festivals contacted us, inviting this film to participate in their main competition sections.
They invited this film to enter the main competition even though it wasn't even a finished film.
This is because of the success of "Tropical Rainy Season".
As soon as the movie information was released, major media outlets included it in their lists of "top contenders" for this year's year-end awards season.
No one thought that the movie "The Original Father" would be a failure.
This kind of attention belongs only to films like this.
With the attention shifting to major international media outlets, the production team of "The Original Father" must further strengthen security and confidentiality management to prevent paparazzi from disguising themselves, infiltrating the set, taking photos, and releasing them.
God knows how far they're willing to take risks for the benefits they can gain from the current popularity.
There were four or five media outlets stationed near the film set, just to capture a couple of glimpses of Lu Yanhe occasionally caught on his way to and from get off work.
Even photos like these can fetch a good price.
Lu Yanhe had no choice but to endure it.
The principle of "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight" applies here.
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"Love is Not Blind" grossed over 400 million RMB 10 days after its release on New Year's Eve, becoming the box office champion during the New Year's Day period.
Lu Yanhe didn't have time to return to China to help promote the film.
However, with a cast including Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian, and thanks to the "emergency operation" over the past two months, "Love is Not Blind" ultimately took the lead with a 19% screening rate, securing nearly one-fifth of the screenings on New Year's Eve, ranking third, and achieving a box office of nearly 80 million yuan that day, winning the top spot at the box office.
After that, starting from the second day, the screening rate steadily rose to 25%.
Box office revenue is the real money.
Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian worked together on the most important roadshow for domestic film promotion, running for a total of six days.
Similarly, just as Lu Yanhe had predicted, the movie "Love is Not Blind" became a huge hit on social media.
Numerous memorable quotes have circulated widely on the internet.
For example, "These days, young boys value a woman's breasts more than a thousand pounds of loyalty!" or "I have lived up to my own standards and to that love."
These sentences are incredibly popular online.
I wonder how many people have updated them to their social media signatures.
For the two lead actors, Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian, their popularity, discussion, and especially media praise have all soared to unprecedented heights.
Many media outlets have said that Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian have both played the most groundbreaking roles in their acting careers to date.
Li Zhibai's performance in the movie also shocked a lot of his fans, and some fans even wondered why he would play such a self-destructive role.
Li Zhibai replied directly in the comments section: Self-destructive image? No, it just destroyed the impression you had of me.
A fan asked: Don't you care about your image in the eyes of your fans?
Li Zhibai: As an actor, when I play a role, should I care about how my image is in the eyes of my fans?
Anyway, he and his fans engaged in a heated verbal battle.
In contrast, Jiang Yuqian received almost unanimous praise.
The character Huang Xiaoxian is so well-developed.
Creating a modern urban female character that can attract a large following is extremely difficult. Otherwise, looking at the history of Chinese cinema, aren't the classic female figures in movies often based on women from ancient times or historical periods?
This is the same thing as literature. A critic once said that China has many classic works of rural literature, but modern urban literature is as barren as a desert. That statement certainly has its biases and absolutes, but it must be admitted that because China's modernization has only lasted for two or three decades, and modern cities have only been around for a few years, it is simply incomparable to the rich history of the past.
Therefore, the emergence of a female character like Huang Xiaoxian is similar to the success of "Go Lala Go!" which became a bestseller and was hailed as a bible for urban working women. She is a genuine urban girl with no dramatic embellishment in her background or origins. Her character is so well-developed that men find her cute and even a little sexy, and women feel that they should live like her. She is a rare find.
The positive reviews from the media and audiences for "Love is Not Blind" have even drawn attention from the entire industry.
For a clearly commercially driven urban comedy with minimal romance, it's extremely rare to receive such high praise from both the media and audiences. In the US, this kind of momentum would make it a frontrunner for awards season and a shoo-in for an Oscar.
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Some people even said that Linghe was scheduled for the wrong time slot.
"Love is Not Blind" should have been released during the Spring Festival.
With such positive word-of-mouth, if it were released during the Spring Festival, its box office revenue would likely be far more than 500-600 million yuan.
Chen Yin simply smiled at such criticism and didn't take it to heart at all.
Because he knew very well that this was not the case at all.
If this film is released during the Spring Festival, many viewers will be limited by the fact that they often watch movies with classmates or family during the Spring Festival, and may not choose it as their first choice. If the box office does not hold up in the first few days, the screening rate will inevitably decline. Even if the word-of-mouth can maintain the long-tail effect of box office, the box office volume will inevitably shrink due to the shift in everyone's attention, and in the end, it may not even be able to reach 500 million.
Films scheduled for the Spring Festival season must be those with potential and the ability to become the preferred choice for moviegoers.
But it's okay, so let everyone say what they will, anyway, "Love is Not Blind" was a success once again.
Oh, no, recently there have been quite a few haters saying that this movie will be a box office flop.
Starring Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian, and written by Lu Yanhe, the film is only expected to gross 500-600 million yuan at the box office. Isn't that a huge flop?
Ling He bluntly announced the budget of "Love is Not Blind," and strongly thanked Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian for their leading roles, saying they opened the market for this urban-themed film with its authorial expression and challenging dialogue. Ling He further declared without any modesty that "Love is Not Blind" revived Chinese chick flicks, proving once again that they could be box office hits, and showing everyone that even innovative, groundbreaking, and unconventional protagonist settings can achieve box office success.
In short, Linghe is trying to express one thing.
"Love is Not Blind" was a great success, so you haters can go away.
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After the buzz generated by the New Year's Day films subsided, the focus of entertainment news shifted to the Spring Festival Gala.
Which artists will appear on the Spring Festival Gala has become the most anticipated question.
The same applies to whether Lu Yanhe can appear on the Spring Festival Gala.
However, the Spring Festival Gala production team did not actually send an invitation to Lu Yanhe this year.
To be precise, the Spring Festival Gala production team had contacted Chen Ziyan long ago, and after learning that Lu Yanhe definitely wouldn't have time, they gave up on the plan.
Even at this time of year, the calls to see Lu Yanhe on the Spring Festival Gala are particularly loud, surging in like a sudden wave.
Lu Yanhe will not be appearing on the Spring Festival Gala, and Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, although they received invitations, declined them.
Although they had never discussed this matter or made any agreement, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang shared a tacit understanding: in the past, they always performed together on the Spring Festival Gala, and if possible, they hoped to continue this tradition.
Of course, the main reason is that Yan Liang's parents will be staying in Yuming for the Spring Festival this year. After Yan Liang's mother's surgery was successfully completed, they have been staying in Yuming to rest. Yan Liang didn't want them to go back, and because he was worried about them, he specially hired a caregiver, a nanny, and a driver for them—and even bought them a house near Ziyuan Bridge so that they could live there in peace.
Li Zhi laughed at everything.
If this continues, their whole group will end up owning Ziyuan Bridge.
Yan Liang wants to spend the Chinese New Year with his parents this year.
Li Zhibai planned to go with Jiang Yuqian to her home to meet her parents.
After the paparazzi threats in December, both of them felt that rather than waiting for the bomb to explode at any time, they might as well step on it themselves.
Before that, you need to talk to your family first.
Then, they can go public with their relationship during the Chinese New Year, give everyone time to process it, and once everyone has returned to work and the public has had enough, the two of them can go to Europe and America to promote the movie.
Both teams have made extensive preparations for going public with their relationship.
It has the meaning of "everything is ready except for the east wind".
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Meanwhile, Yin Xincheng has already made plans to announce his marriage on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year.
This date was also carefully chosen by them.
No matter how much of a stir their incident might cause, the day after tomorrow will be Lunar New Year's Eve, and all media resources and public attention will inevitably be focused on the Spring Festival Gala.
Choosing such a date reveals just how pessimistic his team is about the public opinion surrounding the wedding announcement. They seem to need to forcefully use the Spring Festival Gala to divert public attention.
The Friends production team is prepared for Yin Xincheng's upcoming public announcement of his marriage.
Regarding this matter, everyone has agreed to keep their word and will not answer any questions in front of the media, only offering the word "blessings".
As the first person in "Friends" to announce his marriage, everyone is curious about what Yin Xincheng will face next.
It's somewhat like testing the waters.
As for Lu Yanhe, he wasn't particularly concerned. The sitcom *Friends* itself already deviated somewhat from what most people could accept, such as unmarried mothers and various on-screen couples. Back then, the main actors of *Friends* were constantly embroiled in scandals, but that didn't affect the show's popularity at all. Therefore, Lu Yanhe wasn't worried that Yin Xincheng's marriage announcement would affect *Friends*'s audience.
People who think this way are either overly worried or simply don't understand the status of "Friends" in the hearts of the audience.
Therefore, Lu Yanhe felt very comfortable staying in the "Original Father" crew and wasn't worried about this at all.
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He Yingzi, on the other hand, had some doubts.
She originally planned to bring Lang Xia out to have a good talk with him about transferring to Zhou Ping'an's company after her current contract expires.
Before talking to Zhou Ping'an, she wanted to consult with Lang Xia first, or at least get his consent.
Zhou Ping'an is not Chen Ziyan after all.
For Lang Xia, he would definitely think Chen Ziyan is a good choice, but he might not think Zhou Ping'an is a good choice.
He Yingzi was planning to have a serious talk with Lang Xia about this matter.
Before she could even contact Lang Xia, he took the initiative to reach out to her, saying that he had some ideas about what to do after the contract ended and wanted to discuss them with her.
Upon hearing this, He Yingzi was surprised but immediately understood. Although she had always protected Lang Xia very well, she never intended to irresponsibly abandon him. Even when she herself had health problems, she was still here helping Lang Xia find a new agency. From Lang Xia's perspective, with his agency contract about to expire and no discussion about renewal, he must have felt anxious and uncertain.
He Yingzi decided to take this opportunity to tell Lang Xia about her future plans, including her health condition.
However, He Yingzi soon realized that she had made a big mistake.
When He Yingzi came to Lang Xia, before she could even mention her illness, Lang Xia said, "I will not renew the contract when it expires."
He Yingzi was taken aback.
Lang Xia said, "I contacted other people some time ago, and I will start cooperating with them after the contract expires."
"Oh, really?" He Yingzi tried to say these words in a relaxed and indifferent tone, but anyone could see that her relaxation and indifference were forced.
Lang Xia said, "I am very grateful for everything you have done for me over the past few years. However, when I found out that the reason you became my manager was because you were my father's former lover, I could no longer look at you the same way."
He Yingzi felt as if she had been pierced by a thousand arrows when she heard these words.
"What did you say?" She looked at Lang Xia in disbelief.
Lang Xia stared straight at her, unyielding. "Did I say something wrong? Are you going to deny it?"
He Yingzi was so angry she laughed.
"So that's how it is."
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The day of the Galaxy Awards ceremony.
Lu Yanhe has returned to China.
He took two days off just to attend the Galaxy Awards.
"Dingfeng No. 1" was nominated for all three major domestic film awards.
Lu Yanhe has already participated in the first two, so it's impossible for him not to come this time.
In particular, the three major domestic awards seem to have reached a consensus to collectively recognize the film "Dingfeng No. 1".
Tonight, what he cares about most is whether Professor Wen Shengming can win an award.
Little did he know that as soon as he entered the inner area, Lu Yanhe ran into a mortal enemy.
Lang Xia.
However, He Yingzi was nowhere to be seen beside him.
This is quite unusual, as He Yingzi is almost always around Lang Xia in such situations.
Lu Yanhe was somewhat surprised.
Then someone told him that Lang Xia and He Yingzi were not renewing their contract and had broken up.
When Lu Yanhe first heard this, he didn't believe it at all.
Until more and more people said it, he had no choice but to believe it.
Judging from the current signs, it seems to be true.
Lu Yanhe found it unbelievable.
However, he soon realized that this was nothing compared to what he had learned.
Zhou Ping'an actually appeared beside him!
(End of this chapter)
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