Chapter 532

"The Liulaid Film Festival wants to invite you to be a judge for the main competition unit next year."

The day after talking about the play directed by Gong Jiang, Chen Ziyan brought another piece of news.

"Liulaid Film Festival?"

Lu Yanhe had never participated in this film festival, but he had heard that it was a well-known independent film festival in the United States.

Chen Ziyan said: "Do you want to go?"

Lu Yanhe said: "When next year?"

"Probably around October, right after Venice and Toronto." Chen Ziyan said, "You don't have a schedule for that time at the moment."

Lu Yanhe: "Then go, the national film festival route is already on the way, why not go to Liulaid."

It is a well-known film festival after all.

Chen Ziyan was a little hesitant.

"What's wrong?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. This is your first time to serve as a judge at an international film festival. If your starting point is not high enough, will it lower your impression in everyone's mind?"

"That shouldn't be the case, right? Haven't there been any big names who served as judges at the Liulai Film Festival before?"

"This film festival didn't have a competition unit before, and it was only set up in the past two years." Chen Ziyan said, "The lineup of judges they invited in the past two years is indeed quite ordinary."

"Then what is the reputation of the films produced by this film festival?"

"It's still pretty good. The Liulai Film Festival is a relatively first-tier film festival in the United States. It has produced many good works. In the past two years, there have been award-winning works on the Oscar nomination list."

"That's no problem, let's go." Lu Yanhe nodded after listening to the brief introduction of the film festival. "As long as the film festival itself has a good reputation, I'll go. Just treat it as going to watch a movie."

Chen Ziyan nodded when she saw Lu Yanhe say this.

"Okay, since you said so, then I'll agree to them."

Chen Ziyan said: "There is one more thing, the movie "The Call" is about to start filming."

"Oh?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, "When?"

"It should be next month, if nothing else goes wrong."

"Finally."

"Yes, finally." Chen Ziyan nodded.

Chen Ziyan had just finished talking to him in the daytime, and Jiang Yuqian called him in the evening to tell him that the movie "The Call" was about to start filming.

"We are going to start filming next month." Jiang Yuqian is now attending the Fashion Week event and is not in China, "Yanhe, do you have time to come and see it?"

"I'm still filming the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor". I'll go over and see it after it's finished." Lu Yanhe said.

"Okay."

Lu Yanhe asked: "Sister Yuqian, when will you return to China?"

"It will probably take another week. What's wrong?"

"Just curious, I noticed you've been abroad recently." Lu Yanhe said, "I heard that a play that was originally intended for you was snatched away by someone else in the company?"

"That's not the case. I turned it down myself and gave it to someone else. It was Fuli, right?" Jiang Yuqian said, "Zhou Ping'an and she both came to me and told me about it. I didn't have any time to act, so I gave it to her."

"Is that so? That's good. I thought you were staying abroad for a long time. The backyard of my own home is on fire."

"That's not impossible after a long time." Jiang Yuqian smiled, "The company has changed a lot recently, but, Yanhe, you won't renew your contract with Star Entertainment, right?"

"Yes, I won't renew it. Now I'm just waiting for the contract to expire." Lu Yanhe said, "There's more than half a year left."

Jiang Yuqian: "That's good."

"Sister Yuqian, what about you? You've been in Star Entertainment for so many years. Now Sui Xiaodie's contract has expired and she's gone. Will you renew your contract with Star Entertainment?"

"I haven't considered it yet. Star Entertainment can't help me much in my current career."

Jiang Yuqian was also ready to leave.

However, Lu Yanhe was not surprised by this.

To put it bluntly, Star Entertainment's resources and what it can do for them are no longer suitable for their current stage.

Lu Yanhe still maintained a little restraint and did not directly move the focus of his work abroad.

Jiang Yuqian had no scruples at all.

"I'm going to hand over my overseas agency contract to Williams Agency." Jiang Yuqian added, "They took the initiative to contact me and want to be my agent for overseas agency affairs. Do you have an agency overseas?"

"Not yet."

"I wanted to ask your opinion."

"I don't have any opinions worth your reference." Lu Yanhe said, "I may have to learn from you later."

Jiang Yuqian: "Don't be ridiculous, I'm going to burn my boats and rush forward in one go with the momentum of "Squid Game". You have a much stronger foundation than me, so you can take it step by step."

Jiang Yuqian smiled.

"Yan He, don't learn from me. I have considered my own situation. I want to go to the next level in three to five years. I can only go international to overtake others. Otherwise, I will keep fighting with Zhang Lan and others without any major breakthroughs. We have limited talent. We are not like you and Chen Bige who have such good acting skills. The more we learn, the more we understand the importance of talent. I want to break out and take the lead. I can only fight for something else. You don't have to do this."

Some actors have most of their CVs full of glittering works.

But some actors have their CVs full of gold.

Of course, this does not mean that the latter is worse than the former.

Sometimes, when looking back at the end of life, the former may have collapsed in just ten or twenty years, while the latter has stood firm for decades and become a legend.

Jiang Yuqian's plan for herself is to realize that she cannot take the "movie queen" route, but can only take the "superstar" route.

Lu Yanhe: "Waiting for you to take me flying."

Jiang Yuqian laughed.

"OK."

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After Lu Yanhe hung up the phone, he searched online to find out about Jiang Yuqian's work activities in the past few months. After searching, he discovered that Lu Yanhe's statement that she was almost based abroad was not an exaggeration.

Jiang Yuqian has just debuted and is on the rise with a work intensity, flying all over the world, fashion events, business dinners, movie events, relying on the popularity of the role of "Squid Game", she is crazy in front of the global media, and her face is... The exposure did make her very popular during this period.

Especially in such an entertainment environment in China, Jiang Yuqian is now a rare star who has blossomed internationally, and is still quite sought after——

There is no way, the domestic competition is too fierce. If you want to stand out and widen the gap with others, you must have something that others do not have.

Jiang Yuqian now has a unique advantage in "internationalization", and she is constantly consolidating and expanding her advantages in this area.

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Halfway through the filming of the second season of "Seventeen Floors", Ben-Suk Chung suddenly showed up again.

This time, he brought a Korean actor with him.

Lu Yanhe also knew him.

The host when Lu Yanhe participated in the Asian Television Festival was Kong Lingfan.

There was some unpleasantness between the two people at that time.

Later, TVN's management directly kicked Kong Lingfan out of the cooperation project because of this incident.

This time, Kong Lingfan followed Zhong Benzhuo to visit the class, and his attitude was very good.

Along the way, when I saw Chen Bige and Jiang Jun, they all bowed one by one.

Lu Yanhe came out of his lounge only later.

Zhong Benzhuo immediately greeted Lu Yanhe.

The moment Lu Yanhe saw the two of them, there was an unmistakable moment of alertness on his face, and then he smiled politely.

"Mr. Zhong."

Zhong Benshuo enthusiastically introduced: "Yan He, you and Ling Fan must have met, right? He is a fan of your "Seventeen Floors" and has always wanted to come to the scene to observe and learn about the filming of the second season, especially you - he and I said, he is your fan."

Lu Yanhe could only express his surprise socially and said, "Really? Thank you."

Kong Lingfan seemed to have forgotten the trouble he had caused Lu Yanhe before, and greeted Lu Yanhe proactively and enthusiastically.

"Teacher Lu, we meet again. It's really nice to see you."

His English pronunciation was not very pure, and it took Lu Yanhe a while to understand what Kong Lingfan was talking about.

"Hello."

The two parties chatted awkwardly for a while, and then Lu Yanhe went to prepare for his next scene.

The actors were talking privately.

Li Yuefeng was very surprised and asked: "Didn't he just come here not long ago? Why is he here again? He also brought someone with him."

"He is one of the investors and broadcasters of our show, so isn't it normal for him to come and hang out with us?" Yan Zhimeng said.

"Why does he care about such a big place like Asia and have so much free time?"

Li Yuefeng seemed to be very concerned and very sharp.

"He brought that Kong Lingfan here, who knows what he was planning."

Li Yuefeng's words gave everyone present a wake-up call.

"Kong Lingfan is quite famous in Korea, right?"

"I can't say he is very famous, but he did become popular because of a drama the year before last." Lin Chan said, "I watched that drama, and he also received a lot of attention in China at that time."

Li Yuefeng: "Our drama is not so popular that a star who is very popular in Korea comes to visit the show."

"What do you want to say?" Chen Bige glanced at Li Yuefeng with a half-smile.

"I think Zhong Benshuo may want Kong Lingfan to play a guest role in our drama." Li Yuefeng said, "Then, he can be naturally inserted into the main cast of the third season."

Everyone looked at each other.

Lu Yanhe originally wanted to say that although Maxine invested in this drama, the copyright was in the hands of Beijing and Taiwan after all, and it was not up to them to decide on this.

Another thought, given Beijing and Taiwan's urinary behavior and various past manipulations, if the two sides reached some exchange of interests, it might not come true.

Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige looked at each other.

Seeing this, Chen Bige asked Lu Yanhe: "Do you think what Li Yuefeng said is possible?"

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It may not be impossible."

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Zhong Benzhuo actually had this idea in mind.

He doesn't just have a third season on his mind, though.

He has already negotiated with Beijing and Taiwan. After the "Seventeen Floor" trilogy, Maxine will get the copyright and adapt it into a spin-off series.

Zhong Benshuo's idea is to create a Korean version of "Seventeenth Floor" through Kong Lingfan's guest role in "Seventeenth Floor".

And Zhong Benshuo has no plans to let Kong Lingfan guest star in the second season.

He just brought him to find out the way in advance. In the third season, Kong Lingfan will become one of the protagonists.

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Kong Lingfan was a little uneasy. After leaving the crew of "Seventeen Floors", he had been in a daze and always worried.

Seeing this, Zhong Benzhuo asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Kong Lingfan said: "Brother, I offended Lu Yanhe before. Do you think he won't stop me from participating in the third season?"

Jong Benshuo: "Don't worry, I have already made an agreement with China's Jingtai. This drama is Jingtai's drama, not Lu Yanhe's drama."

Kong Lingfan said: "But I heard that Lu Yanhe has a lot of say in China. What if he is determined to stop me from participating in this drama?"

"You don't know that the relationship between Lu Yanhe and Jingtai has long been very delicate." Zhong Benshuo shook his head, "The third season of "Seventeen Floors" will be his last cooperation with Jingtai. In this case, how can Jingtai care about his opinion."

Kong Lingfan was a little surprised when he heard this, "Has he been banned by Jingtai?"

"It's more like he banned Jingtai." Zhong Benshuo smiled, "China's film and television environment is still different from our South Korea. The TV station is not so strong now. You should also try to ease the relationship with him. If you didn't tell me that you have a bad relationship with him, I would find a way to let you play the sequel of "Squid Game"."

Kong Lingfan sighed.

"I was too impulsive."

At that time, I just wanted to take advantage of the popularity, but I didn't expect that I would get my skin broken.

Zhong Benshuo: "But it's okay. There is an old Chinese saying that Feng Shui will change. Lu Yanhe has such a tough temper, and he will suffer a loss one day."

Kong Lingfan looked at Zhong Benshuo with some surprise.

He didn't expect that Zhong Benshuo also had opinions about Lu Yanhe?

He thought that Zhong Benshuo and Lu Yanhe had a good relationship.

After all, the two have cooperated so many times.

Zhong Benshuo didn't say much. In fact, he couldn't tell others that his cooperation with Lu Yanhe was still in the limelight when Lu Yanhe was in his heyday.

To the outside world, he had to create a close cooperative relationship between him and Lu Yanhe.

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"Look at you, worrying about nothing."

Shen Yue said to Li Yuefeng, "He didn't stay to guest star, okay?"

Li Yuefeng shrugged his shoulders.

"I said it at the time, it's just a possibility."

Lu Yanhe also found it very interesting. On this matter, everyone's attitude was quite consistent. They all didn't want Kong Lingfan to make a guest appearance.

It may also be that the tone from the beginning was "unwelcome" by Li Yuefeng's camp.

"The "Seventeenth Floor" series is a hot commodity." Li Yuefeng added, "Even if Kong Lingfan doesn't make a guest appearance this time, after our trilogy is finished, I don't believe that we won't develop other spin-offs. This is such a good subject to develop. If we replace all the actors and restart a story, it will still be very interesting."

"It depends on how Beijing and Taiwan arrange it." Jiang Jun smiled.

Li Yuefeng said: "Do you think Beijing and Taiwan will develop spin-offs for our single characters? Just like American TV series."

"It may not be impossible for popular characters." Lu Yanhe said, "For example, your character."

Li Yuefeng: "My popular character has died, and I don't know how the audience will view my current character."

Speaking of this, he was a little depressed.

He is the only actor in the second season who has to worry about whether the audience will continue to accept him.

"Sister Bi Ge, if your role is given a spin-off series, would you be willing to act in it?" Shen Yue asked.

Chen Bi Ge shook her head.

"You have acted in three series, and you are still acting? You will get tired of it." Chen Bi Ge said, "I don't consider continuing to act in this series in the short term."

Shen Yue: "In fact, it would be great if this theme could be developed into a movie. I think this theme would definitely be good if it was developed into a movie."

"Beijing and Taiwan have no experience and channels for making movies. It is difficult unless they cooperate with others." Chen Bi Ge said, "Movies and TV series are completely two systems with deep barriers."

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Drunk, that's all for today. (End of this chapter)