Let’s get married

In the end, “Uncontrollable” only won three awards: Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, and Best Director. It was not a particularly good result, but it was still pretty good.

Su Mo was unable to attend the celebration banquet after the award ceremony, but Lu Yan had to attend, regardless of being one of the leading actors in the movie or one of the winners of the award tonight.  Almost everyone at the banquet offered him a drink in the name of congratulations, Lu Yan was respectful and had to accept everyone’s offer. In the end, he pretended to be drunk before he was able to leave.

The celebration banquet was held in the hotel where they were staying. Lu Yan, who pretended to be drunk, was dragged back to the accommodation floor. When he reached the door of the room, he struggled and said that he could just be sent there and he could go in by himself. The person who was accompanying him was still worried and wanted to send him directly to the room, but Lu Yan insisted. He saw that Lu Yan didn’t look like he couldn’t even walk, and he had already reached the door of the room, so there shouldn’t be any problem. Finally, he confirmed that Lu Yan was able to do it by himself and left.

When the person who escorted him walked away, Lu Yan quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He did not take out the room card to open the door, but instead pressed the doorbell lightly. The door opened quickly, and Lu Yan dodged and squeezed in. There was no light in the room. In the darkness, Lu Yan grasped a hand through the door, then hugged it. The familiar breath in his arms made him feel at ease and relaxed.

The door was gently closed, and the person being hugged reached out to touch his neck and said softly, “Are you okay? Did you drink a lot?”

Lu Yan’s breath on the other’s neck seemed to be drunken, and he whispered, “It’s okay, I drank a little too much, but not to the point of being drunk.”

Su Mo said softly, “I made you a pot of tea, would you like to drink some to slow down your mood?”

“Okay.” Lu Yan responded and slowly loosened his hand. At this time, his eyes were able to adapt to the light coming in from the floor-to-ceiling windows in the room.

Su Mo, who had been staying in the room, had already taken off his suit jacket, wearing only a white shirt, showing off his slim waist and narrow hips. Lu Yan looked at him greedily as he walked to the tea table, poured a cup of tea from the teapot, and turned around to hand it to him.

Lu Yan took off his white suit, pulled off his bow tie, and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt. He took the teacup and asked, “Why don’t you turn on the light?”

Lu Yan took a sip as he spoke. The tea was a little strong, but it was just right for sobering up.

Su Mo took the suit from his hand, turned around and hung it on the standing hanger, and said casually, “You haven’t come back yet. It would be bad if someone saw the light on in your room.”

Lu Yan frowned slightly, looking a little gloomy.

Su Mo saw that the cup in his hand was empty, so he took it and said, “Another cup?”

Lu Yan shook his head. “No, this little bit of wine is actually nothing.”

Su Mo put the cup in his hand back on the tea table. Lu Yan took his hand and gently let him sit on the sofa next to him. He also sat on it, with his hands on the back of the sofa, one knee pressed on the side of the leg, and one leg slightly bent, almost holding the whole person in his arms.

Lu Yan looked into his eyes and whispered, “Would you feel dissatisfied? Like now, it can’t be made public.”

Su Mo smiled and stroked his hair. “How could that be? We are together, that’s the most important thing. It doesn’t matter what others think, or whether to make it public or not. Besides, you have a special identity, I can understand that, you don’t have to worry.”

“But I think this is unfair to you.” Lu Yan sighed.

Su Mo smiled, “Being with you is the best thing for me. Besides, like now, it’s like having an affair, which is also very exciting.”

Lu Yan knew that Su Mo said this to comfort him, but he had to admit that he was indeed comforted.

Since they were together, Su Mo had always been the one to accommodate him. Just like their relationship could not be made public for the time being, in fact, for Su Mo, it didn’t matter whether it was made public or not. His current status and position had already ensured that others had no room to make fun of his private life. The key was only with himself.

It was one thing that Su Mo himself was low-key and did not like to be in the spotlight, but he had never had to avoid anyone or anything. However, for Lu Yan’s sake, he was willing to hide in the crowd time and time again, and often, like today, he waited alone quietly.

The most important thing was that Lu Yan knew that Su Mo had no complaints because he really didn’t take it to heart and didn’t think this situation was difficult. A person like Su Mo who had achieved great success in all aspects was willing to bend down for him, wait for him, and give in for him. Lu Yan couldn’t help but feel that he was lucky, and he couldn’t help but cherish it.

Lu Yan gently stroked his cheek and said in a deep voice, “Please wait for some time. I hope to make our relationship public at the most appropriate time. I hope that by then we will receive more blessings than curses.”

Su Mo’s response was always so calm, “I believe that your decision is always the best. I will wait.”

Lu Yan looked at him with eyes full of trust and couldn’t help asking, “Switzerland or the Netherlands, which one do you like better?”

“Huh?” Su Mo was slow to react to the sudden change of topic.

Lu Yan smiled slightly and said seriously, “Let’s get married.”

Su Mo felt his heartbeat stop for a moment, then began to speed up, and his breathing became a little rapid. He looked into Lu Yan’s eyes until he was sure that he was serious and not joking. Moreover, he believed that Lu Yan would not joke about such a thing. He slowly relaxed his brows and nodded vigorously, “Okay.”

Originally, Lu Yan really had the urge to get someone to get the certificate first, but unfortunately Su Mo was called back by the company the next day. Director Su had finally found time to come here despite his busy schedule.

Although Lu Yan felt a little regretful, he was also relieved. It wasn’t that he regretted proposing impulsively. In fact, although he spoke hastily, he had always kept this matter in mind and had thought it through carefully. In fact, their relationship did not need to be proved by a marriage contract, but it was a responsible attitude of a man. However, it was better to slow down so that there would be more time to prepare.

After the Hong Kong trip, the promotion of “Homeland” was also put on the agenda.

As the first film invested by Lu Yan’s personal studio, and a film with such a huge investment, it had to be treated with caution.

The studio’s publicity team carefully planned a series of pre-publicity, from announcing the shooting plan, to soliciting shooting locations, and even launching a creative competition for the image of the new inhabitants of the earth that would appear in the movie. Of course, this was just a publicity gimmick. In fact, all this work had been completed when the crew was preparing for the show.

In North America, some publicity was also carried out through 20th Century Fox, of course, mainly in terms of casting. Co-production films have a hard rule that there must be at least one protagonist each. Lu Yan was the undisputed male protagonist, and the female protagonist would naturally be decided by the American company. For this reason, Lu Yan and Li Ran even went to Hollywood to look for the female protagonist of the movie.

The Screen Actors Guild in Hollywood was very well-organized. After he passed on the requirements for the leading actress and the estimated salary, he soon received a list of actresses who met the requirements and were willing to audition, and a unified interview was conducted at the agreed time. The requirements for the heroine of this movie were not low. First of all, she must be beautiful, then she must have good acting skills, and finally she must have a certain degree of fame. Lu Yan and Li Ran may be considered first-line actors and famous directors in their own country, but overseas, especially in North America, they were really nothing. Therefore, the North American box office of this movie, in addition to the movie itself, probably also depended on the appeal of the heroine from Hollywood, so naturally the requirements could not be too low.

However, even if the pay was still quite tempting, those real first-line actresses, Oscar-winning actresses may still look down on this movie directed by a young director and actor from the East. The heroine finally chosen was called Reese Diaz. She had a sweet appearance and was the fastest rising and most popular Hollywood actress in recent years. In the past two years, she had starred in two movies, “Sweetheart Baby” and “The Last Airbender”, which had been box office hits, pushing her to the position of a quasi-first-tier actress. However, although she was now quite famous, she was still some distance away from the real first-tier actress.

What attracted Reese Diaz to the movie “Homeland” was first the attractive salary. Then, after reading the script, she was also very interested in the story, especially the humanoid heroine in the movie who retained some feline features and was a new resident of the earth. Considering the overseas box office, Lu Yan and his team increased the heroine’s role in the later script revisions, making the emotional development between her and the hero more natural, romantic, and attractive.

After signing the contract and receiving a portion of the salary in advance, the deal was settled. In addition to the leading actress, Hollywood actors also accounted for a certain proportion of the important and general supporting roles. In addition to the special effects team, some Hollywood professionals were also hired for positions such as photography, art direction, and costume design.

At this point, the entire crew was truly completed.

The initial publicity did not cause much response in North America. Every year, there are countless movies to be released or ready to be filmed in North America. Naturally, people would not pay too much attention to this co-financed movie shot by a director they were not very familiar with.

However, in China, the news that Lu Yan’s studio invested hundreds of millions of US dollars to prepare for the filming of a sci-fi blockbuster caused a sensation. Not to mention Lu Yan’s newly established personal studio, even those long-established film companies had never invested so much money at one time to make a film whose returns were still unknown. You know, in China, hundreds of millions of RMB was already a huge investment, and there were only one or two of them so far, let alone US dollars.

Most people thought Lu Yan was crazy. Even though he had just won the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, it couldn’t stop people from thinking he was overconfident and overly arrogant. Some even found out that the American investor was 20th Century Fox and sarcastically brought up the fact that the company had previously invested tens of millions of dollars in two movies directed by another Chinese director, which ultimately failed miserably at the box office and barely recovered the cost, to argue that this was destined to be another failed investment. Some people even said sarcastically that ‘if you want to make a movie but don’t have money, please go to 20th Century Fox, where there are a lot of stupid people and a lot of money.’

There were also some people who were curious about who was the investor behind Lu Yan’s studio. Although the domestic investors were in the name of the studio, it was obvious that Lu Yan’s own wealth was not enough to support this investment. Everyone had made a lot of guesses, and they all thought that the biggest suspect was his old employer Starry sky. However, no one had yet pointed their suspicions at Su Mo, the real behind-the-scenes boss of Starry sky.

It could be said that apart from the fans who continued to support it, almost no one was optimistic about this hugely invested movie.

However, regardless of what the outside world said, “Homeland” still started its filming process slowly and steadily amid public opinion.