Chapter 211: Promising!

Chen Lingling finally said: "There is one more point, Lu Yan He, you are too handsome now, very clear and handsome. I hope your skin color can be a little darker, and your muscles can be more refined. Now it doesn't look like a person who practices martial arts, but like a scholar who has been studying in a private school."

Lu Yan He's face showed a look of shame.

"Okay, Director, I will start exercising when I go back."

Lu Yan He doesn't like sports usually. In some aspects, he is the same as Li Zhibai, moving as little as possible.

Now that Chen Lingling said this, he was suddenly a bit embarrassed.

"Yan Liang, I will go running with you every morning from now on."

As soon as he went back, Lu Yan He announced this matter.

Yan Liang hadn't reacted yet, Li Zhibai asked in shock: "What kind of stimulation did you receive again?"

"Told by the director."

Although Chen Lingling didn't say it clearly, it actually meant one thing: she felt his image was too delicate now.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang didn't know that Lu Yan He had received another play. Hearing what he said, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both showed excitement, "Damn, you also got Director Chen Lingling's new play?"

Lu Yan He: "Should count as it? Went to try on makeup today."

Although the contract hasn't been signed yet, Chen Lingling asked him to darken his skin color, so she must be satisfied with him; otherwise, she wouldn't make requests.

Li Zhibai said: "Tsk, you really make me a bit jealous now. Just finished filming with Luo Yuzhong, and now you can go to film with Chen Lingling."

Yan Liang: "Yes."

Lu Yan He said with a smile: "Because of good luck."

"Don't you have to treat us to two meals?" Li Zhibai said, "Just happened to see it two days ago, there is a buffet for 1499 per person, why don't we try it today?"

Yan Liang asked in shock: "So expensive?"

Lu Yan He asked in shock: "What do you eat in it? Eat gold?"

Li Zhibai looked at them with disgust and said: "This is just where it is, but it's just that the buffet can be ordered at such a high price, some are strange, let me want to see it."

Lu Yan He said: "Brother, you have to know, although I acted in Director Luo's play and am also contacting Director Chen's play, my salary is very low."

Li Zhibai: "Less pulling, your salary for acting in 'The Golden Age' may be very low, but now receiving a new play, it can't be low."

Lu Yan He looked blank and asked: "Why?"

"What else is there to ask? What was your situation when you received 'The Golden Age' at the beginning, and what is your situation now?" Li Zhibai said, "With your frequency of trending every three days, there should be quite a few web dramas looking for you."

Lu Yan He still looked blank, "No."

"Xiao Lu really has some fame. This is the how many campus male lead dramas looking for him?"

In the small garden of Star Entertainment Brokerage Company, Lu Qingzhen and Chen Ziyan sat opposite each other, drinking afternoon tea.

In front of Chen Ziyan was a script. As soon as Lu Qingzhen asked, it was another campus male lead drama looking for Lu Yan He, so she made the above exclamation.

Chen Ziyan smiled and said: "I have received no less than ten this month, and they are all campus themes, all with the male lead persona of study god and top student."

"After all, Xiao Lu is a real study god and real top student," Lu Qingzhen said, "Do you plan to let Xiao Lu take it?"

Chen Ziyan: "I'm looking at the script, but I'm a bit hesitant. You know, Xiao Lu acted in 'The Golden Age' before, and will act in 'Phoenix Terrace' later. This kind of starting point and resume can actually walk the path of serious drama and word-of-mouth, and the evaluation in the industry and market will be better. But now it is no longer an era where wine is not afraid of deep alleys. Xiao Lu is still so young, is it necessary to create this kind of style so early? I have been thinking about this question for the past two days."

"Style is a good thing, but I'm afraid there is no market for it," Lu Qingzhen pointed out the place where Chen Ziyan was struggling.

Chen Ziyan laughed.

"You still understand me," she picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee, "Xiao Lu's image, knowledge, and personality are rare and good, and because he has almost no obvious shortcomings, he can walk any path, which makes me struggle instead."

"Didn't you tell Xiao Lu yourself? He is still so young anyway, try more of any path, and it's not wrong if it's wrong."

"But I have to have a spectrum in my heart," Chen Ziyan looked at the script on the table and didn't make a decision for a long time.

In the end, the 1499 buffet was not eaten, and Lu Yan He treated the two to barbecue at the entrance of the community.

Pork belly, beef fat, palm treasure, the classic old three of the three of them, others just look at it and order.

One can of beer per person.

"You shouldn't be drunk after one can of beer now, right?" Li Zhibai asked Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He's drinking capacity is no longer what it used to be.

Li Zhibai is clearly teasing him.

Lu Yan He gave him a middle finger.

"Tsk tsk, it seems that the drinking capacity has really been practiced," Li Zhibai said, "So rampant, dare to give a middle finger."

Lu Yan He: "Is it great to be able to drink? Sooner or later, I will knock you down."

"Yo!" Li Zhibai raised his eyebrows, "Arrogant, don't be sooner or later, just today, see who knocks whom down."

Lu Yan He immediately said: "You have been drinking for years, I have been drinking for how long, you compare with me today, it's not a fair victory."

"Coward," Li Zhibai sneered, looking rampant.

Yan Liang shook his head speechlessly.

"Sister Qiu Ling!" Lu Yan He suddenly waved at the door.

Li Zhibai's expression of "I am crazy and cool" disappeared cleanly in the previous second, and he put on a look of a three-good student.

Lu Yan He looked at him and hummed, "Coward."

Li Zhibai was stunned and immediately turned his head to look.

There was no figure of Qiu Ling at the entrance of the barbecue shop.

This was fooled by Lu Yan He!

Li Zhibai pointed at Lu Yan He angrily, "Lu Yan He, when did you become so cunning!"

Yan Liang and Lu Yan He laughed and slapped their thighs.

Suddenly, Lu Yan He stopped laughing halfway, his expression froze, his eyes widened, and he shouted: "Sister Qiu Ling!"

Seeing him acting again, Li Zhibai sneered, "Act, continue to act, I want to see when you act. If you don't act out Officer Qiu for me today, I won't finish with you!"

"Li Zhibai, what does it have to do with me if you don't finish with him?" Qiu Ling's voice suddenly sounded behind Li Zhibai.

At this moment, Li Zhibai felt as if countless currents were passing through him.

He looked up suddenly and saw Qiu Ling standing behind him.

"Qiu, Officer Qiu."

Qiu Ling raised her hand and patted Li Zhibai on the head, saying: "How many times have I told you, call me Sister Qiu Ling in the future, don't call me Officer Qiu Officer Qiu again."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang were desperately holding back their laughter.

Who would have thought that Qiu Ling would really appear at this time.

Qiu Ling pulled the chair beside Li Zhibai and sat down directly.

"I rarely see the three of you together recently," Qiu Ling said, "Why did you gather together so rarely today."

Yan Liang saw that Li Zhibai was still a bit confused and hadn't come back to his senses, so he took the conversation and said: "Some time ago, we all had work, and there were not many times when we were together at the same time. Today, the time happened to be together, everyone was there, so we grabbed Lu Yan He to treat us to dinner."

Qiu Ling picked up the menu, "Lu Yan He treats? It seems my luck is not bad, it happened to catch up. What did you order? Let me see and add some."

Qiu Ling added a few items, looked at them, and said: "What are you busy with recently? I know Xiao Lu, just finished filming, and is editing a Mook. What about you two?"

Yan Liang said: "Recording programs, running business, various shootings, basically these itineraries."

Qiu Ling said: "Your work doesn't sound that interesting."

"Most of the time it's really not interesting," Li Zhibai said, "Why do you think our work is interesting."

"Star artists, your work and life are colorful in the eyes of us ordinary people," Qiu Ling said.

"Most of them are shaped appearances. Outside the lens, there are many things you can't imagine."

"For example?"

"For example, don't you often see the three of us eating at roadside shops," Li Zhibai said, "Look at those variety shows, star artists enter and exit high-end restaurants, even if it's a roadside shop, it's definitely not this kind of dirty, greasy shop."

Qiu Ling nodded, "That's true, but it shouldn't be that all idol artists are the same as you three. I have only seen you three who wear slippers and come out to eat barbecue and spicy hot pot from time to time, but... it seems that the idol artists I know are only you three."

"Except for some special pretenders, they are all the same," Li Zhibai said, "I work with others, eat and play together, isn't it all a... cough cough, isn't it all the same."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang also choked.

Qiu Ling clicked her tongue twice and pointed at Li Zhibai with chopsticks.

Yan Liang helped Li Zhibai smooth things over and said: "Sister Qiu Ling, do you often see many heinous people?"

"Hmm, will see a lot, many people's brain circuits, you can't think through, can't understand," Qiu Ling shook her head and sighed.

Lu Yan He suddenly thought of the ex-girlfriend who entangled Teacher Su Su.

That picture, I don't know why, was inexplicably planted in his heart.

He seemed to be able to recall the somewhat crazy smile on her face at any time.

Qiu Ling suddenly remembered, looked at Lu Yan He, and said: "By the way, didn't your history teacher get stabbed by his ex-girlfriend? You remember, right?"

Lu Yan He came back to his senses, showed a bitter smile, and said: "How could I forget."

Qiu Ling asked: "Then do you know how this matter was handled in the end?"

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He was puzzled, "How was it handled? After Teacher Su recovered from the hospital, he has been taking our classes, there is nothing different."

"I'm talking about his ex-girlfriend."

"She intentionally hurt Teacher Su, should she be caught and sentenced? Teacher Su's injury should be quite serious."

"Your teacher gave up prosecuting her and didn't pursue her responsibility," Qiu Ling said, "The two sides reached a settlement."

Lu Yan He looked at Qiu Ling in disbelief.

"Really? Why?"

Qiu Ling shook her head and said: "I don't know, but I heard that your teacher did do something sorry to her before, so he wouldn't pursue her responsibility."

Lu Yan He felt even more puzzled.

"In short, the person who introduced him to me for a blind date later apologized to me solemnly, saying that he didn't investigate clearly before introducing him to me, saying that fortunately I didn't take a fancy to him, otherwise it might be me who was stabbed," Qiu Ling shook her head, somewhat sighing, "These things between men and women, entangled, entangled, in the end, it is always mutual harm."

Li Zhibai's eyes widened, "How could it be!"

"How to say?"

"The two people who truly love each other, that must be growing old together," Li Zhibai said confidently.

Qiu Ling sneered and said: "Only you children will believe in the fairy tale of growing old together."

"You are not very old, why do you say such things," Li Zhibai said dissatisfiedly.

"Me? I'm just a bit discouraged," Qiu Ling's face flashed with a touch of melancholy, "I have seen too many cases of love turning into hate."

"Then you also said it was just a case," Li Zhibai said, "Don't lose confidence in love."

Qiu Ling looked at him in disbelief, "What's the situation, when is it your turn, a little brat, to preach to me?"

"Who are you calling a little brat?" Li Zhibai thickened his throat and lowered his voice, "I look much more mature than you."

Qiu Ling laughed directly, "Who gave you the confidence?"

Li Zhibai was frustrated and angry.

Qiu Ling turned to Lu Yan He again and said: "Xiao Lu, I saw news before saying that you want to do a book with your classmates?"

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Is it really edited by yourself, or just hanging your name?" Qiu Ling asked.

Lu Yan He explained: "Really edited by myself, it is also the idea of me and my friends."

Qiu Ling: "It is indeed rare to see this kind of idea. Do you know what my colleagues are saying? After they knew you wanted to do a book, they all said that it is not certain whether you will become the idol that young children like most in the future, but you will definitely become the idol that all parents like most."

Lu Yan He heard this and couldn't laugh or cry.

His original intention of wanting to do a book really didn't include this point.

"Pretty good, the things you are doing now are making everyone's recognition of you higher and higher," Qiu Ling evaluated.

"I see many people on the internet questioning that I can't be an editor-in-chief."

"You care how they say it, whether it works or not, do it first and see. Things haven't been done yet, and they are nagging, it's meaningless," Qiu Ling said, "You keep it up, you are the idol pushed out by our Yuming Police Station, can't lose the face of our Yuming Police Station."

Lu Yan He nodded with a smile and said: "Definitely won't lose your face."

Lu Yan He felt again that the significance of negative evaluation is sometimes not that big, it was the next day, Xu Xiaoyin contacted him and asked if the book "Jump Up" could be handed over to Jiang Yin Publishing House for physical publication and distribution.

Lu Yan He was very stunned and asked: Sister Xiaoyin, are you sure? The controversy on the internet is so big now, are you still willing to do physical publication for this book?

Isn't it said that the publishing industry is almost sunset?

Not afraid that it won't sell?

Xu Xiaoyin replied to him: Why do you care about those controversies? What doesn't have controversy? Among 100 people, 90 people scold you, 10 people like you, you just do it well, let those 10 people who like you be satisfied. Your book has big controversy, but there are also many people who support it. It's a bit mercenary to say so, but after our market research, we think this book is worth publishing because there are many fans who support you.

Lu Yan He said: But, Sister Xiaoyin, this book is not a book that focuses on fans. There is almost no content about me in it, that is, an article I wrote myself.

Xu Xiaoyin said: What specific content this book consists of, I really don't know now. However, to tell you the truth, Yan He, I want to do physical publication for this book now, mainly because I am optimistic about its sales prospects. In addition, I am also because I usually contact you and know that you are a particularly serious person. I believe that you spend so much time doing a book instead of doing so many projects that are easy to make money, and you will definitely put in a lot of effort. I hope to deepen our cooperation through the publication of this book.

Xu Xiaoyin's words were very straightforward, but this instead made Lu Yan He feel comfortable.

If Xu Xiaoyin came up and said that because she believed in him, she believed that this book would definitely be liked by everyone without looking at the content, such words were too hypocritical, and Lu Yan He would even be disgusted.

In fact, Xu Xiaoyin had a sentence that moved Lu Yan He.

——Among 100 people, 90 people scold you, 10 people like you, you just do it well, let those 10 people who like you be satisfied.

The world is so big, there are so many people, even if only one-tenth of the people like you, it is also a very huge group of people.

Lu Yan He replied to her: Sister Xiaoyin, I have to communicate with the people on the Ye Mai website side. Before, the electronic copyright was all given to them, but there was no agreement on physical publication.

Xu Xiaoyin said: Hmm, then I will wait for your news. If other publishers come to you, please be sure to consider us first!

A prophecy, in the following days, there were really several other publishers who found them through various relationships, and even one publisher found them through the Ye Mai website, which is a publisher that the Ye Mai website often cooperates with.

Lu Yan He proposed to Xin Zixing that he would hand over the physical publication of this book to Jiang Yin Publishing House, but the Ye Mai website side hoped that Lu Yan He could hand over the physical publication to the one they often cooperate with.

Xin Zixing said: "This publisher has a long-term cooperative relationship with our Ye Mai website. If they are responsible for physical publication, our two sides can also connect smoothly."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said: "Sorry, if Jiang Yin Publishing House hadn't come to me, I would have listened to your opinion, but Jiang Yin Publishing House is also a publisher I have cooperated with, and we have a very good relationship. I still hope that this book will be responsible for publication by Jiang Yin Publishing House."

Xin Zixing was somewhat helpless.

It's just that she couldn't say anything more.

"Jump Up" is a book edited by Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi, and the copyright is not in the hands of the Ye Mai website itself.

The Ye Mai website cannot control Lu Yan He's decision either.

After talking with Xin Zixing and leaving, Chen Siqi said wow in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Siqi looked surprised and said: "I didn't expect you to refuse her so decisively just now."

"Ah?"

"I used to think your skin was quite thin and you were very embarrassed to refuse people, so every time I said ugly words, I said them. Now it seems that you are not unable to say it," Chen Siqi said, "Without any hesitation, you directly refused the other publisher they wanted to cooperate with."

"That's because I have cooperated with Jiang Yin Publishing House several times, and I am very familiar with their editors," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Siqi nodded thoughtfully, "So, are you the kind of personality who dares to do things you don't usually dare to do for people you are familiar with and close to?"

Lu Yan He scratched his head, "That... doesn't seem to have reached this degree."

"Anyway, you made me look at you with admiration today," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He smiled.

Chen Siqi: "In this way, this book seems to have returned to what we planned at the beginning."

"Hmm?"

"Do a magazine, the kind of magazine we often read in the past."

Lu Yan He came back to his senses, "Yes."

Chen Siqi: "However, our fictional novel part only has three commissioned drafts now, and none of them have been submitted yet."

Lu Yan He said: "I will ask them today to see how the draft is written."

"Have to tell them a deadline," Chen Siqi said, "Otherwise, we might not be able to catch up with our plan to launch in September."

It is already the end of July.

Lu Yan He nodded and said okay.

He asked: "Is our novel count relatively small?"

"Hmm," Chen Siqi nodded, "The ones I commissioned here are all miscellaneous notes and essays, and the novels are all commissioned by you. Except for Liu Jiazhen, Mingyin, and another classmate of yours, Bai Yu."

Lu Yan He: "Then I will ask Sister Xiaoyin to help me commission writers I am familiar with?"

Chen Siqi: "Didn't you say that last time? You said last time that you wanted to find a publisher to help you commission drafts."

"A bit embarrassed to open my mouth, haven't said it."

Chen Siqi's contemptuous eyes immediately looked over.

"Your skin is still so thin."

Lu Yan He touched his nose awkwardly.

"However, Lu Yan He, you have to be mentally prepared," Chen Siqi suddenly said.

"Hmm?"

"The Ye Mai website may not bear the production funds of this book again," Chen Siqi said, "Once it is to be physically published, the Ye Mai website is not the only channel that can read this book. For them, maybe this book is not worth their 100,000 yuan."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "I have thought about this matter."

"Hmm? Then how do you consider it?"

"If they are not willing to bear it, I am ready to bear it myself," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Siqi looked at him in surprise.

"Not afraid of losing money?"

"Afraid," Lu Yan He smiled brightly, "But I thought about it, even if I lose money, all 100,000 yuan is smashed in, it doesn't matter. At worst, I'll eat dirt for a while and earn it back later."

Lu Yan He is very glad that he came to this new world and only took less than a year to give himself the confidence to say such things.

People live in the world, who doesn't want to live more wantonly, especially at the age of ten or so.

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "Then don't forget, since my name is on the editor-in-chief, the income is also fifty-fifty. When we bear the production funds later, we will split it fifty-fifty. Forget it, who knows if you will deliberately report the number low, I'll manage the accounts, and I'll ask you for it later."

Chen Siqi's indifferent and free-spirited look of a little rich woman.

But there was happiness hidden in her eyes that she didn't want Lu Yan He to see.

The Ye Mai website really raised objections.

They originally hoped to have exclusive copyright, but because they knew that their 100,000 yuan couldn't buy the full copyright, they only wanted the electronic dissemination right. Who knew that the book "Jump Up" became popular because Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi were accidentally photographed and trended, attracting a group of publishers' attention and starting to investigate the publishing prospects of this book.

This investigation is good, all found that there is profit to be made, and all threw olive branches to Lu Yan He.

The Ye Mai website knew that this matter couldn't be covered, so they thought that they would find a publisher with a long-term cooperative relationship with them to publish it. In this way, the time for publication and listing could be discussed and postponed to one month after the Ye Mai website was listed, leaving a month of exclusive time for the Ye Mai website's electronic reading.

But Lu Yan He didn't agree and wanted to hand over the publication to Jiang Yin Publishing House.

The senior management of the Ye Mai website discussed it, and the book "Jump Up" definitely couldn't not continue to be done. But if the listing time of the Ye Mai website had no advantage, they wouldn't be willing to provide 100,000 yuan of production funds.

It was originally intended to rely on this book to drive traffic and establish brand effect. If it is not exclusive, how to drive traffic, how to establish brand effect?

Xin Zixing listened to the doubts and discussions of the senior management, and while helpless, she was also thinking about how to successfully let "Jump Up" continue to cooperate with the Ye Mai website.

"If we cannot provide production funds according to the amount promised in the early stage, I think they will not agree to let the book 'Jump Up' be read for free on the Ye Mai website," Xin Zixing said directly, "Everyone buys a physical book, according to the current price of paper books, it is at least 25 yuan or more. We don't bear production funds in the early stage and don't make investment. Why should people provide us with copyright for electronic reading? Without us, their books can sell a few more copies."

Xin Zixing's words made the senior management fall into another discussion.

Xin Zixing is most annoyed by holding such meetings because arguing back and forth is just some wheel-spinning words.

But it is not realistic not to hold such meetings. These people cannot reach a consensus through this meeting, and many things cannot be executed.

The argument lasted for about an hour, and finally Liu Qiao turned to look at Xin Zixing, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Xin Zixing knew that this was Liu Qiao's hint—these people have discussed for a long time and there is nothing new, there is no other opinion, knowing that their opinions cannot be implemented, you quickly come up with a suggestion, and make the final decision.

Xin Zixing smiled slightly and said: "Two plans. The first plan, reduce production funds, spend money to buy the exclusive electronic copyright of the book 'Jump Up', according to the market price, it is expected to be between 30,000 and 60,000. The second plan, no longer do free reading, change to paid reading, reading this magazine on our Ye Mai website also needs to be charged. The price can be cheaper than physical books, but it definitely can't be too cheap, otherwise Lu Yan He and the others will not agree. Of course, even the latter plan requires paying a certain copyright fee first, unless we don't even want the exclusive electronic copyright. As far as I know, many websites are interested in the electronic copyright of this book. Everyone knows that this book has already caused a small-scale discussion."

Liu Qiao nodded and said: "The two plans summarized by Xin Zixing are quite in place. Everyone, do you support the first plan or the second plan? Express your position."

After the meeting, Xin Zixing didn't return to her office, but went directly to Liu Qiao's office.

"How much advance payment are you going to give people?" Xin Zixing asked.

Liu Qiao looked at her and said: "You followed up, you are quite concerned about Lu Yan He's matter."

"Otherwise, my follow-up highlight 'City Travel Notes' has to invite him to be the main introduction. If the relationship is stiff because of this matter, where can I invite such an artist who can afford this kind of city documentary?" Xin Zixing said.

Liu Qiao: "Okay, don't grind, I will report this matter to the president early tomorrow morning, I won't treat him badly, don't worry, he is a big star, a public figure, who can treat him badly."

Xin Zixing nodded with satisfaction.

"Also said, for the sake of a few tens of thousands of yuan, arguing for so long." Xin Zixing complained.

"Now it is a few tens of thousands of yuan, don't forget, this book is going to be made into a series in the future, how much is the sum of tens of thousands of yuan for a dozen or twenty? Many rules are to be set from the beginning. How difficult is it to change later?"

"Okay, okay, don't preach to me, I'm leaving, off work." Xin Zixing turned around and wanted to leave immediately.

"Wait a minute." Liu Qiao called her.

"What?" Xin Zixing looked back at him.

Liu Qiao bent down and picked up a paper bag, "This is a bag of coffee beans sent by someone else. I don't like to drink this stuff, you take it back and boil it yourself."

Xin Zixing didn't be polite either, and took it directly.

"Okay, thank you Brother Qiao."

"It's Brother Qiao at this time, promising!" ===== CHAPTER 212 =====