Chapter 259: The Matter Exposed

A program cannot be stopped halfway through recording.

However, there are artists who leave programs mid-recording for various reasons.

If it were possible to stop halfway, Lu Yan He would want to find He Zhong with Chen Ziyan immediately and get to the bottom of things.

But he couldn't.

Filming is the same.

Although, according to common sense, one cannot leave the crew without reason before filming is finished; after all, if the person leaves, the play cannot be filmed.

But even if a contract is signed, there are still people who knowingly violate it—leaving the crew halfway through filming and never returning.

This behavior is, of course, immoral and unprofessional; this goes without saying.

However, Chen Ziyan never thought that her own actor would have such a situation.

Lu Yan He also didn't expect that he would see Wen Minglan's name in such news.

At 3:00 PM, *White Bird Entertainment* published news about Wen Minglan leaving the *Sanchakou* crew without authorization.

This news hit the trending searches within half an hour—because Zhou Lina, the female lead of *Sanchakou*, liked this post.

At this time, the *Young Days* group was sitting in the living room; some were preparing dinner ingredients, some were playing games, and some were chatting, distributed in twos and threes.

Lu Yan He was chatting with Peng Zhixing about what to write for *Jump Up* when Xiao Yun suddenly let out an exclamation while holding her phone.

Song Lin Xin was the first to ask her what was wrong.

Xiao Yun read Wen Minglan's news aloud.

As soon as Song Lin Xin heard it, she gave Xiao Yun a look, signaling that they were currently filming the program.

This topic was relatively sensitive and indeed not suitable for discussion in front of the camera.

Xiao Yun received Song Lin Xin's signal and silently closed her mouth.

But everyone had already heard it and tacitly took out their phones.

Everyone had gained experience in recording programs; if there was anything unsuitable to say in front of the camera, they would just go to the group chat to type and chat.

In the workroom, everyone saw this scene and showed helpless expressions.

For the artists' approach, they had of course discovered it through the cameras long ago, but they were helpless.

Since people clearly didn't want to say things in front of the camera, could they force the artists to say it in front of the camera?

Song Lin Xin took the lead in asking in the group: Wen Minglan, she is also a signed actor of your Star Entertainment, right? @Lu Yan He @Li Zhibai @Yan Liang.

Lu Yan He hadn't heard the name Wen Minglan for a long time.

Both were artists brought by Chen Ziyan, but Lu Yan He and Wen Minglan had very little intersection, almost only nodding acquaintances.

Regarding Wen Minglan, Lu Yan He had almost no impression. In terms of image, she was a girl with a generous and quiet temperament, with a pair of large, lively eyes like a fawn. According to the media's classification, she was a forest-style look.

Lu Yan He didn't reply to the message in the group, but first looked online to see what was going on.

But there wasn't much news exposed online. The reason this matter could become so big in such a short time was purely because Zhou Lina, the female lead of *Sanchakou*, liked this report, attracting the attention of many marketing accounts.

Zhou Lina is a popular actress, and every move she makes attracts attention, let alone liking such negative news about a fellow actress leaving the crew without reason.

Zhou Lina's fans have extremely strong combat power; it can be said that following Zhou Lina's rise in status, their combat experience is very rich. Therefore, when they saw Zhou Lina like it without saying anything, they directly followed their idol's attitude—and began to frantically attack Wen Minglan's behavior of leaving the crew without reason.

Why did Wen Minglan do this?

While Lu Yan He was puzzled, Yan Liang also replied in the group: She is from our company, but we are not very familiar, and I don't know what the situation is.

The implication was that regarding this matter, the three of them had nothing to say, so don't ask them.

After Lu Yan He learned about this, he took it to heart and wanted to know if there were any latest developments from time to time.

But at this time, Chen Ziyan must be very busy and had many things to deal with, even if it was just fending off inquiries from those media, it would take a lot of effort.

Lu Yan He didn't want to add trouble to Chen Ziyan at this time.

He only followed up on this matter by constantly checking online for any latest updates.

Obviously, everyone was curious about this matter.

Although everyone was sitting together recording the program, after this incident happened, the time everyone spent holding their phones increased significantly.

It wasn't all chatting in the group; they should be exchanging information with other friends to see what was going on.

Gossip is like this; once it spreads, it's like riding the wind, accelerating level by level, and finally sweeping into a tornado, spreading across the world with destructive force.

If you say this matter has nothing to do with Lu Yan He, it happens to have a little bit of relationship; after all, they are two artists under the same agent. Even if there is no intersection, in the eyes of others, they are one body.

Lu Yan He didn't say anything, and Li Zhibai and Yan Liang didn't say anything either, but the attitudes of the people filming the program together changed one after another. This change could be detected from eyes, micro-expressions, actions, etc.

No need to ask, Lu Yan He also knew that everyone must have known that Wen Minglan and he belonged to the same agent and had a deep relationship—in fact, the last four words were not true, but Lu Yan He couldn't explain, because no one would come to confirm the truth of this matter with him.

Chen Ziyan certainly had no time and energy to manage He Zhong's affairs.

Lu Yan He now regretted not adding He Zhong's contact information before.

Otherwise, he could contact He Zhong himself now.

In the evening, Liu Zhilan suddenly suggested that everyone could go to the courtyard to watch the stars together.

"There are many stars tonight, very bright," Liu Zhilan said.

Song Lin Xin immediately echoed, "Great, great, I've always wanted to watch the stars; I've never seen them. This place is just not in the city, the stars must be very bright."

So, on a whim, a group of people went outside to watch the stars.

Originally, they planned to watch in the courtyard, but several girls said they could go to the wilderness outside to watch, which would feel more romantic, so everyone walked toward the wilderness together.

Because it was on a whim, it also put some pressure on the production team's photographers, who hurriedly carried their cameras and followed them out.

"It's really a group of young people, doing such romantic things," Zheng Hesong said to Li Zhenzhen.

Li Zhenzhen smiled and said: "That's why everyone loves young people."

Li Zhenzhen: "I'll go to the restroom; you keep an eye on it."

Zheng Hesong nodded.

Li Zhenzhen walked out of the workroom and was about to go to the restroom when she saw Chen Mo's back turning from the front.

Why didn't she follow Lu Yan He out again?

Li Zhenzhen saw Chen Mo's back appearing here, and fire rose from her heart for a moment.

She followed quickly.

She wanted to see what Chen Mo was doing!

When Li Zhenzhen saw Chen Mo walk into Lu Yan He's bedroom, she was full of surprise and astonishment.

What was Chen Mo doing in Lu Yan He's room at this time?

Adjusting the lens?

After Chen Mo entered Lu Yan He's room, she closed the door from the inside.

She turned and looked around.

There were not many things in the room, unlike other artists' rooms, which were piled up with various sundries and personal items.

The camera had already stopped working—Chen Mo pressed pause.

Because there was no one in the room, the screen presenting a static state would not be discovered.

Now, she just needed to seize the time and install this program on Lu Yan He's computer.

Chen Mo took a deep breath.

"No one?" Li Zhenzhen asked Zheng Hesong in disbelief. "I watched Chen Mo enter Lu Yan He's room; you tell me there is no one in Lu Yan He's room now?"

Zheng Hesong's voice also sounded very innocent, saying: "But I see there is indeed no one here. All the lenses are... wait! Wait, I know. The camera in Lu Yan He's room has stopped working; the screen is a paused frozen frame."

"Paused?" Li Zhenzhen frowned. At this moment, she confirmed a certain conjecture in her heart.

Sure enough, Chen Mo wanted to secretly do something behind everyone's back?

What did she want to do?!

Li Zhenzhen rushed to Lu Yan He's room in a rage, grabbed the doorknob, and opened the door directly.

"What are you doing?" The moment Li Zhenzhen opened the door, before she even saw Chen Mo, a question blurted out.

Chen Mo was operating something in front of Lu Yan He's laptop. Suddenly being rushed in by Li Zhenzhen like this, she was terrified and looked up at Li Zhenzhen at a loss.

"I—" At this moment, Chen Mo's mind was blank. Facing Li Zhenzhen, who was full of anger, Chen Mo's mind turned rapidly, hoping to find a plausible excuse and reason, but I don't know if Li Zhenzhen's anger was too oppressive, Chen Mo didn't think of a suitable excuse.

When a staff member suddenly asked Lu Yan He to go back, Lu Yan He was a little surprised.

When everyone was watching the starry sky and chatting, why would they suddenly ask him to go back alone?

"Is there anything?" Lu Yan He asked in a low voice.

The other party nodded and said: "The director asked you to go back; she has something to tell you."

Lu Yan He followed the other party back.

He was brought to a room divided into the production team's work area.

This place, artists generally don't enter, and it is also a forbidden area for cameras.

While Lu Yan He was puzzled, as soon as he entered, he saw Li Zhenzhen and Chen Mo sitting in the room. The former had an expression full of anger, while the latter was full of panic and at a loss. This difference made Lu Yan He even more puzzled.

"Director, Sister Mo, what do you want from me?" Lu Yan He asked.

Li Zhenzhen glanced at Chen Mo. "You say it yourself."

Chen Mo looked at Lu Yan He nervously and uneasily.

Lu Yan He also felt even stranger.

"Sorry, Yan He, I secretly looked at your computer when you weren't there just now," Chen Mo said with her head down.

When speaking, Chen Mo didn't dare to look up.

Lu Yan He realized in disbelief.

It was actually her?!

Chen Mo suddenly stood up and bowed to Lu Yan He. "Very sorry, Yan He, because I knew that the plans for the subsequent recording were all thought up by you, I was obsessed and wanted to find other ideas of yours on your computer."

"What?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

"Plagiarism." Li Zhenzhen suddenly said these two words. She glared at Chen Mo with anger. "Sorry, Yan He, I didn't expect such a person to appear in my team. She set her sights on you and wanted to claim the variety show ideas you thought up as her own. This is plagiarism, and I caught her."

Lu Yan He looked at Chen Mo in surprise.

Plagiarism?

Is this the excuse she used to install the Trojan horse on his laptop?

Lu Yan He didn't believe in plagiarism at all.

After communicating again, Lu Yan He learned that Chen Mo had secretly entered his room and used his computer, but was caught by Li Zhenzhen.

Li Zhenzhen clearly believed this statement. She didn't know about the Trojan horse; besides plagiarism, Li Zhenzhen couldn't think of any other motives.

In a flash, Lu Yan He had already made up his mind to follow Chen Mo's lie and not expose the Trojan horse at this time.

"Why do you want to do this?" Lu Yan He showed a puzzled expression.

Chen Mo kept her head down, her voice full of guilt, and said: "Very sorry, I, I..."

Chen Mo stammered for a long time, but didn't say anything for a long time.

Li Zhenzhen took a deep breath. "You can't say it, then I'll say it. She wanted to get your creativity and ideas and propose them as her own proposals. Once adopted and used, she could get a generous bonus. Of course, the most important thing is that this is conducive to her future career development. As long as these ideas she proposed are verified by the market, they will become her capital."

Chen Mo's eyes were red.

Lu Yan He looked at Chen Mo hesitantly, feeling helpless, but also a bit shaken—could it be that Chen Mo really just wanted to plagiarize his ideas from his computer?

At this time, Chen Ziyan's phone call came.

Lu Yan He took out his phone and said to them: "I'll go out to answer a call first."

Li Zhenzhen nodded. "Yan He, I'm very sorry about this."

Lu Yan He glanced at her, shook his head, and went outside to answer the phone.

"I went to see He Zhong, but he refused to say anything," Chen Ziyan's tone revealed a trace of helplessness. "His mouth is too hard; no useful information can be pried out at all."

Lu Yan He was surprised. "Sister Ziyan, you went to see He Zhong?"

"Yeah, didn't I tell you? I would go find him."

"I saw Wen Minglan's news; I thought you were dealing with this."

"What should be dealt with has been dealt with. Minglan's matter is much easier to deal with than yours," Chen Ziyan seemed frustrated because she didn't get useful information from He Zhong.

Hearing this, Lu Yan He told Chen Ziyan about Chen Mo.

"Your PD? Chen Mo?"

"Yeah," Lu Yan He said. "Although it is said to be to steal some of my ideas about variety shows from my computer, this reason... to be honest, I think it's ridiculous. I just put forward a little filming opinion for *Young Days*; how could she think I have more ideas about variety shows?"

Chen Ziyan said: "Maybe you wrote some related content on your notebook, and she saw it in the lens."

"Doesn't this prove that what she said is a lie even more?" Lu Yan He immediately said. "Since she could see what I wrote in the lens, and she specifically took the risk to log into my computer, isn't this superfluous?"

"You have a point."

"Then what should I do next? Sister Ziyan," Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Ziyan said: "If it is confirmed that the person who planted the Trojan horse in your laptop is Chen Mo, I will go to He Zhong again to see if I can make him loosen his mouth. In addition, I will also find someone to investigate Chen Mo."

"Investigate Chen Mo?"

"You don't need to know about these," Chen Ziyan said. "After all, it's not a proper means."

Speaking of these things, Chen Ziyan always has an understated tone.

"Yeah."

"Okay, then I'm ready to come back," Chen Ziyan said.

"Come back? Sister Ziyan, where did you go?"

"I met He Zhong at the airport," Chen Ziyan said. "He is taking a flight tonight to leave Yuming."

"What happened at his home? They said he left because of an emergency at home. Could it be that something really happened at home?"

"Didn't ask, not important," Chen Ziyan said. "Maybe it's true, maybe it's an excuse."

Lu Yan He hesitated and asked: "Sister Ziyan, do you have his contact information? If you have it, send it to me. If something really happened at his home, I'll ask if there's anything I can help with."

Chen Ziyan originally wanted to say, how old are you? Even if something really happened at his home, you may not be able to help.

But then she thought that Lu Yan He had such thoughts and it was worth encouraging, so she just said "okay."

After finishing the call with Chen Ziyan, Lu Yan He returned to the room.

Li Zhenzhen apologized to Lu Yan He again.

"Sister Zhenzhen, this matter has nothing to do with you; you don't need to apologize to me."

"Anyway, this happened in our production team. I am the director, so I have the responsibility," Li Zhenzhen looked at Chen Mo. "You go out first."

Chen Mo twisted her hands uneasily, nodded, and left the room.

Li Zhenzhen watched her leave before looking at Lu Yan He again.

Lu Yan He asked: "Sister Zhenzhen, how to solve this matter?"

In any case, since Chen Mo is now so suspicious, Lu Yan He will no longer be willing to let her stay by his side as a PD.

She has exposed herself.

Li Zhenzhen sighed and said: "The program is about to finish recording. He Zhong has already left. If you change your PD at this time, I'm afraid there will be trouble. Can you temporarily not deal with this matter and wait until the program is finished?"

Lu Yan He shook his head directly, his attitude firm, and said: "Sister Zhenzhen, I cannot accept this way of handling it. Her behavior has seriously damaged me. If I pretend that nothing happened and continue to work together, and this matter gets out later, it will seem like I didn't have any dissatisfaction at first, and then settled accounts after the autumn."

"Then..." Li Zhenzhen hesitated. "Then I can only arrange a new PD for you, but taking over temporarily, communication may not be so smooth."

"It doesn't matter," Lu Yan He said. "Or it doesn't matter if you don't arrange a PD for me. Anyway, there are only three days left for recording. I can contact you directly."

Li Zhenzhen would of course not agree to do so.

How can an artist manage so many chores by himself?

Seeing that Lu Yan He's attitude was very firm, Li Zhenzhen stopped thinking about persuading Lu Yan He to force it for a few more days.

From the perspective of the production team, of course, it is best if the program can be filmed smoothly.

But from Lu Yan He's perspective, it is normal for him not to accept a PD with bad intentions toward him staying by his side.

Within a day, Lu Yan He changed a photographer and a PD, which surprised everyone.

After Li Zhibai and the others returned, they happened to meet Lu Yan He meeting and communicating with the new PD.

At first, they didn't think this person was Lu Yan He's new PD, thinking it was just an ordinary staff member.

After Li Zhibai and the others knew about this, they were all stunned.

"There are only three days left until the recording ends; why change the PD?" Li Zhibai asked Lu Yan He directly.

Lu Yan He explained it with the excuse that Chen Mo tried to steal information from his computer.

Everyone showed an unbelievable expression.

This can be called a scandal. If this matter is exposed by the media, the *Young Days* production team will definitely become a huge scandal. Lu Yan He didn't intend to publicly accuse this matter anymore, but to other artists, Lu Yan He still wanted to tell them the truth, so that everyone knew Chen Mo's departure was her own reason—don't be rumored behind your back.

"This is too outrageous," Li Zhibai said with an unbelievable expression. "What valuable things are in your computer that are worth stealing?"

Lu Yan He shook his head, embarrassed to say that people were aiming at his creative ideas and points about variety shows.

He himself felt it was outrageous.

Everyone chatted for a while and then returned to their rooms to rest.

After brushing his teeth, Lu Yan He looked at his phone. Chen Ziyan had sent him He Zhong's contact information not long ago.

After Lu Yan He got He Zhong's contact information, he sent him a message, mainly focusing on concern and inquiry, and finally expressed that if he needed help, he could contact him at any time.

Why would he want to help He Zhong?

If it weren't for today, Lu Yan He shouldn't have said that. Because He Zhong rushed in front of him today, blocking the yellow-haired man, and also because He Zhong reminded him to check his laptop before entering the coffee shop today.

Because of these two things, He Zhong's impression in Lu Yan He's heart was different. Lu Yan He is like this; if others treat him well, he will definitely treat others well.

He Zhong did not reply to him.

At this time, the small group of three with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang suddenly had movement.

Li Zhibai @ him in the group, saying: You have been a bit strange all day today, what's wrong? You have been a bit strange since you came back from the hug task in the morning.

Because it was in a small group, Lu Yan He didn't hide it anymore and said directly: Something happened, and Sister Ziyan is helping me solve it now.

Li Zhibai: You? Shouldn't Sister Ziyan be helping Wen Minglan solve her affairs now?

Lu Yan He: I don't know the specific situation, but according to Sister Ziyan, the problem with Wen Minglan's matter seems to be small and not difficult to solve.

Li Zhibai: Alright, what happened to you again?

Lu Yan He told them the news that his previous laptop was implanted with a Trojan horse and the mastermind was likely Chen Mo.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both sent an unbelievable expression, all shocked.

Implanting a Trojan horse to monitor Lu Yan He—

This matter doesn't sound like something that would happen in real life at all, as if it were a plot that would only appear in some spy blockbuster, but it happened to Lu Yan He.

Li Zhibai asked: Then, in fact, Chen Mo didn't want to steal any creativity from your computer, but to implant another Trojan horse in your new laptop?

Lu Yan He: It should be like this. Fortunately, Sister Zhenzhen discovered it.

Of course, even without Li Zhenzhen, the moment Chen Mo implanted the Trojan horse into the computer, Chen Mo would also be filmed and exposed.

Moreover, in this way, there will be evidence directly proving that she implanted a Trojan horse into Lu Yan He's laptop, infringing on his personal privacy, which is a crime.

It can be said that although Lu Yan He said "fortunately," in fact, it is "fortunately" if Li Zhenzhen didn't discover this matter by mistake.

It can only be said that no matter what kind of expectation, it may not necessarily move toward the desired result according to expectation.

Yan Liang: However, why did Chen Mo want to implant a Trojan horse in your computer to monitor you? I don't understand, why did she want to do this?

Li Zhibai: You don't understand, that's right. Who can understand this kind of behavior? Maybe she is a pervert, likes old Lu, and is old Lu's brainless fan?

Lu Yan He thought about it and didn't continue.

Regarding his life experience, regarding the people hiding in the dark who want to hurt him, there is no need to say these things, let Li Zhibai and Yan Liang worry, they can't provide any help if they know.

Lu Yan He wanted to change the subject, so he asked Li Zhibai: Is there any follow-up to Meng Li's matter?

Li Zhibai: There is no follow-up, I just hope we never see each other again.

Lu Yan He smiled.

He left the chat interface, ready to sleep, when a news push suddenly popped up: Wen Minglan responds to the storm of leaving the crew without authorization.

Lu Yan He clicked in immediately.

Wen Minglan's response was not long, but it was very powerful: I did leave the *Sanchakou* crew, but it was not my breach of contract, but the crew's breach of contract first. The actual filmed script did not match the script provided when the contract was signed. After I entered the crew, almost every scene of mine was a flying page (referring to content not in the original script, written on-site by the accompanying screenwriter). The scenes that belonged to me in the original script were all moved to another actress. During the filming process, except for the name of the character I played, all other scene content was given to this actress. The accompanying screenwriter wrote some fragments every day for me to interpret. The content was rough and had changed greatly from the script I talked about when I signed the contract. I am not willing to pay for an irresponsible crew, nor am I willing to act in a rough and perfunctory flying page scene every day.

Wen Minglan's response pointed directly to the crew and script problems.

Immediately, Star Entertainment Agency also forwarded this response, stating: The *Sanchakou* crew seriously breached the contract, and our company's signed actor terminated the contract with *Sanchakou*.

Late at night, everyone was going to sleep, and such a response suddenly popped up, which simply exploded the social platform.

And after Lu Yan He finished reading this response, he was more curious about who the other actress in Wen Minglan's response was?

On the surface, the response is about changing the script, but in fact, it is grabbing scenes.

It wouldn't be Zhou Lina, would it?

Zhou Lina is already the female lead, so she shouldn't go to grab Wen Minglan's scenes.

The next second, Song Lin Xin sent Wen Minglan's response link to the *Young Days* group chat. ===== CHAPTER 260 =====