Chapter 270: Being a Happy Deadbeat (11,000-character update)

"What kind of scapegoat is she? Making herself out to be so pitiful. If she hadn't failed to iron the clothes beforehand, this wouldn't have happened."

Chen Ziyan's voice on the phone was full of annoyance.

If Shen Yufang hadn't mentioned Lu Yan He when questioning the production crew, Chen Ziyan wouldn't have been this angry.

What did Lu Yan He do wrong in this matter?

In her "little essay," Shen Yufang wrote that the costume department had padded their budget, claiming they made three outfits when they actually only made two. She named He Min, accusing her of embezzling production funds and firing her just to give Lu Yan He an explanation to cover it up.

Between the lines, it was full of the bitterness and anger of a humble worker.

This "little essay" sparked quite a bit of attention online. Especially the two names Shen Yufang pointed out: He Min and Lu Yan He. Not many people knew He Min, but Lu Yan He was different. So, even though the "little essay" only mentioned Lu Yan He once—and only to say, "to give Lu Yan He an explanation and let him cool off"—Lu Yan He became the person most affected by this controversy.

In the internet world, there is a topic that possesses a "base level of heat": inequality and unfairness.

Many people feel disgusted and resistant toward inequality and unfairness, at least when it happens to others.

And between "the egg and the stone," most people choose to support the egg.

The key is that it's a topic that will attract more people to watch.

She and Liu Bige were both veterans of this team, and both had their own teams. Currently, *Phoenix Terrace* was still filming, and Huangcheng absolutely could not let them have any trouble at this time.

Liu Bige sneered and said, "Don't worry, Huangcheng has already talked to me about this. We are veterans of this team, after all; he'll give us that much face. He just pointed us out and told us not to go too far. Since this has happened, we have to give the investors an explanation. I've already given orders to make up the missing number of outfits as soon as possible. We have one week. If we can make them up, it won't be a big problem. By then, we'll just say Shen Yufang was holding a grudge because she was fired and intentionally smeared us. Customizing clothes takes time, there's a production schedule. Lu Yan He's outfit just didn't have the backup brought over. There were two to begin with; one was sent to the dry cleaners, and Shen Yufang didn't do the ironing work for the other one herself. She has the nerve to talk!"

Liu Bige, meanwhile, could barely manage his own expression, and his gaze toward Lu Yan He became somewhat hostile.

Compared to a project worth hundreds of millions, what was the little bit they took?

If the investors wanted to pursue responsibility and find out the truth, Huangcheng would block them.

As Lu Yan He's agent, Chen Ziyan's response naturally represented the attitude of Lu Yan He's side.

Lu Yan He really wanted to say that he hadn't even gone to him for trouble over this unprovoked disaster, so what right did he have to be hostile toward him?

How to respond was a problem Huangcheng had to consider clearly.

He Min thought for a moment and nodded; what Liu Bige said made sense.

For the platform, as long as there is heat, it doesn't care what the content of your response is.

"Is that all for President Huang? Did he say anything else?" she asked in surprise.

Upon hearing this, He Min breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that it had been said, Huangcheng could only face Shen Yufang's accusations directly; he couldn't use Lu Yan He to "besiege Wei to rescue Zhao" anymore.

Two hours later, the *Phoenix Terrace* production crew issued a statement.

Lu Yan He was scrutinized by many people on set with gazes so complex they couldn't be described in words; only Chen Lingling treated him with her usual attitude, without any change.

Even while filming, Lu Yan He could feel the cold atmosphere and low pressure on set.

Thinking of this, He Min felt much more at ease.

Even if one is wrong, who would really look for faults in themselves?

Lu Yan He just focused on doing what he was supposed to do on set.

Unexpectedly, Chen Lingling didn't react to this matter at all on set, remaining focused on filming.

Liu Bige said, "This show is still filming. Could he do anything to us at this time? Fire you? Then who would manage the costume department?"

But he knew himself that saying such things was useless.

"If she hadn't poked this hornet's nest herself, nothing would have happened. Now that the matter has blown up, she thinks she's been made a scapegoat. Who does she think she is?" Liu Bige complained even more harshly than Chen Ziyan.

In this matter, there was a famous stone and a not-so-famous stone, so naturally, everyone attacked the famous stone.

He Min now had the heart to tear Shen Yufang apart.

For this kind of thing, the response must be fast, otherwise, the negative impact on Lu Yan He would only grow.

Otherwise, if Huangcheng came to communicate with her and asked Lu Yan He to suffer a little grievance so the matter could pass peacefully, given Chen Ziyan's relationship with them, it would be hard to refuse.

"The production crew has launched an internal investigation and audit into the costume department issues reported by Shen Yufang. If true, we will not be lenient. Shen Yufang's 'firing' was due to her inability to fulfill her job duties. She was supposed to provide clean and tidy costumes for actor Lu Yan He, but due to her negligence, Lu Yan He was unable to wear the scheduled costume and complete filming within the planned time. This has nothing to do with so-called 'scapegoating' or 'giving Lu Yan He an explanation.' On the contrary, after the incident, Lu Yan He has been highly cooperative with the crew's work, and in situations where filming had to be delayed and he had to wait on set for several hours, he had no complaints or pushback. We feel ashamed for the disturbance caused to Lu Yan He."

The statement attributed Shen Yufang's "firing" to her own dereliction of duty.

Lu Yan He's response and Shen Yufang's "little essay" turned *Phoenix Terrace* into the hottest show at the moment.

Of course, not the good kind of heat.

One can imagine how annoyed He Min, who was directly named by Shen Yufang, felt.

He himself was actually a bit embarrassed; after all, this matter had implicated him, and Chen Ziyan's direct response of "not knowing" about Shen Yufang pushed the crew into an even more difficult position.

"Then what about this matter?" He Min felt very uneasy. "With Shen Yufang making such a scene, Huangcheng and Chen Lingling both know about it; they definitely won't let it go lightly."

After all, based on her understanding of Huangcheng, he shouldn't let this matter go so easily.

This was also what Chen Ziyan complained about at the beginning.

Within three minutes, Chen Ziyan edited a paragraph and posted it directly to her personal social media: Regarding whether the costume department issues pointed out by Ms. Shen Yufang are true, our side is unaware. However, Ms. Shen Yufang's claim that she was fired "to give Lu Yan He an explanation and let him cool off" is seriously inconsistent with the facts. Our side has never made such a request to the production crew, nor were we aware of Ms. Shen Yufang being "fired."

Lu Yan He originally thought Chen Lingling would be furious about this; after all, he had seen her temper these past few days.

The content of the response, under the operation of the platform, immediately hit the trending searches.

Chen Ziyan responding so quickly was also to beat Huangcheng to it before he could contact her.

With things having reached this point, the crew definitely had to issue a statement.

He Min suddenly thought of something and looked at Liu Bige: "Then what about Shen Yufang?"

"You still have the nerve to ask? If you hadn't failed to handle it well, how could such a thing have happened?" Liu Bige said with dissatisfaction.

"Who knew she would run to the internet and post a little essay! Everyone signed a confidentiality agreement."

"Then sue her for slander and violating the confidentiality agreement!" Liu Bige said angrily. "If we don't teach her a lesson, others will follow suit in the future."

He Min nodded: "Mm."

"As for Lu Yan He's side, pay attention and don't make any more mistakes. Lu Yan He doesn't count for much, but that Chen Ziyan behind him is not someone easy to deal with," Liu Bige warned.

He Min nodded, somewhat helplessly, and said: "It's so depressing. Lu Yan He is also a handful. If he weren't such a handful, none of this would have happened."

Liu Bige glanced at him and said: "Lu Yan He is a handful, sure, but if you changed to another actor, who would wear these kinds of clothes?"

He Min was stunned, looking at Liu Bige in disbelief, as if he hadn't expected Liu Bige to say such a thing.

"Lu Yan He didn't directly poke this matter to Huangcheng, so stop complaining," Liu Bige said with a dark face. "If you hadn't failed to handle Shen Yufang well, nothing would have happened."

No matter how big the costume controversy became, after a few days, the heat gradually passed.

However, the attitude of the crew members toward Lu Yan He did not change back.

Everyone was more attentive and serious about his affairs, but they also kept him at a greater distance.

Lu Yan He knew what was going on, but there was nothing he could do.

One cannot have everything.

—Lu Yan He is a very difficult person to deal with.

That impression was thus set.

Chen Siqi said: "Difficult to deal with is fine. As long as you do your job well and have strong professional ability, no one can say anything about you."

Lu Yan He couldn't help but laugh, saying: "What you said is exactly the same as what Sister Ziyan said."

"I also hoped to be proper in every aspect before, but later I found it was impossible. You always have to sacrifice some aspects," Chen Siqi said. "It's impossible to be a good person in front of everyone."

"That's true."

Chen Siqi said: "I'm planning to go back to Yuming tomorrow."

"Going home?" Lu Yan He asked. "Or staying at a hotel?"

"I should go back for the New Year, let's see," Chen Siqi said indifferently. "If I'm not happy staying there, I'll go out to stay. If I can make do, staying at home is fine too."

After a semester, Chen Siqi was more calm about her home.

Lu Yan He gave a hum.

"Are you still filming in Langhua?"

"Mm," Lu Yan He said. "Until before school starts."

Chen Siqi: "No break for the Spring Festival?"

"Maybe two or three days, but anyway, I have nowhere to spend the New Year, so staying with the crew is quite good," Lu Yan He said.

"I'll come find you," Chen Siqi said. "I'm too lazy to stay at home 24 hours a day. Facing Liu Weian's face, I still need some time to breathe."

Lu Yan He smiled and said okay.

Chen Siqi: "By the way, the new episode of *City Travel Notes* has aired. Many people are asking why you aren't in this episode. Did you see it? A lot of people even came to ask me, a bunch of your fans."

Lu Yan He said: "I didn't have time to record; I have to wait until this show is finished filming."

"I guessed as much. However, once you weren't there and someone else was swapped in, the audience had quite a lot of opinions. Everyone seems to have gotten used to seeing you," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He: "They just weren't used to not seeing me for a moment. They'll be fine after watching for a while."

Chen Siqi asked curiously: "It sounds like you don't seem that attached to *City Travel Notes*?"

"That's certainly not it. I just didn't expect everyone to bind me so deeply to *City Travel Notes*. Actually, this program was an idea proposed by Xin Zixing from the very beginning. I was just lucky enough to participate in the first episode and then caught this fast train," Lu Yan He said. "Now everyone seems to think that I am the soul of this program."

Chen Siqi: "Because you are the main person on camera. Not many viewers will remember who the producer of a program is."

Lu Yan He: "Mm, I know."

"The audience only cares about whether your program is good to watch, and the person on camera is what the audience sees the most. It occupies a natural advantage, so there's nothing to be done about it."

"I know. What I mean is, it's normal for everyone to feel unaccustomed to not seeing me for a while, but as long as Xin Zixing is still making this program, the tone of this program won't change," Lu Yan He said.

Chen Siqi: "I know what you mean. I'm just very curious, you actually don't mind at all? After all, you have been a guest on this program since the first episode, but now the production team didn't wait for your time and found someone else to replace you."

"I didn't have time in the first place. Did I have to make them wait for me forever?" Lu Yan He said. "That makes no sense."

Chen Siqi sighed silently; Lu Yan He really is a person of noble character.

There was a strange kind of pressure.

Chen Siqi didn't know how to describe her feelings. She used to know that Lu Yan He was a good person, a kind person, but to be good to this extent, even somewhat transcending the weaknesses of human nature—Chen Siqi's mood was like wanting to wear a pure white princess dress after playing wildly outside all day, not even daring to reach out and touch it for fear of getting it dirty.

Lu Yan He didn't even realize the pressure his words and actions brought to Chen Siqi.

Lu Yan He asked: "You're coming back tomorrow, is anyone picking you up?"

"Of course not, what are you talking about," Chen Siqi said. "Who would come to pick me up?"

"Then I'll have Li Pengfei pick you up. He's already back," Lu Yan He said.

"Ah?" Chen Siqi was stunned. "Are you crazy? Li Pengfei isn't your driver; why would he run so far to pick me up?"

"He is my brother, and you are the person I... like. So if I can't pick you up, what's wrong with him helping me pick you up?" Lu Yan He said righteously.

Chen Siqi: "I'll just take a taxi myself, it's troublesome."

Lu Yan He: "It's fine, the one who is troubled is him."

At this very moment, Li Pengfei, who was sitting in front of Lu Yan He, rolled his eyes at Lu Yan He, simultaneously raised his middle finger, and silently cursed, "What a dog!"

Hanging up the phone, Li Pengfei said: "Awesome, Lu Yan He, you dog, I come to see you, and you arrange work for me!"

Lu Yan He said: "Anyway, I don't have time to accompany you tomorrow, I'll be on set all day. Aren't you also going back tomorrow?"

"You really are impolite."

"What politeness is there to speak of with you." Lu Yan He remained righteous.

Li Pengfei was so angry he laughed.

After a while, Li Pengfei said: "When are you taking me to tour your film and television city?"

"Right away, wait for me to finish editing this editor's note," Lu Yan He said. "It has to be sent to them today, otherwise it will be too late."

Li Pengfei: "Okay, you edit yours first."

He took out his phone and immediately went to find Xu Zijun to complain about Lu Yan He's excessive behavior.

After rambling for a bit, Li Pengfei asked: When are you coming back? Is the time set?

Previously, because Xu Zijun had to tutor, she hadn't set a time to return to Yuming.

Xu Zijun said: I'm grabbing tickets, haven't grabbed one yet.

Li Pengfei asked: If you set a time? I'll find someone to help you grab a ticket.

Xu Zijun said: I can come back after the 27th. Tutoring ends on the 27th.

Li Pengfei: Okay, I'll find someone to help you look for tickets.

Xu Zijun: Don't buy me too expensive tickets.

Li Pengfei: I know, I know.

He immediately contacted his father's secretary; for this kind of thing, he had to ask for his help.

Li Pengfei came directly to Langhua, and as soon as he got off the plane, he dragged his suitcase to the hotel to find Lu Yan He.

It just so happened that Lu Yan He had no scenes and was staying at the hotel.

Li Pengfei wanted to see the film and television city, so Lu Yan He said he would take him to see it.

It had been a semester since they last met.

Not only had Lu Yan He gotten darker, but Li Pengfei had also gotten darker.

"Playing ball with people every day, and running around outside," Li Pengfei said. "Basically, as long as I have nothing to do on the weekend, I find a place to wander around. Sometimes I go to find Zijun, sometimes I just find a place to stroll. If I have four or five days without classes, I even went to climb a snow mountain with people. That was quite interesting."

Lu Yan He didn't expect Li Pengfei to be living so wildly.

"I'm so envious."

"I also felt it was fun at first, but later I felt a bit anxious. You and Zijun are both too abnormal, each more hardworking than the other, making me feel guilty for playing," Li Pengfei said speechlessly. "Sometimes I even wonder if I'm living too much like a deadbeat."

"Didn't you say it yourself? You can completely lie flat in this life and be a happy deadbeat."

"Isn't that why I'm a bit unhappy again?" Li Pengfei said.

Lu Yan He understood Li Pengfei's thoughts.

Actually, if the people around Li Pengfei weren't him and Xu Zijun, perhaps he wouldn't have such anxiety.

Lu Yan He asked: "Then have you thought about what you want to do?"

"I have, but I can't think of anything. There's really nothing I'm interested in. I'm good at eating, drinking, and having fun; the rest can forget it," Li Pengfei said. "I'm not good at studying, and I have no other skills. I have self-knowledge; I am indeed a deadbeat."

"Then just write about things you're interested in," Lu Yan He said. "I see there are many people who are travel bloggers now, aren't there?"

"Be a blogger? An internet celebrity? No," Li Pengfei shook his head. "I don't lack that money."

"It's mainly something you can call an ideal or a hobby," Lu Yan He said. "It's not about being an internet celebrity, having to earn that money, but a sense of achievement. Many people don't have your conditions, being able to set aside money to talk about ideals. Many people struggle between ideals and bread. You don't need to struggle for bread, you only need to embrace ideals. If you can't find it, of course, you'll be depressed, but try them one by one. This process of trying should be able to help you resist this anxiety."

Li Pengfei pondered for a moment, thought about it, and said: "That sounds quite reasonable. How about I go manage my social media account?"

"You don't need to manage it specifically. I just heard you say that you travel often and even climb snow mountains. These experiences are what many people want to experience, so just record what you see, hear, and eat seriously. You can even make guides. Maybe in the future, it can help someone who also wants to go to that place," Lu Yan He said.

Li Pengfei frowned instantly and said: "Why does this sound like a personal version of *City Travel Notes*?"

Lu Yan He was stunned and laughed.

"It really is."

He suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up. "How about you come participate in the recording of *City Travel Notes*?"

"Ah?" Li Pengfei looked at him suspiciously.

Lu Yan He said: "If you are willing, I will introduce you to the producer of *City Travel Notes*. Why don't you stay with this production team and see?"

Li Pengfei said: "I can't do photography, and I can't do these odds and ends. Why would I go to this team? Just to go through the back door and not do any work? That's too shameful!"

Although Li Pengfei was thick-skinned, his self-esteem was strong.

Furthermore, he didn't want to cause trouble for Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He said: "This depends on yourself, whether you want to go or not."

He felt that with his relationship with Xin Zixing, arranging for one of his classmates to be on the *City Travel Notes* production team wouldn't be a problem. Li Pengfei didn't need a high price; the main thing was that he could learn a lot of things.

Li Pengfei: "Then I might as well go be an internet celebrity myself."

Lu Yan He was speechless.

He took Li Pengfei to stroll around the film and television city.

Because of the heavy snow, the film and television city was also covered in a layer of white snow.

At this time, there were still over ten crews working in the film and television city, and there were still many people.

The two of them walked together, and because they were wearing sunglasses, scarves, and hats, no one recognized Lu Yan He.

They just thought these two were young actors.

Li Pengfei looked at the various small shops on both sides of the road, and there were even people selling grilled sausages, which surprised him very much.

"This is made to look like a tourist attraction."

"This place is also open to everyone as a tourist attraction," Lu Yan He said. "The tourism economy is even higher than the income from rent and such, I heard them say."

Li Pengfei clicked his tongue twice. "It really makes money."

Lu Yan He: "The cost is also quite high. I heard that if the market is bad, the losses are also severe."

"I heard that many celebrity artists have industries here."

"Yes."

"Have you considered it?"

"Me? With my little income, forget it," Lu Yan He shook his head. "To be honest, my income as an artist now is far less than the income *Jump Up* brings me."

Li Pengfei nodded and said: "I know, but it's also quite good. This way you don't have to take jobs you don't like for money, and you can be a bit more aloof."

"That's not possible either," Lu Yan He said. "Being aloof is easy to die."

Li Pengfei laughed loudly, his laughter startling the birds on the utility pole.

"You're also amazing, saying such things while doing the things a literary youth would do."

"Those are two different things. I just do a little bit of what I like, but I'm not aloof. My posture is very low," Lu Yan He said.

Li Pengfei raised his hand and rubbed Lu Yan He's hat, saying: "Your posture is too low. That Shen Yufang matter a while ago, I was speechless watching it. None of your business, and a bunch of people came to find trouble with you. They are sick in the head. If it were me, I would have sprayed it back directly."

"Spraying it back is meaningless. They won't reason with you. The harder you spray, the harder they scold. This isn't me lowering my posture; it's me adopting the method that can best lower the heat and settle the matter," Lu Yan He said. "This matter didn't have much impact on my real life, but on the internet, the volume was so loud that it seemed like my whole life was going to be destroyed. I'm also very helpless."

Li Pengfei: "Don't mention it. After this happened, we helped you scold those marketing accounts that fired at you and sponged traffic online. They had an attitude that you are an artist, so you should suffer losses and grievances. I wanted to dig up their ancestors for eighteen generations to see what attitude they would have if they suffered grievances."

"You must not do such things. Sister Ziyan said something very right: as long as it's not something that violates the law or discipline, nothing can truly defeat me," Lu Yan He said. "Let them say whatever they want."

The two of them talked while wandering around in the cold weather.

Li Pengfei suddenly thought of something and said: "After you finish filming this show, are you going straight to school?"

"Mm, I have to film until almost school starts."

"Then aren't you going to spend the New Year with the crew?"

"Yes, but even if I don't spend the New Year with the crew, I have nowhere to go back to," Lu Yan He said.

Li Pengfei asked: "How about you come to my house for the New Year? Anyway, it's just us few."

"Forget it, I'm filming with the crew." And, he had an appointment with Chen Siqi.

"Alright then."

Lu Yan He took Li Pengfei to the set to take a look.

Li Pengfei had always been very interested in the filming set.

"Let's see how your costume dramas are filmed."

The two of them had just arrived at the entrance when they suddenly saw Shen Yufang talking to someone with a face full of anxiety, unease, and confusion, wanting to go inside, but the guard wouldn't allow her to enter.

"What's the situation?" Li Pengfei asked when he saw the movement at the entrance.

"She is Shen Yufang," Lu Yan He said.

Li Pengfei widened his eyes in surprise. "Just her?"

"Mm, the crew decided to sue her because she violated the confidentiality agreement and also spread rumors. I guess it's because of this that she came over," Lu Yan He said with a headache. "Let's change doors to go in."

Li Pengfei nodded.

The two of them turned and left.

Li Pengfei even looked back at her, somewhat unable to bear it. "She looks quite pitiful."

"Sigh." Lu Yan He didn't look back, because he knew that if he continued to look, he would also be unable to bear it.

With this matter, almost no crew dared to use Shen Yufang anymore.

It could be said that Shen Yufang basically didn't need to consider mixing in the entertainment industry anymore.

"This matter makes me quite emotional. Speaking of which, Shen Yufang really can't be said to have made a big mistake, but the result she suffered is much more serious," Lu Yan He said. "I'm also thinking, how much ability do I have to bear mistakes? If one day I also make a mistake, will a small mistake lead to an irreparable consequence?"

"Oh, I beg you, why do you think about so many bullshit things? Didn't you say it yourself, as long as you don't violate the law or discipline, nothing can defeat you," Li Pengfei said. "At worst, start over. What are you afraid of? You can write, make magazines, act, and do so many things. You have nothing to fear."

Li Pengfei's confidence in Lu Yan He was much greater than Lu Yan He's confidence in himself.

Lu Yan He brought a friend to the crew to look around, and soon the whole crew knew about this matter.

"High school classmate, Li Pengfei," Lu Yan He introduced to Huangcheng.

Huangcheng, a very busy person, stopped his steps at this moment and said with a smile: "Your classmate is also quite handsome. You can consider being an actor."

Li Pengfei laughed twice and said: "I don't have that ability, I'd better be an audience member."

He was still the same as in high school; no matter who came, he wasn't stage-frightened at all, and no one could make him nervous.

Li Pengfei was enthusiastic, generous, and spoke with vigor, making it easier for him to open up the situation than Lu Yan He.

Everyone knew he was just here to look around, and they were happy to give Lu Yan He such face.

The scene was filming Lang Xia and Zhen Hongyu's drama.

Zhen Hongyu played Chen Yourong in the drama, who liked Wei Jiang, played by Lu Yan He.

She was a child star who had been acting since she was twelve, had a long acting career, and had exquisite acting skills.

Lu Yan He took Li Pengfei to find a seat on the side.

Because it was an indoor scene, they didn't have to blow in the cold wind outside, so it was quite comfortable.

Lu Yan He reminded Li Pengfei to put his phone on silent.

Li Pengfei hurriedly did so.

Zhen Hongyu was touching up her makeup, and the makeup artist and assistant surrounded her on both sides.

Lang Xia sat alone at the other end, looking down at the script.

There were also several other small characters sitting together chatting.

It was very cold, and when they weren't officially filming, they were all wearing black down jackets.

There were many small suns on set to keep everyone warm.

Li Pengfei whispered to Lu Yan He: "Looking at your filming set, I'm actually a bit disappointed. Sure enough, what's filmed in the lens is the best. The scene is as messy as a warehouse."

"That is indeed the case. There's no way around it. There are many devices and many people, and the scene is very messy. And this is already one of the top crews in the country, and the crew management is already at the top level," Lu Yan He said.

Li Pengfei looked around curiously.

Suddenly, he rushed out in a stride, which startled Lu Yan He.

Two people were carrying a wooden box in front, but it was estimated that because of the imbalance of the center of gravity, the wooden box suddenly fell forward, and neither of them could react.

The most terrible thing was that there was a girl sitting on a small stool in front.

She was an extra playing a maid.

At the critical moment, Li Pengfei rushed up and propped up the wooden box that had already fallen two-thirds of the way from the front.

The faces of the two staff members carrying the wooden box turned pale, and they thanked Li Pengfei with lingering fear.

Li Pengfei helped them straighten the box again.

"Are you okay?" Lu Yan He hurriedly walked over and asked.

Li Pengfei raised his hands. "It's fine, I'm okay."

The girl sitting on the small stool had a pale face.

She already understood that she had almost been hit by this big wooden box just now.

"Th-thank you." She stood up and thanked Li Pengfei.

"It's okay, you're welcome." Li Pengfei shook his head.

Then, at this time, the cyan bruise on Li Pengfei's arm slowly emerged, along with red and swollen marks.

Lu Yan He saw it and was somewhat surprised. "Did you bump into something just now?"

Li Pengfei then admitted: "I didn't control it well just now, and the back of my hand hit the edge of the wooden box first."

Lu Yan He: "I asked you and you said you were fine. Go spray some medicine for bruises, otherwise, you'll be in pain later."

"A little bruise, it doesn't matter."

"Don't talk nonsense."

Lu Yan He greeted Li Pengfei to find Mo Lan.

Mo Lan was the martial arts director, and they usually carried a medical kit, and had some basic medicine.

Crossing the main hall and walking along the corridor, turning several corners, Lu Yan He found the place where their martial arts team was stationed. They would find a place to move their muscles and bones every day.

Because Chen Lingling refused to let the assistant director film scenes other than empty shots, they usually had a lot of free time on set.

Like today, fortunately, there was a fight scene, so they came over. If there were no fight scenes scheduled for the day, they wouldn't even come to the set.

Lu Yan He greeted Mo Lan.

"Brother Lan, do you have any medicine for blood circulation and bruise removal here? Can you apply some for him?" Lu Yan He found Mo Lan.

Mo Lan saw the injury on Li Pengfei's arm and said: "Yes, right away."

Others gathered around laughing and joking.

"What's going on?"

"Did you hit something?"

"It looks okay, not very serious."

"This little brother is a new face. Is he a new actor?"

People from Mo Lan's team were talking all at once.

Lu Yan He introduced Li Pengfei and explained the reason for the injury.

"Your reaction is fast enough." Someone's eyes lit up immediately, and he said to Li Pengfei, his tone full of praise.

Li Pengfei grinned and laughed, "Hehe."

Mo Lan sprinkled some medicinal powder on him and sprayed some of their specially made medicinal water.

"Alright."

He put the things in a plastic bag. "Just apply some medicine for the next two days, it's not a big problem."

"Alright, thank you Brother Lan." Li Pengfei followed Lu Yan He and called him Brother Lan.

Just as they were talking, Liu Bige suddenly came over and said: "We need two extras, we can't find anyone for the moment. Who can come and fill in?"

Everyone looked at each other, and two people raised their hands directly.

"Me!"

"Me!"

Liu Bige nodded and said: "You two come with me."

The two of them immediately followed with some excitement.

"I don't know if this shot will show our faces," someone said.

Li Pengfei followed Lu Yan He back to the filming set, ready to see how a scene was filmed on set.

At this time, the two people Liu Bige just brought over had already arrived in front of Chen Lingling.

"Director, it's just the two of them."

Chen Lingling looked at them and nodded. "Okay."

She said: "You two stand in these two places later."

She pointed to behind a chair.

Zhen Hongyu and Lang Xia also came over.

"You sit here later, Lang Xia brings people over, you are going to act in a scene. Lang Xia, you have to appear a bit like a playboy in front of everyone, a bit sloppy. You are acting a scene with Zhen Hongyu for others to see, understand?" Chen Lingling instructed.

Lang Xia nodded.

According to Chen Lingling's design, Lang Xia would pretend to be a playboy who likes Zhen Hongyu in the drama later, trying to tease her, but was stopped by her two guards. So, Lang Xia would directly take action, slapping each of them, and was pushed aside by his guards.

Li Pengfei's eyes widened. "They actually have to be slapped?"

Lu Yan He nodded; he understood Chen Lingling's design.

There shouldn't have been this scene before, but to highlight the drama of this scene between Lang Xia and Zhen Hongyu, this segment was added—after all, Lang Xia couldn't try to tease Zhen Hongyu, even if it was just acting for others to see, Zhen Hongyu couldn't have no resistance, so two people were temporarily called to play guards.

The two young men from the martial arts team were surprised when they heard they were going to be slapped, but no one said they couldn't do it.

Li Pengfei: "Damn, suddenly being arranged to be slapped, they are also willing?"

Lu Yan He: "The profession of an actor is what they eat."

"They are even very willing." Huangcheng suddenly appeared beside them, startling Li Pengfei into jumping on the spot.

"Oh my, President Huang, you are so elusive and walk without a sound. You can't scare people like this in broad daylight."

Li Pengfei complained.

Huangcheng looked at him with a smile on his lips.

Li Pengfei asked: "They are still willing to be slapped?"

Huangcheng said: "Because this way the lens will take close-ups of their faces, and they can appear on camera instead of being background boards."

Li Pengfei was very surprised.

His eyes flickered, as if he was caused to think by what Huangcheng said.

Not every actor can be lucky enough to play a role with lines right away. There are many, many actors who can only be extras at the beginning, playing passersby A and B, and being background boards.

The next day, Li Pengfei had breakfast with Lu Yan He and was ready to leave.

He still had to go to the airport to pick up Chen Siqi, so he had to leave early.

"Be careful on the road."

"I know," Li Pengfei nodded. "I'm leaving."

"Bye-bye."

After sending Li Pengfei away, Lu Yan He got into Zou Dong's car to put on makeup.

For the 2:00 PM scene, he had to go over to do makeup and styling first.

Filming a costume drama is troublesome in this regard. Before filming, just the makeup and costume take about two or three hours, and after filming, removing makeup and taking off the headgear takes another hour.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Hongyu was also in the makeup room.

Zhen Hongyu even asked him, "Where is your classmate?"

"He has already gone back."

Lu Yan He smiled at Zhen Hongyu and asked: "Did you film a big night scene yesterday?"

"Yes, I filmed until two in the morning," Zhen Hongyu said, yawning.

"Then why did they arrange a daytime scene for you?"

Usually, after filming a big night scene, to ensure the actor's state, the coordinator would give the actor a day off the next day, or let the actor start work in the afternoon. Zhen Hongyu coming at this time must mean she had a scene in the afternoon at one or two o'clock.

Zhen Hongyu said: "It's okay, I don't care. I slept for a few hours and woke up. I'm used to it."

This young veteran actor had much richer experience in the crew than Lu Yan He.

Sure enough, after a while, Zhen Hongyu closed her eyes and fell asleep again. The makeup artist did her styling, which didn't affect her at all.

Lu Yan He was very surprised.

He couldn't fall asleep just sitting in a chair.

Zhen Hongyu slept until Lu Yan He's makeup and styling were done before she woke up in a daze.

She was still woken up by her own phone ringtone.

"Who is so annoying?" she muttered, picked up her phone, and suddenly widened her eyes.

"Oh? Sister, wait a moment, I'll answer a call first," Zhen Hongyu said to the makeup artist behind her.

Upon hearing this, the makeup artist stopped.

As soon as Zhen Hongyu answered the phone, her tone changed immediately, and she said very angrily: "You finally remembered to contact me?"

I don't know what was said on the other side of the phone, but Zhen Hongyu sneered and said: "What can't be said on the phone? You have to say it in person. You know I'm filming with the crew, how can I find time to go out?"

This tone...

Lu Yan He probably guessed a little and couldn't help but smile.

He greeted Zhen Hongyu silently and left.

Transferred to the scene and went directly to the lounge to eat a boxed lunch.

Today's boxed lunch was very good. Lu Yan He restrained himself and only ate half a bowl of rice before standing up and wandering slowly.

At 1:30, he went out to the scene.

The tracks on the scene had already been laid, and the lighting was being set up.

Lu Yan He went to find Chen Lingling to discuss how to act in today's scene.

After getting used to Chen Lingling's practice of not filming many takes, Lu Yan He realized that only by putting in more effort and doing more homework before official filming could he achieve a state he was satisfied with as much as possible.

Although Chen Lingling didn't talk much, she was a director willing to communicate and exchange more with actors.

Just at this time, Huangcheng suddenly hurried over.

His face was a bit ugly, and he didn't avoid Lu Yan He who was nearby, saying to Chen Lingling: "Zhen Hongyu's boyfriend is in trouble."

"In trouble?" Chen Lingling frowned. "What do you mean?"

Lu Yan He was also stunned.

Huangcheng glanced at Lu Yan He and said: "Her boyfriend is suspected of illegal fundraising and was reported by someone. Now it's on the news. Many people recognized him as Zhen Hongyu's boyfriend after seeing the news, and Zhen Hongyu was also reported by many media, questioning whether Zhen Hongyu was also involved."

Lu Yan He showed a look of shock and looked at Huangcheng in disbelief.

Chen Lingling didn't ask a single word, and her face became a bit ugly.

Huangcheng didn't avoid Lu Yan He's presence, actually because Lu Yan He would know about this matter anyway, and hiding it was useless.

He looked at Chen Lingling and said: "We have no way to determine whether Zhen Hongyu is involved in this matter for the time being. If she really is, we must replace her immediately, otherwise our show will be affected and cannot be broadcast."

The current film and television environment is indeed like this. If a disgraced artist participates, the whole show will be affected and cannot be broadcast.

Chen Lingling asked: "Have you talked to Zhen Hongyu?"

Huangcheng shook his head. "Not yet."

Chen Lingling said: "Zhen Hongyu's scenes are all suspended, not filmed for the time being. Find out the matter as soon as possible, and also, find someone who can replace her immediately. If it is necessary to change actors and re-film, they must be ready at any time."

"Okay." Huangcheng clarified Chen Lingling's opinion, knew what to do next, nodded, and left.

Zhen Hongyu's afternoon scene couldn't be filmed.

The coordinator had a headache for a while; the time freed up in the afternoon couldn't be wasted, just left aside like that.

Chen Lingling said: "Take the scenes that Lu Yan He can film in the afternoon and film them first, and adjust the next few days quickly."

The coordinator nodded and hurried away.

Lu Yan He also had no objections.

At this time, he was on set, and if he could fill in, he naturally would.

It's just that such a thing happened suddenly, which might cause the whole crew to be affected, and the atmosphere on set was a bit heavy.

If Zhen Hongyu really had to be replaced and those scenes had to be re-filmed, the crew's filming would have to be delayed and couldn't be finished on time, and even to catch up with the schedule, they couldn't finish work on time every day.

Everyone's mood was a bit low.

Lu Yan He also had to try hard to adjust his mood.

At this time, Chen Lingling was like a stabilizer, completely unaffected, everything as usual, scolding people when she should, filming when she should, without any influence.

Lu Yan He's heart was full of admiration for her.

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