Chapter 273: Wrap and Nominations (14,000-character update!)

At noon the next day, Li Pengfei drove over with the others.

Lu Yan He excitedly hugged everyone.

"Long time no see."

"It has been a long time," Linyu said with a smile.

Since entering university, everyone had started learning to wear makeup, looking much more refined than back in high school.

Bai Yu, in particular, surprised Lu Yan He.

In Lu Yan He's memory, Bai Yu was a timid girl he barely had an impression of; she always wore a ponytail, spoke in a delicate voice, and rarely made eye contact. Now, however, Bai Yu wore her hair long, and it was clearly straightened and smoothed with professional tools, looking as if it could star in a shampoo commercial. Her hairstyle was just one part of it; she also wore light makeup, a beret, and carried the refined air of a university student from head to toe.

"Wow," Lu Yan He remarked.

Bai Yu smiled gently and said, "Hello, Editor-in-Chief."

"Thank you for your hard work, Editor Bai," Lu Yan He replied with a smile.

This was the first time Lu Yan He had sung with them.

Lu Yan He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll contact Liu Laoshi. If she needs me to go back, I'll have two days left before school starts after I finish filming. I'm in Yuming, so it's quite convenient to go back."

"What, haven't you heard?" Li Pengfei said. "They say one of the students she's teaching now lost both parents to illness one after the other. The student is being raised by grandparents. Liu Laoshi applied for a subsidy from the school and even chipped in some of her own money to help that student finish high school and get into college."

"Xiao Yun told me she really likes the novel you wrote," Lu Yan He said. "Do you know Xiao Yun?"

Oh, and the art design team hadn't arrived yet.

"Yeah," Linyu nodded. "I'm responsible for tracking the reaction to *Jump Up* among high school students, so I regularly monitor many high school forums and sometimes post surveys there."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said, "How can second place be as impressive as first?"

Linyu smiled and said, "If you ask me, they should be looking for you. You're more representative than I am."

Bai Yu nodded and said, "Liu Laoshi is truly wonderful. When I bombed the college entrance exam and my grades were poor, she specifically called me to encourage me and told me to keep writing. She knew I loved to write."

"Have you all been back to visit the Thirteenth Middle School?" Lu Yan He asked.

Linyu said, "Yeah, I went back a few days ago. The school asked me to share my experiences with the current senior class."

"Just write first, at least start writing," Lu Yan He said earnestly. "If you don't write it out, you'll always feel it's not good enough. Once you write it out, the worst that happens is you rewrite it from the beginning."

At noon, they had lunch together and started singing in the KTV room right there.

"Bai Yu, why don't you try?" Lu Yan He looked at Bai Yu.

"Seems like it," Chen Siqi nodded. "Besides you, there's no one else."

"Do many high school students read *Jump Up*?"

Bai Yu waved her hands quickly and said, "I've never written a long novel. I'm already satisfied that I can publish one short story per issue. I never dared to imagine before that I could publish one of my own works every month."

"Wow, that many?" Lu Yan He was astonished.

"Financial aid?" Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

Chen Siqi nodded: "This is also why I invited him to write a serial for *Jump Up*."

"She told me herself," Lu Yan He said. "Come to think of it, your novel seems to be the only one in our magazine that really captures a young girl's sentiment, right?"

Lu Yan He heard this and said: "That's true, you were the first-place winner last year after all."

Everyone had their own favorite singers and favorite songs.

Chen Siqi said: "However, the literature club at Thirteenth Middle School did contact me, inviting the *Jump Up* editorial team to the school to share. I declined at the time; we were already too busy to handle anything else."

Bai Yu gave a soft "mm."

"Many juniors say that this magazine was started by their seniors, and the entire core team consists of students from Thirteenth Middle School, so they must support it," Linyu said with a smile. "I saw this on the school forum."

"You're still reading the Thirteenth Middle School forum?"

"She's in our class group, and we chat often," Li Pengfei said. "Liu Laoshi is a good teacher. She truly cares about every student. I heard she's also sponsoring a student in this current class."

"However, it's said that *Jump Up* sells exceptionally well at the gate of Thirteenth Middle School. Between the two bookstores, they can sell seven or eight hundred copies per issue," Linyu said.

"Your homeroom teacher is truly wonderful. You've all graduated and still maintain such a close connection with her," Chen Siqi said.

The group sang together for over two hours, then got a bit tired, so they went for foot massages and chatted along the way.

Although Lu Yan He was a singer, he didn't actually have many opportunities to sing. So far, there was only "Memory" and "Childhood." Chen Ziyan hadn't found a suitable opportunity for him to perform a debut yet—of course, that was also because Chen Ziyan believed Lu Yan He wrote songs slowly, and since this song was very good, she had to find a good stage for it; she couldn't just brush it off.

Except for Xu Zijun, the core creative team of *Jump Up* was basically all gathered.

Linyu nodded.

"But I think this is a good thing. Although many high school students aren't buying it now and are just reading their classmates', if we can cultivate their reading habits, they might become our paying readers later," Chen Siqi said. "Ever since the news broke that Baduanjin would be serializing *I Am Not an Immortal* in *Jump Up*, according to data from Ye Mai, we've added many new users, many of whom were not previous readers of *Jump Up*."

"Baduanjin is very famous; I've read his novels," Li Pengfei said. "Many people read web novels now, especially Baduanjin's. He should be considered among the top tier of current web novel writers."

"Many, but usually one person in the class buys it, and then the whole class reads that one copy," Linyu said. "By comparison, our main purchasing demographic is still university students."

"Liu Laoshi said it's because you're filming, which is why she didn't look for you," Linyu said. "She originally wanted to invite you back for a visit."

Lu Yan He: "I hadn't heard of it before; this is the first time I've heard of it."

"But actually, our magazine has many female readers. I've always wanted to find a coming-of-age novel suitable for our magazine that tells stories about youth and campus life," Chen Siqi added. "However, I haven't found a suitable one yet. Most writers who write in this genre still focus primarily on campus romance."

"I know, the one who recorded the show *Young Days* with you," Bai Yu said, looking a bit surprised, as if she hadn't expected it.

Bai Yu's cheeks turned red, as if she had returned to that shy time in the past.

"I can only write this kind of thing."

"This kind is also very good. Without you, our magazine wouldn't have any stories like this," Chen Siqi said. "A magazine is best when it has a little bit of every style."

Lu Yan He: "You represent our young girl readers."

"Our reader mailbag also has quite a few people expressing their fondness for Bai Yu," Chen Siqi said. "Her social media account now has over ten thousand followers."

"Impressive."

Chen Siqi said: "Sister Xiaoyin is also asking if Bai Yu has any plans to write a long-form novel. If so, she hopes to handle the publication."

"Sister Xiaoyin is so experienced; if she's taking the initiative to find Bai Yu, it just goes to show that Bai Yu's novel is also very good in the eyes of professionals."

"You two should stop praising me in tandem," Bai Yu said with a helpless smile. "I know myself that I don't actually write that well."

"We think it's very good," Lu Yan He said immediately. "And I think it could even be adapted into a movie, if there's an opportunity in the future."

"No, no—" Bai Yu waved her hands quickly.

Someone who lacks self-confidence always feels undeserving when faced with praise from others.

Li Pengfei said immediately: "No what? Out of all of us, you're the only one who can write. You have to keep going; you're the only one who can create content."

Bai Yu stopped talking.

She felt like her brain had crashed.

The time spent with them was always so happy, yet so fleeting.

Early the next morning, Lu Yan He had to go to work.

They also returned to Yuming directly from there.

Lu Yan He sat in the car, looking at the group photo on his phone, a smile hanging on his lips.

But regardless, being able to maintain such a good relationship after graduation was something to be comforted by.

These people were the first group Lu Yan He met after coming to this world. If possible, Lu Yan He hoped they could be friends for a lifetime.

On the first day of work after the Spring Festival, everyone seemed unable to get into the zone. As a result, regardless of whether it was auspicious or not, Chen Lingling scolded everyone from morning until night, scolding almost everyone and waking them all up.

Lu Yan He was also scolded—because he had a direct movement error and ended up in the frame.

Such a low-level mistake deserved to be scolded.

Lu Yan He apologized sheepishly while reminding himself to be more attentive.

For Lu Yan He, acting had become something he was well-versed in. The only difficulty was getting into the character's state and emotions. Especially after just seeing his friends, it was hard for Lu Yan He to immediately find that gloominess of hatred in his heart again.

Chen Lingling's scolding completely dispelled the warmth Lu Yan He felt in his heart because of his friends' arrival.

Xiao Yun even came to comfort Lu Yan He, saying, "It's rare to see you get scolded."

Less than half an hour after she finished speaking, Xiao Yun was scolded too. This time, Xiao Yun was scolded because she forgot her lines.

Chen Lingling yelled at Xiao Yun: "Did you go home for the New Year and leave your brain at home?"

Xiao Yun blushed: "I'll pick my brain back up right away."

Xiao Yun was also one of the rare few who could still crack a joke after being scolded by Chen Lingling.

Chen Lingling glared at her, "Rest for five minutes, then we'll film again."

Generally speaking, Lu Yan He only had two to three scenes a day, which was already considered a lot, because his filming time was only during the winter break. Along with Lang Xia and Xiao Yun, their scenes were also relatively heavy this month. But in reality, once Lu Yan He wrapped up, the two of them would have to rest for over ten days, as the crew had to rush to film the leads' scenes.

Besides the leads, many supporting actors didn't stay on set the whole time. Some, like Lu Yan He before his winter break ended, only stayed on set for one or two days a week, while others only entered the set when notified by the crew, filming for four or five days before resting again, waiting for the next filming notification.

For a large crew like *Phoenix Terrace*, with many actors, coordinating schedules was a major challenge.

However, fortunately, it was a film directed by Chen Lingling, so the various actor teams were actually quite cooperative with the crew's arrangements and wouldn't deliberately refuse to cooperate.

On one hand, Chen Lingling's filming progress was always kept very accurate, and delays rarely occurred. On the other hand, when everyone signed agreements with the crew, it was also written very clearly how many days of performance time they had to provide to the crew.

For example, in Lu Yan He's performance agreement, it was written very clearly: one, he had to provide the crew with no less than thirty-five days of filming time; two, during Lu Yan He's winter break, he had to be on set full-time. This was why Chen Ziyan later had to sign a supplementary agreement with Huangcheng regarding Lu Yan He's filming at the crew after the winter break, which did not belong to the original contract's obligation time.

During the time Lu Yan He filmed with the crew, he had made progress in his understanding of acting and character portrayal.

Especially in controlling his own performance rhythm.

When filming *The Golden Age*, although he was a supporting actor, he was the protagonist in the scenes he filmed. But in *Phoenix Terrace*, many times, he was purely a supporting actor, and there were times when he was just a background board. There was a big difference between the two; for example, the former always had a camera pointed at him, while the latter did not.

Lu Yan He sometimes didn't even know if he was in the frame, and Chen Lingling wouldn't say. Some actors wouldn't act in a scene if they weren't in the frame. Such things could never happen on Chen Lingling's set; if you dared to make such a request, Chen Lingling would scold you until you were bloody.

This led Lu Yan He to have to perk up and act seriously in every scene, but after many scenes were finished, he found he was just a background board.

It felt a bit like a waste of effort.

He was puzzled in his heart; if Chen Lingling told him this shot was just carrying him but not mainly filming him, he wouldn't have to spend so much effort.

An actor's energy is limited, and the best state must be reserved for the best scenes.

Lu Yan He was a bit conflicted about whether to bring this up to Chen Lingling, but he was worried Chen Lingling would scold him directly.

Just after Lu Yan He had been conflicted for a few days, Chen Lingling suddenly gathered all the actors on set and asked them to assemble in the screening room.

Everyone gathered in the screening room without knowing why. Chen Lingling said she had edited a rough cut, about twenty minutes long, so everyone could watch the effect first, which would also help their subsequent performances.

This rough cut version mainly filmed the actors' performances, and no post-production had been done yet.

Seeing this, Lu Yan He was astonished.

He found that he had quite a few shots, and whenever it was his shot, by the time he spoke, it was basically a close-up shot from the chest up, with few edit points. Often, a few lines of dialogue were spoken in one breath, and the camera just moved without any editing.

But when it came to Lang Xia and Xiao Yun, the edit points were a bit numerous, and basically, a shot would be switched for every line of dialogue.

If it were in the past, Lu Yan He wouldn't have understood the difference between many and few camera switches, but now he knew.

Only when the material itself is not coherent enough does one need to rely on editing to cut out those flashes of brilliance and cut out those that are not good enough.

Chen Lingling had always said that Lang Xia and Xiao Yun's rhythm was not good enough, and now it was reflected in the editing.

Everyone was a professional, so naturally, they all saw it.

Who is good and who is not can be known through the director's editing and the director's judgment.

Lang Xia's face suddenly looked a bit ugly.

In fact, setting this aside, the performance presented on the screen was very good. Chen Lingling was truly a director who knew how to film actors' performances. Many details, many micro-expressions that could only be understood but not described, could be captured by her.

To be precise, this rough cut version was a PPT, switching one by one the actors' performance clips.

But after playing it, everyone was still a bit shocked.

Lu Yan He was especially so.

The him in this play made him feel strange, not like himself. Especially when he was reduced to a background board, even though you couldn't see the changes in his facial expression clearly, when those shots were connected with his close-up shots, they exerted a certain effect, making people feel his coldness and forbearance in the crowd.

After the full film was played, Chen Lingling said to the actors: "Don't underestimate any scene, especially the transition scenes you often talk about. It's expected to perform well in highlight moments; being in the character's state in every take is what makes a professional good actor."

Lu Yan He heard these words, and his face turned red.

He was glad he hadn't had the chance to go to Chen Lingling and talk about the "background board" matter.

He also understood why Chen Lingling did this.

Why Chen Lingling could become the top director of domestic TV dramas.

She scolded people fiercely, but she never scolded away the actors' state. At least from the results, every actor was scolded by her to become better.

Suddenly, Liu Biao came over in a hurry.

He went to Huangcheng's ear and whispered something.

Lu Yan He vaguely heard his own name.

This made Lu Yan He feel a bit puzzled and surprised, looking at Huangcheng and Liu Biao with confusion.

Huangcheng nodded, signaling to Liu Biao that he knew.

Liu Biao then left.

After Chen Lingling finished speaking, everyone dispersed. Before Lu Yan He left, he saw Huangcheng whisper something to Chen Lingling, and Chen Lingling looked up with some surprise and glanced at his side.

This time Lu Yan He confirmed that he hadn't misheard; it should be related to him.

He just didn't know what it was.

Of course, it didn't keep Lu Yan He puzzled for too long.

Soon Lu Yan He knew what had happened.

A marketing account on the internet posted a piece of news about him, saying that because Lu Yan He took a movie in March, he requested the *Phoenix Terrace* crew to finish his scenes in February. Lu Yan He became a popular first-tier young actor because of *The Golden Age*, so *Phoenix Terrace* had to adjust the relevant filming plan, and now they were fully filming Lu Yan He's scenes, while other actors' scenes were postponed because of this.

The attention and controversy caused by this news were not great, mainly because not many people saw it, and not many people believed it.

Until Lang Xia liked this news, and it exploded.

"He Yingzi, I don't care if this matter was Lang Xia's slip of the hand; he caused this. Either you let him respond to this matter within an hour and testify that Yan He did not request the crew to prioritize filming his scenes because of the new movie, or we will issue a statement. Don't be surprised if we mention Lang Xia then."

Chen Ziyan's tone was exceptionally serious, making He Yingzi clearly realize one thing: Chen Ziyan was not threatening her; she was serious.

He Yingzi emphasized again: "I will tell him immediately. It really was a slip of the hand. We wouldn't do such a thing; doing such a thing has no benefit for us."

"I'm too lazy to listen to these words, and you don't have to say them," Chen Ziyan said finally. "I hope to see his statement within an hour."

Chen Ziyan hung up the phone and sat in her office thinking for a while.

At this moment, Zhou Ping'an suddenly knocked on the door and came in.

"Lu Yan He is going to act in a movie later?" he asked.

Chen Ziyan looked at him, expressionless, and said: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you now."

"Thinking about how to solve this matter?" Zhou Ping'an said. "Seeing you so worried, this matter wouldn't be true, would it?"

Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes, "Are you bored or what? If you have something to say, say it quickly."

Zhou Ping'an smiled, "I was just chatting with a friend I know well. It just so happens that the marketing account that broke the news online is managed by their company."

Marketing accounts online are not necessarily managed by one person. This has long been a consensus in the industry; one account might be managed by a team.

Chen Ziyan looked at him with some surprise.

"What do you know?"

"The whistleblower," Zhou Ping'an said. "I'll tell you who it is. Don't go looking for trouble with Ma Zhiyuan anymore. We're even."

"Okay."

"He Min, the person in charge of their crew's costume department," Zhou Ping'an said. "You should know her."

Chen Ziyan's eyelashes lowered slightly, paused for a moment, and then nodded almost imperceptibly, "Got it."

Zhou Ping'an completed his task, smiled slightly, and said: "Compared to attacks from external enemies, what's more hateful is trouble starting from within, don't you think?"

Of course, he didn't wait to hear Chen Ziyan's answer before leaving.

He left after saying this.

Hatred, anger, these things have permeated human history for thousands of years. How many similar hostilities have boiled in the dark? And how many times have cold arrows been shot from the dark?

Lu Yan He's name had already been hung on the hot search, and the three words "acting like a big shot" appeared behind his name for the first time.

The play *Phoenix Terrace* was watched by everyone and was once again involved in this kind of scandal.

Is it true or false? The voices of discussion rose and fell.

As a matter of fact, this is of course false. But the difficult part also lies in the facts; *Phoenix Terrace* is indeed trying to finish Lu Yan He's scenes in February, so it has affected the filming of other actors.

—Lu Yan He is not the protagonist, why can he film so many scenes a day? Do other protagonists still have to wait on set?

—Just relied on *The Golden Age* to be known by everyone, and now he has started acting like a big shot. These idol artists really don't know what they are thinking.

—If you have the ability, don't take TV dramas in the future, just take movies.

False and real, true and fake, there are always such voices shooting over like sharp arrows.

Lu Yan He's situation on the set became worse. If the previous incident with Shen Yufang only made everyone feel that he was a bit difficult to deal with, demanding, and inconsiderate of the staff, then this incident became ironclad proof of him acting like a big shot—

Everyone didn't know if he was finishing his scenes in February because he was filming a movie in March, but as a supporting actor, he now filmed almost as many scenes a day as the protagonist, which everyone could see and made everyone mutter in their hearts.

Lang Xia's like was more like a kind of approval.

Although Lang Xia quickly spoke up, saying that he just slipped his hand and clarified the rumor of Lu Yan He "acting like a big shot," many people thought that Lang Xia was just being handled by PR.

The relationship between Lu Yan He and Lang Xia became even worse, yet the two of them still had to play people with a close relationship in the play.

Of course, this was more conducive to Lu Yan He's immersion in the emotions of the guard Wei Jiang towards the Commandery Prince.

Many actors in the crew were only nodding acquaintances with Lu Yan He because they didn't have many scenes together. The only ones who were truly familiar with Lu Yan He and had multiple scenes with him were Lang Xia and Xiao Yun.

Lu Yan He's relationship with Lang Xia hit rock bottom, leaving only Xiao Yun with a good relationship with him.

Xiao Yun seemed to be trying to prove something to everyone, and every time she came to the set, she still chatted and laughed with Lu Yan He with a warm attitude.

On this matter, the crew did not respond, and Lu Yan He and the others did not respond either.

Chen Ziyan said that regarding this matter, they would not respond for now, and would slowly turn the public opinion around later.

Lu Yan He didn't know what Chen Ziyan wanted to do, but he fully trusted Chen Ziyan, so he also settled down and did not respond to this matter.

Regardless, Huangcheng and Chen Lingling's attitude towards him remained consistent, which was enough. With them two there, even if other people in the crew had thoughts, they would only hide them in their hearts or discuss them behind people's backs. No one had the courage to say it to Lu Yan He's face or give him a cold shoulder.

One day, Huangcheng was interviewed by a media reporter at the entrance of the film city. When mentioning Lu Yan He's matter, he showed a speechless expression and said: "Hasn't this kind of nonsense rumor passed yet? We were too lazy to respond at the beginning, not wanting to increase the heat for those marketing accounts and let them earn this traffic money. Why are you still asking now?"

The reporter was a bit surprised by Huangcheng's attitude and asked: "Does that mean this didn't happen?"

Huangcheng smiled and said: "Please, the director of our play is Chen Lingling. In China, which young actor dares to act like a big shot on her set?"

The reporter understood.

That day, this report was published, with the title: Groundless, *Phoenix Terrace* producer responds to rumors of Lu Yan He acting like a big shot!

Chen Ziyan forwarded the report.

Huangcheng also reposted the report: Little Lu has always been staying at the production set filming with peace of mind. Even before the new year, he signed a supplementary agreement with the crew; after school starts, if the crew needs Little Lu to return to reshoot some scenes, Little Lu will also fully cooperate, and he will not accept any additional pay for reshoots that exceed the filming period stipulated in the contract. For an actor like this, there are still people saying he is "acting like a big shot." Previously, he didn't want to respond because he felt this news was too fake and no one would believe it, and he didn't want to give marketing accounts a chance to ride the coattails of the hype. He didn't expect those marketing accounts to be like dog-skin plasters, impossible to shake off.

After many days, suddenly responding to the rumors of Lu Yan He "acting like a big shot" because of this interview made everyone stunned.

Just at this time, Chen Siqi suddenly popped up: Because he has to film a new movie in March, Lu Yan He's scenes have to be finished in February???... What the hell is this? He starts school at the end of February. He has to finish filming in February, what does it have to do with the new movie? What kind of rumors are these?

Lu Yan He saw the update posted by Chen Siqi and was stunned for a moment. He asked Chen Siqi, and Chen Siqi said that Chen Ziyan had found her and asked her to post it.

"Of course, it's better for me to say these things than for you to say them yourselves. If you say it yourselves because you have to start school, so you have to finish in February, it sounds like it's because of your own affairs, which led to the crew having to make filming adjustments," Chen Siqi said. "When I say it, it feels like an adjustment that must be made under objective facts. This is what Sister Ziyan said. She said it makes a lot of sense. For PR, you still have to rely on professionals."

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

Chen Siqi: You seem to be at odds with *Phoenix Terrace*. How come this play has had several incidents, and they are all related to you, requiring you to pay the bill.

Lu Yan He thought about it, and it really was.

Shen Yufang's matter, Zhen Hongyu's matter, and this time's matter, all affected him to some extent.

Lu Yan He: Maybe good things take time.

Chen Siqi: I heard that the nomination list for the Honghe Awards, one of the three major TV drama awards in China, will be out tomorrow. I just saw someone predicting the nomination list. Are you nervous? Many people think your performance in *The Golden Age* can be nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Lu Yan He said: A little. It was fine originally, but after many people said I had a good chance of getting a nomination, I became nervous instead. If I'm not nominated, it will be embarrassing, a bit shameful.

Chen Siqi: What's shameful about that? At least everyone recognizes you, that's why they say so.

As one of the three major TV drama awards in China, the Honghe Awards have always been in the spotlight.

Every nomination list and winner, as well as the awards ceremony, is an absolute grand occasion.

The three major awards have different preferences: the Honghe Awards lean towards mainstream themes, the Golden Tripod Awards lean towards audience word-of-mouth, and the Blue Ribbon Awards lean towards artistry.

*The Golden Age* is an industry drama reflecting the style of the times, and the subject matter itself is what the Honghe Awards like.

Lu Yan He's performance is obvious to all, and during the broadcast, it received dual recognition from the industry and the audience.

It is difficult to win an award, but to say nomination, it is relatively easy, after all, the voice is so high.

Sure enough, the next day, when the 32nd Honghe Awards nomination list came out, in the Best Supporting Actor unit, Lu Yan He was listed, becoming the youngest nominee in the performance awards in the last ten years.

As soon as the nomination list came out, Lu Yan He received many congratulations for the first time.

He was still filming on set, and someone on the set saw the news for the first time and shouted "Wow."

Then, everyone knew.

At this moment, the alienation of the crew members towards Lu Yan He because of the "acting like a big shot" incident seemed to disappear again. Everyone showed a bright smile on their faces, congratulating him on getting the nomination.

Lu Yan He expressed his gratitude, feeling flattered.

Chen Lingling also nodded at him rarely, saying: "Well done, I hope *Phoenix Terrace* can help you get the second nomination."

Lu Yan He's cheeks were red.

Getting a Honghe Award nomination for his first play, before this play was broadcast, everyone thought it was incredible. After this play was broadcast, it seemed to become the expectation of the public.

Acting is like this, good or not, you will know when you act it out.

In this industry, everyone has eyes and knows what is good and what is not.

*TV Review* commented on every nomination as usual. When talking about Lu Yan He, its attitude was full of affirmation and support: "Lu Yan He encountered a role that fits him very well in *The Golden Age*, and in the interpretation of this role, he gave a precise, layered, and relaxed expression. For his age of only eighteen when he starred, he showed an extraordinary talent. Even if the role itself is not complicated, the quality of his performance is high-level and content-rich, which deserves a nomination."

The news of Lu Yan He getting the nomination also became one of the most concerned news of this Honghe Award, second only to Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai both not being nominated for the Honghe Award.

That's right, at the Honghe Awards, an embarrassing thing happened.

Lu Yan He became the only actor in *The Golden Age* to receive a nomination for a performance department award.

Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai's performance in this play was not bad, and during the broadcast, they were also given good reviews by many audiences.

Especially since these two are among the hottest actors at the moment, having acted for so many years, transforming to act in serious dramas, and achieving such good results, they didn't even get a nomination for the Honghe Awards.

Lu Yan He sent messages to Luo Yuzhong and Lei Shuangcheng, expressing his gratitude for their support and care, so that he could get this nomination, but for Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian, Lu Yan He didn't know what to say.

At this time, whatever is said is inappropriate.

Unless he didn't get this nomination.

Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai's fans were also very disappointed and complained very fiercely on social media.

Mainly because the performance of the two of them this time was indeed called a rebirth-like progress by many people.

In this case, they didn't even get a nomination.

There was a lot of discussion on the internet.

This Honghe Award, *The Golden Age* is not the hottest drama. The hottest and most optimistic one is *Long Day*, which was broadcast in March last year. It tells the story of a family in the nineties, a period drama, with a very high viewership rate, reaching over 3%, which is the drama with the highest viewership rate in recent years. It can be said to be a national drama-chasing.

But the actors of *Long Day* are not very famous powerful actors. Only after this drama did they truly enter the first-tier position. Their average age is thirty-five, which is nearly seven or eight years older than the actors of *The Golden Age*.

But *Long Day* had much better luck at the Honghe Awards than *The Golden Age*. In the four performance award units, they took five nominations, one for Best Actor and Best Actress each, one for Best Supporting Actor, and two for Best Supporting Actress, making them the biggest winner of performance award nominations.

When Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai's fans complained for them, they inevitably said some unfair and dark curtain-like words, and these words angered the fans of the nominees.

Lu Yan He's fans were relatively better because they were in the same crew and knew that Lu Yan He had a good relationship with them, so they fought back directly. The fans of the actors in *Long Day* couldn't stand it, sneered at such statements, and fought back against them.

Every year when the nomination list comes out, such a situation always occurs.

No way.

There are always missing pearls and regrets.

Lu Yan He didn't know what he should say to Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai. Just when he was worried, the male lead of *Long Day*, Jiang Ming, was being interviewed by a reporter, asking him about his feelings about being nominated for the Honghe Awards this time, and his views on the nomination list this time. Jiang Ming said a few words: "I am honored to have received the nomination. The Honghe Award is a very authoritative and fair award. It does not look at so-called popularity, fame, or some heat. It judges truly from the actors' performance and the quality of the work. I have struggled for nearly twenty years to get this nomination, and I hope for a good result."

Jiang Ming's statement itself had no problem, but it was said when Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian lost their nominations and their fans were unhappy, and it was suddenly interpreted with many meanings.

Both fans thought Jiang Ming was implying Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian.

And the fans of *Long Day* also thought that Jiang Ming was implying them.

Both sides quarreled even more fiercely. Jiang Ming's statement was interpreted by many marketing accounts. Consequently, the honest, kind, and good person image that Jiang Ming had built up by relying on *Long Day* suddenly collapsed a bit.

Chen Miao, a signed writer for *Dream Back* magazine, directly criticized Jiang Ming: He shouldn't have come out to stir up trouble at this time.

Jiang Ming's fans were still dissatisfied with Chen Miao's statement and asked: Did he say anything wrong?

Chen Miao didn't mince words and replied directly: What he said was not wrong in itself, but as a nominee, he shouldn't have said it at this time. Any actor should be able to empathize with what it feels like to lose a nomination when it is expected by the public, rather than implying something in this situation, as if laughing at those two young people. Of course, I am not qualified to criticize him; I am just standing from the perspective of media communication and do not approve of his behavior.

Chen Miao's words were recognized by many people.

Just at this time, Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai seemed to have agreed, and stood up to speak one after another.

Jiang Yuqian said: It's okay, let's continue to work hard next time. Being a good actor is not a matter of one play, but a matter of a lifetime.

Huang Kai said: The future is long, keep working hard.

Their statements and attitudes made the fans feel even more distressed, but it finally appeased their fans and they no longer angrily attacked the Honghe Awards.

Lu Yan He saw the two people's statements and liked them for the first time.

On this matter, Lu Yan He did not make any statement, and his situation was really unable to make any statement.

However, from the bottom of his heart, he was of course on the side of Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian.

The Honghe Awards will hold an awards ceremony on March 6th.

Lu Yan He will of course attend, and when the Honghe Awards announced that Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian will also attend and serve as award presenters, there was an uproar on the internet.

Especially the fans of the two.

The main point of their uproar is: This time the Honghe Awards didn't give you a nomination when you were so optimistic, why do you still want to attend this Honghe Award? Why do you still want to serve as award presenters? Do you not care about your face at all? Then what did we do before?

Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian's fans brushed "unfollowing," "angry," "unacceptable," and other words on a large scale, making the heat that had finally gone down rise again.

Lu Yan He didn't even think of it.

He almost thought of their current mood for the first time—should be very difficult, right?

The Honghe Award is one of the three authoritative awards. Even if they were not nominated, the organizer invited them to be award presenters, perhaps hoping to express their importance in this way. And even if it wasn't like this, Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian couldn't publicly break with the Honghe Awards because they didn't get a nomination. Between them and the Honghe Awards, of course, the former needs the latter more.

However, the fans' disappointment and sadness are not incomprehensible. Even they themselves might not have the same mood as the fans. If you really want to talk about it, changing positions, he wouldn't want to go either. However, because he wants to mix in this industry, and because he hopes to win this award in the future, he still has to go even if he doesn't want to.

This is not a simple multiple-choice question; there are many factors to consider.

Seeing this matter getting bigger and bigger, Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai were almost hung on the hot search for three days because of this matter, and more and more people around Lu Yan He were discussing this matter.

When he was acting with the male lead of *Phoenix Terrace*, Zeng Qiao, while waiting for the play, he heard Zeng Qiao and others laughing and talking about this matter.

However, Zeng Qiao's attitude made Lu Yan He a bit disappointed.

Zeng Qiao just jokingly said that those fans were eating radishes and worrying about nothing.

"Sometimes these fans are really annoying, often thinking they are the ones who are best for you. In fact, their actions will cause the biggest trouble for the stars they like," Zeng Qiao said. "With this fuss, it's embarrassing for Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian to go to this awards ceremony, and it's embarrassing not to go. It's a dilemma."

Zeng Qiao was of course right, but his attitude revealed a bit of disdain for the fans.

Clearly, he himself was once a star who relied on fans for support, but since winning the award, he started to take the route of a powerful actor, talking about hard work and acting skills being more important.

Lu Yan He remained silent.

Zeng Qiao seemed to suddenly remember that Lu Yan He was on the side and asked with a smile: "Little Lu, you should also be bothered by it, right?"

"Ah?" Lu Yan He played dumb.

"Fans."

"Fans?" Lu Yan He acted as if he hadn't heard what Zeng Qiao said before, "What's wrong with fans?"

Zeng Qiao was about to say it again, but suddenly Huangcheng came and called Zeng Qiao over, as if he had something to say, so Zeng Qiao had to get up and go over first.

Lu Yan He silently picked up the script.

In the end, Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian did not respond to this matter again.

Then, Lu Yan He's winter break was coming to an end.

Although it was said before that the filming might be delayed, even delayed until Lu Yan He started school, thanks to Chen Lingling's absolute grasp of the filming progress and the coordinator's preferential treatment in arranging Lu Yan He's scenes, Lu Yan He's scenes were finally finished before the end of the holiday.

The last few scenes were all heavy scenes. Lu Yan He, Lang Xia, and Xiao Yun were tortured enough by Chen Lingling. Suddenly, a scene was filmed three or four times and she was still not satisfied, repeating it, changing the style of "one take" before.

But at least it was finished.

When Lu Yan He breathed a sigh of relief, Huangcheng said to Lu Yan He: "Later, we might still ask you to come back to reshoot a few scenes."

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

Huangcheng said: "It's not certain yet, but based on my understanding of Director Chen, she is still not satisfied with a few of your scenes and wants to reshoot them."

Lu Yan He heard this and didn't say anything more, nodded, and said: "Then I'll wait for your notification."

"Okay." Huangcheng patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder and said: "You are a good actor, especially good. Let's try to cooperate on more plays in the future."

Lu Yan He nodded and said okay.

In fact, Lu Yan He also learned a lot this time.

Although Chen Lingling's style is different from Luo Yuzhong's, they are both directors who can bring great gains to actors.

Lu Yan He wrapped up, and the crew specially sent him flowers and took a big group photo together.

After all, the current Lu Yan He is no longer the Lu Yan He who just took this play at that time.

In other words, if it were the current Lu Yan He facing this play and this role again, he might not take it. Of course, this is from the perspective of Huangcheng and Chen Lingling. In fact, for Lu Yan He, he would still take it.

A play that can be finished in one winter break, and it is also a big director's play, is already his best choice now.

After *Phoenix Terrace* wrapped up, Chen Ziyan specially arranged a dinner to pick him up for a meal.

She took a photo of Lu Yan He eating with his head down.

Lu Yan He was a bit surprised and asked: "Sister Ziyan, why are you taking a picture of me eating?"

"Post it on social media," Chen Ziyan said. "Tell those who say you are in a hurry to wrap up to enter the next movie crew as soon as possible, why you wrapped up."

She posted this photo of Lu Yan He eating on social media, writing: "Actor Little Lu wrapped up *Phoenix Terrace* today, rest well for a few days, school starts soon, and he is university student Little Lu again."

Chen Ziyan must put a knot on this matter to prevent future trouble.

"But didn't *Miss Ning* say it would be filmed in March?"

"The female lead hasn't been found yet, what are we filming?" Chen Ziyan said helplessly. "Don't say, He Han's requirements for the female lead are quite high. I heard that a quite famous actress took a fancy to the script and expressed her willingness to lower her salary to act, but He Han still refused, thinking she didn't fit the role. I thought if his low-budget film could fool a famous actress, he would be very happy."

Lu Yan He said: "He still cares about this movie. It's his first play, of course he wants to find the most suitable person."

Chen Ziyan said: "When he finds the female lead for this movie, it should be ready to start filming at any time."

Lu Yan He nodded, "Anyway, my scenes are only two, and if it's fast, it might even be finished in a weekend."

Chen Ziyan: "Yes, but I'm still thinking about when to announce this news. If your fans know you took a supporting role in an art film, they might make trouble."

"Make trouble?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

Chen Ziyan: "There are quite a few so-called career fans among the fans now, worrying about actors taking plays and endorsements. If they think it's not worthy of the actor, they will make trouble and want to tear up this cooperation. In the eyes of many of your fans, you are now a proper male lead, why do you still want to take a male supporting role in an art film?"

Lu Yan He suddenly felt his head big, "Why do they have to manage these things too?"

"Many fans now have this mood, will substitute, will feel that they are protecting you," Chen Ziyan paused. "Didn't Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kai encounter this kind of thing? Several public schedules have been stopped, just wanting to cool down for a period of time, not wanting to continue to intensify the conflict."

Lu Yan He asked: "Sister Ziyan, do you think their fans did something wrong?"

"Wrong? It can't be said to be right or wrong. Emotions themselves have no right or wrong. Their problem is that fan management is not done well. No matter what you do, you must guide fans in time. This is completely letting marketing accounts lead the rhythm, leading to being out of control," Chen Ziyan said. "Just like you taking a supporting role in an art film, if you announce it rashly, it will definitely attract a lot of fans to oppose it. You have to find a good time, and at the same time, you must make PR plans in advance to guide fans in time."

Lu Yan He roughly understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

He nodded.

"In fact, many things, many conflicts, may not be a simple right or wrong relationship like black and white. Instead of arguing about right and wrong, it is better to find ways to resolve conflicts and seek common ground while reserving differences."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

He really hadn't heard the four words "seek common ground while reserving differences" for a long time.

"Understood."

The fact that Lu Yan He got the Honghe Award nomination is not so eye-catching in the attention caused by the whole award, especially after the incident of Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian happened.

However, for many people, this has become a thorn in their hearts, making them very uncomfortable during this time, and even unable to sleep peacefully.

"Why can Lu Yan He get a nomination? Did he act well in that play? Isn't it just a very ordinary campus male god image?" The most furious one is Chen Ziliang.

Chen Ziliang even specifically called Jiang Yuqian for this matter to comfort her.

"Although you didn't get a nomination, everyone knows that you are fully capable of getting it. The audience recognizes you, and the media recognizes you," Chen Ziliang said. "Look at that Lu Yan He who can get a nomination, you know how watery this session is."

Jiang Yuqian hung up his phone directly.

Chen Ziliang was extremely annoyed.

He is not an actor, but a singer. Lu Yan He went to act, and Chen Ziliang was happy for a while. After all, he had one less competitor—this kind of singer-songwriter is what Chen Ziliang is most annoyed by. However, Lu Yan He is so smooth in acting, and Chen Ziliang doesn't like it either.

In the end, Chen Ziliang just doesn't like Lu Yan He, and he hasn't liked him since the first time they met.

"It may not be that the nomination was obtained by relationship," Chen Ziliang said when gathering with friends in private. "These awards in China, you all know, many can be PR."

After all, it is a jury system, and there are only seven or eight jury members, at most ten. If you want to PR, you can PR it down.

Chen Ziliang was indignant, "You also know that Lu Yan He is just lucky, having a powerful agent. If he didn't have his agent, what is he?"

Friends heard him drinking, muttering here, full of disdain, but actually revealed a little jealousy, knowing his usual personality, no one answered.

They are not fools. Lu Yan He got the nomination, and there was not much controversy, which shows that he is recognized.

At this time, Chen Ziliang said these words, everyone did not refute, just coaxing him to play.

"You say, should I also go to act?" Chen Ziliang said suddenly. "Seriously, before, I was prepared to make a cameo in Lu Yan He's role."

Everyone was confused.

"Ah?"

"What are you doing as a singer to act?"

"Sing well."

Everyone talked at once.

Chen Ziliang was a bit irritable and said: "Aren't there many singers crossing over now?"

Friends in their hearts: That also requires the ability to cross over, it's not that you can cross over just because you want to.

However, everyone also knows that Chen Ziliang is likely to be unable to listen to persuasion. Too many such things have happened before, and they have already learned their lessons. At this time, if they want to persuade him to be rational, he will scold you for looking down on him, so this time no one opened their mouths to say these words.

There are many people who are as unhappy as Chen Ziliang that Lu Yan He got the nomination.

However, only he thinks he can be an actor like Chen Ziliang.

Like Ma Zhiyuan, it's just that the sense of crisis in his heart is stronger.

Li Zhibai became popular again because of *Accompany You to the End of the World*, not to mention, Lu Yan He is now nominated for an authoritative award. The momentum of the two of them seems to be about to surpass him.

If you look at the various data on the internet, of course, it is still not.

Although Lu Yan He has the most hot searches, whether it is social media attention or other data, Ma Zhiyuan is still firmly in the first place. After all, he is a true TOP-level idol, and his fans' fighting power and ability to pay are not covered.

Lu Yan He is popular, but there are not many fans in the true sense—artists with no prominent or obvious personality, no matter how popular they are, it is difficult to be popular to the individual.

However, if Lu Yan He flies up by winning an award, then even if there are fewer fans, his status will surpass Ma Zhiyuan.

The entertainment industry in China is like this, the era of true idol artists has not yet truly arrived.

At this time, Chen Ziyan also received a new show invitation.

*Idol Era*.

What Chen Ziyan didn't expect was that this was a weekly show to be built for long-term broadcast, and the slogan was "The first TOP-level variety show in China that provides a stable stage for idols!". ===== CHAPTER 274 =====