Chapter 274: The Wind and Clouds Begin (17,000-character update!)

"For the show *Idol Era*, Yanhe really doesn't have time to participate, Brother Qin," Chen Ziyan sighed with a smile. "If he had any time to participate in this show, how could I refuse you? What kind of relationship do we have? He's about to start school, you know that."

The producer, whom Chen Ziyan called Brother Qin, said on the other end of the phone: "Ziyan, it's not like we're asking him to be a regular on our show. Whatever performance he comes to do, we can accommodate it. One episode, or two? It's all fine. You know, I'm very clear about this: I want to make an idol competition show with weekly rankings. As long as you have a program, you can come and participate."

Chen Ziyan said: "I know, Brother Qin, but the problem is Yanhe doesn't have a performance he can put on your show. Your show is *Idol Era*. How about this? You know I also manage another artist, Tu Song. He is a singer and, like Yanhe, debuted as an idol artist. I'll send him to your show, is that okay?"

"Tu Song? I don't even know who he is."

"You're exaggerating," Chen Ziyan hummed, clearly not truly dissatisfied. "He's very talented."

Brother Qin said: "Ziyan, you clearly know that our new show needs top-tier stars to kick things off. I've put in all my effort to invite the hottest idol artists to our show, building it as the top stage for idol artists. Ma Zhiyuan, Li Zhibai, Liu Zhiyin... I've already locked in these artists. Think about it, what other show can lock in so many idol artists at once?"

"Others can't, but you certainly can, I know that," Chen Ziyan sighed. "It's really not that I'm not giving you face; it's that Yanhe really doesn't follow the idol artist route anymore. You know that, he's an actor now. To be honest, does he look like he fits the idol route?"

Brother Qin said: "It's enough that he's popular. Why do you care what route he takes?"

"It's precisely because he stopped following the idol route that he became popular," Chen Ziyan said with a smile.

Chen Ziyan argued with him for a long time, even saying that Yanhe wouldn't go to any show with an idol artist nature in the future, before he finally gave up.

When she was lost in thought, she was definitely pondering something, like now.

Lu Yanhe and the others arrived around 10:30 in the morning and went straight to Liu Qin's house.

"Oh, I thought you were going to say that being popular or not doesn't matter, and that happiness and health are what's important," Li Pengfei said with a grin.

Li Pengfei looked shocked.

"I can't manage you just because you've graduated?" Liu Qin shot him a glare.

Liu Qin knew they were coming, so she had arranged to have lunch with them early on. She went to the market early to buy groceries and then came back to do the prep work.

When Liu Laoshi smiled, the past half-year seemed to disappear, as if they were all still in that school. Lu Yanhe actually missed the year he spent in his senior year at Thirteenth Middle School. He hadn't told anyone; he just occasionally missed it himself.

When she was lost in thought alone, she looked like a frozen, still painting, even the light in her eyes was quiet, as tranquil as water. However, no one who knew her would mistake this for seeing a woman with elegant posture in an oil painting. It wasn't that Chen Ziyan's posture wasn't elegant, but—how should one put it? The women with elegant postures in oil paintings often give people a sense of tranquility. To use a cliché, it's called "the quiet beauty of time," but these four words would absolutely never appear on Chen Ziyan. Everyone who knew her knew that.

Liu Qin glared at Li Pengfei and said: "Isn't this a good thing? If I couldn't see Lu Yanhe's news for a while, I'd be worried if he wasn't popular anymore."

Everyone chatted and laughed.

Lu Yanhe was always very grateful to this teacher in his heart, keeping it in mind.

Li Pengfei grinned directly and said: "Liu Laoshi, you're paying extra attention to someone's news, right? He's on the hot search every day. If he weren't my brother, I'd want to complain. Why do you keep pushing his news to me every day?"

"Happiness and health are important, but at your age, isn't it the time to strive?" Liu Qin immediately glared at Li Pengfei again. "You kid has always been blindly clever but has always been sloppy and not walking the right path. I'll have to call you a few more times in the future to urge you on."

In front of students, Liu Qin naturally had natural authority. But her authority was never built on some external, restrictive things, even though she was equally strict, even severe. Students are not stupid; they won't resent a teacher for their whole life just because they met a severe one. Even when being punished, they can feel whether the punishment comes from kindness or malice.

"It's also a coincidence that you came today, otherwise I could only greet you outside," Liu Qin said. "I've read every single issue of the magazine *Jump Up* that you all made together. You are truly amazing. It's not because you are my students that I praise you like this. Really, thinking of something and then doing it, and working hard to make it happen—this quality is especially good."

Li Pengfei was stunned, clearly not expecting Liu Qin to say this.

Qin Zhikun's ability to make such a show at this time was also his skill. He keenly sensed a coming trend. Chen Ziyan had never underestimated idol artists, because there had been precedents; such artists could also reach the top of the entertainment industry and earn the highest income.

She wanted to send Tu Song to this show—regarding this, Brother Qin hadn't let go from beginning to end just now.

Before school started, Lu Yanhe bought some things and arranged with Linyu and the others to visit Liu Laoshi Qin together.

Even Liu Qin was surprised, not expecting that these children could mostly help out—and not just blindly helping.

"Negative examples are good; it's just right to let them know what they shouldn't do," Liu Qin said immediately.

Lu Yanhe followed everyone to help Liu Qin make lunch. Except for Li Pengfei, that good-for-nothing, everyone could help a little.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Ziyan's eyes rolled, and she fell into deep thought.

Chen Ziyan had her eye on the fat piece of meat that was *Idol Era*.

*Idol Era*, this name was bold and domineering enough.

Chen Ziyan was famous for being an actor in the past, and the artists she managed were all actors, until Tu Song and Lu Yanhe, when she started having singers and idol artists. But this wasn't because she had discrimination and prejudice against idol artists, but because she came from a relatively conservative era, and idol artists, it must be said, their development on the land of China has been less than twenty years, or strictly speaking, not even twenty years.

"After managing you all, I'm now managing a class in the second year of high school," Liu Qin said, talking about her own affairs, and immediately smiled. "After they knew that the previous class I managed was you all, they all clamored for me to invite you over to share your experiences. Later, Linyu came once, and they were all so excited. When you have time, come and communicate with them."

Linyu said immediately: "We actually only do some very ordinary things. The one who truly built the book from nothing is him and Chen Siqi. Do you know Chen Siqi? She is also from our school."

And if it weren't for Liu Qin, his nostalgia for that senior year would be much less.

"Indeed, there are not many young people who can truly work. How did you all learn these things?" Liu Qin asked curiously.

"Of course I know, I pay close attention to everyone's news," Liu Qin said, and when she said this, she also focused on Lu Yanhe. In her eyes, she was clearly pointing at Lu Yanhe.

Because her husband was at work and her child was at school, only Liu Qin was at home.

Because Chen Siqi was not in their class, Chen Siqi was not there.

Linyu and the others all knew what Liu Qin meant, and they covered their mouths and smiled.

Since the college entrance exam ended last year, they hadn't seen her for over half a year.

"Oh my, everyone has become handsome and beautiful, a big change," Liu Qin said, smiling gently when she saw them. "Really good."

The talent shows of that year didn't select idols in the true sense, but were selecting singers.

Today, Lu Yanhe, Linyu, Chen Qin, Bai Yu, Li Pengfei, and Xu Zijun came.

This was their first time visiting Liu Laoshi Qin's home.

"Liu Laoshi, are you sure you want me to go and communicate with them?" Li Pengfei pointed at himself and said, "With my type of being ignorant and incompetent, shouldn't I be a negative example?"

"Don't, Liu Laoshi, you are too dedicated. I've already graduated."

Liu Qin asked about everyone's recent situation.

Lu Yanhe said: "I have always cooked for myself, and I know the basics."

Linyu said: "Me too, I really like staying in the kitchen, especially making some things I want to eat. This is my hobby."

Xu Zijun and Bai Yu had been helping their families since they were young.

Chen Qin was trying hard to hide that he couldn't do it, and luckily, he wasn't discovered.

Liu Qin listened and looked at Li Pengfei with disdain: "Negative example."

Li Pengfei: "...... Different treatment."

Liu Qin didn't know what she thought of, looked at Li Pengfei, then looked at Xu Zijun, and smiled.

"Liu Laoshi, did you know they were secretly dating before?" Lu Yanhe suddenly remembered something and asked.

Liu Qin: "I didn't know."

"No wonder."

"If you knew, Liu Laoshi, would you have made them break up?" Lu Yanhe asked again.

"Grades didn't slide, and it was that time, how could I make them break up? It was the time when stability was most needed," Liu Qin said bluntly. "If it were the second year of high school, I would advise them not to date for the time being and wait until the college entrance exam is over. No way, I understand that it is very normal for you at this age to like someone, but for life, the college entrance exam is too important."

"Hmm." Linyu nodded.

"But Linyu and Chen Qin, why didn't you advise them?" Li Pengfei said immediately. "They have been together for a long time."

"After they got together, their grades were always very good, and they were also very self-disciplined, and they could promote and encourage each other. Why should I break up a pair of mandarin ducks?" Liu Qin said. "This kind of thing should be looked at according to the situation. If dating affects learning, then of course I have to take action. If it doesn't affect it, do I have to be this villain?"

Linyu and Chen Qin both blushed.

Lu Yanhe: "Thanks to meeting you, otherwise, if it were another homeroom teacher, it might not be so inclusive."

"One person has one way of teaching, but all roads lead to the same destination. As long as it is not that kind of crooked heart, in the end, it is all hoping for the students to be good," Liu Qin said. "Our school is not a particularly good school. Last year, only five people were admitted to Zhenhua and Yuming, which is the best result in recent years. If you use that kind of particularly elite, top-student education method to lead you, then many students will fall behind. You can only try to prescribe the right medicine. I really feel sorry for Bai Yu. You have always been an excellent and well-behaved child. You didn't do well in the college entrance exam, and I felt quite uncomfortable. Compared to you not doing well, I am more worried that you will be hit hard because of this result. Fortunately, you can write things and started publishing articles, becoming a writer. It's especially good. You have talent in writing, you must not give up, you know?"

Bai Yu nodded, "I will definitely persist."

"In the future, strive to publish a few more books and sign them for me. Every time I lead a class of students, I will use them as prizes to reward those children who have made great progress," Liu Qin said with a smile.

Li Pengfei said immediately: "It's better for you to ask Lu Yanhe for a few signed photos, which would be more useful."

Liu Qin: "During high school, I don't encourage them to chase stars, even if the star they chase is my student. Liking is fine, but no vain star-chasing behavior is allowed."

Lu Yanhe nodded, "I also agree with Liu Laoshi's view."

Everyone made lunch together.

Before eating, Li Pengfei picked up his phone, "Liu Laoshi, let's take a group photo together?"

"Okay." Liu Qin sat among the students, and Li Pengfei held up his phone and took a selfie, "At least one new group photo every year from now on."

Liu Qin scolded with a smile: "Your house is so big, let's eat at your house next time."

"I'm always welcome!" Li Pengfei said immediately, "It's just that I've never been to your house, so I want to come and see."

Everyone chatted and laughed with Liu Qin, ate, and then had to leave.

Liu Qin seriously patted Li Pengfei's face and said: "You can still mess around for two years, but you can't mess around forever, do you know? You have to find your own way early."

Li Pengfei immediately saluted, "Obey!"

Liu Qin looked at his unserious appearance and glared at him angrily.

She looked at Xu Zijun again and said: "Don't spoil him. His dog temper, the more you spoil him, the worse he gets, you know?"

Xu Zijun nodded timidly, and her ear tips turned red again.

Everyone left Liu Laoshi Qin's house and dispersed.

Lu Yanhe had to go to the company.

Zou Dong was waiting for him in the parking lot. Lu Yanhe said goodbye to everyone and got in the car.

He hadn't been to the company for a long time. He might have gone four or five times a month before, but now he wouldn't go for several months.

Mainly because there were almost no stage performances, so he didn't have to go to the company's rehearsal room to practice dancing.

When the car drove to the parking lot downstairs of the company, that sense of familiarity spread like seawater again.

Lu Yanhe got out of the car and went to the elevator with Zou Dong. He put on sunglasses. In public, if he didn't wear sunglasses, his eyes would often be flashed by flashlights. This had become an subconscious habit.

The elevator stopped every few floors. Some people wanted to come in, some wanted to go out. When they saw Lu Yanhe, some recognized him, some didn't.

No matter what the reaction was, Lu Yanhe kept his head down and expressionless. In the past few months, he had become more and more popular. No matter where he went, the gazes and discussions attracted were like dancing bees, surrounding him with a low but continuous rhythm. Over time, he also got used to this set of most artists.

When they reached the floor where Chen Ziyan was, Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong got out of the elevator as if they had escaped.

"Sister Ziyan." Lu Yanhe took off his sunglasses and revealed a bright smile.

Although it was still winter, Chen Ziyan was still wearing a black long dress with a fabric that looked exceptionally high-end and had a velvet-like texture, paired with her long, wavy black hair, looking elegant and intellectual.

Chen Ziyan nodded happily, "You're here, sign these two supplementary agreements."

These two supplementary agreements were about the risks and compensation of the cooperative brand. The incident with Zhen Hongyu caused many brand parties to worry. It would be terrible if their spokesperson got involved in such a thing, so the brand required them to sign another supplementary agreement on risk compensation regarding the artist's behavior and brand image when signing the contract.

In this regard, the artist side naturally has to cooperate.

Lu Yanhe read the agreement, signed it, and sat on the sofa.

"Sister Ziyan, what are you busy with?"

"Busy with a variety show. I want Tu Song to be on this show," Chen Ziyan said. "However, the producer of this show wants you to be on it."

"Me?"

"I have already declined. This show is *Idol Era*. Every episode pulls a group of idol artists to compete. Artists can sing on this show and do the stage they want," Chen Ziyan said. "You are no longer following the idol artist route, so there is no need to go on this kind of show."

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Chen Ziyan: "Calling you here today, there is another thing. You sent me the revised script of *Lost on Journey* before, and I finished reading it."

Lu Yanhe almost forgot about this. He was pleasantly surprised to look at Chen Ziyan and asked: "Sister Ziyan, what do you think?"

At this moment, he was still a bit inexplicably nervous.

Chen Ziyan nodded and said: "After this revision, the structure is better, almost a mature script that can be directly used for filming. Of course, I haven't been a producer or director, so I don't know what the standard for a mature script that can be used for filming is. I'm just talking about the scripts I've seen."

Chen Ziyan's affirmation made Lu Yanhe's eyes light up.

"Really?"

"Hmm." Chen Ziyan nodded, "However, you said you wanted to be a director yourself, are you serious?"

Lu Yanhe hesitated instead. Was he really going to be a director? That night when he sent the email to Chen Ziyan, because he had just finished revising the script, a surging feeling of "the world is mine" echoed in his heart. But after a period of time, until now, that passion had disappeared seven or eight out of ten.

"I also said that when my blood was hot, but whether I can be a director, I don't know myself," Lu Yanhe shook his head. "It's not that simple. After filming *Phoenix Terrace*, my feelings are deeper."

Chen Ziyan smiled sincerely, she spread her hands and said: "I thought I needed to spend some effort to persuade you."

"Am I really not suitable to be a director now?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile.

"You don't know the crew, and you don't have enough time to do this," Chen Ziyan said. "Being a director is different from being an actor. For the dedication to a play, in terms of time, if an actor only pays three months, the director pays at least three years, from the preparation before the start of filming to the post-production and promotion after the shutdown, it's not that simple. Do you have three years to invest in it?"

Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, "I know, I don't."

Chen Ziyan: "The future is long. There will be many opportunities to be a director in the future. Learn well now. However, you can write such a script yourself, I am very surprised. You really have talent. You can write songs like *Memory* and *Childhood*, and you can also write movies like *Lost on Journey*."

Lu Yanhe: "Actually, I didn't write it either. I had a dream, and in the dream, I dreamed of such a story."

"That is also talent. I have had so many dreams, why have I never dreamed of such things?" Chen Ziyan shook her head, "Do you want to act in this movie yourself?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I am not very suitable for the two protagonists in this script."

"Hmm, I think so too," Chen Ziyan nodded. "I thought you would write it according to your own appearance."

Lu Yanhe thought, mainly because he couldn't write it according to his own appearance.

If written according to his age and image, this story itself would be very difficult to establish.

"However, you can make a cameo as the boy who attracted the love of several girls," Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yanhe laughed. Indeed, this is the only role he can make a cameo in. In the original film, it was played by Zhang Chao, the only handsome guy, forming a sharp contrast with the treatment of the businessman played by Xu Zheng.

"Do you have any ideas about the actors in this movie?" Chen Ziyan asked.

Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Probably because he had seen the original film, so when he wrote this script, he wrote it according to the images of Xu Zheng and Baoqiang in his head. Even if the lines were definitely different from the original film, the thing was still that thing, just saying it in another way.

But because of this, Lu Yanhe found it difficult to think of actors who could replace them.

Chen Ziyan said: "See if you want to sell this script directly and find a reliable company to do it, or find a company to cooperate with, and we will find the team? If it is the former, it will be much easier, just collect money and get dividends later. If it is the latter, it will be much more troublesome, and many things have to be worried about."

Lu Yanhe thought seriously and said: "Sister Ziyan, I hope to participate in the production of this movie in some form."

Mainly because he knew what the movie looked like originally, and knew what it looked like to have a good effect. If he only provided a script—to be honest, he had already filmed two plays, and Lu Yanhe more or less understood a truth: just because the script is good, if the crew is sloppy, the good script will be filmed badly.

Chen Ziyan nodded: "I understand. You are a screenwriter and a popular artist. I will go to pull the line and help you find a film company that can cooperate, striving to get some rights and interests, so that you can become one of the producers who can control the film production. Then it involves a little bit, investment. Generally speaking, producers are investors in the movie. Either they represent investors, are you prepared to invest?"

Lu Yanhe was confused when he heard it.

Investment?

Chen Ziyan saw Lu Yanhe's appearance and knew that he didn't actually understand these things.

"Roughly looking at this movie, the production cost should not be very high. It's just a road comedy. The current movie market actually favors comedy, but this subject matter is not necessarily liked by investors, because it is relatively... rural," Chen Ziyan said. "The style of this story is a bit biased towards realistic satire comedy, which means it is not so funny and relaxed. This is different from the comedy movies that have been popular in recent years. Of course, this does not affect your movie getting investment. The cost itself is not high. From the script, it is still a script written by a popular star like you."

Chen Ziyan said simply, and then said, "If you want to have actual control over the movie, either as an investor, bearing the production expenses of this movie, or as a main creator, specifically responsible for the production of this movie. You are a screenwriter, of course you are qualified to participate in the production of the movie, but a movie often involves many forces, and your opinions may not be bought by everyone."

Lu Yanhe finally understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

In fact, it is the two words of power.

Chen Ziyan is asking Lu Yanhe how much power he wants.

Lu Yanhe thought, this is of course the more the better, but if he said it like this, Chen Ziyan would probably think he was too greedy.

"I just had a prototype of what the movie would look like in my mind when I was writing the script. In some rhythm and effects, I was afraid that if they didn't film it, they would film it badly, and I could adjust it in time."

Chen Ziyan: "Hmm, if so, I have an idea instead."

"Hmm?"

"We find the director ourselves first, find a director who has reached a consensus with us, and even actors, and then go to find a film company willing to take it together," Chen Ziyan said. "Let the investors intervene later."

Lu Yanhe: "Is this okay?"

"Others can't, but you can," Chen Ziyan said. "Don't forget, you are Lu Yanhe, not a pure newcomer."

Lu Yanhe fell into deep thought.

Movies have attracted countless people, and creating movies has also wasted countless people.

He Han looked at Liu Bige helplessly. Liu Bige immediately understood He Han's meaning and nodded to the woman who was very confident and held up her double peaks, looking down on the two of them, and showed a friendly smile, "Okay, the audition is here, we will notify you when there is news."

Once the person left, He Han sighed: "What kind of people are these? Crazy, how come I've seen so many actors and just can't find one I want."

Liu Bige rolled his eyes at him and said: "It's because you have too high requirements yourself."

These days, they have been watching movies and picking actresses.

They chose for a long time, but never chose one that satisfied He Han.

"Let's go eat something, I'm hungry." Liu Bige said.

He Han nodded dejectedly.

The two went downstairs, left, and prepared to find a shop nearby to solve dinner.

The sunset had almost completely sunk below the horizon. At this time of year, the sun always sets very early, even though it wasn't even six o'clock. The wind didn't blow as fiercely, but it was still freezing, cold, and when it blew over, it still drilled into the bone joints, which was harmful.

He Han wrapped his coat tightly, thinking about the female lead he hadn't found yet, feeling that the future was dark and not bright.

He asked Liu Bige: "How is that *Late Spring* you liked before?"

"Writing the script," Liu Bige said. "I'm writing it with Miao Yue."

"Just write it yourself, why do you have to pull her to write it together?"

"In some places, I don't write as well as she does," Liu Bige said frankly. "Especially those ambiguous places of secret love."

He Han looked at him with disdain and said: "Are you grabbing a little girl to work for you for free?"

Liu Bige said: "How could it be, the manuscript fee was paid."

"Tsk tsk, leaning against a big tree to enjoy the cool," He Han was a bit sour. Although his movie was also produced by Long Yan Pictures, the funds mainly came from a foundation in France. At that time, in order to get this money, He Han tossed for more than half a year, but Liu Bige returned to China and signed Long Yan directly. Everything had someone to pay for it, which was much more straightforward than him.

Liu Bige said: "I told you to return to China early, but you were reluctant."

"Nonsense, having struggled there for so many years, who can say they are willing to let go?" He Han said.

As the two were talking, He Han suddenly froze.

"That woman—" he muttered subconsciously.

"What's wrong?" Liu Bige asked.

He Han's eyes lit up like a light bulb that had suddenly been pressed on, "That's the person I'm looking for!"

Liu Bige looked in the direction of He Han's gaze.

I saw a girl wearing a white knitted sweater and a light brown short skirt get out of a car. She was wearing over-ear headphones, and her hair was thick, lush, and voluminous, yet she was very thin, looking slender. Her two legs were wrapped in translucent white tights, outlining faint and fluid lines.

She was a very beautiful girl with a detached temperament, and her eyes showed a bit of unruly light. It is rare to see such content in a girl's eyes.

"Are you here to film a movie?" He Han rushed in front of the other party, his two eyes shining, and asked passionately.

The girl took a step back subconsciously and looked at him vigilantly.

The next second, two men in black suddenly rushed out and threw him to the ground.

"Ah—" He Han let out a scream.

Liu Bige saw this scene, his head became big instantly, and he rushed up, "Sorry, sorry, he is not a hooligan, misunderstanding!"

"You wrote a script?"

Chen Siqi looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise.

Chen Siqi was going back to Jiangguang tomorrow, so they had a meal together tonight.

Lu Yanhe talked about his script.

"Hmm," Lu Yanhe said, "Sister Ziyan said it was written okay, we are preparing to find someone to film it into a movie."

Chen Siqi looked at Lu Yanhe in shock and said: "How many more things do you have that you haven't taken out? How did you suddenly come up with a script? Aren't you busy?"

Lu Yanhe said: "It's the story I wrote before, and I have been trying to change it into a script myself. On New Year's Eve, I suddenly felt it and revised a version."

Chen Siqi took a deep breath. At this moment, Lu Yanhe really surprised her.

She suddenly realized that in this world, there are truly some geniuses that ordinary people cannot understand.

Chen Siqi had never regarded Lu Yanhe as a genius. Mainly, she never felt that Lu Yanhe was the kind of person who was particularly gifted in some aspects, or rather, Lu Yanhe was not the same as the genius she understood.

But at this moment, Chen Siqi sighed sincerely, perhaps Lu Yanhe is a genius.

Therefore, he could make unexpected things in so many aspects.

"What's wrong?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Siqi shook her head and asked: "Have you ever tested your IQ?"

"Ah?"

"I am seriously considering one thing, are you wasting your brain by being an artist?" Chen Siqi sighed.

Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry, "How valuable is my brain to be called a waste?"

Chen Siqi: "Although I haven't read the script you wrote, just your ability and speed of creation shocked me. You are studying at Zhenhua, filming, and doing magazines, and you actually have time to toss out a script. I hear it like a fantasy."

Lu Yanhe: "It's not that exaggerated, right?"

Chen Siqi's attitude also made Lu Yanhe feel a bit drummed in his heart.

Is it because his script was written too fast and doesn't conform to the laws of creation?

Chen Siqi: "Nothing, forget it, don't care what I say, I have accepted it. There are such differences between people. Some people can only do one thing at a time, but some people, like you, can do several things well at the same time."

Lu Yanhe: "This makes me blush."

The two chatted and laughed, and then, at this time, the disheveled He Han followed Liu Bige, who couldn't help laughing, and pushed open the door of the restaurant.

Lu Yanhe saw them and showed a surprised expression, waving his hand.

"He Han and Liu Bige." As soon as Lu Yanhe said their names, Chen Siqi knew who they were.

"What a coincidence." Liu Bige and He Han walked over and greeted with a smile.

Lu Yanhe introduced Chen Siqi to them.

"Oh—the other editor-in-chief of *Jump Up*, I know." He Han nodded immediately, "I just bought one to read."

Lu Yanhe looked He Han up and down. He had some unclean wet marks on his body and asked: "Where did you rub this?"

He Han's face turned black immediately.

Liu Bige said with a smile: "He was just pressed to the ground on the big road by two big men."

Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi looked at them in surprise, especially looking at He Han.

"What's the situation?"

He Han glared at Liu Bige angrily, "Can you speak well? Don't be so vague?"

Liu Bige then explained in detail what had happened.

"It's hard to find a female lead that I think is very suitable, but she is not interested in filming at all. At first, she treated me as a hooligan and a liar. I'm so angry," He Han muttered.

Lu Yanhe understood and nodded, saying: "Then it's a pity. It's hard to find someone you think is very suitable for the female lead. If she doesn't want to act, there is no way."

"That won't do, I have secretly taken down the license plate number of her car. I must find her again and persuade her," He Han said very persistently, "She is my muse!"

Lu Yanhe: "What if she doesn't want to film all the time?"

He Han said: "How could it be? Movies are the most perfect art. There is no beautiful person who doesn't want their beauty to be turned into eternity by art."

Lu Yanhe was full of shock, "?"

What is this sudden poetry recitation?

Chen Siqi also looked at He Han at a loss. Obviously, she was also surprised by He Han's appearance.

Liu Bige immediately explained: "He is like this, sometimes when the emotion comes up, he will be passionate. You just get used to it."

He Han's infectious passion is indeed rare for Lu Yanhe to see.

Chen Siqi couldn't help but ask: "Are all directors like this?"

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said: "No, don't think so. The directors Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling I worked with before are not like this."

He Han was still a bit puzzled, "What happened to me?"

Chen Siqi said with a smile immediately: "Nothing, just felt a bit of Wei and Jin style from you, that kind of uninhibited scholar style."

Hearing Chen Siqi's praise, He Han's eyes lit up immediately, "You have vision!"

Chen Siqi smiled.

Lu Yanhe was speechless.

He Han's face is really thick.

Since they met so unexpectedly, they just sat at a table.

He Han and Liu Bige chatted about their time in the French film circle.

Only after chatting did I know that the film circle in France is very different from the situation in China, and it is different from Hollywood. It is a completely different way of playing.

Liu Bige said: "So after I came back, I was not used to it at first. Film companies in China have much more money. However, many things are not so systematic. You need to introduce and explain them one by one. I want to film *Late Spring*, and I have to make a PPT for them, introducing why I want to film this movie like introducing a project. It feels like doing a report when I was in school."

Chen Siqi laughed and said: "Don't say it, making PPT is a pain that every workplace person must experience. I do *Jump Up*, and when I talk to some e-commerce about cooperation, I have to make PPT to show them the sales prospects of this book."

Lu Yanhe was very surprised and asked: "Did you also make PPT?"

"Hmm," Chen Siqi nodded, "At that time, it was to get the carousel promotion from an e-commerce with large user traffic, and I spent a lot of effort."

He Han was full of admiration and said: "You are only nineteen, right? You are so young and you are the editor-in-chief of a magazine. It's amazing. It's impossible in France."

"In China... oh, well, in the era when magazines were popular in the past, there were still such precedents," Liu Bige said.

Chen Siqi pointed to Lu Yanhe and said: "It mainly relies on his popularity to make this magazine. Otherwise, no one would give us this opportunity."

Liu Bige asked: "Which magazines have more circulation in China now?"

"Basically no one reads magazines now," Chen Siqi shook her head and said, "Mobile phones and computers have basically crushed print media. Books can still be sold, but magazines and newspapers have basically all turned into online media."

Liu Bige was surprised when he heard this.

"Then you are still doing *Jump Up* at this time?" Liu Bige didn't know much about the environment of print media in China, thinking it was just a decline in sales, not the glory of the past. Today, hearing Chen Siqi say it, he knew that print media had basically collapsed.

"We only did electronic magazines at first, and later a publisher contacted us and said they wanted to publish a book," Chen Siqi said, "It wasn't a magazine at first, it was a theme book. Fortunately, the sales were good, which allowed us to survive."

Such words may sound a bit strange. After all, a nineteen-year-old girl suddenly said "let us survive" in an old-fashioned way. It seems that there is always something wrong, but the smile on her face is so honest and natural.

Liu Bige saw some shadows that did not belong to her age from Chen Siqi—on her body, there really was a bit of "workplace" flavor.

Unlike Lu Yanhe.

That's right, unlike Lu Yanhe.

Liu Bige seriously reached this conclusion.

There are all kinds of differences between people.

Some people are cheerful, some are introverted, some are irritable, some are gentle, some have practiced a copper wall and iron wall from the bloodthirsty forest, and some live in a warm castle and are pampered, with pure and flawless light in their eyes.

But no matter what kind of person, both feet stand in the flow of time. Every step seems to have an illusion that it is entirely decided by oneself. In fact, not many people can realize that the direction of the water flow has brought about the accumulation of time and subtle changes.

Like the truth that water drips through stone, everyone learned it when they were young, but no stone thinks it will be pierced by a drop of water.

When the sample copies of the sixth and seventh issues of *Jump Up* were delivered to Lu Yanhe, Lu Yanhe also started school.

Lu Yanhe walked into the school gate with two sample copies. The scent of spring was already permeating the cold and wet air. It was the spicy smell that only trees and soil had.

In a big city like Yuming, except for parks, only university campuses can smell such a natural smell.

Most of the trees are still bald and need the Rain God to apply some hair growth agent to them.

However, after a cold winter, there are already weeds that have ended hibernation and started to grow.

In this season of all things recovering, the incident with Zhen Hongyu finally had a preliminary handling result. Li You was sentenced to prison for illegal fund-raising, fraud, and other illegal acts. Zhen Hongyu was finally cleared of suspicion, proving that she had nothing to do with Li You's matter.

Zhen Hongyu issued a relevant statement and announced that she would take corresponding responsibility. She would compensate the victims for the money that was not recovered.

Her fans felt uncomfortable, not to mention comforting her, and also said "Sister, you don't need to compensate, this matter has nothing to do with you! You are also a victim!"

Zhen Hongyu replied: "I am a victim, but because I didn't know people clearly, I caused others to use my fame to deceive many people. I feel sorry. Since I have this ability to compensate, I choose to make myself not so self-blaming."

Zhen Hongyu's statement was liked by many media in an instant.

Lu Yanhe also saw it and was astonished, mainly admiring Zhen Hongyu's courage.

This compensation is at least millions. Zhen Hongyu can of course earn it, but there are not many people who can earn this money, and there are not many people who can do this.

Lu Yanhe sent a message to Zhen Hongyu, saying: If you need my help, tell me at any time, I will definitely help within my ability.

Zhen Hongyu: I can handle it myself for now, thank you.

Lu Yanhe replied with a hug emoji.

Zhen Hongyu said: If there is a play in the future, introduce more to me.

Lu Yanhe: Okay.

Lu Yanhe: Strive for the next cooperation.

Zhen Hongyu: Hmm, I haven't congratulated you yet, Honghe Award nomination, I have acted for so many years and have never won it.

Lu Yanhe: Just lucky.

Zhen Hongyu: If you say so, how can we feel?

Lu Yanhe: You will definitely win the award in the future!

Zhen Hongyu: Okay, then borrow your good words.

Zhen Hongyu's attitude finally caused her reputation to turn around and regain everyone's support.

"It can be considered a successful PR, but the price paid is a bit high." At the dinner table, Qin Zhikun said to Chen Ziyan while winking, "If you were her agent, it shouldn't be handled so... sacrifice so much, right?"

"Hard to say, to eliminate future troubles, this is the best way," Chen Ziyan said, "Otherwise, it will be relieved for a while, and there will always be people who will constantly turn over old accounts, countless. When you want to solve it at once, there will be no such timing conditions."

"Look, it's still a top agent like Ziyan who sees it most thoroughly." Chen Hongyu, the person in charge of the content department of Icefield Video, said with a smile.

The few of them sitting here this time are for the matter of *Idol Era*.

Qin Zhikun is the producer of *Idol Era*, Icefield Video is the online broadcast platform of *Idol Era*, and there is another one, Jiang Lan, the deputy director of Weicheng TV Station, the TV broadcast platform of *Idol Era*.

These people sit together, and what they discuss is naturally the matter of *Idol Era*.

And among these people, Chen Ziyan's appearance seems a bit abrupt.

After all, she has nothing to do with *Idol Era*.

But from the attitude of others towards her, it doesn't look like she has nothing to do with it.

"If you want to talk about top agents in China, in the industry, Ziyan is definitely second to none," Jiang Lan is also a woman. It is said that the same sex repels, but she obviously recognizes Chen Ziyan's attitude very much, "Our show needs a senior agent to score from the dimension of brokerage as a reference for the final competition ranking. If Ziyan doesn't come, finding another agent will not be convincing, especially since Ziyan has not managed a proper idol artist and has no conflict of interest."

"I have to explain first, the Tu Song I manage is an idol artist, and I also hope he can join this show and perform as an idol artist on this show," Chen Ziyan added immediately, "As for letting me represent a senior agent to score and record this show, of course I have no problem."

"If so, wouldn't it be unfair?" Chen Hongyu said, "Teacher Qin's meaning is to want to make the ranking of each episode a credible result, and finally make a quarterly list and an annual list, to stimulate the development of our idol artist market through such a list."

Chen Ziyan said: "This is of course no problem. In fact, I also took a fancy to this competition mechanism and ranking mechanism. Only with ranking will there be competition, and only with competition will there be motivation to stimulate fans. But I think we should take out more powerful things to attract the top idol artists. Currently, Li Zhibai, Ma Zhiyuan, and Liu Zhiyin have signed contracts with the show, but what about other idol artists? It is impossible to net everyone unless this ranking becomes a very credible thing."

She saw that the three of them listened, and then smiled slightly, saying: "Regarding the mechanism of this show, I have an idea, perhaps it can further increase credibility."

"You say," Qin Zhikun said.

"The ranking of a show is certainly not a credible thing, but awards are different," Chen Ziyan said. "We can unite all well-known media to create an award for idol artists, decided by all media scoring and voting. The scope of the target is all idol artists in China. The standards for scoring and voting are from their stage performance, popularity data, commercial endorsements, work sales, and even the viewership rate of the stage and other dimensions."

"What does this have to do with *Idol Era*?" Qin Zhikun immediately frowned and asked.

Chen Ziyan smiled slightly and said: "The jury lineup of this award can be invited to the scene of *Idol Era* as show judges to score the artists competing in the show, and the awards ceremony of this award can be done in the show *Idol Era*. These are two things, but they are two things with high overlap. Artists can hold their own status and not come to participate in a show, but will they not care about an award jointly selected by authoritative media? An authoritative award specifically for idol artists."

Qin Zhikun and Chen Hongyu, after a short loss of consciousness, reacted. Chen Ziyan wants to do something, and they have been in this line for more than ten years or even decades, knowing that once the idea proposed by Chen Ziyan is implemented, it will cause how much earthquake in the entertainment industry.

Chen Hongyu hesitated for a moment and said: "Ziyan, the thing you want to do is not something that the few of us sitting here can do."

"But we can take the lead to do it," Chen Ziyan looked at Qin Zhikun sharply, "You said you want to make a show that is the most authoritative and most wanted to be on for idol artists. A stage without the top idol artists, how can it be called the most authoritative? Currently, the awards in this area in China are blank. Why don't we do the first one? As long as we do it, all brokerage companies that do idol artists will respond. We all know that now is the time to make the cake, no one will refuse."

Qin Zhikun's breathing was a bit rapid because of excitement. He imagined the blueprint built by Chen Ziyan, the authoritative idol artist award bundled with the show *Idol Era*, combining credibility and influence. By then, it is not the show *Idol Era* that invites those top idol artists to participate, but they must participate regularly to maintain their status and maintain their influence on the judges.

Chen Hongyu said: "If it is a media award, what about other TV stations and video websites?"

Chen Ziyan said: "The Honghe Awards are held at Weicheng TV Station every year. Does the coverage of the Honghe Awards every year only cover the dramas played on Weicheng TV Station?"

Jiang Lan: "I think we can do the idea Ziyan said. Who does it is not doing it?"

"The four of us initiate and send invitation letters to all entertainment media. Believe me, no media will refuse," Chen Ziyan said. "This is a media award. The dimensions of scoring and design, we can study them in detail."

"Do it," Qin Zhikun nodded, his eyes shining, and his tone became a bit excited, "If it is done, the era of idol artists will truly arrive."

Chen Ziyan smiled slightly, "By then, even if I score their stage in the show as a senior agent, it will not affect the attribution of the award. In the award, those who score them are authoritative media representatives. In fact, I don't want any of us to affect the attribution of the award. To do an award that can stand for a long time, we must respect the rules."

Lu Yanhe was astonished when he heard what Chen Ziyan was going to do.

And the reason why Lu Yanhe heard it was because Chen Ziyan hoped that *Jump Up* could fully support it.

"*Jump Up* is now the commercial magazine with the highest circulation in print media and has great influence among young people," Chen Ziyan said. "We want to make this award authoritative and credible, so we must include all first-tier media. This media is not just traditional media."

Lu Yanhe understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

"Sister Ziyan, you want to do this, we of course support it," Lu Yanhe nodded. "However, you also know that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are my friends, and the relationship is deep, not to mention Cheng Hai and Tu Song. We came out of a group, won't this make everyone question it?"

Chen Ziyan said: "The final jury lineup will have hundreds of people, or even more. The opinions of one or even ten people will not have a decisive influence. What we want is the most objective, truly from the media world's reaction. The more objective and real, the more significant and valuable this award is."

Lu Yanhe understood. What Chen Ziyan wants is not him, Lu Yanhe, but this influence of *Jump Up* as print media in the magazine circle.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.

Preparing an award, no matter how low-key the action is, it is impossible to hide the traces.

However, what kind of role Chen Ziyan plays in it, not many people know.

This also gave Lu Yanhe a new understanding of Chen Ziyan's ability.

Before, Lu Yanhe only knew that Chen Ziyan's ability was not limited to an agent identity. He knew that Chen Ziyan also invested in film and television dramas, and some work that did not have a fixed identity label, similar to a broker.

This time, it was clear that she was going to do a big thing, and Chen Ziyan actually played a very important role in it, which Lu Yanhe didn't expect.

It can only be said that Chen Ziyan has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and being able to break out of her current name is not blown out.

The courses this semester are still many. There are two fewer compulsory courses than last semester, but there are three more elective courses than last semester.

It is best to finish the credits as soon as possible.

This is Lu Yanhe's simplest idea.

After finishing the credits, in the second and third year, you can be a little more relaxed, and the time will be much more abundant.

Now Lu Yanhe has classes almost every half day, and even three nights have classes.

Anyway, he won't take any other work this semester.

"On weekends, either go back to reshoot *Phoenix Terrace*, or shoot advertisements, or shoot magazines," Chen Ziyan said so long ago. "Because *The Golden Age* is popular, top fashion magazines have finally thrown an olive branch to you."

Not the cover, just the inner pages. But it is also a breakthrough.

These are just work. Lu Yanhe didn't take it too much to heart, and the focus was still on reading, learning, and writing scripts.

That's right, since finishing the script of *Lost on Journey*, he has had a little confidence in writing scripts and started to search for the next script he can try to write now from his laptop.

Lu Yanhe originally liked *In the Heat of the Sun*, mainly because of the novel *Late Spring*, but Lu Yanhe thought about it and put it down first, because in his impression, the box office of *In the Heat of the Sun* was not very high, and it did not catch up with a box office explosion era. Lu Yanhe felt that the first few plays should not try this kind of movie that may not achieve commercial success.

He searched around, and the goal was low-cost, easy-to-operate, easy-to-film movie stories.

And it must have achieved box office success.

Then he thought of *Goodbye Mr. Loser*.

This movie almost appeared out of nowhere, sending the two comedy actors Shen Teng and Ma Li to everyone.

Then he created a new document and found that he couldn't write it at all.

He dismantled this movie. According to his understanding, he found that the script story is good, but in his understanding, the reason why the movie is good, the actor's performance seems to be more critical. The effect of comedy movies, if the actors are changed, may not come out. The irreplaceability of actors is much stronger than ordinary movies.

He has acted in plays himself, and can better understand the key nodes in this.

His own writing is not enough, and he still cannot write a wonderful and excellent script by himself.

Just remembering a few key lines is not enough.

Can only give up.

Then, his eyes were fixed on *How Long Will I Love U*, which also had a high box office in his impression. It is a light comedy with surreal elements, and a little suspense.

He wrote a dry first draft, but it was not usable. Even he himself felt that there was only a good concept and framework, but no hilarious effect when watching the movie.

Why are they all comedies?

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

How many comedies did he watch?

He tossed for a long time, but didn't toss out any fresh things.

Lu Yanhe's confidence established because of *Lost on Journey* suffered a serious blow.

He had to put it down for the time being.

Because, the Honghe Awards ceremony is coming.

Attending an awards ceremony is not as simple as attending that night.

He has to cooperate with the organizer to record VCR, invite everyone to pay attention to the live broadcast of the awards ceremony, and participate in relevant interview programs, talk about his feelings of being shortlisted, etc.

A lot of pre-work.

Fortunately, he is a man, and he doesn't spend much time on styling. Chen Ziyan directly borrowed a big-name suit for him and arranged a makeup artist to do his styling on the day.

Attending the awards ceremony, walking the red carpet, these are all necessary processes. There are many onlookers on both sides of the red carpet, and Lu Yanhe's appearance attracted a lot of screams and cheers. Lu Yanhe has not experienced this kind of occasion, but walking on the red carpet and accepting everyone's cheers and screams for him is the first time. The atmosphere of this scene brought him a strong stimulation, as if adrenaline had improved.

Regarding winning the award, Lu Yanhe couldn't help but be full of expectations, and kept telling himself, don't think about it, it's basically not you.

This year's Best Supporting Actor unit, whether it is the media or the relevant predictions on the internet, or the news that Chen Ziyan heard from the industry, all said that being able to get a nomination is the greatest encouragement to Lu Yanhe, and winning the award is almost impossible.

This is not a large-scale voting system, but the result of those people in the jury sitting together and discussing.

Lu Yanhe's performance as a newcomer is a huge surprise, but compared with other shortlisted actors, this year's momentum is not on him.

The most optimistic one is Lei Mingjia, an actor in *Long Day*.

After entering the venue in the cheers, Lu Yanhe went to the backstage rest area for guests first. It was a reception hall about the size of a basketball court, with drinks and snacks.

As soon as Lu Yanhe entered, he went directly to find the people of *The Golden Age* crew.

Director Luo Yuzhong was surrounded by a few people, saying something.

Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian also had people around them.

Lu Yanhe was not easy to interrupt them directly and join in.

Fortunately, at this time, Lu Yanhe saw someone who was relatively familiar, Jia Laoshi Long.

"Jia Laoshi!" Lu Yanhe greeted him quickly.

Jia Long saw Lu Yanhe, showed a kind smile, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Little Lu, I wish you good luck today."

Lu Yanhe said quickly: "Thank you, Jia Laoshi."

Jia Long held Lu Yanhe's shoulders with both hands and said with a smile: "You are really handsome, the later generations are formidable. You can be nominated for the Honghe Award for the first time you act, which makes people envious."

Lu Yanhe said with a smile: "That's because you act in many movies and few TV dramas."

However, Jia Long actually didn't win any high-content awards in terms of movies.

He is not an actor on the road of winning awards.

He was invited as an award presenter today.

Jia Long asked: "I heard that your next play is filming a movie? What kind of play is it?"

"It's a drama film, filmed by a newcomer director, named He Han," Lu Yanhe introduced.

Jia Long nodded and said: "Looking forward to your movie release, I will definitely support it."

"Thank you, Jia Laoshi!" Lu Yanhe said quickly.

After a few pleasantries, Jia Long was ready to leave.

Lu Yanhe looked at him, and in his mind, he connected his figure with the image of the shrewd businessman in *Lost on Journey*.

He was stunned.

Jia Long's usual screen image is to play various small characters at the bottom of society.

The shrewd businessman in *Lost on Journey*, although he is a successful businessman in his career, on the way home, he is constantly exposed to his real and vulgar side. The shrewd and worldly appearance is actually a disguise of society, and the inside is still an ordinary person who has achieved success through crawling and rolling.

Jia Long's image seems quite fitting? -

Lu Yanhe took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Chen Ziyan, asking her, is Jia Long suitable?

As soon as the message was sent, Jiang Yuqian suddenly came over, patted him, and said: "In such a public occasion, you don't greet everyone, what are you looking at your phone for alone? Is it not enough for you to see at ordinary times?"

Jiang Yuqian's tone carried a bit of laughter.

Lu Yanhe closed his phone and smiled at Jiang Yuqian.

"I sent a message to Sister Ziyan."

Although Jiang Yuqian didn't get a nomination, her state today was still very good. Whether it was energy or other aspects, she couldn't see any disappointed mood.

Everyone knew that Jiang Yuqian must be sad in her heart, but even if everyone knew it, Jiang Yuqian still didn't show it at all.

Lu Yanhe admired her very much.

"First nomination, nervous?" Jiang Yuqian asked him.

Lu Yanhe answered honestly: "A little."

Jiang Yuqian's eyebrows bent instantly, and she said: "Although I tell you to keep a normal heart now, you definitely can't do it, but I still want to tell you, keep expectations, but face it with a normal heart, especially remember, at the time of the award, every nominee's expression is filmed by the camera, you must not have any moment when the expression management is not in place, now everyone will use a magnifying glass to check you."

Lu Yanhe was exhorted by Jiang Yuqian, and his slightly nervous mood was released instead.

"Hmm, I will."

"What are you talking about?" Huang Kai also turned and walked over, looking at them both with a smile, "I haven't seen Little Lu for a long time."

Lu Yanhe hadn't had time to talk to Huang Kai, when someone suddenly came over, it was Chen Jiping.

He said "Yo," and the smile on his face inexplicably gave people an uncomfortable feeling.

He was aiming at Huang Kai.

"You really came. I thought your fans opposed you so much that you wouldn't come," Chen Jiping put one hand on Huang Kai's shoulder, suddenly leaned closer, and said in a playful voice that only a few people here could hear, "You kind of actor who relies on fans for food, don't listen to fans so much, aren't you afraid of suddenly going out of style?"

Lu Yanhe heard Chen Jiping say such things to Huang Kai, and immediately frowned.

He had met Chen Jiping once. Last year, when recording the show *Workplace Technology*, he and Chen Jiping were both recording guests. During that recording, he also quarreled with the talk show actor Chen Bing, and an unpleasant scene occurred.

At that time, Lu Yanhe only felt that Chen Jiping had a big temper, but he didn't expect that he would speak so ugly and mean.

It is a pity that this time Chen Jiping is the nominee for Best Actor.