Chapter 285: The Fisherman Benefits

Chen Ziyan: Can't count as a friend, cooperative relationship. What's wrong? Why ask suddenly.

Lu Yan He: Then I understand. It's nothing. Someone sent me a project introduction. It's a drama, and they want me to act. I'll tell you after I finish filming *Seventeen Layers*.

Chen Ziyan didn't ask Lu Yan He why he had to wait until he finished filming *Seventeen Layers* to say it, and replied directly: Okay.

Lu Yan He promised Hu Siwei not to tell Chen Ziyan about this weekly drama for the time being. He wants to keep his promise.

But Lu Yan He didn't want to hide it from Chen Ziyan, so he explained it like this first.

Fortunately, in this situation, Chen Ziyan trusts Lu Yan He enough, so she doesn't pursue it.

Being able to have an agent like Chen Ziyan, Lu Yan He often sighs, it is truly his luck.

If an artist encounters a bad agent, it doesn't mean they won't be popular, but many things will have huge contradictions, quarrels, and even falling apart.

Yan Liang didn't have the confidence to resist Zhou Ping'an, so he always listened to Zhou Ping'an's arrangements, running commercial performances, acting, recording programs, the salary was not high, winning by quantity, most of the time he didn't have time to go back to see his parents, but fortunately, he finally had some heat, some fame, and earned some money.

He bought tickets for his parents from time to time, let them come over to see him, accompany him, and travel by the way.

After all, because of work reasons, he often runs all over the country.

Li Zhibai is different. He quarrels with Zhou Ping'an every three days. He quarrels so fiercely that he smashes basins and bowls, but no matter how fiercely he quarrels, he is like those couples who have been quarreling for many years, they can't be beaten apart—of course, this description must not be said in front of Li Zhibai. Once he hears you describe his relationship with Zhou Ping'an like this, he will feel like he has been greatly insulted and wants to duel with you.

A truly unstable relationship is a relationship where the main contradiction finally exceeds the common interest one day.

Just like Wei Zhuoran and Ma Zhiyuan now.

Teammates who were once in a group, after Lin Suyang no longer served as Ma Zhiyuan's agent, Wei Zhuoran became the artist Lin Suyang vigorously supported.

Thus, from that moment on, the competitive relationship between Wei Zhuoran and Ma Zhiyuan began.

Wei Zhuoran was once completely incomparable to Ma Zhiyuan.

However, the gap between the two can be made up in many ways. For example, publicity and hype, for example, forced rubbing, for example, talking nonsense with eyes open, for example, using unclean means.

Lu Yan He didn't expect that one day he would eat a pie that fell from the sky.

Once a commercial endorsement of Ma Zhiyuan, from a British luxury brand Math, when Ma Zhiyuan's endorsement contract was about to expire, Zhou Ping'an naturally wanted to try his best to renew it.

Therefore, half a year in advance, Zhou Ping'an began to communicate with Math.

Zhou Ping'an originally thought this matter would be settled smoothly. After all, Ma Zhiyuan's status had not been affected at all now. Not only was his status not affected, but his popularity was always maintained at a high level.

Zhou Ping'an would never let Ma Zhiyuan not appear in public for more than a week, and once he appeared, he would definitely be on the trending search, sparking attention on various platforms.

In terms of making topics and hype, Zhou Ping'an has always been a good hand, not to mention, under Zhou Ping'an's arrangement, Ma Zhiyuan almost maintained a big hit program appearance every month—and, definitely would arrange a stage performance through various reasons.

Zhou Ping'an firmly made a key point of Ma Zhiyuan's persona, which is a leader of idol fashion.

When other agents were still hyping popularity and heat for their idol artists, Zhou Ping'an was already shaping a concept of "leader" for Ma Zhiyuan.

This has an unusual significance for Ma Zhiyuan's positioning.

It is also because of this positioning that Ma Zhiyuan had an initial recognition of Zhou Ping'an's ability.

He felt that this was an agent who could match him.

As a result, the problem lies here.

Lin Suyang was once his agent and knew Ma Zhiyuan's various problems very well.

This endorsement of Math was signed in his hands. Now Lin Suyang is completely unwilling to see Math continue to cooperate with Ma Zhiyuan.

Thus, Lin Suyang found the middleman who introduced the line, and had a meal with Wei Zhuoran.

"What is the most incompatible point between Ma Zhiyuan and Math?" Lin Suyang said, "Math follows an old-school, classic style, but Ma Zhiyuan is a challenger, a destroyer. Before, when he was brought under my hands, I could dilute his characteristics in this regard, but now Zhou Ping'an is highlighting his characteristics in this regard. His brand image is no longer consistent with Math. This child Zhuoran was at the same level as Ma Zhiyuan before, but he is relatively low-key, unlike Ma Zhiyuan who is so high-profile, but it is precisely this personality trait that makes him more consistent with Math's image."

This is of course just a statement on the surface, a reason to give red envelopes and gifts a decent statement.

Subsequently, Lin Suyang arranged several "noble son" direction trending searches for Wei Zhuoran to create such a persona impression.

Seeing such trending search content, as a former teammate, Ma Zhiyuan naturally sneered, but did not realize that this was a marketing campaign targeting him.

Until Ma Zhiyuan's scandal of often "hunting for beauty" in bars came out, and there were even many photos taken, just the different women he hugged the waist of were no less than ten.

Lin Suyang's play was not aimed at ruining Ma Zhiyuan. He also knew that these contents could not ruin Ma Zhiyuan. He only hit four words: lustful.

The middleman began to make articles about Ma Zhiyuan's scandal and Wei Zhuoran's good news, and carried out public relations work with relevant personnel of Math Group.

Ma Zhiyuan and Zhou Ping'an were not vegetarians, and soon discovered who was manipulating behind this scandal.

The two sides began to fight.

Unexpectedly, in the commercial department of this company, Star Entertainment, there was a woman named Lu Qingzhen.

Thus, under her "unintentional" introduction, Math listed Lu Yan He into their inspection list.

"Math wants me to be the spokesperson? Directly giving the spokesperson from the beginning, instead of brand friend or something?"

At the filming site of *Seventeen Layers*, when Lu Yan He received Chen Ziyan's call, he was stunned.

Chen Ziyan: "Hmm, a complete unexpected joy."

"Isn't this a very awesome brand?" Lu Yan He, who didn't care much about luxury brands, had heard of it.

Chen Ziyan: "Right time, right place, right people. Of course, privately speaking, I have to thank your Sister Qingzhen. Without her pushing, you couldn't be the fisherman who benefits from the snipe and clam fighting."

For the fat meat that fell from Ma Zhiyuan and Wei Zhuoran's hands, Lu Yan He picked it up happily.

It was really picking up a big brand endorsement that could bring him several million in endorsement fees a year for no reason.

Not only that, in the entertainment industry, the status of a top brand spokesperson often has a significant help to the acting career. This fact has been proven by twenty years of effort.

Chen Ziyan said: "It's also thanks to you winning the Golden Tripod Award. This Golden Tripod Award played a crucial role. The introduction sentence your Sister Qingzhen gave you was one sentence: the youngest person to win the highest award for film and television dramas in China in the past ten years."

Awards cannot directly bring wealth, it is an honor, but it is an honor that has never been shelved.

Lu Yan He felt once again what is a vanity fair.

In the circle, this kind of news spreads very fast.

When Ma Zhiyuan and Wei Zhuoran finally learned that Lu Yan He had picked the peach, they were unbelievable.

Ma Zhiyuan roared at Zhou Ping'an: "Why did he become the spokesperson in the end?"

At this moment, Ma Zhiyuan even felt that it would be better if it was snatched by Wei Zhuoran than by Lu Yan He.

Zhou Ping'an refused to admit that this time he and Lin Suyang fought too hard, causing Ma Zhiyuan and Wei Zhuoran to be eliminated, and Lu Yan He got the opportunity, so he pushed the reason to the Golden Tripod Awards.

"Mainly because Lu Yan He won a Golden Tripod Award now." Zhou Ping'an said, "High popularity, and won an award. It's not surprising to find him. I said long ago that your strongest opponent in the future is him."

Ma Zhiyuan looked puzzled.

"Didn't you say before that as long as I hold my current position, he wouldn't be my opponent even if he won Best Actor?"

"He is still not your opponent now, but if he continues with this momentum and becomes the top among young actors, then of course he is your opponent."

"He is not my opponent now, why can he snatch the endorsement?" Ma Zhiyuan questioned, "That was originally my endorsement!"

Ma Zhiyuan didn't care about that little endorsement fee. The key was that the endorsement that originally belonged to him was snatched by someone else. This face was lost.

Zhou Ping'an said: "His endorsement fee is low. Compared with you, his endorsement fee is almost half cheaper. Do we need to lower our endorsement fee to keep this endorsement? No need. Without Math, there will be other endorsements to make up for it. If the endorsement fee drops, it won't be so simple to raise it later."

Ma Zhiyuan was silent for a moment and accepted Zhou Ping'an's explanation.

"How much endorsement fee did Lu Yan He take?" Ma Zhiyuan asked.

Zhou Ping'an said: "If my news is correct, it should be only three million a year."

"RMB?"

"Hmm, RMB."

Ma Zhiyuan's mouth curled up sarcastically and said: "Then he is really cheap enough."

Zhou Ping'an: "We don't need to lower our status to compete with him. If we really do that, then we have really lowered ourselves to his level."

Ma Zhiyuan was silent for a few seconds and asked: "When will *Idol Era* start recording?"

Zhou Ping'an: "Still in preparation, rest assured, we have signed the contract for this program. If it really follows their design and becomes a weekly program, then you will have at least one stage every month."

Ma Zhiyuan: "It's going to be competitive. Can I hold the first place?"

"With your ability, of course you can." Zhou Ping'an said.

"However, Li Zhibai will also participate, right?" Ma Zhiyuan asked suddenly.

Ma Zhiyuan's eyes looking at Zhou Ping'an were clearly saying something.

Zhou Ping'an cursed secretly, knowing why Ma Zhiyuan asked this.

Ma Zhiyuan was asking him who he would prioritize supporting between him and Li Zhibai.

"Li Zhibai doesn't have enough time to impact the Star Awards. He is also starting to act now. He is taking a comprehensive route and does not constitute competition for you. Rest assured." Zhou Ping'an said.

Ma Zhiyuan then hummed noncommittally.

After the news that Lu Yan He had won the Math spokesperson spread in the entertainment industry, many male actors' agents were smiling and saying one sentence:

The wolf is coming.

For a male actor, performance, status, and art may also have a great weight.

But for an agent and an agency, no matter how important other things are, the most important must be money, is benefit.

Commercial cooperation is the place where an artist makes the most money, and it is also a sector that agents value most.

Because this is the most "realizable" sector besides the salary, and it doesn't need to pay too much cost.

At the scene of *Seventeen Layers*, Li Yuefeng expressed not too much, but fundamentally unconcealable envy and jealousy to Lu Yan He about this matter.

"Still have to win an award." Li Yuefeng suddenly said when a group of actors were waiting for the play.

Everyone didn't know why he had such a feeling, looking at him suspiciously.

Li Yuefeng asked Lu Yan He in front of everyone: "Yan He, did you get Math's endorsement?"

Lu Yan He didn't hide it, nodded, and said: "Signed the contract, but haven't officially announced it yet."

Li Yuefeng: "Math is a top big brand. What Title did they give you?"

Lu Yan He said: "Greater China spokesperson."

Li Yuefeng: "Really awesome, nineteen years old and became Math's Greater China spokesperson."

Lu Yan He subconsciously wanted to ask "Is it that awesome?", but when he was about to say it, he realized that if he said this sentence, it would be a bit Versailles, so he closed his mouth again, just pursed his lips and smiled.

Li Yuefeng said so, and others looked at Lu Yan He with more or less envy.

Lu Yan He didn't know what to say at this time.

Just... felt that whatever he said was wrong.

Chen Bige looked at Li Yuefeng and asked: "After you finish filming *Seventeen Layers*, did you take any other dramas?"

Li Yuefeng shook his head immediately and said no.

Shen Yue laughed and said: "Then why do you still have the leisure to care about endorsement matters? If I don't have other dramas to be on, I would be anxious to death now."

Li Yuefeng frowned slightly, "You want to take a drama, there should be many drama invitations, right?"

"But basically they are all dramas I don't want to act in. How difficult it is to encounter such a good script, you have to find good scripts through various ways and channels." Shen Yue said, "I have never cared about endorsement matters. They are all handled by my agent. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. This thing is not something I can get by working hard or improving my business level."

Li Yuefeng said: "A top endorsement is also very helpful for taking a drama, don't you know this?"

Shen Yue shook her head, "I don't know, what help can it have? Let the director look at me highly?"

Li Yuefeng thought, why is this Shen Yue's brain so unclear?

However, being interrupted by Shen Yue, Li Yuefeng finally stopped mentioning endorsement matters.

This made Lu Yan He breathe a sigh of relief.

When Hu Siwei found Lu Yan He again, Lu Yan He thought he was here to ask about the weekly drama project, but in fact, it was not.

Hu Siwei smiled and said: "Yan He, I must make it clear that the things I am going to say next are not said by me personally. I am just sitting in the position of producer of *Seventeen Layers* and have to come over to complete my work."

Lu Yan He felt quite surprised and puzzled, not understanding what Hu Siwei was going to say.

What Lu Yan He didn't expect was that Hu Siwei was actually talking about the cooperation agreement that Jing TV wanted to sign with every actor.

Hu Siwei: "If you are willing to sign this agreement at this time, we will give you the top publicity resources before and after this drama is broadcast, and at the same time, we will vigorously push you to be nominated for the three major awards through this drama."

Lu Yan He showed a look of surprise.

"Huh?"

Hu Siwei said: "You have already won the Golden Tripod Award for Best Supporting Actor for *The Golden Age* before. After that, you should go to impact the Best Actor award, right? The subject matter of *Seventeen Layers* is estimated to be difficult to win an award, but as long as our Jing TV makes an effort, it should not be a problem to guarantee you a nomination."

Lu Yan He shook his head in disbelief and said: "Producer Hu, if I don't sign this agreement, Jing TV will not help me publicize these awards, is that what it means?"

Hu Siwei: "I have to reiterate, Yan He, these words today, I am just a messenger, and then I will answer your question. In my judgment, it's not that they won't help you publicize, but the intensity is definitely not that great, just routine publicity."

Lu Yan He asked: "Do our domestic TV drama three major awards also need to rely on public relations to get nominations?"

After all, the selection mechanism of domestic awards is quite different from the mechanism of several major awards abroad.

Abroad is industry voting, with thousands of judges.

Domestic is the jury model, generally seven or eight people discuss or vote to decide.

The number of people leads to many differences.

"Having public relations is better than no public relations." Hu Siwei said, "Just like *The Golden Age*, because it is a work of Director Luo Yuzhong, it has been in the vision of these major awards from the beginning. As long as you act well, it is easy to be seen. And for a subject like *Seventeen Layers*, you also know that no matter how popular it is, it is not within the scope of these major awards. To get a nomination, it takes a lot of effort. At least let those judges watch this drama, and then there will be a possibility of nomination."

Lu Yan He nodded in understanding, "What you said makes sense. However, my agent Sister Ziyan has already refused you, so I will not agree. Filming *Seventeen Layers* is a matter of filming. Let me sign such a lot of variety show recordings with you, not to mention I don't have time, just from professional ethics, I think I shouldn't do this."

Hu Siwei sighed, but he was smiling.

"I guessed you would refuse me."

"I didn't refuse you, Producer Hu. I refused the person who asked you to pass the message." Lu Yan He smiled seriously and said: "Most of my time in these years has to be spent on reading, and the remaining time is very little, so every acting work I choose must be what I want to do and valuable."

Hu Siwei laughed.

"You said exactly the same thing as Ziyan."

"Hmm?"

"She said, your most precious thing is not market value, but time."

Lu Yan He smiled when he heard this.

"So Sister Ziyan had already said it."

"This matter will not affect our cooperation in that drama in any case." Hu Siwei said, "I have to add this sentence."

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded and asked again, "Producer Hu, is it that everyone else basically agreed?"

Hu Siwei pondered for a moment. He actually shouldn't disclose the situation of others, but the person who asked him was Lu Yan He. Hu Siwei didn't want to make their relationship unable to further close because of "official business."

"They are all talking, but basically they will sign, especially Li Yuefeng." Hu Siwei specifically reminded Lu Yan He, "We promised Li Yuefeng that if he signs another drama and a resident guest of a variety show, we will help him publicize the nomination for Best Actor, and at the same time, we will promote him as a co-star, not... male second lead."

In *Seventeen Layers*, the contract Lu Yan He signed was clearly the second lead, and he was the male lead.

Jing TV doing this is undoubtedly wanting to eliminate the difference between Li Yuefeng and Lu Yan He at the public level through some way.

Even positioning this drama as a double-male lead drama led by Chen Bige.

After all, except for Chen Bige's status which is unquestionable top, the difference between Lu Yan He and Li Yuefeng is not so obvious, and even in the eyes of many people, Li Yuefeng, who holds three hit dramas and has high popularity, also belongs to the TOP ranks of young male actors.

Jing TV wants to do this, besides Lu Yan He and the others being disgusted, it will not cause any problems.

After all, Jing TV is not changing their order of billing, just making subtle adjustments in publicity.

Even Chen Ziyan can't say anything.

Hu Siwei is willing to tell him this news at this time, which is actually leaking the letter, letting Lu Yan He and the others know the news in advance and prepare strategies to deal with it.

Lu Yan He nodded and said thank you, indicating that he had received Hu Siwei's kindness.

In fact, if Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan were really the kind of people who cared about billing and supporting roles, they wouldn't let Lu Yan He act in so many supporting roles.

Both of them are very rare people who take roles and production teams as selection standards.

Many people say that they focus on the script, but in fact, they still look at things outside the script.

However, this does not mean that Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan are willing to be manipulated by others at will.

Not to mention being a ladder for others.

If Lu Yan He acted as the male lead, and finally when the major awards came out, Li Yuefeng was nominated for Best Actor, but Lu Yan He had no harvest, then Lu Yan He would definitely become a joke.

Lu Yan He certainly doesn't want to see this happen.

Lu Yan He told Chen Ziyan what Hu Siwei said.

Chen Ziyan: "Jing TV is also used to being strong, thinking that it can manipulate the situation. Don't worry, if a TV station can manipulate an award, then these three major awards would have lost their credibility long ago. Of course, to say that they can help Li Yuefeng create momentum, that's right, but we can do the same. Little Lu, how good your acting is, we all see it. Li Yuefeng's acting, giving him a nomination is an encouragement. If this drama makes him win a nomination, but you don't get a nomination, it's them who are shameful."

What Chen Ziyan said is also a fact.

If there is no public relations, maybe many people don't know you have a good performance, and don't even know where your performance is good. After all, there are too many film and television dramas coming out every year. Public relations is to tell others on a large scale how good you are.

However, if you are not that good, doing more public relations is just a waste of effort.

Unless you buy a black whistle.

Can the three major awards buy black whistles?

Chen Ziyan dare not say that "black whistles" absolutely do not exist in their history, but at least on the whole, this is a fair and influential result. Otherwise, they would not have achieved their current status.

Chen Ziyan has not seen Lu Yan He's performance in *Seventeen Layers*. Through this genius character whose words and deeds are a little different from ordinary people, he gave a completely different feeling. This kind of shaping ability, professional actors who have acted for ten years may not be able to give it—actors with spiritual acting like Lu Yan He may emerge a few every year, but talented actors who can always focus on polishing their technology without ever abusing their spirituality and talent like Lu Yan He are almost hard to see one.

Talented actors are often achieved by talent, and are also easily bound by talent.

Lu Yan He can have such a state of mind at the beginning of his acting career, which is incredible to Chen Ziyan and Lu Qingzhen.

"Sometimes I think he is too humble and too cautious, but sometimes I think that with his talent and luck, if he is not so humble and cautious, it is very likely that one step will be wrong and the whole game will be lost." This is what Chen Ziyan said to Lu Qingzhen.

"Lu Yan He refuses to agree?"

Jiang Lan frowned and looked at Hu Siwei, "He is also so hard, and refused directly?"

Hu Siwei smiled and said: "Director Jiang, a popular young student who just won the Golden Tripod Award, and a high-achieving student at Zhenhua, why would he agree to our request?"

Jiang Lan: "Did you also tell him about the award impact later?"

"Said it, people don't take it to heart at all." Hu Siwei said, "I think, with this acting skill, winning an award for the first drama, where is there any worry about nomination? I think, if you force it too tightly, if *Seventeen Layers* really wants to film a second season, people may not be willing to come."

Jiang Lan sneered and curled her lips, saying: "If *Seventeen Layers* can really film a second season, it means it is really a big hit. This kind of sequel he doesn't come to film, that is his brain has a problem. Even big-name actors cannot refuse a drama that is destined to explode. The agency will not allow it."

Seeing Jiang Lan say this, Hu Siwei didn't continue.

Don't know why, Hu Siwei has a feeling that a big hit drama may be dreamed of by other actors, but it doesn't seem to be that important to Lu Yan He.

Probably because Lu Yan He's current fame and status are not entirely dependent on the identity of an actor.

Jiang Lan is already relatively young among the leaders of Jing TV and can keep up with the trend of the times. However, in some aspects, she is still the same as those old people, immersed in the imperial afterglow of the TV station in the past, inevitably falling into the sadness of being unable to get rid of the tail.

Today's entertainment industry is undergoing huge changes, not only the changes brought about by the internet era, but also the influence from all aspects.

Audiences prefer to see personalized artists, truly talented artists. Capital parties pay more and more attention to data and return rates. And with the development of self-media and the invasion of social media into the real world, the concept of public figures is also expanding rapidly.

Twenty years ago, maybe many people would not believe that there are actors who can become popular all over the country without a single representative work.

If you don't think of ways to come up with new things, you will be eliminated sooner or later.

Even, the art of film and television drama in this form seems to have begun to go downhill.

More and more people are attracted by other media forms.

This is a very helpless fact.

This world sometimes gives people a huge and empty feeling.

Lu Yan He will also have this feeling.

Fortunately, the crew will not give Lu Yan He this feeling.

"Your luck is very good. According to your description, the atmosphere of the few crews you stayed in is very rare and good."

This day, they sat together to rehearse the play. In the gap, they chatted.

Chen Bige arranged for someone to send a car of coffee and invited everyone in the crew to drink coffee.

Lu Yan He took the coffee sent by Chen Bige and talked about his previous filming experiences, bowing his head and laughing lightly.

"Hmm, I have always said that if the first drama was not filmed with Director Luo, I might not like acting so much."

Chen Bige: "Your luck is good, don't be Versailles. Among so many actors present, you are the only one who has cooperated with such good directors in every drama. Except for you, who among the people present hasn't acted in a few bad dramas."

Shen Yue nodded immediately and said: "When one of my dramas was on before, I was scolded bloody. Of course, I also have problems myself, I have to admit, but to be honest, most of the points everyone scolded me for actually have nothing to do with me. It was that director at the time who insisted on letting me act crazy and stupid, saying that the audience just eats this set. I refused to act like this, and the director scolded me for being noble. As a result, after the drama was broadcast, everyone scolded me for having a sick brain and acting the character as a mentally retarded person. The most speechless thing happened. At this time, the director suddenly pushed the pot to my head when accepting an interview. The words didn't directly say me, but it was clear that he was talking about me. He said something like even a good director can't help an actor who can't be taught, and he has no way to resist an actor stuffed by an investor."

Jiang Jun asked in surprise: "It wouldn't be the drama *Mountain and Water Home*, right?"

Shen Yue nodded with a collapsed face.

"Oh, then you are not an individual case." Chen Bige said immediately, "I have heard of him."

Lu Yan He didn't know who they were talking about at all, so he took out his phone and searched it silently.

The director of *Mountain and Water Home* is called Liu Jian, and he is also a director with deep qualifications.

Li Yuefeng asked Shen Yue curiously: "Then how did you win this drama?"

Shen Yue said: "They took the initiative to hand me the script."

"A big director, the work is scolded after broadcast, always have to find a scapegoat." Chen Bige said with a smile, "Calm down, the industry knows what the situation is."

"Anyway, I was so angry at the time that I couldn't recover for several months. Every day after work, I returned to my home, and I couldn't help crying." Shen Yue sighed, "Not anymore, I really felt aggrieved at the time."

"Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will feel aggrieved." Chen Bige said, "No way, always encounter a few bad people, can only make yourself stronger, let those people only look up to you in the end."

Chen Bige's words seemed to be pointing at something, but whether there was her own story in it, no one knew.

Jiang Jun laughed twice.

"What is Teacher Jiang laughing at?" Li Yuefeng asked. 【

Jiang Jun: "I was reminded of some things. When it comes to working on sets, I doubt any of you have worked on as many as I have."

"That's true, your experience is the most extensive," Chen Bige said.

"I've seen all kinds of film crews," Jiang Jun laughed. "Those that want to film properly, those that mess around, and those that just disband on the spot halfway through—I've seen it all. By now, I even feel that as long as a production is filmed smoothly and actually airs, it's a great stroke of luck."

What Jiang Jun said made many people feel a chill in their hearts.

Every year, there are situations like this: filming is halfway done, the investors pull their funding, or the producer/director runs off, or an actor gets into trouble, and the production can't be finished or continued, turning it into an "unfinished building" of the film and television industry.

There are also cases where the filming is finished, but for various reasons, it can't be sold, or even if it is sold, it never gets broadcast.

No actor wants to encounter this kind of situation.

Nowadays, actors are very worried about having too many of their works shelved, being considered "bad luck" by the industry. The most terrifying thing is this kind of rumor; you have nowhere to defend yourself.

"But we don't have the right to choose," Lin Chan said. "I really just have one mindset: if a project comes to find me, I'll take it immediately. Otherwise, I don't know when the next opportunity will come. A newcomer like me who just debuted is always controlled by this sense of insecurity."

"Everyone goes through that," Chen Bige said directly. "At the beginning, you have no room for choice; you can only grab every opportunity you can get. But later on, you gradually have room to choose. Otherwise, it's really easy to run into bad projects or end up giving a bad performance."

A person only has so much time. The degree of preparation for a project using a year versus using a month is completely different, and in a general sense, the final result is also completely different.

Chen Bige's meaning was simple: when you have a choice, you must choose good opportunities and learn to wait for them.

Lian Bei came over to discuss some matters regarding the next scene with Chen Bige, so the others dispersed.

Because there was still a while before the next scene was to be filmed, Lu Yan He simply returned to his lounge, prepared to read for a while.

Xiao Yun suddenly sent him a message, saying: Yan He, it seems like the *Phoenix Terrace* crew is in trouble. Have you heard?

Lu Yan He replied with a confused question mark, asking: What happened?

Xiao Yun said: Liu Biao and He Min have been sued by the production crew.

Liu Biao was a production assistant, and He Min was the head of the costume department for *Phoenix Terrace*.

Back when the issue with Lu Yan He's costume occurred on *Phoenix Terrace*, it ended with a small assistant at the time, Shen Yufang, taking the fall. Chen Ziyan had said back then that once filming was over, Huangcheng definitely wouldn't let those two go. Keeping them on at the time was mainly to maintain stability so that filming could continue.

This news from Xiao Yun made Lu Yan He sigh "as expected" in his heart.

Lu Yan He said: Those two were not clean-handed; they embezzled a lot of the crew's funds. It's normal for them to be sued by the production.

Xiao Yun: Ah? There's such a thing? No wonder.

Lu Yan He asked: Who did you hear this news from?

Xiao Yun: My agent. I thought there was an internal problem with *Phoenix Terrace*; turns out they were settling scores with those two.

Lu Yan He: Those two were supposedly veterans of Director Chen Ling's team. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen either.

Xiao Yun: Truly terrifying.

Lu Yan He asked: Are you filming right now?

Xiao Yun: No way, I haven't received any projects, I'm just sitting at home doing nothing.

Lu Yan He studied the words "doing nothing" for a few seconds and laughed softly.

Xiao Yun should belong to the type who, if she hasn't received a script she is satisfied with, would rather not act and stay at home doing nothing than take on a script she isn't quite happy with.

When Lu Yan He worked with Xiao Yun on *Phoenix Terrace*, he had already clearly felt that although Xiao Yun is a carefree and unpretentious girl in life, she has very high standards for herself when it comes to acting.

Xiao Yun said: I really envy you, receiving so many good projects, one after another. You're still in school, too. If you weren't in school, wouldn't you be taking all the roles other male actors want to play?

Lu Yan He: That's too exaggerated, how could that be?

Xiao Yun: How is it impossible?

Lu Yan He: How many projects are filmed every year? How many could I possibly film? Besides, I couldn't possibly take on that many.

Xiao Yun: *Seventeen Layers* is getting so much attention now. I bet when it airs, it'll be another huge hit. Are you aiming for Best Actor this time?

Lu Yan He: Haha, I hope that when I'm aiming for Best Actor, you'll be nominated for Best Actress too.

Xiao Yun: I'll work hard and try to live up to it, striving not to hold *Youthful Days* back.

After the first season of the program *Youthful Days* aired, the response was quite good, and the boost for every participant was significant. Not to mention Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai, who were already popular, people like Song Linxin, Yan Liang, and Xiao Yun all saw significant growth in various metrics, especially Yan Liang and Xiao Yun, whose popularity rose by a large margin.

If it weren't for that, Xiao Yun might not have been able to secure this opportunity so quickly after Zhen Hongyu's incident, replacing her to play the previous role.

Xiao Yun said: It seems like the second season of *Youthful Days* will be the same as last year, starting recording at the end of August. You'll be joining, right?

Lu Yan He: Yeah, I've already signed the agreement. I asked before if it would be the original cast, and because they said it would still be you guys, I signed.

Xiao Yun: I wonder what the production team plans to have us do this time.

Lu Yan He: I really don't know.

Xiao Yun: Did they not ask you to help with the planning for the second season?

Lu Yan He: No. If they asked me to help with planning for the second season, I'd have to charge a fee. I can't help people work for free anymore.

Xiao Yun: You should make a show of your own in the future.

Lu Yan He: Where would I find the time? I feel like I don't have enough time as it is.

Xiao Yun: That's because you're very popular. In that case, I can't wish for you to be freer in the future; I still have to wish for you to stay this busy.

Lu Yan He sent a smiley face.

Not two days after Lu Yan He chatted with Xiao Yun, a piece of news was suddenly exposed online.

While filming *Phoenix Terrace*, Lang Xia toyed with the feelings of a young girl on the crew. The girl had thought Lang Xia was interested in her, but she didn't expect that as soon as the filming wrapped, Lang Xia would stop paying any attention to her.

This news came from a very famous marketing account. The source of the news was not specified—it was kept confidential—but it was stated with absolute certainty.

Li Yuefeng was the first to come and ask him if this was true or false.

Lu Yan He looked blank.

"I don't know."

When he was filming with Lang Xia on set, he never saw him get very close to any girl.

Li Yuefeng didn't believe Lu Yan He didn't know, and curled his lip, implying that Lu Yan He wasn't being a good friend by refusing to talk about such things.

Li Yuefeng usually acted like this, and Lu Yan He couldn't be bothered to explain much to him; explaining was useless anyway.

Lu Yan He was just curious and confused himself, not knowing if the news was true or false.

He privately asked Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun said: I'm also asking around. I didn't see Lang Xia get close to anyone when we were filming before, but I've heard this marketing account only breaks real news; they rarely make up fake stories.

Lu Yan He: The main thing is that this news is written so logically, it feels very much like it's true.

Xiao Yun: Why don't you go ask Producer Huang? Producer Huang definitely knows.

Lu Yan He: Am I crazy to go ask him? It would make me look so gossipy.

Xiao Yun: But you are a bit gossipy.

Lu Yan He:... Watch your language.

Xiao Yun: I'm just stating the facts.

Just as they were talking, Chen Siqi actually sent Lu Yan He a message, asking if the news was true or false.

Lu Yan He didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he called Chen Siqi back.

"How come you're curious about this gossip too? I don't know."

Chen Siqi said: "You have no idea how many people are asking about the truth of this news in the backend of our Editorial Club."

"Ah? Why would they come to the Editorial Club to ask?"

"Because we often post entertainment news commentary," Chen Siqi said. "Plus, you filmed *Phoenix Terrace* too, right? So everyone naturally assumes you must know."

Lu Yan He: "Then I'm sorry to disappoint everyone, I really don't know."

Although he didn't know, Lu Yan He had heard a principle from Chen Ziyan: after this kind of news comes out, if there isn't a quick denial, it's usually not baseless.

After Lu Yan He waited for a long time without seeing any response from Lang Xia's side, he knew that nine times out of ten, there was some truth to it.

Then, that very evening, the girl who had been exposed emerged herself.

She didn't reveal her true identity, but wrote a long post specifically about this matter:

I wasn't close to him originally, but because of work, I had to be in contact with him often. On the crew, he was generally unpopular because his father is a famous singer, so many seniors took care of him. He was a bit self-important and didn't bother interacting with many people, which resulted in him usually coming and going alone with his assistant.

He often acted in scenes opposite Lu Yan He and Xiao Yun. Lu Yan He and Xiao Yun had known each other since *Youthful Days* and had a great relationship, often chatting and playing games on set. He wasn't that close with them, and I even felt he was a bit jealous and resistant toward Lu Yan He because Lu Yan He was more respected on set than he was.

He was probably feeling some bitterness inside, often being nitpicked by the director about his acting—actually, he acted quite well, but the director just had high standards and nitpicked everyone's acting, including Lu Yan He's. But he was relatively sensitive, so he always fell into moods of self-anger and disappointment.

That's probably why he suddenly showed interest in me. During the time we were filming, I maintained a secret relationship with him that no one knew about. Of course, it's my own fault for being too naive. He actually never told me he liked me or asked me to be his girlfriend; I just deceived myself into thinking so. I didn't expect that after filming ended, he would lose contact. He didn't give me any explanation, just stopped answering my calls and stopped replying to my messages.

The rest was her elaboration on their relationship and how she was mocked and threatened by Lang Xia's agent.

Under the long post she published, the most liked comment in the comment section was: Why was Lu Yan He more respected on set than Lang Xia? Lu Yan He hadn't won any awards when he filmed *Phoenix Terrace*, right?

She actually replied: Because everyone could see clearly that Lu Yan He is very talented at acting and will sooner or later become Best Actor. You haven't seen Lu Yan He act on set; you don't know how hard someone can work even when they are that talented. We all privately admired Lu Yan He.

When Lu Yan He saw this reply, he was stunned:???

Sister, you can bash Lang Xia all you want, but don't drag me into this and heap praise on me at a time like this?

Isn't this just inviting hate for me?

Lu Yan He couldn't even imagine how angry Lang Xia would be after seeing this.

The next day, when Lu Yan He arrived on set, he noticed Li Yuefeng looking at him with a strange expression, several times wanting to say something but stopping.

Lu Yan He couldn't be bothered to ask Li Yuefeng what he wanted to say; it definitely had to do with what that person said last night.

Li Yuefeng might even be wanting to ask Lu Yan He if this person was a plant hired by him.

Bashing Lang Xia was the pretext, praising Lu Yan He was the real goal.

As soon as Shen Yue arrived, she immediately teased Lu Yan He with a smile, saying: "Did you not expect that this matter would suddenly involve you too?"

Now, the hashtag #LuYanheRespectedOnPhoenixTerraceSet has reached the fifth spot on the trending list, only one spot lower than Lang Xia's trending topic. This level of heat was something many people truly didn't expect.

Many people are even joking: If you want to scold Lang Xia, just scold him, what's with praising Lu Yan He? Are you an undercover agent sent by Lu Yan He to Lang Xia's side?

After reading the long post the girl published yesterday, Lu Yan He actually knows the girl's identity now.

From the content of the long post, one can see that this girl is the most familiar with Lu Yan He and Lang Xia, and the only person on the crew who could frequently be in contact with Lang Xia without raising suspicion is Chen Wenwen, who was responsible for matters related to Lu Yan He and Lang Xia.

Lu Yan He did not make any response to this matter.

Huangcheng, on the contrary, took the initiative to contact Lu Yan He.

It was from Huangcheng that Lu Yan He learned what was going on.

It turns out this matter wasn't exposed by Chen Wenwen herself, but by Liu Biao.

Previously, *Phoenix Terrace* was going to sue Liu Biao and He Min, so Liu Biao started to fight back in self-defense. He just released a small piece of dirt to warn Huangcheng and the others that if they didn't stop pursuing him, he had plenty of dirt in his hands that could plunge *Phoenix Terrace* into scandal and affect its broadcast.

That's how Lang Xia got stabbed in the back.

As a result, Lang Xia thought Chen Wenwen was the one causing trouble, so his agent, He Yingzi, immediately went to threaten Chen Wenwen, saying that if she didn't let it go, she shouldn't think about working in the entertainment industry in the future.

Chen Wenwen is a young girl; how could she be afraid of such things?

In a fit of anger, she wrote the long post last night.

Lu Yan He: "..."

He said: "Now many people even suspect that I'm the one who leaked this. Sigh, Wenwen can bash Lang Xia all she wants, but why praise me?"

Huangcheng laughed heartily and said: "The actors she was most familiar with on set were you and Lang Xia. Since Lang Xia made her so sad and disgusted, by comparison, you became the 'white moonlight'."

"I beg you, what 'white moonlight'? Don't put labels on me," Lu Yan He sighed. "It's truly the first time I've been praised and it's caused me trouble."

"Not at all, don't mind it. I see that everyone's attitude toward you is mainly supportive and appreciative," Huangcheng said. "I called you just to explain the reason. Don't worry, there's no need for you to respond to this."

Lu Yan He: "I'm not responding. What could I even respond with? 'Yes, I am that young genius Lu Yan He who is highly respected on the *Phoenix Terrace* set.' That's too stupid."

Huangcheng: "Hearing that you still have the energy to complain, I'm relieved."