Chapter 287: Can't Act It Out (11,000-character update!)

After making up his mind, Lu Yanhe went to find Hu Siwei once.

"Producer Hu, I'm willing to film this sitcom." He said to Hu Siwei, "I'll also tell Sister Ziyan about it. However, I want to know, have you decided on the other actors for this show?"

Hu Siwei shook his head, "Not yet, do you have any ideas?"

"Because this is a show about friendship, I want to try to find actors who are compatible with me to act in it." Lu Yanhe said seriously, "Because, maybe I'm wrong, but after reading the introduction of the whole project, this show actually doesn't have very high requirements for acting skills, right? As long as we can be a bit more life-like and natural in front of the camera, the point is whether we actors can have that feeling between us."

Hu Siwei nodded, "You're right. However, Yanhe, the budget for our show isn't high, we can only afford to hire you as a famous actor."

"I understand." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I just don't want the actors you find later to be too incompatible with me, and just have to force it."

Lu Yanhe didn't say everything clearly. Actually, he was preventing the Beijing TV station from finding a bunch of connections or their own people whose acting skills were completely substandard and stuffing them into the show, making him carry it alone. The budget wasn't enough, so they could only hire one first-tier actor, Lu Yanhe—that was fine. As long as they chose actors carefully for each role and the chosen actors were suitable, even if it was a newcomer who had never acted before, it would be fine. He was just afraid that they wouldn't be satisfied with anything but would insist on stuffing them in. By then, if the show flopped, it would be Lu Yanhe's reputation that flopped.

It was obvious that this show required Lu Yanhe to carry the ratings.

Hu Siwei had been in the circle for so many years, how could he not understand Lu Yanhe's subtext?

He said: "Don't worry, since you're willing to act, we will definitely respect your opinion."

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded, "When can the script be written?"

Hu Siwei said with a smile: "Still writing, don't rush."

Lu Yanhe grinned and said: "I want to learn how to write a sitcom script."

Hu Siwei was a bit surprised and unexpected: "Yanhe, do you want to learn to be a screenwriter?"

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded. He didn't hide this from Hu Siwei. If his ideas could be pushed forward later, he would still need Hu Siwei's help, "I actually have an idea, but I need to learn first."

After all, before he traveled over, there was an ancient costume sitcom that was evergreen and became the memory of a generation.

This was also the reason why Lu Yanhe wanted to take on Hu Siwei's sitcom.

Learn, and then his golden finger could continue to move.

After finding the method and entry point for playing the role of Lian Cai, Lu Yanhe basically didn't encounter any more difficulties.

When playing the role of Lian Cai, Lu Yanhe almost didn't need to specifically calm down to enter the state; he could just start acting by relying on the simulation of some behaviors and expressions.

Lian Bei was also not a director who was very picky about an actor's acting skills.

This was different from Luo Yuzhong's hand-in-hand teaching and Chen Lingling's sharp and picky style. Lian Bei's requirements for an actor's acting skills were basically just that they had to be qualified.

In fact, for a show with a subject like *Seventeen Layers*, the requirements for an actor's acting skills were not high.

There was almost no complexity; it was all situational and state performance.

In this show, the explosion of every emotional scene was actually the explosion of human nature in an extreme environment. Because they were in a high-pressure state, the actor only needed to be completely immersed in the situation, and any way they acted would be correct. There was no need to do more complex and in-depth processing—like the scene where Lu Yanhe and Jiang Yuqian confirmed their feelings in *Golden Age*, that road they walked under the night sky, every strand of hair on both of them was soaked with the details of the characters, the budding and unspoken feelings in their eyes, the hesitation and changing rhythm of their footsteps, the slight ups and downs in their tone. All of this was absent in *Seventeen Layers*.

But this didn't mean that there was no difference in everyone's acting skills in *Seventeen Layers*, or that good acting skills had no place to be used.

Chen Bige's acting skills made Lu Yanhe marvel.

For every state performance, Chen Bige could give it more texture.

For example, the tears after a scream—Chen Bige's hysteria when screaming and her fragility when crying possessed a kind of soul-captivating performance tension. At that moment, Lu Yanhe himself on the scene was attracted by Chen Bige and forgot that he was performing, and the other actors weren't much better.

It was just that Teacher Jiang Jun was indeed a good actor with rich experience, and gave the appropriate reaction at this time. A faint pity and tolerance actually appeared in his eyes, like an elder's compassion for a junior, understanding Chen Bige's collapse at this moment.

As soon as this scene was finished, Lian Bei joked with them with a smile: "When Chen Bige exerts her power, except for Teacher Jiang Jun, all of you are dumbfounded. Only Chen Bige and Jiang Jun's shots can be used, and the shots of the rest of you have to be reshot."

Li Yuefeng's face turned red immediately.

Shen Yue shook her head and sighed: "Director, this really can't be blamed on us. Sister Bige's scene just now was too terrifying. I was completely attracted to it. I was out of character at that moment, and I couldn't get back in."

Chen Bige was wiping her eye sockets with a tissue.

She took a water bottle from her assistant, took a sip of water, and asked: "Do I need to reshoot my take?"

Lian Bei gave her a thumbs up and said: "You rest. Awesome, this shot is too awesome. After it airs, it will be deified."

"Sister Bige is already a god." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "I saw a compilation of Sister Bige's deified acting shots yesterday, I didn't expect to see it on the scene today."

Chen Bige: "It's all just people saying it for fun, there's no god. I was so nervous about today's scene last night that I couldn't sleep."

"My god, really?" Shen Yue widened her eyes in surprise, "Sister Bige, you still can't sleep because of acting?"

"Of course." Chen Bige said, "For an actor, no role is repeated, so every time is a challenge without reference. Before you truly stand in front of the camera to perform, you can't be sure how to act."

"Is this the gap between me and the Best Actress? I want to think about how to act every scene before I dare to stand in front of the camera." Shen Yue said.

Chen Bige looked at her with a smile and said: "Everyone has their own habitual way."

For an actor who wants to act seriously, if the only thing he needs to consider is filming, that would be the happiest thing.

However, just like those people in any industry who want to do their own work peacefully, they don't know what is going on in this world. It seems there are always some people or things that can't stand you doing your own work honestly and insist on finding trouble for you and adding to your frustration.

Lu Yanhe originally thought that the matter of letting him have more cooperation with the Beijing TV station had passed, but he didn't expect that Jiang Lan would actually come to find him personally for this matter.

It's just that Jiang Lan's methods were much more clever than Hu Siwei's, or rather, Hu Siwei never thought about letting Lu Yanhe agree from the beginning—he really just acted as a mouthpiece.

Jiang Lan was different.

"Yanhe, isn't the Beijing TV station worthy of your long-term cooperation?" She threw a trump card as soon as she opened her mouth, "The Beijing TV station is one of the top TV stations among local TV stations. How many film and television dramas and programs are there every year? You are also studying in Yuming and will work in Yuming in the future. If you don't get close to the Beijing TV station, do you want to get close to TV stations in other places?"

With this opening, Lu Yanhe had no way to say many things.

"Of course not."

"I said so, how could you not be willing to cooperate with the Beijing TV station long-term." Jiang Lan said with a smile.

Truly terrifying.

Lu Yanhe sighed silently in his heart, and then said: "Of course."

Jiang Lan asked: "Then why aren't you willing to sign that long-term cooperation agreement?"

"Director Jiang, because I know that signing that agreement... is a loss for me." Lu Yanhe decided to hit the ball straight. Since Jiang Lan used this method to persuade her, he would use this method to refuse her.

"A loss?" Jiang Lan raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes changed. Obviously, this was not the answer she expected.

Before she came to find Lu Yanhe, she should have assumed many ways Lu Yanhe would answer, but this shouldn't have been one of them.

"Why do you think it would be a loss?"

"A year ago at this time, I had just joined the crew of *Golden Age*. At that time, I couldn't possibly act as the lead of a TV series at the level of *Seventeen Layers*. But now, I have already won the Golden Tripod Award, and every month there are many lead roles inviting me." Lu Yanhe adopted a frank way of telling her, and, without avoiding the importance of interests—although his refusal of this matter was not because of interests, "My salary is rising, and my market value is also rising. Therefore, I have set a principle for myself: the me of today will not sign a contract for tomorrow, because the me of tomorrow can get better contract terms."

Jiang Lan felt inexplicably tricky at this moment.

Lu Yanhe, a nineteen-year-old young man, how could he be so practical starting from interests?

This completely exceeded Jiang Lan's assumptions.

Jiang Lan smiled and said: "I thought that compared to immediate interests, a long-term and stable cooperative relationship would be more helpful to your career in the long run. The resources and stage that the Beijing TV station can provide you are far from what immediate petty profits can compare to."

Lu Yanhe nodded, "Yes, Director Jiang, you are very right."

"Only with a long-term cooperation agreement will we be willing to give you more opportunities." Jiang Lan said.

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded. But his expression was obviously not really convinced.

Jiang Lan: "You should know that every year the Beijing TV station has works entering the three major awards."

"Of course." Lu Yanhe nodded, "The Beijing TV station can launch many excellent TV series every year."

Jiang Lan: "Then don't you hope to be nominated for Best Actor?"

Lu Yanhe: "Who wouldn't? However, the agreement doesn't say it can help me be nominated for Best Actor."

He had a pure and innocent smile, looked at Jiang Lan, and blinked his eyes with a smile.

"This kind of thing, how can it be written into the contract? It's all tacit understanding." Jiang Lan thought to herself, what a child.

Lu Yanhe pondered for a moment and said: "Then long-term cooperation can also be tacit."

Jiang Lan: "Hmm?"

"I just finished my freshman year, maybe my understanding of many things is not fully in place. However, if an agreement, purely from the terms, is only beneficial to one party, this shouldn't be normal, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "I also took a basic common sense course in law at school, which talks about the relationship between law and life, and it gave me a lot of inspiration."

He curled his lips, "Studying at Zhenhua, there are often many teachers and seniors who have already graduated encouraging me and teaching me. If my understanding is not in place, please forgive me, Director Jiang."

Jiang Lan stared at Lu Yanhe expressionlessly for a few seconds, then laughed brilliantly.

"Sure enough, one must read more books. Look, what you said has given me a lot of gains."

Lu Yanhe: "I've made you laugh. I don't dare to show off in front of adults usually. However, Sister Ziyan told me that she is a good friend of yours, and I can be relaxed and comfortable in front of you, so I just said whatever came to mind."

He sent Jiang Lan away with a smile.

As soon as Lu Yanhe sent Jiang Lan away, he immediately called Chen Ziyan and told her about the situation just now.

Chen Ziyan rarely swore in front of Lu Yanhe.

"Is there something wrong with her brain!"

Lu Yanhe didn't answer.

Chen Ziyan said: "You did very well, Yanhe, just say it like that, you're not wrong."

Lu Yanhe asked suspiciously: "Sister Ziyan, why is she so stubborn about this matter? You've already refused her, she found Hu Siwei to tell me, I also refused Hu Siwei, and she came to find me once herself. Why is this?"

Chen Ziyan: "Jiang Lan just has this style, it's been like this for a long time. Things she wants to do, she must do no matter what, no matter how many nails she hits, she refuses to give up. So, sometimes this is an advantage, and sometimes it is also a big disadvantage. She uses this style to treat artists, which easily annoys people and even offends them."

"Why does she insist on us signing these long-term cooperation agreements? The Beijing TV station isn't her family's."

"It counts as her performance. *Seventeen Layers* itself is a project she leads. This show is aimed at being a big hit. Once it explodes, the market value of every main actor in it will rise with the tide. If she signs each of you for some long-term cooperation content now, when she takes it out later, won't it be a shining big performance?"

Lu Yanhe was astonished.

So she was still playing this abacus?

He felt it was incredible.

Chen Ziyan: "Anyway, the whole atmosphere inside the Beijing TV station is not quite right, relying on the old capital accumulated in the past to muddle along. Jiang Lan is one of the few doers in there, but some places have also been affected by that environment and have become arrogant."

But probably because Lu Yanhe had refused very decisively this time—it wasn't that he said "I don't accept, I don't agree," but fundamentally denied that this was an unfair deception in the style of "painting a big pie"—Jiang Lan never came to find Lu Yanhe again.

Time flew to August, and the filming of *Seventeen Layers* was more than halfway through.

Probably because a lot of energy was spent on filming every day, Lian Bei's state was visibly getting worse.

Two dark circles under his eyes, not knowing what time he went to sleep every night.

Of course, his energy on the scene was still very sufficient, and his two eyes were always shining.

Shen Yue said to Hu Siwei: "Producer Hu, does our director need to supplement? He is already thin, and now he is even thinner, thinner than us actors. It's too outrageous."

Lu Yanhe was overjoyed when he heard Shen Yue's words.

Chen Bige asked her nutritionist to start making nutritional meals for Lian Bei and took over Lian Bei's three meals a day.

Lian Bei refused, thinking it was troublesome.

Chen Bige said: "I don't want the director to go to the hospital before the show is finished filming, then all our previous efforts will be wasted."

Lian Bei: "..."

Chen Bige started to supplement Lian Bei without question.

Then, at this time, Peng Zhixing came.

Before, after Lu Yanhe won the Golden Tripod Award, he promised to give Peng Zhixing another exclusive interview.

However, because the last one was done only last year, after Lu Yanhe communicated with Peng Zhixing, he also felt that there wasn't much fresh stuff, so Lu Yanhe communicated with everyone in *Seventeen Layers* and decided to turn this interview into a visit to *Seventeen Layers*.

"Brother Zhixing!" Lu Yanhe went to welcome him happily.

Peng Zhixing also brought a carload of fruits and drinks for the entire crew.

"Wow, you're too generous!" Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Doing an interview at a loss."

Peng Zhixing: "That's right, it's the first time I've come to visit you, I have to support your face no matter what."

Lu Yanhe: "The face is fully supported."

He took Peng Zhixing to greet everyone and get to know them.

Everything had been greeted in advance.

As a rising star among the new generation of hosts, Peng Zhixing sat on his own interview program at a young age and frequently appeared in various programs and galas. He actually knew quite a few people, such as Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, whom he had seen many times.

These two had also been on Peng Zhixing's *Zhixing* program.

On the contrary, it was Chen Bige, whom Peng Zhixing had never had the opportunity to contact closely before. So, now that he had the opportunity to see Chen Bige, Peng Zhixing was excited.

"Are you a fan of Sister Bige?"

"An absolute fan." Peng Zhixing said, "I've seen every one of her movies."

"Wow, so amazing."

Peng Zhixing turned his head and looked around, asking: "She won't be absent today, right?"

"She is here, she... should be in the lounge, she will come in a while." Lu Yanhe explained, "You wouldn't be so active in coming here just to chase a star, right?"

"Work and star-chasing are both correct." Peng Zhixing raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile.

Peng Zhixing was relatively calm and mature among the young people Lu Yanhe knew.

But today, the side Peng Zhixing showed was like a hot-blooded high school student.

Lu Yanhe said: "You like Sister Bige so much, why don't you book an exclusive interview with her and invite her to be on your program once?"

Peng Zhixing said: "I want to too, but she rarely goes on programs except during the promotion period."

Lu Yanhe said: "When *Seventeen Layers* airs, she will have to go on programs to promote it."

"Isn't your show planning to be broadcast exclusively on the Beijing TV station first? Not online." Peng Zhixing sighed, "I guess the producer of our program won't agree to do an exclusive interview with her."

Lu Yanhe reacted, that was true.

*Zhixing* is broadcast exclusively on Arctic Light Video, and most of the programs are for supporting interview promotion for film, television, and variety shows launched on Arctic Light Video.

Although Peng Zhixing is the host of the program, he obviously cannot completely decide who goes on the program.

If Chen Bige is willing to go on the program usually, Arctic Light Video will definitely welcome it 100%, but if Chen Bige is in the promotion period of a work and brings a TV series that is not broadcast on Arctic Light Video to *Zhixing*, it is basically impossible.

As they were talking, Chen Bige came over.

Peng Zhixing's eyes lit up instantly. That feeling was really like a light being turned on suddenly, not an exaggeration.

The scene was really a bit funny.

When Peng Zhixing introduced himself to Chen Bige, a host, his voice was actually trembling. He was really excited and nervous.

Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.

Chen Bige's personality determined that she would not perfunctorily deal with Peng Zhixing and just get through it.

"I've seen the program you recorded with Xiao Lu." Chen Bige said immediately, "Fortunately, that program had you, otherwise I think they would be like a group of flies flying around, unable to find their heads."

Peng Zhixing's cheeks were slightly red, and he said: "You're over-praising."

Lu Yanhe said to Chen Bige: "Sister Bige, he is your big fan, the kind of iron fan who has seen all your works. Seeing you today, he finally got his wish."

Chen Bige looked at Peng Zhixing with some surprise, "Really?"

"Really." Peng Zhixing nodded immediately.

Chen Bige said immediately: "Then Xiao Lu, you help us take a group photo."

After some introductions and greetings, Peng Zhixing started to lead his own team to prepare for the interview.

This exclusive interview was a visit to *Seventeen Layers*.

After entering the work mode, Peng Zhixing was still very professional.

He spent almost the whole day chatting with everyone on the set, collecting materials, understanding information, and then interviewing them individually one by one.

Until the evening, after everyone finished work, everyone sat together, in two rows, front and back, for a formal exclusive interview.

Including Lian Bei.

"The director must be very tired, right?" After the camera was turned on and formal recording started, Peng Zhixing's first sentence was to ask this.

Lian Bei waved his hand with a smile.

Peng Zhixing said: "I wandered around the crew for a long time today. I found that although everyone is very busy and has their own things to do, the only one who really doesn't have a moment of rest is the director. It seems like there are endless things to worry about, and the work of every department has to be watched."

"There's no way, the director is for this. As long as the camera is turned on, the director has no time to rest." Lian Bei gave a bitter smile and said.

Peng Zhixing asked: "Can you please use one word to describe your actors respectively?"

Lian Bei nodded happily. Naturally, everyone was given good words. His description of Lu Yanhe was studious.

Peng Zhixing continued: "Before, I chatted with Yanhe and heard him mention that you have a soft spot for this kind of battle royale-style subject matter. Is there any work that made you fall in love with this type of subject matter?"

Lian Bei nodded and told a journey of movies, TV series, comics, and novels he watched when he was a child.

"Has the director already watched all the artistic works of this subject matter?" Peng Zhixing asked in surprise.

Lian Bei said: "Not all, but eighty percent have been watched."

Peng Zhixing showed surprise.

Chen Bige shook her head and sighed, saying: "After this show airs, you will find that the director has paid tribute to many classic works in this show. Those who like this type of subject matter must not miss this show. Our private definition of this show is that this is a carnival for audiences who like the escape subject matter."

Lian Bei waved his hands quickly and said: "It's not that exaggerated. However, I have indeed put my thoughts on this subject matter for so many years into this show."

Peng Zhixing looked at Chen Bige and asked: "Does Sister Bige usually like to watch film and television dramas of this subject matter?"

"Watch, watch a lot. I like thrillers." Chen Bige said.

"Thrillers? Wow, I think many people didn't expect it. The goddess loves to watch thriller film and television dramas." Peng Zhixing said with a smile.

Chen Bige: "I'm not a goddess in private."

Her eyes flowed, and every gesture was full of charm.

Peng Zhixing smiled and nodded foolishly.

"You can say whatever you want."

Lu Yanhe, as Peng Zhixing's friend, couldn't bear to look at Peng Zhixing like this.

Of course, he didn't lose his professional level because of this, and he was always leading the rhythm of this interview, with first-class control ability. However, he couldn't hide his liking for Chen Bige at all, which was too dog-like.

After the interview, Chen Bige organized everyone to go out for dinner and a meal again.

"Since Peng Zhixing is here, let's play together. Xiao Lu, you can't leave after dinner tonight, don't think about running away halfway. We can't have one less person tonight!" Chen Bige said.

Lu Yanhe nodded, unable to laugh or cry.

Peng Zhixing asked excitedly: "Is Sister Bige so enthusiastic? She even organized everyone to go out for a meal specifically for me!"

Lu Yanhe said silently: "You misunderstood."

"Ah? Isn't it?"

"Sister Bige organizes one every few days. She is just a person who loves liveliness. You coming is just a reason for her." Lu Yanhe said.

Peng Zhixing was not disappointed, but even happier.

"Sister Bige likes liveliness? That's great, then I want to break into her circle of friends, I want to participate in every game she organizes!"

Lu Yanhe: "..."

Too dog-like.

However, Lu Yanhe actually quite liked participating in the games organized by Chen Bige.

Because the games she organized were really just pure play, pure happiness, without any utilitarian things.

Moreover, Chen Bige is a person who likes to call friends. Although they are in the crew, because this place is a filming base and there are many crews filming around, she often calls friends she knows to come over to play.

Lu Yanhe met quite a few people at the games she organized.

Except for Lu Yanhe, almost everyone would participate without missing a single one. For them, being able to meet many people through this game and then get in touch with some opportunities is something they can't get in touch with usually. After all, people who can enter Chen Bige's circle of friends are basically not unknown people. Just like the actors of their show *Seventeen Layers*, there are no unknown people. Except for Jiang Jun, Yan Zhimeng, and Lin Chan, who are a little less famous, others are existences who can act as leads when placed outside.

Peng Zhixing was incredibly happy that night, drinking cup after cup, not knowing how much he drank.

Lu Yanhe couldn't help but record a segment and send it to the group chat of *Young Days*: Today our Brother Zhixing is like crazy, happy crazy.

After dinner, Chen Bige pulled everyone to dance and then drink.

Lu Yanhe silently found a corner to stay.

Chen Bige had sharp eyes. As soon as she saw him being lazy, she caught him immediately.

"You want to hide again!"

Lu Yanhe had a headache: "Sister Bige, I can't dance."

Chen Bige said: "Can't is not a reason. How can you not integrate into this atmosphere? What if you act as a character who can dance in the future? You haven't truly felt different lives!"

Chen Bige's words left Lu Yanhe with no way to refute. Helplessly, he was appointed by Chen Bige and danced with others.

The atmosphere on the scene was incredibly good, with bands and professional dancers.

Lu Yanhe was astonished. Chen Bige specially found a hall for holding parties, brought in a professional team and equipment, and pulled a group of people to dance. She also acted like a host, leading everyone into the rhythm from time to time. Lu Yanhe was pulled by Chen Bige to sing a song.

This noisy, fanatical, very cinematic scene was something that almost never appeared in Lu Yanhe's daily life.

Gradually, Lu Yanhe himself was infected by this atmosphere, and his heart seemed to be injected with some exciting factors, and he began to beat.

Later, he was completely integrated into this atmosphere, sometimes singing along with the person singing, sometimes twisting his body with everyone, dancing his hands, and chatting face-to-face with everyone.

"In this atmosphere, people's defensiveness and restraint are reduced to the lowest point."

The next morning, Lu Yanhe talked to Chen Siqi on the phone. He put his mobile phone on the waterproof platform, picked up his toothbrush and toothpaste, looked at himself with a head of chicken feathers in the mirror, sighed, and said: "If you let me go crazy like last night again now, I don't think I can do it."

Chen Siqi laughed and said: "I can't imagine you dancing."

Lu Yanhe said: "Next time I will introduce you to Sister Bige. I think you two will get along very well."

"Really?"

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded.

In a sense, Chen Siqi and Chen Bige are both people who live very self-centered and enthusiastic lives.

Lu Yanhe always envied such people.

He hid this envy in his heart and wouldn't tell others.

Because he knew he couldn't do it.

Chen Siqi said: "By the way, tell you some good news."

"Hmm?"

"The summer special issue of *Jump Up*, physical books and e-books combined, has been on the market for a month, and sales have exceeded 200,000 copies!"

"Wow." Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up when he heard this, "So amazing!"

"Yes, because the content has increased by nearly two times, our pricing has also increased by one time. I thought sales might decline, but I didn't expect it to increase so much."

"Is it because of the all-star author lineup?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"According to the analysis we did, that's right." Chen Siqi said, "Many readers think that the authors and content of this issue are very rich, and there are many they are willing to read. Coupled with the fact that we announced new serials by several big writers during the promotion, it also attracted their readers to buy."

Lu Yanhe: "Amazing, Editor-in-chief Chen, *Jump Up* is getting better and better in your hands."

Chen Siqi said with a smile: "Don't forget, you are also the editor-in-chief."

"I'm at most a nominal editor-in-chief now."

"Stop it, every issue's manuscript is finalized by you." Chen Siqi said, "*Jump Up* is about to be established for one year. Do you think we should hold a celebration event?"

"Hmm?"

Chen Siqi said: "But I'm worried that holding a celebration event just after one year is a bit too high-profile. There are already quite a few voices saying we are high-profile."

Lu Yanhe said: "Holding a celebration event should cost a lot of money, right?"

"It depends on how to do it. If you want to do it colorful and colorful, then a few hundred thousand is definitely needed."

"Although *Jump Up* has made a lot of money this year, it is not rich enough to ignore these hundreds of thousands. If you have this idle money, it is better to take it to send benefits to the editorial team and authors." Lu Yanhe said, "I am more inclined to take it to send bonuses to everyone, or simply organize a trip. Invite editors and long-term cooperative authors to travel together."

Chen Siqi: "Your idea is also good, then use travel to replace the celebration event."

Lu Yanhe said: "Hmm, compared to holding a celebration event that earns shouts, it is better to let everyone get some real benefits."

"Hmm, then where do you think we should go?"

"You look at the budget first." Lu Yanhe said.

Chen Siqi: "For the first trip, why don't you find a place in the country and let everyone have a vacation."

"That's fine."

"Fine, I'll do my homework. Are you participating?"

"I... I'll look at the time. I might not be able to participate in the whole process."

"Hmm, if you can't participate in the whole process, at least you have to come over and show your face. Although our vacation is for everyone to rest, it is actually planned because of the first anniversary. You are our editor-in-chief, you can't show your face at all."

"Got it." Lu Yanhe said with a smile.

Lu Yanhe went downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast and accidentally ran into Teacher Feng Qiyue eating noodles alone.

"Teacher Qiyue, you're alone." Lu Yanhe walked over with his fried eggs and milk, "Can I sit here?"

Feng Qiyue nodded, "You sit."

He looked sleepy and listless, as if his soul had flown out of his body and was wandering outside.

"Teacher Qiyue, you are..." Lu Yanhe looked at him like this, a bit surprised, and looked at him hesitantly.

"Didn't sleep all night yesterday, I'll go up to make up for sleep after eating." Feng Qiyue said.

Speaking as if he was out of breath.

Lu Yanhe was astonished.

"Are you writing a script?"

"Hmm." Feng Qiyue nodded, "Promised someone a script to give to them in September, and I'm rushing to work, sigh."

He sighed heavily as he said.

"Is it not going well?" Lu Yanhe asked suspiciously.

Feng Qiyue's heavy sigh didn't sound like it was made casually.

Feng Qiyue shook his head and said: "Can't write it out, headache."

Lu Yanhe looked at him in surprise.

Feng Qiyue is a famously high-yield writer who can write well. Such a screenwriter would actually "can't write it out, headache"?

Lu Yanhe didn't know how to react for a while.

"No way?" Lu Yanhe said, "Teacher Qiyue, are you not resting well, under great pressure, so you can't write it out?"

Feng Qiyue: "Old habit, as long as I rush to work, my brain is messy and I can't write it out."

Lu Yanhe didn't expect it to be really like this, he just mentioned it casually.

Feng Qiyue waved his hand, "It's fine, old problem, I will always survive it."

He finished the noodles and put down his chopsticks, "You eat slowly, I'll go up to sleep first."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

He looked at Feng Qiyue's back. Clearly a man in his prime, he actually felt a bit hunched.

Lu Yanhe fell into deep thought.

When he arrived at the set, he hesitated for a while and went to find Chen Bige.

"Sister Bige."

Chen Bige was doing makeup and hair in her lounge.

Because as their plot progressed, everyone had more or less injuries, and every time before filming, they had to do this kind of special effects makeup.

"You came to find me early in the morning, is there anything?" She asked.

Lu Yanhe smiled and asked: "Sister Bige, is your nutritionist preparing nutritional meals for the director these days?"

Chen Bige nodded and said: "I see that if the director doesn't supplement well, his body will collapse. These artistic creators are all the same. Once they are invested, they can forget everything."

Lu Yanhe said: "Can I make an appointment with your nutritionist?"

"Hmm? You need it yourself?" Chen Bige looked at him in surprise, "You are young, and you don't need to gain weight or lose weight in a short time, so you need a nutritionist to design meals for you?"

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said: "No, it's not that I need it. It's that I ran into Teacher Feng Qiyue in the hotel restaurant just now. He has been under a lot of pressure recently. He didn't sleep all night yesterday and was rushing the script. It seems that he can't write it out when the pressure is high, and he can't sleep when he can't write it out, falling into a vicious cycle. I want to ask your nutritionist to see if there is a menu that can relieve pressure."

Chen Bige: "Then you shouldn't look for a nutritionist, you should look for a hypnotist to hypnotize him and let him have a good sleep."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"Feng Qiyue's is an old problem, you still manage him." Chen Bige said, "He is a person who likes to force himself. Don't interfere with him, otherwise he will be angry with you. He likes to force himself to the edge to write a script."

"Ah?"

"Why do you think he is so high-yield? It's all forced out like this." Chen Bige said, "Haven't you heard his story? Before, in one of his shows, the male lead died before filming, and the female lead had a car accident and went to the hospital. The production team was stunned and wanted to find actors temporarily, but they couldn't find them. In the end, do you know what he did? He directly changed the male lead and female lead to the male second and female second in one week. The whole script was adjusted, but there was no extra character and no extra scene." Chen Bige said, "It is said that in that week, except for sleeping, he locked himself in the hotel to change the script."

Lu Yanhe widened his eyes in surprise.

"So awesome."

Chen Bige: "Give you a piece of advice. For these creators you meet in every show, don't easily interfere with their creative methods, even if their creative methods seem very unhealthy to you, or even very harmful to themselves. Otherwise, your actions that you think are good for them may destroy their creative state, and then you will become a sinner."

Lu Yanhe nodded in disbelief.

The words Chen Bige said seemed to open the door to a new world for Lu Yanhe—he couldn't help but start to wonder, is the world like this? -

It took a while for Lu Yanhe to understand what Chen Bige meant by what she said to him.

Feng Qiyue, is it because he enjoys this process of forcing himself to the edge that he can write a script?

Lu Yanhe didn't know if his understanding was right or wrong, but he racked his brains and could only think of this point.

Then, on the filming set, Director Lian Bei was as thin as a skeleton, but he didn't fall down. Instead, Teacher Jiang Jun suddenly fell down.

Everyone on the scene was startled and stunned.

Emergency sent to the hospital.

Jiang Jun's sudden fainting made everyone feel surprised.

"What's wrong with Teacher Jiang?" Shen Yue asked worriedly.

No one could answer her.

Jiang Jun didn't bring an assistant to the crew, just himself.

He was sent to the hospital, accompanied by Hu Siwei.

Lian Bei and the others had to stay on the scene to film today's scenes.

It's just that Jiang Jun's sudden departure meant that the shots filmed later needed to be adjusted.

"Teacher Jiang's personal shots won't be filmed first." Lian Bei said, "Let Teacher Qiyue come over quickly."

Feng Qiyue rushed to the scene. After understanding what happened, he didn't say a word of nonsense and started typing directly with his notebook.

He only took less than twenty minutes to adjust the lines of this scene, and all of Teacher Jiang Jun's lines and scenes were moved to other actors.

Lu Yanhe saw Feng Qiyue's power for the first time.

Lian Bei hugged Feng Qiyue and said: "Thanks to you."

Feng Qiyue: "I'm with the crew just because I'm afraid of such sudden situations. You film, I'll continue to find a place to squint. If there is anything, call me again."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, turned around, found someone, and took him to find a place where no one was to sleep.

Fortunately, this is a studio, and there are many lounges.

Everyone adjusted the filming temporarily and familiarized themselves with the new script.

After work, Lu Yanhe thought about whether to go to the hospital to see Jiang Jun.

He didn't have an assistant to accompany him here, so it was estimated that the crew arranged someone to accompany him.

So, he asked Hu Siwei about the hospital where Jiang Jun was and asked him what the situation was with Teacher Jiang Jun.

Hu Siwei didn't reply to him.

Lu Yanhe had to return to the hotel first and sent a message to Jiang Jun: Teacher Jiang, how are you? Are you awake?

Jiang Jun didn't reply either.

This silence without anyone replying to him made Lu Yanhe have a bad premonition in his heart.

Nothing happened, right?

The next day, Lu Yanhe got the notice sheet and found that Jiang Jun was still not on the notice sheet.

This point was also noticed by others.

"Teacher Jiang hasn't come back yet?" As soon as Lu Yanhe met Shen Yue, Shen Yue asked.

"It seems not yet, I sent a message, and no one replied to me." Lu Yanhe said.

Shen Yue clenched one hand into a fist, placed it in front of her chest, and pursed her lips.

"I don't know how he is."

After they finished their special effects makeup and went to the filming scene, they saw Chen Bige standing in front of Lian Bei, and both of them looked a bit grim.

Lu Yanhe's heart skipped a beat immediately.

He walked over and asked: "Director, Teacher Jiang... is there any news?"

Lian Bei looked at them, sighed lightly, and said: "It seems that a shadow suspected of a tumor was found in his body, and it is still being investigated and confirmed."

Shen Yue couldn't help but scream, stunned and helpless.

Lu Yanhe's mind went blank for a while, not knowing how to react.

Lian Bei said: "We already contacted his wife last night. His wife's flight is this morning, and she should be on the plane by now."

"I hope the final confirmation is fake news." Chen Bige sighed, one hand on her waist, one hand smoothing her hair. Obviously, she was also impacted by this news, and her expression was a bit unbelievable and uneasy.

Because of such news, the filming scene was less talkative and laughing than usual all day.

Everyone's mood was a bit low.

Lu Yanhe called Chen Ziyan after lunch and told her the news.

Chen Ziyan had known Jiang Jun for a long time, and she had specially asked Jiang Jun to take care of him in the crew. Lu Yanhe felt that Chen Ziyan should want to know this news as soon as possible.

After Chen Ziyan heard it, she was also silent for a long time. It seemed that the area had fallen into a no-signal area, and there was no sound at all. After a few seconds, Chen Ziyan said that she would come over as soon as possible.

Lu Yanhe didn't know how to describe his mood.

To say how familiar he was with Jiang Jun, actually not, but during this time of getting along day and night, Jiang Jun really cared for Lu Yanhe like an elder.

For Lu Yanhe, if it weren't for Jiang Jun, maybe he wouldn't have found the method to play his character so quickly.

Jiang Jun really remembered Chen Ziyan's entrustment and was seriously caring for him.

Then, on the third day, when everyone hadn't recovered from the shock brought by this news, Jiang Jun suddenly appeared on the set.

Everyone was stunned and looked at him in surprise.

He was the one who smiled the most brilliantly, saying: "Fine, don't look at me like this. It hasn't been confirmed yet, right? Staying in the hospital is meaningless. Let's film first, the show hasn't finished filming yet."

Lu Yanhe looked at the brilliant smile on Jiang Jun's face, as if there was no haze, and his heart sank suddenly. Something was pressing on it, heavy, making him uncomfortable.

Shen Yue's eye sockets turned red instantly, and she rushed up and hugged Jiang Jun.

"Teacher Jiang, you will be fine!"

"Oh, why are your eyes red? It's a small matter." Jiang Jun said, "You guys are really enough, it's not really a life-and-death separation."

"Pah pah pah!" Chen Bige glared at Jiang Jun, "What nonsense are you talking about! Clearly our elder, and you still speak so recklessly. Didn't the doctor tell you to rest well? You still ran over to film!"

Jiang Jun said: "It's boring for me to stay in the hospital alone, it's better to come to film. It's not that I can't move, do I have to delay it like this?"

He said decisively: "Fine, I said if I can film, I can film. While the results haven't come out, hurry up and film what can be filmed."

There was a firm meaning in his eyes, which fell into the bottom of Lu Yanhe's heart.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe couldn't describe his mood, the kind of sourness and unspeakable complexity that seemed to twist everything together.

He had experienced life, death, and separation plots when filming in the past. At that time, he was heartbroken when acting and thought he was in the play. Until this moment, he knew what the real worry and fear of life, death, and separation looked like.

That kind of feeling, if you haven't experienced it, you can't act it out. ===== CHAPTER 288 =====