Chapter 295: Storm (10,000-character update! Thanks to norns alliance leader!)

Lu Yan He was not the lead in *Phoenix Terrace*. However, compared to the major leads of *Phoenix Terrace* now, his popularity and heat were not inferior.

If it were in an ordinary crew, maybe they would have adjusted and changed the publicity strategy at this time, focusing the publicity on Lu Yan He, trying to pull the heat of this drama through Lu Yan He.

But Huangcheng didn't do that.

The publicity focus of *Phoenix Terrace* always revolved around the director and several leads.

Lu Yan He also had publicity, but it was auxiliary after all.

The hot searches he was on were mostly operated by Star Entertainment agency and pushed by fans.

The ratings and broadcast data of *Phoenix Terrace* showed a steady upward trend.

Especially the ratings, which grew by 0.2 in three days, almost breaking 1%.

The Beijing Station might not have three dramas that can break 1% in ratings in a year.

The media account of the Editor's Club did interviews with Chen Lingling, Zeng Qiao, and several others, but did not do one with Lu Yan He.

Someone asked in the comment section why they didn't interview Lu Yan He.

They replied: Avoid suspicion.

As a result, this matter was on the hot search.

*Phoenix Terrace* is a big power-struggle drama. After broadcasting for a few days, the discussion degree soared. This type of drama is like this. If it is filmed badly, it won't be said. If it is filmed well, either the entry threshold of the plot is too high at the beginning, leading to the heat not rising, leading to finally becoming a cold-door reputation drama, or the threshold is done well, and it can lead the audience to watch it, and start to analyze the motivation behind everyone, and analyze the truth behind every accident.

*Phoenix Terrace* does not have a simple stereotyped character, all have reversals, have secrets. Chen Lingling grasped the script and editing very solidly, and is really a director who understands drama. From her shooting style on the scene, it can be seen that she is not the kind of director who is immersed in artistic creation and ignores commercial laws.

In the first few episodes of this drama, power struggles and fights are not the focus, and have not surfaced.

In the first few episodes, it was just a very ordinary case, introducing all the characters, and the atmosphere was relatively relaxed.

Especially the line between Lu Yan He and Lang Xia, it was completely a comedy line that was jumping and noisy.

However, in the early plot, Lang Xia was a "silly white sweet" rich little prince persona, while Lu Yan He was just a guard beside him. The eye-catching, funny, and relaxed scenes were all on Lang Xia's character, while Lu Yan He's character was relatively silent, leaning towards the type of moving hands and not moving mouths. Therefore, in the early broadcast process, although Lu Yan He's fans were far more than Lang Xia's, Lang Xia still attracted more attention by the charm of the character itself.

Since the Chen Wenwen incident, Lang Xia's public activities have decreased a lot.

*Phoenix Terrace* was broadcast, and the crew didn't take Lang Xia to promote it together.

Regarding this matter, although He Yingzi was very unhappy, she had no way.

The crew didn't pursue their trouble for this matter, and they had to thank God.

However, with the broadcast of this drama, Lang Xia's heat also rose. Just like He Yingzi's expectation for this drama, it is hard to say whether this drama will become a hit later, but it has already become a well-deserved popular hot drama.

The character played by Lang Xia is one of the most eye-catching characters in the early stage. He has a real personality that is different from the powerful, and his temper of saying whatever he says is also very catering to the preferences of young people in the current internet environment.

He Yingzi did a series of supporting publicity, the crew didn't arrange it, they spent their own money to do marketing. Hot searches, interviews, shows, all arranged one by one, Lang Xia's work turned around immediately.

It can be said that in these few days, Lang Xia's exposure rate is no less than any lead.

He Yingzi is still cheering for Lang Xia.

"It will be hard for a while, but you have to hold on. This is the time when you are popular now. We must seize the opportunity and try every means to consolidate the current heat, understand?" He Yingzi explained to Lang Xia.

After the Chen Wenwen incident, don't look at their response statement being so tough, as if they didn't think Lang Xia did anything wrong at all. Privately, He Yingzi still scolded Lang Xia severely.

And this matter itself also brought great stimulation to Lang Xia.

Lang Xia listened to He Yingzi's words and nodded.

He looks more stable than before, and not so arrogant.

If it were before, He Yingzi would still find an opponent actor for Lang Xia in the drama to step on.

It's not that she likes to step on others, but in the entertainment industry, it is like this—the attention gained by stepping on others and the heat hyped up are much more than other publicity methods.

At first, He Yingzi's goal was Lu Yan He. Even if Lu Yan He's agent was Chen Ziyan, He Yingzi knew that Chen Ziyan would fight back

He Yingzi had exactly this thought.

But it wouldn't work now.

If she were to try and prop up Lang Xia by stepping on Lu Yan He now, she wouldn't even need Chen Ziyan to make a move; this method itself would trigger a massive backlash.

When two people are on a similar level, using the "step on" method can drive traffic and stir up buzz.

When there is a significant disparity between two people, this method only invites scorn, or even intense disgust.

He Yingzi was just a bit puzzled and strange as to why, even though the drama had been airing for so long, Chen Ziyan seemed to have made no moves, and the promotional marketing for Lu Yan He had not been rolled out on a large scale.

Lu Yan He's current popularity and momentum looked as if he were being firmly suppressed by Lang Xia.

From this perspective, it seemed as if He Yingzi didn't even need to do anything, and Lu Yan He had already been trampled down by Lang Xia.

"The character Lang Xia plays is indeed liked by many viewers," Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yan He, "It has a similar charm to the rich kid character Li Zhibai played in 'Accompany You to the End of the World'."

Lu Yan He also nodded and said, "Everyone seems to like watching characters who aren't truly 'naive and innocent' but still present those external characteristics."

"You're right," Chen Ziyan nodded with a smile, "That's exactly it."

Lu Yan He: "Actually, I also think such people are very interesting."

Chen Ziyan said: "But you don't need to worry. Although such characters are inherently attractive, there are pros and cons. There is too much homogenization of such characters. Now everyone has discovered this 'traffic code,' and almost every drama has such a functional character. Your explosive performance in 'Phoenix Terrace' won't appear until the middle and later stages. In the early stages, we will steadily maintain the heat; being neither too aggressive nor too passive is fine. If we hype it up too much now, it won't be conducive to the later explosion. There needs to be a sense of anticipation."

Lu Yan He nodded, "I think so too. Besides, I don't have many special scenes in the early part of this drama; it's mainly about some expressions of the character's persona."

"The early stages still revolve around the main plot of the protagonists," Chen Ziyan said, "He Yingzi has done so much marketing for Lang Xia at this time, it's a bit like the guest overshadowing the host. I estimate that the drama production and the lead actors' teams are not very happy."

'Phoenix Terrace' wouldn't even borrow Lu Yan He's momentum; from this move, one could see that the production team had full confidence in their own promotion and marketing.

In fact, the production team had the confidence to do so.

Since it started airing, 'Phoenix Terrace' had shown a good upward trend in both ratings and broadcast data. Especially as the number of viewers and people participating in discussions increased, the drama's reputation remained strong. On major rating websites, it firmly held onto its reputation, which was not easy.

Regarding Lang Xia's marketing at this time, the production team was only somewhat disgusted, but they understood—after all, any actor would have their own marketing during the broadcast period, to a greater or lesser extent.

But for the lead actor, especially the male lead Zeng Qiao, this was very unpleasant.

'Phoenix Terrace' was a large ensemble drama, but the main plot was his line, while the other protagonists were middle-aged and older actors; there weren't many truly young ones. Zeng Qiao should have been the one receiving the most attention and the most prominent, and from a practical perspective, he was. But the tricks Lang Xia pulled made it seem like his character was the most popular and well-received in the whole show.

Zeng Qiao had previously been on an exclusive interview with the Editor's Club. At this time, Zeng Qiao's agent said again: "Brother Qiao, the Editor's Club side proposed that they want to do a review around your acting experience, sorting out the moments where your acting skills improved. They hope we can cooperate with this plan. Please review the filming experience of a few key dramas and your thoughts on the characters."

Nowadays, the 'Jump Up' Editor's Club self-media was already a very famous self-media with great influence.

Posts and tweets involving such drama promotion and artist promotion had hundreds of thousands or even millions of views, not to mention the spread of long images in the online environment.

For a tweet that was good for the artist's image, the artist's side would also promote its spread.

Zeng Qiao's last exclusive interview with the Editor's Club also went very well.

They specifically found a very famous celebrity interview reporter to interview him. The final draft also made his "actor" image more solid. It could be said to be a very successful interview. Many friends in the circle came to tell him that the interview article was well written and that they had all read it.

"That's fine," Zeng Qiao nodded immediately.

With the broadcast of 'Phoenix Terrace', Zeng Qiao received a lot of praise, especially regarding the improvement of his acting skills.

This was also Zeng Qiao's greatest hope when he took on this drama.

Starring in a new drama by a big director, any actor would have one hope, which was that perhaps they could win an award.

Zeng Qiao saw such hope in the drama 'Phoenix Terrace'.

Now that the Editor's Club wanted to do a project in this regard, he was naturally willing.

The agent nodded.

He started grumbling again.

"But it's strange, the self-media run by 'Jump Up', how come they haven't pushed a single promotional draft for Lu Yan He?"

Zeng Qiao said: "Lu Yan He's character hasn't entered the explosive period of the plot yet, so what's there to promote? He doesn't lack popularity, and he doesn't need to rely on marketing to break out of the circle. Look at them now; it's clear Lu Yan He hasn't started exerting effort in promotion yet. Isn't Lu Yan He still hanging on the hot search every few days, being watched by many people? Look at that clown Lang Xia, who is always marketing things like being a 'chosen ancient person,' 'innate nobility,' 'kind nature,' and so on. Let's see how much longer he can market. Marketing like this will sooner or later suffer a backlash. Chen Wenwen's incident happened before, and they still want to market him as a simple big boy. I'm impressed."

The agent was between laughter and tears.

"He Yingzi is just this style. She doesn't care if the things you market are good for the artist or not. As long as it can make the artist's popularity higher and make the artist famous, she can whitewash it later," the agent said.

Zeng Qiao: "Only now do I know why, after working with Lu Yan He, you look at why Huang Kai and Jiang Yuqian have such a good relationship with Lu Yan He. People really can't be compared; Lu Yan He is too good at being a person."

"Yes, he never wanted to compete with others for anything. Whether it's the promotion and marketing he does himself or the cooperation in all aspects, he is willing to let people work with him," the agent said, "People like Lang Xia will have fewer and fewer people willing to work with him in the future."

Zeng Qiao: "It's a pity that I have almost no scenes with Lu Yan He. We weren't very familiar even after filming a drama."

"You still have so many promotional schedules later. There are many opportunities if you want to get familiar. You might as well take the initiative to release some of your goodwill," the agent said, "Lu Yan He doesn't look like a very extroverted person who will take the initiative to make friends with you."

Zeng Qiao nodded.

In a recording of a drama crew interview program, Zeng Qiao, Lu Yan He, and several other lead actors sat together to accept an interview from a very famous host.

The host asked: "Zeng Qiao, regarding this cooperation, do you have any regrets?"

Zeng Qiao immediately pointed at Lu Yan He and said: "I regret that I didn't have many scenes with Little Lu."

Lu Yan He looked at Zeng Qiao in surprise.

Huh?

He had always felt that he wasn't very familiar with Zeng Qiao, and he didn't know why Zeng Qiao suddenly mentioned him.

Zeng Qiao explained: "Because I often hear other actors and staff in the crew say that Little Lu acts very well and is very talented, so I have always wanted to have scenes with him."

Lu Yan He waved his hand quickly, very embarrassed, and said: "Brother Qiao, you flatter me."

Others smiled.

The host asked: "What about Little Lu? Do you have any regrets when filming this drama?"

Lu Yan He rolled his eyes and smiled: "It's a pity that I didn't have many scenes with Brother Qiao."

Zeng Qiao laughed and pointed at Lu Yan He.

"I don't actually communicate much with Brother Qiao in private because I'm afraid of disturbing him," Lu Yan He said, "Actually, I watch a lot of Brother Qiao's dramas, especially since Brother Qiao has done more costume dramas before. When I filmed a costume drama for the first time, my acting teacher told me that when acting in costume dramas, I must cast aside the language habits and walking habits of modern people. He recommended several dramas to me, including Brother Qiao's, especially the one Brother Qiao played in 'Eternal Blade'. Because the character I played is a guard, when I was shaping this character, I referred to a lot of Brother Qiao's performance in 'Eternal Blade'."

Zeng Qiao was stunned.

To tell the truth, Zeng Qiao originally thought this was just a session of commercial mutual flattery. He never expected that Lu Yan He had actually watched his dramas and was really learning from him.

Lu Yan He had never told him about this before.

And Lu Yan He saying this in an interview program was undoubtedly propping up Zeng Qiao.

A young actor like Lu Yan He referring to the character he, Zeng Qiao, played before when shaping his own character was enough to prove the success of his previous drama and the success of that character. There was no need to say anything more; the existence of this fact itself was proof.

Few actors would praise another actor like this; it often only happens when a junior respects a senior actor.

After the recording ended, Lu Yan He prepared to go back.

Zeng Qiao suddenly organized everyone to go eat together.

He even specifically came to invite Lu Yan He personally.

"Are you free later? If you are free, let's go eat together. We didn't have a chance to get familiar when filming, so we have to seize the opportunity now," Zeng Qiao smiled and put his arm around Lu Yan He's neck, "After all, you are my little fanboy."

Lu Yan He:??? When did I become your little fanboy?

Zeng Qiao didn't read Lu Yan He's subtext.

After the battle just now, Zeng Qiao had already defaulted Lu Yan He as his little fan.

For such an enthusiastic Zeng Qiao, Lu Yan He naturally didn't refuse and followed him.

Except for Zeng Qiao and Lu Yan He, everyone who came to accept the interview program recording today were great seniors.

Jiang Bin is a pillar actor of the National Theatre.

He Songlian is the same, and he is also a veteran Best Actor.

Wei Fang is a veteran Best Actress who has won Best Actress at the three major awards; her strength is terrifying.

In front of the three of them, Lu Yan He only felt so nervous that he didn't know what to say.

Instead, it was Zeng Qiao who was laughing and joking, without any restraint or nervousness.

Lu Yan He suddenly felt a little regretful that the character he played had almost no scenes with these teachers; otherwise, he would definitely have learned a lot of things.

At the dinner table, Zeng Qiao kept enlivening the atmosphere.

And the several old seniors were also very talkative people. Many things everyone said were some past events in the entertainment industry.

Many people and things were just symbols to Lu Yan He.

But what Lu Yan He didn't expect was that they suddenly mentioned Teacher Jiang Jun.

"Little Lu, you just worked with Jiang Jun on a drama, right?" Wei Fang suddenly looked at Lu Yan He and asked.

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "'Seventeen Layers'."

Wei Fang: "It's also fortunate that his stomach cancer was discovered, and it didn't lead to a worse result. The surgery has now been successfully completed, and he is still recuperating and observing. I don't know when he will be able to come out to film again."

He Songlian said: "I heard that Jiang Jun has been replaced in several dramas later, sigh."

"Still worried about his physical condition," Wei Fang said, "Actually, it's a real pity for Jiang Jun. His acting is no worse than yours, but his luck is not as good as yours, and he can't get any good roles."

Lu Yan He wanted to say that Jiang Jun's role in 'Seventeen Layers' this time was quite good.

Perhaps this time 'Seventeen Layers' is broadcast, Teacher Jiang Jun will receive great attention.

Wei Fang: "It seems that Lian Bei still has a drama looking for him to act in later."

"That's not it. The drama Lian Bei is looking for him for is just a cover, so that Jiang Jun can rest assured to have surgery. Xiao Ran told me," Wei Fang said.

"No, Lian Bei does have another drama looking for him to act in," He Songlian said, "I met Lian Bei before, and Lian Bei said it himself. It's not the drama you said."

"Then what drama is it?" Wei Fang asked, she was a little surprised, "Are there still dramas willing to look for Jiang Jun now? I was just about to say, if you have suitable roles, help him out."

He Songlian shook his head, "I don't know the specifics, but it's said to be a drama with a theme somewhat similar to 'Seventeen Layers', and it still lets Jiang Jun play the lead."

Lu Yan He sat on the side, his heart silently shocked.

So they were talking about his drama.

'Squid Game'.

Lu Yan He certainly wouldn't jump out at this time and shout that the drama you are talking about is the one I wrote.

That would be too stupid.

Zeng Qiao turned his head and asked Lu Yan He in a low voice: "What drama are you filming later?"

Lu Yan He said: "'Friends'."

"Oh, that sitcom, right?" After Zeng Qiao reacted, he subconsciously frowned, obviously not optimistic about this drama either.

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Because it's filmed while airing, so we are preparing to film next month."

Zeng Qiao: "I saw the news saying that you are the screenwriter yourself. You are quite amazing."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said: "Actually, I'm not very familiar with the work of a screenwriter. I made a lot of modifications, and it was only finalized after Hu Siwei supervised it episode by episode."

"Okay, when your script is mature in the future, I'll come and act for you," Zeng Qiao said.

Lu Yan He nodded with a smile and said okay.

Several seniors heard what they said and looked over.

"Little Lu is writing a script?" Wei Fang asked with some surprise.

"Your news is so outdated? It was on a lot of news before, I already knew," Jiang Bin said.

Wei Fang asked: "What script?"

Lu Yan He explained it simply.

"Hey! Sitcom? That's good. This script is the hardest to write. I've always wanted to act in one, but I can't find a good script," Wei Fang said, "You have to go into life more to write a script with the flavor of life."

Lu Yan He smiled.

He Songlian asked: "Is this script of yours about the story of six young people?"

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded.

He Songlian: "Take a good look next month. It's been a long time since I've encountered this kind of drama that only airs on TV stations."

Lu Yan He explained with a smile: "When Hu Siwei supervised the project at the beginning, that was the plan."

Wei Fang: "It's still a bit risky, but this is not your first male lead drama. It's okay, you have 'Seventeen Layers' to back you up."

Lu Yan He didn't say anything either, just nodded with a smile.

Almost no one was optimistic about 'Friends'.

Although Lu Yan He had long been mentally prepared, encountering such voices and attitudes frequently still made Lu Yan He feel a bit disheartened.

Every time after feeling disheartened, he had to cheer himself up and keep his spirits up, not to be discouraged.

Lu Yan He thought to himself, he had encountered this situation, let alone others.

However, an even worse thing happened.

Jingtai did not intend to give 'Friends' prime time.

They were preparing to move 'Friends' from the 8:00 PM slot on Saturday to the 10:00 PM slot on Sunday.

When Hu Siwei received this news, he exploded.

Sunday... 10:00 PM slot...

You have to go to work on Monday, who would watch TV at 10:00 PM on Sunday night?

The drama that was already not optimistic was now adding frost to snow.

Hu Siwei went to question the station about why they wanted to make such a change.

"Clearly, when we made this drama, it was for exclusive broadcast. It is the only one among all the programs on Jingtai now that is exclusively broadcast by the TV station, and you are doing this!"

However, the station's attitude was very clear: no changes would be made, because the advertisers were not satisfied with the prime time on Saturday night.

Advertisers were not optimistic about this sitcom starring Lu Yan He.

Originally, the TV station's advertising revenue was declining day by day. Now, the remaining advertisers were those that Jingtai needed to maintain a good relationship with. When the advertisers clearly stated that they were unwilling to let this drama air in the Saturday prime time, the station had to take it seriously.

Hu Siwei was so angry that his eyes turned red, but it was of no avail.

"Then at least move it to 8:00 PM on Sunday night, how can it be 10:00 PM!" He said, "That would be better to pronounce the death penalty in advance, no need to air it at all."

A group of people argued.

Lu Yan He heard the news from Chen Ziyan and felt a bit helpless.

Such things happening in the entertainment industry seemed to be nothing more normal.

Chen Ziyan said: "I am preparing to communicate with several brands you endorse to see if they are willing to place advertisements on Jingtai."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said: "Forget it, Sister Ziyan. We have suffered and lost, and we still have to pay for it. Why let them take advantage of this."

Fortunately, Hu Siwei still had Xu Bin behind him.

After several rounds of mediation, the broadcast schedule of 'Friends' was finally adjusted to 9:00 PM on Sunday night.

At least it wasn't an outrageous time slot like 10:00 PM.

During the hit broadcast of 'Phoenix Terrace', 'Friends' also began to do warm-up advertisements.

So far, it hadn't started filming, there was no material, and the warm-up advertisements were just scenes of Lu Yan He typing on the keyboard and a few people sitting together for a meeting.

The copy was also quite shocking.

"The first work of genius actor Lu Yan He as the best male lead!"

"The first work of Zhenhua University Wenxue Academy student Lu Yan He as a screenwriter!"

"The first work launched by popular actor Lu Yan He after 'Phoenix Terrace'!"

Along with these magnificent words, the broadcasted scenes were Lu Yan He communicating with everyone in the conference room about the filming of this drama, scenes of Lu Yan He typing on the keyboard, and scenes of them sitting in the audition room watching actors audition.

Lu Yan He saw this video on the Internet and was stunned.

Let alone him, even Chen Ziyan was stunned.

Jingtai doing this was completely putting all the hopes for the ratings of 'Friends' on Lu Yan He alone.

"But how can you do this! How much pressure are you trying to put on Lu Yan He?!" Chen Ziyan said, "You can't do things like this, right?"

Hu Siwei himself was also stunned.

"This is not the warm-up advertisement we made," his head was big, "I'll go communicate."

Chen Ziyan said: "If you push Lu Yan He to this point, then anyway, this drama hasn't been filmed, so just don't start filming!"

At this moment, Chen Ziyan acted like a hysterical tigress with a big temper.

She seemed to be about to rush to Jingtai the next moment.

Not only facing Hu Siwei, Chen Ziyan also directly called the people at Jingtai one by one and threw a tantrum.

As a result, this advertisement was aired on Jingtai about four times and then taken off the shelves, and never appeared again.

However, this video went crazy on the Internet.

Even Lu Yan He's fans couldn't bear to look at it; they couldn't stand this exaggerated promotional style.

In the internet age, what kind of people do netizens hate the most?

People who pretend to be cool.

Lu Yan He presented the appearance of a person pretending to be cool in this video.

Although this was not Lu Yan He's own intention to pretend to be cool, it was Jingtai's own unauthorized action, but how would others know so much, and how would others know clearly whether it was you pretending to be cool.

Anyway, the video was broadcast, it praised you, it propped you up, so you should be nailed to the pillar of shame and be humiliated by us.

Lu Yan He had never had a time when he dared not go online.

This time, he encountered it.

Except for class, Lu Yan He stayed in the dormitory and didn't go anywhere, not even the library.

The dormitory was also very quiet.

Mao Jiayang and the others were cautious when entering and leaving, as if afraid of disturbing Lu Yan He.

Now the voices of Lu Yan He being mocked on the Internet were so loud that they were like a snowball—rolling bigger and bigger, without any intention of stopping.

People who are familiar with Lu Yan He certainly know that Lu Yan He is not this kind of character, and it is impossible for him to praise himself like this.

However, the internet world is like this, you have no way to explain.

This time, even Chen Siqi didn't stand up to say anything.

Couldn't say anything.

Could only stand at attention and take the beating.

Chen Ziyan tried to suppress the heat, but found that she couldn't, so she gave up.

Lest she forcibly suppress the heat and suppress everyone's greater disgust.

How to do public relations?

The advice Chen Ziyan received was to silently wait for the heat to pass.

Lu Yan He is a person who cares very much about his face. If he didn't care about his face, he wouldn't have such high requirements for himself. But in this matter, he felt it was not a question of face, but a question of how he could not face it at all.

The overwhelming ridicule Lu Yan He suffered also indirectly affected his performance in 'Phoenix Terrace'.

In the next two days, regarding the discussion of the drama 'Phoenix Terrace', whenever it involved him, it was a question of irony and mockery.

Lu Yan He directly withdrew from the promotion team of 'Phoenix Terrace'.

'Phoenix Terrace' also expressed understanding.

But of course, there were also busybodies who asked them what they thought about Lu Yan He's matter.

Zeng Qiao only said one sentence: "Sometimes, the things actors can control are much less than everyone imagines. Based on my understanding of Lu Yan He, he is not the kind of person who boasts about himself."

However, under the general trend, Zeng Qiao's words did not cause much influence.

Time, can only wait for time to let everything pass.

Lu Yan He's public schedule was all stopped.

Originally, at the end of the year, many activities came to invite Lu Yan He, wanting Lu Yan He to attend.

Chen Ziyan couldn't refuse them all.

Now that such a thing happened, there were fewer activities looking for Lu Yan He. For those who came, Chen Ziyan politely declined, and the other party would not force it anymore.

It could be considered a blessing in disguise.

Lu Yan He stayed honestly in school, attending classes, reading books, and then preparing for the filming of 'Friends' with Hu Siwei and the others.

There were also a few people in school who were sarcastic to Lu Yan He, such as Ji Qianxing.

Once, during the waiting time for the whole class to prepare for class, she ridiculed Lu Yan He and said: "Lu Yan He, although we also know that you need to promote yourself and market yourself as an artist, don't easily bring the word 'Zhenhua' with you, okay? It makes it seem like our Zhenhua students are all very frivolous. When the time comes, if 'Friends' is too bad, others will think that Zhenhua Wenxue Academy can only cultivate students of this level."

Lu Yan He's fists under the table were clenched.

He remained silent and didn't speak.

Other classmates didn't speak either.

Even Zhou Mukai and Miao Yue, who had a relatively good relationship with Lu Yan He, didn't know what to say at this time.

Whatever they said was wrong.

If Lu Yan He seemed to have never encountered a low point since his college entrance examination results came out in June last year, he finally ushered in the second darkest moment of his acting career.

Sometimes, the darkest moment of life has little to do with what you have done. Even things done by others may drag you into it.

And you can't do anything, you can only find a way to get through it.

However, fortunately, time is a good medicine.

Fortunately, this matter is ultimately just some ridicule in public opinion.

Slowly, with the occurrence of various other things, everyone's ridicule of Lu Yan He in this matter slowly passed.

No one mentioned it again.

Lu Yan He went to record the second season of the third stage of 'Young Days'.

Li Zhenzhen obviously specifically made a segment for Lu Yan He, setting up an interview segment in the program.

The director group asked each artist a "sharp and mean" question.

When it came to Lu Yan He, the director group asked directly: "Regarding the promotional film on the Internet that claims you are a genius actor and screenwriter, which is ridiculed by everyone, do you have anything to respond to?"

Lu Yan He had a moment of distraction on his face, then raised the corners of his mouth, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Don't say everyone is ridiculing me, even I want to ridicule myself. There is nothing to say. Since an advertisement film has been broadcast, and I am the protagonist in it, I will just stand at attention and take the beating."

He thought he could finish these words with a smile and use a self-deprecating attitude to resolve it, but as soon as he turned around, the grievance in his heart at that moment gushed out.

He returned to his seat, lowered his head, and didn't turn around for a long time.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang saw his strangeness and moved to his front one after another, blocking him.

The director group and others noticed the strangeness one after another.

At this time, Lu Yan He had already sorted out his expression, took a deep breath, and turned around to face the camera again.

He had already started smiling again.

When doing the backup interview, mentioning his views on this segment, Li Zhibai rolled his eyes directly.

"What can I say?"

The director group was stunned.

Li Zhibai said: "Regarding Lu Yan He's matter, from beginning to end, Lu Yan He didn't know how the promotional film was made, and didn't communicate with him and his team, so it was broadcast by Jingtai like this. As a result, it caused such a big disturbance. Jingtai hid behind the scenes like a tortoise, and Lu Yan He was here alone bearing the artillery fire, as if Lu Yan He wanted to promote himself like this."

"I'm really f***ing pissed. If he wanted to promote himself, what couldn't he promote? Do you think 'Friends' is the first script he wrote? The movie script he wrote was favored by Jia Long and Chen Bige to be made into a movie. Does he need to use a sitcom script to prove his ability? Many things are not what you see at all. Some people see that this matter was carried by Lu Yan He alone, so they bully him because of his good character and bully him for not exposing everything!"

"It's disgusting. Who was it that held the treatment of breaking industry records to ask Lu Yan He to write the script? If he really didn't have any skills, would they be sick in the head to give Lu Yan He such high treatment to let him write the script? Lu Yan He is the person I know who has the most capital to promote himself but never deliberately promotes himself. He is the kindest person I have ever seen and the person who takes himself the least seriously. He was scolded like this, and he still remembered to tell us not to help him say anything."

Li Zhibai became more and more angry in the backup interview room, his voice getting louder and louder, his emotions so excited that he seemed to want to tear this place down.

Lu Yan He heard the movement, walked in, and shouted "Li Zhibai".

Li Zhibai saw him and closed his mouth.

Lu Yan He shouted Yan Liang.

Yan Liang came over and looked at them without knowing why.

Lu Yan He said to him: "You take Li Zhibai away, he is crazy."

Li Zhibai walked away with an unhappy roll of his eyes, obviously very angry, his nose still panting.

Lu Yan He took a deep breath, turned his head to look at the PD in charge of the backup interview, and said: "Please delete this part, don't broadcast it."

The PD looked at the young man in front of her—no, he was already a young man.

She listened to Li Zhibai's crazy output just now, and only then did she know how much grievance Lu Yan He had suffered in this disturbance.

And at this moment, he was light and breezy, as if he didn't take anything to heart.

The PD sighed and said: "I'll go tell the director."

"Well, I will also tell the director," Lu Yan He said, "Sorry for the trouble, please make sure this part is not leaked, otherwise it will cause him trouble."

The PD nodded.

Finally, things passed.

Half a month passed, and Lu Yan He's scenes in 'Phoenix Terrace' also increased.

The truth of his life experience behind his silence, the blood feud he shouldered, his self-contradiction and struggle, all revealed themselves to the audience.

For several consecutive episodes, Lu Yan He's entanglement, helplessness, and self-anger in the drama, until he finally made up his mind to take revenge, finally decided to cast aside everything after knowing the Commandery Prince, a scene of him alone in the shadows, a one-minute long shot without any editing points, from expressionless to bloodshot eyes, blue veins bursting on his forehead, and a tear falling from the corner of his eye.

The GIF made from this scene climbed to the first place on the hot search.

Someone silently said: Not to mention anything else, Lu Yan He's acting in this scene... is indeed good.

The public opinion on the Internet about Lu Yan He has quietly changed again.

Since the disturbance of Jingtai's promotional film, Lu Yan He has not updated his social platform for nineteen days.

After this day, Lu Yan He did not update either.