Chapter 302: Both Nominated

Because of the successive airing of *Phoenix Terrace* and *Friends*, Jingtai was far ahead among a group of traditional TV stations in the fourth quarter.

And *Friends* still had six episodes left to air. With its terrifying ratings that could be achieved even by rebroadcasting, it could obviously also make a good start for the first quarter of next year.

It even drove Jingtai's ratings market because of the TV exclusive broadcast, which was something no one expected.

Except for Lu Yan He, several other actors rode the east wind and appeared at various galas and activity sites at the end of the year, with their popularity rising and their status rising.

And Jingtai also decided at this time to take the contracts for the next two seasons to find Lu Yan He, Yan Liang, and Wen Minglan.

Yin Xincheng and the other three newcomers signed the intentional contracts for the second and third seasons directly when they signed the first season.

Only Yan Liang and Wen Minglan didn't.

Now Jingtai is somewhat regretful, because the pay of Yan Liang and Wen Minglan is not as simple as doubling, but to add a zero directly behind, realizing the ruthless words Lu Yan He released to Zhou Ping'an back then.

But this is not the place where Jingtai regrets the most. The place where it regrets the most is handling the relationship with Lu Yan He like this.

The visible benefits of *Friends* finally made them decide to bow their heads and apologize to Lu Yan He after several months.

Xu Bin specially brought thick gifts and others to set up a game with Lu Yan He, expressing his apologies to him, and asking him to return to the production of the sequel to *Friends*.

Lu Yan He already knew who was making trouble in the past, and Xu Bin, as the biggest pusher of *Friends*, he might not have used 100% of his strength to do this drama—Chen Ziyan told Lu Yan He that Xu Bin probably only made a signal of "revitalizing the TV station" when doing this drama, to add such a stroke to his resume, and didn't really treat it as a "revitalization work." However, Xu Bin would definitely not deliberately make trouble for this drama.

Lu Yan He shook his head directly and said: "Station Manager Xu, I have decided to withdraw. In fact, being able to get to know you through this drama and get your favor, I am already honored, but I am too young and don't have enough ability to mediate these complex things. Back then, the life and death of *Friends* were all hung on my head, and I realized that no matter what, this is not something I can afford now. So, even if it is successful again, I will not continue to be bound with it."

Once Lu Yan He said this, everyone felt his determination.

Including Xu Bin.

Xu Bin said: "Little Lu, your cooperation with our Jingtai actually started from me more or less. Whether it is *Seventeen Layers* or *Friends*, they all started from me. In the past cooperation, some people deliberately destroyed it, which was our negligence, but such a situation will not appear in the future. The success achieved by this drama *Friends* is very difficult to replicate. Whether it is us or yourself, since such a huge success has appeared in front of us, why don't we see how we can ice-break? You raise requirements and conditions, just raise them, and I will help you talk to the station."

Lu Yan He smiled and looked at Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan also smiled. "Station Manager Xu, it's really a coincidence. As early as when Little Lu said he would not participate in the sequel to *Friends* anymore, other TV stations and film and television companies have already come to make cooperation with Little Lu. Later, Little Lu has four movies, one S-level big drama, and a new sitcom to do in his hands, and he also promised others to film new movies. The schedule is also not working."

The implication is that the hand you stretched out to make peace was stretched out too late.

Xu Bin's face was silent and melancholy.

Chen Ziyan and Lu Yan He reached a consensus before coming to eat this meal.

They have no deep hatred with Xu Bin, and it is okay to keep harmony on the surface, but there is no need to feel that they owe him any favors. Lu Yan He had such a big incident, even if Xu Bin was negligent at the beginning and didn't know who was stirring up this matter, at least he had the ability and influence to change Jingtai's subsequent practices. However, throughout the process, he was like a mute, always playing dead, letting Lu Yan He be pushed to the center of the storm and mocked by thousands of people.

To put it bluntly, Chen Ziyan just felt that Lu Yan He had not reached the point where he could directly ignore Xu Bin, otherwise he would be too lazy to come to eat this meal. Coming to eat this meal is purely to give him face.

But things outside this meal, forget it.

When Xu Bin wanted to say something else, Chen Ziyan's phone suddenly buzzed.

She took a look and immediately picked up the phone. "Sorry, I'll answer a call."

She picked up the phone and walked to the other side of the private room.

Lu Yan He continued to sit at the table, looking at Hu Siwei and Bai Jingnian with a smile.

"Producer Hu, Director Bai, after *Friends*..."

Hu Siwei looked at Xu Bin and smiled. "Rest for a while, these few months are so tired that my bones seem to be dismantled."

"That's true." Lu Yan He nodded. "When does *Seventeen Layers* plan to air?"

Hu Siwei said: "It is expected to be in the second half of next year. The difficulty of post-production is relatively large."

This project is a project led by Jiang Lan. Hu Siwei, the producer, was arranged by Jingtai to balance the factional forces of this project. He wears the name of producer, but his power is much smaller than *Friends*. He just hangs a name for post-production and doesn't interfere much.

Hu Siwei said: "*Seventeen Layers* is also planned to be made into a series."

Lu Yan He smiled. "It seems so."

Hu Siwei asked: "Then will you participate in the sequel to *Seventeen Layers*?"

Lu Yan He pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know either. *Seventeen Layers* is better than *Friends*. It only needs to develop stories under the framework of this worldview. Changing a batch of actors is also attractive. The natural advantage of the subject, maybe after *Seventeen Layers* airs, when developing the sequel, it is found that the pay of the few of us actors is too high, it is not worth it, and simply start a new stove."

Lu Yan He's words are not unreasonable.

Chen Bige, Lu Yan He, Li Yuefeng, and Shen Yue were already first-tier stars before acting in this drama, and their pay was not low. If *Seventeen Layers* exploded to the point of developing a second season, then their pay would also follow, including the pay of the production team such as directors and other actors would also follow. Once the production cost is high, the rate of return may not reach Jingtai's goal, and the risk will also rise suddenly.

Xu Bin looked at Lu Yan He and said: "You just said that you are still preparing another sitcom? Are you writing the script?"

Lu Yan He nodded. "Yes."

Xu Bin asked: "We can still discuss the cooperation of this project. This time your project will get support not lower than *Seventeen Layers*."

"Station Manager Xu." Lu Yan He smiled. "Although I am young, I also want face. I just said I wouldn't cooperate with you on the sequel to *Friends* in front, and then I immediately cooperated with you on another sitcom behind. This is not changing the soup without changing the medicine, making me slap my own face."

Lu Yan He's words couldn't be more direct.

Xu Bin frowned slightly, just about to say something, at this time, Chen Ziyan walked over with a full face of smiles and said: "Yan He, good news."

Everyone looked up at Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan walked behind Lu Yan He's chair, put one hand on Lu Yan He's shoulder, looking as if she was talking to Lu Yan He, but her eyes looked at everyone at the table.

"Just received news, *Sanshan* was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Xitu'er Film Festival. The director invites you to participate in this film festival with the production team."

Lu Yan He looked up at Chen Ziyan in surprise.

Others also showed surprise one after another.

Xitu'er?

*Sanshan*?

Chen Ziyan sat down after saying this and said: "This is really good news. You can go to the Xitu'er Film Festival for your first movie appearance."

Lu Yan He himself was a bit confused.

"Too surprised."

Chen Ziyan said before that *Sanshan* would be sent to the Xitu'er Film Festival, but Chinese-language films have not had many gains at the Xitu'er Film Festival, making everyone dare not hold too high expectations for the Xitu'er Film Festival.

"Congratulations." Although Xu Bin also had a moment of loss of soul, he immediately restored his smile and raised his glass. "This must be congratulated well. Has the news been made public?"

Chen Ziyan shook her head and said: "Temporarily not, it should be officially announced in two days. The director just received a call from the film festival committee."

The expressions of Xu Bin and the others looking at Lu Yan He changed a bit.

Is Lu Yan He stepping into the film circle with one foot now?

In the current film and television environment, with the development of streaming media, the status and commercial value of drama actors are no longer lower than film actors. However, when it comes to reputation and industry recognition, film is actually better.

After all, it has accumulated for so many years, and it is also more representative of cultural influence than dramas.

From a global perspective, film is easier to be accepted by other markets than dramas.

This is the result of past industrial development, and this result created an objective environment where film is more advanced than dramas.

On the road of actors, Lu Yan He has a very key node so far, which is the node of winning the Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Tripod Awards.

After winning the award, the industry's positioning and attitude toward him changed, treating him as an actor seriously, rather than a popular star or idol.

This is very critical to Lu Yan He's actor path.

And the resume of a work shortlisted for an international top film festival like the Xitu'er Film Festival will also become a node on Lu Yan He's acting path.

This represents Lu Yan He's first step into the international arena on his acting path.

The exam week ended with the end of Lu Yan He's last exam.

Last school year, he spent a lot of effort studying, and finally only ranked twenty-ninth in the major, in the middle position.

I don't know how he did this semester.

Fortunately, now the scores and rankings don't have much decisive significance for him.

He doesn't need to rely on this achievement and ranking to compete for things.

Including various honors in the school, Lu Yan He has never applied for them.

On the one hand, considering that he spent a lot of time on things other than learning, acting work occupied a lot of his energy. On the other hand, if he applied for those honors, superimposing his acting work achievements and social influence, it would be too unfair to other students.

However, except for him, the other three people in his dormitory are still academic masters, and they are also academic masters in a group of academic masters in Zhenhua, all of whom are in the top ten of the major. The day the exam week ended was exactly the time when the third episode of *Friends* aired.

The ratings stabilized at 1.398%, without continuing to rise significantly, nor falling, as if it had reached the ceiling of the ratings it could achieve.

Of course, being able to achieve such ratings on Jingtai is already a well-deserved popular drama, and no one dares to hope that the ratings can break 2.

In an era like this, breaking 2 in ratings is a unique achievement of the Central Station.

And after the exam week ended, Lu Yan He also appeared in public activities after a long absence.

It was an activity held by a fashion magazine.

Lu Yan He was invited by the editor-in-chief to attend as the spokesperson for math.

math is one of the sponsors of this activity.

In this activity, Lu Yan He met many people, Chen Bige, Jiang Yuqian, Huang Kairen, Li Yuefeng...

These stars who had worked with him all appeared in this star-studded activity.

After all, it was an activity held by a top domestic fashion magazine, once a year, the magazine needed these stars to stand on the stage, and the stars also needed to have a good relationship with this magazine.

After reaching such a top position, a magazine is no longer just a magazine. The resources it holds are something no star can scoff at, including Lu Yan He.

The fashion circle is one of the circles with the greatest integration with the film and television circle.

It is also affecting the film and television circle in turn.

Lu Yan He's attendance made the magazine side very satisfied, giving the highest standard of reception treatment.

From pick-up to accommodation, from styling to appearance order and seat position, the magazine side brought out the best standards Lu Yan He could enjoy.

This is because Lu Yan He has been too popular in the past half year—but he hasn't shown up much, which makes his appearance tonight become more rare and precious.

In plain words, Lu Yan He is giving them a big face.

He didn't go to other people's activities, but chose to come here!

In fact, Lu Yan He didn't have so many considerations—Chen Ziyan had them, but didn't tell Lu Yan He. For Lu Yan He, it was just that his exam week ended, his time was abundant, so he could come out to participate in activities. Coincidentally, this activity was the closest in time.

The six actors of *Friends* also appeared together in a public activity for the first time after this drama aired.

The group photo of the six of them became one of the most concerned group photos that night.

Lu Yan He was also very popular before, but he found that this was a bit different from the enthusiastic welcome he received tonight.

Almost every actor greeted him with an enthusiasm that brought in true feelings.

Lu Yan He thought about it and realized it. This is because of his screenwriter identity.

As a screenwriter, he wrote a sitcom that was praised by everyone. In the future, other works he wrote will definitely be projects that other actors focus on and strive for.

Huang Kairen also asked him with a smile when the script he promised before would be ready.

Lu Yan He said: "It is being prepared."

Huang Kairen was a bit surprised. "So fast?"

Lu Yan He said: "Of course, but there are a lot of scripts I'm writing in my hand, and that one is still in the work of organizing and preparing."

Huang Kairen nodded and said: "Then you are also very fast. It's okay, my schedule for next year and the year after is almost full, and I can't film it anyway, so don't worry."

Lu Yan He nodded with a smile.

Because of the successful transformation of *The Golden Age*, Huang Kairen's acting path is now wider than before, and there are more acting contracts.

For male actors of his level, acting contracts will basically be arranged until a year later.

Lu Yan He is actually about the same—if Chen Ziyan hadn't stopped helping him take on dramas.

Huang Kairen asked again in a low voice: "The sequel to *Friends*, are you really not participating?"

Lu Yan He nodded. "Not participating."

Huang Kairen stopped talking.

"What's wrong, Brother Huang?" Lu Yan He asked. "It's okay, just say whatever you want to say to me."

Huang Kairen sighed. "I want to tell you, don't be impulsive sometimes. Although we all know that you have suffered great grievances, the benefits that can be held in your own hands are the most real. There is no need for a big hit drama that you carried alone, but when dividing the cake later, there is no share for you."

Huang Kairen said this from the bottom of his heart.

Being able to say such things to Lu Yan He also means he really treats him as a friend.

Lu Yan He said: "Brother Huang, saying this might make you feel too confident, but I really think so. Compared to the sequel to *Friends*, my own time is more valuable."

Huang Kairen showed a surprised smile.

Lu Yan He said: "The dramas starring the two of us in the future will definitely not be worse than *Friends*."

Huang Kairen nodded. "Okay, since you said so, I definitely believe it. I'm waiting for you to bring me to fly again, little genius."

Lu Yan He hugged Huang Kairen.

Many words don't need to be said anymore.

January 2nd.

A heavy snow suddenly struck in the middle of the night.

The quilt was very thick and warm, and there was no feeling when sleeping.

But when Lu Yan He woke up in the morning, seeing the whole world outside covered by white snow, he felt inexplicably surprised.

The school hasn't officially started the holiday, but many students who finished the exam week have already left, and the roommates have also returned home early. The tickets later are very difficult to grab.

So, Lu Yan He also returned to Huiziyuanqiao from the school dormitory.

However, Huiziyuanqiao is also only him alone now.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang's schedules are very tight, and there is almost no time when they return.

Especially Li Zhibai, who received an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala in November and will appear in a sketch on the Spring Festival Gala. When he has no other work arrangements, he is basically rehearsing with the actors.

Lu Yan He went to brush his teeth and wash his face, and cooked a bowl of dumplings for himself to eat.

Rarely free.

He sat in front of the window with the bowl, watching the snow falling rustlingly while eating dumplings.

Watching the snow falling endlessly, Lu Yan He felt a different kind of calmness.

When eating the last few dumplings, when he bit down, it was cold. He came back to his senses, hurried to speed up, and finished it in three or two strokes.

The phone suddenly rang at this time.

It's only eight o'clock in the morning, who would call at this time?

Lu Yan He went to get the phone, and when he saw the caller, it turned out to be Sister Ziyan.

"Sister Ziyan?"

"The nominations for the Blue Ribbon Awards are out. You were shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, the main competition list of the Xitu'er Film Festival was also announced." Chen Ziyan's tone was very cheerful. "Congratulations, both works were shortlisted."

For these two shortlists, one is very likely to be shortlisted, and the other is news that has been known for a long time. Lu Yan He really didn't have much surprise.

Of course, still very happy.

Lu Yan He said with a smile: "Thank you Sister Ziyan, you sent me good news early in the morning."

Chen Ziyan said: "I really hope I can send you such good news every morning."

Lu Yan He hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the snow outside the window, and then saw a faint reflection on the glass. He saw that the corners of his mouth were always raised and hadn't been put down.

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