Chapter 303: If You Have the Ability, Don't Be a Coward!

"When did Lu Yanhe go to film a movie?"

"I heard it was just a guest appearance."

"Guest appearance? Then why is his momentum like this movie is starred by him?"

"He is the only star in this movie, others are newcomers."

"Isn't this fraud? Clearly not the lead,

"That's what they say, but the production team needs to promote it, right? If it were you, wouldn't you go after the biggest star for promotion?"

"Isn't that easy to get a backlash from?"

The above conversation took place among some entertainment reporters.

At this very moment, they were staking out the airport, waiting for Lu Yanhe to appear.

He had a public schedule today: going to South Korea to participate in the promotional activities for the broadcast of "Phoenix Terrace."

A South Korean video website had purchased the rights to "Phoenix Terrace" and would be launching it in South Korea.

Ordinarily, Lu Yanhe, as a supporting actor, would not participate in such an event. Moreover, although Lu Yanhe was popular now, he was only popular domestically; he had no fame internationally, and to the South Koreans, he was even more of an unknown amateur.

But Huangcheng and Chen Lingling insisted on bringing him along, provided he was free.

Lu Yanhe was indeed free, so he prepared to go to South Korea with Huangcheng and Chen Lingling.

Also traveling with them were Ceng Qiao and Wei Fang.

Wei Fang was someone specifically requested by the other side; many of the dramas she starred in were very popular in South Korea, and she was one of the Chinese actors with the highest recognition there.

As soon as Lu Yanhe got out of the car, he was surrounded by reporters.

Zou Dong and a few temporarily arranged bodyguards blocked them off.

"Yan He, "Three Mountains" has been shortlisted for the Xitu'er International Film Festival. Will you be attending the film festival with the cast?"

"Yan He, the viewership rating for the fourth episode of "Friends" broke 2.0, and the Jingtai station announced that they will launch a sequel. Are you really not planning to return?"

"Yan He, you are going to South Korea to promote your new drama this time; when will you be back?"

Everyone's questions were coming from all directions.

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment, took off his sunglasses, and greeted everyone with a smile.

"On such a cold day, do you really have to be this dedicated? Isn't it cold for you to be squatting here waiting for me?" Lu Yanhe asked with a smile.

The reporters said, "We make a living this way, what else can we do?"

Another reporter said, "Who told you not to show your face much? You finally showed up a few days ago, and then you disappeared again. Why don't you follow the main team of "Friends" to do promotions? If you did the promotions, maybe the broadcast results would be even better."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "They're already very good, how much better do they need to be?"

The reporter said, "Maybe it could break 3.0."

"I don't have such high expectations," Lu Yanhe said. "The current viewership ratings are already quite good, and I am very satisfied. Besides, everyone is very popular right now, so it's fine if I'm absent for a bit. I'm really too tired."

The reporter said, "You haven't really come out to show your face, how are you tired?"

Lu Yanhe looked emotional and said, "I'm still a student, and I just went through a terrifying exam week. How could you know that before the exams, I was studying day and night?"

The reporters were speechless for a moment.

Lu Yanhe waved his hand, "Alright, alright, you guys should go back quickly. Don't squat here; it's such a cold day, and you're not even going inside."

The reporters chuckled.

Lu Yanhe said, "If you really have any questions you want to ask me, there are many channels. "Jump Up" has a Q&A column, and there's my social media. You can all find me there. If I see them and can answer, I will. No need to run so far; it's too much of a hassle."

"We want an exclusive," the reporters said with a smile.

Lu Yanhe looked at them, "You guys are a big group, at least ten media outlets, right? That's not an exclusive either."

The reporters who were teased by Lu Yanhe looked at each other, not knowing what to say again.

Lu Yanhe's train of thought was too unique. Mainly, no one wanted to hear Lu Yanhe say these things.

Lu Yanhe waved his hand, "No, I have to catch my flight, I have to go in. Let's chat next time."

"You haven't said yet, will you go to the Xitu'er International Film Festival with the cast?" a reporter asked.

"Oh, I only made a cameo in the movie, whether I go or not isn't important. You guys should go and pay more attention to the leads; they're just not popular right now, but once the movie is released, they will be." Lu Yanhe gave them a cheering gesture, "This is the best time to grab an exclusive. Good luck!"

The reporters: "..."

They looked at each other.

Lu Yanhe's reaction today... was really a bit beyond their expectations.

They never thought that Lu Yanhe's reaction would be like this.

And, Lu Yanhe didn't seem to be like this before. How did he suddenly become as lively as a rabbit? He even cheered them on and told them to hurry up and grab an exclusive.

Lu Yanhe arrived at the waiting lounge and met up with Director Chen Lingling and the others.

"Hi, Director!" Lu Yanhe greeted her enthusiastically as soon as he entered.

Chen Lingling smiled and stood up to give him a hug.

"It's been a while. You've been so popular lately, yet you still managed to find time to accompany us to South Korea." Chen Lingling said, "Didn't your agent take advantage of you being so popular during this time to book more work for you?"

"My agent knows that I need to rest," Lu Yanhe said seriously. "I was too tired a while ago, both physically and mentally. Now I must have a good rest."

"Then doesn't going to South Korea mean you're working again?" Chen Lingling asked.

"It's okay, I'll just treat it as a vacation," Lu Yanhe said. "Anyway, the people over there don't know me, and I've never been abroad before. It's my first time, so I can go and have some fun."

Chen Lingling asked in surprise, "Is this your first time going abroad?"

"Yes," Lu Yanhe nodded.

At this moment, Huangcheng came over with two cups of coffee.

He saw that Lu Yanhe had arrived too, smiled, and said, "Perfect, one cup for each of you. I'll go get another one."

Lu Yanhe quickly took it, "Thank you, Brother Cheng."

Chen Lingling pointed at Lu Yanhe with a surprised look and said, "We must take good care of him this time; it's his first time going abroad."

Huangcheng asked, "Where is Zou Dong? Isn't your assistant going to accompany you?"

Lu Yanhe: "He's outside."

Because Zou Dong didn't have a first-class ticket, he couldn't enter the VIP lounge.

Huangcheng said to Chen Lingling, "Don't worry about Little Lu. He has someone to take care of him. It's his first time abroad, but his assistant is very capable. Chen Ziyan already told me, so we don't need to worry."

Chen Lingling said to Lu Yanhe with a serious face, "When I first went abroad, I got lost immediately. My English wasn't good either, and I didn't even know how to ask people where I was."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

Huangcheng: "Little Lu is a top student from Zhenhua, his English won't be bad at all. He won't get lost like you."

Chen Lingling pouted and glanced at Huangcheng, meaning that Huangcheng was being excessive by saying that in front of Lu Yanhe.

Huangcheng smiled, waved his hand, and went to get coffee for himself.

The little feeling between the two just now made Lu Yanhe a bit surprised. Although he already knew from Chen Ziyan that there was an unusual relationship between Chen Lingling and Huangcheng, Lu Yanhe still felt that the emotion presented between Huangcheng and Chen Lingling was more special than an ordinary relationship.

Ceng Qiao and Wei Fang arrived one after another about ten minutes later.

As soon as Wei Fang arrived, she was all smiles and said, "Director, why are there only a few of us going to South Korea to promote "Phoenix Terrace" this time? Why not just call everyone?"

Chen Lingling said, "The organizers only gave us that much budget, so we can only call a few of us."

Wei Fang curled her lip, "I thought so. They even required me to only bring one assistant. If I bring more, I have to cover the expenses myself. So stingy."

"Then how many assistants do you want to bring?" Chen Lingling said helplessly.

"It's not that I must bring more, it's just that I haven't received such a request in a long time, which makes me feel a bit strange." Wei Fang said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Director, this time "Phoenix Terrace" is being launched in South Korea, and we are going to do promotions. Besides the fan meeting, are there any other arrangements?"

Chen Lingling said, "We have to appear on two variety shows."

The trip to South Korea this time was for five days in total. Excluding the two days for travel, there were three scheduled activities over three days.

Lu Yanhe had already received the notification of the schedule, so he was a bit surprised that Wei Fang seemed like she hadn't received it.

Immediately, Chen Lingling said.

"These were communicated to your management team a long time ago. Didn't they tell you?"

"How would I manage so much? Usually, they just take the work, and I follow their arrangements." Wei Fang said, "I never care about these trivial arrangements anyway, and I can't remember them clearly."

Wei Fang seemed to have a kind of free-spirited and casual air about her, but Lu Yanhe felt that it didn't seem like true free-spiritedness and casualness; it inexplicably revealed a sense of pride and willfulness.

But then again, she had the capital to be proud and willful.

Ceng Qiao sat next to Lu Yanhe and asked in a low voice, "I want to ask, did Li Lili and Hu Fan finally get back together in the end?"

Lu Yanhe was still muttering about Wei Fang when he suddenly heard Ceng Qiao's question and was stunned.

Ceng Qiao said, "I've been following "Friends" closely, and I really want to know the ending of this story."

Lu Yanhe laughed and whispered, "Brother Qiao, I can't give you any spoilers. You should keep watching the show."

Ceng Qiao glanced at him sideways and said, "I can't know in advance?"

"Giving spoilers to a loyal viewer who is desperate to know what happens next is the most immoral behavior," Lu Yanhe said with a smile.

Ceng Qiao: "..."

"That's too much," Ceng Qiao continued to look at him sideways.

Lu Yanhe asked in a low voice, "Brother Qiao, you've been so busy lately, do you still have time to watch the show?"

The hit of "Phoenix Terrace" brought a busy turn of the year for Ceng Qiao.

Lu Yanhe would see news about Ceng Qiao on the trending topics from time to time.

Just the fan meetings for "Phoenix Terrace" had been held about five or six times.

Ceng Qiao said, "Although I can't catch the most recent ones, Jingtai replays it twice a day, so I can more or less keep up. Your show isn't long either; one episode is only twenty minutes, and it's relaxing. If I have nothing to do, I just sit there and watch it for a while, and it's done."

"Brother Qiao, when you rest, do you prefer to stay by yourself, or do you like to go out and find people to hang out with?"

"Half and half."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Ceng Qiao: "What about you?"

"I'm quite a homebody," Lu Yanhe said. "If I'm not going out with very close friends, I usually stay by myself."

"That's quite good. If you can enjoy the state of being by yourself, that's quite happy," Ceng Qiao said. "However, can you really stay by yourself? I thought there were always many people around you. You don't seem to live alone either, right? Are you still living with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang?"

"Yes, but they are also very busy. We rarely have time to meet up now," Lu Yanhe said.

"That's true. The three of you should be very busy right now. You're the only one who's slightly better off, right? I see you haven't really come out much," Ceng Qiao said, looking at Lu Yanhe. "Even my agent said that you are in the middle of your promotional period, but you don't look like an actor in a promotional period at all."

"It's almost enough," Lu Yanhe said. "I don't want to work around the clock every day. It's quite good as it is now."

The two chatted for a while.

Until they got on the plane, some people put on earplugs to sleep, and some took out a book to start reading.

Lu Yanhe brought his notebook, reading the script of "Late Spring" while organizing his own thoughts.

"Lu Yanhe has gone to South Korea. After he comes back, should we get together?" Li Pengfei said to Chen Siqi.

They were all on winter break and were now reunited in Yuming.

Except for Lu Yanhe, everyone else was there.

Today they were eating at Li Pengfei's house, organized by Li Pengfei.

Chen Siqi had been holding her tablet to handle work. Hearing Li Pengfei's words, she said, "Sure, he doesn't have any other work after he comes back from South Korea, so he's just waiting for the New Year."

Li Pengfei: "He doesn't celebrate the New Year either."

"How does he not celebrate the New Year?" Chen Siqi said. "He just doesn't have a family to celebrate the New Year with like others, but he still has to celebrate it himself."

Li Pengfei scratched his chin, "Then will you accompany him for the New Year this year?"

"You mean New Year's Eve? Although I really want to do that, I can't. I still have to have a meal with my dad and stay up for the New Year," Chen Siqi said. "After the first day of the New Year passes, I can accompany him."

Li Pengfei smacked his lips and said, "I asked Lu Yanhe to come to my house for the New Year, but he wouldn't agree no matter what."

"How could he agree?"

"He's going to be by himself anyway."

"To your house, watching you reunite with your brother and your dad? Is that better than being by himself?" Chen Siqi said. "By the way, is your brother graduating next year?"

"Yes," Li Pengfei said. "He went on an exchange program in his junior year. As soon as he came back, he applied for an internship at some national green health organization. He can't even come back for the New Year this year, so it's just me and my dad celebrating."

Chen Siqi clicked her tongue, looked at him, and said, "Your dad raised you two all by himself without getting you a stepmother; it wasn't easy for him."

Li Pengfei: "He just didn't get us a stepmother, but he didn't stay chaste for my mom either. Don't make it sound like he's so noble."

Chen Siqi: "..."

She suddenly looked behind Li Pengfei and called out, "Hello, Uncle."

Li Pengfei was terrified and looked back.

There was no one behind him.

Li Pengfei was furious and turned to look at Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi had already gone to Lin Yu's side with a teasing smile on her face.

"That's too much, Chen Siqi!"

Chen Siqi looked back at him with a smile and shrugged her shoulders, meaning, "If you have the guts, don't be a coward!"

Li Pengfei silently took a deep breath and then added this account to Lu Yanhe's head.

"Hey, Lu Yanhe has arrived in South Korea! Fans on the scene took pictures of him leaving the airport," Bai Yu suddenly said while holding her phone. "Tsk, our Editor-in-Chief Lu is really handsome. He's probably going to dominate the South Korean entertainment industry next."

"Don't say that, he's just a nobody in South Korea," Chen Siqi said.

Bai Yu shook her head, "Siqi, think about it, our Editor-in-Chief Lu has a bit of a metaphysical connection to trending topics."

"Huh?"

"Ever since he entered the entertainment industry after the college entrance exam, he seems to have never left the trending topics. Even the slightest movement can get him on there, and all kinds of things, topics, and news appear inexplicably," Bai Yu said. "I believe it will be the same when he arrives in South Korea. Metaphysics is not something that we ordinary mortals can view with a mediocre perspective."