Chapter 313: Decided to Act

Lu Yan He is talking about *Squid Game*.

Jiang Yuqian said: "Didn't I tell you earlier, you wrote the play, am I willing to act?"

Jiang Yuqian asked: "Do you think I am fooling you?"

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry, and immediately said: "No, it's just that I don't know if you have read the outline? I wrote an outline and story summary for you and sent it to your mailbox."

"Not yet." Jiang Yuqian shook her head, "I've been too busy recently and didn't have time to read it."

Lu Yan He said: "Sister Yuqian, I plan to invite Teacher Jiang Jun to act as the male protagonist of this play."

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"You told me before, I know."

"Maybe... you are the second number, this play is mainly a story developed from his character."

"I know, it's fine." Jiang Yuqian looked at Lu Yan He's hesitant appearance, "What, you think I'm only willing to play the lead? That depends on who I'm acting with and what kind of play it is. Do you know why actors like Huang Kai and me care so much about being the lead usually?"

Lu Yan He shook his head.

In fact, he has always not known why everyone attaches so much importance to billing.

This thing can't be eaten as a meal, and it has no practical significance—does the audience like you a little more because you are the first number? To put it bluntly, it depends on your performance in the play.

Jiang Yuqian said: "That's because the projects that Huang Kairen and I will usually act in are projects that the platform will mainly promote. Like *Golden Age*, there is a big director like Luo Dao who can sit in town, not to mention, but under normal circumstances, even if it is *Seventeen Layers* that you filmed, a director like Lian Bei who has had a big hit, the right to speak is not so big."

"Many people will come to share a piece of your pie. If you don't emphasize the billing, then you must be the one who suffers. The actors whose status is not as good as yours want to step on you to get to the top, and your opponent actors also have a huge team that wants to seize greater benefits."

"It's not that we want the first number, it's that we have to have the first number, because if we don't take this first number, the focus of subsequent shooting, the resources of publicity, the attitude of the media, and even the competition in other aspects will have many problems. You act hard, cooperate with the crew, but you don't get the treatment you deserve. You will find that the producer often just wants to settle things, I don't want the first number, the other party wants the first number, even if my character is the first protagonist in this play, the first number will be given to him."

"You will find that not so many people will carefully understand what position you are in the play, only using the billing to divide you into high and low. You are the second number, indicating that others think the other party is more powerful, and then, when competing for other work opportunities, it also becomes proof that you are not as good as others."

Jiang Yuqian said a lot in one breath, and then smiled, "However, if it is really a reliable crew, really a group of reliable people to do this project, there will be no such hidden dangers later, and my character is indeed a second-number character, then I can act as a second number, of course, it is okay. Look, Huang Kairen also acted as a second number for me. For so many years, how long has he not acted as a second number? He also knows that in Luo Dao's crew, many problems will not appear, and he also knows my style and my team's style, so he dared to act as a second number."

Lu Yan He understood a little bit after hearing Jiang Yuqian say so much.

He nodded.

Jiang Yuqian asked: "I heard that you are going to cooperate with Arctic Light Video for a long time?"

"Still talking, not decided yet, but they did give very good conditions." Lu Yan He said.

Jiang Yuqian asked: "Are you planning to cooperate with them for this project?"

"It's possible. Originally, the plan was for me to write the script and sell it to other production companies, but the cooperation agreement of Arctic Light made Sister Ziyan and me see another possibility. Maybe we can find a team ourselves to do this project." Lu Yan He said, "Of course, now it's all things that haven't been written yet. It's very difficult. I still tend to find a mature production company to do it together. I don't care about those things. I don't understand it anyway. It's a headache to ask me to start a new stove to do such a thing."

Jiang Yuqian nodded, "You think so is right. To do a drama yourself from scratch, everything is learned from scratch, it's very troublesome. It's better to cooperate with everyone more, and slowly accumulate your own contacts, so you can pull up a team to do this thing."

Lu Yan He said "um".

He also said: "Actually, I chatted with people from Maxine before. Director Lian Bei recommended my project to them and specifically came to find me, but I didn't talk to them very happily."

"For such a theme, you might as well wait for *Seventeen Layers* to be broadcast before officially starting. This theme has not appeared in China for a long time, everyone is cautious. Waiting for *Seventeen Layers* to be broadcast should make everyone more familiar and confident in this theme." Jiang Yuqian said, "At that time, the conditions you get in all aspects will also be better."

The circle is like this.

If one becomes popular, other similar ones will follow.

After *Friends* became popular, the whole industry is now grabbing screenwriters who can write sitcoms, wanting to create their own *Friends*.

What Jiang Yuqian said is the truth of "borrowing momentum".

Lu Yan He said: "It doesn't matter, the script of this play hasn't started to be written yet. If you really want to shoot, it is estimated that it will be next year at the earliest."

Jiang Yuqian nodded.

"Okay, anyway, you'd better tell me half a year in advance, so I can leave a schedule for you in advance." Jiang Yuqian said, "Although I haven't received other plays yet, it's not guaranteed what the situation will be later."

Since filming *Golden Age*, Jiang Yuqian has only received one new play.

When she reaches this stage, filming one play a year or even not broadcasting a play will not affect her status in the world.

Her next goal is the position of a top actress like Chen Bige.

However, for such a position, time, place, and people are indispensable.

What Jiang Yuqian needs most now is awards.

She has made up her mind to rush for awards, so it is impossible to return to the stage of the past, crazy receiving plays and filming.

She also can't say clearly why she decided to act in Lu Yan He's play so decisively.

If it was just out of the loyalty of a friend, Jiang Yuqian felt that at this stage, she should not receive such a work that is clearly destined to have no fate with mainstream awards.

Even the agent was very surprised by her decisiveness.

After all, *Golden Age* became a big hit, letting others see that Jiang Yuqian can also carry the ratings of serious dramas, and Jiang Yuqian's play path opened up, and the invitations sent also increased.

But at this time, Jiang Yuqian's standard for receiving plays has increased a lot.

The agent thought that Jiang Yuqian's standard was treating everyone equally.

Jiang Yuqian pondered for a long time before saying to the agent: "Wanting to help Little Lu is one aspect, and there is another aspect."

"Hmm?"

"Little Lu gives me a feeling that he will succeed in everything he does."

"He... the momentum now is indeed like this."

"*Friends* became popular like this, which is something no one expected. If a drama can become popular like this, even if it doesn't win any awards, it is a work that any actor will be willing to act in." Jiang Yuqian said, "Including me, I don't receive every play for the sake of awards, but my requirements are higher."

"Yeah." The agent nodded.

"I don't know when I can win a Best Actress award that belongs to me."

"Yuqian, don't worry." The agent persuaded, "This is a nailed-down thing, sooner or later." 【313-5

"I wasn't in a hurry before because I knew I was still far from it, but now that I've seen hope, it's hard not to be a bit anxious," Jiang Yuqian said with a sigh. "Even that woman Xu Yiren won an award."

The agent was speechless for a moment.

Xu Yiren is the peer that many actresses hate the most.

Lu Sui's attitude toward Xu Yiren is actually the attitude many people have toward Xu Yiren.

Her winning the award this time is estimated to have dealt a heavy blow to many actresses.

—Little Lu, I am Xu Yiren.

Having drunk too much and sleeping in a daze, Lu Yan He woke up, sat on the bed, and looked at this message appearing on his phone, feeling dazed for a moment.

Huh?

It's not that Lu Yan He had amnesia and forgot who Xu Yiren was.

He was just a bit confused as to why, after waking up, she had sent him a friend request.

He rubbed his eyes, put the phone aside, and went to wash his face and brush his teeth first.

Last night, Lu Yan He had already heard quite a bit about Xu Yiren.

This person's rise to fame has a "brilliance" no less than Meng Li's, and even Jiang Yuqian doesn't really like her.

Lu Yan He wondered why she had suddenly come to him.