Chapter 314

Lu Yan He accepted Xu Yiren's friend request.

Xu Yiren sent a message almost instantly: You finally accepted my friend request! I thought you didn't want to!

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Looking at the time, it was only 7:40 in the morning. Generally speaking, it's normal for many people not to have had time to reply to messages at this hour. How could she tell he "didn't want to" when he accepted the friend request she sent at 2:00 AM yesterday?

Lu Yan He didn't know what Xu Yiren's thoughts were.

He replied, "Haha, how could that be? Just woke up."

Xu Yiren: What? Did you sleep last night?

Lu Yan He's face showed even more confusion: Didn't you sleep last night?

Xu Yiren: How could I sleep last night? I partied with friends until seven.

Lu Yan He: Then aren't you tired?

Xu Yiren: Tired of what? I have a shoot later.

Lu Yan He didn't know what to say for a moment.

She really has plenty of energy.

Oh, no, it's because she won an award last night, so she's excited enough, right? Her adrenaline must have skyrocketed.

Another thing that made Lu Yan He feel strange was Xu Yiren's attitude.

How is it that when this person talks to him, it's like he's an old acquaintance she's known for a long time?

Are they that familiar?

Lu Yan He didn't know how to reply to her for a moment, so he simply put the phone aside and went to brush his teeth and wash his face.

At 8:00 AM, Ziyuanqiao was bustling with people, and many office workers were rushing to work.

Lu Yan He wore a baseball cap and a mask and went to a nearby breakfast shop for breakfast.

The shop was steaming, and almost every table was packed.

He had to give up the idea of eating in the shop and carried a bag of xiaolongbao back.

Before he even reached the house, Xu Yiren's voice call suddenly came through.

Lu Yan He answered the phone with a look of surprise and called out: "Sister Yiren."

Xu Yiren said: "I sent you a message, why didn't you reply?"

Lu Yan He had a headache for a moment and could only say: "I just went out to buy breakfast and haven't looked at my phone."

Xu Yiren: "Oh, fine. I was asking you, are you free in the second half of this year? I have a play to shoot and want to find you to play the second male lead."

Lu Yan He hurriedly said thank you twice, "However, I have classes next semester and can't play a role with a lot of screen time. I'm afraid that won't work."

He refused subconsciously, without even asking what the script was about.

It was also because he didn't want to ask.

He always felt that he didn't know Xu Yiren at all before, and it was very strange for her to suddenly call him at this time and tell him she had a play for him to act in.

Lu Yan He is no longer the small actor who lacked job opportunities back then.

There are still many plays to be shot later, and he doesn't need to rush to connect with another job.

Xu Yiren, however, said: "You actually don't want to join the play I'm starring in?"

Lu Yan He was stunned again.

Huh?

Xu Yiren: "Did Jiang Yuqian say something to you?"

"No, no... what does this have to do with Sister Yuqian?" Lu Yan He was confused.

Xu Yiren said: "Didn't Jiang Yuqian say bad things about me to you?"

"No," Lu Yan He denied it flatly.

Of course, last night, many people told him bad things about Xu Yiren—it wasn't just telling him, it became a topic, and everyone present heard it.

Xu Yiren: "Don't refuse to cooperate with me just because you heard some bad rumors about me. Those women are just jealous of me. The plays I star in are all very popular. I know the plays you act in are also very popular. We two should join forces."

"Sister Yiren, I don't have that thought."

"Don't have the thought of joining forces with me?"

"Yes."

"Quite direct. Didn't expect that even after I won Best Actress, I couldn't move you?"

"Sister Yiren, this has nothing to do with who won Best Actress. What I don't like is the word 'join forces'. I'm not doing anything big that requires joining forces with others. I'm just doing a little bit of what I want to do. Acting is like this, and studying is like this. Besides, I'm not brushing you off. I don't really act in roles with a lot of screen time while I'm in school; everyone in the industry knows this."

"I thought I would be an exception for you." Xu Yiren's tone revealed a faint resentment.

Lu Yan He: "..."

He didn't know what to say all of a sudden.

He didn't know where this "exception" came from either.

Speechless.

When Lu Yan He heard them talking about Xu Yiren last night, he was already stunned by her legendary deeds. Contacting her like this today, he only had one feeling in his heart: well-deserved reputation.

Lu Yan He said: "Sister Yiren, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up first."

Xu Yiren said "Oh" and hung up the phone.

Lu Yan He looked at the black screen of his phone and put it aside.

After breakfast, Lu Yan He went to find Liu Bige.

He had an appointment with Liu Bige to go see the chosen shooting location today.

Upon meeting, Lu Yan He saw Miao Yue beside Liu Bige.

"Why are you two stuck together all the time?" Lu Yan He asked.

"What do you mean we're stuck together? I'm the director of this movie, and she's the screenwriter. Isn't it normal for us to go together?" Liu Bige said immediately.

Lu Yan He showed an expression of "I'll see how else you can talk nonsense."

Liu Bige pretended not to see it.

The three of them went to the Hou Shili area together.

That is the old city area of Yuming, where the buildings and such have a sense of age and are more full of life, unlike many places that have lost this aspect and become completely modernized areas.

The background of the story *Late Spring* is a relatively ordinary tutoring school, a very lively, very daily scene. They need to choose a campus with traces of time.

They appeared there together.

"This place is usually only used on weekends and during winter and summer vacations," a contact person from the other side introduced after meeting them.

The place they came to was once a proper middle school. Later, the school moved, and this area became vacant. Later, it was sold to someone else and used as a tutoring venue for extracurricular tutoring.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan He immediately asked: "Then when we shoot the movie, do we have to avoid weekends and winter and summer vacations? Wouldn't it be troublesome if students come for tutoring?"

"That's fine, we will specifically clear out a few classrooms for you to shoot," the other party said.

After finishing, the other party looked at Lu Yan He a few more times.

Liu Bige said: "For this play, most of the scenes don't have many people, so a few vacant classrooms are enough."

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded.

Since Liu Bige said so, he naturally had no objection.

After walking around this tutoring school, they went to turn around nearby.

According to Liu Bige's idea, he wanted to set all the usable scenes in this area.

"In this way, most of our scenes can be shot here without frequent transitions."

If a crew transitions frequently, the required production costs will certainly rise a lot.

As a result, on a snack street, Lu Yan He was recognized, causing a commotion among many young students.

They surrounded him, holding up faces with bright smiles, wanting to take photos with Lu Yan He.

To such enthusiastic requests, Lu Yan He naturally couldn't refuse.

He is simply not the kind of person who would refuse such requests.

Liu Bige and Miao Yue acted as photographers for them.

After walking for a long time, they decided to find a place to rest for a while because Miao Yue felt a bit tired.

They found a coffee shop nearby.

"Don't worry, President Chen, I can definitely help you handle Lu Yan He's schedule!"

A man wearing black sunglasses and an open white shirt said loudly to the person on the other end of the phone, holding it to his ear.

Because his voice was very loud, many people around looked at him.

He didn't care about these surprised gazes at all, still doing his own thing, and continued to say loudly: "I am very good brothers with Lu Yan He's agent, how could I not handle his schedule!"

"What, you said his agent is a woman? You don't know the industry then. How could a male actor of his caliber only have one agent?! Managing business, managing acting, managing daily life—there are many. I know the woman you're talking about, I don't know that person, but it's fine. I know someone who can manage Lu Yan He. As long as you are willing to pay a two-million appearance fee, I will definitely get Lu Yan He for you!"

Lu Yan He, wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, sat in a seat nearby, separated from the man who was bragging with his phone by a storage rack.

Liu Bige and Miao Yue were both holding back laughter, while looking at Lu Yan He with schadenfreude.

Who would have thought? They just randomly found a coffee shop to go in and have a cup of coffee, and ended up running into someone guaranteeing they could handle Lu Yan He, and even saying Lu Yan He had several agents, and that there was a male agent who could manage Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He was speechless.

He had already opened his phone just now to secretly record, preparing to send it to Chen Ziyan later.

He didn't know who this person was, but using his banner to swindle outside...

Lu Yan He never thought he would encounter such a thing.

Liu Bige whispered: "It seems you are really popular. Someone is even using you for fraud."

Lu Yan He smiled and shook his head, "I don't want this kind of popularity."

Liu Bige asked: "How do you plan to handle this matter?"

"Let Sister Ziyan handle it," Lu Yan He said. "Or I'll go over and expose him directly, but I have to record some evidence first, so that this person won't bite back later and say I slandered him."

Liu Bige: "Yes."

The man's phone call lasted for nearly ten minutes before he hung up with satisfaction, as if the progress was very smooth.

Liu Bige said: "He seems to be leaving."

Lu Yan He stood up immediately and walked straight to the man and sat down.

The man was stunned for a moment.

"Who are you?" he asked subconsciously.

Lu Yan He took off his sunglasses, revealing his full face, and looked at him.

"You said you could handle me just now? Two million?"

The other party's expression changed immediately, and his facial features twitched subconsciously twice.

Obviously, this kind of thing that is hard to encounter once in eight hundred years was encountered by him—pulling the tiger's skin to pull the flag, and the tiger ran out and asked: "What tiger's skin are you pulling?"

"Lu, Lu Yan He!"

People around also recognized Lu Yan He at this time and took out their phones to take pictures one after another.

Lu Yan He looked at him expressionlessly.

"I have already recorded what you said just now. If you don't want the police to come to you, call him now and tell him you are lying to him. Otherwise, my friend will call the police immediately."

"What is wrong with me today?"

After finally meeting Chen Ziyan, Lu Yan He looked at his agent helplessly, "How did I encounter two inexplicable extremes in one day?"

"Maybe you have to accept that these extremes will often appear in your world in the future," Chen Ziyan said with a bitter smile. "You are really popular. Some people want to pull you to handle investments, handle platforms, and some people want to use you to make money. Coincidentally, to put it bluntly, your name is useful enough now. With your participation, many things will change from moving mountains to effortless."

Lu Yan He: "I am really embarrassed. Xu Yiren, a big star who just won an award, called me to cooperate with her. I ran to a coffee shop and could run into someone using my name to cheat people. If this continues, even if I do nothing, the pot will fall from the sky and hit me on the head."

Chen Ziyan: "Yes, I will let the company issue a statement about this matter. Even if it can't prevent this matter, it can warn some people."

The two looked at each other.

Although one was complaining and the other was trying to analyze and solve this matter, the two looked at each other for less than three seconds before they laughed in unison.

A helpless laugh.

Chen Ziyan said: "It seems that we need to continue to recruit troops for your team. Now the people and things you need to connect with for work are increasing exponentially. Although you encountered today's things yourself, I think you will encounter more and more in the future, so you must be ready to monitor at all times."

Lu Yan He asked: "When my life assistant can be in place is the top priority. Now it all depends on Brother Dong alone, and he is really under a lot of pressure."

"Your life assistant is not easy to find. You can't find someone you don't trust to be by your side," Chen Ziyan said. "This kind of person who has to spend time with you day and night must be cautious and cautious, and it is not so easy to find."

Lu Yan He thought about it, understood the difficulty, and sighed.

At night, before going to bed, Lu Yan He talked to Chen Siqi on the phone and talked about this matter.

When Chen Siqi heard it, she immediately said: "Then you can ask Xu Zijun's sister."

"Ah?"

"She seems to be looking for a job, and she is Xu Zijun's sister. The people she knows around her should be relatively reassuring," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He frowned, "No, isn't Xu Zijun's sister getting married?"

He clearly remembered that when he met everyone last time, he specifically mentioned this matter.

"It fell through," Chen Siqi said. "Xu Zijun's sister originally quit her job and came back to prepare for marriage, but some twists and turns happened, so she didn't get married in the end."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan He immediately asked Xu Zijun for her sister's contact information.

Xu Zijun was still a bit confused, not knowing why Lu Yan He wanted her sister's contact information.

"Has your sister found a job?"

"Not yet," Xu Zijun said. "The previous work unit didn't want to use her anymore, and she is planning to go to Jiangguang to look for it."

"Where is your sister now? Guangzhou?"

"Yes, Guangzhou," Xu Zijun sighed. "It was planned to be married."

"Why didn't it happen? Is it convenient to ask?"

"Sigh, it's just that the two sides didn't agree on things like bride price and dowry," Xu Zijun said. "They thought our family asked for too much, but my parents did ask for too much."

Lu Yan He understood and made a sound.

"I don't know if your sister is willing to be my assistant."

"Ah?" Xu Zijun was stunned, "Do you want to recruit an assistant?"

"Yes, I only have Brother Dong by my side now, he can't handle it, and my work is increasing, so I need an assistant to help me deal with many chores."

"My sister... if you are willing to have her, she will definitely be willing to be your assistant."

Lu Yan He said: "The main thing is that I need a relatively familiar and trustworthy person to be my assistant. Why don't you ask for me first? I'm not very familiar with your sister, and it's not good to contact her rashly. If she is willing, we will buy her a plane ticket and invite her to Yuming. Sister Ziyan and I will meet her and talk to see if it is suitable."

Xu Zijun immediately said okay.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yan He couldn't help but feel a little regret for Xu Zijun's sister's marriage.

Because of the bride price and dowry, the marriage couldn't happen.

However, there are many, many such things, which is not a rare phenomenon.

Everyone's life is experiencing their own difficulties.

However, maybe this is also a good thing.

In Lu Yan He's mind, the woman who rushed to the school to see her sister because she heard that her sister's recommended quota had been sold to others by her parents appeared.

Lu Yan He had only met her once, but left a deep impression.

She should have a very good relationship with Xu Zijun.

Also because of that incident, when Lu Yan He heard that Xu Zijun's sister was looking for a job, his mind was basically made up.

As long as there were no principled problems, Lu Yan He tended to find her to be his assistant.

At least it can also help solve her urgent needs at the same time.

Who knows, Chen Ziyan has some doubts about this matter.

"Why?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Ziyan said: "I believe in your judgment, she must be a good person, but she has a pair of very difficult parents. Whether it is her marriage or Xu Zijun's recommended quota, it shows that her family is not simple. She is your assistant, who knows what her parents will do? Have you forgotten the thick-skinned Xu Yiren and the person who dared to use your banner to swindle outside without knowing you?"

"Xu Zijun's sister is your assistant, and Xu Zijun is an editor in the editorial team of *Jump Up* that you edit. The two sisters have such a deep relationship with you, it is not easy to untie this binding," Chen Ziyan reminded.