Chapter 404

Discovering a corpse while filming is a bizarre event, like one of those urban legends you heard as a kid—it has that inexplicable feeling of being completely unrelated, yet somehow hitting home.

But a story is a story, and experiencing it firsthand is something else entirely.

The crew returned to the hotel.

Shang Yongzhou went straight back to his room to rest.

His complexion was still a bit poor, and his state was somewhat wretched.

Lu Yanhe wanted to offer a few words of comfort, but for something like this, he really didn't know what to say.

Fu Kai didn't do anything else either; as soon as he returned, he was told to drink ginger soup and take a hot bath to sweat out the chill.

This place was remote, making it inconvenient to do anything, and there was nothing else to do anyway.

With filming suddenly paused and nothing to do back in his room, Lu Yanhe decided to livestream, read for a while, and chat with his fans.

As it turned out, there was no Wi-Fi here, the signal wasn't very good, and using mobile data couldn't support a livestream at all.

After barely managing to hold on for five minutes, he had to give up.

According to the shooting schedule, they had to endure filming in this remote area for about another week.

After that, they would return to the city.

The main concern was that the later it got, the colder the weather would become, making filming in such remote areas even more inconvenient.

After all, camera equipment and the like drain power quickly in low-temperature environments, and their performance is also affected.

Therefore, the crew had scheduled all the location shots requiring vast natural scenery for the beginning.

Chen Siqi called him directly.

"You guys found a corpse while filming?"

"Yeah." Lu Yanhe answered the phone and said, "I didn't see it directly; Brother Yongzhou was the first to find it. At the time, the director had fallen into the water, and we were all busy pulling him out."

Chen Siqi: "So, has your filming been affected?"

"We stopped filming today." Lu Yanhe said, "I'm just staying in my room now, with nothing to do."

Chen Siqi said: "You might have some media heading your way. This incident of yours has hit the trending searches; it's just like an urban legend."

Lu Yanhe: "Let them come then. This place is hard to find, and it's very remote. There aren't even many hotels, and our crew has booked them all out, so there's nowhere for them to stay if they do come."

Chen Siqi: "Wang Biao told me the conditions there are quite tough. Are you doing okay?"

"I'm fine, at least I still have a room to myself." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Many people are squeezing two or even three to a room. It'll be better after this week. This week is just because we need to film in places with no people. Once we finish these parts, we can go back to the city to film."

Chen Siqi: "That's good."

"Of course, the crew's budget isn't high, so it's just for convenience; the living conditions probably aren't great."

"Then have Wang Biao and the others book you a better place to stay and just pay for it yourself." Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yanhe: "We'll see when the time comes. If there's a suitable hotel near the filming location, I'll book it myself. If there isn't, I'll just have to stay where the crew finds."

"You took the role yourself, so you'll just have to endure the hardship." Chen Siqi said with a laugh.

"What are you doing?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Chen Siqi: "Me? I'm at a coffee shop looking over some materials. I've scheduled a video meeting with everyone later to discuss how to handle the newspaper."

"Are you getting ready to start?"

"Yeah." Chen Siqi nodded, "Although everyone tells me that at one yuan a copy, you basically won't make any money."

Lu Yanhe said: "Actually, all formats are just formats; it's just about finding a format for the content that is better suited to this era."

What Lu Yanhe didn't say was that he hadn't been very optimistic about the newspaper format to begin with.

But what Chen Siqi wanted to do was something Lu Yanhe felt was very worth doing.

Lu Yanhe really wanted to say that maybe they could use a different format for this, but why couldn't it be a newspaper? Because it's outdated? Then why did they want to do a magazine, which is also an outdated thing, in the first place?

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On this point, Lu Yanhe hadn't convinced himself, so he didn't bring it up again.

In any case, the direction of this content was definitely right. Because Lu Yanhe knew very clearly that "paid knowledge" was really hot, and it really had helped a group of people find a way to make extra money, especially those teachers in universities.

"Knock, knock!"

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

Lu Yanhe explained to Chen Siqi and hung up the phone.

"Brother?" Lu Yanhe looked in surprise at Shang Yongzhou, whose face was indescribably haggard, not knowing why he had suddenly come to find him.

Shang Yongzhou asked: "Do you want to go out for a walk?"

Go out, for a walk?

In this freezing weather...

Lu Yanhe hesitated for a second, then nodded.

"Okay."

He put on his coat, put on his hat, and went out with Shang Yongzhou.

They were in a small town.

Because the wind and snow were heavy, there was almost no one on the road, just an occasional lone figure, head down, back hunched, resisting the wind and snow in the most primitive posture.

Lu Yanhe had thought Shang Yongzhou wanted to say something to him, but after they got out, whether it was because the wind was too strong or something else, Shang Yongzhou didn't speak, just buried his head and walked forward alone.

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe didn't take the initiative to speak either, just accompanied Shang Yongzhou as he walked forward.

The snow on the road was very thick.

It wasn't just because of the heavy snow, but also because very few people walked or passed through these places, so it accumulated thickly until it was stepped on by Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe's shoes, making a fine, dense sound as if it were being compacted.

Lu Yanhe accompanied Shang Yongzhou like this for half an hour, then Shang Yongzhou suddenly said: "Let's go back."

Lu Yanhe didn't ask anything, nodded, and accompanied Shang Yongzhou back.

When they reached the bottom of the hotel, they happened to run into Zou Dong and Wang Biao carrying a stove of red charcoal.

"What are you guys planning to do?" Lu Yanhe asked in surprise.

Wang Biao said: "Ah, Little Brother Lu, you're back. We're planning to roast some sweet potatoes and tangerines to eat."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe pulled Shang Yongzhou along to join them.

An iron grate was placed on the stove, and the sweet potatoes, just washed of mud and still wet on the skin, were put on top, hissing and steaming.

"Besides sweet potatoes, is there anything else?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Zou Dong said: "Asked the boss, there's nothing else here, but he'll bring us some melon seeds or something later."

Lu Yanhe sat by the small stove, holding his hands over it to warm them, and instantly felt warm.

Besides the sweet potatoes, they also took a few tangerines and put them to the side.

They had originally planned to roast them together, but the fire was a bit too strong now, so they didn't dare put them on for fear of burning them.

"How did you guys think of doing this?" Lu Yanhe asked with a smile.

Zou Dong pointed at Wang Biao and said: "Him. Said that since we're idle anyway, and he happened to see the boss had a stove, he thought about roasting a fire and roasting some things to eat while he was at it."

Wang Biao said: "The main thing is, it's too cold in the room. Even with the air conditioning on, it's still very cold, and there's no heating here. It's better to roast by the fire here and be comfortable."

Lu Yanhe felt the same way.

Perhaps this is a feeling carried in human genes: sitting by a fire, one feels warm.

Lu Yanhe said: "If only there were a projector here, we could watch a movie."

Wang Biao asked: "How about I bring the laptop down? We can watch on the laptop?"

"Forget it, the screen is too small. It's fine if we're watching alone, but with so many of us, it definitely wouldn't be convenient." Lu Yanhe pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, we could play cards, if there were a deck of poker cards."

"Don't know if the boss has any." Wang Biao made a move to get up, "I'll go ask."

Just at that moment, the boss came over with a tray of melon seeds, flower crackers, and fried sweet potato chips.

"Thank you, boss!" Seeing this, Wang Biao ran over happily and took the tray from the boss's hands, "Boss, do you have any poker cards here?"

"Poker cards? No." The boss shook his head, "The last deck wasn't even complete; someone took it."

Wang Biao sighed with regret.

The boss turned around and brought them a basket of charcoal.

"Add more yourself when the fire isn't enough."

"Okay."

Who knows how long it would take for the sweet potatoes to roast through.

This moment of sitting quietly, with no one speaking, Lu Yanhe felt it had been a long time since he'd had such a moment.

Usually, he was either in the dorm, or in the house he rented at Huiziyuanqiao, or working; basically, there were people around him every moment.

Even when studying in the classroom or library, there were people around, and there would be the occasional rustling of human voices.

It wasn't just the quiet; it had also been a long time since Lu Yanhe had sat here quietly, dazed, doing nothing.

Usually, whenever he had a little free time, he would use it to read, or look at materials, or write scripts, or do something else. In short, he wouldn't let himself be idle, and he didn't allow himself to be idle—when he was idle, he always felt a sense of guilt, as if he were wasting time and squandering his life.

Clearly, there were still so many things left undone, and clearly, by utilizing these fragmented times, he could accomplish many things.

This feeling came from self-imposed pressure, and its most terrifying aspect was that it formed a kind of self-imposed mental constraint.

No matter when, such a thought would pop up.

Rare.

In this heavy snow, there was a bit of the leisurely, indifferent flavor of "The evening is coming, it's about to snow; can I have a drink with you?"

Shang Yongzhou suddenly asked Lu Yanhe: "Yanhe, have you ever encountered... a dead person before?"

"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head.

Shang Yongzhou took a deep breath and let it out, "Today, looking at that corpse, I just felt a bit inexplicable. I don't know how to put it, it was like my soul had been sucked away. I suddenly thought, when I was acting in the play 'Road to Glory', I thought I had made sufficient preparations for his cancer, for the fear of death he faced, but the moment I saw that person hanging from the window today, my mind went blank. Thinking back on it later, the soles of my feet were numb."

"That's different, Brother. What you saw was a corpse, a hanging corpse, not just the concept of death." Lu Yanhe knew what Shang Yongzhou wanted to say and said: "No one wouldn't be shocked when unexpectedly discovering a corpse. This fear is a different kind of fear from Mo Wen discovering he has cancer and might not live much longer."

Shang Yongzhou lowered his head and smiled, shook his head, and said: "No, in the end, it's the same thing. If death weren't terrifying, why would people be afraid when they see a corpse?"

Lu Yanhe looked at Shang Yongzhou, who seemed to have fallen into a self-absorbed, paranoid state. For a moment, he wanted to say something, but everything that should be said or wanted to be said had already been said, and he didn't know where to start.

He had been startled and was a bit trapped in it.

The play still had to go on.

Lu Yanhe, however, discovered that Shang Yongzhou's state of acting had undergone some changes. When he played Mo Wen, there was something unspeakable and profound in his eyes.

As if there were an abyss inside, dark winds, and fog.

Lu Yanhe knew at a glance that this was because Shang Yongzhou hadn't walked out of the shadow brought by witnessing a hanging corpse.

But he also had to admit that the changes occurring in Shang Yongzhou made the character of Mo Wen more profound and complex.

In private, Lu Yanhe went to talk to Fu Kai about this, and Fu Kai also said that Shang Yongzhou's acting state was even better than before.

What they call "a thousand hammerings are not as good as entering the realm of no one."

Lu Yanhe, acting with Shang Yongzhou, really hadn't felt that he couldn't handle Shang Yongzhou's acting, but on this day, such a thing happened.

This was the last day of filming in the desolate countryside.

Mo Wen suddenly fainted.

Jiang Ying was startled and desperately dragged him into the car, wanting to take him to the hospital.

Mo Wen woke up on his own at this time.

Jiang Ying said they had to go to the hospital.

Mo Wen disagreed and insisted on going to his next destination.

Jiang Ying scolded him, "Are you out of your mind? You fainted for no reason and you won't go to the hospital for a check-up, you insist on going to that nursing home!"

Mo Wen looked at him deeply, as if holding back a breath, a breath of insistence to the end, got out of the car, dragged Jiang Ying from the driver's seat, drove him to the passenger seat, and sat in the driver's seat himself.

Jiang Ying was so angry he was jumping up and down, because all of Mo Wen's reactions along the way were very abnormal, even making him feel it was bizarre.

He threw a tantrum and said: "Fine, if you want to go, go yourself. I'm not getting in this car of yours. Don't let it be that halfway through your driving, you faint again, and we crash and die on the road."

Jiang Ying's words stabbed into Mo Wen's heart like a knife.

Mo Wen looked at Jiang Ying deeply. It was this look that seemed to contain the anger, sadness, and repression of a mountain-calling, sea-howling storm, as well as a deep sense of despair and loneliness.

Lu Yanhe was stunned for a second, frozen in place, lost his focus, and forgot to act.

According to the script, Lu Yanhe originally had a line at this time.

——It's no use glaring at me!

The look in Shang Yongzhou's eyes just now made it impossible for Lu Yanhe to say that line no matter what.

Because saying it would be wrong.

A person cannot talk back like that after being looked at with such eyes.

At least that was Lu Yanhe's feeling just now.

However, just before Fu Kai called "Cut!", Shang Yongzhou suddenly drove the car away, leaving Lu Yanhe alone, left in place.

Fu Kai said this scene didn't need to be reshot.

Lu Yanhe also understood why Fu Kai said this scene didn't need to be reshot.

He had been completely stimulated by Shang Yongzhou's performance into his most instinctive reaction, and his acting was also good.

However, he himself knew very clearly that in that segment just now, he had been led by Shang Yongzhou.

Why do many actors emphasize that in acting, you must have a good opponent, and a good opponent can give you good stimulation.

There is a point of view that says the best performance is an instinctive reaction.

Lu Yanhe really hadn't had such an experience for a long time.

But after thinking about it seriously for a long time, he felt that this was also fine.

In this movie, there was no need to worry that his reactions were all stimulated by Shang Yongzhou.

The rhythm of this movie itself was strung together by the character of Mo Wen.

It looked like the two characters had equal screen time, as dual male leads, but those who know how to read a script know that the first lead of this script is Mo Wen, the character played by Shang Yongzhou.

Therefore, it was also right for him to be stimulated into reactions.

Lu Yanhe simply relied more on the performance on set.

He no longer made small designs for himself in advance, but waited for the moment of acting with Shang Yongzhou, the most instinctive reaction.

Fu Kai was the first to discover his change.

Upon this discovery, besides slapping his thigh and calling it brilliant, he had nothing else to say.

Shang Yongzhou now had a state as if helped by a god. Fu Kai was really worried that Lu Yanhe, seeing his own acting being suppressed, would be unable to resist competing with Shang Yongzhou and confronting him.

Some plays can be competed in, but this play cannot, because the relationship between the two characters Mo Wen and Jiang Ying has a deeper, closer intertextual relationship.

In the movie, this relationship is expressed through some very subtle moments.

Once you compete, the feeling is wrong.

Just as Fu Kai was worrying about this, Lu Yanhe changed his acting method, giving his own on-set reactions based on Shang Yongzhou's performance. Doing this not only fulfilled Shang Yongzhou's performance state of "entering the realm of no one" but also preserved the arc of his own character, and in many places, achieved the state Fu Kai most wanted to achieve when he set up these two characters.

One moving toward death, one moving toward life.

One externally calm and steady, but internally gradually moving toward disorder and collapse.

One externally irritable and impulsive, but internally longing to establish some order and find understanding in this world.

After filming these scenes, when they were about to transfer back to the city, Fu Kai quietly said to Lu Yanhe on the road.

"Director Luo Yuzhong once said that you are the actor every director dreams of. After collaborating on this movie, I want to say that you will also be the acting partner every actor dreams of."

Excellent actors are definitely those who don't submit to anyone.

Only with such backbone can one become an excellent actor.

And precisely because of this, it is difficult for many excellent actors to truly compromise their styles for the sake of the other.

Lu Yanhe, however, could accommodate his opponent and adjust himself. Such adjustments not only achieve the other person but also achieve himself. Such ability is something Fu Kai rarely sees.

Really rarely seen.

Many actors have very good acting skills, known to be good, but once they get into a film or television drama, they seem to be lacking something.

Everyone can't say what is lacking.

It is very likely that these actors with very good acting skills are indeed impeccable in terms of technique, but they just don't click with their acting partners, so that most subtle emotional transmission doesn't come out, which makes the audience feel that something is missing.

Lu Yanhe really thought that acting in the movie "Road to Glory" would be very difficult, but the parts he thought would be difficult turned out to be unexpectedly simple, while the parts he thought he could easily handle were what entangled him every day, making him feel difficult and unable to start.

He really didn't understand death, and even less did he understand what the reaction is to facing a person facing death.

He couldn't think it through, and there was no such experience in his life to refer to.

Later, he simply handed it all over to the heart of entering the character Jiang Ying, and to the scene at the time of the performance.

Many emotional experiences, the kind of emotions he had never had before, were as natural as a mountain stream, trickling out without a single obstacle.

"Can this movie wrap up before the New Year?" Chen Siqi asked.

"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "It was only intended to be filmed for a month or so, and the progress is very smooth now."

Chen Siqi: "This New Year, let's go abroad for a vacation together."

The New Year is originally a day for Chinese people to reunite.

But Lu Yanhe no longer had the family he wanted to reunite with, and as for Chen Siqi's family, she didn't have the heart to reunite either. According to her plan, checking in and showing her face to prove she was still alive was enough.

"Okay." Lu Yanhe said.

"Where do you want to go?" Chen Siqi asked.

Lu Yanhe said: "Anywhere is fine, you decide, I'll follow you."

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "Okay, then I'll go find a place and design the route. Don't let me finish the strategy and then have you pick faults."

"Okay, just don't get too tired."

Filming the movie "Road to Glory", Lu Yanhe was more or less influenced by the heaviness of life, death, and philosophy in this story.

Somewhat immersed in it, like wearing a shackle.

Even when Chen Ziyan told him that the short film Wang Zhong shot of him and Chen Bige was shortlisted for the short film unit of the Bicalo Film Festival, it didn't make him feel very excited.

Chen Ziyan said: "Although it's the short film unit, it's also an official competition unit, which is very rare."

Lu Yanhe said: "Sister Ziyan, I have an appointment with Siqi to go on vacation during the New Year. When is the Bicalo Film Festival?"

"End of February, the Spring Festival will be over, don't worry." Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yanhe: "Okay."

Chen Ziyan heard that Lu Yanhe's state was a bit low.

"What's wrong with you? Did filming make you feel so low?"

"Sigh, a bit influenced by the character, it's fine, I'll be fine after I finish filming." Lu Yanhe said.

Chen Ziyan: "Take it easy, don't push yourself to that particularly dangerous point. Many actors get depressed while filming. I don't want you to be like that."

"It wouldn't go that far." Lu Yanhe laughed, "No, I think it's quite good. If I deliberately left the character state as soon as I finished acting, with great joy and sorrow every day, the emotional fluctuations would be even greater. It's quite good now, no need to always switch emotional states."

"That's true, as long as you think it through yourself. Anyway, don't let yourself get deeper and deeper, you know?"

Lu Yanhe said "mm", and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, wait.

Is Shang Yongzhou getting deeper and deeper?

Reminded by Chen Ziyan, Lu Yanhe immediately told Chen Ziyan about Shang Yongzhou's state during this period.

"Based on my understanding of him, he wouldn't easily get depressed. His ability to self-regulate is very strong. He should have discovered that staying in this emotional state helps him act in this movie, so he is deliberately maintaining it." Chen Ziyan analyzed, "However, I must remind his agent. Better safe than sorry."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

Returning to the city, Lu Yanhe could finally stay in a hotel room that could normally provide hot water.

This city is called Zhifan, a second-tier city.

It's not as modernized as the provincial capital and economically developed cities, but it's not that backward either.

Lu Yanhe was quite unaccustomed to it.

Because, when he checked into the hotel, there were more than a dozen fans squatting at the hotel entrance, as well as media reporters.

They didn't know where they got the news that they would be staying at this hotel, and were waiting here.

When Lu Yanhe got off the car, a burst of excited, intense shouting came from both sides immediately.

Fortunately, the hotel security was prepared and didn't let them surround him.

Lu Yanhe waved at them and said: "The weather is very cold, don't stay here, hurry back and rest. I don't want to see you again when I come down later."

As a result, a fan suddenly said loudly: "Mind your own business, I'm not here to see you!"

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

That fan rolled her eyes at him, "Really think the whole world likes you? I'm a fan of Shang Yongzhou, okay?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Lu Yanhe's face.

"Sorry, then those words I just said weren't for you, I was saying them to my own fans."

Lu Yanhe's fans glared at that person one by one.

Who knew, at this time, Shang Yongzhou also got off the car behind.

He said coldly: "I don't want my fans to be as impolite as you."

That fan suddenly heard Shang Yongzhou say such a sentence in front of her, and her face turned pale.

Shang Yongzhou patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder and said: "Let's go in."

Lu Yanhe didn't expect Shang Yongzhou to say such things to his fans so bluntly.

Shang Yongzhou suddenly remembered something else, turned back to look at his fans: "What Yanhe said just now is also what I want to say. No need to stay here and wait for us, it's very hard, and this will also make us feel uneasy. We are going to film here for several days. Continuing to stay here will cause trouble for people who also live in this hotel."

The fan who had just been accused by him to her face suddenly threw the Shang Yongzhou poster in her hand onto the ground, and scolded in a rage: "What the hell, I worked so hard to wait here to see you, just to hear you accuse me of doing something wrong? Really disappointing. If you don't want to see fans so much, then I wish you fewer and fewer fans in the future! I'm waiting to see you go out of style!"

This fan tossed her head and walked away arrogantly.

"Too much!"

"Didn't say anything too much, she was impolite to begin with."

"How can there be such an unreasonable person, we were all reasoning with her properly."

The surrounding fans also started discussing one after another.

Shang Yongzhou stepped forward, picked up the poster that the fan had just thrown down, folded it twice, and silently threw it into the trash can next to it.

"Go back early."

Shang Yongzhou reminded again, then looked at Lu Yanhe, signaling him to go in together.

The disturbance that Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe had with fans at the hotel entrance became hot on the internet with lightning speed.

The video filmed by people on the scene was reposted and hotly discussed on various platforms.

It's mainly rare to see a popular artist openly accuse their own fans.

They both demanded that their fans leave quickly and not squat at the hotel entrance anymore, and even if the fans were unhappy, they insisted on not compromising. This attitude was quite well-received by netizens.

Among them, a fan of Shang Yongzhou sighed: Why does it feel like we Yongzhou, who is filming with Lu Yanhe, a trending search constitution, have also started to frequently hit trending searches.

This sigh had a very high number of likes, almost breaking ten thousand.

Everyone felt the same way.

Lu Yanhe was speechless for a while after seeing it himself.

How could this kind of thing be blamed on him?

However, after this incident happened, it was indeed effective.

The number of fans at the hotel entrance was indeed much smaller, with a few sporadic ones who didn't listen still stationed there.

But when Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou went in and out, they completely ignored them.

Acting was too draining for both of them, especially for such a movie.

Lu Yanhe was usually quite willing to communicate with everyone, but now he really didn't have the energy. After filming and finishing work, almost all his energy and spirit had been exhausted, and he didn't want to say any extra words at all.

He had no scenes at night, and when he livestreamed reading in his room, he basically didn't speak.

Someone asked, why did he chat with everyone from time to time during previous livestreams, but why didn't he chat these past few days.

Lu Yanhe then explained that because of filming, he was very tired and it was very mentally draining, and he didn't want to speak at all.

Then, at this time, the Bicalo Film Festival released the official shortlist for this year.

Wang Zhong's short film, which had known the news in advance a few days ago, also appeared in the short film unit as scheduled without any accidents.

Without a formal name yet, the short film was just called "A Short Film by Wang Zhong".

There was no Chinese film shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Bicalo Film Festival.

On the contrary, there were quite a few Chinese films in other units.

Of the four major international film festivals, Lu Yanhe now only has no works shortlisted for the Hexi Film Festival.

Because it was a short film, the attention it attracted this time was not very large.

Although there was still a trending search called "Wang Zhong and Lu Yanhe join hands again to be shortlisted for the top international film festival".

Don't know who bought the trending search.

In the short film work group, everyone was sending congratulatory messages.

Lu Yanhe also sent a few big red envelopes.

Originally, this short film was shot for "Rouge", but Lu Yanhe didn't act in "Rouge" in the end, and this short film had nothing to do with "Rouge" either.

Regardless, the work was shortlisted for the Bicalo Film Festival, and everyone was happy.

In a festive atmosphere, someone suddenly sent a screenshot, which was a screenshot of the production information about this short film on the Ye Mai website:

Why is Liu Qiao written as the producer here? Isn't it Sister Ziyan?

This news quickly attracted everyone's attention.

——Yeah, the producer of our short film is Xin Ziyan, when did it become Liu Qiao?

——Who is Liu Qiao?

——Vice President of Ye Mai website, in charge of content.

——Could it be because Sister Ziyan resigned, so she was removed from the list?

——Really possible, this short film was made by Ye Mai website at the time, the rest of us signed contracts with Ye Mai website, the contract will guarantee our right of signature, Sister Ziyan might not have signed the contract.

——If Ye Mai website does this, it's too shameless.

Ten minutes later, Xin Ziyan bubbled in the group and said: Thank you all for caring about my affairs, I just found out too, I have already raised my questions to Ye Mai website, let's wait for them to give me an answer.

Lu Yanhe only saw these messages after he finished filming.

His brows immediately wrinkled.

Huh? -

"This short film, our Ye Mai website is the producer, and it is also our production. Although the people working on the front line are all Xin Ziyan, the coordination of these people and things behind the scenes is not her own business."

"This short film was connected to me by that little girl named Xin Ziyan from your company from beginning to end, following the whole process to the end. I don't care how many people you have working on this, but she is the only one I saw." Wang Zhong said angrily, "If you don't put her name in the producer column, I won't accept it."

Liu Qiao's head was as big as an ox.

He didn't expect that for such a thing as Xin Ziyan, Director Wang Zhong would even call personally.

Not to mention Director Wang Zhong's current status in the industry, he also has another identity, which is the spokesperson for Ye Mai website.

Liu Qiao really felt tricky at this moment.

Originally, Xin Ziyan left, and this short film was shortlisted for the Bicalo Film Festival. He felt that since this was the case, the achievements of this work would naturally count towards him.

Just as someone in the group said, Xin Ziyan did this project without signing a project contract with the company.

Rights such as the right of signature are all executed according to convention.

But once Xin Ziyan left, the convention naturally disappeared.

Thinking that apart from Xin Ziyan, no one else would come to find trouble for this matter.

Who knew, Wang Zhong came directly.

He didn't know how satisfied Wang Zhong was with Xin Ziyan when he collaborated with her on this short film, and even thought about poaching her.

Moreover, how could such a maverick big director like Wang Zhong allow others to occupy the nest in his project, even if it wasn't his nest.

Liu Qiao said: "Director, now Xin Ziyan is no longer an employee of our Ye Mai website. If she still appears in the producer column, it will cause misunderstanding."

"She is no longer an employee of your Ye Mai website, so the fact that she produced this project can be erased?" Wang Zhong was even angrier when he heard Liu Qiao's explanation, "Don't talk to me about these things, do you think I don't know what abacus you are playing in your stomach? Snatching things is not done like this!"

Liu Qiao was also angry after being scolded by Wang Zhong.

He, the dignified Vice President of Ye Mai website, also has status and position, why should he be satirized by you like this?

"Director Wang, the one who collaborated with you is not Xin Ziyan, but Ye Mai website. Xin Ziyan just represented Ye Mai website to connect with you. Don't get the point wrong."

"Without Xin Ziyan, who the hell would collaborate with you." Wang Zhong was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking, and after scolding this, he hung up the phone.

He couldn't help but scold on his Weibo: Some people are shameless.

The short film had just been officially announced to enter the Bicalo Film Festival short film unit, and the director suddenly posted such a Weibo, which stirred up a thousand waves.

For a time, everyone was wondering, what's wrong?

Why suddenly scold people for being shameless?

Various speculations emerged.

Mainly guessing who the shameless person Wang Zhong scolded is.

Of course, at this time, Lu Yanhe's haters will definitely appear.

——Who else could it be, of course, that big star Lu Yanhe who shaped himself into a perfect fake person.

Then, this statement was replied to by Wang Zhong, who was in a rage: I can go to your place, who gave you the confidence to say of course, of course your head.

Lu Yanhe's fans saw this, and one by one they spread the screenshots everywhere, mocking the haters who failed to mock people but were retorted instead.

Lu Yanhe of course knew who Wang Zhong's Weibo was talking about.

He just didn't expect that Wang Zhong would be the first person to stand up for Xin Ziyan.

Lu Yanhe was not idle either. After seeing it, he immediately forwarded this Weibo and said: This time, I have learned a lesson, what is called picking peaches.

Lu Yanhe also popped up and said such a sentence, making people even more confused.

What is this all about.

However, because Lu Yanhe revealed a piece of information this time, that is, he is also one of the witnesses to this incident, and it is picking peaches again.

The omnipotent netizens found the truth after digging through various clues.

The five words "Producer Liu Qiao" were sent to the trending search by them.

Zuo Yu didn't expect that after he took office as the executive in charge of publicity and public relations at Ye Mai website, he would have to deal with the public relations scandal of another executive, Liu Qiao.

Ye Mai website senior management held a meeting.

This incident fermented with lightning speed, and Liu Qiao couldn't cover it up even if he wanted to.

It was not something he could solve alone.

"To be honest, this short film was made by Xin Ziyan, this is a fact nailed to the board." Zuo Yu said, "Unless we have a way to make everyone in the crew unify their caliber, saying that the producer is not Xin Ziyan, but Liu Qiao, otherwise, we ourselves will be stubborn and not change, and with Wang Zhong's current approach, it is not necessarily that he will not continue to slap our faces publicly."

Liu Qiao's face was very ugly.

In the past, he was always sitting here to discuss other people's affairs, but now it has become others sitting here to discuss him.

"Xin Ziyan has resigned."

"Labor law does not say that if an employee resigns, his work results cannot be written into his work resume." Zuo Yu immediately said.

"General Manager Zuo, in the current situation, what is the best way to solve it? The reputation and name of our Ye Mai website cannot stink with this incident."

The implication of this is that Liu Qiao being scolded is his business, don't let the website be scolded together.

"In the current situation, the fastest solution is to update the producer's information, replace Xin Ziyan's name, and then issue an explanation to the outside world, saying that the staff made their own claims because Xin Ziyan resigned and did not add her name, apologize in a painless way, let everyone scold for another day or two, and this matter will pass." Zuo Yu said.

Ye Mai website's statement went online at the speed of light two hours later.

Just as Zuo Yu said, he explained the reason, apologized to Xin Ziyan, and then changed the producer information.

After Liu Qiao's name stayed for a few hours, it was ruthlessly removed.

Although the explanation in the statement said that the staff did it on their own, at this time, of course, no one believed this explanation.

It's all just an excuse.

Everyone understands.

Wang Zhong also specifically told Xin Ziyan to let her reserve time and go to the Bicalo Film Festival with them later.

Xin Ziyan smiled and said: I go to the Bicalo Film Festival, Ye Mai website probably won't pay for me, it's very expensive to go at my own expense.

Wang Zhong said: Stingy, I'll buy it for you.

Xin Ziyan: That's so embarrassing, thanks to your care and appreciation, I have to go even if it's a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, I will definitely appear on time.

Wang Zhong: You should have told me earlier that you were leaving Ye Mai website, I would have poached you, but you went to Chen Ziyan's place again.

Xin Ziyan sent a smiley face: You think too highly of me, there will be many opportunities in the future.

Wang Zhong: This time Ye Mai website did it too unfairly, no wonder you want to leave, such a company is not worth staying in.

Xin Ziyan said somewhat listlessly: Actually, it wasn't like this before.

In the past, everyone held a most sincere heart to do things and treated people with sincerity.

In the past, Xin Ziyan poured all her heart and blood into this website, hoping to make this website better through her own strength.

In the past, she and the company's leaders trusted and supported each other, and she could charge into the front without any scruples, because the ammunition and supplies from the rear never stopped.

How did everything change slowly?

Xin Ziyan could only keep these thoughts and emotions in her heart and digest them herself.

In the world of adults, no matter how outrageous the world you face is, you must bite the bullet and walk your own path straight.