Chapter 439: Suddenly doing this!

"Sorry, I held you back."

At 11:30 at night, Huang Kairen sat in Lu Yan He's room and said helplessly.

Lu Yan He: "Brother Huang, don't mess with me. How can I answer when you say that?"

"Haha, just kidding with you," Huang Kairen said, sighing. "If I were slightly famous overseas, I wouldn't be attacked by some haters and cause such things."

Lu Yan He: "Even if you were a superstar overseas, those who should hate you would still hate you. If they want to find fault with you, they can find anything. If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext."

Huang Kairen nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "Actually, I'm still quite nervous now."

"Just because of these disturbances on the Internet?"

"That's not it. To tell you the truth, I haven't taken it to heart at all. All I'm thinking about now is the premiere of *Rouge* tomorrow," Huang Kairen said. "Coming to this kind of international film festival to compete for the first time, and I'm the lead actor, I'm nervous. I want to know everyone's evaluation of this film quickly, but I'm afraid to know."

Lu Yan He heard this, and while he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he actually understood Huang Kairen's mood very well.

Because when he participated in the film festival for the first time, it was the same.

The current indifference, composure, and calmness are just because he has experienced more.

Lu Yan He also sincerely hoped that Huang Kairen's performance in the film could be recognized by everyone.

Huang Kairen being able to appear in this film in the end really went through many twists and turns.

Early the next morning, Lu Yan He accepted interviews from two overseas media in the hotel room, and the time basically passed.

At noon, he ate bread in the room with Zou Dong and Wang Biao. After a simple meal, he started to change clothes and do styling. Because he was not an actor in *Rouge*, he didn't prepare his formal wear very grandly this time. Just tidy himself up a bit, and he could set off.

At the hotel entrance, he unexpectedly bumped into Felena Ricci. She greeted him with surprise. Lu Yan He was stunned for a moment before recognizing who the other party was, a famous Spanish actress, and a judge of the main competition unit of the Xitu'er Film Festival where *Sanshan* was.

"Hi!" Lu Yan He also smiled brightly and shook hands with Felena Ricci, "Long time no see."

Felena Ricci said: "Although I haven't seen you for a long time, I have watched several of your plays. Oh, you are really too likable."

She held Lu Yan He's face with both hands, and a kind of... to use a common saying—a kind of aunt-like smile appeared on her face.

Lu Yan He was a bit confused and didn't understand why Felena Ricci would suddenly treat him with such "kindness."

Clearly, she hadn't reached the age of "kindness," nearly forty, not yet forty.

Lu Yan He could only say obediently: "Ms. Ricci, thank you for your compliment."

"Just call me Felena," she said. "I will also go to the premiere of *Rouge* later. I heard that the script of this film was created by you, but it's a pity that you didn't act in it."

Lu Yan He smiled and said: "Because there are more suitable actors."

Felena Ricci's eyes were full of appreciation for Lu Yan He: "You act so well, you should act more in the future."

Lu Yan He said: "Well, I have been acting."

Felena Ricci immediately asked: "Then why didn't you bring them to Hezhou this time?"

Lu Yan He had to say: "It hasn't started filming yet, it will start this summer."

Felena Ricci then showed a satisfied smile and said: "Then we will see you at other film festivals."

Lu Yan He said: "The film I want to shoot, I don't know if it will be invited by the film festival. This film is not a typical film festival film."

Felena Ricci said: "If you need it, I can help you recommend it to major film festivals. With the achievements you have made now, I believe major film festivals will welcome you to participate with your works."

Lu Yan He was flattered and thanked her repeatedly.

"You must remember, I am your fan, I like your performance very much," Felena Ricci said. "I really hope we have the opportunity to cooperate together in the future."

Lu Yan He nodded with a smile and said: "There will definitely be an opportunity."

Felena Ricci still wanted to continue communicating with him, but the people around her might really be out of time and started to urge: "Felena, we have to go, Mr. Fevin is still waiting for us."

"Oh!" Felena Ricci showed an apologetic smile to Lu Yan He, "I really hope I can chat with you for a while longer, but I have an appointment with someone else, so I can only chat next time."

"Well, okay," Lu Yan He nodded with a smile, "We will see each other again this afternoon, I hope we can find an opportunity to continue chatting then."

Felena Ricci: "Believe me, this afternoon, you definitely won't have time to have an in-depth chat with anyone. At such a time, as the protagonist, you can only be comprehensive and greet everyone."

She smiled, said goodbye to Lu Yan He, and left.

Lu Yan He then got into the car and set off.

Setting off at this time, of course, is not to attend the premiere and walk the red carpet immediately, but there is another task.

He needs to attend an exhibition activity themed "Film and History" convened by Shang Yongzhou.

This activity is organized by the local museum in Hezhou and the Hezhou Film Festival.

Shang Yongzhou, as the image ambassador of this film festival, serves as the convener and needs to support the facade of this activity.

Lu Yan He, Chen Bige, Huang Kairen, and the others all received invitations from Shang Yongzhou to attend this activity first.

After all, it is Shang Yongzhou, and they must appear to support him.

And besides them, Jia Long also brought Wang Dashan.

Besides these few Chinese stars, many foreign stars also appeared.

Several familiar faces, especially when British actress Lily Wilton appeared, the scene set off a wave of cheers.

She is the heroine of the most popular series *Golden Throne* in Hollywood in recent years, with great popularity, and is one of the most popular female stars in the world today.

Shang Yongzhou stood on the side of the red carpet photo area waiting for her and politely performed a cheek-kissing ceremony with her.

Lily Wilton seems to be very familiar with Shang Yongzhou.

Lu Yan He was wondering, Linyu reminded him in his ear: "Shang Yongzhou once acted in a foreign film. At that time, the second female lead of that film was Lily Wilton. She hadn't acted in *Golden Throne* at that time and was a newcomer with no fame."

Lu Yan He realized.

No wonder it is said that Shang Yongzhou is one of the most representative male actors in China.

He not only has a high status in China but also starred in overseas films. This resume is indeed representative.

At the event site, Lu Yan He had the opportunity to meet Lily Wilton and exchanged a few pleasantries.

Lily Wilton hadn't seen his works and didn't know who he was. People just communicated with him politely.

Lu Yan He also just chatted with her politely.

After Lily Wilton was called away by others, Wang Biao asked in a low voice in Lu Yan He's ear: "Little Brother Lu, why are you not very enthusiastic about her?"

Lu Yan He: "Am I not enthusiastic? It's okay, quite normal."

"Okay," Wang Biao said, "I thought you didn't like her very much."

Lu Yan He was reminded by Wang Biao's words.

Don't like her?

Lu Yan He didn't think about where he gave such an impression.

What he was thinking was, if Wang Biao mistakenly thought he was not enthusiastic about Lily Wilton, would Lily Wilton herself have such an impression?

Lu Yan He didn't want to leave such an impression on people the first time they met.

So, he asked Wang Biao one more question: "Was I very cold just now?"

"Not cold, but compared to when you met Felena Ricci just now, it made me completely feel that your expression and tone in front of Lily Wilton just now were faked."

"Ah? Is my acting so bad?"

"It may also be that I am overthinking," Wang Biao said, "After all, I am too familiar with you, Little Brother Lu."

However, Wang Biao was not overthinking.

Someone inside the venue filmed the scene where Lu Yan He met and communicated with Lily Wilton.

People came to film Lily Wilton and took Lu Yan He in by the way.

After the video was posted on the Internet, many people were saying that the smile of this Asian man in the video was very hypocritical and could not feel sincerity at all.

This is the public opinion that appeared on the foreign network.

After Chen Ziyan saw it, she became anxious and wanted to control the relevant public opinion—

However, traditional methods were useless on the foreign network. She didn't have anyone who could help on the foreign network.

Lily Wilton's fame and influence were too great, and there were many fans, so such public opinion became more and more intense.

When Lu Yan He attended this exhibition activity, prepared to leave, rested for a while, and was about to transfer to the red carpet of the *Rouge* premiere, Lu Yan He noticed that several people were pointing at him. At first, Lu Yan He thought he was recognized, and politely nodded and greeted them, but soon he found that something was wrong. The eyes everyone looked at him and the expressions on their faces were not right.

Lu Yan He hesitated and asked Wang Biao: "Why are they looking at me like this?"

Wang Biao also shook his head: "I don't know."

Lu Yan He still heard the ins and outs of the matter from Chen Bige.

Chen Bige asked: "What's going on? You don't like Lily Wilton?"

"No," Lu Yan He was confused and didn't know why he suddenly didn't like Lily Wilton.

Found that video on the Internet and watched it.

In the video, Lily Wilton's attitude toward him has always been friendly, but he didn't know what was going on. Although the smile on his face was enthusiastic and close, it was a bit stiff. Not only that, when talking and laughing with Lily Wilton, there was some deliberate and pretentious enthusiasm, which was more like perfunctory.

Lu Yan He immediately understood why he was attacked by everyone because of this video.

If he saw this video, he would also ask the same question.

However, Lu Yan He couldn't remember why his expression was like this when he talked to Lily Wilton at that time.

He is not the kind of person who can't manage his expressions well.

This is the first time this situation has occurred.

Chen Ziyan has already called in a hurry.

Wang Biao took the mobile phone to Lu Yan He and said: "Little Brother Lu, Sister Ziyan's call, looking for you."

Lu Yan He took it in his hand.

"Yan He, I have already seen the video."

Lu Yan He sighed and said: "This is really an unintentional mistake. I didn't even realize that my expression was like that at the time."

Chen Ziyan: "It's okay, you might be too tired, so your expression is out of control."

Tired?

Lu Yan He thought, he hasn't been very tired these days, it's okay. Compared with last year, he has lived very comfortably during this period.

Chen Ziyan said: "Explain on your social account abroad, just say that the schedule is tight recently, very tired, the state is not good, so the first time I met Lily Wilton, because I like her very much, I tried hard to cheer up when I was tired and communicate enthusiastically with her, but I didn't expect to be counterproductive and cause such a misunderstanding. Explain to Lily Wilton."

Lu Yan He knew that this was the most suitable public relations method he could think of in the short term.

He edited a paragraph on his mobile phone first, checked it twice, confirmed that there was no ambiguity, and then published this status, and also @Lily Wilton.

After sending this message, Lu Yan He saw many people scolding him.

Those who scolded fiercely directly said don't think he is a top star in China, in front of Lily Wilton, he is nothing.

Lu Yan He read line by line, his mood was a bit heavy.

He put down his mobile phone and asked Wang Biao: "If I appear on the red carpet of *Rouge* in this situation, is it quite black for the film?"

"Black? How could it be," Wang Biao immediately said, "Little Brother Lu, you are just an unintentional mistake, not intentional, everyone will understand."

Lu Yan He smiled when he heard Wang Biao say this.

Ten minutes after his explanation message was sent, Lu Yan He logged in again to look at everyone's comments.

In the comment area, as expected, many people didn't buy it and were still questioning his attitude toward Lily Wilton.

The entertainment industry is the most unreasonable place. Whether they like you, don't like you, trust you, or don't trust you, it all depends on the audience's mood. Effort is useless, and explanation is useless.

Lu Yan He had long expected this result—if a casual explanation was useful, then there would be no need for those public relations companies to exist.

Lu Yan He was not worried that this would cause him much trouble. Such topics, after being discussed lively for a few days, the popularity will pass. And Lu Yan He's first-time explanation actually tied a button for this matter at the public level, and this matter will not become his black spot in the future.

But this takes time.

And the *Rouge* premiere red carpet is right now.

The scene of this main competition unit shortlisted film will certainly not lack media reporters.

If he appears on the red carpet of *Rouge* at this time, it is estimated that the attention of many media will be on him, on him and Lily Wilton's matter.

Lu Yan He hesitated, or simply don't walk this red carpet.

This can also reduce everyone's attention to him and this matter.

Lu Yan He thought so, contacted Jiang Zixin, and told her his thoughts.

This sudden incident of Lu Yan He caught the *Rouge* crew off guard.

Jiang Zixin and Zheng Huairen were having a headache because of this matter, and kept contacting friends they knew to see if there was any way to lower the popularity of this matter first.

But they encountered the same problem as Chen Ziyan.

They were too unfamiliar with the environment abroad and didn't know how to operate such things.

The *Rouge* premiere is imminent, and the red carpet is about to start.

At this time, the soul core figure of their film fell into negative public opinion.

Zheng Huairen didn't even have time to contact Lu Yan He.

In fact, they were also thinking about how to reduce the impact of this matter on the *Rouge* premiere.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Lu Yan He actually took the initiative to propose not to walk the red carpet.

Wang Zhong frowned, a bit annoyed, and said: "Why don't you walk the red carpet? Just because of such a thing? What kind of thing is that? Who can always guarantee that their expression is no problem? Didn't Yan He explain that his state was not good?"

Zheng Huairen said: "Sigh, when such a thing happens, the most uncomfortable and unhappy person must be Yan He himself. He didn't even call us, and directly sent a message to Jiang Zixin, saying that he would not walk the red carpet with us, and would enter the venue directly, not wanting to bring more trouble to the film."

Huang Kairen and Chen Bige were standing on the side. Hearing Zheng Huairen say this, Huang Kairen looked at Wang Zhong—the director still had an unhappy face—he obviously very much hoped that Lu Yan He could accompany them to walk on this red carpet.

For filmmakers, the film they created was shortlisted for the Hezhou Film Festival main competition unit, and everyone walked on the red carpet of the premiere together, accepting the eyes of all media in the world. This is a ritual and an honor.

Not to mention, Wang Zhong himself was full of favoritism and appreciation for Lu Yan He.

Chen Bige hesitated and said: "I'll call Yan He first, I'll ask him what he thinks."

Chen Bige took the mobile phone from the assistant and walked to the side to call Lu Yan He.

Wang Zhong's face was gloomy and ugly.

Huang Kairen wanted to say something at this time, but he didn't know what to say.

Completely powerless.

This feeling of embarrassment also made Huang Kairen uncomfortable.

Five minutes later, Chen Bige came back.

"Director, I talked to Yan He on the phone, let's go, he confirmed that he will not walk the red carpet with us," Chen Bige said. "He doesn't want to bring more criticism to the film because of this negative public opinion, and also asked me to persuade you, saying don't worry about him, he will wait for us in the screening hall."

Seeing Chen Bige say this, Wang Zhong sighed, nodded, and said: "Then okay, let's go."

Originally, the mood should be high to walk on the red carpet, but at this moment, it was covered with a shadow.

Lu Yan He sat in the car, waiting for Wang Biao to communicate with people to see where he could avoid the media and enter the Film Palace.

After communicating with difficulty, a staff member came to pick him up and entered from another VIP channel.

At this time, the mobile phone suddenly rang.

Lu Yan He picked it up and took a look. It was actually a message from Shang Yongzhou: Have you entered? Or are you still outside?

Lu Yan He said: Premiere? Film Palace? I entered from the VIP channel, didn't walk the red carpet, Senior Brother, have you arrived?

Shang Yongzhou said: Almost there, come out.

Lu Yan He: You don't want me to pick you up, do you?

Shang Yongzhou: Come to pick up Lily Wilton, I brought her over. You caused such a trouble, and you left without saying a word. I just found out what happened.

Lu Yan He: Sigh, I didn't control my expression well.

Shang Yongzhou: Stop talking nonsense, come out quickly, walk the red carpet with Lily later, I have already agreed with her.

Lu Yan He was stunned: Ah?

Shang Yongzhou: I invited you over. You caused trouble at the activity I convened, and I can't sit idly by. Not to mention you have called me Senior Brother for so long, you have to fulfill the responsibility of being a Senior Brother.

At this moment, Lu Yan He was suddenly clumsy, not knowing how to describe his sudden emotion.

Usually, Shang Yongzhou doesn't say much.

He suddenly did this! ===== CHAPTER 440 =====