Chapter 474: Officially Launching (Ten thousand words updated!)

The clamor, the arguments.

Endless.

However, after the day of the *Silent River* media meet-and-greet, Lu Yan He's state of mind changed.

He truly walked out of this storm.

Chen Ziyan noticed that he no longer obsessed over this matter in his heart. He truly learned what to discard and what to persist in, no longer troubling himself.

Wang Biao said it was because after Lu Yan He returned to the stage that day, the cheers and applause from the entire venue gave him tremendous support, allowing him to see with his own eyes that so many people were supporting him in this matter.

A person who had been surrounded by praise and flowers for the past few years, upon occasionally encountering a few people cursing him, would find that the world in his eyes was left with only those few people. This is a weakness of human nature; people are always prone to noticing those negative, targeted remarks while easily ignoring those who support them and applaud for them.

Almost every artist has to go through this.

Lu Yan He experienced this situation time and time again. Each time the situation was more severe than the last, but his psychological state was also tempered to be stronger each time.

After this, Lu Yan He went to visit the set of *My Own Swordsman* one after another, and also attended a special screening for film critics of *Road to Glory*, as well as a roadshow for *Road to Glory*.

The nomination list for the Asian Television Awards was released; Lu Yan He received a nomination for Best Actor for *Seventeen Layers* and a nomination for Best Screenwriter for *Friends*. With two nominations, he topped the list, gaining a wave of popularity.

Thus, in just a short week or two, many gossiping netizens discovered that the situation where Lu Yan He had been judged by many on the forefront of public opinion like a witch of the old century just a week or two ago had suddenly shifted, and he had once again become that familiar model worker and award-winning darling that everyone knew.

A few discordant voices complained that the Asian Television Awards were just a "backyard award," and a large group of people retorted, "You can't even get a backyard award."

There was also a very active account with over ten thousand followers that was discovered to be a fan of Li Yuefeng.

Less than an hour after being exposed, Li Yuefeng was mocked and trended on the hot search.

He was also an actor in *Seventeen Layers*. If Lu Yan He's nomination for Best Actor at the Asian Television Awards was cursed as a "backyard award," then what was the situation for him, an actor who also participated but didn't even get a nomination for a backyard award?

Seeing that he had trended on the hot search because of this matter, Li Yuefeng was so angry that his fists clenched.

"What does this have to do with me!" he complained angrily. "Lu Yan He's fans are truly crazy. First they cursed Lu Yan He, and now they're coming to curse me. Are they sick!"

His agent, Wu Bai, sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at Li Yuefeng and said, "Don't look at those things on the internet. They are all people who are becoming increasingly extreme. In real life, they wouldn't dare to let out a fart."

Li Yuefeng frowned and said, "But is that person really my fan? Why would they go and stir up trouble to curse Lu Yan He? If Lu Yan He is going to be cursed because of an award nomination, I might as well not go out."

The instigator, Wu Bai, looked silently out the window and said nothing.

"Who knows whose fan it is? Nowadays, some fan leaders wear seven or eight skins. They look like your fans, but you peel off a layer and find they are Lu Yan He's fans, and in reality, they might be Huang Kai's fans," Wu Bai said. "Perhaps it's just a fan of one of your rivals intentionally inciting conflict. Otherwise, how could it be so easily discovered that they like you?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuefeng became even more annoyed.

"Damn it, it must be Liu Zefan's fans."

Wu Bai: "..."

Currently, Li Yuefeng's biggest competitor was Liu Zefan. Therefore, there was quite a lot of competition between the two of them, and the teams on both sides were fighting openly and secretly, and the fans were also affected. Thus, Li Yuefeng thought of Liu Zefan immediately.

Li Yuefeng took out his phone and sent a message to Lu Yan He, saying: Yan He, that fan who mocked you is not my real fan. Who knows who is under the skin! Let's not be driven apart by provocation!

Seeing this message sent by Li Yuefeng, Lu Yan He was a bit surprised, and even couldn't help but laugh or cry.

Just five minutes ago, Chen Ziyan told him that behind this incident, many people in the industry had stepped in to add fuel to the fire.

Among those jumping the most actively was Li Yuefeng's agent.

Lu Yan He showed the phone to Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan looked at it and said, "He... it's really hard to say."

Lu Yan He said, "Is he pretending?"

Chen Ziyan shook her head. "I don't know. Maybe he knows, maybe he doesn't, but the fact that his agent is adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes is a nailed-down fact. Keep your distance from him in the future."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Now more and more people can't sit still and are seizing every opportunity to step in and mess with you," Chen Ziyan said. "The road ahead will become increasingly difficult. You did a good job adjusting your state so quickly this time. Keep up the good work later, okay?"

Lu Yan He laughed.

"Got it, I will work hard."

Chen Ziyan: "The person who sent you those photos with crosses on them has also been found."

"Hmm?"

"It's the person who threw eggs at you that day," Chen Ziyan said. "He confessed it himself."

Lu Yan He sighed, his tone actually relaxed, and said, "He made it seem like I had done something unforgivable to him."

Chen Ziyan: "In his words, it really was."

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned; he didn't expect Chen Ziyan to say that.

Chen Ziyan said, "We only discovered this time that he had been using the signboard of the fan support club to scrape money all along."

"Scrape money?"

"Yes, in the name of supporting you, he collected funds from many fans," Chen Ziyan shook her head. "Things we explicitly prohibited, he still did secretly. Many fans were deceived by him, truly believing that although we prohibited it on the surface, we actually needed them to do so, so they really collected funds for him."

Lu Yan He couldn't believe it and asked, "This is a crime, right!"

Chen Ziyan: "Yes. Originally, there was nothing we could do about him, but this investigation actually uncovered the problem. So do you know why he has such hatred for you now? We disbanded the support club like that, cutting off their source of wealth."

Chen Ziyan's face was full of sarcasm.

Lu Yan He also curled the corners of his mouth.

Disappointing.

Regarding this matter, Chen Ziyan did not hide it.

Once the causes and consequences of some things were investigated clearly, she immediately made a statement regarding this series of "vicious fan incidents" and also made public for the first time the fact that Lu Yan He had received "threat letters."

It wasn't made public before because she was afraid that some fans would get emotional and follow suit.

Making it public now was specifically to define the "threat letter" incident as having "ulterior motives and intentions."

—Don't you follow suit either. This person wasn't "admonishing" you, but rather because his own source of wealth was cut off, he used this method to threaten Lu Yan He to express his anger.

Chen Ziyan's statement mentioned many things that Lu Yan He had encountered recently.

Some of them had never been made public before.

Only then did everyone realize how much attack Lu Yan He had endured during this period.

"Lu Yan He held on. Look, the vicious public opinion that lasted for two or three weeks didn't have a substantial impact on him. After holding on, now that everyone looks at Lu Yan He's previous public opinion crisis, they all feel it was unreasonable."

Li Xia said to Liu Zefan while paying attention to the public opinion on the internet.

"I don't even understand why so many people criticized Lu Yan He because of this matter before," Liu Zefan said bluntly.

Li Xia: "There were some extreme fans, and others were adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes, which formed the situation at that time."

"Even Lu Yan He can be blacklisted for this kind of thing," Liu Zefan said. "Can't understand it."

Li Xia: "The internet era is like this. Get used to it. Think about it, behind Lu Yan He is Chen Ziyan. In terms of public relations and public opinion handling, Chen Ziyan's ability and level are first-class. In this situation, facing the siege of various alliances, she could only temporarily avoid the sharp edge and rely on time to hold on. You will inevitably face such a situation in the future. You really need to learn from Lu Yan He how to adjust your mindset and speed."

Liu Zefan: "He is Lu Yan He. If I have his achievements, nothing others say will affect me."

Li Xia laughed, "I hope you remember today's words and do what you say."

This kind of thing, unless you have truly experienced it yourself, no matter what you say, it is fake. If you don't reach that moment yourself and face those things yourself, you cannot truly experience that kind of pain and torment of being in ice and fire.

At this moment, Li Xia's phone suddenly rang.

She picked it up and looked, and her brows furrowed.

Seeing Li Xia's expression, Liu Zefan's expression changed.

"What's wrong?" Liu Zefan asked.

Li Xia sighed and said, "Nothing, Meng Li got into a conflict with someone again."

"Ah?" Hearing the name Meng Li, Liu Zefan subconsciously frowned. Liu Zefan actually didn't like this woman who shared an agent with him.

His personality and style of doing things were too different from Meng Li's; they were poles apart.

Liu Zefan had never understood why Li Xia would manage Meng Li.

Of course, it was true that Meng Li was popular. In fact, in terms of popularity and traffic, Meng Li had always been a step ahead of him.

Li Xia said: "Meng Li ran into Ji Miao at an event and rolled her eyes at Ji Miao, and it was filmed by someone."

Liu Zefan: "..."

Li Xia: "Recently, Meng Li's emotions have been a bit volatile. You should have less contact with her, don't get accidentally injured by her."

"Hmm." Liu Zefan nodded.

Ji Miao was also very innocent.

She still didn't know why she was rolled eyes at by Meng Li.

"Besides the movie on hand, I heard Liu Bige has another play," agent Yin Lufei said to Ji Miao. "A script tailored for Lu Yan He by screenwriter Miao Yue. Perform well in this play and strive to continue working with Liu Bige in the next play."

Without Yin Lufei saying much, Ji Miao knew how high the gold content of this play was.

The trio of Liu Bige, Miao Yue, and Lu Yan He was the combination that won the Venice International Film Festival award for *Twilight Spring* last time.

Not to mention whether the new play would reach the height of *Twilight Spring*, even if it didn't, the experience of appearing in this project would be a solid resume-building journey.

A resume that the entire industry would recognize.

Ji Miao suddenly remembered something and said, "Sister Fei, what is the relationship between Li Zhibai and Lu Yan He? Last time Lu Yan He was attacked face-to-face by those black fans at the media meet-and-greet, Li Zhibai happened to be chatting about the script with me and Director Liu Bige. He was so angry that I thought he was going to help Lu Yan He attack back, but there was no movement at all. Was his loyalty to Lu Yan He before just an act?"

"Who knows? In this circle, who has a good relationship with whom and who has a bad relationship with whom cannot be judged by the information on the surface," Yin Lufei said. "This is not important either. Just perform your role well."

Ji Miao said "Oh."

Yin Lufei suddenly thought of something else and exhorted: "Li Zhibai is not a kind person. When you act in a love scene with him, don't get moved and act into it, you know?"

Ji Miao: "I won't. When he gets angry, he is like a tiger, very scary. I won't like a man with such a violent temper."

Yin Lufei nodded with satisfaction.

Ziyuanqiao.

Li Zhibai walked out of the room in slippers, scratched his fluffy, messy hair, and yawned again.

"What are we eating for lunch?" Lu Yan He was sitting on the lounge chair by the balcony reading the script. Seeing Li Zhibai get up, he asked.

Li Zhibai: "Whatever."

"Going out to eat?" Lu Yan He asked.

Li Zhibai: "Don't want to move."

"Then I'll order takeout," Lu Yan He said. "Want roast duck?"

"Whatever." Li Zhibai had just woken up, his mind was not on eating at all, and he yawned again.

By the time Li Zhibai was truly awake, it was already twenty minutes later.

"Why are you so tired?" Lu Yan He asked.

Li Zhibai: "I've been practicing dancing these past few days."

"Are you still preparing for the *Idol Era* program?" Lu Yan He asked.

Li Zhibai nodded and said, "I have to record one episode every month."

Even Yan Liang had reduced the frequency of his appearances on the *Idol Era* program because of filming, but Li Zhibai had never left.

Even when filming, he would still participate in the recording of this program at least once a month.

Among the three of them, the one who truly loved the idol stage was Li Zhibai.

Lu Yan He asked, "Then when are you recording this episode?"

Li Zhibai said, "Five days later. After recording, I'll just go into the crew to film."

Li Zhibai was talking about the romantic comedy movie directed by Liu Bige.

Lu Yan He asked, "How long do you plan to film this movie?"

"The official filming time is thirty-five days, with ten days left as mobile time," Li Zhibai said. "Wrap up in November."

"Where is the movie filming?"

"Right here in Yuming," Li Zhibai said. "This point is relatively good. After work, I can come back to sleep, no need to stay in a hotel."

Lu Yan He: "That's good."

Li Zhibai said: "What about you? No arrangements to join a crew later?"

"No, waiting to continue filming the winter part of *Love Letter* at the end of the year," Lu Yan He said. "I find that it's quite good now. Before, I filmed one play after another, but now it's much easier. However, next year will be a bit harder. *Burning Fire* starts filming in April and will take nearly three months. Then, next year I have to film the second season of *Seventeen Layers*."

Li Zhibai: "Filming one or two plays a year is enough."

In fact, truly top-tier actors generally only film one or two plays a year, not letting their output be too high, and their choice of projects must be carefully selected.

Lu Yan He currently has *Silent River* airing. This drama is very popular, and the audience feedback is good. Even though there are only eight episodes, the one-month broadcast time has made *Silent River* rank at the forefront of all data.

Especially its performance on the Maxine platform, which broke the best record for Chinese-language dramas, has further solidified everyone's impression of Lu Yan He's "international influence."

"By the way, will *Silent River* have a second season?" Li Zhibai asked curiously. "I really want to see if this drama can have a second season. This drama is good, I've been following it."

Lu Yan He shook his head and said, "I don't know either. So far, I haven't received any news from Director Chen. However, our drama has actually told the story completely. If we really want to film a second season, it might be to keep the character of police officer Zeng Qiao to start another case. My case has already been told."

Li Zhibai: "You mean, it's possible you won't participate in the second season?"

"It's possible," Lu Yan He nodded. "Can't force a story and make me a criminal suspect again, right?"

Li Zhibai: "Not impossible."

Lu Yan He: "... But, if we film the second season in such a far-fetched way, it will flop. If the second season is done like this, I will resign."

Li Zhibai: "I thought you would unconditionally agree to act in Director Chen's play."

"If it really unfolds like this, based on my understanding of Director Chen, she would also unconditionally refuse," Lu Yan He laughed.

Just as they were chatting, Lu Yan He's phone suddenly rang.

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

"It's weird, Director Chen is calling me," Lu Yan He looked at the caller name "Chen Lingling" on the phone screen and looked at Li Zhibai in surprise. "Your mouth is really blessed; whatever you say comes true."

Li Zhibai rolled a roast duck for himself, stuffed it into his mouth, and signaled him to answer the phone quickly.

Lu Yan He wiped his hands and answered the phone.

"Hello, Director."

Chen Lingling asked: "Yan He, are you free now?"

"Yes, what's up, Director?"

"Just asking you, are you interested in writing the script for the second season of *Silent River*?" Chen Lingling asked.

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

Chen Lingling: "Let you and Zeng Qiao's characters return together and write a new script."

Lu Yan He: "This... I'm confused, Director. I haven't thought about this at all."

Chen Lingling: "I've talked to several screenwriter teams, but I'm not satisfied with their ideas. They are all ideas that are like 'dog's tail after a sable's tail' (inferior sequels). You are the lead actor and you understand screenwriting, so I thought maybe you would have good ideas."

"I don't," Lu Yan He said without hesitation. "I haven't thought about continuing the story of the second season of *Silent River* at all before."

Chen Lingling: "Then consider it, Yan He."

Lu Yan He didn't refuse immediately either.

"I, I will think about it seriously, Director," Lu Yan He said. "But I might not necessarily have good ideas."

Creation is not such an easy thing.

Lu Yan He himself knew better that when he was a screenwriter before, he wasn't really a screenwriter; he was doing the work of a copycat.

Did he really have the ability to create an original story? And still create a new story on the basis of existing stories and characters?

Lu Yan He subconsciously resisted, feeling that he couldn't handle it and wanted to refuse.

However, as if by some strange twist of fate, Lu Yan He said he would consider it.

After hanging up the phone, he was still pondering this matter. Seeing him like this, Li Zhibai asked: "What did Chen Lingling want with you?"

"Uh, she asked if I was willing to write the script for the second season of *Silent River*."

Li Zhibai was still chewing, and upon hearing Lu Yan He say this, his eyes widened in shock, and he looked at him in surprise.

"Hmm?"

He quickly swallowed it and laughed loudly.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Lu Yan He said: "I don't know either."

"Are you writing it?"

"I said I don't know either," Lu Yan He looked at Li Zhibai speechlessly.

"What about the previous screenwriter?" Li Zhibai asked.

"I didn't ask in detail, but listening to the Director, she has already contacted several screenwriter teams, and she doesn't approve of the ideas they proposed for the second season."

"That means Chen Lingling doesn't like the ideas proposed by the previous screenwriter," Li Zhibai hissed. "How cruel. They worked together on the first part, but now she doesn't like them?"

Lu Yan He didn't know the specific situation and couldn't answer.

Li Zhibai immediately said: "Then you'd better not take this job. It's thankless. If you write it well, it's because the first script was good, and you just took advantage of others. If you write it poorly, it's because you don't have the ability. With the first one being a pearl, you are just adding a dog's tail."

Lu Yan He: "What you said makes so much sense, I am speechless."

Chen Ziyan's opinion was consistent with Li Zhibai's.

She also did not approve of him taking on the work of the script for the second season of *Silent River*.

"How many scripts do you have on hand that you haven't written yet? Where do you have time to take on a new script?" Chen Ziyan said. "It's someone else's copyright, someone else's play. I am a person who puts interests first. Taking this script has no special benefits for you."

Lu Yan He weighed the pros and cons himself and felt that it was indeed the case.

Thus, a day later, Lu Yan He called Chen Lingling back and formally declined the screenwriter job.

Chen Lingling seemed to have expected Lu Yan He's refusal and didn't try to persuade him much.

Lu Yan He's reason for refusal was quite legitimate, stating directly that he had many projects in preparation on hand and could not spare time to do the script for the second season of *Silent River*.

Lu Yan He's busyness was also famous in the entertainment industry, so no further explanation was needed.

Chen Lingling said: "Then I can only continue to look for screenwriters."

Lu Yan He suddenly remembered something and said: "Director, have you contacted the screenwriter of *Seventeen Layers*, Teacher Feng Qiyue? I collaborated with him on *Seventeen Layers* and also communicated with him. Maybe he can provide some ideas for the second season of *Silent River*."

"I have contacted Qiyue, but he doesn't have the time," Chen Lingling said. "His schedule is already lined up for two years."

The schedule of a first-tier screenwriter is even tighter than that of an actor.

Because screenwriters writing scripts is different from actors acting; the creation time is multiplied.

Chen Lingling sighed and said: "Now all major platforms are doing suspense theaters, and screenwriters who can write this type of subject matter have long been booked for several projects."

"Then the previous screenwriter teacher of *Silent River*—"

"The things he brought out were not good. Originally, I wanted to grind with him seriously to see if we could grind it out, but he had already taken on another big project, and he couldn't spare the time and energy. I didn't want to force it; forcing it won't produce good things."

Lu Yan He thought to himself, no wonder.

Li Zhibai's guess was really correct.

Chen Lingling just didn't like what the other party brought out, which is why she started looking for other screenwriters.

"It's really hard to find a good suspense crime story idea," Chen Lingling sighed and prepared to hang up the phone.

Lu Yan He, however, was reminded by this sentence and suddenly thought of a person.

"Wait, Director Chen!"

"Hmm?"

Lu Yan He said: "If you just need a good story idea, maybe I can contact Teacher Liu Jiazhen."

"Liu Jiazhen? Who is he?" Chen Lingling asked.

"A suspense novelist I know who wrote *Nineteen Years of Crime Records* and *Silent Spiral*," Lu Yan He said. "A very excellent suspense novelist."

Chen Lingling hesitated for a moment and said: "Yan He, then see if you can help me arrange a meeting with him?"

Lu Yan He said: "No problem, Director. I will contact him first, but I don't know if he is willing. I haven't told him about this yet."

"Hmm, okay," Chen Lingling said. "I'm not questioning his ability; I'm just used to meeting everyone I'm going to collaborate with in person. If I don't meet them, I can't be sure if it's suitable for collaboration."

"Okay, Director, I understand," Lu Yan He said. "I'm also afraid that he won't be interested in film and television creation and will refuse later, so I'm telling you in advance."

Lu Yan He specifically made an appointment with Liu Jiazhen to eat together first.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time anyway.

Liu Jiazhen had been preparing his new book.

"Brother Jiazhen, how have you been? How is the new book coming along?" Lu Yan He asked.

Liu Jiazhen shook his head very depressedly, "I've written more than a dozen beginnings, but I can't write it out no matter what. I'm stuck very badly."

"Sigh, sometimes I really want to borrow your creativity. You write scripts one after another, it's really enviable," Liu Jiazhen said. "If I had your vigorous creativity, I would have written two more books."

Lu Yan He said: "That's different. Scriptwriting and novel creation are two different things. Moreover, suspense novels themselves are very difficult to write. The two novels you wrote are highly rated. I write a lot, but I write different types of stories, not practicing in the same dojo repeatedly, so of course it's much faster."

Liu Jiazhen asked with a smile: "Are you reminding me that I can find more subjects to write about?"

Lu Yan He said: "That depends on yourself. I don't have the confidence to give advice to a great writer."

He laughed and shrugged his shoulders, saying: "Bottlenecks in creation will be encountered by everyone; just get through it. Brother Jiazhen, I invited you to dinner this time because there is something I want to ask for your opinion."

Liu Jiazhen nodded, "Go ahead."

Lu Yan He: "First of all, let me state that I just think you are more suitable, so I'm asking. If you are not interested, just tell me directly. The drama *Silent River* that I am currently airing is preparing for a second part, and they want to continue creating the second part based on the first part, using the roles of me and Zeng Qiao. But Director Chen Lingling has now found several screenwriters and their teams to discuss, and she is not satisfied with the ideas they proposed, so I suddenly thought of you."

Liu Jiazhen understood when he heard this.

He said: "Let me write the script for the second season of *Silent River*?"

"Not necessarily writing the specific script, mainly the creative idea. If I let you write the script, you definitely won't come, I know," Lu Yan He said. "You are the best person I know at writing suspense crime stories. I am particularly curious, if you were to continue writing the story of *Silent River*, what kind of story would you write?"

The reason Lu Yan He said that if he let Liu Jiazhen write the script, Liu Jiazhen definitely wouldn't come, was because Liu Jiazhen was very successful as a novelist now.

And if he were to be a screenwriter, it would take at least a year of investment.

Writing a script is completely different from writing a novel.

Writing a script is to serve the crew, and there will be all kinds of people making suggestions.

A writer like Liu Jiazhen doesn't need to, and it's unlikely he would take so much time to write this script while creating a new book.

Lu Yan He thought that maybe Liu Jiazhen could propose a good idea, an entry point, so that the screenwriters would have a creative point to diverge from.

In this regard, Liu Jiazhen had always been a leader.

The settings of his two published novels had received extremely high praise.

Liu Jiazhen rubbed his face with a smile, "You overestimate me too much."

Lu Yan He said: "Brother Jiazhen, this is an opportunity that is also very valuable for your creation. You used to gather materials and conceive your novels all by yourself, but if you take on the creation of the story for the second season of *Silent River*, you can discuss it with the director and a professional screenwriter team. This way of creation must be something you have never experienced before, right?"

Liu Jiazhen nodded hesitantly.

Novelists all fight alone.

Gathering materials, interviewing, finding materials, etc., every word has to be completed by oneself.

But for a screenwriter, it is not like this.

Except for a very small number of big-name screenwriters who write scripts by themselves (in fact, in most cases, this type of screenwriter also has their own assistants and teams, just not credited), the screenwriter of every drama is a team.

Everyone divides the work and collaborates to create together.

The creation modes of the two are completely different.

"Anyway, you said you were stuck in writing recently," Lu Yan He said with a smile. "You can consider switching your thinking in another creation mode; maybe it can bring new creative inspiration."

He first persuaded Liu Jiazhen, and then said: "However, if you are really not interested, forget it."

Liu Jiazhen hesitated, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

Lu Yan He knew that Liu Jiazhen definitely couldn't make this decision immediately.

He said: "Brother Jiazhen, you don't have to rush to make a decision. As long as you are not completely unwilling, just think about it. It just so happens that I will arrange for you to meet Director Chen Lingling and have a chat, how about it? Director Chen also wants to meet and chat with you."

Liu Jiazhen nodded and said okay.

Being a middleman is not easy.

But Lu Yan He took the initiative to be this middleman because he believed this was a win-win cooperation.

Of course, the final decision was made by Chen Lingling and Liu Jiazhen themselves.

Lu Yan He couldn't interfere.

At this time, *Silent River* also reached its end. The last episode was launched and broadcast, and the number of global viewers in one hour exceeded 5 million, with brilliant results.

Maxine announced that it would hold meet-and-greets for the creators of *Silent River* in seven countries including China, Japan, and South Korea.

This move also indirectly showed how popular this drama was in Asia.

Suspense crime dramas have always been evergreen, with works exploding every year.

This time, it was finally a Chinese-language drama that exploded.

Maxine's spokesperson also attributed the success of *Silent River* to the fact that this drama had the strongest production team in China and starred Lu Yan He, the most famous male actor in China internationally.

The popularity of this drama was also reflected in the fact that Lu Yan He even received invitations for business cooperation from local brands in Japan and South Korea.

They gave the title of Asian spokesperson right away, and they were all endorsement fees according to the market price of first-tier superstars, without any discount, fully recognizing his commercial value.

However, Chen Ziyan rejected them all.

Because they were not first-tier brands.

This rejection meant tens of millions of RMB in endorsement fees were gone.

Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan, however, did not hesitate at all.

In terms of Lu Yan He's commercial aspects, Chen Ziyan was very cautious, and her strictness in gatekeeping was famous in the circle.

When Zeng Qiao announced four new endorsements, Lu Yan He hadn't announced a single one.

This also made some people puzzled, not understanding why.

Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan did not disclose the news of rejecting the endorsements of the two local Japanese and Korean brands, so it caused the current situation.

Some people in the industry attributed it to the feeling that Lu Yan He's disbanding of the fan support club still affected his commercial value in the eyes of brands.

After all, having offended some die-hard fans, no one knew how much commercial value he could still drive.

Regarding such voices, Chen Ziyan was too lazy to respond publicly. Lu Yan He's fans had already summarized his endorsement brand situation themselves to promote the high quality of the brands Lu Yan He endorsed.

After being summarized by Lu Yan He's fans, everyone saw that Lu Yan He's business endorsements had only two keywords: either high luxury, such as Math and Bushe'er, or national popularity, such as the domestic sportswear brand "Shangjian," stationery brand "Baixing," and convenience store "Lansen."

The reason fans summarized that Lu Yan He did not add a single endorsement after *Silent River* aired was that Lu Yan He already had many endorsement brands, and the quality requirements were very high, so it was difficult to have a vacancy for a brand that could meet Lu Yan He's requirements.

At this time, a professional data statistics company in China that specializes in business statistics mentioned one thing when summarizing the monthly report:

The top male actor in China (who had a hit drama airing this month) rejected as many as seven brand endorsements this month. If he had taken them all, the total endorsement fee would have been nearly nine figures in RMB. Among the seven endorsement invitations, many came from overseas brands, and even local brands from other countries that had never used Chinese artists, but this big shot rejected them all.

This news was noticed by people, screenshotted to the internet, and operated by marketing accounts, and the topic popularity soared.

With almost no controversy, netizens concluded themselves that the male lead of this news could only be Lu Yan He.

No one else reached this level.

Someone went to Chen Ziyan's Weibo to ask if this news was true?

Chen Ziyan replied very "Versailles-ly": The total endorsement fee is not that exaggerated, but the matter is true. The endorsement fees Yan He has to reject every month are quite high, and I'm already used to it.

The rumor that Lu Yan He lost commercial value in the eyes of brands was broken under Chen Ziyan's "Versailles" statement.

Lu Yan He completed the debut of another representative work.

His miracle was still continuing.

There was a sound of exclamation in the industry.

Everyone knew that no one could succeed forever; this was destined to be an industry of ups and downs.

However, before failure arrived, no one dared to assert that his next work would fail.

Just like *Silent River*, when it was a great success, no matter who said sarcastically that the performance of this drama was just average, no one paid attention—yes, they were even too lazy to pay attention.

A marketing account asked the voice of everyone:

How long can Lu Yan He's success last?

The most active entertainment critic with the most followers in China, Guan Su Chen, also posted a dynamic, saying: So far, Lu Yan He's effective drama broadcast rate is as high as 100%. There is not a single waste play, including cameos.

This amazing success rate is enough to make every actor feel jealous.

The National Day holiday arrived at this time.

*Road to Glory* would also continue to increase screening sessions during the seven days of the National Day holiday.

After nearly a month of small-scale screenings, except for those few days during the Mid-Autumn Festival, *Road to Glory* basically only had a box office of about 20,000 to 30,000 per day, but the attendance rate remained at an amazing 50% or more.

And after a month of fermentation, the audience word-of-mouth for *Road to Glory* was also slowly being released.

Regarding this movie, the media almost didn't know how to evaluate its performance at the box office.

Because, even though its attendance rate remained at an amazing 50% or more, it had been screening for nearly a month, and except for the good box office results harvested during the three days of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the box office for the rest of the time combined did not exceed one million.

At this time, *Road to Glory* had almost lost its freshness to the media.

Almost all media had published reviews of this movie.

Its announcement to continue increasing screening sessions during the National Day holiday without large-scale screening made many people question it.

What exactly is *Road to Glory* doing?

Having won the Best Film in the Horizons section, is it just that willful?

Is it going to continue screening like this?

On the last day of September, the North American awards season suddenly fired its first shot.

The Russell Film Critics Association nomination list was released.

*Road to Glory* received two nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Supporting Actor.

Lu Yan He was among the nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

At this moment, the customized promotion strategy for *Road to Glory* in China was officially launched! ===== CHAPTER 475 =====