Chapter 501: He is idealistic again (10,000-character update!)

Li Zhibai hadn't even researched *Bai Yu Ballad* that deeply himself.

Li Zhibai suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise: "You didn't finish watching *Bai Yu Ballad*, did you?"

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Of course. I've basically finished watching the shows you acted in. Even if I haven't finished watching all of them, I've picked out the parts you acted in and watched them."

"Damn," Li Zhibai looked at Lu Yan He, dumbfounded, "Are you that awesome? I suddenly feel ashamed of myself. I haven't finished watching all your shows."

"Whether you watch it or not is up to you, but this actually makes you want to compare?" Lu Yan He laughed. "I want to write scripts, so I often think about the state of your acting, what you are good at, what you are not good at, and when I write characters for you, I can combine them."

Li Zhibai gave a thumbs up.

"I'm convinced, really, Old Lu, you're awesome, I'm convinced," Li Zhibai said. "With your attitude towards doing things, if you don't succeed, who will?"

Yan Liang laughed.

"Wait!" Li Zhibai suddenly looked at Yan Liang with full suspicion, "You didn't finish watching our shows too, did you?"

Yan Liang said: "When I have nothing to do, I watch the shows you acted in. It's quite interesting. Watching you act is different from the usual you."

Li Zhibai: "... How come I suddenly feel like I'm not a good enough friend?"

He was a bit unhappy, with himself.

Lu Yan He repeated again: "This also makes you want to compare?!"

Yan Liang laughed until his eyes narrowed.

"Treat us to a meal to apologize."

"Apologize to your immortal hanging!" Li Zhibai clicked his tongue.

The next day, Li Zhibai invited the two of them to Phoenix Mountain to eat at a restaurant on that mountain that made people feel like their hearts were being scraped when they paid the bill.

The sunshine in the mountains was very good.

In early March, the spring cold was biting, and under the golden light, the whole mountain seemed to warm up.

Li Zhibai wore sunglasses and looked up at the sky, "This sky is quite blue."

Lu Yan He complained: "You can still feel the sky is quite blue while wearing sunglasses? Shouldn't it have turned gray-blue?"

Li Zhibai: "Wearing sunglasses doesn't make you colorblind."

Yan Liang: "There is still a color difference from what you see in reality."

"That doesn't mean you can't see colors!" Li Zhibai slanted a look at the two of them, "I'm saying the sky is quite blue, and you two are picking on me, right?"

Lu Yan He lay down on the sofa, looking at the mountain scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

He wasn't wearing sunglasses.

Facing this rare natural scenery, Lu Yan He still wanted to see more.

Then, just when they all felt that it was expensive for a reason, Yan Liang suddenly said: "Is that person... Ji Miao?"

Li Zhibai's carefree expression suddenly stalled, as if it had crashed.

Lu Yan He stretched his head to look and saw the person Yan Liang mentioned.

It really seemed to be Ji Miao.

"Not just her, there are also Wen Minglan and Bai Jin," Lu Yan He said.

Yan Liang: "Eh? How come I didn't see it."

"They are all wearing sunglasses, standing behind the car. Look carefully."

Wen Minglan and Bai Jin had acted in three seasons of *Friends* with Yan Liang, so they must be very familiar.

While Lu Yan He and Yan Liang were looking, Li Zhibai moved to a corner like a quail, avoiding any line of sight that could be seen from outside the window.

Lu Yan He looked back at Li Zhibai and couldn't help but laugh, asking: "Is it that bad?"

Li Zhibai: "Don't stand there and talk without back pain."

Lu Yan He: "You and Ji Miao... haven't ended yet?"

"Look at what you're saying, it never started in the first place!" Li Zhibai shouted.

Lu Yan He: "If you shout any louder, Ji Miao will hear you."

Li Zhibai: "..."

Lu Yan He and the three of them finished lunch and were about to go down the mountain. Bad luck, they ran into Wen Minglan and the others who were also leaving at the parking lot.

The first reaction of Lu Yan He and Yan Liang was to look at Li Zhibai.

Li Zhibai, on the contrary, had no reaction.

"This is too coincidental. If I had known you were here, we would have eaten together," Wen Minglan said.

Yan Liang felt he had to take on the task of picking up the topic, so he nodded with a smile, "Really coincidental, so you came too."

Actors are actors; they don't need any psychological preparation to play dumb.

Bai Jin said to Lu Yan He: "Haven't seen you for a long time. Did you watch the third season? Did you see how broken it is?"

Bai Jin's own personality is a bit careless. Many times, what she says gives people a feeling of "why are you saying this at this time."

Although Lu Yan He had known for a long time, being asked this in public, Lu Yan He still couldn't help but sigh in his heart again.

Lu Yan He said with a smile: "I haven't seen it yet. It's airing on TV, and it's an exclusive broadcast, so it's hard to run into a suitable time."

Bai Jin said very seriously: "I'm telling the truth, Yan He. If you really don't consider returning, if they still make a fourth season, I don't want to act. I know I was recognized by everyone because of this show, but I don't want to make this show so bad, and I don't want the fans who like me because of this show to end up hating me."

Lu Yan He didn't expect Bai Jin to say such things.

Lu Yan He pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "I won't return to Jingtai's fourth season, if that's what you want to ask."

Bai Jin nodded, "Good, sigh, if *Friends* could be filmed from beginning to end, it would definitely be different from now."

"Do you have any other plays?" Lu Yan He asked.

Bai Jin shook her head.

"I'm not as hardworking as Minglan and Lili."

It is true. Lu Yan He also discovered that Bai Jin hadn't acted in any other plays in the past two years except for *Friends*.

She didn't appear on variety shows much either, and almost all her exposure was at various fashion events or ceremonies, which was very popular.

Lu Yan He didn't know if Bai Jin wanted to continue being an actress later.

They were talking, but only Li Zhibai and Ji Miao basically didn't open their mouths.

Until Bai Jin suddenly remembered something, pointed at Li Zhibai, and then pointed at Ji Miao, asking: "Did you two just act in Director Liu Bige's movie together?"

Lu Yan He: "..."

Bai Jin didn't know at all what she had said.

Ji Miao nodded and said: "Just finished filming."

"Then you two... how come you are like strangers?" Bai Jin asked again without thinking.

She was completely unaware that two male and female leads who had just cooperated on a movie, not saying a word when they met, and acting like strangers, was a problem in itself.

Yan Liang laughed twice and said: "Really? It's us who have been talking, not giving them a chance to speak. You talk too much, and you blame others for not speaking."

Bai Jin pointed at herself in disbelief: "Me?"

The next second, she accepted it, nodded, and had an expression of humbly admitting her mistake.

"I do talk a lot. Please forgive me."

Now it was Yan Liang's turn to be embarrassed.

"I, I—"

Lu Yan He didn't know how such an awkward situation had evolved.

Wen Minglan stood out to resolve the situation at this time. She said: "Do you have any arrangements for the afternoon? It's rare to run into each other, why don't we go play an escape room together?"

Lu Yan He was about to say forget it, they had other things, but Ji Miao suddenly looked at Li Zhibai provocatively and said: "You are taking the three of them to play an escape room? Did you forget that the three of them are all afraid of watching horror movies?"

Bai Jin: "Ah, right, didn't we just mention it? In our circle, many male actors are quite timid. Escape room... the three of you shouldn't dare to play, right?"

Bai Jin's gaze fell on Lu Yan He and the others.

Li Zhibai's competitive spirit came up.

Li Zhibai had an expression of "who are you looking down on," "Dare not play? What are you talking about? Let's go. I want to see what kind of escape room it is."

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang simultaneously revealed an expression of "as expected."

Among the three of them, Li Zhibai was the one who couldn't stand being provoked the most.

An hour later, in front of a zombie that suddenly fell from the ceiling, Li Zhibai's hand grabbed Yan Liang's arm tightly. Yan Liang was also startled, but after being grabbed by Li Zhibai, his attention was immediately diverted.

In the dim corridor, there were three boys who pretended not to be afraid, their faces were pale, and they gritted their teeth without roaring, and three girls who frankly admitted that they were afraid, so their screams never stopped.

The six of them broke through the barriers all the way, and after two hours, they finally walked out of the escape room.

Wen Minglan said excitedly: "So exciting!"

Bai Jin: "I seem to want to play another one!"

Ji Miao looked at Li Zhibai and the others. The latter had a blank expression, as if they were ghosts. Clearly, their souls hadn't returned yet.

She pursed the corner of her mouth implicitly and moved her gaze away.

Wen Minglan looked at Lu Yan He and the others: "Do we want to play another one?"

Lu Yan He came back to his senses and said: "It's not early anymore. The one we just played is already the simplest. Others take longer."

"Oh, okay," Wen Minglan was a bit disappointed, "Then... what time is it now? Let me see, it's only 4:30."

Bai Jin: "It's too early to go back now."

Li Zhibai said: "There is a cinema next to it. Otherwise, let's watch a movie. You ran all afternoon, aren't you tired?"

Bai Jin: "Speaking of which, I am a bit tired, but if you let me run another escape room, I am willing to run."

"Hahaha." Wen Minglan held Ji Miao's hand, "Actually, I am willing too, but I am really a bit tired, so let's just watch a movie."

"Okay."

The six people who came to the escape room inexplicably went to the cinema inexplicably.

On the way, Lu Yan He said in the three-person group: I thought you would propose to go back.

Yan Liang: I thought you would propose.

Li Zhibai: Stop being a hindsight.

Lu Yan He: It seems that you can still get along with Ji Miao normally.

Li Zhibai: She is not Meng Li.

This sentence of Li Zhibai is a bit confusing at first glance, but Lu Yan He quickly understood what Li Zhibai meant.

Li Zhibai and Meng Li are at odds on the surface, while Ji Miao is different. It is a matter between the two of them. In front of others, neither of them will be unable to do this superficial work.

Yan Liang: I think you are not that disgusted with Ji Miao.

Li Zhibai: You are talking nonsense. If I were disgusted with her, could I... haggle with her for so long?

Yan Liang: Then why don't you try? Just because you don't want to fall in love now, don't want to be responsible?

Li Zhibai: You make me sound like a scumbag.

Yan Liang: Then are you just not wanting to be responsible?

Li Zhibai: I can't stand being bound by a fixed relationship.

Wen Minglan, who was walking in front, looked back at the three boys behind and whispered: "Are the three of them secretly chatting in a small group? All three are lowering their heads, typing frantically."

"No way?" Bai Jin looked back at them in surprise and asked loudly: "Did you pull a small group to talk secretly?"

All three raised their heads and put down their phones.

"No."

"How is it possible."

Bai Jin looked back and said to Wen Minglan: "No."

Wen Minglan: "..."

Wen Minglan looked past Bai Jin at Ji Miao. At this moment, she felt that she really needed a little emotional comfort from Ji Miao.

Ji Miao also understood very well and cast a comforting look at her.

Sometimes, having a friend like Bai Jin by your side is like having a bomb that doesn't know when to explode. You don't know when she will explode at you.

However, she is... inexplicably cute when she explodes.

Being asked by Bai Jin, the three of Lu Yan He put down their phones and didn't continue chatting.

However, although the six of them all made different degrees of disguise, they were recognized by many people after appearing in the cinema together. This was also expected.

Lu Yan He and the others didn't bring bodyguards and assistants when they came out today, but Wen Minglan and the others did.

As a result, the team of three had to face the security work of six people. Before they even walked into the cinema, they were surrounded by dozens of people.

The movie trip collapsed halfway.

They had to leave places like cinemas where people were crowded and gathered.

At this time, Ji Miao suddenly said: "Why don't you go to my house to watch a movie? My house has an audio-visual room that can accommodate the six of us. By the way, have dinner at my house. My aunt is also at home."

Lu Yan He looked at Yan Liang.

Yan Liang looked at Li Zhibai.

Li Zhibai said: "Don't trouble your aunt."

Ji Miao looked at him and then at Wen Minglan and Bai Jin, "Are you going?"

Even Wen Minglan realized at this moment that the atmosphere between Li Zhibai and Ji Miao was a bit strange.

"I—" Wen Minglan just opened her mouth, but Bai Jin nodded suddenly, "Go! I have never been to your house. I have long heard that your house is decorated very beautifully. I have long wanted to go and see it."

She turned to look at the three of Lu Yan He.

"Let's go together. Ji Miao's aunt's craftsmanship is famous," Bai Jin said, "I have never tasted it. Don't miss the opportunity."

When Lu Yan He and the three of them came out of Ji Miao's house at ten o'clock in the evening, they were all stunned.

They originally planned to go back after lunch, so why did they stay until ten o'clock in the evening before setting off on the road back?

At every key node where they could leave halfway, they didn't do it.

Lu Yan He was a bit dazed, feeling that this day was too different from his usual daily life.

Yan Liang suddenly called Li Zhibai.

"What's up?" Li Zhibai asked.

Yan Liang looked at Li Zhibai and said: "Nothing else, I just want to make a prediction."

"Prediction?"

"I think you will be taken down by Ji Miao one day," Yan Liang said.

The corner of Li Zhibai's mouth twitched instantly.

"What the hell."

Lu Yan He laughed.

However, Lu Yan He also felt that Yan Liang was not shooting at random.

In the nearly five hours at Ji Miao's house, Ji Miao was very "hostess-like" throughout, thoughtful, considerate, and taking care of everyone's needs.

And under Lu Yan He's observation, Ji Miao was still very attentive to Li Zhibai. She hid it very well. Even if there were six people, it seemed that only Bai Jin didn't notice anything. Everyone knew something more or less, but she still didn't explicitly express her difference to Li Zhibai.

Lu Yan He knew Li Zhibai better.

He could see that Ji Miao's posture made Li Zhibai breathe a long sigh of relief in his heart.

Li Zhibai must have a good impression of Ji Miao; he just doesn't want to fall in love with someone in a fixed relationship—Lu Yan He realized that Li Zhibai's understanding of love seems a bit distorted and deformed. In Li Zhibai's understanding, falling in love with a girl seems to mean entering a prison, losing freedom from then on.

Lu Yan He didn't know how Li Zhibai came to have such an understanding of falling in love... although in a sense, it wasn't wrong.

However, it is indeed not very normal.

"This is a story about the emotional relationship between men and women."

Hu Siwei held the script in his hand and introduced this project he was preparing to promote to Xu Bin: "After it was released on Leaf Vein Network, it caused a lot of discussion. I also accidentally saw this story. It is a diary of a Leaf Vein Network user, recording various stories that happened after he met the girl he liked, confessed, and then got together. I want to buy the adaptation rights and make it into a TV series."

Xu Bin frowned and flipped through the planning book Hu Siwei gave him, especially looking at the performance data of this story, and then his frown deepened.

"This is not a big IP, right?" Xu Bin asked, "The reading volume is only over 9,000? This was also found by you."

Hu Siwei sighed in his heart.

"Indeed, because it is not a novel, it is actually just an online diary," he said. "However, this story is really written very well, has a sense of life, and can resonate with many young people today, and the production cost is not expensive."

Xu Bin looked at Hu Siwei and asked: "Then what kind of results can this show broadcast? Can the ratings break 1?"

Hu Siwei was questioned by Xu Bin like this, but he couldn't thicken his face and say yes.

"Siwei, we urgently need to bring out a show that can make our waist straighten up again, not this kind of... small story that can't even be called an IP, the trivial things of a young couple. Even if some people like it very much, how many people can there be? Can it explode?"

Xu Bin obviously looked down on this story, feeling it was too small and the cost was too low.

Hu Siwei opened his mouth and wanted to say something more.

Xu Bin said again: "Don't put your energy on these small projects anymore. You still have to dig for big dramas! You have to make another show like *Friends*."

Hu Siwei's temper couldn't hold it anymore at this moment and popped out.

"And then? Continue to be blindly suggested by those people, and changed beyond recognition?" Hu Siwei asked.

Xu Bin was stunned.

He looked at Hu Siwei with some surprise and disbelief.

Hu Siwei had been with him for so many years. In Xu Bin's impression, he had never had such a direct confrontation like today.

Hu Siwei took a deep breath and said: "Station Head Xu, I just lost control, sorry. I understand what you mean. I'll go see if I can find another one like *Friends*."

He stood up, turned, and walked towards the door.

"Hu Siwei!" Xu Bin suddenly shouted at him in a very heavy tone.

Hu Siwei looked back at him.

Xu Bin tightened his face and asked: "Do you have any dissatisfaction with me?"

Hu Siwei looked at him silently. If it were normal times, he might have denied it with a smile.

But this time, he just looked at Xu Bin silently, and then said "Station Head, I'll go out first," and opened the door and walked out.

Xu Bin's face was as iron as water, and he didn't move for a long time. As the office door was closed from the outside, only his breathing could be heard in the office. After a long time, a dull sound of something hitting something could be heard from inside, heavy and muffled.

Not two days later, Lu Yan He met with people from Yuehu TV again. This time, they came to talk about wanting to develop the *Jump Up* film and television review self-media into a film and television review program.

Lu Yan He was very surprised when he learned about Yuehu TV's plan.

However, people were very serious. Not only serious, but also had a very complete plan.

"We want to take out a 15-minute time slot between 10:00 and 10:15 every night to do a review column."

The one who came to talk to Lu Yan He about this matter this time was still the station head of Yuehu TV, Xu Senjin.

Lu Yan He actually wanted to ask: is the station head of a dignified TV station so idle? Impossible, right? Even if idle, would he not care about his status and shelf? Finding him to talk about cooperation in person time and time again?

*Friends* is fine, even a review column has to be talked about in person?

Xu Senjin perhaps saw Lu Yan He's doubts and surprise, and he smiled and said: "Don't be too surprised, and don't have too much ideological burden. This is not a bait thrown to you to agree to continue doing *Friends*. It is a column we want to do ourselves. Someone proposed that among the several comprehensive film and television review columns with the greatest influence in China, *Jump Up* is one of them. So we thought of cooperating with *Jump Up*. We want to make this column a frequency of updating one episode every day. The update volume is very large. In fact, it is very difficult for us to run to film festivals all over the world and visit various crews. Cooperating with you is a win-win."

Lu Yan He was curious and asked: "Station Head, why would our Yuehu TV suddenly want to do such a film and television review column?"

"The current market situation can't even be said to be video platforms competing with TV stations. If we want to continue to develop, we need to innovate, do some programs that others don't have, and programs that only we can do. Then this kind of program, the more it cannot be simply replicated, the more it can ensure uniqueness. So, people in the station proposed some ideas, including doing a film and television review program, 15 minutes, short time, low cost, but in line with the current hot spots of online communication. In fact, except for the movie channel that specializes in movie reviews, there is currently no comprehensive review program in China," Xu Senjin said, "To put it bluntly, this is an experimental field. Maybe it will be mediocre, but maybe it can gain some attention by relying on some unique reviews that resonate."

Lu Yan He suddenly understood.

Actually, Lu Yan He still admired Xu Senjin very much.

In this era, the decline of TV stations is the general trend. Station heads like Xu Senjin don't rely on the profitability of TV stations to eat, but they can still rivet their minds and want to do something in it, which is really rare and not easy.

After meeting with Xu Senjin, Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan went to a nearby private club to continue talking. Chen Ziyan is a member of this private club.

In Yuming, there are many such private clubs

After meeting with Xu Senjin, Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan went to a nearby private club to continue their conversation. Chen Ziyan is a member of this private club.

In Yuming, there are quite a few such private clubs, though they are generally unknown to the public. Their exteriors usually look unremarkable, giving no hint of how luxurious and exquisite the decor inside might be.

They needed a private space to discuss some important matters.

Chen Ziyan said, "We have a few important decisions to make now. First, regarding Yuehu Station, although Station Chief Xu Senjin didn't say it explicitly, every single point and detail points to you. He definitely wants to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with you, just like Arctic Light Video, with the reboot of the 'Friends' series as the priority. Whether we agree to this depends on you. Second, regarding Maxine and the sequel to 'Squid Game', you haven't given a definitive answer, and Zhong Benshuo has come to me again to fish for information. He is very worried that you might take 'Squid Game' to HP. Originally, you said you would definitely continue to cooperate with Maxine on 'Squid Game', but you haven't said this to Maxine, nor have you said it to HP. Tang Mu White might not be without this thought, and if he comes to find you and you refuse, he might have his own thoughts about it. You have a good relationship with Tang Mu White, and it's not easy to have such a relationship. I think we should try our best to maintain it and not let the relationship go sour."

Lu Yan He nodded.

Chen Ziyan: "So, give Maxine a clear stance as soon as possible; that is my opinion."

"There is also a third matter. You want to poach Hu Siwei to our side, and I support that. I have been following up on this matter during this time." Chen Ziyan took a tablet out of her bag, opened a file, and said, "This is a project Hu Siwei recently wanted to do, but it was rejected by Xu Bin. My friend at Beijing Station told me that the atmosphere between Hu Siwei and Xu Bin has been very strange these past two days. In the past, Hu Siwei would go into Xu Bin's office at least three or four times a day, but these past two days, the two of them haven't really spoken. I think there is a problem with the relationship between them, and we can add fuel to the fire at this time."

Lu Yan He's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "What kind of fire?"

Chen Ziyan raised the tablet in her hand and said, "The copyright for the project he wants to do is still in the hands of the author."

Lu Yan He immediately understood Chen Ziyan's intention.

"We go and buy the copyright?"

"Yes." Chen Ziyan nodded. "This copyright won't be expensive. It's actually just a post that became a little popular on the Ye Mai network; the licensing fee would be at most one hundred thousand. And I've read this post; I quite understand why Hu Siwei wanted to do this. This story is very small, focusing on a young couple, from dating to marriage, all about the daily grind of life, but there are also many funny and relaxed parts. This is a very good story mold that can be used to make another sitcom. Moreover, the key is that the cost can be very low because it's basically a play for the two of them—one house, two actors, and some guest actors are enough."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan He was a bit curious and asked, "Is Hu Siwei trying to replicate a sitcom like 'Friends'?"

"I don't know if it's a sitcom, but he definitely wants to create another series." Chen Ziyan said, "This story is too suitable; there's no main plot, it's all daily life."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Then after we buy it, what if Hu Siwei still refuses to come?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Ziyan said, "Then we'll just do it ourselves. This project is especially suitable for newcomers to practice on; the filming can almost be described as having no difficulty."

Lu Yan He heard that Chen Ziyan already had a very clear idea, so he nodded.

"Then let's buy it."

"Also, regarding the cooperation with Yuehu Station—" Lu Yan He said, "Actually, I must admit that if there is an opportunity to continue the 'Friends' series, to reboot it and film it according to my original idea, I am very willing."

Chen Ziyan: "Okay, then let's not hesitate. If you want to do it, we'll do it. How Yuehu Station handles the copyright for 'Friends' is their business; we'll just wait for their result."

Lu Yan He nodded, "It's just that, if that's the case, Sister Ziyan, then the number of series I'm tied to is a bit high. I might have to spend a lot of time every year filming series."

Chen Ziyan: "Each season of 'Friends' is eight episodes, twenty minutes per episode, and it's basically filmed in a few fixed scenes. With its scale, if filmed intensively, it might be finished in a week. What really occupies your filming time is the 'Seventeen Layers' series and the upcoming 'Burning Fire' series."

The latter two are both trilogies.

Chen Ziyan added, "But it doesn't matter, Yan He. You are only twenty-two years old, and you are still about seven or eight years away from entering the golden age of an actor. Before that, the types of roles you can play are actually relatively limited. It's quite good to have a hit show like 'Seventeen Layers' and a blockbuster like 'Burning Fire' to guarantee your popularity for these few years. Next, adding the 'Friends' series, if it really gets made, you won't need to consider the factor of commercialization when picking roles anymore. You can film as many movies like 'Road to Glory' as you want."

Lu Yan He understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

It was essentially that these few projects provided a safety bumper for Lu Yan He—as an actor, especially a top-tier actor, one must always balance artistic pursuit and commercial return to truly maintain one's status. And in the next few years, as long as 'Burning Fire' doesn't flop to the point of losing money and the other two shows perform normally, Lu Yan He's commercial return on film and television will always be at a first-tier level in the industry. He no longer needs to rely on other projects to ensure his dominance in commercial returns, nor his dominance in audience appeal and market enthusiasm.

Before Chen Ziyan pointed it out, Lu Yan He really hadn't thought that this matter could be interpreted from this perspective.

It really was... not wrong at all.

Lu Yan He felt a sense of relief, and at this moment, his eyes lit up.

"Then Sister Ziyan, have you received any good scripts recently?" Lu Yan He asked, "For filming next year or the year after."

Chen Ziyan said, "Besides the film by Director Gongjiang that I am still following, I heard that Director Wang Zhong is also pondering a new script. I don't know what the progress is. I heard that for the first time, he doesn't intend to write about supernatural themes, which makes me quite curious."

Lu Yan He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Of course, there are some art-house scripts, but none that really caught my eye." Chen Ziyan said, "There are several scripts that I think are pretty good, but they haven't reached the level where I think it's worth you taking the risk to act in a film that might not have high box office returns. Although we said you might not need to worry about commercial returns for the next few years, at the very least, don't lose money just for the sake of reputation. If a project loses money, it will have some impact, more or less."

Lu Yan He said okay.

Chen Ziyan asked, "What about you? Haven't you received any scripts?"

"Teacher Feng Qiyue talked to me about two scripts before, but they were both TV drama scripts, and the kind of big dramas with dozens of episodes. I said it's very difficult for me to find that much time to act in such a large-scale TV drama now." Lu Yan He said, "There is also Zuo Feng, the screenwriter of 'The Seventh Record of Floating Life'. He also told me about an idea, saying it was a story he wanted to write later, and asked for my opinion. Although he didn't say it directly, he probably wanted to invite me to star in it."

"Haven't you thought about writing a few scripts like 'Rouge' for yourself?" Chen Ziyan said, "Huang Kai turned his career around with this film, stepping directly into the ranks of Best Actors from being a traffic star. Although you have also won the Best Actor award at the Galaxy Awards, as some people nitpick, your lead-billed movies, so far, only include 'Late Spring'."

Lu Yan He curled his lips.

"I'm already at this point, and I still have to argue about lead billing? I'm truly impressed." Lu Yan He complained, "No wonder so many celebrity artists insist on fighting for this billing."

Chen Ziyan: "Why do you think there is a group called career fans? How good the shows you act in are is secondary to them. They project their own fantasies onto you. Only when you are awesome in every aspect, a crushing number one, a hexagonal warrior with no shortcomings, can you satisfy their expectations of you. You cannot have any flaws."

Lu Yan He: "Then when I film 'Chinese Paladin', won't they argue until the sky falls? I'm not even second-billed; in this show, I think I'm at most fifth-billed."

Chen Ziyan: "... They won't argue until the sky falls; they will only say high and mighty that you did this to help your good friend, so you lowered your status to play a fifth-billed role."

Lu Yan He: "I'm impressed."

Chen Ziyan's phone suddenly buzzed.

She took it out and glanced at it.

"Hmm?" Chen Ziyan was a bit surprised, "You went out to play with Ming Lan and Ji Miao a while ago?"

"Yes, I went to eat with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, and ran into Ming Lan, Ji Miao, and Bai Jin."

"You even went to Ji Miao's house?" Chen Ziyan said, "Someone took pictures, saying you left Ji Miao's house late at night. They didn't say anything, but the description was quite ambiguous, saying you were interacting and had mutual feelings, and also asked why Chen Siqi wasn't there, asking if Chen Siqi knew you went to another female star's house late at night."

Lu Yan He was speechless: "What kind of nonsense is this."

"Forget it, ignore them. No normal person would believe what they are implying in such news." Chen Ziyan said, "Are you and Siqi planning to do it this year?"

"Yes." Lu Yan He nodded.

"That's good, it's still at Ziyuanqiao, the environment is relatively familiar. However, if you two living together gets photographed, it will probably cause some public opinion, so we need to make a contingency plan in advance." Chen Ziyan said, "By the way, if you buy a car, remember to tell me the license plate number, including Siqi's. I need to make some arrangements."

"Alright." Lu Yan He nodded. Although he didn't know what arrangements Chen Ziyan was going to make, he was too lazy to ask. If he asked about everything, there would be too much to ask.

"In addition, you will definitely need to hire a housekeeper. You two are so busy that someone needs to go and clean and organize the house regularly. If you still use your current housekeeper, that's fine. If you need to find a new one, remember to tell me. I need to do a background check, and I will give instructions where necessary." Chen Ziyan said, "Don't let any trouble arise from these small things. Many artists get into trouble and fall into self-proving crises because of betrayal by people around them."

Lu Yan He: "Okay."

He knew it wasn't good to think this way, but he couldn't help it.

With Chen Ziyan around, Lu Yan He really didn't worry about problems like "fire in the backyard."

Chen Ziyan is like a guardian deity; no trickery can escape her eyes.

He also knew this was too blindly confident for Chen Ziyan.

But... let it be.

Lu Yan He couldn't imagine what a situation would be like where he couldn't trust Chen Ziyan.

Well, he was being idealistic again.