Chapter 506: Proxy Filming (10,000-word update!)

To put it in an arrogant way, when Lu Yan He took on the film *Burning Fire*, he truly hadn't considered what kind of difficulties he would encounter in playing this role.

After he received the script, he actually didn't feel that playing this role would be very difficult—purely based on the difficulty of the character's performance, that was how he thought.

Although he had always been quite humble with his words, he knew he had to admit one thing: after acting in so many plays, he still had a certain level of confidence in his acting skills. For a film like *Burning Fire*, which didn't focus on digging into the character's inner world, Lu Yan He felt he could easily handle it.

Subsequently, he was slapped in the face during this action training.

What does "learning has no limits" mean...

The day before the *Burning Fire* film started shooting, all the main creators on the set were gathered together for a meal. Of course, the producers, the director, and the lead actor also went on stage to speak.

They also invited Lu Yan He to go on stage and say a few words. Knowing that Shang Yongzhou would be going up, Lu Yan He politely declined; there was no need for both of them to go up.

This kind of speech can actually be understood as a mobilization meeting before the start of filming.

Everyone gives speeches, paints a picture of the future, and gives a pep talk to the crew so that everyone can bring higher expectations and a better state to the filming of this movie.

Red wine, white wine, and fruit juice were placed on the table, and Lu Yan He chose the fruit juice.

Lan Mingting saw him drinking juice and gave him a surprised look.

Because he knew that Lu Yan He could drink.

Lu Yan He said, "I still have to prepare for tomorrow's opening scenes when I go back tonight, so I won't drink."

Using acting as an excuse, no one could persuade Lu Yan He to drink anymore.

Come to think of it, this is also an era that protects actors very well.

Especially for a genius-type actor like Lu Yan He who has such a reputation.

Everyone accepts that most geniuses have some things that are different from ordinary people, so Lu Yan He's somewhat "unsociable" behavior is also understood as a "common trait of geniuses."

Of course, Lu Yan He not drinking really can't be classified as "unsociable"; at most, it's said that he is very persistent and serious about acting, so he is a bit lacking in social graces.

Lu Yan He could guess what others were thinking.

However, he didn't care.

To Lu Yan He's surprise, Shang Yongzhou actually drank a little.

Shang Yongzhou said, "Filming starts tomorrow, so I'll drink a little to sleep well when I go back later, otherwise I might suffer from insomnia."

Lu Yan He was very surprised.

"Insomnia?"

"Yeah, I basically suffer from insomnia every time I start a new film," Shang Yongzhou said. "As soon as I close my eyes, all I think about is acting."

Many actors—especially those who truly have pursuits and awe for performance—actually do not find it as "easy" as their status and fame presented to the outside world when facing a play or a performance.

When Lu Yan He thought about his own attitude toward the film *Burning Fire* at the beginning, he felt ashamed.

It really is a gap.

Shang Yongzhou would suffer from insomnia before filming, yet he thought this film would be easy to act.

However, the coordinator Li Quanling was clearly a very experienced person. In the first few days after filming started, he didn't arrange any scenes that were too difficult for them. They were basically dialogue-heavy scenes, and they were dialogue-heavy scenes centered on Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou.

Moreover, they basically shot one to two scenes a day.

Even for dialogue-heavy scenes, Wan Renhai was also very meticulous.

After arriving at the scene, everyone would definitely go through a rehearsal first, then listen to Wan Renhai's opinions, and after listening, they would chat together.

For this play, they had conducted script readings with incomplete personnel; there was no reading where everyone was present and sitting together—the schedules were too hard to coordinate.

The actors gathered for this film could be split into seven or eight film crews on the spot for shooting.

It was also very rare that Lu Yan He was very calm on the set.

Because generally, from the time he arrived at the set to the start of filming, there was at least two hours of preparation time for the scene to be acted next.

Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou's first scene together was a confrontation in a classroom.

Lu Yan He, playing the sorcerer's apprentice Li Wushang, argued about a sorcery problem in the classroom taught by Shang Yongzhou, who played the mentor Wei Yang.

This scene is considered the first direct conflict between the two in the film.

Li Wushang provoking Wei Yang in class was intentional because he discovered that this new mentor was secretly investigating his father—the dean of this sorcerer academy.

Scenes involving a classroom mean involving a lot of actors.

Including Xiao Yun, who also starred in this film; she played a student at the same academy.

A film is usually only two to two and a half hours long.

Except for the protagonists, other actors might not have many lines.

As a member of the protagonist group, Xiao Yun had relatively more lines, but in this scene, she didn't have a single line.

Wan Renhai gathered all the actors and instructed them: "Although this scene is Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou's scene, and no one else has lines, you must remember that in a scene, everyone is alive. It's not just when you are speaking lines that you are alive. Therefore, everyone must have a reaction when hearing others speak and seeing others do things. In this scene, your basic reaction is surprise. But why are you surprised? You have to clarify the character's emotional motivation in it, rather than simply making an emotional reaction."

These words were said by Wan Renhai to other actors, not to Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou, so he was talking about very basic things, breaking them down. Very detailed. However, Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou listened just as seriously.

Actors who can be selected to act in this film, even if they are actors without a single line, are generally from professional backgrounds and have gone through several auditions.

For a top-tier production film like this, even the smallest roles are cast solemnly.

Therefore, everyone did not have any misunderstanding of Wan Renhai's words.

When walking through the scenes, Lu Yan He and Shang Yongzhou both held the script, but neither of them looked at it, reading the lines with a bit of emotion.

At this time, Lu Yan He actually didn't have the heart to care about other people's performances. Although he was not fully devoted to this rehearsal, his concentration was there, and he couldn't be distracted to look at others, at most looking at Shang Yongzhou.

After walking through the scene once, Wan Renhai first pointed out a few people, saying their reactions just now were too big and exaggerated. Only then did he walk to Lu Yan He and say, "Yan He, the energy you gave me just now was a bit too self-righteous. This is an intentional provocation. I want a little more of that feeling with some frivolity, rather than an attitude of seriously exploring academic problems with him."

Lu Yan He nodded and said, "Director, I was just about to tell you. This is a question that suddenly flashed through my mind when I was walking through this scene just now. My initial reaction was intentionally a bit provocative, not so serious. But when Wei Yang actually answered this question I used to deliberately make things difficult for him, at this moment, am I unconvinced, or am I a bit shocked by him in my heart—after all, when I raised that question, I was convinced he couldn't answer it."

Wan Renhai frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

"According to my character's personality, I think at this time it should actually be more subconscious unconvinced, because he answered it and I am a bit shocked by his extensive knowledge, which should be placed in the later reaction," Lu Yan He said. "However, according to the script, Li Wushang actually admires Wei Yang more and more later. I want to bring this process out bit by bit in the scenes with him. I'm not sure if I should bring it out in this scene."

Lu Yan He pondered very carefully.

Wan Renhai said directly, "Yan He, I really haven't thought about what you asked me, I haven't thought about it so carefully. I have to ponder it, you ponder it yourself too. Let's try filming it in a while, and we'll see which reaction is better based on the situation of the trial filming, and we'll also ask for Shang Yongzhou's opinion."

"Okay." Lu Yan He nodded.

Wan Renhai wiped his forehead, sighed, and said to the actors next to him, "Look, a Best Actor is a Best Actor. He asked me a question that stumped me. If you can ponder your roles and your scenes as carefully as he does, you can also win a Best Actor."

Lu Yan He hurriedly waved his hands and smiled, politely declining Wan Renhai's praise.

Xiao Yun looked at Lu Yan He with admiration and said, "The way you act now... is like a different person compared to when you acted in *Phoenix Terrace* before. You are too strong, Yan He."

Xiao Yun had worked with Lu Yan He on *Phoenix Terrace* before, and there were quite a few scenes together, so she was very clear about Lu Yan He's acting situation at that time. At that time, Lu Yan He had been praised many times by Director Chen Lingling, but it could be clearly compared that Lu Yan He was much better now than he was then.

Lu Yan He smiled helplessly at Xiao Yun.

"We're old friends, don't make fun of me."

Xiao Yun sighed, "I'm just jealous of you. Why are you so much better at acting than me? I'm not an idle actor either, I'm also from a professional background."

Wan Renhai laughed and said to Xiao Yun happily, "You act quite well too, why are you being so self-deprecating?"

"It's fine if I don't have particularly good acting skills, but if I don't even have self-awareness, I've lived all these years in vain." Xiao Yun pouted sadly.

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry at Xiao Yun's drama-queen-like performance.

At noon, Lu Yan He went to the cafeteria for lunch and checked his phone by the way, finding that Li Zhibai had posted a photo of himself eating takeout at home thirty minutes ago, playing the victim: You two are both gone, I can only eat takeout by myself.

Lu Yan He was filming, while Yan Liang was promoting *Gold Rush*.

This show was currently popular, with good broadcast results, high ratings, and very good online data. It was the hottest show during this period.

Its ratings on Jinkou TV had already broken 0.8%.

Lu Yan He could almost see his hot search on the internet every day.

Yan Liang said that at least half of them were operated by Zhou Ping'an.

After Zhou Ping'an only had Yan Liang as a popular artist in his hands, he finally began to value Yan Liang.

Yan Liang announced two brand business collaborations in one week, which also caught the attention of the industry.

This frequency, even with the popularity of *Gold Rush*, was too fast.

Only Yan Liang himself knew that he was eating the leftovers that fell from Ma Zhiyuan's bowl.

"..." But Yan Liang didn't refuse. In any case, no matter where it came from, it was now in his bowl, which was the most important thing.

*Gold Rush* was still airing, and many people on the internet were already calling for a second season.

Even though they hadn't seen the ending yet.

However, for this kind of treasure-hunting adventure theme, as long as they want to shoot, they can certainly shoot season after season.

It is a natural theme for series dramas.

And the production company of *Gold Rush*, Ruyi Pictures, indeed had the idea of starting a second season after it achieved such good results.

Ruyi Pictures communicated with several main creators to inquire about their intentions.

In fact, for a show like *Gold Rush* that is very bright in reputation and results, under normal circumstances, no main creator would be unwilling to do a second season.

Especially in such a fast-food era now—

If a show can leave a longer impression in the audience's hearts, it is actually a rare wealth for the actors who appear in this show.

Watching movies and TV shows now is completely different from twenty or thirty years ago.

At that time, there was no internet, and there were not so many works. Perhaps a big hit work would become a popular topic for a long time, popular from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. But in this era now, after the internet eliminates all physical distances, a topic explodes, perhaps exploding very quickly and loudly, sweeping the entire internet in an instant, but excessive and overloaded information also makes it easier for people to forget some things.

Movies and TV shows are the same.

For a work that aired two months ago, two months later, you might feel that the work has been airing for almost a year.

Therefore, the biggest benefit of doing series dramas for actors lies here.

Reminding you once every year that you like this show, you can continue to watch it.

Then, time will evaporate its power over people.

If you have used a keychain for a year, you will develop some feelings for it, let alone a show you have been chasing for several years.

This kind of meaning is absolutely different from the meaning of you finishing a show in one night.

Even if you can finish a show in one night, it means you think it is very good.

However, we must all admit that the times have changed.

Under these circumstances, the accumulation of time has instead been endowed with more instinctive meaning.

"It's too tiring, I don't really want to shoot the second season," Yan Liang said to Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai in a three-person video call. "Sigh, am I too inflated? In the past, as long as it was a good opportunity, I didn't want to miss it, but now *Gold Rush* has such good results, yet I find the second season tiring and don't want to participate."

"That only shows that *Gold Rush* is really tiring," Li Zhibai said. "What kind of bad habits did you learn from Old Lu? Why do you like to find faults in yourself so much?"

Li Zhibai's disdain was overflowing.

Yan Liang looked at Li Zhibai with pity through the video: "I really envy you."

Lu Yan He: "Does Zhou Ping'an also agree with you not shooting?"

"Of course he doesn't agree," Yan Liang said. "Not only has he been persuading me to agree, he also wants to stuff Fu Li into the second season. The script for the second season hasn't been written yet."

Lu Yan He: "Letting you help her bring along a newcomer?"

"Yeah."

"Tell him to get lost," Li Zhibai said immediately.

o￠o

Lu Yan He laughed.

Yan Liang: "Although I'm not as afraid of him as I used to be, I haven't evolved to the point where I can tell him to get lost like you."

Li Zhibai: "If you can't say it, I'll call him now and scold him for you."

"If you want to scold him, don't do it in my name," Yan Liang squinted. "I don't want to clean up your mess, and then Zhou Ping'an comes to find me angrily."

Li Zhibai: "... Tsk."

He said: "You seem to have become a bit smarter."

"Get lost!" Yan Liang retorted unceremoniously.

Lu Yan He: "However, I think Li Zhibai is right. Why should you help him bring a newcomer? He didn't let others bring you before. You don't owe him anything."

"I said so too," Yan Liang nodded. "I'll go tell Zhou Ping'an later that I don't agree. If he wants to use my banner to stuff Fu Li in, wouldn't that mean I owe others a favor?"

Lu Yan He: "That's right, that's exactly it. How can he do that?"

Li Zhibai: "Zhou Ping'an doesn't do human things."

"Wait, let's make it clear first, are you still shooting the second season?" Li Zhibai suddenly reacted and asked.

Yan Liang: "Of course I'm shooting. I was just complaining a few words. Am I crazy to really not shoot? A show that is clearly capable of becoming a series, would I hand over the second season to others after the first season became popular?"

"Then wouldn't you have two series to shoot?" Li Zhibai asked. "Yan He's *Friends* is also going to be rebooted."

Lu Yan He: "Mine is fine, it can be shot in a month, very quickly, maybe even less than a month."

Yan Liang nodded, "*Friends* is really very simple to shoot, it doesn't take much effort, and it won't take up too much of my time. However, *Friends* can be rebooted and returned, and all work is making way for it. I didn't expect that we could actually reunite."

Lu Yan He smiled.

"Heaven's timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony. If Jingtai didn't court death itself, I wouldn't have waited for this opportunity."

Li Zhibai muttered: "So why didn't you write a regular role for me in *Friends* back then?"

"Big brother, in the first season, we were a low-budget show. If I wrote a regular role for you, do you think we could afford your salary? Even if you were willing, could Zhou Ping'an agree? Zhou Ping'an was still your agent back then."

Li Zhibai huffed, angry, and said "Zhou Ping'an doesn't do human things" again.

Yan Liang asked: "Then—can you write a role for Li Zhibai in the reboot version?"

"*Friends* becomes seven people?" Lu Yan He thought for a while and shook his head. "That would change the flavor. If a new regular role is added, the six-person group becomes a seven-person group, then many character relationships will have to change. Unless the seventh person doesn't intervene in the six-person group's relationships, but if they don't intervene, what is the point of their appearance?"

Li Zhibai: "You just don't want me to act in *Friends*."

"How about I write a guest role for you? Let you come to guest star in one episode every season, and that episode unfolds with you as the protagonist?" Lu Yan He asked. "For example, let you play a classmate of mine or Yan Liang's, come to find us, and then cause some impact on our six-person group for various reasons, create some funny moments in the middle, and let us examine the relationships of our six-person group through that."

"That's fine," Li Zhibai nodded immediately. "You'd better write me a role as the boss of your student days, the kind that covers you, um, it has to be more awesome, more arrogant."

"Might as well write a role with a bit of a mental problem, that would be funnier," Lu Yan He said seriously.

Yan Liang nodded without hesitation, "Seconded!"

Li Zhibai's face was ferocious: "No!"

Lu Yan He ended the video call with them happily, but saw that in the *Burning Fire* group, for some reason, 99 unread messages suddenly appeared.

This was not the big group of *Burning Fire*, but the main creator group of *Burning Fire*, which only had twenty-something people.

Lu Yan He was not the kind of person who only checked his phone once or twice a day.

Under normal circumstances, this group wouldn't accumulate so many unread messages.

Lu Yan He clicked in and found out that a proxy photographer had secretly slipped into the studio, wanting to install a hidden camera in the dressing room, and was caught just in time.

Looking again, Lu Yan He was shocked. The person who caught this proxy photographer was actually Wang Biao!

Huh?!

After the *Burning Fire* film started shooting, the filming of this movie had always been quite high-profile.

After filming for a few days, the location of the studio was exposed, and paparazzi began to station themselves at the entrance of the studio. Of course, more than paparazzi were proxy photographers.

The swarming proxy photographers blocked the entrance of the studio, but in fact, they basically couldn't photograph anything. Because the crew's vehicles entered and exited, they wouldn't stop at the studio entrance to pick up or drop off people.

So, after discovering that they couldn't photograph anything, these gathered proxy photographers and paparazzi left one after another. There were also proxy photographers who felt they had wasted their efforts and angrily scolded *Burning Fire* on the internet, scolding the movie as a flop, keeping it mysterious, and it must be a big piece of trash.

These voices didn't affect the crew's filming, nor did they cause any trouble for the actors.

Until a proxy photographer suddenly slipped in.

When Lu Yan He arrived, Wang Biao was explaining the situation to people: "I came to get the water bottle. Little Brother Lu's water bottle that he usually uses was left here, so I came back to get it, and just happened to run into this person acting suspiciously. He didn't have a work badge, and when I asked him who he was, he wouldn't say."

Wang Biao actually had a cut on his forehead and bruises on his face.

He had actually gotten into a fight with the person.

Seeing that the proxy photographer also had blood on the corners of his mouth and swollen eyes, Lu Yan He felt relieved.

It's fine if he got hurt, but it wouldn't be good if he got hurt while the opponent was still clean.

The crew had all kinds of medicine for bruises.

Lu Yan He first told Wang Biao to hurry up and apply medicine to himself.

Wang Biao said, "Wait, take pictures first, keep the evidence. Just now this person even said he wanted to call the police! We'll call too! I'm not afraid of him, he started it first and still dared to yell at me!"

Wang Biao's whole mood was still in an excited state.

Lu Yan He looked at him helplessly and said, "Go apply medicine quickly!"

Lan Mingting, Li Quanling, and others all came.

The person in charge of security also had a dark face, feeling a bit embarrassed and depressed.

If a proxy photographer could sneak into the studio, if it hadn't been for Wang Biao running into him today, and he had really secretly installed a hidden camera, the trouble later would have been huge.

Wan Renhai only rushed over at this time.

He was full of anger, and as soon as he arrived, he questioned the person in charge of security and logistics loudly: "How did you manage this?!"

Any big production, especially a big production like *Burning Fire* that involves creating a new worldview, the production process is generally very confidential.

Because the styling of every character and every real-life scene, after accidental leakage, may affect the viewing effect of the audience when the film is finally released.

Why does the crew dislike proxy photographers so much?

Styling exposure is one thing.

On the other hand, because the equipment and technology of proxy photographers are generally difficult to ensure that the pictures taken look good. This will create an impression of why your crew is so sloppy and why the styling is so trashy.

Many times, it's actually not a styling problem, but a photographer problem.

But there is no reasoning for this. Everyone sees it and takes it for granted that it is ugly, and then nothing else matters.

Lu Yan He felt he could understand Wan Renhai being so angry.

It was just that he was a bit shocked, because Lu Yan He hadn't seen Wan Renhai get angry before.

But getting angry is a common problem for directors, regardless of gender. Lu Yan He has filmed in so many crews, and he really hasn't seen many who don't get angry, except for Director Fu Kai of *Road to Glory* and Director Bai Jingnian of *Friends*. Others have more or less gotten angry several times.

Lu Yan He himself was very anxious when filming *Love Letter*. Of course, he didn't get angry on the set.

The pressure of being a director is too great.

If a crew's position can be roughly divided into creative positions and administrative positions, the director's position is a combination of the two, having to manage both big and small things, having to manage fighting on the front line, and having to manage the escort of logistics supplies.

He listened silently to Wan Renhai getting angry and didn't speak.

As a result, halfway through Wan Renhai's anger, he suddenly noticed that Lu Yan He was also here, and the anger on his face suddenly stopped like a brake.

Lu Yan He called out Director.

Wan Renhai looked at Lu Yan He, coughed awkwardly, and tried to smile, but didn't succeed, "Yan He, why are you here?"

Lu Yan He said awkwardly, "My assistant happened to run into this proxy photographer, and I heard they had a fight, so I came over to take a look."

Wan Renhai: "Wang Biao? Is he okay?"

"It's fine, just a minor injury, he's already gone to apply medicine," Lu Yan He said with a smile.

Wan Renhai nodded.

"Then I'll go first too." Lu Yan He figured that with him here, Wan Renhai wouldn't be embarrassed to say anything, so he decided to slip away.

Wan Renhai nodded.

Lu Yan He went to find Wang Biao.

Wang Biao had already had some medicine applied to him and was still angrily telling others about his brave fight against the proxy photographer.

Lu Yan He listened to Wang Biao chattering for a long time and almost laughed out loud.

Unlike the action scenes in movies, the fight between Wang Biao and the proxy photographer was basically you giving me a punch, I giving you a kick, one wanting to run, one pulling to keep him from running, struggling.

However, there were really many people listening to Wang Biao's story, and many people listened with great interest.

Wang Biao is usually lively and cheerful, and his mouth can chatter, so he is quite popular in the crew and can chat with anyone. Now that such a thing has happened, he is even more enthusiastic, beaming with joy.

Seeing this, Lu Yan He didn't go in to disturb him.

As long as Wang Biao is fine.

The crew reported it to the police directly.

Of course, choosing to report to the police for this kind of thing means it will definitely be known to the public.

However, what the *Burning Fire* crew didn't expect was that there was actually a group of people on the internet leading the rhythm, saying that the proxy photographer was beaten to a bloody head by the *Burning Fire* crew.

*Burning Fire* could only quickly issue a statement, explaining the situation clearly and clarifying the situation of the proxy photographer.

However, the statement didn't mention that the person who stopped the proxy photographer was Lu Yan He's assistant—after all, as long as Lu Yan He's name was attached, the impact of this matter would expand infinitely.

There would be more people leading the rhythm.

No one expected that two days after this incident, the proxy photographer actually spoke out on the internet, saying that he was beaten by Lu Yan He's assistant.

The proxy photographer played the victim, clearly showing his unhealed wounds, first saying that the reason he became a proxy photographer was also to support his family and make a living. It was indeed wrong for him to sneak into the studio, but after being discovered, he apologized and stopped, yet he was still beaten by Lu Yan He's assistant. Because the other party was Lu Yan He's assistant, he, who sneaked into the studio, was punished, but the person who beat him was fine, and he felt very angry, very suffocated, and very unfair.

After this video was released, it couldn't be said that it attracted a lot of sympathy, making everyone start to crusade against Lu Yan He's assistant.

But it was true that some people began to turn into (self-proclaimed) justice messengers and moral guardians, standing up and saying that Lu Yan He's assistant shouldn't have beaten someone to a bloody head just because the other party was wrong first, this is bullying.

Seeing such voices, Wang Biao was instantly furious and cursed "Bah!".

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry.

"Stay calm, don't go online to argue with people, it's meaningless," Lu Yan He said. "However, clarification still needs to be clarified. I'll go tell the crew to explain the situation that night in more detail, especially to highlight that he wanted to run, you didn't let him, he started it first, and you only fought back, and then attach photos of the two of you, clearly you were injured even more seriously than him."

Wang Biao huffed and said "um".

The crew would of course be happy to help Lu Yan He issue such a clarification statement.

Lu Yan He forwarded it immediately: The person who started it first is fast. We haven't said anything yet, and he has already reversed the blame. If his appearance is called beaten to a bloody head, then what is Wang Biao called? Paralyzed? Opening his mouth to talk nonsense, I'll send you a lawyer's letter. Your video views have already broken a million, constituting rumors, see you in court!

Lu Yan He was not polite at all.

As a result, some people were cynical in his comment section:

--Stars are stars, they can send lawyer's letters and go to court casually, really rich.

Lu Yan He was so angry that his face turned green.

What kind of brain-damaged thing is this! -

"This is someone deliberately leading the rhythm to smear us," Lan Mingting found Lu Yan He and said directly. "It's not aimed at you, it's aimed at our *Burning Fire* movie."

Lu Yan He asked suspiciously: "Who is leading the rhythm to smear us at this time? It hasn't wrapped up or been released, and we haven't formed competition with others."

Lan Mingting said: "Although we are still filming, other film companies are unhappy with us. We have confirmed that those marketing accounts leading the rhythm are all paid to do things."

"Then they might not necessarily be aimed at *Burning Fire*. Maybe they are aimed at me. I have a group of black fans all year round, wanting nothing else but to see me unhappy," Lu Yan He said helplessly.

Lan Mingting smiled in surprise.

"Is that so? But it is true. Generally, big stars like you always have black fans, which is not strange. In this day and age, no one smearing you means you are not popular."

On Lu Yan He's side, Chen Ziyan was actually helping to check who was leading the rhythm here.

The result was that many people had entered the field.

"Just as I said at the beginning, you are now someone competing for cake with others. Some people don't cooperate with you and don't like you, so they start to find trouble for you," Chen Ziyan said. "You are only one person after all, it's impossible to cooperate with everyone. Others can't cooperate with you and are unhappy."

Lu Yan He sighed.

"Don't think about these, it's too normal. As long as you are above others, someone will want to pull you down," Chen Ziyan said. "For this incident, what the situation actually is, the public's eyes are sharp, and they won't be deceived."

"It's just—I don't even know how to say it. Some people's words, you see them and feel they are not something normal people can say, but even if you think so, you will still be angered, and want to ask, what kind of people have such abnormal brain circuits? The fire in the heart can't be suppressed."

"Cultivate your character, young man," Chen Ziyan said in a light tone.

Lu Yan He: "The road is long and far, the more I cultivate, the farther it gets."

"Hahahaha," Chen Ziyan laughed. "By the way, tell you a piece of good news."

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He asked, "What good news?"

Chen Ziyan: "Didn't I tell you before that Director Gongjiang has a new movie? I'm fighting for it for you, and Director Gong replied, saying he wants to find time to meet you."

"Oh? When?" Lu Yan He asked, "I'm filming *Burning Fire* now, and it won't wrap up until June."

Chen Ziyan: "It hasn't been said specifically when to meet. You don't have to worry about the time, I will coordinate it. Director Gong doesn't have time now either, he is the chairman of the main competition unit at the Fushan Film Festival."

"Oh, okay."

Chen Ziyan: "Do you know? That day I ran into a leader of the Film Bureau, and he even smiled and asked why you don't take on more art films, saying that if you act in a few more, our Chinese films can have a few more films famous internationally."

"The leader is exaggerating."

"The leader cares very much about cultural influence. As one of the most influential cultural products in the world today, movies are pinned with high hopes by many people," Chen Ziyan said. "But it's strange to say, this year's Xitu'er Film Festival, not a single Chinese film was shortlisted. I thought the trend of the past two years meant Chinese films would frequently appear at international film festivals again, but I didn't expect it to break again. I don't know what the situation is with the Hexi Film Festival in May."

Lu Yan He said: "What about Liu Bige's new play? Can't it participate in the Hexi Film Festival?"

Liu Bige's movie *Even Faking Death Won't Work* is a romantic comedy, relatively market-oriented. The other three top international film festivals are not very interested in this kind of market-oriented genre. If they want to apply for a film festival, they can only go to the Hexi Film Festival.

Chen Ziyan: "I don't know, I haven't talked to Liu Bige either. Have you talked to him about this?"

"No," Lu Yan He said. "I've been talking to him about his spy thriller script recently."

"Oh, right, you have another play to cooperate with him," Chen Ziyan said. "That's good, but this spy thriller shouldn't be an art film, right?"

"He wants to shoot a serious-style film. I don't know if it's an art film, but it's definitely not the kind of very cool spy thriller," Lu Yan He said. "I read the script and felt the whole feeling was quite low and gloomy."

"Ah? According to what you said, it sounds like this story is not something the audience will like."

"That's not necessarily true. *Late Spring* is the same, the overall atmosphere is also relatively gloomy, but the final box office was very high," Lu Yan He said. "His personal style is very obvious. No matter what theme he shoots, his personal style is actually placed at the forefront."

"He is indeed a director with very distinct characteristics," Chen Ziyan said. "That's good. You can meet a young director like Liu Bige, which is also of great significance to your acting career. Many big-name actors are actually discovered by big-name directors. You can support a young director's debut work when you first start acting in movies, and also shoot a very excellent movie. Of course, this certainly can't be said that you discovered Director Liu Bige, but for you, this fully demonstrates your vision. In this circle, the further you go, the more it actually depends on your artistic height. This is really not something that marketing or publicity can create. It has to be recognized by this industry."

Lu Yan He nodded.

He understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

Artistic height is too ethereal, yet it really exists.

In an industry, who is a recognized master, whose level is the highest, whose aesthetic is the best, this is not something you can compare by the number of awards you get. This is measured by people's hearts. You appear in other people's mouths, and others admire you, respect you, or despise you.

Lu Yan He said: "I will strive to become an artist with both virtue and art in the future."

"You must never say such things in the future. You are only how old, and you are already an old artist with both virtue and art. Don't mention it until you are seventy," Chen Ziyan scolded with a smile.

Lu Yan He: "... Tsk."

Chen Ziyan: "I won't talk to you anymore, you shoot well, I'll come to see you next week."

"Okay." Lu Yan He hung up the phone.

Suddenly, someone ran past in a hurry.

Lu Yan He turned his head to look and saw that many people's faces were full of shock, surprise, and incredulity.

He was stunned and asked: "What's wrong?"

The person next to him said: "It seems like Li Yuefeng's car had an accident. His car hit a proxy photographer in front."

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