Chapter 526: Affection (150,000-character update!)

"Lu Yan He, I love you, big sister—"

"Lu Yan He, I love you, Mom—"

"Lu Yan He, I love you, Fairy—"

The rising and falling screams had already built a familiar sound barrier for Lu Yan He whenever he traveled, especially at the airport.

Lu Yan He, wearing sunglasses and protected by his team, walked forward. Suddenly, he heard that "Fairy loves you" in the noise. He couldn't help but laugh, turned his head, and saw a very beautifully dressed girl.

"Hello, Fairy," Lu Yan He said with a smile.

The Fairy screamed on the spot.

"Alright, please don't see me off anymore. The entrance is just ahead. There are too many of you, and you'll block others. Let's stop here," Lu Yan He said to them.

Everyone nodded.

This had almost become a habitual practice for Lu Yan He's fans.

No one questioned it.

Lu Yan He walked to the entrance and turned back to wave at them.

Everyone let out another cheer.

"Little Brother Lu, this popularity seems to be getting more and more top-tier," Wang Biao said after entering the airport, still looking back through the glass wall at the outside. "There are nearly a hundred people here this time."

Chen Ziyan said, "Yan He gained a lot of fans from *Young Days*. Plus, he has more and more career-focused fans now. This trip to Venice was hyped up by the media, so it's a special situation. Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't be this many."

For occasions like picking up or seeing off at the airport, there are usually at most twenty or thirty fans.

Not that many people have the time to spend on these things. Nor are many people truly willing to go offline to "support" celebrity artists. Those who can actually do this are basically people with money, time, and the ability to find out Lu Yan He's itinerary.

You have to know, before Lu Yan He's official fan club was disbanded, Lu Yan He firmly forbade them from organizing such activities, let alone after it was disbanded—it was even more impossible for anyone to organize it.

Now, many of Lu Yan He's activities are spontaneous actions by fans.

But this is also quite good. Compared to other actors who have uniform, neat promotional copy when their shows air, Lu Yan He's fans can still speak normally, without having to produce text garbage in bulk like robots.

After Lu Yan He entered the waiting room, he ran into several acquaintances.

Including Peng Zhixing, Yan Liang, Su Xiao, and Qin Zhi, all were on this flight to Venice.

"What a coincidence," Lu Yan He said, greeting them with a smile. "Zhenzhen and the others should have started filming since they departed."

Li Zhenzhen and the others had already gone ahead.

They needed to scout locations in advance and create a filming plan.

Almost everyone was accompanied by an agent, rather than just an assistant as in ordinary work.

As soon as Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan appeared, everyone became enthusiastic and greeted each other.

Especially the agents, who were already chatting enthusiastically, and became even more so upon seeing Chen Ziyan.

They were all very curious about the show *Birth of an Actor*.

Qin Zhi's agent seemed somewhat tempted to send him to this show to see if he had any talent for acting.

But Qin Zhi himself was very resistant.

He had never acted in a single play; he was a pure singer.

He didn't want to act either—he had no interest in that aspect at all.

Qin Zhi said helplessly to Lu Yan He, "Why must you make me act?"

Lu Yan He actually understood the choices of these agents.

Although Qin Zhi's music was quite popular and fan stickiness was high, this was ultimately not an era where music made the world go crazy. Of course, it wasn't an era where movies made the world go crazy either. All weights were declining because another new world was densely eroding every corner of this ancient world along the internet.

But film and television dramas at least occupied more traffic—

That's right, even between music and film and television dramas, there were levels of traffic.

Qin Zhi's agent hoped he would act, hoping he could further expand his entertainment career map.

His image was very handsome; not to mention other dramas, idol dramas would definitely not be bad.

Perhaps his career could go to the next level; after all, generally speaking, 1+1 would not be less than 2.

Lu Yan He thought for a moment and said, "This depends on yourself. If you are really not interested and don't want to do it, don't force yourself. I think any creation cannot be forced."

Qin Zhi: "It's not that I'm forcing myself; it's my agent forcing me."

Lu Yan He: "Then that's a matter between you and your agent; we are all outsiders."

Qin Zhi: "Has your agent never forced you to do work you didn't want to do?"

"I haven't encountered work I particularly didn't want to do."

"..."

Qin Zhi: "Animal."

Lu Yan He: "That's a personal attack."

Qin Zhi: "There are no cameras here."

Lu Yan He: "A gentleman is cautious when alone."

Qin Zhi: "A gentleman wouldn't accept everything that comes his way."

Lu Yan He: "Are you stimulated?"

Qin Zhi glanced at him sideways. "Among the people around you, who hasn't been stimulated by you?"

Lu Yan He: "... You make it sound like I'm a pollutant."

"The first time I saw you was on that show *Small Song Gathering*, the time you sang *Commemoration*, do you remember?"

"Yeah."

"As soon as you finished singing, everyone looked at you in surprise. But at that time you were on stage and didn't see our expressions. Later I watched the show; actually, Teacher Liu Zhilan said something at the time, but the show didn't edit it in."

Liu Zhilan was a senior singer who recorded that episode with them at the time.

Qin Zhi said, "She said that compared to those noisy avant-garde music, she still prefers your kind of fresher music and clean voice."

Lu Yan He was stunned.

Qin Zhi: "Chen Ziliang was right next to her at the time, and his face turned black directly."

This was the first time Lu Yan He heard about this.

He hadn't heard of it at all before.

He suddenly realized, no wonder after that recording ended, when he ran into Chen Ziliang and his agent on the stairs, they were so rude to him.

At the time, Lu Yan He even thought that Chen Ziliang had a problem with his personality, directly mocking someone he met for the first time and had no grievances with.

Four years later, he finally realized what was going on.

Lu Yan He sighed.

Qin Zhi: "So, from the first day I met you, you have been constantly stimulating others; I'm used to it."

Lu Yan He: "Do you mean that I am too excellent, and wherever I go, because the light on my body is too bright, I flash into other people's eyes?"

Qin Zhi: "..."

Peng Zhixing patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Little Lu, learn something good from others; don't learn all of Li Zhibai's shamelessness."

Qin Zhi said to Peng Zhixing, "Brother Zhixing, you still say he learned from Li Zhibai? He has already surpassed the master; Li Zhibai should acknowledge him as his master."

Lu Yan He immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"I am not, I didn't."

Arriving in Venice again, it was a good day that welcomed them.

Before Lu Yan He left the airport, he was checked up and down by Chen Ziyan, who adjusted his collar and found him a hat to wear.

"After flying all the way, your hair is flat."

Lu Yan He: "..."

Image management is a compulsory course for artists.

Lu Yan He actually wanted to say forget it, it's not necessary.

But he knew that if he dared to say that, Chen Ziyan's eyes would glare over.

Lu Yan He didn't want to be so concerned about his image all the time.

For example, at the airport, after a long flight, now he just wanted to get to the hotel and have a good rest.

However, outside the airport, there were more than thirty of his movie fans who heard the news and rushed over, holding his movie posters, calling his name, and asking for his autograph.

Seeing this scene, Lu Yan He asked Chen Ziyan in a low voice, "Sister Ziyan, is this a plant you found?"

He hadn't encountered so many fans coming to support him abroad before.

Chen Ziyan whispered, "About half were found by me, and half came spontaneously. You are here this time to hold an exhibition of your works; the scene cannot be too shabby."

Lu Yan He asked in a low voice, "Then how are the tickets for the movie screening selling?"

"Haven't asked yet," Chen Ziyan said.

Lu Yan He waved and greeted the fans with a full face of smiles, signed autographs for everyone, and accompanied everyone for selfies and group photos, showing the cultivation of an artist vividly.

Peng Zhixing and the others were on the same flight as Lu Yan He and happened to see this scene from the side.

None of them were recognized by anyone abroad, especially in Venice.

At this moment, seeing with their own eyes the scene of Lu Yan He being popular abroad, the emotions in their hearts were quite complicated. On one hand, they felt proud and happy for Lu Yan He; on the other hand, they felt somewhat lost for not having achieved such results.

Li Zhenzhen and the others had already been squatting here in advance.

The third stage of the recording of *Young Days* started from here.

This scene was also filmed by Li Zhenzhen and the others.

Lu Yan He wouldn't get into his own car with Chen Ziyan and Wang Biao, but would get into the car rented by the show crew with everyone else to start the official recording.

Throughout the process, Lu Yan He would have the show crew's cameras following him.

Of course, other artists were the same.

After getting into the car, Su Xiao was a bit envious and said, "Yan He, so you are already so popular abroad."

"Yeah, this scene of picking up at the airport is not inferior to the domestic one," Peng Zhixing said with a smile.

Lu Yan He looked at Li Zhenzhen: "Sister Zhenzhen, remember not to edit what I say next into the show."

Li Zhenzhen was full of doubts, "Ah?"

Lu Yan He said to them, "Actually, half of them were plants found by my agent."

A group of people: "..."

Li Zhenzhen: "Don't say such things in front of the camera in the future!"

Peng Zhixing laughed loudly.

"That's still quite a lot; half are real fans."

Lu Yan He: "It really has been increasing bit by bit over the past few years. When I first started participating in film festivals, not many people knew me, let alone the airport; not many photographers took pictures of me on the red carpet. Later, I guess it was because of frequent appearances that everyone got to know me. The more you come, because the photographers and reporters from major media running the film festival are actually those people, the changes won't be very big. If you come more often, everyone will know you. Once they report it, some audiences will also know you."

"That still requires you to bring works like you," Su Xiao said. "Without works, you don't know what to do here."

"If you don't have works, come here to find opportunities to act in works," Lu Yan He said. "Although many people say now that you shouldn't walk the red carpet without works, to be honest, I don't agree with this point."

"Ah?" Peng Zhixing and the others were all shocked.

You have to know, walking the red carpet with works is the mainstream view.

Lu Yan He said, "Because acting is a very passive profession. I had a special feeling when I did the show *Birth of an Actor* this time. Some actors, is it that their acting is bad? Is it that their image is average? None of that. It's just that they haven't been seen by everyone, and then they remain silent and are not known. The more you have no works, the more you need to come out frequently, meet producers, meet directors, meet screenwriters, and find opportunities and roles for yourself."

Su Xiao: "What you said makes so much sense."

"It really makes a lot of sense," Peng Zhixing also nodded. "I have done a lot of interviews in the past few years and interviewed many successful artists. They actually all said that for projects you like and are moved by, you must be proactive and must strive for them. It seems there has always been a saying that not fighting or grabbing is the best posture, but in this industry, when you have already been seen, of course you can not fight or grab, being as light as a chrysanthemum. If you haven't been seen yet, and you are not proactive or positive, who will deliver the pie to you?"

Except for Lu Yan He, they were all coming to Venice as artists for the first time.

Lu Yan He had experienced this stage.

Because it was not his own country, not his home field, and deep down he felt that there were no works known to everyone, so he was more or less stage-frightened.

Therefore, Lu Yan He said those words very seriously just now.

Although he himself didn't find it so easy to do, and acted timidly.

After Lu Yan He arrived at the hotel, several media outlets were already waiting to interview him.

These media were all arranged by the Venice official film festival.

Chen Ziyan originally didn't want to arrange so many interviews for Lu Yan He, but she happened to see a domestic reporter participating in the film festival complaining that in this Venice, although there were many stars and the starlight was shining, almost all the stars did not reserve time for exclusive interviews for media reporters.

Chen Ziyan thought about it and basically agreed to all of them.

A large part of Lu Yan He's achievements was built so quickly because of the media's favor for him.

Chen Ziyan still wanted to maintain the media circle's favor for Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He returned to his room to rest a little, then had to change clothes because he had to take pictures for the exclusive interview later—fortunately, he didn't have to do a full makeup and hair like walking the red carpet; that would be too formal for exclusive interview photos.

For every set of clothes Lu Yan He wore on this trip to Venice, there must be Math. As a spokesperson, although Lu Yan He wore Math quite a bit before, it wasn't as dense as it was now. It was mainly to return the favor—the thank-you banquet held by Math for Lu Yan He sponsored $200,000.

Lu Yan He accepted a total of eight media interviews, totaling three and a half hours.

Throughout the process, the *Young Days* show crew was filming on the side.

The slogan of the show in this stage was to show the most real state of celebrity artists in the vanity fair.

This was his state.

Between each exclusive interview, Lu Yan He was given ten minutes of rest time, and also time for each media to debug equipment and connect.

Lu Yan He could only change a set of clothes, drink some water, eat something, and replenish energy in these ten minutes. Even if exhausted, he had to cheer up when accepting the next media interview, continuing to make himself look relaxed, natural, and full of energy.

Li Zhenzhen personally followed Lu Yan He's group.

Other celebrity artists also had corresponding itinerary arrangements, with filming groups following.

This was also the first time Li Zhenzhen saw Lu Yan He's normal working state.

When she saw Lu Yan He maintaining high spirits for three and a half hours, chatting with interviewers about film and television, directors, the shortlisted works of this Venice International Film Festival, and his exhibition, involving various topics. And Lu Yan He never dropped the chain; no matter what was asked, he could give some sincere answers instead of some nonsense that didn't know why. Li Zhenzhen was actually very shocked deep down.

After the eight media interviews ended, when Lu Yan He sent the last media away, the light in his eyes dimmed with exhaustion.

He stretched and turned to look at them.

"Hard work, you guys haven't had dinner yet, right?"

"No."

Lu Yan He said: "Let's go, I'll treat everyone to dinner."

He changed back into casual clothes and immediately became lazy.

Lu Yan He greeted in the *Young Days* group: I just finished work here, how about you guys?

Except for Song Linxin who was still shooting a magazine, everyone else had finished.

Everyone agreed to meet at a restaurant.

The restaurant was booked by Chen Ziyan in advance.

Lu Yan He dozed off in the car on the way.

Li Zhenzhen suddenly thought of something, turned and whispered to Chen Ziyan: "Sister Ziyan, can we ask you a few questions later? About Yan He."

Chen Ziyan thought about it and nodded.

"Sure."

The camera had been filming Lu Yan He, even though Lu Yan He had closed his eyes and fallen asleep.

Li Zhenzhen was afraid she would forget, so she took out her phone and wrote in the memo:

—He is not only a professional actor on the filming set, but also a professional artist in work occasions. He could completely use the fact that he is already a successful actor to lower his requirements for himself as an artist, but he didn't.

—What shocked me even more is that every time he accepts an interview from a media, he changes a set of clothes. I asked his agent privately, why change clothes so frequently? Is it the brand's requirement? Is it to show more clothes?

—His agent said, it's not, but because every media will take pictures and record videos, Yan He hopes that what he gives to every media is different.

Li Zhenzhen was no longer a workplace newcomer, but looking at everything Lu Yan He did, she still sighed that in this entertainment industry, there were too many things for young people to learn from Lu Yan He.

Just this professional attitude, especially the thought of wanting to give each media something different, this attitude is rare and commendable.

Li Zhenzhen suddenly popped a small subtitle in her mind:

It is often said that Lu Yan He is the media's favorite, but it seems no one has asked, why is Lu Yan He the media's favorite?

She immediately took out her phone, wrote down this sentence, and decided to use it in the show's copy.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Li Zhenzhen found that not only Peng Zhixing and the others, but Lu Yan He also invited Director Luo Yuzhong.

"You all know, the director is the director of my first play, the person who led me on the path of an actor, and he is also my teacher."

Lu Yan He specifically invited Luo Yuzhong over tonight.

On one hand, Xiao Yun and the others all had the need to know Luo Yuzhong. Whether it was filming or other aspects, knowing Luo Yuzhong had benefits.

On the other hand, Luo Yuzhong actually also had the need to know more actors, especially young actors—many people mistakenly thought that for big directors like Luo Yuzhong, there was no shortage of actors to act in their plays.

But in fact, the more directors of Luo Yuzhong's level, the more actors surround them, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to contact privately. Often it is friends introducing, auditioning, and chatting for a few dozen minutes over a meal, which is already remarkable.

Lu Yan He felt that the group of people in *Young Days* were actually all very good artists. Whether they were hosts, singers, or actors, after getting along for a few years, their character, temperament, professional ability, and professional degree were all reassuring.

Therefore, Lu Yan He wanted to give Luo Yuzhong an opportunity to know and communicate with them privately. Good actors are needed by any director.

Although there was a thank-you banquet the night after tomorrow, there were too many people at that time, not only them, but also media and some other people, not a place to chat well.

Luo Yuzhong came specifically to help Lu Yan He stand on the stage this time, and had no other work, so he was very leisurely.

He watched *Young Days* and also watched the works of some of them, and was familiar with these young people.

Luo Yuzhong said with a smile: "Your show is also quite interesting. Being able to gather together when none of you have emerged yet, your vision is really good."

Li Zhenzhen made a "Yeah" sign, "Thank you, Director Luo, for the compliment."

This was indeed the most powerful part of *Young Days*.

The vision was incredibly good.

From the market situation, among the eight people, only Su Xiao might not be recognized as a first-tier star, and the others were indisputably popular.

But Su Xiao's development was not bad either.

As an artist of her age, she already belonged to those who had a name and surname, and also had works.

Li Zhibai said: "Director, do you still remember me? At the time of the *Golden Age* audition, you tested us all, and you praised me for acting very relaxed, and even asked them to learn from it. How do you think Lu Yan He learned? Did he learn any of my fur?"

He was calm and proud, making everyone's mood, which was a bit restrained because of seeing Luo Yuzhong, instantly unable to hold on.

Here we go again.

Luo Yuzhong smiled and pointed at him with his hand.

"I have watched some of your plays, especially *Washe*, you acted well. Your type makes it hard for people to recognize acting skills, and you are one of the ones who did very well," Luo Yuzhong said. "If Yan He came to act, it might not be as suitable as you."

Li Zhibai raised his eyebrows directly at Lu Yan He, "Did you hear that?"

Lu Yan He: "That's for sure. After all, for a role that is arrogant, dragging, and loves to show off, no matter how well I act, I can't compare to your natural performance."

Li Zhibai tsk-tsked: "Jealousy, naked jealousy."

Yan Liang asked: "Director, when you usually pick actors, you shouldn't pick someone thick-skinned like Li Zhibai, right?"

Luo Yuzhong laughed twice.

"Actors have to be thick-skinned. You were too thin-skinned before, and you've been a bit better in the past two years."

Yan Liang was stunned.

The meaning behind Luo Yuzhong's words was actually that he had also been paying attention to Yan Liang in the past two years.

This made Yan Liang somewhat stunned and surprised.

Just as they were talking, at this moment, Peng Zhixing suddenly said somewhat excitedly: "The Golden Tripod Award nomination list has been announced. Yan Liang, you have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor!"

Everyone showed a look of unexpected surprise.

The nomination list was announced at this time.

What a coincidence.

Yan Liang looked at Peng Zhixing in surprise.

Because of some special reasons, the Golden Tripod Award was held a bit later this year than in previous years, and the nomination list only came out at this time.

In previous years, it usually came out in July.

Lu Yan He was the first to react.

"Congratulations! This calls for a toast!"

"Too awesome," Xiao Yun immediately raised her glass, "I'm so envious, when will I be able to get a nomination?"

A group of people toasted excitedly in the restaurant in a foreign land, celebrating for Yan Liang.

Li Zhenzhen was also incomparably excited at this moment.

Who would have thought that during the recording of the show, they would happen to encounter the announcement of Yan Liang's nomination.

Thanks to the blessing of the God of Variety.

After dinner, returning to the hotel, Lu Yan He was so tired that he wanted to go straight to sleep.

But he still had to confirm the guest list for tomorrow again, otherwise, if he suddenly got stuck and forgot the other person's name, it would be embarrassing.

He only slept for six hours before being woken up by Wang Biao.

There were many things to do in the morning.

Unlike every previous work, this time it was his home field, and he needed to play the role of "host".

Lu Yan He took a shower, drank a cup of high-concentration black coffee to wake himself up, and began to check all the itineraries for the day with Wang Biao and Wan Qingqing.

Only after confirming it one last time did he have a count in his heart.

The *Young Days* show crew followed Wang Biao through the door.

Lu Yan He had no time to greet them either.

They just filmed quietly on the side.

At 8:30 in the morning, Song Jiang brought a breakfast up.

A boiled egg, a piece of bread.

Lu Yan He ate while looking at his speech draft.

The speech draft was written by himself. Because it was in English, not his mother tongue, even though his English level was good, he was inevitably a bit nervous when speaking on such a formal occasion and needed to be familiar and more familiar.

At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Lu Yan He looked back.

Wan Qingqing had already opened the door.

It turned out that Chen Ziyan and Bikalochi had arrived.

"Hi, Mr. Bikalochi," Lu Yan He stood up and greeted Bikalochi.

"Hi, Yan He," Bikalochi hugged him and asked with concern: "Did you rest well yesterday?"

"Quite well, thank you for your invitation," Lu Yan He showed a bright smile to Bikalochi.

As the head of the Venice International Film Festival, Bikalochi was indeed very good to Lu Yan He and gave him enough face.

In the later work screening activity, before the screening, Bikalochi would act as the host to introduce Lu Yan He and his achievements in acting, and then invite Lu Yan He to the stage to give a speech.

This importance showed the Venice International Film Festival's importance to Lu Yan He.

And at noon today, Lu Yan He would also have lunch with Bikalochi.

This link was proposed by Bikalochi himself.

Lu Yan He's side specifically said: All of Lu Yan He's itineraries in Venice would be filmed by a Chinese variety show.

Bikalochi's reaction was: "In these two weeks, I have been filmed by cameras from all over the world, why should I avoid this one?"

The person appeared on the show happily.

After a simple meeting, Bikalochi left.

"See you later."

After a while, Lu Yan He took a deep breath, and at nine o'clock, they officially set off.

At 9:30, they arrived at the entrance of the screening hall.

A red carpet area was set up here. Lu Yan He, as the host, was the first to step on the red carpet and then would stand at the door to welcome every guest.

Lu Yan He originally thought there might not be that many media on the scene.

However, as soon as he got out of the car, a crowd of photographers occupied the media area, calling his name.

Lu Yan He looked at them with some surprise.

Chen Ziyan and Wang Biao got out of the car and retreated to the side of the red carpet.

At this moment, Lu Yan He's mood was inexplicably somewhat excited and proud.

The feeling that the whole world was at his feet.

Lu Yan He found it hard to describe the feeling that followed.

Because this was something he had never experienced before.

He stood at the door with a smile, welcoming the guests who were invited.

Some were invited by him, some were invited by the film festival, and some got invitations through sponsored brands. Lu Yan He didn't know everyone.

Chen Ziyan and Wan Qingqing stood behind him, mainly Wan Qingqing, reminding Lu Yan He of the identity and name of everyone who came.

Lu Yan He then enthusiastically called out their names.

When the famous Spanish actress Felina Ricci appeared on the red carpet, it set off a climax of cheers.

She was a judge in the main competition unit when *Sanshan*, which Lu Yan He participated in, was shortlisted for the Xitu'er Film Festival.

Lu Yan He didn't expect her to appear.

He greeted her with surprise and hugged her.

Felina Ricci happily congratulated him.

He welcomed everyone like looking at flowers while riding a horse, including everyone in the *Young Days* show.

Peng Zhixing said in Lu Yan He's ear: "Yan He, walking this red carpet today makes me especially proud. I am proud of you."

When Liu Zhiyin stood with him for a photo, she generously took Lu Yan He's hand, raised it, and posed a nimble posture of being proud of Lu Yan He, with a bright and unrestrained smile, full of infectious power.

She said: "Yan He, you are great."

At such a time, on such an occasion, emotions will be infected.

It wasn't until the red carpet part ended that Lu Yan He walked into the screening hall amidst everyone's applause.

This was a hall that could accommodate five hundred people, and it was full inside.

This way of entering made Lu Yan He's heart surge at that moment.

Honor moment.

Bikalochi took the stage, as the host, first introduced this activity, then introduced Lu Yan He's achievements as an actor and screenwriter, and also mentioned that Lu Yan He's first movie work as a director had completed filming and would meet everyone next year.

Bikalochi didn't praise Lu Yan He too highly, which made Lu Yan He feel a little relieved.

At this time, he was really afraid of being praised too much.

When it was his turn to take the stage to give a speech, Lu Yan He took a long breath and went on stage.

For a few steps, his feet were numb—

It wasn't his first time on stage, and he had received awards several times, but now it was a different kind of tension.

Even panic.

After Lu Yan He stood still, he took out his speech draft.

"Sorry, I can't give a speech without a draft today. Please allow me to rely on this piece of paper in my hand. After all, it is an honor and a glory to be able to revisit the works I participated in with everyone at the Venice International Film Festival."

"Venice is a very beautiful city, and the Venice Film Festival is also a film festival with special significance in my heart. Of course, after today, it is even more special to me. Thank you, Mr. Bikalochi. It is very lucky to be able to meet elders who support young people like you on the road of film."

"I filmed some plays, and luckily entered the acting industry, and met several directors, so it broadened my understanding of the film world. I am especially excited because Director Luo Yuzhong, who introduced me to the industry, is also on the scene today. I am also very grateful because many producers, directors, and actors who have worked with me have come to the scene to watch the movies we filmed together."

"Film is the art of the moment. When filming ends and the movie is released, it stays at that moment forever. I am actually only twenty-three years old this year, but looking back at the first play I filmed, the first shot, I already feel that I have completely changed compared to that time. I dare not imagine what kind of feeling I will have when I see them again in ten years, twenty years, or even fifty years."

"Film is also an eternal art because it preserves the moment eternally. Whether it is the appearance of us actors or the expression of the movie itself, it is recorded in the form of light and shadow. This is our luck as film creators. It allows us, who were originally extremely ordinary people, to have the possibility of being seen and remembered by the world."

Lu Yan He raised the corners of his mouth and said: "It is an honor to have such an opportunity to watch my first play, the first shot, with everyone. Thank you, Director Luo Yuzhong, my teacher, for specially editing a 70-minute version for this screening activity. Yes, the first film to be screened next is *Golden Age* directed by Director Luo Yuzhong. Promise me, when you see my green performance, please don't laugh at me, because that is where I started as an actor."

Lu Yan He finished his speech and bowed to everyone.

The whole audience applauded thunderously.

In the screening hall, the lights gradually dimmed.

A white sedan car passed through the lane like a flash of lightning and stopped at the door of a house with a very design-conscious decoration.

Zhang Yuezhen got out of the car and hurried in, "Honey!"

She didn't find Chen Pinhe on the first floor, so she went upstairs again.

She found him in the audio-visual room on the second floor.

"Honey!"

Chen Pinhe, sitting on the sofa, woke up as if from a dream, picked up the remote control, and pressed pause.

Zhang Yuezhen turned on the room light, carefully looked at Chen Pinhe, and asked: "Honey, why didn't you go to Venice? Didn't you say before that your cooperation project with Maxine would be announced at this Venice?"

Chen Pinhe smiled slightly and said: "There was other work temporarily, and the time clashed."

"So that's it." Zhang Yuezhen wrapped her arms around Chen Pinhe's neck and leaned on him, "I thought you were unhappy."

"Unhappy? How could I be unhappy?" Chen Pinhe said with a smile, his eyes full of tenderness, "How about you? Weren't you accompanying Lulu in the UK? Why did you come back suddenly?"

"It's not because I suddenly heard that you weren't going to Venice, so I came back. I originally wanted to meet you in Venice," Zhang Yuezhen said. "Honey, you say this Venice is really interesting. It doesn't hold a work screening activity for you, but finds a young man like Lu Yan He who has only been acting for a few years."

Chen Pinhe smiled, and there was nothing unusual on his face.

"He has a louder reputation overseas in the past few years."

"Hmph, he can't compare to you," Zhang Yuezhen looked at Chen Pinhe, "Honey, you will always be the best actor in my heart."

Chen Pinhe hugged Zhang Yuezhen's waist and kissed her on the lips.

Zhang Yuezhen smiled sweetly.

She leaned her head on Chen Pinhe's shoulder.

They returned to the room together.

An hour later, Chen Pinhe went to the restroom, sat down, and sent a message to a number: You help me make an appointment with him, I will meet him.

In the room, Zhang Yuezhen glanced at the door, picked up her phone, and also sent a message to a number: Are you sure that the matter of that year did not leave any traces?

There was no expression on her face, completely missing the tenderness she had in front of Chen Pinhe, but instead like a mud statue without sorrow or joy.

—Rest assured, no.

—Then why did he say that sentence? He must be implying something!

—Don't think too much, he is just playing Sea Turtle Soup.

—No, his eyes at that time showed that he must be implying something. You go and confirm again, the matter of that year must not leave any traces. If there is any threat, you must solve it! -

Lu Yan He's work screening activity, the morning is *Golden Age*, the afternoon is *Sanshan*, and the evening is *Road to Glory*.

Three screenings, tickets were all sold out.

Lu Yan He turned in a chain, and in the middle time, he had to accept interviews from different media, and greet and communicate with different people.

Fortunately, Chen Ziyan had been by his side.

Li Zhenzhen was a bit unbearable, and didn't want to squeeze in to film a backup interview for him at this time, but the *Young Days* show was recording, the show had to be good-looking, and at this time, the director could not be absent, and the backup interview could not be absent.

She finally gritted her teeth and asked Lu Yan He for fifteen minutes.

"Is your rhythm at the film festival usually this busy?"

"Not at all," Lu Yan He shook his head. "Don't think this is my normal work state. I'm almost tired and confused. I didn't expect the intensity to be so high."

Li Zhenzhen personally went into battle to do the backup interview.

She asked: "There are many friends who come to support you, including we just learned that Jiang Yuqian also rushed over from Paris, just off the plane, to attend your work screening activity tomorrow. Do you have anything to say to them?"

"All I can think of now is thank you," Lu Yan He shook his mind before coming back to his senses. "I've said too much today, I feel my language organization ability is a bit out of order, but I am very excited. It is really not easy for everyone to come over, including Sister Yuqian. If I had known her schedule was so busy, I wouldn't have invited her. Sigh. I'm sorry, I didn't treat them well either."

"Today you used the special edited version of *Golden Age* as the first film screened in this screening activity. Besides it being your first play, are there any other intentions?" Li Zhenzhen said. "Because—actually it's impolite to say so, but please let me ask, it is after all a TV series, not a movie."

"Other intentions... the most important one is of course because I fell in love with acting because of this play. Otherwise, I might not have chosen to reduce my singing and performance stage and focus on film and television dramas. It must be a play of decisive significance to me. At that time, I was not a professional actor."

Lu Yan He pondered for a while and added: "Also, it is to hope to use it to remind myself that as a creator, content is always more important than form, don't covet false fame."

Li Zhenzhen understood what Lu Yan He was saying.

Just like the question she raised.

When everyone defaults that movies are more advanced than TV series, Lu Yan He hopes to remind himself that as a creator, there is nothing more advanced than content.

The news of Lu Yan He at the Venice International Film Festival was constantly passed back to the country.

Red carpet, speech, big names who came to support, official courtesy, exclusive interviews by various countries' media...

In the past week, the Venice International Film Festival had no sound in the country and almost didn't make any splashes. At this moment, the heat suddenly increased exponentially.

"With this golden body molded, for the next five to ten years, major companies don't need to make actors of his age anymore, they can't compete at all," He Yingzi couldn't help but make such a sigh.

Lu Yan He's sudden emergence was a nightmare for all male actors of his generation.

What Four Heavenly Kings, what Four Great Actresses, what Double Bing, fighting is okay, competition is also okay, there is a fight, you laugh for a few years, I laugh for a few years, fought for a lifetime, the result is that they firmly occupy the country, and others want to fight but can't get in.

This high mountain of Lu Yan He has simply become the Himalayas, who can cross him?

How can you fight back and forth with a high mountain that you can't cross?

The most desperate thing is that you really can't cross it.

You can't press it down, and you can't cross it, so you can only accept this fact.

"Don't think about it, he is not someone we can just splash some dirty water on and pull him down now," others also sighed. "With his connections and energy now, you haven't pulled him down, and he has already stepped on you to death."

He Yingzi thought about when she saw Lu Yan He two or three years ago, Lu Yan He didn't have the current momentum.

"With the general trend, no one can stop his progress."

"Is Lang Xia still throwing a tantrum?" a friend asked.

"Throwing it. I didn't allow him to take that Hollywood movie, and he threw a face and threw a tantrum at me. Let him throw it for a few days," He Yingzi said. "A small movie with a cost of less than one million US dollars, looking for him to play an Asian ghost, isn't this clearly looking at the heat of *The Mist*, wanting to follow the trend and eat a wave of quick money? He wanted to act as if he was confused."

"Looking at it as an overseas film, after acting, he can say he is an international star," the friend complained.

Although Lang Xia was an actor brought by He Yingzi, when it was time to complain, it was still not a sentence less.

After all, He Yingzi herself didn't look down on the actor she brought.

"It's fine if he doesn't have Lu Yan He's acting skills and talent, but he is also not as worry-free as Lu Yan He," He Yingzi said. "You don't know how worry-free Lu Yan He is, it's really enviable, how did he run into Chen Ziyan's hands."

"Then you are at least not Zhou Ping'an. Look at Zhou Ping'an, who doesn't watch his jokes? A king bomb was handed over to others, and the other big king was angered away by the small king. Now he is relying on a K to support his face here."

"K?" He Yingzi shook her head and sighed. "He has already been nominated for the Golden Tripod Award, what K is K. With two major explosive drama series in hand, I don't know how explosive Yan Liang can be, but he is definitely an evergreen tree."

"Have you heard? Lu Yan He still has a martial arts movie script and a fairy drama script in his hands," the friend said. "You say, is there a chance to stuff Lang Xia in?"

"Why wouldn't he leave the roles Lang Xia can act to Li Zhibai and Yan Liang?" He Yingzi didn't have such thoughts at all. "With these three people, others will just drink soup."

"Then don't be too self-deprecating. Lang Xia is at least a male lead who carries a movie alone and has a box office of over 100 million," the friend said. "There are few male actors of his age who have such achievements. It's impossible for Lu Yan He and the others to act in all the plays on the market. There is a chance."

He Yingzi said: "Do you have any good seedlings in the class you brought who haven't signed with an agency? Introduce two to me, I'll take a look, I have to bring newcomers."

The friend was stunned, a bit surprised, and asked in surprise: "Are you preparing to give up on Lang Xia?"

"Give up? I finally made him popular after bringing him for so long, am I crazy to give up? It's just that Lang Xia's development has stabilized now, and the upward momentum has been hard-blocked by the three of Lu Yan He. Let's endure for a few years, I just happen to take the energy to bring newcomers."

The friend thought, if this is not giving up, what is giving up?

It is exactly the rising period, let him endure... The friend felt that He Yingzi gave up too early.

Ma Zhiyuan is already like that, Zhou Ping'an hasn't given up yet.

"From today on, the names of Lu Yan He, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang must not appear in your mouth."

Zhou Ping'an said to Ma Zhiyuan with a straight face.

"I spent a lot of effort to fight for this show for you, don't talk nonsense."

Ma Zhiyuan glanced at him and gave an impatient "um".

"What is your attitude?" Zhou Ping'an raised his eyebrows. He never thought that after experiencing so many things, Ma Zhiyuan was still this kind of virtue.

Ma Zhiyuan dragged his voice and said: "Got it."

Zhou Ping'an was silent for two seconds and said: "Okay, that's all I have to say to you, you go out."

Ma Zhiyuan left directly.

He didn't look back, and the door wasn't closed.

Zhou Ping'an took a deep breath, and after a while, he dialed a phone number.

"Lili, have you considered the matter I told you before?"

On the phone, Meng Li said: "The condition you gave is not enough to move me."

"Is it? Are you sure?" Zhou Ping'an had a confident posture. "Sui Xiaodie's contract expired and she left Star Entertainment. Jiang Yuqian's main scope of activities for the next three years is all overseas. Zhang Lan filmed the third season of *Friends*, which hurt her vitality, and now she has returned to the ancient idol circle. This is the best time for you to join Star Entertainment. After you join, I can't promise you anything, but think about it, how much of the resources of the three of them will flow into your hands."

"Don't draw cakes for me," Meng Li said. "Don't think I don't know, you still have a little girl named Fu Li under your hand, right? You don't feed these resources to the little girl you brought up with one hand, but send them to me? Who believes it."

"She is not in the same competition track as you. She is five or six years younger than you, and you are already a first-tier popular star, where has she reached," Zhou Ping'an said. "Not to mention anything else, at least within three years, she definitely won't pose a threat to you, which is also what I can promise you."

Meng Li: "Don't believe it, don't fool me, if you don't take out more real things, forget it."

"Then what if I tell you that your agent Li Xia is contacting Sui Fangran, the little girl who starred in *Sanshan*, what do you think? Did Li Xia tell you?" Zhou Ping'an threw his bomb.

Meng Li was stunned.

"Li Xia is a very capable agent, I admit, but you also have to admit that she lacks the experience of turning people into superstars," Zhou Ping'an asked. "You are already first-tier and popular now, do you want to watch Jiang Yuqian pull you further and further away?"

"Do you have resources to let me enter the overseas market too?"

"No, you don't need to enter the overseas market," Zhou Ping'an said bluntly. "Since Jiang Yuqian wants to move her focus overseas, she can't occupy so many cakes in the country. You come to me, I won't say anything else, I'll just say one sentence to you: three years, how popular Lu Yan He, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang are now, you will be that popular."

Meng Li was silent for a while.

"People were driven away by you, and you still have the nerve to mention them?"

"Why not have the nerve, they are all artists brought out by me. Without me, would they have today?" Zhou Ping'an said. "How did Li Zhibai, a pure idol artist, stand firm in the acting industry? How did Lu Yan He become popular in his first *Golden Age*? Did they take those plays only after leaving me? Meng Li, you don't lack connections, resources, or heat, but you lack a play that can help you find a breakthrough point, and an agent who has the ability and experience to take you to fly. Li Xia doesn't have this ability, let alone this experience. The premise of driving away Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai is to let them become first-tier in my hands first. The premise is me."

Meng Li: "You are really shameless."

"But I think you should understand what I mean, and you are moved," Zhou Ping'an smiled slightly. "Tomorrow night, let's have dinner together. I will bring a script over. You look at the script, and after reading it, you decide whether to consider coming to me."

After this silence, Meng Li didn't mock Zhou Ping'an again.

Yuming.

An SUV moved slowly in the traffic.

Wang Biao whispered to Wan Qingqing: "Remember to connect with the photographers later, get all the photos, don't rush this, mainly for storage, you just upload them to the network disk before Saturday."

Wan Qingqing nodded and said okay.

Wang Biao said to Song Jiang: "The reports of various media, domestic and foreign, must be collected completely. Remember to compare with the ones collected and released by Little Brother Lu's fans on the internet. These are all materials we will use for press releases later. Don't miss any of them. Besides sending press releases, we will also send thank-you cards and small gifts later."

Song Jiang nodded and said: "Don't worry, I have already asked all the media reporters for business cards on the scene. I will check them one by one to see if they have sent articles for Little Brother Lu."

Wang Biao looked at Song Jiang with some surprise.

"This method is not bad."

Song Jiang pursed her lips and smiled.

Slowly, these two people also became familiar with their work.

Chen Ziyan sat in the back, listened to the whole process, and smiled.

Wang Biao is really getting more and more like a head assistant now.

Chen Ziyan slowly began to feel relieved.

She felt that many things could also be slowly handed over to Wang Biao to be responsible for.

Chen Ziyan turned and glanced at Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He was wearing an eye mask and earplugs, leaning on the chair, sleeping soundly.

He was really too tired these few days, holding up his mental state, letting himself be excited for three or four days, until he got on the plane back to the country, did he relax.

Chen Ziyan saw that the bottom of Lu Yan He's eyes was a bit blue.

Not only tired, but also because of holding up his spirit for a long time, his energy was a bit overdrawn.

Fortunately, there was no work in the next few days, so Lu Yan He could have a good rest.

Chen Ziyan replied to the message and declined several new work invitations received.

Lu Yan He felt that he had slept a very long, long sleep.

In fact, it only took an hour and a half from the airport to Ziyuanqiao.

In this hour and a half, he had a feeling of exhaustion as if he had sunk into the deep sea. The seawater allowed him to float in the water, rising and falling with the waves.

Every inch of his bones and muscles relaxed.

There was sunlight shining on him, warm.

When the car arrived at Ziyuanqiao, he heard Chen Ziyan calling his name softly, as if a person with amnesia was being called in a maze, remembering everything.

Lu Yan He opened his eyes.

The past few days were like a grand event held in prosperity and noise. Now, the event ended, the voices dispersed, and he returned to this familiar place where he had lived for four years.

He let out a long sigh of relief.

Solid.

The recording of the fourth stage of *Young Days* was placed at the end of September, which meant that everyone could have a good rest for a period of time in the middle.

The recording of the first three stages was enough to edit eight or nine episodes.

Because there were too many materials at the Venice International Film Festival, Li Zhenzhen even considered whether she could edit one or two more episodes in this season.

The topics of this season were also popular enough, and Icefield Video was also very willing to pay for it.

After Li Zhenzhen returned to the country, she didn't rush into the machine room, but went to see her dad first.

Before returning to the country, Li Zhenzhen made an appointment with her dad for this meeting. Let him wait for her at home.

She felt that she must see him as soon as possible and say what she wanted to say in person.

However—

"Did he make things difficult for you?"

The first sentence her dad said when he saw her was actually asking this.

Li Zhenzhen was surprised for a moment before saying: "How could it be, don't measure the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Her dad said: "Don't think of people too kindly."

"He is really kind, and, he can continue to record *Young Days* without counting previous grievances, I am already very grateful to him."

Li Zhenzhen hesitated when she said this, and almost swallowed the sentence "Dad, it is you who makes me feel very disappointed."

However, her dad should have also noticed something, was silent for a long time, and said: "Do you know how much waves a certain sentence Lu Yan He said in the first episode of this season on your show caused?"

"What sentence?" Li Zhenzhen asked.

Her dad said: "Forget it, this matter can't be told to you either."

"Since you don't intend to say it, I won't ask, but don't point fingers at me either," Li Zhenzhen said. "Especially things related to Lu Yan He. Going to Venice this time, do you know what kind of feeling I have? I believe more firmly that Lu Yan He will get better and better in the future, no one can stop him, no one can press him down. So, whether it's you, or people who have the same thoughts as you, you don't know at all, what you have done before, to him, doesn't count for anything. He won't be defeated by you."

Her dad took a deep breath.

"But someone has always wanted to destroy him."

Li Zhenzhen's eyes trembled.

"Don't be alarmist here," she said deliberately.

"What alarmist! Why do you think I asked you not to use him to record your show? Is it because I don't want your career to succeed?" Her dad's eyes widened, "It's because you don't know how crazy that person is. If something happens to Lu Yan He, it will implicate your show and it can't be broadcast. Who do you think I am for?!"

Li Zhenzhen: "Isn't this broadcast to the fifth season?"

"That's because the kid himself is ruthless enough! His agent is also ruthless enough."

"Dad, I tell you now, no matter how serious you tell me, this show of mine will always invite Lu Yan He to record. If you don't want this show, which has become the most representative work of my life, to die halfway through the fifth season, you tell me, who is targeting him behind the scenes," Li Zhenzhen said. "I won't do anything else, I will only give this name to Lu Yan He, let him be on guard from now on, don't get caught. If you still want to keep secrets, then I have no way, you continue to keep secrets."

"Li Zhenzhen!" Her dad roared, not expecting his unfilial daughter to threaten him.

Li Zhenzhen said: "Dad, you did such excessive things to him, I really thought he would leave and not return to *Young Days*. You look at *Friends*, you know what his attitude is, what kind of personality. But he didn't. Why do you think? Because he believes in me, believes that even if you are my dad, I definitely didn't get involved in your affairs, believes that I definitely won't pit him, harm him. He is such a person, valuing affection and righteousness. You told me since I was a child that people should value affection and righteousness, and friends should also have friends who have affection and righteousness. I did it, then can you let me continue to be a friend who has affection and righteousness to a friend who has affection and righteousness?"

Li Zhenzhen's burning gaze shot into her dad's eyes. ===== CHAPTER 527 =====