Chapter 674

Lu Yan He believes that everyone must have their own hardships and things they are forced to do.

However, just because everyone has their own reasons doesn't mean everyone's behavior can be forgiven.

Lu Yan He doesn't know what kind of person Chen Pinhe really is.

But ever since he found out that he was the culprit who caused the original owner to drown in the river, Lu Yan He made up his mind that he must help the original owner get revenge.

Even if, after that, no crisis had actually appeared.

Lu Yan He also doesn't know if it was because of his fame and popularity that Chen Pinhe became wary and didn't dare to make a move again.

But that doesn't matter.

Of course, he could also pretend he didn't know anything and just muddle along in a state of "peace".

However, whenever Lu Yan He thought this way, he would feel a surge of anger.

A surge of anger welling up from the bottom of his heart.

Why?

Why should this person be allowed to go unpunished, as if he hadn't done anything wrong?

At first, Lu Yan He couldn't understand this anger of his. It wasn't until a long time later that Lu Yan He realized why. Because, in this world, except for him, no second person knows that Chen Pinhe once killed someone.

It wasn't that he fell into the water and survived a disaster. It was that some people died, and some people were lucky enough to borrow a corpse to return to life.

So if he doesn't remember this, and he doesn't think about taking revenge on Chen Pinhe and making him pay for his crimes, there might not be a second person in this world who would do it.

Chen Ziyan also found a reason: Chen Pinhe made the first move, and Chen Pinhe was the one who snatched the movie "Doomsday" first, so they must fight back.

In reality, only Lu Yan He himself knows that even without the "Doomsday" incident, he wouldn't let Chen Pinhe off easily.

Even if he hasn't thought of how to do it now, he will always remember this.

Now, Chen Ziyan tells him that Chen Pinhe is a gilded Bodhisattva and actually doesn't pose much of a threat; the one who will really cause them threats and harm is Zhang Yuezhen.

Lu Yan He thought to himself, no matter who it is, his ultimate goal will only be Chen Pinhe.

It won't be anyone else.

Lu Yan He's emotions can only be hidden in his heart and digested alone.

In this world, he will always have some things, some secrets, that he cannot share with anyone.

Chen Siqi noticed the problem with his emotions.

This was on a rainy day at the end of November.

The autumn rain was cold, as if it were carrying a kind of gloomy chill, passing through the swaying space and landing in this gray city.

There was no sunlight, and looking around, every corner within sight was wet.

This damp feeling was just like the moldy corners of his heart.

Chen Siqi had encountered Lu Yan He's more serious periods of low mood a few times before, but she hadn't encountered one for a long time recently.

Chen Siqi had even worried whether Lu Yan He no longer had such periods of low mood, or if he had become better at hiding and disguising them, so that even she couldn't discover them.

Because her boyfriend is an actor, a very creative and talented actor, Chen Siqi had actually prepared herself psychologically a long time ago that she might face all kinds of emotional problems later on.

Especially after she became a magazine editor and got to know many writers.

It's not that every creator will necessarily have emotional problems, but the commonality of creators is that they seem to have a very sensitive, emotional part in them, as if only in this way can they create things that are essentially different from others.

So, when she noticed Lu Yan He's suddenly low mood, she didn't say anything, just stayed by Lu Yan He's side.

"Don't you have to go to the office today?" Lu Yan He was surprised to see that Chen Siqi wasn't in a hurry to go out at all.

"I don't have to go over today." Chen Siqi was making coffee, and seeing Lu Yan He come out in his pajamas, she asked: "You don't have to go out today either?"

"I want to rest today."

"That's great. We'll just stay at home for the day," Chen Siqi said. "Do you want to find a movie to watch together later?"

"Sure," Lu Yan He nodded.

"Coffee, do you want some?"

"Hmm."

Chen Siqi poured a cup of coffee for Lu Yan He and said: "Add the milk yourself."

Lu Yan He took the cup and added a little milk to it.

"It seems like it's going to rain all day today," he said.

"Yes," Chen Siqi said, "I saw it was raining, so I didn't want to go out either."

Lu Yan He asked: "What do you want to eat for breakfast?"

"Are there any choices? If there are no choices, I'll just cook some oatmeal," Chen Siqi said. "If there are choices, I want to eat something with flavor."

Lu Yan He smiled gently.

"I'll pan-fry some dumplings."

"That's great," the smile on Chen Siqi's face became even brighter.

Lu Yan He found some frozen dumplings in the refrigerator.

"However, if I'm making pan-fried dumplings with these frozen ones, do I need to steam them first?" Lu Yan He was a bit puzzled.

Chen Siqi: "I don't know either, I have to check."

She took out her phone, checked, and laughed.

"I found a lazy way to do it, we can try it."

Lu Yan He asked: "What lazy way?"

"First put oil in to fry them, and when that side is almost done and golden, pour in a little water—about half the height of the dumplings—then cover the pan. When the water is almost gone, you can flip them over and continue frying," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He: "We can do that? Let's try."

He followed what Chen Siqi said and did it step by step.

Chen Siqi turned on her phone and recorded a video.

"Why are you recording this?"

"To keep a record," Chen Siqi said with a smile. "If it succeeds, it's because I taught you well; if it fails, it's because you're clumsy."

Lu Yan He turned his head and made a helpless face at the camera.

"What can I say? I can't say anything."

Lu Yan He didn't say anything, and Chen Siqi didn't ask anything.

The two of them spent the day like an ordinary couple, on an ordinary rainy day, in an ordinary way of getting along.

Daily life, with a slow rhythm that seemed like still water running deep, smoothed out those unknown black holes.

When they reunited for the second season of "Friends", Lu Yan He had returned to normal.

Lu Yan He felt a heartfelt joy as he reunited with everyone.

Another year had passed, and everyone was still here.

Lu Yan He actually found it hard to describe this feeling. In this era of light-speed changes, having a group of people reunite as promised every year is a rare thing.

Under this year's filming mode, the filming cycle for "Friends" is two months, with a total of 16 episodes.

Because Yan Liang was filming "Dragon Inn" in the desert, even though he took all kinds of sun protection measures, he still visibly darkened.

There was no other way, so they could only explain Yan Liang's skin tone change in the script, which was to arrange a setting for his character where he had just gone to Hawaii for a vacation and ended up getting tanned.

"How is 'Dragon Inn' filming?" Lu Yan He asked with a smile.

"It's cool, I like filming martial arts movies," Yan Liang said. "Although the character I'm playing this time isn't a great hero, those action scenes—I don't know how to tell you, but when I'm filming those action scenes, I feel like I really know kung fu. Then, I'll work even harder to practice martial arts, practice those action scenes I have to film, choreographing the moves... If there are action scenes to be filmed that day, I'll be very excited and arrive at the set early to prepare. Liu Bige always reshoots, NGs, and isn't satisfied, so sometimes a scene might even take four or five days to film, but I don't feel bored."

Lu Yan He nodded, able to empathize with what Yan Liang said.

Actors are like this; they always have their favorite types of scenes.

Maybe action scenes are what Yan Liang prefers.

Lu Yan He said: "Since you like action scenes so much, you can actually take on more in the future."

Yan Liang: "That's what I told Zhou Ping'an, and besides, I want to practice martial arts."

"Practice martial arts?"

"Hmm," Yan Liang nodded. "Truly practice martial arts, not just choreographing moves for filming."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"If you like it, go practice."

"That's what I think too, but Zhou Ping'an keeps saying that I don't need to go down the path of an action actor," Yan Liang said helplessly. "Actually, I don't want to go down the path of an action actor either. After I practice martial arts, it's not like I can't film subjects like 'Gold Rush' or 'The Summit' anymore."

"This is your choice for the future. What you want to do is up to you, and it has nothing to do with Zhou Ping'an," Lu Yan He said. "Zhou Ping'an is no longer considering your long-term planning at all. Otherwise, he should know that if you know martial arts, it will be a great help to your path as an actor."

Practicing martial arts takes time.

However, among the younger generation of actors, basically none of those with any fame or popularity have a martial arts foundation.

This is different from the past when people filmed action movies and went to martial arts schools to find actors—

Back then, when people filmed action movies, they went to find real martial artists to film them.

However, there is such a large vacuum, and no young actor has filled it. The reason is also very simple: because it can't be done. No young actor can practice martial arts during their golden years of rising popularity.

Including Yan Liang, he says now that he wants to truly practice martial arts, but compared to the action actors Lu Yan He knows who have real childhood training like Jet Li or Vincent Zhao, he definitely can't reach the heights of the latter.

However, if Yan Liang can persist and really have some skills, that will definitely be different for his competitiveness as an actor.

It just takes time.

And what Zhou Ping'an fears most right now is time. He doesn't know when Yan Liang will choose to leave him.

The initiative is not in Zhou Ping'an's hands, so he definitely won't accept anything involving long-term investment in Yan Liang right now.

But, by the same token, Zhou Ping'an can no longer play a decisive role in what Yan Liang wants to do or doesn't want to do.

Lu Yan He knows that Yan Liang definitely wants to practice martial arts himself, but because of Zhou Ping'an's attitude, he himself is also a bit confused, hesitant, and worried that doing so will really waste a lot of time.

Yan Liang needs recognition and support right now.

When everyone read the script together, they were all familiar with it.

That's the good thing about sitcoms.

Basically, as everyone becomes more and more familiar with the show and these characters, working on set becomes very easy.

Because everyone knows very clearly what they need to do and what kind of effect they need to achieve.

Many dramas require actors to do addition.

But in sitcoms, actors actually only need to do subtraction.

Everyone read the script step by step, sorted out the characters, and quickly finished sorting out the script for the first episode to be filmed tomorrow.

Yin Xincheng asked: "Should we go out for a meal together later?"

Zhan Yun shook her head, "I have an appointment later."

"Who do you have an appointment with? It wouldn't be your boyfriend, would it?" Yin Xincheng asked immediately.

"Yeah, it is my boyfriend," Zhan Yun didn't avoid it at all and raised her eyebrows at Yin Xincheng. "What's wrong? Can't I have a boyfriend?"

"I didn't say that."

"But you have to film tomorrow. If you go on a date with your boyfriend tonight, can you make it back?" Bo Jin asked.

"I'm just having dinner with him, I'm not going to the Sahara Desert," Zhan Yun shrugged helplessly.

Everyone laughed and joked.

Lu Yan He asked Wen Minglan in a low voice: "When did Zhan Yun start dating this boyfriend? It shouldn't be public yet, right? I don't seem to have any impression of it."

"It's not public yet," Wen Minglan explained. "It seems they got together three months ago, if I remember correctly."

"Who is it? Do I know him? Is he in the industry?"

"He's not in the industry, but you might know him," Wen Minglan said. "He's the quite famous third young master of the Shijin Group, a rich kid."

The Shijin Group's business doesn't cover the entertainment industry.

However, that third young master is indeed very famous.

Yang Zhoujin. All of his ex-girlfriends have been female celebrities, and his own level of fame is no less than a first-tier star. The media likes him very much. News related to him usually has good traffic. Lu Yan He was very surprised to hear this.

"How did Zhan Yun end up with him?"

"He pursued her like crazy," Wen Minglan said. "Before, when Zhan Yun was recording a show, she even went to France, and he would send a bouquet of flowers to Zhan Yun every single day. Over time, Zhan Yun was moved."

Lu Yan He was quite shocked to hear this.

Of course, he wasn't shocked because Zhan Yun was dating Yang Zhoujin; he just didn't expect that someone with Zhan Yun's personality would date a rich second-generation kid.

How should he put it? Maybe in the last century, or twenty years ago, female celebrities marrying into wealthy families seemed to be a popular topic.

However, with the increase in the income of celebrity artists, nowadays we rarely hear news of female celebrities in China marrying into wealthy families.

First-tier female celebrities like Zhan Yun, who became popular because of "Friends", don't need to rely on wealthy families to change their fate and fly onto a branch to become a phoenix.

In this era, they are enough to become phoenixes themselves.

Although he had some doubts, Lu Yan He certainly wouldn't ask Zhan Yun to her face why she wanted to be with Yang Zhoujin.

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Maybe she was just moved by the way Yang Zhoujin pursued people.

Zhan Yun's own personality is actually very similar to Rachel in "Friends". At the time, Lu Yan He also chose the actor based on the character's personality traits. Zhan Yun is a sweet, carefree female celebrity who likes handsome guys and is easily moved.

Bo Jin: "He only asked you to dinner, why didn't he invite us along too?"

Zhan Yun: "We've only been together for three months, I don't want him to enter my circle of friends yet. What if we break up later? That would be too much trouble."

Yin Xincheng: "You've only just gotten together, and you're already worried about breaking up? How bad is he?"

Zhan Yun: "He's not bad, I'm just afraid of trouble."

Lu Yan He looked at Zhan Yun thoughtfully.

Yan Liang said to Lu Yan He in a low voice: "Don't you think Yin Xincheng actually likes Zhan Yun a bit? Is he a bit jealous?"

"Huh?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

Yan Liang: "I've always felt that Yin Xincheng actually likes Zhan Yun a bit, really."

Lu Yan He: "I didn't pay much attention before, but after Yin Xincheng broke up with his ex-girlfriend, has he been single ever since?"

"Seems like it," Yan Liang nodded.

Lu Yan He asked: "Then do you like Zhan Yun?"

"What?" Yan Liang was caught off guard by this question, his face turned bright red, and he looked at Lu Yan He in shock.

"In this show, you and Zhan Yun were a couple in the first few seasons anyway."

Yan Liang: "... Don't talk nonsense, I don't have any feelings for Zhan Yun."

"Is that so?" Lu Yan He looked Yan Liang up and down. "Don't miss out on someone you like just because you're busy with your career."

"You're overthinking it, I don't."

"Then why are you still single?"

"Don't start nagging me just because you have a girlfriend," Yan Liang rolled his eyes at Lu Yan He speechlessly.

Li Zhibai sent a message to Jiang Yuqian: They've both joined the crew to film "Friends", where are you? I'm coming to find you.

Jiang Yuqian: I'm still recording a show, it's estimated that it will go on very late today. The first part hasn't even finished recording yet.

Li Zhibai saw this message from Jiang Yuqian and immediately replied with a "depressed" emoji.

Jiang Yuqian: Are you free tomorrow? If you're free tomorrow, we can have lunch together.

Li Zhibai: I have filming tomorrow too, I have to go to the high-speed rail station early in the morning, and I won't be back until the day after tomorrow. Will you still be there the day after tomorrow?

Jiang Yuqian: I'm flying to New York tomorrow night, I have two jobs there.

Li Zhibai scratched his head.

He couldn't help but sigh.

Although Li Zhibai knew when they were together that he and Jiang Yuqian might have to face many problems, he always felt that these problems could be solved through their efforts. However, facts have proven that in the face of many realistic problems, even if they want to solve them, they are powerless.

Because these problems exist objectively, they were not caused by their subjective actions.

They are both too busy, and they haven't gone public, so many things are inconvenient, and keeping their secret relationship has been exceptionally difficult.

Sometimes, Li Zhibai really envies Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi also spend little time together, but they always try their best to meet and stay together, sometimes even if it's just for a meal.

Actually, if they had gone public, in a situation like today's, even if they couldn't find time later, he could go to the show's recording site to wait for her.

Wait for her to finish recording, pick her up, and they could go back together.

However, because they haven't gone public, no matter what he wants to do, he has to consider many things.

In the chat window, neither of them spoke again.

Li Zhibai went out, drove to the supermarket alone, and prepared to buy some things.

He shouted in the group, asking if there was anything they needed him to buy back.

Lu Yan He asked him in the group: Are you going to buy it and come to the crew to see us?

Li Zhibai: You're resting tomorrow, see what.

Lu Yan He: Although we're resting tomorrow, we have to start rehearsing for the second episode the day after tomorrow, so we can't go anywhere.

Li Zhibai: Your filming base is in the suburbs of Yuming, you can come back whenever you want, let's stop playing the victim.

Li Zhibai asked: Chen Siqi didn't go to see you?

Lu Yan He: She went to France, there are a few books we represent that are negotiating French publication, she won't be back for a couple of days.

Li Zhibai: At least she'll come to visit the set when she gets back.

Lu Yan He was stunned when he saw this sentence Li Zhibai sent in the group, and turned to ask Yan Liang.

"Don't you think this sentence from Li Zhibai is a bit strange?"

"What's strange?" Yan Liang asked in confusion.

"Just... I can't put my finger on it, it feels a bit strange," Lu Yan He looked at his phone again. "Forget it, it's nothing."

Yan Liang was a bit surprised to see the conversation between Lu Yan He and Li Zhibai in the group.

"Is 'Jump Up' going to make a French version?"

"'Jump Up' isn't, but we've signed some writers, and the books they publish are represented by 'Jump Up'. Including the development of various rights, 'Jump Up' is responsible for everything," Lu Yan He said. "Plus, a large part of the books represented by 'Jump Up' are suspense and mystery novels. This type of novel has always had a stable group of readers in the international market, and it's also a subject that is relatively easy to go overseas. So, on one hand, Siqi is looking for overseas publishing opportunities for these books, and on the other hand, she also wants to use these books to open up some publishing channels in various countries."

Yan Liang nodded.

"By the way, that 'Intern' you filmed before, isn't it going to be developed into a long drama? How is the progress now?" Lu Yan He asked.

"The script is being written," Yan Liang said. "You also know that this drama was adapted from a short story, and the volume of the original work cannot support a long drama. So, the screenwriter has also held several meetings with the original author of the novel to discuss how to write the script for the long drama. At that time, a script idea was proposed to let me and Yan Lingyu really develop a romantic relationship, but I refused."

Lu Yan He was a bit surprised, "Why?"

"Although office romance is a very popular subject now, and I'm not saying I resist acting in this kind of subject, when our drama was made at the time, the whole theme actually focused on the process of me, a workplace newcomer, and Yan Lingyu, my boss, going from looking at each other with displeasure to slowly understanding each other. It was interspersed with very workplace-related parts, but the core was still a light comedy, talking about how people get along and understand each other. If it really evolved into a romantic relationship, it would be a bit vulgar. The key is, it's not just vulgar, but it makes the warm and beautiful things from before fall into the trap of romance all at once, and the most special thing about this drama would be gone."

When Yan Liang said this, Lu Yan He understood what he meant.

Actually, to put it bluntly, it's that romance appearing between him and Yan Lingyu made the beautiful story that wasn't vulgar at all become vulgar all of a sudden.

Lu Yan He thought for a while and said: "Actually, it's not that you can't add romantic elements to this drama, but don't add them to you and Yan Lingyu. Don't change the character relationship between you and Yan Lingyu, but rather have you and Yan Lingyu both meet someone you have a crush on, and these two people happen to be in your work relationship. In this way, with two more variables, it adds some new elements to your character relationship and can derive a lot of drama, while at the same time not really destroying your character relationship with Yan Lingyu."

Yan Liang looked at Lu Yan He in shock.

"What's wrong?"

"The script suggestion Yuling-jie proposed is exactly the same as what you just said," Yan Liang said.

"Huh? Really?" Lu Yan He was also a bit pleasantly surprised.

Yan Liang: "She has been acting in stage plays before and has her own unique insights into scripts. When you filmed 'The Mist' before, you told us that those foreign actors all perform on stage from a young age, which is completely different from our growth experience. At the time, I didn't quite understand, but working with Yuling-jie, I can clearly feel that an actor like her who came out of the stage play world is not just solid in acting skills. I think the most amazing thing is that she has script thinking."

"Why do you say that?"

"She reads the script not just for her own character, she knows very clearly the role of every character and every line," Yan Liang said. "I think I'm already an actor who does his homework very seriously, but when I talk to her about the script, I often feel that she understands my character better than I do."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Such amazing actors are all like this. They will definitely figure out the whole script, how to act, and how to react," Lu Yan He smiled. "You know, many actors say that the opponent actor is very important because acting is actually about reaction, it's about the reaction to the opponent actor. However, sometimes, you may not be able to meet a good opponent actor, or even, you will meet a disaster. Not only can he not provide you with any help or stimulation, but he will even mislead you. At this time, if you know how to read the script and know what the script is talking about at this moment, no matter how trashy the opponent actor is, at least you know what you should do."

Yan Liang: "Do you think that in Yan Lingyu's eyes, I am a very trashy actor?"

"Then you have too little confidence in yourself," Lu Yan He said. "Please, you are a very good actor, there is no doubt about this. We just lack experience, but as long as we are given time, we will definitely be able to become very good actors."

"Do you think you are an actor now, or a star?"

On the set of recording a variety show, Jiang Yuqian didn't expect that she would encounter such embarrassment on stage.

In a segment of the show where they asked each other questions, another guest on the show, Luo Jialing, suddenly threw out such a question.

Once the question was thrown out, the scene became inexplicably awkward.

Since her debut, Jiang Yuqian has been an artist whose star attributes are greater than her actor attributes.

This is also the biggest flaw in her.

Even though she has acted in serious dramas like "The Golden Era", in the eyes of the public, she is still a female celebrity whose acting skills need to be improved.

Every time her new drama comes out, there will definitely be a wave of haters scolding her for her bad acting skills.

This has already become a common occurrence.

At this time, if she answers that she is an actor, after it airs, there will definitely be boos. If she answers that she is a star, then there will be even more busybodies scolding her for admitting that she is not an actor, which is not good for her image.

Jiang Yuqian really didn't know what to do at this time.

She saw He Heng standing on the side of the stage, the latter looking at her with a stern expression.

But she also comforted her with her eyes, the meaning was very obvious.

Jiang Yuqian laughed twice.

Fortunately, the show is recorded.

If she didn't answer well, it should be possible to cut this part out.

Jiang Yuqian had a flash of inspiration and said with a smile: "I am a star who wants to be a good actor."

She thought to herself, answering like this should be able to pass smoothly, and it won't cause public opinion after it airs, right?

After others heard her answer, they immediately stood up to smooth things over.

From beginning to end, Jiang Yuqian was all smiles.

After this segment was recorded, Jiang Yuqian went off stage to touch up her makeup.

Because there were other cameras around filming behind-the-scenes footage, she couldn't take the smile off her face.

At this time, Luo Jialing came over and apologized to her, saying that he didn't react on stage just now and asked such a question, not expecting it to cause her trouble.

Jiang Yuqian smiled in confusion.

"Huh? What trouble?" She laughed twice and shook her head at Luo Jialing. "It's okay, it's a small matter, don't have such a heavy psychological burden, okay?"

By the time the show recording was completely over, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Yuqian's eyelids were drooping, she got into the car and asked He Heng: "What's going on with that Luo Jialing?"

"It should be intentional."

"Is he sick? I don't interfere with him, he suddenly comes up with such a move?"

"He probably wants to vent for Zhang Lan. You should know that he and Zhang Lan have always had a good relationship."

"Although he and Zhang Lan have always had a good relationship, my affairs with Zhang Lan have never needed others to take sides. Before, we tacitly maintained this point. Is Zhang Lan unable to sit still now?"

"Who knows." He Heng shook his head. "It's okay, I've already greeted the show team, the part where he asked you the question will be cut out and won't be put into the main show."

"What has Zhang Lan been doing lately?"

"I don't know, she has had several dramas in a row, but the results are not very good. Now it's a bit unclear what she is doing," He Heng said. "The company has a drama, I heard at first it was going to be given to Zhang Lan, but now it has fallen into the hands of Meng Li."

"Since Meng Li signed with our company, her resources seem to have never stopped."

"What kind of person is Zhou Ping'an? The artists under him basically never lack resources," He Heng said. "If it weren't for the fact that he had some unpleasantness with Vice President Ma some time ago, I guess there would be no second agent in the whole company who could compete with him now."

Jiang Yuqian paused in her heart and asked: "What about Lin Suyang? Isn't he bringing Li Zhibai? Can't he compete with Zhou Ping'an?"

There is a question I forgot, I need to ask for help.

Do Lu Yan He and Yan Liang know about Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian dating? (End of chapter)