Chapter 702: I want to try (8600-character update!)

"The taste is indeed good. I'll bring Siqi to eat here later." Lu Yanhe put down his fork, wiped his mouth, and added some wine to his and Chen Ziyan's glasses. "Let's just drink this much tonight, okay? Although I can rest tomorrow, can you?"

Chen Ziyan smiled and waved her hand. "This little wine is nothing."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe knew that Chen Ziyan could drink more than him.

Chen Ziyan said: "This harvest in Xitu'er is indeed beyond expectations, but it has also caused a huge change in the situation. Just like you said, although you reached the top before, it was a temporary top. After this Xitu'er, you have truly reached the top, and the film history of Chinese-language films cannot bypass your name."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Often, in an industry, there are only a few names that are the most shining. The film industry is slightly special, itself an industry with great attention and public attributes. It seems that many people are celebrities. However, the torrent of time will not tolerate them because of this. As decades pass, it is like big waves washing away sand, and not many people's names can be left behind.

In fact, Chen Bige and Shang Yongzhou are already actors who will leave a prominent stroke in film history.

However, that is not enough, it is different. Some people are leaving their names in film history, while others are making that period of film history become heavy and important.

Why does Chen Ziyan hope Lu Yanhe takes the international route? Clearly, the Chinese film market is already booming and there is no need to open up the international market, yet she still hits it off with Lu Yanhe and actively contacts international film resources.

Because going further on the basis of a hundred feet, the domestic market has already been opened and done. Whether it is the cultural dissemination value of film to the country or the driving force of the film industry itself to expand outward, Chinese films have reached the point of "going to sea".

If "going to sea" before was more to win "honor and recognition" internationally, now "going to sea" is more like a natural behavior of "water coming to the canal".

Chen Ziyan believes that the film history of Chinese films written to here absolutely does not just end with the box office of its single market starting to protect the second and rush to the first. Then in such a new stage, who is the representative figure of this stage?

She has profound considerations for Lu Yanhe's career planning—

This consideration is so profound that she doesn't even dare to tell Lu Yanhe too much or too detailed.

Because there is no need.

Also because actors need to maintain purity.

Agents need to look at the general trend, and actors need to guard their original heart. This is also the best cooperative relationship.

"However, the fact that Deng Xiaoyuan suddenly got pregnant was really unexpected." Chen Ziyan shook her head. "I also didn't expect that you would insist on letting Deng Xiaoyuan stay in the crew."

"In the case of being able to achieve the best of both worlds, of course, it is better to achieve the best of both worlds." Lu Yanhe said. "Actually, Chen Yin and the others must have thought of a solution. They just wanted to use this to see my attitude."

"Yo, you've grown, then tell me, what attitude do they want to see?"

"Although Deng Xiaoyuan wasn't chosen by me directly, they all feel that Deng Xiaoyuan has a relationship with me, after all, we acted in 'Chinese Paladin' together. Then, because of her personal reasons, she might delay the crew's filming. What will I do." Lu Yanhe said. "Publicly, it is convenient for them to weigh their attitude toward those who have a relationship with me in the subsequent projects. Privately, they are also continuously confirming whether I am still the me they know, without change, because if I change, many of their things will also change. They are all top managers, rolling and crawling in the workplace, handling subordinates, and guessing the superior's intentions, all having the ability to move with the wind, presenting the appearance I like and accept most in front of me."

"Damn—" Chen Ziyan sighed in admiration. "This ability of yours to see through people's hearts is okay."

Lu Yanhe: "Do you think I have improved a lot?"

"You are not just improving a lot, you are improving excellently." Chen Ziyan said. "However, forget it, I know you. Don't listen to you talking old-fashioned now, as if you see through the laws of the world's operation. In fact, when you should be naive, you are still naive."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

He admitted that Chen Ziyan was right.

Chen Ziyan put down the napkin. "I'll go to the restroom."

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Chen Ziyan came to the restroom and met Zhang Yuezhen in front of the washbasin.

She only paused for a moment, then slowed down without changing her face, and looked at Zhang Yuezhen from the mirror.

Just right, at this time, Zhang Yuezhen also looked at Chen Ziyan from the mirror.

The two people's eyes intertwined.

They actually didn't have any direct dealings, but it was very magical. At this moment, Chen Ziyan felt that she had produced a heart flow with Zhang Yuezhen.

This heart flow—

It's like a sense of "I know you know what I'm thinking, and you know I know what you're thinking".

Chen Ziyan walked into the restroom.

She could feel Zhang Yuezhen's gaze chasing her back from time to time.

About three minutes later, Chen Ziyan came out. In front of the washbasin, Zhang Yuezhen's figure was gone.

"Station Master, we will definitely have more projects to cooperate with in the future. At that time, don't dislike me for being annoying and always coming to disturb you."

Zhang Yuezhen sent Shen Tailin to the car with a full smile, her movements considerate and meticulous. When Shen Tailin got on the car, she even raised her hand to block his head gently.

Shen Tailin took the opportunity to hold Zhang Yuezhen's hand and said with a smile: "How could I dislike you for being annoying."

He patted lightly and let go.

Zhang Yuezhen's expression remained unchanged, saying: "Next week, I will bring the new actress I signed to ask you to take a look, and I hope Station Master Xu will give her more opportunities."

Shen Tailin laughed and let his hand hang on his thigh.

Zhang Yuezhen's hand pressed on it gently. "Then it's settled."

She patted lightly on the back of Shen Tailin's hand, straightened her waist, smiled, closed the car door gently, and stepped back.

She waited with a smile until the car drove away, turned, and left her line of sight before turning around.

"Zou Dong is on his way." Lu Yanhe asked, "Sister Ziyan, what about your car? Why don't we send you back first, and let your assistant take your car tomorrow."

Chen Ziyan drank alcohol and couldn't drive.

"Okay." Chen Ziyan nodded.

"In this weather, it's actually suitable to go for a walk after a meal." Lu Yanhe looked at the night view outside the window. Although this area is prosperous, there is a green area downstairs for people nearby to relax and walk. "I feel like I'm getting old. I never had the urge to go for a walk before."

Chen Ziyan laughed and said: "You are only twenty-four years old, not even twenty-five, right? Don't say such things. In front of a person like me who is truly old, this kind of talk is unbearable."

Lu Yanhe: "Why do I feel like I've lived half a lifetime?"

"Because you are just at a stage of old-fashioned age." Chen Ziyan said. "One is puberty, and the other is the year or two after graduation. They are all processes of people feeling that they are aging rapidly. Of course, when you truly get old, you will know how ridiculous the illusion was at that time."

Lu Yanhe: "I really feel like I've experienced a lot."

"I admit you've experienced a lot." Chen Ziyan nodded. "However, what you experienced are all good things. You really ate the bitterness early, ate it early enough, so you can enjoy the later blessings at a young age. So, you are lucky. Many people ate a lot of bitterness, and when the days got better, they didn't have the heart to enjoy the most youthful and romantic joy. Age came up, you are different, how good."

"I actually want to be silly and happy sometimes, but I can't be silly and happy."

"It's okay if you can't be silly and happy, being silly and sad is really silly."

"Hahaha." Lu Yanhe laughed loudly.

"Knock knock!" Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe were a bit surprised.

In their small private room, the dishes had already been served. Theoretically, the waiter would not knock on the door again.

As a result, the next second, Zhang Yuezhen opened the door and appeared at the door.

Her gaze was as calm as the lake in autumn.

Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan were caught off guard by this scene.

"What a coincidence, running into you here." Zhang Yuezhen smiled slightly. "Since we ran into each other, why don't we chat?"

Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan looked at each other.

Lu Yanhe quickly received Chen Ziyan's meaning.

Chen Ziyan was looking at his meaning.

Lu Yanhe was a bit confused for a while, not sure how he should face Zhang Yuezhen.

He didn't prepare mentally.

But the reality is that he can't think too much.

If he didn't speak or respond, other things would be fine, but Lu Yanhe didn't want Zhang Yuezhen to feel that he was afraid of her.

Lu Yanhe smiled, not deliberately smiling lightly, but a kind of concern that was stuck in his throat, but there was no too much hatred and strong emotions.

"Chat about what?" Lu Yanhe looked directly at Zhang Yuezhen and asked.

Zhang Yuezhen: "I think we can chat about many things. At least on some key issues, we can reach a consensus."

Lu Yanhe: "I don't have anything to reach a consensus with you."

"Even if it's okay for people to know you are an illegitimate child?" Zhang Yuezhen suddenly went straight to the point.

Lu Yanhe asked back: "For me, is there a difference? Did I set up a persona of a complete family for myself?"

Chen Ziyan asked back: "Is this your move, is it Chen Pinhe's meaning? Does he know your move?"

Zhang Yuezhen paused and hooked the corners of her mouth.

"So that's how it is." She said. "You want to chat with him?"

"I don't want to chat with either of you." Lu Yanhe said to Chen Ziyan. "Sister Ziyan, our car is coming, let's go out."

It's strange. At first, Lu Yanhe hadn't figured out what to do, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Yanhe figured it out.

It's not that the words don't match, it's that there is no need to talk.

From the beginning, there was no possibility of reconciliation. No, it's not reconciliation, it's that there was no possibility of sitting together and talking well from the beginning.

Chen Ziyan heard Lu Yanhe say this, nodded, and said to Zhang Yuezhen: "You should understand what we mean?"

Zhang Yuezhen pulled the corners of her mouth.

She suddenly took out a cigarette case from her handbag, pulled out a delicate lady's cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and faint smoke drifted from her mouth.

She looked at Lu Yanhe like a silent fox, and suddenly smiled lightly.

Said nothing, walked away.

Lu Yanhe sat in his original seat with no expression.

Chen Ziyan: "You were very cool just now."

"Not cool enough." Lu Yanhe said softly. "It should be cooler. She caught me off guard."

"It doesn't matter, Yanhe. Don't look at her like that, she must be as uncomfortable as eating shit in her heart." Chen Ziyan said decisively, her tone had an unquestionable meaning.

Not only that, Chen Ziyan also nodded solemnly to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe looked at her like this and couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

"We are still at the dinner table, Sister Ziyan."

"Already finished eating." Chen Ziyan said. "And, I guess you wanted to vomit when you saw her, so it doesn't matter."

Lu Yanhe: "You say, she came to find us, what did she want to say?"

"Is it important?" Chen Ziyan asked.

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and shook his head. "Not important."

Chen Ziyan: "As long as you know the answers to two questions, it doesn't matter what she wants to say."

"Which two questions?"

"Do you mind the exposure of the real relationship between you and Chen Pinhe?"

"Mind."

"But are you willing to make compromises to keep this relationship from being exposed and reach a consensus with him in this regard?"

"Not willing."

"That's it." Chen Ziyan nodded. "Don't worry, for the first question, we won't mention it, and they won't mention it even more. If it's exposed, it's not us who will be ruined. For the second question, since you are not willing, then there is no basis for talking to them. Anyway, just fight."

Lu Yanhe: "Hmm."

April is the best time in Yuming.

Spring flowers are blooming, and the sunshine is more abundant than rain.

Lu Yanhe is very glad that he has a holiday at such a time and doesn't need to film.

He arrived at the headquarters of "Jump Up", and in this sparsely populated new development zone, he spent his small holiday quietly, not going anywhere.

Li Zhibai is already doing the training for "Buried", and Yan Liang has also gone to film.

During the day, Chen Siqi goes to work. Sometimes Lu Yanhe will go to the company's courtyard to sit and bask in the sun, but most of the time he stays in the house here, writing scripts, modifying scripts, and reading scripts.

Lu Yanhe basically has video meetings with people every day, generally producers or directors. Domestically, internationally, many people have projects in their hands that want to find him, especially famous directors who have filmed famous works, will turn around and contact him, without the heavy obstacles of agents, and communicate face-to-face.

Lu Yanhe now really reads a lot of scripts.

The result was that for many scripts, after he turned down the roles for various reasons, if he knew they were short on production funds, he would invest $200,000 to $500,000 USD in his own name.

For a commercial film, this certainly isn't much. But for an independent film, it's not a small amount.

Lu Yanhe also got to know many producers and directors because of these connections.

In the meantime, Liu Bige came by to chat with him about the filming of *Storm Calmer No. 1*.

Liu Bige had been preparing this spy film for nearly two or three years, and it was finally set to start shooting this year, right after Lu Yanhe finished the second part of *The Mist*.

Under the mediation of Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan, Long Yan Films, which had originally positioned *Storm Calmer No. 1* as a commercial spy thriller, decided to grant Liu Bige maximum creative autonomy.

After all, Liu Bige had proven his influence at top international film festivals with *Late Spring* and *Even Death Won't Do*, with both films being shortlisted for the Main Competition Unit. This was enough to demonstrate his directorial ability and the connections behind him, allowing him to continue on the path of international film festivals.

*Storm Calmer No. 1* could absolutely continue to follow the "export" route.

Less than a year after *Even Death Won't Do* was released, its overseas copyright revenue had already exceeded 200 million yuan, which was even higher than the film's share of domestic box office revenue—

What Chen Ziyan had said to Lady Huang back then had been completely fulfilled.

Liu Bige could earn money from global film distributors. But if he turned into a purely commercial director, that wouldn't work. The profit logic for commercial films and art films is completely different.

And under Liu Bige's final adjustments, Lu Yanhe discovered that the entire story of *Storm Calmer No. 1* actually leaned more toward the style of *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*.

Gloomy, serious, oppressive, like a pot of water being licked by a slow, heating flame.

But the story of the script itself was still brilliant; the content was a "find the spy" story.

Lu Yanhe played the person trying to catch the spy, while the other male lead, Wen Zhibai, played the spy.

In this film, the two had many scenes together.

This was also the first time since *Road to Glory* that Lu Yanhe was acting in a dual-male lead film with a super-acting powerhouse, and it was another case of intense acting duels.

Lu Yanhe was quite excited and looking forward to it.

As it turned out, Liu Bige told Lu Yanhe: "Wen Zhibai has a request."

"Huh? What request?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

Liu Bige looked a bit embarrassed, but still said: "He hopes that regardless of whether you have scenes or not, you can accompany him for breakfast every morning at seven."

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Huh?"

What kind of bizarre request was this?

Liu Bige: "I'm also confused, but when I asked him, he didn't explain."

Wen Zhibai's status in the domestic film and television industry was transcendent.

He hadn't won many international awards, and while he had won a few domestic Best Actor awards for film and television, it was definitely not the most, and perhaps not even as many as Chen Pinhe had won.

However, under these circumstances, it still didn't affect his status.

Even though Chen Pinhe and Shang Yongzhou were recognized as acting powerhouses in the industry and were top-tier actors, if one were to rank them, the final ranking would definitely place Wen Zhibai ahead of them, because he was truly a top-tier actor who had been famous since the previous generation—genuinely famous—and whose status remained solid to this day.

His influence truly cut across all age groups in the industry.

Even Luo Yuzhong was a junior who had to take the initiative to greet him—

There was no helping it; Wen Zhibai became famous too early and won Best Actor too early; he wasn't even of the same generation as the middle-aged actors currently active in the industry.

The current pillars of the industry like Luo Yuzhong, just like Lu Yanhe facing Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling, even if they were great now, because they had received support and favors from him, they would definitely treat him with the respect of a junior in his presence.

Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment and said: "Is that the only request from Mr. Wen Zhibai? No other requests?"

Liu Bige shook his head.

"No."

Lu Yanhe was silent for a moment.

Seeing this, Liu Bige scratched his head in frustration.

He certainly knew that such a thing was actually very unreasonable. Lu Yanhe wasn't some green newcomer who could be manipulated at will by an old veteran.

To be honest, if the person making this request hadn't been Wen Zhibai, Liu Bige wouldn't have even told Lu Yanhe about it and would have just rejected it directly.

Lu Yanhe said: "If that's the only request, then that's no problem; I can do it."

It's just waking up early every day to accompany Wen Zhibai for breakfast.

Liu Bige breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Yanhe, thank you."

But he was also truly sorry. Because of this inexplicable request from Wen Zhibai, Lu Yanhe actually had no obligation to agree.

"It's fine," Lu Yanhe indicated. "It's not a big deal, and although I haven't dealt with Mr. Wen before, I think since he made such a request, he must have his reasons. Even if he doesn't, I'm just waking up early; it's nothing."

Later, Lu Yanhe told Chen Ziyan about this request from Wen Zhibai.

Chen Ziyan: "I didn't remind you in advance; he has this habit when filming. Many times when he acts, he finds a fulcrum with his co-stars outside of the scenes."

"A fulcrum?"

"Yes," Chen Ziyan said. "He is the kind of actor who will communicate with you using the character's state even after the cameras stop rolling."

The legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis immediately appeared in Lu Yanhe's mind.

He was also an actor who would live in the character's state even after filming ended.

Until the film wrapped.

He kept himself in the state the whole time, never coming out.

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said: "But what does that have to do with him wanting to have breakfast with me?"

Chen Ziyan said: "I don't know, but you should just go along with him. Actors who have worked with him are often stimulated by him to give their best performances."

Hearing Chen Ziyan say this, Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up instantly.

What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that not two days later, Wang Zhong actually came as well.

Wang Zhong brought a script.

He said this was a script he wrote in Situer. That night, the sight of Lu Yanhe and Chen Bige drinking too much in his room and acting wild gave him stimulation and inspiration, so he wrote a script called *Seeking Pleasure*.

Lu Yanhe had long known about the existence of this script, but because Wang Zhong hadn't finished writing it and refused to let him see it, he hadn't seen it until now.

Wang Zhong gave him the script and said: "I want to find you and Chen Bige to act in it, just the two of you."

Lu Yanhe took the script in his hand with some confusion, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Director, what are Sister Bige and I playing?"

"Don't worry, there are no intimate scenes," Wang Zhong said. "A Platonic spiritual romance."

Lu Yanhe was extremely surprised.

"Chen Bige is an actress who just ended a painful marriage; she was famous in the past, but is now washed up. You are a playwright who just entered the industry and created a script that was picked by a theater troupe to be adapted into a stage play, and she is the heroine in your mind."

Wang Zhong briefly explained the story.

"In the process of rehearsals, you and she discuss the script and character relationships while gradually delving into each other's inner depths. However, you have a girlfriend, and you notice that your feelings for her are gradually changing from simple admiration, and she also releases intense emotions toward you."

"In the middle, you and she certainly come close to crossing the line several times, but each time it is interrupted by some twist of fate. Yet, every abrupt stop makes the fire in both of your hearts burn even more fiercely. You use every suitable opportunity, under the eyes of everyone, to seek pleasure while maintaining your working relationship, until the theater troupe suddenly stops the rehearsals for this play."

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Then, the raging fire between the two of you is suddenly doused by a bucket of cold water," Wang Zhong said. "She wakes up from the dream of becoming famous again and throws a tantrum at the theater troupe and you. You suspect that her various acts of closeness toward you in the past were actually just to get you to help her rewrite the script, change lines, or even increase her scenes. The two of you have a fierce argument."

Lu Yanhe frowned as he listened.

This story—

What exactly is it trying to say?

Wang Zhong: "Then, with the cessation of this stage play's production, the passion and fire between the two of you are extinguished as well."

Lu Yanhe was full of confusion.

"Director, what is this film actually trying to say?"

"It's about the vanity of love."

"I might need to read the script to understand a bit more; listening to your description just now, I didn't quite grasp that layer," Lu Yanhe said.

Wang Zhong nodded.

Lu Yanhe started reading the script directly.

Wang Zhong didn't leave either; he just sat on the side, waiting for Lu Yanhe to finish reading the script.

Wang Zhong has a very major characteristic when writing scripts.

There are many symbolic images and some lines that are particularly worth pondering.

However, the biggest feature of his scripts is that at first glance, they are shrouded in mist, making people confused and even lost.

Lu Yanhe's character in *Sanshan* had no origin and no destination, saying a bunch of mystical things that needed to be combined with other parts of the film to understand the philosophy and color of fate within it.

This script was the same.

To be fair, the quality of the script was much better than what Wang Zhong had described orally.

The film wasn't actually about that at all.

It was about two narcissistic personalities seeing in each other the image of a beautiful lover in their ideal, successful lives. Therefore, during the rehearsals of this stage play, they were attracted to each other and hit it off immediately. The man actually despised the girlfriend who had been by his side during his poverty, and the woman hated her ex-husband for taking away her best years and causing her to become washed up.

These two people weren't bad people, but the script was full of analysis of their humanity. In every line of dialogue and every development of the story, the two of them wrapped their inner ambition, selfishness, and huge desires in seemingly passionate actions.

However, Lu Yanhe still didn't like it much.

Because these two characters had no "lovable qualities."

"Director, this script is really well-written. I had a headache just listening to you describe it earlier, and I was very confused why you wrote such a melodramatic and cliché story," Lu Yanhe said. "In the future, when you show scripts to actors, maybe don't summarize them first."

Wang Zhong: "..."

Wang Zhong: "Was my description that bad?"

"I was even thinking about how to find an excuse to reject this film," Lu Yanhe said bluntly.

Wang Zhong's expression was quite interesting; it seemed he hadn't been evaluated like this by other actors before.

"But, Director, I can tell now that this script is written brilliantly, especially the portrayal of these two characters; it's incisive. The entire script's critique of these two people is too penetrating, but precisely because of this, I have trouble finding a fulcrum to play this character," Lu Yanhe said. "It's not because of his inherent selfishness, arrogance, and cold-hearted nature, but because of my ability as an actor."

Wang Zhong said: "How could your acting ability be a problem?"

"No, I'm serious," Lu Yanhe said. "Because my emotional logic and behavioral logic cannot truly empathize with this kind of person. The whole process of reading the script was like reading a piece of literature, not reading it as an actor empathizing with a character. When I read other scripts, I'm not in this state."

Wang Zhong fell into deep thought.

Lu Yanhe said bluntly: "It's not that I don't want to act, but without the impulse to perform, I don't have the confidence to play a character well. Up until now, every character I've played, I've actually been able to empathize and identify with while reading the script or acting. Even with *Sanshan*, I felt another soul enter my body, and I was willing to let that soul temporarily control my body, but with this one, I don't have that feeling."

Wang Zhong didn't speak.

Lu Yanhe: "Has Sister Bige seen this script?"

"She hasn't yet; I wanted to have you look at it first," Wang Zhong said. "Because I just finished writing this script not long ago, and I wanted to hear your insights on it."

"The script is very good," Lu Yanhe said. "To be honest, if this script were handed to two actors who are truly skilled and capable of handling these two roles, I believe it could become a classic. It's been a long time since our Chinese-language cinema has had a film with such non-virtuous characters as leads. After reading the script, I actually really wish I had the desire to perform this character. I know he's a good character, and rationally, I really want to act in this film."

Wang Zhong: "Then wouldn't you consider trying?"

Lu Yanhe asked: "I actually want to consider it, but because it's you, I still want to express my true thoughts immediately."

"I basically wrote this script based on you and Chen Bige," Wang Zhong said. "I also didn't expect that the sight of you two jumping around after drinking too much would make me think of such a story when I was feeling very frustrated."

"Because there is no love between Sister Bige and me, but in your experience, the actions of Sister Bige and me that night were actually things only a couple, a pair of lovers, would do, plus you were really annoyed by us that night," Lu Yanhe said with a smile. "So, such a story was born."

"Maybe you're right," Wang Zhong said. "I really rarely write scripts like this."

Lu Yanhe understood what he meant.

The scripts Wang Zhong wrote before, if nothing else, at least had some eerie, ghostly atmosphere, that feeling of a mist covering and hiding certain places.

But this script was actually very 19th-century European literature. Satirical, critical, and full of analysis of hypocritical human nature.

Lu Yanhe said: "Director, if you want to seek better advice for this script, I think you could ask professors from the Academy of Literature to take a look. Although it's very modernist, its core is actually very academic, and its essence is also about the analysis and critique of characters."

Some films are easy for actors to perform, like *Road to Glory*; the script is laid out there, and as long as the actor can fully grasp the script and the character, they can basically perform well.

Some films, while good, are thankless for actors.

What Lu Yanhe didn't tell Wang Zhong was that he certainly felt he had the ability to play this character well; at least, Lu Yanhe didn't feel he couldn't act out the arrogance and narcissism presented in the script.

However, the problem was that he didn't feel he could play this character well enough to a certain degree.

And in his understanding, if he couldn't reach a certain level and it was just mediocrely good, that would actually destroy the intent of the script.

This is a film that already has sufficient richness at the script level but still relies heavily on the actor's performance.

As a result, when Wang Zhong was leaving, he asked, "If you don't consider it anymore, I'll go ask someone else. Actually, Chen Pinhe's wife approached me a while ago, wanting to collaborate."

Lu Yanhe's brain went boom.

"Director, wait a moment!" He immediately grabbed Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong looked at him with some confusion.

Lu Yanhe's brain went boom, not just because he heard the name Chen Pinhe, but in that instant, he suddenly felt like he had an epiphany and had found the key to entering this character.

"I want to try."