Chapter 711: This works too (110,000 words)

Although they are all actors, if you really want to talk about it, perhaps because they have been developing for a long enough time, if you really want to talk about the status of actors, by comparison, the power held by Hollywood actors once they become famous and rise up is generally greater than that of actors in other places.

Of course, the main reason is that Hollywood itself is a place that highly respects the star system.

In fact, in China before Lu Yan He crossed over, there was a period of time that almost became a "star-centered system," which was the traffic era that followed the internet era. For a few years, top traffic meant everything. Investors, directors, and producers all took large sums of money to invite those few top traffic stars to join their projects—

And this "top traffic era" collapsed rapidly after everyone discovered that traffic could not really be exchanged for real money.

Of course, in the field of TV dramas, especially ancient idol dramas, first-tier top stars represented by Da Mi Mi still have a special status.

But this is often a very small number of people, and it hasn't formed a fixed replacement. The ecological position held by the Four Dan Shuang Bing represented by Zhang Niangniang has been almost thirty years, and still no one has taken over. The 85 flowers represented by Da Mi Mi also occupy their own ecological positions. Even though Da Bei Bi has been "missing" for so long, no one can fill the gap.

The point of Hollywood is that in its hundred years of development history, it is really continuously launching some superstars with great influence.

Almost every ecological position, one leaves, and another comes.

However, this is also related to the form of Hollywood basically discussing status by film, so the evaluation ruler is very unified.

Unlike domestic, where film actors are divided into X girls, 85 flowers take the drama circle as the basic disk, suppressing the younger generation of film actors for many years. The small student position of Jiaozhu and others has not been able to form a middle-aged disk comparable to the Four Dan Shuang Bing, and the comedy circle has inserted a horizontal bar to hold the film circle for many years.

The standards are too inconsistent, basically you argue yours, I say mine, fans are jumping around, mountains are not giving way to each other, and the industry is a mess.

Hollywood wins in that no matter how popular your drama circle is, *Friends* is so awesome, it can't cross the film.

It has formed such a film actor iteration mechanism.

Even in this era called "superstars are dead," after Julia Roberts' "last sister in Hollywood," there is still Jennifer Lawrence, the "Big Cousin" who has been brilliant for many years. The double buff of *The Hunger Games* series + Oscar Best Actress directly pushed her to the top. The *Passengers* she starred in grossed over 100 million at the North American box office and was also called a "street-sweeping" flop.

After Leonardo, there is now Timothée Chalamet who has initially formed a "scale." Although he hasn't reached the height of the former, the industry and media have already called him the "successor" of Leonardo's ecological position. Young, high fame, acting skills, and box office performance are also beautiful. Especially in a biographical film *A Nameless Person*, it exploded the predictions, and now the North American box office is 75 million, and the global box office is 130 million—

These two people are the representatives truly pushed to the top by the entire Hollywood industry—as long as they bring out good performances and good works, they will definitely be seen, and there is no such thing as being buried.

Therefore, films like *A Nameless Person* can also be sent to get his second Oscar nomination.

It's not that he didn't act well. To be honest, he really brought out a very different state and performance in this film.

But, as long as you work hard and give talent, you can be seen—

In the awards season that never lacks good performances, the film is so mediocre (not even the author thinks it is mediocre, North American media and industry feel it is very mediocre), but he has always been on the list of Oscar nomination hot candidates.

Under such a big environment, actors like Erin Wallace, although not first-tier now, are also arrogant.

The agent's warning didn't make Erin Wallace take it to heart.

Even if she told anyone, she would be reasonable—

In the film circle, other actors making suggestions for roles that are not his is pointing fingers, and no actor can accept this.

As for whether this suggestion is right or good, Erin doesn't care now.

"Now it's not his suggestion, it's that I want to change it."

Mukan said firmly to Erin's agent.

Erin's agent: "Mukan, when we signed the contract, we made requirements for the script. This kind of temporary modification of the script requires our consent, otherwise, the script cannot be modified at will."

"If you think that I have new ideas about the script during the filming process and cannot make modifications, then don't come to me to talk. I will put forward my opinions to D19, and you go to communicate with D19."

Mukan said angrily.

Erin's agent saw this, and his tone softened a bit.

"Mukan, you know, of course we respect your opinion very much, but Erin is also a girl who wants face. Lu Yan He put forward questions about her character in front of so many people. If she just accepts it, what will others think of her?"

Mukan: "She is an actor, she should have professionalism. Can't she see that this suggestion can make her character more complete?"

"Mukan, I will go to communicate with her again," the agent said helplessly. "However, this matter is fundamentally because Lu Yan He didn't consider Erin's face when making suggestions, right? Erin is not a newcomer who just started acting. She is the female lead. Even if the lead of this film is Lu Yan He, he shouldn't be so inconsiderate of Erin's face and make suggestions in public, right?"

"He is making suggestions to me, not to Erin," Mukan still said firmly. "The script was written by me, not by Erin."

Erin's agent: "..."

In the evening, Mukan suddenly sent a modified script to every actor—just that scene.

Lu Yan He was also very surprised.

Mukan moved the modified part from Erin Wallace's character to Wang Jiaqi's character.

It is equivalent to Erin Wallace's character part having no modifications, still the original script content, and the added parts all went to Wang Jiaqi and Jason Potter and other actors.

Lu Yan He suddenly realized.

This is of course also a good direction for modification.

Wang Jiaqi is equivalent to taking on the "negative" and "human greed" side of Erin Wallace's character, while Jason Potter took on the "auxiliary" scenes of Wang Jiaqi's character.

Wang Jiaqi effectively took on the "negative" and "greedy" aspects of the character Erin Wallace, while Jason Potter took on the original "supporting" scenes of the character Wang Jiaqi.

Erin Wallace was furious in her room and threw the script.

The next day, she directly asked for sick leave through her agent and didn't come to the scene.

Mukan also lost his temper.

"I want to change the script, she doesn't accept it. Now I keep her original content, didn't change anything, she still doesn't accept it, and asked for sick leave! What kind of illness did she get?!"

Mukan lost his temper at Erin's agent.

"If she doesn't cooperate, then leave early!"

Erin's agent was also very helpless, even a bit painful.

However, Erin's temper and personality really had no way.

Mukan found Xin Nalin directly and put forward the problem of Erin Wallace now.

"Because she suddenly asked for leave, today's scene can't be finished, can only film single-person lenses."

Xin Nalin was also equally angry.

Mukan's modification of the script was agreed by D19.

This change doesn't affect any budget addition at all, and from the script level, it is obvious that the script can be more perfect.

Erin Wallace is so uncooperative.

Just because of a little thing, she felt she was "bullied."

Xin Nalin said to Erin's agent: "Where is she? Hospital, or hotel? You take me there."

Erin's agent stammered.

Xin Nalin turned to Mukan and said: "Mukan, if I can't bring her back today, you see if you can directly split her character to others."

Erin's agent was shocked.

"Xin Nalin, it won't go to this step, right?"

Xin Nalin: "Although our D19 is only an independent production company, maybe not as scary as Parameter and Green Valley, but we won't be played by an actor. Let's go, you take me to find Erin. If I still can't persuade her, then let's go through legal procedures and terminate the contract."

Lu Yan He and others were waiting at the filming site, knowing that the producer and director were communicating with Erin's agent.

Lean Waters looked at Lu Yan He with great fear.

This time, it actually had nothing to do with him.

The adjustment of the ghost-catching team script had nothing to do with him.

However, Lean Waters deeply realized in the process of watching this matter that in the eyes of D19 and Mukan, Erin Wallace, let alone being compared with Lu Yan He, was not even half as good as him.

The suggestions put forward by Lu Yan He were accepted and agreed to very quickly by both Mukan and D19.

This is very rare for a film company.

It is rare to be able to complete some modifications to the script in the procedure so quickly.

Especially after the film started filming.

Lean Waters thought to himself, Erin Wallace kicked the iron plate this time.

He and Erin Wallace have always been at odds, and seeing her suffer, his heart is full of schadenfreude.

However, at the same time, there is also an inexplicable sense of "rabbit dying and fox grieving" uneasiness.

"Yan He is filming in the US, not in China."

Chen Siqi sat opposite Yang Zhouli, with Linyu sitting beside her.

She didn't come alone.

Although she didn't admit it, Chen Siqi was indeed a bit afraid when facing Yang Zhouli.

This is not the first time Chen Siqi has faced such a representative of large capital, but this is the first time to conduct this type of negotiation.

She even didn't know how to speak.

Until Yang Zhouli asked about Lu Yan He's recent situation.

"Actually, I have always wanted to cooperate with you," Yang Zhouli said to Chen Siqi with a very frank posture. "Including what I said to Lu Yan He before."

Chen Siqi: "We don't accept acquisition, holding, if the cooperation method you said is this, everyone knows."

Yang Zhouli nodded.

"Indeed, I also went to inquire later," he nodded, hands crossed, together. "However, there are many ways to cooperate."

"Including poaching from us here?" Chen Siqi went straight to the point.

"This is not my original intention," Yang Zhouli said. "It's just a very bad fact that the best talents in this field are all in your Jump Up. This is a somewhat distorted industry market. Either they live on appropriations and subsidies in the system, or they die directly in this sunset industry. Only you are full of vitality."

"So poaching people can only be poached from us?"

"Just like you are not targeting us for not accepting acquisition, financing, holding, we are not specifically staring at you to poach, but only you have people who can be poached."

Yang Zhouli said it very directly.

Chen Siqi didn't even know how to answer this for a while.

Linyu glanced at her and asked: "So Yang Zong means that he will continue to poach people from us later?"

"Actually, we also want to poach you over. I don't know what conditions you need us to open for you to agree." Yang Zhouli smiled.

"You poach Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi over, and I will go over." Linyu smiled calmly.

Chen Siqi: "Yang Zong, Shijin has a big family and a big business, actually there is no need to compete with us."

"I don't intend to compete with you," Yang Zhouli said. "Friends are better than enemies, I know this very well."

"But you always poach people from us, it doesn't look like you want to be friends with us."

"On the contrary, with Xin Zixing and Bai Yu, we can further cooperate and be friends, right?" Yang Zhouli said. "Ye Mai network does internet community, Bai Yu does traditional literary magazine, 'Little Eyes' does the distribution of foreign films in China. At least in these businesses, we don't have business conflicts, but have many places for win-win cooperation."

Chen Siqi frowned slightly, looking at Yang Zhouli.

Yang Zhouli's meaning exceeded her expectations.

Mobile phone vibration.

Linyu glanced at the information on the mobile phone and frowned.

—Lu Yan He had a conflict of opinion with the female lead Erin Wallace in the sequel to *The Mist* film crew!

This is the news released by the American *Hollywood Reporter* five minutes ago.

Along with this news, there are some photos.

Erin Wallace's angry look is very obvious, and one of them is even facing Lu Yan He and losing her temper.

This news quickly climbed to the major hot searches.

The crew's discord is one of the topics that everyone likes to eat melons, regardless of China or foreign countries.

Wang Biao hung up a reporter's call and frowned.

Many domestic media called to confirm the authenticity of the news.

Because there is no unified external caliber for the time being, Wang Biao doesn't answer the phone for the time being.

Wan Qingqing has rushed over to assist in handling this matter.

Darren Wilson also came to the crew.

He will represent Lu Yan He to communicate and negotiate with Erin Wallace, to see how both sides will respond to this matter, or how to solve it.

When such public opinion happens, the most important thing is communication between the protagonists of the news.

Lu Yan He shrugged his shoulders and said: "At worst, just tell the truth. I have nothing to be bad about."

"Erin will twist this into you interfering with her performance," Darren Wilson said helplessly. "I know you are well-intentioned, but good intentions are the most impossible things to prove, and they are also the easiest things to be distorted."

Lu Yan He: "If you want to deny the conflict between us, what if Erin stands up and backstabs again? It makes us look guilty."

Darren Wilson said: "I will ensure that such things don't happen."

"But I don't feel at ease," Lu Yan He said. "I don't want to respond publicly that there is no conflict between me and Erin. I can at most do not respond and not make a sound."

Lu Yan He's opinion is very firm.

He feels that since he didn't do anything wrong, he shouldn't dig a hole for the sake of peace and jump into it himself.

Darren Wilson couldn't force Lu Yan He to change his mind.

The PR staff could only put down their ideas for the time being and remain still.

This matter caused a lot of controversy.

Erin Wallace also continued to ask for sick leave and refused to come to the crew.

Mukan and others have already started filming other scenes.

D19 is studying Erin Wallace's matter.

Finally, on the fourth day of Erin Wallace's sick leave, D19 issued an ultimatum to her: If you can't appear in the crew tomorrow, then go directly to the termination procedure.

Erin Wallace sat up from the hospital bed angrily.

"How dare they? We signed a contract. My body has a problem, asking for sick leave is a reasonable request!"

The agent looked silently at the woman whose emotions had deviated from normal and started to be a bit hysterical, and said: "Erin, I have told you the truth many times. Now the reality you have to face is that if you can't appear in the crew tomorrow, you will not only lose the movie *The Mist*, but you will also face D19's lawsuit against you. This will be a long battle. Even if you win the lawsuit, you won't be able to get out of it."

Erin Wallace let out an angry scream.

Her fists were clenched.

The next day, Erin Wallace returned to the crew with an expressionless face.

Lu Yan He treated her as nothing.

Similarly, she also treated him as nothing.

Like strangers.

"Kneel down."

Lu Yan He's eyes floated with a layer of indifference, as calm as a dry well, and as dead as a death stare.

Erin Wallace's eyes were red, her chin trembled slightly, and she knelt down in front of Lu Yan He with a face full of fear, trembling.

"Please, please let us go!" Her voice trembled, tears began to spin, "We didn't break in on purpose, we will leave here immediately! Please, let us go..."

Her sobbing and fear radiated from every pore of her body.

Lu Yan He stared at her without saying a word. Facing her begging for mercy, there was no touch on his face. Even, there was a bit of playfulness in his eyes—

Very subtle, but that bit of playfulness made him look more mysterious, powerful, and undetectable.

Until he moved his gaze away and landed on Wang Jiaqi.

"Cut!"

Mukan shouted cut.

Erin Wallace put away the fear on her face in one second and stood up, walking towards her lounge chair.

Lu Yan He glanced at her.

To talk about acting, Erin Wallace's performance is indeed impeccable.

She is really good at acting, saying it comes, and saying it closes.

Lu Yan He looked at Mukan.

Mukan gave him a thumbs up.

"Awesome!" He used the Chinese pronunciation.

Lu Yan He smiled faintly.

He was in the character's emotions and didn't let himself completely withdraw.

He wanted to maintain this state and feeling as much as possible until the end of work.

After a storm, although there was no harmony between people, the film could continue to be filmed.

This works too.

As long as there are no other moths.

"How are you?"

"Everything is normal."

On the video call, Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi smiled at each other.

Chen Siqi: "I saw that you had trouble with Erin before, so I didn't tell you about the situation of Yang Zhouli and me meeting."

"How did you talk?"

"His idea completely exceeded my expectations," Chen Siqi said, and talked about the content of her communication with Yang Zhouli.

Lu Yan He: "... He wants to cooperate with us?"

"Yes," Chen Siqi said. "Didn't expect it, right? In his mouth, poaching Zixing and Bai Yu is actually to strengthen cooperation with us."

Lu Yan He really didn't know what to say for a while.

Indeed.

If it is Xin Zixing and Bai Yu, both sides do have a basis for cooperation.

Even if Xin Zixing and Bai Yu leave, they also parted peacefully with them, not colleagues working together, but still friends.

But does Yang Zhouli need to play such a big game to cooperate with him?

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi were both silent.

They looked at each other through the video call, neither of them spoke.

After a while, he said: "Do you think we can cooperate with him?"

"Don't rush to judge, take one step at a time," Chen Siqi said. "Don't accept financing and holding, the bottom line is here, others can watch slowly."

Lu Yan He: "I'm just afraid that after taking the first step, there will be a second step, a third step. We all know that they have great ambitions."

"No matter how big the ambition is, the market cannot have only one company. He is not a madman, he knows this truth."

"Hmm," Lu Yan He said. "So you tend to be able to cooperate with him?"

"Yes," Chen Siqi nodded. "He proposed a cooperation plan that I can't refuse."

"Hmm?"

"Shijin has quite a lot of investment and layout overseas, including two publishing companies, covering more than 50 countries," Chen Siqi said. "He can share these resources with Jump Up."

"He shouldn't be doing charity specifically, right?" Lu Yan He laughed. "What are his requirements?"

"He made two requirements. First, every play in the Jump Up theater must give Shijin at least 35% or more investment share. Second, the electronic version content of *Jump Up* should be re-listed on the Ye Mai network, and deeper framework cooperation can be carried out. In short, phased sharing cooperation in platforms and content," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He: "It sounds like he wants to shorten their accumulation stage in entertainment media as much as possible."

"I think so," Chen Siqi said. "He also said that it is not just *Jump Up*. In fact, some traditional literary magazines like *Harvest*, including some top content magazines and media overseas, such as those manga magazines in Japan, they have all talked about cooperation. They want to make Ye Mai network a comprehensive, largest community content platform."

Lu Yan He was surprised.

This is really a resource that only a large capital with strong strength like Shijin can integrate.

Just buying copyrights is a time-consuming, laborious, and expensive thing.

Chen Siqi said: "In fact, to some extent, we

Chen Siqi said, "In fact, to some extent, we are just one of his content suppliers, but what he can offer us is not just domestic platforms, but also multiple overseas channels. He invited me to go to Japan with him and Xin Zixing next week. He will communicate and cooperate with several top manga magazines in Japan, and he proposed that we could choose suitable novels to discuss manga and animation adaptations."

"He wants you to see his power with your own eyes."

"Yes." Chen Siqi sighed, "Now I suddenly understand Bai Yu and why she chose to leave. She put it very directly: because 'Jump Up' can continue to do very well without her now, but she can get a better job opportunity. I originally went to hold her accountable, but she ended up giving me a big gift, and it was one that touched my heart. I was immediately tempted."

Lu Yan He smiled.

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"Then trust your intuition and judgment," he said. "However, if 'Jump Up' is going to cooperate with him, Linghe and Shihuo should wait and see for now. I will also tell Ziyan that you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket."

"Hmm." Chen Siqi nodded. She thought of something else and said, "There is one more thing. He said he would give you a gift."

"What?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

Chen Siqi: "I had the same reaction as you, but he refused to explain any further, only saying we would know when we get back."

Lu Yan He: "I haven't... received any gifts lately. Is he trying to win me over this way now? No way, right?"

Lu Yan He thought about it and felt that Yangzhou would not do such a thing.

Yangzhou wouldn't be so low-class; could he really think that Lu Yan He could be bought by such petty tricks?

"Yan He." Mooken suddenly came to find him.

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He was a bit puzzled, not knowing why Mooken was looking for him.

Mooken said, "I've been thinking, there's one more place I want to revise."

"What place?"

"The battle between you and Leen," Mooken said. "I want to add a scene. When he has already been defeated by you and is completely unable to get up, he suddenly launches a sneak attack on you. In front of the Ghost-Catching Squad, he causes you very serious injury. Of course, your strength is powerful enough that, even so, you make someone else move again, directly causing him to have his soul scattered and be completely eliminated."

"This—" Lu Yan He reacted quickly, "Do you think that with such a scene, they will have the courage to believe that I am now in a weakened period, and in terms of story logic, it makes their daring to take the risk to try and capture me more credible?"

"Yes." Mooken nodded.

Lu Yan He nodded, "I think this idea is very good. No problem, I can film it."

Mooken: "Then we will reshoot such a scene tomorrow."

"Okay."

This scene is actually simple to film, but it means more special effects shots in post-production, including Leen's attack, Lu Yan He's injury, and Lu Yan He completely eliminating Leen.

In this way, the film's production budget might need to be slightly increased again, unless Mooken saves it from elsewhere.

How to communicate with D19 is Mooken's business; Lu Yan He doesn't need to worry about it.

Lu Yan He was quite happy to see that Mooken was still pondering the script.

Moreover, such things are problems that can only be realized when you actually get to the filming set and combine it with the actors' performances.

Looking at the logic of the script's text and content, it actually makes sense without adding these scenes.

However, after Lu Yan He appeared earlier and displayed such a powerful aura and strength, a logical weakness appeared in terms of visual effect, so it had to be adjusted.

A good director is one who can make adjustments at any time according to the situation on the set, ensuring that the entire film remains within a smooth, natural, and complete framework.

Filming this movie, especially playing this role again in the second installment, Lu Yan He felt that his ability to grasp the character had visibly stepped up a level.

In this role, Lu Yan He deeply felt that what is more important than acting skills is mastering the subtle state of the character.

The most minute details are often where the character's most unique charm lies.

Lu Yan He really likes the light, seemingly arrogant sense of indifference he has when playing this ghost.

On the set, Wang Jiaqi and Jason Potter were both quite grateful to Lu Yan He.

There was no other reason; if Lu Yan He hadn't proposed some modifications, their characters wouldn't have taken on the changes that Erin Wallace refused to accept, which then enriched their character settings.

This wasn't just a matter of a few more lines.

Jason Potter didn't know, but Wang Jiaqi, an actor who had been acting for many years and studying scripts for many years, knew very clearly that once these scenes were added, their characters immediately gained another layer, which meant a little more possibility of being remembered by the audience.

The news of the discord between Lu Yan He and Erin Wallace was hyped for a few days, but neither side made any response, and the same went for the crew and D19, so the heat gradually faded.

But on the set, it was well known that the two of them were at odds. No one took sides; everyone just silently did their own jobs.

Wang Jiaqi was the first person to openly chat and laugh with Lu Yan He in front of Erin Wallace, showing closeness in public.

Jason Potter was the second.

Wang Jiaqi asked directly in front of many people: "Yan He, do you have any other suggestions for my character? The guidance you gave me before was really useful. I finally know why you can win so many acting awards."

Wang Jiaqi's words could be described as "killing the heart," stabbing directly at Erin Wallace's heart.

That wasn't enough. One day, Wang Jiaqi asked again: "Yan He, I heard many people say that 'Tropical Rainy Season,' the film for which you won Best Actor in Xitu'er this year, will participate in this year's awards season. If the premiere is held in the United States, don't forget to give me an invitation. I must attend."

Lu Yan He smiled and nodded.

At this moment, Erin Wallace finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Do you really think the awards season is so easy to get into?" Her words were full of her lack of optimism and contempt for Lu Yan He.

This was also the area where Erin Wallace felt the most superiority compared to Lu Yan He right now.

No matter how great Lu Yan He is rumored to be, he still doesn't have an Oscar nomination.

Even if you won Best Actor in Xitu'er, in a place like Hollywood, it's not as useful as an Oscar nomination.

As a result, at this time, Jason Potter asked: "Lu, will you be a presenter at the Oscars this year?"

"I don't know yet." Lu Yan He shook his head, "I usually don't get notified until a month or two before the awards ceremony."

"I'm so envious of you. You're not even twenty-five, and you've already been an Oscar presenter twice." After Wang Jiaqi finished speaking, as if she suddenly remembered something, she turned to look at Erin Wallace and asked, "Erin, how many times have you been a presenter?"

Erin Wallace's expression changed.

"Oh, you've only been nominated once." Wang Jiaqi said as if she had just realized, "I haven't seen you at the Oscar ceremony in a long time."

"..." Lu Yan He was even surprised; he didn't expect Wang Jiaqi to be so aggressive toward Erin Wallace—

Although Lu Yan He could probably guess that Wang Jiaqi was returning the favor.

Erin Wallace was so angry her face turned green, and she sneered, looking at Wang Jiaqi.

"Wait until you've won an Oscar nomination before you start being sarcastic. What are you right now?"

Wang Jiaqi didn't care about her mockery at all.

She retorted with great confidence.

"If I were a white person like you, with my acting skills, I would have been nominated more than once."

Wang Jiaqi was full of aggression now, the fierceness in her eyes like a fighting rooster pretending to stroll leisurely.

"If you were Asian, could you achieve the success I have now in a place like Hollywood?" Wang Jiaqi said this without any lack of confidence.

She could be said to be one of the top few Asian actors in Hollywood.

Among white actors in Hollywood, if you don't win an Oscar for Best Actor/Actress, you'd be embarrassed to call yourself one of the very best.

Erin Wallace's face turned even greener.

Lu Yan He lowered his head and chuckled.

Wang Jiaqi's attack power was surprisingly strong.

Deep down, Lu Yan He was quite grateful that Wang Jiaqi was willing to step up at this time and help him snap back at Erin Wallace a few times.

He is a person who cares about his face and is unwilling to engage in a war of words with Erin Wallace in public.

However, to say he could just endure Erin's mockery, he couldn't do that either.

Fortunately, Wang Jiaqi was not only willing to step up at this time but also had the ability to do so, completely crushing Erin.

Leen Waters heard about the verbal sparring between Wang Jiaqi and Erin a little later.

While shocked, he was also once again glad that Erin had stepped up first to lash out at Lu Yan He—

And then became the nail that got hammered down.

Erin Wallace was much younger than him.

Leen Waters found it hard to imagine if he had a conflict with Lu Yan He, and after the crew, the film company, and other actors all stood on Lu Yan He's side, whether he would still have the face to stay in this crew.

He is a person who cares very much about his face.

If it weren't for the fact that on the first day of the script reading, he had some unpleasantness with Lu Yan He because of being late, he would definitely have taken the initiative to make friends with Lu Yan He by now.

To be honest, Leen Waters also really wanted to make friends with Lu Yan He.

The man is famous and powerful, can write scripts, and can manage projects; even in Hollywood, there are people who buy it.

Leen Waters has always tried his best to make friends with such people.

As an actor who is vaguely past his prime (to put it bluntly, already past his prime), he understands the principle of finding more opportunities and leaving himself more room for maneuver.

Leen Waters couldn't bring himself to take the initiative to talk to Lu Yan He now.

Fortunately, there was no conflict between them.

And after filming with Lu Yan He for a period of time, he was about to wrap up.

His character's scenes were mainly in the early stages, and after being eliminated by Lu Yan He, he would wrap up.

When he finished his last scene on the day of wrapping up, Leen Waters hesitated for a long time about whether to go and greet Lu Yan He.

Who knew that at this moment, Lu Yan He actually came over carrying a small bag.

"Hi, Leen." Lu Yan He knocked on his dressing room door, "Is this a good time?"

Leen Waters looked at Lu Yan He in surprise, "Of course, please come in."

Lu Yan He said: "You're wrapping up today. Working with you on this movie this time was a real pleasure."

His scenes with Leen Waters were actually just that one battle.

However, that scene, from the moment he walked down the stairs until they finished filming, took about a week, and his scenes with the Ghost-Catching Squad also took about a week, meaning Leen Waters filmed for about two weeks in total.

Lu Yan He really appreciated Leen Waters' performance.

It must be admitted that although his lateness at the beginning made Lu Yan He very unhappy, after that, such unpleasant things never happened again.

Unlike Erin Wallace, Leen Waters never provoked or had any unpleasantness with Lu Yan He again.

Therefore, Lu Yan He took the initiative to break the ice.

The other person is older, so Lu Yan He was willing to take the initiative to offer a way out.

Judging from Leen Waters' reaction, he had actually wanted to ease the relationship with him for a long time.

That was enough.

"This is a Chinese folding fan I brought from China."

Lu Yan He handed him the bag and introduced it.

"I wrote the characters on it myself." He smiled, "I hope you like it."

Leen Waters opened the packaging, took out the folding fan, and opened it to look.

He showed a look of pleasant surprise.

On the fan face, besides a few characters he couldn't understand, there was also a simple sketch portrait; it was him, and you could tell at a glance.

"Wow—" Leen Waters' eyes were shining.

This was not a sketch, nor was it an oil painting.

"This is traditional Chinese ink wash painting. I asked a professional painter to draw it; I can't do it." Lu Yan He said with a smile, "But I wrote these characters myself. It means 'Friends coming from afar.' This sentence was said by Confucius, a very wise philosopher in our China."

Leen Waters was even more pleasantly surprised.

"I know Confucius."

Confucius' international reputation is indeed very high.

Lu Yan He smiled.

"You are welcome to come to China, contact me when you do." Lu Yan He said.

"Okay." Leen Waters had now completely forgotten the embarrassment of being "dealt with" by Lu Yan He at the beginning.

He only felt now that this gift was very special and meaningful.

He loved this gift very much.

"I like this fan."

"Thank you." Lu Yan He smiled very contentedly, "I'm very happy that you like it."

A few hours later, Leen Waters posted an update with his wrap-up photo, a group photo with many people from the crew, and some other photos.

However, his first photo was of the Chinese folding fan.

Leen Waters mentioned this folding fan in his update, writing—

This is the most meaningful wrap-up gift I have ever received. Do you know what these Chinese characters mean? Lu Yan He wrote them himself!

"You get along quite well with Leen." Afterward, Chen Siqi said to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He: "... If I said I only took the initiative to break the ice when he was wrapping up, would you believe me?"

"What?" Chen Siqi was shocked.

Lu Yan He: "I didn't expect him to like this gift so much either."

"You really put your heart into this gift." Chen Siqi asked, "You didn't prepare a folding fan like this for everyone, did you?"

"Yes, I did. I prepared them to give to them as wrap-up gifts when each person finished filming." Lu Yan He said, "Leen was the first to wrap up."

"Then did you prepare one for Erin?"

"I did, but I don't intend to give it to her." Lu Yan He said bluntly.

"Alright." Chen Siqi smiled, "Then she'll be embarrassed."

"This is her own choice."

Chen Siqi: "When will you be able to wrap up?"

"I still have a while." Lu Yan He shook his head, "This movie isn't hard to film, but Mooken is filming quite slowly. His requirements are much higher than the first one. Many shots are filmed with nitpicking, and he's starting to play with the camera."

Chen Siqi: "Then aren't you very happy?"

Chen Siqi knows exactly what kind of person Lu Yan He is.

Beneath Lu Yan He's feigned tone of annoyance, there is indeed satisfaction and happiness.

He always hopes a film will be better.

"I ran into Luo Dao today." Chen Siqi suddenly said, "He ran into a little trouble recently. Have you heard?"

"Ah?" Lu Yan He asked, "You mean my teacher?"

"Yes." Chen Siqi said, "You don't know?"

"I don't know, what happened to him?" Lu Yan He asked immediately.

Chen Siqi: "He was preparing a film before. I don't know if it's the one he approached you for, but it seems there was a problem with the copyright, and the original author is preparing to sue. I don't know the specific situation either. When you have time, give Luo Dao a call and ask about the situation."

"Okay." Lu Yan He said, "It's a good thing you ran into him, otherwise I wouldn't even know about this. Teacher definitely wouldn't have planned to tell me."

"He probably felt that telling you wouldn't be of any use. Not to mention you're filming abroad now, even if you were in the country, if it's a problem he finds difficult to solve, you would actually find it hard to have a way either."

That is the truth.

"However, at times like this, whether you can help or not, you have to show concern." Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He nodded.

Chen Siqi is right; that goes without saying.