Chapter 846: Overnight (7000 words updated!)

"I heard that the shooting of the *Friends* crew has problems."

Zhang Yuezhen raised her head in surprise.

"What problem?"

"Yan Liang left the crew, and Lu Yan He modified the script overnight."

Zhang Yuezhen showed a look of doubt.

"Why did Yan Liang leave the crew?"

"It is said that something happened at home, and he can't shoot anymore."

Zhang Yuezhen frowned slightly.

"This—" she was silent for a while and said: "So, Yan Liang's scenes later have to be changed?"

"Should be. I also heard it from a friend in the *Friends* crew. Didn't you ask me to pay attention to it?"

Zhang Yuezhen nodded and said: "You help me keep an eye on this matter."

"Okay, but it is said that Yan Liang's departure did not make the *Friends* crew fall into chaos," the other party seemed worried that Zhang Yuezhen wanted to do something, and reminded, "It is still shooting in an orderly manner."

Zhang Yuezhen said: "A lead actor suddenly left, and the crew can continue to shoot in an orderly manner. Either this lead actor is not important to the *Friends* crew, or others have made huge sacrifices to cover the bottom."

Yuehu Station also received the news that the script needed to be modified for the first time.

In fact, the producer, investor, and production party of *Friends* are all Yuehu Station now.

Lu Yan He couldn't bypass them and act on his own.

But correspondingly, Yuehu Station also knows very well that the core figure of *Friends* is Lu Yan He.

Since Lu Yan He has put on the posture of covering the bottom for *Friends*, as long as it doesn't involve principles and doesn't make *Friends* collapse, Yuehu Station definitely respects Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He took the initiative to call the leaders of Yuehu Station to explain this matter and promised not to let this season of *Friends* have problems.

The leaders of Yuehu Station got Lu Yan He's guarantee. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they all gave a "supportive" attitude on the surface.

The shooting on the second and third days was all modified by Lu Yan He on the spot based on the original script.

On the evening of the third day, Li Zhibai sent a message to Lu Yan He: A good news, Yan Liang's mother's breast cancer situation is not too bad, we are preparing to bring his mother to Yuming for surgery.

Lu Yan He let out a long breath.

Li Zhibai said again: Yan Liang just said that he is preparing to return to the crew tomorrow.

Lu Yan He: Can he return?

Li Zhibai: He is anxious, but the situation is relatively okay, not so urgent. His parents also persuaded him not to stay here all the time and not to delay shooting. He himself doesn't want to cause greater trouble to the crew.

Lu Yan He: When will his family come over?

Li Zhibai: Three days later, I have already arranged it. Don't worry about this side. How is the crew?

Lu Yan He: Okay, every day flying pages, everyone is very cooperative. You tell Yan Liang that *Friends* is really fine. I have communicated with Yuehu Station, Maxine, and the crew.

Li Zhibai: You don't know his parents, especially his mother. After waking up, she kept talking about wanting him to come back, saying she was fine. After the examination results came out, she urged him to come back even more. Indeed, from the current situation, there is no big problem. It was found early. Thanks to this faint, otherwise it might not have been found so early. The surgery is smooth, and if the recovery is good, it's not a big deal.

Lu Yan He: Okay, then you have been staying there for these few days, OK?

Li Zhibai: It's okay. Anyway, if I can't handle it, I call home and let them find someone to handle it.

Lu Yan He: "..."

That's fine. For Li Zhibai, this is also the most efficient way to solve it.

Late at night, the crew's coordinator suddenly came to find Lu Yan He.

"Yan He, Yan Liang just sent me a message saying that he will arrive at the crew tomorrow afternoon. He is already on his way back to the crew."

Yan Liang didn't come to find Lu Yan He, but went directly to the coordinator.

Lu Yan He also understood that Yan Liang was probably worried that he would persuade him not to come back so urgently.

"Hmm, then shoot normally. Then it will be the last flying page tomorrow morning. You rest first. I will send the modified scenes to you before 6:00 AM tomorrow. I will connect directly with the subsequent scenes. You don't need to make extra arrangements or layouts. Rest assured."

The coordinator nodded and said: "My phone is not on silent. After you send it to me, call me. I have to confirm in advance to be at ease, otherwise I won't sleep well."

"Good," Lu Yan He said, "You go and rest."

He closed the door, yawned, ordered a late-night coffee delivery for himself, opened his laptop, and began to modify the script—

This is to re-modify the script that had already been modified, so that Yan Liang's character returns to the plot behind.

Therefore, many crews, especially large crews, often have many screenwriters.

A big screenwriter, if conscientious, will produce the first draft, but big screenwriters don't have time to toss with you again and again, so many modifications in the middle are often done by another screenwriter, and the most tossing one is the screenwriter on the set, the follow-up screenwriter.

According to the actual shooting situation, the script often needs many adjustments. At this time, it is very necessary for the follow-up screenwriter to make adjustments.

However, *Friends* is all done by Lu Yan He alone.

On the one hand, because it is a sitcom, the volume is small, and Lu Yan He can handle it. On the other hand, Lu Yan He is most familiar with the entire *Friends* and has written it season by season. How to adjust it appropriately and how to modify it without affecting the character setting and the main line, if others come to do it, it might take several days, but Lu Yan He only needs an hour.

Lu Yan He's script was modified until 3:00 AM. He read it again before and after to confirm that there were no bugs before and after the plot, and then sent it to Bai Jingnian's mailbox, and copied a copy to the coordinator.

The coffee has been finished.

Lu Yan He yawned several times, got up, moved his muscles and bones, and came to the balcony of the hotel room.

Since Yan Liang went back, Lu Yan He hasn't gone back to live, but has been staying in the crew, eating and living with everyone, in case of need.

At this point, the whole world is very quiet.

Occasionally a car drives past from afar, making some sounds.

Lu Yan He hasn't stayed up so late for a long time.

However, after staying up to this point, he is not so sleepy.

The wind is actually very cool, even cold.

But inexplicably, Lu Yan He just wanted to blow the wind at this time.

"Why are you still not sleeping?" Chen Pinhe came out of the room, saw a floor lamp lit in the living room, walked over, and saw Zhang Yuezhen still sitting on the sofa, looking at her phone.

Zhang Yuezhen had already heard the footsteps and knew Chen Pinhe was coming.

She raised her head, smiled, and said: "Why are you awake? I'm still dealing with some work."

Chen Pinhe said: "I got up to go to the bathroom, didn't expect you to be gone."

Zhang Yuezhen buckled her phone, stretched happily, yawned again, and said: "I'm tired too, go to sleep."

Chen Pinhe nodded.

After they returned to the room, Chen Pinhe suddenly realized that Zhang Yuezhen's phone had been buckled on the sofa in the living room, and she didn't bring it in, nor was it charging outside.

"What were you busy with just now?" After getting into bed, Chen Pinhe asked casually, "It's so late and you haven't finished."

"A sudden event, public relations, you know, don't distinguish between day and night," Zhang Yuezhen said, and hugged Chen Pinhe, "So sleepy, you have to catch a flight early tomorrow morning, hurry up and sleep."

"Hmm."

A violent bump, this is the movement of the plane landing.

Yan Liang opened his eyes.

He took the earliest flight back to Yuming, and when he arrived, it was only 7:30 AM.

The morning light hadn't fully brightened yet.

He yawned, almost a habitual action, put on a mask and hat, and prepared to leave.

After coming out of the VIP channel, Ning Luo was waiting for him outside.

This new assistant who had been by his side for less than a month did not come back with him.

He was left in the *Friends* crew.

"Brother Liang." Ning Luo called out worriedly and in a low voice.

Yan Liang nodded at him and asked: "Does the crew know the news that I am coming back?"

Ning Luo nodded and said: "Half an hour ago, the latest notice was issued. There are scenes for you to appear in this afternoon. Lu Teacher gave me the latest script and asked me to give it to you when I pick you up."

Yan Liang: "... The latest script? He didn't stay up all night modifying the script, right?"

"Should be," Ning Luo said, "The scenes shot this afternoon originally didn't have you, but the modified script has your character back."

After getting in the car, Yan Liang put down his bag and started reading the script.

The theme of this episode actually hasn't changed, and many jokes and gags are still the same as before.

However, because a scene of the character he played leaving for a few days was added, so in this episode's script, as well as the paragraphs about his return, many details, especially the lines, were adjusted accordingly, so that the episode of him leaving and coming back didn't seem abrupt.

In such a short time, to modify it to this appearance, Yan Liang is not a newcomer who doesn't understand the industry. He knows very well the workload behind this, and knows very well that even for a genius like Lu Yan He, it still takes time, not something that can be done in a few hours.

Yan Liang sighed in his heart.

No matter what, he really caused a lot of trouble for Lu Yan He and *Friends* this time.

"Eh—" Ning Luo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly made a sound, "Brother Liang, some reports about you leaving the *Friends* crew appeared on the internet."

Yan Liang raised his head.

"Hmm?"

Ning Luo said: "It's just... why do they say it so strangely?"

Yan Liang: "Show me."

Ning Luo turned around and handed the phone over.

Yan Liang lowered his head, and what came into view was a marketing account sending:

——Yan Liang suddenly left the *Friends* crew, suspected of "opening a skylight" for the crew!

Yan Liang's brow twisted instantly.

"This news is not necessarily said by people in our crew."

The crew, they also received this news for the first time. Hu Siwei checked whether there was a "mole" for the first time.

The people below said: "Although we are shooting in the studio, there are a large number of media and fans squatting outside the studio every day. Yan Liang hasn't appeared for several days, and it is normal for people to guess."

Hu Siwei didn't believe it at all.

He still let his assistant secretly check, and on the surface, his expression was severe, looking like he was busy shooting and had no time to investigate this matter for the time being.

When Lu Yan He found him, he said directly: "Leave this matter to me to handle."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Don't let this matter be investigated to the point that something happened to Yan Liang's family," Lu Yan He said, "You can arrange for people in the crew to respond in a private capacity, just say that the shooting for these two days didn't arrange Yan Liang's scenes."

"Okay," Lu Yan He sent a message to Yan Liang: The crew will handle the things on the internet. You tell your team, don't respond to anything for the time being, come to the crew first.

Yan Liang replied: Good.

An hour later, the news of Yan Liang suddenly leaving the crew fermented on the internet.

All kinds of conspiracy theories.

Yan Liang's fans are worried that Yan Liang was injured during shooting and is recuperating.

And some black fans who are making trouble are directly compiling various rumors, such as Yan Liang being dissatisfied with his character's scenes, having a big quarrel with Lu Yan He, Lu Yan He deleting more of Yan Liang's scenes for this, and the two parting on bad terms.

Of course, like such rumors, almost no one believes them.

The relationship between Lu Yan He and Yan Liang has really been tested for too many years. Such rumors are like someone suddenly spreading rumors that Hu Ge and Yuan Hong fell out because of the scenes in a play; others really feel it is nonsense.

Yet, at this very moment, another so-called "insider" broke the news: Yan Liang was indeed no longer on set, and Lu Yan He had been rewriting the script overnight, leaving the actors to film with flying pages every day for the past two days.

The most critical thing is that this "insider" also specifically took a photo, which is a comparison picture of two photos stitched together. Above is the original script, with a line of lines for that character of Yan Liang, and below is the modified script, where the character and lines have changed.

Once this photo came out, those who didn't believe this breaking news had to believe it.

For a time, the *Friends* drama fans and Yan Liang's fans frantically poured into the comment section of the *Friends* official Weibo, as well as the comment section of Bai Jingnian, Lu Yan He, and other main creators, asking if this was true.

"This person can access the latest modified script."

"However, this person seems not to know that Yan Liang is coming back immediately, and he is convinced that Yan Liang has left the crew, completely in a tone of not knowing that Yan Liang can still come back, which shows that he did not get the latest script that Lu Yan He modified overnight yesterday."

Hu Siwei took this opportunity to keenly grasp an opportunity to find out the "mole."

"Go and check immediately, who can receive the modified script, but did not receive the modified script for the first time this morning." Hu Siwei finished arranging, let out a breath, he came to Lu Yan He's side during the shooting gap, "Fortunately, it is not a key figure, and cannot get your latest modified script for the first time, otherwise, it would really be a very bad scene."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Siwei brother, after you find this person, don't startle the snake first, okay?" Lu Yan He said.

"Hmm? Why?" Hu Siwei asked.

"I want to see if there are other people behind him who are following him to take action," Lu Yan He said, actually referring to Zhang Yuezhen and Chen Pinhe.

The reason Lu Yan He suspected them both for the first time was really not because of personal grievances.

It was that the focus of this matter actually focused on the dispute between Lu Yan He and Yan Liang—

This matter looked like some black fans' rumors, but after the "insider" appeared, it had some "genuine" meaning and was widely touted.

However, people in the crew actually all know why Yan Liang left the crew, at most they don't know that it was specifically because his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

But now the topics fermented on the internet, none of the spearheads point to this point, but instead are making rumors about him and Yan Liang out of thin air.

This is very targeted.

At least now the fans of Lu Yan He and Yan Liang have started to quarrel.

Borrowing force to hit force, or sowing discord? -

Lu Yan He specifically sent another message to Yan Liang, asking him not to appear in the crew for the time being, the crew is catching a mole.

Yan Liang quickly replied with a "Good" word.

He didn't ask Lu Yan He why throughout the whole process, and didn't ask Lu Yan He how the crew would respond to the public about this matter throughout the whole process.

He believes that Lu Yan He and the *Friends* crew will not do anything unfavorable to him.

"If it is really someone in the crew who reported to Zhang Yuezhen and Chen Pinhe, and Zhang Yuezhen and Chen Pinhe are behind it, what do you plan to do?"

Chen Ziyan asked.

Lu Yan He: "Haven't thought about it yet, but since the eye line can pass back the things we don't want them to know, conversely, can it also pass back the things we want them to know?"

Chen Ziyan: "Hmm, this is not a fresh move, but it is indeed useful if used correctly."

Lu Yan He: "I am thinking, this matter might need you to go out."

"Hmm?"

"After finding out who that person is, I don't come to the crew, I act in any play, people may not necessarily believe it, Zhang Yuezhen and Chen Pinhe will suspect even more," Lu Yan He said, "Still need you to cooperate."

Chen Ziyan: "Okay, then I will wait for your call."

Lu Yan He said okay.

This person is actually not difficult to find.

Those who can get the flying pages of the script, the number is not small, not large, *Friends* is a sitcom, not a very big crew, adding up all departments, there are only so many people.

Because that "insider" didn't receive the latest modified script that Lu Yan He modified yesterday, comparing the two groups of people, the suspects are among a few people.

Hu Siwei checked their background interpersonal relationships and resumes, and he had a count in his heart, and finally he only needed to scam them.

"This is the latest script for the afternoon. Yan Liang can come back. You hurry up and take the latest script to handle XXXX."

Say such a sentence to everyone, let them know the news that Yan Liang can come back in the afternoon.

At this time, their reaction is a mirror of the monster.

Of course, for the sake of stability, it is also necessary to arrange for people to secretly stare at them to see who calls or sends messages for the first time.

Before lunch, Hu Siwei told Lu Yan He the person most suspected.

Lu Yan He nodded and only said: "Siwei brother, then you help me keep an eye on this person, let's pretend we don't know anything."

"Good," Hu Siwei nodded.

"Oh, by the way, can you send me a copy of this person's information?" Lu Yan He said.

"What's wrong with this," Hu Siwei had already guessed that what Lu Yan He wanted to do was not as simple as he said before, but he didn't ask anything, raised his hand, and patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder.

After Lu Yan He received this person's information, he sent it to Chen Ziyan.

Chen Ziyan has her own channels to investigate whether this person has any private relationship with Zhang Yuezhen and Chen Pinhe.

Yan Liang finally returned to the crew after waiting for two hours outside the studio.

At 12:48 PM, the *Friends* crew released a behind-the-scenes photo with the shooting time of 12:42 PM today in the lower right corner.

It is a photo of crew members sitting together eating boxed lunches.

There are about twenty people in the photo.

Yan Liang is sitting on an iron ladder on the left side of the photo, holding a boxed lunch, while Lu Yan He is sitting on a small stool on the side, the two seem to be chatting about something, the overall atmosphere is relaxed, comfortable, and there is not a bit of what is said on the internet—

The meaning of falling out.

"How did he come back so quickly? Didn't you tell me that he wouldn't return to the crew anymore?"

Zhang Yuezhen questioned angrily.

"I don't know either. Lu Yan He's script has been modified to the shooting scenes three days later. Who knows that it was suddenly said just now that Yan Liang is back. Maybe the family matter has been solved."

Zhang Yuezhen was furious.

She was really angry.

You know, the cost of doing such a large-scale internet public opinion marketing is not low.

As a result, people easily solved it in less than half a day.

Zhang Yuezhen suspected for a moment that Lu Yan He colluded with this person to deliberately disgust her.

But this thought was quickly put down.

Yan Liang left for two days, really left, and the impact on the crew was really caused. No one would do this kind of killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred things.

"Ah—"

Zhang Yuezhen still hammered the sofa hard.

How can Lu Yan He's side be able to solve it so easily every time?!

What Lu Yan He didn't expect at all was that after Yan Liang returned to the crew, his acting state was almost unaffected.

You know, what they are acting in is still a sitcom.

Need to be relaxed, need to be happy, need to be able to make everyone feel comfortable.

In his spare time, Yan Liang spent most of his time sending messages and making calls with his mobile phone, and his expression didn't look much relaxed, but as long as the machine was turned on, he could throw everything away and completely enter the state.

Lu Yan He was really shocked.

Chen Siqi said: "While you absolutely believe in the talent, hard work, and seriousness of your friends, you have actually ignored their changes. Don't talk about them, you have changed a lot. Yan Liang has acted for so many years, and he values *Friends* so much, and he has such a sense of responsibility, how could he not force himself to become a truly professional actor? He is not the new actor who just transformed from an idol to an actor."

Chen Siqi asked: "Would you ask for leave from the crew because you want to attend the awards ceremony before? At least in your psychology, you don't want to, right?"

Lu Yan He immediately knew what she was going to say.

"But now, for example, the Lingyun Awards, and the Golden Globe Awards, you will go, right?" Chen Siqi said, "Before, you thought professionalism was to devote yourself to shooting wholeheartedly and perform without distraction, but after so many years, your understanding of professionalism has also changed. You now know that professionalism is not affecting the final presentation of the play. You have confidence that you will not delay the crew's shooting because of your leave, thereby delaying the quality of the play. Your concept of professionalism has changed."

"Before, you also said that every time you leave the crew and come back, you need to find the state again, and you need to find it for a long time, but now you rarely worry about this problem, because you don't need to spend a long time to find the state, your mastery and understanding of performance have gone further, and your professional ability has also become stronger."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"You are right."

Chen Siqi said: "Yan Liang's mother is coming tomorrow, right?"

"Yes," Lu Yan He said.

"When are you going to visit? I'll go with you," Chen Siqi said.

"I'm planning to go tomorrow night. Is it convenient for you?"

"Okay, then let's meet at the hospital entrance," Chen Siqi suddenly changed the subject, "Also, you are really a fool."

"Ah?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

How is he a fool again?

Chen Siqi: "Why do you think Yan Liang can have this performance on set? After he left, you modified the script every day and covered everything for him. He only left for three days and rushed back. How could he allow himself to drop the chain on the scene? It's all forced out by himself."

"Didn't you just say that this is professional quality—"

"Professional is professional, character is character, professional ethics

Lu Yan He fell silent.

"Yan Liang has rejected our framework for cooperation," Huang Zhongjing said to Mrs. Huang.

Mrs. Huang: "Not surprising. With Lu Yan He backing him, he has no reason to cooperate with us."

Huang Zhongjing: "Then do you think we should continue to hold our ground like this and not attempt to enter the overseas market?"

Mrs. Huang: "Lu Yan He's path is difficult to replicate. In fact, even if Yan Liang had agreed to cooperate, I wouldn't be optimistic about the prospects. You know as well as I do that success is very hard to come by; it would just be an attempt."

"That's true," Huang Zhongjing nodded, "but if we don't try, there will always come a time when we stagnate and are overtaken by other companies."

"Do you know? Yu Qin's next film project is very likely not to be produced independently, but will instead accept investment from Aurora Films," Mrs. Huang smiled slightly. "She isn't going to Linghe Films, but is cooperating with Aurora Films—the person currently in charge of Aurora Films is Wang Xiao, Lu Yan He's senior at Zhenhua University. Old Huang, Lu Yan He's vision for the entire film landscape is massive, truly massive. You previously hoped that Long Yan could become his partner, but look, after working with him on a few films, Liu Bige is no longer under our control, and he has no intention of continuing to cooperate with us in any depth. He has his own power base and doesn't need us."

Huang Zhongjing: "That is because of some previous events that pushed him away first. There is no point in saying these things now. What I want to hear is whether you have any constructive suggestions."