Chapter 871: Shrew!

Many child stars were once brilliant, but because of various reasons, perhaps they overdrawn the luck of life in advance, and enjoyed the most brilliant appearance of life in advance, the rest of their lives are learning how to self-consistently with a "downhill" life.

The male lead of the original *Home Alone* destroyed himself early because of family reasons, and spent many years rebuilding his life.

Adults find it difficult to handle the changes brought about by sudden wealth and sudden fame, let alone a child.

Lu Yan He and Chen Ziyan spent a lot of effort to maintain the stability of Huang Feng's life, not letting those bad, unclean things enter his childhood, and tried their best to let everything about him as an actor and star be like something that happened during the holiday, it was just a festival, a bunch of fireworks, and when these ended, he still had his normal life.

Therefore, even though Huang Feng is so popular now, globally popular, with a lot of work invitations, Shi Huo basically only controls it during holidays, weekends, and winter and summer vacations, and absolutely does not let Huang Feng ask for leave during normal times—

It's not that they must make Huang Feng's grades very good, but they hope to establish a sense of order in life for him.

If a person grows up in a disorderly state of life, that would be a very terrible thing.

Lu Yan He asked Huang Fenglian: "Does Xiao Feng himself want to continue acting?"

Huang Fenglian nodded and said: "He quite likes the set."

Lu Yan He said: "You know, actually Huang Feng has a talent for acting, and he starred in *Home Alone* which is so successful globally, almost the whole world knows him. The income brought by the *Home Alone* series can make him not have to consider money for the rest of his life, and he can enjoy the subsequent copyright income for the rest of his life. Therefore, I am thinking, since *Home Alone* is finished, can he let life return to normal, not like before, working during winter and summer vacations, almost all holidays are working, shooting commercials, recording programs, all kinds of press releases, I really think it's too hard for his age."

Huang Fenglian hesitated when she heard Lu Yan He say this, and nodded, "Actually, I have thought about this, but I am also thinking, he has already appeared in *Home Alone*, even if we pretend that none of this happened and let him become an ordinary child, growing up ordinarily, can he do it? He is now at school, whether it is teachers or classmates, they know very clearly that he is the most popular and most welcomed child in the world."

Lu Yan He: "Indeed, it's difficult, and I don't think he can grow up in an ordinary way, or even spend this life ordinarily, but he can still have a choice. He is too young, acting in *Home Alone* is of course a very interesting experience, besides *Home Alone*, he is also the protagonist of *Tropical Rainy Season*, nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor, he achieved achievements in a very young age that most male actors can't achieve in a lifetime. But I hope he can still have a choice, it's not that he has all this that others want to have but can't have, so he lost the right to give up all this."

Huang Fenglian didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Of course, if he likes acting and still wants to continue acting, to be honest, we are of course willing, he is the highest-paid child star in the world, whether it is shooting our own films or taking outside films, he can earn a lot of money. Even if he doesn't act, just taking endorsements and business, it is also a huge income." Lu Yan He looked at Huang Fenglian seriously, "However, is this what he is willing to do now? A person's childhood is only once, he can use all the holidays of two or three years to work, to act, but does he want to put his whole childhood in a place where he might stay for the rest of his life? Or, can you use the holiday time to take him to see the world, return to Malaysia to see his original friends, or read a few books, go to an amusement park, and take remedial classes with classmates?"

In his life, even if his work was so busy, his friends never missed out. They would seize every opportunity to have parties, dinners, and chats. Regarding the things that happened in each other's lives, Lu Yan He didn't say he knew everything, but it really wasn't completely blank.

Precisely because Lu Yan He knew very clearly what these real lives meant to his life, Lu Yan He sincerely hoped that Huang Feng didn't need to indulge in the halo and attention for a while.

On this point, Huang Tianlin's attitude was consistent with Lu Yan He's.

Huang Tianlin even had a big fight with Huang Fenglian because of this matter.

Lu Yan He didn't see the two of them fighting. Because it happened that there was no filming for him that afternoon, Lu Yan He went to the nearby market with Chen Siqi to stroll around.

When he returned to the crew in the evening, Lu Yan He felt that the atmosphere on set was a bit strange, and after asking, he knew what was going on: Huang Tianlin had a big fight with Huang Fenglian in the afternoon, so big that the afternoon's scenes weren't shot.

Besides this, Lu Yan He found that the look everyone gave him was also a bit strange.

Lu Yan He couldn't help but be a bit puzzled, and asked two more questions, but others refused to answer.

A little later, Wang Biao found out some news and knew why the people in the crew had such a strange attitude toward Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He asked: "What exactly is going on?"

Wang Biao said: "Huang Feng's mother fought with Director Huang Tianlin and said in front of many people that you don't want Huang Feng to continue being a very popular child star, asking Director Huang Tianlin to communicate with you about this matter, saying that if you don't plan to arrange acting for Huang Feng later, why not see what conditions can be used to terminate the contract."

Lu Yan He: "..."

He looked at Wang Biao with his mouth agape, and for a moment he was stunned, not having come back to his senses.

Wang Biao shrugged his shoulders and said: "Unbelievable, Director Huang scolded Huang Feng's mother, and Huang Feng's mother blamed Director Huang for not caring about his nephew at all."

Lu Yan He: "Amazing."

Wang Biao said: "I also think it's unbelievable, I felt it was incredible when I heard it."

Lu Yan He: "What about Huang Feng?"

"Don't know." Wang Biao shook his head, "I really never thought that someone would rake muck like this."

Lu Yan He: "I didn't expect it either."

Wang Biao asked: "Little Brother Lu, will we still get involved in Huang Feng's affairs in the future?"

"Why not get involved?" Lu Yan He said, "Huang Feng is the lead of *Home Alone* and also a signed actor of Shi Huo. By reason and by emotion, publicly and privately, we cannot sit idly by regarding his affairs. As for Huang Fenglian's attitude, when we signed with Huang Feng at the beginning, she also signed it. Regarding Huang Feng's brokerage affairs, it is based on Shi Huo's professional opinion, she is only Huang Feng's guardian, making judgments on whether each of Huang Feng's jobs is suitable to take, but she cannot bypass us and contact any work directly."

Wang Biao: "What if she goes to the media to say some unpleasant things, blaming you, what should we do?"

Lu Yan He: "Everything about Huang Feng is on record, we are upright and sit straight, no need to care about what she says, if she really lies, then clarify, in fact, we were prepared for this from the beginning, weren't we? She was not a good person to deal with from the beginning."

Wang Biao breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Indeed."

Lu Yan He said: "I have always told her to ask Huang Feng and see what Huang Feng thinks, but she has never answered this question for me. To be honest, I have known Huang Feng for so long, he is a very clever child. For us adults, because of responsibility, interests, etc., we might be willing to work continuously, but for Huang Feng, if you say fame, interests, attention, these things can bring him temporary happiness and stimulation, I believe it, if you say he doesn't care at all that his time to play with classmates and friends is sacrificed, doesn't care at all that other children of the same age can stay at school and study well, but he has to ask for leave from time to time, winter and summer vacations, weekends are basically working, I don't believe it at all."

Wang Biao thought of something and asked: "Little Brother Lu, when you were in high school, working while studying, did you feel very hard?"

"Hmm." Lu Yan He nodded, "Looking back now, of course I feel that the intensity was not that great, but at that time I was only ten-something, and my endurance wasn't that strong. At that time, I really felt that except for sleeping, there wasn't a moment that I could be idle. Especially in the third year of high school, there was the pressure of the college entrance examination, wanting to get into a good university in one fell swoop, but there was no way not to work at all—at that time, I was very poor, and it was hard to get a job, just thinking about earning a little bit, now thinking about it, it was a very complex and contradictory state."

Wang Biao: "Without the pressure of survival to work, actually the pain brought

"That's true," Lu Yan He nodded. "Look at my work now; I basically choose it all myself, and it's nothing I'd resist. It wasn't like that back then. Back then, I had to try every possible way to make the most of every opportunity, and the psychological pressure was immense. As for Huang Feng, I didn't go through the child star phase he did, but I know the pressure he has to bear is definitely not small, even if I haven't experienced it myself."

Wang Biao nodded.

"You are really good to him."

Lu Yan He: "I know why his mother hopes he won't stop and wants him to keep filming. Indeed, the opportunity is too rare. In the whole world, Huang Feng is the only one who has reached the top at this age. Now, Hollywood film companies are offering him a salary of up to ten million dollars; it's very exaggerated. Perhaps if he stops for a few years and waits until he's an adult to act again, many people will have forgotten him. However, I feel that with me and Huang Tianlin around, he won't lack roles whenever he wants to return to acting, even if few people remember him by then and the market conditions have changed. But that is still better than him looking back and regretting that he had no childhood. If money is gone, you can work hard to earn it back; if popularity is lost, you can work hard to make people recognize you again. But if a childhood is gone, it is truly gone, never to return."

Wang Biao: "Huang Fenglian really should listen to these words."

Lu Yan He smiled and shook his head.

"It wouldn't be useful even if she heard them; her life experience determines her values," Lu Yan He said. "In her perception, her way of thinking is what's best for Huang Feng."

The next day, Huang Fenglian left with Huang Feng.

Everyone knew she had left in a fit of temper.

It was quite speechless. However, Huang Tianlin acted as if nothing had happened and didn't even say a single word to Lu Yan He regarding this matter.

Seeing this, Lu Yan He naturally didn't bring it up either. He just let the matter pass silently.

Suddenly, someone nearby let out an exclamation.

Lu Yan He turned his head to look.

The other person was covering their mouth with one hand in an exaggerated manner, dumbfounded, not knowing what news they had seen.

Lu Yan He asked: "Is it news related to me?"

The other person shook their head and said: "It's Jiang Yuqian and Li Zhibai; the two of them are actually together!"

Immediately following that, another exclamation sounded from a bit further away.

Lu Yan He's first reaction was: are so many people on the set looking at their phones?

Jiang Yuqian is a very famous female star on a global scale.

News about her relationships is like setting a fire in the wilderness, spreading across the entire world with unstoppable force.

And just as they had expected, the reaction of Li Zhibai's fans was like being splashed with sulfuric acid—screaming, angry, and reactive, frantically cursing, abusing, and even boycotting Jiang Yuqian.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuqian herself is also a female star with a massive fan base; in fact, her fame and popularity overseas are far higher than Li Zhibai's. She wouldn't be easily bullied by Li Zhibai's fans.

Everything happening right now was within expectations.

Jiang Yuqian and Li Zhibai left China directly and came to the United States to promote "Love is Not Blind," which is set to be released in March.

The rumors of them being together undoubtedly added fuel to the fire for the film's release.

Although saying this might lead to accusations of sexism from some—however, compared to male stars who don't follow the idol traffic route, female stars' relationships always receive more gossip attention.

"Love is Not Blind," starring Jiang Yuqian and Li Zhibai, suddenly jumped to the top of the search rankings on various social media platforms.

Many people didn't know the truth and even thought this was their love-defining work.

The truth was, of course, not like that. But because such an impression was beneficial to the film's promotion, under the advice of the PR team, they didn't clarify the matter immediately, but let it be widely publicized as a misconception.

If Jiang Yuqian hadn't been followed to the United States by an extreme fan of Li Zhibai who pointed at her nose and called her an old woman, this matter could actually have been transitioned over slowly.

When that extreme fan took advantage of Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian recording a show to find a way to sneak onto the set and lose control, screaming insults in full view of everyone, Li Zhibai stood up immediately, hugged Jiang Yuqian, and angrily retorted: "Try saying that one more time! You shrew!"