Chapter 993

Chen Siqi: "Then can you accept it?"

"The subconscious reaction is resistance, because I don't want to gain any benefits from this, but rationally, I know Sister Ziyan is right, so even if it's hard to accept, I will force myself to accept it. This matter is already rotten enough, the rotten things that happened to me, I treat it as a card to play at the right time, that is my ability."

Lu Yan He looked like he was explaining his thoughts to Chen Siqi, but in fact, he was also convincing himself.

"I'm not happy to accept that Chen Pinhe is really my father, can I decide that? I can't be remade, I can only be like eating a fly, the only thing I can do is to pull it out quickly."

Chen Siqi: "... You disgusted me."

"Hmm," Lu Yan He laughed.

"Sister Ziyan has always been protecting you."

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded. "To be honest, whether it's the United States or here in China, it all depends on Sister Ziyan supporting me, which gives me the opportunity to truly retaliate back now."

"You want to retaliate against Zhang Yuezhen, what about Chen Pinhe?"

"Dead and not interacting."

Chen Siqi: "Just like now?"

"Just like now."

When the avalanche happened, deep in Chen Pinhe's heart, it was surprisingly calm.

Like the eye of a storm.

Since Ma Zhongquan stopped answering his calls, Chen Pinhe knew the worst thing was about to happen.

Star Entertainment's statement hung his name brightly on it.

No reason, no cause.

Only the identity of a "behind-the-scenes instigator."

Once, the names of Lu Yan He and Chen Pinhe were put together as representatives of Chinese filmmakers.

Later, the names of Lu Yan He and Chen Pinhe were put together because they were at odds, because of "Doomsday," they formed a grudge and became hostile.

Now, the truth is revealed. As early as ten years ago, Chen Pinhe had already started looking for people to suppress Lu Yan He. At that time, Lu Yan He was still unknown.

Chen Pinhe's executive agent, public relations manager, brand agent... everyone tried to contact him.

They needed to confirm the authenticity of the news before they could proceed with the next operation.

In one day, from Ma Zhiyuan to Zhou Ping'an, from Zhou Ping'an to Ma Zhongquan, now, the drum-passing flower finally passed to Chen Pinhe's hands.

Why?

Everyone is asking why.

Ma Zhiyuan is Lu Yan He's competitor, Zhou Ping'an and Ma Zhongquan are the upper management of Lu Yan He's company at Star Entertainment, no matter what, they have a practical relationship with Lu Yan He, what's going on with Chen Pinhe?

Why would he inexplicably go to suppress a small artist?

Even it can be said, a small artist who might not even be known by Chen Pinhe at the time?

Everyone is asking why.

Chen Pinhe has no mind to answer why now.

Compared to the avalanche in front of him, what Chen Pinhe is more worried about is that Zhang Yuezhen once wanted to kill Lu Yan He.

Chen Pinhe was roasted on the fire for two days, and he didn't stand up to make any response.

Lu Yan He didn't either.

"Friends" started filming in such a clamor and boiling.

No delay, no leave.

Not affected by anything.

The crew of "Friends" was surrounded like an iron bucket.

Outside the studio, iron fences were put up directly to prevent media and others from approaching.

The crew management was unprecedentedly strict.

But no one complained.

Everyone understood what was happening.

Lu Yan He performed on the set of "Friends" as relaxed and humorous as ever, chatting and laughing with everyone.

However, an atmosphere of wanting to speak but stopping naturally permeated the air.

In the eyes of many people looking at Lu Yan He, there was confusion and curiosity.

Bai Jingnian, Zhan Yun, and the others, none of them took the initiative to bring up this matter, let alone ask Lu Yan He, tacitly chatting about the script and other gossip.

By the end of November, several news came one after another.

He Yuan actually didn't make a move on Feng Xiu and He Chunlai, but imprisoned them in a basement, arranged for people to watch them, and went to the UK himself.

The reason Chen Ziyan could know so detailedly was because among the people He Yuan found locally, there was an undercover agent arranged by Chen Ziyan, who would report the latest news every day.

After Zhou Ping'an sued Ma Zhiyuan, he took his mother abroad. Ma Zhiyuan, except for being detained for five days and paying a fine, didn't actually receive a very serious punishment.

However, just as Chen Qin said, his illegal behavior made him cut off his own artist path, he even tried to live stream again, and was locked by the platform less than two minutes after starting.

Of course, he was still jumping around, such as opening a small account, such as borrowing the mouth of a friend, constantly going crazy, creating new topics for this entertainment circle. Even later, because of some reason, he was caught again.

It's just that those have nothing to do with Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He was too lazy to pay attention.

He just kept an eye on the movements of Zhang Yuezhen and He Yuan.

North American awards season, several heavy nominations were announced.

"The Boat" sat firmly on the list of Best Foreign Language Film nominations, without any unexpected upsets.

Lu Yan He also got a Best Supporting Actor nomination, which was an unexpected joy.

Luo Yuzhong, Wen Shengming, and Yu Mengling were frequently asked about what happened to Lu Yan He recently when they were doing promotion in North America. They uniformly refused to answer, saying that these needed to be asked to Lu Yan He personally, and they would not answer on his behalf.

In December, the latest season of "Friends" started broadcasting.

The peak of the first episode's ratings broke 4% directly, and by the last episode, the ratings were steadily over 2.6%.

The best start ever.

Screen Actors Guild Awards, Critics Choice Awards, British Academy Film Awards...

One nomination list after another was announced.

After finishing the filming of "Friends," Lu Yan He flew to the United States and returned to the public relations team of "The Boat."

The media quickly surrounded him like sharks smelling blood.

Lu Yan He always said in a four-two-thousand-pound way: "I don't know how to respond. Just because someone disappeared, I don't need to take the responsibility to explain the situation to everyone. I don't have this responsibility, and I don't want to face this kind of embarrassing pain."

His wording was interpreted in various ways.

At the end of December, suddenly, someone unwilling to reveal their identity broke the news through "Variety": Lu Yan He's mother once served as Chen Pinhe's assistant.

The connection between Lu Yan He and Chen Pinhe finally emerged.

At this time, someone finally thought of Lu Yan He's relatives.

They wanted to find Lu Yan He's relatives to find out the truth, but they couldn't find anyone.

Parents died, elders died, uncle also died last year, leaving only an aunt and a cousin, whose whereabouts were unknown, and didn't know where they went.

For a time, Lu Yan He was suddenly filled with shadows and clouds.

Lu Yan He's past was once again excavated by the pervasive media.

This time, in addition to Lu Yan He's past, there was also the past of Lu Yan He's parents. Especially his mother's.

However, it had been too long.

Except for some old people in this circle, almost no paper materials were left.

Until the end of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, "The Boat" successfully won the award for Best Foreign Language Film, and no effective information was exposed.

Chen Pinhe had also disappeared for almost forty days.

No one found where he was, and no one contacted him.

Entering the new year.

Xitu'er International Film Festival announced the first batch of shortlisted films for the main competition unit.

"The Father," starring Lu Yan He and directed by Huang Tianlin, was on the list.

"Prison Break" started filming in Thailand.

"The Gold Rush: Ancient Legend" started the promotion for the Spring Festival file, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang combined, running everywhere.

Lu Yan He also appeared at the Yuming premiere ceremony of this film.

At the end of January, the Oscar nomination list was announced.

"The Boat" successfully entered the nomination list for Best Foreign Language Film as expected, and no accidents like "Storm Calmer No. 1" happened again.

Wen Shengming also successfully got the nomination for Best Actor—although there was no hope of winning, winning two consecutive years of Oscar nominations was itself a very remarkable achievement. Wen Shengming's popularity overseas was basically built up by the awards season of these two years.

In addition to Wen Shengming, Qin Shulan also won the nomination for Oscar Best Supporting Actress for the second time for "Grandma's Legacy."

This year's Best Actress was a big year for competition, and finally "Grandma's Legacy" changed the strategy of rushing for awards, letting Qin Shulan change to report for Best Supporting Actress.

Now, she can be said to be the highest-voiced candidate for Best Supporting Actress this year.

And Lu Yan He didn't have a miracle—entering the nomination list.

However, unexpectedly, "The Notebook" actually won a nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

This was a work that had no performance throughout the awards season, parachuting into the Oscar nomination list.

Of course, no one felt it didn't deserve it.

It returned to the ranks of box office blockbusters with a pure romance film, and this achievement alone was enough to make it win any nomination.

The Oscars have never been an award that only talks about art.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Martian" can also let the male lead win an Oscar Best Actor nomination, and "Batman" can even let Heath Ledger win.

This is something that the four major international film festivals wouldn't even think about.

"This year's Oscars, they want to invite you to be the presenter for the Best Director award."

Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yan He.

"Me?"

"Yes," Chen Ziyan nodded. "The weight of the presenter for this award is quite heavy."

"I know, so I'm very shocked," Lu Yan He said. "After all, I'm only twenty-nine."

"Almost thirty, thirty stands," Chen Ziyan laughed.

"Do Americans also have the saying of thirty stands?"

"I don't know about that," Chen Ziyan said. "This is a good thing."

Lu Yan He said: "Hmm, what's there to hesitate about, just take it."

"Good."

After Chen Ziyan finished the business, she smiled and said: "I also didn't expect that Chen Pinhe would really disappear like this."

"Don't know where he went?"

"The last time his whereabouts were checked was in the UK," Chen Ziyan said. "But that was also a month ago."

"Then I guess he's with Zhang Yuezhen," Lu Yan He said. "Are Feng Xiu and Zhang Chunlai still locked in that basement?"

"Yes," Chen Ziyan said. "Provided with good food and drink, except for not being able to go out, no freedom, nothing else."

"The two of them disappeared like this, and no one even asked."

"In a foreign land, who cares about them?" Chen Ziyan said. "Only in China, there are still some conspiracy theorists who actually think you killed them secretly."

"Sick."

Chen Ziyan laughed.

"You should have seen it, there are still some people saying that Chen Pinhe was also killed by you secretly."

"They think I can escape legal sanctions, right?"

"Conspiracy theories, anything can be thought of," Chen Ziyan shrugged. "Compared to this, what I care more about is Hezhou. He has been missing for so long, but he didn't go abroad, and there is no record of him going abroad. Where he is, I can never find him."

"Did his school not call the police?"

"He Yuan called the school and said his child had an accident, was in the hospital, and needed to apply for repeating a grade, and would go back to study again next year."

"Huh?" Lu Yan He showed a puzzled expression, "Fine, then it seems it's really He Yuan who hid Hezhou in advance to protect his son. Our abacus was empty, and we couldn't let He Yuan stand up and accuse Zhang Yuezhen through Hezhou."

Chen Ziyan: "It doesn't matter, this matter of He Chunlai and Feng Xiu is enough to kill He Yuan. When He Yuan returns to China, call the police immediately."

"Does Sister Qiu Ling know about this?" Lu Yan He knew that on the police side, although Chen Ziyan had her own connections, she also had contact with Qiu Ling.

"I didn't tell her. If I told her this kind of thing, as a police officer, she couldn't cooperate with us to wait for the rabbit, she would definitely report to the relevant departments to rescue He Chunlai and Feng Xiu. I am not that righteous, but don't drag others into the water."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"That's good, I'm also afraid of affecting her."

"If I don't send Zhang Yuezhen to prison, I'm always unwilling," Chen Ziyan took a deep breath. "So, the more it is at this time, the less you can be anxious. If you are anxious, you can't eat hot tofu. You must be patient and wait for the rabbit."

"Good," Lu Yan He nodded, "We wait for the rabbit."

Early February, Spring Festival.

Lu Yan He did not appear in this year's Spring Festival Gala.

The director team didn't invite him either.

Lu Yan He's situation this year is indeed not suitable for appearing in the Spring Festival Gala.

On the contrary, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang appeared.

They appeared as representatives of the Spring Festival film.

But they didn't perform any programs, just sat under the stage, and together with other film parties of the Spring Festival file, completed the opening show.

Some media asked them why they didn't perform programs at the Spring Festival Gala.

Li Zhibai said: "When everyone is here, we will perform for everyone again, everyone wait a moment."

This naturally refers to Lu Yan He.

At that time, Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi were at her grandmother's house.

Making dumplings together.

For the first time, he posted a "family photo" of them on a social platform.

—The snow is very heavy this year, but with family by my side, when the snow melts, spring will come.