[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta":3,"chapter-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-62":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Playboy of Huayu: How Did a Celestial Immortal Transform Me?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297688,4495,"Chapter 62: The Seventh Day","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>Lu Kuan exhaled a puff of smoke with a pained expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's Zhang Tianshuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ming asked in surprise: \"He's involved?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A while back, I had a conflict with him at a party with friends at a bar; he's here for revenge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly recalled another identity of this young director: a rock singer who had one, and only one, representative work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then those three people from Xiangjiang...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan said doubtfully: \"I really don't know about that. It’s not just a day or two that this bunch in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle has looked down on mainland crews, actors, and directors. Perhaps they have some private agreement with Zhang Tianshuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He flipped open the contract text: \"The performance contracts they signed stipulate a breach of contract penalty of three times their salary; they shouldn't be stupid enough to just act like hooligans and go on strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Tianshuo is their hired thug, specifically playing the role of a troublemaker. As long as he can delay the crew from starting work normally, they can file for unilateral termination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ming nodded silently; this was an all-out siege targeting Lu Kuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since appearing on the Spring Festival Gala in 2000, Xie Tingfeng had been popular throughout Xiangjiang and the mainland, especially with his high-profile romance with the diva Wang Fei over the past two years, which was very eye-catching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with new-generation actors like Chen Guanxi and Yu Wenle, Lu Kuan was no match for them in terms of fan numbers and public opinion momentum alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there was the Emperor force represented by Zhang Jianting, and Zhang Tianshuo's influence and connections in the mainland rock circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how one looked at it, Lu Kuan had no chance of winning; it seemed this crew really couldn't be saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two chatted for a while longer, and seeing that Lu Kuan was too worried to have the heart to talk, Gu Ming took his leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned to his room and lit a cigarette, suddenly catching sight of a newspaper on the coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brawl at Langfang Railway Station Square, well-known domestic rock singer accused of being the mastermind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ming suddenly felt alert and went over the sequence of events from when he first met Lu Kuan, as well as the background of Lu Kuan that he had investigated, from beginning to end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to the landline and dialed a number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, this is the front desk, how may I help you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, I'd like to ask, were the newspapers in 402 delivered to the room by you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front desk clerk had a clear, gentle, and moving voice: \"Yes, sir. It started a few days ago; it is a routine service of this establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ming got up and flipped through a few copies of the *Beiping Traffic News*; the dates indeed started from three days ago, and he immediately realized this was a guest house under the Ministry of Transport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was customary in this era for subordinate guest houses to subscribe to official newspapers according to organizational requirements; many state-funded newspapers and magazines survived on these policies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Langfang brawl incident happened in front of the railway station; everything was quite logical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he pick up the newspaper and read it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Langfang, brawl, disco, Zhang Tianshuo...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Jingcheng area, even those not in the entertainment circle had heard of Zhang Tianshuo's slight notoriety, and he was no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ming couldn't be bothered to care why he could be so arrogant, why he could always remain above the law, or why he committed such evil deeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was raised with strict discipline and only wanted to act well, but after this incident, it would be unreasonable not to help out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, everything was being done according to the law; this bunch of Xiangjiang people were the ones who broke the rules and the law first, so he had nothing to avoid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan was also very cautious; this Senior Brother Gu was a person with a strong and sensitive character who only wanted to rely on his own strength to interpret the roles he liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he asked for help directly, tearing through the veil between them, and was then misunderstood as intentionally using him to succeed in the audition, the matter would not be accomplished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May 19, 2002; this was already the seventh day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bald old man held the crew's mineral water in his left hand and fanned himself with a broken bamboo fan in his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young man, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but sometimes one has to know when to yield. You making things like this makes us feel quite embarrassed too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An older woman on the side chimed in: \"Exactly. They say a man shouldn't throw an egg against a rock; you can't beat these people. Hurry up and yield so we can all disperse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei was pouting on the side: \"You know clearly that this is wrong, so why are you helping the evildoer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This little girl, she looks quite pretty, why doesn't she know how to talk!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked woman fanned herself and circled over: \"Do you think we want to come out in such hot weather? Don't we need to eat? Are you going to give us money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei put her hands on her hips, ready to snap back, but was blocked by Lu Kuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go do your morning exercises.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young girl was about to explode with anger and couldn't help but complain to Liu Xiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, Lu Kuan is too spineless. He's supposed to be a grown man, but he has no backbone at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were him, I would have driven these old folks away long ago!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiao looked worriedly at the young director in the distance and said nothing; she was also thinking of backing out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original agreement was to send her daughter to the Venice red carpet through this film, plus the help Mei Yanfang provided in terms of music and Xiangjiang resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why they had unanimously agreed to let Lu Kuan buy into Red Star Dock, but now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xixi, why don't we stop coming for now starting tomorrow? Why don't you let your godfather find another crew and see if there are any other opportunities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei looked at her in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you saying, Mom? Isn't Lu Kuan part of Red Star Dock? Aren't we on the same side?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the young girl's simple view of good and evil and factional divisions, Liu Xiao's actions were no different from defecting in the face of battle and stabbing one of their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiao shook her head silently; the equity transfer procedures hadn't been completed yet, so there was still room to maneuver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they were completed, with Cheng Jing's methods...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to go, then go. I'm staying here until he disbands the crew!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei set her little face, shook off her mother's arm, and walked away angrily, silently doing her morning exercises in a corner of the studio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan, Ning Hao, and Gu Ming, the three from the Beijing Film Academy, smoked outside the studio, speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere was so stifling it felt like murder. Gu Ming glanced at Lu Kuan in the swirling smoke; he couldn't see the expression on his face, but he imagined it wouldn't be very pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going to the bathroom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one responded to him; Gu Ming took out his phone and walked toward a deserted area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Yifei was concentrating on her physical training. After initial joint breathing and line training, her physical training had improved very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might also be thanks to her dance training since childhood, which allowed her to integrate various difficult movements well, such as the dolphin-style walk she was doing now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first form of formal physical training in *Simple Drama*, requiring the performer to extend both arms to the sides, rotating both shoulders and arms while walking, and then pushing the elbows back as far as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came various variation exercises; while moving the whole body, the shoulders were hunched toward the neck, imagining oneself as a dolphin, and then increasing the difficulty by adding walking on tiptoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Preoccupied with her thoughts, Liu Yifei didn't notice the person coming from behind and swung her arms right into him, stepping exactly on the foot of Chen Guanxi, who had just arrived at the set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1428,"2026-06-20T06:05:17.358Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","bf88af057c19880b76a7c3e3e79cf8c5d9bb4f192f9a62fa7ec81967aaf37edc","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-63","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-61",343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-cover.jpg"]