Become famous another day.

However, the bad thing was that although the crew's filming went smoothly, it got dark in the mountains earlier than expected that day.

The light did not meet the requirements for shooting, so everyone had to leave the mountain early with regret.

Fu Kai said, "Although we didn't finish the shoot in one day, today's shoot went smoothly. Let's keep working on it."

Today's shoot went really smoothly.

There were no force majeure factors.

When filming on the road, the most feared thing is force majeure.

When he returned to the hotel at the foot of the mountain, Lu Yanhe felt that his feet were almost numb from the cold.

But the hot water in the hotel is not that hot yet.

Lu Yanhe first filled himself with a bucket of hot water, intending to warm his feet, but it turned out to have no such effect at all.

At this moment, Wang Biao came and knocked on the door.

"Little Brother Lu, you haven't slept yet, right?"

Lu Yanhe responded and said, "The door is not locked, just come in."

Wang Biao came in with a long object in his hand.

"Brother Lu, I bought a few hot springs. I tested the water temperature here during the day and it's not very hot." Wang Biao said, "I guess you've been filming in the mountains for a whole day, so you must want to take a warm shower."

Lu Yanhe looked at Wang Biao in surprise and said in shock: "Wang Biao, you are too reliable. I just think the water here is not hot enough."

Wang Biao smiled brightly and said, "Then I'll boil some hot water for you. You can soak in it first, and I'll add hot water to it later."

He came in directly, found a basin, heated a basin of hot water for Lu Yanhe, and then poured it into his foot washing bucket.

It's finally warm now.

Lu Yanhe sighed with satisfaction.
-
To be honest, the filming conditions of the movie "Road to Glory" were the worst that Lu Yanhe had ever experienced.

Hot water is just one aspect, there are many others.

Lu Yanhe was sleeping at night when he suddenly heard a strong wind outside. The whistling sound was like the whimpering of a monster, revealing an unsettling feeling.

Lu Yanhe wasn't afraid, but he felt a little nervous in this remote hotel at the foot of the mountain.

Unfortunately, the heating in this room doesn’t work well, and even though I’m wrapped in the quilt, my feet just can’t be warmed up.

When Lu Yanhe woke up the next day, he had dark circles under his eyes because he didn't sleep well.

Shang Yongzhou saw the same thing.

The hotel owner gave them breakfast.

There are no conditions here, just one bowl of noodles per person, no toppings, vegetarian, and an egg per person.

Lu Yanhe was really hungry. It was probably because the weather was cold, and the calories were consumed quickly, and he got hungry quickly. Lu Yanhe finished a bowl and even wanted another one.

However, he shouldn't eat it anymore.

When filming, you must pay special attention to controlling your body shape. On the big screen, one pound more or less may be very obvious.

Wang Biao prepared two large thermos bottles for him and said, "One bottle contains chicken soup. I asked the kitchen to make it specially. Brother Lu, if you are hungry, you can drink some. The other bottle contains warm water."

Lu Yanhe was once again shocked by Wang Biao's preparations.

Wang Biao said, "Don't be too touched, Brother Lu. This is all prepared for you according to the requirements of Sister Zi Yan and Sister Si Qi."

He had a bright smile on his face.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Okay, thank you very much."

Wang Biao said proudly: "It's what I should do."

After breakfast, we prepared to go up the mountain.

Of course there is no makeup team here, there is only one makeup artist who is responsible for the makeup of all the actors.

The main reason is that basically everyone in this movie appears in their "original ecology", which is commonly known as appearing without makeup.

But compared with pure bare face, there is still a little difference.

Because they both need to handle things a little more “daily”.

Both of them have a very good image. Because they usually take special care of their skin, their skin condition is also very good. Even without makeup, they still don’t look very “lifelike” when on camera, so they will ask makeup artists to make their skin a little rough, oily or even dull.

They both agreed with Fu Kai's request.

In fact, basically, as long as they are not deliberately making themselves look ugly, normal actors will accept such requests.
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It takes more than an hour to go up the mountain.

Lu Yanhe was riding in his own nanny car. After getting in the car, he put on headphones and listened to music.

I was listening to the latest performance of "Idol Era".

He always felt that he didn't have much talent in music, so he never dared to be a song copyist - because he didn't remember many songs, and it would be easy to use them up. For example, like now, he would occasionally take out a song when needed.

Despite this, he still likes listening to music very much.
-
"The feedback for your performance in this episode of 'Idol Era' was not very good. Some people said that your performances were becoming more and more perfunctory."

Zhou Ping'an frowned and looked at Li Zhibai, who was leaning lazily on the sofa, as if he had not woken up yet, and was rubbing his eyes with one hand.

Li Zhibai hummed.

"Are you too tired recently?" Zhou Pingan asked.

"You know best whether I'm tired or not, don't you?" Li Zhibai said, "I was assigned another live broadcast last night. I've been on two live broadcasts this month to promote products."

"These are all brands you endorse, and they are stipulated in the contract." Zhou Ping'an was a little helpless, "If you are too tired, you can ask for leave from "Idol Era" and take a break for two episodes."

Li Zhibai said: "It's the end of the year, and it's the most critical time to vote. You let me take a break for two periods to make way for Ma Zhiyuan?"

Zhou Ping'an's face froze.

"Why are you still targeting him? He and you are totally on different tracks."

"Who knows? Since I can act, can't he do it too?" Li Zhibai said, "Anyway, the dramas we act in don't require any acting skills. No matter how exaggerated the performance is, there will be fans who will buy it. If we create some topics and do some marketing, we can be another Li Zhibai."

Zhou Ping'an's face paused.

He knew why Li Zhibai treated him in such a lifeless manner today.

He finally got a little better some time ago, but today he completely dislikes him again.

It turned out that someone had leaked the information to him again.

These words were said by Zhou Pingan at the company's high-level meeting two days ago. When talking about Ma Zhiyuan's future development and positioning, these statements were mentioned.

Zhou Pingan cursed in his heart, wondering which gossipy woman had passed these words to Li Zhibai's ears.

"Zhi Bai, there's no need for us to dwell on this matter so much. I just used you as an example in the company meeting to tell them that Ma Zhiyuan can take this path in the future and doesn't have to be an idol forever." Zhou Pingan sighed, "I know you don't like Ma Zhiyuan, but I've never delayed your work because of him. Are you still dissatisfied?"

"Let me ask you, there was a drama called "Winter Inn" that came to me before, but you turned it down, saying that my schedule couldn't match it, is that right?" Li Zhibai asked with a stern face.

Zhou Pingan's heart skipped a beat again, and he said, "It seems like there is such a drama. Your schedule really doesn't match up, and you have to act in other dramas later. Liu Bige's new movie has been signed, and you will be filming this movie later, right?"

"If I remember correctly, Liu Bige's new movie was recommended to him by Yan He in December, so he approached me, right? You turned down Winter Inn to me in November." Li Zhibai looked at Zhou Ping'an coldly, "I tolerated many things in the past, but you turned down this drama, and then you recommended Ma Zhiyuan to play the role. What do you mean?"

At this moment, Zhou Pingan really didn't know what to say.

He didn't expect that Li Zhibai even knew about this matter.

"Do you really want me to change my agent?" Li Zhibai asked, "I'm not kidding you."

Li Zhibai has actually said this many times.

But no time made Zhou Ping'an feel that Li Zhibai was serious than this time.

Zhou Ping'an also knew that this was very unfair.

"Zhi Bai, the reason I turned down this drama is because it's just a romance drama, and the heroine is Meng Li." Zhou Ping'an said, "It's not suitable for you at all. I must turn it down."

"Then why did you give it to Ma Zhiyuan?" Li Zhibai said, "I told you a long time ago that you are not allowed to give my resources to Ma Zhiyuan even if they are wasted. I don't even want to share garbage with him. I told you a long time ago."

Zhou Pingan took a deep breath.

"He is also my artist, Zhibai, please stop acting like a child."

"You think I'm just being childish, right?" Li Zhibai looked at him coldly and nodded, "Okay, I get it. I have nothing to say to you. You can leave now."

Zhou Pingan: "Zhi Bai, you——"

"I don't want to talk to you anymore, just go away." Li Zhibai waved his hand listlessly.

The more he acted like this, the more uncertain Zhou Ping'an felt.

If Li Zhibai got angry with him or threw things at him, Zhou Ping'an would not feel so guilty or even panic.

Zhou Ping'an knew best how violent Li Zhibai's temper was.

A person with such a personality just lets you go coldly.

Zhou Ping'an knew very well that Li Zhibai was really pissed off.

"Zhi Bai, we will never do it again next time." Zhou Ping'an said immediately.

Li Zhibai glanced at the time and said, "The press conference for the second season of Friends will start soon. Don't you want to go and see Yan Liang's performance?"

Zhou Ping'an suddenly felt uneasy.

"If you don't want to leave, then I'll go find Yan Lianghao." Li Zhibai stood up and left without looking back.
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"The second season of 'Friends' starts today." Shang Yongzhou said to Lu Yanhe when he saw the message pushed on his mobile phone.

Both of them are resting now, chatting in the car.

Lu Yanhe was quite surprised and asked, "Really? I didn't know that."

Shang Yongzhou said: "We are holding a press conference for the second season."

Lu Yanhe leaned over and took a look with Shang Yongzhou.

The director of the second season of "Friends" is still Bai Jingnian.

Except that Lu Yanhe was replaced by Chen Ziliang, the cast is completely the same as the first season.

At such a press conference, a reporter asked, "Without Lu Yanhe participating in the second season, are you worried that the ratings of the second season will not be as good as the first season?"

"We have confidence in our drama," Bai Jingnian said. "Yan He has always said that Friendship is a success of collective creation. None of us in the second season has slacked off. I hope Friendship can become a truly evergreen series."

"The first season was filmed and broadcast at the same time, but this season was broadcast after filming was completed. There are eight more episodes than the first season, a total of 16 episodes. Will it still be broadcast weekly?"

"Yes, this season will be held every Friday and Saturday night from 9 to 9:30. Please come and support us."

……

Shang Yongzhou said: "In fact, the first season was so successful, but you just quit. I think it's a pity. Everyone knows that you had a lot to do with the success of the first season. At that time, apart from you, there was no other attraction for the show. All the publicity was done by you and your girlfriend. Now they are almost copying your methods."

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "It's okay. I have a good relationship with the creative team of the first season, and I hope they can continue with this series. This is a good sitcom and we can discuss many topics in it."

Shang Yongzhou nodded, "You are indeed confident enough in yourself. I believe that you will definitely be able to create a work that is more popular than Friends in the future, right? Because you have to know that Friends can bring an actor something that is very difficult to obtain, that is, national popularity, which is something that 99% of movie actors cannot get."

There are definitely fewer people watching movies than watching TV series.

This is the reality in the country.

Lu Yanhe also understood.

"It's okay, Senior Brother." Lu Yanhe smiled, "Like you said, I have great confidence in myself. I will have a sitcom that is no less impressive later."

"Is it the 'Wulin Wai Zhuan' that you exposed earlier?"

"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded.

"You're not acting in that drama." Shang Yongzhou said.

Lu Yanhe: "But I'm a screenwriter, same thing."

Shang Yongzhou wants to say that actors and screenwriters are different.

The screenwriter is still behind the scenes.

The first person the audience remembers is always the actor whose face they can see.

But seeing Lu Yanhe's relaxed and indifferent expression, he didn't say such words.

Shang Yongzhou didn't understand Lu Yanhe's self-confidence, and Lu Yanhe also knew that Shang Yongzhou didn't understand.

But he knew what he was doing.

He is not short of national popularity. In the past three years, what he lacked the least is national popularity.

So, whether he appears on camera or not, it doesn't matter to him. The key is that he is creating an image of a "creator", or even a "creator". He is not a brush in the hands of a painter, nor are he the five fingers of a pianist. He is a creator. This is what he wants to express.

The Best Actor title is not his ultimate pursuit.
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"Yan Liang, Yan He did not participate in the second season. Chen Ziliang was replaced to co-star with you in this drama. After this collaboration, what are your feelings about cooperating with Chen Ziliang that you can share with us?"

a reporter asked.

When Yan Liang heard this, he felt that this reporter was deliberately looking for trouble.

To stir up trouble.

Yan Liang turned around and looked at Chen Ziliang.

The latter looked at him with a complicated look.

Because Yan Liang was not very friendly to Chen Ziliang in the crew.

Yan Liang frowned slightly, then retracted his gaze and said, "Regarding our cooperation, everyone should just watch the show. Talking too much at this time will affect the audience's mood for watching the show."

Wen Minglan immediately stepped out to smooth things over, adding: "Please don't judge each other. In this season, our relationships have changed a lot. Don't let the real relationship between us affect the audience's understanding of the relationship between the characters in the play."

At this time, the reporter who asked the question just now said: "We heard that Chen Ziliang, as a new actor in the second season, was excluded by the actors in your first season. Is this true?"

As soon as this question was asked, the whole audience was in an uproar and looked at them in surprise.

Yan Liang was also somewhat shocked at this moment and felt at a loss. Before the press conference, they had anticipated many questions that reporters might ask, but they had never expected that a reporter would specifically write about the relationship between Chen Ziliang and them.

Everyone else was a little overwhelmed.

None of them had any experience in answering this kind of questions, and most importantly, they really didn't get along with Chen Ziliang on the set and their relationship was a bit strained.

Yan Liang couldn't help but start thinking, if Lu Yanhe were here, how would he resolve this problem.

"I think this question is ridiculous." Suddenly, an unexpected voice sounded.

Yan Liang was startled and turned to look.

The person who spoke was Zhan Yun, who played Li Lili.

Her personality is somewhat rash and impulsive.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Yan Liang subconsciously worried that she might say something wrong.

But Zhan Yun immediately continued speaking.

"Chen Ziliang debuted many years earlier than us, and he's a big star. When will it be our turn to exclude him?" Zhan Yun looked at the reporter with dissatisfaction, "Why do you feel this way? Is there something that makes you feel this way?"

The reporter smiled and said, "I heard that, too."

"Who told you that? Who is so careless with his mouth?" Zhan Yun said aggressively, "Are you spreading this rumor to accuse us of bullying Chen Ziliang? A star of Chen Ziliang's level, is it possible for us rookies to bully him? Don't be so funny, okay? And I also ask the reporters who come next to me not to ask such funny questions, it will make you look unprofessional."

Zhan Yun's aggressive accusation made the atmosphere at the scene tense.

Wen Minglan and Bai Jin sat on either side of Zhan Yun. Wen Minglan held Zhan Yun's right hand, while Bai Jin looked at Zhan Yun with concern.

Among the three girls, only Zhan Yun is the type who dares to say whatever she thinks.

Her words were so sharp that even Yan Liang and her friends sitting next to her found them irritating, not to mention the media.

The media were in an uproar and started talking about it.
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People had already predicted that the second season of "Friends" would become popular before it was aired. After all, it was a hit before, so the sequel would definitely attract attention.

However, no one expected or wanted to be noticed and become popular in this way.

Zhan Yun’s remarks made the media reporters somewhat unhappy.

However, the question raised by the media reporter also made many fans of the drama and the actors unhappy.

Isn't this just looking for trouble?

He got close to them and asked them if they were having a conflict with Chen Ziliang.

Which normal media would ask this kind of question at the press conference of a new drama.

Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and the final result was a quarrel.

After Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou finished filming, they were in the car going down the mountain. Shang Yongzhou's driver went down the mountain in advance to buy shoes and socks for him. Filming in the snow and ice, one pair of shoes after another got wet. The last pair was also wet today, and the previous ones were not dried yet.

Shang Yongzhou took Lu Yanhe's car down the mountain.

Shang Yongzhou sighed, his face twitching, "My feet are almost numb from the cold."

Lu Yanhe said, "Brother, why don't you take off your shoes and socks and cover them with clothes? Otherwise, it will take more than an hour to get back, and you will definitely catch a cold."

The heater was on in the car, so it wasn't cold even after taking off clothes.

Shang Yongzhou thought it made sense and did so.

Lu Yanhe immediately took out his cell phone and took a photo.

"This scene is worth taking a photo to commemorate. Wow, the movie star is embarrassed to wrap his feet with clothes."

Shang Yongzhou: “…”

Then, the two saw the news about the second season of "Friends" on their mobile phones.

Shang Yongzhou asked curiously, "Why does this reporter look like he has bad intentions? He must be well prepared."

Lu Yanhe said: "It feels like it."

"Moreover, asking this kind of question at a press conference is despicable," said Shang Yongzhou.

Lu Yanhe: "Actually, what Zhan Yun said is also very correct. They all became famous only gradually last year. Chen Ziliang has been famous for many years. How could they gang up on him and exclude him? Besides, with Chen Ziliang's personality, no one can get along with him."

Shang Yongzhou asked: "Do you have any grudge against Chen Ziliang?"

Lu Yanhe didn't hide it and nodded directly.

"I was ridiculed by him when I participated in the Little Song Gathering before." Lu Yanhe shrugged his shoulders, "After that, there were several unpleasant things that happened, so I never really got along with him."

"Then why did he join the second season?" Shang Yongzhou was shocked. Then he realized what was going on and sighed, "What Beijing and Taiwan did was really unkind."

Lu Yanhe: "They are a TV station, why would they care about our little thing? If they want to use Chen Ziliang, just use him. Anyway, I am not participating in the second season. If I participate in the second season, I may not be happy about it. Beijing TV will listen to it and weigh the pros and cons. I will not participate again."

"That's true." Shang Yongzhou said, "In fact, this kind of thing is the most annoying. I've encountered this kind of thing before. I made a movie and it was very successful, but when the producer wanted to develop a sequel, I couldn't act in it because of my schedule. In the end, they found someone who was my enemy to play the role. I was so angry that I never cooperated with that film company again."

"So how does the sequel end?"

"Sales are okay. That's why I'm even angrier." Shang Yongzhou said this with a look of annoyance on his face. He seemed really angry.

Lu Yanhe understood Shang Yongzhou's anger very well.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou seemed to have finally found some topics to talk about together because of their similar experiences.

Shang Yongzhou said: "So you just said that you sincerely hope that the second season will be good. Chen Ziliang has already acted in it. Do you still hope it will be good?"

"Well, I hope so, but I hope Chen Ziliang's character will be scolded and his performance will not be well received." Lu Yanhe said sincerely.

Shang Yongzhou burst into laughter.
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Lu Yanhe privately chatted with Yan Liang on his phone, asking about the situation.

I'm sure Beijing and Taiwan must be very unhappy that something like this happened at a media conference.

After all, this is a huge scandal.

When a new drama is launched, it becomes a highly anticipated drama, and no one wants some negative events to affect its broadcast at this time.

Yan Liang said: Zhan Yun was criticized by people in Beijing and Taiwan, and Bai Jingnian is still explaining the situation to them.

Lu Yanhe also thought that Zhan Yun’s remarks would definitely be criticized by Beijing and Taiwan.

After all, her words caused dissatisfaction among most media.

This will lead to a negative impact on the media's evaluation of the second season of Friends.

Yan Liang added: "But Chen Ziliang was scolded even more harshly." Lu Yanhe was stunned and asked: "What's the situation? Why was he scolded? I saw that he didn't say anything at the press conference."

Yan Liang said: This reporter was arranged by him, and the so-called discord and exclusion were all rumors spread by his team, just to play the victim.

When Lu Yanhe heard Yan Liang say this, he was extremely surprised and found it inexplicably ridiculous.

Chen Ziliang's behavior was both unexpected and reasonable. He is the kind of person who would do such a thing.

Lu Yanhe: This person is really amazing.

Yan Liang: Jingtai warned him and his team not to take any unnecessary actions, otherwise he would be given the cold shoulder.

Lu Yanhe: This can be considered as Beijing and Taiwan shooting themselves in the foot.

Yan Liang: Who told them to find a troublemaker like Chen Ziliang to play the second season? They deserve it. I really hope he won’t be in the third season.

He does not mean that.

Lu Yanhe suddenly realized that this was indeed the case. In fact, they could find a way to prevent Chen Ziliang from acting in the third season and have him quit directly after the second season.
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That night, the second season of "Friends" premiered, still exclusively on TV.

The ratings broke 2 as soon as it was aired.

This number made the Beijing and Taiwan leaders, who had been on high alert, breathe a sigh of relief.

Although they always say that a drama cannot be supported by only one actor, they are still worried that if Lu Yanhe leaves "Friends", the audience will not buy it.

Now that the real-time ratings have exceeded 2, it means that the audience still wants to watch it.

This is perfectly normal. For a sequel to a hit, even if one of the main actors no longer stars, aren't there still other main actors?
Moreover, another popular star, Chen Ziliang, has joined the team and he also has a large number of fans.

People from Beijing and Taiwan were all in high spirits and smiling.

However, the happy moment did not last long. Since the show started airing, the ratings have been declining, although the drop was not large.

It dropped little by little, and by the time the first episode was almost over, the real-time ratings only remained at 1.2.

This number is of course a precarious one for "Friends", and it can only be said to be just barely acceptable.

Inside Beijing and Taiwan, the top executives who were just happy about the 2% real-time ratings when the show premiered were stunned and immediately asked their subordinates, what is going on? Why is the ratings continuing to drop? It has dropped by almost one point! -
The ratings of the second season of "Friends" are not just a concern for Beijing and Taiwan.

The entire industry is paying close attention to the ratings of this TV series. Everyone wants to know whether this drama can create brilliant ratings again.

If the ratings of the second season of "Friends" can still replicate the success of the first season, it means that this low-cost sitcom and weekly broadcast model can be replicated.

Beijing and Taiwan are not the only traditional TV stations. Other TV stations certainly want to replicate this success. In particular, this proves that it is also possible to make a series in China through seasonal broadcasts. The revenue of a big drama is enough to catch up with half of the country - this has long been verified.

That one evergreen series means there is no need to worry about the next two to three years.

This is why "Friends" has attracted so much attention in the industry.

It is a benchmark.

However, the ratings for the first episode of the second season started high but ended low. Although the average ratings for the final episode still reached 1.54%, which is a good start, the trend is not optimistic.

The ratings of the drama were also somewhat affected.

——It can be seen that the main creative team has been trying their best to maintain the flavor of the first season, but after changing the screenwriter, a bad actor who can't act came in, making this drama look less natural than the first season. If the first season was very fresh, short and fast, without any drag, the rhythm of this season has been more or less delayed.

——Yes, I also think that the second season doesn't look very good, at least not as good as the first season. The atmosphere of the first season, from unfamiliar to familiar, the feeling of banter between friends, all feels different in this season. Why did Chen Ziliang join this drama? He really doesn't fit this drama at all. He is so abrupt in this drama that it seems like he has walked into the wrong set.

——That’s right, I can still persist in reading the passages when Chen Ziliang is not there, but I feel disgusted as soon as Chen Ziliang shows up.

……

The voices of these comments were so overwhelming and fierce that the word "ugly" was even on the hot search list.

When you click on this hot search term, you will find almost all the content related to the second season of "Friends", which shows how much people disagree with it.

However, such opinions were actually expected by Beijing and Taiwan early on.

Any sequel of a film or TV series will be disliked because of the previous excellent ones.

The key still lies in the second episode tomorrow, whether the ratings can be maintained. If they can, then there will be no big problem.

If the ratings continue to drop, there could be a problem.

The problem is huge.

The production cost of the second season of "Friends" more than doubled.

The pay of these actors has increased several times, not to mention the additional funding for other productions.

Of course, there are still a lot of advertisements.

There are three product placements alone, not to mention the theater sponsorship.

Beijing and Taiwan are not willing to see the second season of "Friends" collapse.

Therefore, after the first episode was broadcast, many viewers expressed that they could not accept Chen Ziliang replacing Lu Yanhe in the second season. Jingtai was also embarrassed to see these voices. Although they knew that the appearance of a new character would definitely be unpopular, they still couldn't help but think about one thing at this moment. Is it because Chen Ziliang is too bad that he is criticized so much? -
What should we say about Chen Ziliang's situation this time? In fact, many people know that he acted in the second season just waiting to be scolded, it just depends on how long he can last.

Because once the audience becomes familiar with Chen Ziliang and begins to accept his existence, they will begin to enjoy the benefits brought to them by this hit drama.

However, his persistence comes at a great cost. For example, he will face overwhelming doubts in the early stages, which will also affect others. He may not even be able to hold on until the dark clouds turn bright, and he will be scolded to the point of being unable to stand up.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Ziliang wanted to overtake others by creating an image of himself as a newcomer who was excluded from the crew, in order to gain the audience's sympathy and solidarity.

This is a way to overtake on a curve.

The audience can accept him as soon as possible, instead of treating him as a newcomer and scrutinizing him.

However, things turned out to be a disaster.

This matter did not go as he had expected. He did not successfully expose the phenomenon of other actors in the crew banding together to exclude and target him at the media conference. Instead, he was hit back by Zhan Yun.

Chen Ziliang almost couldn't help but question Zhan Yun on the spot, "Didn't you deliberately exclude me, alienate me, and treat me as if I didn't exist?"
Chen Ziliang is not a fool. He certainly has his own standards for how he is treated by others in the crew.

But he himself knew why everyone was so distant towards him.

He did not hide the fact that he wanted to add drama to himself. This was the core reason, and Chen Ziliang knew it in his heart. But of course he would not say such things.

He just found a favorable side of the matter and wanted to take advantage of it.
-
Chen Ziliang's situation became very embarrassing.

Because the ratings for the first episode started high but ended low, he was the one who was criticized the most after the premiere.

When these two things are put together, it seems that he is the one who caused the ratings to start high and then go low.

On Saturday, Chen Ziliang still followed everyone to do promotion.

This has been arranged long ago.

For the second season of "Friends", Beijing and Taiwan arranged very intensive publicity activities for them in order to promote the show.

Chen Ziliang gathered with everyone backstage.

As soon as he appeared, the atmosphere of laughter and joy just now froze in an instant.

No one told jokes anymore.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ziliang snorted coldly, sat down in his seat, put on headphones, and without bothering to say hello to them, he took out his mobile phone and browsed various messages online as if no one was around.

Others also took out their phones.

Fortunately, this is an era where tools are very advanced and convenient, so even if there is a very annoying person present, you don’t have to be completely speechless just because of his presence.

If you can’t say it out loud, you can say it in the group using your phone.

Zhan Yun: I am really fed up with this person. Why did we allow him to participate in our promotional activities today? So many people are scolding him and don’t want to see him. Don’t Beijing and Taiwan see it?
Bai Jin said: Just bear with it. After all, he is also one of the leading actors in the second season. Moreover, his fame and popularity are higher than ours. Beijing and Taiwan also hope to leverage his fame and influence.

Zhan Yun: If he really has that ability, why would he come to act in our drama? He could just take a role as the male lead and let the entire crew revolve around him. There would be no need for him to be "ostracized" here.

Zhan Yun: It’s so disgusting. How could this man say such things?

Wen Minglan: We really don’t pay much attention to him.

Zhan Yun: Ignoring him means ostracizing him? Damn, can you be reasonable? Why doesn't he reflect on why we ignore him? I almost couldn't help myself when the reporter asked the question yesterday.

Wen Minglan: Fortunately, you held back, otherwise the news of our discord with him would have been exposed, which would have had a significant impact on our subsequent performances. After all, in the play, we gradually became friends.

Zhan Yun: I really don’t want to act with this person anymore. He even did something disgusting like hiring reporters to hype things up.

Yin Xincheng: Although we are both big stars, the feeling of filming with Yan He was completely different. Alas, I actually understand Xiaoyun's feelings, and I also hate pretending to be friends with him in front of the camera anymore.

Yan Liang: No matter what, let's just wait until the second season is over. Nothing in the world is as important as our drama. Even if Yan He were here, he would say the same.

Yin Xincheng also said: That’s right, if Yan He were here, he would definitely say the same thing.
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Lu Yanhe stood in the biting cold wind and sneezed three times.

Fu Kai heard Lu Yanhe sneeze and asked quickly, "Did you catch a cold from the wind?"

Lu Yanhe nodded, "A little bit."

At this time, Wang Biao came over with a large kettle.

"Brother Lu, would you like a drink? To cool off?"

The big pot of soup that Wang Biao prepared today is not just chicken soup, but chicken stewed with old ginger, which has a spicy ginger flavor.

Lu Yanhe nodded.

So, Wang Biao poured out a cup of chicken soup and handed it to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe drank it in one gulp, and it warmed his throat to his stomach, making him feel extremely comfortable.

"Comfortable." Lu Yanhe felt that all his internal organs were soothed.

Seeing this, Fu Kai said, "You are a very reliable assistant. Can you give me a drink too?"

Wang Biao immediately looked towards Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, saying, "Pour a glass for the director as well, we'll get more later."

In fact, most film crews that go to such difficult places to film will have a chef or nutritionist accompanying them.

But again, "Road to Glory" is just a low-budget art film and doesn't have the budget to do these things.

The crew’s meals are all booked locally by Life Producer every day.

Sometimes the hotel makes it, sometimes the restaurant makes it and delivers it to us, and sometimes we just find a local family to do it for us.

Wang Biao's approach is destined to only serve Lu Yanhe.

First of all, it is very difficult to buy a chicken every day. Chickens are not available everywhere. When you can buy them, you have to buy a few more, cut them up, and put them in a plastic bag. Fortunately, this snowy weather is a natural refrigerator, so there is no need to worry about them going bad.

Secondly, having raw materials such as chicken is not enough, it has to be stewed every day.

Originally, Wang Biao wanted to use the hotel’s kitchen to stew the food, but later he simply bought a casserole and took it with him since he had a car.

Wherever he went every day, he would stew it, and he would also put some supplements in it, just to provide Lu Yanhe with sufficient nutrition.

Fu Kai was extremely jealous of an assistant like Wang Biao.

It’s not that Lu Yanhe is the only one who has an assistant, but Lu Yanhe’s assistant is particularly reliable, very considerate of Lu Yanhe, and takes good care of him.

It was actually quite amazing to see Lu Yanhe on the set of the drama "Road to Glory".

Because he had never filmed this kind of scene on the road, he had to change the location to shoot every few days. He was always on the road and lived in different places. He couldn't get used to it after a long time and always had to face new changes in the environment.

Lu Yanhe couldn't feel familiar with the shooting environment, as there was something new every day.

He also slowly got into the character of Jiang Ying.

If he were asked to make an evaluation of Jiang Ying, he would say that Jiang Ying is a typical person with a "sharp face but a soft heart".

He has problems that are very common among adolescent boys, such as being easily irritated, having a bad temper and getting angry at the slightest provocation, and not caring about his relatives when he gets angry.

However, he has one biggest advantage, which is also his greatest foundation, that is, he has empathy and is kind by nature.

Therefore, these two sides constitute his awkwardness, but also his lovableness.

The biggest challenge Lu Yanhe faced in playing the character was that he didn't quite know what it meant to make a fool of himself, and he couldn't quite get into the state of deliberately arguing with you or just ignoring you.

Because it has no logic and it is difficult to figure out the logic.

If you try to interpret this character logically, you've made a wrong move from the very beginning.

Therefore, Lu Yanhe often called Li Zhibai and Li Pengfei in the past two days.

Because the two people around him are the closest to the external state of this character.

"Why should I dare to say whatever I want? Why shouldn't I? What is there to be afraid of?" Li Zhibai said, "At worst, I can just quit being an artist. I won't change myself just because I have to swallow my anger as an artist. There's no need for that."

Lu Yanhe said: "So you have never had anything to worry about since you were a child?"

"It was rare before. No matter what I did, I knew my family would support me." Li Zhibai said, "Now I have restrained myself a little. I know that some things are not that easy to deal with. I'd better not cause them any trouble."

"Your parents will probably be very touched to hear this, right?" Lu Yanhe asked with a smile.

"That's not necessarily true. They really don't care that much about my affairs. As long as I don't cause any trouble, no one will bother me." Li Zhibai chuckled. "In fact, when I was a kid, I would deliberately cause trouble just to get their attention."

"Ok?"

"Or maybe I purposely didn't speak when they were around, just to get them to ask me what was wrong." Li Zhibai sighed, "I would have forgotten if you hadn't asked me. When I was a kid, I really wanted their attention."

Lu Yanhe suddenly remembered that one time when Li Zhibai had his birthday, he went home specially, but no one in the family remembered that it was his birthday. They scolded him for some things he had done during that period, which made him so angry that he went back to their rental house that night.

From this perspective, Lu Yanhe suddenly understood why Li Zhibai, a second-generation rich man and popular idol who acted like an idiot, despised and yet stayed with his two roommates, Yan Liang.

At this moment, Lu Yanhe suddenly had a deeper understanding of Jiang Ying's character.

So, is he essentially lonely?

An almost instinctive loneliness and resentment at not being able to fit in with this world gave him the appearance of a hedgehog.

Lu Yanhe sat in the nanny car, thinking about the character's state by himself, in a daze.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.

Someone is shouting something.

Lu Yanhe came to his senses and immediately opened the car door.

A gust of cold wind blew in instantly.

The shouting became louder and more piercing.

"Hurry up, try harder!"

Lu Yanhe saw several people squatting or lying by the pond in front.

He ran over quickly and found that Fu Kai had somehow fallen into the pond, his lower body still flapping in the water, but his hands had been caught by someone.

It was winter and we were all wearing down jackets, but after being soaked in water, we felt as heavy as if we were filled with lead.

It's hard to pull people.

So, Lu Yanhe also hurried to help and pulled it up together, but he really had no strength to do anything.

Zou Dong followed and saw the situation. He pushed the two people aside and stretched out his arm, "Director, hold my hand."

Fu Kai's face turned pale with cold. Upon hearing that, he grabbed the shore to steady himself and without hesitation, he took the arm that Zou Dong extended to him and hugged him.

Zou Dong shouted: "Everyone else let go first."

The main reason why Zou Dong is so popular is that he is tall and strong, and his muscular body makes people feel safe and convincing.

Everyone did as he said and let go.

"Two more people, hold the director's waist."

Under Zou Dong's arrangement, in less than five seconds, Zou Dong exerted force and Fu Kai was pulled out of the pond like a carrot.

"Hurry, hurry, don't just stand there, come with me to change clothes!" The life producer arranged for Fu Kai, who was sitting on the ground as if exhausted, to get up and follow him.

Fu Kai was trembling all over.

Lu Yanhe felt cold just by looking at him.

He turned around and called Wang Biao, asking him to bring the big pot of chicken soup.

Grunt, grunt, first pour a full glass.

"director."

Lu Yanhe held the cup to Fu Kai's mouth.

Fu Kai drank it down in one gulp and finally let out a groan.

"I rely on-"

The big sister of Life Production laughed and scolded: "Don't worry about me for now, hurry up and change clothes with me! Otherwise, you can go to the hospital for an injection, and the crew can stop working."

I don’t know if it was the last sentence that stimulated Fu Kai.

He suddenly came to his senses, stood up tremblingly, and followed his elder sister.

Lu Yanhe finally had time to listen to everyone's explanation of what had just happened.

After a long time, it turned out that Fu Kai went to the pond to smoke and accidentally slipped in.

Fortunately, there was someone watching nearby, otherwise, Fu Kai couldn't swim, and in this pond that was nearly three meters deep, he might really have gotten into trouble.

"Where is my senior brother?" Lu Yanhe suddenly remembered.

With such a big commotion happening, why didn't Shang Yongzhou show up?
When everyone heard Lu Yanhe's question, they remembered that Shang Yongzhou was also missing.

I quickly turned around and started looking for it.

Someone found him behind a house more than 20 meters away.

He looked palely at a window on the wall.

They called his name, but he seemed not to hear them.

Then, they walked closer and followed Shang Yongzhou's gaze, and they all felt uneasy in their hearts.

A figure was hanging behind the window, hanging inside the house in front of them.

"Ah——" Someone screamed in fear, almost frightened to the point of losing his scalp.
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Two hours later, Shang Yongzhou was still sitting in the car wrapped in a furry blanket. His face still looked very pale and the color had not yet returned.

Lu Yanhe looked through the car window and saw Shang Yongzhou sitting in the back seat in a daze, and he understood his state at the moment.

If it were him, things might not be much better.

Lu Yanhe knocked on the window.

Shang Yongzhou trembled all over. He turned around and saw that the person outside the car was Lu Yanhe. He breathed a sigh of relief and opened the car door.

Lu Yanhe got into the car with two cups of steaming coffee and handed one to Shang Yongzhou.

"Brother, have some coffee, even if it's just instant."

Shang Yongzhou held the paper cup with both hands, brought it to his mouth and took a sip.

"The man you saw... the police conducted a preliminary investigation. I secretly heard them discussing privately that it was most likely suicide. Someone who lives next door just came over to talk about this man's situation. He said he was sick and couldn't afford treatment. He kept putting it off. He said he couldn't put it off any longer, so he passed away."

Lu Yanhe told Shang Yongzhou the story he had heard.

Shang Yongzhou nodded woodenly.

He took a deep breath and asked, "How is the director?"

"I'm telling everyone to pack up. We can't continue filming today. Let's call it a day."

Shang Yongzhou relaxed his expression and nodded, "That's fine."

Several things happened today, casting a shadow on the filming.

Fu Kai and Shang Yongzhou were no longer in the mood to take pictures.

The same is true for Lu Yanhe.

However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that this matter would become a hot topic.

The crew of "Road to Glory" accidentally discovered a dead body on the set. (End of this chapter)