Become famous another day.

"Young Days" has been aired to its fifth season.

It is certainly a very popular variety show. Not only are the stars famous, but the show's statistics are also impressive, and it has never lacked business.

However, if we say that it is one of the most popular programs in the country, it still seems to be lacking.

Because it has never had that "explosive" feeling where everyone is watching it.

Some variety shows are able to do this.

Even if you haven't watched it, you've heard of it and know some of the memes in it, such as Running Man and name tag tearing, Singer and someone withdrawing from the competition, and Extreme Challenge and Men's Gang.

The program "Young Days" is very popular in its own circle, and its broadcast data during the same period is definitely ranked first by a large margin, but it has not reached the level of "national".

It's already season 5.

Who would have known that, before the first episode was aired, this show would suddenly become like a new show, appearing on trending news one after another, sweeping across everyone’s online world.

Under such popularity, Bingyuan Video also put up a lot of ground advertising——

Because it is already popular enough on the Internet, there is no need to add fuel to the fire.

In the second episode, the popularity and ratings declined slightly compared to the first episode when the eight people reunited.

However, the third episode relied on eight people to go to the Icefield Video headquarters, participate in the project review meeting, and based on their own experience as artists, help various projects to conduct Icefield Video's assessment and defense, which attracted a lot of attention.

Because in this video, each project directly presents elements such as a program, the artists to be invited, commercial value, influence, and market positioning to the audience.

Everyone directly saw the market positioning and judgment of many artists by a first-tier video platform.

Simply put, it’s rating.

As artists themselves, Lu Yanhe and his team, standing on the project team's standpoint, have to convince the judges why the artist combination for this project is good and correct.

Among them, there are three places with the most explosive points.

First, when Peng Zhixing was defending a cultural talk show, he talked about the proposed lineup of artists. He said: "I have interviewed two-thirds of the artists here. I can say that they are rare in this industry who really have their own thoughts, or whose thinking patterns are different from ordinary people. This is a lineup that has never appeared before. Being able to bring these people together, I can imagine how exciting the sparks they will create."

"Just now I heard the judges say that there are no very popular stars in this artist lineup, which makes you worried. On the contrary, I think that as a cultural talk show, the premise for the success of the show is that many opinions collide and form extensive discussions. If there are very popular stars among the guests, given the current fan culture, I think it will be detrimental to the show's own advantages."

The explosive point is: Peng Zhixing does not approve of celebrity fan culture.

The second point lies in Xiao Yun.

When a fashion competition program was asked to invite an artist who was not fashionable enough, she said bluntly: "Why would a very fashionable artist come to this program to work with new designers? Are these new designers you invited so good that they can't work with less fashionable artists? Fashion itself is a concept. It's not a skill to make an already fashionable artist look fashionable on the program. It means the program is successful if you can make your less fashionable artists look fashionable on the program."

"So far, there has not been a single fashion-themed program that has become popular in China, at least I haven't seen one. Instead, when I was a kid, I watched a beauty pageant that brought together a group of girls who were not good-looking in the general sense. The winner would get a chance to have plastic surgery. There were also some programs similar to major transformations. The contrast between the before and after made the audience interested. I just want to see those fashionable and shining stars, and I can see them in other places."

"In fact, like me, people often say that my private clothes are very rustic and that I am an ugly dresser. If you gather together artists like us who are always criticized for dressing rustically and having a rustic temperament, find three to five of them and put them on this show to see if you can make us fashionable and see what fashion is. It will definitely be interesting."

Needless to say, the explosive point.

The most dramatic scene was that Xiao Yun was directly invited to join the program because of his "self-explosive speech".

Xiao Yun: "..."

The third explosive point lies in Li Zhibai.

Because among the artists to be invited for this project, Cheng Hai is one of them.

And it was not known whether it was intentional or not, one of the judges suggested that Cheng Hai should be taken down - because no one knew who he was and there was no such person.

Li Zhibai's face turned black.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly froze.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang felt inexplicably nervous.

They were very afraid that Li Zhibai would lose face on the spot.

The three of them actually had a pretty good relationship with Cheng Hai, not at all. Especially Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, who had been under Zhou Ping'an for a long time and often met each other.

But this is how it is in this line of work. You can’t just keep on being friends with people forever.

Ups and downs, you are popular while I am out of fashion, you get into trouble while I am on the rise, the disparity is too huge, the gap itself exists and cannot be ignored.

They are not like Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, who are really close friends.

But that doesn't mean that Li Zhibai would feel good about Cheng Hai being looked down upon.

To the surprise of Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, Li Zhibai took a deep breath and did not have an attack.

He said: "Cheng Hai debuted with me, Yan Liang, and Yan He. We are in the same group. He is not that popular now, but this is a good time for you to invite him because he will soon become popular again."

The crowd was astonished.

"Why do you say that?"

Li Zhibai said frankly: "Because now we only have Yan Liang and him as our agents. In the past, Chenghai may not have developed smoothly because Zhou Pingan focused all his energy on me, Ma Zhiyuan and Yan Liang. Now that I am gone and Ma Zhiyuan has collapsed, Yan Liang does not need him to take care of him. If Chenghai still cannot become popular, then Zhou Pingan can retire."

After the speech, the whole audience fell silent.

Lu Yanhe covered his mouth with his hand and whispered to Yan Liang, "If Zhou Ping'an saw this, he would be so angry that he would jump up and down, right?"

Yan Liang covered his face with one hand and whispered, "He might have a heart attack. Why did he choose Ma Zhiyuan over Li Zhibai?"

Lu Yanhe laughed: "Ma Zhiyuan... collapsed."

After this scene happened, a sentence appeared on the screen:
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The third episode had over 100 million views in one day, with three major trending searches followed by a bunch of smaller trending searches.

While Zhou Pingan was trending on the search "angry to the point of jumping up and down", Ma Zhiyuan also directly responded with a Weibo post: You care about me so much, and you also care about whether I will collapse? If I collapse, I will collapse in your house.

"Young Days" was a huge hit.

Li Zhenzhen looked at the beautiful data reflected in the background and smiled slightly.

No one expected that a show would suddenly become a hit in its fifth season.

While advertisers were delighted, Icefield Video was also laughing.

This episode, in particular, made several programs of Bingyuan Video popular before they were aired and were highly anticipated, especially the fashion competition program that Xiao Yun participated in. The audience for this subject matter itself is not small, and once a suitable point is found to enter, the market is not small - especially the implantation of brands in the fashion field, which means money is flowing in directly.
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Li Zhenzhen came out of the Icefield Video headquarters and drove alone to Chris Cafe.

She had an appointment to meet someone here.

Lu Yanhe.

Ten minutes later, a tall and thin man wearing a baseball cap and a mask walked in, looked around the store, and after his eyes settled on Li Zhenzhen, he walked over here.

He took off his mask and smiled at Li Zhenzhen: "Sister Zhenzhen."

Li Zhenzhen smiled and asked, "How have you been resting recently?"

"It's okay, pretty good. I read books and scripts at home every day." Lu Yanhe said.

Li Zhenzhen: "You are not on the cover of the September issues of major fashion magazines this year, and many of your fans are quite dissatisfied."

More and more male stars are also invited to shoot covers of fashion magazines, mainly because the endorsements behind them will help them buy the products - similarly, their female fans are also a very crazy consumer group.

Lu Yanhe waved his hand and said, "I don't have time to shoot this year."

"You are currently preparing for "The Birth of an Actor". Actually, I also prepared an acting competition program before. Do you still remember it?"

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I remember, but it seems that you didn't continue for some reason?"

"Well, it's hard to invite people." Li Zhenzhen shrugged, expressing her helplessness. "Famous actors are unwilling to participate in the show as contestants, or they want us to promise that they will definitely win in a PK with others. For famous actors, such a PK is really cruel. Once they lose, they may be considered inferior to others, and even leave an impression of poor acting skills in front of the public."

Such a situation does exist.

Lu Yanhe nodded.

Li Zhenzhen added: "So when I heard that you were going to do this program, I was quite shocked. Then I thought about it again and I knew why I didn't do it."

"Why?" Lu Yanhe asked.

"Because I haven't found a convener like you." Li Zhenzhen said, "For a program producer like me, if I don't have a group of artists who trust me, then it's actually very difficult for me to make an innovative program. Artists are afraid of being cheated. Indeed, there are many programs that cheat artists for ratings and popularity, and specifically edit artists to portray negative images. The more they are criticized, the more popular they become."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "That's true."

"I regret it now. Why didn't I think of letting you be the convener?" Li Zhenzhen smiled.

Lu Yanhe also laughed.

"But fortunately, the show didn't happen." Li Zhenzhen said, "I just found out that one of the mentors originally scheduled for the show was related to you."

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

He looked at Li Zhenzhen with some surprise.

Li Zhenzhen stopped smiling, looked at Lu Yanhe thoughtfully, and asked, "Yanhe, do you know Chen Pinhe?"

The expression on Lu Yanhe's face froze.

With just this one expression, Li Zhenzhen actually understood, and Lu Yanhe didn't need to answer anymore.

Li Zhenzhen sighed softly and said, "A few days ago, I came back from Venice and asked my dad. He had always refused to tell me, but a few days ago, he finally told me a name."

You don't need to ask to know, this is the name.

"Originally, I wanted to find out why he targeted you in the first place. I wanted to resolve the issue and not keep blocking it here." Li Zhenzhen apologized, "I wanted to get the name from my dad and then tell you to beware of him and not get tricked by him. But you already knew it, right?"

Lu Yanhe nodded hesitantly.

"Yan He, I'm sorry, I have no intention of prying into your private affairs."

"It's okay." Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I don't think there is anything to be ashamed of."

Li Zhenzhen: "But this matter makes him very wary. My dad said that he is very afraid of letting others know your existence."

Lu Yanhe: “I guessed it.”

Li Zhenzhen: "Did he...look for you?"

"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "Before, I met him at work, and never had any private communication with him."

"Does he know you know about this?"

Lu Yanhe: "I don't know, but I should have guessed it."

From the beginning to the end, Lu Yanhe was very calm. But his calmness made Li Zhenzhen even more...depressed. She didn't know how to describe her feelings, but she was sure of one thing, if Lu Yanhe acted so calm about this matter, it only meant that he had experienced a lot of pain. That stage was over, and he could control his emotions.

Li Zhenzhen: "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"No, Sister Zhenzhen, thank you." Lu Yanhe smiled at her, "Thank you for helping me confirm this."

"Didn't you know this a long time ago?" Li Zhenzhen asked.

"I mean, thank you for helping me confirm that he is indeed behind my back trying to stop me from staying in the entertainment industry." Lu Yanhe said, "It was all just my guess before. Before your show, I had already been kicked out of Star Entertainment. I terminated my contract with Star Entertainment once, but you may not know that."

Li Zhenzhen was stunned.

Lu Yanhe: "Like you said, he is very afraid of others knowing about my relationship with him, so he tried to keep me away from him and never get close to him."

The corners of his mouth quirked up.

A contemptuous laugh.

"He may not have thought about it. I have never thought about recognizing him." Lu Yanhe looked at Li Zhenzhen and said, "Sister Zhenzhen, please do me a favor."

"What?" Li Zhenzhen asked, "Tell me."

"If it's convenient, please ask your father to tell him that he doesn't want to recognize me. It doesn't matter. I don't want to recognize him anyway. However, there is no need to try to eradicate the root of the problem in order to cover up this secret." Lu Yanhe's face gradually turned cold, and his face was as white as frost. "Being responsible for a death is worse than the scandal of having an illegitimate child."

Li Zhenzhen didn't react at first. When she reacted, her face showed shock and astonishment that she tried to hide but couldn't.
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"You are pressing us step by step, and you even ask someone to pass the message? Are you afraid that others don't know?"

Chen Ziyan smiled.

Lu Yanhe shrugged his shoulders and said, "Just trick him. He hasn't reacted yet. I can't just wait like this. If he keeps hiding his head and doesn't react at all, then there's nothing I can do."

Chen Ziyan said: "Yan He, although I know you don't care about this, I still want to remind you that if others knew that you were Chen Pinhe's illegitimate child, it would not be a devastating blow to your acting career, but it would definitely do more harm than good. Your success and honor will all be attributed to him by many people. Just like the achievements of all the children of celebrities, even if he has never done anything for you in his life, others will not believe it."

Lu Yanhe: "I won't tell the whole world that I am Chen Pinhe's son."

"You asked Li Zhenzhen to pass on the message for you, and at least two people knew about your relationship."

"They already knew, that's why I asked them to pass on the message."

"Knowing is one thing, and being involved in more details is another." Chen Ziyan reminded Lu Yanhe very seriously, "Yanhe, in this matter, once it involves others, you must be extremely cautious."

Lu Yanhe didn't expect Chen Ziyan to be so serious.

Was his behavior too rash?
Maybe.

At that moment, even if he didn't admit it, he had to say that he felt the pleasure of burning his boats.

Chen Ziyan's words were like a wake-up call, which made him sober up a little.

There's no point in burning your boats.

I have worked so hard for so long and put in so much effort. Why should my cauldron be broken when you sink your boat?
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Star Entertainment.

Zhou Ping'an's office.

At this moment, Ma Zhiyuan was like a rooster with red eyes. He stood in front of Zhou Ping'an, clenched his right hand, and angrily questioned Zhou Ping'an.

"Li Zhibai humiliated you and me so much on the show, and you didn't fight back?"

Zhou Pingan looked at him and said, "What are you fighting back for? Now everyone is laughing at me, saying that I gave up Li Zhibai and chose you, and that I was blind. Do you think I was blind?"

Ma Zhiyuan: "Do you regret it?"

"I do regret getting another female star pregnant without telling me, and I tried to conceal it and handle it myself. In the end, it ended up like this. Do you think I regret it?" Zhou Ping'an slammed the table. "Look at your attitude now. I didn't give up on you, but you gave up on yourself first. I asked you not to have anything to do with Li Zhibai, Lu Yanhe, and Yan Liang, and you fought back on Weibo. Do you feel good? Let me tell you, I finally got you a show that's going to fail again!"

Ma Zhiyuan looked at Zhou Pingan in disbelief.

"What did you say?"

"Are you happy now? Are you satisfied? Do you think you are still the big star who will always be happy no matter how you act?" Zhou Pingan looked at Ma Zhiyuan with disgust. "There are so many stars whose private lives have been exposed, and so many stars who have experienced lows. Just like you, when something happens, everyone will blame you. Everyone is trying to add insult to injury. No one is willing to give you a chance. I am begging you for help, but you are pretending to be a big shot on Weibo. Get out!"

This was the first time Zhou Ping'an yelled "get out" at Ma Zhiyuan.

Ma Zhiyuan's face turned pale in an instant, he couldn't believe it.
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Fu Li, who was standing outside Zhou Ping'an's office door, suddenly heard Zhou Ping'an yell "Get out!" and was so scared that she took a step back and looked inside the door in surprise.

Although Zhou Ping'an has a bad temper and likes to be sarcastic, he rarely curses people directly like this.

Fu Li was curious about who was inside that made Zhou Ping'an so angry.

She frowned hesitantly and thought, why not come back to see Zhou Pingan later.

Going to find him now would be like walking straight into a gun barrel.

Of course, Fu Li stayed nearby and took a look at who was in Zhou Ping'an's office.

When Fu Li saw Ma Zhiyuan walking out of Zhou Ping'an's office, she immediately realized something.

It turned out to be him.

That's not surprising.
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Fu Li also looked down on Ma Zhiyuan.

The reason why Ma Zhiyuan was so popular before was simply because he benefited from the trend.

It happened to be the best time for idol artists.

I was lucky and had good food for several years, but I didn't cherish it and even courted disaster, ruining a good hand of cards.

If she had such luck——

Fu Li felt unwilling.

She has been signed to the company for several years. She thought she would become famous immediately, but she was suppressed several times just after she emerged. The play she was discussing was blocked by others, and the program she was discussing was also told that she would not be used. She was even dug up some negative information about herself, so that she was not famous at all, but she was already blacklisted.

Fuli knew that this was the work of the three top sisters in the company.

In Star Entertainment, no young actress can overcome their joint efforts.

And now, Liu Zhiyin is about to come to the company.

Fuli's sense of crisis became even stronger.

Liu Zhiyin's path is somewhat similar to hers.

Although she is an actress and Liu Zhiyin is an idol, the two have similar looks and styles.

Fuli took a deep breath.

She couldn't sit still and wait for death.

Now, Sui Xiaodie has left the company, and Jiang Yuqian is going to film overseas. It is impossible for the company to put all the resources in the hands of Zhang Lan alone.

She is now suffering from the defeat in the third season of "Friends", and she can't accept it.

Fuli has set her sights on a play. She is looking for Jiang Yuqian in that play, but the female lead has not yet been decided. Jiang Yuqian will definitely not be able to play the role, so she wants to take it down.
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It was a rainy night in mid-September.

Lu Yanhe got out of the car and walked into the hotel.

The crew of "The Seventeenth Floor" is having dinner here tonight.

Lian Bei's director team's bureau.

Except for Shen Yue who was in the group, all the leading actors were here.

There is also the screenwriter Feng July.

The second season of "The Seventeenth Floor" will start filming next month.

Lian Bei organized this gathering in advance, after all, they haven't gotten together for a long time.

When we were filming the first season of "The Seventeenth Floor" together, the atmosphere was very good.

It's a rare film where all the main actors have a good relationship with each other.

The drama "The Seventeenth Floor" performed very well, and the initial trilogy plan also went smoothly.

The second season has two more episodes than the first, for a total of fourteen episodes.

Everyone's pay has gone up.

Especially Lu Yanhe. When he signed the contract for the first season, this male lead was considered to be overqualified and had no advantage in negotiating his salary.

Now Beijing and Taiwan are willing to spend money to keep Lu Yanhe in this series.

After all, this is currently the only hit product in Beijing and Taiwan.

If Lu Yanhe withdraws from the starring lineup, the price of overseas streaming rights will also drop directly.
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The global popularity of "Squid Game" also brought about the long-tail effect of the drama "The Seventeenth Floor".

"The Seventeenth Floor" has accumulated a group of fans both at home and abroad.

This is also the key reason why the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor" is progressing smoothly.

Lian Bei was particularly happy and said, "It is not easy for our drama to keep the original cast in the second season. I don't need to say more. Everyone knows that among our Chinese dramas, no two series can keep the original cast. As a director, I would like to raise a glass to thank everyone for always caring about "The Seventeenth Floor". I am very happy to continue to work with you all."

Although the play is from Beijing and Taiwan, the trilogy was planned by Lian Bei as an early project initiator. As a director, who doesn't want the role in his play to be played by one actor from beginning to end?

But many times things don't go as planned.

If the supporting role becomes popular, I won’t play supporting roles anymore.

The protagonist's schedule was too full, so the shooting time was postponed again and again.

Be it Lu Yanhe or Chen Bige, it can almost be called a miracle that the two top stars can return as promised.

Lian Bei was also moved by the fact that Jiang Jun was still willing to return to play supporting roles after "Squid Game" and "Wulin Waijia".

The all-star cast of "The Seventeenth Floor" itself is the main attraction. In the second season, the all-star cast has been upgraded.

Careers are on the rise.

Li Yuefeng smiled and said: "Then I have to thank the director for letting me return in the second season."

Li Yuefeng, who died in the first season, finally returned in the second season as his twin brother. He used this storyline as his main character line and joined the main group with the motivation of revenge for his brother. It was reasonable and there was no resurrection involved.

Everyone clinked glasses happily.

Some people were drinking at the dinner table, and Lu Yanhe was drinking juice.

He said he was cultivating his character and that he had drunk a little too much recently and needed to take a break for a while.

No one had any objections.

"Li Yuefeng, are you in love?"

At the dinner table, Lian Bei suddenly asked this question, shocking everyone.

Li Yuefeng seemed a little flustered and said, "No, Director, why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"

"I was having dinner at Chow Fu Hui last week and saw you. A very beautiful girl took your arm and walked into the private room, but I didn't say hello to you. Isn't she your girlfriend?"

"That's my sister." Li Yuefeng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "You scared me. I thought I was having an affair with someone again."

"But, come to think of it, you've had quite a few scandals in recent years." Chen Bige suddenly said, "I've seen a lot of reports."

Li Yuefeng: "Most of the time it's the producers and platforms that are hyping and promoting new dramas."

"What era is this? They still do this?" Chen Bige raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Aren't there generally more fans of a single couple than fans of a couple nowadays?"

"Sister Bi Ge, do you know the difference between single fans and couple fans?"

"That's right. After I filmed Rouge with Huang Kairen, my fans split into two groups. They quarreled every day, and I wanted to block them," Chen Bige said bluntly.

Li Yuefeng laughed and said, "Is it true that even at your level, you still suffer from such troubles?"

"Basically, any role that involves romance will appear, more or less." Chen Bige said, "I've heard from others that many production crews don't use this promotional method anymore to avoid making things too chaotic. After all, today's fans don't accept this kind of promotional method."

"What needs to be fried will still be fried." Li Yuefeng shook his head, "It's just that the form of frying has changed."

"What has become of it?"

"Before, they were hyping up the idea that the two of us fell in love during the filming, but now they are directly hyping up the idea of ​​us being a perfect couple," Li Yuefeng said. "Then they released some footage from our filming, specifically capturing scenes that had an ambiguous vibe, disguising it as if it was taken by proxy or secretly, making it seem like we were deliberately denying it even if we denied it."

Li Yuefeng is a typical traffic actor.

He and his team are actually very cautious about hyping up couples and spreading rumors, which is very detrimental to his personality and fan base.

However, the production team insisted on hyping it up, even if they didn't cooperate. The marketing accounts also exaggerated it for traffic. Every time he denied it, some pictures and videos similar to "real hammer" would be circulated. The so-called "real hammer" was that everyone was talking and laughing together, or even some intimate and ambiguous actions during rehearsal. Deny it once, release a little bit, deny it again, and release a little bit more. The news was hyped up as they wished, and the scandal was deeply rooted in the public's mind.

Li Yuefeng is not defending himself, but every time he shoots a movie or has a scandal, he just can't control himself?

"It seems like our drama hasn't had much CP hype yet?"

"The selling point of this drama is not the CP." Lian Bei said, "However, when I was filming the fairy tale drama before, the male and female protagonists did hype each other up, and the two teams communicated well and cooperated in the hype. They even faked two dates and were photographed."

"If all parties agree and are willing to do it, then everyone is happy. If the actors are not happy and the production team still wants to do it, then that is really not fair." Feng Qiyue said, "However, I have encountered this once. In a production crew, the second male lead and the second female lead, I don't know what they were thinking, I don't know if it was to gain attention or what, they started dating before the show started. After the show was aired for two months, they confessed their love, dated, quarreled, and broke up. It went on for two rounds, and the news was all over the place. Not long after the show ended, the two announced their breakup."

"Haha, I know who you are talking about." Chen Bige laughed immediately.

Lu Yanhe and the others have only been in the entertainment industry for a few years, so they really don’t know.

"Who?"

"Don't you know who it is?" Chen Bige asked, somewhat surprised.

Lu Yanhe: "Should I know who it is?"

"You know him." Chen Bige said, "He's from your company, Zhang Lan."

Lu Yanhe's eyes widened in shock.

"But you have to admit that although they went too far, they did succeed in stepping on the male and female protagonists to get to the top," Feng Qiyue said. "Whether it's decent or not, there's nothing to say."

"Who are the male and female protagonists of that play?" Li Yuefeng asked curiously.

"Li Hualan and Zhou Fu."

Lu Yanhe had no impression of these two names.

“It’s not very popular, and you young people may not know about it,” said Chen Bige.

Lu Yanhe smiled in disbelief.

"Is that why Zhang Lan is so afraid of the second female lead in his new play?"

Even if it means exposing someone's past, we must drive Fu Li out of the game.

She knows how she got to the top, so she is determined not to allow a second female lead who poses a threat to her to appear.
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Lu Yanhe had not expected that the gathering of "Seventeenth Floor" would eventually turn into a night of gossip sharing.

Lian Bei is actually a gossip lover, and he is very knowledgeable when communicating.

On the contrary, Lu Yanhe didn't know or hear about many things.

In the end, he couldn't help but ask, why do you know so much?

Jiang Jun smiled and said, "I know very little either."

"You two don't look like gossipers, who would share with you?" Chen Bige waved her hands and pouted, "Whether gossip can be shared depends on your liking."

"..." Lu Yanhe was speechless.
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At about ten o'clock in the evening, everyone was ready to leave.

At this time, Chen Bige called him.

"Sister Bi Ge?" Lu Yanhe looked at her puzzledly.

Chen Bige said, "Wait a moment, I have something to tell you."

Lu Yanhe nodded with some doubt and said okay.

After everyone left, Lu Yanhe went to Chen Bige's car.

"Sister Bi Ge, do you have something to tell me?"

"Recently, someone came to ask me about you. At first, I didn't think much of it. I thought she just liked you, was your fan, and was curious about you. But later... I heard from a friend of mine that the person also asked her about you, and the questions she asked were all very private. I thought about it and felt that something was wrong, so I still had to tell you."

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, but then he thought of a possibility.

"Who is asking you and your friends about me?"

Chen Bige's expression was somewhat complicated. After hesitating for a moment, he finally said, "Zhang Yuezhen, Chen Pinhe's wife."

The expression on Lu Yanhe's face froze for several seconds.

He didn't know whether Chen Bige had noticed it.
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It turns out that the bait was thrown out for so long not because no one took the bait, but because someone had already taken the bait in a place that no one could see.

That night, Lu Yanhe lay on the bed, thinking silently about what he wanted to do and what he wanted in this matter.

Do you want your father's love?

Bullshit, get out of here.

Does that mean you want the other party to feel remorse, admit their mistakes, and apologize?

He would be so nauseated that he would vomit up the food he had eaten the previous night.

He thought about it for a long time, looking back at his life before he traveled through time and space, and from the life he inherited that belonged to Lu Yanhe's original body, he tried to find out bit by bit what he really wanted.

If there was nothing, where did he get the impulse to burn his boats?

Maybe it was just pure revenge, and he couldn't bear to see him have an easy life?
Also a possibility.

Lu Yanhe tossed and turned in bed, thinking over and over.

He couldn't figure out what he wanted.

Because there was nothing he needed from Chen Pinhe.
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The fourth stage of "Young Days" is also the last stage of recording this season.

The show was filmed at a barbecue stall.

In this phase of the recording, they will serve as apprentices to help the couple at the barbecue stall prepare a big event——

Two days later, they will provide a barbecue for 109 employees of a company.

Their job is to provide a full range of services, from baking to cooking, from preparation to service.

The stall owner couple is only responsible for guiding them.

All eight people were shocked.

Lu Yanhe did not expect that Li Zhenzhen and the others would come up with such a trick.

From farm work to Venice, and now back to the daily hustle and bustle of barbecue.

The director team is trying their best to let them show their most real side in this program.

It was not until this stage began that they were shocked to realize that there was not a single guest star in this season's show.

Everyone was surprised.

In private, everyone also asked Li Zhenzhen.

Li Zhenzhen said: "It's a rare opportunity for us to get together, so we thought that this season there will only be eight of you. If you have flying guests, you will have to take care of their emotions and reactions, and you won't be able to really relax. We still hope to see you really relax in this show."

"Relax?" Peng Zhixing laughed. "They asked us to work hard and prepare a barbecue for a hundred people. How can it be relaxing?"

Li Zhenzhen smiled and said, "It's not easy physically, but it's easy on the brain. You guys are getting busier and busier at work, especially dealing with all kinds of people and things. When you come here, I hope you can put those things in your head aside for a while."

"Oh my god, how come your words are so touching?" said Li Zhibai.

Li Zhenzhen: "Why are you so easily moved?"

"Oh, after these last three days of recording, we'll have to see each other again next year."

"Season 5 will be finished soon."

……

Lu Yanhe listened to them talking one after another with a smile on his face.

"What's wrong with you? You don't seem to be in a good state." Li Zhibai noticed that he spoke less today and asked in a low voice.

Lu Yanhe shook his head and deliberately yawned, "I didn't sleep well yesterday."

"Stay up all night writing the script again?"

"Ah."

Li Zhibai: "Your work and rest schedule is becoming more and more irregular. Wasn't it regular before?"

"I don't have to go to school anymore." Lu Yanhe yawned again, this time for real. "After you finish recording this show, will you join the crew?"

"Well, I'll join the crew in two weeks and shoot for two months." Li Zhibai said, "After finishing this movie, I'll shoot 19 Years of Crime and your The Legend of Sword and Fairy next year."

Lu Yanhe said: "The filming time of "Chinese Paladin" will probably be quite long. I want to finish it in one go and not make it a seasonal series. This story is not suitable for a seasonal series."

Li Zhibai nodded: "I felt the same way when I read the script."

"Don't forget to practice," Lu Yanhe said. "This drama really requires you to perform beautiful moves. If you don't perform well, no matter how well you perform, it won't feel good."

"I know, don't worry." Li Zhibai said, "I have started working out and go to the gym at least once a week."

Lu Yanhe smiled.

"You only go once a week. How dare you say that?"

Li Zhibai: "For a lazy guy like me, it's already very difficult. Besides, I asked my coach to just keep practicing slowly. That's enough. When I join the group, I will definitely have a muscular figure."

"Outline..." Lu Yanhe accurately captured this word and wanted to say something, but hesitated.

Li Zhibai himself laughed.

"That's enough."

After chatting with Li Zhibai for a while, Lu Yanhe felt a little relieved.
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"Knock knock!" Someone knocked on the door.

"Come in." Chen Ziyan didn't even raise her head.

Lu Qingzhen opened the door of Chen Ziyan's office and walked in.

"What are you doing?" Lu Qingzhen was a little surprised to see Chen Ziyan working hard. "Nowadays, paperless office is advocated. What are you writing here?"

"Sign the contract." Chen Ziyan signed the contracts one by one.

Although the company had her signature stamp, Chen Ziyan still insisted on sending some important contracts to her for her to sign in person.

Everything involving Lu Yan River is within this scope.

Lu Qingzhen: "What contract? Is there any new cooperation between Yanhe and me?"

"No, some supplementary agreements on commercial endorsements, as well as many previous projects, all have new derivative authorizations." Chen Ziyan said, "After Xu Tianming and Chen Yin came, Linghe's business volume immediately increased sharply, and they both adapted quite well."

"You picked them out, too. One is out there conquering cities, and the other is at home guarding the backyard. The two of them are a good match."

Lu Qingzhen asked: "What is Yan He doing now?"

"There is still one last phase of recording for 'Young Days'," Chen Ziyan said. "The contract for the sixth season is included here. Look, the fifth season hasn't even been finished, but the contract for the sixth season has already been delivered."

"There's nothing strange about this. I don't know what happened to this season of 'Young Days', but it suddenly became so popular." Lu Qingzhen said, "I feel like all the artists in it have suddenly become smart. They suddenly have a sense of variety show, are very expressive, and are very good at making jokes."

Chen Ziyan: "After recording five seasons, it's not unusual to see improvement."

"Variety show sense is not something that can be improved through hard work and learning," said Lu Qingzhen. "All I can say is that these people are really like tea bowls and tea lids, and they have spent five years mixing them together to create a chemistry. They have only made it to the fifth season. If they really keep doing it and make it to the tenth or twentieth season, how good will this show be?"

Chen Ziyan: "Why think about things so far ahead?"

Lu Qingzhen: "Just chatting. I'm suddenly looking forward to it."

"You came to me... just to chat?"

"Yeah." Lu Qingzhen nodded, "I don't want to work. I'm tired."

Chen Ziyan smiled.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period."

Many of the business matters for "The Birth of an Actor" were handled by Lu Qingzhen.

"Fortunately, it wasn't too hard. The business of this program was easy to discuss. It was nothing more than discussing the concept, the fit, the amount of money to be paid, and the specific KPIs." Lu Qingzhen said, "Except that the volume was large and relatively complicated, there were no other problems. I didn't have to beg for sponsorship. It felt comfortable."

"Don't just relax. Since you're free now, make me a cup of coffee. I'm sleepy and I yawned several times just now."

"Didn't you get any rest yesterday?"

"Of course I rested, but I didn't rest enough. There have been more and more things happening recently, and my brain is not able to work." Chen Ziyan signed the last contract and put it aside. She took out another document from the drawer and looked through it carefully. "Hollywood has a script for Yan He, and it's a horror movie."

"Huh? How many of these are you talking about?"

"The sixth one." Chen Ziyan said, "The Mist became popular before it was released, especially because of the racial discrimination incident, which brought Yan He to fame. Many film companies said that if Lu Yan He was willing to play the role, they would be willing to change the character's race and skin color. However, no one came to them for any other genres, only horror films. It was really helpless."

Lu Qingzhen: "For people in Hollywood, Yan He's masterpiece is The Mist. Everyone knows him because of this film. It's not surprising that no one is looking for him for other films. The situation will be much better when it is released."

"I'm hoping to get a script from a top director recently, even if it's just for Yan He to play a role for five to ten minutes." Chen Ziyan said, "In the next two to three years, Yan He will have almost no works that will be sent to film festivals. His only work, Love Letter, has been booked for next year's Jose Antonio Film Festival. If there are no works that go to film festivals in the next two to three years, I'm worried that Yan He's biggest advantage in the international film industry will be lost."

"You want Yanhe to always give people the impression that he is active at the film festival?"

"Yes." Chen Ziyan nodded. "Because Yan He has too many commercial themes in the future, he will definitely have no shortage of popularity and fame, but excessive commercial exposure will also weaken his greatest advantage. If everyone gets the impression that Yan He will start acting in commercial films and genre films after he becomes famous, and stop making art films, that would be bad."

Lu Qingzhen asked: "Do you have a goal?"

"We actually have a goal. The key is how to get Yan He into the casting vision of those big directors. There are still too few Asian roles." Chen Ziyan sighed.

Lu Qingzhen: "In fact, you don't have to keep looking for big directors in Europe and America. You can also ask around for big directors in Asian countries. India, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan... these countries all have world-class directors. And with Yan He's popularity in Asia, their recognition and popularity of Yan He is definitely higher than those big directors in Europe and America. To be honest, Zi Yan, there are quite a lot of people in Europe and America who don't say it but look down on Asians in their hearts."

Chen Ziyan: "I know, but that's not the reason why I don't take the initiative. Whether they look down on me or not, what I care about is that in the end we can use the results to tell them in a down-to-earth manner that it doesn't matter whether they look down on me or not."

"Then - Zi Yan, have you ever considered changing your thinking?" Lu Qingzhen suggested.

"What kind of idea do you want to change?"

"It doesn't have to be a horror film. What I mean is that Yan He can go the route of commercial films and big stars overseas first. There is no need to slowly accumulate from art films."

Lu Qingzhen said solemnly: "Yan He may not have any works participating in film festivals in the next two to three years, but if Yan He can make a name for himself in A-level blockbusters and increase his international fame, it will not be a waste of time at all, relying on the reputation Yan He has made at international film festivals in recent years. We can still look for works by world-class directors at the same time - but we are not limited to this range. There is no need to limit the range just because Yan He has no inventory to participate in film festivals."

"You and I both know that as long as you are famous enough, it will be easier for you to knock on anyone's door."
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What Lu Qingzhen said certainly makes sense.

Chen Ziyan also agrees with this logic.

It’s just that, although it seems that “all roads lead to Rome”, different roads mean that you will enter Rome with different identities.

Lu Yanhe's achievements are actually a shortcut. He took a shortcut in the evaluation system that has been in operation in the film world for hundreds of years.

Without the success at film festivals and the admiration from the world media, he would certainly succeed, but his success would not be so unique that no one could compete with him.

The core issue that Chen Ziyan wants to grasp firmly is not how high Lu Yanhe will grow in the future, but how to defend this advantage when he has already obtained a unique advantage, so as to help him continue to climb to the top of the mountain with twice the result with half the effort, rather than suddenly seeing another road and thinking that that road can also lead to climbing to the top of the mountain, and then changing the track to climb.

Among the top movie stars currently recognized in the country, only Lu Yanhe, Shang Yongzhou, Chen Bige and Chen Pinhe are actors who have not starred in a movie that ranks among the top 20 in film history in terms of box office.

And the reason why they can still be considered top-notch in this situation is that awards, honors and audience recognition have brought them extraordinary status and social recognition.

Now, Lu Yanhe is going for the box office route?

This is not a matter of having your cake and eating it too. If you can have it both ways, then Chen Ziyan won't have anything to worry about.

The problem is that if you eat the fish, you won’t have time to eat the bear’s paw.

You only have one mouth, no parallel timeline.

But you chose to eat fish, and when you want to eat bear paws, people may not be willing to give them to you.

It’s not like there aren’t other people who want to eat that dish, so they won’t keep waiting for you.

Chen Ziyan pondered for a long time, and finally made up her mind. (End of this chapter)