Become famous another day.

"Sister Zi Yan, this is not right."

In the end, Lu Yanhe did not tell Li Yuefeng what he had originally planned to say.

"Li Yuefeng was auditioning normally. Neither of us had seen his audition, nor had we seen anyone else's audition. It's unfair to arbitrarily say he's not suitable for the role just because of what we know about him."

Lu Yanhe shook his head. "No, this is not only unfair, but we are too arrogant. Sister Zi Yan, if we really think he is not suitable, we should go to the audition, sit there and seriously discuss his performance and the performance of other auditioners with the production staff, and then discuss the matter objectively."

"We shouldn't just dismiss him based on our own feelings."

Chen Ziyan was silent for a long time on the other end of the phone, and then said, "You are right."

Hearing Chen Ziyan say this, Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, before he called Chen Ziyan, he was really worried that Chen Ziyan would not agree with his idea.

Chen Ziyan said: "Then... have you decided to audition for the later part of the TV version of Rouge?"

"I don't know if I will have time later. After all, I have to film and promote Friends, release and promote The Mist, and perform at the Spring Festival Gala. Oh, by the way, which song has the director team chosen for the Spring Festival Gala? Why is there no news yet?"

Lu Yanhe paused, then continued, "After all, I'm very busy in the coming time, and I don't know if I can participate in the audition for the TV version of Rouge. Of course, Bingyuan Video may not want me to participate. In short, if we want to express our opinions on Li Yuefeng playing the role of Twelve Young Master, we must participate. Sister Zi Yan, please help me communicate with them and see if I have the opportunity to participate. If not, I will regard it as God's will and I will not comment on this matter."

Chen Ziyan smiled.

"Then can I understand that if your schedule is not suitable for participating in their audition, you will not comment on this matter?"

"Am I being a little selfish?"

"From a business perspective, it's not necessarily selfish. I've also said that if Bingyuan Video still chose Li Yuefeng when it's obvious that he's not suitable for Twelve Young Masters, it means he must be the best solution in terms of the market."

Chen Ziyan said, "Besides, you also said that Li Yuefeng is very concerned about this role and is determined to get it. To be honest, after listening to you tell me this, my attitude has also loosened. To put it bluntly, our industry is an industry where the future can never be predicted, and unexpected things happen every day. Projects that no one is optimistic about become popular overnight, and big projects that are bet by big names and all parties turn into human tragedies. All of this happens. As you said, we are just judging whether Li Yuefeng is suitable for the Twelve Young Master based on the prejudices we have formed about him in the past. Maybe he will surprise all of us and bring us a huge surprise."

Lu Yanhe: "...We don't have to deceive ourselves from now on. I just feel ashamed because I thought I didn't want Li Yuefeng to play the role in order to ensure that I found the most suitable actor for this role. However, I didn't know how much effort Li Yuefeng had put into this play, and how much homework he had done to get this role. I didn't even watch his audition and I decided that he was not good enough. I feel that I am very arrogant. His attitude towards this play should not be rejected by me so arrogantly."

"OK, I understand, Yan He, what you said actually makes sense, you convinced me." Chen Ziyan said, "We all have to avoid falling into the trap of empiricism."
-
"I didn't expect you would find time to have dinner with me now."

On Wednesday night, Lu Yanhe and Huang Kairen had dinner together.

This dinner was arranged by Lu Yanhe and Huang Kairen.

After finishing the filming of "A Needle Hit the Blood", Huang Kairen was filming the latter part of "Wulin Wai Zhuan". Because of a long-determined job, Huang Kairen had to take a leave for the next two days, so Lu Yanhe had the opportunity to sit here and have dinner with Huang Kairen tonight.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Actually, Monday to Thursday are the most relaxing days for me. During the shooting time, there is no need for any interpersonal communication."

Huang Kairen: "Once Friends is over and this craze is over, the situation will be relatively better."

This is actually how hot the entertainment industry is.

Whenever a phenomenal hit like "Friends" comes out, not only people in the circle flock to it, but also capital outside the circle.

The emergence of a drama like "Friends" is a carnival for the entire film and television industry - because more people will come to them with money to invest.

Lu Yanhe said: "I have to say that I have never met so many people with checks, willing to invest in whatever I shoot as long as I am willing."

Huang Kairen smiled and said, "If you tell this to people from other film and television companies, it will cause public outrage. Every time I meet people from those film and television companies, they always complain that it is too difficult to find investors these days. It is no longer as good as it was 20 years ago when those coal bosses were around."

"Haha." Lu Yanhe looked at Huang Kairen, "Brother Huang, I have something that has been bothering me recently. I need to hear your thoughts."

"Hmm?" Huang Kairen put down his chopsticks in surprise. "That's strange. Is there anything else you want to hear my opinion on?"

"I'm not so arrogant that I think I can blindly trust my own judgment." Lu Yanhe smiled and told Huang Kairen about what happened with Li Yuefeng.

"Brother Huang, you have played the role of Twelve Young Master. You are one of the people who knows the character of Twelve Young Master best. I would like to ask for your opinion."

Huang Kairen obviously didn't expect that Lu Yanhe came to him for this matter.

"Oh, Li Yuefeng?"

Huang Kairen took a deep breath.

“This is something I need to think about.”

"You don't have anything else to do tonight, right?" Lu Yanhe asked with a smile, "I'm planning to ask you to go watch a movie that's coming out soon after dinner."

"OK, I don't have any other plans tonight." Huang Kairen nodded, "I can understand your first reaction. When you told me about this just now, my first reaction was exactly the same as yours."

Huang Kairen took a deep breath and said, "But I think you are definitely not regretting your decision not to interfere with Bingyuan Video's decision on who to choose to play the role of the Twelve Young Master."

"Yes, I don't regret it. In fact, I think it was right for me not to interfere." Lu Yanhe waved his hand, "I have never questioned this matter."

Huang Kairen: "Let me guess, you are... not sure how much to trust your intuition?"

Lu Yanhe looked at Huang Kairen in shock.

"Brother Huang, I have to say that what you just said made me feel for a moment that you were possessed by Sister Zixing. Only she could see so sharply that I myself was not aware of the problem."

Huang Kairen laughed.

"Do you know why I say that?"

Huang Kairen's eyes made Lu Yanhe look incredulous.

"It can't be...Brother Huang, don't tell me that Sister Zixing discussed this issue with you." Lu Yanhe asked, "Did Sister Zixing say this?"

"She said that you will face this problem sooner or later. She also said that this is a problem that all talented creators will inevitably face." Huang Kairen shrugged. "Of course, fortunately, she thinks I will never face such a problem."

Lu Yanhe: "This is incredible, how come you guys are talking about this?"

"Because we were discussing how to judge the quality of a project from the beginning," Huang Kairen said. "We discussed it many times, and we argued every time. In fact, we even tried to summarize some rules and find some replicable and repeatable paths like those big data experts. This is nonsense. You don't need to point out this problem to me. I know it's nonsense myself."

"Then, we talked about you. After all, you are the only legend who has never failed. Moreover, you are not a person with low output. The film and television projects you participate in every year are equivalent to mine in two or three years." Huang Kairen said, "Why can you find successful projects so accurately every time? It's okay if you create and lead them yourself, but you have also collaborated with different people on so many different projects."

Lu Yanhe didn't know what to say.

Just as Huang Kairen said, this may be the most incredible thing about him.

If the works he brought were already verified in another time and space, and they were still successful in this world, it was completely understandable. But apart from them, every work he participated in in this world was also successful, which was indeed incredible.

Is there a pattern to be found?

He has worked with big directors like Luo Yuzhong and Chen Lingling, as well as new directors like Liu Bige. He also worked with Fu Kai, who had made many commercial films and was making an art film for the first time.

There is no pattern.

He didn't dare to say how discerning he was, but all the projects he chose were successful.

It's really luck.

"I can only call it luck."

"Yes, and luck... in a sense, for those of us in the entertainment industry, it is intuition. It is an intuition that we develop based on our aesthetics and values ​​after watching and performing in many works." Huang Kairen shrugged. "And I am obviously not good at this, so I rejected Rouge so many times."

He made a joke on himself.

"But you insisted that I could do it." Huang Kairen shrugged. "In fact, many projects and actors were determined by your intuition. You thought Wang Dashan was suitable for Lost on Journey, and you believed that Liu Bige's Late Spring was worth filming even if all the actors except you were new."

"But I must say that I also benefited from many people's help. My first drama was all thanks to you. Because you made the drama "The Golden Age" a success, I was recognized by everyone for my first drama." Lu Yanhe said sincerely, "In fact, many of my projects are not as legendary as others say. They are all in line with the market, with big stars like you as the leading actors and big directors in charge. It's just that because they are all superimposed on me, it seems that I have become the one who is 100% successful."

Lu Yanhe is not hypocritical. Except for Liu Bige and Bai Jingnian, all the directors he worked with were already successful and famous. Not to mention the actors he worked with, except for Friends and Late Spring, every other play he worked with had a big name in front of him, including Three Mountains, which was also directed by Director Wang Zhong.

Lu Yanhe knew that, in a sense, he had actually taken a lot of advantages.

"I don't deny this, but no matter what, the market's positioning of you is an incredible miracle." Huang Kairen said, "Now in everyone's eyes, no matter what project you do, it will be successful, regardless of the subject matter, format, or actors. But the more this happens, the easier it is for you to get lost, right?"

Lu Yanhe fell silent.

“When the whole world is against you, you can think clearly about what you really want and what you insist on. But when the whole world believes in your judgment with money in hand, you hesitate, or even become a little afraid and retreat.”

Huang Kairen's eyes were particularly serious, and in his eyes, he actually revealed his tolerance for Lu Yanhe, a junior who always called him Brother Huang.

“Does your idea have to be correct?”

“Is your judgment necessarily accurate?”

“Is your attitude definitely the most worthy of recognition?”

Huang Kairen smiled and said, "Zixing has always been very concerned about you. She said that she has known you since you were just starting out and has watched you get to where you are today step by step. Especially in this situation now, the fire is burning too strong, but you are a person who is very good at reflection and self-examination at the age of 18. The fire is too strong, but it is a burden for you."

Lu Yanhe sighed: "Sometimes I also wonder, it would be nice if I had a personality like Li Zhibai."

"Believe me, if you have a personality like Li Zhibai, you would not have achieved what you have today. If an actor or a creator is not sensitive, emotional, hesitant, how can he understand the complexity of another person and capture the most subtle and delicate parts of life?" Huang Kairen said, "You said you envy Li Zhibai's personality, and I want to say that I envy your personality very much. I am not like that, so I may always be a second-rate actor."

Lu Yanhe quickly waved his hand.

"how come."

"After I finished Rouge, I have accepted this," Huang Kairen said. "This is actually a good thing. After knowing the gap between myself and the top actors, I will not have too high demands and expectations on myself."

He smiled.

"I once met Jiang Yuqian backstage at an event and we chatted for a while. I was surprisingly in a similar situation to her. But after we recognized the limitations of our acting talent as actors, we were not as disappointed as we imagined. On the contrary, I think I worked harder to some extent because I knew more clearly in which direction I should work hard and where I needed to work hard."

Lu Yanhe didn't expect to have such a conversation with Huang Kairen tonight.

"So, back on topic, you said that Li Yuefeng was determined to get the role of Twelve Young Master. Regardless of whether he gets the role in the end, I believe that this process may be more precious to him than whether he gets the role or not. Our generation of actors did not go through the growth process of those actors ten or twenty years ago. We were created in a star-making way. Audition? I can say something unpleasant. Our generation of actors may have auditioned no more than ten times since our debut, because there is no such concept in the environment we are in, and it cannot survive."

"Li Yuefeng was able to meet such a role that made him prepare for the audition and strive for it, like a real actor, instead of having the agency and agent do the public relations and negotiations like before, and directly bring back the contract and script and send him to the set on the day of shooting." Huang Kairen said, "It's quite sad to say, at least in my opinion, this is the most precious thing Li Yuefeng has gained as an actor."

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.

"OK, I really learned a good lesson," he said.

Huang Kairen waved his hand.

This topic ends here.

Huang Kairen asked: "Which movie are you going to take me to see later?" "Do you have any you want to see? Actually, I haven't seen any of the movies that were released recently."

"Me too." Huang Kairen said, "Then let's talk about it after we finish eating."

"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
-
In the film and television industry, there has always been a saying that the emotions of actors must be protected.

Because expressing emotions is an actor's job.

Once an actor's emotional state is not right, it is almost impossible to deceive the camera.

At the shooting scene on Thursday, almost everyone could see that Yin Xincheng was not in good condition.

The filming in the first few weeks went very smoothly.

However, during the filming this morning, Yin Xincheng encountered frequent problems, such as getting stuck, forgetting the lines, and being unable to get into the mood, etc.

Of course, actors are also human beings, and it is impossible for them to keep themselves in a very good state all the time.

But it's not common to see someone as bad as Yin Xincheng.

The most important thing is that this mode of shooting and broadcasting at the same time does not give Yin Xincheng time to adjust.

"Hey, Xincheng, cheer up." After Bai Jingnian failed again, he walked up to Yin Xincheng and patted his face gently.

Yin Xincheng also knew that something was not right with him. He lowered his head in self-blame and disappointment and apologized to everyone.

The other actors looked at each other.

But the actor was not in the right state, and no one could force him to change immediately.

Bai Jingnian could only let the crew rest for ten minutes before continuing filming.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang returned to their own lounge.

"Yin Xincheng is a little weird today."

"When I met him in the morning, he was absent-minded and I didn't know what was wrong with him," said Yan Liang.

Yan Liang speculated again: "Could it be because of the recent exposure of his relationship?"

"It shouldn't be that serious, right?" Lu Yanhe said, "This incident didn't cause much negative impact. Could it be that once the relationship was exposed, many of his fans really left him?"

"I haven't heard of it." Yan Liang shook his head. "Should we go find him? Ask him?"

Lu Yanhe nodded.

So, the two people who originally planned to go back to the lounge to rest, turned to Yin Xincheng's lounge.

When I got there, Zhan Yun and Bai Jin were also there.

"Why are you here too?" Yan Liang looked at them with some surprise.

"I have the same idea as you." said Zhan Yun.

"Then...what about Yin Xincheng?"

"He just went out to answer the phone." Zhan Yun asked, "Didn't you run into him outside?"

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang shook their heads.

They waited in the room for ten minutes when suddenly someone knocked on the door.

It was to remind them that the scene was ready and to ask the actors to go back and prepare to continue filming.

"Isn't Yin Xincheng with you?"

They shook their heads.

Lu Yanhe and the others returned to the scene with confusion on their faces, but Yin Xincheng was nowhere to be found.

"Where did he go? Doesn't anyone know?" Bai Jingnian was a little annoyed, and his tone became much higher.

The shooting in the morning was not going smoothly to begin with, and now the actors are missing. The pressure is overwhelming and it is very difficult to endure.

However, this is the worst part about sitcoms. Many shots involve many actors acting together, and the filming cannot be done if one of them is missing.

Lu Yanhe and the others could only wait at the scene.

He tried to call Yin Xincheng, but there was no answer.

"Did something happen to him?" After another ten minutes passed and no one from the crew had found Yin Xincheng, Bai Jin asked worriedly, "Zhan Yun and I went to his room to look for him. He was on the phone and didn't look very relaxed."

"He is indeed a little strange today."

At this time, someone came over and said that the security guard at the door saw Yin Xincheng driving away more than ten minutes ago.

After hearing this, Bai Jingnian threw the script in his hand.

Lu Yanhe was also a little confused.

What happened?

Yan Liang whispered, "Why do I feel like something has happened? But I just searched online and there is no news related to him."

Lu Yanhe: "Something must have happened, otherwise he wouldn't have left without even saying hello. The question now is, can we still shoot today?"

Everyone can only stay where they are.

Lu Yanhe waited in the lounge for about half an hour, and Hu Siwei and Bai Jingnian came over and knocked on the door together.

Lu Yanhe opened the door for them.

"Have you contacted him?"

Hu Siwei shook his head. "His agent went to look for him."

Lu Yanhe sighed.

"So what do we do now?"

"We'll either bring him back or adjust the script," Hu Siwei said, "and give his role to someone else."

Lu Yanhe reacted, "Oh, so you came here to ask me if you can change the script?"

Bai Jingnian nodded and said, "We can't keep waiting for this kind of filming and broadcasting mode."

"Yes." Lu Yanhe took a deep breath, thought for a while, and said, "I'll try to change it. It would be best if I could get him back as soon as possible."

Bai Jingnian sneered: "Even if we find him back, given his condition this morning, I don't know if we can still shoot him."

Changing the script at the last minute is not an easy task.

Lu Yanhe opened his laptop, took out the scripts for the two episodes to be filmed this week, read them from beginning to end, and thought about them for a long time.

Wang Biao also took his lunch directly to his room and ate it.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, Lu Yanhe revised a draft and sent it to Bai Jingnian and Hu Siwei.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Yin Xincheng was brought back to the set by his agent.

His eyes were red and he looked totally distraught.

Lu Yanhe looked at Yin Xincheng in surprise, wanting to know what was wrong with him.

Zhan Yun came up behind him, sighed, and whispered, "His girlfriend broke up with him."

"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was stunned and shocked.

They broke up just after their relationship was exposed?

"why?"

Zhan Yun: "I don't know. I heard that they broke up last night. Yin Xincheng suddenly disappeared this morning. He must have gone to look for his girlfriend."

Lu Yanhe was silent.

"Can you take a picture?" Bai Jingnian suppressed his temper and asked Yin Xincheng in a deep voice.

Yin Xincheng shook his head, his eyes dull, "Director, I'm sorry, I can't shoot now."

"Okay." Bai Jingnian nodded, "Then you can go."

He turned to Hu Siwei and said, "Print out the revised script and let all the actors familiarize themselves with it. We will start shooting in an hour."

Yin Xincheng's agent's face turned green.

"Director, director, Xincheng is very emotionally unstable right now. Let me do his job. Please give me a little more time, one hour, and I guarantee he can return to the shooting site!"

"We have been waiting for him for a whole morning. We don't have time to wait any longer!" Bai Jingnian roared.

These words were actually shouted at Yin Xincheng.

However, Yin Xincheng remained indifferent, like a walking corpse.

Lu Yanhe looked at Yin Xincheng in disbelief. This scene was unbelievable to him.

Not long ago, Yin Xincheng got drunk and lost his composure because he was so excited that they could reunite and film together.

Why does he suddenly not care about all this now?
He could understand that Yin Xincheng was in a bad mood because of the breakup, but he couldn't understand why he would abandon everyone in the crew and suddenly disappear just because of this incident?
why?
At this moment, Bai Jin suddenly walked up to Yin Xincheng and said excitedly, "Hey, Yin Xincheng, it's just a breakup, it's not like the end of the world, right?"

Yin Xincheng's eyes were red and he shook his head, "I'm sorry."

"What's the point of saying sorry? Cheer up and get back to filming!" (End of this chapter)