Chen Lingling finally added, "One more thing, Lu Yanhe. You're so handsome now. I hope your skin tone can be a little darker and your muscles a little more toned. You don't look like a martial artist now, but more like a scholar who has been studying in a private school."
Lu Yanhe's face showed embarrassment.
"Okay, Director, I'll start working out as soon as I get back."
Lu Yanhe doesn't like to exercise. In some ways, he is the same as Li Zhibai. He would rather not move if he can.
Now that Chen Lingling said this, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
-
"Yan Liang, I'll go running with you every morning from now on."
As soon as he returned, Lu Yanhe announced the matter.
Before Yan Liang could react, Li Zhibai asked in shock, "What's happened to you?"
"The director told me so."
Although Chen Lingling didn't say it explicitly, she actually meant that she thought his current image was too handsome.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang didn't know Lu Yanhe had taken on another play yet. When they heard him say that, they were both excited. "Oh my god, you got a new play directed by Chen Lingling?"
Lu Yanhe: "I think so, right? I went to try on makeup today."
Although the contract has not been signed yet, Chen Lingling asked him to make his skin color darker. She must be satisfied with him, otherwise she would not have made such a request.
Li Zhibai said, "Tsk, you really make me a little jealous now. You just finished filming with Luo Yuzhong, and now you can go film with Chen Lingling again."
Yan Liang: "Yes."
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Because I'm lucky."
"You'll have to treat us to two meals, right?" Li Zhibai said. "Just the other day, I found a 1499 buffet on my swiss bot. How about we try it today?"
Yan Liang asked in shock, "So expensive?"
Lu Yanhe asked in shock: "What do you eat here? Gold?"
Li Zhibai glanced at them both with disdain and said, "That's nothing special. It's just that it's a bit unusual to see such high prices at a buffet. I want to go and see it for myself."
Lu Yanhe said, "Brother, you have to know that even though I've acted in Director Luo's films and have also been approached for Director Chen's films, my pay is very low."
Li Zhibai: "Stop talking nonsense. Your pay for The Golden Era might be very low, but if you take on a new role now, it can't be much lower."
Lu Yanhe looked confused and asked, "Why?"
"What's the point of asking? What was your situation when you accepted 'The Golden Era'? What's your situation now?" Li Zhibai said, "Given how often you've been trending on the internet these days, there should be a lot of web dramas looking for you."
Lu Yanhe still looked confused, "No."
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"Xiao Lu has definitely become quite famous. Is this the first time someone has approached him for a leading role in a campus drama?"
In the small garden of Star Entertainment Agency, Lu Qingzhen and Chen Ziyan sat opposite each other and drank afternoon tea.
There was a script in front of Chen Ziyan. When Lu Qingzhen asked, "It's another campus male lead drama that I'm looking for Lu Yanhe to star in," she made the above comment.
Chen Ziyan smiled and said, "I've received no less than ten this month, and they're all campus-themed, with male protagonists who are academic geniuses or top students."
"After all, Xiao Lu is a true academic genius," Lu Qingzhen said. "Do you plan to let Xiao Lu take the job?"
Chen Ziyan: "I'm reading the script right now, but I'm a little hesitant. You know, Xiao Lu previously starred in "The Golden Era" and will be starring in "Phoenix Tower" soon. With this kind of starting point and resume, he could actually go the route of serious dramas and gaining good reviews, and his reputation would be even better in the industry and the market. But now is not the era where good wine needs no bush. Xiao Lu is still so young, is it necessary to build such a high profile so early? I've been thinking about this issue for the past two days."
"Prestige is a good thing, but it may be out of stock." Lu Qingzhen said what Chen Ziyan was struggling with.
Chen Ziyan laughed.
"You really understand me." She picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee. "Xiao Lu's appearance, knowledge, and personality are all rare and good. And because he has almost no obvious shortcomings, he can go any way. This is what makes me feel entangled."
"Haven't you told Xiao Lu yourself? He's still so young, so he should try everything. Even if he makes a mistake, it's not a big deal."
"But I have to have an idea in my mind." Chen Ziyan glanced at the script on the table and was hesitant to make a decision.
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In the end, the 1499 yuan buffet was not eaten, and Lu Yanhe invited the two people to have barbecue at the entrance of the community.
Pork belly, butter, and palm treasure are their three classic dishes, and you can decide the rest yourself.
One can of beer per person.
"You shouldn't fall down after drinking a can of beer, right?" Li Zhibai asked Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe's drinking capacity is no longer what it used to be.
Li Zhibai was obviously teasing him.
Lu Yanhe gave him a middle finger.
"Tsk tsk, it seems like he's really developed a good drinking tolerance." Li Zhibai said, "So arrogant, he even dares to give me the middle finger."
Lu Yanhe: "What's so great about being able to drink? Sooner or later, I'll knock you down."
"Oh!" Li Zhibai raised his eyebrows. "You're so arrogant! Sooner or later, there will be a day. Today is the day. Let's see who will take down who."
Lu Yanhe immediately said, "How many years have you been drinking? I've only been drinking for a short time. It's unfair for you to compete with me today."
"Coward." Li Zhibai sneered, looking arrogant.
Yan Liang shook his head speechlessly.
"Sister Qiu Ling!" Lu Yanhe suddenly waved towards the door.
Li Zhibai had a "I'm so cool" expression on his face one second ago, but the next second he put it away and acted like a model student.
Lu Yanhe looked at him and snorted, "Coward."
Li Zhibai was stunned and immediately turned around to look.
There was no sign of Qiu Ling at the entrance of the barbecue restaurant.
This was fooled by Lu Yanhe!
Li Zhibai angrily pointed at Lu Yanhe and said, "Lu Yanhe, when did you become so cunning?"
Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe clapped their thighs and laughed.
Suddenly, Lu Yanhe stopped laughing, his expression froze, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Sister Qiu Ling!"
Seeing him still acting, Li Zhibai sneered, "Keep acting! I'll see how long you can keep acting. If you don't act out Officer Qiu for me today, I'll never let you go!"
"Li Zhibai, you are not done with him, what does it have to do with me?" Qiu Ling's voice suddenly sounded from behind Li Zhibai.
At this moment, Li Zhibai shuddered as if countless electric currents passed through his body.
He suddenly looked up and saw Qiu Ling standing behind him.
"Officer Qiu, Qiu."
Qiu Ling raised her hand and patted Li Zhibai on the head, saying, "How many times have I told you guys? From now on, call me Sister Qiu Ling, and stop calling me Officer Qiu."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were both trying hard to hold back their laughter.
Who would have thought that Qiu Ling would actually appear at this time.
Qiu Ling pulled out the chair next to Li Zhibai and sat down directly.
"I rarely see the three of you together lately," Qiu Ling said, "How come you're all together again today?"
Seeing that Li Zhibai was still a little confused and hadn't recovered, Yan Liang took over the conversation and said, "Some time ago, we all had work and didn't have much time to be together. Today, we just happened to have time together and everyone was here, so he asked Lu Yanhe to treat us to a meal."
Qiu Ling picked up the menu. "Lu Yanhe's treating? I'm lucky to be here by chance. What did you order? Let me see and add some more."
Qiu Ling added a few more items, looked at them, and said, "What have you been busy with lately? I know Xiao Lu, he just finished filming and is editing a book called Mook. What about you two?"
Yan Liang said: "Recording programs, running business, various photo shoots, that's basically my schedule."
Qiu Ling said, "Your work doesn't sound that interesting."
"It's really not interesting most of the time," Li Zhibai said. "How can you find our work interesting?"
"As celebrity artists, your work and life are colorful in the eyes of ordinary people like us," said Qiu Ling.
"Most of it is portrayed. There are many things outside the camera that you can't imagine."
"For example?"
"For example, you often see us eating at roadside restaurants," Li Zhibai said. "And if you look at those variety shows, the celebrities always go to high-end restaurants. Even if they go to roadside restaurants, they definitely won't be these dirty, greasy little places."
Qiu Ling nodded. "That's true, but not all idol artists are like you three, right? I've only seen you three wearing slippers to eat barbecue or spicy hot pot like you three, but...it seems like you three are the only idol artists I know."
"Except for a few particularly troublesome ones, they're all pretty much the same," Li Zhibai said. "When I work with others, eat and hang out with them, we're all the same... ahem, we're all the same."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang also choked.
Qiu Ling clicked her tongue twice and pointed at Li Zhibai with her chopsticks.
Yan Liang tried to smooth things over for Li Zhi and said, "Sister Qiu Ling, do you usually come across a lot of extremely vicious people?"
"Well, you will see a lot, and you won't be able to figure out or understand many people's thought processes." Qiu Ling shook her head with emotion.
Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of the ex-girlfriend who was harassing Teacher Su Su.
For some unknown reason, that scene seemed to be planted in his heart.
He seemed to be able to recall the somewhat crazy smile on her face at any time.
Qiu Ling suddenly remembered, looked at Lu Yanhe, and said, "Oh, right, wasn't your history teacher stabbed by his ex-girlfriend? You still remember, right?"
Lu Yanhe came back to his senses, smiled bitterly, and said, "How could I forget?"
Qiu Ling asked: "Do you know how this matter was finally handled?"
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was puzzled. "How was it handled? After Teacher Su returned from the hospital, he has been teaching us. There is nothing different."
"I mean his ex-girlfriend."
"She intentionally hurt Teacher Su. She should be arrested and sentenced, right? Teacher Su's injuries must be quite serious."
"Your teacher has given up on suing her and will not hold her accountable," Qiu Ling said. "The two sides have reached a settlement."
Lu Yanhe looked at Qiu Ling in disbelief.
"Really? Why?"
Qiu Ling shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but I heard that your teacher did something wrong to her in the past, so he didn't hold her accountable."
Lu Yanhe felt even more confused.
"Anyway, the person who introduced him to me for a blind date later apologized to me earnestly, saying they introduced me to him without thorough investigation. He said it was a good thing I didn't like him, otherwise I might have been the one getting stabbed." Qiu Ling shook her head, as if lamenting something. "These things between men and women, they keep getting entangled, and in the end, they always end up hurting each other."
Li Zhibai glared, "How could it be!"
"How do you say that?"
"Two people who truly love each other will definitely grow old together." Li Zhibai vowed.
Qiu Ling sneered and said, "Only kids like you believe in fairy tales about growing old together."
"You are not that old, how can you say such things?" Li Zhibai said dissatisfiedly.
"Me? I'm just a little discouraged." A trace of melancholy crossed Qiu Ling's face. "I've seen too many cases of love turning into hate."
"You said it was just a case," Li Zhibai said, "but don't lose faith in love."
Qiu Ling looked at him in disbelief. "What's going on? When did it become your turn as a little brat to lecture me?"
"Who are you calling a brat?" Li Zhibai said in a hoarse voice, "I think I'm much more mature than you."
Qiu Ling burst out laughing, "Who gave you that confidence?"
Li Zhibai looked frustrated and angry.
Qiu Ling turned to Lu Yanhe and said, "Xiao Lu, I saw a message a while ago saying that you are going to write a book with your classmates?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Did you really write it yourself, or just use your name?" Qiu Ling asked.
Lu Yanhe explained: "I wrote it myself. It was the idea of me and my friends."
Qiu Ling: "It's really rare to see such an idea. Do you know what my colleagues are saying? After they found out you were going to publish a book, they all said that you might become the favorite idol of young children. That's not certain, but you will definitely become the favorite idol of all parents."
Lu Yanhe was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
This was not his original intention when he wanted to make a book.
"That's great. The things you are doing now are making people recognize you more and more." Qiu Ling commented.
"I see a lot of people online questioning my suitability as editor-in-chief."
"Why bother with what they say? Just try to make it first and see if it works. There's no point in nagging about it before you've even finished it," Qiu Ling said. "Just keep working on it. You're the idol we promoted from the Yuming Police Department. You can't bring shame to us."
Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, saying, "I will definitely not embarrass you."
-
Lu Yanhe once again felt that negative reviews sometimes didn't mean that much. The next day, Xu Xiaoyin contacted him and asked if he could hand over the book "Jump Up" to Jiangyin Publishing House for physical publication and distribution.
Lu Yanhe was stunned and asked, "Sister Xiaoyin, are you sure? With all the online controversy going on, are you still willing to publish this book in print?"
Isn’t it said that the publishing industry is on the decline?
Aren’t you worried that this won’t sell?
Xu Xiaoyin replied to him: Why do you care about those controversies? Whatever you do is not controversial. Among a hundred people, ninety will scold you and ten will like you. Just do your best and satisfy the ten people who like you. Your book is controversial, but you also have many supporters. It may sound a bit mercenary to say this, but after our market research, we believe that this book is worth publishing because you have many fans supporting you.
Lu Yanhe said: But, Sister Xiaoyin, this book is not a fan-oriented book. There is almost no content about me in it, except for one article I wrote myself.
Xu Xiaoyin said: I really don’t know what the specific content of this book is, but to be honest, Yan He, I want to publish this book in physical form now, mainly because I am optimistic about its sales prospects. In addition, because I usually come into contact with you, I know that you are a very serious person. I believe that you have put aside so many easy-to-make money projects and spent such a long time to make a book. It must have taken a lot of effort. I hope that through the publication of this book, we can deepen our cooperation.
Xu Xiaoyin's words were very straightforward, but this made Lu Yanhe feel comfortable.
If Xu Xiaoyin said right from the start that because she believed in him, she believed that the book would be liked by everyone without even reading the content, such words would be too hypocritical and Lu Yanhe would even be disgusted.
In fact, Xu Xiaoyin said something that touched Lu Yanhe.
——Out of a hundred people, ninety of them scold you and ten like you. Just do your best to satisfy the ten people who like you.
The world is so big and there are so many people. Even if only one tenth of them like you, it is still a very large group of people.
Lu Yanhe replied to her: Sister Xiaoyin, I need to communicate with the people at Yemai.com. I gave them all the electronic copyrights before, but there was no agreement on physical publication.
Xu Xiaoyin said: Well, then I will wait for your news. If other publishing houses come to you again, please give us priority!
As expected, in the following days, several other publishing houses came to us through various connections. One of them was even found through Yemai.com, a publishing house that Yemai.com frequently cooperates with.
Lu Yanhe and Xin Zixing proposed to entrust the physical publication of this book to Jiangyin Publishing House, but Yemai.com hoped that Lu Yanhe could entrust the physical publication to the company they often cooperated with.
Xin Zixing said: "This publishing house has a long-term cooperative relationship with our Yemai website. If they are responsible for the physical publishing, the connection between us will be much smoother."
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I'm sorry. If Jiangyin Publishing House hadn't contacted me, I would have listened to your opinion. However, Jiangyin Publishing House is also a publishing house I have worked with before, and we have a very good relationship. I still hope that Jiangyin Publishing House will be responsible for publishing this book."
Xin Zixing felt somewhat helpless.
But she couldn't say much.
"Jump Up" is a book edited by Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi, and the copyright is not in the hands of Yemai.com.
Yemai.com could not influence Lu Yanhe's decision.
After talking about this with Xin Zixiong and leaving, Chen Siqi exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Siqi looked surprised and said, "I didn't expect you to reject her so bluntly just now."
"ah?"
"I used to think you were shy and embarrassed to say no, so I was the one who always said the ugly words. Now it seems you're not so insolent," Chen Siqi said. "Without hesitation, you directly rejected another publishing house they wanted to work with."
"That's because I have indeed cooperated with Jiangyin Publishing House several times, and I am very familiar with their editors." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Siqi nodded thoughtfully, "So, are you the type of person who, in order to get familiar with someone, dares to do things that you wouldn't normally do?"
Lu Yanhe scratched his head, "Well...it doesn't seem to be to this extent."
"Anyway, you made me look at you with a new perspective today," said Chen Siqi.
Lu Yanhe smiled.
Chen Siqi: "In this way, the book seems to have returned to our original plan in a roundabout way."
"Um?"
“Make a magazine, the kind we all used to read.”
Lu Yanhe came back to his senses and said, "Yes."
Chen Siqi: "However, we only have three commissioned fiction stories right now, and not a single one has been submitted yet."
Lu Yanhe said, "I'll ask them today how the manuscript is going."
"We need to give them a deadline," Chen Siqi said, "otherwise it might not be able to meet our planned September release date."
It's already the end of July.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said okay.
He asked, "Are we writing fewer novels?"
"Yeah." Chen Siqi nodded. "The ones I'm meeting are all about miscellaneous notes and essays, and you're the one meeting the novels. Besides Liu Jiazhen and Mingyin, there's also one of your classmates, Bai Yu."
Lu Yanhe: "Then I'll ask Sister Xiaoyin to help me arrange an appointment with a writer I'm familiar with?"
Chen Siqi: "Didn't you say that last time? You said last time that you wanted to find a publishing house to help you arrange an article."
"I was a little embarrassed to speak up, so I kept silent."
Chen Siqi immediately looked over with contempt.
"You're still so thin-skinned."
Lu Yanhe touched his nose awkwardly.
"However, Lu Yanhe, you have to be mentally prepared." Chen Siqi suddenly said.
"Um?"
"Yemai.com may not cover the production costs of our book anymore," Chen Siqi said. "Once it's published in physical form, Yemai.com won't be the only platform for reading the book. For them, the book might not be worth the 100,000 yuan they spent."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I've thought about this."
"Hmm? So what do you think?"
"If they are unwilling to bear the burden anymore, I will bear it myself," said Lu Yanhe.
Chen Siqi looked at him in surprise.
"Aren't you afraid of losing money?"
"I'm afraid, but after thinking about it, even if I lose all my money, it doesn't matter if I've invested all 100,000 yuan." Lu Yanhe smiled brightly. "The worst that can happen is that I'll just have to eat dirt for a while and then make money again in the future."
Lu Yanhe was very fortunate that it took him less than a year to come to this new world and give himself the confidence to say such things.
Who doesn’t want to live a little more freely in this world, especially when they are in their teens?
Chen Siqi nodded and said, "Then don't forget, since my name is on the editor-in-chief list, the profits are also 50-50. When it comes time to pay for the production, we'll split it 50-50. Forget it, who knows if you might deliberately lower the number, so I'll take care of the accounts and ask you for it later."
Chen Siqi has the calm and carefree look of a wealthy woman.
However, there was a happiness hidden in her eyes that she didn't want Lu Yanhe to see.
-
Yemai.com indeed raised objections.
They originally wanted to get exclusive copyright, but because they knew that their 100,000 yuan could not buy the full copyright, they only asked for the electronic dissemination rights. Who knew that the book "Jump Up" became popular because Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi were accidentally photographed and became a hot topic, attracting the attention of a group of publishing houses, who began to investigate the publishing prospects of the book.
This investigation was good, as everyone found it profitable and extended an olive branch to Lu Yanhe.
Yemai.com knew that the matter could not be covered up, so they thought of finding a publishing house with which they had a long-term cooperative relationship to publish the book. In this way, the publication time could be discussed and postponed to one month after Yemai.com put it on the shelves, leaving Yemai.com with one month of exclusive time for e-reading.
But Lu Yanhe disagreed and wanted to hand over the publishing to Jiangyin Publishing House.
After discussion among the top management of Yemai.com, they decided that they would definitely not continue with the production of the book "Jump Up", but if Yemai.com did not have any advantage in terms of the time of listing, they were not willing to provide 100,000 yuan in production funds.
I want to use this book to attract traffic and build brand effect. Now that it is not exclusive, how can I attract traffic and build brand effect?
Xin Zixing listened to the doubts and discussions of the senior management, feeling helpless, but also thinking about how to smoothly allow "Jump Up" to continue the cooperation with Yemai.com.
"If we can't provide the production funding we promised, I don't think they'll agree to make 'Jump Up' available for free on Yemai," Xin Zixing said bluntly. "A physical copy costs at least 25 yuan based on current paper prices. If we don't cover the production costs and make no investment upfront, why would they provide us with the copyright for e-reading? Without us, how many more copies of their book would they sell?"
Xin Zixiong's words led the senior management into another discussion.
Xin Zixing hated this kind of meeting the most because it was all just the same old talk.
But it is unrealistic not to hold such a meeting. If these people do not reach a consensus through this meeting, many things cannot be implemented.
The argument lasted for about an hour, and finally Liu Qiao turned to look at Xin Zixing, "What do you suggest?"
Xin Zixing knew that this was Liu Qiao's hint - these people had discussed for a long time without coming up with anything new, and had no other opinions. Knowing that their opinions could not be implemented, you should quickly come up with a suggestion and make the final decision.
Xin Zixing smiled slightly and said, "There are two options. The first option is to reduce the production budget and spend money to buy the exclusive electronic copyright of the book "Jump Up". According to the market price, it is estimated to be between 30,000 and 60,000. The second option is to no longer provide free reading and instead charge for reading. Reading this magazine on our Yemai website will also be charged. The price can be cheaper than the physical book, but it will definitely not be much cheaper, otherwise Lu Yanhe and others will not agree. Of course, even with the latter option, a certain amount of copyright fees must be paid in advance, unless we don't even want the exclusive electronic copyright. As far as I know, many websites are interested in the electronic copyright of this book. Everyone knows that this book has already caused a small-scale discussion."
Liu Qiao nodded and said, "Xin Zixing's two options are well summarized. Everyone, do you support the first or the second option? Please express your views."
…
After the meeting, Xin Zixing did not return to her office, but went directly to Liu Qiao's office.
"How much advance payment are you going to give them?" Xin Zixing asked.
Liu Qiao glanced at her and said, "You caught up with me. You seem to be very concerned about Lu Yanhe's matter."
"What else can I do? I'm going to ask him to be the main introducer for my upcoming major project 'City Travels'. If our relationship becomes strained because of this incident, where can I find an artist who can take on the responsibility of making such a city documentary?" Xin Zixing said.
Liu Qiao: "Okay, stop dithering. I'll report this to the president tomorrow morning. He won't be treated unfairly. Don't worry, he's a big star and a public figure. Who would treat him unfairly?"
Xin Zixiong nodded with satisfaction.
"I've already said that we've been arguing for so long just over a few tens of thousands of dollars." Xin Zixiong complained.
"It's tens of thousands of yuan now, but don't forget, this book will be made into a series in the future. How much will a dozen or so tens of thousands of yuan add up to? A lot of rules have to be set from the beginning, and then changed later. How difficult can it be to change them?"
"Okay, okay, stop lecturing me. I'm leaving. I'm off work." Xin Zixiong turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute." Liu Qiao called her.
"What?" Xin Zixiong turned around and looked at him.
Liu Qiao bent down and picked up a paper bag. "This is a bag of coffee beans someone gave me. I don't like this stuff. You can take it back and brew it yourself."
Xin Zixing didn't hesitate and took it directly.
"Okay, thank you, Brother Qiao."
"It's time for Brother Qiao to succeed!"
