Chapter 234 The Will of Heaven
The two of them walked around the community twice before slowly going back.
Cheng Hai has left.
"He's gone?" Yan Liang asked in surprise.
Li Zhibai nodded and said, "Then he left."
Yan Liang asked, "Are you here to talk to you about the Zhou Ping'an incident?"
"Yes, that's the only thing I want to talk about," Li Zhibai said. "He came to explain and apologize to me. I don't think it's a big deal."
Li Zhibai acted as if he didn't take it to heart at all.
However, Cheng Hai must be happy with what he did.
Lu Yanhe didn't expose her, but only said, "What are you going to do about Zhou Ping'an?"
"Let's leave him alone for a couple of days. I'm so fucking fed up with people like him." Li Zhibai immediately frowned and complained about Zhou Ping'an before adding, "I haven't even explained Ma Zhiyuan's situation to you yet, and now you're messing with me like this again. You're treating me like a fool, and you're even calling it optimizing resource allocation. Give him his share, why doesn't he share some of his income with us?"
Lu Yanhe smiled instantly.
Yan Liang: "That hit the nail on the head."
He suddenly thought of something and said, "Should we clean up the house later? The production crew will be here to film tomorrow. The cameras will be rolling from the moment we leave, so they'll probably capture the environment inside our house."
"What's so good about it? It's nothing shameful." Li Zhibai exuded a lazy demeanor. "Don't be nervous. After the show airs, everyone will know that I'm the laziest person."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Li Zhibai's self-awareness left them with no room to complain.
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Unlike programs like "City Travels" and "Little Song Gathering", "Young Days" is the first reality show that Lu Yanhe has participated in.
Reality shows have been popular for ten years and have become the most popular type of variety show for actors.
Compared to shows like "Xiaoge Juzhonghui" that show professionalism, or other programs that show IQ, acting skills or other talents, reality shows are about showing yourself, every part of your body.
So, Zhou Ping'an asked Yan Liang to find a label for him.
The easiest thing to go viral in reality shows is labels.
A foodie, physically strong, extremely intelligent, funny and entertaining, etc.
Only with a distinctive label can many people recognize you at the first time.
Lu Yanhe did not intend to say that he participated in this program not to become famous. It was too high-sounding and too untrue.
If you don’t want to be famous, why be an artist?
However, Lu Yanhe didn’t know what to do since it was his first time.
It's true that I want to be famous, and it's also true that I don't want to do anything to become famous. At the age of 19, I want to become famous in a dignified way.
"Are you nervous?" Lu Yanhe asked them. His eyes fell on Li Zhibai, but he saw that the latter didn't react. "Li Zhibai is not nervous. I know."
"Nervous," Yan Liang admitted honestly. "I'm a little afraid that if I don't say a word or make a wrong move, I'll make a mistake. I've seen many artists get scolded for this."
"It's okay. It's better to have people scold you than to have no one know you at all." Li Zhibai said in a very open-minded tone, "Look at me, I get scolded by so many people every day. So what? The more people scold me, the higher my salary will be."
This is a double-edged sword in the era of traffic - there is more pressure, but the ability to monetize is also greater.
Compared to Lu Yanhe who suddenly became famous, Li Zhibai, who has been famous for several years, is obviously more experienced and has more insights in this regard.
He is already accustomed to the online insults against him.
Apart from pain, what people are never used to are things that happen by chance. Sometimes, even pain can get used to them.
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The luggage for all three of them has been packed.
Early the next morning, someone knocked on the door.
Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe had both returned running.
Yan Liang finished his bath, and Lu Yanhe was bathing inside.
Yan Liang went to open the door, and when he opened it, he saw a camera filming him.
Several staff members of the program wearing work badges greeted him.
"Hi, hello, you guys are here so early." It was only 7:30 in the morning, and Yan Liang had thought that they would arrive at least after 9 or 10 o'clock in the morning.
Yan Liang invited them in.
There are six people in total.
They are all PDs responsible for the three of them respectively.
As soon as the other two groups came in, they asked about Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai's situation.
"Yan He is taking a shower, and Brother Bai is still... sleeping." Yan Liang felt a little embarrassed to say in front of the camera that Li Zhibai was still sleeping, as if exposing the fact that Li Zhibai was lazy. In fact, Li Zhibai himself said that it didn't matter, and it was only 7:30 in the morning, so it was normal for him to still be sleeping.
Yan Liang asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
The staff of the program crew all nodded and said they had eaten.
Yan Liang was a little surprised, "Wow, you guys are eating so early?"
At this time, Lu Yanhe came out of the shower and was stunned as soon as he came out.
There were a lot more people in the room, and several cameras.
As soon as he appeared, a camera was turned towards him.
Lu Yanhe's hair was still wet. He asked in shock, "Are you here so early?"
"Um."
Lu Yanhe scratched his head and took a look at his T-shirt and shorts. He really didn't look presentable at all.
"Uh, I'm going to go change and come out later."
With that he rushed into the room.
Fortunately, Chen Ziyan would send him a batch of clothes regularly, all sponsored by cooperative brands. Lu Yanhe changed into a set before leaving the room.
He and Yan Liang were both at a loss when faced with this scene.
Yan Liang was still trying hard to find some topics to chat with them.
At this time, a girl with a ponytail and wearing a white sun-protective suit said to him with a smile: "Hello, Yan He, I am Chen Mo, your follow-up PD, and this is He Zhong, your follow-up camera. I will be grateful for your guidance from now on."
Lu Yanhe quickly greeted them, "Hello, I'm Lu Yanhe."
He rolled his eyes around nervously, as if he was in a social anxiety state, and asked, "Would you like some drinks? Can I get you some?"
"It's okay, no need." Chen Mo said, "Just pretend we don't exist for now and do what you need to do normally. We'll do a simple backup interview when your agent arrives."
Lu Yanhe nodded, then looked at Yan Liang. Yan Liang knew what he meant and responded directly with his eyes, "Don't look at me, I don't know what to do now."
Both of them are complete reality show novices.
The two of them were silent for a while, feeling uneasy. Suddenly, their eyes lit up at the same time.
They looked at Li Zhibai's closed door at the same time.
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"I wipe it, I wipe it, I wipe it——"
Li Zhibai sat up straight from the bed with his messy hair, and a series of "Oh my god" came out of his mouth like a running train.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang opened the curtains to let the hot summer sun in, and one of them lifted the blanket off Li Zhibai. They managed to close the door from the inside and prevented the photographers from coming in to take pictures of this scene.
The people outside heard Li Zhibai's roar in the room, but unfortunately they only recorded the sound and didn't capture the picture, which was a pity.
Five minutes later, Li Zhibai came out of the room with an angry look on his face.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang woke Li Zhibai up from bed, saying they "had no idea what to do" and asked this reality show veteran to guide them.
The reality show veteran was very unhappy about being woken up, but someone had already come outside. After all, a veteran is a veteran, so he didn't say anything bad at this time. He just went to the bathroom angrily without even saying hello.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at Li Zhibai's nonchalant look and nodded to each other.
"Brother is still brother."
Li Zhibai went to the bathroom and washed his face. Only then did he have the energy to greet the staff.
But it was just a greeting. As soon as he said hello, he acted as if they were not there and lay down on the sofa again, apparently intending to take a nap.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang certainly didn't intend to let him fall asleep like this again.
So, the two men immediately sat down next to him again, one pushing his head to the side, and the other pushing his legs to the side, so that Li Zhibai's body, which was originally lying horizontally on the sofa, became an angle. Li Zhibai couldn't help but let out an angry roar, and finally sat down, looking at the two of them, "Fuck you two!"
The staff present thought silently, OK, this has just begun, it needs to be muted.
After Li Zhibai was provoked by Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, he kept a stern face and sighed from time to time.
Lu Yanhe looked at Li Zhibai's messy hair and asked, "Do you want to get your hair done?"
"We've already been filmed, so I'm too lazy to do it. I'll just wait for the makeup artist to come." Li Zhibai yawned and looked towards the camera, saying to the production crew, "You guys are so mean. You came here so early in the morning just to film us looking ridiculous."
His PD immediately laughed and said, "We don't mean that."
"If I believe you, I'll be damned." Li Zhibai curled his lips. "Where's Li Zhenzhen? Why isn't she here? She was sleeping in, and you guys came to work so early in the morning?"
"The director is waiting for you at your accommodation." The PD covered his mouth to hide his laughter.
Lu Yanhe was surprised at Li Zhibai's attitude of daring to say anything in front of the camera.
However, he instinctively felt that this was the best part of the reality show.
In comparison, he and Yan Liang were too reserved.
Li Zhibai gradually woke up a little and was no longer so sleepy. He yawned and asked, "Are you two done running?"
"Um."
"Have you had breakfast?"
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang both shook their heads.
Both of them had just finished running and couldn't eat, so they usually had to wait half an hour before eating.
Li Zhibai said, "Then let's go downstairs and have breakfast."
Yan Liang said, "We've already bought some steamed buns and soy milk."
"Oh?" Li Zhibai nodded. "Then you don't even have to leave the house. That's fine."
He yawned and said, "I'm going to brush my teeth."
As soon as Li Zhibai left, the living room became quiet again.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other in bewilderment. The staff members were also wondering if these two people were not on good terms. Why did they remain silent as soon as Li Zhibai left? But it didn't look like they had a bad relationship.
After a few seconds, Lu Yanhe said, "Shall we eat here, or go to the dining table?"
"Let's eat here, otherwise they will have to change the camera position again." Yan Liang pointed at the staff and said.
The staff really wanted to say that they didn't have a fixed camera position, and the photographers carried the cameras themselves and could move around flexibly. Li Zhibai's cameraman followed him to film him brushing his teeth.
However, reality shows have always tried not to interfere with the lives of celebrity guests and to film their true selves. Therefore, as a staff member, one of the principles is to avoid interrupting and disturbing them as much as possible.
Unless it involves a matter of principle, I generally don't speak.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang went to get the buns and soy milk, and started eating without waiting for Li Zhibai.
As soon as Li Zhibai arrived, he asked, "What kind of buns did you buy?"
"It's the bun shop at the door." Yan Liang replied.
"Oh." Li Zhibai yawned again, sat down, and said, "I'm really impressed by you two for waking me up."
"This is our first time filming a reality show like this. We have no experience. Without you here, we don't know what to say."
"Then just say what you should say." Li Zhibai said, took a bite of half of the bun and ate it with great relish.
Lu Yanhe really envied Li Zhibai's ability to act as if no one was around and ignore the camera.
"When will Zhou Ping'an and Sister Zi Yan come?" Li Zhibai asked again.
"Yesterday they said it would be around 8:30, and they would also do our styling," said Yan Liang.
"That's still a while." Li Zhi quickly ate the bun in his hand and took another one. "The buns at our door are really fragrant and delicious."
"It's okay, lots of meat."
Li Zhibai did three by himself, while Yan Liang and Lu Yanhe only did two each.
After eating and drinking, the three people's first reaction was to lie down.
“I feel so full.”
After Yan Liang lay down, he immediately realized that he was being filmed. He felt that this was too lazy, so he sat back on the sofa.
Lu Yanhe also sat on it.
The image is indeed not very good.
Only Li Zhibai didn't care and continued to lie on the floor.
"How long will we record this time?"
"It takes five days to record."
Li Zhibai uttered an "oh" and after a moment, he said, "So, are we going to go down to the house and have lunch?"
"I think so. It seems that they want us to meet each other during lunch."
Li Zhibai: "Why do reality shows like to play with such tricks?"
He didn't even bother to tell the reality TV crew about his complaints, he just did it to their faces.
Lu Yanhe thought, this is really the difference. He and Yan Liang could never be as relaxed as Li Zhibai.
But at this moment, Lu Yanhe thought about it and felt that it would be okay even if he didn't relax. It was normal and there was no need to pretend to be relaxed.
Lu Yanhe figured this out and relaxed instead.
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It's a bit uncomfortable to suddenly have a few more people in the room taking pictures of you.
Lu Yanhe and the others rested for a while and then started to do their own things.
Lu Yanhe returned to his room, opened his laptop, and read the manuscript.
"Jump Up" has posted a call for submissions on Yemai.com and Jiangyin Publishing House. The submission email address is managed jointly by him and Chen Siqi.
In fact, 99% of the manuscripts in the mailbox are unusable, but they still check the manuscripts received in the mailbox every day.
The division of labor between the two of them is that whoever clicks on the read email will be responsible for reading the manuscript. If it is well written and has the potential to be published, they will download it and upload it to a network disk they share.
The network disk is used by the two of them.
Lu Yanhe reads manuscripts every day.
In fact, Lu Yanhe often feels tired of reading. In the past, reading books and novels was a hobby of his, but now he feels a bit tortured because many articles are really not well written.
Words seem more literary the more elaborate the words are, but in fact, the more sincere they are, the more touching they are.
But sincerity is something so precious and hard to come by.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe suddenly received a message from Jiang Yuqian: The article I promised you has been written.
Lu Yanhe's eyes lit up at this moment.
Finally received it.
Jiang Yuqian sent a document over.
Lu Yanhe: Thank you Sister Yuqian!
Jiang Yuqian: Don’t ask me to do this kind of work next time. I really can’t write.
Lu Yanhe: Thank you Sister Yuqian for supporting me!
Jiang Yuqian: That’s good to know. Okay, I’ve finished my mission and I’m going to bed.
Lu Yanhe was stunned and asked, "Sister Yuqian, why are you sleeping so late? Didn't you sleep last night?"
Jiang Yuqian said: I worked a late-night shoot yesterday and just finished it. Suddenly I felt like writing this article for you.
Lu Yanhe: So should I be thankful for this big night scene? Otherwise, Sister Yuqian, you wouldn't be able to write it.
Jiang Yuqian: This is too torturous. I’m going to sleep. Bye.
Lu Yanhe opened the article sent by Jiang Yuqian with some excitement. It was actually a very solid article with nearly two thousand words.
He read it immediately. What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that Jiang Yuqian actually wrote a letter to the character she played in "The Golden Age".
Lu Yanhe really didn't expect this situation.
However, after reading through the manuscript, Lu Yanhe was stunned. The content of the article shocked Lu Yanhe.
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"When I wrote this letter to you, it was during a break in a big night scene. The weather was very hot. I was sitting on the set with only a small fan to provide some breeze."
"If I hadn't agreed to write this article for Yan He, it might have taken me a long time to think of writing this letter to you."
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"Many fans think I'm an extremely hardworking person, but I know that compared to you, I'm far behind. When I was playing you, I often couldn't help but wonder, if I encountered setbacks and difficulties like you in my life, would I be able to make it through?"
"Seeing you hold your breath and refuse to give up in such a difficult situation often reminds me of my own school days. I can't help but feel a little regretful that I didn't persevere a little longer and work harder like you."
"You know what? My experiences are very similar to yours, except I haven't achieved the same success as you. I'm not unhappy right now, but like you, I have someone in my heart who I can no longer see but cannot forget. So, after reading the script for the first time, I thought, maybe meeting you was fate."
