The day I officially joined the group was Friday.
After he finished his exam in Ancient Chinese, he packed his schoolbag and went straight to the school gate with his suitcase.
Zou Dong was waiting for him at the school gate.
I also met Wang Xiao on the way.
"Why are you still pulling the suitcase? Have you finished the exam? Are you ready to go back?" Wang Xiao asked curiously.
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I have to stay with the crew for two nights."
Only then did Wang Xiao realize that Lu Yanhe was going to film a movie.
"You're a busy man," Wang Xiao said. "So you won't be here on New Year's Eve either? Are you going to attend the New Year's Eve party?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I didn't have time to prepare, so I didn't take the job of the New Year's Eve party."
Wang Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Then do you want to come to our Youth Association's New Year's Eve party?"
Lu Yanhe said: "I might not be free at that time, I might be filming on the set. Now, when I am free, I usually listen to the crew's coordination and go to film as soon as I receive the notice."
Wang Xiao nodded and said, "Then if you don't have to film, come. This is our association's annual gathering, and everyone wants to meet you."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "If I were in school, I would participate."
Wang Xiao nodded, "Okay, I'll send you the specific address later."
Although I said I couldn't participate in the association's activities when I agreed to join the youth association, now that I have joined, it is obviously inappropriate to not participate once. I seem aloof or unsociable.
Besides, Lu Yanhe actually quite liked Wang Xiao and was willing to accept his invitation to participate in such an event. Some people just have this kind of charm that makes people want to interact with them.
Lu Yanhe took Zou Dong's car to the Langhua film and television base and checked into the hotel first. The crew was wealthy and generous, and had booked a suite for Lu Yanhe directly. The conditions were very good. Zou Dong, who accompanied Lu Yanhe to the set, had a king-size bed. The crew paid for the room.
As soon as he arrived at the hotel, he ran into Lang Xia.
He also joined the crew on the same day. The two of them got out of the car one after the other. Behind Lang Xia was his agent, He Yingzi.
Lu Yanhe almost didn't recognize her because He Yingzi had dyed her hair black again.
"Oh, Yanhe is here today too?" He Yingzi raised the corner of her mouth. For some reason, her smile always reminded Lu Yanhe of a shark grinning at its prey - one thing that must be pointed out is that her mouth is not actually big, but it has that sharp and threatening feeling.
Lu Yanhe called out "Sister Yingzi," nodded to Lang Xia, and said, "Hello, Sister Yingzi."
He Yingzi saw Zou Dong getting his suitcase from the trunk after getting out of the car and asked, "Didn't Chen Ziyan come with you?"
Lu Yanhe said, "She has something to do today."
He Yingzi said, "That must be something important, otherwise, she would have personally sent you here on your first day on the set."
"It's okay. Sister Zi Yan said she will come over tomorrow morning and accompany me to the set." Lu Yanhe said directly.
He Yingzi uttered an "oh," smiled, glanced at Lang Xia, and said, "You two are of similar age, and you're filming on the same crew now. You should communicate more in the future."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
I can still do the work of putting on a good show.
But Lang Xia didn't even want to put in the effort. He said to He Yingzi impatiently, "Let's go in. We've been driving for several hours and I'm so tired. I want to rest early."
He Yingzi nodded and took Lang Xia in.
There was a man following behind carrying suitcases. There seemed to be quite a few of them, so he probably had to carry them several times by himself.
Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong each had a suitcase, and Zou Dong's was particularly large.
Zou Dong didn't see the parking attendant.
Seeing Zou Dong looking around, Lu Yanhe asked, "Then I'll take the suitcases in first and check in. Brother Dong, please park the car and come over."
Zou Dong frowned slightly, as if he was judging whether this place was safe, and did not agree immediately.
At this time, a uniformed hotel staff finally came out from the door.
"Hello, do you need any help?"
Zou Dong handed him the car keys and said, "Please park the car for us."
The other party took the car keys respectfully, nodded and said okay.
Zou Dong works as both a bodyguard and an assistant, so it is inevitable that he will encounter such difficulties.
Lu Yanhe has also gotten used to it. No matter where Zou Dong is, he will doubt his safety and will check and follow him.
Very professional indeed.
The crew had the hotel reserve the room for them.
Lu Yanhe lives in 1301 and Zou Dong lives in 1307, which are relatively close to each other.
After checking in, Lu Yanhe said, "Brother Dong, shall we go get something to eat together later?"
They had been driving here for several hours and they hadn't eaten yet.
Zou Dong agreed.
Just as I was about to enter the elevator, suddenly, a woman with flaxen hair came running over in a hurry.
"Yan He!" she shouted.
Lu Yanhe looked back in surprise.
Zou Dong took a step forward, half blocking Lu Yanhe.
"I'm Liu Lu, the lifestyle producer for Phoenix TV," the flaxen-haired woman said to Lu Yanhe. "Boss Huang specifically told you to come around this time today and to wait for you in the lobby. I just had a call and almost missed it."
"Hello." Lu Yanhe nodded slightly to her and greeted her.
Liu Lu said: "This is a little gift we prepared for you."
She handed over a paper bag in her hand, and Lu Yanhe hurriedly thanked her and took it.
Liu Lu asked, "Have you had dinner yet? If not, why don't I find a restaurant and we can eat together later?"
Lu Yanhe didn't want to go through so much trouble to have a meal together and chat. He planned to eat something quickly, then go back to the hotel to review the scenes he was going to shoot tomorrow and go to bed early.
"Thank you, but no, I have something to do later. Just eat something yourself. You're still waiting for us so late. You must have worked hard. You should go back and rest early."
Liu Lu nodded and said, "Okay, I just sent you a friend request. Please approve it later. If you need anything later, you can contact me."
"OK, thanks."
After putting down their luggage, Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong went downstairs to find a restaurant nearby.
As expected, there are many restaurants open near the film and television base.
Lu Yanhe randomly found a small stir-fry restaurant and went in with Zou Dong. Since there were only two of them and they didn't ask for a private room, they just found a seat for four in the lobby.
At this time, probably because it was winter, there were not many people. There seemed to be only three or four tables in the lobby.
The waiter recognized Lu Yanhe and was a little surprised, but that was all.
After all, he works as a waiter near a film and television base, so he probably sees celebrities often, so he is not surprised.
Lu Yanhe didn't dare to eat too much. It was so late and he didn't dare to eat rice, so he gave the menu to Zou Dong and just ordered a bowl of wontons for himself.
Zou Dong originally only wanted a bowl of fried noodles, but Lu Yanhe quickly said, "If the two of us only order this, the restaurant will probably kick us out. Brother Dong, you can order two dishes. I just don't eat rice, but I still eat vegetables."
Zou Dong ordered a dish of fried chicken with ginger and a dish of fried vegetables.
Lu Yanhe was very doubtful whether Zou Dong had enough to eat.
Zou Dong said enough.
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Although I am already a junior, I still have to take all the exams I need to take.
After finishing this exam, there is another one.
Helan came out of the library at night, braving the cold wind and walking towards the dormitory with his neck shivering.
The footsteps are hurried.
The main road had been cleared of snow.
Helan put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and rushed forward, when he suddenly heard the voices of two people talking in the cold wind ahead.
"Why is Lu Yanhe always so frugal? Two men only eat so little." The man's tone was full of incomprehension.
Huh? What happened?
Helan raised his head in confusion and looked ahead.
It was a pair of girls walking side by side.
"Yeah, it feels like they're too frugal. When we go out to eat, we don't eat much more than this." Another girl also said.
Province?
"Doesn't he make a lot of money?"
"How could that be? Even if he doesn't earn much, it's still more than the average person. It's impossible that he can't even afford a good meal. I think he's just a very frugal person."
"I can't tell. I can't stand stingy men."
Helan immediately wanted to complain: "Eating sparingly means being stingy? What kind of values are you talking about?"
"It's not that I'm stingy, it's just a little bit frugal."
Helan immediately agreed: That’s right!
"This isn't just the first time. Didn't he also make headlines for eating so frugally when he was dining with that girl who co-edited the magazine? I think he's just stingy, otherwise why would he do this again and again?"
"Maybe it was only these two times that someone saw and photographed it."
"That's pretty self-explanatory. There's absolutely no way I could be with a man like that."
Helan complained inwardly: You talk as if Lu Yanhe is willing to be with you!
"You think too much. People won't be with you."
Helan immediately nodded in agreement: That’s right!
"I'm just giving an example. I don't like this type."
…
As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Helan took out his cell phone and searched Lu Yanhe's name to see what had happened.
After checking, I found out that someone met Lu Yanhe at a restaurant. There were two of them, and they ordered a fried chicken and a vegetable. The original intention of the post was to praise Lu Yanhe, saying that it was rare to see an artist eat so simply.
But many people commented that Lu Yanhe was too stingy.
Helan was furious because she knew Lu Yanhe was not that kind of person.
Lu Yanhe had invited her and Xu Mingyue to dinner at least three times, and he was always very polite in his invitations and never stingy.
She couldn't help but start arguing with others online, trying to prove that Lu Yanhe was not a stingy person.
But many people say that she is too busy to care about other people's business. Is it necessary for her to explain for Lu Yanhe here?
Helan angrily posted the photo of Lu Yanhe inviting her and Xu Mingyue to dinner, saying that this was a restaurant in Zhenhua canteen, and a table cost more than 400 yuan, which was not cheap.
As a result, one group of people started saying that "Lu Yanhe is so stingy that he only invites his classmates to the cafeteria for dinner", while another group said that "Lu Yanhe treats people differently".
The more you smear it, the worse it gets.
Helan was so angry that tears were about to fall.
When Xu Mingyue came back and saw Helan's eyes were red with anger, she asked and found out what had happened.
Xu Mingyue looked at her speechlessly. "You're really out of your depth. You're actually arguing with people online about something like this. Don't you know that many people online exist solely to fight with each other? Why are you arguing with them? Few people will listen to reason with you."
Helan knew rationally that he shouldn't argue with those people, but he just couldn't help it.
Xu Mingyue said, "These voices have no impact on Lu Yanhe. Just let them talk. They're just a few marketing accounts seeing a topic to talk about, so they're stirring up the buzz and trying to gain some traffic. If you're still arguing with them and posting photos, aren't you just giving them material and hype?"
Helan asked: "Should I delete it then?"
"You mustn't do that. If you delete it, those people will start making a fuss again." Xu Mingyue said, "Just let this matter die down naturally."
Helan's face was filled with regret. He said, "I didn't expect that I would actually cause trouble for Lu Yanhe."
Xu Mingyue said, "Next time, don't argue with people online."
Helan nodded: "Okay, I'll hold it in."
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In fact, Helan was not the only one who felt unhappy with Lu Yanhe.
This is especially true for people like Li Pengfei who have known Lu Yanhe since high school.
Especially Li Pengfei. If you say that Lu Yanhe is thrifty with himself, Li Pengfei will not say much. Lu Yanhe is definitely not thrifty with the people around him, and he is definitely not stingy. Why are there all kinds of derogatory voices on the Internet? With Li Pengfei's temper, how can he tolerate it? But if he doesn't like it, he can only complain through his trumpet.
Many people know his social media accounts and know that he is Lu Yanhe's classmate.
Li Pengfei's personality made him a natural friend wherever he went. Even in college, after military training, classes were a bit of a slog. The students helped each other out, and most of the time, the teachers weren't too strict. After all, they all knew these students weren't particularly interested in studying.
If you really love studying, you would have been admitted to a better school long ago.
However, after playing with a group of people for a whole semester, in December, he finally began to think about something about "meaning".
He was certainly happy just playing like this for four years. If he didn't have a friend Lu Yanhe who was as hardworking as a mule, and a girlfriend Xu Zijun who worked part-time as a tutor and editor of "Jump Up" while studying hard, he wouldn't be stimulated from time to time.
People who are unwilling to work hard are not unaware of the meaning of hard work, but laziness drags them into the swamp, and they cannot struggle out by their own strength.
However, even if he tried hard and wanted to find something to start working hard and striving for, what could he find?
Li Pengfei still couldn't figure it out.
This made him sigh that having a family that is too rich is not a good thing. Life is stress-free and one can only look for some empty happiness.
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Lu Yanhe has become accustomed to the phenomenon of himself appearing on the hot search from time to time. There is really nothing he can do about this matter. It is a good thing that he has adjusted his mentality.
According to Sister Zi Yan, as long as there are no issues of principle, no matter whether it is good news or scandal, it is a good thing if someone hears about it. Only by having someone hear about it can you ensure that you are always in everyone's sight, and everyone is interested in you and willing to read your news.
In the evening, he went over the scenes he was going to shoot the next day, simulated acting them out a few times in his room, and then went to bed.
The next day, he got up and went downstairs to run. Zou Dong knew his habit and had already changed into running shoes and clothes and was waiting for him at his door.
Lu Yanhe was surprised.
"Brother Dong, what are you doing——"
"I remember I told you that you had to tell me when you went out alone." Zou Dong confronted Lu Yanhe in a serious tone. "This is my job. Don't deliberately withhold information just because you think it's bothering me. If something unexpected happens, it will be my dereliction of duty."
Lu Yanhe inexplicably felt like he had been caught.
Awkward.
"Okay, I'm sorry, I was wrong." Lu Yanhe really felt that he had troubled Zou Dong. He didn't need him to accompany him for a run early in the morning, right? Lu Yanhe really thought so in his heart.
Since this was my first time staying at this hotel, I was not very familiar with this area.
Lu Yan ran and looked along the river.
The roads are all wet.
Fortunately, it didn’t snow last night, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to run if there was snow on the ground.
Early in the morning, the wind was bitingly cold.
Lu Yanhe applied a thick layer of cream on himself, fearing that his face would be chapped by the wind.
After several months of persistence, Lu Yanhe's morning jogging speed has improved and his endurance has also increased a lot.
He was worried that Zou Dong couldn't keep up, but it turned out that he ran even more calmly than him, without even taking a breath.
Lu Yanhe: “…”
He couldn't help but criticize himself. Where did he get the confidence to think that Zou Dong couldn't keep up with him?
-
"Phoenix TV" started filming in December because the story of this drama is basically set in winter.
The sense of solemnity is a very important element of this drama.
After Lu Yanhe finished his morning run, he went back to his room to take a shower and then went downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast.
The restaurant offered a rich variety of options, but Lu Yanhe didn't dare eat too much, so he just drank a glass of milk, an egg, and ate two pieces of toast. Zou Dong not only had a bowl of noodles, but also a bowl of porridge, six fried dumplings, and a plate of fruit.
The crew had originally arranged a special car to pick him up, but because Zou Dong was there, Lu Yanhe no longer needed this service. Zou Dong only needed to coordinate with the responsible staff, and Zou Dong would drive Lu Yanhe there at the designated time and place every day.
On Lu Yanhe's first day of filming, he had to put on makeup at eight in the morning. Because he was wearing ancient costume, he had to wear a wig, and adding the time it took to change clothes, the preparation basically took more than two hours.
After completing these preliminary preparations in the dressing room, he went to the shooting site.
Although the Langhua film and television base is large, it cannot cope with the large number of dramas filmed there, and many scenes have been seen by many people.
Therefore, Chen Lingling set extremely high requirements for art, requiring it to be fresh and not distract the audience in this regard.
Lu Yanhe followed the people through the winding corridor and came to the backyard of a mansion.
There were quite a few people at the scene, a rough count showed there were dozens of them.
Many film and television dramas are divided into groups A and B for shooting, but Chen Lingling is unwilling to shoot like this. She wants to direct every scene herself.
Lu Yanhe still remembered the few times he had met Chen Lingling before. His impression of her was that she was a female director who spoke little and occasionally showed a bit of innocence. In private, he couldn't even see any professional color in Chen Lingling. Instead, she seemed like someone who had always been well protected.
As a result, as soon as he arrived at the scene today, before he saw anyone, he heard a stern female voice scolding something.
"Will this thing work? Tell me, will the audience accept this junk appearing on camera?"
As soon as Lu Yanhe walked over, he saw Chen Lingling grabbing something and throwing it directly to the ground.
Broken.
Lu Yanhe was startled.
The scene suddenly became silent.
What happened?
At this time, he saw Chen Ziyan.
She came over from the other side, came to her side, looked him up and down, with admiration in her eyes, and said: "You are suitable for ancient costumes, you look very heroic."
Lu Yanhe whispered to Chen Ziyan, "Sister Ziyan, what's wrong with Director Chen? Why is he so angry all of a sudden?"
"I'm not satisfied with what the props team has done. I think it's too shoddy," Chen Ziyan said. "Don't worry about these things. Just watch quietly. We'll figure it out."
Just as Chen Ziyan said, the props team searched around and finally found props that satisfied Chen Lingling.
Chen Lingling was filled with anger and said, "Wouldn't it have been better if you had brought something like this earlier? Am I the only one using my brain during filming?"
The scene was silent.
At this time, Huang Cheng, who had been silent all this time, stood up and said, "You should also pay more attention to your work."
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Chen Ziyan took Lu Yanhe to meet Huang Cheng and Chen Lingling.
Because the tracks were being laid, Chen Lingling was discussing with the photographer how to shoot the next shot.
Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe waited nearby. After Chen Lingling finished talking to the others, she took the opportunity to step forward and enthusiastically called out, "Director Chen!"
Chen Lingling turned around and saw Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe. A smile appeared on her serious face, "You're here."
"Yeah, Xiao Lu's first day of filming today, so I came over to check it out," Chen Ziyan said to Chen Lingling. "It's been a while since I've been to the director's set."
Chen Lingling waved her hand and said, "It's the same as always. Some people become lazy after working for a long time and just give you something perfunctory."
"It is precisely because of directors like you who have high standards for quality that we can produce high-quality dramas."
Chen Lingling waved her hand, indicating that it was nothing at all. Then she looked at Lu Yanhe, examined him carefully, nodded, and said, "This appearance is acceptable. It finally looks like a guard."
Lu Yanhe said thank you.
"Is the next scene yours?" Chen Lingling asked.
Lu Yanhe was a little confused, he didn't know either.
He just arrived at the set at the time on the notice, and no one told him what to do next.
Seeing this, Chen Lingling frowned again and yelled, "Liu Biao!"
Lu Yanhe was startled by Chen Lingling's loud voice.
A balding man came over in a hurry. "Director, what are your instructions?"
Chen Lingling asked, "Is there no one to contact Lu Yanhe when he arrives at the scene?"
Liu Biao was taken aback and immediately said, "This is my fault. I should have arranged for someone to meet Yan He at the door, but I forgot."
Chen Lingling glared at him and said, "Don't do it again."
Liu Biao nodded.
Lu Yanhe said hurriedly: "Actually, I just arrived too."
Chen Lingling asked, "When is Lu Yanhe's next scene?"
Liu Biao picked up the notice sheet in his hand, took a look at it, and said, "The next scene will be Lang Xia's solo shot. Yan He's scene should be filmed after lunch."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lingling became angry again.
"Since his scenes can only be filmed in the afternoon, why ask him to come to the set at ten o'clock in the morning?!" Chen Lingling was furious.
It was winter and sweat was dripping from Liu Biao's forehead.
Seeing this, Lu Yanhe was extremely embarrassed and said hurriedly, "Director, this is my first day on the set. It would be great if I could get here early to familiarize myself with the set and the filming environment."
Chen Lingling frowned and said seriously, "This has nothing to do with you. This is a problem of chaotic internal management. Liu Biao, if you don't adjust your state and continue to mess around like this, then you will have to pack up and leave!"
Lu Yanhe was frightened by Chen Lingling's outburst.
Although every director has a different style, and losing temper is a common problem for almost all directors, Lu Yanhe has never heard of anyone as ferocious as Chen Lingling who made him feel like a tiger.
This is the first time I have seen you.
The Chen Lingling on the set seemed like two different people from the Chen Lingling he had met before.
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This is a very different crew from "The Golden Age".
Less than an hour after arriving here, Lu Yanhe repeatedly felt the difference between the two crews.
The first thing is the difference in atmosphere.
In "Phoenix TV", everyone had a serious look on their faces as if they had clenched their teeth, and walked in a hurry. Especially those who were going to find Chen Lingling, their faces almost all had an indifferent look of "ready to die without hesitation".
Chen Ziyan talked to several people in the core departments, asked them to take care of Lu Yanhe, and then was about to leave.
"I have to rush back to the company in the afternoon," she said.
Lu Yanhe nodded, "Thank you for your help, Sister Ziyan."
I came here specifically on the first day of filming just to support Lu Yanhe.
In the crew, many people don’t care whether you are famous or not, and some of them will try to stab you in the back.
Chen Ziyan had to come over and help Lu Yanhe take care of these elderly people so that Lu Yanhe could feel more comfortable in the crew.
As soon as Chen Ziyan left, Liu Biao came hurriedly with a girl and introduced her as Chen Wenwen. Chen Wenwen would be in charge of the crew's on-site matters. She also said that a lounge had been prepared for him and he could go there to rest before filming.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Liu. I'll observe the scene first."
"Okay." Liu Biao nodded. "You can watch if you want. However, if you have any questions in the future, you can come to me first. As you can see, Director Chen has a bit of a bad temper. Even the smallest thing can become a big deal with her."
Lu Yanhe was stunned for a moment and said okay. After the people left, he realized that Liu Biao had expressed some dissatisfaction just now.
Did Liu Biao misunderstand and did he just go to complain to Chen Lingling?
Lu Yanhe opened his mouth, wanting to call Liu Biao to explain, but looking at Liu Biao's back, he closed his mouth again.
Forget it, let it be.
Even if you explain it, people might not believe it. This kind of thing...
Chen Wenwen called out "Teacher Lu".
Lu Yanhe was startled. "Don't call me that. I can't stand it. Just call me Yanhe."
Chen Wenwen nodded, called out to Yan He, and said, "I'm very sorry today because I was responsible for both you and Lang Xia, but Lang Xia was late. I just took him around the scene and forgot to check the time. I didn't pick you up right away. I'm sorry."
Lu Yanhe was stunned, then quickly waved his hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Actually, I didn't expect the director to get so angry just now. I didn't say anything. The director asked me if the next scene was mine, and I didn't answer immediately, so she suddenly got angry."
Chen Wenwen glanced at him, nodded, and said, "If you don't go to the lounge now, I'll go do something else first. Call me if you need anything later."
Lu Yanhe nodded and asked, "How can I find you?"
Chen Wenwen said: "Call me."
She left her cell phone number to Lu Yanhe.
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At noon, Liu Lu brought the logistics staff to the scene to distribute lunch boxes.
Zou Dong went to help Lu Yanhe get it and went straight to the lounge to eat.
The lounge is actually just an ordinary room with a coffee table and a sofa.
There is no air conditioning inside, so it's very cold.
Fortunately, the lunch box was hot.
Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong finished their meal and took a short rest. Then Chen Wenwen came over and called Lu Yanhe to prepare for filming.
The next scene is between him and Lang Xia. (End of this chapter)
