The war between Chen Ziyan and He Yingzi can be traced back to a long time ago.
But the conflict between Lu Yanhe and Lang Xia had only just begun.
Strictly speaking, there was no conflict between the two of them - there had never been a real head-on clash.
But if two people don't get along, it can be felt without any words or actions.
Lu Yanhe initially thought that it was because of the conflict between their two agents, but later Lu Yanhe felt that Lang Xia's dislike for him was completely personal.
Of course, he had no interest in asking Lang Xia why.
Acting in the same crew and being of the same age, all kinds of things could become reasons for conflict.
Moreover, Lu Yanhe could more or less sense the reason.
Whenever the two of them acted opposite each other, when Chen Lingling pointed out problems, Lang Xia's problems were often in his grasp of the character and the measure of his performance, while his were often technical issues - in short, as the media said, Lu Yanhe had a rhythm in acting that seemed to be self-taught, and he had the so-called "talent", so his handling was recognized by Chen Lingling.
There are many people in the crew. In movies, TV shows and novels, they often become the background of the protagonists, but in a real crew, everyone has twenty-four hours - that is, everyone is a small butterfly, and you never know which butterfly's flapping wings will turn into a tornado on the other side.
It's accidental, but it can happen.
This means that the more people there are in a group, the more difficult it is, not just a simple "1+1" superposition, but an exponential increase.
A conflict between two people and a conflict between ten people is not just a difference in magnitude.
Chen Lingling is not responsible for the management of the crew. She is only responsible for the quality of the play. Everything else is taken care of by Huang Cheng.
Almost all the regular members of this filming team are veterans.
Huang Cheng also felt more at ease.
However, having an old team does not mean that everything will go smoothly - people's hearts will change. When you are just starting out, you may not have the ability but you are afraid. The boundaries of what you can and cannot do are relatively clear. But after doing it for a long time and doing more, your abilities are developed and you become familiar with the work, but you often lose your fear and sense of boundaries, and create a small circle for yourself, doing some things that are hypocritical.
Huang Cheng originally thought that no matter what, this matter was just the work of the team behind the scenes. As a result, something happened on the day when Chen Ziyan and He Yingzi came over.
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"This dress—" Lu Yanhe frowned and looked at the costume designer, "Can you iron it?"
When it was time to change clothes today, Lu Yanhe came to change clothes before doing makeup as usual, but the clothes he got were a little wrinkled.
It's not that he only wants to wear brand new clothes. However, the scenes to be filmed today are daily scenes, and as a personal bodyguard of a prince, this aspect should be taken into consideration.
He Min, the costume designer, listened to Lu Yanhe's words, took the clothes in his hands, and immediately got angry. He asked the people behind him, "What's wrong with these clothes? We said that every piece should be ironed and put away. How do you put these things away?!"
The people behind her lowered their heads and no one responded.
He Min said to Lu Yanhe, "Put on your makeup first. I'll have someone get the spare ones."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said thank you.
Then, half an hour passed, and the clothing team still hadn't delivered the clothes.
This made Lu Yanhe feel strange.
At this time, Chen Ziyan came.
"Have you read any reviews online recently?" Chen Ziyan asked with a smile.
Lu Yanhe nodded honestly and said, "I see."
"So many people are praising you, how do you feel?"
"Just, happy." Lu Yanhe said a little embarrassedly.
The makeup artist standing behind him all laughed.
The makeup artist is putting a wig on him.
Chen Ziyan said, "'The Golden Era' is indeed a very good broadcast. I never expected your performance in it to receive such great recognition. Director Luo even told me that I can look forward to several prestigious TV drama awards next year, and maybe I can get nominated."
Lu Yanhe looked surprised and asked, "Sister Zi Yan, are you serious? I'm serious. If I don't get nominated, I'll be disappointed."
"That's a good thing. From now on, you're a formal actor, and you have to learn to accept disappointment." Chen Ziyan said, "For actors, there are always more disappointments than happy moments."
Lu Yanhe immediately made an expression of disbelief and said, "This is too cruel."
As he was speaking, He Min suddenly came over.
Her expression was a little serious, which made Lu Yanhe's heart skip a beat when he saw it in the mirror. He guessed that his clothing problem might not be solved so smoothly.
He Min said, "Yan He, I'm sorry, we only have this one of your suits. The other spare ones have been cleaned. We need to iron them urgently, so we'll have to wait a little longer."
Hearing this, Lu Yanhe glanced at the time and said, "I'll start work in an hour. Will I be able to make it in time?"
"We'll try our best."
It doesn't take long to iron an ordinary piece of clothing, but Lu Yanhe's guard uniform has a total of three pieces, inside and outside. Especially the outer set, which was specially woven by an embroiderer hired by the crew. The embroidery is very delicate and the material cannot be ironed normally, so it will take much longer than ordinary ironing.
Chen Ziyan frowned when she heard this and asked, "What's wrong with Lu Yanhe's clothes? Take me to see it."
He Min knew Chen Ziyan and was a little confused for a moment, but he had no choice but to take Chen Ziyan with him.
Chen Ziyan said to Lu Yanhe, "I'll be back soon."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Because Chen Ziyan came, Lu Yanhe was not so worried anymore.
This matter will definitely be properly resolved.
His confidence in Chen Ziyan has reached this level.
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When Liu Biao was called to the dressing room, he was still confused and didn't know what was going on. It was not until He Min looked at him with an expression as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, and then looked at Chen Ziyan, that Liu Biao realized that trouble was coming.
"Assistant Liu, I'm sorry. I asked you to come over even though you're so busy." Chen Ziyan said to Liu Biao.
Liu Biao forced a smile on his face. He could only treat this woman, who had a close relationship with both Huang Cheng and Chen Lingling, well.
"Zi Yan, what's going on?"
"Xiao Lu's clothes," Chen Ziyan said. "I just realized that Xiao Lu only has one set of many of his costumes. For example, there was a problem with the one he was going to wear for filming today, and he didn't have a spare."
In a film crew, unless the costumes are particularly precious, generally one or two sets of casual clothes will be prepared as spares. If the actors get their clothes dirty during filming, or if they accidentally damage their clothes, there will be emergency spare clothes. After all, getting clothes dirty or damaged is a common occurrence.
Liu Biao immediately explained, "Of course we have spare suits, but they haven't been delivered yet. We thought Xiao Lu didn't have any action scenes today, so we didn't bring the spare suits here."
"I see. It seems the staff just now weren't familiar with the situation," Chen Ziyan said. "I didn't mean any harm. I just wanted Xiao Lu to appear normal in every scene, rather than wearing wrinkled clothes that distract the audience. That shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"
She looked at Liu Biao sharply.
Liu Biao nodded immediately and said, "Not really, not really. Don't worry, the problem can definitely be solved."
Chen Ziyan smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for your help."
Chen Ziyan didn't stay here to wait for the problem to be solved. As long as Liu Biao showed this attitude, he could just wait and see the results.
After she left, Liu Biao's smile faded and he looked at He Min angrily: "Why did this happen? Why is she here?"
He Min said helplessly, "The staff didn't clean and iron Lu Yanhe's costume in time. When Lu Yanhe put it on today, he raised a problem. Unfortunately, the suit couldn't be ironed quickly. When I was talking to Lu Yanhe about this problem, Chen Ziyan happened to come over and started to pick on him."
"The person who messed up should be fired immediately." Liu Biao said angrily.
He Min heard this, nodded, and said, "Okay."
"As for clothes, how long does it take to iron them?" asked Liu Biao.
He Min said: "It will take at least three hours."
Liu Biao: "I understand. I will postpone Lu Yanhe's scene for a few hours so that you have time to finish it."
He Min nodded.
Liu Biao didn't know what he was thinking, and he reminded him again: "Handle this matter more cleanly."
"Yeah." He Min sighed, "It's also my fault. I didn't check the clothes I was going to use today in advance, so I made such a mistake."
Liu Biao was equally annoyed and said, "If you don't pay more attention, if this goes wrong again and Huang Cheng and the others find out, you will definitely be finished before me."
He Min's face turned ugly.
"knew."
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He Yingzi talked to Lang Xia, comforted him, and told him not to let Lu Yanhe's short-term success affect his mentality and to do a good job of adjusting himself.
After the chat, He Yingzi prepared to go find Huang Cheng.
Lang Xia just told her that his filming schedule has always been very bad. There are often almost four or five hours between two scenes, and he can only waste time on the set. However, Lu Yanhe can concentrate the day's scenes in one time period and go back to the hotel to rest the rest of the time.
Although He Yingzi knew that with Lu Yanhe's current fame and popularity, it was inevitable for the crew to make such arrangements, she still wanted to talk to Huang Cheng to at least let Lang Xia not have to wait so long on the set.
It is actually normal for a newcomer to receive such treatment in the crew. If it weren't for Lu Yanhe here for comparison, Lang Xia would not have been annoyed by being treated differently.
Of course, He Yingzi couldn't tell Lang Xia this because Lu Yanhe was more popular now. With the hit of "The Golden Age", the crew naturally adjusted his treatment. If she really said that, with Lang Xia's sensitive nature, he would probably be very angry in his heart even if he didn't say it out loud.
At least let Lang Xia's treatment get better.
He Yingzi is planning this.
She went to look for Huang Cheng, but Huang Cheng had disappeared and she couldn't find him.
He Yingzi was waiting on the set.
Suddenly, a little girl came over with red eyes and crying.
He Yingzi looked at her in surprise.
Judging from his clothes, he doesn't look like an actor, but a staff member.
What did I do wrong to get scolded?
He Yingzi looked at her thoughtfully.
She suddenly fell to the ground again.
He Yingzi was startled and subconsciously stood up to help her.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm in trouble!" The girl suddenly burst into tears, tears streaming down her face. "I'm fired!"
He Yingzi was stunned and looked at her in surprise.
"Stop howling." He Yingzi was most afraid of encountering someone who started howling before saying anything. She felt overwhelmed and regretted not leaving immediately.
trouble.
What a hassle.
But it’s not easy to just walk away now.
He Yingzi could only help her up and console her: "You've been fired. There's no point crying. You should think about what to do next."
The girl looked at her in disbelief and forgot to cry for a moment.
When He Yingzi saw the girl like this, she knew that her brain was not working at all and she couldn't think about what to do next.
A face full of pure and clear stupidity... He Yingzi sighed and said, "First, tell me why you were fired."
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Lu Yanhe soon received a notice that due to adjustments to the on-site shooting, his scenes would be moved to the afternoon and he could rest first.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan looked at each other.
Because there were people from the makeup team in the lounge, they didn't say anything more.
After the wig was put on, the hair and makeup were done, and the makeup team left, Lu Yanhe asked, "Sister Zi Yan, my scene was moved to the afternoon. Is it because of my outfit?"
"I guess so." Chen Ziyan nodded. "I guess they can't find a piece of clothing you can wear right away, so they're trying to buy time to deal with it."
Lu Yanhe frowned. "Since we have spare clothes, why not just ask someone to go get them? How long will that take?"
"Do you really think you have spare clothes?" Chen Ziyan smiled, and with a twitch of her lips, she said, "I guess this is the only set I have. At most, I have another set that I use all the time."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was stunned. "I remember they said before that we usually have two or so spare sets of uniforms."
"I submitted this budget, but didn't make it." Chen Ziyan answered his question, "This way, I can save the cost of making one or two sets of costumes and keep them myself. Ancient costumes like yours, especially the clothes for your main characters, cost tens of thousands of yuan to make."
Lu Yanhe understood instantly.
Lu Yanhe has a total of eight sets of clothes in the play. Normally, two or so spare sets are needed for each set. Since Lu Yanhe also has fighting scenes to shoot, more sets need to be prepared. If the costume team only prepares two sets of each set, or even more exaggeratedly, only one set, then they can deduct 100,000 yuan just for Lu Yanhe's clothes.
With so many actors in a crew and the protagonist having even more clothes, you can imagine how much money they can pocket.
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but frown and asked, "Sister Zi Yan, this kind of thing..."
"You must not think of making this matter known to everyone." Chen Ziyan said immediately.
"ah?"
"Every crew has this kind of thing, the only difference is whether it's exaggerated or not. We haven't seen people price a straw hat at 6,000 yuan. Just turn a blind eye and don't offend people easily," Chen Ziyan said. "I've already warned them, so they won't make any mistakes with your clothes next time. That's all."
Lu Yanhe was speechless and said, "Isn't this just stealing money?"
"Everyone wants to make money. As an actor, you can earn a lot of money openly. But the costume crew doesn't have the power to bid. They're not cutting corners on your clothes. They're just using their experience to effectively control the waste rate and save a little on production costs. It's really nothing. Of course, I'm not saying their approach is right. Of course it's not, but every crew does it this way. There's no way to stop it. Do you think the production company doesn't know? The accounts are clean, there's no major problems, so everyone will turn a blind eye."
Lu Yanhe was silent.
Chen Ziyan patted his shoulder.
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After listening to the girl named Shen Yufang talk about the reasons and consequences of her expulsion, He Yingzi's eyes immediately rolled around.
She didn't expect that this matter was actually related to Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.
Every crew has things like the costume team, so it's nothing new.
If He Yingzi had simply heard about this incident, she wouldn't have had any thoughts and would have just said that Shen Yufang was unlucky. However, this incident involved Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.
He Yingzi's mind started to work hard.
"Xiaofang, are you really planning to be driven away in such a disgraceful way?"
"Sister, what can I do?" Shen Yufang looked at her blankly.
He Yingzi shook her head and said, "What can you do? Ask me, I don't know either. You have to find someone who can make the decision."
"The one who makes the decision?" Shen Yufang still looked confused.
He Yingzi said, "Yes, since the person who fired you was the head of your clothing department, who else can you turn to?"
Before Shen Yufang could think clearly, He Yingzi smiled and said, "I've been chatting with you for so long, I have to go. Bye."
When Shen Yufang heard that she was leaving, she immediately showed a reluctant expression, "Sister, I don't even know your name yet."
He Yingzi: "What's the point of knowing my name? You just need to know the name of the person whose words are effective. Okay, I'm leaving."
He Yingzi left after she finished speaking.
Shen Yufang looked at He Yingzi's back as she left and wondered why her leader wasn't a sister like this?
The scene of He Min asking her to leave appeared in her mind. His cold attitude seemed to have no warmth at all.
Someone who speaks effectively...
In this crew, who is the one whose words have influence?
Shen Yufang walked forward with her head down, thinking about this question. When she turned a corner, she happened to meet producer Huang Cheng.
"Mr. Huang, Mr. Huang." When Shen Yufang saw Huang Cheng, she subconsciously shrank her neck like a quail and shouted.
Huang Cheng nodded and hurried forward.
Shen Yufang suddenly thought of something and turned around.
"Mr. Huang!" She looked at Huang Cheng's back as he hurried away, and without thinking too much, she shouted directly.
Huang Cheng stopped and looked back at her with a puzzled look.
"What's wrong?"
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With a few extra hours of free time, Lu Yanhe took out his laptop and reviewed the manuscripts for the fifth issue of "Jump Up".
The fourth issue will be released soon.
All the manuscripts for the fifth issue have been collected. This speed means that the operation of "Jump Up" has become more and more familiar, and it is not as hurried as the previous issues.
In the fifth issue of the magazine, Liu Jiazhen's novel series will come to an end, and his novel will also be on the market at the end of January, which means that readers will be able to see the physical book of the novel first.
The original plan was that Liu Jiazhen's novel would be serialized for six issues, and the total would end in the seventh issue. However, it will now end two issues ahead of schedule because the physical book will be on the market at the end of January.
Starting from the fourth issue, Chen Siqi increased the number of words in the serial, from 20,000 words to 40,000 words.
Xu Xiaoyin was originally worried that Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi would mind this matter - after all, publishing the physical book first would definitely affect the purchase of the fifth issue by readers who follow the serialization.
But Chen Siqi didn't mind at all.
"It doesn't matter. In fact, if it weren't for the need to ensure that readers could read the entire story, not publishing the last two chapters would have been more beneficial to the sales of Liu Jiazhen's novel," Chen Siqi said. "I hope that Liu Jiazhen's next novel can still be serialized in our magazine."
Chen Siqi wanted to do one thing, she wanted the novel serialized in "Jump Up" to get a best-selling number and make a good start. Only in this way could she hope that top writers would be willing to serialize their novels in "Jump Up".
In the fifth issue, Chen Siqi also announced the next issue of the novel series. She invited the famous online novel writer Baduanjin to serialize a new work "I'm Not a Fairy" with a volume of 300,000 words in "Jump Up".
Chen Siqi visited Baduan Jin three times before successfully convincing him to write a 300,000-word novel specifically for "Jump Up" - compared to his other novels that often have millions of words, this novel can obviously only be considered a short story.
“The readers of ‘Jump Up’ are all literary types. They probably can’t accept my novel style, right?” Baduanjin’s first reaction was to refuse and not want to write.
In fact, putting aside the issue of style, for Baduanjin, the money he earns from writing 300,000 words on the online platform must be a few more zeros than from serializing 300,000 words in "Jump Up".
Chen Siqi said this at the time: "Although Jump Up is positioned as a literary magazine, our first requirement for novels is that they are interesting. We are not making a purely literary magazine. We want to make a magazine that people like to read. And the story you wrote has fully proved one thing: people like to read it."
"Besides that, Mr. Baduan, there are many online novel writers, but the first one we want to invite is you. This is because our entire editorial team is your reader, and we all agree that your writing style will be liked by our magazine readers." Chen Siqi pointed out his concerns directly, "You are already a top-notch, god-level writer in the online novel world. Even if readers of online novels have not read your works, they must have heard of you. However, many readers of "Jump Up" don't know you. "Jump Up" can become such a window. Moreover, as you know, because Lu Yanhe is the editor-in-chief, our magazine is read by many people related to film and television companies, the entertainment industry, etc. Your previous works have been so grand in setting and so long that so far no film or television series have been successfully developed. A novel with 300,000 characters is the most suitable for film and television development. You are a master storyteller and a master of rhythm in your style. Letting more people read your stories is the confidence we have in inviting you."
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After listening to Chen Siqi's story of how she mastered the Ba Duan Jin, Lu Yanhe was filled with admiration for Chen Siqi.
"Is his signing platform OK?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"Teacher Baduan's contract itself is quite flexible, and he negotiated it with the platform himself," Chen Siqi said. "So, starting from the sixth issue, each issue will be 30,000 words, and it will be serialized until the fifteenth issue, for a total of ten issues."
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and said, "That's quite a big gap."
"Well, you know, not only are the readers of 'Jump Up' potential readers for Mr. Baduan, but Mr. Baduan's readers are also potential readers for 'Jump Up,'" Chen Siqi said. "Also, his Xianxia novels often incorporate a lot of Chinese mythology and legends, as well as Buddhist and Taoist culture. Several of his classic novels have a very rigorous structure and a clear and elegant style, making them suitable for serialization in magazines."
Lu Yanhe certainly supported Chen Siqi's decision.
"Um."
He saw that the cover of Liu Jiazhen's novel was placed on the back cover of the fifth issue, and an entire page was used to promote the physical book.
Chen Siqi said: "All novels serialized in our magazine will have this treatment when they are published. We can't say anything else, but we must ensure that novels serialized here will receive our greatest publicity support."
Lu Yanhe understood Chen Siqi's intention, which was to encourage more writers to serialize in "Jump Up".
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After Lu Yanhe finished reading all the manuscripts and replied to Chen Siqi's comments, he looked at the time and saw that it was noon, so it should be time for lunch.
Chen Ziyan has left.
Lu Yanhe asked Zou Dong, "Brother Dong, has the costume department contacted us? How are the clothes?"
Zou Dong shook his head and said, "They haven't contacted me yet, so it probably hasn't been handled yet."
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and thought, three hours have passed, no matter how difficult it is, it should have been handled, right?
At this time, Chen Wenwen knocked on the door and brought them lunch.
"Thank you." Lu Yanhe asked, "Wenwen, do you have Teacher He Min's contact information?"
Chen Wenwen shook her head, "No."
"All right."
"She was just called over by Mr. Huang. Are you looking for her?" Chen Wenwen asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Wenwen said: "I'll tell her assistant."
"Thank you for the trouble."
Chen Wenwen shook her head: "What's the trouble? I'll leave first."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
The crew specially ordered the boxed lunches from an outside restaurant.
Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong were treated differently, and the difference could be seen from the dishes.
However, Lu Yanhe and Zou Dong always ate together and never separated.
Not long after eating, Lu Yanhe's cell phone suddenly rang.
He looked down and saw that it was Huang Cheng calling.
"Hello, Mr. Huang?"
"Yan He, I want to ask you something. Is that convenient for you?" There was no clear meaning in Huang Cheng's tone.
Lu Yanhe: "It's convenient. What's going on?"
"Was there something wrong with your costume this morning?"
Lu Yanhe was silent for a second, thinking about what Chen Ziyan said.
"It's not a problem. The clothes are just a little wrinkled, so I asked the teachers in the clothing department to help me iron them again." Lu Yanhe said.
Huang Cheng: "Okay, I understand, thank you."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe didn't say anything else.
Including the clothes that should have been ironed and delivered, they have not been delivered yet.
Huang Cheng hung up the phone.
Lu Yanhe picked up the chopsticks silently, but did not put them down for a long time.
Why did Huang Cheng suddenly ask him this question?
Did Huang Cheng discover anything?
Did he call to get some testimony from him?
However, he did not provide any testimony. What Chen Ziyan said was just her speculation and suspicion.
The facts are what he just said.
What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that a little girl named Shen Yufang would suddenly publicly accuse the "Phoenix TV" crew and him on the Internet.
"Why should I be made the scapegoat?" she demanded angrily.
