Wu Bai and Wang Biao are not of the same two people are of different generations.
However, in the entertainment industry, just as celebrity artists are usually ranked behind their popularity, the status of staff members is often related to who they are around.
The assistant beside Lu Yanhe, even though he is just a kid who is not even 20 years old, is looked up to wherever he goes.
Wu Bai couldn’t call him “Xiao Wang”, he could only call him “Xiao Biao” affectionately.
Wang Biao came here on Lu Yanhe's orders.
They couldn't tell Wu Bai directly that they had found the two photographers and had a direct chat with them, and discovered that someone was deliberately targeting Li Yuefeng, but they also couldn't let Wu Bai and Li Yuefeng be kept in the dark and not know the situation.
Apart from anything else, Li Yuefeng's accident is not a good thing for "Burning Fire".
Not to mention, Lu Yanhe and Li Yuefeng also co-starred in "The Seventeenth Floor", and will later co-star in the second season of "The Seventeenth Floor". In a sense, he and Li Yuefeng are also a community of interests.
So, Wang Biao came over.
He asked, "Brother Lu, I'm a little curious, what's going on with Li Yuefeng? Why is it that it's clearly the fault of the proxy photographer, but now it's being made as if it's Li Yuefeng's fault? So let me ask, Brother Wu Bai, did Li Yuefeng offend someone?"
Wang Biao threw a bunch of words at him.
Without any gradual exploration——
Because Lu Yanhe said that if he spoke step by step, it would be obvious that there was something fishy.
The entire crew knows Wang Biao's usual speaking style.
Sure enough, Wu Bai was not puzzled by Wang Biao's doubts. He explained: "We don't know what the situation is yet. I have asked someone to find out. Thank you Yan He for your concern."
"Of course Brother Lu cares. We are now filming "Burning Fire" together, and we will also film the second season of "Seventeen Floors" together in the future. If Li Yuefeng continues to be involved in scandals, it will not be good for both crews." Wang Biao made his attitude clear, so Wu Bai didn't have to think too much. "In fact, most people on the Internet stand on Li Yuefeng's side. I don't understand why the two family members who took the photos are still doing this? Do they think they can get some money from you by holding up a banner?"
Wu Bai thought to himself that he had indeed considered whether it was possible to lose money to avoid disaster.
However, no one knows how big those people's appetites are, so Wu Bai did not easily choose this method.
Wu Bai smiled and said, "After being in this business for a long time, you will see all kinds of people. It's not surprising."
His tone was still quite relaxed, as if he didn't take this matter to heart.
Wang Biao thought to himself, you have a really big heart.
"Anyway, I only know that there must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Why do this when there is no benefit in doing it?" Wang Biao curled his lips, "Maybe Li Yuefeng has offended someone, so they deliberately use this incident to stir up trouble and target Li Yuefeng."
Wang Biao thought that he had made it clear enough. If Wu Bai still didn't take it seriously, he would have no choice but to send an anonymous letter back.
Wu Bai looked at Wang Biao with some confusion.
As soon as he looked puzzled, Wang Biao breathed a sigh of relief.
reach the goal.
Wang Biao shrugged his shoulders. "I won't tell you anymore. It seems like you don't know anything. Brother Lu even wanted to ask if there is anything he can help with."
After Wang Biao finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Wu Bai looked at Wang Biao's back and felt that Wang Biao was a little strange.
Wu Bai returned to Li Yuefeng's dressing room.
Li Yuefeng asked him: "Brother Bai, what does Wang Biao want you to do?"
"He said Lu Yanhe was concerned about you and asked him to come and ask about it." Wu Bai said, "However, what he said was a bit strange. He asked several times if you had offended anyone and whether someone was deliberately making things difficult for you."
Li Yuefeng suddenly realized what was going on when he heard this, and slapped his thigh: "I thought so! Maybe that's the case."
Wu Bai glanced at him.
"No, Brother Bai, how about you say that the two photographers bumped into my car and I haven't asked them for the repair fee yet? They keep pestering me. Do they think I will satisfy their demands?" Li Yuefeng said, "They keep doing this. What's their motive? After thinking about it, it seems that someone is behind them instigating them to do this."
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Li Yuefeng, who was entangled in this incident, had his acting greatly affected.
Lu Yanhe was acting in a play with him. Li Yuefeng forgot his lines twice and failed to follow Lu Yanhe's line another time. He acted the play so haltingly that no one knew how he was acting. Maybe a freshman could have acted better than him.
Lu Yanhe was a little annoyed and glanced at Wanrenhai.
Wanrenhai was also feeling annoyed, but when he saw Lu Yanhe's look, he stopped filming.
Li Yuefeng also knew that it was his own fault. He immediately apologized to Lu Yanhe and said, "I'm sorry. I wasn't in a good mood today and didn't perform well."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "It's okay, you should take a break and adjust your condition."
He turned and walked towards his chair.
Wang Biao handed him his water cup.
Wanrenhai called Li Yuefeng over.
"Yuefeng, you're not in the right state." Wanrenhai lowered his voice and said to him, "You need to concentrate."
Li Yuefeng lowered his head in frustration, "Director, I also realize that I am not concentrating enough, but I am really annoyed and I can't control my annoyance."
Wanrenhai: "Why don't you take a rest for two days?"
Wanrenhai was also unable to do anything to Li Yuefeng.
Li Yuefeng’s acting is actually not bad, but his acting is really not in good shape now, and can even be described as bad.
When he acts like this, he not only ruins his own part, but also drains the energy of his opponent's actor.
Li Yuefeng said: "Director, I——"
Wanrenhai: "This is actually a very simple scene, but in such a simple scene, you made so many low-level mistakes. This is not a problem with your ability, I know, so you should take a rest for two days and adjust your condition."
Li Yuefeng sighed in frustration.
"That's fine."
Wanrenhai would rather shoot other scenes first than waste time here with Li Yuefeng.
For an actor who can't even concentrate, shooting over and over again is just a waste of time.
This is really not an exaggeration at all.
It's like a child who wants to memorize a text. He reads it over and over again without thinking and just recites it fluently. He can recite it all morning but still can't memorize the text.
Li Yuefeng left the set.
Wanrenhai called Lu Yanhe over and started filming Lu Yanhe's part first.
"Shoot my scene first?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.
Wanrenhai nodded, "We don't know when Li Yuefeng's condition will be better. If he can recover immediately, then we can wait for him to come back and reshoot this scene. But if he can't find his condition, then let him grind it over and over again, so as not to waste your energy."
Wanrenhai is thinking about Lu Yanhe.
Although it is a scene where two people act against each other, it does not mean that they have to shoot at the same time.
You can shoot A today and B tomorrow, and then edit the two shots together later, as if they were shooting the scene at the same time.
The crew will adopt this approach especially when the actors cannot get together in time.
However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that the movie would be shot in this way.
Lu Yanhe never expected that Li Yuefeng, an already famous actor with a lot of filming experience, would be affected by the outside world and cause such a big mistake in his acting.
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There was something wrong with Li Yuefeng's condition, and Lu Yanhe was not the only one affected.
The coordinator Li Quanling was the one who suffered the most.
Because he had already scheduled Li Yuefeng into the later shooting schedule because Li Yuefeng had joined the crew, but now he was told that Li Yuefeng's scenes for the next two days should not be scheduled for the time being because the director didn't want to shoot, so Li Quanling had to make changes again.
I don’t know how many brain cells will die.
Lu Yanhe didn't know when this matter would be properly resolved.
Li Yuefeng himself was actually quite depressed.
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"I know that actors' emotional states are easily affected, but it's rare for something like this to directly affect Li Yuefeng and ruin his performance."
Xiao Yun was complaining to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe smiled.
Xiao Yun asked: "Do you have no time to record "Young Days" this year?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I don't know yet, because the filming dates for the second seasons of "The Mist" and "The Seventeenth Floor" have not been determined yet, and I have to prioritize the filming of these two dramas."
"I understand." Xiao Yun nodded. "However, you didn't record the whole thing with everyone last year. Everyone was quite disappointed. We finally had a chance to get together."
Lu Yanhe: "I also want to record the show with you guys, but unfortunately in the past two years, I was in the group at that time. If I wasn't in the group, I would definitely go to record the show with you guys."
Xiao Yun: "Of course, we all know this."
Lu Yanhe asked: "After you broke up with your ex-boyfriend, have you been dating anyone else?"
"No, let's work on my career first." Xiao Yun was a little melancholy. "I feel like if I don't make good use of these few years, I might be eliminated. The competition among actresses is too fierce."
"You've won the Best Supporting Actress Award from the Directors Guild, but you're still worried about being eliminated?" Lu Yanhe was surprised. "There aren't many actresses your age who have won mainstream awards, right?"
"It's not the three major awards, so it's useless. It's just that when the major media take stock, my award record looks better." Xiao Yun said, "The main thing is... sometimes I feel that my acting is really not that good. I have actually worked very hard to improve myself, and I have done my best in every play, but the final effect is just like that, not that good. I am doubting myself, whether I am suitable for being an actor."
In fact, Xiao Yun was a good actor, but based on the few times he had worked with Xiao Yun, he roughly knew where Xiao Yun felt his acting was not good.
Her acting is too academic, too methodical, and lacks a lot of spirit. People think her acting is not bad, but it doesn't leave any memorable points.
So far, the role that left the most impressive impression on the audience was the one in which she replaced Zhen Hongyu in "Phoenix Terrace".
After that, Xiao Yun acted in several plays, but none of them left a deep impression on people.
Her most well-known work is actually the show "Young Days".
Lu Yanhe said, "Why are you in such a hurry? You just graduated from college, and you have received such professional training. Your acting skills are very good. It's just that it's difficult to find a role that suits you. If you find it, it will be like in Phoenix Terrace. You will be noticed immediately."
Xiao Yun: "I really don't want to hear you say this."
"Why?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Xiao Yun: "Because what you say makes me jealous."
She looked at Lu Yanhe seriously.
"I'm not kidding you, I'm really jealous now that I see you acting."
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"But I'm not Lu Yanhe or Shang Yongzhou. It's normal that my condition is affected and I can't act well, isn't it?"
Li Yuefeng drank some wine in the evening and sat in his room, complaining to his friend on the phone.
"I don't want to encounter such a thing, but who can remain calm after encountering such a thing? Can Lu Yanhe do it?" Li Yuefeng cursed, "Wu Bai doesn't know what to do. I am really convinced. It's been two days, and the online heat hasn't cooled down. There are still people running to my comment section to stir up trouble."
"Hey, brother, I sympathize with you, but don't think about these things now. Just relax for a while."
Li Yuefeng: "Relax? How can I relax now?"
"Whatever it takes to get your mind off of these things, do it."
Li Yuefeng was speechless and said, "What you said is really nonsense. I am really convinced."
"What nonsense! I'm telling you, don't worry about anything now. Go find some women to play with you, and your mood will improve immediately."
"You think I'm you?"
"If you have the ability, don't look for it."
Li Yuefeng didn't have this idea at first, but after his friend said that, his thoughts started to stir again.
……
When Wu Bai went downstairs to get takeout, he ran into the fully armed Li Yuefeng in the corridor.
Late in the evening, he was wearing a hat and a mask, with his head lowered, and it was obvious that he was about to go out.
But even though he couldn't see his face, Wu Bai was familiar enough with him to recognize him at a glance.
Wu Bai called him.
"Where are you going?" Wu Bai asked.
Li Yuefeng didn't expect that he would be caught by Wu Bai as soon as he went out.
However, he is not the kind of small artist whose agent would control even his eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.
He said, "I'm going out for a walk to relax."
Wu Bai: "You don't bring your assistant or bodyguards with you. What if someone recognizes you?"
Li Yuefeng said: "I called Brother Hu, he is waiting for me downstairs."
Brother Hu is his bodyguard.
Only then did Wu Bai nod.
He also knew that Li Yuefeng's current condition and mood were affected, and he couldn't even film normally, so it would be good for him to go out and relax.
Wu Bai said, "Go ahead and come back early. Also, don't worry about the proxy photographers. They have all been sorted out."
Li Yuefeng was eager to get rid of Wu Bai, but when he heard his words, he immediately stopped.
"really?"
"Really." Wu Bai smiled. "Someone is indeed behind this. Wang Biao's guess is correct."
"Who?"
"Lang Xia's agent." Wu Bai's smile faded, "He Yingzi."
At this moment, the fire suddenly broke out.
Li Yuefeng clenched his fists and looked at Wu Bai angrily.
"Why are they doing this?" Li Yuefeng asked.
"She deliberately stepped on you and made you surrounded by negative news." Wu Bai said, "This is He Yingzi's old trick. When she saw this incident happen, she wanted to lend a hand."
Li Yuefeng asked Wu Bai in surprise: "Doesn't she even have any practical purpose?"
"I haven't talked to her, so it's impossible to be sure what she's thinking. However, we don't have any conflicts of interest with her or Lang Xia recently, and we can't see any actual purpose." Wu Bai said, "He Yingzi is a person who will take advantage of any opportunity to add insult to injury. I don't have any idea about her intentions, but you can wait and see, she will suffer the consequences tomorrow."
Li Yuefeng looked at Wu Bai in surprise and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Wu Bai: "Send the recording of her phone call with the photographer, so that everyone can see what she did behind the scenes."
Li Yuefeng: "...Did you get the recording of the call?"
"Yes." Wu Bai nodded. "If she can pay, I can pay too. Photographers just want money. Let's see who can beat the other."
Li Yuefeng asked worriedly, "Will that proxy photographer take the money you gave him and go find He Yingzi again? Is he trying to make a killing from both ends?"
Wu Bai: "No matter if he is playing both sides or not, I have already got the evidence I want. You just need to play the victim in this matter."
Li Yuefeng: "I am a victim in the first place, why should I play a role?"
He was a little furious.
Li Yuefeng was really annoyed.
He suddenly remembered something and asked again, "Brother Bai, did Lu Yanhe know about this a long time ago?"
"Ok?"
"Otherwise, why would Wang Biao suddenly come to you and remind you twice that there might be someone behind this?" Li Yuefeng frowned slightly, "I remember that he and Lang Xia didn't have a very good relationship."
Wu Bai: "Who knows? Even if we ask, they won't admit it. If they really know and take the initiative to remind us, it means they are doing a good thing."
Li Yuefeng: "We don't even know what's going on yet, but he already knows. Don't you think he's a little too fast?"
Wu Bai was stunned, looked at Li Yuefeng, and asked: "What do you want to say?"
Li Yuefeng said: "I'm just a little envious of Lu Yanhe's team. If they really knew about it much earlier than us, and he had to remind us before we thought that someone might be behind it, then that means their team is much more capable than mine."
Wu Bai: "Fuck, are you mocking me?"
Li Yuefeng curled his lips: "Who told you to be so slow this time? I've been scolded for a few days?"
"What does it matter if a few clowns scold you? The majority of people on the Internet support you and think you did nothing wrong. Why should you suppress this free popularity?" Wu Bai said, "As long as we don't make any noise, don't take any action, and honestly keep quiet, the public will always stand on our side. We are the ones who did nothing wrong. Let them make a fuss. The more they make a fuss and scold you, the more people will sympathize with you and support you. At a time when victims are most likely to arouse sympathy from others, you still blame me for letting you be scolded for a few days?"
Li Yuefeng: "...You are telling me now that you deliberately let me be scolded by those people?"
"What else?" Wu Bai asked, "Are those clowns who set the pace difficult to deal with? Aren't they just there to attract fire?"
"I'm convinced." Li Yuefeng gave Wu Bai a thumbs up, "You're awesome."
Wu Bai didn't understand what he said at first. Li Yuefeng really came to his senses and understood his intention, but he continued to mock him.
Li Yuefeng's brain is full of small cleverness but not big cleverness.
Wu Bai really didn't dare to overestimate his IQ.
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Lu Yanhe had just finished taking a shower and came out of the bathroom when he heard his cell phone ringing.
I don't know who called at this time.
Lu Yanhe walked over, picked up the phone and was shocked. He didn't expect it was Li Yuefeng.
He answered the call incredulously and asked, "Are you looking for me?"
"Looking for you." Li Yuefeng's tone was filled with a silly and cheerful tone, which shocked Lu Yanhe. "Are you in the hotel? Which hotel are you staying in? Let's go have a drink together."
Lu Yanhe: "...It's so late, and I have to shoot a movie tomorrow--"
"You must have a drink with me today." Li Yuefeng interrupted Lu Yanhe without question.
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
What the hell?
What happened to Li Yuefeng?
Already drunk?
Li Yuefeng said, "Don't pretend. I know you still consider me a friend, right? You knew someone was behind me messing with me, and you still asked Wang Biao to secretly remind my agent."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
It dawned on him.
It turned out that this was the reason why Li Yuefeng suddenly behaved abnormally tonight.
Lu Yanhe was so annoyed by Li Yuefeng's attitude that he couldn't refuse anymore, and finally decided to go to the appointment - he would not admit that he actually wanted to know who was behind Li Yuefeng's move.
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"Lang Xia? He Yingzi? Are you sure?"
This was an answer that Lu Yanhe had never thought of.
In Lu Yanhe's opinion, no matter what, these actors who are filming a movie should all be in the same trench, at least before the movie is released, right?
Otherwise, in the current environment, if one person has a problem, the movie will be affected. The movie can't be made, it can't be released, and everyone will be affected, right? It hurts others and doesn't benefit yourself.
However, Li Yuefeng said confidently, "Just wait, the evidence will be released tomorrow."
Seeing his resolute look, Lu Yanhe believed it a little more - at least he was sure that Li Yuefeng was not making random guesses.
Li Yuefeng suddenly grabbed Lu Yanhe's hand and looked at him affectionately.
Lu Yanhe was so frightened that he stuttered.
"you you--"
Li Yuefeng said: "I used to feel that you didn't treat me as a friend. I wanted to play a role in your play, but you asked me to audition with others and compete with them. I was very upset, but today I know that you are still loyal and considerate!"
After he finished speaking, he let go of Lu Yanhe's hand, and Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Yuefeng raised his glass and gestured to clink glasses with Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe had no choice but to raise his glass and clink glasses with Li Yuefeng.
As a result, Li Yuefeng mumbled and drank the whole glass of wine in one breath.
"I've finished my drink, you can do whatever you want." Li Yuefeng said very proudly, "Lu Yanhe, although you are more famous than me and more capable than me, I admit this, but I really annoyed you in the past. I annoy those of you who are more famous than me the most. However, from today on, I accept it. You treat me as a friend, and I will treat you as a friend too."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Disillusioned.
It was a night of disillusionment and also a night of the unexpected.
Lu Yanhe looked at Li Yuefeng who was obviously drunk, smiled silently, and said, "You...are you still angry with me because I asked you to audition?"
"What else? After all, we have already filmed a movie called "The Seventeenth Floor", right? Don't you know what it's like to act? Am I the kind of actor with expressionless face who can't show off his acting skills?" Li Yuefeng patted his chest, "You asked me to audition, so of course I think you are looking down on me."
Lu Yanhe: "...Isn't this a very normal procedure? I got many roles through auditions."
Li Yuefeng: "Bullshit, you are too dishonest. You are acting now, how can you audition for a play? Have you auditioned for "Burning Fire"? "
Lu Yanhe: "Wrong, it's not an audition, it's a test. Can you accept this? I have tested for "Late Spring" and "Road to Glory". It has nothing to do with your acting skills, it depends on the suitability of the role. Of course I know there is no problem with your acting skills, but you have acted in so many dramas, you must also know that if a role meets an actor who is very suitable, then no matter how mature the actor's acting skills are, he can't compare to him."
Li Yuefeng frowned, "Damn, you're still auditioning?"
What Lu Yanhe didn't say was that he actually took the initiative to ask for many auditions. He would just try out a scene first and see how it went. From the perspective of the producers, it was just like what Li Yuefeng said. They had never asked him to audition, including the Hollywood movie The Mist. Hollywood is really the place with the most mature audition system in the film and television industry in the world. When the director found him, he didn't ask him to audition.
However, Lu Yanhe still hopes that there will be such a link - just like the script reading and rehearsal, the better the preparatory work is, the smoother the filming will be. Because many problems are solved before filming. Why are many plays bad? Is it because the production staff are not working hard enough on the set? No, it is because the production staff have too many problems and contradictions to solve on the set, and they are overwhelmed.
"Forget it, forget it. I won't bother with you." Li Yuefeng waved his hand. "Next time you let me audition for your play, then I can. But I still have to keep it a secret. What if I audition and you still don't want me? Then I, a first-line actor, will lose face like a fool."
Lu Yanhe couldn't laugh or cry.
"okay, got it."
Li Yuefeng sighed.
"I really envy you."
"what?"
"I can act and write." Li Yuefeng said, "If I could write scripts, I wouldn't be like you and give the scripts to others to act in. Damn it, all those scripts are mine."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Lu Yanhe said: "Even if you can't write a script, you should have no shortage of scripts, right?"
"We are not short of scripts, but not that many good scripts will come to us," said Li Yuefeng. "For a play like "Burning Fire," the script is kept confidential before you sign the contract, and you won't be shown the full script. Generally, scripts that come to us on their own initiative are not big productions in the conventional sense, unless they want you to play the leading role."
"You don't have to act in big productions every time. It's also good to take on one or two dramas that are different in type and style from your usual ones and try to take some risks," said Lu Yanhe.
He also didn't expect that one day he would say such words to Li Yuefeng.
Li Yuefeng: "Oh my, you are really talking without any pain in your waist. Who dares to fail these days? If you fail in a movie, you will fall to the bottom directly, as if you are abandoned by the market. I also want to try to act in art films, but in the current market situation, nine out of ten art films will lose money at the box office. If people don't blame me for the loss of art films, I am willing to try it, but how can I do that? As long as it is a movie I act in, people don't care whether it is a commercial film or an art film. As long as the box office is average and you get 20 or 30 million, people will say, look, this Li Yuefeng is a first-line actor, but the box office of a movie he acted in is only 20 or 30 million, it's too rubbish."
What Li Yuefeng said is indeed very realistic.
Lu Yanhe was thoughtful. "If the market environment doesn't give us any room to try out works that might fail, how can we have the courage to shoot some dramas that don't conform to the mainstream market?" Li Yuefeng said.
Li Yuefeng's words made Lu Yanhe think of himself.
Everything he has now is actually based on the fact that he has never had a failed work.
He has been successful in both movies and TV series, and has won both commercial and awards, giving the industry the illusion that he has no weaknesses. Therefore, now is almost the best time for him to work on projects. No matter what project he works on, everyone thinks he will be successful.
But once a failure occurs, perhaps the market's filtered trust in him will collapse.
Whatever he wants to shoot, it may not be as smooth as it is now.
Li Yuefeng asked: "What are you going to shoot next?"
Lu Yanhe: "My next film will be in the United States. I have accepted a Hollywood movie."
Li Yuefeng didn't quite understand and said, "Why would you go to Hollywood to act in a movie now? It's not ten years ago now. Our domestic market is big enough."
Lu Yanhe said: "The script is interesting, and I don't want to rest on my laurels."
“Will you often go to Hollywood to act in movies in the future?”
"I don't know about that either." Lu Yanhe said, "Let's read the script. I have no plans to shift my work focus to Hollywood."
Li Yuefeng: "Oh, that's good."
That night, at the end of the day, Li Yuefeng was so drunk that he could hardly walk, and it was Zou Dong who took him back home. He first sent him to the hotel and handed him over to Wu Bai, and then Lu Yanhe returned to his own hotel.
The next morning, as soon as Lu Yanhe arrived at the set, Li Yuefeng suddenly appeared and patted him on the shoulder from behind.
"Morning."
Li Yuefeng was in high spirits and didn't look like he was drunk yesterday at all.
Lu Yanhe looked at him in surprise.
"Didn't the director ask you to take two days off?"
"I feel like I'm back in shape, so I told the coordinator that I can continue filming."
Lu Yanhe asked: "Then it seems that your filming plan is not included in today's notice."
Li Yuefeng said: "It's okay, I'll come to watch you perform."
Lu Yanhe didn't understand why Li Yuefeng suddenly became so active.
At this time, Li Quanling came over with dark circles under his eyes.
He looked at Li Yuefeng helplessly and said, "Don't call me in the early morning again and tell me that you can act. It's impossible to change the notice for the next day in the early morning!"
Li Yuefeng immediately apologized with a smile and said, "I'm sorry, Brother Quan Ling, I was drunk yesterday and disturbed you."
Li Quanling exhaled heavily and left.
Lu Yanhe: "..."
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This morning's scene is another one that takes place in the Warlock Academy.
There are seven or eight actors in one scene.
There is indeed no role for Li Yuefeng in this scene.
But he persisted on the set, chatting with this person and that person.
While Lu Yanhe was rehearsing with everyone, Xiao Yun was still whispering, "What happened to Li Yuefeng? Why do I feel like he's suddenly so excited?"
Lu Yanhe: “I don’t know.”
Lang Xia said with some disdain: "Maybe he was hit too hard. Everything will turn into its opposite when it reaches its extreme."
Lu Yanhe didn't respond.
This is a literary drama, basically consisting of dialogues between characters.
In other words, it is not difficult for these mature actors to act.
The early preparations took a long time, from adjusting the lighting to the camera movement, to the coordination between the actors and the camera, and rehearsing on the scene, which took almost an hour and a half.
The actual shooting lasted only half an hour.
After shooting three times, the crowd finally let this shot pass.
The scene will change later.
Every time the scene is changed, it is the most chaotic time on the set.
Wang Biao had already taken Wan Qingqing to get his things and was ready to go back to the lounge to rest.
Over there, a young actor who played their classmate suddenly held up his phone and exclaimed in surprise. Several people began to whisper to each other. This phenomenon spread quickly, from a few people to more than a dozen people, and then to most people, who all had expressions of shock and disbelief on their faces.
Lang Xia discovered that suddenly a lot of eyes were focused on him.
He looked at others in confusion, but no matter who he looked at, the other person would immediately look away and avoid eye contact with him.
This scene made Lang Xia a little annoyed.
Because of this scene, Lang Xia was basically certain that something bad had happened to him, but he didn't know what had happened and felt a little confused and annoyed.
Until his agent walked through the crowd and came up to him with a face as dark as water.
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"He Yingzi's face is so dark." Wang Biao said gloatingly.
They had already left the set and returned to the green room.
In fact, Wang Biao wanted to stay and watch the fun, but unfortunately Lu Yanhe didn't have this idea.
Lu Yanhe: "I don't know if we can still shoot that scene later."
Wang Biao: "It depends on whether Lang Xia can be better than Li Yuefeng. If he is thicker-skinned, then maybe we can continue filming."
He sighed, "Put yourself in their shoes. I don't know how they can continue to work together in the same crew. Now their reputations are completely torn apart."
If they haven't fallen out, even if there is a grudge between them, the two of them will see each other every day and can still endure it and finish the scene together without getting along.
After the falling out, with a crew watching, can the two of them pretend nothing happened and continue filming?
The difficulty is directly doubled.
Of course, there are all kinds of situations in the world. There are even divorced couples who can continue to film together, and in the film they still play a couple who love each other deeply.
Wu Bai found a familiar marketing account and exclusively released the truth behind Li Yuefeng being harassed by paparazzi and his family holding banners at the entrance of the set to demand medical expenses.
A telephone recording was released, and it was carefully subtitled with the names and identities of the speakers, so that everyone could clearly know who the two people speaking were.
Then, Lang Xia and Lang Xia’s agent He Yingzi became hot searches at rocket speed.
The crew of "Burning Fire" was certainly more shocked than anyone else.
Having worked in the entertainment industry for a long time, it is extremely rare to see a situation like this with both parties in front of me.
This is the real way of eating melons on the front line, without going through any second hands.
And just as Lu Yanhe expected, the play...could not be filmed.
A scene was temporarily changed and neither Li Yuefeng nor Lang Xia appeared.
Lan Ming Hall is also gone, probably because he went to mediate the conflict between the two sides.
Suddenly, the set of "Burning Fire" became inexplicably...undercurrent-filled.
In fact, this has nothing to do with other people. It’s just the matter of Lang Xia and Li Yuefeng, and their team. Even if the two of them fight to the sky, it has nothing to do with other people.
But people are like this, if something happens around them, they will also feel a sense of "participation", and talk about the matter quietly, in a low voice, and carefully, with a cautious attitude of "let's not add fuel to the fire". In fact, they are chattering and adding fuel to the fire, so-called adding fuel to the fire.
Xiao Yun loves being lively and especially fond of gossip. These past two days, he was so excited that he seemed to have met his idol. His eyes were shining brightly. Whenever he was on the set, he discussed with others not the script or the role, but the latest gossip.
——How will Lang Xia and Li Yuefeng resolve this matter?
Lu Yanhe is actually a person who likes to eat melons, but this time he was not happy with it.
He was worried that this incident would affect the filming of the movie "Burning Fire".
The same is obviously true for Wanrenhai.
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The next day, Li Yuefeng still appeared at the scene.
He is here to film a scene, and according to the notice, he has two scenes today.
But Lang Xia did not show up.
If we say that Li Yuefeng two days ago was in poor condition and frequently forgot his lines, not to mention giving a higher quality of performance, today's Li Yuefeng seemed to have been blessed with a cheat code, his acting was as if assisted by God, and his condition took off.
When Lu Yanhe acted opposite him, he always felt a sense of excitement as if he was "showing off".
If you meet a good opponent actor when acting, you will be stimulated to have a better response.
Lu Yanhe felt such stimulation from Li Yuefeng.
He was surprised.
The other people at the scene were also confused when they saw Li Yuefeng's condition. The main reason was that the difference between before and after was too big, one was underground, the other was in heaven.
What many people didn't expect was that Li Yuefeng and Lu Yanhe's relationship suddenly became close.
They were quite familiar with each other before and would chat and laugh on the set, but there was still a gap between them and being "close".
Now, after a scene was finished, Li Yuefeng would actually put his arm around Lu Yanhe's shoulder and chatter endlessly.
Those who observed more carefully found that Lu Yanhe's attitude had not changed much, but mainly because Li Yuefeng became closer to Lu Yanhe.
Even Xiao Yun asked Lu Yanhe in disbelief: "What happened between you and Li Yuefeng? Did you lend him money or save his life to make him so close to you now?"
Lu Yanhe: "Well, it's a long story."
Xiao Yun said: "After this incident, I realized that Li Yuefeng's popularity in recent years is largely due to his agent."
"Huh? What did his agent do?"
"You know, before this incident happened, his agent gave a small gift to every staff member of the crew." Xiao Yun's tone was full of admiration.
This was the first time Lu Yanhe heard of this.
"What did he give?"
"In fact, the gift was not that expensive. It was just an electronic product brand endorsed by Li Yuefeng. He gave everyone a pair of headphones, which sell for 168 yuan a pair on the market." Xiao Yun said, "At that time, everyone thought Wu Bai was very generous, but then it was revealed that Lang Xia and his agent were behind Li Yuefeng's back. Everyone realized that he wanted everyone to support Li Yuefeng in this matter. In fact, there was no need for the crew to stand up and say anything about this matter. It was a fact that was set in stone. Wu Bai might have hoped that at this critical juncture, no one in the crew would stand up and say something bad about Li Yuefeng."
Lu Yanhe suddenly reacted.
However, to be honest, the agents behind the actors of this crew are not simple characters.
There is no need to talk about Chen Ziyan.
Lang Xia's agent He Yingzi was Chen Ziyan's previous rival, and Wu Bai——
He is also a very awesome agent. The fact that he was able to bring out Li Yuefeng and keep him standing and always on the front line is enough to show his ability.
Not to mention everyone else.
This is a phenomenon that must exist behind big productions.
Only the best people in the industry can join this big production, and the same goes for the agents.
Lu Yanhe was curious about how He Yingzi would solve this problem.
Of course, compared to how He Yingzi solved the problem, Lu Yanhe was more curious about why He Yingzi had a phone call with someone and the conversation was recorded.
I feel that this kind of low-level mistake should not happen to He Yingzi.
He Yingzi's solution did not make Lu Yanhe wait too long. That night, she recorded a video to publicly apologize to Li Yuefeng.
"I'm sorry, because of the personal grudge between me and Wu Bai, I tried to disgust Li Yuefeng with the proxy shooting. I actually know that this matter is not Li Yuefeng's fault, and Li Yuefeng does not need to bear legal responsibility, so I found the injured proxy photographer and asked him to cause trouble for Li Yuefeng, purely for revenge and to vent my anger."
He Yingzi stood in front of the camera with sincerity.
"This incident has nothing to do with the fight between artists that everyone is talking about. Lang Xia was not aware of the whole incident. And I have no problem with Li Yuefeng himself. I am targeting Wu Bai. Here, I also solemnly apologize to Mr. Li Yuefeng. Because you are the best artist under Wu Bai, I chose to cause trouble for you in an attempt to disgust Wu Bai, and you have also been condemned and abused."
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After watching the apology video, Lu Yanhe was confused and realized that he didn't understand it at all.
He even had to ask Chen Ziyan for help.
"He Yingzi once had a personal grudge against Wu Bai?"
"Who doesn't have personal grudges among agents?" Chen Ziyan said, "Don't be fooled by He Yingzi. She is retreating to advance and letting Lang Xia get away with it. She is an agent and doesn't need to rely on her public image to make a living. With the evidence on the other party's board, she will take on everything herself and let Lang Xia get away with it."
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.
He said so.
It’s still the same He Yingzi, so cruel.
Chen Ziyan added: "The most ruthless thing about He Yingzi's move is that when she apologized, she planted a thorn between Wu Bai and Li Yuefeng."
"what?"
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"Don't you understand that she did this on purpose? She is deliberately trying to sow discord!" Wu Bai gave Li Yuefeng a speechless look.
Li Yuefeng actually believed what He Yingzi said and thought that He Yingzi did that because she had a personal grudge against him.
What personal grudge does he have against her? Is it necessary to go to this extent?
Li Yuefeng said: "He Yingzi apologized to me in public."
"That's because she has no choice but to apologize." Wu Bai said angrily, "The recording has been exposed. If she doesn't apologize, then Lang Xia is still the villain who plotted against you behind your back. Will he still be an artist in the future? How will he survive? She let Lang Xia get away with it, and she didn't want to be a villain, so she made up a false grudge and made it seem like a personal vendetta between the two of us."
Li Yuefeng was still skeptical.
Wu Bai let out a long sigh.
"It's up to you, believe it or not."
Li Yuefeng then smiled and said, "Hey, Brother Bai, why are you in such a hurry? I didn't say I don't believe you. Even if she did this because of you, I would definitely stand on your side. How could I be provoked by her? The relationship between you and me cannot be easily provoked."
Wu Bai: "Anyway, I have solved this matter for you. You can just focus on filming from now on. I am also tired, so I will go back and rest."
Li Yuefeng could see that Wu Bai was really angry.
He immediately hooked his arm around his neck with a playful smile and said, "Why are you taking a break? We have to celebrate. Come on, come on, I'll buy you a drink. You've worked hard these past few days. It's thanks to you, otherwise I would have been cheated a long time ago."
Wu Bai looked at Li Yuefeng's playful appearance and sighed, but in the end he still couldn't make up his mind and continued to be angry.
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Lang Xia also returned to the crew safely.
On the surface, this matter has nothing to do with him.
It was his agent who did it behind his back.
However, no one knows how many people believe this.
I'm sure everyone believes it.
Lang Xia and Li Yuefeng met on the set, and they didn't fight. They just ignored each other, like strangers.
Lang Xia's situation suddenly became awkward.
Lu Yanhe was originally a stranger to him, and now with the addition of Li Yuefeng, Lang Xia had to stay alone on the set most of the time.
This kind of atmosphere always makes the shooting scene a bit awkward.
But I don’t know why, in this kind of atmosphere, everyone’s acting skills actually improved a lot.
Everyone was surprised.
While so many things happened on the set and many people were watching with a strong sense of participation, Shang Yongzhou was the only one who focused on his own scenes every day, leaving as soon as they were finished, and basically did not communicate much with other actors in the crew.
This is Shang Yongzhou's way of acting, and Lu Yanhe is used to it.
Whenever he starts acting and gets into a role, he will try his best to stay in the role during this period of time, especially when interacting with other actors.
The character he played was shouldering a mission of revenge and was filled with hatred and vengeance. After coming to the academy to be a teacher, he was alone most of the time.
In order to maintain this state and feeling, Shang Yongzhou deliberately kept a distance from everyone.
Including Lu Yanhe.
Because Lu Yanhe and him didn't get along well at the beginning in the play.
On this point, Lu Yanhe admired Shang Yongzhou very much.
He truly respects the profession of actor, and is facing his role with all his strength, using a spirit rarely seen in actors nowadays.
Of course, Shang Yongzhou's approach also made some people secretly wonder if Shang Yongzhou was a little too cold and aloof, and that he was so arrogant to be so distant from others.
Whenever Lu Yanhe heard someone say this, he would help Shang Yongzhou explain.
All in all, after the incident between Li Yuefeng and Lang Xia, the crew entered a period of calm filming.
Every actor was very devoted to his or her role, and it was completely different from the first two weeks of filming.
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On this day, Lu Yanhe finished work early, at four o'clock in the afternoon. The next two scenes were performed by Shang Yongzhou.
When Lu Yanhe was about to go back, Xu Ping suddenly came over with two boxes of things.
"Teacher Lu!" he called him.
Lu Yanhe turned around in surprise.
Xu Ping smiled and said, "I haven't thanked you enough for helping me that morning. Thank you so much."
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized and shook his head. "It's just a small matter. I was afraid of exacerbating the conflict. You handled it very well."
Xu Ping picked up the box in his hand.
It's obviously a gift.
A look of refusal appeared on Lu Yanhe's face.
Xu Ping said, "This is not a valuable item. Teacher Lu, please don't be so quick to refuse. It didn't cost much. My wife's family owns a farm. She knows you helped me a lot, so she asked me to bring it to you to express my gratitude. Please accept it."
After hearing this, Lu Yanhe finally said with relief, "What is it?"
Xu Ping said: "Some deer antlers, pine mushrooms, peach gum and so on."
Lu Yanhe: "You're so polite. Thank you very much."
He received it.
Xu Ping: "Oh, this is nothing. Compared to the help you gave me, this is really just a small token of my appreciation. Thank you!"
Lu Yanhe waved his hand.
"Then you should go back and rest early, Mr. Lu. If you need anything, feel free to contact me." Xu Ping said with a smile, "As long as you need anything within the scope of my duties, I will definitely do it."
Lu Yanhe nodded, "Okay, go ahead and get busy. Thank you."
As soon as Xu Ping left, Zou Dong stepped forward and took the two large boxes from Lu Yanhe.
"It's quite solid." said Zou Dong.
Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, although this incident caused a lot of uproar, from what we can see so far, it should be said that no one was injured. Oh, no, those two photographers broke their bones."
Zou Dong: "If there are proxy photographers who come to block our car like they did in the future, I really don't know what to do."
Lu Yanhe said: "Just do it the way it should be done. You see, everyone knows that this time it was a proxy shoot."
Zou Dong: "They were lucky nothing happened. If the shooter had been knocked away and hit something sharp, it might have been more than just a broken bone."
Lu Yanhe: "Brother Dong, don't worry. As long as we don't intend to hurt them, if something like this really happens, we will actively face it and solve it."
"I am..." Zou Dong hesitated for a moment, then said directly, "I saw that you were worried about the two injured photographers this time. With your personality, if you accidentally hurt others, you might blame yourself even if it's not your fault."
"Brother Dong, I'm just a little emotional, but I won't lose my rationality." Lu Yanhe smiled helplessly.
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As actors joined the crew one after another, Lu Yanhe's daily filming pressure was finally not so great.
In March, he might have a scene each morning, noon and evening. By early April, he had become much more relaxed, with one or two scenes a day, which he could work on in detail. He even had 1-2 days a week without any scenes to rest.
In early April, Zhao Yuan came to the "Burning Fire" crew with the rough cut of "Love Letter" and showed it to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe specifically asked Shang Yongzhou and director Wan Ren Hai to watch the film together and asked them to give their opinions.
Lu Yanhe also gave his opinion to Zhao Yuan based on his own impression of what "Love Letter" looked like.
"Didn't Li Fenglei come this time?" After talking about the business, Lu Yanhe asked about the young editor at the dinner table.
When Zhao Yuan heard Lu Yanhe mention Li Fenglei on his own initiative, he looked at him with some surprise.
"He had something to do at home, so he went home." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, "Why is Director Lu so concerned about him?"
Lu Yanhe: "I feel bad seeing you come here in person today. I am very grateful and satisfied to have you as the editor of Love Letter. I can't go to your place to see it because I am filming, so I can only ask you to send it to me. It's not good to ask you to run errands in person."
The smile on Zhao Yuan's face then became truly bright.
"What's the big deal, Director Xiao Lu? To be honest, the movie Love Letter will become a classic." Zhao Yuan said, "Although we haven't started the lighting, color, dubbing and music yet, I have seen too much material. As soon as I saw the current look of the movie, I knew it would be a success."
Shang Yongzhou also nodded and said, "It's really good, Yan He. I didn't expect you to be so steady in your first time as a director."
"I think the temperament of Love Letter is quite similar to Yan He's own temperament." Wanren Hai smiled and said, "Calm, profound, and under this appearance, it can give me a full sense of youth. This trait is very rare."
“Then I have more confidence.” Lu Yanhe said, “I was very worried. This is my first time as a director, and I was really worried that I would mess it up.”
Wanrenhai: "The little girl in the movie will become a big hit after the movie is released. I think I should hurry up and sign two movie contracts with her before she becomes famous?"
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "She is still in high school and doesn't know if she will be an actress in the future. I spent a lot of effort to convince her to film Love Letter."
If Chen Ziyan hadn't gotten Zhang Ruozhi's mother on board, Zhang Ruozhi definitely wouldn't have been able to act.
"She was born with a face that is favored by the camera. It would be a shame if she didn't become an actress." Wanrenhai has a very high opinion of Zhang Ruozhi.
"Then I hope that after the release of this movie, it will spark her interest in becoming an actress."
Zhang Ruozhi signed with Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe's company, but is not being managed as an artist now.
They reached a consensus with Zhang Ruozhi and her family that before the college entrance examination, all matters related to performing arts would have nothing to do with Zhang Ruozhi.
So, even though it was obvious that Wanrenhai was very interested in Zhang Ruozhi, Lu Yanhe did not break the rule just because it was a good opportunity.
Lu Yanhe changed the subject.
"By the way, director, after you finish filming the first part of "Burning Fire", will you immediately prepare for the second part?" Lu Yanhe randomly picked a question and threw it back.
"I have another movie on hand that I have been preparing for a long time. After I finish shooting Burning, I will shoot this one first." Wanrenhai said, "The post-production of Burning will take one or two years, so it won't be released so soon. Before it is released, Longyan will not officially promote the second part."
Although "Burning Fire" has plans to develop a trilogy and every actor has signed a trilogy intention contract, if the first part does not perform well at the box office, there will definitely be no second part developed.
After all, a movie costs hundreds of millions to produce, and it cannot afford to go to waste.
Lu Yanhe nodded. (End of this chapter)
