Choose a day to become famous

Lu Yanhe actually didn't have this kind of personality before.

I don’t know when it started, but I gradually became so decisive and resolute.

Yan Liang: "I have to learn from you."

Lu Yanhe smiled and asked, "How do you usually refuse people you don't want to see or go to?"

"Unless I really have something to do, I will go even if I don't want to." Yan Liang said, "I always think that I should go and give them face. Who knows, I might need their help in the future."

"Your attitude is just that. You don't have to learn from me. Everyone has a different personality."

"Actually, I'm not surprised that you decided not to meet Yang Zhoujin. After all, you don't know him well at all. But I didn't expect you to reject Zhan Yun directly in front of her. She has known us for such a long time, and most importantly, she has filmed so many scenes with you."

Lu Yanhe: "I can only say that sometimes it's fate that determines the relationship between people. I have worked with Zhan Yun for so many years, but we are hardly even friends. We don't really have a personal relationship, just like Wen Minglan. In fact, logically, I should be very familiar with her. Not only did we film "Friends" together, we also have the same agent and see each other a lot, but we just didn't become familiar with each other."

"Then this is indeed fate." Yan Liang nodded, "The only actresses you have a good relationship with seem to be Chen Bige and Jiang Yuqian."

That's exactly the case.

Even though Zhan Yun and Wen Minglan had tried to restrain their star-like behavior in front of him, they were together every day after all, and many details could not be hidden.

This kind of thing will be revealed inadvertently in the eyebrows.

Just like Zhan Yun, because her character is the most popular one among the audience in "Friends", Lu Yanhe can increasingly feel that she increasingly hopes that the plot of the show will be centered around her.

She didn't say it explicitly, but many times during rehearsals and when she gave feedback on the script, the things she proposed ultimately reflected this conclusion.

It may be unconscious, not intentional. Lu Yanhe can understand. But it is precisely this unconscious and unintentional behavior that makes Lu Yanhe feel vaguely repulsive. Of course, this repulsive feeling is also natural. Rationally, he will never show it, and he will never allow himself to have a problem with Zhan Yun because of this.

Any actor, standing in Zhan Yun's shoes, might subconsciously make the same move as her, including Lu Yanhe himself.

Wen Minglan is the second most popular actress among the three. In fact, if Bai Jin's role in the first season is an obvious supporting role among the main characters, then Wen Minglan's role and Zhan Yun's role can actually compete in terms of the proportion of the plot and character relationships.

Wen Minglan has always been an ambitious and aspiring actress. Her ambition is comparable to Jiang Yuqian's, but she is not as hardworking and desperate as Jiang Yuqian. Moreover, she is too ambitious to run around the world and expose herself like Jiang Yuqian.

Wen Minglan has always wanted to take the "high-end" route.

This is what Lu Yanhe felt from Chen Ziyan.

Only Bai Jin, not sure if it was because she was very clear that her role was just a not-so-important protagonist, therefore, during the creative process of "Friends" over the years, she has almost always been "actively cooperating" and trying hard to "play the role".

In her normal state, she has almost no awareness of the "competitive" side. She is willing to laugh with everyone and tell jokes to make everyone happy. When she is not filming, she also frequently pops up in the group, forwarding some jokes, entertainment news, etc., so that everyone can still keep in touch besides filming.

Although Lu Yanhe had never told her, he actually admired her very much.

Maybe her acting talent is not so outstanding, gifted, or stunning. But her way of dealing with people is refreshing. Lu Yanhe is willing to be friends with her.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang finished their dinner while chatting.

After a short rest, the two went to film.

Bai Jingnian was on the phone, seemingly arguing with someone. His face was unusually red and radiating anger.

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other.

Bai Jingnian is a man with a good temper and great patience - although this is entirely due to his many years of "frustrated" work experience in Beijing and Taiwan.

So, when Bai Jingnian suddenly showed such great anger, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang's first reactions were:

What's going on?

After hanging up the phone, Bai Jingnian was still angry.

"Director?" Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang went over together.

Bai Jingnian calmed down the anger on his face.

"Wait a moment, the shooting will start in about ten minutes."

Lu Yanhe nodded and asked, "Who made you so angry?"

He tried to make his tone sound as relaxed as possible, like he was just chatting.

Bai Jingnian sighed, "I had a student in Beijing and Taiwan before. When I went to Northern Lights, I asked him if he wanted to come with me. He didn't come because of some family situation. As a result, he has been suppressed by the station overtly and covertly for more than half a year, and half of his bonus was deducted."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe also frowned.

"Why are Beijing and Taiwan still such shits?"

"This is not a problem of Beijing and Taiwan. It's that group of people who occupy high positions and form cliques. As long as they are not from their faction, they will do everything they can to suppress them." Bai Jingnian said, "My student did not follow me, but in their eyes, he is my person. How could those people in Beijing and Taiwan like him? But I thought that at most there would be no room for development. Who knew that they would actually do something like deducting bonuses. His bonus was half of that of people of the same level and qualifications. He stayed in Beijing and Taiwan for a stable income."

Lu Yanhe understood why Bai Jingnian was so angry.

Bai Jingnian has been away from Beijing and Taiwan for such a long time, but he is still doing this kind of "excluding dissidents" thing against people related to him.

Lu Yanhe asked: "Director, you now have your own studio in Northern Lights, and the situation has stabilized. Why don't you let him come over now?"

Bai Jingnian hesitated for a moment and said, "My studio is now fully staffed, unless he comes here to start from a basic position."

Lu Yanhe understood.

Bai Jingnian’s studio was funded by Northern Lights.

The annual personnel budget is limited, and now the pit has been filled. The students that Bai Jingnian has brought in Beijing and Taiwan are definitely not small fry. If they come to the studio at this time, let alone the lack of a position, after they come, what position and treatment will they be given? What do those who followed Bai Jingnian to build his empire from scratch think in their hearts, and how to balance the internal issues are all difficult problems.

Unless a vacancy happens to occur at this time, it would be legitimate for Bai Jingnian to poach the person.

Everyone has to pay for their own choices.

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said to Bai Jingnian, "What does he think? Does he want to leave Beijing and Taiwan? Or does he think he can endure it?"

Bai Jingnian: "I don't know either. He didn't tell me. I heard about it from other colleagues in Beijing and Taiwan."

Lu Yanhe said: "If he still doesn't want to leave Beijing and Taiwan, it's useless for you to worry about him."

Everyone chooses their own life.

Moreover, everyone's situation is different. In the past, Lu Yanhe would feel that sometimes, if you fail to seize some key life opportunities, it is your own loss and you have to pay for it yourself. Later, after meeting many people, Lu Yanhe realized how arrogant his thoughts were at that time -

Not everyone has the power to choose to change at any time.

Having elderly parents and young children to support is not just a slogan. Some people certainly know that a choice may mean a leap-forward change in their lives, but because there is also the risk of failure, they do not have the capital to bear the risk of failure and can only play the safe card and take the safe path.

Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other.

In this situation, no one of them could do anything.

Of course it is okay to help others, but first they have to be willing to accept your help.

You go to help others before they even ask for your help. Not to mention the situation where your kindness is taken as an insult, your proactive help and enthusiasm may actually be a burden to them - they know you mean well, but their actual situation makes it impossible for them to accept such kindness, and it instead becomes a burden.

However, Lu Yanhe thought about it and asked, "Director, what does your student do? Is he also a director?"

"Yes, he was my assistant director for many years." Bai Jingnian said.

"Do you think he can be a director independently?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Bai Jingnian thought for a moment and said, "He is not a person with a strong desire for creation. When working with me, his strength lies in execution."

Lu Yanhe understood as soon as he heard it.

This is a candidate who is more suitable to be a deputy and play a supporting role.

In fact, this type of director (if they are really reliable) is the backbone of the performing arts circle.

Many film and television projects depend on them to be made.

They are just not so lucky that God has not given them a bowl of rice called talent.

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "If he comes to you one day and there is no position in your studio, you can ask him to come to Linghe to try. We in Linghe have been recruiting production talents on a large scale in recent years, as you know."

Bai Jingnian said with some surprise: "Thank you very much."

Rather than helping others, what Lu Yanhe was actually thinking about was——

Since this person's experience can cause Bai Jingnian's emotions to fluctuate so much, it means that the relationship and friendship between the two should be very good. Let this person come to Linghe and film and cooperate with Bai Jingnian in the future. With this person in the middle, the cooperation between the two sides will be smoother.

Lu Yanhe and Bai Jingnian have already collaborated on the "Friends" series and "Housemates", and there will be more collaborations in the future. Lu Yanhe is one of Linghe's most important collaborators.

Such a person is very important. Especially for the communication of some key matters, Lu Yanhe and Hu Siwei cannot communicate every time - their positions in Linghe determine that they cannot easily express their opinions on many things, because they do not only represent themselves.

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Zhan Yun never thought that after she sent a message to Yang Zhoujin, telling him that Lu Yanhe had to film in the evening and could not come, Yang Zhoujin did not reply.

I called him but he didn't answer.

Wait until half past seven.

"Let's eat by ourselves. We won't have to wait any longer." Zhan Yun said to Bai Jin.

Bai Jin nodded without asking any questions. "It's hard to make a reservation at this restaurant. I asked my assistant to make a reservation several times before but failed."

Zhan Yun: "He also booked this place. Is this restaurant famous?"

Bai Jin could see that Zhan Yun was in a low mood, but she was still trying to cheer herself up so as not to make the scene seem lonely.

Bai Jin nodded to keep the topic going, and said, "I don't know how the food is, but I know this restaurant is famous for its difficult location."

Zhan Yun smiled.

"All right."

Bai Jin asked: "When you were dating him, did you usually eat at restaurants like this where it's hard to locate?"

Zhan Yun: "There are many places like this, but I don't like them very much."

"Why?"

"It's not that I don't like coming to places like this, but every time he's in a place like this, I feel like... this is where he really belongs." Zhan Yun said, "I haven't apologized to you yet. The last time he came to the crew, his attitude was not very good."

"All rich young men are like that. They were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and were taken care of when they were young. They are more or less... arrogant." Bai Jin asked, "How is he to you? He has been pursuing you for so long, so he should treat you well, right?"

"I don't know what to say."

"Isn't he good to you?" Bai Jin asked in surprise.

"I can't say it's bad." Zhan Yun sighed, "But... I don't know how to put it. Sometimes he gives me the feeling that being nice to me is like completing an action. He treats me well just because I'm his girlfriend."

Bai Jin nodded.

"So that's how it is."

Bai Jin paused for a moment and asked again: "Then... do you like him?"

Zhan Yun gave her a bleak smile.

When Bai Jin saw her smile, he no longer needed to ask any questions and understood everything.

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"For the Valentine's Day special issue, do you have any good topics?"

"Jump Up" editorial meeting, today we are discussing next year's February issue, which is also a Valentine's Day special issue.

It’s not every year that “Jump Up” does a Valentine’s Day special.

They did it this year because they got a heavyweight serial.

Zhu Yujie, one of the top Chinese romance novelists, will serialize her new novel starting from the February issue of Jump Up.

This writer has been writing for more than 20 years. Although each of his works is based on love, he is actually a serious literary writer who has a great influence on the readership.

There are not many people who can write love themes into the category of serious literature. The first person Lu Yanhe can think of is Zhang Ailing.

Because the positioning of "Jump Up" magazine itself is still a literary magazine, even though its media matrix is ​​getting stronger and stronger, the magazine itself still maintains its own positioning, does not change the content format, and strives to cooperate with top Chinese writers.

Bai Yu played an indispensable role in getting Zhu Yujie's new novel to be serialized.

It is said that in the past two years, Bai Yu held three "Zhu Yujie Reader Meetings" in order to get familiar with Zhu Yujie. He basically visited her once every quarter and used many channel resources to help Zhu Yujie sell books.

A lot of time and energy are invested in it.

The significance of winning over Zhu Yujie is the same as that of winning over Shi Xia teacher's serialization.

"Jump Up" was initially positioned as a youth literary and artistic magazine. As its influence grows, it is now beginning to remove the "youth" and strengthen the "literature" in an effort to create an authoritative literary and artistic media.

The word "authority" actually comes from industry recognition and influence.

This concept is the same as the current Oscars. Even if it is already a recognized TOP award in the industry, it still needs the support of top celebrities and superstars year after year - of course, the big celebrities also need the same return.

Bai Yu proposed: "I have previously reported a topic, which is about Zhu Yujie's four novels. I invited eight first-line celebrities to shoot four sets of themed photos."

"Your concept is great, but it's not suitable for a print magazine," Chen Siqi said. "It's impossible to do this without seven figures, but how much sense does it make to put it in a magazine? We are not a gimmick magazine, nor are we an image magazine."

Someone immediately said, "Are we going to use Teacher Zhu Yujie's works as the theme for this Valentine's Day special issue?"

"This is too limiting and unnecessary." Chen Siqi immediately shook her head. "Although Mr. Zhu has a high status in the literary circle, he is not well-known to the general public."

"For the readers of Jump Up, Teacher Zhu must be very well-known," Bai Yu said immediately.

"In addition to targeting our existing readers, we also hope that each special issue can break through the circle and attract new readers through some topics or topics." Chen Siqi said, "This is a mission of the special issue."

"Perhaps we can sort out the love stories in myths and legends?" Xu Zijun suggested, "Many love stories in myths and legends actually have nothing to do with love at the beginning. Let's sort out their evolution."

“Isn’t this a bit niche?” Chen Siqi said, “This topic is interesting, but the perspective is a bit niche.”

"What if..." Lin Yu expressed her thoughts, "invite three celebrities to write a letter to their partners? For example, Huang Kairen and Xin Zixing, such as Teacher Zhu. The celebrity effect is always the most effective in attracting public attention. Stars, writers, and a celebrity with a very high social reputation."

"This is a great idea." Chen Siqi's eyes immediately lit up.

Zhou Mukai pushed the glasses clip on his nose and said, "We are planning a love letter program and soliciting submissions from all over the country. Soliciting submissions is also the easiest way for a magazine to expand its readership. Many people who don't read this magazine will start to learn about it because of this solicitation. In fact, the sales of the past few issues of "Jump Up" have also increased significantly, just because of the year-end inventory voting. I think soliciting submissions is the same concept."

Chen Siqi thought about it and said, "But this will turn it into an emotional topic, which is a bit inconsistent with the positioning of our "Jump Up" itself."

"Why do celebrity love letters fit the positioning of 'Jump Up'?" Bai Yu was a little puzzled, "but ordinary people's love letters don't."

Chen Siqi was stunned.

She didn't feel angry, but she was stunned by Bai Yu's question. She was also asking herself, yes, it's obviously the same thing, why is she so hypocritical?

She said, "You asked the right question. I almost felt that I was being hypocritical. But after thinking about it, I don't think there is anything wrong with celebrities writing love letters. This is because when we select people, we must select people who meet the standards of popular literature and art. The focus is not on the love letters, but on the people. People who write love letters meet the literary positioning of "Jump Up". But ordinary readers, they themselves do not have this kind of literary expression and attributes known to others, so love letters are really love letters. I don't know if I have explained it clearly?"

Bai Yu: "Perhaps among the submissions from ordinary readers, we will find works whose literary and artistic value is not inferior to their emotional value."

"But if Jump Up magazine, as an official magazine, solicits love letters, it will make people feel that the magazine's positioning has shifted," Chen Siqi said. "This is not what the magazine should do."

Lin Yu nodded: "I also agree with the editor-in-chief's point of view. We can solicit manuscripts through other channels, but we cannot organize this love letter solicitation as an official planned event."

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"Shooting the cover of the Valentine's Day issue of Jump Up magazine?"

Zhang Ruozhi was a little surprised.

She is now a freshman. After the release of "Love Letter", her popularity soared, but during her rising period, she quietly began her college life.

Just as Chen Ziyan had promised before, the company did not affect her studies during her school years and hardly arranged any work for her.

Now, exam week is coming.

Zhang Ruozhi was concentrating on reviewing when he suddenly received a call from his executive agent.

"Yes." The executive agent said, "The jewelry brand Cess that you endorse has been advertising in Jump Up magazine. This time, when they were discussing cooperation and the Valentine's Day special issue, they proposed this cooperation plan. Because you are the heroine of Love Letter and the spokesperson of Cess, Jump Up hesitated for a long time before agreeing to this cooperation. They rarely let celebrities appear on the cover before."

Zhang Ruozhi said: "Yes, so I was also surprised. I remember Chen Siqi said in her editor's notes that she hoped that "Jump Up" could become a magazine that does not rely on celebrities to survive. Therefore, the number of celebrities in the magazine has always been controlled to a very small proportion, and there are even fewer celebrities on the cover. It seems that there are usually only one or two covers with celebrities in a year."

"Yes, this shoot is quite important. It's a Valentine's Day special issue, so the attention is greater than in ordinary months." The executive agent said, "After you finish your exams, the shoot will be scheduled in January."

Zhang Ruozhi hummed.

"Will you and your classmates have any New Year's Eve activities this year?"

"I will celebrate the New Year's Eve with everyone." said Zhang Ruozhi.

"Well, okay, if it's in public, be more careful. There are a lot of paparazzi who want to take pictures of your first relationship."

"I...I haven't been in a relationship yet."

"But there will be a lot of paparazzi taking some ambiguous photos, making up stories, and spreading rumors. Even if they are false, they will still attract a lot of attention and traffic."

"Okay, then I'll pay attention." Zhang Ruozhi said.

"Come on, do well on the exam." The executive agent encouraged with a smile, "I'll invite you to dinner after you finish the exam."

"Okay." Zhang Ruozhi said, "Thank you, thank you for your trouble."

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——Why didn’t you return my call?

Looking at the message that had just been sent, Zhan Yun was silent for a moment, exited the chat interface, and handed the phone to his assistant.

The assistant was a little surprised and asked, "You're not going to reply? He just called three times."

"If he calls again, just tell him I'm filming."

Last night, until Zhan Yun went to bed, Yang Zhoujin did not reply to any messages.

Yang Zhoujin called early this morning.

But Zhan Yun didn't answer.

To be honest, she was a little angry.

She didn't answer the phone, so Yang Zhoujin kept sending her messages, asking her why she didn't answer the phone.

There was no useful information at all, and no mention of his "absence" last night.

His attitude made Zhan Yun even angrier.

It just so happened that the scene to be filmed today was about her arguing with Yan Liang.

After filming a scene, Bai Jingnian praised her for her emotional performance today.

Zhan Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and felt helpless inside.

This kind of "immersion in the role" is really not what she wants.

Who would have thought that in the evening, when Zhan Yun finished the show, she turned around and saw Yang Zhoujin standing behind her with a stern face and his hands folded across his chest, as if she had done something to let him down.

Zhan Yun took a deep breath——

If his attitude was a little better, Zhan Yun would definitely not lose face for him in front of everyone.

The current situation made her not want to say a word to Yang Zhoujin.

She ignored him expressionlessly and prepared to leave.

Yang Zhoujin caught up immediately.

"What do you mean?" he asked coldly.

Zhan Yun: "What do you mean?"

Yang Zhoujin said: "You didn't answer my call today, what do you mean by asking me?"

Zhan Yun stopped and looked at him in disbelief.

"You didn't say a word about what happened last night?"

Yang Zhoujin: "You should know why I didn't go last night."

Zhan Yun was so angry that she laughed.

"Then you should also know why I didn't answer your call today."

Yang Zhoujin: "Is this interesting to you?"

The argument between the two people has attracted the attention of people around them.

Including Lu Yanhe and others.

Yan Liang whispered, "There's something wrong with the two of them. Why do I feel like they're about to quarrel?"

Bai Jin looked at Zhan Yun and Yang Zhoujin worriedly, and worried silently.

Then, from a distance, no one expected that Yang Zhoujin raised his hand and slapped Zhan Yun in the face, then walked away.

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Recommended old book on entertainment: "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" (End of this chapter)