Chapter 172 Attacking the Agent
To what extent can an actor prepare for a role?
When various films and television dramas are being promoted, you'll see all sorts of answers, such as gaining or losing tens of kilograms, living in a certain place for one or two months to experience life, or having a teacher personally teach you your lines, and so on.
When Lu Yanhe was preparing for the drama "The Golden Era", everyone told him that the character was very similar to him and that he could play the role well without putting in too much effort.
Who knew that just meeting Jiang Yuqian once would awaken the obstacles in his heart.
Lu Yanhe tossed and turned in bed, and finally fell asleep very late.
The next day, my hair was a complete mess, like a bird's nest.
Yan Liang was extremely surprised and asked him what was wrong.
Li Zhibai is a restless sleeper, and it's normal for him to end up with his head in a messy, unruly position. But Lu Yanhe is a very sound sleeper, and Yan Liang rarely sees him with his head in that position.
Lu Yanhe didn't know who to tell about his feelings.
In many people's eyes, being able to play Jiang Yuqian's first love is a stroke of incredible luck.
That's what he thought from the beginning.
Until last night, when he sat in front of Jiang Yuqian and fully realized what it would be like to play a couple with her, he felt a sense of disorientation as soon as he got into the role, as if the whole world was turning upside down. That's when he realized that being an actor and overcoming one's psychological barriers is not as simple as it sounds.
This is inexplicably embarrassing, and there's no one I can talk to about it.
Lu Yanhe patted his head and sighed.
Yan Liang asked a second time, "What's wrong with you?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "It's not something to be told to outsiders."
"..." Yan Liang stood up. "I have an 11 o'clock flight to Jiangguang for a filming. I won't be back until the day after tomorrow. You'll be home alone for the next couple of days."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe looked at him in surprise, temporarily forgetting his troubles. "Why are you suddenly going to Jiangguang?"
"Zhou Ping'an did a good job. He called me late last night and said there was a shoot tomorrow and I should leave today," Yan Liang said. "But it's alright, it's better than staying at home scrubbing my feet every day. At least I have some work."
Yan Liang is a workaholic who wants to fill every day with work.
Lu Yanhe immediately cheered him on: "Go!"
Yan Liang asked, "Have you decided which school you want to attend?"
“Zhenhua.” Lu Yanhe nodded.
Yan Liang thought for a moment and said, "That's about right. I'm planning to look for a place near Jingyi. How about we rent one together? Jingyi and Zhenhua are close by, only two subway stops away. If we rent together, we can get a bigger place."
“Sure.” Lu Yanhe immediately nodded with a smile. “I haven’t even thought about it yet. I’m going to wait until I get the admission notice before I think about it.”
"We need to find a place quickly. Every year around this time, a lot of older students move out of their apartments, and by August, many of the better apartments will be rented out," Yan Liang said.
"When are we going to look at houses?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"I was planning to go and take a look in the next couple of days, but I have work to do now. Let's go together when I get back."
"Okay, oh, by the way, will Li Zhibai be staying with us?"
“He said yes, he doesn’t want to live alone.” Yan Liang thought for a moment and said, “If he wants to live alone, he’ll either be lazy to death or starve to death.”
Lu Yanhe nodded. "That's true."
Li Zhibai was completely unable to take care of himself.
-
After Yan Liang left, Lu Yanhe started a live stream reading a book, specifically the novel "Eight Difficulties" by Nian Jin.
This novel is quite obscure, and Lu Yanhe is not a fast reader. This is the fourth day, and he has been reading for about two hours each day. He has only finished two-thirds of it so far.
The novel tells the story of a boy who has been able to enter other people's dreams since childhood. When he turns eighteen, he unexpectedly discovers that the dreams he enters are beginning to affect the real world and also begin to endanger the dream owners.
It has the structure of a coming-of-age adventure novel for teenagers, but the author has added a lot of philosophical reflections and switching between reality and illusion, which makes the story more obscure.
In this story, the protagonist meets a young girl in a dream and falls in love with her. The two promise to meet in reality. However, every time the protagonist wakes up, he forgets her information and is unable to recognize her in reality.
Lu Yanhe really wanted to know when the two of them would finally be able to recognize each other in reality.
...
"What the hell?!" Lu Yanhe sat up abruptly in his chair.
...
He Lan was wearing headphones and in charge of the library, with Lu Yanhe's live stream on her phone, which was set up in front of her.
She was startled when she suddenly heard Lu Yanhe shout in her earphones and looked up at her phone.
On the phone, Lu Yanhe looked incredulous.
What's wrong?
Helan was somewhat puzzled.
...
Lu Yanhe was shocked by the storyline in "Eight Difficulties".
The young girl the protagonist likes in the novel is actually the cold-hearted dean of academic affairs at the protagonist's university. Just a week ago, she gave him a disciplinary warning because he stayed out all night.
In the first half of the novel, while the protagonist is busy saving others every day, the dean of academic affairs, who dislikes him, often makes trouble for him and is one of the people the protagonist hates the most.
When the protagonist of the novel discovered this fact, he was completely devastated.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe felt a deep empathy for the male protagonist of the novel.
Not every masked couple ends up like Meng Lang and Meng Gu; it could also be like Yang Guo and Abbess Miejue.
My phone rang.
The call came from Li Pengfei.
Lu Yanhe muted the live stream and answered the phone.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Li Pengfei asked, "Are you free at noon? If you are, let's have lunch together. I went to the movies with Ziju and ran into Linyu and Chen Qin. They asked me to ask you about them."
"Sure, I'm at home with nothing to do." Lu Yanhe was a little surprised. "Why are you all on dates? Aren't you supposed to be choosing schools?"
“I’ve already made my choice, why are you so conflicted?” Li Pengfei said. “Stop talking about it, it’s annoying. Are you coming out now or later? We just came out of the movie theater and were planning to go shopping.”
Lu Yanhe glanced at the time; it was only a little past ten in the morning. He said, "I'll go straight to the restaurant to meet you guys later. Where are you eating?"
Li Pengfei: "It's not decided yet. We'll send it to you once we've decided."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe looked at the comments section of his live stream.
Now his live stream audience is growing, and more and more people are chatting in the chat.
The messages popped up one after another.
Everyone was asking what Lu Yanhe had seen earlier when he suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Yanhe's face darkened immediately.
Awkward.
It's really not easy to tell them what I was exclaiming about.
When acting, you must first immerse yourself in the emotions before you start to think about the details.
He's stuck on the very first step.
If only I hadn't known Jiang Yuqian before, it would have been better. If we hadn't known each other and hadn't interacted, playing lovers at this point would have been awkward, but not as awkward as it is now.
It's more awkward to act as a couple with a stranger than with someone you know well, that's the gist of it.
It took Lu Yanhe a while to refocus his attention and continue reading the novel.
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shopping mall.
Li Pengfei and his friends strolled around, chatting as they went.
"Isn't Lu Yanhe busy lately?" Chen Qin was a little surprised to hear that Lu Yanhe would be coming over at noon. "I thought he was too busy to come out at all."
"I'm not busy at all. I used to have classes every day, so I didn't have time during the day. But now that the classes are over," Li Pengfei said, knowing Lu Yanhe's situation quite well.
"Attend class?"
“Oh, acting class,” Li Pengfei said. “He’s going to be filming a movie later, isn’t he?”
"I see." Chen Qin nodded. "I'm so envious. You can start earning money right after the college entrance exam."
Li Pengfei: "If you want to make money, you can do it too, become a tutor."
“Forget it, I’ve worked so hard for so long, it would be a shame not to take a break this summer.” Chen Qin said immediately, “Besides, my parents have already agreed to send me on a trip abroad this summer.”
"Hey, when are you going?"
"I'm planning to go in early August," Chen Qin said with a bright smile.
"Where's Linyu? Are you going with Chen Qin?" Li Pengfei asked.
Lin Yu shook her head and said, "No, I have a competition to participate in in August."
"What competition?"
"It's a translation competition," Lin Yu said. "We've been preparing for it for a long time, and the finals are in August."
“It was organized by Jiangyin Publishing House,” Chen Qin explained. “They hold a translation competition every year, and the top three winners can receive a generous prize plus a part-time translation contract.”
Lin Yu said, "I want to work part-time as a translator during my university years."
"Damn, you guys are really top students. You and Lu Yanhe haven't changed at all. You're still so hard on yourselves after the college entrance exam." Li Pengfei clicked his tongue twice and looked at Chen Qin with some disdain. "How come you're so useless? You relaxed as soon as the college entrance exam was over."
Chen Qin stared at him in shock. "What gives you the audacity to talk to me like that? Look at yourself!"
"I've been a terrible student from the very beginning, and I've been one ever since. Are you?" Li Pengfei retorted confidently.
Chen Qin: "I have nothing to say about your thick skin."
Lin Yu shook her head speechlessly, then took Xu Zijun's hand and walked forward.
"Zijun, have you decided which university you're going to attend?"
“My first choice is Huaqiao University,” Xu Zijun said. “But I don’t know if I can get in. If I can’t, my second choice is Ningbo University.”
Neither of these universities is in Yuming.
Xu Zijun chose to go to a better university in another city rather than settle for Yuming.
Lin Yu asked, "What about Li Pengfei?"
“He’s still looking at schools, he hasn’t made a decision yet.” Xu Zijun hesitated for a moment. “His dad seems to want him to study abroad.”
After hearing what she said, Linyu didn't ask any more questions.
High school graduation is like this: everyone has to make choices, different people have different choices, and these choices are not something you can make on your own.
No one's life is less valuable, nor is anyone worth compromising for others.
-
When Lu Yanhe arrived at the restaurant at noon, Li Pengfei and the others had not yet arrived.
He then went to the restroom.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Hou Jun at the bathroom door.
"Director Hou, what a coincidence!" Lu Yanhe smiled and greeted him.
Hou Jun looked at him with surprise, dried his hands, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "You eat here too, kid?"
"Yes, I made plans to have dinner here with my classmates," Lu Yanhe said.
Hou Jun suddenly remembered something and said, "Perfect timing! There's something I wanted to ask you. Northern Lights wants to put on a graduation party, which will be broadcast live on the evening of June 27th. Are you free? If you are, come to the party and sing 'Remembering.' Wouldn't that song be perfect for this time of year?"
Lu Yanhe was overjoyed and said, "Great! I'll talk to Sister Ziyan about it when I have time, and she should agree."
"Yes, I'll also say hello to Ziyan." Hou Jun said with a smile. "Now that you've finished your college entrance exam, come to 'Little Song Gathering' more often when you have time. You can also sing any new songs you've written on our show."
Lu Yanhe immediately shook his head and said, "Not yet."
"You have a real talent for songwriting, don't give up, keep going," Hou Jun advised. "Although your voice isn't as good as Tu Song's, you have creative talent, which no one can take away from you."
All things considered, Lu Yanhe has only written one song, "Remembering," in Hou Jun's eyes. Yet, this one song has moved Hou Jun and made him appreciate Lu Yanhe.
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded shamelessly.
After saying that, Hou Jun left.
-
Hou Jun returned to the private room, where he met several familiar friends who were all in the entertainment industry.
Some are involved in program production, some are skilled in technical work, and others are screenwriters, composers, lyricists, and so on.
Hou Jun's circle is mostly related to music.
"I ran into Lu Yanhe outside just now. He's such a good kid. He's become so famous these days, but he hasn't gotten arrogant at all. He's still sensible and polite," Hou Jun said with a smile.
“You praise him all the time; people who don’t know any better might think he’s your illegitimate son,” an old friend immediately complained.
Hou Jun was overjoyed and said, "Thank you for your kind words. If my son can score 657 points in the college entrance examination, I will call him Dad."
A score of 657 on the college entrance exam is a passport that works everywhere.
As soon as Hou Jun said that, everyone stopped joking and instead expressed their envy.
Now that we're all parents, who doesn't dream of their child becoming successful?
“Why don’t you bring him over to meet us too, so we can get to know him?” another old friend complained.
“They came to eat with their classmates today. Next time, I’ll organize a proper gathering and formally introduce you two,” Hou Jun said.
"Brother Jun really treats the young people he admires very well."
"That's just how Brother Jun is. People he likes are all good to him, and people he doesn't like are all bad to him."
"Hahaha."
"Well, you know what, Brother Jun has a sharp eye. Look, what did he say before? Try not to cooperate with Chen Ziliang." Someone immediately said with a laugh, "Have you heard? Chen Ziliang really screwed over Ao Liang."
"What did he do?"
"He had promised to go and record Ao Liang's show, and the announcement had already been sent out, but he stood me up halfway through. Not long ago, there was the news that MX Ma Zhiyuan was suppressing other artists in the team and preventing them from appearing on shows. The production team announced that Chen Ziliang could not participate in the recording of the show due to some reason, and many of Chen Ziliang's fans suspected that he was being suppressed by another artist on the show. They made a fuss and demanded an explanation. Ao Liang was so angry that he got up in the middle of the night to take nitroglycerin pills."
Hou Jun asked suspiciously, "Chen Ziliang has stood us up again? What's he up to this time?"
Chen Ziliang's cancellation of "Little Song Gathering" last time caused a great deal of negative impact in the industry. If it weren't for Chen Ziliang's thick skin, high popularity, and many fans, he definitely wouldn't have been able to recover for a while. Even so, he was still blacklisted by many program teams. How come he did this kind of thing again so soon?
"My voice was ruined. I drank all night before the recording, and as a result, I couldn't speak at all on the day of the recording."
"So, why is Oran still tolerating this? Why not just expose the fact that his voice is ruined?"
"It's because Chen Ziliang had previously acted in an ancient costume drama, which was about to air in Aoliang. In order to protect the drama, they suppressed the matter."
"Which team produced that show? This is infuriating!"
Hou Jun felt disgusted as he listened to everyone talking at once about the matter.
Hou Jun really hopes that artists like Chen Ziliang can be driven out of the entertainment industry so they won't continue to harm everyone.
However, Hou Jun sometimes felt that he had brought it all on himself. He knew Chen Ziliang's character perfectly well, yet he still repeatedly sought to cooperate with him.
He will absolutely never work with Chen Ziliang again, not even if he becomes a superstar!
They finally arrived.
Li Pengfei was the first to walk in, followed by Lin Yu and the others.
"Our No. 13 Middle School's legend, let me see... wow, still so handsome!"
Li Pengfei patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder and chuckled.
This was the first time they had met since Lu Yanhe's results came out.
We had only chatted online before.
"Legendary? Don't drag me into this." Lu Yanhe nudged Li Pengfei with his elbow. "What movie did you guys go to see?"
"Isn't 'Enjoy Life While You Can't Take It' your recommendation? What a coincidence, running into Lin Yu and Chen Qin." Li Pengfei sat next to Lu Yanhe and pulled Xu Zijun to sit on his other side. "Zijun's student suddenly felt unwell today and went to the hospital, so she didn't have to teach and had a free day. I've been wanting to take her to see this movie."
Lu Yanhe saw that the two of them had sat down, and Li Pengfei was still holding Xu Zijun's hand.
On the contrary, when Lu Yanhe's gaze fell on their hands, Xu Zijun quickly pulled her hand away.
Li Pengfei glanced at Xu Zijun, still somewhat bewildered and at a loss.
Seeing the embarrassment on Xu Zijun's face, I realized that she was just shy about being so intimate in front of others.
Lu Yanhe seemed to be deep in thought.
Chen Qin asked, "Have you ordered the food?"
Lu Yanhe: "I've ordered two dishes; you can order the rest later."
Lin Yu asked, "Are the prices expensive here?"
“Fortunately, I looked at the menu and apart from the most expensive signature dishes, the rest were around forty to sixty yuan,” Lu Yanhe said. “I didn’t order any of the signature dishes.”
Li Pengfei patted his chest and said, "It's okay, order whatever you want, it's on me today."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yu was about to speak when Lu Yanhe immediately picked up the menu. "Okay, thank you, Brother Fei. Chen Qin, please call the waiter so we can add the signboard to the menu."
Chen Qin quickly stood up and went to open the door. "Waiter! Let's order!"
The two people's movements were perfectly coordinated and executed in one smooth motion.
Lin Yu was dumbfounded.
Li Pengfei gritted his teeth: "Lu Yanhe, you're ruthless. Just wait and see. Once you're famous, try telling me you have no money again. I'll eat you out of house and home."
Lu Yanhe immediately shook his head: "No matter how rich I am, I am still Brother Fei's underling. When I eat with Brother Fei, how can a underling pay the bill?"
"day."
The others laughed.
Lin Yu smiled with relief.
"Why are you two still like this?"
The five of them had a good relationship back in school. Except for Xu Zijun, who was a bit of a loner, the other four would eat together in the cafeteria every few days. Mainly, Chen Qin and Lin Yu would go to see Lu Yanhe and bring Li Pengfei along.
"You're really amazing," Chen Qin said. "You have no idea. My parents were quite satisfied with my grades, but after they found out about yours, they immediately scolded me for being too lazy. They said that if I had worked a little harder, I could have done even better. I told them that it depends on talent. At this point, who can get a higher score by working a little harder? But they wouldn't believe me. They insisted that I wasn't working hard enough. Unbelievable! They even used the news about you doing live broadcasts until the early hours of the morning to scold me."
Lu Yanhe immediately replied, "It has nothing to do with me. Don't blame me. I did work a little harder than you."
Chen Qin: "..."
Lin Yu said with a smile, "In terms of hard work during the senior year of high school, no one can compare to Lu Yanhe. I thought you were a bit scary back then. Did you not need to sleep? It felt like you only slept four or five hours a day."
"I'm sleepy, but when I think about the goals I've set for myself, I have to finish them no matter how tired I am," Lu Yanhe said. "Every morning when I hear the alarm clock ring, I want to go back to sleep, and then I slap myself awake."
"What a ruthless guy," Li Pengfei grinned.
“Once the schools you’ve been accepted to are announced, No. 13 Middle School will probably invite you back to share your experience,” Lin Yu said. “Then you can tell everyone the story of how you wake yourself up by slapping yourself every morning.”
Lu Yanhe: "Then I became the idiot who slapped himself awake, the one that the younger students talked about."
Everyone laughed.
"If you continue acting, will you be able to make it back in time for the start of the semester?" Lin Yu asked.
Lu Yanhe nodded: "I don't have many scenes. I can finish filming during the summer vacation. After that, I can go back to school."
"I'm so envious," Chen Qin exclaimed. "I also want to be able to study and make money at the same time."
“Go find a job yourself,” Li Pengfei said. “Don’t just talk the talk, Linyu is even planning to do part-time translation work.”
“Lin Yu is interested in translation, but I have no interest in it,” Chen Qin said, pursing his lips. “English just gives me a headache.”
"What majors are you all planning to study? This is a real headache for me," Chen Qin asked.
Lin Yu: "My first choice is economics, and my second choice is management."
Xu Zijun said, "I plan to study law."
These are all majors with relatively clear career paths.
Lu Yanhe said, "I'll choose between history and literature. I'll most likely become an artist in the future, so I'll improve my cultural level."
"You're being modest. With a college entrance exam score of 657, you still want to improve your academic level?" Li Pengfei clicked his tongue.
“Yes, I see you still read novels every day,” Linyu said.
Lu Yanhe: "I have nothing to do right now."
Everyone ate and chatted at the same time.
Lu Yanhe sincerely felt that this was the life he wanted.
They are ordinary, just like everyone else, chatting and laughing with each other, full of expectations and hopes for the future.
-
On the day of filling out college applications, No. 13 Middle School organized students to fill out their applications in the school's computer lab, where teachers were on hand to provide guidance.
Lu Yanhe did not go; he filled out the form on his own computer.
Chen Ziyan said she didn't go to school because there might be many media reporters waiting at the school gate that day.
Li Pengfei then sent a message saying that there were indeed more than a dozen media outlets at the school gate, all wanting to stake out the school and ask him which university he had applied to.
Lu Yanhe was glad he hadn't gone.
In fact, some people online are now curious about which university Lu Yanhe will ultimately apply to.
With his ranking, he doesn't need to worry about being rejected or unable to apply.
Teachers from the admissions offices of Zhenhua and Yuming Universities also called him again to inquire about his intentions.
Lu Yanhe didn't reveal anything beforehand, only saying that he was still considering it.
This morning, Zhenhua even called him to ask for his thoughts.
Lu Yanhe still only said that he was considering it.
That's just his personality; he won't say anything before everything is finalized.
After the system notified him that his college application had been successfully submitted, Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Alright, now we just have to wait and see how it goes.
Lu Yanhe started his live stream.
Many of his fans in the live stream expressed their surprise immediately.
—Why are you streaming now?
—Isn't today the day to fill out college applications?
—Didn't Lu Yanhe submit his college application today?
—Has it all been reported? Where did Lu Yanhe report?
...
Seeing everyone's questions, Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and explained, "I just filled out my application. As for which universities I applied to, you'll all find out later. I haven't received my acceptance letter yet."
He Lan, who was preparing to take her last final exam, heard what Lu Yanhe said in the live broadcast room and thought to herself, "If Lu Yanhe had applied to Zhenhua High School in the end, then he would have been my rightful junior."
The thought that Lu Yanhe might actually become her junior at school made Helan feel excited and thrilled.
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The lineup of artists for the "Never Say Goodbye Graduation Season" gala, directed by Hou Jun, was announced on June 19.
This has become one of the most watched gala programs recently.
The four-hour live broadcast consisted mostly of song and dance performances, featuring a large number of artists.
In addition to singing "Remembering", Lu Yanhe will also sing "Chasing Dreams" with Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, Cheng Hai and Tu Song.
Although Fengzhi has disbanded, the members are still with Xingyu Entertainment, and the copyright of this song also belongs to Xingyu. Since Hou Jun wants to bring these five people together for his gala, Xingyu Entertainment naturally has no objection.
So, after a few days of rest, Lu Yanhe got busy again.
The program "Chasing Dreams" requires a new choreography and music arrangement, and they have to rehearse every day. In addition to this program, they also have their own performance "Remembrance". Fortunately, the latter does not involve dancing, and they only need to sing.
Lu Yanhe went to the company to rehearse every day with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang. After the group rehearsal, he would go to the recording studio by himself to practice singing.
The company's vocal coach provided him with professional guidance.
Besides the five members, MX will also participate in "Never Say Goodbye: Graduation Season".
This is Ma Zhiyuan's first public appearance since the previous controversy.
However, the two programs are not adjacent to each other, so they won't clash.
However, since both sides go to the company for rehearsals every day, they always run into each other.
Originally, the groups were not on the same level at all. Because of the controversy caused by MX and the recent improvement in the momentum of Lu Yanhe and others, they have become somewhat "unlikely to be rivals" in the eyes of others.
Some people in the company were wondering, "Fengzhi has disbanded, why are they still performing together?"
"What's wrong with that? The group may have disbanded, but the members haven't." Someone immediately said, "On the contrary, MX, the group may not have disbanded, but the members' hearts have scattered."
MX is indeed in a bad situation right now.
Lin Suyang never appeared at the company; only his assistant accompanied them every day, and the assistant handled all the work.
The atmosphere inside MX is also not good.
When Ma Zhiyuan clashed with Lin Suyang, everyone was forced to take sides despite not wanting to.
Should I support Ma Zhiyuan or Lin Suyang?
Rumors are circulating within the company that Lin Suyang will no longer be in charge of Ma Zhiyuan's personal business. What about MX's group work? Will Lin Suyang still be in charge?
What about their personal business? Lin Suyang is no longer around, and no one is contacting them about their personal business; it has almost come to a standstill.
A member of a popular group who used to be so busy with announcements every day has now found some free time.
Even if people don't say it, they certainly don't mind.
Wei Zhuoran, in particular, was suspended from work for half a month, and now that he's back, things aren't much better than when he was suspended.
Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong used to follow Ma Zhiyuan around every day, but now they've drifted apart.
Ma Zhiyuan was seething with anger and wanted to vent, but he knew that if he lost his temper now, it would only make his already bad situation worse, so he could only hold back.
Even when he saw Lu Yanhe, he could only suppress his anger.
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“Ma Zhiyuan’s face is so stinky, it’s like it was pulled out of a ditch.” Li Zhibai complains about Ma Zhiyuan every time he sees him. “I thought I could put up with him, but these past few days, every time I see him, I get itchy fingers. I’d better just give up and not see him.”
"Alright, alright, I've had enough of you nagging me every day." Yan Liang couldn't help but complain to Li Zhibai, "My ears are getting calluses."
Li Zhibai immediately turned his anger on Yan Liang.
"This shows that you haven't fully realized how disgusting this person is."
Yan Liang: "..."
Yan Liang didn't say anything more.
Indeed, Li Zhibai was the person Ma Zhiyuan disliked the most, and the person with whom he had the most conflicts.
The two belong to different groups, and are the most distinctive people in their respective groups. Whenever Ma Zhiyuan criticizes Feng Zhi, Li Zhibai is always the first to stand up and fight back.
In truth, Yan Liang did not have as many direct conflicts with Ma Zhiyuan as Li Zhibai did.
"Will Brother Ping An really take Ma Zhiyuan with him?" Cheng Hai was more worried about this matter.
Cheng Hai was unaware of Li Zhibai's insistence on leaving.
All he knew was that Zhou Ping'an had originally considered him and Li Zhibai as top priority artists, but if Ma Zhiyuan really came, then he and Li Zhibai would have to take a backseat.
Moreover, given Ma Zhiyuan's personality, he would never allow either Li Zhibai or himself to pose a threat to him, just like Chen Jing, who was constantly suppressed by MX.
Cheng Hai was very unwilling for things to turn out this way.
"That's what I've heard," Yan Liang asked. "Have you discussed this with Brother Ping An?"
Cheng Hai shook his head, "Absolutely not, I don't dare to talk to him about this at all."
Yan Liang sighed.
"We are too."
The group was having a good time rehearsing together, but the topic of this incident dampened their spirits.
In the afternoon, they finally learned the newly choreographed dance and began formal rehearsals and formation changes.
There were seven people before, but now there are five. The formation has changed a lot.
The original formation with Li Zhibai and Cheng Hai in the center has now been changed.
Lu Yanhe also received an equal amount of time in the center position.
It's not that Lu Yanhe is particularly popular lately—although that's certainly part of the reason—but the main reason is that the two are no longer managed by the same person. Chen Ziyan wouldn't allow any of her artists to be left out of the center position in a performance, and Tu Song, whose dancing skills aren't outstanding, lost that opportunity because of it.
The five of them worked up a sweat, their clothes soaked through.
Everyone was experienced and brought a change of clothes. After practice, they changed into clean T-shirts.
"Let's have dinner together before you go," Cheng Hai suggested.
Others are not necessarily a problem.
To avoid running into MX, they specifically chose a different restaurant instead of their usual one.
Cheng Hai said happily, "I never thought that after our team disbanded, we would still be able to perform this show together."
“Yes, I never expected this.” Tu Song nodded. “I thought that with Zhou Ping’an’s temper, he would never allow us to sing Feng Zhi’s songs again after Yan He and I left.”
Cheng Hai: "Although Brother Ping An is a bit petty, he's not that stingy."
“That was for you,” Tu Song said bluntly. “You’re the most popular among us, so of course he’s more generous to you than to us. You know, I wanted to be on a music variety show before, and I had already passed the director’s selection, but he insisted on having a performance to prevent me from participating in that show. Thinking about it, it was during that time that I offended him by refusing to participate in an offline commercial performance as he requested, and he held a grudge against me.”
Cheng Hai: "..."
He really couldn't refute it, because this was exactly the kind of thing Zhou Ping'an would do.
"How are you doing working under Sister Ziyan now? Speaking of which, we at Fengzhi are actually quite lucky. Two of us were chosen by Chen Ziyan at once," Cheng Hai said. "She only selected three people from the entire company."
“She’s much better than Zhou Ping’an,” Tu Song immediately said. “Right, Yan He?”
Lu Yanhe: "..."
How should he respond to that?
Chen Ziyan is certainly much better than Zhou Ping'an, but these three old teammates are still under Zhou Ping'an's command. If he were to agree to this so easily, how would they feel?
Everyone knows that Chen Ziyan is much more capable than Zhou Ping'an.
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "Since neither of us is favored by Zhou Ping'an, it's certainly better for us to work under Sister Ziyan than under Zhou Ping'an."
Upon hearing this, Tu Song nodded thoughtfully, "You're right, I've really had enough of Zhou Ping'an."
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After dinner, they went back together and stayed at the Hong residence, taking a ride with Li Zhibai.
After everyone returned to their dormitories, Cheng Hai was still somewhat surprised and asked, "Lu Yanhe, are you still living with them?"
Tu Song moved from his original dormitory after changing agents.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Anyway, I'm going to university soon and I'll have to move again then, so I'm too lazy to move now."
Cheng Hai: "The three of you have a pretty good relationship; you've always lived together."
Originally, four people lived in Chenghai's house, but now he's the only one left.
All alone.
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "We're used to being together."
He felt that the reason the three of them were able to get along so well was also largely due to luck.
It was a lucky coincidence that I met a few people whose personalities complemented each other and who were accommodating.
To put it bluntly, both Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are good people at heart; otherwise, they wouldn't have taken such good care of Lu Yanhe even when he wasn't very friendly with him in the previous years.
Li Zhibai always remembers to send birthday gifts to Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang every year, and Yan Liang also remembers to leave some food and drinks for Lu Yanhe in the refrigerator.
One seems to have all the bad habits of a rich second-generation, acting like a wildcat and being as lazy as a dead dog; the other seems to be a positive and ambitious person who doesn't like anyone who holds him back and is committed to improving himself day after day for three years. However, in his interactions with others, he has a tolerance and sincerity that is completely inconsistent with his appearance.
Lu Yanhe felt that this was the reason why the three of them had become more and more familiar and closer over the past year.
On June 27th, the gala will begin its live broadcast at 7:30 pm sharp and will not end until 11:30 pm.
Lu Yanhe's solo performance of "Remembering" will be around 9 p.m., while the group performance will be at 11 p.m.
However, due to the large number of artists participating that night, on-site coordination was a huge undertaking.
They arrived at 6 p.m.
If it's not at this time, the makeup artists won't be able to keep up with the demand.
The rehearsal the night before was a complete mess, with the on-site coordination being extremely chaotic.
Hou Jun lost his temper several times.
As the on-site director, the execution team was not his usual team, but another team from Aurora Video.
Hou Jun was extremely frustrated, and the rehearsal didn't finally end until 4 a.m.
He closed his eyes, not knowing how tonight's live stream would turn out.
Lu Yanhe and his team finished their rehearsal relatively early and were unaware of the chaos that followed.
So, on the evening of the 27th, they arrived backstage at six o'clock sharp, only to find that the makeup artist was nowhere to be seen, their costumes were nowhere to be found, and the empty dressing room didn't even have a sofa. They were completely bewildered, even though there had been a sofa for them to wait and rest yesterday.
Chen Ziyan and Zhou Pingan both came along today. When they saw the state of the lounge, the former glanced at the latter, who didn't say anything and turned to go out to find someone.
About ten minutes later, a few staff members hurriedly carried the sofa in.
Upon inquiry, it turned out that the other artists' teams had moved it to their own dressing room.
"..." Upon hearing the reason, Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes. "What the hell?! Don't you have a sofa in your own room?"
The staff member chuckled, put down the sofa, and left immediately.
(End of this chapter)
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