Chapter 248 Mission
The debate about Lu Yanhe on the forum lasted for about two days, but because no new content emerged, the hype gradually died down.
The school is actually very big, but for Lu Yanhe, it is actually very small.
His social circle wasn't large; it consisted mainly of his roommates and his classmates from the college.
It had only been a short time since the start of the semester, and he hadn't yet made contact with anyone else, nor did he particularly want to.
Lu Yanhe's work usually takes up a lot of his time and energy, and when he is at school, he only wants to do well in his courses.
The academic pressure is immense.
The sheer number of courses was one issue; almost every course assigned several required and optional readings, forcing Lu Yanhe to utilize almost all of his time, otherwise he felt he simply couldn't complete all the reading.
On the evening of September 19th, Lu Yanhe packed his schoolbag and went back to the house he rented with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
The second phase of recording for "The Days of Youth" will begin the next day.
The production team will still start filming from here.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang have both returned.
This is the first time Lu Yanhe has returned since the start of the school year.
Yan Liang was also one of them.
Li Zhibai specially ordered a lavish dinner—all delivered by takeout.
"Welcome back, two college students!" Li Zhibai teased.
"With neither of us here, aren't you feeling particularly lonely living alone?" Lu Yanhe immediately asked.
"I'm lonely? Heh, you've underestimated how popular I am with girls. While you were away, I was partying every night."
"Do you think the two of us will believe you?" Yan Liang said with a faint smile.
"Grass."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang entered the room one after the other, both of them hungry. Faced with a sumptuous dinner, they were immediately tempted.
"I'm so hungry, let's eat."
Seeing the two of them quickly picking up food and wolfing it down, Li Zhibai couldn't help but wonder, "Did you two go to school to study or starve? You look like you haven't eaten in ages."
The reasons for their actions differed.
Lu Yanhe said, "Because the recording of the show will start tomorrow, I spent the whole day in the library today to prepare for the classes in the next few days. I didn't eat a single bite and I was so hungry that my stomach was sticking to my back."
Yan Liang said, "I had a physical training class this afternoon. I was drilled all afternoon and used up too much energy. I urgently need to replenish my energy."
Li Zhibai looked at Lu Yanhe, then at Yan Liang, and said, "Are all your universities this strict?"
Lu Yanhe: "Mainly because I have a lot of classes this semester. I have a total of twelve courses, so time is very tight. I also want to get enough credits in the first year or two to avoid being even more stressed later. Moreover, everyone around me is very hardworking. Everyone is studying hard. My roommate, Zhou Mukai, do you know how good he is? He had already read half of the required readings for several compulsory courses before he went to university, while I haven't read a single one."
Li Zhibai was exasperated and said, "Alright, alright, I don't want to hear this. You're the person around me who reads the most books. The nonsense you're spouting just leaves me speechless."
They ate and chatted idly.
"So what have you been doing these past few days?" Yan Liang asked.
Li Zhibai said, "I'm reading the script. Zhou Ping'an has hired an acting coach for me to give me guidance."
"Aren't you going to school? School has already started."
“My crappy school was no different from not going there; it was full of slackers,” Li Zhibai said. “It’s much better to learn from me, your acting teacher.”
The next drama starring Li Zhibai is called "Washe," which is a modern fantasy drama. In reality, it is still an idol drama, just dressed up in fantasy and with these elements added.
However, this time Li Zhibai plays the male lead, his first time playing the male lead.
When will filming for this drama begin?
“November,” Li Zhibai said. “It will probably take about fifty days to film, and it’s a short drama with twenty episodes.”
"Twenty episodes is not a short time."
"Compared to dramas that typically start at 30 or 40 episodes, it is indeed a short drama."
Lu Yanhe asked curiously, "So who's your co-star as the female lead? What's her personality like?"
“She’s a newcomer, someone from the platform. She’s not as bad as Meng Li,” Li Zhibai said. “Her name is Su Xiao. You probably don’t know her. Oh, no, you might know Yan Liang. She’s also from Beijing Arts University, a year ahead of you, and she’s also in the acting department.”
Yan Liang shook his head and said, "I don't know her. She must be my senior in her second year. I haven't gotten to know everyone in the college yet."
“Then this time you’ll be carrying the show,” Lu Yanhe said.
“Hmm.” Li Zhibai nodded. “That’s why I was saying that Zhou Ping’an probably only took this role because of the high salary, and he’s letting me promote a newcomer.”
"That's not necessarily true. What do you think of the script?"
"It's alright, nothing special." Li Zhibai shrugged. "It's just a love story, which I didn't find interesting, but everyone else said it was very sweet and cheesy."
“Then you should listen to them. Your last drama, ‘Take You to the End of the World,’ was one you didn’t want to take at first, but it turned out that everyone liked your performance in the drama and it made everyone believe that you can act. Otherwise, ‘Washe’ wouldn’t have asked you to play the male lead.” Lu Yanhe said, “Zhou Ping’an’s judgment is still good.”
Li Zhibai: Whatever. I've already accepted the role, so there's no way I can back out now. I'll just try to do a good job.
"That's already amazing. Look at Brother Bai's level of understanding and awareness. He deserves a Best Actor award," Yan Liang said with a smile.
Lu Yanhe nodded with a smile, "That's right."
Li Zhibai had originally planned to play a game together after dinner.
It had been a long time since they had played games together. Who knew that Yan Liang would want to sleep after taking a shower, saying that he was so tired that his eyelids were drooping and he couldn't keep them open, while Lu Yanhe wanted to continue reading.
Li Zhibai had no choice but to continue studying the script on his own.
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The recording plan for the second phase of "The Days of Youth" was entirely based on the idea proposed by Lu Yanhe.
Li Zhenzhen suggested adding Lu Yanhe's name to the program's writing team.
Chen Biqiu disagreed, saying, "These are two different things."
Li Zhenzhen said, "We've already adopted other people's ideas, so are we just going to use them directly?"
“He was a guest on our show, and it’s only natural for guests to offer suggestions for the show’s production. He only provided an idea, a line of thought. Ultimately, it’s the writing team that implements it into a plan,” Chen Biqiu said. “If you do it this way, it will have a very bad influence. If other artists come up with similar ideas in the future, will their names also be added to the writing team? Which artist doesn’t offer their own opinions? If we adopt them all and write them all in, isn’t that child’s play?”
Li Zhenzhen was left speechless after being refuted by Chen Biqiu.
With no other option, Li Zhenzhen had to abandon the idea.
But Li Zhenzhen is someone who really dislikes "usurping someone else's place" or "freeloading".
In her view, since the shooting concept and the entire idea for the second phase came from Lu Yanhe, Lu Yanhe's contribution must be highlighted.
Li Zhenzhen had no choice but to go against Chen Biqiu's wishes.
After thinking for a while, Li Zhenzhen came up with a solution.
The recording of the first phase will be edited into three episodes.
Li Zhenzhen edited the film from a screenwriter's perspective, writing a lot of connecting lines between the segments and presenting the program in chapters through some narration and pre-interview clips.
Li Zhenzhen's talent and ability were clearly demonstrated at this moment.
The first episode has been edited out.
At the end of this stage of the program recording, there is a segment where everyone watches the broadcast of the first episode together.
The first episode has been scheduled to air on September 25th, which is the last day of the second phase of filming.
This recording felt different from the first one from the very beginning.
Instead of being taken directly to the youth house, everyone gathered on a bus.
Li Zhenzhen led the production team on the bus and announced the rules for this episode's recording.
When everyone heard that from now on, they would have to complete the tasks assigned by the production team every day when they stayed at the youth house, everyone was stunned.
Li Zhenzhen said, "As directors, we listened carefully to everyone's opinions on the first episode's recording and reflected deeply on them. We decided to make changes and adjustments to the later filming. Indeed, a good life requires everyone to work hard with their own hands. Whether you can become good friends through this program cannot be cultivated by having everyone live in the same house. Now, please come forward one by one to draw lots."
"Draw lots? Draw lots for what?" Peng Zhixing was the first to ask.
Before this recording, the production team had no prior communication with him, and he had no idea what changes had been made to the second phase of the recording.
The production team refused to reveal any information, only asking everyone to come up and draw lots.
But Lu Yanhe had a rough idea of what was going on; this lottery was probably for drawing groups.
Li Zhenzhen and the others must have adopted his suggestion and divided everyone into three groups to take on three different challenges.
Sure enough, when the lottery results came out, everyone only had three types of lots: A, B, and C.
Lu Yanhe drew the letter C.
Qin Zhibai and Song Linxin also drew the letter C.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both drew the letter B.
Peng Zhixing and Xiao Yun drew the letter A.
At this point, the production team added, "Starting from this stage, two new friends will also be joining our team of young people."
Everyone was startled and stared at the production team in astonishment.
Two new people are joining? This news was not given to them in advance at all.
Who should I join?
The production team, however, refused to reveal the details directly, instead keeping everyone in suspense by creating two members, A and B, and providing some information to start the competition.
The competition format was surprisingly the same as the game Lu Yanhe had previously proposed, "I Have What You Don't Have," where the group of the last person standing could be chosen first.
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September 21st is a Saturday, and with tomorrow being Sunday, these are the only two days that Lu Yanhe can stay with the production team to participate in the recording.
Therefore, the production team proposed that participants complete tasks in the next two days to earn the right to stay in the youth cabin for the next few days, as well as the supplies they can enjoy there, including food and drinks.
Those who perform well in their tasks will be able to live, eat, and drink well.
Those who don't complete the task well will have to live in worse conditions, eat worse conditions, and drink worse conditions.
Lu Yanhe had no idea what kind of challenges the program had set for them.
However, the guests in their group already knew, but Groups A and B did not.
After a round of competition, the two newly joined guests finally appeared and got into the car.
The two new members are both girls.
One of them is actually Su Xiao, the female lead Li Zhibai will be working with in his next drama.
Lu Yanhe and the others were stunned. What a coincidence!
They had just mentioned her when she appeared as a new guest on the show "The Days of Youth".
In fact, when the production team introduced Su Xiao, they also specifically mentioned that Su Xiao would be working with Li Zhibai on a new drama, and that Su Xiao is currently a sophomore at Beijing Art University and is Yan Liang's senior.
Everyone burst into applause.
Besides Su Xiao, the other person is Liu Zhiyin.
She was a member of an overseas girl group, returned to China to develop her career, and is an all-around entertainer.
Compared to Su Xiao, who still had a more student-like demeanor, Liu Zhiyin was obviously much more lively, enthusiastic, and generous. After introducing herself, she said, "Since I haven't been on a TV show in China for a long time, please give me your help."
After saying that, she winked at all the boys in the room.
It was that kind of deliberate, staged flirtatious wink.
Lu Yanhe was still very surprised, surprised that they were so familiar with the effects of the program recording, unlike them, who were very dull.
But neither of these two girls seemed to cause any trouble.
Lu Yanhe also believes that after Meng Li's experience, the production team will not invite another artist with an extreme personality.
As soon as the two of them arrived, the three groups were determined.
At this moment, the bus also stopped.
Li Zhenzhen said, "Alright, we've arrived at the location of our first challenge. Peng Zhixing, Xiao Yun, and Su Xiao, please get out of the car."
The three people had no idea what was happening underneath the car.
The car's windows are specially treated so that you can't see outside from inside.
After they got off the bus, the bus continued driving.
After a while, Group B also got off the bus.
Finally, it was Lu Yanhe's group's turn.
Li Zhenzhen said, "Please get off the bus."
They got off the bus as the last group of guests, and as soon as they got off, they saw a large building.
This building, however, was a place that Lu Yanhe was very familiar with.
The building of Jiangyin Publishing House.
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe turned his head in shock to look at the staff around him.
But no one stood up to explain to him why they were getting off the bus there.
Just then, Xu Xiaoyin appeared.
She walked out of the Jiangyin Publishing House building wearing a work badge, and approached them with a smile.
"Hello, three interns. I am Xu Xiaoyin, an editor from the Novel Editorial Department of Jiangyin Publishing House. I have been entrusted by the 'Days of Youth' program team to serve as the evaluator for your performance in this task."
"Our publishing house is handling the book 'Jump Up,' with Lu Yanhe—yes, one of you three—as the chief editor. Our task today is also related to this book." Xu Xiaoyin smiled slightly as she said this. "I must clarify that this is not a publicity method we discussed in advance, nor did we communicate with Lu Yanhe beforehand. Like everyone else, he only found out now that today's task is related to 'Jump Up.' Are you all prepared?"
(End of this chapter)
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