Chapter 314 Potential Trouble
Lu Yanhe accepted Xu Yiren's friend request.
Xu Yiren replied almost instantly: You finally accepted my friend request! I thought you didn't want to!
Lu Yanhe was taken aback.
Looking at the time again, it's only 7:40 in the morning. Generally speaking, it's normal that many people haven't had time to reply to messages at this time. How did he figure out that she "didn't want to" because of the friend request she sent at 2:00 AM yesterday?
Lu Yanhe had no idea what Xu Yiren was thinking.
He replied with "Haha, how could that be? I just woke up."
Xu Yiren: What? Did you sleep last night?
Lu Yanhe's face showed even more doubt: Didn't you sleep last night?
Xu Yiren: How could I possibly sleep last night? I was partying with my friends until seven o'clock.
Lu Yanhe: Aren't you sleepy?
Xu Yiren: What's wrong with being sleepy? I have another shoot later.
Lu Yanhe was at a loss for words.
They have so much energy!
Oh, no, I mean I won an award last night, so I must be pretty excited, my adrenaline was pumping.
Another thing that puzzled Lu Yanhe was Xu Yiren's attitude.
Why does this person talk to him like he's an old acquaintance?
Are they that close?
Lu Yanhe didn't know how to reply to her for a moment, so he simply put his phone aside and went to brush his teeth and wash his face.
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At eight o'clock in the morning, Ziyuan Bridge was bustling with people, many of whom were rushing to work.
Lu Yanhe, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, went to a nearby breakfast shop for breakfast.
The restaurant was bustling with activity, and almost every table was packed with people.
He had no choice but to abandon his idea of eating at the shop and took a bag of xiaolongbao back home.
Before they even got to the house, Xu Yiren suddenly called.
Lu Yanhe answered the phone with a surprised look and called out, "Sister Yiren."
Xu Yiren said, "I sent you a message, why aren't you replying again?"
Lu Yanhe was at a loss and could only say, "I went out to buy breakfast and haven't checked my phone since."
Xu Yiren: "Oh, okay, I'm asking you, are you free in the second half of this year? I have a movie to film, and I'd like you to play the second male lead."
Lu Yanhe quickly thanked him twice, "However, I have classes next semester and won't be able to play a role with a lot of screen time, so I'm afraid it's not possible."
He instinctively refused, without even asking about the script.
It's also because I don't want to ask.
He always felt that he and Xu Yiren had never known each other before, so it was strange that she suddenly called him and said that she had a role in a movie.
Lu Yanhe is no longer the struggling actor he once was.
There are still many films to be shot, so there's no need for him to rush into finding another job.
Xu Yiren retorted, "You're actually unwilling to join the cast of a film I'm starring in?"
Lu Yanhe was stunned again.
ha?
Xu Yiren: "Did Jiang Yuqian say something to you?"
"No, no... what does this have to do with Sister Yuqian?" Lu Yanhe was completely confused.
Xu Yiren said, "Didn't Jiang Yuqian say anything bad about me to you?"
"No," Lu Yanhe denied outright.
Of course, last night, many people spoke ill of Xu Yiren to him—not to him, but it became a topic of conversation, and everyone present heard it; everyone who heard it participated.
Xu Yiren: "Don't refuse to work with me just because you've heard some bad rumors about me. Those women are just jealous of me. All the dramas I star in are very popular. I know that your dramas are also very popular. We should work together."
"Sister Yiren, I didn't have that idea."
"No idea of joining forces with me?"
"Um."
"That's pretty direct. I didn't expect that even winning Best Actress wouldn't impress you?"
"Sister Yi Ren, this has nothing to do with who wins Best Actress. What I don't like is the word 'collaboration.' I'm not doing anything big that I need to collaborate with others. I'm just doing what I want to do. It's the same with acting and studying. Besides, I'm not just giving you the runaround. I didn't film many big roles during my school years. Everyone in the industry knows that."
"I thought I would be an exception in your eyes." Xu Yiren's tone revealed a hint of resentment.
Lu Yanhe: "..."
He was speechless for a moment.
I don't know what kind of special case this is.
Speechless.
Last night, when Lu Yanhe heard them talking about Xu Yiren, he was already bewildered by many of her legendary deeds. After interacting with her again today, he had only one feeling: she truly lived up to her reputation.
Lu Yanhe said, "Sister Yiren, if there's nothing else, I'll hang up now."
Xu Yiren said "Oh" and hung up the phone.
Lu Yanhe looked at the black screen of his phone and put it aside.
-
After having breakfast, Lu Yanhe went to find Liu Bige.
He made an appointment with Liu Bige to go and check out the filming location he had chosen today.
Upon meeting, Lu Yanhe saw Miao Yue next to Liu Bige.
"Why are you two always sticking together?" Lu Yanhe asked.
“What do you mean we’re stuck together? I’m the director of this movie, and she’s the screenwriter. Isn’t it normal for us to go together?” Liu Bige immediately said.
Lu Yanhe gave him a look that said, "Let's see what other nonsense you can spout."
Liu Bige pretended not to see it.
The three of them went to Houshili together.
That's the old town of Yuming. The buildings there have a sense of history and a more lived-in feel, unlike many other places that have lost that feeling and become completely modernized.
The story of "Late Spring" is set in a fairly ordinary cram school, a very ordinary and everyday scene. The school needed to have a touch of history.
They appeared there together.
"This place is usually only used on weekends and during winter and summer vacations," a contact person from the other party explained after meeting them.
The place they came to used to be a proper middle school. Later, the school moved, and this area was left vacant. It was later sold to someone else and used as a tutoring center.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe immediately asked, "So, when we're filming, should we avoid weekends and summer/winter breaks? Wouldn't it be quite troublesome if students came for tutoring then?"
"No problem, we'll set aside a few classrooms for you to use for filming," the other party said.
After speaking, the other party glanced at Lu Yanhe a few more times.
Liu Bige said, "In most scenes of our play, there aren't many people. A few empty classrooms are enough."
"Mm." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Since Liu Bige said so, he naturally had no objection.
After touring the tutoring school, they went to explore the surrounding area.
According to Liu Bige's idea, he wanted to finalize all the usable scenery in this area.
"In that case, we can film most of our scenes here without having to frequently change locations."
If a film crew frequently changes locations, the production costs will definitely increase significantly.
As a result, Lu Yanhe was recognized on a snack street, causing a stir among many young students.
They crowded around, their faces beaming with smiles, wanting to take a photo with Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe could not possibly refuse such an enthusiastic request from everyone.
He's not the kind of person who would refuse such a request.
Liu Bige and Miao Yue acted as their photographers.
After walking around for a while, they decided to find a place to rest because Miao Yue felt a little tired.
They found a coffee shop nearby.
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"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I can definitely get Lu Yanhe's schedule sorted out for you!"
A man wearing black sunglasses and an open white shirt held his phone to his ear and spoke loudly to the person on the other end of the line.
Because he was very loud, quite a few people around him were watching him.
He completely ignored the surprised looks and continued to say loudly, "I'm very good friends with Lu Yanhe's agent. How could I not be able to handle his schedule!"
"What? You're saying his agent is a woman? You don't know anything about this industry. How could a male actor of his caliber only have one agent?! There are multiple agents, one for business, one for acting, one for daily life. I know the woman you're talking about, but I don't know her personally. But that's okay. I know someone who can be useful to Lu Yanhe. As long as you're willing to pay two million for an appearance fee, I'll definitely get Lu Yanhe for you!"
...
Wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, Lu Yanhe sat in a seat next to the man who was talking on his phone, separated by a shelf.
Liu Bige and Miao Yue were both suppressing their laughter, while looking at Lu Yanhe with schadenfreude.
Who would have thought that they would just randomly pick a coffee shop to have a cup of coffee, only to run into someone who guaranteed they could handle Lu Yanhe, and even said that Lu Yanhe had several agents, and one of the male agents was very effective with him.
Lu Yanhe was speechless.
He had already secretly started recording on his phone, intending to send it to Chen Ziyan later.
No one knows who this person is, but they're using his name to swindle and deceive people...
Lu Yanhe never imagined that he would encounter such a thing.
Liu Bige whispered, "Looks like you've really become famous. People are even using you to commit fraud."
Lu Yanhe smiled and shook his head, "I don't want this kind of fire."
Liu Bige asked, "How do you plan to handle this matter?"
“Let’s ask Sister Ziyan to handle this,” Lu Yanhe said. “Or I can go and expose him directly, but I need to record some evidence first, so that he doesn’t turn around and accuse me of slandering him.”
Liu Bige: "Hmm."
The man talked on the phone for almost ten more minutes before hanging up triumphantly, as if things had gone very smoothly.
Liu Bige said, "It seems like he's leaving."
Lu Yanhe immediately stood up and walked straight to the man, sitting down in front of him.
The man was taken aback for a moment.
"Who are you?" he asked instinctively.
Lu Yanhe took off his sunglasses, revealing his full face, and looked at him.
"You just said you could handle me? Two million?"
The other person's expression changed instantly, and their facial features twitched involuntarily.
Clearly, he'd stumbled upon something that happens only once in eight hundred years—he was trying to pull off a big charade, and the tiger himself came out and asked, "What kind of tiger's skin are you pulling off?"
"Lu, Lu Yanhe!"
People around recognized Lu Yanhe at this moment and took out their phones to take pictures.
Lu Yanhe looked at him expressionlessly.
“I’ve recorded what you just said. If you don’t want the police to come looking for you, call him now and tell him you’re lying to him. Otherwise, my friend will call the police immediately.”
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What's wrong with me today?
Having finally run into Chen Ziyan, Lu Yanhe looked helplessly at his manager, "How come I run into two inexplicably awful people in one day?"
"You may have to accept that these kinds of awful people will frequently appear in your world from now on." Chen Ziyan smiled bitterly. "You've really become famous. Some people want to get you to secure investments and platforms, while others want to use you to make money. Coincidentally, to put it bluntly, it's because your name is powerful enough now. With you joining, many things will go from the Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains to something effortless."
Lu Yanhe: "I was really embarrassed. Xu Yiren, a big star who just won an award, called me and asked me to collaborate with her. I went to a coffee shop and still encountered someone using my name to scam people. If this continues, even if I do nothing, a pot will fall from the sky and hit me on the head."
Chen Ziyan: "Yes, I will have the company issue a statement about this matter. Even if we can't completely prevent this from happening, it can serve as a warning to some people."
The two men looked at each other in bewilderment.
Although one was complaining and the other was trying to analyze and solve the problem, they looked at each other for less than three seconds before they both burst into laughter.
A helpless smile.
Chen Ziyan said, "It seems that you need to continue recruiting for your team. The number of people and things you need to deal with are increasing exponentially. Although you encountered this kind of thing today, you will probably encounter more and more of it in the future. You must keep a close watch on it at all times."
Lu Yanhe asked, "The most urgent thing is when my personal assistant can arrive. Right now, we're relying entirely on Dong Ge, and he's under a lot of pressure."
“Your personal assistant is hard to find; you can’t have someone you don’t trust by your side,” Chen Ziyan said. “You have to be with someone like that day and night, so you have to be extremely careful. They’re not easy to find.”
Lu Yanhe thought about it and understood the difficulty, then sighed.
That evening, before going to bed, Lu Yanhe called Chen Siqi and talked about the matter.
Upon hearing this, Chen Siqi immediately said, "Then you can ask Xu Zijun's sister."
"ah?"
“She seems to be looking for a job, and she’s Xu Zijun’s sister, so she’s someone I know, so I should be able to trust her,” Chen Siqi said.
Lu Yanhe frowned. "That's not right. Isn't Xu Zijun's sister getting married?"
He clearly remembered that he had specifically mentioned this matter when he last met with everyone.
“The talks broke down,” Chen Siqi said. “Xu Zijun’s sister had quit her job and was coming back to prepare for the wedding, but some unforeseen events happened, so the wedding didn’t happen in the end.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe immediately asked Xu Zijun for her sister's contact information.
Xu Zijun was still a little confused, not knowing why Lu Yanhe wanted her sister's contact information.
Has your sister found a job?
"Not yet," Xu Zijun said. "Her previous employer refused to hire her anymore, so she plans to try her luck in Jiangguang."
Where is your sister now? In Guangzhou?
“Yes, Guangzhou.” Xu Zijun sighed. “We had planned to get married all along.”
"Why didn't it work out? Is it convenient to ask?"
"Sigh, the two sides just couldn't reach an agreement on things like the bride price and dowry," Xu Zijun said. "They think our family's demands are too high, but my parents' demands are indeed high too."
Lu Yanhe understood and grunted in response.
"I wonder if your sister would be willing to come and be my assistant."
"Huh?" Xu Zijun was taken aback. "Are you hiring an assistant?"
"Yes, right now I only have Dong Ge by my side. He's too busy to handle everything, while my workload is increasing. I need an assistant to help me with a lot of miscellaneous tasks."
"My sister... if you want her, she'd definitely be willing to be your assistant."
Lu Yanhe said, "The main thing is that I need someone I know relatively well and can trust to be my assistant. Why don't you ask around for me first? I'm not very familiar with your sister, so it wouldn't be good to contact her rashly. If she's willing, we can buy her a plane ticket and invite her to come to Yuming. Ziyan and I will meet with her and talk to see if it's suitable."
Xu Zijun immediately agreed.
After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe couldn't help but feel a little regretful about Xu Zijun's sister's marriage.
The marriage fell through because of issues regarding the bride price and dowry.
However, such things happen all the time; they are not uncommon.
Everyone experiences their own unique hardships in life.
But perhaps this is also a good thing.
Lu Yanhe recalled the woman who rushed to the school to see her sister after hearing that her parents had sold her sister's guaranteed admission spot to someone else.
Lu Yanhe had only met her once, but she left a deep impression on him.
She and Xu Zijun must have a very good relationship.
Because of that incident back then, when Lu Yanhe heard that Xu Zijun's sister was looking for a job, he had basically made up his mind.
As long as there are no fundamental problems, Lu Yanhe is inclined to hire her as his assistant.
At least it can help solve her immediate problem.
However, Chen Ziyan had some doubts about this matter.
"Why?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Ziyan said, "I trust your judgment. She's definitely a decent person. However, she has a pair of very difficult parents. Whether it was her marriage or Xu Zijun's guaranteed admission, it shows that her family isn't simple. If she becomes your assistant, who knows what her parents might do? Have you forgotten that shameless Xu Yiren, and that person who dares to use your name to swindle people even though they don't know you at all?"
“Xu Zijun is your assistant, and she works as an editor in the editorial team of ‘Jump Up,’ which you edit. The two sisters have such a deep relationship with you; this bond is a bit hard to break,” Chen Ziyan reminded her.
(End of this chapter)
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