Chapter 370 Summer (6,000-word update!)
Huang Cheng originally wanted to arrange for someone to stay and help, but Chen Ziyan said, "No need, you've all worked hard. We can handle things here. You should go back and rest early."
Chen Ziyan watched them leave before picking up her phone again.
On her phone, ten minutes earlier, Chen Ziyan sent a message to Zou Dong: Find out whether the rust on the railing was a genuine accident or caused by human intervention.
Zou Dong replied: An inspection was conducted at the time, and the rust was real; it was not broken intentionally.
Chen Ziyan looked at the sentence, her eyes flickered, she pondered for a moment, and then exited the chat interface with Zou Dong.
In Lu Yanhe's hospital room, Chen Siqi was sitting by his bed talking to him.
Seeing this scene at the door, Chen Ziyan did not go in. Instead, she stayed in the corridor, silently watching the night sky and the twinkling stars outside the window.
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This unexpected turn of events surprised even Lu Yanhe himself.
Fortunately, he was lucky enough to be stopped by two bamboo poles used for drying clothes, which provided a significant buffer and allowed him to protect his head from hitting the ground. In the end, he had several bruises on his shoulders, thighs, and back, not to mention abrasions. Although they looked terrifying, they were not serious enough to cause any serious injuries.
“It was all pure luck,” Lu Yanhe told Chen Siqi.
Chen Siqi rolled her eyes at him, "If it weren't for those two bamboo poles, you might have broken both your legs."
Lu Yanhe said, "Yes, and luckily it was one of those prefabricated houses built in the last century, unlike the three-story buildings built now, otherwise even adding those two bamboo poles wouldn't have helped."
Chen Siqi: "Next time you're filming, if you encounter a dangerous place, you should have someone check it beforehand."
Lu Yanhe: "This kind of danger is hard to prevent. No one expected me to lean against that railing, and no one thought I would go to check that place."
"How dare you say that? Don't you think of that when you're making your own movies?"
“No one would normally suggest thinking in that direction,” Lu Yanhe defended himself.
Chen Siqi wanted to say a few more words to Lu Yanhe, but Lu Yanhe suddenly gasped and frowned.
Chen Siqi immediately looked at him with some concern and asked, "What's wrong? Where does it hurt?"
She was so nervous that she was about to call the doctor immediately.
"It's nothing, I just moved a little and pulled my thigh," Lu Yanhe said. "It's fine now."
Distracted by Lu Yanhe, Chen Siqi forgot what she had just been saying.
"Then you'll need to rest and recuperate for a while, right?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Well, let's see how long it takes to recover. Luckily, there were no fractures, so it should be alright. I can't move a bit right now, but it should be fine in a few days."
Chen Siqi: "I'll stay here with you for the next few days, so you won't have to go back to filming before you've fully recovered from your work ethic."
"No, and don't waste your time here with me."
Chen Siqi: "Anyway, I'm on summer vacation, so what's the point of wasting time? Or do you not want me to stay here with you?"
Lu Yanhe immediately replied, "Yes, of course I want to."
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Zou Dong brought over Lu Yanhe's change of clothes.
Chen Ziyan was waiting for him outside.
She gestured for Zou Dong to come with her.
"What's the situation at the scene?" Chen Ziyan asked.
Zou Dong said, "It happened very suddenly on set. Yan He had just finished filming a scene of intense running and was a bit tired, but in order to catch the daylight, he immediately started filming this scene."
"Was the set in this corridor prepared by the production crew in advance?" Chen Ziyan asked.
Zou Dong shook his head and said, "Originally, we planned to have Yan He blocked in a closed alley, but it was difficult to set up equipment in that alley. Director Chen Lingling felt that the shots taken there wouldn't look good, so we changed it to here at the last minute."
"Director Chen changed him at the last minute?"
"right."
“That seems to be quite an accident.” Chen Ziyan said to Zou Dong, “Zou Dong, you must be more careful about this matter. I told you that someone wants to harm Lu Yanhe. They haven’t made a move in the past two years, but they haven’t disappeared. They might reappear at any time.”
Zou Dong nodded, "Sister Ziyan, don't worry, I've been keeping an eye on things and won't let Yan He go out alone."
"I asked you to recommend a few more people to serve as Yan He's bodyguards. Have you found suitable people yet? It's quite tiring for you to be in charge of security work all the time. The sooner you find people, the sooner you can have someone to take turns with you."
Zou Dong looked troubled and said, "My brothers all already have jobs, and they've had relationships with their employers for years, so I can't just poach them. But with Yan He's situation, I wouldn't dare recommend him to you unless I trust someone."
Chen Ziyan understood what Zou Dong meant and nodded, "Okay, then you can keep an eye on it. I'll go ask him again."
Zou Dong nodded.
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Lu Yanhe's injury caused an uproar across the internet.
Especially when he fell from the third floor, there were two bamboo poles in the middle. You could see that when Lu Yanhe's body hit the two bamboo poles, the elasticity of the bamboo poles made him bounce up slightly. He fell on the bamboo poles twice before breaking them and continuing to fall, landing on the lawn below.
The entire process was filmed on a mobile phone and posted online.
The scene looked extremely frightening.
More than six hours later, around 11 p.m., the crew of "The Silent River" finally released a statement to reassure everyone that they were safe.
Half an hour later, Lu Yanhe also forwarded this statement, along with a photo of himself sitting on a hospital bed with a bright smile.
He had several abrasions on his face, but surprisingly, they didn't detract from his good looks. Instead, they gave him a kind of "handsome after injury."
Lu Yanhe's fans finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Lu Yanhe's injury still angered them, and they all went to the official Weibo account of "The Silent River" to question why this happened on set.
If it weren't for this stroke of luck, Lu Yanhe might have been paralyzed from the waist down.
The reaction was strong.
Various media outlets and marketing accounts also seized the opportunity to capitalize on this issue, and even began questioning the production team of "The Silent River" as they saw a growing outcry against the show.
Overnight, the crew of "The Silent River" seemed to have become murderers, roasted over a fire.
When Lu Yanhe saw that the crew of "The Silent River" was being criticized by so many people, he posted a Weibo post explaining that the incident was purely accidental and had nothing to do with the crew.
Then, he was scolded.
The reason is that everyone was doing it for his own good and speaking up for him, but he didn't appreciate it and didn't know what was good for him.
Lu Yanhe: "..."
He didn't know what to say.
In the entertainment industry, such incidents are inevitable. Indeed, being an artist is a profession that relies on fans for survival. Often, even when artists know that fans' actions stem from misunderstandings or inappropriate behavior due to a lack of understanding, they cannot directly tell fans, "You did wrong," or "You shouldn't have done that." Just as workers rely on their bosses for food, artists rely on their fans for food—it's the same principle.
Lu Yanhe could only stand at attention and endure the scolding.
No further explanation was given.
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While recuperating in the hospital, I suddenly had a lot of free time.
Zou Dong and Wang Biao took turns accompanying Lu Yanhe during his hospitalization.
Chen Siqi would usually accompany Lu Yanhe and handle work using her laptop.
After hearing the news, many friends flew over to visit him when they had time.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, in particular, were very busy with work, but they still made time to come and see him.
Lu Yanhe had said many times that they didn't need it, but they still came.
Lu Yanhe's injuries weren't actually too serious; he just needed some rest. However, Lu Yanhe's hospitalization has created significant problems for the filming of "The Silent River." With one of the lead actors recovering in the hospital and unable to return to filming, the production of the series is likely to be delayed.
The worst part is that Lu Yanhe will start school in September, which will significantly reduce filming time.
The coordinator's hair is almost turning white from worry.
In this matter, "The Silent River" is in the wrong. Lu Yanhe was injured during filming, which is actually the responsibility of the production team.
Under these circumstances, they couldn't urge Lu Yanhe to return to the film set immediately. Ironically, the pressure on the film set only increased with each passing day Lu Yanhe didn't return.
Lu Yanhe himself knew that his absence from the film crew would definitely affect the production.
He told Chen Ziyan that he was almost ready to return to the film crew.
Chen Ziyan asked the doctor for advice, and the doctor said that Lu Yanhe definitely cannot do strenuous exercise yet.
Lu Yanhe said, "We can communicate with the production team first and reschedule the scenes that require me to engage in strenuous exercise."
Chen Ziyan said seriously, "Yan He, I know you don't want to delay the filming of the movie, but I'm telling you this very seriously: many actors get injured when they are young and don't take care of themselves. They think they're fine because they're young, but after many years, they will have a lot of injuries. Will you delay the filming of 'The Silent River' while you are recuperating here? Yes, but will it make the movie unfinished and cancel it? No. I support actors' idea that the movie is more important than anything else, but I never support people sacrificing their whole lives for a movie."
Lu Yanhe knew that Chen Ziyan said these things for his own good.
He nodded and said, "Sister Ziyan, I understand. But actually, I wasn't seriously injured. It's just some minor skin bruises that make it difficult to move around. If I'm just standing or sitting while acting, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Chen Ziyan: "Whether it's a problem or not is not up to us to decide, it's up to the doctor to decide."
The doctor didn't say that Lu Yanhe was still unable to get out of bed.
Lu Yanhe immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Yanhe immediately looked at Chen Ziyan.
Chen Ziyan sighed helplessly.
"Alright, since you're so eager to go back to acting, I won't stop you. But how long you film each day and what kind of scenes you film are up to me. Don't offer any more opinions."
Lu Yanhe nodded immediately.
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Chen Siqi was somewhat dissatisfied with Lu Yanhe's eagerness to return to the film set to shoot.
"Look at that huge bruise on your thigh and back, it hasn't even faded yet." Chen Siqi glared at Lu Yanhe angrily. "Aren't you just asking for trouble by going to film like this? How can you not take care of your body?"
Since coming into this world, Lu Yanhe had never been scolded like this before.
A strange feeling welled up inside him.
The feeling of being cared for in the form of scolding is kind of tingly.
Lu Yanhe smiled awkwardly and said, "I don't film scenes with large movements, just static scenes with small movements. Sister Ziyan even got me a wheelchair. Zou Dong and Wang Biao will take care of me, so I'll be fine."
Chen Siqi glared at him. "You fell from the third floor, and you still have the nerve to say you'll be fine?"
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Chen Siqi: "I don't know where you get the confidence to say such things."
Lu Yanhe: "I promise you nothing will happen."
“Your promises are useless,” Chen Siqi said. “I’ll go to the set with you and see for myself how you’re going to film it before I’m at ease.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe was both amused and exasperated.
"Alright, then come and take a look."
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Huangcheng is under a lot of pressure.
After Lu Yanhe's accident, he spent the last six days recuperating in the hospital and was unable to return to the film set to shoot.
He would arrange for someone to visit him every day to see if there was anything they could help with, and actually to check on Lu Yanhe's recovery.
The production team certainly bears responsibility for Lu Yanhe's accident.
However, this does not mean that the production team is responsible and can keep Lu Yanhe recuperating in the hospital indefinitely without him returning to film.
Having one lead actor away from the set for almost a week created enormous pressure and challenges for the production team.
Zeng Qiao has been working non-stop these past few days, and he leaves the scene exhausted every day, his eyes glazed over.
Of course, this cannot continue indefinitely.
Huang Cheng had no idea how long it would take for Lu Yanhe to return to the film crew. He tentatively asked Chen Ziyan a few questions, but Chen Ziyan responded with an ambiguous tone.
—Of course, we'll wait until we've fully recovered.
—Do you expect him to come back to filming right now? Mr. Huang, have you considered what would happen if Yan He broke a bone? Would you really send someone with a broken bone back to the set immediately?
...
Huang Cheng had already decided to suspend filming and wait for Lu Yanhe to recover before resuming filming.
In short, the cast of this drama definitely cannot be changed.
Replacing Lu Yanhe with another actor and reshooting the scenes—this option is completely out of the question.
If it were any other actor, Huang Cheng might already have had this thought.
But this is Lu Yanhe.
"The Seventeen Floors" is still airing.
Given Lu Yanhe's current popularity in the market, even if this filming suspension costs tens of millions more in production expenses, investors and platforms are willing to accept it.
But at that moment, Chen Ziyan contacted him.
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Xu Mingyue saw He Lan jog out of the library, her ponytail swaying behind her head.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." He Lan jogged up to Xu Mingyue, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "My phone was on silent, so I didn't see your message in time."
Xu Mingyue held up the parasol and moved half of it over Helan's head.
"It's alright, let's go."
The two walked towards the cafeteria.
"I wonder how Yanhe is doing," Helan sighed worriedly.
Xu Mingyue: "Don't worry, his injury is really not too serious. I heard he's going back to the film set to film soon."
"Huh? So fast?" Helan stared at her with wide eyes in surprise.
"It should be true, because our editor-in-chief is almost back," Xu Mingyue said with a smile. "She has already messaged each of us, and there is a planning meeting next Monday. If Yan He hadn't been discharged from the hospital, she definitely wouldn't have come back so soon."
Helan nodded thoughtfully, "Then it seems I really have to go back to filming. Sigh, I wonder if this news will cause Yan He to be criticized again."
"Being scolded? Why?"
“Some fans felt that Yan He shouldn’t have helped the ‘Silent River’ crew explain things, that he had let them down,” He Lan sighed. “However, I can understand their feelings, it’s just that it’s hard to explain things to them clearly.”
Xu Mingyue said, "Since it's something that can't be explained clearly, then let's not try to explain it. Many fans are just confused because they care. Lu Yanhe wants to explain the situation to everyone. It's inevitable that there will be some conflicts and misunderstandings between the two sides, but none of them involve matters of principle. Once this matter is over, many misunderstandings will gradually be resolved."
He Lan: "I hope so. This time, Yan He returned to the set to film so quickly. I was worried that some fans would think that they were arguing with the production team and hoped that the production team would give an explanation so that Yan He could take good care of his injury. But Yan He himself rushed back to the set to film, which made him feel even more hurt."
"To be honest, Lanlan, some fans' overthinking is their own problem," Xu Mingyue said. "Lu Yanhe isn't some newcomer without status or influence. His position in the film and television industry is such that no one can bully him now, right? Even with Beijing TV, you've seen all the conflicts, yet they've still taken the initiative to reconcile with Lu Yanhe. In this situation, for those fans to act as if Lu Yanhe has been bullied and can't get back at the crew, rushing to the production team like a mother hen protecting her chicks to demand an explanation, isn't that just a lack of self-awareness, overthinking, and overstepping boundaries?"
He Lan looked troubled. "You can't say that. They're just concerned about Lu Yanhe."
"If all actions can be justified in the name of concern, then there wouldn't be so many heartbreaking tragedies in this world," Xu Mingyue said. "Not to mention, how many celebrities have ruined their public image because of their fans' excessive antics, and those fans think that others are blind and can't see the good in their idols, not realizing that they are the biggest flaws in their idols."
Helan fell silent after hearing Xu Mingyue's words, and began to ponder them quietly.
Xu Mingyue: "Lu Yanhe's current status at this age and in this environment proves that he has something that he does better than others. The entertainment industry is not lacking in good-looking people or talented people, so why was he able to stand out so quickly and never decline after emerging? Is it because his fans are more capable than other artists' fans? It was only after working on 'Jump Up' that I slowly realized some things and some people. You can't have the last laugh by acting impulsively. He and Chen Siqi are both rare precocious individuals among their peers. I'm not talking about intelligence. Aren't there many outstanding people in Zhenhua? But in terms of interpersonal skills, I have never seen anyone who understands human relationships better than them. This is really something that is honed through experience and personal interactions."
Helan: "How did this turn into a discussion about interpersonal relationships?"
Xu Mingyue: "Lu Yanhe returned to the film crew early; that's just how people are."
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Huang Cheng arranged a tow truck for Lu Yanhe so that Lu Yanhe could rest in the truck at any time.
The trailer was specially modified so that a ramp could be lowered at the entrance, allowing Lu Yanhe to sit directly in his wheelchair and be pushed into the trailer.
It wasn't that Lu Yanhe was being overly dramatic; it was just that the location of his injury was unfortunate. It was right on his lower back, legs, and buttocks. If he didn't move, it was fine, but any movement would aggravate the muscles and wounds, causing him to gasp in pain.
Huang Cheng's arrangement was undoubtedly very thoughtful.
Huang Cheng's arrangement also caused a lot of discussion and attention within the production crew.
However, regardless of what others say, Lu Yanhe's ability to return to the crew so quickly after his injury certainly caught the attention of many in the crew.
These days, no actor doesn't promote their professionalism.
However, those who are truly dedicated to their work are few and far between.
Even Zeng Qiao said, "On the one hand, I really hope you come back soon so I can breathe a sigh of relief and not have to film one scene after another like a mule. But on the other hand, I hope you don't come back so soon. You suffered such a serious injury, you need to take good care of yourself and not leave any sequelae."
Lu Yanhe laughed and said, "Brother Qiao, I know my own limitations and won't do anything reckless. These days I can only film scenes where my body doesn't move. I get so much pain from even the slightest movement that I grimace and can't control my facial expressions at all."
Zeng Qiao laughed heartily, "Anyway, just take it easy. If you need any help, just say so. If you're not feeling well, just ask."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Qiao."
When Lu Yanhe returned to the crew, Huang Cheng, Chen Lingling, the screenwriter, and a few others got together and made changes to many of Lu Yanhe's scenes, trying to make him sit or stand so that he wouldn't have to move.
This will certainly affect some of the original design and shooting results, but there's nothing we can do about it.
The reality is that it's already a miracle that Lu Yanhe is still able to film these scenes on set.
For Huang Cheng and Chen Lingling, this was a tricky situation, but it wasn't the first time.
Having acted for so many years, I've encountered all sorts of situations. It's common for me to have to adjust the script due to real-world issues.
They directly incorporated Lu Yanhe's fall from the building into the script.
In this way, Lu Yanhe's injuries and his limited mobility are explained, and no further treatment is needed.
Lu Yanhe had read the revised script, and it was indeed more coherent and showed no obvious signs of alteration. However, in terms of dramatic effect and character development, it was definitely not as good as the original version.
Although he felt regretful, he could only cooperate.
Well, acting really is an art of regret.
Lu Yanhe felt this once again.
Summer has quietly crept into every corner.
The sun beat down relentlessly on every inch of the earth, bathing the camphor trees in a lush, verdant glow.
Sometimes, while waiting for his scenes to be filmed, Lu Yanhe would sit in his wheelchair, listening to the mingling of human voices and cicada chirps. The whole world seemed to be enveloped by this noise, and he would often drift off into a trance, lost in thought.
"The Seventeenth Floor" entered its final countdown at this time of year.
As expected, the ratings for the ninth episode of "The Seventeenth Floor" broke 2, making it the second non-CCTV drama series this year to achieve a single episode rating of over 2.
Both films star Lu Yanhe.
Everyone is debating whether the two dramas, "Friends" and "The Seventeenth Floor," can bring Lu Yanhe a Best Actor award.
After some discussion, everyone realized that it was still very difficult.
Because neither of these two dramas has much artistic depth or substance.
Of course, this does not affect Lu Yanhe's character portrayal in these two dramas, especially the latter. The genius Lu Yanhe played has been etched into everyone's hearts with a temperament and image that is completely different from the Lu Yanhe in everyone's eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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