Chapter 911 How to Deal with People You Dislike
For a long time, Yan Liang felt that he was a person without any talent for performing.
Actually, he doesn't think he has this talent now.
However, when he realized that he had inexplicably predicted Huang Yunlan's actions, he felt that his understanding of acting had improved.
This has developed an almost instinctive ability to predict.
When Huang Yunlan said this, both Yin Xincheng and Bai Jin looked shocked and astonished.
Yin Xincheng looked at Huang Yunlan in a panic and asked, "What are you talking about?"
With tears streaming down her face, Huang Yunlan asked, looking aggrieved, "You don't believe me?"
Bai Jin said almost without hesitation, "That's impossible! How could Yan Liang do such a thing!"
Hearing Bai Jin say those words at this moment brought Yan Liang comfort.
Because this kind of trust is very rare.
Without knowing anything, Bai Jin firmly denied Huang Yunlan's claims.
Yin Xincheng looked at Huang Yunlan with a very complicated expression.
He asked, "Is this a misunderstanding? Yan Liang, he really isn't that kind of person."
Huang Yunlan seemed to collapse and suddenly burst into tears.
"You actually don't believe me!"
People around had already noticed the commotion.
Yin Xincheng turned to look at Yan Liang.
A look of bewilderment and confusion flickered in his eyes.
Yan Liang then calmly spoke, saying, "Huang Yunlan, I'm giving you a chance. You can still say you're wrong and apologize to me. I'll try to resolve this on a small scale, since it only affects your and Yin Xincheng's reputations. But if you continue to escalate this, making a huge fuss and dragging me into this mess, ruining my reputation, then clarifying the facts won't be a small-scale effort."
Yan Liang was frighteningly calm at this moment.
He spoke slowly and deliberately, his gaze resting lightly and calmly on Huang Yunlan, as if victory was completely assured.
Huang Yunlan raised her eyelids, and the moment her gaze met Yan Liang's, her eyes involuntarily trembled.
She looked at Yan Liang, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something more.
Yan Liang: "Have you thought it through?"
Huang Yunlan hesitated for a moment.
Just when Yan Liang thought she would make a wise choice, Huang Yunlan suddenly rolled her eyes and fainted.
Yan Liang: "..."
He was wrong; when it comes to acting, he's still a beginner.
Even a model student like him, who could make up for his lack of talent through hard work, could never compare to this gifted monster.
However, just as Huang Yunlan's eyelids fluttered open and her body slumped against Yin Xincheng—
At the very moment when Yin Xincheng was supposed to catch him with quick reflexes, something seemed to happen to him. Perhaps his mind went blank or he couldn't react in time. Instead, he failed to reach out and catch Huang Yunlan, and was instead knocked off balance by her.
Huang Yunlan was powerless to support herself, and fell straight down, like a snot that wasn't sticky enough after hitting a wall.
She fell heavily to the ground, her head hitting the hard toe of Yin Xincheng's leather shoe.
The pain was so intense that she couldn't help but let out a painful groan.
Yin Xincheng realized what was happening and saw that his shoe tip had caused Huang Yunlan pain. He quickly pulled his foot away.
Huang Yunlan's head lost its support and slammed against the marble floor with a thud—a marble floor that wasn't even carpeted.
Huang Yunlan cried out unexpectedly.
"I'm sorry," Yin Xincheng apologized in a panic.
Yan Liang couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing.
Bai Jin looked speechlessly at Huang Yunlan, who was unable to continue pretending to faint, and put one hand to her forehead.
She felt embarrassed for Huang Yunlan.
Yan Liang said to Yin Xincheng, "Xincheng, since Miss Huang is not feeling well, please have a doctor come and take a look. Oh, by the way, I suggest calling the police at the same time."
Yin Xincheng looked at him blankly.
"Someone is committing fraud." Yan Liang's gaze fell on Huang Yunlan, who had already opened her eyes and was glaring at him with resentment. However, seeing the others who had gathered around her out of the corner of his eye, he did not speak up about the matter at this moment.
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Lu Yanhe was scrolling through his phone on set when he came across a video of an "unexpected situation" at Yin Xincheng's wedding, and he was taken aback.
The bride fainted at the wedding party and was taken away by ambulance.
He was startled and quickly called Yan Liang to ask what was going on.
Yan Liang answered the phone, sighed, and his first words were, "I don't even know where to begin."
After Yan Liang finished explaining the whole story, Lu Yanhe looked incredulous.
Absolutely amazing, beyond comprehension.
These days, real life is always more dramatic than movies and TV shows.
Yin Xincheng's wedding completely outshines all the melodramatic scenes in "Friends".
"This too—"
Lu Yanhe stammered unusually, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Why does Yin Xincheng always run into these kinds of awful things?
Yan Liang said, "I can only say that you really missed out by not attending his wedding; it was absolutely amazing."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
"So what's the situation now?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Yan Liang: "Yin Xincheng has already hired a divorce lawyer and will find a lawyer to handle this matter later. He is currently refusing to meet with Huang Yunlan."
Did you play your recording for him?
“Of course,” Yan Liang said. “Guess what the first thing Yin Xincheng said after hearing that was.”
"Get angry? Scold Huang Yunlan?"
“No, he said ‘That’s great!’ I’m speechless.” Yan Liang was really speechless. “To be honest, Yan He, I don’t know if it’s because of Friends that I’ve changed the way I look at life. Although I’m speechless, I actually feel that I can accept what happened to Yin Xincheng in the end. I can still treat him as my friend, and I can still sympathize with him.”
Lu Yanhe: "...Because he didn't make any fundamental mistakes, even though he's unreliable in so many ways."
Yan Liang: "Five years ago, if you had told me that I would be friends with someone like Yin Xincheng, I would have thought you didn't understand me at all. Now I realize that I am the one who understands myself the least."
“Sigh, Yan Liang, the ideal version of ourselves is always just an illusion,” Lu Yanhe said. “I can imagine how much of an impact this has had on you.”
Yan Liang: "Now Yin Xincheng hopes to handle this matter quietly and not let it become public knowledge. However, he is not sure what Huang Yunlan will do. After all, they have already registered their marriage. In any case, divorce will be very difficult."
Lu Yanhe: "Serves him right, he should learn a lesson from this."
Yan Liang: "Sigh."
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The divorce negotiations between Yin Xincheng and Huang Yunlan were destined to be intense.
A week later, Yan Liang flew to New York to prepare for his cameo appearance in "Men in Black".
He said Huang Yunlan demanded ten million yuan in divorce settlement, which Yin Xincheng refused outright. The two sides entered a new round of negotiations, with Yin Xincheng unwilling to offer Huang Yunlan any compensation whatsoever. In Yin Xincheng's words, "I'm already being lenient by not asking her for compensation!"
In fact, Yin Xincheng and Huang Yunlan's marriage lasted less than a month.
According to the law, even if the property were to be divided, Huang Yunlan would not receive much money.
However, Huang Yunlan threatened that if this matter became unpleasant, it would severely damage Yin Xincheng's public image, which infuriated Yin Xincheng's team and him.
In any case, Yin Xincheng was cheated on, and even became the one who ended up being cheated on.
If such a thing happened to a male celebrity, under the current social norms, he would be ridiculed for a long time, or even for a lifetime.
Therefore, although Huang Yunlan's threat was shameless, it was effective.
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Lu Yanhe felt a headache coming on when he heard this.
As he grew older, he increasingly realized that there were indeed many thorny problems in life.
It is not so easy to calculate a solution.
Too many problems are not multiple-choice questions; too many choices are not about choosing right or wrong, but about picking out the slightly more acceptable pile of shit from several piles of excrement.
Yan Liang was going to film a scene in the movie where James, played by Lu Yanhe, chases after someone—only to discover that the person is actually an alien.
That was James's entrance scene.
This scene takes place at night.
They needed to shoot on location and in real life, so most of the time, Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang were just waiting on set.
Once everything is ready, take a picture.
This scene was quite difficult to film.
Because it involves a lot of action and fighting.
Such scenes may appear to happen in just a few seconds in a movie, but each shot may actually take an hour or even two hours to film.
Then, by combining different shots, that kind of screen effect can be created.
However, the two of them didn't find the wait for their scenes unbearable at all.
Basically, while waiting for their scenes to be filmed, they would talk and chat, discussing everything under the sun.
"Why did Li Zhibai go back?" Yan Liang clicked his tongue twice. "If he had stayed a few more days, the three of us could have met up here."
Lu Yanhe laughed, "He's busy going back to work on his project."
Yan Liang: "He's really into producing now. I thought he wasn't planning to star in any more TV series anytime soon and would focus on movies. But now, for his family's company, he's producing and starring in another TV series."
Lu Yanhe: "We should support the family company, after all."
Yan Liang: "That's true."
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After returning to China, Li Zhibai felt even more strongly the importance of maintaining his independence.
His brother is in charge of the family's film and television company, but because his brother doesn't understand this area of business, they hired a professional manager from outside. This manager has been in the entertainment industry for a long time; he's a veteran with a wealth of experience—almost too much.
He actually wanted the company to participate in every one of his upcoming film and television works through co-investment and production.
Li Zhibai felt dizzy and his vision blurred. If his brother hadn't been sitting there, he would have slammed his fist on the table and started cursing.
What the hell?!
"The second young master is part of the family, which will allow the company to gain a foothold as quickly as possible."
Fortunately, his brother is a sensible person.
“Feng Pai, I’ve told you before, don’t tie the company’s business to Zhibai’s personal business.”
The professional manager named Feng Pai sighed and said, "Well, I'm just in this position, and my job requires me to propose the development strategy that is most beneficial to the company."
He then looked at Li Zhibai and said with a smile, "The second young master is now the most popular male star in China. For professional managers like us, this kind of cooperation is actually a win-win situation."
Li Zhibai looked at him coldly and said, "My name is Li Zhibai, not some second young master. I am indeed very famous, but anyone can develop a company in this way. Why should we pay you a million-dollar annual salary to do it? If this is the only strategy you can come up with to develop the company, you might as well replace me with my assistant. He is more familiar with my work and is probably better able to connect the two sides than you."
Feng Pai was speechless for a moment after being confronted by Li Zhibai.
"Second Young Master, I apologize. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me. I am merely doing my job."
Li Zhibai smiled slightly: "Is your ability to perform your duties in your position so low that you consider what I say to be nonsense? Do I have to emphasize my name several times?"
(End of this chapter)
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