Chapter 925 Kiss
The conversation between Zhan Yun and Yin Xincheng caused everyone else to remain silent for a moment, and no one spoke up to avoid being caught in the crossfire of their battle.
The two of them fought like cockfighting, exchanging barbs and attacks for about ten minutes before finally getting tired.
Zhan Yun rolled her eyes at Yin Xincheng and said, "You're the one who organized this gathering today. You don't just want them to sit here and listen to the two of us arguing, do you?"
Yin Xincheng: "If it weren't for you, we would have been having a normal conversation long ago. You're the one who's accusing us first."
Zhan Yun covered her chest in disbelief, as if she were about to explode with anger.
At this moment, Bai Jin and Wen Minglan finally began to take action—they started holding her hands and gently comforting her, signaling her not to be angry with Yin Xincheng.
Yin Xincheng made a face to indicate that he was speechless.
Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "That's really great. I'll send you an authorization agreement later. I want to put a lot of the content of your two arguments into the script. Sure enough, life is the best screenwriter. I couldn't come up with such brilliant lines even if I racked my brains."
Yin Xincheng: "Please, stop making fun of us at a time like this."
“I’m not making fun of you,” Lu Yanhe shook his head. “I’m serious.”
Zhan Yun immediately raised her hands: "I authorize it, I authorize it 100%. Let the audience see just how outrageous Yin Xincheng is."
"Uh...maybe I'm thinking of using this line on your and Yan Liang's characters." Lu Yanhe chuckled.
There was absolutely nothing to do with Yin Xincheng.
Yan Liang immediately chimed in, "Oh dear, what a pity! We should have recorded that scene earlier so I could have observed and learned from it."
Yin Xincheng looked at Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang in disbelief.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang shrugged in unison, their eyes conveying, "We suggest you shut up now."
Seeing this, Yin Xincheng swallowed his anger.
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During the gathering, Lu Yanhe took the opportunity to talk to them about the concert at the end of August.
“If you’re free that day, we’ll deliver the tickets to you,” Lu Yanhe said. “You’re welcome to come.”
Upon hearing about the concert, everyone cheered with delight.
"You guys are finally going to hold a concert! I've seen news online that you've been planning a concert for years," Bai Jin said. "This news hasn't been officially announced yet, has it?"
"Yes, not yet, it's still in the preparation stage," Lu Yanhe said. "I hope everything goes smoothly."
"Do you need us to come on stage as guests?" Bai Jin asked again.
Lu Yanhe shook his head: "This time we won't invite any guests to the concert. It'll just be the three of us on stage, as a kind of commemoration."
Yan Liang said with a smile, "Yes, we just hope that this concert can be simple, without any commercial design, and we don't want to make the program too complicated. It's just the three of us singing a few solo songs, and then a group performance, that's all."
"Then I must try my best to be there!" Bai Jin's excitement was palpable. "I'll message my agent right away and ask her to free up that day for me."
Others followed suit and quickly made their schedules available.
Fortunately, it's only the end of May. Generally speaking, jobs at the end of August wouldn't be finalized this early.
However, at this moment, Yin Xincheng suddenly became very perceptive and asked, "Yan He, Yan Liang, is there some other reason why you suddenly held this concert?"
"Other reasons?" Lu Yanhe didn't intend to tell them about his plan to propose to Chen Siqi that night, at least not so early in the morning. If anyone accidentally let the secret slip, it would be disastrous. "The three of us have been saying for a long time that we want to hold a concert together. Since we all debuted as idol singers and have since sung many songs, some of our fans like us because of our singing, rather than our current status as actors. We might not have many works to give back to them, so—"
"We just want to do this concert," Yan Liang said. "Do you think we have any other reasons?"
Yan Liang immediately picked up where Lu Yanhe left off, preventing Lu Yanhe from continuing to explain the matter—he could tell that Lu Yanhe didn't want to say much at this point.
Yin Xincheng shrugged.
"Because you guys hadn't done anything before, suddenly holding a concert like this, maybe I'm overthinking it. Luckily it's a concert by the three of you, otherwise I would have suspected that one of you was going to propose to your current girlfriend during the concert."
Zhan Yun, Wen Minglan, and Bai Jin all turned their gazes to Lu Yanhe.
Their gazes were silent yet powerful—a power that spoke for itself.
Lu Yanhe calmly picked up his water glass and drank.
Yan Liang burst into laughter.
"You're really something. You just got divorced and you're already so eager to watch others walk into the grave of marriage?"
Yin Xincheng scoffed, "Is there any need to stab me again?"
Zhan Yun waved her hands twice, signaling Yin Xincheng to shut up.
“We’ll laugh at you for the rest of your life for this. I suggest you start taking better care of your heart now, or you’ll be riddled with holes from all the surgery.”
Yin Xincheng: "..."
The topic was thus glossed over with a few jokes.
However, it's clear that the three women in "Friends" have already guessed most of what's going on through their eyes and micro-expressions.
Only Yin Xincheng, who had raised this conjecture, sincerely dispelled his suspicion after Yan Liang's reply.
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In late May, the entire headquarters of "Jump Up" was in a chaotic final preparation period due to the upcoming Critics' International Film Festival.
Lu Yanhe, who was unemployed, was also pulled in by Lin Yu and Xu Zijun to take on a lot of work.
Yes, it's not Chen Siqi, but Lin Yu and Xu Zijun.
Chen Siqi hoped that Lu Yanhe could take this opportunity to get some rest.
But his old classmates didn't think so—
Lu Yanhe was forced to do a lot of copywriting for film festivals.
"This is also a job that doesn't require you to deal with people. You can stay by yourself. You just need to submit the documents to us on time."
Lin Yu and Xu Zijun came and went in a hurry.
Lu Yanhe was both amused and exasperated.
But this wasn't the first time Lu Yanhe had been temporarily conscripted, and since he had nothing better to do, he started to think about it.
After a long absence, he started a live stream.
Lu Yanhe himself had forgotten how long it had been since he last did a live stream.
To date, he has not had any commercial partnerships with any live streaming platforms.
Apart from his collaboration with Jiangyin Publishing House, he has never sold any goods in his own live streaming room.
Including the brands he endorses.
To some extent, it was Chen Ziyan who explicitly requested in the contract that he not participate in any form of live-streaming promotion in order to maintain his image.
Chen Ziyan doesn't look down on live streaming; it's just that live streaming for selling goods is considered low-class in the public opinion sphere.
She had to protect Lu Yanhe's image.
She can stop caring when live-streaming sales become as perceived by the public as offline events.
This sudden live stream surprised and delighted many people.
When I clicked in, it was still the same as before.
In a single shot, Lu Yanhe sits at his desk typing on a keyboard, occasionally getting up to take a book from the bookshelf and flip through it.
His live streaming account now has tens of millions of followers.
There was no commercial operation involved; it relied entirely on its brand recognition to get there.
Many people who clicked into the live stream because of Lu Yanhe's name were confused when they saw the completely different style and asked what Lu Yanhe's live stream was for.
Many long-time fans who have been following him for seven or eight years, or even almost ten, have come forward to explain that Lu Yanhe's live streams have always been like this: he rarely speaks, hardly interacts, and just sets up a camera to record the moment.
Back then, the number of people watching a live stream at the same time was usually in the double digits, and sometimes it could reach the triple digits.
Things are different now. It's still the same style, but the number of people watching the live stream at the same time has never been less than 20,000.
Even though he doesn't do anything most of the time.
The bullet comments section became a place for everyone to chat and joke around.
They were all talking about various news about Lu Yanhe.
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—Have you heard? Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai, and Yan Liang seem to be holding a concert at the end of August.
—These kinds of news come out every year, they must be fake.
—Yes, all three of them are so busy these days, filming movies and TV shows. They don't have time to hold concerts, and they don't even have time to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.
—That's right, it's said that the Spring Festival Gala production team has been inviting them to perform on the Gala, but they haven't agreed yet.
However, it seems that Lu Yanhe has no plans to join any productions in the second half of this year other than "Friends".
—That's because Lu Yanhe has a lot of movies coming out in the second half of this year. Two big movies he filmed in Hollywood are going to be released, and there are also works he wrote. His schedule simply can't accommodate any new movies.
—I really hope the news that they're going to hold a concert together is true. They've never held a concert before, not even once in all this time.
No idol singer has been more successful in transitioning into acting than them.
—As long as they're happy, that's all that matters. I have no other expectations for them, as long as they can still release a song for us to listen to from time to time in the future.
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—But my uncle is in charge of the concert equipment in Yuming City. I heard that there is indeed a very high-profile concert at the end of August, and all kinds of equipment are top-of-the-line. I just don't know who owns this concert.
Is it possible that it was really organized by Lu Yanhe and the other two?
The news slowly gained traction.
When Lu Yanhe saw the lively discussion in the live stream's chat, he opened his mouth in surprise.
He didn't expect the news to spread so quickly.
Lu Yanhe decided to ignore it, said goodbye, and ended the broadcast.
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However, many fans still managed to capture the surprised expression on Lu Yanhe's face in screenshots.
They all took this expression as evidence, believing that there really would be a concert at the end of August, otherwise why would Lu Yanhe have such a surprised expression on his face?
Why is he so surprised?
Lu Yanhe had to admit that their insight was quite sharp.
Chen Ziyan asked him if he wanted to take the opportunity to officially announce the matter, but Lu Yanhe decided to keep it a secret for now.
"We haven't decided how to distribute the tickets yet," Lu Yanhe said. "Announcing it in advance will cause a lot of trouble later."
Chen Ziyan: "Besides the tickets for friends and family, you, Zhibai, and Yanliang each have 10,000 tickets to give to fans. No matter what you do, I suggest that the three of you stick to the same standards, so that a good thing doesn't turn into a bad thing."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"After thinking it over, it seems like it's better to just sell tickets," Lu Yanhe said. "Initially, I didn't want to sell tickets to the public because I didn't want to make a profit from this concert and I didn't want scalpers to speculate on tickets. But with so many tickets, it's difficult to give them away openly and fairly in any other way, as it could easily raise questions. I discussed it with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, and we decided to sell tickets to the public, but at a lower price. In addition, the ticket revenue will be donated in the name of this concert. What do you think?"
“That’s a good idea.” Chen Ziyan nodded. “Actually, this is the easiest way. After all, only those who are truly willing to spend money to buy tickets will cherish the value of the ticket and this opportunity. I’m really worried that the kind of thing you initially wanted to do might end up with a lot of people getting tickets by cheating and then not coming.”
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Yes."
Chen Ziyan: "So... how are your preparations for the proposal going?"
Lu Yanhe smiled.
"Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared."
“Okay, we don’t need to do anything, right?” Chen Ziyan asked.
Lu Yanhe said, "You guys wait for us at Ziyuan Bridge. If the proposal is successful, I'll bring her back with me, and we'll celebrate together."
Chen Ziyan: "Okay."
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On June 13, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi attended the North American premiere of "The Notebook" in New York.
When asked by reporters why she walked the red carpet with Lu Yanhe this time, Chen Siqi smiled and said, "Because this is a romance movie, and no one is more suitable than me to walk the red carpet with Lu Yanhe for this movie."
Chen Siqi asserted her sovereignty with a smile and happiness, which surprised many people.
This statement has been widely circulated.
After the movie ended, someone took a photo from the back row showing Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi kissing and posted it online.
The fleeting kiss in the photo has sparked a frenzy of discussion among netizens.
Because Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi rarely kiss so intimately in public.
On June 18, The Notebook was released simultaneously in more than 50 countries and regions around the world.
Lin Yu and Chen Qin watched the movie at a cinema in Yuming, China.
Subsequently, Lin Yu, the current executive editor of "Jump Up," posted a photo on her social media platform, which was a similar group photo taken in a movie theater.
The photo shows her and Chen Qin kissing under the end credits of "The Notebook," taken from a back-row view.
Shortly after that, Li Zhibai and Jiang Yuqian also took the same photo and posted it on social media.
More and more couples are starting to recreate this scene.
On social media, numerous photos of couples kissing in movie theaters have surfaced.
It even sparked a phenomenon.
This phenomenon has spread from China to the rest of the world.
Especially after several European and American celebrities also recreated this famous photo scene.
The Notebook opened its doors worldwide with a staggering $87.5 million, including $32 million in North America and $21 million in China, setting a new record for the highest-grossing opening weekend for a romantic film in the last five years.
Soren's executives worked through the night to draft a new contract and contacted Lu Yanhe, hoping to bring back the script for another romance film, "The Fault in Our Stars," for collaboration.
Even if Lu Yanhe wanted to use an all-Asian lineup, they agreed.
What a joke! With The Notebook's box office figures about to break records and its global box office reaching $300-400 million, how could they possibly dare to question whether Lu Yanhe's romance-themed films would be successful?
"Love is Not Blind" grossed tens of millions of dollars in North America. It had an all-Asian cast and was produced by a non-Hollywood company without any intention of targeting North American audiences.
But this time, Lu Yanhe refused without hesitation.
"We'll discuss any collaborations after our three films are finished."
Soren's CEO flew directly to China to meet with Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe kindly invited him to afternoon tea, but his answer remained unchanged.
(End of this chapter)
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