That night, Shen Lianjie lay in bed unable to sleep for a long time.

He made the headlines.

Moreover, he defeated Lu Yuan fairly and squarely, which officially made the headlines and made countless people in the circle vent their anger.

This is so gratifying that it's worth buying firecrackers to celebrate.

His phone was on all night.

Countless congratulatory calls flooded into his cell phone.

There are former actors, several fellow directors, Joaquin employees, and some senior Joaquin executives...

After receiving these calls, Shen Lianjie felt like he was being treated like a hero.

He felt that there were flowers and applause everywhere around him.

He was laughing so hard that he couldn't stop, and even in the second half of the night he was still laughing excitedly with his mouth open.

In the early morning, Shen Lianjie had a dream!

He dreamed that he was on the headlines and had been a frequent headline since then. Lu Yuan tried his best but still couldn't shake him at all, so he could only be the eternal second. Then in May, his movie became a big hit, which made Lu Yuan breathless. From then on, he withdrew from the film industry with hatred and honestly became his screenwriter, while he had rainbows and explosions all the way...

This dream is very refreshing.

He seldom had such childish dreams, but when he had one so suddenly, he actually felt unusually happy.

In short, when he got up the next day, Shen Lianjie subconsciously took out his mobile phone and saw that he was still on the headlines. He felt refreshed and even felt light as a feather when he walked.

Some things are addictive, like drugs.

The glory of the headlines made Shen Lianjie somewhat lost in himself.

The feeling of suppressing Lu Yuan is extremely comfortable!

No, I have to find a way to keep making headlines. I have to figure out how to keep making headlines for another day today, right?

Headlines need topics.

So what topic should we create today?

With this idea in mind, Shen Lianjie joined the crew and officially started the first day of filming.

People feel refreshed when good things happen to them, and Shen Lianjie is no exception.

In the past, Shen Lianjie was always serious during filming, but during today's filming, Shen Lianjie actually smiled. The actors made several NGs but he was not angry. Instead, he talked to the actors in a friendly manner...

This appearance surprised the actors so much that they even thought they had met a good director and they started to act a little harder.

At noon, when everyone was eating lunch together, Shen Lianjie heard a noisy sound in the distance.

"What are you doing? We don't need your lunch boxes. We have our own lunch box supplier here!"

"Everyone, our lunch boxes are different. They have more meat... How about you try some first, leader?"

"What are you trying to taste? If you want to promote your work, go to other crews!"

"But there are only two crews filming in Hengdian right now, I..."

"Go on, go on... go to another crew."

"But……"

"What's going on?" Shen Lianjie walked over here with a frown, and then saw a chubby master pulling a lunch cart and nodding to the security guard.

"Director Shen, it's nothing serious, I'm just trying to sell lunch boxes."

"box lunch?"

"yes."

"Leader, please try our lunch boxes. They are good..." The fat master's eyes lit up when he saw Shen Lianjie, and he hurriedly handed over two boxes. "The crew of the Marmot is also eating my lunch boxes..."

"Huh?" Shen Lianjie didn't care at first, but when he heard that the Groundhog crew also ate this lunch box, he immediately became suspicious. "What kind of lunch box do they eat?"

“They eat the seven dollar ones.”

"Seven dollars?"

"Yeah, I saw you guys were filming today, so I came over to take a look..."

“What dishes are they?”

"That's all..."

"Hmm? Mainly vegetables?"

"Yes, it is indeed mainly vegetables..."

"How much for an extra chicken drumstick?"

"Eleven dollars."

"Okay, from now on you can send some to our crew. However, you must put labels of your respective crews on the lunch boxes. Um, the dishes must be separated, okay? If you do this, I will give you thirteen yuan!"

"Okay, okay! Thank you, leader. Thank you, leader!"

"Go ahead and get busy. Send us some tomorrow. If you're satisfied, we'll come to you to get it later."

"Okay! Thank you, leader. You are such a good person. I wish you a long life."

Shen Lianjie narrowed his eyes as he watched the fat master dragging the lunch cart away with a grateful smile.

There was a hint of depth in his eyes.

"Director Shen, you really want to... Our lunch boxes are only 11 yuan on average, and that's not bad..." At this time, assistant Xiao Zhang came to Shen Lianjie and expressed his confusion after seeing Shen Lianjie's strange behavior.

"Xiao Zhang, remember this! It's time to shear the wool of Lu Yuan, the fat sheep..." Shen Lianjie's smile gradually turned into a meaningful one.

"I don't understand...but I know that if you do this, the price of our lunch boxes will be at least three thousand yuan more expensive a day!" Xiao Zhang said that he was confused. The price of his lunch boxes was more expensive than Lu Yuan's. How could he be fleecing others?

Is there something wrong with Director Shen's brain?

Why did it feel like Director Shen became weird as soon as the news made the headlines yesterday?

"Xiao Zhang, you are still too naive. Is 3,000 yuan a day a big deal for us? Even if we shoot for two months, the total will only be 180,000 yuan more! Although it costs 180,000 yuan more, the benefits are huge."

"What, there are benefits?" Xiao Zhang felt like he was an alien.

"You don't understand this. First, if the lunch boxes are upgraded, at least the crew members will say that we are good, right? Then we will compare our lunch boxes with Lu Yuan's on the Internet. Lu Yuan's staff will inevitably be upset, right? If three yuan more can make them upset, isn't that good for us? Second, we will exaggerate and hype it up on the Internet, saying that Lu Yuan's lunch boxes are not as good as ours, and then write one or two articles criticizing Lu Yuan. Isn't this a topic? Isn't this popularity? Finally, we will get a few Internet trolls to hype up our crew. After this series of combined punches, the headlines should be ready..."

"Well, even if we don't get anything in the end, we can at least disgust Lu Yuan, and maybe we can even force Lu Yuan to not be able to pay for the lunch box!" Xiao Zhang's eyes suddenly became brighter and brighter as he listened to Shen Lianjie talking about all kinds of benefits!

"Haha, now you understand, Lu Yuan is a fat sheep. As long as we find his weakness and attack him hard, we can get many unimaginable benefits! We are stepping on him to get to the top!"

"Ohhh, I understand, I understand!"

"I understand, why don't you get busy? Do you want to be popular?"

"Ohhh, okay!"

…

The crew of "Groundhog Day" had no idea that a storm was brewing.

Although Lu Yuan was vaguely aware of some disturbances, he remained calm and continued to film the scene seriously with Xu Lu.

This "Groundhog Day" does not have the deep hatred like "Nomadland", so it does not require that kind of serious acting skills.

In fact, this movie can be regarded as a comedy, and the overall tone is light-hearted and joyful.

Lu Yuan likes this role very much.

When Lu Yuan actually came into contact with this role, he found that he was very familiar with it, and even realized that he had a little talent for acting in comedy films.

He felt that he could indeed work towards comedy in the future.

Lu Yuan found Xu Lu to be a good candidate, who was particularly talented in acting and had a better memory than Lu Yuan! There were a few lines in the plot that even Lu Yuan, the original creator, had trouble speaking, but Xu Lu spoke very fluently, and she seemed to have completely integrated into the role, with an inexplicable temperament in her every word and action.

Except for a few mistakes that required reshoots on the first day, everything else went surprisingly smoothly.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that I didn’t fully enter the plot at the beginning, and many things don’t require such strict requirements.

Xu Lu was very into her acting, but when she saw Lu Yuan after the performance, she always felt a little timid, and even dared not speak too loudly. Occasionally when Lu Yuan saw her, she would lower her head and feel her face a little hot.

When Wang Jinxue visited the set, she glanced at Xu Lu and then turned around and went back to the company.

She didn't say a word to Lu Yuan from beginning to end.

"knock off!"

In the evening, Fatty Wei shouted excitedly, announcing that the first day of filming was complete.

He was very satisfied with this shoot.

The progress was faster than he had imagined. He even finished filming several scenes that were scheduled to be filmed tomorrow.

call!

If we continue at this pace, I think we can finish filming this movie before April 28.

Two months?

Yes, two months is enough.

Fatty Wei was very happy.

Night is gradually falling.

Lu Yuan returned to the company as usual.

After eating, drinking and washing up, Lu Yuan sat in the office and yawned.

He can't sleep now.

When he subconsciously wanted to open the game "Magic World", Lu Yuan remembered that he had deleted this game because it always clamored for krypton gold.

This game is just like that. It’s said to be free every day, and there’s all kinds of publicity every day, but in the end, isn’t it just a scam to trick people into spending money?

First they trick you into making a small initial deposit, then after you're done with it, they'll ask you to make a small deposit, and then...

And then it never ended.

Why……

It's all routine.

Forget it, how about charging 500 yuan to play? Otherwise, there are no other fun games. Oh, if there is a legend, it would be great...

Even if it's a web version, it's fine, Tanwan Blue Moon or something like that will do...

Why……

pity……

etc!

Lu Yuan suddenly had an idea in his mind, and then his eyes lit up and he found that he had caught something again, but at this moment...

“Pah, pah, pah!”

"Boss Lu is in trouble!"

"What happened!" Lu Yuan's face darkened instantly when he saw Wu Tingting hurriedly walking into the office. The glimmer of inspiration that he had finally grasped disappeared again.

"Mr. Lu, our lunch boxes have been exposed on the Internet!" Wu Tingting looked at Lu Yuan with a serious expression.

"The lunch box was exposed?" Lu Yuan stood up.

"Yes, some people specifically compared our lunch boxes with those of Shen Lianjie. Some netizens accused us of cutting staff meals... There are also articles online specifically criticizing our crew, saying that our lunch boxes are said to be ten yuan, but are actually only worth seven yuan, and that we are big liars... We are not as good as Shen Lianjie at all..."

"I thought it was something... just this?"

"Yes, you are being scolded online... At the same time, some people are comparing our crew with Shen Lianjie's crew... It seems that the netizens are very emotional. I am afraid that if we don't come up with an explanation, the actors will be dissatisfied after seeing this news tomorrow, which will affect our filming... After all, our lunch boxes are indeed different from Shen Lianjie's..."

"Explanation? What explanation do you want? Then raise the price of our 5-yuan lunch box... cough, cough, then raise the price of our 10-yuan lunch box to 13 yuan. Do we need these 3 yuan?"

"Mr. Lu, the original price of our lunch boxes is not even seven yuan..." Wu Tingting said subconsciously.

"Don't think too much. Costs and such are not important. At least our lunch boxes are very healthy. They are completely different from other lunch boxes that cut corners. Every dish is professionally prepared. If you don't believe me, ask them to check!"

“……”Wu Tingting was silent.

How can I not believe it?

How could I not believe that these lunch boxes were shipped from a "remote" restaurant near your home?

etc!

A “remote” hotel?

Could it be...

Wu Tingting suddenly stared at Lu Yuan.