"Reporter Zhou, it's a pleasure to work with you."

“It’s been a pleasure working with you.”

"Have a drink."

"No."

"Please accept this..."

"Director Shen, what are you doing? Am I that kind of person? I'm an upright reporter, I won't accept this."

"Yes, yes, reporter Zhou, I know you are an honest reporter, but honest reporters also need to eat. This is just a small token of my appreciation. We need to keep this relationship going in the future. And I am sincere in making friends with you, reporter Zhou..."

"Director Shen, if you do this, people will misunderstand that we have a deal..."

"No, no, no, this is definitely not a transaction. I said, this is just a small gift between friends."

"Okay, since Director Shen is so enthusiastic, it would seem that I am too unkind if I don't accept it. In that case, I will accept it with pleasure."

"Yes, yes, that's just a little bit, reporter Zhou, what I mean is..."

"I understand what you mean."

The meal was a great success for both the host and the guests. Zhou Shuai and Shen Lianjie came out of the restaurant arm in arm, with joyful looks on their faces, as if they were good friends getting together after many years.

Who would believe that this was the first time they met?

After leaving the hotel, Shen Lianjie initially wanted to take Zhou Shuai to some special places to get some happy services, but after hearing this arrangement, Zhou Shuai shook his head seriously and said that he was a serious person who grew up under the red flag and had received formal education with Chinese characteristics. He could not be happy with the happy services in certain places.

I am not that kind of happy person.

Shen Lianjie nodded repeatedly. When he saw Zhou Shuai's serious look, he was deeply moved. He was full of admiration for Zhou Shuai's noble character, which made him feel a little respect for Zhou Shuai. So, with the support of this respect, he handed Zhou Shuai a stack of relatively calm bills with ease.

After seeing this evil money, Zhou Shuai still kept a serious look on his face, pretending that he was not that kind of person.

Shen Lianjie was enthusiastic and tried to persuade them again and again, saying that it was just a small thing, which showed that he was indeed sincere.

Zhou Shuai really couldn't resist Shen Lianjie's full "sincerity", and finally reluctantly took the money and said that he would donate the bullshit here for charity.

"What happened tonight..."

"Don't worry, I will promote it well, Director Shen, don't worry."

"Please."

"Well, don't say that, Director Shen. It's cold outside. Please don't send me off."

"good!"

It’s a slightly cool night.

Shen Lianjie smiled as he watched Zhou Shuai staggering into the car.

At this moment, he felt that he had everything under control.

Of course he didn't know that Zhou Shuai was a man who took money but did not work.

If he knew...

He probably wouldn't laugh like that anymore.

…

On the third day, the entertainment news was still tinged with gunpowder, with Shen Lianjie still publishing various quotations and articles attacking Lu Yuan.

Of course, the price of lunch boxes for the "Alien Era" crew has been raised again, to 20 yuan.

At the same time as the price increase, many different dishes were posted on major Weibo accounts. Each dish was labeled as pure natural, pollution-free, organic, green food, and was accompanied by a nice piece of music and some special effects.

The video is very well made and makes people want to eat it.

It was just a simple box lunch, but Shen Lianjie turned it into something very special.

At the same time, Zhou Shuai did not disappoint Shen Lianjie. In his article, he explicitly or implicitly promoted Shen Lianjie, and even promoted Shen Lianjie as a conscientious director of the new era. After the promotion, he slightly belittled Lu Yuan.

When netizens saw this explosive news, they were a little excited at first.

They thought that with Lu Yuan's character, he would definitely come and confront Shen Lianjie, for example, he would also follow suit and raise the price or post a special effects video or something.

This is absolutely worth seeing!

After all, Lu Yuan’s sudden announcement of price increase yesterday was undoubtedly a signal of declaring war!

But they found out they were wrong!

Unexpectedly, Lu Yuan has been very low-key from beginning to end. He has neither clarified that he is not stingy nor advocated exposing anything...

There wasn't even any official response.

They were suddenly disappointed.

Logically speaking, Lu Yuan should have pretended to be cool and gotten slapped in the face or something, but at the very least, it was impossible for him to be completely beaten like this, right?

But……

Lu Yuan had none of that.

That's not interesting.

Don’t you mind being called stingy?

Don’t you want to spend money to fight?

If you don't drink Shen Lianjie's anus, what are we going to see?

After Shen Lianjie's unilateral hype and Lu Yuan's complete non-participation in the battle, netizens no longer felt anything new.

After all, what's the point of this one-man show? Unless you, Shen Lianjie, can raise the price of the lunch boxes directly to fifty yuan a box, you can still create some heat, otherwise what's the point?

In this case, the popularity of the headlines on the third day did not rise repeatedly like before, but began to decline continuously. In the afternoon, Shen Lianjie's headline popularity was instantly replaced by another piece of information about Wei Changjun.

…

"After ten years of dormancy, he finally comes out of retirement! Is Director Wei's skills worn out? Can "Assembly" change the status quo of mainstream films? Is it a joke, or is he the king's return?"

This headline has a strong martial arts style. Not only is the title full of martial arts flavor, but even the article below the title is full of martial arts flavor.

The article vividly describes Wei Changjun as a knight who retired from the martial arts world and spent ten years honing his sword. It also introduces a series of Wei Changjun's deeds in detail...

After introducing Wei Changjun, he began to introduce the current situation of main-theme movies.

What is the main theme of war movies?

It is a movie that the Chinese government is very optimistic about, promoting some patriotic deeds and mainly contains some positive energy.

Although the reputation has always been good, the audience of this type of movie has never been very wide, and the box office has always been barely qualified. After all, war movies are always the same, and it is difficult to have any innovative things. In addition, the younger generation basically watches science fiction and comedy movies, or those blockbusters in Europe and the United States. Few young couples are eager to watch mainstream movies...

Therefore, this type of movie has always been more famous than box office and is a typical example of being well-received but not commercially successful.

However, this article points out that "Assembly" is completely different from other common main-theme movies. At the same time, Wei Changjun is sharpening his knife and even said that "Assembly" will definitely break the embarrassing status quo of main-theme movies...

The article has a strong rendering ability. Netizens were actually a little excited after reading it, and then they noticed the screenwriter.

The screenwriter is Lu Yuan.

It’s Lu Yuan indeed!

At the bottom of the article there is a video of an interview with Wei Changjun.

The video was boring at the beginning, but it was a little different in the middle...

Wei Changjun's words seemed to be interesting.

"In fact, the name of this movie is "Assembly". I wrote the script of this movie based on the deeds of many martyrs... At first, I happened to watch Lu Yuan's "Wanderer" in the cinema and felt that Lu Yuan was quite suitable for a role in my script, so I made an appointment with Lu Yuan and wanted him to play a role in my movie..."

"Then he said he was going to change the script."

"I didn't take it seriously at the time. I just thought it was a good thing for young people to have some talent. If the adaptation is okay, I can consider following his advice. After all, Lu Yuan is also well-known as a screenwriter in the circle..."

"But I didn't expect him to change the entire script in this way... When I saw the script Lu Yuan sent me the next day, I was completely stunned."

"The entire script, except for the two words 'assembly', has been changed, even the main plot of the characters, leaving me with only the two words 'assembly'..."

"Of course, after reading it, I found that his script was pretty good. Our team held a meeting with his revised script and unanimously agreed that his script was pretty good and we could shoot it according to his script. Of course, I'm not saying that my "Assembly" is not good. My "Assembly" is also good. It's just that Lu Yuan's script is more in line with the core ideological values ​​of China today..."

"When we unanimously decided to film his script and wanted him to be the lead actor, he actually refused. After we revised the script, he actually said he didn't want to do it anymore..."

"This makes me so angry. Isn't this a waste of my feelings?"

“…”

Netizens were amused when they saw the video of this interview, especially when Wei Changjun openly said that Lu Yuan was irresponsible...

They imagined the look on Wei Changjun's face when Lu Yuan changed "Assembly" into the unrecognizable "Assembly Number" and handed it to him, as if he had seen a ghost. Then they imagined the scene when Lu Yuan suddenly refused to act in "Assembly Number" after changing the script...

It's good to just pretend, it's so exciting!

They even provided Lu Yuan with this background music.

Thinking of this, they became even happier!

Er Gouzi didn't leave them!

This Er Gouzi still has the same familiar original flavor.

Still the same...

Bastard!

…

At first, Shen Lianjie felt relieved when he saw that the headline was Wei Changjun and not Lu Yuan.

It doesn’t matter who makes the headlines!

Well, as long as it’s not Lu Yuan.

However, when he looked down, his expression suddenly became interesting...

It’s Lu Yuan again!

This guy!

Is he trying to steal the headlines from me again?

How to play this?

…

In the Groundhog crew.

Lu Yuan silently read the script with a calm expression on his face. When the heat on Shen Lianjie's head subsided, he did not show any other expression at all.

He is very calm.

Of course, he wanted to make a move at first, and then use his bad reputation to make Shen Lianjie raise the price.

After all, Shen Lianjie dared to play, so he dared to follow.

But then he thought about it carefully and found that there seemed to be no point in using this matter to confront Shen Lianjie.

It's okay to light some things on fire for fun, but it's definitely impossible to start a big fire that burns down the entire forest.

It's just a lunch box dispute. You can hype it up for one day, two days, but it's meaningless after the third day...

Are you thinking of this as rehashing old stuff?

For some things, people just want something new, but when the novelty wears off, it's fine. No matter how much you raise the price of your lunch boxes, you can only raise the price to a portion of the lunch box.

Thirty dollars?

It's time to stop. If you continue, it will be embarrassing if your identity is exposed. Besides, there is Zhou Shuai, a troublemaker, in Shen Lianjie's inner circle. There will be plenty of opportunities to make money next time!

He doesn't play with Shen Lianjie anymore.

Of course, Lu Yuan still had a little regret in his heart. If he had managed the crew's clothes, props, and other things himself, he might have been able to make some money from Shen Lianjie, the good boy.

It was a pity, and although Lu Yuan really wanted to pluck all the wool from the fat sheep Shen Lianjie, he knew that it was impossible for him to make all the money.

I'm not an omnipotent tycoon, so it's impossible for me to manage everything, right?

Just as Lu Yuan had been reading the script for a while and was getting a little bit of a feel for it, there was a knock on the door in the lounge.

Wu Tingting walked in.

"Mr. Lu..."

"What's wrong?"

"Director Wei is here to visit the set..."

"Why are you visiting him? Isn't he in the crew?"

"No...it's Director Wei."

"What? Director Wei?"

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