Chapter 848 Le Yan's Abnormal Behavior
Fu Nian'an was unable to continue accompanying Le Yan to the performance in Yuncheng.
The first collaborative project of Nianjing's overseas branch has reached a critical stage, and as the founder of Nianjing, Fu Nian'an needs to personally go and oversee it.
This trip will take at least a month.
Before leaving, Fu Nian'an repeatedly told Le Yan to take good care of herself and to drink the Chinese medicine prescribed by Jin Huaimin on time every day.
Le Yan obediently agreed.
Starting with this performance in Mincheng, Yao Jia personally accompanied the audience to every subsequent performance.
Le Yan can be said to have made a brilliant comeback. Although Huanxing had anticipated that this Yue Opera tour would provide Le Yan with great proof of her strength, the fact that she gained over 10 million followers in just two performances still exceeded Huanxing's initial expectations!
Huanxing had always regarded Yue Opera performances as a stepping stone for Le Yan to become a powerful actress. They never dreamed that Le Yan would single-handedly push the popularity of Yue Opera to a new level.
Miao Danqing, as an inheritor of Yue Opera intangible cultural heritage, has dedicated her life to promoting Yue Opera culture and cultivating batches of outstanding Yue Opera actors. However, many intangible cultural heritages in China have been forgotten and gradually declined due to the changing times. Even Miao Danqing's opera troupe was already in a worse state year by year before this tour.
Le Yan's ability to consistently trend on social media, combined with her talent and hard work, has directly rewritten Miao Danqing's acting career over the past decade. At the same time, it has added a significant chapter to the history and culture of Yue Opera.
A non-professional actress in the entertainment industry has brought Yue Opera culture to the attention of more people through her talent, hard work, and popularity.
Many people started paying attention to Yue Opera because of Le Yan.
Miao Danqing, as the head of the opera troupe, also received an interview invitation.
In the interview, the host asked Miao Danqing, "Netizens say that Teacher Le is a natural at trending on social media. What are your thoughts on this?"
Miao Danqing thought for a moment before speaking: "I might interpret the term 'trendy search physique' as 'this actress is very popular with the audience'."
The host nodded and then asked, "Teacher Cola has also been labeled 'black-and-red' by some netizens because of this tendency to trend on social media. Do you have anything to say about this?"
Miao Danqing paused, then hesitated and said, "I don't quite understand the term 'black and red.' I don't think anyone would want to be remembered simply because they are disliked, right?"
The host explained: "That's right. We live in an information age driven by traffic. What the audience calls 'black-red' refers to someone doing things that the public cannot approve of in order to attract attention and gain more traffic."
“I see…” Miao Danqing smiled, then shook her head. “Then I think they’re wrong. Le Yan isn’t that kind of person.”
"So, what kind of person does Teacher Miao think Teacher Le is?"
"Leyan is a very hardworking girl. She is very talented. As you can see, her appearance is more noticeable than her talent. But I want to say that this is her ability. You say she has a natural talent for trending on social media. Why is that? Because people like to watch her. Although I don't know much about the entertainment industry, I have heard that it is quite important for an artist to have audience appeal."
Host: "Yes, when many producers and directors cast actors, they will give priority to the actor's fame. However, Ms. Yue has been affected by the 'black and red' label in the past. As we all know, she has not received many resources in recent years, and her works are even fewer."
"Gold will always shine. The past ten years may have been a test from God for Le Yan."
Miao Danqing paused for a moment, then continued, "Besides, humans are social creatures, and most are easily misled by appearances. But if we think about it the other way around, weren't those who criticized Le Yan all these years also paying attention to her? They criticized Le Yan simply because they never really understood her, because their access to information was very limited. When everyone called her a 'pretty face,' wasn't that another kind of pity?"
The host nodded thoughtfully, "What you said makes sense."
"Many of the trending topics that negatively impacted Le Yan were actually just stories told from pictures, taken out of context, and manipulated by the media to create a false impression. The audience couldn't distinguish the truth from the manipulation of capital. But they knew they wanted to see Le Yan, so whether it was good or bad, they wanted to focus on her. This focus created the so-called 'trending topic phenomenon' we see today. Actually, celebrities in the entertainment industry need a better mindset than traditional Yue Opera actors like us because they have almost no privacy. In this era of rapid online information, everything a celebrity does is magnified, and the more popular a celebrity is, the less privacy they have..."
Miao Danqing looked at the camera with a serious expression: "Le Yan is very talented. She was able to act in movies at the age of thirteen and won the Best Newcomer Award with just a supporting role. That's her talent. But the ten years of her acting career that were suppressed by capital were due to her persistent efforts and her adherence to her original intentions, which brought her what you call the 'pretty face era'. Now, her efforts have finally been recognized by everyone. I hope that in this information age of capital operation, everyone can be more patient and pay more attention to this girl named Le Yan."
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Le Yan saw this interview.
Hearing Miao Danqing's last words, she burst into tears again.
She recalled her first day reporting to the opera troupe.
At that time, she was actually timid and confused when faced with Miao Danqing's strict discipline.
But I'm glad I never thought of giving up.
However, she never imagined that one day this teacher, who had always been very strict with her, would change his cold personality and so firmly acknowledge her in front of the camera, and even speak out for her past unfair experiences.
Le Yan realized once again that her life had really been getting better little by little since she met Fu Nian'an.
Fu Nian'an was like a ray of warm sunshine that broke through the gloom and illuminated her world.
Leyan wants to become a better person and to be a partner worthy of him.
However, some things cannot be changed by her efforts.
Fu Nian'an was destined to be only a brief glimmer of light in her life.
She had it briefly, and she should be content.
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The grief over Lin Minsheng's passing was gradually diluted by the daily grind of his work.
Leyan still thinks of Lin Minsheng.
Every time I eat preserved radish, the familiar taste is like an instant trigger of a memory switch.
What comes to mind is the image of Lin Minsheng squatting on the rooftop drying preserved radishes.
She still felt a little tightness in her chest, but Leyan would no longer cry.
She had promised Lin Minsheng that she would live a good life, work hard, and love herself well.
Her health is improving little by little every day, and she is taking Chinese medicine on time every day.
I also practice yoga every day.
Ah Xia and Lin Xiangyu worked together to take good care of Le Yan.
Le Yan would video chat with Fu Nian'an when she had free time.
However, Fu Nian'an was also very busy during her trip to Country A, so the two didn't have many opportunities to video chat.
Over the course of two weeks, they video chatted no more than five times, and made a phone call every two days, but most of the time they communicated via WeChat.
Gradually, the information became less and less.
To be precise, Le Yan sent messages to Fu Nian'an less and less frequently.
Occasionally, she wouldn't even reply to Fu Nian'an's messages for an entire day.
Fu Nian'an knew she was busy, so she didn't worry about it too much.
He wouldn't press or question her, but he would still worry about her. If Leyan didn't reply to his messages for a day, he would secretly call Axia to find out how Leyan was doing.
Ah Xia didn't notice anything unusual about Le Yan, because when Le Yan wasn't performing, she spent most of her time in the hotel, either practicing yoga, reading scripts, or sleeping and resting.
Therefore, Ah Xia always reported the truth, and Fu Nian'an was relieved to know that Le Yan was doing well.
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In early April, the national tour, which lasted for more than two months, came to an end.
The final additional performance was ultimately scheduled for Mincheng.
On this day, Fu Nian'an's overseas branch project finally got on track, and he specially chose this day to return to China.
Private planes flew directly to Mincheng.
Fu Nian'an did not tell Le Yan in advance that she was returning to China today.
I'm planning to surprise her.
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