Become famous another day.

Playing the role of an Asian ghost again, Lu Yanhe basically got the hang of it right from the start. Moreover, because it had been a while since he played the role again, the perfect sense of strangeness created a subtle coincidence with the setting of "ten years later" in the movie.

On the first day of joining the crew, Lu Yanhe greeted everyone in the crew one by one, many of whom were old acquaintances.

Wang Biao also brought people to pull in a truckload of snack gift packs endorsed by Lu Yanhe. Instead of distributing them one bag at a time to each person, they placed them in the coffee corner of the studio for everyone to take.

We entered a large separated room where the crew had arranged long tables in the shape of a U.S. letter "C".

There are many famous brands on it.

Lu Yanhe found his place in the center.

Everyone should read the script here first.

He arrived neither too early nor too late, and some people had already arrived.

Wang Jiaqi is chatting with Jason Porter.

The former was very relaxed and natural, leaning on the table with one hand, her body curvy and slender, exuding her feminine charm effortlessly.

Jason Porter was an athlete, with a muscular body, but, surprisingly, he had a sense of officialdom.

As soon as Lu Yanhe appeared, Wang Jiaqi, who had once had a meal with him, waved to him enthusiastically.

"Hi, Yanhe!"

Lu Yanhe smiled at her and walked over.

"Long time no see." He greeted Wang Jiaqi and looked at Jason Potter, "You are Jason, right?"

"Yes, hi!" Jason Porter stared with excitement, as if he saw an idol he had longed for.

Lu Yanhe asked: "I know you were a diver before. Are you familiar with Chinese divers?"

"Song Shiliang, Che Nan and I are friends," said Jason Porter.

Song Shiliang and Che Nan are both athletes of the Chinese diving team.

Lu Yanhe: "Next time you come to China, can you invite me to have dinner with them? I want to get to know them, too."

Jason Potter nodded without hesitation.

As we were talking, Muken Sorge came over, followed by the screenwriter, assistant director, producer...

Everyone greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries.

Everyone greeted Lu Yanhe and basically congratulated him on winning the Best Actor Award at the Citol Film Festival.

When Jason Porter heard everyone's congratulations, he immediately looked annoyed.

Because he didn't congratulate.

Wang Jiaqi glanced at him and smiled gently.
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The appointed time came, but neither Ryan Waters nor Erin Wallace showed up.

Lu Yanhe raised his eyebrows.

D19's producer Xin Nalin immediately sent someone to invite them over.

Mu Ken gave Lu Yanhe a helpless look that said "Just wait and see".

Muken Sorge had previously hinted to Lu Yanhe that the actors for this movie would not be easy to deal with.

Lu Yanhe didn't say anything else. He took out his laptop from the bag he was carrying, put on headphones, and suddenly started typing in full view of everyone.

The people around were stunned when they saw this scene.

He coded for ten minutes, but Ryan Waters and Erin Wallace still didn't show up.

Seeing this, Xin Nalin got up and went there in person.

Lu Yanhe continued typing without distraction.

He was not actually writing a new work, but rather revising a script he had already written.

In this environment, he can only pretend to be cool and cannot really concentrate on his creation.

Then, ten minutes later, Ryan Waters finally appeared accompanied by Xin Nalin.

Lu Yanhe thought he would apologize first, but unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the scene, he looked around and immediately shrugged his shoulders, "It turns out that everyone is not here yet."

After he said this, no one said anything.

Lu Yanhe was surprised and even a little amused.

what happened?
Everyone hasn’t arrived yet, so your lateness is not called “lateness”, right?

Lu Yanhe raised his eyebrows slightly.

Ryan Waters walked along, greeting everyone he knew.

"Muken, why have you gained weight? Have you not been exercising recently?"

"My king, you are still so beautiful."

……

He exuded a playboy-like relaxation in his every move.

Then, until he sat down, he didn't mention that he was late.

About five minutes later, Irene Wallace finally arrived.

She greeted everyone warmly.

"I'm so sorry, everyone, for keeping you waiting. Something just happened that I need to deal with urgently."

Erin Wallace wore ultra-short jeans, revealing a pair of straight, long legs without a trace of fat.

As soon as she appeared, everyone's eyes turned to her.

Lu Yanhe took a few glances and then looked away.

Xin Nalin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then we can start the sequel to "The Mist" -"

"Sorry to interrupt." Lu Yanhe suddenly raised his hand.

Everyone present was stunned.

Wang Biao, who was sitting behind Lu Yanhe, was surprised, thinking that Lu Yanhe was going to say something about Ryan Waters and Irene Wallace being late.

However, Lu Yanhe just smiled and said in a gentle tone: "I was just revising the script and started the live broadcast. I will turn off the live broadcast first."

In one sentence, everyone at the scene was confused.

"Live broadcast?" Ryan Waters looked over in surprise.

Xin Nalin also looked at Lu Yanhe at a loss.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, I'm on mute. Only I can be seen on the live broadcast, so——"

His gaze paused for a second on Ryan Waters and Erin Wallace before he continued, "They can't see you, nor can they hear you. Of course, they don't know what's happening here. Relax, I won't secretly broadcast your footage without your knowledge."

The tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

Ryan Waters and Irene Wallace's expressions were not very good at this moment. At least they didn't have the relaxed feeling as when they came in just now, as if nothing had happened.

Lu Yanhe closed his laptop and tapped his fingers on the table.

"The start time has been postponed for half an hour, so let's get started quickly." Lu Yanhe said, "I can't work overtime today, so I have to leave at the appointed time."

He gave a helpless, apologetic, kind smile.
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"Brother Lu, you really scared me. I thought you were going to lose your temper right there and then."

After the first script reading session, Wang Biao followed behind Lu Yanhe and said.

Lu Yanhe: "How could I be such a person who can't help myself?"

"In that environment, everyone had the same idea." Wang Biao said, "When you interrupted Xin Nalin, I saw Director Mu Ken's expression changed." Lu Yanhe: "That means he doesn't know me well enough."

“But when you said you were live streaming, everyone’s faces really turned happy.” Wang Biao looked like he was completely amused. “Everyone was stunned.”

"It's not a good idea for them to express their dissatisfaction directly when they were late for the first time, as if I was being too picky. However, I couldn't help it when I saw their attitude after they arrived." Lu Yanhe sighed, "Although we should cultivate our character, we can't do it, so forget it. Why should I cultivate my character for them? Cultivating my character for people who make me angry is not cultivating my character, it's making myself sick."

Wang Biao smiled happily after hearing this.
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Lu Yanhe is not easy to mess with and he doesn't have a good temper.

This was the personal image that was established as a "show of force" before the crew of the sequel to "The Mist" officially started filming.

Lu Yanhe didn't care whether his image was bad or not.

In the crew, the only two people who might dare to express their dissatisfaction with Ryan Waters and Erin Wallace in this way were him and Muken.

Muken is a director. He cannot easily come into direct conflict with his actors. It is impossible for him to express his dissatisfaction with someone's lateness from the very beginning.

So, in fact, the one who can do this is Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe's qualifications and status in Hollywood may not be as deep and high as those of Ryan Waters and Erin Wallace, who are serious actors in Hollywood.

However, Lu Yanhe is the core character of this movie, the protagonist, and he is not someone they dare to mess with easily.

Lu Yanhe's roots are indeed not in Hollywood, but the problem is that he is also popular in the United States. Not only does he have the support of the Asian community, he also gave Edward a push during the awards season. Not everyone has this ability.

Not only that, as a screenwriter, he has collaborated with Parameter and Midoriya. As soon as he arrived in the United States, the CEO of D19 personally had dinner with him.

All these signs made Ryan Waters and Irene Wallace dare not underestimate Lu Yanhe easily.

Just like after this incident happened, not only did the two of them not react at all on the spot, but there was no movement afterwards either.

This means they actually endured it.

Otherwise, if they are dissatisfied, they will definitely pass the message to Lu Yanhe through the crew or the agent.
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The next day, there was the second script reading session.

This time, no one was late.

The entire script reading session was very efficient.

Putting aside the issue of being late, Ryan Wurst and Erin Wallace are indeed worthy of being actors nominated for Oscars. Although they have not officially started acting yet, Lu Yanhe can feel their professionalism just from the lines they read at the script reading meeting.

This time, after the script reading session was over, Xin Nalin called Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised. He didn't know why Xin Nalin asked him to stop.

When they collaborated on the first film, the costume designer who had a conflict with Lu Yanhe was Xin Nalin's boyfriend.

Although Xin Nalin's final choice at that time was to fire the costume designer, it is hard to say that she did not feel any resentment or anger towards Lu Yanhe in her heart.

Anyway, Lu Yanhe and she had already collaborated on a movie, and he and her basically didn't interact with each other and rarely had private contact.

Even though she was a producer sent by D19, she held great power.

Lu Yanhe doesn't need to please her.

She also doesn't need to please Lu Yanhe.

As long as both parties can work together peacefully, that's enough.

Lu Yanhe looked at her doubtfully.

Xin Nalin said: "Lu, I think I have to apologize to you for what happened yesterday."

Lu Yanhe looked at Xin Nalin with some surprise.

To be honest, this was beyond his expectations.

"Ok?"

Xin Nalin: "Yesterday, Ryan and Irene were late. We didn't call them over in time, so you had to wait for thirty minutes. As a producer, I feel very sorry."

"They weren't late today, that's all."

Xin Nalin said: "Next time this happens, I will go and coordinate and communicate."

"You were already coordinating and communicating yesterday." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I hope my unintentional mistake didn't cause anyone to think too much."

"Of course not." Xin Nalin immediately shook her head.

"That's good." Lu Yanhe said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go back and rest. The filming will start soon, and I need some time alone to sort out my thoughts."

"Okay." Xin Nalin nodded immediately, "Then see you tomorrow."

Lu Yanhe nodded goodbye to her and left.
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Wang Biao asked: "Brother Lu, was it my illusion just now? Or was she not apologizing sincerely?"

Lu Yanhe smiled and shook his head. "She was reminding me that she was the producer. If I interfered in some matters, I would be undermining her authority."

"You're sick." Wang Biao cursed without hesitation.

Lu Yanhe: "Everyone has his or her own sense of territory."

"But she didn't fulfill her responsibilities and affected others." Wang Biao rolled his eyes. "She's really interesting. Others haven't said anything yet, but she's already complaining."

Lu Yanhe: "It's okay."
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domestic.

"Jump Up" Editorial Department.

People from Jiangyin Publishing House came over today to talk to them about the publishing plan for the next quarter.

Now, "Jump Up" publishes an average of four to five single volumes by writers every month, including novels and short story collections.

Thanks to the continuous exposure of "Jump Up" and the fame and readership of the authors through long-term promotion of the "Jump Up" media, the single volumes released by "Jump Up" do not have to worry about low sales or even being unable to sell out.

It is rare that every month there are new literary books entering the national book sales rankings.

After finishing the business talk, Xu Xiaoyin talked to everyone about the situation in the publishing industry, saying that someone from Shijin had come to their publishing house before, wanting to acquire it.

Chen Siqi was a little surprised when she heard this.

"Is Shijin targeting you again?"

"Yes, fortunately, we refused and did not agree to the acquisition."

Because it has basically monopolized the "Jump Up" book list and the publication of "Jump Up" magazine, Jiangyin Publishing House's performance in recent years has been rare to be higher year by year in this era of decline of print media, showing positive growth, so there is no financial pressure for the time being.

Chen Siqi said: "Shijin is now acquiring companies and institutions related to the entertainment industry everywhere."

"Yes." Xu Xiaoyin said, "After we rejected it, I heard that they approached Kunlun Publishing House again."

"Isn't that the publishing house that published Yu Jiang's novels before? We have cooperated a lot."

"Yes." Xu Xiaoyin nodded, "However, Yu Jiang's focus has basically shifted to the film and television industry now, and he hasn't published a novel for a long time."

Chen Siqi: "It seems that the Ai Ru Tian Shen Film and Television Company she founded has also released several dramas in recent years, right?"

"Yes." Xu Xiaoyin nodded, "I'm working on a new web series now."

"She's really capable of doing that."

"Have things calmed down between you and her?"

Chen Siqi shook her head and denied it. "No, I haven't had any dealings with her, except for occasionally scolding her on Weibo."

Xu Xiaoyin smiled.

"She has discovered the secret to traffic. Every time she argues with you, she will be on the hot search list with you," Xu Xiaoyin said. "And once she is on the hot search list, her book sales will increase, and her TV series and movies will also get some exposure."

"So, people like this are cunning and it's better to avoid dealing with them. Just scold her a few times. If she wants to gain popularity, then let her do it. Anyway, everyone has become more and more clear about what kind of person she is over the past few years. She thought she gained popularity, but she didn't notice it and exposed her true nature."

Chen Siqi: "I am more concerned about Shijin's acquisition of Kunlun Publishing House. If this is true, it means they will also make big moves in the publishing industry."

She reacted instantly.

“They won’t come to poach our authors, will they?”
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I recommend the old entertainment book "I Became the Scandal Heroine Overnight" and the new fairy-tale book "The Sword of the Demon Hunter". (End of this chapter)