Choose a day to become famous

Chapter 219 They are all live fans (8,000 words)

Yan Wei returned to Chen Ziliang's lounge, glanced at Chen Ziliang who had put on makeup and was listening to his demo, and said, "I went to see Chen Ziyan just now."

Chen Ziliang paused the playback and asked with an unhappy look: "Why are you looking for her?"

Yan Wei was helpless.

Even though he made such a big mistake last night, Chen Ziliang acted as if nothing had happened. This attitude made Yan Wei particularly speechless. For a long time, this man had no idea that he had repeatedly been on the verge of a big problem, and he didn't know his profession. It is very likely that your career will get lost at some point and run towards the abyss of eternal destruction.

"If Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe refuse to let you go, attack you, and take advantage of you, how long can you maintain such a good situation?" Yan Wei asked.

Chen Ziliang immediately sneered and said, "Pull him down. How good is Lu Yanhe? Can he pose a threat to me?"

"Lu Yanhe doesn't have such power, doesn't Chen Ziyan?" Yan Wei emphasized his tone, "Chen Ziyan can block many of your paths just because of her connections. You are not popular to begin with. If you are blocked by Chen Ziyan again, you Don’t think about it, how many more shows can you go on? Do you know how many people have blacklisted you?”

Chen Ziliang didn't take it to heart at all and said: "So what if I'm on the blacklist? Today I became famous all over the Internet again. I don't believe there are no other programs looking for you. Some old ass always regard themselves as so important, as if they If I’m blacklisted, it’s like I can’t survive anymore. What the hell, the waves behind you in the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the waves ahead are destined to be beaten to death on the beach.”

Yan Wei was so angry that his eyes were black. The situation that was so good because of last night's accident suddenly didn't look so good.

"The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. How do you have the confidence to think that you can push the waves ahead?" Yan Wei was so angry that he lost his composure, "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that Chen Ziyan doesn't have any What does retirement mean? Do you know who is behind her? You don’t know anything and you dare to be so arrogant!”

Chen Ziliang remained indifferent and said: "If she really had any ability, she would have taken action long ago. I have been listening to you here all this time, and I haven't seen how she is really doing. You are too worried."

Yan Wei nodded, pointed at Chen Ziliang, and said, "Okay, if you want to do this, I won't bother to care about you anymore. You can fend for yourself."

Chen Ziliang frowned and looked at Yan Wei dissatisfied.

"What's your attitude?"

Yan Wei took a deep breath and said, "Ziliang, you have a performance later. You prepare for the performance first. After today, let's find a time to sit together and talk seriously about your future development and what the two of us want to do." We need to have a serious discussion about how to continue our cooperation.”

Chen Ziliang glanced at Yan Weiwei and nodded, "It's up to you."

-

Lu Yanhe's performance went smoothly without any problems.

The atmosphere at the scene was also very good. After he appeared, there was no silence.

Even now, Lu Yanhe is still worried that his performance will be a disappointment.

After singing one song, Lu Yanhe was ready to leave the stage.

However, Lu Yanhe was stopped by the host.

"Yan He, Yan He, please stay!" the host Zheng Wei shouted.

Lu Yanhe turned around in surprise and looked at Zheng Wei.

There was no such link during the rehearsal, and no one communicated with him about this before he went on stage.

Could it be that another guest performer had a problem and he needed to save time?

Lu Yanhe looked at Zheng Wei doubtfully, but there was no instruction in his ears.

Zheng Wei looked at him with a smile on his face and said, "When I heard you singing just now, I really felt the breath of youth coming to my face. Yan He, I'm going to college soon. How are you feeling?"

Lu Yanhe snorted and said, "I'm looking forward to it."

Although there was no notice, it was a live broadcast after all, and Lu Yanhe still chose to cooperate.

Who knows, Zheng Wei suddenly changed the topic in the next second and started to mention Chen Ziliang.

"Did you see what Chen Ziliang posted last night?"

Lu Yanhe was stunned, "Huh?"

He looked at Zheng Wei with confusion, mainly because he didn't understand why Zheng Wei would mention this matter at this time.

Zheng Wei said: "Everyone is paying close attention to this matter today. Do you have anything to say about this matter?"

Zheng Wei suddenly handed the microphone to him.

The whole audience was screaming, excited about the ongoing topic.

Lu Yanhe looked at Zheng Wei hesitantly, and Zheng Wei encouraged him with his eyes.

"I don't have anything to say." Lu Yanhe finally said directly, "I'm here to perform today. Do you like my performance?"

He suddenly turned to look at the audience and asked.

"I like——" An overwhelming shout rang out from the audience.

Lu Yanhe raised his hand with a bright smile, made a high gesture, smiled at Zheng Wei, and said, "Thank you, I'll step down first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yanhe turned around and walked towards the audience.

Zheng Wei looked at Lu Yanhe's back in surprise and shouted twice more: "Yanhe, Yanhe——"

Lu Yanhe turned a deaf ear and walked towards the stage, waving hello to the audience, as if he was immersed in the interaction with the audience and did not hear Zheng Wei's shout.

It wasn't until Lu Yanhe came off the stage that he put away the smile on his face.

Suddenly, a stranger rushed to Lu Yanhe and asked with a stern face: "Why did you suddenly leave the stage? Do you know that this is a live broadcast?"

The questioning voice of this person was full of oppression, as if Lu Yanhe had caused a great deal of trouble.

Lu Yanhe looked at this person in surprise.

"You left the stage so willfully, and you caused us so much trouble, do you know?" This person stared at Lu Yanhe and said again.

Lu Yanhe took a deep breath and stared back without any courtesy.

"Who are you? Which party do you represent to question me? Is it the program group or the TV station?" Lu Yanhe took a step forward and looked at the other party, "I haven't asked you yet, who arranged this sudden interview? Did you communicate with me in advance? Is it written in the contract? Who arranged to suddenly mention these things that have nothing to do with the performance on the stage?"

In the past two months, Lu Yanhe has dealt with different people and different things, and learned one thing, that is, when you don't intend to tolerate, you must not think about talking and communicating well.

Not everyone is worth communicating well.

Lu Yanhe's attitude became even more accusatory, staring at the man in front of him, "Where's the director?"

At this time, Chen Ziyan came.

She pushed away the crowd around Lu Yanhe without saying anything, held Lu Yanhe's arm with one hand, and said with a frosty face: "Yanhe, let's go."

Lu Yanhe was relieved when he saw Chen Ziyan, and followed Chen Ziyan away.

The man who had just scolded Lu Yanhe saw Chen Ziyan pulling Lu Yanhe to leave, and immediately shouted: "Why are you leaving? Who allowed you to leave?"

Chen Ziyan's eyes glared, "Do we need your permission to leave? Call Jiang Wangdong to me!"

Jiang Wangdong is the chief director of today's party.

The scene was very awkward for a while.

Chen Ziyan took out her mobile phone and called Jiang Wangdong, "Jiang Wangdong, I'm on this side of the stage. What do you mean by your people stopping me from letting us go?"

While Chen Ziyan was calling, Lu Yanhe looked at the man in front of him.

The latter crossed his arms and looked down on them.

After a while, Jiang Wangdong hurried over.

"Xu Handian, what are you doing!" As soon as Jiang Wangdong arrived, he scolded the young man who just ignored Lu Yanhe and the others.

Xu Handian saw that Jiang Wangdong really came over, and was stunned for a moment before saying: "Director Jiang, they were the first to not cooperate with us, why should we tolerate them? A little star who just became famous is acting like a big shot, and our Beijing and Taiwan are not a place where they can act like big shots!"

"Shut up!" Jiang Wangdong scolded angrily.

Xu Handian still looked unconvinced, but in the end, facing the director, he did not speak with his neck stiff.

Jiang Wangdong kindly asked Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe to go back and rest first.

Chen Ziyan looked at him coldly and said: "If you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, you don't have to contact me in the future."

She took Lu Yanhe away.

Everyone around was stunned.

For the staff of Beijing and Taiwan, it is rare to hear others say such words to threaten them.

No matter how big an artist is, he is still an artist. In front of a giant like Beijing and Taiwan, it is difficult for him to challenge.

Chen Ziyan dared to say such a thing?

This is unimaginable to many people.

Xu Handian said to Jiang Wangdong angrily: "Director Jiang, why are you so polite to them? They are just a small artist."

"Shut up!" Jiang Wangdong glared at Xu Handian angrily, "Even if your father was here, he would not dare to talk to Chen Ziyan like this, not to mention Lu Yanhe's identity! When we hold such a party in the future, see if Lu Yanhe can be invited! Without Lu Yanhe, where can you find an artist who can be admitted to Zhenhua?!"

Xu Handian's face turned pale.

"He ruined the scene on the stage, and we still indulged him?"

"Zheng Wei suddenly called him and asked him those questions. Did you instruct him?" Jiang Wangdong suddenly questioned.

Xu Handian explained: "This matter is the most concerned thing now. What's wrong with me asking Zheng Wei to ask him a few questions?"

"Okay, you are awesome. You have a father who is an executive. You are awesome. I can't afford to offend them. If they pursue anything later, you will take the responsibility." Jiang Wangdong glared at him coldly, and didn't want to say anything more. He turned around and left.

Xu Handian was still confused until this time. He didn't understand why Jiang Wangdong had such an attitude towards Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe.

Five minutes later, Xu Handian returned to the director team.

As one of the deputy directors of this evening party, he couldn't leave for too long.

As soon as he entered, someone suddenly knocked on the door and walked into the director's room.

Xu Handian turned around and found that it was his father.

"Xu Tai?" Someone called him.

Deputy Director Xu Bin pointed at Xu Handian and said, "Come out."

Xu Handian followed Xu Bin in surprise. Xu Bin took Xu Handian to an empty room, turned on the light, and locked the door.

Xu Handian looked at Xu Bin in confusion and asked, "Dad, why did you suddenly call me out?"

Xu Bin suddenly slapped Xu Handian, catching him off guard.

Xu Handian looked at Xu Bin in disbelief, "Dad, what are you doing?"

"When the work is over, you will immediately go and apologize to Chen Ziyan!" Xu Bin roared in anger, "I told you a long time ago that there are some people you don't want to offend. Why are you so arrogant! So many people dare not offend people, but you rush to offend them!"

Xu Handian was stunned.

"Dad, isn't she just an agent?"

Xu Bin said fiercely: "Which ordinary agent dares to call Jiang Wangdong from the scene with just one phone call? Why don't you use your pig brain to think about it? How can you be so stupid?!"

-

"It's amazing." On the way back with Lu Yanhe, Chen Ziyan connected her phone to the car Bluetooth. She didn't avoid Lu Yanhe and called her friend directly to talk about what happened just now. "I have met arrogant people, but I have never met someone so arrogant that he directly stopped people. Please help me check who that person is!"

Lu Yanhe didn't know who Chen Ziyan was talking to.

A man's voice said, "Who told you to leave the entertainment industry for so long? I don't even know what your status is."

Chen Ziyan: "It has nothing to do with my status. He shouldn't do this. He also restricts our personal freedom. It's really arrogant that someone dares to do this these days."

"Beijing TV, you know that there are few good people who can work in Beijing TV."

"That's right, although it's not a national TV station, it's a TV station at the foot of the imperial city. The relationship is complicated. You don't know who is behind anyone, so what?" Lu Yan He felt that Chen Ziyan's face was full of murderous intent, "If you have the guts, come and wrestle with me to see whose wrist is stronger."

"Don't bother with that kid. Only people who don't know you dare to yell at you and boss you around." Chen Ziyan's friend said with a smile, "I'll check it out, but you should just give me a warning and don't get into any fights with me."

Chen Ziyan said lazily, "You're making me sound like a villain. I don't have that kind of ability."

...

In fact, something happened that neither Chen Ziyan nor Lu Yanhe had expected.

Because it was a live broadcast, the scene of Lu Yanhe turning a deaf ear to the host and running away on the stage was directly seen by tens of millions of viewers.

So, this scene quickly became a hot search, and everyone started talking about it.

In today's online environment, everyone likes to see "living people's actions."

This was the case with Chen Ziliang last night, and the same is true for Lu Yanhe today.

Lu Yanhe's attitude of not wanting to answer the host's question was obviously unnatural, and everyone thought it was a "very tough" attitude.

On the barrage, many people supported Lu Yanhe at the first time.

——That's right. Even if Chen Ziliang felt wronged and uncomfortable, and felt that he was scolded and wronged, what does it have to do with Lu Yanhe? Lu Yanhe was eating well, and he suddenly rushed in to scold him. Why should he pretend to be generous and forgive him?

——Yesterday, a group of people rushed to Lu Yanhe's comment area to ask Lu Yanhe to forgive Chen Ziliang. This matter was speechless. Why did Chen Ziliang go crazy in the middle of the night and Lu Yanhe had to forgive him?

——How many artists like Lu Yanhe are there in the entertainment industry? Cherish him well.

……

Lu Yanhe's avoidance of the "Chen Ziliang incident" on the stage today has once again plunged Chen Ziliang, whose image has already begun to reverse, into controversy.

This was something Chen Ziliang did not expect at all.

His performance was after Lu Yanhe, and he had nothing else to do backstage. After falling out with Yan Wei, he stayed in the lounge alone, browsing his phone, waiting to go on stage. Who knew that suddenly many people went to his social media account and complained about him in various ways.

This was something Chen Ziliang had never expected.

Today, almost everyone had sympathized with him because of his post, and encouraged and supported him sincerely. Why did the wind direction suddenly change?

Chen Ziliang searched online and found out why the wind direction had changed.

It turned out that Lu Yanhe avoided talking about his drunken and inappropriate speech on the stage just now.

It was Lu Yanhe again!

Chen Ziliang was furious, and there was a fire rising in his heart!

It felt like every time he met Lu Yanhe, nothing good happened!

Chen Ziliang subconsciously wanted to call Yan Wei and let him deal with this matter, but he immediately thought of what Yan Wei had said just now.

The two had just fallen out, and now Chen Ziliang couldn't bring himself to go to Yan Wei again.

-

Twenty minutes later, Song Linxin and Chen Ziliang stood on the stage. If she hadn't known that it was a live broadcast, she felt that she might have left on the spot.

She would like to call the three minutes of the chorus the darkest three minutes since her debut.

She had rehearsed with Chen Ziliang several times, including last night, but when she got on stage today, Chen Ziliang's first line of lyrics went into the wrong beat, and then he hurriedly rushed through several lines, making the opening part of the whole song a mess.

This is a song that Song Linxin arranged and wrote herself. It was the first song tonight, but Chen Ziliang sang it like this. Song Linxin wanted to keep smiling at first, but her eyes couldn't help but feel wronged and turned red.

When she sang, Song Linxin didn't even want to look at Chen Ziliang, but looked in another direction. While singing, she interacted with the audience and waved.

However, she underestimated the dark time of this song.

When it came to the climax, the harmony between Song Linxin and Chen Ziliang was supposed to be one high and one low, but Chen Ziliang suddenly burst out with great power and wanted to take the lead.

Unfortunately, this song is not a high-pitched song that reaches the climax. The tenderness and lingering feeling between male and female voices suddenly turns into a war song.

Song Linxin looked at Chen Ziliang with shock on her face.

And the latter is still immersed in his own high notes with a narcissistic look on his face.

The director's voice came from Song Linxin's headset: "Song Linxin, don't be in a daze."

Song Linxin came back to her senses, held up the microphone, and wanted to continue singing, but listening to Chen Ziliang's roaring high notes echoed in her ears, she couldn't get into the chorus.

She knew that she had messed up today's performance.

After finally getting to the end of this chorus, when the lights dimmed, Song Linxin couldn't keep her face any longer, her face darkened, she turned around and walked towards the audience.

Chen Ziliang followed.

As soon as she got off the stage, Song Linxin turned around to look for her team and her manager Zhou Meng.

"Why did you suddenly stop singing in the middle of singing?" Chen Ziliang suddenly asked her.

Song Linxin glanced at him in surprise. She didn't understand why he still had the nerve to ask such a question?

Perhaps because Song Linxin's eyes were too surprised, Chen Ziliang said solemnly: "Do you think I can't sing well?"

Song Linxin was silent for a moment and said, "This song wasn't like this when we were rehearsing it. When I wrote this song, I didn't want it to be like this."

Chen Ziliang: "I have my own understanding."

"Then you should have told me before going on stage instead of giving me such a huge surprise." Song Linxin glared at him indifferently, her eyes finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned red.

At this time, Zhou Meng came.

As soon as Song Linxin saw Zhou Meng, her eyes became even redder and tears fell down.

Zhou Meng was shocked when he saw this, "Lin Xin, what's wrong with you? Did you fail to sing because you're not in good condition? It's okay, it's just a one-time performance. There will be a chance next time."

Song Linxin said angrily: "It's not my problem at all. He shouldn't have been allowed to sing with me from the beginning!"

She pointed at Chen Ziliang angrily and said to Zhou Meng: "Next time I will never participate in Beijing and Taiwan programs again!"

She ran away angrily.

People around looked at each other.

Zhou Meng did not expect that Song Linxin would suddenly have such a big reaction.

She glanced at Chen Ziliang in surprise and chased after him.

Chen Ziliang stood there, being looked at with surprised eyes by others, like a gleam on his back.

-

When Lu Yanhe returned to the dormitory, there was no one in the room.

Li Zhibai is probably still doing promotions with the crew of "Along with You to the End of the World".

Lu Yanhe simply washed up and went to his live broadcast room.

He thought that today was the premiere of the show and wanted to promote it in his live broadcast room.

"Well, everyone, there will be no live broadcast of reading today. Li Zhibai's new drama "Accompany You to the End of the World" has started. I am going to watch this drama." Lu Yanhe said, "I will cut off the small screen later and watch it live. drama."

The audience in the live broadcast room felt fresh when they heard Lu Yanhe said that he was going to watch a drama live today, because Lu Yanhe had never broadcast this before.

When Lu Yanhe started the live broadcast, everyone started saying "...".

No difference.

It’s no different from the usual live broadcast.

There was only Lu Yanhe's face in the live broadcast room, and no content of the drama could be seen at all. In other words, everyone could only see Lu Yanhe's reaction while watching the drama.

Therefore, everyone could only look at Lu Yanhe smiling sometimes and frowning sometimes. Most of the time he had no expression, and sometimes he was a little confused.

About twenty minutes later, in the barrage room, the content of everyone's discussion gradually changed.

ID "Graceful Woman": It's so boring, why don't we all just come and chat.

ID "Beautiful Girl Lanlan": Lu Yanhe's live broadcast rooms usually contain this kind of content.

ID "13425": It's really boring. I originally planned to watch Lu Yanhe's live broadcast to read a book, but I didn't expect that he was actually watching a drama, so I didn't want to read a book either.

ID "lalalalaran": When Lu Yanhe was broadcasting live on Beijing and Taiwan tonight, he made a face on the spot. Did you see it?

ID "13425":? ? What?

ID "Call me a nonsense fairy": I saw it, it was on the hot search, Lu Yanhe is quite tough, I thought he wouldn't live broadcast today, but I didn't expect that he would start broadcasting as soon as he came back.

ID "Godzilla vs. My Good Brother": It's embarrassing to say it, but it was too unprofessional to suddenly lose face during the live broadcast.

ID "Graceful Woman": What kind of thing has gotten in here?

ID "Shiguo": Can fans of other artists please stop barking in this live broadcast room? This is Lu Yanhe’s live broadcast room.

ID "Godzilla vs. My Good Brother": Why don't you let people say it's unprofessional?

ID "Beautiful Girl Lanlan": It's not up to you to decide whether you're professional or not. Lu Yanhe didn't make any mistakes when he sang today, nor did he sing wrong, unlike some singers who made mistakes as soon as they opened their mouths.

ID "Fight to Fame": Which singer entered the wrong filming?

ID "Yes Guo": See the link "Chen Ziliang appeared at the scene of a car accident tonight!" 》.

ID "Yi Yi Yun": Something that irritates the eyes.

ID "My Apple": Why would fans from other companies come here to stir up trouble? Chen Ziliang had already been ridiculed by the crowd at night, why did he have the nerve to come here to trouble Lu Yanhe? He was about to be scolded to death by Song Linxin's fans.

…

In the bullet screen of Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room, the news was flashing quickly. Everyone was talking about this matter, and no one cared about the content of Lu Yanhe's live broadcast.

Lu Yanhe originally wanted to promote Li Zhibai's drama through his live broadcast. After he finished watching the first episode, fifty minutes passed, and he looked at the bullet screen, only to find that it was completely counterproductive.

In the bullet screen, everyone was discussing what Lu Yanhe, Chen Ziliang and Song Linxin did tonight.

Lu Yanhe saw everyone's voices and attitudes, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Everyone, please ask everyone for one thing." Lu Yanhe said to the camera, "No matter how much discussion this matter has caused on the Internet, please don't disturb anyone, don't go to anyone's homepage or comment area to accuse others. Although I am an artist, I also have my own agent and team. If there is any problem, I hope to let us solve it ourselves, instead of intensifying the conflict through online scolding, okay?"

Lu Yanhe suddenly spoke, scaring many viewers in the live broadcast room.

After hearing Lu Yanhe's speech, Helan was the first to stand up and guide everyone's support: I understand, rest assured, Xiao Lu, we won't provoke a fight.

The ID "Beautiful Girl Lanlan" has a certain degree of popularity and influence in Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room. When she took the lead, others immediately echoed and responded.

"Thank you everyone." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Also, Li Zhibai's new drama is on air tonight, please support it and take a look. If it's good, follow the drama."

Someone immediately asked in the barrage room when "The Golden Age" will be broadcast.

Seeing this, Lu Yanhe was amused and said, "This drama has not been finished yet, but my role is relatively small, so it was finished earlier. I am looking forward to this drama like you, so wait patiently for a while."

Many people saw that Lu Yanhe would actually answer everyone's questions, so all kinds of questions came.

——Why did you sing someone else's song tonight? I like your "Remembering". Will you write your own songs in the future?

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and said, "Yes, but because I am not a professional composer, it depends on inspiration and the quality of the songs I write. But no matter what, I will continue to write songs in the future."

-Are you going to be a singer or an actor in the future?

Lu Yanhe said, "No limit. I hope to try everything I want to do at this time, just like the theme book "Jump Up" I am working on."

-Are you still on good terms with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang?

Lu Yanhe said, "Well, although Fengzhi has disbanded, we are still in touch, especially Li Zhibai and Yan Liang. We still live together and are good friends. The group is just a name, but we have known each other for several years."

-You are often on the hot search recently. Why is that?

Lu Yanhe showed a distressed expression and said, "I also want to ask this question. It seems that after the college entrance examination, because of various jobs, I have often been on the hot search. Even my agent said that I saved the company a lot of publicity funds. Thank you for paying attention to my trivial matters."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yanhe heard the sound of Li Zhibai coming back.

The sound of opening and closing the door.

Lu Yanhe looked back and said, "It seems that Li Zhibai is back."

Many people in the barrage room immediately asked if Li Zhibai could come to meet everyone.

Lu Yanhe hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but suddenly, Li Zhibai knocked on the door and stuck his head in.

"Old Lu, what are you doing?"

Lu Yanhe didn't have time to remind him.

"I'm live streaming." Lu Yanhe pointed to the camera awkwardly, "Why don't you come and say hello to everyone?"

Li Zhibai was obviously stunned for a moment, then smiled embarrassedly, but still came in.

He came behind Lu Yanhe, looked at the laptop screen, smiled and waved: "Hi, everyone."

The comments and speeches in the bullet screen room scrolled faster.

——Li Zhibai is so handsome!

——The two have completely different styles!

——I didn't expect to see Li Zhibai in Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room, and he looked like this. He felt different from usual. He was as arrogant as a fool.

——Where is Yan Liang?

...

Lu Yanhe saw the comment that said Li Zhibai was as arrogant as a fool.

He couldn't help laughing.

"Some people say that you are as arrogant as a fool."

Li Zhibai's eyes slanted and his mouth tilted, "Your fans are not very friendly."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

Li Zhibai shook his head speechlessly.

"Yan Liang is working in another place. He is not here today." Lu Yanhe explained with a smile.

Li Zhibai looked at the comments in the bullet screen room, but was surprised.

Because there is no one controlling the comments here, and no one always posts weird messages like "You are so handsome" or "Husband", most people are still chatting with them seriously.

"They all look like active fans." He sighed.