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Li Xiao sometimes doesn't understand why her boyfriend admires Lu Yanhe blindly as if he's on drugs.

He's even a little jealous.

Li Xiao is very sure that Mao Jiayang's evaluation of her is definitely not as high as that of Lu Yanhe.

However, because of being with Mao Jiayang, Li Xiao occasionally meets Lu Yanhe up close, and even sits together for dinner.

After Li Xiao met Lu Yanhe a few times, she understood Mao Jiayang's feelings.

Some people are perfect in every way, but because of perfection, people think they are fake, and they can't like them anyway.

Lu Yanhe is serious, sunny, not pretentious, and very sincere. Just like Mao Jiayang said, he is very nice, and his values ​​are very positive, so people can't hate him.

Li Xiao thought Mao Jiayang was straightforward at first and couldn't see the complexity of Lu Yanhe, who was in the entertainment industry. She always believed that a person who could achieve such achievements and status now could never be a simple person. After dealing with Lu Yanhe, Li Xiao was relieved.

Lu Yanhe never wanted to pretend to be a simple person. This was the beginning of Li Xiao's change of his view of Lu Yanhe. If Lu Yanhe wanted to pretend to be a simple person, full of ideals and justice, Li Xiao would stay away from him. But he never showed off his knowledge at work, and did not preach or guide their affairs as a "veteran" - this is what Li Xiao feared the most.

Li Xiao majored in journalism.

In this era where people are shouting "news is dead" every day, Li Xiao often worries about his profession and future prospects.

At present, except for national news agencies, there are almost no good places for journalists. Self-media has become the mainstream, and professional knowledge of journalism seems to be less important in the fast and convenient Internet era.

When he was having dinner with Lu Yanhe, Li Xiao subconsciously talked about his troubles about this profession because of a topic, and regretted it as soon as he finished speaking.

When Li Xiao talked about this topic before, he often got comfort or encouragement from others, but they were just some superficial words without practical significance. The worst thing is that someone will stand in a condescending position and make their own comments on the news industry. This is what Li Xiao hates the most.

She knows that the news industry has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to ten years ago, but this does not mean that she can listen to others' comments on this thing she loves calmly.

But Lu Yanhe's reaction was beyond Li Xiao's expectations.

He nodded very seriously, but did not rush to answer, nor did he rush to say news XXXXX, but asked very seriously: "When you chose the news major, was it your first choice?"

Li Xiao nodded in surprise.

Lu Yanhe said: "An editor of Yemai.com, Xin Zixing, is the person in charge of the electronic version of "Jump Up". She used to be the editor of a fashion magazine. Later, the magazine was no longer published and stopped. She went to Yemai.com and started from the fashion section of Yemai.com. When she was shooting street photos in Langhua, she suddenly wanted to make a documentary like "City Travel Notes". Now she has become the producer of "City Travel Notes."

Li Xiao looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise, not knowing why he suddenly said this.

Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "I admire people like you who always choose to do what you like. Doing what you like seems to be able to burst out with great energy. She has a lot of things on hand and is very busy every day, but I have never heard her complain about being tired."

Perhaps because what Lu Yanhe said was too unexpected for her, Li Xiao smiled embarrassedly.

"You are also a person who always chooses to do what you like."

Lu Yanhe shook his head and said, "I started doing one thing first, and then slowly began to like it."

"Huh?"

"I didn't do the profession of an artist, the act of acting, because I like it." Lu Yanhe said frankly, "but I slowly liked it after doing it."

"What about "Jump Up"?" Li Xiao asked again.

Lu Yanhe smiled, and Li Xiao felt that she seemed to see a little shyness in Lu Yanhe's smile.

Li Xiao felt that she was wrong, it was an illusion.

How could a big star still show shyness in his smile?

Lu Yanhe said: "This magazine... How should I put it? Of course, it is what I want to do, but I really want to do this magazine because of the people who work with me on this magazine."

"Oh, yes, you said that. I remember you said in an interview that it is because you can work on this magazine with your high school classmates, so that you can still keep in touch after graduation." Li Xiao nodded, remembering the interview he had seen.

Mao Jiayang turned his head to look at Li Xiao and asked: "Have you also seen the interview with Lao Lu?"

"He is very popular, and I occasionally see push notifications." Li Xiao said, "And, as you know, many of my classmates are his fans and often forward some news related to him."

Mao Jiayang smiled at Lu Yanhe and said: "That's true. Xiaoxiao's several friends have said that they hope to work for you after graduation."

"My place?" Lu Yanhe was stunned.

He thought, where is his place?

Mao Jiayang said: "Doesn't "Jump Up" do a lot of self-media? And then often publish some comments and interview manuscripts. They really want to do that."

Lu Yanhe reacted, "That, that was not done by me, it was done by Chen Siqi and other editors, it has nothing to do with me."

Mao Jiayang said: "I saw in the news that you set up a film and television company yourself?"

"That's just an empty shell. There is no one except me and my agent." Lu Yanhe waved his hand, "It's just to facilitate some work matters."

Li Xiao asked: "Did you write the script for the drama you cooperated with Beijing and Taiwan?"

Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "To be precise, our director Bai Jingnian wanted to shoot such a story, so he wrote a story concept, with six young people as the protagonists, three men and three women, who lived, worked, pursued their dreams in a prosperous big city, and became good friends. I wrote a script based on the concept he wrote."

Li Xiao nodded.

"But I haven't come up with a suitable name yet." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't know what kind of name would be suitable."

Li Xiao asked: "Isn't it easy to choose a name? I see a lot of names like "Warm, Sweet" and "Hot Life" now."

"The name of a play must be similar to the temperament of the play itself. I don't want to use a pretentious and literary name, because this is a sitcom that tells the most natural and relaxed story. It's best to say that everyone knows it's this play without too many decorative words." Lu Yanhe said.

Li Xiao heard this and said: "You six people are the protagonists, and the story is about your life and work, dreams and friendship. Then think of a name around these six people."

Li Xiao's words stirred up a thousand waves in Lu Yanhe's mind.

Lu Yanhe remembered a very old name.

Another name for "Friends" -

"Six People".

Lu Yanhe didn't want to use "Friends" because they were not old friends at the beginning of the story. The English name is "Friends", which literally means friends, which is too common in the Chinese context.

But "Six People" is inexplicably suitable for this version.

The sentence pattern is "Three People" from "Three People Walking, There Must Be My Teacher", and the three words "Six People Walking" completely meet Lu Yanhe's standard of less modification and highlighting the theme of the name.

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Lu Yanhe finally decided on the name "Six People".

After the first round of auditions, a total of 18 actors entered the second round of auditions.

This round is not an audition, but an interview.

In the first round, they will be asked to do a small situational performance to see their basic qualities. This round is just a simple chat to see the character and quality of the actors themselves.

In the second round of auditions, Yan Liang and Wen Minglan also came.

Lu Yanhe wanted to hear their opinions.

Since six people are starring in this play together, the feeling between the actors is also very important.

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When everyone was exchanging opinions, Lu Yanhe realized that everyone had different perspectives and standards for looking at actors.

Bai Jingnian especially liked a girl named Bai Jin.

"She is a pretty girl, with heroic eyes and a cheerful personality. Her words and actions are very similar to Li Lili."

"But Li Lili is actually a silly girl. She is suitable in image, but she doesn't have the energy of doing silly things like Li Lili." Hu Siwei has a different opinion. "On the contrary, I think He Qiaotian looks more like Li Lili."

"He Qiaotian is not as pretty as Bai Jin."

"Both girls are pretty, but they have different temperaments." Hu Siwei said, "You just like girls like Bai Jin who are a little heroic."

Bai Jingnian: "He Qiaotian seems to be acting like a little girl. Do you think she looks like a girl who dares to run away from the wedding?"

Bai Jingnian thinks He Qiaotian is too gentle and sweet.

After the two people argued for a while, they couldn't convince each other, so they came to ask Lu Yanhe for his opinion.

Lu Yanhe thought that what they said made sense.

"Just looking at them today, we may not be able to see anything rich and three-dimensional. Why not ask them to try makeup together and see who is more suitable for Li Lili."

In "Friends", Lu Yanhe wrote Li Lili based on the appearance of Rachel in "Friends". A beautiful, ordinary girl who is not "beautiful" in real life. Lu Yanhe felt that Bai Jin and He Qiaotian were a little worse, but it is unreasonable to want the actors to fit the roles 100%. So Lu Yanhe said that maybe we can take a look.

If Lu Yanhe really has to make a choice, Lu Yanhe thinks it is most appropriate to let Bai Jin play Zhou Zhixi, the most boyish girl among the three girls.

Lu Yanhe did not write a tomboy, but a girl who does not care much about femininity in her words and deeds. Zhou Zhixi is different from Chen Wanqiu's self-discipline and Li Lili's carelessness in "Friends". She has her own stubborn personality and seemingly the most life and worldview thinking, but in fact, she is different from ordinary people in many ways of behavior.

Bai Jin's temperament, which is different from that of ordinary girls, fits Zhou Zhixi very well.

As for He Qiaotian, Lu Yanhe thinks that her image is not suitable for this drama, and she is more suitable for playing some roles with a stronger sense of neighborliness, such as the role of the younger sister of a certain protagonist who needs a guest appearance next time.

It was just that Lu Yanhe was participating in the casting for the first time, and he was not sure whether his ideas were correct, so he did not easily express his opinions.

Lu Yanhe would not think that he had the ability to challenge all the rules here just because he wrote the script and had seen what successful works looked like. Just like the song "Remember", others became popular after singing it on the show, but he only received good reviews and became a little popular. The person who really made this song popular was Song Linxin.

If you think that you can walk sideways in this world by directly copying those works, Lu Yanhe feels that he has underestimated the normal operation rules of a world. He has a gold mine from another time and space, but he knows a lot of gold mines that can be successful under certain conditions. He still has to understand what is inside, understand the reasons for its success, and understand why it is liked by everyone.

Before he understands, he will learn first and watch how others do it silently.

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While everyone was watching the actors intensively, more news about the play "Friends" was also circulated, especially on the Internet.

1. This is a sitcom.

2. This is a sitcom that is planned to be filmed and broadcast at the same time.

3. This is a sitcom that is planned to be broadcast weekly, with one episode per week.

4. During the premiere of this drama in Beijing and Taiwan, it will be broadcast exclusively on TV stations and will not be put online on video websites. It will be put online on video websites after the entire drama is broadcast.

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When several news first spread, many people did not believe the news and found it incredible.

Not for anything else, because this approach is too incredible, and no drama has done this in recent years.

How dare "Friends" do this?

Especially not being put online simultaneously on video websites, brother, in this era, how many people still watch TV?

Many people really treat these news as jokes.

Until someone who works at a video website spoke on his social media and said that the news was true: our website wanted to buy the online broadcast rights of Lu Yanhe's drama, but they refused to sell it, saying that they would consider putting it online on video websites after the premiere on TV.

The authenticity of this news was confirmed, and many people were stunned and could not understand it.

A sitcom that insists on being broadcasted exclusively on TV in the Internet age, and it's broadcasted weekly?

Are you sure?

Are you kidding?

If you're not kidding, did your head get squeezed by the door? -

Zhou Pingan rushed to the legal department at a very fast speed and asked if Yan Liang's performance contract had been sent out.

The legal department said innocently: "It has been sent to Beijing and Taiwan this morning."

Zhou Pingan let out a hysterical "Fuck!".

When Zhou Pingan left the legal department of Xingyu like an angry lion, this person looked confused and asked: "What's wrong with him? Wasn't he the one who urged the contract before? Why does he look like I did something wrong even though I have completed the contract?"

The colleague silently turned his computer screen to him.

The legal department leaned over to look for a while and understood instantly.

"He wants to break the contract?"

"I guess."

"Well, I suddenly understand his feelings. Isn't it obvious that this drama is going to fail?"

"Hahaha, it's only broadcast on TV, not online." The colleague shook his head, "Beijing and Taiwan have fooled Lu Yanhe."

"How could Chen Ziyan allow this to happen?"

Several people gathered together and chatted.

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Zhou Ping'an rushed to Chen Ziyan's office angrily.

"Did you know that long ago?"

Chen Ziyan looked away from her computer screen and looked at Zhou Pingan, calmly asking, "What did I know long ago?"

Zhou Pingan said, "It will be broadcasted exclusively on TV stations, not online."

Chen Ziyan frowned slightly and asked, "So what?"

"Do you think if I was told in advance that a play that was only going to be broadcasted exclusively on TV stations would I agree to let Yan Liang play it? A male lead in a flopped play is also a flop."

Chen Ziyan: "Zhou Pingan, you have been an agent for so many years, have you become a dog's stomach?"

Chen Ziyan was not at all cowardly, and scolded him Zhou Pingan said, "What is a flop drama? You know nothing about drama."

Zhou Pingan: "You are all going to broadcast it exclusively on TV. How can it not be a flop? How many people watch TV now? How many people are watching the average ratings of Beijing and Taiwan at 0.4?"

Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, if you look down on the ratings of 0.4, I will tell everyone in the TV station what you said right away. If you have the ability, you can be tough. Your artists will not be on TV in the future."

Zhou Pingan was so angry that he cursed: "Is that what I mean?"

"You say that to me again!" Chen Ziyan scolded angrily.

The two people confronted each other in Chen Ziyan's office, and even people outside the office could hear some noises and looked over in surprise.

However, they could only hear some roars, but could not hear clearly what they were arguing about.

The sound insulation was still very good.

The reason why Zhou Pingan was so angry was that he felt that "Friends" was going to fail, not because he felt that he was fooled by Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan.

In fact, how a drama is broadcast has little to do with the actors, and it is not something that the actors can decide.

But if a drama is going to take a path that is obviously no longer feasible when it is being prepared for filming, it will certainly affect the final decision of many actors and even agents.

Zhou Pingan didn't even ask such a question. The current dramas are either pure web dramas or TV and Internet broadcasts. There is no so-called drama that is only broadcast on TV and not on video websites at the same time.

Video websites are the main source of income for a drama.

Who would have thought that this sitcom is so stubborn, it's simply a mental illness.

Zhou Pingan quarreled with Chen Ziyan, but nothing came out of it.

Chen Ziyan certainly couldn't quarrel with him.

The performance contract has been signed, and there is no chance for Zhou Pingan to regret it.

Zhou Pingan really just vented his anger and expressed his dissatisfaction.

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When Zhou Pingan left, Chen Ziyan's anger also disappeared.

She returned her eyes to the computer screen and sent a message to Lu Qingzhen, saying: All the doubts about "Friends" are not a bad thing. Before a show is broadcast, it is not afraid of controversy or doubt, but it is afraid that no one will pay attention to it. Moreover, the exposure of this matter so early can also help the audience to strengthen the impression that the show is only broadcast in Beijing and Taiwan.

Lu Qingzhen: However, it is really risky to do so.

Chen Ziyan: It doesn't matter. With the production cost of "Friends", even if the ratings are 0.4, it is still profitable. Do you think Beijing and Taiwan will do a loss-making business? They keep the production cost so low because they know they will face great pressure.

Lu Qingzhen: But now "Friends" is really popular, and it is almost a hot search on the online social platform.

Chen Ziyan: The publicity departments of Beijing and Taiwan have always been powerful, and this time the topic itself is enough.

Lu Qingzhen: Beijing TV has always been very good at promoting TV series, after all, it is a traditional TV station. However, such a widespread topic may easily cause the show to start high and end low. It has not been filmed yet, but the topic is so vigorous.

Chen Ziyan: The advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The star of this show is only Xiao Lu, and he cannot support the ratings of a show. Many big productions keep secrets before broadcasting because they have strict publicity procedures. Early exposure will disrupt their design. However, if this show is not hyped up in the front, relying on Xiao Lu's popularity and current fans, it will not be able to support the ratings of this show. There are only eight episodes in total, one episode per week. The ratings of the first episode are too important, and there is almost no chance of trial and error.

Lu Qingzhen understood what Chen Ziyan meant.

Chen Ziyan: Moreover, we have all read the script. This show may not be liked by all the audience at the beginning, but there are no thunder points that will make the audience feel uncomfortable, so the top priority is to expand the basic market.

Lu Qingzhen: OK, you are professional in this area.

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In this regard, Chen Ziyan, Hu Siwei and Bai Jingnian all agree.

When the three of them agree, even though Lu Yanhe himself doesn't like this way of hyping up topics before filming, he also shut up and acquiesced to their operation.

If everyone's doubts were spontaneous at the beginning, they arranged people to participate in the subsequent discussions.

Discuss the prospects of situation comedies in this Internet era, whether the weekly broadcast mode can gain a foothold, and whether the ratings will increase if the TV station broadcasts it exclusively.

Lu Yanhe even knows that Chen Ziyan arranged people to pretend to be black fans and started a topic: If "Friends" is broadcasted exclusively on TV stations, and the ratings are not as good as the average ratings of 0.4 in Beijing and Taiwan, is it the biggest tragedy of TV dramas this year?

This topic has triggered a lot of reposts and discussions.

It seems that they are all pessimistic about their drama, but such topic discussions and popularity have made more and more people know about the drama "Friends".

The search volume of Lu Yanhe, Wen Minglan and Yan Liang's names has also surged on social networks.

The number of searches for Yan Liang's name has increased by 270% during this period, which made Zhou Ping'an, who was furious, maintain his outward anger while paying attention to this unexpected surprise.

The growth rate of Yan Liang's social media fans has become much faster.

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The second season of "Young Days" has started. As a popular variety show broadcast last year, the data of the first episode of the second season are better.

The first season did accumulate a lot of fans for this show, and the second season was able to be recorded by the original cast, which made the old fans excited.

As a result, in the first episode of the second season of "Young Days", Lu Yanhe appeared in the situation of creating this sitcom.

Lu Yanhe was writing the script for the back of the show with his laptop.

It happened that the PD asked him what he was writing in his notebook when preparing for the interview, and Lu Yanhe directly answered that he was writing a sitcom script.

PD asked: "Why do you want to write a sitcom script?"

Lu Yanhe said: "I am not the original author. The director of this drama, Bai Jingnian, proposed such a project plan and outline, and then I started writing based on his work, but I had a lot of fun writing it. I like these characters very much."

PD asked: "What are your expectations for this drama?"

Lu Yanhe said: "In fact, as long as I can make everyone laugh when watching the drama, that's enough."

PD said: "After you won the Golden Tripod Award, many people were looking forward to you winning the Best Actor Award."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Yes."

PD asked: "Why don't you take a role that is more conducive to you winning the Best Actor Award? After all, we still have to admit that sitcoms have never been popular with mainstream awards, right?"

Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and widened his eyes. "Can you say that? Well, it may be, but it doesn't matter. My agent always tells me one thing. She said, I am young and I can try whatever I want to do. Don't be bound by what others say or the honors you have achieved. I am very grateful for her encouragement and support for me, which allows me to do things that are not usually seen in artists in the conventional sense."

PD asked: "Then trying actually means the possibility of failure. The possibility is very high, because it is not in the comfort zone, and there is no probability of success. How do you view this problem? "

Lu Yanhe smiled and said: "In fact, I am quite looking forward to my failure. "

"Huh? Why do you say that? "

"In fact, many media friends have portrayed my image too well, as if I am a person without shortcomings, a person who will succeed in everything I do. In fact, it is not like this. It is impossible for someone to have no shortcomings, and it is impossible for a person to succeed in everything he does. When I failed for the first time, I could do what I wanted to do more easily, because no one would use my success in everything I do to look at everything I will do. "

After saying this, Lu Yanhe smiled brightly in front of the camera, not at all like a polite remark, not at all like a face-saving remark.

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Lu Yanhe's speech in the second season of "Young Days" was cut into a long picture and widely circulated.

His speech touched many people.

But some media, who watched the excitement without minding the big things, took the title: Lu Yanhe, Dugu Qiubai.

It seems that Lu Yanhe is arrogant.

Lu Yanhe is also helpless.

But this episode made Lu Yanhe's image better - in the words of a netizen, his achievements are not really high, but his image is already so good, and he is so sincere and can keep a pure heart in front of the camera, I can't hate him at all.

Because he is sincere enough, many of the previous complaints have now become points for everyone to support him.

What's wrong with him wanting to try writing scripts?

What's wrong with him wanting to act in sitcoms?

What's wrong with him wanting to do something he has never done before?

At worst, he will fail.

For Lu Yanhe, the biggest gain this time is that his fans who are very ambitious about their careers are relieved a lot, and no longer question that his choice is unreliable and not the best choice.

Lu Yanhe can't say to the fans who question him, I don't need your support.

So, he is very grateful that they finally understand him. (End of this chapter)