The storm

Sure enough, the headlines of the major media the next day were all about the launch of M’s new products, and Lu Yan’s group photo of their signing was placed in a very conspicuous position.

Most of the reports were very positive, and even a fashion-themed newspaper complimented Lu Yan’s taste in everything from his clothes to his hairstyle.

Of course, there were always some different voices to prove that Lu Yan’s worries were not unreasonable. Although the headlines of several media were also about Lu Yan, the photo was not the one signed at the press conference, but the one supporting the actress surnamed Shao on the red carpet. Most of them were third-rate tabloids, specializing in reporting all kinds of gossip and digging up artists’ private gossip to grab people’s attention. However, there was also a relatively influential “One Week Entertainment”, its lethality was not comparable to those third-rate tabloids.

Originally, it was nothing to just take a photo. Although the two of them were a little closer, it was not a big problem except that they provided some ambiguous reverie.

It’s just like what Qin Feng was worried about, maybe it’s because Lu Yan’s popularity had been too strong recently, which was obstructing the eyes of some people, but Lu Yan usually kept himself clean and didn’t have any dark history, so when they got a rare opportunity, they made full use of it.

The reason why he thought so was precisely because “One Week Entertainment” was also involved. This one was different from other third-rate tabloids. Although it mainly reported all kinds of privacy gossip, it was basically reasonable and well-founded. There were more people who believed it. The most important thing was that “One Week Entertainment” was inextricably linked with Starry Sky’s old rival, China Television, and the newly launched newcomer group of China Television, which was originally going well, had recently been completely overshadowed by Lu Yan. Especially after Lu Yan and M Company authenticated the endorsement contract, his worth had soared.

It would be fine if it was just a specious photo, but “One Week Entertainment” in the additional reports alluded to Lu Yan taking advantage of the actress, almost directly calling it “salty pig’s hand¹“. It didn’t mention that Lu Yan was just being kind and helping her, and it didn’t mention the follow-up of letting go immediately afterward. What’s even more exaggerated was that in the same edition, several “salty pig hands” that had been recognized in the entertainment circle over the years were counted. Although there was no direct relationship, the implied meaning was already obvious.

To make matters worse, when someone interviewed Miss Shao about the matter, she didn’t say anything, just posted a picture of grievances and pear flowers on Weibo, with the words, “I don’t know why. When such a thing happens, I can only admit that I am unlucky.” It was almost impossible for people to not have more malicious associations.

If this matter was confirmed, it was not a so-called romantic affair, but a character issue. He was afraid that whenever similar things happen in the future, Lu Yan would be brought out for a round.

This hand on him was really cruel enough.

Lu Yan saw the report at the first time, and being framed by such a fabricated fact, he was about to be angry. How could this person be so shameless? However, Lu Yan was not flustered in his heart, he believed that Qin Feng must have already dealt with it.

And it was actually better to make a big fuss. If the other party only treated it as a romantic affair, spread a small scandal or something, it would be really hard for Lu Yan and the others to clarify, because this kind of thing was not clear, the more you explain, the more people would think that you were covering up, and people would laugh at this innocuous little rumor and gossip more.

But if it was related to the issue of character, it could be refuted with great fanfare, and even a slander against him was light. What’s more, in order to deepen its influence on people this time, “One Week Entertainment” also involved a lot of other artists, unfortunately the people involved would not be good. It was simply impossible to be more muddled.

What surprised and moved Lu Yan was that some of the friends he had made in the circle during this period of time called him to comfort him as soon as they got the news, and expressed their absolute confidence in his innocence, and even people who just filmed together for a few days, like Zhao Tianer and director Guan Minzhi were not left behind, and even Gu Yang and Shan Chuyu specifically asked if he needed help.

Lu Yan thanked them one by one and rejected their good intentions. It wasn’t that he was fearless, but that he believed that Qin Feng could handle it well. If Qin Feng couldn’t handle even such trivial matters, he would be called a gold broker in vain. And those who wanted to frame Lu Yan seemed to have forgotten that although Lu Yan was a newcomer, he had a powerful agent behind him.

Soon, “One Week Entertainment” received a lawyer’s letter from the Starry sky lawyer group, suing them for defamation and demanding compensation for reputation damage.

Several other influential print media and online media immediately published supplements, reporting in detail what happened at that time, without missing a single detail, even the reporter’s question and Lu Yan’s answer at that time. Such timely prompts and well-founded reports were obviously not written on a normal basis.

On the other hand, the actress surnamed Shao also quickly posted another Weibo, saying that the sentence she posted on Weibo before that she admitted to being unlucky was referring to the incident when she accidentally fell while walking on the red carpet. She didn’t expect to be twisted into that by some media with ulterior motives. In the end, she sincerely expressed her great gratitude to Lu Yan who helped her at that time.

The two completely different attitudes before and after naturally aroused dissatisfaction and ridicule from netizens. For a time, her Weibo was used by netizens to answer the reporter’s sentence by Lu Yan at the time, “I only knew that the old lady who fell down cannot be helped. But I didn’t know that beautiful women can’t be helped either.” There were tens of thousands of rounds.

However, such mocking, the actress didn’t care. After all, she dared to attract attention in such a way, how could she care about these trivial jokes that had little lethality. More importantly, she took this opportunity to make a lot of hype, and the purpose of raising her popularity was achieved. As for what kind of popularity it was, what did it matter? If there was a chance to become popular in the future, it wouldn’t be too late to whitewash it again.

As for why the actress changed her words so quickly, it was only after a long time that Lu Yan knew what role Su Mo played in this. However, at this moment, when their relationship was still in a state of ignorance, he did not take credit for it, and did not even mention a word.

This incident not only staged an instant reversal in reality, but also caused an uproar on the Internet.

Almost at the same time as the report of “One Week Entertainment” came out, a post was quietly opened in the entertainment section of a certain community, talking about this matter, and the tone was almost the same as that of “One Week Entertainment”. Exaggerating this kind of rhetoric, there were a few so-called “insiders”, “industry insiders” jumped out and blacked Lu Yan from the inside, from top to bottom, either euphemistically or directly, with a tone of grievance, sensational or righteousness, he was about to turn Lu Yan into the number one scumbag in history.

At the beginning, there were also a few onlookers who didn’t know the truth and were dubious. After seeing them all, they suddenly realized, oh, it turned out to be a group of black people, so naturally they didn’t believe their words at all. Later, some of Lu Yan’s fans found this post, and they were even more angry. They quoted the scriptures and put the truth of the matter to all the onlookers. By the way, they also counted all kinds of friendliness, kindness and self-cultivation since Lu Yan’s debut. For a while, they became a fan, and Lu Yan’s reputation on the Internet also skyrocketed. What was rare was that he had an almost one-sided reputation.

After that, if someone posted some negative news about Lu Yan here, they would be directly classified as black.

In the end, the turmoil came to an end when “One Week Entertainment” publicly issued an apology statement.

After the incident, Lu Yan returned to the crew to continue filming the domestic plot of “When the Wind Rises”.

As soon as he entered the crew, he received some condolences. Guan Minzhi patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, “There are a lot of people who are popular. If someone blacks you, it means you are popular. Don’t worry about it.”

Lu Yan smiled “Don’t worry Director Guan, I don’t care about the little things, and I won’t let them affect the mood of the shoot.”

Guan Minzhi let out a sigh of relieve, showing a very polite expression, “Then I’m really relieved.”

The always serious Director Guan rarely showed such a funny side, and everyone couldn’t help laughing. Zhao Tianer revealed his old story next to him, “Lu Yan, Director Guan was worried about you before, he was afraid that you were too young and careless, and thought about a lot of ways to get rid of you.”

Guan Minzhi spat at her and scolded her deliberately with a straight face, “Xiao Tianer is too talkative.”

Everyone smiled kindly again.

Lu Yan said sincerely, “I really thank Director Guan, thank you for your concern.”

After starting work, everyone put away their jokes and got serious.

The domestic plot was different from the previous romance, and it began to take a realistic style, and the atmosphere of the shooting was also a little depressing. At the beginning of the marriage, the two were still sweet. However, with the trivial matters in life and the unhappiness at work, the fashion girl played by Zhao Tianer was tortured beyond recognition, while the painter played by Lu Yan was still at a low point in his career, or to say, at the initial stage. Life was no longer so happy, and became helpless. As temptation continued to appear, the relationship between the two also began to crack, and finally it went to the point of no return.

The last scene was the reunion of the two after many years. The memory was revived at the moment of goodbye. The initial heartbeat was still buried in each other’s hearts, but it was impossible to turn back. Regret could only be regret after all. Such a scene was really embarrassing, and the story ended abruptly there. In life, there were not so many great reunions.

The TV series originally followed the fast-food route. Even though Guan Minzhi’s style had always been delicate, he completed all the shooting in one and a half months. Of course, this was also inseparable from the various strengths of the cast and crew.

During the one-and-a-half-month filming interval, Lu Yan had to record several shows from time to time and accept several exclusive interviews. During the filming, interviews and crew visits were naturally indispensable, and he no longer had the leisure time he had when filming the previous two films. However, Lu Yan still did not relax his tempering of his acting skills, because he believed that all successes were the result of luck and hard work. Before that soaring opportunity came, he had to be as fully prepared as possible.

Notes

1. Salty pig hand, refers to the sexually obscene actions of men or women, such as chest attack, buttocks and so on. ↩︎