Discord

More than a month passed, and Lu Yan had already adapted to the rhythm of the crew. There were several of his scenes intermittently during this period. As an important supporting actor in the play, he didn’t have too many scenes, but not few either. Lu Yan cherished every minute and every second of standing in front of the camera. He was very attentive in every scene, even if it was only a back scene. His hard work and his inherent talents made his every scene go smoothly. More importantly, he could not only play his role well, but also calmly drive the emotions of his opponents. People with low sense may not be able to see it, but the director Li Ran who was good at it would naturally not fail to see it. He was surprised and admired him, being satisfied with Lu Yan even more.

Between filming, Lu Yan stayed on the set.

Firstly, as a newcomer who just debuted, he had not had time to sign with any agency company. Apart from this movie, he had no other announcements, and he had nowhere to go when he had time. Secondly, in addition to learning from others on the set, he would also easily do some small things within his capacity, such as moving props and the like. Therefore, the crew up and down were very fond of this new actor who worked hard, looked handsome, had no airs and was willing to help others.

The entertainment industry was also a place that paid attention to human relations. If you respect others, they will pay you back.

Lu Yan not only worked hard to improve the goodwill of the director and Gu Yang, but also devoted himself to making good relationships with other people. As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to see, but the little demons are hard to deal with¹. Lu Yan’s last life could be said to be struggling at the bottom of the entertainment circle, and he naturally understood the role of little people.

Lu Yan was originally not a person who was easily disgusting, and coupled with his calm and deliberate friendship, although it was only a short month, the results had been quite good.

Although getting the approval of these people was not helpful in the big picture, the subtle benefits were still visible everywhere. For example, the lunch boxes that Lu Yan received were full of portions and the dishes were good; every time he went to the show, his makeup was always very clean, which made people feel comfortable to look at; and the photographer’s lens was also very popular with him. Often the angle of his entry was exceptionally pleasing to the eye, giving his appearance advantages to the full.

Of course, despite Lu Yan’s low-key, humble, gentle and amiable performance, most people had a good impression of him, but there would always be a few who didn’t buy it, the most obvious of which was Yan Shaohui and Mu Xiao.

Yan Shaohui was the real male number two in this movie, and one of Starry Sky Entertainment’s recent stars. Yan Shaohui debuted as a singer. He was only eighteen years old and stood out in a singing competition. With his cute appearance and outstanding voice, he won the runner-up and the highest popularity award in that competition. After several years of experience, the champion of that game had long been lost in the ever-changing entertainment circle, but he had released a few records, and his popularity was not diminished.

It’s just that in recent years, with the increasing number of various talent shows and singing competitions, the number of newcomers who debuted had also increased. The popularity accumulated over the years was ready to allow him to develop more. As the so-called singing and acting were good, there had always been many singers who had switched to the acting circle.

This movie was directed by Li Ran and invested by Starry sky, which was naturally a good bridge. As the king director of the Starry sky, Li Ran was a bit dissatisfied with the airborne male number two, but fortunately he was not a role that needed too much acting. He had the role of Gu Yang and the high popularity of Yan Shaohui, so he barely accepted it. Even when this movie was promoted, it was also under the banner of the actor Gu Yang joining and the popular singer Yan Shaohui acting for the first time.

Speaking of it, Yan Shaohui’s unpleasant look at Lu Yan was not only a disaster, but also reasonable. Yan Shaohui sang well, but his acting skills were mediocre. He didn’t come from a major, and he hadn’t been in touch with it before, so it was natural that he couldn’t keep up with the rhythm. However, he was the second male lead and the role was heavy, and Li Ran was also well-known in the circle. Under frequent NG, he had a bad temper, and Director Li was irritable. He pointed at Yan Shaohui’s nose several times and scolded him to shame. Yan Shaohui had been going smoothly since his debut. He had always been held in the palm of the hand by fans and the company. He had never been so angry. If he changed the person, maybe he would shake his head and leave. However, Li Ran had a special identity. He could neither afford to offend nor dare to offend, no matter how much grievance he had, he could only swallow his breath in his stomach, holding back the anger of this arrogant young man.

In contrast, Lu Yan who had never been scolded by Director Li or was even boasted so many times was particularly eye-catching. Yan Shaohui made his debut early, so although he was not older than Lu Yan, he was still more senior than Lu Yan. He also claimed to be a senior, but now he had been compared to this so-called junior in all aspects. He was really unwilling.

Let’s won’t talk about acting skills. Lu Yan came from an academic class. It was said that when he was in school, he was still excellent in all subjects.

The appearance was well matched. Yan Shaohui had a high popularity since his debut. His good singing was one aspect, but more importantly, of course, his good looks. Yan Shaohui’s good looks belong to the beautiful boy, it was not the same type as Lu Yan’s handsome type. Although they were more popular nowadays, Yan Shaohui was not mindless. He naturally knew that most of his fans were young nympho fans. When they get older, they may abandon him and even laugh that they were crazy when they were young, but a model like Lu Yan was easier to attract fans of different ages and for longer. In today’s entertainment circle, beautiful flowers were change on after another, and the ones who were really everlasting were those charming uncles. It was not that Yan Shaohui didn’t have a sense of crisis but subconsciously didn’t think about it. At the same time, he was trying hard to make a transition, but Lu Yan’s existence seemed to reminded him how he couldn’t feel comfortable.

Even the popularity was better than him. At least compared to Lu Yan, Yan Shaohui was also considered to be well-known earlier. He also understood that he had to make a good impression on others during the critical period of transformation, so he tried to curb his temper and arrogance, and strived to be an unassuming celebrity who treated others kindly, even paid with his own money to invite the whole crew to drink tea and snacks. What he did was not ineffective. The whole crew had a good impression of him, and there were a lot of compliments from behind, saying that he was not as difficult to get along with as the rumors of the outside world. There was no dissatisfaction at first, but seeing that Lu Yan did not do as much as he did, but made most people get closer to him.Tthey were all shouting Xiao Lu this ans Xiao Lu that, but they were still calling him Hui Shao² respectfully, it was easy to tell who was close to each other and who was not, so he was even more resentful towards Lu Yan.

To be honest, this was really not the difference between true affection and falsehood. The difference laid in acting skills and personality charm.

They were all in the same crew, looking up but not looking down. Every time they meet, Yan Shaohui couldn’t help but ridicule Lu Yan. The disgust in his eyes couldn’t be concealed and he didn’t want to conceal it. Lu Yan always just smiled faintly, taking it calmly, neither angry nor caring about him. On the contrary, assistant Song Hui couldn’t stand it. He frowned and complained a few times privately, and Lu Yan even consoled him on the other hand.

In fact, Lu Yan really didn’t take it to heart. He was more mature than his actual age after being reborn once. In his eyes, Yan Shaohui was just an angry child. Yan Shaohui just said a few sarcastic words, it was irrelevant, and, if he really wanted to do something, there was always a solution to a problem. What’s more, not being envied was mediocre, which also showed that Lu Yan had potential, didn’t he? He was walking towards his goal step by step. When a person had a big enough goal, the small stones on the road could naturally be ignored.

At least Yan Shaohui’s hostility had a reason, but Mu Xiao’s hostility was really inexplicable to Lu Yan.

Mu Xiao was the heroine in the play. In the play, the heroine played by Mu Xiao and the role played by Lu Yan, He Jingjun, were classmates studying abroad, and He Jingjun even secretly admired her. After the incident broke out, He Jingjun had mixed emotions when he learned that the woman he admired and the person his family’s enemy now wanted to protect were together. The scenes between the two of them were also quite exciting. In the end, He Jingjun was willing to use his own life to pave a way for the protagonist, whether or not it was influenced by heroine was a matter of opinion.

Mu Xiao was beautiful, the kind who was charming, and her acting skills were neither good nor bad. When she first debuted, she acted in several idol dramas, but the response was mediocre. Later, she moved to the big screen. From the beginning of the vase role³, she slowly became the heroine now. The greatest achievement was to play a villain with a split personality and win the award for best supporting actress. Lu Yan had also watched that movie, and was surprised at that time that such a gentle woman would have such explosive power. It was a pity that she never had that amazing performance again, or she didn’t meet a character with enough energy.

For the heroine who appeared in this movie, although Lu Yan felt that her appearance was somewhat inconsistent with the strong and capable role in the script at the beginning, after the filming started, her acting skills were enough to make up for the shortcomings, and even added grace to the role, it could be seen that Director Li was actually quite satisfied with her. Therefore, Lu Yan disagreed with the rumor that she was able to act as the heroine because of investors.

Mu Xiao was relatively low-key, although she was not particularly close to people, she didn’t put on airs, and she maintained a polite sense of distance from almost everyone. However, Lu Yan keenly felt that she seemed to have a faint hostility towards himself, and she would frown slightly and reluctantly when facing the scene. Perhaps because of such emotions, the two opponents weren’t very smooth, and they NG far more times than their other scenes. Fortunately, Mu Xiao was also considered dedicated, and slowly adjusted after a few times, but the hostility was always there.

Lu Yan secretly felt helpless and touched his nose. Although he never expected to be able to make friends with everyone, he was still a little uncomfortable to be inexplicably hostile. Just throw it away and do your job well.

Notes

1. “the king of hell is easy to see, but the little demons are hard to deal with”, this basically means that high ranking people look kind, communicate well, and their work efficiency is also fast, in the contrary it is the subordinates who are always making trouble and are arrogant. ↩︎
2. Shao means young and it’s a way to call young people. So, it would be like Young Man Hui, in a polite and distant way. ↩︎
3. Vases in the entertainment industry are people who are very beautiful or handsome but have no talent or are not good at what they´re doing. ↩︎