After returning home, Lu Zhihang took a shower and flopped onto the bed. His eyes were barely able to stay open.
The most tiring part of being a star is that you never know when you'll be able to get home at night. Sometimes, you might even have to stay up all night, especially when shooting night scenes. You're basically working non - stop. So Lu Zhihang didn't have any time to check any news about himself that night.
It wasn't until the next morning that he received a call from Wang Wei.
Lu Zhihang groggily sat up in bed and was in a daze for a while before getting out of bed to wash up and change into the clothes prepared by the stylist for him that day.
Wang Wei arrived at the door soon. Almost as soon as the door opened, he dragged Lu Zhihang in a hurry down the stairs and into the nanny car.
"Damn it, do we have to be in such a rush? I don't seem to have much to shoot this morning," Lu Zhihang yawned and complained with a headache.
"It's not early, okay? The crew starts work at 8:30. Look at what time it is now. Do you really think you're a huge star?" Wang Wei said irritably.
Lu Zhihang pouted. He actually wanted to say that even if he wasn't a big star, he didn't care about being late. In his mind, as long as he wasn't late for his own scenes and didn't slack off, he was being true to himself.
In the car, Wang Wei threw the blanket on the back seat to Lu Zhihang. "If you're sleepy, sleep in the car. We should be able to make it in time if there's no traffic jam on the way."
Lu Zhihang shrugged and didn't say anything. He lazily leaned back on the back seat.
The car drove onto the street. The sun shone through the car window from the eastern sky. After being filtered, it wasn't very glaring. The warm temperature eased the chill from the air - conditioner. Lu Zhihang wrapped the blanket tighter around himself, and his drowsiness had already dissipated.
Ding Dong—
Suddenly, his phone rang in his pocket. Lu Zhihang took out his phone and was surprised to find that it was a message from his rarely - updated special follow.
Lu Zhihang usually logged in to his personal number on his small account. He rarely posted any messages, and there was only one person he followed. Her name was "Wanlin Jianshen", which was Lin Wan's Weibo account. From the few messages, it could be seen that Lin Wan wasn't a Weibo enthusiast. She only followed a few familiar classmates or friends.
Just now, Lin Wan had posted a Weibo and @ - mentioned everyone in her friend list.
[Wanlin Jianshen: @ Xiaoyezi; @ Bu Jian Dahai; @...: Please stop @ - mentioning me and asking me to comment on Lu Zhihang. No matter what he does, I don't care and I don't want to get involved in this!]
Seeing this message, Lu Zhihang frowned slightly. He exited and checked the hot search. Sure enough, after two whole days, the Weibo hot search about him and Zuo Yang still hadn't cooled down. And the most popular Weibo post already had over ten million likes and nearly ten million reposts.
This hardly ever happened in the entertainment industry before.
"It seems that things have really gotten out of hand," Lu Zhihang murmured in a low voice.
Hearing this, Wang Wei, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, turned around and looked at him in confusion. "What did you say?"
Lu Zhihang shook his head, put down his phone, and turned to look out of the window. The endless stream of cars and the hurrying pedestrians. Everything in reality seemed very peaceful. No one could tell from this scene that beneath this calm actually lurked a turbulent undercurrent, right in front of every person who lowered their head to look at their phone.
He really had to settle this matter as soon as possible.
Lu Zhihang slowly narrowed his eyes.
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It didn't take long to get to the crew. Since it was a modern domineering CEO drama, the shooting location was usually chosen in the city center. They just needed to build good relationships with the relevant government departments and the heads of the surrounding markets.
Lu Zhihang jumped out of the nanny car and saw a haggard - looking stagehand running towards him.
"Mr. Lu, Director Liu is looking for you. He wants you to go there quickly."
Lu Zhihang was stunned for a moment, then nodded. After asking where Director Liu was, he walked over.
At this moment, Director Liu was sitting in front of a small TV, watching the replay of the previous scene. His brows were slightly furrowed, as if he wasn't satisfied with a certain shot.
"Director Liu," Lu Zhihang stood about two meters away from him and called out.
Director Liu lifted his gaze from the screen. When he saw Lu Zhihang, he immediately stood up and waved at him. "Xiao Lu, you're here. Come here. I have something to talk to you about."
Lu Zhihang smiled and followed Director Liu to a secluded corner. People were coming and going around, carrying things.
"Xiao Lu, it's been several days since the incident between you and Zuo Yang. Doesn't your company want to interfere?" Director Liu asked with a somewhat helpless look.
Lu Zhihang blinked, looking innocent. "I haven't heard any news."
Director Liu carefully observed Lu Zhihang's expression. But actors and directors were different after all, especially an actor as talented as Lu Zhihang. Director Liu couldn't detect any clues. He sighed. "Xiao Lu, I know it's not fair to you to say this, but you know that this incident has had a huge impact on you recently. It has also had a significant impact on our crew. The investors have put a lot of pressure on us. Some people above want to replace you and let Xiao Zuo take over again..."
Lu Zhihang understood. He smiled slightly, looking very nonchalant. "Director Liu, I understand all this. It's reasonable for you to do so. I actually don't have any objections. It's just..."
Director Liu's heart sank. He knew that Lu Zhihang was actually a bit unhappy. He opened his mouth to explain but couldn't say anything in the end.
"Director Liu, I have no objections to this, but I think you should think it over carefully. After all, everyone knows that replacing the male lead will cause more losses than replacing the male second. It's better not to make a hasty decision."
Lu Zhihang's words stunned Director Liu. He looked at the handsome face of the man in front of him.
Lu Zhihang had well - defined features. His facial features were very strong. The proportion of his pupils and the whites of his eyes was perfect. He didn't look too harmless, nor too sharp and sinister. Just like the way he was looking at Director Liu now, he wasn't too soft or too hard. It made people have to take every word he said seriously.
"... I see. I'll think about this carefully," Director Liu finally said. His voice was already a bit hoarse.
Lu Zhihang didn't have many scenes to shoot that day. He also didn't see Zuo Yang, the male second, on the set. The crew seemed to have postponed their scenes and chose to shoot the scenes of other people first to reduce losses.
So Lu Zhihang finished early that day. By 3 p.m., he had basically removed his makeup and was waiting in the dressing room for Wang Wei to pick him up.