Chapter 167: Cheap Relatives Are Worried
Yuming in June is already hot.
Even though it was eight o'clock in the morning, the sun had already reached a temperature as scorching as a furnace, enveloping the entire city in an unshielded heat wave.
This city has its international and modern side, but also its ancient and backward side.
Everyone says that Yuming is a place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, as if there is gold buried under every floor tile.
But only when you measure this land with your own feet, you will be surprised to find its not-so-beautiful side.
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Leming Restaurant is a small restaurant located in the old city, owned by He Bangan.
The shop owners around here don't like this guy very much because he has a bad temper and is stingy.
However, He Bangan has run a shop here for many years.
He rode a motorcycle and stopped in front of his house. He took down several large bags of meat and vegetables and brought them to his shop.
"Oh, you're finally back!" A rather plump, gaudy-dressed woman came out hurriedly upon seeing him. "Wait a minute, do you know what's going on?"
He Bangan frowned, "Know what?"
Feng Xiu is He Bangan's wife. Looking at his expression, one can tell that he definitely doesn't know anything about it.
"Just now, the news said that Lu Yanhe scored 657 points in the college entrance examination! He ranks 13th in the entire Yuming City!" Feng Xiu's eyes sparkled. "You brought him out before, but I didn't expect his grades to be so good."
When He Bangan heard this, his first reaction was, "Did I hear it wrong? His grades aren't that good."
Feng Xiu immediately took out her cell phone and handed it to He Bangan.
"Look for yourself, is it your nephew?"
He Bangan took the phone and took a look. Wow, it’s true!
"This kid is really lucky. I thought he was really useless." A shrewd smile flashed in He Bangan's small eyes. "It's worth it that I brought him to Yuming."
Feng Xiu slapped him hard, "I asked you to bring him back from the beginning, but you refused. Now he's determined to become rich, what do you say we should do?"
He Bangan immediately scolded him angrily: "You bitch, just because he's rich, does that mean he doesn't recognize me as his uncle?!"
Feng Xiu smiled lightly and said, "That's not certain. If he becomes successful in the future, he might not even recognize you as his uncle anymore."
"He dares!" He Bangan cursed first, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
In the past two years, he has had little contact with Lu Yanhe.
At that time, I thought that this guy was useless. He couldn't be an artist, couldn't make money, and would become a burden to him in the end.
Therefore, He Bangan didn't even let him come over for the New Year's Eve dinner, for fear that Lu Yanhe would miss him and want to come back.
Then there will be one more mouth to feed at home.
Unexpectedly, this kid got such a high score without making any noise!
Isn't this just a random choice between Zhenhua and Yuming?
"Where is Le Ming? Where is he?" He Bangan immediately asked about his son.
Feng Xiu said: "Where else can it be? Of course it's at school at this time!"
He Bangan: "Let him go with me to meet his brother tonight."
Feng Xiu: “…”
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Star Entertainment.
Vice President Ma sat in his office, looking at the reports about Lu Yanhe on the computer screen, his face visibly ugly.
Ever since Lu Yanhe's results came out, he has received many inquiries and congratulations. Many people are even sincerely jealous of him - such a legendary figure has emerged from his company, the only one in the entire entertainment industry, so of course they are jealous.
Only Vice President Ma himself knew that this was not the situation he wanted to see at all.
Because of Chen Ziyan's special status in Star Entertainment, especially Lu Yanhe's previous termination and re-signing of his contract with the company, Lu Yanhe is no longer considered an artist under his management.
He has no control over Lu Yanhe at all.
Who could have imagined that this kid could soar to the sky?
Vice President Ma was very depressed.
But at this moment, Vice President Ma was somewhat relieved that Lu Yanhe was still in the company.
Otherwise, Lu Yanhe would have just terminated his contract with Star Entertainment and then got such a score, and Star Entertainment would have become a laughing stock.
By then, will he be able to stay out of trouble?
Vice President Ma has Hong Qi above him.
Although this person doesn't have much control, he and Chen Ziyan are the only two people in the entire company who are really familiar with the big boss behind the scenes.
Vice President Ma has never even met the big boss.
If such a public opinion scandal were to occur, Vice President Ma believed that he would probably be scolded by Hong Qi immediately.
Today, Star Entertainment is no longer the makeshift team it was when it was first established.
But now that Lu Yanhe has caused such a big stir and the whole Internet knows about it, that person must be furious.
If it wasn't that person, he wouldn't have driven Lu Yanhe away before.
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When everyone around him was shocked by his college entrance examination score, Lu Yanhe calmed down from his initial ecstasy.
The college entrance examination is over, and he still has to film a movie later.
"The Golden Age" has officially announced his appearance, which has attracted a lot of attention.
It’s just that because people who pay attention to him now are basically because of his college entrance examination results, the fact that he will star in this drama has not yet aroused much discussion.
This is his first play.
Lu Yanhe put all his effort into it, determined to give a good performance.
However, with the release of the college entrance examination results, the acting class arranged for him by Chen Ziyan was about to end.
He Shuyi told him that the class was over only after she finished teaching him today.
"You'll need to join a group and continue learning. I'm just helping you get started. You'll have to rely on yourself from now on." She warned, "Don't let yourself get into a habitual performance mode. Acting is not that simple. If you perfunctorily do it, it will perfunctorily do it back to you. Keep up the good work."
While Lu Yanhe was surprised, he was also a little reluctant to leave He Shuyi.
"Teacher He, are there no more classes later?"
"Not yet," He Shuyi said with a smile. "This is what Zi Yan and I decided after discussing it. Of course, I can teach you further, but it won't be conducive to your understanding of acting. I don't want you to be too influenced by me. You have to explore on your own, especially since Director Luo Yuzhong is very good at training actors. If you keep a blank slate, you will learn more."
Lu Yanhe nodded reluctantly.
"All right."
He asked, "If I don't know how to handle something in the future, can I still ask you?"
"Of course." He Shuyi nodded. "I'm very optimistic about you. Keep going, you're the future movie star!"
Lu Yanhe's face showed embarrassment.
He was still not used to being praised like this.
After class, Lu Yanhe went to Chen Ziyan's office to find her.
“Knock, knock.”
He knocked on the door.
"Come in." Chen Ziyan's voice rang out.
Lu Yanhe opened the door and said, "Sister Zi Yan, the class is over."
"Is the class over?" Chen Ziyan asked.
"Well, you suddenly told me that the class will be over after today." Lu Yanhe was a little confused because it was so sudden.
"I decided this after discussing it with them. We'll continue to ask them to teach you at different stages in your career, but it's not advisable to overwhelm you with too much knowledge when you're just starting out," Chen Ziyan explained. "They're all very experienced acting teachers. You may not understand many things right now, but when you do, it's always wise to listen to experienced people first."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Ziyan suddenly smiled and said, "There is another happy event today."
"Hmm?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised and asked, "What's the good news?"
"'Young Days' has been confirmed. Chen Biqiu has chosen you over Ma Zhiyuan." Chen Ziyan laughed. "I guess it's because you went viral yesterday. They don't dare to delay any longer. In fact, I received messages from more than a dozen producers today asking you to be on the show."
The number of invitations to program recordings is the most representative indicator of an artist’s recent popularity.
Lu Yanhe smiled a little embarrassedly.
"But there's another point. You also benefited from Li Zhibai's help," Chen Ziyan said. "He told Chen Biqiu very clearly that if they invited Ma Zhiyuan, he would withdraw. So, it wasn't you who defeated Ma Zhiyuan alone. It was you and Li Zhibai who defeated Ma Zhiyuan together. Don't be too proud and arrogant."
Lu Yanhe nodded immediately and said, "I won't be arrogant."
"Do you have any plans for tonight?" Chen Ziyan suddenly asked.
"Tonight? No, what's wrong?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"If you don't have any plans, then accompany me to dinner. I don't have any plans tonight and don't want to eat alone." Chen Ziyan said.
"Oh." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Then I'll tell Li Zhibai and the others that I won't be back for dinner tonight."
"When are you planning to move out of their place?" Chen Ziyan stood up and packed her things, throwing various small items into her bag.
"I originally said I'd move a while ago, but because Li Zhenzhen wanted to observe our living conditions, we didn't move anymore. Zhou Ping'an hasn't urged me to move either." Lu Yanhe didn't really want to move. "I'm going to move after school starts anyway. If I can stay here this summer, is that okay?"
"Of course you can, as long as Zhou Ping'an doesn't chase you away."
Lu Yanhe thought, he had just helped Zhou Ping'an's mother by mistake a few days ago, so he shouldn't kick him out in cold blood again, right?
If Li Zhibai wasn't afraid that it would be too cold-blooded to kick them out directly, he really didn't want to let them in.
Li Zhibai's face was extremely dark, and he looked at He Bangan and He Leming who were sitting on the sofa.
This pair of father and son, one looks shifty, the other looks stupid and rude.
Ten minutes ago, the two of them rang the doorbell and came to look for Lu Yanhe.
Li Zhibai had met them once and knew that they were Lu Yanhe's uncle and younger brother.
Who knew that these two people had never contacted Lu Yanhe before coming.
"Who knew you were coming without even saying hello?" Li Zhibai looked at them impatiently.
Li Zhibai knew very well that the two of them had ignored Lu Yanhe in the past two years.
Li Zhibai had never cared about Lu Yanhe because he was not familiar with him before.
The year has matured, and Li Zhibai has asked several times why Lu Yanhe, who clearly has an uncle, never goes back home during the Chinese New Year?
Lu Yanhe was outspoken and the affection between them was weak. They were afraid that he would become a burden, and he didn't want to be a burden to them. It would be best if they didn't bother each other.
If Li Zhibai had not witnessed Lu Yanhe living here for three years, and his uncle's family had only come a few times in the first month after they moved in and never showed up again, Li Zhibai would have thought that Lu Yanhe was too cold when he heard what he said.
That is simply not the case.
Zhou Ping'an had slandered Lu Yanhe in front of Fengzhi members, saying that his relatives were shameful and had repeatedly tried to ask him for money.
How could a stingy person like Zhou Ping'an get money from others?
Not only did he curse the person back, he also bullied Lu Yanhe. Li Zhibai and Yan Liang knew about it.
You suddenly come to my door now?
Yan Liang, who usually wasn't as harsh as Li Zhibai, came back from dinner and saw the situation in the house. He started to sneer, "Hey, as soon as Old Lu's college entrance examination scores came out, his cheap relative who hasn't been seen for eight hundred years showed up right away?"
Compared to Li Zhibai, Yan Liang disliked Lu Yanhe's uncle even more.
Because he had several relatives who wanted to extort money from him, and when they knew he had become a star, they all came to his house to borrow money.
When they have no money to borrow, they change their attitude and keep saying, "We are celebrities, how can we be without money?!"
If you really care about Lu Yanhe, where do you usually go?
After being bullied by Yan Liang, He Bangan's face suddenly turned ugly.
"How can you talk like that, young man? What do you mean by cheap relative?"
"Isn't it cheap?" Yan Liang didn't even think about it and started to retort, "The last time I saw you was three years ago, wasn't it? If you only see relatives once every three years, then what is it?"
He Bangan's face flushed red but he couldn't say anything to explain. In the past two years, he had never come to see Lu Yanhe once.
They knew that he was not having a good life as an artist, and they were afraid that he would go back and be supported by them, so they didn't even call him.
"You have debuted as stars, so I'm afraid of disturbing Yan He. He is my nephew, how can I not care about him?" He Bangan said righteously.
"Tsk tsk." Yan Liang looked at him speechlessly. "If you didn't want to disturb me, then don't contact me for two years. Then why not for the rest of your life? Why are you suddenly not afraid of disturbing me today?"
He Bangan was extremely angry with the young man in front of him.
"I'm here to see my nephew. I have nothing to say to you!" he yelled.
The fat son sat beside him, not daring to say a word.
The main reason is that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both look difficult to mess with.
Li Zhibai glared at He Bangan when he saw that he dared to yell.
"This isn't your house, try yelling at me again!" Li Zhibai said with a stern face, "Don't act like an elder here! Whether Lu Yanhe considers you an elder is his business, why are you pretending in front of us? Damn it, I told you to come in and sit, but you still served it? Get out!"
As Li Zhibai spoke, he suddenly raised his hand.
He Bangan looked at the two young boys in disbelief. They both looked like they had eaten dynamite.
Such a bad character!
No wonder people on the Internet say that celebrities are not good people!
"I came to find my nephew. Why are you chasing me away? You are all public figures. Believe it or not, I will report you to the media!" He Bangan narrowed his eyes and threatened.
Li Zhibai sneered, "This is the first time in my life that I've been threatened like this. In a place as small as Yuming, how dare someone threaten me?"
He simply picked up his phone and turned on the video mode.
"Look at these two guys in front of you. One is Lu Yanhe's uncle, and the other is Lu Yanhe's brother. They brought Lu Yanhe from the countryside, but they didn't care about him at all. He hasn't done anything in the past three years. Now, as soon as Lu Yanhe's college entrance examination scores came out, they suddenly turned into zombies. Not even the coffin lid can suppress their greed!" Li Zhibai said, "They also said they would report me to the media. I have to have a good talk with them. What is the purpose of these two cheap relatives coming to Lu Yanhe?"
Li Zhibai pointed the camera of his mobile phone at He Bangan and He Leming, and became more and more excited as he spoke.
Seeing this, He Bangan became more and more nervous, and Li Zhibai's words became more and more harsh.
He didn't understand the situation and thought Li Zhibai was doing a live broadcast, so he immediately panicked.
"Put it down!" He Bangan was about to rush up and snatch Li Zhibai's cell phone.
Yan Liang pushed him away.
"You still want to take action, right?" Yan Liang shouted angrily.
Li Zhibai held up his phone. "You guys aren't leaving yet, are you? If you don't leave, I'll keep recording and post it on Weibo. I want to see if you still have the nerve to face your neighbors!"
He Bangan was so angry that his face turned as red as liver.
He Leming was scared.
He covered his face and said, "Dad, let's go back!"
He has to go to school every day.
If Li Zhibai really posted it online, he would be embarrassed in front of the whole school!
He Bangan was dragged away by his son.
Li Zhibai chased me to the door, holding his phone: "If you dare to come again, report me and I'll expose you. Let's see who can beat the other!"
"Alright, alright." Yan Liang tugged at Li Zhibai's arm, "Stop recording."
Only then did Li Zhibai put away his phone and slammed the door.
"What a dog relative!"
Yan Liang: "You have quite a bad temper."
"The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Damn it, I'm mad for Old Lu!" Li Zhibai put his hands on his hips. "Luckily Old Lu isn't here tonight, otherwise he wouldn't be pissed off to death by such a shameless person."
Yan Liang: "There's nothing I can do. This is how the world is. As soon as you see your life getting better, someone will immediately want to grab you and drink your blood."
"No, we have to talk to Old Lu and not let this cheap relative take advantage of us."
"Let's wait for him to come back," Yan Liang said. "We were so happy just now, having received such a good score, and now a rat has come out, becoming an eyesore."
Li Zhibai snorted coldly and said, "As long as I'm here, I'll kill every rat like this one I see."
Yan Liang couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Zhibai's heroic and high-spirited appearance.
"You were really wrong just now. You probably scared the guy to death." Yan Liang said.
"To deal with people like that, you have to be more shameless than them," Li Zhibai said. "I learned this trick from my mom. That's how she deals with annoying people. You have to be more annoying than them."
Yan Liang gave Li Zhi a thumbs-up and said with emotion: "A good teacher produces a good student."
Li Zhibai sighed, feeling somewhat proud: "You are indeed lucky to have a friend like me."
Yan Liang: "I applaud you."
Li Zhibai grinned and was not so angry anymore.
I was about to take a break, but when I looked, I saw that the monthly ticket list had reached over 200 people. What else can I say? I'll just work on one more chapter to express my gratitude! Please give me the monthly ticket!