In addition to the three of them, the dinner also included director Luo Yuzhong, coordinator Zheng Meixin, assistant director He Xun, and leading actors Jiang Yuqian and Huang Kairen.
If Lu Yanhe himself invited them to dinner, he would definitely not be able to get them.
Chen Ziyan is the host and invites everyone to dinner, so everyone will show up.
Chen Ziyan's primary purpose was of course to help Lu Yanhe open up the situation in the crew, which was what Li Zhibai had previously called "paying a visit."
At the dinner table, Lei Shuangcheng and Luo Yuzhong were the two people with the most say in the entire crew.
Chen Ziyan and Lu Yanhe toasted the two of them with a glass of wine.
Lu Yanhe used to be able to drink one glass of wine at a time. In order to improve his alcohol tolerance, he would occasionally drink with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang in the past six months to practice, but he still couldn't drink. After two small glasses, his stomach would soon feel like it was on fire.
Jiang Yuqian saw that he had a grimace on his face and knew that he was not used to it, so she smiled and poured him a glass of juice.
"Slow down."
"Thank you, Sister Yuqian." Lu Yanhe said.
"Xiao Lu doesn't drink alcohol usually, right?" Zheng Meixin asked.
Lu Yanhe: "I drink a little with friends occasionally."
Zheng Meixin said, "You're not bad, then. Many young people don't drink anymore. Director, when you want to drink in the future, Xiao Lu can drink with you."
Luo Yuzhong waved his hand and said, "I won't drink during filming. It affects my work."
"Is it okay to have a drink every now and then?" Zheng Meixin said, "Director, this is the only hobby you have. Don't be too hard on yourself."
Chen Ziyan smiled and said, "Luckily, Mei Xin was always by the director's side, so she could take care of him during filming."
Luo Yuzhong shook his head and sighed, "It's rare. Do you know how many years Mei Xin has been working with me?"
"It's been almost ten years, right?" Chen Ziyan said.
"It's been twelve years," Luo Yuzhong said. "When I first met her, she was a young girl who had just graduated and was assigned to me as my assistant. Now she's a mother."
"That's right. I'm almost 40 years old," Zheng Meixin said. "Everyone says I'm lucky to have met Director Luo. I think so too. If I hadn't met Director Luo, I don't know where I would be now."
After a chat, Lu Yanhe realized that except for a few actors, everyone else at the table today was Luo Yuzhong's old team, the kind that had worked together for many years. This kind of relationship could not be replaced by an ordinary relationship.
Chen Ziyan said, "Speaking of which, it's also fate. Several of the artists I manage have worked with Director Luo, including Shang Yongzhou, Chen Bige, Mao Bingyu, and now Xiao Lu is also working with Director Luo. This is truly fate. Director, I have to toast you one more time."
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The phone suddenly vibrated.
Several messages came in one after another.
Such a frequent vibration frequency could only come from a group chat.
Lu Yanhe opened his phone and took a look, and found that it was Li Zhibai who was talking in the group.
He: It seems like my company is going to be acquired?
He: Is my family bankrupt?
He: I can’t contact my parents either, damn!
Lu Yanhe looked at these words in surprise, not knowing how to react for a moment.
Fortunately, there was still Yan Liang. He said: Don’t be anxious. Tell us what happened. How could you suddenly go bankrupt?
Lu Yanhe: Yeah, what’s going on?
Li Zhibai: A woman from JP Jewelry said that Huanjin Group is acquiring my family's company.
Lu Yanhe read the latest news from Li Zhibaifa and felt that something was not right.
Yan Liang has already brought it up directly: Acquiring your company does not necessarily mean that your family is bankrupt. It is not the same thing. Can’t you contact your parents?
Li Zhibai: I can’t get in touch with them. If you search online for my company, all you get are news about broken capital chains and project problems. The key is that I can’t get in touch with my parents.
Lu Yanhe knew why Li Zhibai thought his family was going bankrupt.
For no reason, he recalled the incident in which someone jumped off a building at Li Zhi's Baijia Company.
There were problems with the project funding in their company, and finally a person in charge jumped off a building. That person's family even ran to the gate of the community to cause trouble with Li Zhibai.
Later, the matter was suppressed and it was clarified that the blame lay with the person who jumped from the building. He had taken bribes and kickbacks and done many shameful things, so he jumped from the building at that time.
Isn't this matter over yet?
What went wrong with Li Zhi's Hundred Schools of Thought?
Lu Yanhe was thinking about this when the topic at the dinner table turned to Ma Zhiyuan. When he heard the three words "Ma Zhiyuan", Lu Yanhe instinctively pricked up his ears.
"Ma Zhiyuan is going out on his own to develop, what's his strategy? Isn't it good for him to stay in MX?" Assistant Director He Xun asked Chen Ziyan.
He looks very young, probably only in his twenties. Being able to be an assistant director at this age means he is obviously Luo Yuzhong's direct subordinate and has strong abilities.
At the dinner table, he didn't drink, but kept chatting about gossip with everyone. Especially the spirit in which he talked about gossip, he didn't seem like a director, but more like a reporter from a gossip tabloid.
Chen Ziyan shook her head and said, "I don't know either. I've always been independent at Star Entertainment, and I only care about my own people and things. Ma Zhiyuan reports to Deputy General Manager Ma, and I really don't know what his plans are."
He Xun tutted his words, "I once dealt with Ma Zhiyuan. He was so arrogant. Such an arrogant artist, yet he's so popular. I really don't understand why."
Huang Kairen, the male lead of the drama "Golden Era," smiled and said, "Young people nowadays like artists with personality like Ma Zhiyuan. My team told me that I usually don't have any personality edges, so young people don't like me."
"Being an idol and being an actor are not the same profession," said Chen Ziyan. "It's good for Ma Zhiyuan to develop independently. He won't drag down MX, and MX won't drag him down either."
"Burden? Why do you still say that?" He Xun asked in surprise, "He has been in MX since his debut and has grown with MX until today."
"He's not the only one in MX. They all have different developments. That's why some are more popular and some aren't as good. If they can't get their mindset right, the more popular one will feel like they're being held back."
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The official announcement of going solo was made at 6pm.
Ma Zhiyuan returned to the dormitory at 8 o'clock, packed his things at 8:30, and prepared to move out of MX's dormitory with his bag on his back. He didn't intend to stay for even a second.
"Why are you leaving so late? Why don't you leave tomorrow?" Wei Zhuoran said with a frown.
Ma Zhiyuan only carried a bag and nothing else. Someone would come to help him pack the rest of his luggage and send it to the new place.
Several other people are here.
Chen Jing and Jiang Bai sat on the sofa without moving, while Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong got up and walked to the door.
Ma Zhiyuan glanced at the two people in the living room, then looked away and said to Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong, "Forget it. We're leaving anyway. It's better to leave early than late. MX will depend on you from now on."