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Chapter 39: Conquer

Yan Li and Jiang Shan only had this one scene together, and that was it.

I thought we would have no more contact from then on, but Jiang Shan had a good impression of him. A few days later, she arranged a dinner with some of the main actors from the "Conquest" crew and specially invited him to come.

Yan Li learned from intelligence that the other party didn't like him.

I simply thought the young man was sweet-talking, had good acting skills, and I appreciated and cared about him, so I came to eat with him.

He didn't consider Jiang Shan's gigolo status, but Yan Li was still willing to recognize her as a sister.

You know, Jiang Shan has a wide network of contacts in the circle.

Both father and daughter generations have been in the arts. Her father has served as director of the literature department and planning department of Beijing Film Studio. He has participated in countless early films and television shows, and his father has left a deep impression on the industry.

In addition, Jiang Shan herself was a student of the 87 class of the Central Academy of Drama. Chen Xiaoyi and director Feng Xiaogang's wife Xu Fan were her close friends, and Hu Jun and He Bing were her classmates.

While filming "Get High", Jiang Shan met director Zhao Baogang, and the male lead Wang Zhiwen became her boyfriend and good friend.

Many famous directors such as Huang Jianxin, Guo Baochang and Zheng Xiaolong have worked with her.

Especially Huang Jianxin, Jiang Shan has collaborated with him on many works and has an excellent relationship with him.

Yan Li didn't expect Jiang Shan to treat him as her own brother and recommend and support him wholeheartedly. It was enough for Yan Li if she could help him make some connections and say a few good words.

The place for dinner was a restaurant not far from the hotel.

Director Gao Qunshu did not come. In such occasions, it would be easy for the director to spoil the fun. Apart from that, many other leading actors came, and the total number exceeded double digits.

Wu Tian's storyline is a separate one, so Yan Li doesn't communicate much with most of the main actors.

When everyone gathered together today, Yan Li almost became the most eye-catching person in the whole audience.

There's no way around it. The actors in "Conquer" look more ferocious than each other. The villains are fine, but the policemen are also intimidating without even getting angry and can stop a child from crying.

Compared with this group of people, Yan Li's handsomeness increased by several levels.

Even the waitress secretly glanced at him several times when serving the food, probably because she was impressed by his handsomeness.

Well, it could also be that I didn’t recognize them as actors. It’s a pity that such a good young man went astray…

Jiang Shan asked Yan Li to sit next to her without any hesitation. Liu Weiwei was originally chatting with Sun Honglei, but later she also changed her seat and sat next to Yan Li.

"That's so rude. Just because there's a handsome guy, you leave us aside."

Sun Honglei's tone was a bit sour. He didn't have any feelings towards Liu, but he couldn't treat him differently.

Liu Weiwei and Sun Honglei are actually old acquaintances. They are both from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. It is said that Liu's brother and Sun were high school classmates, so they have known each other for a long time.

Liu Weiwei also played a role in Sun Honglei's role in "Conquer".

So Sun Honglei said whatever he wanted to say, and Liu Weiwei didn't care about what Sun Honglei said, but instead joked.

"You control me in the play, but you also control me when I'm just looking at handsome guys outside the play?"

Yan Li didn't want to offend Sun Honglei, so he also joked about the lawsuit in the play and made fun of himself.

"According to Sister Wei, I was fucked to death by Brother Hong Lei and the others in the play, and I have to sell my body outside of the play. How unlucky I am."

Bai Hongbiao, the actor who plays Liu Huaqiang's younger brother Han Yueping, chuckled: "You still have your looks to sell, while we, a bunch of unsophisticated people, can only watch helplessly."

Binzi, the actor who played another younger brother Hu Dahai, touched his bald head and seemed to sigh and mock.

"It's better to be handsome. You'll be liked wherever you go."

Actor Zhang Rihui, who plays Liu Huaqiang's younger brother Liu Huawen, smiled and said, "Not necessarily. It's not just about looks, it has to be useful. The most important thing about a man is not his face."

This was a bit vulgar, and most of the men present laughed out loud after hearing it, feeling the same way.

For someone of Jiang Shan's age, who is in the same circle, hearing a few dirty jokes is no big deal. When the mood is right, they can even talk about them endlessly.

However, behind the joke, there was some intentional or unintentional targeting of Yan Li. Jiang Shan frowned and protected her brother in a domineering manner.

"You guys are the seniors, why are you teasing the youngsters?"

Liu Weiwei also said: "Exactly, a bunch of grown men, totally out of tune."

Yan Li: “…”

My two sisters, are you standing up for me or adding fuel to the fire?
Yan Li could certainly feel the subtle exclusion and isolation towards him, but he could also see that most people had no ill intentions and were simply unhappy with the handsome guy.

In this situation, as long as Yan Li keeps a low profile and greets people with a smile, no one will deliberately target him.

To put it bluntly, they are all a bunch of young actors. Apart from their age and seniority, they have no confidence to act in front of Yan Li.

On the contrary, Yan Li is young and has good conditions in all aspects. He may become famous one day. Anyone with a clear mind will not offend him easily.

Including what happened just now, there were a lot of people making a fuss, and using the excuse of joking, the laughter passed quickly.

But after Jiang Shan and Liu Weiwei said this, they characterized the matter as a group of people bullying Yan Li. After scolding and squeezing him a few times, it would be strange if these people felt comfortable.

Jiang Shan is the biggest star in the crew, don’t mess with her!

Liu Weiwei has an ambiguous relationship with director Gao Qunshu, and you can't afford to offend her!

Then the only one who can be provoked is Yan Li. One or two people didn't dare to pick a fight with him. Now that Yan Li has incurred "public anger", it doesn't matter.

It’s okay now that Liu and Jiang are here, but once he returns to the crew, Yan Li will be isolated and excluded even more severely.

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The atmosphere at the dinner party became noticeably less lively afterwards, and even though there were people trying to liven it up, it didn't have much effect.

Yan Li watched coldly from the side until halfway through the meal, when he stood up and walked over to Zhang Rihui, who had just told the dirty joke, holding two bottles of beer.

Jiang Shan and Liu Weiwei spoke up for him, and regardless of whether it was more of a hindrance than a hindrance, they did have good intentions, so he had to accept it and not lose face for them.

But Yan Li would not give in even if asked to. Yan Li is usually kind to others, but he is not without temper.

On the contrary, Yan Li sometimes has a bad temper. Someone in the university was thinking about Dong Xuan and went to her house directly to beat her up.

Now that everyone is picking on him, he is ready to take the initiative and break his opponent's teeth.

Zhang Rihui and others were a little confused as they didn't expect Yan Li to come here suddenly.

"Is something wrong?"

Yan Li poured himself a glass of beer and said, "Just now you said that the most important thing about a man is not his face. I agree and disagree."

"If a man in this society has no shame, he is not a man."

After saying that, Yan Li ignored everyone's expressions, raised his glass and looked at Zhang Rihui, the actor who played Liu Huawen.

"I'm young and can't speak well, so please forgive me for not being here. I'll toast you a glass. Let me drink it first."

Yan Li raised the 200 ml cup in his hand and drank the beer in it. After finishing it, he looked at the other person quietly.

Zhang Rihui frowned and raised his glass to join in the fun. Yan Li immediately poured another glass.

"I spoke harshly just now. Let me toast you again."

Zhang Rihui reacted and pressed the glass: "Fill me with wine?"

"Hey."

Yan Li shook his head: "It's not about pouring wine, it's about toasting. We are all men with dignity, and you are my senior, so you must give me some face."

This was said in a nice way and the meaning was very clear. Others did not expect to see Yan Li, a young man, so bold that he came directly to compete in drinking and find trouble.

Some people were disgusted, thinking that Yan Li was too arrogant and disrespectful to his predecessors.

Some people agree that he is a man who fights back on the spot when provoked. They work in the same crew and it is not a big conflict. It is reasonable to decide the winner and loser at the dinner table after the fight.

But no matter what they thought, most people were happy to watch the fun, and they all started to make noises, urging Zhang Rihui to join in. "Old Zhang, you don't drink when people toast you."

"Don't be a coward, you'll lose face if you don't drink this wine."

"Drink with him, what's there for a greenhorn to be afraid of?"

"..."

Yan Li's words and statement had already put him in a difficult position. With the people around him coaxing him along, Zhang Rihui had no choice but to drink.

After draining the wine in his glass in one gulp, Zhang Rihui looked at Yan Li fiercely and said, "Come."

"That's great! I'll give you another toast."

Yan Li drank another glass, and Zhang Rihui followed directly, and Yan Li drank again, and the latter followed again.

At first, Yan Li said a few polite words, but then he stopped talking and just drank. If he wasn't satisfied with the cup, he would drink directly from the bottle.

One bottle, two bottles, three bottles...

Zhang Rihui could drink quite well. He drank the eighth bottle before he couldn't bear it anymore and staggered out of the box to find the toilet to vomit.

Yan Li also went to the bathroom, but he went to urinate. Then he returned to the box, picked up two bottles of beer and found the white and red label.

"Teacher Bai, I'd like to toast you a few glasses."

Bai Hongbiao watched Yan Li drink several bottles of beer and made Zhang Rihui vomit, and he felt scared.

"Yan Li, I was just joking before. I didn't mean anything against you."

"I understand. I'm just toasting you. I don't mean anything else. Please drink as much as you can."

There was indeed nothing wrong with Bai Hongbiao's words, but Yan Li had already started doing it, so who cared whether there was anything wrong or not? As long as he opened his mouth, he would just knock him down.

Yan Li's move was not only to seek trouble, but also to establish his authority, to make an example of others and let these people know that he is not easy to mess with.

I would rather kill by mistake than let him go!

Bai Hongbiao had no choice but to drink with him. His alcohol tolerance was much lower, and after drinking more than three bottles, he kept shaking his head in denial.

"Isn't it enough for me to take it? I really can't drink it anymore."

Yan Li did not force him. He took the wine and found Binzi, who had been waiting there for a long time, grinning.

"Brother, I can drink a lot."

Yan Li blew a bottle of wine without saying a word. Binzi gave him a thumbs up and followed suit.

Binzi was not bragging, he really could drink. Yan Li competed with him for the longest time. Each of them drank at least two boxes and went to the bathroom several times.

In the end, Yan Li was slightly better, and Binzi couldn't hold on and performed a fountain in the box.

After drinking so much, Yan Li was actually at the end of his strength.

He was still sober, but his stomach couldn't take it. He and Binzi kept trying to see who could not hold on.

Yan Li turned to look at the last person, Sun Honglei, and was about to speak when the latter drank a bottle without saying a word.

"Yan Li, I'm convinced too. I was a bit of a mouth before, but let's stop here today."

Yan Li looked at him in confusion: "I didn't mean to toast you, I just wanted to ask you what time it was."

Sun Honglei: “…”

Yan Li smiled, he knew that the other party was taking the initiative to give him a way out.

But he was not stupid. He dragged his body through a long battle and fought to the death with Sun Honglei. Even when the other party wanted to drink, he refused. He knew when to stop. If he was not satisfied, he would wait until he recovered before blocking the door with wine.

Yan Li actually miscalculated today. He didn't expect Binzi to drink so much. In the later stage, he had no choice but to endure it.

If I had known this would happen, I would have picked a fight with someone I didn't like.

Or they could use the intelligence system to set up a trap for revenge, or be even more insidious and dig up their privacy and upload it to the crew and Tianya Forum to ruin their reputation.

Still too young!

...

Yan Li felt that he played it too roughly, but the effect of establishing his authority was really good, and he quickly became famous in the "Conquest" crew.

One man drank more than two boxes of liquor, knocked down three strong men, and made Sun Honglei surrender voluntarily.

Whether you like Yan Li or not, you have to admit that he is a ruthless person!
This also made Yan Li's popularity in the "Conquer" crew much better.

Yan Li sometimes feels at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

He greeted them with a smile, but these people thought he was a pretty boy with no good intentions. He got angry and made several of them vomit, but many people thought he was to their liking.

Even the people who were drinking with Yan Li, except Zhang Rihui who ignored him, the attitudes of the others also changed drastically.

Bai Hongbiao greeted Yan Li with a smile when he saw him. Sun Honglei treated him like a brother, and Binzi would always ask him to drink with him, so frequently that even Zhou Yiwei was a little jealous.

However, the one who gave Yan Li the most headache was Jiang Shan.

During the drinking contest that day, the sister didn't know what was going on in her mind, and her impression of him changed a little bit. She felt that this brother was both warm and wild.

So much so that Yan Li started avoiding her these days, determined to wait until she changed and went back to her old ways.

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Yan Li finally got his wish and acted opposite Sun Honglei.

Different from his "modest" behavior in the bar, Sun Honglei was domineering during the filming, and coupled with the characteristics of the character, he was very aggressive. Although Yan Li was not crushed, it was still a bit difficult for him to deal with him.

After filming this scene, Yan Li watched the playback several times, combined with his own feelings during the filming, and went back to pull Zhou Yiwei to break it down and study it.

Among the students in their dormitory, Zhang Songwen ranked first in the class in professional courses, and Yan Li ranked second in the class.

The two have a good personal relationship, but there are some differences in performance.

Zhang Songwen is a real method actor. He first creates a character and then uses various techniques to interpret it.

But Yan Li was not very interested in this approach.

Especially Zhang Songwen, Yan Li felt that he was too focused on techniques and neglected the essentials. He himself was more inclined to be an experientialist, or a pragmatic person.

When acting, I focus on exploring the character, integrating myself with the role, and pursuing the unity of person and role, but I do not exclude some acting techniques.

In short, use whatever method works best for you, there is no limit to the method.

Lin Jiachuan and Yan Li are in the same camp. Zhou Yiwei is closer to Zhang Songwen's method school, but he will also try Yan Li's approach.

Yan Li pulled Zhou Yiwei to study it, tasting it bit by bit, and later he simply took the wine and went directly to Sun Honglei for advice.

The latter did not hide anything and told him a lot of his own experiences and tips.

The two of them acted together a few more times. After careful thinking and learning, and with the encouragement of highly qualified co-actors, Yan Li's progress was visible to the naked eye.

This caused Yan Li to look for Gao Qunshu again and want to shoot it again, but he was rejected.

The scene between him and Sun Honglei was shot in a large hotel box, which was not cheap to rent. The "Conquer" crew was short of funds and could not afford to strive for perfection.

Yan Li felt a little regretful and could only work harder in the remaining scenes.

Unfortunately, Wu Tian’s role was limited, and before long, it was time to wrap up filming…

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ps: This chapter is 4000+, almost catching up with the usual two chapters, and it can be regarded as an apology for the operational error yesterday. By the way, I ask for a monthly ticket

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