146: Chapter 150 Follow-up (2) 146: Chapter 150 Follow-up (2) “What’s more…” Lu Jiayuan, with an amused look, asked the guest manager who was guiding him to his room, “Has Yu Zexiao been here, and how many rooms did he and his assistant book?”
The guest manager, knowing that he was part of the film crew, was quite forthcoming, “Only one room.”
“Just one room?” Lu Jiayuan raised his head to look at the grand building, slightly squinting his eyes, his expression a bit solemn.
Lu Jiayuan quickly blended into the film crew.
After all, he had systematically studied acting abroad and had struggled in the United States for many years; his acting skills were certainly up to par.
With his arrival, the progress of the shoot moved along swiftly.
In just a few days, they had completed all the parts that had been delayed due to Liu Sicheng’s absence.
Even Yu Zexiao, who was not so fond of him, had to admit at times that compared to himself, Lu Jiayuan, as an actor, was indeed just a little bit better in acting skills—that was also because performance wasn’t his main focus, so Lu Jiayuan was only a little bit better than him.
At least, acting alongside him was not at all like acting with Jiang Xuanqi.
With both of them being unprofessional, if the emotion wasn’t right, the scene couldn’t go on.
But with Lu Jiayuan, sometimes, even if he wasn’t that quick to get into character, Lu Jiayuan could engage him very quickly with vivid expressions and body language.
After all, Lu Jiayuan was a professional actor.
Back in the United States, when he was without influence or power, he had truly dedicated a lot of effort to acting.
Yu Zexiao was comparing his weaknesses to Lu Jiayuan’s strengths, so of course, he would fall a little short.
Fortunately, the character Lu Jiayuan portrayed in the drama was one of the antagonists.
He played the half-brother of the male lead, Lin Zixiao, who shared the same father but different mothers.
Of course, this brother had always known his own background, but the male lead did not.
Not only that, but unaware of the truth and with the half-brother’s deliberate approach, they had become good friends.
The male lead wanted to give up the path laid out by his father for the sake of music and his dreams, but his half-brother, who appeared gentle and jade-like on the surface, was deeply calculative on the inside.
As the male lead grew more distant from his father due to his stubbornness, the half-brother took advantage of his identity to gradually get close to the male lead’s father, intending to seize the Lin family’s inheritance!
Not only that, but he also orchestrated many schemes behind the scenes, causing arguments between the male lead and his father while mediating between them.
On one hand, this caused the male lead and his father to drift apart, and on the other hand, he was gaining favor in front of his father.
Later on, in his grief, the father indeed supported the second male lead, intending to let him inherit his business.
And according to the principles of idol dramas, both the male lead and the second male lead must vie for the female lead’s affection.
Thus, in this drama, the female lead initially liked the refined and gentle second male lead, who treated her kindly like a brother and disliked the domineering, cruel, and arrogant male lead.
However, as the second male lead was focused on power, he did not put the female lead first in his heart.
Instead, it was the repeated forceful entanglements of the male lead and their common passion for music that slowly brought them closer.
In the end, after the second male lead achieved success and power, he realized, “Hey, I’ve secured the world but lost her, how can this be?”