Chapter 147 A Live Broadcast, A Book

The location for the dinner was thus decided.

Lin Yu is the class monitor, and she has always had a high level of influence in the class.

In the end, more than forty students confirmed they would come to eat, and there weren't enough seats at the three tables, so they had to squeeze in a few.

Fortunately, they were all young people, so it didn't matter if they squeezed in; it just made it more lively.

After the exam, everyone was in a state of freedom, like wild horses finally breaking free of their reins, and they looked much more excited than usual.

Chu Saiying and Luo Zicheng were absent from this dinner, making the atmosphere exceptionally pleasant.

It's impossible not to develop feelings after spending two years in the same classroom.

Instead of alcohol, everyone drank juice, reminiscing about embarrassing moments from the past, sharing various memories and jokes. They were all trivial matters, but because of the atmosphere of graduation, each one became precious, as if it were a thing of the past.

After dinner, many people were heading home.

Although he has finished the college entrance examination, in the eyes of his parents, he is still a child and should not stay out too late.

Lin Yu asked the remaining people if they wanted to go to a karaoke bar, and many people agreed. Those who didn't want to go naturally used the excuse of going home to go back.

In the end, only a dozen or so people went to the karaoke bar.

Lu Yanhe had no objection, especially since Li Pengfei invited him to go along, so of course he didn't refuse.

Even at this point, Li Pengfei still did not go public with Xu Zijun's relationship.

Xu Zijun and Li Xiang walked together.

When they arrived at the karaoke bar, no one was too embarrassed to sing the first song, so they all turned their attention to Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe: "???"

To be honest, he didn't really enjoy singing that much.

However, everyone urged him to sing a song first, so he went up and asked everyone what they wanted to hear.

Lin Yu said, "I don't know if there's a song called 'Commemoration'. How about we sing 'Commemoration'? Everyone really likes to listen to this song."

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Okay."

Lin Yu went to request a song, and sure enough, there was one; at least Song Linxin's version had become a hit.

She naturally ordered the version of "Little Songs Gathering".

Lu Yanhe picked up the microphone.

In the eyes of the students in Class 3, this song was written by Lu Yanhe for their class.

After the song ended, everyone applauded.

"That's so good!" Mei Ping raised her hands and waved them. "God of Songs, you absolutely must become a superstar, hold a concert, and invite us to your concert!"

Others joined in the shouting.

"You have to invite us to your concert!"

“We bought our own tickets!” someone immediately said.

Lu Yanhe laughed.

He said, "If I hold a concert in the future, please come."

Mei Ping led the cheers.

Lu Yanhe started the conversation, and everyone became less reserved and began requesting songs.

Lu Yanhe sang many songs with everyone, and he got a little tired towards the end, so he went to the restroom.

Li Pengfei came out with him.

"Li Cui's singing is so catchy and annoying," Li Pengfei complained.

Lu Yanhe laughed.

"Old Lu, when are you going to film a movie?" he asked.

Lu Yanhe said, "Next month."

"Will it be filmed in Yuming?"

"I don't know yet, it probably won't be filmed in Yuming," Lu Yanhe said. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just asking out of curiosity," Li Pengfei said. "My dad asked me to ask when you're free, he'd like to invite you to have a meal together."

"I'm free these next two days."

Previously, Li Pengfei's father had mentioned a product collaboration with his livestreaming channel, but nothing came of it. Lu Yanhe didn't know if there were problems with product development or if the collaboration idea had been abandoned. He was focused on preparing for his exams. Now that Li Pengfei's father had invited him to dinner again, he remembered the matter.

"Okay, I'll talk to him about it later and see when he can ask you out," Li Pengfei said. "I don't know what score I'll get in the end. Have you estimated your score?"

"without."

“I didn’t either,” Li Pengfei said. “My dad insisted that I estimate my score, but I couldn’t be bothered to do so.”

Are you planning to travel this summer?

"Of course! My dad said that when my brother has summer vacation, he'll take me on a trip to Europe."

"A wealthy family, huh? They go on long trips, one after another," Lu Yanhe asked. "They won't be back for at least half a month, will they?"

"Half a month? We initially planned a trip of more than twenty days," Li Pengfei said proudly.

Lu Yanhe gave him a thumbs up.

"You're something else, a wealthy family is a wealthy family."

Li Pengfei said, "Stop whining, I'll bring you a gift later."

"Alright, we'll wait for the young master's reward," Lu Yanhe teased.

If we're talking about Lu Yanhe's senior year of high school, the most important person he met was Li Pengfei. It was a case of "no fight, no friendship." They initially disliked each other, but after being messed up by their common enemy, Luo Zicheng, they ended up becoming friends.

It's lucky to have a friend like Li Pengfei.

Of course, a person can live without friends, but if a person truly has no friends, they will always feel a bit lonely.

-

It was already 11:30 p.m. when we finished singing.

Everyone dispersed at the entrance of the KTV.

Xu Zijun and Li Xiang both went to sleep at Lin Yu's house. Their homes were too far away, and it would take them more than two hours to get back. It was so late, and Lin Yu had invited them earlier.

Chen Qin escorted the three girls back home.

Li Pengfei had a car coming to pick him up, so he let Lu Yanhe get in his car, saying he would take him home.

Lu Yanhe didn't stand on ceremony with Li Pengfei and got into the car directly.

Seeing that Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun still maintained a distance from each other in public, Lu Yanhe really wanted to ask Li Pengfei a question, but he was too embarrassed to speak because his driver was there.

Li Pengfei said, "If you're free tomorrow, why don't you come shopping with me? I need to buy two laptops, would you like to come with me to pick them out?"

“Okay.” Lu Yanhe nodded. “I should have come with you. I just bought a laptop this morning.”

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Li Pengfei said, then realized what he meant and asked, "You actually got up this morning? Good heavens, I slept until eleven o'clock."

Why did you get up so late?

"Of course it's because I was partying all night last night!" Li Pengfei immediately said. "I finally finished my exams!"

"There's no need to party all night. What did you do?"

"Playing games." Li Pengfei chuckled. "I hadn't played games for more than half a year, and I had a good time. Even my dad didn't say anything."

"After all, I just finished the exam." Lu Yanhe smiled.

Lu Yanhe got out of the car after being dropped off at the entrance of the residential area.

"See you tomorrow."

"Okay," Li Pengfei said. "I'll contact you again when I wake up tomorrow."

"Um."

Lu Yanhe walked into the residential area, enjoying the warm evening breeze.

-

It was already past midnight when he got home, but probably because he had just finished singing with everyone, Lu Yanhe didn't feel sleepy. After thinking about it, he decided to start a live stream.

He's not going to chat with everyone anymore; he's not able to process all those negative comments yet, so he'll just quietly read a book.

So, Lu Yanhe started the live stream, but without any opening remarks, he immediately muted the microphone and began reading the novel he had bought that day.

Lu Yanhe usually enjoys reading novels, but he had to give up this hobby because of his senior year of high school.

The first novel he bought was a mystery novel.

A book titled "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" was written by an author named Liu Jiazhen.

Lu Yanhe was quite shocked when he saw the book title. He thought the content must be quite explicit, and more importantly, how could the title have passed censorship?!

It was late at night, and Helan was getting ready to go to sleep.

She was listening to an English radio drama with her headphones on when she yawned, preparing to finish the episode before going to sleep, when her phone suddenly vibrated with a background notification.

He Lan looked and was surprised to see that Lu Yanhe had started broadcasting.

This broadcast time... is just too weird!

He Lan clicked in with a puzzled look and saw Lu Yanhe adjust the camera as usual before looking down at his book.

There was absolutely no intention of communicating with them.

It's back to how the live stream used to look.

He Lan glanced at it curiously and, seeing the title "Nineteen Years of Criminal Records," showed a surprised expression.

Would Lu Yanhe actually read this kind of book?

Is it documentary literature or a novel?

He Lan immediately searched for the book out of curiosity and found that it was a crime novel.

He Lan couldn't help but comment in the live chat, asking: "Does Xiao Lu actually like reading crime novels?"

Perhaps because the broadcast time was too gloomy, many people were already asleep, and the chat wasn't as lively as usual today.

Some people say: This novel is quite good.

Immediately someone chimed in: What a coincidence, I'm also reading this novel. It's kind of scary, I read it under the covers.

...

He Lan saw the discussions about the book in the comments section, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to buy a copy to see what it was all about.

She logged onto a shopping app, searched for the book's name, and quickly placed an order.

-

Li Chang is young and works as a warehouse clerk.

Simply put, his job is to pack goods according to orders in the warehouse.

He's on night shift tonight.

Orders are usually lower in the evening, so it's not very busy.

Moreover, his warehouse was full of books, and even fewer people placed orders at night.

He had been thinking of taking a nap, but just as he sat down, the order form arrived in real time.

A book, "Nineteen Years of Crime Records".

Li Chang muttered to himself, "Buying this book so late at night, the person must be a bit weird."

While thinking this to myself, I was still very diligent, quickly and efficiently sourcing the goods, packing them, attaching the shipping labels, and setting them aside, ready to ship them out.

Before I could even sit down, two more beeps sounded, and a new order came in.

Li Chang was stunned for a moment, and then he was even more stunned when he looked again.

Another book titled "Nineteen Years of Crime Records".

What's going on?

Did any celebrity recommend this book?

Li Chang didn't expect that this was just the beginning.

In the next thirty minutes, more than a dozen people placed orders for the book. His warehouse was completely sold out, so he had to quickly mark it as "out of stock" and apply for an emergency restock.

This kind of situation is happening in book warehouses across the country.

Lu Yanhe was unaware that while he was live-streaming the novel, nearly a thousand people placed orders for the book after watching his stream.

-

At seven o'clock in the morning, Xu Mingyue heard her phone alarm ring, immediately turned it off, and got out of bed.

She interned at a publishing house this summer.

Her internship started in June, and because of her major, she did proofreading work.

This job wasn't very challenging for her; she was more interested in taking on other editing tasks. However, this publishing house wasn't a small, run-down operation. As a large publishing house that had been operating for decades, they wouldn't entrust core tasks to interns.

Xu Mingyue could only do the work assigned to her first.

"Hmm, you're up so early?" Helan lifted the bed curtain and was somewhat surprised to see Xu Mingyue already dressed. She asked softly, "Do you have class today?"

Xu Mingyue shook her head and said, "I have to go to my internship today."

Helan suddenly understood and nodded.

Xu Mingyue found herself an internship, and everyone in her dorm knew about it.

Not many students start internships right after their sophomore year; most students are still thinking about pursuing graduate studies.

He Lan admired Xu Mingyue quite a bit. For the sake of her internship, she was willing to spend the entire summer vacation without going home or traveling, dedicating the whole summer to her internship.

Xu Mingyue went out, took the subway, and it took about fifty minutes to arrive at her internship location, Jiangyin Publishing House.

Xu Mingyue interned in the novel editing department.

After she went in, she greeted everyone with a smile, just like she had done in the past few days.

"The bright moon has arrived."

“Oh, your school is far from here, it’s okay to arrive a little late. You don’t always have to arrive right before work hours.”

Xu Mingyue smiled and said, "It's okay, I get up early every day, it's fine."

"Wow, have you heard? Last night alone, 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' sold a thousand copies!" Suddenly, a female editor ran in and said in an exaggerated tone.

"ah?"

"What's going on?"

This news surprised the editors in the editorial department.

Xu Mingyue, on the contrary, did not understand why this news would surprise everyone so much.

Although physical publishing is not as popular as it was twenty years ago, with sales often reaching hundreds of thousands or millions, it shouldn't be this shocking about a thousand copies, right?

"Xiaoyin, did you hire a celebrity to do the promotion?" a senior colleague asked.

Xu Xiaoyin was the editor in charge of "Nineteen Years of Criminal Records". She discovered the author, Liu Jiazhen, who was a newcomer. If it weren't for Xu Xiaoyin's efforts, it would have been difficult for a newcomer's work to get published.

Xu Xiaoyin was also completely bewildered, having no idea why this had happened.

“No, although ‘Nineteen Years’ sold quite well and was reprinted once after its release, only a total of eight thousand copies were printed. How could we have the budget to hire celebrities for promotion?” Xu Xiaoyin said.

Seeing that everyone was suspicious, Xu Mingyue took out her phone and searched for the book "Nineteen Years of Crime Records" online.

Sure enough, nowadays you can find clues about anything online.

If a thousand books are sold in one night, someone will always share it on their social media.

Xu Mingyue saw a familiar name.

"It was him?" Xu Mingyue was very surprised.

“What is he?” Xu Xiaoyin asked.

Xu Mingyue said, "Last night, an artist read this book during his live stream, and many of his fans mentioned it on social media, saying that they also ordered a copy."

"Who is it?" When the other editors heard that celebrities were involved, they immediately realized. It's common for a celebrity to recommend a book, which can sell thousands more copies.

“Lu Yanhe,” Xu Mingyue said.

When this name is mentioned, many people look puzzled.

"Lu Yanhe?"

"who is he?"

"The name sounds familiar, but I don't know who it is."

"A newly debuted star?"

Xu Mingyue had no choice but to explain his background to everyone.

"Oh, it was him!" someone immediately realized. "He's that high school senior who did the heroic act."

After this was mentioned, everyone else remembered it too.

This incident happened in Yuming, and even if the locals haven't seen the news, they've definitely heard about it from people around them.

"He just started a live stream reading this novel?" Xu Xiaoyin suddenly turned to Xu Mingyue and asked.

Xu Mingyue also saw it online and was not sure; she had not watched Lu Yanhe's live stream.

But one person definitely saw it!

Xu Mingyue thought of her roommate He Lan.

"Xiaoyin, wait a moment, I'm going to call my roommate. She watched Lu Yanhe's live stream yesterday, and I'll ask her what happened."

Xu Xiaoyin nodded.

Xu Mingyue called He Lan.

"Lanlan, I'm sorry, I disturbed your sleep."

"It's nothing, I'm already awake." Helan yawned. "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"I wanted to ask you, did you watch Lu Yanhe's live stream yesterday?"

"Yes, I saw it. Did I...did I disturb your sleep?" He Lan's voice immediately revealed a hint of apology.

"No, it's not a problem. I just wanted to ask you something. Did Lu Yanhe watch the book 'Nineteen Years of Criminal Records' during his live stream last night?" Xu Mingyue asked. "Did he make any recommendations?"

"No, he only read for about half an hour, and then ended the broadcast without saying anything." Helan asked, somewhat puzzled, "What's wrong, Mingyue?"

Xu Mingyue said, "Because of his live broadcast yesterday, 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records' sold quite well, and we want to know why."

"Oh, I see. Because he was reading this book, we were discussing it in the comments section. Many people were curious about the book, so I bought a copy too," He Lan said.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mingyue went to talk to Xu Xiaoyin.

The others listened and clicked their tongues twice, remarking, "Liujia Town is really lucky. Just because a celebrity like Lu Yanhe read his book, a bunch of fans immediately followed suit and bought it."

Xu Xiaoyin fell into deep thought.

"Xiaoyin, what's wrong? You're frowning and thinking so seriously."

Xu Xiaoyin said to the editor-in-chief Liu Cheng: "Editor-in-chief, I want to meet Lu Yanhe. There have been many cases where celebrities have read a book and posted it on social media or directly recommended a book, but it is rare for a book to sell more than a thousand copies in one night. As far as I know, Lu Yanhe is not a very famous celebrity, so his appeal is very rare."

Upon hearing this, Liu Cheng frowned slightly.

"What do you want to talk about if you go to see him?" Liu Cheng asked.

If you want to establish a long-term cooperative promotional relationship with Lu Yanhe, you must first obtain the company's consent.

Xu Xiaoyin: "I want to express my gratitude. As the editor of 'Nineteen Years of Crime Records,' I thank him for reading this book during the live broadcast, which helped us sell more than a thousand copies in one night."

Upon hearing this, Liu Cheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Can't we try to contact him, add him as a friend, or make a phone call to express our gratitude?"

Xu Xiaoyin hesitated for a moment, but then confessed, saying, "The main reason is that the book I'm in charge of, 'Star Orbit,' is going to be released this Thursday, and I want to ask him to help promote it. It's better to tell him about this in person, and I also need to deliver the book to him in person."

"Star Orbit" is another book that Xu Xiaoyin was responsible for; it is a youth literature work.

Similarly, it was written by a relatively unknown author, but Xu Xiaoyin conducted various data surveys and statistics to persuade the publishing house to publish the book.

Because physical books are not selling well now, publishing a book is much more difficult than before.

The decision to publish a book involves many procedures.

Two books, "Nineteen Years of Criminal Records" and "Star Orbit," were started by Xu Xiaoyin two years ago but were only released to the market this year.

Liu Cheng thought that if "Star Orbit" could sell a thousand more copies, the first month's sales would look much better.

After all, the publisher only set the initial print run of this new book at eight thousand copies.

“Okay, let’s go then.” Liu Cheng’s gaze swept over Xu Mingyue, and suddenly she thought of something and said, “Take Xu Mingyue with you. She’s been interning for a while now. You’ll work with her on the marketing for the book ‘Star Orbit’.”

Xu Xiaoyin glanced at Xu Mingyue and nodded.

Xu Mingyue's face lit up with surprise.

The two of them held a small meeting.

"Do you have a way to contact Lu Yanhe?" Xu Xiaoyin asked Xu Mingyue.

Xu Mingyue shook her head and said, "You can try sending him a private message through his live stream account and social media accounts."

Xu Xiaoyin pondered for a moment and said, "He's an artist, so he should have a management company. Why don't we try contacting his management company?"

Xu Mingyue nodded, searched for Xingyu Entertainment's contact information online, called them, and then made several more calls.

"Huh?" Xu Mingyue was taken aback.

Hearing Xu Mingyue's surprised "Huh?", Xu Xiaoyin looked at her, puzzled.

As soon as Xu Mingyue hung up the phone, Xu Xiaoyin immediately asked, "What happened?"

Xu Mingyue looked bewildered and said, "Xingyu said he has already terminated his contract with them."

Xu Xiaoyin also showed a look of surprise.

-

The weather in June is mostly sunny.

Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei were shopping in the mall. They originally planned to buy a laptop first, but Li Pengfei said that it would be a bit heavy to carry around, so they should buy other things first and then buy the laptop last.

"What else do you want to buy?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Li Pengfei said, "Buy Xu Zijun a suitcase. After the last college entrance exam, she always carried bags with her things back home, which was hard to carry."

"Then you bought it and sent it to her?" Lu Yanhe asked curiously.

“Well, I’m planning to learn to drive. My dad said he’d give me a car, and I’ll drive it to her,” Li Pengfei said. “If she’s going to university in Yuming, I can also drive her to school.”

Lu Yanhe was taken aback and somewhat surprised when he saw Li Pengfei speaking with great enthusiasm.

You have such thick eyebrows and big eyes, I never expected you to be such a devoted boyfriend!

(End of this chapter)