-42- Six-year backflip

The first half of the live broadcast ended around 7:15. Tiezui handed the broadcast room over to his assistant for a short break between the two halves. He removed the microphone from his collar and, once off camera, scowled at Hu Mingyuan, "What happened just now?" Hu Mingyuan tilted his head, feigning innocence. "What's wrong, brother? Is there something wrong with my performance?" Zhao Jinghuan also rushed over to question Hu Mingyuan, demanding to know where he had seen Lu Kai's script. Hu Mingyuan shrugged, "You gave it to me; you just didn't know." He extended his hand to Tiezui, hoping they'd work together again. Tiezui didn't shake his hand, annoyed, saying, "There won't be another chance." Hu Mingyuan smiled, seemingly unconcerned. Zhao Jinghuan asked him to clarify his words, but he waved his hand, indicating he had nothing to say. He pushed past the furious Zhao Jinghuan and headed out. Zhao Jinghuan reached out to pull him back, but Sister Zou stopped her, saying, "Forget it, forget about him. It's not worth getting angry with a mean guy like him." Tiezui came over and asked Sister Zou, "How's your boss preparing?" Sister Zou was unsure how to respond and simply turned back to look at the closed door of the lounge. Tiezui understood that asking them to change their lyrics at this point would not only be difficult in itself, but would also invalidate all their previous preparations and be devastating to Lu Kai's mood. Tiezui tried to comfort Sister Zou, saying he would try to support Lu Kai during the live broadcast, but he didn't sound confident. Lu Kai stayed in the lounge almost until the last minute before emerging. When he did, Fanqie and Wanfeng had arrived with Dorasi. After seeing Hu Mingyuan as the guest for the first half, they had taken a taxi from downtown, fearing a fight might break out and Lu Kai and the two girls would suffer further losses. Sister Zou knocked Tomato on the head: "You think you're going to fight? And you brought Doraemon!" Tomato, beaten, didn't even bother to protest. Instead, she grabbed Lu Kai and asked, "Are you okay?" Before Lu Kai could say anything, Sister Zou lashed out at Tomato again: "Why are you asking at this hour? Of course I can!" Lu Kai, however, wasn't so confident in himself and only gave a wry smile. Tiezui came over and placed a hand on Lu Kai's back: "Come on, it's our turn." The two sat down in front of the camera. Lu Kai's eyes were dazzled by the fill light, and his vision was instantly a blur of white. He followed Tiezui's instructions, greeted the netizens in front of the camera, and after returning to his seat, he looked towards where he imagined Zhao Jinghuan was standing. His vision gradually returned...

The first half of the live broadcast ended around 7:15. Tiezui handed the broadcast room over to his assistant temporarily between the two halves. He took off the microphone pinned to his collar, and after leaving the camera, he asked Hu Mingyuan with a sullen face, "What happened just now?"

Hu Mingyuan tilted his head and pretended to be stupid: "What's wrong, brother? Is there something wrong with my performance?"

Zhao Jinghuan also rushed over to question Hu Mingyuan, asking him where he had seen Lu Kai's script. Hu Mingyuan shrugged and said, "You gave it to me, you just didn't know it." He extended his hand to Tiezui Ge and said he hoped to have the opportunity to work together in the future.

Tiezui didn't shake his hand and said with an unhappy look on his face, "There will be no chance for cooperation again."

Hu Mingyuan smiled, seemingly unconcerned. Zhao Jinghuan asked him to speak more clearly, but he waved his hand, indicating that he had nothing to say.

He squeezed past the angry Zhao Jinghuan and walked straight out. Zhao Jinghuan reached out to pull him, but was stopped by Sister Zou: "Forget it, leave him alone. It's not worth getting angry with a villain like him."

Brother Tiezui came over and asked Sister Zou, "How is your boss's preparation?" Sister Zou didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she just turned around and looked at the closed door of the lounge.

Tiezui also understood that asking them to change the lyrics at this time was not only difficult in itself, but would also invalidate all their previous preparations and have a devastating impact on Lu Kai's mood. Tiezui tried to comfort Zou, saying that he would try to support Lu Kai during the live broadcast, but judging by his tone, he didn't seem very confident.

Lu Kai stayed in the lounge almost until the last minute before coming out. When he came out, Fanqie and Wanfeng had also arrived with Dorasi. After they saw at home that the guest for the first half was Hu Mingyuan, they took a taxi from the city. They were afraid that there would be a fight here and Lu Kai and the two girls would suffer again.

Sister Zou knocked on Tomato's head: "If you feel like you're going to fight, you brought Doraemon with you!"

Tomato, who was beaten, didn't bother to protest. He grabbed Lu Kai and asked him, "Are you okay?"

Before Lu Kai could say anything, Sister Zou started yelling at Fanqie again: "Why are you asking this at this time? Of course it's okay!"

Lu Kai didn't have that much confidence in himself and just smiled bitterly.

Tiezui came over and put his hand on Lu Kai's back: "Let's go, it's our turn." The two sat down in front of the camera. Lu Kai was dazzled by the fill light, and his vision was instantly filled with a sea of ​​black. He followed Tiezui's introduction and greeted the netizens in front of the camera. After sitting back, he looked in the direction where he felt Zhao Jinghuan was standing. His vision gradually recovered, and he realized that it was Tomato standing there.

Lu Kai had been distracted for a while, and he missed Tiezui's long opening remarks. Tiezui called him, and he came back to his senses in a daze: "Ah, what?"

Tiezui smiled politely and said it seemed our guest was a little nervous. With every passing second, the audience was dropping off. Unable to repeat the long conversation, Tiezui could only briefly say, "The previous guest talked a lot about his thoughts, and I think your backflip at graduation actually aligns with what he was saying about life and the challenges it presents. What prompted you to do a backflip at a graduation ceremony?"

Lu Kai took a deep breath and spoke to the camera in front of him, reciting the lines he had prepared in the lounge: "When you are young, you always...always do weird things. I think everyone should be the same. A lot of things seem cool and handsome at that time, but, but after a while, they become stupid. No, I mean, the things that seemed cool at that time, after a few years, they seem stupid..." He was already stumbling in his speech, and halfway through, he suddenly found that the screen of his mobile phone in front of him showed the real-time changes in the number of people online in the live broadcast room. The number kept dropping as he spoke, which made him even more panicked, and his voice couldn't help trembling.

"So I don't think it's a failure... It's more like an attempt. Life requires constant attempts..."

Lu Kai saw the off-camera controller making a gesture, signaling Brother Tiezui to interrupt Lu Kai's conversation quickly. Lu Kai continued to talk nonsense and looked in the direction of Sister Zou as if for help. It was at this moment that he met Zhao Jinghuan's gaze.

Tiezui said dryly, "Ah, so it's for experimentation. Let's see now..."

Lu Kai suddenly said, "Yes, it was to try, to try to attract her attention."

The number of people online on the screen stopped decreasing. Lu Kai's mind wandered slightly, thinking back to the day when the HEC organizers uploaded his video online and Wanfeng called him late at night: "I've watched it many, many times. That girl next to the dean, the one you said you liked, seems to be Jing Huan."

Tiezui was stunned for a moment: "Attract her?"

Lu Kai nodded and said, "Yes, it was the girl standing on the stage at that time."

Zhao Jinghuan in the audience was suddenly stunned, her ears burning, obviously she didn't expect that Lu Kai also noticed her at that time.

Tiezui Ge knew that this kind of gossip was what netizens wanted to hear the most, but he deliberately kept it a secret: "Okay, okay, the platform has reminded us to sell products. You keep your story for now and organize your words. We will continue after we introduce the first product."

Comments after comments began to flood the screen: "If you're not buying, tell me."

"Ahhh, hurry up and speak your mind, don't say half of what you are saying!"

"Yeah, don't tell me. I came to see the clowns, not to be a clown."

"Let that skewer go. I want to hear a love story."

"I have a bad feeling this guy is here to show off his affection!"

"Let's make it clear in advance: BE gives gifts, HE unfollows."

Tiezui Ge was not affected by the barrage of comments. He took out the first product and introduced it slowly. During this time, new netizens kept entering the live broadcast room and refreshing the screen:

"I heard there's something exciting going on here."

"Why are there two men here? Are they in love?"

"Oh my god, outsiders!"

When the first product was released, the number of people in the live broadcast room reached a brief peak. Tiezui waved his hands and pretended to be impatient: "Ah, that's enough, let him talk, let him talk, this is making you anxious."

Tiezui picked up the previous topic and asked Lu Kai what happened at the graduation ceremony. Lu Kai secretly glanced at Zhao Jinghuan who was standing behind the camera:

"It's nothing, actually. I just saw the student standing next to the dean and thought she was so special, so I wanted to do something to get her attention."

"She's so special? Special in what?"

Lu Kai thought to himself, "She's really pretty," but didn't dare say it out loud. Tiezui didn't ask further, but instead said, "So it was love at first sight?"

Lu Kai tilted his head and made a joke: "It's more like lust."

Tiezui was amused by him and pointed at him from a distance, "Don't say that." He asked Lu Kai, "So you were planning to do a backflip to attract her?" Lu Kai blushed and nodded, "I thought it was pretty cool at the time."

Question marks floated across the screen. Tiezui asked, "So are you still in touch?"

"who?"

Tiezui gave him a look that said, "Think about it again!", and Lu Kai finally reacted: "Oh, you mean that girl." His eyes drifted away from the camera. "Yes, but it happened recently. We are good friends now."

Tiezui asked, "Because of that backflip?"

Lu Kai nodded, then pointed to the freckles blind box outside the camera:

"And because of the freckles."

According to the original plan, the new series of Freckles would be the finale of the evening, but since they had already come to this point, Tiezui beckoned the staff to bring over the Freckles samples. Lu Kai took the Freckles from Tiezui and held it up to the camera. He was already accustomed to the camera, and his previous awkwardness and nervousness disappeared. His words became firm and fluent. "Our designer Dorasi, the creator of the Freckles series, has been in a state of self-doubt recently. Sales of Freckles have exploded, but she believes this surge is simply due to her boss's internet-wide embarrassment, and has nothing to do with the hard work she put into this trendy toy or her excellent design."

Tiezui said, "So you don't think so."

"Of course not," Lu Kai said. "That's why I no longer think that the fall I made at the graduation ceremony was a blow that life dealt to a college student. I now think that the fall I made was actually a takeoff.

Lu Kai said: "That was the beginning of a six-year backflip."