Chapter 134 Who says you can't make money as a learning broadcaster?
The whole country celebrates during the National Day holiday.
Lu Yanhe still wakes up at 5:50 every morning without fail, and starts reading English, reciting ancient poems, reviewing the knowledge points he recorded the day before that still need further consolidation, and then focuses on history.
If there's nothing to do in the morning, Li Zhibai usually won't get up before ten o'clock.
When Yan Liang returned from his run, he asked Lu Yanhe if he planned to stay in his room and read more books today.
Lu Yanhe said he was going to school.
Yan Liang nodded and said, "I also need to start preparing for the exam."
Lu Yanhe asked, "Are you going to school too?"
Yan Liang looked embarrassed, shook his head, and said, "The company has arranged a tutor for me to prepare for the art exam. He will teach me things like body language, and they have also arranged my academic studies."
He felt awkward because he knew the company hadn't arranged these things for Lu Yanhe, and he was afraid Lu Yanhe would feel uncomfortable if he heard it.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "If you're going to take the art exam, it's best if the company arranges the courses for you."
It would be a lie to say that I didn't feel uncomfortable.
But Lu Yanhe wouldn't take out his emotions on Yan Liang.
He also knew that this had nothing to do with favoritism; he and Zhou Ping'an had long since ceased to be "each other's" friends.
At 8:20, Lu Yanhe arrived at the entrance of the residential area. While waiting for Li Pengfei, he also sent a message to Jiang Yuqian: Sister Yuqian, could you please give me Director Luo Yuzhong's contact information? I have something I want to tell him.
Lu Yanhe didn't know if Jiang Yuqian would give it to him.
But since both of them are willing to let him act in "The Golden Era", Jiang Yuqian should help him, right?
Lu Yanhe held onto this hope.
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When Jiang Yuqian woke up, it was already 10:30 in the morning.
She got out of bed, her white silk nightgown swaying as she moved, occasionally revealing a pair of long, straight, and white legs.
For a time, Jiang Yuqian gained immense popularity online thanks to her legs. This was partly due to the company's marketing and operations, and partly because her viral photos and GIFs resonated with many people, captivating them with her long, beautiful legs.
She took her phone and lay down on the sofa in the living room. When she opened it, she saw many unread messages.
One of them was sent by Lu Yanhe at 8:20 in the morning.
Jiang Yuqian frowned slightly.
Do you want director Luo Yuzhong's contact information?
Jiang Yuqian sighed.
Yesterday, Zhou Ping'an presented Luo Yuzhong with his terms, which were outrageously high. For Lu Yanhe's role in "The Golden Era," Zhou Ping'an demanded a fee of 800,000 yuan—an astronomical figure for Lu Yanhe's current status; no production team would agree to that, as he wasn't worth that price. In addition, Zhou Ping'an also requested that Cheng Hai and Yan Liang each be given a role.
Zhou Ping'an isn't crazy; he definitely knows that Luo Yuzhong won't agree to this price. It's obvious that he's trying to use this as a way to reject Luo Yuzhong.
Jiang Yuqian didn't even ask Lu Yanhe whether he knew about this.
Whether Lu Yanhe knew about it or not was irrelevant, because the decision-making power was in Zhou Ping'an's hands, and nothing Lu Yanhe said would make a difference.
Jiang Yuqian felt embarrassed because of this incident.
She was the one who recommended Lu Yanhe to Director Luo Yuzhong in the first place, and now that this has happened, Director Luo Yuzhong must be furious.
Jiang Yuqian wanted to let the matter drop. Even if Lu Yanhe was excellent and perfectly suited for the role, with an agent like Zhou Ping'an who wasn't genuinely cooperative, there would be far too many problems for the production team in the future. Jiang Yuqian didn't want to take those risks; even as the female lead, she was still just a junior in front of Luo Yuzhong.
She put down her phone, rummaged through the refrigerator, and took out a bag of oatmeal and a carton of milk.
I'll make myself some oatmeal with milk for lunch.
Brushing her teeth, washing her face, applying a face mask... By the time she finished getting ready and returned to the living room, thirty minutes had passed.
Jiang Yuqian picked up her phone again.
I don't know why, but even after making the decision, Lu Yanhe's sensible, polite, and dignified demeanor kept appearing in my mind.
Finally, she recalled Lu Yanhe's last expression on the day of the audition; the longing and bewilderment in his eyes inexplicably touched her heartstrings.
never mind.
Jiang Yuqian thought to herself, she would help him one more time. How well this matter would turn out depended on him.
She sent a message to director Luo Yuzhong: "Director, Lu Yanhe just asked me for your contact information. I think he probably has something to say to you. I saw that you admired him quite a bit on the day of his audition, so I gave him your business card."
After sending the message, she pushed Luo Yuzhong's business card to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe replied after a while: Thank you, Sister Yuqian!
Jiang Yuqian thought for a moment and then reminded her: Do you know what conditions your agent offered to the production company?
Lu Yanhe: I don't know, Sister Yuqian. Zhou Pingan never contacted me from beginning to end. I only knew that the director had chosen me from other people in the company.
Lu Yanhe: Did he set any difficult conditions?
Jiang Yuqian sighed.
really.
She sent over Zhou Pingan's conditions, saying: "The director must be quite angry. You need to contact him, explain less and apologize more. Wait until he's in a better mood before making things clear. However, if you can't change Zhou Pingan's attitude, don't force it anymore."
Lu Yanhe: Okay, thank you, Sister Yuqian, I understand.
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Upon seeing the message from Jiang Yuqian, Lu Yanhe's heart sank to the bottom.
As expected, Zhou Ping'an had no intention of having him act in "The Golden Era" at all, and came up with such a wicked trick.
Luo Yuzhong took a liking to Lu Yanhe and chose him to act in a play.
Zhou Ping'an and his team couldn't directly refuse a big-name director like Luo Yuzhong, so they came up with this solution.
They forced Luo Yuzhong to give up on his own initiative.
If Jiang Yuqian hadn't told him about it, he wouldn't even have known what Zhou Ping'an had done.
That's disgusting.
Lu Yanhe's eyes flickered.
"Old Lu, what are you thinking about?" Li Pengfei suddenly patted him on the back.
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe came back to his senses.
Li Pengfei said, "You didn't respond when I called you just now."
Lu Yanhe: "I was spacing out just now, what's wrong?"
Li Pengfei said, "I'm asking you, do you want some coffee? I'm ordering coffee now. Ugh, I'm so sleepy. I've been studying all morning, and my head is spinning."
"I don't need it, you drink it yourself."
Li Pengfei took out his phone and ordered takeout for himself.
"It's almost 11:30, time for lunch!" Li Pengfei's eyes lit up. "I finally understand what it means to be so hungry from studying so much. That's such a fitting phrase!"
Lu Yanhe looked at him and smiled speechlessly.
Just then, footsteps sounded in the corridor.
Several people came over.
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Not many students at the school, which was on holiday, came to study like they did.
Therefore, the sound of footsteps was particularly noticeable.
A scene that shocked Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei unfolded.
Li Luzhi entered the classroom with two men in black suits and a rather plump woman dressed simply.
Each of them was carrying a food box.
"Oh dear, you've been studying all morning, you must be tired?" Li Luzhi walked in with a smile and asked.
Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei stared wide-eyed in disbelief, looking at him and the three people behind him with some bewilderment.
"Dad, why did you bring so many people here?" Even Li Pengfei was a little confused.
Li Luzhi said, "I'm bringing you lunch."
Li Pengfei swallowed hard and said, "Even if you're just bringing me lunch, does it really need to be this elaborate?"
Li Luzhi: "You and Lu have been studying so hard, of course you need to eat well to nourish your bodies. Let me tell you, this was all specially prepared by your dad by a chef."
At his signal, two men dressed as bodyguards in black suits quickly pushed several desks together to form a larger square table.
Then, the middle-aged woman who looked like a nanny deftly opened the food box. Inside, instead of food, was a tablecloth and tableware.
She spread out the tablecloth, set out the tableware, and then brought out the food and set it on the table.
They seemed to have received professional training; their movements were fluid and seamless, without the slightest pause, and they left the classroom very quickly afterward.
Li Luzhi was the first to sit down. Looking at the two young men who were almost petrified, he said, "Sit down and eat."
Li Pengfei took a deep breath and said, "Dad, luckily there was only Lu Yanhe in the class today, otherwise I would have really lost face for the family."
Lu Yanhe knew Li Pengfei well. Although he always said that he had plenty of money and nothing to worry about, he was not the kind of person who liked to flaunt his wealth in front of his classmates. He was always very low-key, which was completely different from Chu Saiying, who liked to show off and thought she was superior to others.
Lu Yanhe sat down graciously and said, "Then thank you, Uncle."
Seeing that Lu Yanhe had sat down, Li Pengfei's embarrassed mood, which had been made a bit by his father's flamboyant style, eased a little, and he sat down as well.
Li Luzhi was extremely enthusiastic towards Lu Yanhe, saying as soon as he opened his mouth, "I wish my son had become your friend earlier."
Li Pengfei knew what his father was going to say as soon as he heard it, and immediately interrupted him with a dark face, "Dad, stop right now, don't say anymore."
Lu Yanhe roughly guessed what Li Pengfei's father wanted to say.
It's likely that seeing Li Pengfei's recent change in attitude towards studying and his newfound effort surprised him too much, leading him to attribute all of Li Pengfei's transformation to Lu Yanhe.
Li Luzhi said with a smile, "Okay, if you don't want me to say it, I won't. Let's eat. This tuna sashimi is your favorite. I ordered it specially. It was just caught from the sea this morning. Try it."
Lu Yanhe stared in shock at the neatly arranged plate of sashimi in front of him. What shocked him most was Li Luzhi's earlier statement that "it was caught from the sea this morning."
Yuming is not a coastal city.
Li Luzhi certainly wouldn't brag about this sashimi. It just goes to show that rich people really don't care about money when they want to eat what they want. It's probably caught at sea and sent directly onto the plane.
Or what?
It was transported all the way to Yuming, then sliced on the spot and packed into this food box for Class 3, Grade 12 at No. 13 Middle School.
Li Pengfei enjoyed the meal very much.
There were eight dishes on the table, which was far too much for us to finish.
Li Luzhi barely touched his chopsticks, instead focusing on serving food to Li Pengfei and Lu Yanhe.
"Eat more. This black chicken soup has ginseng in it. Remember to have a bowl of soup later to nourish your body. You high school seniors study from morning till night every day. It's too hard. Even hawks don't work as hard as you."
Every time Li Luzhi spoke, he shocked Lu Yanhe.
The shock was immense, and Lu Yanhe felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
No matter how extravagant these dishes are, they were all prepared by Li Luzhi for his son.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe especially missed his parents, his parents from his original world.
His family was ordinary, not as wealthy as Li Pengfei's, but his parents would still prepare a table full of dishes to make him happy and satisfied.
Lu Yanhe greatly admired Li Pengfei.
Because he no longer has a father who loves him as much.
"By the way, Yan He." In the time it took to eat a meal, Li Luzhi had already changed his address for Lu Yan He from "Classmate Lu" to "Yan He." "I saw some information online, you're an idol artist?"
"right."
"So you're planning to take the art college entrance exam?"
“I won’t take the art exam, I’ll just take the college entrance exam,” Lu Yanhe said. “I’ll see how many points I can get on the college entrance exam and then I’ll go to whichever university I want to attend.”
"Are you not planning to be an entertainer anymore?"
"We'll see how things go. If there's an opportunity, I'd definitely like to continue doing it," Lu Yanhe said.
Li Luzhi nodded and said, "I heard that you recently opened a live broadcast room. Pengfei reads books with you every night after he gets home. This model has given me some new ideas. My company is currently promoting a new social software, which was originally intended to help students with information sharing. But your live broadcast made me realize that we might be able to develop a new function called online study room."
"An online study room?" Lu Yanhe was somewhat surprised.
“Hmm,” Li Luzhi said, “A few days ago you were leading everyone in memorizing vocabulary every night, right? That’s actually quite inconvenient. You’re doing a live stream, but you can’t connect with everyone. You just read the Chinese words, and the people watching your live stream have to rely on their own initiative to memorize the English words. It’s very mechanical. But if there were an online study room like this, with a host, and some auxiliary functions added, such as people in the study room selecting some words from the vocabulary list together so that everyone can memorize words together, it should have a huge market among students.”
Li Pengfei seemed to be hearing about this for the first time, showing a shocked expression, his face practically screaming, "Have some decency!"
Lu Yanhe laughed and said, "I don't know how many students are willing to use this online study room function, but I'm sure many teachers are willing to use it, especially during holidays. Teachers would love to install a surveillance camera in our homes to see if we are studying properly."
Li Luzhi laughed.
“It seems like it can definitely be implemented.” He nodded. “Once this new feature is developed, I’d like you to try it out in your live stream. Of course, it won’t be free; I’ll offer you a commission based on market rates. What do you think?”
Lu Yanhe looked at Li Luzhi in surprise, never expecting to get such a money-making opportunity.
Can you really make money from live-streaming educational content?
What Li Luzhi said helped Lu Yanhe recover a lot from Zhou Ping'an's disgusting behavior.
“Sure, of course I’d love to,” Lu Yanhe said with a smile. “If such a feature were available, it would be much more convenient for me and my friends who follow my live streams to learn every day, and we could also earn some extra money.”
Li Luzhi: "This inspiration also came from you."
Li Pengfei never expected that his father's visit today would bring Lu Yanhe a lucrative business opportunity.
But will Zhou Pingan give him the job of promoting this collaboration?
Lu Yanhe wasn't sure about Zhou Ping'an's attitude. This promotional collaboration was purely for making money; it wasn't the kind of exposure like appearing on TV shows or filming movies. Perhaps Zhou Ping'an would agree? If he didn't agree, there was nothing he could do, since what work Zhou Ping'an accepted and what work he didn't accept were entirely in Zhou Ping'an's hands.
He suddenly felt that having a termination agreement was actually quite good. If he could maintain this state until the end of the college entrance examination next year, just as Qiu Ling said, he would have many more opportunities, and from then on, he could fly freely in the sky.
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After lunch, Li Luzhi and his men packed up their things, put the desks back in their place, and left in a hurry.
"Son, I have a dinner engagement tonight, so I won't be coming. Aunt Zhang will bring you dinner, just wait for her," Li Luzhi said before leaving.
Li Pengfei: "I can deliver dinner, but please don't make such a fuss."
"Okay, then you should study hard."
As soon as everyone left, Li Pengfei made a face at Lu Yanhe.
Don't you think my dad is a bit over the top?
“That’s great,” Lu Yanhe said. “I envy you for having a dad like that.”
Li Pengfei suddenly remembered that Lu Yanhe's parents had died early and he was an orphan.
He cursed himself inwardly for being crazy, babbling about his father in front of Lu Yanhe, regardless of whether it was exaggerated or not.
"I'm so sleepy." Li Pengfei rubbed his round belly. "I feel sleepy after eating. I'll lie on the table and take a nap."
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Go to sleep."
He took out his phone and reopened his chat window with Jiang Yuqian.
I first added Luo Yuzhong as a friend.
—Director Luo, I am Lu Yanhe. If you are willing to let me act in "The Golden Era", I will overcome all difficulties to do so.
Make your stance clear from the start.
This was the only message he could send to Luo Yuzhong before Luo accepted his friend request.
Lu Yanhe didn't know if Luo Yuzhong would accept his friend request.
If he agrees, it means that Luo Yuzhong definitely still prefers him to play the role.
If they disagree, Luo Yuzhong's anger hasn't subsided, so they'll have to think of another way.
Lu Yanhe had made up his mind that this time, he would do everything he could to preserve this opportunity.
Ten minutes later, the phone rang.
He immediately picked it up and glanced at it; Luo Yuzhong had accepted his friend request!
He breathed a sigh of relief and immediately sent a message to director Luo Yuzhong: Director Luo, I'm very sorry. I just heard about the conditions my agent made to you, and I feel guilty for causing you so much trouble. Would it be convenient for you to call me now? I hope to be able to act in this movie. Please don't take the conditions my agent made to heart.
These were words that Lu Yanhe had pondered for a long time.
How to soothe Luo Yuzhong's emotions as soon as possible, express your attitude to him that you really want to act in "The Golden Era", and at the same time tell him that the unreasonable conditions proposed by Zhou Pingan will not become an obstacle to cooperation.
Two minutes later, Luo Yuzhong called.
Lu Yanhe immediately walked out of the classroom and went to the end of the corridor to answer the phone.
"Director Luo, hello."
“Xiao Lu, I’m very pleased with your attitude.” Luo Yuzhong sighed, seemingly not angry with Lu Yanhe. “Yuqian also mentioned to me that your relationship with your agent doesn’t seem to be very harmonious. I think his conditions are probably just a pretext. If he really wants to discuss cooperation, this isn’t how it should be discussed.”
"Yes, I'm sorry."
“You should only listen to your agent’s arrangements in this matter, right?” Luo Yuzhong said.
Lu Yanhe was surprised that Luo Yuzhong would ask this question so directly.
He said, "I have to follow his arrangements until the college entrance examination is over next year, but after the exam, I will terminate my contract with the company. Director Luo, I heard from Sister Yuqian that your film will be shot in the second half of next year. After the college entrance examination is over next year, I will regain my status as a free agent and then I can make my own decisions."
This was the only thing he could offer to persuade Luo Yuzhong, after much thought based on his own situation.
"Terminate the contract?"
“Yes,” Lu Yanhe said. “I have already signed a termination agreement with the company, and the agreement will take effect on the day the college entrance examination ends next year.”
Luo Yuzhong was extremely surprised.
“If you’re not comfortable with that, I can give you a copy,” Lu Yanhe said. “Director, I’ve never acted before, and I don’t know where to start as an actor. It’s like fate suddenly opened a door for me to gain your appreciation. I know I must seize this opportunity, and I assure you that I will overcome all difficulties to act in this film. As long as you’re willing, I’ll do whatever you say, whether it’s the pay or any other conditions.”
Luo Yuzhong remained silent.
Lu Yanhe wondered if he had gone too far in expressing himself.
Will this put too much pressure on Luo Yuzhong?
However, none of this is something he can control right now.
He had nothing but sincerity.
Luo Yuzhong said, "Xiao Lu, let me think about it carefully, I will contact you again."
The lack of a positive response left Lu Yanhe somewhat disappointed.
But Luo Yuzhong's next words made him overjoyed.
“Take a picture of your termination agreement and send it to me,” Luo Yuzhong said.
He was persuaded after all!
Lu Yanhe, with a mix of surprise and excitement, said, "Okay, I'll send it right away, thank you, director!"
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After hanging up the phone, Lu Yanhe looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the building, feeling as if a gentle breeze and a bright moon were blowing in his heart, and a sense of comfort filled his heart.
Only then did he feel a tingling sensation in the soles of his feet.
He was actually very nervous and uneasy when he made this phone call to Luo Yuzhong. On the one hand, he was full of hope, and on the other hand, he was worried about being rejected by Luo Yuzhong.
Setting aside his reserve and directly expressing his earnest desire for an opportunity is something Lu Yanhe rarely does.
They always care about saving face and are afraid to admit their persistence and obsession with an opportunity.
But he has nothing now: no cheat codes, no system, no background, and no vested interests that can sway Luo Yuzhong.
The only thing he can do is, like today, actively fight for an opportunity for himself.
He might succeed, he might fail, but if he doesn't try, he'll probably regret it every day afterward, wondering why he didn't try harder and be more proactive.
here you go.
He encouraged himself in his heart.
(End of this chapter)
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