Chapter 222 Luck in Life (10,000 words!)
Chen Siqi was not familiar with Lu Yanhe's career in the entertainment industry.
In fact, Chen Siqi was a little nervous about meeting Li Zhibai and Yan Liang. As an ordinary person, she always felt that the world of celebrities was too far away from them. Under the packaging of the company and the promotion of the media, they wore a kind of natural halo, which made people feel distant and felt the gap.
But Li Zhibai and Yan Liang immediately displayed a more relaxed attitude than most people, which made Chen Siqi feel closer to them.
As the co-editor of "Jump Up", Chen Siqi has already read Yan Liang's articles.
One can judge a person by their writing.
Chen Siqi had a good impression of Yan Liang because Yan Liang's articles gave people a sense of reliability and seriousness.
His articles are written in plain language, but they are very sincere. He writes about his regrets from his childhood and his regret of not having experienced an ordinary high school.
When Chen Siqi saw Yan Liang today, and saw him teasing her and Lu Yanhe with Li Zhibai, she realized that he wasn't as serious and earnest as he appeared in the article.
Li Zhibai pointed at Lu Yanhe and asked Chen Siqi, "Was Lu Yanhe a repressed pervert at school?"
"What?" Chen Siqi was taken aback.
Li Zhibai said in a serious tone: "On the surface, he is very humble, calm, and well-behaved, but in reality, when it comes to causing trouble, he has caused no shortage of trouble?"
Lu Yanhe looked speechless and said, "Are you sure this is what an old, repressed pervert means?"
"Pretty much the same, I guess." Li Zhibai looked completely unconcerned about the true meaning of "old and brooding."
Chen Siqi was both amused and exasperated. She shook her head and said, "He rarely causes trouble at school."
"How could that be? I know more than one thing about him." Li Zhibai clicked his tongue and pointed at Chen Siqi. "Are you covering for him? It seems there's something fishy going on between you two. Let me ask you, did you like him first, or did he like you first?"
Before Chen Siqi arrived, Li Zhibai had repeatedly told Lu Yanhe to rest assured, but now he seemed to have forgotten what he had said, and asked with a wicked grin.
Lu Yanhe slammed his hand on the table, "Li Zhibai!"
Li Zhibai then sighed and said, "Alright, alright, I won't ask anymore."
However, at this moment, Chen Siqi said, "Lu Yanhe was just affected by the things that happened at school; he didn't cause any of them on his own."
This is in response to Li Zhibai's question earlier.
In fact, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both knew what was going on. They asked that question just now purely to tease Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi, but Chen Siqi took it seriously and was explaining for Lu Yanhe.
Yan Liang quickly nodded and said, "We know, Li Zhibai is just saying that on purpose, don't take it seriously."
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.
Seeing this, Lu Yanhe had no choice but to step in and smooth things over, saying, "Li Zhibai, when are you going to give us the manuscript you promised to write? Our book is about to be due."
Li Zhibai said, "I really can't write it. Don't make things difficult for me. If it's really impossible, then forget it. Otherwise, I'll just have to find a ghostwriter to write it."
"How about we write Li Zhibai's article in the form of an interview?" Chen Siqi suddenly said.
"Um?"
“I’ve also thought about adding a feature interview column to each issue,” Chen Siqi said. “Right now, our book doesn’t have many formats, so we could add a feature interview column.”
Li Zhibai immediately chimed in, "This is good, let's go with this one."
Lu Yanhe asked, "Then should we find someone who can do the interview?"
Chen Siqi said, "Mm."
“Let me introduce you to someone,” Li Zhibai said. “I knew a journalist before who wrote my interview, and he wrote it very well.”
Lu Yanhe said, "Others have already written about you. If they write about you again, can they come up with anything new?"
“That’s true,” Li Zhibai said. “Then you should go and look for it yourselves.”
-
After dinner, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang prepared to go back first.
"Then we're leaving," Li Zhibai said to the two of them.
Lu Yanhe: "Bye-bye."
Li Zhibai patted Lu Yanhe on the shoulder, his mouth practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.
This guy still couldn't resist watching the show.
Lu Yanhe was completely numb.
He wasn't angry because he knew that's just how Li Zhibai is. If he were to make any more intimate moves with Chen Siqi, Li Zhibai would jump up and perform a somersault on the spot.
After the two of them left, Lu Yanhe turned to Chen Siqi and asked, "What happened to you today...?"
Chen Siqi: "I don't want to talk about unhappy things. Come with me to the arcade."
"ah?"
"I want to play."
"Oh." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Let's go then. I'll check where there are arcades around here."
Then, twenty minutes later, Lu Yanhe watched as Chen Siqi, holding a controller, ferociously killed zombies for half an hour.
Although Chen Siqi remained expressionless throughout, she exuded a powerful aura.
Chen Siqi only put down the controller after she finally passed the third level.
Lu Yanhe asked, "Are you calmed down?"
Chen Siqi: "It's alright."
She turned to look at Lu Yanhe and said, "I don't want to go back. Let's go see a movie."
Lu Yanhe nodded, "Okay, what do you want to see?"
"Whatever, you can choose. I just don't want to go back. I'm fine with looking at whatever I want."
So the two of them went to see another movie.
By the time the movie ended, it was already 10 p.m.
As they walked out of the movie theater, the hot wind still blew, carrying the pungent scent of camphor trees and the unique heat of summer.
Chen Siqi took out her phone, glanced at the screen, and gave a cold laugh.
Are we going back?
"Why would I call back? I'm not calling back." Chen Siqi looked at her phone coldly. "I've been out for so long and they haven't called once. I don't know how they can keep saying they care about me. They're just fooling themselves and making themselves feel so moved, like they really love me to the point of losing their minds."
Although Chen Siqi spoke these words with a cold tone, it made Lu Yanhe feel uncomfortable.
If having no parents is a misfortune, then having parents like Chen Siqi is another kind of misfortune.
The content of misfortune may vary in its own way, but the feeling of pain is similar.
Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Siqi, about to say something, when Chen Siqi suddenly glanced at him and shook her head, "Please don't try to comfort me, I don't want to be comforted, I just need you to be with me."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
He didn't say another word.
He didn't know what else to say.
They went to a 24-hour self-service bookstore right on the street.
Building a self-service bookstore like this in a bustling city is actually a municipal engineering project.
More than its practicality, it serves as a landmark and a scenic attraction.
However, on this summer night, the two of them sat inside and started reading.
Chen Siqi asked, "Are you going to do a live stream?"
"Not today," Lu Yanhe shook his head. "I don't do live streams every day."
The two sat on chairs in the self-service bookstore and quietly began to read.
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It's 11 p.m.
Xin Zixing and Liu Yaliang came out of a KTV.
They waved goodbye to the others and prepared to go to a hot pot restaurant up ahead for a late-night snack.
It was already past midnight, and the bustling commercial district that had been teeming with people during the day was now deserted with only a few scattered figures.
Liu Yaliang said, "There are really few people here."
"Everyone's off work." Xin Zixing glanced at the time. "It's almost midnight. You've been working hard lately."
Liu Yaliang smiled brightly, "What's so hard about it? Working in fashion is so much fun! This is my favorite job, much more interesting than what I did before."
"That's because you inherently love this."
"Okay." Liu Yaliang nodded. "I'm planning to go to Hong Kong this weekend. Do you want to come with me?"
"I don't have time, I've been incredibly busy lately," Xin Zixing said.
Liu Yaliang asked, "Are you still preparing for the documentary 'City Travelogue'?"
“Yes.” Xin Zixing nodded. “The higher-ups have approved a lot of budget, and they want to make this our Yemai.com brand. They’re currently selecting cities. I’ve been on five business trips in the last two weeks.”
“That’s true. People who don’t travel much for work think about it, while people who travel a lot don’t want to go at all.” Liu Yaliang suddenly paused, “Hmm? That person looks like Lu Yanhe.”
She pointed to a self-service bookstore about five meters away. The bookstore had glass walls on all sides, exposing the interior to the surrounding view.
Xin Zixing followed Liu Yaliang's gaze and said, "That's him. The girl next to him is Chen Siqi. She's really a high school student, spending so late at night reading in the self-service bookstore."
"What a coincidence!" Liu Yaliang took out her phone. "But the two of them sitting together, this scene looks like something out of a movie."
“This scene is just like something out of a movie,” Xin Zixing said. “Would you read books with your friends in a self-service bookstore in the city center late at night?”
“No, if any of my friends did something like that, I would even think they were sick,” Liu Yaliang said frankly. “But, the two of them sitting there, I felt it was very harmonious, the scene was so beautiful.”
She took a picture of the scene with her phone.
"I want to post it online."
"Don't cause them any trouble. The two of them were trending on social media not long ago."
"Okay." Liu Yaliang clicked her tongue. "What a pity. I think this photo would definitely go viral if it were posted. It was such a wonderful feeling."
Xin Zixing stood there, looking at the small glass house five meters away.
In the darkness, a warm yellow light emanated from the small glass house.
The original design concept was to create a sense of warmth in the city.
At that moment, Xin Zixing sensed this idea in a calm way.
Xin Zixing said, "Only young people like them would think of creating a magazine in this era."
Liu Yaliang: "Speaking of which, how's their book coming along? Didn't they solicit submissions on our Yemai website before?"
"We're still collecting manuscripts. Jiangyin has assigned an intern to help them," Xin Zixing said. "They were planning to release it by the end of the month, but based on the current progress, it might not be able to be released on time."
"Then will it be postponed?"
"Maybe so. I didn't rush them. These two young people did this without any team to help them. It's already quite an achievement that they've managed to do this much on their own," Xin Zixing said with a smile. "I'm quite looking forward to seeing what kind of book they'll make."
-
Chen Siqi turned the book upside down on the table and stretched her neck.
Lu Yanhe looked up at her.
"Sore neck?"
"A little, my head is a bit sore from looking down all the time," Chen Siqi said. "It's already 12:30, let's go back."
"Going home?"
"Okay." Chen Siqi nodded. "You call a car, and I'll call one too."
"I'll call for you, I'll take you home first," Lu Yanhe said. "It's too late, I'm worried about you taking a taxi home alone."
Chen Siqi did not refuse.
Lu Yanhe called a ride-hailing service and took Chen Siqi home first.
Before she got out of the car, he asked, "Would you like me to wait for you at the door?"
Lu Yanhe was worried that Chen Siqi would have another conflict with her father and Liu Wei'an after going back, and that she would run away again.
Chen Siqi: "No need, you can go back. They must be asleep already."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
But Lu Yanhe waited at the door for five minutes before leaving.
-
To Lu Yanhe's surprise, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were still awake and were in the living room.
One person was lying on the sofa reading a book, while the other was sitting on the floor playing video games.
Lu Yanhe looked at them in surprise and asked, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Li Zhibai looked up at him and said, "Oh, you're back. We thought you weren't coming back tonight."
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Li Zhi asked, "Where did you go with Chen Siqi?"
"Nothing much, just watched a movie."
"You came back so late after watching a movie? Who are you trying to fool?"
"What's there to lie to you about?" Lu Yanhe yawned. "I'm sleepy, I'm going to take a shower and go to bed."
"You're asleep already?"
"It's already one o'clock, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Do you have work tomorrow?
"No, but I'm very sleepy."
"You think you can sleep in today without a job?" Li Zhibai snorted twice. "Go take a shower first. I'll give you some time to think it over. You'll have to tell me honestly later."
Lu Yanhe: "...What do you mean, 'explain'?"
“What do you think I should explain?” Li Zhibai immediately said, “You found a girlfriend without saying a word, and you’re still pretending.”
"What girlfriend? Don't talk nonsense. I've told you eight hundred times, no, no, no."
"Then let me ask you, do you like her?" Li Zhi asked repeatedly.
Lu Yanhe remained silent.
Li Zhibai: "Heh, so you're admitting it."
Lu Yanhe: "Liking her doesn't mean anything. I do like her."
"Then hurry up and confess! Why are you still beating around the bush and being ambiguous?" Li Zhibai said excitedly.
Lu Yanhe was speechless. "No, I like her, why are you so agitated?"
"I'm just excited to see my son digging for cabbages," Li Zhibai said with a sly smile.
Lu Yanhe: "Get lost."
He went into the bathroom.
Yan Liang glanced at Li Zhibai and said, "You've gone too far."
Li Zhibai snorted twice, "Keep pretending. You listened to every word I asked him, and now that I've finished, you say I went too far."
-
That's probably how it is between friends; a lot of things are said bluntly and even offensively, but you have to say them and ask questions.
Li Zhibai never expected that his relationship with Lu Yanhe would reach this point within a year.
He never expected that when Lu Yanhe fell in love for the first time, he would actually feel the excitement and exhilaration of a father.
The next day, Li Zhibai got up very early, which surprised even Yan Liang, who asked incredulously, "Are you going to catch a plane?"
"What rush? I just took advantage of the time I had today to finish the article I promised Lao Lu."
"Didn't we say we'd find someone to write your interview? Why are you writing it yourself again?"
"I just have something I want to write about." Li Zhibai had a mischievous grin on his face.
Yan Liang immediately asked in confusion, "What are you trying to write?"
"I've already thought of a title: 'Don't be a coward when it's time to confess!'"
Yan Liang: "..."
He said, "Lu Yanhe might beat you to death."
Li Zhibai raised his chin and said, "You just wait and see."
To Yan Liang's surprise, Li Zhibai actually sat in front of the computer for three hours straight and wrote the article.
Yan Liang: "You had a terrible labor for the past two weeks, and today you're suddenly like a hen laying an egg, so fast, I don't even know what to say."
"This means that when you can't create, don't force yourself to create; inspiration will come eventually."
"You call this inspiration?"
Li Zhibai: "Why don't you call it that? Isn't it written down?"
Yan Liang: "I look forward to Lu Yanhe's reaction when he sees this article."
Li Zhibai said confidently, "With my outstanding literary talent, wow, amazing."
Despite having known Li Zhibai for several years and having witnessed Li Zhibai's unwavering confidence many times, Yan Liang still wanted to take off his shoes and throw them in Li Zhibai's face at this moment.
-
When Lu Yanhe learned that Li Zhibai had actually written the manuscript in just one morning, his first reaction was that he must have misheard.
When Lu Yanhe saw the title of Li Zhibai's manuscript, he suddenly understood.
day.
Lu Yanhe read Li Zhibai's manuscript from beginning to end.
A complex feeling arose spontaneously.
Li Zhibai's article was surprisingly well-written.
Direct, frank, and written entirely in plain language, yet brimming with youthful vigor.
He actually wrote a fictional story.
"I'm not going to tell my story, but someone else's. This story is just like all romance dramas, with a cliché beginning: a man falls in love with a woman, and this woman... seems to like the man too."
"They were high school classmates, but they weren't in the same class, so they weren't that close. I don't know how they met. When I found out, there were already some hints of something between them, but the guy wouldn't admit it. He kept stammering and seemed shy about it, too embarrassed to admit it."
"If I weren't so familiar with this person that I could see right through him, I probably would have taken a long time to find out about their relationship."
...
This is the beginning of Li Zhibai's article.
This opening was written entirely based on the characters Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi.
Lu Yanhe could tell at a glance.
However, the fictional story that follows has nothing to do with them. Li Zhibai created a story of various misunderstandings caused by a series of coincidences, telling how the two people sparked a romance. It has nothing to do with the usual romance novel style. Instead, it focuses on how the young man and woman became rivals at the school sports meet and then fell head over heels for each other.
To put it bluntly, Li Zhibai was simply indulging in wishful thinking.
Although the whole story is fictional, this man is writing it based on Lu Yanhe.
He appears to be a normal person on the surface, but is actually a bit socially anxious and easily embarrassed. He also said that he tends to get carried away when he gets into conflicts with others, but afterwards he tends to blame himself and reflect on whether he did something wrong.
In Li Zhibai's writing, this man is a bit fussy and self-confused.
He may not be 100% Lu Yanhe, but he is 100% the Lu Yanhe in Li Zhibai's mind.
"..."
After reading the article, Chen Siqi's first reaction was: "Is the boy in Li Zhibai's story based on you?"
Lu Yanhe was speechless. He wanted to deny it, but he didn't know how.
Chen Siqi said, "He knows you quite well."
Lu Yanhe looked completely bewildered and said, "Huh? You think the person in this story is really me?"
"They do look somewhat alike," Chen Siqi said bluntly. "Don't you think they don't?"
"I don't know, I don't know how to say it."
“You really love to reflect, haven’t you noticed? No matter what happens, you like to look for problems within yourself,” Chen Siqi said. “You are the person I’ve ever met who is most afraid of hurting others because of yourself.”
Lu Yanhe was stunned.
Why did Chen Siqi say that too?
-
What kind of person is Lu Yanhe in their eyes?
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but start to think.
After thinking for a while, he suddenly realized that there was nothing to think about.
Just then, Lu Yanhe was scheduled to record an interview program that he had previously agreed to.
A video interview with Peng Zhixing on the Northern Lights video platform.
After meeting at the graduation party in June, Peng Zhixing arranged this interview with Lu Yanhe, and now they are finally going to record it.
During this period, many interview programs approached Lu Yanhe, but Chen Ziyan did not accept any of them.
Chen Ziyan felt that Lu Yanhe was too young. He had already taken on one talk show, which was enough. He didn't have enough experience to handle multiple talk shows and was likely to expose his weaknesses.
So, for the entire summer, Peng Zhixing was the only talk show.
After not seeing each other for a while, when Lu Yanhe met Peng Zhixing, Peng Zhixing congratulated him with a smile: "You're getting more and more famous lately."
Lu Yanhe: "No, no."
Peng Zhixing communicated with Lu Yanhe and said, "I have prepared an outline for the interview. You can take a look at it first. We will talk about the specific content during the formal interview. Don't worry, I will not ask any particularly sensitive questions. If you feel that you do not want to answer my questions, just tell me directly, and they will be cut out in the final cut."
Upon hearing Peng Zhixing's words, Lu Yanhe smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you."
While making preparations, Lu Yanhe was still looking at the outline given by Peng Zhixing when someone suddenly knocked on the door.
It turned out to be Lin Miaomiao.
Miss Lin, whom we haven't seen in a long time.
Lin Miaomiao put her hands behind her back, raised her chin arrogantly, looked at him, and said, "Lu Yanhe, you're going too far."
"Huh? What's wrong with me?" Lu Yanhe was completely confused.
Lin Miaomiao said, "You never contact me unless I contact you first."
Lu Yanhe then realized that this was what Lin Miaomiao meant.
He was immediately embarrassed.
Lin Miaomiao wasn't deliberately picking a fight. Only after she said that did Lu Yanhe realize that he hadn't actually contacted Lin Miaomiao.
"I've been a bit busy lately."
"Hmph." Lin Miaomiao walked in, her eyes scrutinizing Lu Yanhe intently. "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
"ah?"
"You like that girl named Chen Siqi, right?" Lin Miaomiao stared at Lu Yanhe, her gaze suddenly becoming menacing.
Lu Yanhe stammered.
"I knew it," Lin Miaomiao snorted. "Just as I thought."
Lu Yanhe realized he really didn't know how to deal with Lin Miaomiao.
Lin Miaomiao said, "Don't worry, I won't be jealous. I've never thought about dating you, don't misunderstand."
Lu Yanhe smiled awkwardly and said, "How could that be? I'm not that narcissistic."
"Are you relieved?" Lin Miaomiao glanced at Lu Yanhe and asked, "When you heard that I didn't want to date you, did you immediately feel relieved?"
"No, no," Lu Yanhe denied awkwardly.
"Whether you admit it or deny it, the point is, I just want to be friends with you. Just remember that," Lin Miaomiao said. "You're going to record a show soon, right? I'll go first. Let's have dinner together after the show."
Lu Yanhe nodded subconsciously.
At this point, he felt too embarrassed to refuse again.
-
The interview program wasn't live, and it was on video of the Northern Lights. Lu Yanhe is relatively familiar with the Northern Lights, so he was quite relaxed.
On his way to the studio, he ran into Hou Jun, the director of "Little Songs Gathering".
Hou Jun even pulled him aside and said, "You're really popular lately. When are you going to come back to our show again?"
Lu Yanhe said, "Anything is fine. I would also like to record 'Little Songs Gathering' again."
Hou Jun smiled broadly and said, "You said it, right? Then I'll go back and send your agent a notice inviting you to gigs. Don't refuse again."
“How could that be!” Lu Yanhe said, “But school starts soon and I have two other programs to work on, so I might not have enough time. As long as I can coordinate my schedule, I will definitely participate.”
“Okay,” Hou Jun said. “As long as you don’t mind that our show isn’t as popular as it used to be.”
“It’s clearly very popular. There are only a handful of shows that have lasted longer than ‘Little Songs Gathering’.” Lu Yanhe smiled and hugged Hou Jun. “I’m going to record the show now. See you later.”
"Okay." Hou Jun nodded.
Along the way, many people greeted him.
Upon arriving at the studio, Lu Yanhe and Peng Zhixing exchanged pleasantries backstage for a few moments before Peng Zhixing prepared to go on stage.
Lu Yanhe waited backstage, ready to go on stage.
-
"Book Club" is a cultural program co-produced by Aurora Video and Beijing TV.
It hasn't aired yet; this is the first episode being recorded.
Xu Bantian was assigned by Beijing TV to be in charge of this program.
Because he offended Chen Ziyan on the spot, Xu Bantian was not only slapped by his father, but was also kicked out of a variety show he was originally scheduled to be on and sent here to do a mainstream program that was only meant to complete a political mission.
Xu Bantian was furious.
He was the assistant director on set. Before the show was recorded, he led the audience through the reactions several times and explained the things they needed to pay attention to during the recording. Then he had to go to the guests' rest room to ask them to get ready to come out and record the show.
The guests we invited today are either cultural figures or popular writers, and of course, there are also celebrities who will help boost the show's popularity.
Among them is Yu Jiang, a female writer who became famous at the age of seventeen.
When Xu Bantian arrived at Yu Jiang's rest room, he found that Yu Jiang was not there. When he asked, no one knew where she had gone.
Xu Bantian got angry immediately.
The show is about to be filmed, where did she go?!
He immediately found Yu Jiang's phone number and made a call.
"Hey, Teacher Yu, where are you now? Our program is about to start recording, and I can't find you in your rest room." Xu Bantian suppressed his temper and asked in a kind voice.
"I'm right outside Studio Two, I'll be right back."
Five minutes later, Yu Jiang hurriedly returned.
Xu Bantian's eyes widened when he saw Yu Jiang.
"Teacher Yu, you haven't put on makeup yet?"
Yu Jiang had a bare face, probably because she had just removed her makeup and hadn't had time to put on stage makeup yet.
Yu Jiang said, "Quickly call the makeup artist to do my makeup."
Xu Bantian was speechless at the sight of her imperious attitude.
I'm a little angry.
"Makeup artist!" Xu Bantian shouted, startling Yu Jiang.
"Oh dear, that was so loud, you startled me!" Yu Jiang complained to him.
Xu Bantian couldn't take it anymore and said, "Where were you just now? Our show is going to start recording in ten minutes, and you still haven't done your makeup."
Yu Jiang did not answer.
"Alright, stop rushing me, I'll be right there."
Xu Bantian had a curse word on the tip of his tongue, but he hesitated and stopped himself.
The main reason is that this person in front of me is quite famous, with many readers.
Having just suffered a significant loss at Chen Ziyan's hands, Xu Bantian dared not risk offending anyone again.
He stormed off, and upon seeing a staff member, immediately asked, "What's going on in Studio Two right now?"
"Peng Zhixing is recording his interview program 'Zhixing'."
“Peng Zhixing?” Xu Bantian knew this host because he was a newcomer and not very famous, but he was highly regarded by Aurora Borealis.
Is Yu Jiang a fan of his?
It doesn't look like it.
Xu Bantian then asked, "Who is the guest on today's 'Journey'?"
"Lu Yanhe".
A name that sounded familiar came out of the other person's mouth.
Xu Bantian's expression immediately changed.
-
This was the first time Lu Yanhe had sat in a studio and been interviewed in front of hundreds of audience members.
Peng Zhixing said, "You have become an idol for almost all senior high school students. In just one year, you went from the bottom of the grade to the second-best and were admitted to Zhenhua University through the college entrance examination. This experience sounds more legendary than a movie. Can you share with everyone how you did it in the past year?"
"How did I do it... well, it's actually quite simple. I set a goal for myself: I wanted to get into Zhenhua or Yuming." Lu Yanhe said frankly, "I don't really have much confidence in whether I can get in. I just wanted to set a very high goal for myself. Only in this way can I force myself to put in the greatest effort to achieve it."
"But setting a goal is easy; sticking to it and working towards it is difficult."
“It’s very difficult, so I have to push myself to the limit and leave myself no way out,” Lu Yanhe said. “I opened a study live broadcast room by chance, and people supervise my studies every day. Moreover, many people know that my goal is to get into Zhenhua and Yuming, which forces me to not give up halfway because I don’t want to be ridiculed. If I were to bury myself in my studies, I might have given up after a month or two.”
"You're amazing; you actually thought of using external forces to push yourself to work harder," Peng Zhixing exclaimed sincerely.
“That wasn’t my original intention, but the live stream has served this purpose.” Lu Yanhe said with a helpless smile, “If I had known beforehand that the pressure would be so great, I definitely wouldn’t have started this live stream.”
"You were already on the ship, and there was no way to get off, so you had no choice but to bite the bullet, right?" Peng Zhixing asked with a smile.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
“Another crucial reason is that several of my classmates and friends have been very supportive and encouraging,” he said. “Without their support and encouragement, I might have given up long ago. My classmates, my teachers, and Li Zhibai and Yan Liang have all given me a lot of help. For example, I’ve been living with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang for the past year. As long as I don’t go out, they are very careful not to make any noise and don’t want to disturb me. I always say that I’m reading in my room, and as long as the noise isn’t too loud, it won’t affect me, but they still keep it as quiet as possible. Li Zhibai and Yan Liang have been playing games on silent mode for the past year.”
Peng Zhixing stared in surprise.
"Wow, they are really considerate."
"Um."
Peng Zhixing asked, "During your year of preparing for your senior year of high school, did you ever really think about giving up?"
"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "There really wasn't anything I had to give up on. On the contrary, if I didn't take the college entrance exam and study hard, I wouldn't have anything else to do. Well, as everyone knows, my parents left very early, and I was raised by my grandmother. Later, my grandmother also left. I wasn't particularly successful as an artist; I'm almost forgotten. If I didn't study hard and get into a good university, I don't know what I could do in the future."
Peng Zhixing looked intently into Lu Yanhe's eyes, a look of heartache on his face.
“I didn’t even dare to bring this up, but I didn’t expect you to bring it up on your own initiative—you were raised by your grandmother since you were little. I know it’s bad of me to ask this, but I still can’t help but ask, do you still have any memories of your parents?”
Lu Yanhe remained silent.
memory?
Are they the original body's memories, or your own?
“I have some vague memories.” Lu Yanhe paused after saying this. Unexpectedly, he was calm on the surface, but suddenly he was overwhelmed by an indescribable sadness, and his eyes instantly reddened. “Most of my memories are of living with my grandmother.”
"You must miss your grandma a lot, right?"
"Hmm." Lu Yanhe didn't expect that at this moment, the original owner's memories and longing for his grandmother would suddenly surge into his mind. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was his own longing for his parents, or the original owner's longing for his grandmother, or both, intertwined into a chaotic emotion that strangled his calm and rationality.
“Your grandmother took very good care of you. You are a very warm and kind person,” Peng Zhixing said.
"Thank you." Lu Yanhe smiled shyly, then lowered his head, almost bursting into tears. He quickly turned his head away, holding back his tears.
He didn't want to get caught up in that emotion, so he immediately said, "It's probably because I've lost all my family members in my life that I cherish my friends and classmates even more. Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, and I are no longer under the same manager, but we still live together. Sometimes I feel lucky. Although I've lost many people, I've also gained many others. God hasn't left my life as nothing but a wasteland."
Peng Zhixing's eyes suddenly reddened.
“Yan He, I’m sorry, I should have been more professional, but I didn’t expect you to say you’re lucky at this time.” Peng Zhixing took a deep breath and shook his head. “I can only say that you are truly a warm person at heart, and you still actively look at the best side of your life.”
Applause suddenly erupted from the audience.
Lu Yanhe quickly waved his hand.
“But this is really great, especially when I saw the news that you and your classmates were preparing to make a book. I was very happy,” Peng Zhixing said. “I am especially happy to see you actively doing what you want to do. Maybe it’s because I saw you successfully turn things around in your senior year of high school. Especially compared to your senior year, your acting career, and even your life, you are turning things around. I really want to see you succeed, just like your success can give me a lot of strength.”
Lu Yanhe's ears turned red as he listened, and he shook his head embarrassedly, "Brother Zhixing, what you said made me very uneasy."
"What are your plans for the future?"
"Hmm? In the future?"
"In the short term, what are your thoughts on your four years of university? In the long term, what do you want to do in the future, and what are your plans?"
“I have all sorts of ideas, but they are all just ideas.” Lu Yanhe laughed. “My agent once told me something that I really like. She said that I am only nineteen years old now, and I don’t need to set a path for myself to take in the future. I should just go along with it, try more things, experience more things, and then find what I really like and am good at. That’s what I’m doing now.”
Peng Zhixing nodded: "What your agent said makes a lot of sense. According to the information I've seen, your agent is Chen Ziyan, a very famous and top agent in the industry, right?"
“Yes.” Lu Yanhe nodded with a smile. “She is very capable.”
How did you feel when you found out she was going to be your manager?
“I fought for it myself,” Lu Yanhe corrected. “She was going to take on three new talents at the company, and I went to audition myself. I was hoping to make a change in my acting career, so I mustered up the courage to tell her that if she took me on, I would definitely give her a surprise.”
Peng Zhixing blinked in surprise, "Are you the kind of person who would actively seek out opportunities for yourself?"
"right."
"Judging from your personality traits, that doesn't seem to be the case."
"I do get easily embarrassed and have a bit of social anxiety, but I push myself in many crucial moments. For example, with 'The Golden Era,' I almost couldn't act in it, but I took the initiative to contact the director and finally got the opportunity to star in it."
Peng Zhixing: "Speaking of 'The Golden Era,' this should be your first time acting?"
“Yes.” Lu Yanhe nodded.
Peng Zhixing asked, "This play hasn't been released yet. How do you feel about your performance?"
"It was alright," Lu Yanhe said. "I really enjoyed the time I spent filming."
"What does Director Luo Yuzhong think of you?" Peng Zhixing asked.
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said apologetically, "I don't know either, I'll have to hear what Director Luo has to say."
“Then let’s hear what Director Luo has to say,” Peng Zhixing suddenly said.
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe stared wide-eyed in surprise, looking at Peng Zhixing with confusion.
Peng Zhixing said with a smile, "Director Luo recorded a video for you."
(End of this chapter)
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