Chapter 246 New Life
After lunch, Yan Liang took his parents to the airport, Li Zhibai went back, and Lu Yanhe went to school alone.
After Li Zhibai left, Lu Yanhe found that he was recognized much less often.
This made Lu Yanhe immediately realize that the reason he was recognized so frequently before was actually because of Li Zhibai.
Tsk tsk.
With the hit drama "Take You to the End of the World", Li Zhibai's popularity has soared, and he seems poised to become a top star.
Zhou Ping'an also took advantage of this popularity to get a lot of work for Li Zhibai during this period.
Li Zhibai will be joining another production soon.
It's also a contemporary romance drama similar to "Take You to the End of the World".
This time it's the male lead.
Li Zhibai himself was still not very interested, but Zhou Ping'an's words this time shut him up.
"When I asked you to take on 'Take You to the End of the World' last time, you didn't want to. What does that prove?" Zhou Ping'an said confidently. "It proves that you have to listen to me when it comes to taking on roles."
Li Zhibai must also admit that this drama brought him a lot of benefits. At least this time, he became popular because of the work and the role, rather than because of all sorts of miscellaneous news.
That's all so boring.
Lu Yanhe thought about the drama that Li Zhibai was about to start filming, and then he thought about himself. Apart from "Phoenix Terrace", he had no other dramas to film.
The main problem is that he has to go to school during the week and can only film during winter and summer vacations. However, the filming schedule of a show cannot revolve around him. At least for now, he does not have the ability to make the entire crew arrange filming according to his schedule.
Therefore, Chen Ziyan did not help him find various opportunities, but instead contacted various parties to inquire about film crews with suitable shooting schedules, and then slowly negotiated.
I don't know when the drama "The Golden Era" will be broadcast.
Lu Yanhe is really looking forward to his first drama.
I wonder how the audience will react when this show airs.
Suddenly, at that moment, the image of Chen Siqi proposing to create a self-media account called "Jump Up" flashed into his mind.
When this show airs, there will definitely be a lot of promotion. Could you do some interviews with the main creators of "The Golden Era" then?
Whatever Chen Siqi wants to do, Lu Yanhe will do everything in his power to make it happen. And whatever Chen Siqi wants to do, Lu Yanhe is always willing to help her.
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Lu Yanhe bought some daily necessities at the supermarket and carried them back to his dormitory.
I've got my campus card. I swipe it to enter the building and go upstairs.
Many people were taken aback when they saw him along the way, and then looked on with a look of realization.
Many people already know that a celebrity has moved into their building.
Fortunately, aside from some surprised looks, there was nothing else.
When Lu Yanhe returned to the dormitory, he found that another person had already arrived.
“Lu Yanhe!” The man had curly hair, dark skin, and eyes as bright as lanterns. He wore a white vest and had strong muscles. “It’s nice to be your roommate. My name is Mao Jiayang.”
"Hello." Lu Yanhe put down the bag in his hand and quickly greeted the person, "Are you also from the School of Literature?"
“I’m not,” Mao Jiayang shook his head. “Don’t you know? This is a mixed-gender dormitory.”
"Oh, nobody told me what you studied?"
"Computer science," Mao Jiayang said. "Tsk, I didn't believe it when people told me you were my roommate, but it's true. You're quite handsome. Are you from around here?"
This person seems to possess boundless passion.
Lu Yanhe shook his head. "No, I came to Yuming when I was fifteen. What about you?"
"I'm from Dongbin," Mao Jiayang asked. "Have you ever been to Dongbin?"
"No." Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Dongbin is a large city in the southwest, and it is said that it is hot all year round and has no winter.
Mao Jiayang: "Come visit us when you have time during your holiday. There are lots of fun things to do there."
“Okay.” Lu Yanhe nodded with a smile.
While chatting with Mao Jiayang, Lu Yanhe made up his bed.
After he finished, he turned around and saw Mao Jiayang looking at him in shock.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yanhe didn't know what he had done to shock his roommate.
Mao Jiayang said, "I didn't expect you to be able to make your own bed. I can't even do that. My mom did it for me."
When Lu Yanhe learned the reason, he was both amused and exasperated, saying, "I've been living alone since I was fifteen. These are all minor things; I'll learn them with a little practice."
Mao Jiayang clicked his tongue and said, "Are all the things said online about you true? You... are you really an orphan?"
Lu Yanhe could tell that Mao Jiayang was also embarrassed and somewhat at a loss when he asked this question.
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, frankly admitting, "Yes."
Mao Jiayang scratched his head, thought for a moment, and said, "It's okay, we're brothers from now on."
Lu Yanhe smiled.
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Students who can get into Zhenhua are, without a doubt, top-notch academic abilities and are mostly proud. Compared to Lu Yanhe, who achieved a remarkable turnaround, most of them have been excellent since childhood, consistently ranking first or second.
Mao Jiayang was like that, and so were his other two roommates.
Lu Yanhe's other two roommates arrived in the afternoon, each accompanied by family members. As soon as they entered, it was noisy and bustling. They exchanged pleasantries and greetings, inevitably mentioning Lu Yanhe's celebrity status, followed by various explanations.
Lu Yanhe had already tidied up his area, since he didn't really plan to stay in the dormitory for long, so he only put in a few basic things.
But the others were different; they all filled their bookshelves and cabinets to the brim.
His other two roommates were Zhou Mukai and Xiao Jing. Zhou Mukai, like Lu Yanhe, was from the School of Liberal Arts, while Xiao Jing was from the School of Computer Science.
One dormitory, half of the students are from two different colleges.
Zhou Mukai was the typical male student in the School of Literature: fair-skinned, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a somewhat dull look in his eyes, and taciturn.
Xiao Jing was much more lively. He gave everyone in the dormitory a box of duck necks that he had brought, and then started chatting with everyone.
"The four of us will be living in the same dorm for four years from now on. What a coincidence!" Xiao Jing sighed, then looked at Lu Yanhe. "Ha, you've even become roommates with a big star. Lu Yanhe, why didn't you go to film school? Don't all the celebrities go to film school?"
"I didn't participate in the art exam," Lu Yanhe said.
"Huh? Why didn't you even take the art exam?" Xiao Jing asked in surprise.
In Xiao Jing's view, isn't it a matter of course for artists to participate in the art exam?
He understood why Lu Yanhe would choose Zhenhua between art schools and Zhenhua, but he didn't understand why Lu Yanhe didn't even take the art exam.
Lu Yanhe said, "At that time, almost no one knew me. My acting career was about to collapse, and I never thought about continuing to be an artist."
Xiao Jing's eyes widened. "Is it really that exaggerated?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"And then you worked hard and spent a year getting into Zhenhua High School?" Xiao Jing was shocked. "Damn, you're a real genius."
Mao Jiayang asked, "So, will you still be an artist in the future?"
"Of course I'll do it! My acting career has been revived, hasn't it?" Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
Mao Jiayang gave a thumbs up: "Awesome."
Lu Yanhe smiled.
Just then, my phone rang.
It was a message from Helan: Junior, are you free tonight? Mingyue asked me if we're having dinner together tonight.
Lu Yanhe then realized that he had forgotten about this matter.
Unable to refuse such hospitality, he replied: "Mhm."
As soon as the message was sent, Mao Jiayang said, "Since the four of us are all here today, how about we have a meal together?"
Xiao Jing immediately said, "Of course, since this is our first meeting, we must have a meal together."
Lu Yanhe felt apologetic and said, "I have plans to meet someone else tonight."
Xiao Jing and Mao Jiayang were both somewhat puzzled.
"How about the three of us eat first?" Xiao Jing looked at Zhou Mukai, who had been silent all along. Who knew that this seemingly most taciturn person would drop a bombshell as soon as he opened his mouth, "I have a date with my girlfriend."
Xiao Jing and Mao Jiayang were both stunned, their eyes wide with shock.
"Holy crap, you actually have a girlfriend?"
This statement clearly provoked both Xiao Jing and Mao Jiayang.
Zhou Mukai looked bewildered, seemingly not understanding what was so surprising about this.
Xiao Jing then looked at Lu Yanhe and asked, "You're not meeting up with your girlfriend tonight too, are you?"
"No, I made an appointment with a senior I already know. Let's have dinner together again tomorrow," Lu Yanhe said.
Xiao Jing completely ignored Lu Yanhe's last sentence, and instead showed an even more shocked expression, staring at Lu Yanhe in disbelief, "Senior? You actually asked a senior out for dinner on the first day of school? Damn!"
Lu Yanhe: "..."
Xiao Jing turned to look at Mao Jiayang and said, "Is this the charm of liberal arts guys? Damn, I'm jealous. Why are they so popular with girls when we're both freshmen? Why are we so bad?"
Mao Jiayang: "Don't say that, I'm also very popular with girls."
Xiao Jing: "...Then why didn't you have any girls to eat with tonight?"
Mao Jiayang: "..."
Lu Yanhe was both amused and exasperated, and said, "The senior I ate with isn't the kind of person you're thinking of. Don't talk nonsense."
"Hmm, do you think I believe that?" Xiao Jing immediately pointed to her face, clearly not believing that Lu Yanhe and the senior she was going to have dinner with were in a purely platonic relationship.
Seeing this, Lu Yanhe could no longer explain.
He smiled.
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Lu Yanhe went to dinner with He Lan and Xu Mingyue that evening.
Instead of looking for a restaurant outside the school, the two of them booked a table at a restaurant in the school cafeteria.
“Our cafeteria is quite good,” He Lan told Lu Yanhe. “It has all kinds of cuisines; you can find whatever you want to eat.”
Over the course of the summer, Lu Yanhe and Xu Mingyue actually became a little more familiar with each other.
We see each other every two or three days.
Xu Mingyue immediately brought up the situation of "Jump Up," saying, "We expect the first print run to be around 50,000 copies. The procurement situation of various e-commerce platforms is much better than we anticipated. Your popularity is still very high, and the market has high expectations for this book you have done."
Upon hearing the news from Xu Mingyue, Lu Yanhe immediately smiled and said, "That's great!"
However, Lu Yanhe did not expect that someone would take a picture of him having dinner with two female senior students and post it online, saying that Lu Yanhe had dinner with two pretty girls on the first night of school.
That means it's not guiding things in a positive direction.
Lu Yanhe was speechless.
He started school today and was trending on social media all day, especially because of the things he said in an interview, which were widely discussed.
The main problem is that some netizens, unaware of the situation, criticized Lu Yanhe, an artist, for pretending to be poor.
Lu Yanhe's fans were already heartbroken to hear him say such things, but when they saw that some people were even accusing him of pretending to be poor and playing the victim, they were furious. They didn't even bother to explain like they used to, and started attacking him directly.
However, this did not cause too much of a stir.
When they returned to the dormitory that evening, Zhou Mukai had already come back, and the three of them were reading in their respective seats.
Lu Yanhe was quite shocked; he hadn't expected everyone to be so diligent.
He turned on his desk lamp and laptop, but instead of reading, he logged into his email to receive the plan and proposal for the second phase of recording from Li Zhenzhen.
Li Zhenzhen consulted him because the entire filming plan was based on the ideas provided by Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe did not refuse and readily agreed.
Regarding the filming plan, Li Zhenzhen made a very detailed plan this time, seemingly learning from the lessons of the previous stage of filming. She designed many elements, such as finding a restaurant for them to work as waiters, and then deliberately hiring some professional actors to pretend to be customers to cause trouble and increase dramatic conflict.
This information was kept secret from other celebrities, and it was even highlighted in bold.
Lu Yanhe was speechless. He thought to himself, "He's an artist himself. I've shown him the proposal. How could I keep it from him?"
However, Lu Yanhe understood Li Zhenzhen's meaning. Li Zhenzhen finally abandoned her insistence on "documentary realism" in the first stage and adopted Lu Yanhe's suggestion to use an experimental approach to arrange various possible states for the artists in order to capture their most authentic reactions.
This reaction is not fake; it is real.
Lu Yanhe thought Li Zhenzhen's idea was quite good.
However, Lu Yanhe still offered his suggestion in this segment: it's unrealistic for the seven artists to work and earn money in the same place. It's obviously a place arranged by the production team, and the dramatic conflict is also very singular. It can be spread out to three places, so that more and richer footage can be shot, and more content will emerge.
Lu Yanhe then offered another suggestion: different tasks could be assigned to the three groups, allowing them to compete. The groups could be scored based on the quality and effectiveness of their work, with the highest-scoring group staying in the best room and the lowest-scoring group staying in a relatively poor room.
He emphasized that this was just one possible direction, and the forms of competition could be more diverse, as could the results of the competition. As a guest, he would not participate in the specific design later, as he did not want to be spoiled and become the only artist who was "performing" with a script.
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Li Zhenzhen received Lu Yanhe's email upon his return and immediately read his comments.
Many of Lu Yanhe's suggestions were eye-opening for Li Zhenzhen.
In particular, the final suggestion to divide the artists into three groups for competition and elimination was particularly noteworthy.
Chen Biqiu said something similar to her today.
"This show is too peaceful and serene, although the first episode was anything but peaceful due to the unexpected factor of Meng Li." Chen Biqiu said, not forgetting to complain about Meng Li, "How should I put it, this feels like you could use it in a variety show featuring longtime friends. These people haven't established any familiarity with the audience yet, so the peacefulness seems boring and pale. It's okay if you don't want to make a show with drama, just make the process and segments more competitive and dramatic. Friendships between people don't all come from friendly interactions."
If Chen Biqiu provided guidance on direction, Lu Yanhe offered a practical suggestion based on that direction.
Li Zhenzhen immediately forwarded the revised plan by Lu Yanhe to Chen Biqiu, telling him that it was Lu Yanhe's revision and asking him to take a look as well.
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After Lu Yanhe revised the plan, he had no time to manage it anymore.
He immediately began the first stage of his university life – military training.
No college student can escape military training.
Chen Ziyan also said that if Lu Yanhe didn't want to participate in military training, he could get a sick leave certificate and give them a heads-up so he could avoid it.
Chen Ziyan felt that military training was more about form than substance. It wasn't really about providing practical training for college students; it was just about making students stand at attention and practice various postures all day long. It was basically just obedience training.
But Lu Yanhe refused.
He didn't want to be too special, as the identity of an artist is already sensitive.
Secondly, it was because he needed this kind of image for the filming of "Phoenix Terrace" later, and military training would help him get a tan and become more lean.
Before the military training, Lu Yanhe received a lot of encouragement from the college leaders who came to visit the students in the dormitory.
The military training lasted from September 3rd to September 17th.
It lasted for a full fourteen days.
I have to get up at six o'clock every morning and can't get back to the dormitory until ten o'clock at night.
Even after returning to the dormitory at 10 PM, we can't rest. We have to write a military training log every day and hand it in to the counselor the next day.
The few people I had just met didn't have time for a proper chat; they all fell asleep faster than the last.
Lu Yanhe was always the last to go to bed because he had a lot of things to take care of.
This includes the various decisions made for "Jump Up" and the preliminary preparations for the third issue of "City Travelogue".
During Lu Yanhe's military training, Li Zhibai came over twice, both times to gloat. He held up a parasol, drank an iced beverage, and sat on the stands taking several photos of Lu Yanhe, which he then posted on Weibo along with Yan Liang's photos.
The caption reads: "What is the happiest moment in life? It's when you see them standing there dumbfounded under the scorching sun, while you sit beside them drinking an iced beverage and watching them stand there like idiots."
Zhou Ping'an was quite ruthless, seizing the opportunity to create a trending topic: "Li Zhibai, have some decency!"
It's really getting a lot of attention online.
A group of people left comments in Li Zhibai's comment section, and the one with the most likes was: Li Zhibai, have some decency, remember to film more next time.
Almost everyone has experienced the hardships of military training, but everyone knows that those hardships can be endured if you just bear with them.
Li Zhibai's schadenfreude resonated with many—for those sophomores and juniors, what's most satisfying is seeing freshmen scorched by the sun? And when the sun turns cloudy, they even pray it won't rain.
Lu Yanhe was both amused and exasperated by Li Zhibai's actions.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi both have military training, so they simply don't have time.
Fortunately, by this time, all the content had been finalized, and the rest was just about distribution and promotion.
Xu Mingyue and Xin Zixing were both keeping an eye on this matter.
Lu Yanhe often had to use his lunch break to coordinate these tasks with them.
His classmates didn't know what he was doing, but because he was an artist, they didn't need to ask and subconsciously assumed that it was all part of Lu Yanhe's work.
In fact, many people were quite surprised that Lu Yanhe was able to participate in military training with everyone every day.
Many people think that Lu Yanhe is an artist, and his image is very important, so he shouldn't be exposed to the public like this.
He didn't say anything and continued training every day as usual.
(End of this chapter)
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