"Storm" Roadshow
Ling Yuanzhen was standing next to the air conditioner against the wall of the classroom podium, pressing the floor-standing air conditioner with his hand while talking.
Suddenly hearing Shen Xiu's cold voice, Ling Yuanzhen was so scared that he subconsciously uttered a catchphrase: "Fuck!"
Ling Yuanzhen became flustered when he thought that the person standing behind him was Shen Xiu.
The phone, which was on a call, fell out of his hand due to fear and fell to the ground with a bang.
The moment Shen Xiu saw Ling Yuanzhen's phone fall, he took a step back to avoid suspicion.
He secretly blamed himself for going up to explain out of curiosity when he heard his name.
Don't blackmail him!
Chen Xiu stared at Ling Yuanzhen's back nervously. He wanted to leave but was afraid that Ling Yuanzhen would yell and run away.
By then, he will attract more attention and his situation will become more embarrassing and difficult to explain.
Chen Xiu stood quietly behind Ling Yuanzhen, and for fear of being blackmailed, he did not dare to say a word.
A cold breath continued to come from behind him. Ling Yuanzhen didn't need to turn around to know that such a strong and cold aura must be from Shen Xiu himself standing behind him at this moment.
Ling Yuanzhen: “…”
Who could tell him that Chen Xiu, who always liked to enter the classroom on time, would enter the classroom early today?
It would be fine if it was early, but it was damned five minutes early!
That’s fine, but now that he’s scared himself so much that his phone has dropped on the ground, why is it still standing behind him like a ghost?
It was because he knew that Chen Xiu would arrive in the classroom on time that he dared to call his childhood friend to brag about it, knowing that there was a 90% chance that Chen Xiu would not arrive in the classroom on time, in order to show off his difference from his classmates.
He failed to pretend and was caught by Shen Xiu on the spot.
How could he be so unlucky!
There are only a dozen students in the class, so it would be hard for such a movement to go unnoticed.
At this moment, the remaining students' gossipy eyes could not help but fall on Ling Yuanzhen who was standing in front of the air conditioner behind the door, and Shen Xiu who was standing beside the door.
Ling Yuanzhen couldn't stand under the sharp gaze of Shen Xiu behind him.
In order to end this kind of torture as soon as possible, Ling Yuanzhen did not even lower his head to pick up his phone, but turned to look at Chen Xiu.
As soon as he turned around, Ling Yuanzhen met Shen Xiu's cold gaze, and couldn't help but take a step back, leaning against the air conditioner.
Shen Xiu was tall, so Ling Yuanzhen didn't look into his eyes. However, he felt a strong sense of pressure from Shen Xiu, so he swallowed hard: "Why are you looking at me like that? What I said was the truth. It's impossible for you to finish your paper..."
Ling Yuanzhen stammered as he finished speaking, and he breathed a sigh of relief. His face turned red because of his stuttering.
Ling Yuanzhen also knew that the whole class was watching him, and he didn’t know what kind of rumors would spread in the future.
Having already said that, Ling Yuanzhen spoke again without waiting for Shen Xiu to answer.
"Thesis topic... Yes, we haven't even given you a thesis topic. For our major, we usually give it to you in the second semester of our senior year. We are only in the second semester of our junior year. You said you have finished it. That is absolutely impossible!"
After listening to Ling Yuanzhen's two sentences, Shen Xiu finally recovered from the thought of 'Ling Yuanzhen doesn't care about the phone that fell on the ground, let's talk about the paper first', and looked at Ling Yuanzhen with a puzzled look.
A cell phone that falls on the ground is not more important than such a boring question as "whether to write the paper or not"? Don’t you even pick it up to see if it’s broken?
Shen Xiu didn’t understand, but he respected Ling Yuanzhen and answered out loud: “Can’t you guess?”
So simple!
Ling Yuanzhen: "Guess?"
Can you still rely on guessing when choosing a paper topic?
Ling Yuanzhen wanted to shrug his shoulders in a casual manner and spoke to Shen Xiu sarcastically in a relaxed tone, but when he raised his eyes and met Shen Xiu's emotionless eyes, he stuttered without realizing it.
In front of Shen Xiu, he simply couldn't have a relaxed conversation. He always felt that he was being suppressed by Shen Xiu and couldn't breathe.
"Chen Xiu, are you kidding me? How can you guess the topic?"
"What? You flattered me well, and someone gave you the answers in advance?"
Shen Xiu: “…”
After listening to Ling Yuanzhen's words, Shen Xiu also understood why Ling Yuanzhen didn't believe him.
After organizing his words in his mind, Shen Xiu explained.
"Have you not noticed that the topics of previous papers in our film and television culture major are all similar, and 80% of the paper topics are combinations of familiar words?"
"According to my consultation with senior students in our major, we can freely choose the topics we want to write about in addition to the given topics within the professional content learned in our major."
Ling Yuanzhen: “?”
Are you crazy? ! How do you discover this?
No, what normal student would have nothing better to do than study such boring things? Just wait until the second semester of your senior year to choose a supervisor, and then just pick a simple one from the available paper topics!
Students who were eating melons: "......"
They just wanted to eat a melon simply, but they never expected to get caught in it. The melon in their mouths instantly lost its flavor.
but--
As expected of Shen Xiu, his supervisor hasn't been selected yet, and the thesis topic hasn't been announced yet. Shen Xiu made an Excel analysis summary on the thesis topics for this major and guessed the topic of their thesis this year.
It’s absolutely amazing!
Suddenly, the classmates looked at Shen Xiu with admiration.
"Where are you from..."
Before Ling Yuanzhen finished speaking, the gossiping classmates had already guessed what Ling Yuanzhen wanted to ask and spoke in silence.
"Ling Yuanzhen, how did you get into Jinghe?"
"That's right. Didn't you hear Chen Xiu say just now that he had consulted with the seniors? The seniors naturally have the topics of previous papers."
Ling Yuanzhen: “…”
Without looking at everyone's gazes, Ling Yuanzhen could feel that everyone was looking at him as if he were a fool.
Shen Xiu silently thanked the classmates who helped him explain and prevented him from talking, and nodded in response to his classmates' words: "Yeah."
Ling Yuanzhen: “…”
It wasn’t enough for the classmates to torture themselves once, Shen Xiu even said “hmm”, torture himself a second time?
You did it on purpose!
After Shen Xiu finished his hum, he saw Ling Yuanzhen staring at him with red eyes, wondering: "Any more questions?"
Classmates: This is a blatant rhetorical provocation!
The big devil Xiu is online again, and the chatterbox Ling Yuanzhen deserves it!
Ling Yuanzhen was angry and scared.
"According to what you said, there must be a lot of topics that can be guessed. How can I have time to finish writing them?"
Although he had never written a paper, Ling Yuanzhen's neighbor's brother had already graduated from college. He told him over a drink that he basically spent the second semester of his senior year writing papers.
After writing it, he had to revise it many times, and the tutor finally gave it the approval after working very hard. Why did Shen Xiu think he had finished it?
Shen Xiu thought about the number of papers in the folder on his computer and said, “I haven’t been very busy recently. After finishing filming, I wrote a paper on all the topics I guessed.”
classmate:"......"
What God of Volume? They are too narrow-minded. This is clearly the devil!
If it weren't for their good qualities and Chen Xiu's cold expression, they would probably shamelessly ask Chen Xiu if he could give them a share of the article.
Ling Yuanzhen: “…”
It has been confirmed that Shen Xiu is indeed a psychopath!
Chen Xiu glanced at the phone on the ground that had not been picked up by its owner, and felt sympathy for it.
clang......
The long school bell rang, and the teacher's voice came: "What are you two doing standing here?"
Hearing the teacher's voice, Ling Yuanzhen became even more panicked and said hurriedly, "Nothing."
After he finished speaking, Ling Yuanzhen squatted down, quickly picked up his cell phone, and strode towards where he had placed his books.
Shen Xiu: “…”
Ling Yuanzhen didn't intend to blackmail him?
He was too narrow-minded. Based on Ling Yuanzhen's previous petty behavior, he subconsciously thought that Ling Yuanzhen would blackmail him in a fierce manner.
Since Ling Yuanzhen had no intention of blackmailing anyone, Shen Xiu turned around and nodded apologetically to the teacher, then quickly walked to his usual seat.
Ling Yuanzhen returned to his seat, and fifteen minutes into the class, he finally recovered from the fear of being dominated by Shen Xiu.
After calming down, Ling Yuanzhen remembered to look at his mobile phone.
When Ling Yuanzhen saw that the screen of the latest mobile phone he bought was shattered, his face turned black.
Western University.
In physical education class.
“Just now…was it Shen Xiu?”
"What what?! Is it the legendary Shen Xiu?!"
"He just talked to your childhood friend about something. Why did your childhood friend get so scared that he hung up the phone?"
Ling Yuanzhen's childhood friend looked at the classmates who spontaneously gathered around him because of the name 'Chen Xiu', and couldn't help but feel happy and repeated what he had just heard.
"I didn't hear much, except that I said in a post that Shen Xiu didn't have time to write his paper, but Shen Xiu replied that he had already finished writing it."
"That's it?"
"Did you hear wrongly?"
"Yes, Chen Xiu is the same as us now, he is only in his third year."
Ling Yuanzhen said confidently: "I definitely couldn't have heard it wrong!"
"Chen Xiu said he has finished his thesis?"
"How is that possible!"
"It's absolutely impossible, it must be fake!"
"It's so funny, you brag without thinking. If I remember correctly, Shen Xiu is only in the second semester of his junior year. In previous years, the thesis topics in our school were usually not released until the second semester of the senior year. It must be the same for Jinghe University."
The students who gathered around were talking about it, unable to believe it, and all agreed that they must have heard it wrong.
But some people disagree.
"Why is it fake? Others may be fake, but that's Shen Xiu."
"Yeah, 'It's Shen Xiu, then everything will be fine', haven't you heard of this saying?"
"Heh, as someone who has followed the entire "Young Man Is Invincible", I just want to say that Chen Xiu is someone who can do Excel analysis on a song anytime and anywhere."
"Yes, that's how college essays work. Topics for this major are pretty much the same over and over again. If you ask the seniors from previous years, they will be able to guess the answer. That is, Shen Xiu is so smart, he can plan ahead and guess the topic of the essay. What's so strange about that?"
"It's one thing to guess it, but it's another to write it right away, or to write it more than a year in advance. After all...my brother delayed writing it until he was about to defend his thesis."
"So true, I hope I don't procrastinate during my senior year..."
That evening.
Shen Xiu returned home, recalled what Ling Yuanzhen said, walked into the study, and turned on the computer in the study that was not running.
Open the spreadsheet you made before writing the paper.
system:【? 】
[You're not going to add more topics or do something like 'I've got nothing to do anyway, so I might as well write a few more articles', right? 】
The intention of checking for deficiencies and filling in the gaps was guessed.
Shen Xiu: “…”
“If I don’t write a paper recently, I don’t know what I can do.”
He was filming every weekend last semester, and in his free time from Monday to Friday, he was either taking his driver's license test or reading scripts.
I've been busy all the time and have no time to stop.
He seemed to have gotten used to being busy and didn't know what to do if he stopped.
Looking at his database that was about to explode, the system saw Shen Xiu sitting in front of the computer screen with his back to him from the surveillance, and couldn't help but speak.
System: [Perhaps... can you take a look at my database? 】
Shen Xiu: “?”
"Are you kidding me?"
Since he bought a computer, he has avoided touching the things on the huge desk not far from the study.
I'm afraid I might accidentally break something.
If it breaks, he won't be able to pay for it in his lifetime.
System: [I’m not kidding! 】
[Take a look. It won’t cost you a piece of meat. Do you think you will touch it carelessly with your hands? 】
Shen Xiu: “…That won’t happen.”
[That’s it, look!] 】
At the strong request of the system, Shen Xiu temporarily turned off the laptop he bought and walked to the desk in front of a pile of computers and sat down.
Shen Xiu sat obediently in his seat, trying his best to control his eyes from looking around, and asked the system.
"Which computer?"
System: [The third channel on the left, the one with the hound icon, will be opened in five minutes. It will be my temporary home. 】
[After opening and browsing, please help me find what's wrong. If you think it's wrong, feel free to change it. 】
Afraid of not being able to persuade Chen Xiu, the system began to speak in a low voice according to Chen Xiu’s current temper: [I trust you so much and invite you to see me so that you can get to know me better, just as I know you. Can you bear to refuse to see me? 】
After saying this, the system didn’t know what Shen Xiu felt, and it itself felt guilty.
Does it understand meditation?
Haha, it knows nothing!
Shen Xiu: “…”
The system is really bold.
The system dared to say it, but Shen Xiu didn't dare to believe it. Unable to refuse the system's request, Shen Xiu decided to just take a look.
Just like the system said, look, it’s not like you’ll lose a piece of meat.
Shen Xiu also firmly believed that it was impossible for him not to see that something was wrong.
Therefore, Shen Xiu did not refute, took out his mobile phone, and started counting silently.
The five-minute countdown ended, and in order to avoid making mistakes, Shen Xiu waited one more minute before clicking on the black hound icon that the system mentioned.
Although Shen Xiu only intended to take a look, he clicked on the green bytes that kept jumping on the screen and stared at them without blinking, not missing a single second.
Shen Xiu was concentrating and became more and more absorbed in the watching. He was not even aware of what his hands were doing instinctively and his brain was doing.
It was seven o'clock in the evening when Chen Xiu opened the black hound icon, and it was two o'clock in the morning when he closed the icon.
Chen Xiu raised his hand and pinched his brows, then his eyes glanced towards the lower right corner of the computer screen. When he saw the time, he was shocked: "Time flies!"
After he finished speaking, Shen Xiu seemed to realize something and looked at his hands in surprise.
Shen Xiu's outstretched fingers trembled slightly as he realized what he had just done.
Thinking of what the system just said, Shen Xiu unlocked his phone and started a five-minute countdown.
"System, are you... okay?"
"System?"
As time was running out, Shen Xiu became more and more anxious.
When he thought about how he accidentally lost control of his hands and paralyzed or destroyed the system, how could he compensate?
Five, four…zero!
[I, Hu Hansan, am back again!] 】
The moment the countdown ended, the system's voice sounded in the study.
When he heard the system's instant response, Shen Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, his Adam's apple moved, and his voice was slightly hoarse because he was too nervous: "I was scared to death!"
"etc......"
Chen Xiu frowned as he looked at the black hound icon that had disappeared from the computer homepage, and wondered aloud.
"Why don't you let me change..."
Chen Xiuben subconsciously wanted to say "paralyzed", but thought that these two words were unlucky. He was unlucky to begin with, and if he said something unlucky, the system might be paralyzed online and he wouldn't be able to find anyone to fix it.
The words got stuck in his throat, and Shen Xiu quickly changed his words: “…bad.”
system:【......】
Although Shen Xiu changed his words, the system still guessed that what Shen Xiu was supposed to say was 'paralysis'.
Didn't Chen Xiu say before that he was a staunch materialist who only believed in things like 'man can conquer nature, destiny is in our own hands, and all superstitions are demons and monsters'? Why is he so superstitious now?
No, that's not accurate, to be precise.
Today's Shen Xiu always jumps back and forth between idealism and materialism, focusing on "adapting to circumstances".
It is left alone, poor creature, having been completely deceived.
After Shen Xiu finished speaking, he didn't hear the system respond to him, and thought that his wording was not tactful enough.
But since he was facing an 'old acquaintance', even though Shen Xiu was nervous, he dared to ask: "Did I say...too presumptuous?"
System: […No. 】
Shen Xiu was relieved.
The system answered Shen Xiu’s previous question: [Perhaps, you are a genius? That’s why I wasn’t damaged...】
Chen Xiu: ".......What a cold joke."
system:【......】
Sure enough, the cleaned and expanded databases are different. I heard Shen Xiu say that he understood cold jokes.
Shen Xiu didn't take the system's words to heart at all, he just thought the system was comforting him.
The system was not damaged by him because of its strong ability to repair bugs.
Shen Xiu was just thankful that the system was not broken.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is time for "The Storm" to be released.
At the same time, more than half of the second semester of the junior year has passed. Soon, Shen Xiu will end his junior year and enter his senior year.
On Wednesday, at six o'clock in the afternoon, after Chen Xiu had finished his meal and was adding to the number of papers he was working on in his study, he received a call from Xuan Yushu.
Facing his idol, even though they were not face to face, Chen Xiu subconsciously tensed up.
Chen Xiu, who was originally leaning on the sofa, now sat up straight and asked respectfully, "Hello, Xuandao, what can I do for you?"
Xuan Yushu heard Shen Xiu’s indifferent voice coming from the other end of the phone.
After spending so much time together, Xuan Yushu naturally knew that although Shen Xiu was so cold, he was definitely not targeting anyone intentionally, nor was he deliberately being indifferent to anyone.
Shen Xiu is just like that.
Xuan Yushu said with a smile: "Haha, hello Chen Xiu, it's like this, "Storm" has been scheduled, and it will be online on June 1st."
Shen Xiu: “!”
After two seconds of surprise, Shen Xiu realized that he hadn't said anything yet, so he hurriedly said, "Congratulations!"
Xuan Yushu hurriedly said, "Congratulations!"
Xuan Yushu knew that Shen Xiu was busy and didn't intend to waste too much of Shen Xiu's time, so he got straight to the point.
“Chen Xiu, I’m calling you because I think that as one of the protagonists, you still have to participate in our promotion, that is, the roadshow before the movie is released. What do you think?”
Chen Xiu said without hesitation: "Of course I will participate!"
From what he concluded from peeking at the screen in the group, his friends were all over the world, and roadshow was one of his necessary jobs as one of the leading actors. On the other hand, he also wanted to take this opportunity to get together with everyone for his own selfish reasons.
After answering, Shen Xiu added: "But...I can only participate in the Saturday and Sunday sessions, is that okay?"
After all, it wasn't really a holiday yet and he needed to go to class.
Xuan Yushu: "Of course, the roadshow we arranged was originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday."
Chen Xiu is a living signboard. The crew of "Storm" adheres to the principle of not wasting time and naturally arranges it for two days on the weekend.
After solving one thing, Xuan Yushu began to ask Shen Xiu about the second thing.
"Regarding the poster and broadcast ranking of "Storm", the crew contact has discussed it with your agent. Your agent said that we still need to ask your opinion. You are the second and Shang Yu is the first. Is that ok?"
Although Xuan Yushu was very disgusted with the current disputes over the ranking of movies and TV series, he still chose to ask.
I'm afraid that some fans will start to quarrel with each other.
"Rank?"
Chen Xiu was puzzled: "According to the role and setting, I am the second lead, why did I snatch Shang Yu's role?"
If he really robbed it, then he is really shameless.
Xuan Yushu: "......"
Of course, it’s because the competition for ranking is distorted now, and the ranking on posters and promotional texts is determined according to the status of the actors participating in the performance.
He really has a narrow mind. How could Shen Xiu care about these boring competitions!
Xuan Yushu admired Shen Xiu even more in his heart: "Ahem, just treat it as a joke I just made. Just make sure it's okay."
Netizens speculated that Shen Xiu didn’t like driving himself. Most of the crew members of “Storm” were people in the entertainment industry, a gathering place for gossip, so they naturally knew about it.
Therefore, Xuan Yushu said, "Then, the advance screening will start at 9 a.m. this Saturday. If it is inconvenient for you to drive, the driver will pick you up at Yulin Banxia at 7 a.m. on Saturday."
Hearing this, Shen Xiu felt embarrassed to bother, and quickly said, "It's convenient for me."
Xuan Yushu also said simply: "Okay, I'll send you the address later, and Jin Can will pick you up when you arrive."
Shen Xiu looked serious and nodded earnestly: "Okay, I understand."
"Well, then...bye?"
Shen Xiu: "Bye Xuandao."
Saturday.
Chen Xiu took the elevator to the underground second floor where he visited for the third time, and without hesitation chose the most low-key black car and drove to the address Xuan Yushu had sent earlier...
good evening!
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