During this holiday, Li Zhibai went on vacation with his family, Yan Liang began to prepare for the art exam, and Lu Yanhe went to school to study every day. As a result, the chances of meeting each other were less than usual when there was no holiday.
But during this holiday, Lu Yanhe finally got a little tired of studying.
I feel bored and don’t want to read. I start to daydream and can’t study as immersively as before.
There are always phases like this.
Feeling irritated and upset, Lu Yanhe could only endure it.
At this time, Lu Yanhe was also very grateful that there was Li Pengfei to accompany him in studying.
We can say a few words from time to time, chat, and eat together. When we are tired, we can go for a walk on the playground to relieve boredom. It is not as boring as when there is no one around.
On the second to last day of the holiday, Lu Yanhe suddenly received a call from Hou Jun.
This surprised him a little.
"Director Hou, are you looking for me?" He came to the corridor.
Since they met on "Xiao Ge Ju Zhong Hui", Lu Yanhe and Hou Jun have been in contact several times. Hou Jun admires Lu Yanhe's talent and his character, so even though he failed to ask him to save the situation that time, Hou Jun still kept in touch with him and would send him a few songs that he thought were suitable for him from time to time to exchange ideas on music.
Lu Yanhe felt a little embarrassed every time he received such news because he really didn't understand music.
Hou Jun said, "There's something. A friend of mine heard your song 'Memorial' and wants to cover it, so he's looking for me to put him in touch with him."
After a song becomes popular by a singer, other singers will cover it in concerts, shows or offline performances. Generally, any commercial performance requires the purchase of copyright.
However, there was a time when this was a completely unregulated area. Who cared about your copyright? Singing your songs was a favor to you. You still want to sue me? Go ahead.
It’s much more standardized now.
Lu Yanhe said, "No problem, Director Hou, but who wants to sing a cover?"
"Song Linxin, a young singer," Hou Jun said, "was on another show and wanted to cover this song. I actually think it's more suitable for a girl to sing, as the whole style is more in line with a girl's thoughts."
Lu Yanhe thought, after all, the original singer was a serious girl.
He said, "Okay, but I need to find someone to look at my contract first to see if I need my company's approval to authorize a cover. I didn't even read the contract carefully when I signed it."
Hou Jun: "It shouldn't be necessary. You wrote this song yourself, and the copyright is entirely yours. The contract you signed with your agency is a performance agency, not a copyright agency. However, you should still check it out to avoid any contract disputes later."
"Well, thank you, Director Hou."
"Then I'll give you the girl's business card later." Hou Jun said, "You guys chat among yourselves."
"Director Hou, can I ask what the market price is for a cover song?" Lu Yanhe asked. "I've never encountered such a situation before, and I don't understand the market."
A director like Hou Jun, who specializes in music variety shows, must know this.
Sure enough, he thought about it and said, "If it's just a cover on a show, and it's a new song, it's not that popular yet, so the price won't be high, probably between 5,000 and 10,000."
Lu Yanhe understood, "Okay, thank you, Director Hou."
Hou Jun said, "When you've sorted things out with your agency, come and join our show if you have the chance."
"I will definitely do it if I get a chance. Thank you, Director Hou." Lu Yanhe said.
Afterwards, he received Song Linxin's business card.
He hasn't even added the other person yet, but they've already sent him a friend request.
It seems that Hou Jun has promoted his business cards to both sides.
Lu Yanhe accepted Song Linxin's friend request and greeted her.
Song Linxin said: Hello, I am Song Linxin.
Lu Yanhe had never known who Song Linxin was before. After chatting with her, he found out that Song Linxin had just debuted not long ago.
The two chatted for a while and then got down to business. Song Linxin asked Lu Yanhe to cover the song on the show.
Lu Yanhe agreed generously.
Song Linxin asked where the other person was and then went back to sign an authorization letter. Only after getting the authorization letter did the program allow her to sing the song on the show.
Lu Yanhe was very surprised. He didn't expect that copyright protection is so thorough nowadays.
He later asked Li Zhibaijia's legal affairs department for help to check the content of his contract with Star Entertainment to see whether it included the copyright of his own songs.
Fortunately, the contract signed at the beginning was not too bad. It was just as Hou Jun said, it was just a performance agency, and did not include the agency of his own works.
In the afternoon, Song Linxin and her agent Zhou Meng came to No. 13 Middle School.
Lu Yanhe went to the school gate to meet them.
Song Linxin looked about the same age as him. Upon asking, he found out that she was only a freshman in college and was one year older than Lu Yanhe.
Zhou Meng took out the authorization agreement and Lu Yanhe read it. He didn't have a lawyer, and Zhou Ping'an would definitely not let the company's legal department help him, so he had to read it himself.
However, the terms of this authorization agreement are relatively simple and there is nothing ambiguous about them.
They generously filled in 10,000 yuan for the licensing fee.
Lu Yanhe signed.
Zhou Meng looked curiously at the school behind Lu Yanhe and asked, "Isn't your school on vacation?"
"Oh, no, I'm studying here." Lu Yanhe said.
Zhou Meng was a little surprised.
Song Linxin's gaze towards Lu Yanhe also changed slightly.
The two parties didn't say much, signed the authorization, and then parted ways.
In the car, Zhou Meng said, "This Lu Yanhe is quite unexpected. He looks different from ordinary idol artists."
"He can write a song like 'Memorial'. You can tell he is a person with a very delicate mind just by listening to it," said Song Linxin.
Zhou Meng laughed and said, "You will write a better song than "Memorial" in the future."
Song Linxin nodded.
"Since you like singing and your parents have entrusted you to me, let's work hard together and strive to let more people hear you sing," said Zhou Meng.
-
What Lu Yanhe didn't expect was that he received the authorization fee transfer of 10,000 yuan the next day.
So fast.
This also surprised Lu Yanhe. After all, he had never thought that he could make money by licensing cover songs.
He now consciously saves money every month in order to save money for himself after the college entrance examination.
After the college entrance examination, he terminated his contract with Star Entertainment and would no longer receive the 3,000 yuan monthly subsidy. By then, he still had to go to college, and without any savings, he would be stretched to the limit. If he really couldn't make ends meet, he would have no choice but to apply for a student loan.
The remuneration for "Xiaoge Juzhonghui" has been received, but the remuneration for "A Technical Job in the Workplace" has not yet been received.
His current savings, plus the ten thousand he just received, is actually only a little over fourteen thousand.
If he weren't an artist, he might have to beg on the streets now.
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As soon as the National Day ended, the second monthly exam for the senior year arrived as scheduled.
Yan Liang also came to take the monthly exam. He wanted to see what score he could get.
Examinations are always liked by a small number of students and hated by most students.
Few people can truly understand the significance of going to school when they are in school. Even if they know it is important, it is difficult to study hard without personal experience.
Lu Yanhe had ranked 275th in his last exam, and this time he planned to get around 200th. According to his plan, by the end of this semester, he would steadily improve to around 130th in his grade. By the next semester, he would be in the top 100 again.
If his improvement was too obvious, people would be surprised and even suspect him of cheating. In this matter, he felt it was better to proceed step by step.
This kind of thing was something he had to figure out silently by himself, and there was no one to discuss it with.
Li Pengfei was very excited and looking forward to what kind of results he would get in this exam.
Over the past month, he felt like he had worked so hard that he had lost a lot of skin.
The monthly exams ended in two days, following the same format and schedule as the college entrance exams. After Lu Yanhe finished, he didn't stay at school for evening self-study and went straight home.
Yan Liang went with him.
"How did you do in the exam?" Yan Liang asked.
"It's okay, how about you?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Yan Liang shook his head and said, "I haven't been to class for so long that I've forgotten a lot of things. I don't even know how to answer many questions."
"Should we be able to catch up later?"
"It shouldn't be a big problem. My academic score requirement isn't high, so I just need to work hard later." Yan Liang said, "My focus right now is still on the art exam. If I can't pass it, everything else will be in vain."
"He will definitely pass." Before seeing Yan Liang's performance, Lu Yanhe was really worried that his friend who debuted as an idol didn't have any acting talent. However, at the audition for "The Golden Age", Yan Liang showed an acting talent that surprised the whole audience, and he felt that he would definitely have no problem.
Yan Liang: "I hope everything goes well."
He and Lu Yanhe sat in the back of the bus, looking out the window at the sunset and the fleeting street scenes, and said, "Sometimes I envy Li Zhibai. He never has to worry about his future."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.
-
The teachers worked overtime to mark the papers, and the monthly exam results were announced the next day.
Lu Yanhe was very pleasantly surprised. He had done quite well in history, scoring 67 points in the subject. This was the result he had obtained through serious study. It seemed that his intensive study last month was very effective.
His total score was 527, ranking 209th in his grade.
"Damn it!" Li Pengfei suddenly yelled.
The attention of everyone in the class was drawn to him.
Li Pengfei's face lit up and he said, "Lu Yanhe, my grade is 378!"
Before Lu Yanhe could react, the other students in the class exclaimed "Wow" in unison, and there was an uproar.
Jiang Haitian was the first to disbelieve it. He smiled and said, "Li Pengfei, you must be seeing things. How could you possibly get 378th in the grade?"
Li Pengfei held his head high, looking as if he was looking down on the world.
"If you don't believe me, come and see for yourself. Let me tell you, I just don't work hard normally, but with a little effort, I immediately improved by more than 200 places." Li Pengfei looked at Jiang Haitian sideways, as if asking him, "Do you have this ability?"
Jiang Haitian gave him the middle finger without hesitation.
Li Pengfei smiled magnanimously and didn't argue with him.
He was filled with a joy that everyone could feel - in fact, he only ranked 378th in his grade, a ranking that most people who paid a little attention in class could achieve.
At this time, Liu Qin came in.
Her face was also filled with smiles.
Because of this exam, Class 3 ranked first in the grade, surpassing Class 4 next door.
What made her happiest was that Linyu ranked first in the grade this time. Among the top ten students in the grade, there were four from their class, and Chen Qindu entered the top ten for the first time.
Liu Qin smiled and said, "You guys aren't secretly working hard at home during the National Day holiday, are you?"
Everyone laughed.
"It's wonderful to see you all working so hard to improve," Liu Qin said. "I've seen every one of your grades, and everyone is working hard to improve. Some have made significant progress in their grade rankings, while others haven't made much progress in their rankings but have seen improvements in their scores. I'm so happy you're all studying so hard."
"Teacher Liu, I'd like to ask, how did our class do in the history exam?" Mei Ping raised her hand and asked.
"Well, it's still not ideal. I'm sixth in the grade," Liu Qin said. "But now Teacher Su is here. I believe you'll be able to improve quickly by studying with him. Everyone, keep working hard and don't get discouraged, okay?"
"Okay." Mei Ping was quite disappointed.
Liu Qin said, "There's another thing. Regarding our class's math scores, I've carefully analyzed everyone's scores, especially the sub-scores. Our class lost a lot of points in geometry, especially among the top 100 students in the grade. The points lost in geometry were much higher than the average. In the future, I will specifically pick a type of question during evening study and explain it to everyone. You all need to do one thing: sort out your own exams and find out which question types you lost the most points on and which question types you have already mastered. That way, when I explain the question types you lost the most points on, everyone will look up and listen. For the question types you have already mastered, you don't need to listen again and can study your own. Now that we are in the third year of high school, time is very tight. Everyone must take the initiative to learn. This initiative does not mean working hard at the questions, but taking the initiative to discover where you are lacking, where you are embarrassed, and where you can improve your scores. We teachers will then analyze it, facing students from both classes, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions. You are the ones who know yourselves best."
Lu Yanhe is actually quite good at math. In these two exams, he actually answered all the questions, but he selectively left some questions blank.
Including this exam, he scored 112 points in mathematics, which was a specially calculated score.
He felt that his class really had some very good teachers, and the previous bad one had been replaced.
They are all teachers who have experience and ways to help students improve their grades.
Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Qin walked over to him.
"Lu Yanhe, you did very well in math this time. You scored 112 points, the highest among all subjects," said Liu Qin.
Lu Yanhe had to say, "I guessed correctly on a few of the multiple-choice questions. I was also confused about the answer to the last fill-in-the-blank question. I just randomly wrote down the square root of two, and I didn't expect it to be correct."
Liu Qin laughed and said, "I was wondering why you improved so quickly this time."
"I'm working hard to get 112 points based on my own strength next time," said Lu Yanhe.
Liu Qin nodded: "Your learning momentum is very good now, you should make good use of it."
"Okay." Lu Yanhe nodded.
-
After entering October, Li Zhibai suddenly became busy.
Zhou Ping'an arranged for him to be a regular on a variety show. In addition, it seems that the fourth quarter of each year is the peak period for commercial performances.
There are also more and more commercial performances seeking Li Zhibai.
Li Zhibai is often away from the dormitory.
Not to mention Yan Liang. Whenever he was not working, he would follow his teacher to prepare for the art exam. There were a lot of things to prepare, and most of the time he even slept in the company.
Lu Yanhe found that after he returned home from evening self-study, the lights in the room were off and no one was there.
This feeling… If he hadn't experienced that time in September when they were together almost every night, he wouldn't have been uncomfortable with it. Now he really is a little uncomfortable. This feeling of coming back and having no one in the house is not a good one.
The temperature also dropped suddenly overnight.
When Lu Yanhe got up in the morning, he was shivering with cold and quickly changed into thick clothes.
As the weather gets colder, there are more fallen leaves on the road.
Wearing headphones, Lu Yanhe stepped over fallen leaves on the bus stop, which crumbled beneath his feet. This was an experience only possible in autumn.
He thought of his childhood when his mother held his hand and he often deliberately stepped on the yellow leaves. He had forgotten why he did that, but he only remembered that every time he stepped on the leaves, he would let go of his mother's hand. He would step on them excitedly for a while, and then look up and find that his mother was waiting for him in front. He would run over and hold his mother's hand again.
I don’t know how they are doing now.
"Lu Yanhe." He heard someone calling his name.
Lu Yanhe looked back.
Chen Siqi got out of her car, walked over with her schoolbag on her back and a box of milk in her hand.
She had her hair tied in a ponytail. The sun had not yet risen, but the crisp morning light brought a hint of blush to her milky-white, delicate cheeks.
She has a beautiful appearance that is dignified and graceful. If she doesn't speak, she would actually have the kind of generous look that many elders would like.
"You came so early today." Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Siqi: "I heard your class took first place in the grade this time. That's impressive. Yin Xiangyu must be very angry, right?"
"I don't care whether she is angry or not, it has nothing to do with me. What about you? How did you do in the exam this time?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"It's okay, I'm in the top 100. Xu Zijun refused to give me the answers for this exam, huh?" Chen Siqi said. "I was really nervous, worried I'd fail. If I fell behind, Liu Wei'an would definitely not miss this opportunity. She'd use the rumors about us and tell my dad I must have fallen behind because of premature love."
"Since you have made progress this time, her little plan won't work." Lu Yanhe said.
"Yeah." Chen Siqi nodded, with a hint of pride and joy in her eyes.
The two of them walked into the school gate together.
"Is that person sitting at the door early in the morning waiting for the bookstore to open?" Chen Siqi suddenly asked.
Lu Yanhe followed Chen Siqi's gaze and saw a person sitting on the steps of a bookstore next to the school gate.
Chen Siqi didn't know her, but Lu Yanhe did.
That was the woman who came to see Su Su that night, his ex-girlfriend, Yuan Yi.
She appeared again.
Lu Yanhe didn't know how Su Su handled things with her that day. There was a National Day holiday in between, and this was the second time he saw her.
However, when Lu Yanhe looked over, Yuan Yi happened to look up at him. As soon as their eyes met, Yuan Yi's face lit up with surprise.
"It's you!" Yuan Yi stood up immediately and ran towards him.
Lu Yanhe had to stop at the school gate.
Chen Siqi asked in surprise, "Do you know her? Is she here to wait for you?"
Lu Yanhe never expected to utter these four words: "It's a long story."
Yuan Yi ran up to them, staring only at Lu Yanhe, his eyes shining, and asked, "You are Su Su's student, right?"
"Hello." Lu Yanhe said, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Su Su doesn't return my calls or messages. Tell him that if he keeps ignoring me, I won't give up. I will keep pestering him."
Yuan Yi was using almost the most innocent eyes and tone to say the most scalp-numbing words.
Lu Yanhe had already seen how crazy the woman in front of him was.
He looked at her hesitantly and said, "Teacher Su is only my teacher. I don't know him well, so I can't possibly tell him these things. You should go find him yourself."
Yuan Yi's eyes turned fierce in an instant.
She suddenly rushed to Lu Yanhe, as if Lu Yanhe had hurt her viciously, so she wanted to vent her anger viciously.
"Are you in cahoots with him to fool me? I know, you must be his favorite student. Why can't you say these things to him? Aren't you his student?" Yuan Yi rushed to Lu Yanhe aggressively, as if he was going to knock him to the ground in the next second.
Lu Yanhe had to take a step back.
"Please keep your distance from me. If you want to go crazy, don't do it in front of me." He frowned, with obvious disgust on his face.
No matter what happened between Yuan Yi and Su Su, it had nothing to do with him. Yuan Yi's actions affected him, which hurt innocent people.
When Yuan Yi wanted to say something else, Chen Siqi suddenly stepped forward, raised her hand and pushed Yuan Yi on the shoulder, pushing her away from Lu Yanhe.
"You think he's a man and he's embarrassed to hit you, right?" Chen Siqi shook her head and looked at Yuan Yi irritably. "What's with all that Susususu? No matter who he is, if you have something to ask him, go to him in person. What's the point of asking his students? I'm warning you, don't go crazy in front of our school. If you go crazy again, I'll call the police and say you're sneaking around our school gate."
Chen Siqi started threatening her right away.
When doing this kind of thing, Chen Siqi acted like a big sister, she was very familiar with it and there was no sense of awkwardness at all.
Yuan Yi looked at Chen Siqi, then at Lu Yanhe, and suddenly her eyes turned red and tears fell down.
She smiled bitterly at Chen Siqi, and her fierce voice regained a strange gentleness.
"Little girl, do you like him?"
Chen Siqi didn't expect that this person would react like this after he had just threatened him.
Her expression was full of disbelief.
But Yuan Yi shook her head dejectedly and said, "It's okay to like someone, but don't get too involved, or you'll be the only one hurt. These men are too cruel when they become ruthless."
After she finished speaking, she looked at both of them deeply, and seemed to have lost the mood to continue pestering Lu Yanhe, so she turned and left.
She left, but left Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi with a lot of embarrassment.
“…”
Chen Siqi and he looked at each other and immediately looked away.
"That person is crazy. I don't like you at all. Don't get me wrong." Chen Siqi spoke first.
Lu Yanhe nodded and hummed, "She seems a little mentally unstable."
Their eyes met for a while, then looked away. They said, "Don't get me wrong," but it was still awkward and uncomfortable.
"Who is Su Su?" Chen Siqi was looking for something to talk about, so she asked about this person.
"Our new history teacher."
"Oh, that's the male teacher who comes to school in a suit every day, right?" Chen Siqi obviously knew him, but she didn't know his name was Su Su.
"Um."
"He's very handsome, and many girls in our class like him."
"Um."
Chen Siqi glanced at him and said, "Since he came to teach your class, has the number of female fans in your class decreased?"
Lu Yanhe: "...There are no fans of mine in our class."
"Really?" Chen Siqi wasn't really curious.
We kept trying to find something to talk about along the way, and finally reached the corridor where we could separate.
"Leave."
"Bye-Bye."
Lu Yanhe still couldn't help but looked back at the girl's back.
She always walked proudly like a swan, never lowering her head, revealing her slender neck.
The hair sparkles with youth and grace in the dim light.
Lu Yanhe thought, Chen Siqi must like him a little, right?
It's impossible that I don't like you at all, right?
There are some ideas brewing in my mind.
-
During the history class, Lu Yanhe looked at Su Su and was distracted several times, thinking about him and Yuan Yi.
What kind of past do these two have?
Why does Yuan Yi keep pestering Su Su?
Lu Yanhe is actually not a very gossipy person. If Yuan Yi had not appeared in this way several times, he would not have been curious about this matter.
After class, Su Su packed up his things and was about to leave the classroom when he suddenly said, "Lu Yanhe, come with me."
Lu Yanhe looked at Su Su in confusion.
He followed Su Su out of the classroom.
Su Su was waiting for him at the front door.
The two of them walked along the corridor for a while before Su Su stopped and asked, "Did you have anything you wanted to say to me during class just now?"
Lu Yanhe was shocked. He didn't expect Su Su to be so sharp.
"It's about the woman who came to see you that day." Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and felt he had nothing to hide, so he said directly, "She came again this morning, waiting for you at the school gate. She recognized me and blocked me at the school gate."
Su Su looked surprised.
He was stunned for a few seconds, then gave a helpless smile that was slightly apologetic.
"I'm sorry that this matter has caused you so much trouble." Su Su said, "I'm sorry that I've caused you so much trouble because of my own personal matter."
"It's okay." Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Su Su: "I will resolve this matter as soon as possible."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded. "Teacher Su, is this the reason you called me out?"
"Yeah." Su Su nodded. "I originally thought you had something else to ask me, but you were too embarrassed to speak up. I didn't expect that you were embarrassed to speak up because this matter was related to me."
A bitter smile appeared on his face again.
Lu Yanhe shook his head. "Teacher Su, I'm just not sure if telling you this will bother you. It hasn't really caused me much trouble. You're a teacher I admire very much. Your history class is truly excellent. To be honest, I find history the most difficult of the three liberal arts subjects. It requires the most fundamental knowledge and logical analysis skills."
Su Su: "You study very hard. I was a little surprised before. Why are you so hardworking, but your grades are not so good? After talking with Teacher Liu, I found out that you just started working hard and didn't come to school very often before."
Lu Yanhe lowered his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.
"But with your current progress, you're definitely in time." Su Su asked, "Do you want to apply to Zhenhua or Yuming?"
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe looked at Su Su in surprise.
Su Su laughed, "Didn't you start a live broadcast? I'm following it too, targeting Zhenhua or Yuming."
Lu Yanhe once again felt the shame of being exposed - even though he was not actually wearing a vest.
Su Su: "You are quite ambitious. I admire you very much. You work harder than most students. If you need any help, feel free to come to me. I am happy to help you."
Lu Yanhe: "Okay, thank you, Teacher Su."
"If there's nothing else, let's go back to the classroom." Su Su said to him.
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded and turned back.
-
As soon as Lu Yanhe returned to the classroom, Li Pengfei came over and asked, "What did Teacher Su call you for?"
"Ask me...about opening a livestreaming room." Lu Yanhe concealed Yuan Yi's matter. He also knew that if this matter became public, it would definitely be bad for Su Su. "Now I really regret why I gave the livestreaming room such a name in the first place."
Li Pengfei laughed with great delight and said, "What's the big deal? It's just a slogan. Do you think anyone actually takes it seriously?"
This is just a small episode.
In the next few days, Lu Yanhe did not see Yuan Yi at school again.
Time passes quickly in the rhythm of life and study that goes back and forth between two points. As soon as I open my eyes, I start studying, and as soon as I close my eyes, I sleep soundly.
Never get enough sleep, always give yourself a boost.
By the end of October, two things had happened.
One is that director Luo Yuzhong contacted Lu Yanhe and promised to give Lu Yanhe this opportunity. He would sign a contract with him after Lu Yanhe terminated his contract with Star Entertainment Agency, and the role would be left to him.
The second is that Song Linxin, who had previously bought the copyright for the cover version, sang "Memorial" on the program "Songs to Response". After the song was re-arranged and re-interpreted, it became an overnight hit.
Both of these things had a great impact on Lu Yanhe.
Getting the opportunity to star in "The Golden Age" gave Lu Yanhe peace of mind.
This was the first time in this world that he had won a precious opportunity on his own.
The sudden popularity of "Memorial" has brought him, the original singer, into the spotlight again. His triple identities as lyricist, composer and original singer have been mentioned by many music bloggers. Song Linxin also mentioned in an interview that she admires Lu Yanhe's musical talent. This is a very delicate and moving song. The version she sang handles the melancholy and nostalgia of adolescence more delicately, which is another style. Lu Yanhe's singing is more youthful and unrestrained.
This incident made Zhou Ping'an very angry.
It took a lot of effort to suppress Lu Yanhe's recent popularity, but now he is popular again.