Chapter 180 The key word is College Entrance Examination 657
Ma Zhiyuan had proposed leaving MX to go solo a long time ago, but when the day of leaving finally came, Ma Zhiyuan felt a little reluctant.
After all, it's the group I've been in since my debut.
Ma Zhiyuan just suppressed this feeling of reluctance deep in his heart and didn't show it at all.
He never showed vulnerability in front of others, and it was even more impossible for him to show his reluctance in front of them when leaving.
"Leave."
Ma Zhiyuan opened the door and left without looking back.
Neither Wei Zhuoran nor Qu Yousong expected that Ma Zhiyuan would leave so cleanly and decisively without any hesitation.
"It seems that he really has no feelings for us at all." Qu Yousong let out a bitter smile.
Wei Zhuoran turned around and glanced at Jiang Bai and Chen Jing who were still sitting motionless on the sofa.
He frowned slightly and said, "Ma Zhiyuan is about to leave. Even if his relationship with you was average before, it's not to the extent that you are unwilling to even see him off, right?"
Chen Jing raised the corner of his mouth sarcastically.
In their eyes, the relationship between Ma Zhiyuan and him can still be maintained at "normal". In their eyes, are all the things Ma Zhiyuan had done before nothing?
Chen Jing just glanced at Jiang Bai in surprise.
Instead, why didn't Jiang Bai get up to see Ma Zhiyuan off?
Jiang Bai and Ma Zhiyuan are the ones who have a real relationship in the literal sense, so there is nothing wrong with giving a gift out of face.
Jiang Bai stood up and went back to his room without saying a word.
Wei Zhuoran's face became even uglier.
He said to Qu Yousong unhappily, "Jiang Bai always has a stern face. Has any of us wronged him?"
Qu Yousong advised: "He has always been like that, so just leave him alone."
His eyes turned to Chen Jing.
Chen Jing looked back expressionlessly.
In the past, besides Ma Zhiyuan, there was also Qu Yousong who bullied him.
Although Qu Yousong had never taken the initiative to do anything to him, he was the one who directed Ma Zhiyuan's anger towards him every time.
Chen Jing stood up, looked at Qu Yousong with a stern expression, and said, "Now that Ma Zhiyuan is gone, the captain position of our MX team is vacant. Who will be the captain next, you or Wei Zhuoran? Have you discussed it?"
He dropped the question and returned to his room.
Qu Yousong and Wei Zhuoran were left looking at each other, neither of them spoke.
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Lu Yanhe felt that he overestimated himself.
He originally thought that after drinking two small glasses of white wine, he would just feel a little hot in his stomach. In the meantime, he was still worried about Li Zhibai's family affairs and listened to the discussion about Ma Zhiyuan. Unexpectedly, after fifteen minutes, the aftereffects came and he felt dizzy.
The others didn't notice his abnormality and continued talking.
Only Chen Ziyan noticed that Lu Yanhe's eyes were not as clear as before. After observing carefully, she knew what was going on.
Lu Yanhe was feeling the effects of the alcohol and was a little drunk.
Chen Ziyan wanted to take Lu Yanhe back to rest quickly, but today they had invited Luo Yuzhong and others to dinner, and everyone was talking excitedly and the atmosphere was lively. If Chen Ziyan suggested taking Lu Yanhe away first at this time, it would be a bit of a letdown.
Lu Yanhe himself realized that he was a little dizzy.
Are you a little drunk?
A feeling of dizziness hit him, and Lu Yanhe not only felt dizzy, but also had a headache.
Fortunately, Jiang Yuqian said at this time: "Director, we have to shoot a scene tomorrow, why don't we just stay here tonight? I'm worried that I'll get acne on my face if I stay up too late."
Luo Yuzhong nodded and said, "That's right. It's getting late. Let's call it a day and leave."
Lu Yanhe forced himself to cheer up, stood up with everyone else, and followed them out at the end.
Lei Shuangcheng had already arranged a car to pick them up and take them back to the hotel.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Ziyan were in the same car.
As soon as they got in the car, Chen Ziyan asked Lu Yanhe, "How do you feel? Are you okay? Do you feel like vomiting?"
"It's okay." Lu Yanhe denied it out of habit, then said, "I just feel a little dizzy."
I can tell the truth in front of Sister Zi Yan.
Lu Yanhe didn't want to be someone who kept everything to himself. Among him, there were a few people to whom he could speak the truth and express his true feelings, and Chen Ziyan was one of them.
Chen Ziyan: "I didn't expect you to be so intolerant of alcohol. Why didn't you tell me?"
Two thumb-sized cups of white wine were nothing in Chen Ziyan's eyes, and she had underestimated Lu Yanhe's alcohol tolerance - she was fooled by Lu Yanhe. Lu Yanhe once told her that he would occasionally drink with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, which made her wrongly judge that Lu Yanhe was not a person who could not drink.
Lu Yanhe said, "I overestimated myself and thought I had improved a little."
"Be more careful next time and try not to drink," Chen Ziyan said. "No job can be achieved without drinking."
Lu Yanhe hummed.
"Next time if you can't do something, just tell me directly, don't force yourself, okay?" Chen Ziyan reminded again.
"good."
Lu Yanhe responded, but the corners of his mouth curled up.
Chen Ziyan's concern for him always gives him comfort silently.
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After returning to the hotel, Chen Ziyan told Lu Yanhe to go to bed early and set the alarm clock, as they had to leave at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to get their makeup done.
Lu Yanhe has not started filming tomorrow, so he has to decide on his look for the drama.
The main characters of the crew had already completed this step, except Lu Yanhe, who was preparing for an exam at the time, so it was postponed to tomorrow.
Lu Yanhe returned to his room and washed his face with cold water, finally feeling a little more sober.
He was thinking about what was happening at Li Zhibai's house, so he opened his phone and checked the chat history he had just missed.
After scanning through hundreds of records, not much valuable information was updated.
It was just Li Zhibai and Yan Liang who were discussing various possibilities.
Lu Yanhe thought about it and spoke in the group: Your parents would definitely not disappear for no reason. Even if something really happened in the company, they would not run away without telling you. You are their son, not an ordinary person. Don’t let it be like last time, where you lost contact just because you were on an international flight. Do you have the contact information of your parents’ secretary or assistant? Ask them.
Five minutes later, Li Zhibai excitedly said in the group: It's true! They are flying to the UK and are on the plane now. The acquisition is true, but it has nothing to do with my family's bankruptcy. Fortunately, my family is not bankrupt.
Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Zhibai's words frightened everyone to death, causing him and Yan Liang to be worried as well.
He said: I told you a long time ago, don't believe everything you hear.
Li Zhibai said: Huan Jinchou is shameless. In order to lower the purchase price, he has been hiring water armies to discredit my company for the past half month.
Buying black people as internet trolls is not just exclusive to the entertainment industry, it also happens in business wars.
The word "smear" was not coined for the entertainment industry in the first place.
Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief and said: Okay, it’s best if you’re okay. I drank some wine last night and I feel dizzy now, so I’m going to sleep first.
After he finished speaking, he turned off his phone and prepared to go to bed.
Therefore, he did not immediately notice the doubts and ridicules from Li Zhibai and Yan Liang in the group.
Li Zhibai: Drinking?
Li Zhibai: How much did you drink?
Yan Liang: You're still holding on after drinking? Brother Bai, it's unreasonable for you not to give Lao Lu a red envelope.
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This sleep was extremely long and sound.
Lu Yanhe even felt that he hadn't slept so comfortably in a long time.
He woke up at five in the morning, earlier than his usual time.
After getting up, I took a shower first, then turned on my laptop and opened the live broadcast room.
At five in the morning, when he started broadcasting, thousands of people flocked in, which shocked Lu Yanhe.
The audience in his live broadcast room were even more shocked. They were all asking why Lu Yanhe had such an absurd broadcast time.
Lu Yanhe explained: "I went to bed early yesterday and just woke up."
Although it was only five o'clock, the sky outside the window was no longer completely dark.
There is already a little bit of white.
It is five o'clock in the morning in summer. In half an hour, the sky will brighten and the sun will rise.
Lu Yanhe yawned, but he was awake.
He scratched his head and asked, "Why are you watching the live broadcast at this time?"
Messages flashed across the barrage.
Some people said that they were still working the night shift and the shift was not handed over until eight o'clock in the morning.
Some people said that they were studying all night because they had an important exam the next day.
Some people said that they had just woken up when a notification popped up on their phone that Lu Yanhe was going to broadcast.
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In short, in this world, no matter how late at night you think it is, there are always people awake for various reasons.
Lu Yanhe rubbed his face and said, "Okay, everyone, please do as you please. I'll stick to the old rules and mute the phone."
He muted the live broadcast room and started reading.
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Chen Ziyan also woke up early, at six o'clock. She had a video conference with the United States at 6:30 in the morning. When she habitually checked the messages on her mobile phone, she found the notification of Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room. When she looked again, it was actually half an hour ago.
Up so early?
Chen Ziyan was surprised.
Lu Yanhe is still broadcasting live.
Chen Ziyan clicked on Lu Yanhe's live broadcast and saw that the latter was indeed reading.
Chen Ziyan was actually quite curious about Lu Yanhe. Before choosing him as her artist, Chen Ziyan conducted a very detailed background check on Lu Yanhe.
In Chen Ziyan's opinion, before Lu Yanhe's junior year of high school, every step he took was mostly due to luck.
When he participated in the competition, he unexpectedly touched the hearts of the public, creating a mentality of "pity for the weak". They voted for him crazily and sent him to the debut position with strong public opinion.
But his own ability could not support such love, so after his debut, he lost a lot of fans - of course, this is also inseparable from the decline of Feng Zhi Shaonian.
Chen Ziyan couldn't see anything worth investing in about Lu Yanhe.
This is a person who can't even stand up on his own.
However, after his senior year of high school, Lu Yanhe seemed to have become a different person.
He took the initiative to open a live broadcast room.
He took the initiative to set goals for Zhenhua and Yuming.
He wrote a poem called "Remembrance".
He began to develop his own personal charm, attracting people of all kinds such as Hou Jun, Li Zhibai, Li Pengfei, Lin Yu, etc. to become his friends and be willing to help him.
If a person can get up from his past life, he will start to move forward.
Chen Ziyan has always believed this.
After she came into contact with Lu Yanhe, she got to know him better and better, and was not surprised at all that Lu Yanhe was able to be admitted to Zhenhua and Yuming.
People who put in 100% effort often get stuck in a dead end and are bound by stubbornness and extremism.
Lu Yanhe, however, remained open-minded from beginning to end, and his attitude towards life showed the open-mindedness of "human affairs are in my hands, and destiny is up to me". This kind of mentality moved Chen Ziyan.
At last night's dinner, Lu Yanhe's performance was quite conventional, which was exactly what Chen Ziyan wanted. Being too reserved and restrained would have made everyone feel awkward. Being too enthusiastic and proactively chatting with others would have been another kind of awkwardness. For Lu Yanhe, the most important thing about last night's dinner was his presence. When others weren't familiar with him, he simply played the role of "Chen Ziyan's artist."
Chen Ziyan had not specifically explained these things, she just wanted to observe Lu Yanhe's own character and what he would do in such a situation.
She is the agent and understands the artist's true character, so she can prescribe the right medicine in the future.
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At 7:30 in the morning, Chen Ziyan finished her video conference and sent a message to Lu Yanhe: "Is the live broadcast over? Let's go have breakfast together."
Lu Yanhe replied "OK".
Chen Ziyan: See you at the restaurant.
Putting down her phone, Chen Ziyan tied her hair up.
Ever since the weather got hot, Chen Ziyan doesn't like to let her hair down.
She went downstairs to the restaurant and met Lu Yanhe there.
"I got up very early today and started the live broadcast so early." said Chen Ziyan.
Lu Yanhe explained: "I woke up early."
"A website approached me about a partnership and wanted to invite you to join their site and write reading notes," Chen Ziyan said. "You love reading and have influence in the book market. I think this partnership is quite suitable for you."
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, nodded, and said, "Sure."
"But the remuneration is not much. It's just a small website, not very big. The annual salary is 100,000 yuan. The requirement is that you post an update on the website at least once a month and write at least five reading notes every year." Chen Ziyan said.
"Okay." Lu Yanhe didn't feel any pressure about this, but he didn't expect there would be such a way of cooperation. It felt like he was going to be on the path of a book blogger and never look back.
"Okay, I'll go sign the contract." Chen Ziyan smiled. "Actually, this website is quite interesting. Although it's not very popular right now, the various community designs are quite artistic, which should be very attractive to the artistic youth group."
Hearing Chen Ziyan's words, Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of Douban.
This website sounds a lot like Douban?
In today's world, there is no website called Douban, but there are special movie rating websites that are equally popular.
But unlike Douban, a dedicated movie rating website is really just a rating website, and it has not been built into an online community like Douban.
With the development of the Internet era, the group of literary and artistic youth has gradually become a derogatory term with the connotation of "literary youth disease".
However, anyone who truly understands the development of the Internet knows how much this group of people with "literary syndrome" have contributed to the development of online communities.
How can a website stand out from the increasingly homogenized online world? The people, style and atmosphere of the website are the most unique factors that can preserve the website.
Isn’t that what Douban is all about?
Any capital can create a rating website, but in the end only Douban has stood out. Its scores have become a reference because generations of literary and artistic youths have followed their own aesthetic standards and become "opinion leaders" on it, rather than following the laws of capital.
Hipsters are the group of people that capital hates the most, because they have a high opinion of themselves and are objective and pretentious. At the same time, they are a group of people who really have some culture and thinking, and are not so easily led by the nose. Once they find that they are being led by the nose, they will become angry and act unconventionally, and are prone to going crazy.
Lu Yanhe wondered if the world also needed an online community like Douban?
I used to think that there might not be so many idealistic people nowadays, but every time you think it is going to become extinct, a little spark will emerge to tell you that they are still there.
Lu Yanhe thought of the fans in his live broadcast room.
Now a group of them have gathered together and spontaneously formed a reading group. They started reading with him and check in every day.
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“Check-in, planning, and community are the three most critical concepts of our app.”
At the company meeting, Li Luzhi introduced this new product to shareholders.
"We originally planned to launch it in the first half of this year, but because we added a few new features, it was delayed for half a year," said Li Luzhi. "This learning app is expected to be launched in August this year."
Shareholders had different reactions to Li Luzhi's introduction.
“Where is the profit margin for learning apps?”
"Membership and advertising." said Li Luzhi.
"Since we're building a community, the target student group can't be just elementary school students, right?"
"Of course, it's aimed at high school and college students," Li Luzhi said. "According to our survey, a phenomenon has emerged among high school and college students. Due to loneliness or laziness, they need companionship and supervision during self-study. Just like Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room, I wonder if anyone here knows it? There's no chatting or performance in his live broadcast room. Most of the time, he just reads and does exercises alone, but the number of viewers in his live broadcast room is increasing. In fact, about 70% of his viewers regard him as their companion, watching the live broadcast to accompany them in studying or reading."
The shareholders whispered and discussed.
"As for our learning app, I also plan to invite Lu Yanhe to be our spokesperson," Li Luzhi said. "It's a learning app with an active community concept. It's a new product that meets the needs of current high school and college students."
"But... Lu Yanhe is not very famous, right? Can he increase the popularity of our APP as a spokesperson?" someone questioned.
"Lu Yanhe scored 657 on the college entrance exam this year, ranking 13th among students in Yuming. He's absolutely certain to be accepted into Zhenhua or Yuming," said Li Luzhi. "Compared to whether he's famous or not, his resume is what we need most in a spokesperson for our app."