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Chapter 199

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Seeing Lu Yanhe come out, Li Pengfei asked, "Why did you stay in Liu Laoshi's office for so long?"

Lu Yanhe: "We talked about some things."

"Do you want to go to my house to play games?" Li Pengfei asked, "I bought several new games again."

Lu Yanhe said, "Sure."

Li Pengfei: "Then I'll order takeout for lunch."

"Why order takeout? Let's eat now and then go to your place," Lu Yanhe said. "It's already past ten; by the time we get to a restaurant, it'll be eleven."

"That's not impossible," Li Pengfei asked, "but what should we eat?"

"Is there anything you want to eat?"

"No."

He always felt this was not Chen Ziyan's style.

Zhou Shuchun clicked on another document on the desktop.

It was just that Zhou Shuchun himself, after struggling repeatedly before publishing, ultimately removed this paragraph.

"Oh, right, one more thing: the payment for the graduation season gala performance and the final payment for 'Golden Age' have both arrived. I've asked them to transfer it directly to your card; please check it yourself."

"Literature." Lu Yanhe said with some helplessness, "I didn't get into History, which is what I wanted most."

Sure enough, the next second, Chen Ziyan suddenly laughed and said, "Then the 'Love Century' you are currently preparing hasn't finalized its guest list yet, right?"

"Lu Yanhe!"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Hmm." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I know that too."

Chen Ziyan: "Literature, History, and Philosophy are not separate; it makes no difference. If you are very interested in history, you can just audit those classes yourself."

"She is really so hardworking, much more hardworking than you," Lu Yanhe couldn't help but sigh.

Lu Yanhe originally thought that Chen Ziyan having dinner with them tonight was for the program 'Young Days' to discuss some matters, but in reality, it seemed that was not the case.

As Zhou Shuchun had anticipated, once this report was published, it was forwarded by many people.

One after another, they said no directly, making him seem like a malicious villain.

That was an invitation Lu Yanhe received during the graduation season gala event.

"Fu Zhu?" Chen Biqiu's eyes widened instantly.

Chen Ziyan looked at Chen Biqiu with a smile.

"Who are you?"

"I've just been pestered for the past two days by a reporter named Zhou Shuchun; there are no other situations."

"I also know it sounds a bit far-fetched, which is why I didn't say anything when you asked me the first time."

"Good."

Very well said, but unnecessary.

Zhou Shuchun shot some material at the entrance of the Thirteenth Middle School, combined it with some material collected over the past few days, and thought to himself that he could at least make a feature story out of it, scooping the news that Lu Yanhe was about to enroll in Zhenhua University.

Chen Ziyan said: "What conditions do you need to make Minglan a regular for the new season? You name them."

Chen Ziyan: "I can help facilitate the male actor who will be paired with Minglan on the show."

Previously, although Lu Yanhe's college entrance exam score was very high and everyone knew he would definitely get into Zhenhua or Yuming, it hadn't been settled yet.

Chen Biqiu: "My dear, I fully trust your eye for talent. If you are hoping to help Minglan secure a spot in 'Love Century', I will seriously consider it."

The topic #Lu Yanhe receives Zhenhua admission letter# climbed to the trending search list.

"It really is you, as expected of you. How long has it been, and she has already secured the lead role in Director Fu Zhu's new film?" Chen Biqiu's attitude changed immediately, "Once this news spreads, perhaps many partners will come to snatch the opportunity to work with her in advance."

"No, it was just during the last book fair and when I went to school to get the admission letter, he pestered me twice in person," Lu Yanhe said, "There hasn't been anything since."

Of course, in reality, the number of viewers is definitely not that high. Even so, it is still a genuinely popular program.

"Where is Xu Zijun?" Lu Yanhe asked, "Why didn't she come today?"

Lu Yanhe said: "It should get better after this period passes. It's just that several things happened to coincide right now, so there is a bit more news about me."

"What a great thing this is. You're an artist; isn't it good to have a lot of news?" Li Pengfei said, "That's better than before when you were almost untraceable."

"I have also communicated with Peng Zhixing. Regarding the recording time, he indicated that it would be based on our wishes; he is okay with anything," Chen Ziyan said. "He is quite valued by Arctic Light now. For his talk show, almost every film or television drama broadcast on Arctic Light has its lead actors come on his show for an interview."

Chen Biqiu first widened his eyes, then laughed helplessly.

Lu Yanhe looked back.

Lu Yanhe immediately said okay.

The restaurant for dinner was booked by Chen Ziyan.

Zhou Shuchun read the report he wrote from beginning to end, which detailed every improvement in Lu Yanhe's grades over the past year of his third year of high school, including evaluations from his teachers and classmates.

The two were just about to go to the noodle shop across the street when suddenly, Lu Yanhe heard someone call his name.

Li Pengfei looked back at Zhou Shuchun's figure and said, "I really don't know if there will be any more. You are becoming more and more popular; I can receive many pushes about you when I go online."

"Ziyan, you went around in circles for half a day; it turns out this was your goal."

"Is this reporter the same one from the book fair that day?" Li Pengfei asked, "Why is he still pestering you?"

Chen Ziyan said again: "Are you free tonight? I'm going to have dinner with Chen Biqiu and Li Zhenzhen. If you are free, come along."

Lu Yanhe prepared to hang up the phone.

He is just an ordinary entertainment reporter chasing a news story; there's no need to be this cautious, right?!

"What's the point of going with my brother? You don't know how boring he is," Li Pengfei said. "Really, even more exaggerated than you. He's either reading or doing his own things; you'll never see him playing games or doing any entertainment activities. He's more of a robot than a robot."

"Then what about your dad's side?"

"Ye Mai Network sent a new cooperation plan, which is the 'City Travelogue' series. The last time in Langhua, the response was very good, exceeding expectations. Ye Mai Network is also very satisfied, so they want to continue doing it and still invite you to be the main presenter."

Zhou Shuchun ultimately did not continue to pester him.

This person's level of enthusiasm is just like meeting someone selling advertisements on the street.

Zhou Shuchun specifically chose to find Lu Yanhe when he didn't have a team following him, but who knew he would be so impervious to reason.

Lu Yanhe shook his head and refused, "No."

Lu Yanhe: "Reminding you to work hard."

"Ah?" Li Pengfei was stunned, "You are already so busy, and you still want to find things to do for yourself?"

"Let's just eat something near the school." Lu Yanhe turned his head and looked around, "Is noodles okay?"

"More than a dozen media outlets called to interview me, and I refused them all. How about you?" Chen Ziyan asked.

"Why?"

Li Pengfei was silent for a long while, then suddenly said, "But you can make an electronic magazine."

Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and didn't hide it, saying, "Zhenhua."

Lu Yanhe heard this and asked, "Then what do you think yourself?"

Compared to Lu Yanhe getting into Zhenhua, it's not worth mentioning.

'Camping Together' is a flagship program. Among all variety shows in the country, it belongs to the S+ level. It is very popular, and the front-end data shows that the average views per episode have exceeded 100 million.

"You are really crazy." Li Pengfei sat up in disbelief, staring at Lu Yanhe, "Are you a pervert? Others are dying to rest and play more, and you finally have a few days to rest, yet you still feel bored?"

"Didn't you say your brother is going with you?"

"Did Xu Zijun get into Hua University?" Lu Yanhe asked.

Li Pengfei's words gave Lu Yanhe some inspiration.

Chen Ziyan sighed, "If that's the case, then there's nothing I can do."

This is the first media outlet to officially report that Lu Yanhe will enroll in Zhenhua.

Luo Zicheng.

"Hmm, in Ningchuan." Li Pengfei sighed as he said this, "I still can't be in the same place as her."

"The lead actress of Director Fu Zhu's new film; you definitely know its weight," Chen Ziyan said.

"How would I know that? I don't even know what university is like yet."

"Actually, to be honest, I have already put together the lineup of regular guests for the next season. Inserting Wen Minglan in at this time, I don't know where to put her," Chen Biqiu said. "Every program has a script; what kind of role would Wen Minglan take on?"

It's one thing for Lu Yanhe to be an artist, but what's up with his classmates?

"Minglan has a drama that will be broadcast this December," Chen Ziyan said. "You see, by then you will have gained an actress who just became popular through a new drama."

Zhou Shuchun looked back in confusion and saw a young boy standing behind him, with a smile on his face, looking at him.

"You're an artist, what are you talking about private time for?"

"Xu Zijun can't go with me, and it's no fun for me to go alone," Li Pengfei said.

"Wen Minglan has already taken the lead role in Director Fu Zhu's new film," she suddenly said.

Lu Yanhe waved his hand with a smile and said, "Just kidding."

Making an electronic magazine with Ye Mai Network?

Behind this, there is actually the platform's push.

"How great, you don't even need to make any plans or arrangements yourself; just follow along."

"I certainly trust your eye for people, but making a program is not gambling. Some artists only become popular at that time, and I can't wait until she becomes popular to sell the program she participated in again; no one will buy it," Chen Biqiu said. "Being a regular is really a bit difficult. How about coming to be a guest for two episodes?"

"Ah?"

The report title is 'Zhenhua Freshman Lu Yanhe'.

"That is indeed true."

This afternoon, Zhou Shuchun published a report on the official website of 'Art News'.

Lu Yanhe: "When are you going abroad for travel?"

Li Pengfei said: "Then you said so much, I thought you had something you wanted to do."

Li Pengfei: "She came much earlier than us. She came to find Liu Laoshi to get the admission letter early in the morning. Now she is tutoring, and it won't end until 4:30 in the afternoon. I'll go pick her up then."

"How about we find something to do together?" Lu Yanhe said.

Zhou Shuchun asked: "Why not? Everyone is waiting for your admission letter."

Zhou Shuchun's report helped Lu Yanhe get on the trending search list.

"I just saw you recording a video at our school gate, it seems to be about Lu Yanhe? Do you want to know more about Lu Yanhe?"

"August." Li Pengfei sighed as he said this, "I almost don't want to go anymore."

However, electronic magazines are also terrible; there are no successful precedents for them.

"That's why 'Camping Together' is needed to help her build popularity. We have all experienced your ability to promote people; you are the absolute king. How many newcomers have become popular from your programs?" Chen Ziyan said.

"What are you preparing to do in college?"

Li Pengfei got into Huajiang University.

Huajiang University is not a good university, but it is actually the best university Li Pengfei could get into, which is already a result that no one expected.

Chen Biqiu was silent for a moment, "'Love Century' is planned to be produced next January. We are indeed not talking to artists yet; we are doing preliminary preparations."

"Fortunately, there isn't," Lu Yanhe shook his head, "He is the first one, I hope there won't be a second."

"I am a classmate in his class," Luo Zicheng smiled slightly and said.

After lunch, Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei played games together for two hours. Feeling a bit tired, he put down the controller and said, "Let's take a break."

"Do many reporters chase you around usually?"

It contained the story about Lu Yanhe having a romantic scandal with another girl in the same grade.

He really wanted to argue with him seriously, but looking at the face that clearly had no interest in changing his mind, Lu Yanhe swallowed all his words.

Li Pengfei said: "Of course I don't want to go abroad. Going abroad would just put me further away from Xu Zijun."

Inside, there was actually another paragraph of text, coming from the message of the student who claimed to be Lu Yanhe's classmate this morning.

"When do I need to go record Brother Xing's program?"

"Me?" Lu Yanhe shook his head, "I don't have anything I want to do for the time being."

"Electronic magazines are even less watched, right?" Lu Yanhe said.

"What's the matter?"

The artist refused to answer questions; otherwise, if Lu Yanhe had responded personally, this report would have been more attention-grabbing.

Chen Ziyan said: "I'm thinking next month, to avoid the heat of this period. Everyone is discussing you; recording a program at this time makes it easy for everyone to get tired of you."

"But this still cannot move you, cannot make you give a chance for a regular spot," Chen Ziyan said, looking into Chen Biqiu's eyes.

"My dad insists on me going abroad, not studying in the country."

"Ah? So it was him."

"Anyway, even if I go out, it's not something I can do now; I have to wait another year. Let's grind for a bit first," Li Pengfei said, "I will definitely report to Huajiang University first."

"Should we eat near the school before leaving, or find somewhere else to eat?" Li Pengfei asked.

"Minglan is a newcomer, but she will definitely become popular. Why not let her become popular on your program?" Chen Ziyan said, "Biqiu, don't you trust my eye for people?"

"Don't you have cooperation with Jiang Yin Publishing House and Ye Mai Network?" Li Pengfei said, "Jiang Yin Publishing House must know many writers, and Ye Mai Network has a bunch of literary youths. If you put the magazine on Ye Mai Network, maybe someone would actually read it."

It surprised Lu Yanhe that it was the reporter Zhou Shuchun he had met before who ran over.

Zhou Shuchun asked: "Can I take a photo of you? A photo of you facing the camera holding up the admission letter. Wow, you are really too amazing. Everyone is discussing whether you will choose Zhenhua or Yuming; I didn't expect you to choose Zhenhua in the end!"

Lu Yanhe hesitated.

Chen Ziyan smiled sweetly.

"No reason, I don't want to take this kind of photo." Lu Yanhe looked at him seriously and said, "Reporter Zhou, this is my private time now, and I have my own things to do. Please don't follow me."

Lu Yanhe was suddenly startled.

"Hmm," Lu Yanhe said, "I think so too."

Compared to paper publications, an electronic magazine has a very important advantage: low cost.

It is currently the college entrance exam season, and one of the topics everyone cares about most is university admission letters.

"Which major did you get into?" Chen Ziyan asked on the phone.

"This is not called slandering; this is called praise, compliment," Li Pengfei said immediately, "I'm not joking with you. This person is disciplined to an extreme. If I go traveling with him, it will definitely be a checklist-style trip, with every time point arranged."

If Xu Zijun got into Hua University, then the two of them would be in the same city.

Lu Yanhe and Li Zhenzhen were both just tagging along; today's main event was on Chen Ziyan and Chen Biqiu.

After spending half a day of effort, it ends like this?

Lu Yanhe looked at Chen Ziyan, not understanding.

However, Lu Yanhe soon discovered that although Chen Ziyan's attitude was not "begging" at all, Chen Biqiu didn't seem to care. Lu Yanhe could see that he really didn't care, not pretending, and Chen Biqiu even felt "embarrassed" by this request from Chen Ziyan, feeling sorry for not being able to agree immediately.

Lu Yanhe: "Does she tutor every day?"

"What?" Li Pengfei asked, "Stuttering."

Not sent.

Is this the ability of a gold-medal agent?

Lu Yanhe heard Li Pengfei describe it this way and asked with a smile, "Does your brother know you are slandering him behind his back?"

Giving up just like that?

Logically speaking, Lu Yanhe and his classmates are all third-year high school students; how could they have such strong defensive instincts?

It's just a pity that no more first-hand information was obtained, especially some of Lu Yanhe's own responses.

A bitter smile overflowed from the corner of Chen Biqiu's mouth.

"Sure."

The two universities are far apart.

Seeing this, Li Pengfei also put down the controller and lay down.

"Is there anything you want to do?" Li Pengfei suddenly asked.

Zhou Shuchun remembered the student's name.

Later, Lu Yanhe will cooperate with them on 'Young Days', but Tu Song and Wen Minglan will not.

Lu Yanhe said: "Actually, I'm just a bit bored this summer vacation. No filming, no other work, so there's nothing to do. Either I read books, or I go out and play with you guys. Maybe I'm used to having very clear goals every day when I was studying before. Now that I suddenly have no goals, I feel bored."

"Also."

"Big brother, I just finished the third year of high school with great difficulty and finished the college entrance exam. Can you let me enjoy a summer vacation properly?" Li Pengfei said.

Lu Yanhe couldn't figure out why, so he could only continue to watch silently.

Li Pengfei's words stabbed a knife into Lu Yanhe's heart.

He lay down directly on the sofa.

"Now that love variety shows are so popular, you, this gold-medal producer, have also decided to produce such a program. Which agent would be indifferent?" Chen Ziyan said, "You have seen Minglan; her personality and appearance both have unique charms. Putting her in 'Love Century' will greatly amplify her charm."

Lu Yanhe: "Don't know."

"What thing?" Li Pengfei looked at Lu Yanhe in shock.

Forget it, let it be.

Li Pengfei drove to school.

"Him? The report 'Zhenhua Freshman Lu Yanhe' today was written by him."

"Hmm, regarding your college enrollment, let's try to keep it low-key. You are already very popular; there's no need to make a big deal out of this, as too much is as bad as too little," Chen Ziyan said, "Including the fact that you promised to go on Peng Zhixing's talk show later."

"Forget it, for you, but not for me."

Chen Ziyan got straight to the point, and Chen Biqiu didn't know how to respond for a moment.

What's more, this is not big news; at most, it's just some mutual attraction between a boy and a girl, and at most, they just dated.

Chen Ziyan was clearly asking Chen Biqiu for a favor, but she didn't have the posture of someone begging; instead, she was a bit tough. This didn't match Lu Yanhe's common sense, so much so that Lu Yanhe was a bit confused: can Chen Ziyan help Wen Minglan get a regular spot by doing this?

"Ziyan, Minglan is a complete newcomer. Coming to be a regular, this also makes me very embarrassed," Chen Biqiu said, "She has no popularity at all right now."

"I had thought about making a magazine myself before," Lu Yanhe said.

Lu Yanhe had read a few issues.

The focus and theme of the article were all on Lu Yanhe's efforts over the past year. Putting such a paragraph in would be out of place, and he didn't intend to grandstand at this time to make big news.

"Actually..." Lu Yanhe hesitated, struggling with whether to say it.

Lu Yanhe heard his words.

Peng Zhixing's talk show has gradually gained volume and influence.

"Excuse me, are you a reporter?"

"That's really far-fetched. Where can you make a magazine now? It's not like those literary societies in school playing around," Li Pengfei complained mercilessly, "If you do this, who will read it? It seems no one reads magazines anymore."

And the responses obtained were nothing more than Lu Yanhe being very hardworking and desperate, not receiving any special treatment because of his status as an artist, and achieving these results through his own efforts.

As he was speaking, the magazine he mentioned to Chen Siqi that day popped into his mind.

Li Pengfei nodded and said, "Yes."

"Hmm," Chen Ziyan nodded, "I think so too, I can tell."

Chen Ziyan wanted to discuss a framework for cooperation with Chen Biqiu.

Electronic magazines are also not suitable for reading on mobile phones.

It's a pity that no response from Lu Yanhe's closest friends was obtained.

This report confirming enrollment will still receive a lot of attention.

Lu Yanhe said "Hmm" and nodded, "Making a magazine."

"I—" Li Pengfei's mouth was open for a long time, not knowing what to say, "This really exceeded my expectations."

Li Pengfei looked sideways and said, "If you want to praise her, praise her; why step on me?"

"Okay," Lu Yanhe said, "Xin Zixing told me that I am very willing to do this work. Although the pay is not high, I like the work itself very much."

Zhou Shuchun muttered a sentence upon hearing this.

He stared at the admission letter in Lu Yanhe's hand, his eyes shining, and asked, "Can I ask which university's admission letter you received?"

"He didn't call you or send you any messages or anything, right?"

"But, isn't Ning University quite far?"

"Then just eat something casual," Lu Yanhe said, "We'll see on the way."

Zhou Shuchun was a bit depressed.

He parked the car in a residential area near the school.

"No, she got into Ning University," Li Pengfei said, "It's also one of her ideal universities; it's quite good."

Li Pengfei nodded.

Lu Yanhe didn't want to bother with him anymore, looked back at Li Pengfei, and said, "Let's go."

Chen Biqiu said: "'Camping Together' can be where it is today not because it can promote many newcomers, but because many big stars have recorded very good program effects on the show, bringing popularity to the program, and the program has also brought popularity to those newcomers."

Chen Ziyan said: "Let Minglan join the program 'Camping Together' you have in your hands."

"Hmm?"

"A first-tier male star, how about that?" Chen Ziyan said.

A solemn expression appeared on Chen Biqiu's face for the first time.

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