Chapter 254: Holiday

It was almost the October 1st National Day holiday.

During the seven-day holiday, many students made appointments to go out and play together, travel, or something.

Lu Yan He didn't have this time; he had to continue recording *Young Days* starting on October 3rd.

This was also the last recording. Once this recording was finished, *Young Days* would be finished.

Before this, Lu Yan He also had to talk to Ye Mai website and Jiang Yin Publishing House about the subsequent matters of *Jump Up*.

Chen Siqi returned on the night of September 30th.

Lu Yan He went to the airport to pick her up.

Because he was afraid of being photographed, Lu Yan He didn't even get out of the car and waited for her in the airport parking lot.

The car was borrowed from Chen Ziyan. He couldn't drive, so he borrowed a driver from Chen Ziyan.

The first reaction of the two was that they were tanned.

Lu Yan He was tanned.

Chen Siqi was also tanned.

But Lu Yan He was tanned a bit more.

Chen Siqi laughed and asked: "Why are you so tanned? Didn't you apply sunscreen during military training?"

"No," Lu Yan He shook his head, "There is a drama later, I need to play a guard, and I need such an image, so I specifically didn't apply it."

"Tanned looks more heroic," Chen Siqi examined Lu Yan He's face and said seriously.

Lu Yan He nodded, "I think so too, more handsome than before."

"You weren't this narcissistic before," Chen Siqi immediately complained.

Lu Yan He smiled and touched his nose.

Chen Siqi: "Don't always touch your nose, it looks very silly."

Lu Yan He put his hand down and asked: "How are you doing at Jiangguang University?"

Chen Siqi: "Quite good, as long as I stay away from Liu Weian, I am very good."

Lu Yan He asked: "Do they know you are back?"

"Know," Chen Siqi said, "Regarding the matter of me refusing to go home to live, both of them expressed strong opposition, but my attitude was very firm. The opposition was invalid, so I live in a hotel."

"Are you not going back to live there in the future?" Lu Yan He asked in surprise.

"Since I have decided to be independent, why should I force myself?" Chen Siqi said, "One *Jump Up* made me earn hundreds of thousands, enough to support myself for a few years. They should never think about threatening me by mastering my economic artery again."

Seeing Chen Siqi's radiant appearance, Lu Yan He also smiled.

Chen Siqi's resistance to Liu Weian had been long-standing, and this was the first time Lu Yan He saw Chen Siqi mention her in such a wanton tone.

*Jump Up* brought Chen Siqi a sense of confidence.

Lu Yan He was very happy that *Jump Up* could bring Chen Siqi such a sense of confidence.

Chen Siqi said: "After the first issue achieved success, it was much easier for us to invite contributions than before. In the past few days, I have sent invitation letters to several writer teachers, and they all responded to us very enthusiastically, willing to provide contributions for us."

Lu Yan He was also very happy to hear Chen Siqi say this.

Chen Siqi: "Later, I still want to invite one or two public figures to write articles around our theme for each issue. What do you think?"

"That's okay, but I don't know many artists, and the people I can invite later are also limited," Lu Yan He said, "Later, it might be like you, only through invitation, to see who is willing."

Chen Siqi nodded and said: "Hmm, our self-media is also preparing to open an interview column to interview famous people from all walks of life, among which artists in the entertainment industry are a very important part. By then, I will also use this method to send invitations to them."

Lu Yan He was a bit surprised, "Is the *Jump Up* media account preparing to do an interview column?"

"Hmm," Chen Siqi nodded, "This is also a very important channel to expand the influence of *Jump Up*. If we only rely on the books issued issue by issue to accumulate readers, it will be very difficult for this book to be seen by the market population outside our target. The promotional coverage population of Jiang Yin Publishing House and Ye Mai website was mostly covered during the promotion of the first issue, but there are still many potential readers who might not know about this book yet, or even if they have heard of it, they haven't read it. By interviewing celebrities in various fields and through their popularity and influence, we can also let the followers of *Jump Up* know about it."

Chen Siqi's idea was of course correct. However, interviewing was not a simple matter.

Lu Yan He asked: "Then who are you preparing to invite to be responsible for the interview?"

"I originally wanted us to be responsible for it ourselves, but we don't have experience, so I am preparing to invite famous reporters to lead us to do this section first," Chen Siqi said, "Let them lead us to do two or three issues, and then we will start doing it ourselves."

Lu Yan He was still a bit worried about whether Chen Siqi was overestimating her ability by doing this—interviewing was not just asking the other party a few questions—but seeing Chen Siqi's fighting spirit, he put his worries aside.

Chen Siqi, Linyu, Xu Zijun, and the others, Lu Yan He knew them all. No matter who they were, they were people who were willing to work hard and had strong learning ability. Lu Yan He had full confidence in them. As long as they wanted to do something well, they would definitely be able to do it well.

Such trust was of course a bit idealistic, but idealism didn't matter.

Lu Yan He wanted to do this book *Jump Up*, one because he liked it, and two because of Chen Siqi.

He just needed to support Chen Siqi's ideas.

Chen Siqi had always been a person who would work hard to do whatever she thought of.

This point, she had already fully proven, without a doubt.

October 1st, National Day.

When Li Zhibai crawled out of bed at 10:00 AM as usual, he yawned and walked out of the room in slippers, seeing Yan Liang sitting in front of the TV, writing something seriously while looking at the screen.

"What are you doing?" Li Zhibai asked.

Yan Liang said: "Watching a movie, taking notes. The school assigned homework, requiring us to submit a viewing experience every week, finding a movie to analyze and study the acting inside."

"Uh..." Li Zhibai opened his mouth, "Okay, it seems I have also done such homework."

"You copied it on the internet," Yan Liang said immediately, "I remember, I watched you copy it."

Li Zhibai: "..."

He immediately turned his head and looked around, asking: "Where is Old Lu?"

"He went out early in the morning," Yan Liang said, "Chen Siqi is back from Jiangguang."

"Heh, a dog thing that forgets righteousness for sex, ran away as soon as his girlfriend came back," Li Zhibai snorted coldly, "Then he definitely won't come back for lunch either?"

"Hmm, I'm going out for lunch too," Yan Liang said.

"Ah? Where are you going to eat?" Li Zhibai asked immediately, "Leaving me alone?"

Yan Liang said: "Classmates have made an appointment to have dinner together at noon. Do you want to go with me? If you want to go, they will definitely welcome you."

As soon as Li Zhibai heard this, a look of resistance appeared on his face, "Then forget it, a crowd of people, I'll eat by myself."

Yan Liang nodded, continued to watch the movie, and took notes from time to time.

Li Zhibai brushed his teeth, washed his face, looked at his bird's nest head in the mirror, thought for a while, pulled it twice with his hands, and after smoothing it out a bit, walked out of the washroom satisfied.

Forget it, go home today.

Thinking so, he took the car keys and went out first.

"I'm going home," Li Zhibai said to Yan Liang.

"Then are you coming back tonight?" Yan Liang asked.

"See the situation, talk about it later," Li Zhibai waved his hand and left.

He drove away, but the result was that the road was blocked to death.

He drove for a long time and didn't drive out a kilometer.

Holiday, nearby students all ran out, and there were many people.

This traffic condition made Li Zhibai full of fire. He was annoyed when he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking past the zebra crossing in front.

Li Zhibai immediately widened his eyes.

Officer Qiu Ling?!

Since they moved, they rarely saw Officer Qiu Ling.

From occasionally meeting by chance, or having barbecue or spicy hot pot near the community, it was very difficult now.

How did she come here?

Li Zhibai's gaze followed Qiu Ling, and then he saw Qiu Ling walk to a tall and thin boy.

That boy looked like a freshman who had just entered school, with a green face, and he was tanned, definitely tanned by military training.

The boy saw Qiu Ling and showed a shy smile.

Although Qiu Ling only reached the boy's chin, she had the appearance of a big sister and patted his shoulder.

This action was intimate enough!

Li Zhibai was unhappy immediately.

"Beep—" The car behind honked.

Li Zhibai came back to his senses and found that he could go in front.

He drove forward irritably until he could no longer see Qiu Ling and the boy in his sight.

Ten minutes later, Li Zhibai ran back here wearing sunglasses.

He parked the car in front and ran back.

I don't know what happened, but that scene just now hooked his heart like a hook, making his whole mind think about coming back to see, and then, he came back.

However, Qiu Ling and the boy were no longer in place.

Li Zhibai turned his head and looked around, searched for a long time, didn't find them, and couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged.

Then, he was recognized. Surrounded by students, he was recognized, and others also surrounded him, wanting autographs and photos. There were more and more people, almost causing a congestion incident.

Seeing more and more people, Li Zhibai couldn't go on like this, so he could only say "sorry" while pushing through the crowd, trying to find a way to leave.

In the chaos, Qiu Ling suddenly appeared.

She suddenly appeared from the crowd in front, and her eyes met Li Zhibai's.

A look of surprise appeared in Li Zhibai's eyes.

Unfortunately, the sunglasses blocked his surprise.

Qiu Ling presented a bodyguard-like strength, "Sorry, please let me through, Li Zhibai has other work arrangements later, please let me through!"

She completely disguised herself as Li Zhibai's bodyguard, took Li Zhibai away from this crowded street corner, and came to a restaurant.

Li Zhibai followed Qiu Ling in with his head down.

Qiu Ling communicated with the waiter for two sentences, and the waiter immediately nodded and arranged a private room for them.

Qiu Ling let Li Zhibai go in first.

"What about you?"

"I still have someone sitting outside, I'll call him in," Qiu Ling said.

When Li Zhibai heard this, the shy boy appeared in his mind.

"He wouldn't be your boyfriend, would he?" Li Zhibai asked.

Qiu Ling: "What are you talking about? A child I sponsor, who got into university this year, I came to see him."

"Oh," Li Zhibai's tone became much lighter in an instant, "So that's how it is."

Qiu Ling looked at him strangely, "What kind of reaction is this?"

Li Zhibai chuckled, shook his head, and said: "No reaction, you go call him, I'll go in and wait for you."

After Li Zhibai finished speaking, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he entered the private room first.

Qiu Ling only felt it was inconceivable.

But Li Zhibai had always been a bit strange, and Qiu Ling was used to it.

After a while, Qiu Ling brought the boy in.

"Liu Ao," Qiu Ling introduced to Li Zhibai.

Li Zhibai looked at this boy named Liu Ao, nodded, smiled, and reached out, "I am Li Zhibai."

Liu Ao didn't know the reason, but he was a bit nervous. He hurriedly wiped his hand on his body before reaching out to shake hands with Li Zhibai.

"You, hello, my name is Liu Ao."

Qiu Ling: "Sit down, it's such a coincidence to meet, let's have lunch together."

Li Zhibai immediately nodded with a smile, "Good, order whatever you want, I'll treat."

"Try buying the bill and see," Qiu Ling immediately glared at Li Zhibai, "Today I am here to treat Liu Ao to dinner, you are just a free-loader, pay attention to your positioning today, don't grab the bill."

Li Zhibai clicked his tongue and said: "Fine, then I still took advantage of Liu Ao."

Liu Ao shook his head awkwardly.

In another private room of this restaurant, Lu Yan He, Chen Siqi, Xu Xiaoyin, and Xin Zixing were sitting at a table.

The dishes were also served on the table, and several people were chatting while eating.

"The physical book is indeed selling very well, and it is expected to sell 30,000 copies this month," Xu Xiaoyin said, "Jiang Yuqian's article has spread very widely on the internet, helping this book do a lot of promotion. Now many channels are asking us when the next issue will be released."

Lu Yan He still maintained a silent posture, handing over this situation entirely to Chen Siqi.

"We plan to launch on the 15th of every month," Chen Siqi said, "Therefore, the expected release time for the second issue is November 15th."

"Hmm? That time is a bit tight," Xu Xiaoyin said immediately.

"Hmm, however, because our second and third issues are being produced at the same time, there are many invitations, and the speed of receiving manuscripts will be faster than the first issue," Chen Siqi said, "According to our expectations, it can still catch up with this time for publication."

Xu Xiaoyin nodded and said: "For the first issue, *Jump Out* took a book number. Starting from the second issue, a periodical number will be taken for this series. In fact, it is a magazine. Otherwise, applying for a book number for each issue is also very troublesome."

"Regarding publication, I have to trouble you," Chen Siqi said, "I have seriously communicated with Yan He about how to do *Jump Out* next. First of all, our cooperation model and sharing model can follow the previous ones without changes, but we hope to increase the production budget for each issue to 200,000 yuan."

"200,000 yuan?" Xin Zixing also showed a look of surprise. She had thought before coming that Lu Yan He and the others would want to increase the production budget, but she didn't expect to double it in one go.

"This includes the remuneration for our editorial team. When producing the first issue, the 100,000 yuan fee was almost entirely spent on manuscript fees and design fees," Chen Siqi said, "In the future, our goal is to build *Jump Up* into a boutique magazine and thematic book. Then we must invite the top writers to publish the highest-level manuscripts. This also means that we must give the highest standard of manuscript fees. Only in this way will others be willing to provide us with long-term contributions and be willing to give us the best manuscripts."

"200,000 yuan per issue, that's 2.4 million a year," Xin Zixing said, "According to the sales situation of the first issue, this production budget is not high. However, how should this production budget be borne? Xiaoyin, what is the attitude of your Jiang Yin?"

Xu Xiaoyin said: "How about our two families each pay half?"

When the first issue was published, Jiang Yin Publishing House was actually not responsible for the bulk of the production budget; the bulk was provided by Ye Mai website.

However, the publication of the first physical book made Jiang Yin Publishing House make a lot of money—far exceeding their expectations—in their expectations, a physical book that took the lead in launching free e-book reading would sell at most 30,000 to 50,000 copies due to the fan effect. Who would have thought that it was now rushing toward 100,000 copies? Although they didn't know whether this book had a long-tail effect and could keep selling, just the ones sold now had already brought considerable profits to the publishing house, not to mention the promotional and promotional role it brought to Liu Jiazhen and Ming Yin.

Jiang Yin Publishing House's attitude surprised Xin Zixing. She didn't expect that the publishing house, which had always been stingy, would suddenly agree to be responsible for half of it.

But Xin Zixing soon reacted. This only showed that the benefits this book brought to the publishing house were far higher than this production budget.

In fact, as a partner, they had no reason to be unwilling.

The production of such a book was equivalent to being outsourced to Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi's team. They didn't worry about anything and just waited for the finished product to come out. Their two families were actually channel merchants, one responsible for online channels and one responsible for offline channels, and they could make steady profits without losing money. How could they be unwilling?

Lu Yan He originally thought that Xin Zixing and Xu Xiaoyin would bargain, but he didn't expect that in a few words, several people decided on this matter.

Just as Chen Siqi said, they would definitely agree.

Is a production budget of 200,000 yuan per issue high for a magazine?

In the golden age of print media, of course it was not high, but in such an era, it was very high.

Especially since Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi refused to publish any advertisements in this book, refusing a large piece of income.

Lu Yan He came out to go to the restroom and met Li Zhibai, who was also coming out to go to the restroom, by chance.

"Damn," the two entered and exited, almost colliding, and then recognized each other at the same time.

Two people who had to wear masks even when going to the toilet, how could they look so alien.

"Why are you here?"

"Why are you here?"

The two said in unison.

Lu Yan He explained: "I am eating with others here at noon."

"Me too," Li Zhibai said, "Just Qiu Ling, and a student she sponsors."

Lu Yan He said oh, "That's quite a coincidence."

"Do you want to go say hello to Qiu Ling?" Li Zhibai asked, "It's rare to see each other now, and she just asked about you."

"Good," Lu Yan He nodded, "Then wait for me."

Lu Yan He finished going to the restroom and went to their place with Li Zhibai.

Qiu Ling was dumbfounded.

Li Zhibai just went to the restroom, how did he suddenly bring back a Lu Yan He?

Did he have a door to anywhere, can go anywhere?

Lu Yan He explained briefly.

"It's such a coincidence," Qiu Ling said, "Have you finished your business?"

Lu Yan He nodded, "Almost."

"But his girlfriend is still over there," Li Zhibai immediately added.

"Girlfriend?!" Qiu Ling immediately widened her eyes and looked at Lu Yan He happily, "You have a girlfriend?"

Lu Yan He smiled shyly and said: "I guess so."

Qiu Ling: "If you have one, you have one; if you don't, you don't. How can you say 'I guess so'? Don't play this ambiguity set with me. I hate boys hanging girls the most."

Li Zhibai explained for Lu Yan He, saying: "Their situation is a bit complicated. It's not hanging, and it's not certain who is hanging whom."

Qiu Ling widened her eyes and looked at Lu Yan He in disbelief.

"You wouldn't be hung by someone, would you? Lu Yan He, don't be a lick-dog or a spare tire."

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry, wanting to explain but not knowing where to start.

Li Zhibai waved his hand and said: "You are getting more and more outrageous, it's not like that."

Qiu Ling: "If it weren't for the fact that there are your work partners over there, I would want to see what kind of girl it is now."

"Alas, a high school classmate," Li Zhibai said here, suddenly remembering something, and looked at Liu Ao, "Remember to keep it secret."

Liu Ao nodded.

Qiu Ling: "Don't worry, I watched this child Xiao Ao grow up, his mouth is tight."

Liu Ao lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Li Zhibai felt unhappy when he saw Qiu Ling's unconditional trust in Liu Ao.

Even if... he knew rationally that this unhappiness didn't hold water at all. In terms of the time they had known each other, they had known each other for longer.

Lu Yan He said: "Then I'll go back there first, Sister Qiu Ling."

"Hmm, go ahead," Qiu Ling nodded with a smile.

After Lu Yan He left, Qiu Ling said: "It's really watching Xiao Lu walk to today step by step, really amazing. Only a freshman, and he has already started to be an editor-in-chief, and he has done it with great success. I bought one and read half of it. It can be seen that it is a book made with great care."

Li Zhibai: "Then did you read the article I wrote?"

Qiu Ling nodded and said: "Read it. I didn't expect you to be quite talented, able to write such a story."

"That's for sure," Li Zhibai said, "I also grew up listening to many stories when I was a child. Making up a story is the easiest thing for me."

Li Zhibai looked proud, even a bit like he was going to raise his tail.

Qiu Ling suddenly sighed: "Li Zhibai."

"What?" Li Zhibai looked at her.

"If you can be a little more mature, you might be more popular with girls," Qiu Ling laughed, "Now there should be many girls who are only attracted by your appearance, but after getting along with you for a period of time, they will find that you are actually a primary school student, right?"

"What?!" Li Zhibai felt like a thunderbolt hit him.

"Why did you go to the restroom for so long?" Chen Siqi asked in a low voice in Lu Yan He's ear.

Lu Yan He explained: "I just met Li Zhibai, he is eating with Officer Qiu in the next room."

Chen Siqi looked at Lu Yan He in surprise and asked: "Is it such a coincidence?"

"Hmm."

The matter of the subsequent production of *Jump Up* had been settled. Xin Zixing said: "It's not easy to have a holiday, so I'll leave first, I have an appointment with someone in the afternoon."

"I'm leaving too," Xu Xiaoyin said, "Bye."

"Bye," Lu Yan He sent them away.

Xu Xiaoyin said: "Don't send us off, in case you are recognized, it won't be good. See you next time."

"Hmm."

After sending them away, Lu Yan He sat down again.

Chen Siqi asked: "Do you have anything to do this afternoon?"

"No," Lu Yan He shook his head, "I have to go to record *Young Days* for the last time the day after tomorrow, and I have nothing to do today and tomorrow."

Chen Siqi said: "Then accompany me to watch a movie. There is a movie I want to watch on National Day."

"What movie?"

"*Honest Man*," Chen Siqi said, "I am preparing to write a film review for this movie on the *Jump Up* media account."

Lu Yan He nodded and said okay.

He took out his phone, searched for this movie, and looked at the nearby cinemas.

"The nearest one is in half an hour. If you walk there, it's about ten minutes," Lu Yan He said.

"Hmm, let's go," Chen Siqi said.

Lu Yan He put on his mask and hat again and put his sunglasses in his pocket.

Walking in public with Chen Siqi, Lu Yan He was indeed a bit nervous because he was worried about being photographed again and trending on search.

If Lu Yan He used to keep it secret because Chen Siqi didn't want to confirm the relationship, now Lu Yan He himself didn't want to make it public.

He didn't know what would happen to him in the future, and the secrets on him hadn't been solved yet. He didn't want to involve Chen Siqi at this time. ===== CHAPTER 255 =====