Chapter 255: Bookstore, New Cooperation

*Honest Man* was the only comedy movie on National Day, starring Jia Long, the leading actor of small-character comedies in recent years.

Jia Long had starred in several movies in recent years, almost all of which were about social bottom-level small characters as protagonists, encountering an accident, getting involved in a pile of trouble, and then causing a series of jokes.

*Honest Man* was also about an old employee who had worked hard in a branch for more than ten years, entered the general company by mistake, was mistaken for the company boss's illegitimate child, and triggered a series of ridiculous stories.

Lu Yan He and Chen Siqi sat in the cinema from beginning to end, laughing all the time, almost without stopping.

The movie was indeed filmed very well. The key was that the irony of the comedy was used very well, hitting the current young people's attitude toward work, incorporating all the most typical types of leaders that everyone complained about into this movie, and becoming various villains encountered by the protagonist.

"The movie is good," as soon as it was finished, Chen Siqi said to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He nodded, "Hmm, it's really good."

Chen Siqi said: "Jia Long has really filmed many movies of this type in recent years. I feel that he has walked out of a genre of his own in the comedy field."

Lu Yan He smiled and asked: "Are you preparing to write a film review?"

"Yes," Chen Siqi nodded, "I won't eat with you tonight. I have to go back quickly and write the film review first."

Lu Yan He was stunned immediately.

"Ah?"

Haven't seen each other for so long, finally met, how did the date end?

Chen Siqi suddenly thought of something, "Or, accompany me to the internet cafe? I have to write the film review first, and after writing it, we will go to dinner."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Good."

Chen Siqi took out her phone and searched for nearby internet cafes.

Near the school, there were many internet cafes.

They opened a double compartment with curtains that could be covered nearby and went in.

In the internet cafe, people playing games were still the mainstream, and the shouting of killing was endless.

Lu Yan He asked Chen Siqi: "In this environment, can you write it?"

"Yes," Chen Siqi said, "Just put on headphones."

Lu Yan He didn't know how long Chen Siqi would write. He opened his network disk and found the electronic version of the first volume of *History of Ancient Literature*.

After Chen Siqi opened the document, she glanced at Lu Yan He's computer screen and saw that it was a PDF file with dense words, and she was shocked.

So ruthless?! Actually studying in an internet cafe?!

At this moment, Chen Siqi didn't know how to describe her mood.

Chen Siqi had always felt that she was very hard-working, but compared to the one beside her, it seemed that she was still a cut behind.

Chen Siqi really wanted to dig open Lu Yan He's head to see what kind of structure his brain was, why he could be so diligent at any time.

Chen Siqi was actually not completely puzzled. Reasonably speaking, Lu Yan He had already successfully been admitted to Zhenhua, and he couldn't take the path of academia in the future to become a researcher. Then why was he still so diligent in reading books?

However, such questions Chen Siqi would not ask Lu Yan He. Everyone had everyone's thoughts and choices. Chen Siqi knew that Lu Yan He was a serious person, and that was enough.

A film review could be written simply or richly.

Chen Siqi was writing with the mood of wanting to operate the media account well, so of course she wouldn't be perfunctory.

Checking information, finding various behind-the-scenes tidbits, making sufficient preparations, and then combining the movies she saw, she began to write this article.

Writing it in one go, two hours passed.

Only nine hundred words.

Chen Siqi took off her headphones, stretched, and asked Lu Yan He: "Can you help me take a look?"

Lu Yan He nodded and changed a seat with Chen Siqi.

Chen Siqi's writing style had a sense of rationality and sharpness, which was very different from Bai Yu's writing style. If Bai Yu's writing style was a typical literary girl—it was the spring breeze carrying lingering rain, then Chen Siqi's writing style was a steep mountain peak, with rules for every stone and tree.

"Comedy movies have developed vigorously in recent years, and a group of comedy actors have also emerged. There are those who are more popular than Jia Long, and there are those who can carry the box office better than Jia Long, but like Jia Long, who is so closely combined with a genre and a type, almost representing a type, he is the only one."

Lu Yan He saw this paragraph written by Chen Siqi and asked: "Will this paragraph be a bit of a hype for Teacher Jia Long?"

Chen Siqi said: "I also had this feeling when I wrote it, but I thought about it for a long time and didn't find a second expression that could express this meaning. The movie is a commercial product, but when we discuss it, it enters the ranks of works. What kind of evaluation a work can get must discuss the significance it possesses itself. The actor is the same. Teacher Jia Long, as a comedy actor, in my eyes, has such ambition and is also insisting on doing such comedy."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Then I suggest you can put our conversation just now into the article. This can alleviate some of the discomfort brought by that decisive tone, and everyone can better understand the meaning you want to express. It is not to set up a monument for Teacher Jia Long, but to want to affirm his efforts and persistence in this aspect."

Chen Siqi nodded: "Then I will write your name in it?"

"That's better not," Lu Yan He shook his head, "Our discussion is one thing, and your writing a review is another. For me, as a junior, to comment on a senior in public, that is even another thing. It's not appropriate."

Chen Siqi laughed.

"Hmm."

In fact, the name *Jump Up* had already been associated with Lu Yan He.

The film review article issued by this media, even if the author was not Lu Yan He, would be considered to have a relationship with Lu Yan He.

Therefore, when Chen Siqi held a meeting with the editorial team, she determined a tenet: film and television reviews on the media account should not make any negative comments.

After this tenet was determined, it derived the main direction of the media account regarding film and television: discovering good works and good creators.

If possible, Chen Siqi of course also wanted to cast aside various constraints and do a free media account. However, people couldn't be that selfish. The media account could be done because of Lu Yan He. You couldn't rely on someone's influence to do this account and then ignore his reputation and word of mouth in this industry later, and do a so-called "media with attitude."

"Discovering good works and good creators" is also a "media with attitude." It is not only negation and criticism that are attitudes.

That night, Lu Yan He didn't go back until 10:30.

He sent Chen Siqi to the hotel before going back.

As soon as he went back, he heard Li Zhibai's "tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk" sound, "tsk" for almost ten seconds.

"Do you have any instructions?" Lu Yan He asked with a smile.

Li Zhibai looked disgusted and said: "Why come back tonight? I thought you wouldn't come back today."

Lu Yan He: "I don't come back, sleep on the big road?"

"Isn't Chen Siqi staying in a hotel?" Li Zhibai said immediately, "Trash, don't know how to accompany her. A girl staying in a hotel alone at night, how scared, how lonely!"

Lu Yan He looked at Li Zhibai speechlessly.

"When you say this, can the expression on your face not be so sleazy?"

"Sleazy?" Li Zhibai immediately retorted angrily, "Except for you, who else would say I am sleazy! I am the dream in the hearts of how many young girls?"

Lu Yan He: "I'm going to vomit, you are the nightmare in the hearts of how many young girls?"

At this time, Yan Liang came out of the room with a set of clothes.

"Oh? You are back," Yan Liang greeted Lu Yan He, "Why did you come back so early?"

"Early?"

"Didn't you go on a date?" Yan Liang said, "It's eleven o'clock now, reunion after a long separation, why is there no gluey and lacquer-like feeling at all?"

Lu Yan He: "..."

One or two were like this, Lu Yan He couldn't help but suspect, is there really something wrong between him and Chen Siqi?

Lu Yan He told Chen Siqi about the reactions of Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.

Chen Siqi replied quickly, saying: "Then, let's end it a bit later next time."

Lu Yan He smiled very embarrassedly, "No, I don't mean that."

"Are you unwilling?"

"I am of course willing, not unwilling," Lu Yan He said, "But will it affect your rest."

"If I stay up late with you, I am OK," Chen Siqi said.

Chen Siqi's tone was light, but it made Lu Yan He feel a tremor as if his heart had been shot.

Her tone was light, but his mood was like a drum skin vibrating.

"Good," Lu Yan He also smiled, his palms sweating slightly.

"Are you planning to sleep?" Chen Siqi asked.

"Not yet, I am preparing to read for a while," Lu Yan He said, "I haven't live-streamed for a long time, I will turn on the live stream in a while."

"Reading again?"

"Hmm."

Chen Siqi said: "Compared to you, I am really a scumbag."

"You just have other things you want to do," Lu Yan He said, "Has your film review been posted?"

"Hmm, it has been posted," Chen Siqi said, "The response is okay, many of Jia Long's fans have come to repost and like it, but some people say we are soft articles paid for."

Lu Yan He: "No matter what you post, someone will say so."

"*Honest Man* official blog also reposted," Chen Siqi said happily, "There are seven movies in this National Day file, I posted one, and the other few movies, Linyu, Xu Zijun, and the others will each be responsible for one or two, and one will be posted every day."

"Do you get manuscript fees for writing this manuscript?"

"No," Chen Siqi said, "I have told them that if the media account can start making profits in the future, there will be salaries and manuscript fees. Now I can only rely on love to generate electricity, and can only get a reward as the *Jump Up* editorial team."

"How is the data of the media account now?" Lu Yan He asked.

"Currently, the number of fans on all platforms adds up to 30,000," Chen Siqi said, "But this is basically the attention brought by the first issue. Our media account has just started to do independent planning content. This film review column also started from this article today. I hope to achieve more than 100,000 fans on all platforms this year."

There are still two months this year. In the next two months, 70,000 fans need to be added. This requires them to maintain high-frequency updates and regular promotion.

The long-lost live stream at night made the fans in the live broadcast room very excited, with a large number of "you finally started broadcasting" in the comment section.

Lu Yan He explained simply why he hadn't started live streaming recently.

First, he recorded the program, and then because he often lived in the dormitory, it was inconvenient to live stream, fearing it would affect his roommates.

Lu Yan He had already changed a laptop. This laptop was brought by Chen Ziyan and had been handed over to Mao Jiayang, who had been asked to handle it.

Now, Lu Yan He was just waiting for the fish to take the bait.

As long as the person who had implanted a Trojan horse in his laptop before knew that he had changed computers, in order to continue to monitor him, they would definitely find a way to reinstall a Trojan horse in his new computer.

Someone in the comment section asked Lu Yan He if he had changed a camera, saying that his live broadcast this time was much clearer.

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "My agent said that the camera that came with the laptop I used before didn't have high pixels, so she helped me change a laptop and specifically installed a more advanced camera."

Someone immediately said: This agent is very good, very understanding of what we want to see.

Another person also immediately said: Finally, I can see the high-definition Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He couldn't laugh or cry.

The high-definition him was just a little clearer.

What's good about this.

Someone said: I met Lu Yan He today, he is more handsome than in the live broadcast lens.

Someone asked: Really? It's already very handsome in the lens.

Immediately answered: He is tall and handsome in person, and full of youthful spirit, just like the kind of boyfriend I dreamed of having every day when I was in high school.

Someone asked: Don't you want it now?

That person answered: People have grown up, it's time to wake up.

In the comment section, there were many such conversations.

Everyone was very familiar with Lu Yan He's live broadcast style, and they were also very familiar with each other.

Those who often speak in the comment section were very familiar with each other, and they were merciless when they fought.

Lu Yan He smiled and looked at it, then lowered his head and began to read.

Lu Yan He had the habit of taking notes when reading—because whether it was professional books or book lists opened by teachers, they were not the kind that could be read in one go. The amount of information was very large. If you didn't stop to take notes from time to time, it was easy to forget after reading.

Lu Yan He didn't finish until 12:30 and went to sleep.

October 2nd, Lu Yan He made an appointment to meet Chen Siqi at 10:00 AM and went to a bookstore to check in together.

Lu Yan He originally thought Chen Siqi just wanted to check in at this bookstore, but he didn't expect Chen Siqi to have made an appointment with the bookstore manager in advance.

Lu Yan He didn't know about this until he entered the door.

"It was also a temporary appointment," Chen Siqi said, "It's okay, you go shopping yourself, I'll talk to the manager."

"What are you going to talk about?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Siqi said: "Talk about the sales situation of *Jump Up*, and then, want to invite him to write a bookstore manager's business log."

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He was stunned.

Chen Siqi said: "How bookstores are operated in the internet era, I want to do such a column. Interesting articles will be put into the book. If it is not suitable for putting into the book, it will be published on the media account. This can not only establish contact with the bookstore but also help the bookstore do promotion. Everyone should be very willing."

Lu Yan He was surprised.

"I and Linyu and the others have allocated their respective tasks, and want to develop this into a fixed column," Chen Siqi said, "Managers who choose to continue operating a bookstore in this era generally have unique stories about them and the bookstore. Such stories may make everyone interested in bookstores and walk into bookstores again."

Lu Yan He: "Where did your ideas come from?"

These ideas were not complicated, and even very simple, but before Chen Siqi proposed them, Lu Yan He hadn't thought in these directions.

And such ideas, once proposed by Chen Siqi, Lu Yan He felt very creative.

This was an idea that no one had ever done before. Just as Chen Siqi said, managers were also willing to promote their bookstores. They only needed to invite them, almost without investing any cost, and they could dig up many interesting contents for the *Jump Up* media account, and even—

When they knew more and more bookstore managers and accumulated to a certain extent, the future promotion of *Jump Up* would also benefit a lot.

Just as Chen Siqi thought, as soon as the manager heard Chen Siqi's self-introduction and explained the purpose, he immediately agreed in a flattered manner.

Chen Siqi exchanged friends and contact information with the manager and said: "Whether it is published in the book or on the media account, it will definitely bring many readers to your bookstore. So, you are also welcome to contribute to us long-term. For content suitable for publication in the book, once it is decided to be published, another manuscript fee will be issued to you."

The manager nodded with a smile and said: "Good, are you the only one here today? Lu Yan He didn't come with you?"

Lu Yan He was wearing sunglasses and was behind a row of bookshelves.

Chen Siqi said: "He might come later."

"I really hope he can come. In this way, I can take a group photo with your two editors-in-chief and hang it in our bookstore. When *Jump Up* becomes the most popular thematic book in the future, this can become a treasure of our bookstore," the manager said very happily.

Chen Siqi: "Then I will ask him when he will come."

Bookstore manager said: "That's great, do you drink coffee? I'll treat you to a cup of coffee."

"Thank you, I have already drunk it," Chen Siqi thanked the other party, "I will walk around the bookstore first."

"Good, walk around as you please," the manager said.

Chen Siqi found Lu Yan He and blinked at him.

"Done?"

"Hmm, done," Chen Siqi nodded, "Before leaving later, let's take a group photo with the manager? The manager hopes to take a group photo with us."

Although Lu Yan He didn't know the manager's use, for such a request, Lu Yan He could of course do it.

When Lu Yan He really appeared in front of the manager, the manager smiled happily.

"You actually really came!"

The three took a group photo.

Other guests in the bookstore noticed this scene, recognized Lu Yan He, and also requested group photos one after another.

Lu Yan He cooperated without refusing.

"Please support *Jump Up*!" Lu Yan He said to everyone with a smile, "If you have any good suggestions, you are also welcome to send them to our mailbox."

"Will *Jump Up* be done long-term?" a girl asked, she was still wearing a school uniform.

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "As long as you keep supporting, we will keep doing it."

"We will definitely keep supporting!" the girl in school uniform said enthusiastically.

The bright smile on the other party's face gave Lu Yan He abundant motivation.

Chen Siqi said: "I didn't expect that there are really many people supporting this book."

"Yes," Lu Yan He nodded, "Let's work hard and don't let it be just a flash in the pan."

"Hmm, of course," Chen Siqi nodded seriously, "Now there are more and more submissions in our submission mailbox."

"Is that so?" Lu Yan He was a bit surprised.

"Hmm," Chen Siqi nodded, "Fortunately, there are four people looking at the manuscripts in the submission mailbox now. Otherwise, if it were still just the two of us, we definitely wouldn't be able to finish reading them."

"Except for Brother Jiazhen's long novel, are you specifically doing other serializations?" Lu Yan He asked.

Chen Siqi shook her head and said: "Let's just do one serialization for now. The layout is limited. If we do another serialization, it will occupy other layouts."

Because of physical publication, the number of layouts published in each issue is limited, and the number of words that can be published is also limited.

According to Chen Siqi's idea, she hoped to publish more authors' works in each issue. At least in this book *Jump Up*, there should be a group of fixed authors with loyal readers. Only with ace authors who can carry the banner can this book be truly and long-term done.

Chen Siqi asked: "For the second and third issues, which celebrities should we invite to write articles?"