Chapter 1698

"Look, everyone, Ren Yifan looks just like a dog."

In the cafeteria, Yu Hao looked toward the distance. There, Lu Qiaochuan was eating his meal uncomfortably, and beside him, Lu Qiaochuan and Zhong Bai were picking food for each other, acting very lovey-dovey.

"Hao-ge, it's not polite to talk like that." Li Shuci spoke up, seemingly standing up for Yu Hao.

"Luoxue, don't you think so?"

Lin Luoxue smiled politely: "Hao-ge, that's not nice of you."

Yu Hao rolled his eyes and looked to the other side: "Look over there again. I really don't know how Xu Lianqiao took a liking to Xiao Haiyang, and is still pestering him so relentlessly."

On the other side, Xiao Haiyang was eating with a look of despair, while Xu Lianqiao sat opposite him, picking meat from her own bowl for Xiao Haiyang just like Zhong Bai was doing.

Bi Shisan rarely joined the conversation: "Perhaps they have some unknown past, and Xiao Haiyang doesn't remember it."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Luoxue's gaze shot over. Seeing that Bi Shisan was truly speaking innocently without any other meaning, she glared at him, then looked at Wang Yan. Finding that Wang Yan hadn't paid any attention at all, she couldn't help but glare even harder, then ate her own meal in a sulk.

"What you said actually makes some sense." Yu Hao nodded in agreement. "Otherwise, Xu Lianqiao wouldn't have just come up to find him for no reason. One brush past, one turn around, and it created today's scene. Life, oh life~"

"What are you guys chatting about? So lively?" Ren Yifan walked over with his meal, grinning, and sat down to one side.

"We're talking about how certain people really look like a..." Bi Shisan answered patiently, because Ren Yifan was sitting opposite him.

Yu Hao quickly cut in: "Like a lightbulb!"

Bi Shisan glanced at Yu Hao, then shook his head and continued eating his dumplings.

Speaking of lightbulbs, Ren Yifan was also incomparably melancholy: "Can you imagine? Three good friends who have played together for so many years, in one ordinary moment, two of them just got together...

Although I knew long ago that they were interested in each other, when this day really arrived, I felt like a redundant person. The world is so big, yet there is no place for me to stay, no home to return to. I feel like a displaced stray dog."

"Would everything be better if a freshman girl came to warm you up right now?" Lin Luoxue asked, picking up the conversation.

"You really understand me. It's just that the freshman girls haven't returned from military training yet, which really makes me miss them dearly." Ren Yifan looked at Wang Yan: "Old Wang, I've heard about Gu Yixin's situation. You need to pull yourself together. As the saying goes, there are fragrant grasses everywhere in the world, why insist on loving just one flower? What you lost was a small tree, but what you'll gain is a vast forest.

Don't worry, Old Wang, I'll introduce more to you later. You were too conservative before. In this glittering world, in the rolling red dust, you need to experience it with your heart. Otherwise, how can you do art? Where would your inspiration come from?"

"You're talking nonsense! You're clearly a scumbag yourself, and you still want to lead Wang Yan astray!" Li Shuci spoke up directly to defend him.

Ren Yifan froze for a moment, then let out a "wow," winking at Wang Yan: "It seems I was overthinking it, Old Wang."

"You really are quite annoying." Lin Luoxue glanced at him.

"I think you're just lonely and can't stand seeing others doing well."

"Others? Doing well? Classmate Ren Yifan, you've been beaten into a scumbag by sophomore, junior, and senior girls—are you really doing well? If you're really doing so well, why are you sitting here instead of accompanying your girlfriend?"

Lin Luoxue's words were heart-piercing, and Ren Yifan didn't know what to say to counterattack.

"A good man doesn't fight with women; I won't lower myself to your level. The freshman girls will be back next week, and you'll naturally know whether I'm doing well or not then."

"Is that so? Then do you guess there will be girls who hold a grudge against you going to tell the freshman girls about your glorious deeds? And don't forget, there's still a post on the campus forum warning people about you."

Ren Yifan felt as if the sky had collapsed, sighing: "I just made a mistake for a moment, how can you completely write me off with one stroke? Heavens, how unfair you are."

"This is the retribution a scumbag deserves, okay?" Yu Hao turned the topic: "A week has already passed, how are you all doing with your video assignments?"

Lin Luoxue shook her head: "I haven't decided yet."

Li Shuci said: "I had originally decided, but after seeing Zhong Bai's script, I don't want to do it anymore."

Ren Yifan suddenly cut in: "I know about this. It's really because what Zhong Bai wrote was too rotten. We were so disgusted after watching it that we had to get IV drips at the school infirmary, causing the school doctor to think there was an infectious disease and even report it to the superiors."

"Wang Yan, are you going to film it? Teacher Ye suggests you change to another subject." Li Shuci said seriously.

"I'll film it."

"What do you plan to film? Why not include me?" Yu Hao followed up immediately, wanting to piggyback on the assignment.

"Seconded!"

Bi Shisan had also become lazy following Yu Hao and the others; when it came to dealing with schoolwork, the environment really was very important. But on the other hand, Bi Shisan's level was actually quite good; after all, he hadn't gone out filming with Wang Yan less, and having participated in the full workflow of the work, he did it all very well. He could even earn money filming weddings himself.

Wang Yan shook his head and refused: "Even if you go, it will only count as me filming it. The main thing to look at is the full-process production, letting everyone get familiar with it. It's useless for you to be my cameramen. You two should still ponder and film it yourselves; that way you'll improve."

"Then what do you want to film, Wang Yan?" Li Shuci asked curiously.

"Let's film a documentary. I've been thinking about it these past few days: recording the day of people from all walks of life. The film title will be 'A Hundred Flavors of Life.' Tomorrow, I'll go film a sanitation worker first; I've already made the appointment. After that, I'll film bus drivers, workers from all walks of life, doctors, police, white-collar workers, blue-collar workers, etc. It might also involve some artisans and the like. In short, it's the 360 trades, I'll film everything."

Lin Luoxue thought for a moment and said: "This is a bit too big, isn't it?"

Wang Yan raised an eyebrow at her: "Speaking of which, it's because you told me before to write a little essay to go with the photos I posted. Over the past year, my Weibo has gained quite a few followers, which can be considered to have given me inspiration. Instead of using a photo to talk about things, it's better to film their day directly."

"Then you'll be filming for a long time." Lin Luoxue smiled very happily.

"No rush, film slowly. And later, we can expand the team, determine the theme, and just ensure the style."

"Then won't you become a director? Old Wang, you must take your brothers along when you make it big in the future." Yu Hao actively hugged his thigh: "I also have artistic pursuits."

A group of people ate dinner together happily. Wang Yan didn't return to the dormitory, but lived in a studio outside the school.

The next day, before three o'clock, while it was still dark, Wang Yan got up, washed up, took his equipment, and went out. He drove straight to the residential area where the sanitation worker he had an appointment with lived, arriving at 3:30.

Wang Yan carried his equipment and took some shots downstairs for a while. After another twenty minutes, he went upstairs to the sanitation worker's home and knocked on the door.

Wang Yan filmed handheld inside the house, giving the sanitation worker prompts, letting him introduce what he had to do in the morning, watching him eat a simple breakfast, and then going out to ride his electric scooter to the road section he was responsible for to start cleaning.

As everyone knows, cities nowadays are very clean. But cities at four or five in the morning are not. The bigger the city and the richer the nightlife, the dirtier it is.

The sanitation worker worked diligently, sweeping up trash, while Wang Yan set up the machine to film, and at the same time had to guide the worker to speak, introduce the daily trash situation, and so on.

Afterward, there were specific work hours, some introductions to work benefits, and other sanitation workers also had to have some footage, as well as the managers below, and so on.

Wang Yan went through the proper official appointment process. He communicated with the government, and then the government notified the sanitation company to cooperate with the filming. It was passed down level by level before it fell to the sanitation worker. Even so, Wang Yan still gave a thousand-yuan appearance fee.

Otherwise, if he filmed privately and released it privately, it might cause some unnecessary trouble and could easily affect people's livelihoods. Now it was fine this way. He chose a worker whose conditions were relatively poor, and the worker earned money and also introduced the family situation, and maybe even got other help.

At the same time, Wang Yan didn't amplify or interpret things; he just filmed what there was. Besides mainly expressing the living conditions of sanitation workers, he also popularized sanitation operations and urban governance, all of which were interspersed. It couldn't be called a lot of knowledge, but it could let those who didn't know understand.

The student identity still had advantages. Wang Yan was a proper student of the photography major at the Communication University, and he had a decent number of followers, so it was quite convenient for him to apply.

It was just that after the film was completed, it needed to undergo multi-level review. For example, the sanitation company had to watch it once, and then the relevant units also had to watch it once. This was normal. It was better than releasing it and then having it taken down.

As for the unreasonable demands within it, Wang Yan would naturally stand up to them...

In the blink of an eye, a week passed. Wang Yan's documentary production was completed and passed the review. Wang Yan didn't rush to post it on Weibo, but contacted streaming platforms to see if they wanted it.

This was a long-term project that could be filmed for several years, and Wang Yan's production was also very refined, with realistic significance, thoughtfulness, depth, and simplicity, which normal people could all watch.

If there was platform cooperation, that would of course be even better. The filming costs would be more sufficient, the production speed would be faster, and the quality would be more refined...

The result was of course the expected success of selling it. Wang Yan posted this good news on his Weibo and simultaneously released some screenshots of the documentary for promotion.

So on that day, the students were already inexplicably excited, and it was even livelier when they had their professional classes the next day.

"Teacher Ye, the video Old Wang filmed has been sold. He's really become a director." Jiang Yunming bragged for Wang Yan.

Ye Jiping smiled so much his eyes couldn't be seen: "I've also followed Classmate Wang Yan's Weibo. I've seen all the updates he posted, and I already communicated with him yesterday. Come, everyone, let's applaud and congratulate Classmate Wang Yan for taking an important step in his life."

A director and a cameraman are of course two different things. Wang Yan now had a project sold to a big platform, which meant he had a director's work to speak of. Not to mention that this documentary was produced by him alone from start to finish.

If he develops in this industry, this is a very important resume. If he pulls investment for any projects later, people won't just ignore him. If his documentary is released and causes a certain reaction, the benefits he himself gains will be even greater.

So Ye Jiping saying this was an important step in Wang Yan's life really had no problems.

Amidst everyone's laughter, Ye Jiping's face stiffened, and he began to lecture the other students. Because it had been almost two weeks now, and not a single person had handed in their assignment...

Seeing that it was already imminent, the next day was Saturday. Lu Qiaochuan and the others agreed to go out to find a place to film, and Jiang Yunming and the others also found their own places to deal with the assignment.

Wang Yan was the most free. He didn't follow Lu Qiaochuan and the others to film, nor did he have anything else to do, so he began to reorganize the filming plan for "A Hundred Flavors of Life," finalized the professions to be filmed next, and began to build a production team according to the money given by the platform.

Just as Wang Yan was busy, he received a message from Xiao Yu...

Night, a food stall in a lively night market.

Having bought a bunch of things and ice-cold beer, Wang Yan and Xiao Yu began to eat and drink.

"Why did you run here?"

Xiao Yu was wearing a long dress, sitting on a small stool, yet still sitting in a very wild, open-legged posture. The long dress covered her so she wouldn't have a wardrobe malfunction. She was drinking beer straight from the bottle, really having a sense of being unconstrained.

"I missed you, so I came over specifically to see you." Xiao Yu looked at Wang Yan, who was smiling and eating heartily. "Look, I said it and you still didn't believe me, so what are you asking for?"

"I believe you. Otherwise, you wouldn't even see your own younger brother, so why would you come find me?" Wang Yan held up the beer bottle to her, tilted his head, and chugged the beer. The ice-cold beer in summer was refreshing and exhilarating.

"I heard someone just had their heart broken not long ago. Oh, I also watched your Weibo, looking forward to the documentary you filmed."

"It's been over a month since we broke up. I've adapted quite well; I'm not dying or feeling like my heart is dead."

"I knew long ago you weren't a good thing." Xiao Yu glanced at him. "Otherwise, how could you have chatted with me so well before?"

"It was clearly you, an old woman, teasing a little brat. I responded out of politeness, so how did I become not a good thing in your mouth?"

"You're quite shameless." Xiao Yu snorted, then turned the topic: "I came here on a business trip and have already been here for a week. It just so happens to be the weekend, so I plan to play here for two days and leave on Monday."

"Then this is equivalent to an additional project for me; you have to pay." Wang Yan replied shamelessly.

"Aren't all these things bought by me?"

"Good sister, you're brushing me off with just one meal? People of the world who come out to play must be generous."

Xiao Yu snorted: "You're barely qualified, and yet you're still being picky?"

"Then good sister, you must eat more so you have the energy to play well." Wang Yan raised an eyebrow suggestively.

The two of them were just like a normal couple, eating and drinking in the night market, laughing and talking, acting intimately.

When they finished eating, the two of them hailed a taxi and returned to the studio very naturally, going up to the third floor.

Many times, it's just like this; some things happen naturally.

Fish find fish, shrimp find shrimp; these are different social circles.

We never know what kind of people the men and women who look respectable on the street really are, or what kind of affairs they have...

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