Chapter 1707: Understanding

Girls' dormitory.

"Zhong Bai, I feel like you talked to Wang Yan a lot today," Lin Luoxue asked with a smile.

Zhong Bai was stunned for a moment and retorted, "Did I?"

"You did!" Xu Lianqiao nodded affirmatively. "I was surprised before, too; you really didn't talk to Wang Yan much."

Seeing Li Shuci nodding there as well, Zhong Bai said, "You're talking about me? Lianqiao, aren't you the same? You don't usually have much to say to him either, right? Besides, Wang Yan is very busy; he often skips class, and sometimes you don't see him for days."

Looking at the three girls' suspicious gazes, she continued, "Fine, fine, I admit it. I didn't really get along with Wang Yan before. But Ren Yifan is my good friend, and he helped Ren Yifan. We all got to experience what it's like to be a cashier, so it's no big deal for me to say thank you, right?"

"And actually, I've thought about it. I don't really have any conflict with Wang Yan; it's just that I used to be particularly biased toward Lu Qiaochuan. Of course, I'm still on his side now. It's just that when I think about it now, whether it was singing English songs or the instrument performance before, Wang Yan actually had a point."

"And last year at the ancient town photography exhibition, if I hadn't insisted on making others apologize, there wouldn't have been a fight later, and everyone wouldn't have been taken to the police station..."

"Although that's true, none of that had anything to do with you," Xu Lianqiao had the same sharp tongue as Bi Shisan. "You're being a bit self-indulgent."

Zhong Bai felt awkward, then said, "There was a reason for me too. Anyway, regardless of what's said, we're all classmates. And he's so capable. We're already sophomores; I should wake up and ease my relationship with him. If I can't make it in the future, he might still pull me up for the sake of being old classmates."

"You're right..." Xu Lianqiao nodded seriously and said thoughtfully, "You reminded me. I should also build a relationship with him. Can't wait until something happens to start burning incense and praying. Right, Shuci?"

"Huh?"

Li Shuci didn't expect to be involved, but she reacted and nodded, "Wang Yan is very easy to talk to, and he has always been taking classmates from our school to intern and accumulate experience. Zhong Bai, Lianqiao, you've both been there."

"Internships and him providing food in the future are two different things," Lin Luoxue shook her head with a smile. "But you're not wrong to think that way. It seems I should also get closer to him."

As she spoke, she winked playfully at Li Shuci. After receiving an eye-roll from Li Shuci, she giggled. This was a little game she loved to play with Li Shuci after they had fully opened up to each other.

This kind of little thrill, which others didn't know about and only the two of them understood, and which defied universal morality, was very addictive.

Lin Luoxue's addiction to this little thrill was because she was more accepting of it and had a lower bottom line. As for Li Shuci, her addiction was because she was a good girl by nature, and this kind of breakthrough felt like a cat that had stolen fish. The two weren't exactly at two extremes, but they weren't far off, yet they ended up on the same path.

The supermarket was doing quite well. The novelty was still very important. Everyone took turns experiencing the fun of collecting money at the counter and eating and drinking freely when there was no one around, fulfilling their childhood dreams.

Everyone was very active in working and doing things. They watched over the work-study students with a great sense of responsibility, not letting themselves be cheated. They even set up a group chat to exchange information about the supermarket. Every day they talked about how much money they made and how much they spent on restocking.

And even more, taking advantage of the convenience of owning a supermarket, they even filmed their video assignments inside. Especially Xiao Haiyang, who had recently begun to show his talent as a screenwriter, even wrote a convenience store love story.

For this, Ren Yifan increased his investment again, installed an oden station, built a shed outside as an illegal structure, and set up a few tables. It looked like a proper convenience store where one could have a place to eat. Afterward, they filmed this love story, which was another round of excitement.

However, as time passed, everyone's novelty faded, and the group chat that had been specially built became a stagnant pool. No one was actively getting up early to run to open the door for business anymore; they were almost avoiding it.

Only Bi Shisan took on the job of balancing the supermarket's accounts, which counted as a part-time job. He wasn't paid money, but instead, he could restock some frozen dumplings. Since there was an induction cooker there, he could come over and boil them himself when he wanted to eat, and he could restock when he ran out.

Bi Shisan was quite happy. He had always been frugal with eating and drinking, and what he liked to eat most was dumplings. But eating dumplings outside cost at least ten yuan, and he didn't have the time or space to wrap them himself. Frozen dumplings were clean and hygienic, the taste was basically guaranteed, there were various fillings to choose from, and the price wasn't expensive. He loved them the most.

Apart from this supermarket, everyone's life didn't change much.

Every day there was nothing new; it was nothing more than chatting nonsense with teachers in class, laughing and filming video assignments, sleeping in, skipping classes, and playing games every day. It was almost a repetitive life.

Students at this time don't care about the day-to-day routine; this feeling is great, closing your eyes and opening them again, a day has passed. Only after you start working will you feel that the day-to-day life is meaningless...

And their emotional lives didn't change much either. Xu Lianqiao and Ren Yifan were ambiguous for a period of time, and then both sides drifted apart again.

Xiao Haiyang was still pursuing Zhong Bai as actively as ever. The two went out to film many times. What was different from before was that this time Zhong Bai seemed to finally understand Xiao Haiyang's feelings for her. However, she was still the same as before, neither refusing nor distancing herself.

It was because she eased her relationship with Wang Yan that Zhong Bai had more communication with Wang Yan, which was like re-experiencing the process from strangers to acquaintances...

Besides that, there was the annual May memorial activity, where various film and television awards in the school were selected, but it was just selecting works from their own school. Students from related art colleges outside would also participate in the selection, but that was about it; it had no influence, let alone any authority.

Even though Wang Yan was the top star of the school and already had a small reputation in the industry, he couldn't drive this small activity of the school. In the final analysis, the school's level was not good enough, it lacked authority, and its foundation was poor. No matter how awesome Wang Yan was, he couldn't change it in a short time; he could only become the foundation of the school, proving the school's success.

It was just that the school had to keep succeeding and keep increasing its foundation to slowly improve the gold content of this activity...

And after this activity, it was the CET-4 and CET-6 exams, followed by the summer evening party for freshmen, and then the final exams, ending the sophomore year.

In the school auditorium, there was singing and dancing on the stage, and the freshmen below were watching the program with a buzz.

In the back were some sophomores, juniors, and even seniors who came to watch the excitement and reminisce about the past.

"Oh my, every time it gets to this time, I think of our military training and our freshman year. In the blink of an eye, it's been two years," Yu Hao was sentimental, with a bit of sorrow in his words that time could not be held back.

Xiao Haiyang said, "Logically speaking, if everything went smoothly, I should have graduated this year..."

There was also a lot of melancholy in his words. Because his good friend from his first freshman year had really graduated and went on to study for a master's degree.

"It's okay, Xiao Haiyang, think about it, the time you spent in school is the same, wouldn't that be much better?" Zhong Bai comforted him with a smile.

Xiao Haiyang clutched his chest, looking like it hurt a lot, "Thank you, I feel warm inside."

Bi Shisan took over, "Actually, Zhong Bai makes sense, Haiyang, you can comfort yourself like this."

"Thank you, San'er!" Xiao Haiyang gritted his teeth.

"You're welcome."

Xu Lianqiao on the side asked curiously, "Do you really think he is thanking you?"

Bi Shisan nodded as a matter of course, "Of course, I am comforting him. He is not a person who doesn't know what's good for him."

The others didn't have any special reaction because they were already used to Bi Shisan's lack of social awareness and his mysterious self-confidence.

Zhong Bai sighed, "I thought of this time last year again. At that time, Lu Qiaochuan insisted on doing some instrument performance, and later it was just a program arranged by following the crowd."

"You've changed, Zhong Bai. Why do you have to pull me out and torture me whenever you have nothing to do now?" Lu Qiaochuan was very helpless, "Just let me go. That was the darkest moment of my life as a class monitor."

Wang Yan, who had been watching the program, finally spoke, "There's nothing darkest about it. I made it clear at the time that even if everyone agreed, it was impossible to listen to. Let's not talk about this; it's meaningless."

"Did you hear that? Zhong Bai, it's meaningless!" Lu Qiaochuan gave Zhong Bai a look.

Lu Qiaochuan and Zhong Bai breaking up seemed quite normal, but this was quite abnormal. Both of them were still quite awkward and were trying their best to overcome it. Fortunately, they broke up because their personalities didn't match and they could still interact afterward. If it were because of other problems, it would be really terrible, and they would basically never see each other again.

Zhong Bai curled her lips and didn't say anything.

Lin Luoxue turned and asked, "The final exams are coming up soon, how are you all preparing?"

"Prepared quite thoroughly, the cheat sheets are already done," Yu Hao said triumphantly.

Lu Qiaochuan echoed, "Me too."

Xiao Haiyang sighed. It was always a difficult time for him before the finals, especially at the end of this school year, when he had to start calculating credits. He was always hovering on the edge of death.

Then he fell into his own cycle again: he didn't want to drop out, he didn't want to cheat, he didn't want to study...

He let out a long breath, "Let's just cram at the last minute."

Bi Shisan hugged his shoulders and said lightly, "Although I'm not as good as Wang Yan, I can guarantee second place."

"Is that so? I dare not agree," Xu Lianqiao looked at him, "At the end of last semester, I was the one who was second."

"That was just your luck. It was my negligence. I hope you can be so lucky this year."

"Then let's wait and see."

"I'll wait and see."

Everyone had already accepted Bi Shisan and Xu Lianqiao's peculiarity and just listened to them bicker quietly.

Afterward, Yu Hao sighed and asked, "Old Wang, are you going to start filming the promotional video during the summer vacation?"

"Yeah, it's basically all set. Why, do you want to follow along and see?"

"Since it's your first movie, I definitely have to support you. Otherwise, what would you do if someone bullied you?"

Xiao Haiyang said, "Anyway, there's nothing to do. Why don't we all stay and go see it with him when the time comes? Otherwise, don't we have to find a way to find an internship? At that time, we can also take on some work together and earn some money to spend. Can we go to the set, Old Wang?"

"Yes, you can help move equipment and such when you go. That's all money," Wang Yan said with a smile. "It's mainly my fault. People only prepared to film an ordinary promotional video, but I made things bigger step by step, so the budget is tight.

Fortunately, I found a few sponsors when I was filming the documentary, and they were willing to pay a little. Otherwise, this would be over. So the budget for this project is very tight, and the treatment is not as good as the documentary side."

"Even if it's worse, isn't there still a box lunch? As long as we don't go hungry, it's fine."

This matter was settled. Everyone lingered for a while to watch the excitement, reminisced about the time last year, and then broke up.

For the next period of time, the students were anxious about the final exams but didn't study, muttering about wanting to become a generation of art masters but not taking any action, and thus spent the final exams in a daze, ending the sophomore year.

"Lights! A little softer!"

"Camera one..."

"Adjust the tracks again!"

"Actors in position!"

In a scenic spot in the city, a group of people set up cameras and scenery here.

Wang Yan raised his volume slightly to direct the crowd in the field. He had to worry about everything, and he had to grasp every job.

There was no other way. This was a small team, and the people used were all students in the school. There was no assistant director for coordination, no photography or lighting director, and the producer was just someone from the unit who had a name, assisting in coordination work and part-time logistics.

"This is my first time coming to a set to participate in a movie shoot, and it's also my first time seeing Old Wang so busy. From the beginning until now, he seems to have been walking and talking, never stopping."

Yu Hao sighed, "This is the pain of a great god. Working with so many rookies, you can't hit them or scold them, and you still have to do things well. It's really not easy."

"I wanted to help him, but I didn't dare to move, for fear of causing more trouble for Old Wang," Zhong Bai turned and said, "But was he really that free when he was filming before? Shuci?"

Li Shuci retorted, "Zhong Bai, haven't you been there?"

"I only went once. I showed my face there and watched for a while before leaving. I haven't really understood it since then."

"Maybe the filming method is different. A considerable part of his documentary filming is conversation, and the machine is just set up there. Now it's filming a movie, or a promotional video, and there needs to be character positioning, machine scheduling, and the scenery needs to be filmed. The work is much more complicated."

Li Shuci was a little worried, "Maybe it's because this is also his first time, and he is under such great pressure, so he is also very nervous..."

"Will Old Wang be nervous? I feel like he has always been calm," Zhong Bai said with a giggle.

"I don't know either. I've never seen him nervous," Li Shuci shook her head, "It's just that I think he must not be relaxed now. After all, he is still a famous documentary director. This is his first time filming a movie. If he fails, it will have a very significant impact on him."

"That's right, Shuci, you are still smart. I didn't think of these," Zhong Bai said, "So he will be nervous too. I thought he was omnipotent..."

Li Shuci gave her a sideways glance and didn't speak...

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