Chapter 127: MV Director Ying Chanxi

By the way.

After returning to Bihai Lanting 1502, Ying Chanxi thought of Li Luo's rock band, then remembered that the band's next performance would be at the sports meet, and thus thought she could take some photos during the event.

Finally, she took a camera out of her bedroom and said to Li Luo: "Aren't you the one who wrote a song and asked Zhu Sheng to record it?"

"Yeah, what about it?" Li Luo felt a twinge of unease at Ying Chanxi bringing this up.

After all, Xu Youyu also knew this song, and she was reading his novel.

If he inserted the song "Wait for You After Class" into his novel, Xu Youyu would almost certainly see it.

Wouldn't that be admitting it outright and exposing his pseudonym?

But holding onto it forever wasn't good either—who knew when Jay Chou would write this song?

At this moment, Ying Chanxi mentioned it, and Li Luo was somewhat surprised.

"Nothing much, I was just thinking." Ying Chanxi asked curiously, "Since you've already recorded it, why haven't you released it?"

"Hmm… I guess I just forgot about it."

Actually, writing this song into the novel wouldn't be hard at all.

After all, it counts as his "original song," and in novels of the "literary plagiarism" genre, originality is strictly taboo.

So if he wanted to slip this kind of original song into the novel, Li Luo definitely wouldn't place it in the main plotline.

At most, he'd use it in a minor subplot, integrating it naturally so that even if this small subplot were removed, the main plot wouldn't be affected.

That way, the instability of the original song could be kept within acceptable limits.

After all, the same song "Wait for You After Class"—if released by Jay Chou, still gets people saying he's lost his talent; Li Luo couldn't guarantee his own release would fare any better.

A cautious yet optimistic attitude was better.

But Ying Chanxi clearly hadn't thought this far—she simply raised the camera in her hand and smiled at Li Luo: "Usually, singers release music videos when they drop songs. If you want to release yours, want to make one too?"

"MV?" Li Luo blinked, a little confused. "We shoot it ourselves?"

"Exactly." Ying Chanxi nodded. "Your song 'Wait for You After Class' is about college romance, right? Our neighbor is Qianjiang University—the location isn't a problem at all."

"Then who's going to appear in it?" Li Luo took two small pudding cups from the fridge and handed one to Ying Chanxi. "Will you be the MV director?"

"I'm the director and the female lead." Ying Chanxi puffed out her chest, then pointed at Li Luo. "You're the male lead."

"Just the two of us?"

"Just the two of us."

"Tell me the details."

"It's simple." Ying Chanxi set the camera aside, took the pudding cup, tore open the wrapper, and shoved it into her mouth, then patted Li Luo's shoulder. "What's your song about?"

"Waiting for you after class."

"Then that's settled." Ying Chanxi smiled. "Just shoot it step by step according to the lyrics' imagery."

"The opening lyric says, 'I rented an apartment.'" Ying Chanxi pointed to the floor beneath them, indicating they already had the perfect location. "Then it says, 'Why didn't you study hard during three years of high school?'"

She pointed toward Fuyi High School.

"Then there's making egg pancakes—you can make them in the kitchen too."

"Lying on your school's playground, gazing at the stars~ How hard is it to find a playground?" Ying Chanxi hummed a snippet softly, then winked at Li Luo. "How's that? Simple, right?"

"It's not impossible." Li Luo looked into Ying Chanxi's interested eyes and suddenly remembered what she had said during their casual stroll around Qianjiang University.

—"If I were truly financially free, I'd probably become a photographer."

Looking at it now, why not realize this dream a little early?

"But we don't have much free time—you still have to prepare for the math competition."

"It's fine, we can take our time." Ying Chanxi shook her head. "We're not rushing to finish in a few days—we can shoot over a longer period. Whenever you get inspired and find the right moment, just film a short clip."

"I'll leave it all to Director Ying."

After finishing this conversation, the two ate their pudding cups, and Ying Chanxi eagerly pulled Li Luo into filming inside the apartment.

After fiddling all afternoon, they successfully filmed "I rented an apartment" and "Learned to make egg pancakes."

But since this was their first attempt at such filming, after uploading the video to the computer, Ying Chanxi felt everything looked bad, so she insisted they reshoot next time.

Li Luo had no objections—he let her do as she pleased.

By evening, after dinner, Ying Chanxi obediently went to study, while Li Luo returned to his bedroom and diligently typed out his manuscript.

……

At around eight p. m., Xu Youyu returned home.

She rushed into her bedroom and began her daily writing.

After finishing a chapter past ten p. m., the QQ icon at the bottom of her screen suddenly flashed.

Xu Youyu checked—it was her editor, Qianzhou.

【Qianzhou】: Your book has reached 2,000 average subscriptions. I remember you're from Qianzhou Province, right?

【EarlySleepWillMakeYouTaller】: Yeah.

【Qianzhou】: Well, Qianzhou Province just established the country's first provincial online writer association this year.

【Qianzhou】: Your performance is already solid—I was thinking about recommending you.

Xu Youyu raised an eyebrow as she read her editor's message.

Honestly, she hadn't paid attention to news like this before.

So online authors now have official organizations?

Thinking of this, Xu Youyu felt a spark of anticipation and quickly replied.

【EarlySleepWillMakeYouTaller】: Sure, I'm fine with it.

【Qianzhou】: Alright, it's settled. I'll submit your name—I'll notify you when there's a result.

【EarlySleepWillMakeYouTaller】: Got it~

【Qianzhou】: Oh, by the way, the Online Writers Association has a symposium in February; we have a few invitation slots.

【Qianzhou】: If you join the association, I can recommend you go—your winter break should already be starting by February, right?

【EarlySleepPresidentTall】: Yes, can I go too?

【Qianzhou】: Of course. Since the association currently has few members, basically any member of the Online Writers Association can attend.

【EarlySleepPresidentTall】: Alright, as long as I have no other commitments then, I should be able to go.

【Qianzhou】: Mm, then let's leave it at that.

After chatting with the editor, Xu Youyu felt eagerly motivated, his drive to write surged significantly.

The fatigue from finishing the last chapter vanished instantly; he immediately plunged into writing the next chapter.

……

Meanwhile, Li Luo also received a letter from the editor.

【Qianzhou】: There's a symposium in February—are you interested?