Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 780 I couldn't wait to be bullied by Li Luo
The next morning, Li Luo took the two girls out for a morning run. After breakfast, they went to the professional recording studio where Yan Zhusheng had been the night before.

Yuan Wanqing was already waiting there.

The arranger and recording engineer are ready.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries and communication, the recording of "Misplaced Time and Space" officially began.

It was eight o'clock in the morning. Ying Chanxi had nothing else to do, so he followed the two of them to the recording studio to listen in.

When Yan Zhusheng went in to record, Ying Chanxi sat next to Li Luo and chatted with him quietly.

"How long are you going to record?" Ying Chanxi asked softly.

"We'll see how it goes. I don't know how strict the sound engineers here are," Li Luo said. "But we don't need to worry too much about Aunt Yuan and Zhu Sheng's skills. I estimate it will be done in a day or two."

Li Luo's statement was rather conservative.

In fact, as long as the person in charge doesn't have too high expectations, for Yuan Wanqing and Yan Zhusheng, even if they can't get it right in one take, recording it a few times is already quite good.

The lead vocals were not difficult for either of them; they only needed to record some harmonies and backing vocals later.

But that was not something Ying Chanxi cared about.

"And what about you?" Ying Chanxi asked again, "Are you going to record too?"

“I don’t need to record this,” Li Luo said, shaking his head. “Douyin should have told you already, right? I’ll mainly be the songwriter, and I need to post a 15-second cover video. The key is that it has to feel real.”

"Realism?"

"It means that the sound should not be overly edited," Li Luo explained. "For example, if you record singing directly with your phone, because a phone is not a professional recording device, it will inevitably record some background noise."

"But when recording the content that Zhusheng and the others are recording, they will definitely filter out this noise, which will make the song sound very clean."

"But what Douyin short videos want is not whether the sound is clean or not, but the sense of authenticity. So if you record directly with your phone, the singing with noise will sound more real and down-to-earth."

"Oh, I see." Ying Chanxi nodded. "So it doesn't really matter to you whether you stay here or not?"

"What's wrong?" Li Luo finally understood the unspoken meaning in someone's words. "Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know where to go." Ying Chanxi shook her head, then said softly, "Douyin wants to have a meeting with us at 9:30. Will you stay with me?"

"Just for this, all these questions were laid out?" Li Luo couldn't help but chuckle, looking at Ying Chanxi's slightly flushed face, and then reached out and pinched it.

Soft.

"I'm just asking if you're going or not," Ying Chanxi said, pouting. "Stop with all this nonsense, just give me a straight answer."

"That depends on how much you miss me going," Li Luo whispered in her ear. "How much do you want me to go with you?"

"You..." Ying Chanxi's ears were tickled by his words. She clenched her hands on her thighs, hesitated for a long time, and finally whispered, "I really want to."

"If you say you don't feel anything, can you at least show how much you really want it?"

"You're so naughty." Ying Chanxi gently shoved him, then glanced at the others around her a little embarrassedly.

The arranger and recording engineer were listening attentively to Yan Zhusheng's singing, while Yuan Wanqing was resting and preparing on the other side of the sofa.

Nobody was paying attention to them.

Finally, Ying Chanxi mustered up her courage, took the initiative to cup Li Luo's face, and quickly kissed her.

Very hard.

If you were close enough, you could probably hear the popping sound.

After Ying Chanxi finished kissing Li Luo, she immediately looked at the others to make sure no one had noticed before whispering to Li Luo, "Is this okay?"

"Hmm, barely acceptable." Li Luo suppressed a laugh, pursed his lips, savored the moment for a moment, and then lowered his head to kiss Ying Chanxi's soft lips. "This is fine."

"You... be careful..." Ying Chanxi blushed as Li Luo kissed her, looking around nervously, and whispered, "There are outsiders here."

Whether at a hotel or at home, Ying Chanxi has become increasingly uninhibited, even actively competing with her younger sister for food.

However, when outsiders are present, Ying Chanxi still retains that purity and conservatism.

The main reason is that Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng are both public figures, so it's better to be careful when they're out in public.

Under normal circumstances, even if the music arranger or recording engineer sees it, it won't have any impact.

As long as it's not photographed or recorded and spread, rumors based solely on words don't have as much power as one might imagine.

However, Ying Chanxi still felt it was best to be cautious. Even if they were to steal a kiss at this time, they would have to be vigilant, just like stealing a meal.

At this moment, Yan Zhusheng had finished recording three times, walked out, handed over the recording to Yuan Wanqing, and sat down in the empty seat on the other side of Li Luo.

As soon as she sat down, she pulled Li Luo aside and kissed him.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Ying Chanxi saw this and immediately whispered a reminder, "Zhusheng, be careful, don't do this when you're outside."

"Didn't my sister just kiss me too?" Yan Zhusheng peeked at Ying Chanxi. "What's wrong with me giving her a kiss?"

"I was... forced by Li Luo just now," Ying Chanxi said, pouting.

"Really?" Yan Zhusheng turned to look at Li Luo.

"No." Li Luo shook his head, suppressing a laugh. "I just asked her to show her sincerity, and then she kissed me."

"What else can I do?" Ying Chanxi angrily punched him. "Isn't that what you meant?"

"Give me a shoulder massage or a back rub, that's a token of your sincerity," Li Luo said with a smile, teasingly adding, "You just really want to kiss me."

"You bullshit!"

"So, sister, you don't want to kiss me?" Yan Zhusheng asked back. "If you don't want to, then I'll kiss you for you."

"That's not what I meant... Could you please tone it down a bit?"

"I saw you two stealing a kiss while I was singing inside," Yan Zhusheng said expressionlessly. "Do you really think I'm blind with such a huge floor-to-ceiling window?"

"I thought you'd be fully immersed in singing," Ying Chanxi muttered softly. "But if that's the case, didn't Aunt Yuan see you kissing Li Luo?"

"What does it matter?" Yan Zhusheng turned her head to look at Yuan Wanqing, who was singing at the moment, and then said, "Anyway, Mom knows."

Even if Yuan Wanqing already knew, Ying Chanxi still wouldn't dare to do anything too intimate with Li Luo in front of Yuan Wanqing. So when Yuan Wanqing went in to sing, Ying Chanxi stopped making any unnecessary moves and instead told Yan Zhusheng, "Li Luo agreed to accompany me to the meeting later, so you just stay here and work hard."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded in agreement naturally upon hearing this. "And what about lunch?"

“He’ll be back,” Ying Chanxi said. “He’s going to see Director Wang this afternoon; Li Luo also needs to check on the casting for the male lead in ‘The Beginning’.”

"Okay, I understand." Yan Zhusheng nodded. "Then I'll be recording here with my mom. I probably won't be able to leave for the next couple of days."

……

Around 9:30, Li Luo and Ying Chanxi said goodbye and left. After leaving the recording studio, they went straight to the Douyin headquarters and arrived at the conference room.

At this time, the staff from Yuan Wanqing's studio responsible for coordinating this event also arrived. After greeting Li Luo and Ying Chanxi, they sat down with them.

According to Yuan Wanqing, if Li Luo were also present, then Li Luo's opinion should be the guiding principle.

After whispering their opinions to Li Luo, the staff member leaned back in their chair with great comfort, feeling much more relaxed during their work.

At this moment, Miao Yifeng also walked in, shook hands with Li Luo and the others in a friendly manner, and after taking his seat, quickly got down to business.

"According to what we discussed before, today's meeting will mainly be about communicating on the details of the process."

Miao Yifeng said, "One is to finalize the official move-in date, because we need to do some pre-motivation and promotion, so we plan to do it a week before the end of the month."

"Another aspect is our overall operational strategy, including the way each account is registered, the style and content of the short videos, and so on."

Douyin's operational strategy is quite reliable, and it's basically the same as Li Luo's idea.

After offering a few simple suggestions, Miao Yifeng nodded in agreement, indicating that there were no problems.

As for Ruan Lin, Douyin said that the entry time could be postponed, and Yuan Wanqing's traffic should be fully utilized first. Later, a special theme for "A Little Reunion" will be launched to bring out all the members of "A Little Reunion", including Ruan Lin.

ByteDance's internal planning of a large middle platform and a small front-end model has enabled Douyin to maintain highly efficient operation even during its rapid expansion phase.

Projects like these are typically led by senior members of the core team, such as Miao Yifeng.

Even Zhang Nan, the founder of Douyin's incubation, occasionally gets involved in actual decision-making and operations.

This flat management model is indeed very much in line with Douyin's current rapid development path.

Working with such a team is quite comfortable; there's no need to beat around the bush, and anything you say can go straight to the top without getting blocked at every level.

After the morning meeting, the subsequent procedures and details have been finalized, and the rest depends on the efficiency and results of the execution.

After Yuan Wanqing and Yan Zhusheng finished recording their songs, Li Luo had to work with them to record the necessary short video content in Jingzhao City, and then submit it to the Douyin team for a preliminary review.

After that, it's time to cooperate with Douyin (TikTok) to carry out necessary promotional work.

We returned to the hotel at noon and had lunch with Yan Zhusheng. In the afternoon, Yan Zhusheng went to the recording studio to work again.

Li Luo then took Ying Chanxi to find Wang Jun and attend today's audition, where they met in person with the more than twenty male lead candidates who had emerged from the auditions.

Five candidates were finally selected and will proceed to the final interview stage on Friday.

After the interview ended, seeing that there was still some time before dinner, Li Luo took Ying Chanxi for a stroll on the streets of Jingzhao City.

"It feels like it's been ages since we've strolled around like this." Ying Chanxi hugged Li Luo's arm and happily stepped on the brick lines of the sidewalk. "I've been so busy since school started that I haven't had much free time."

"But we still spend a lot of time together, don't we?" Li Luo said with a laugh. "We just sleep at home on weekends."

“That’s different,” Ying Chanxi said. “Shopping is shopping, but it’s not the same feeling as being at home. When we walk hand in hand like this, we look like a couple.”

"Really?" Li Luo chuckled, reaching out to lift Ying Chanxi's chin and asking softly, "When did we become a couple? I don't remember ever confessing to you, or did Xixi confess to me sometime?"

"You're so mean!" Ying Chanxi angrily punched him twice. "I see now, you were just pretending to be stupid before, weren't you? You clearly knew everything..."

"what do you know?"

"Look, you're pretending to be stupid again!" Ying Chanxi grumbled slightly in dissatisfaction, but didn't dwell on the issue.

Now that things have come to this, she has convinced herself to accept the existence of Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng, so there is no need to argue with Li Luo about it anymore.

"Then tell me." Although she knew they shouldn't argue, Ying Chanxi couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "If I had really confessed to you back then, would you have accepted me?"

"Well..." Li Luo stroked his chin and said with a smile, "Then it will definitely be reported, right?"

"what?"

"Didn't you know?" Li Luo said, "My editor reminded me beforehand that the crackdown has been strict recently. Although there are no explicit regulations now, high school students are not allowed to have early relationships, and those who have a clear romantic relationship will be given a high-risk warning."

Upon hearing this, Ying Chanxi narrowed his eyes and said, "I think you deserve a beating."

After saying that, she took out her phone and started searching for something.

Li Luo went over to take a look and found that the girl was actually searching for nearby boxing gyms.

"What do you want to do?"

"My hands are a little itchy."

"Can I say that she truly is Uncle Ying's daughter?" Li Luo said helplessly, "You two are practically cut from the same cloth in this respect."

"What's wrong?" Ying Chanxi punched him in an annoyed tone. "Isn't it normal for a daughter to resemble her father? You'll know how painful it is when I learn boxing."

“Even your dad can’t beat me, let alone you?” Li Luo chuckled.

"Weren't you always being beaten up by my dad?" Ying Chanxi asked with a suspicious look. "My dad even said you couldn't beat him."

"You believe that?" Li Luo scoffed. "I'm just giving in to your dad. What if he disagrees with our relationship later if I don't let him vent?"

"That's all you think about all day," Ying Chanxi muttered softly, her cheeks slightly flushed. "So you're just deliberately getting beaten up?"

"As long as it's worth it." Li Luo smiled and hugged Ying Chanxi, then lowered his head and kissed her hard. "Anyway, I'm going to get back double the interest from his precious daughter for the beatings I got from your dad."

"Hmph~" Ying Chanxi leaned against Li Luo's chest, letting out a coquettish hum, but did not refute.

She couldn't wait to be bullied by Li Luo more.

(End of this chapter)