Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 846 Talking about three is really too tiring
After Li Luo's birthday week, the four of them returned to their daily lives.

Aside from moving from Bihai Lanting to Tianlu Yaju, there haven't been many changes.

As is customary, we go for a morning run, and after breakfast, we all go to school for class.

After finishing her classes, Ying Chanxi would immediately rush to the company to handle daily affairs. She had relinquished her original position in the student union secretariat and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the construction of Reigniting Culture.

With Ying Chanxi's help, Li Luo is now basically a hands-off manager, only stepping in to use his brain when important decisions need to be made.

In the rest of the time, he either attends classes or writes at home in the evenings. Other than that, he works out, spends time with his three girlfriends, and enjoys life.

In this respect, Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng were relatively relaxed, at least not as busy as Ying Chanxi.

Aside from the necessary writing work every night, Xu Youyu has a lot of free time.

However, with the end of the semester approaching, she still had several morning runs to complete, so she had to obediently get up on school mornings and go for a run with them. Every time she finished running, she felt like she had lost half her life.

Yan Zhusheng's school was located on the other side of the river, which was a bit far away.

Sometimes when I have evening classes, I might not go home at all and stay in the dorm with my roommates.

As for accommodation, the four of them wouldn't have to go home every day.

It's not just Yan Zhusheng; if Ying Chanxi had made plans to have dinner with Qiao Xinyan, they would probably go back to their dorm together after dinner.

Xu Youyu was even lazier. After class in the afternoon, he would go back to the dormitory with his roommate to rest, and after lying there for a while, he would get too lazy to go home.

So whether Li Luo goes home or not depends entirely on whether there is a girl waiting for him in bed.

If Ying Chanxi and the other two all move into the dormitory, then it's not very interesting for him to sleep alone in such a big villa.

I'd rather go back to my dorm and chat and joke around with my buddies.

That Wednesday, Ying Chanxi and the others were all sleeping in their dorm rooms, so Li Luo made a rare return to Qingxi's dorm room.

Cheng Xin, who was editing a video at his desk, was surprised to see Li Luo enter and asked, "Brother Luo, what brings you to the dorm?"

"My bed is right here, where else can I go if I don't come here?" Li Luo walked to his desk with a matter-of-fact expression, sat down, and opened his laptop.

"Obviously, he wants to ask you how you have time to go back to the dorm when you have three girlfriends to keep you company." Bai Haoran, who was reading a book, adjusted his glasses and glanced at the life winner in the dorm.

Li Luo coughed, ignoring that question, and instead asked, "Where's Wen Zexuan? Why isn't he in the dorm?"

"Him?" Cheng Xin said with a helpless smile, "He went out to record a video."

"With whom?" Li Luo raised an eyebrow. "Jiang Lai?"

“Yeah, who else could it be?” Cheng Xin nodded, then scratched his head. “Actually, I’m still a little confused about their relationship. Is it dating or just business partnership?”

"This doesn't seem like a normal relationship at all." Bai Haoran couldn't help but twitch his lips. "These two are now filming scripted short videos all day long, pretending not to know each other in the videos, and then Wen Zexuan uses all sorts of methods to flirt with the girl."

"I don't know who likes to watch this. Isn't it obviously fake?"

"When I looked at his stats, they were actually pretty good; he had over 200,000 followers."

“It’s not just him,” Cheng Xin immediately chimed in. “He also used his own account to drive traffic to Jiang Lai’s beauty blogger account, which now has 30,000 to 40,000 followers.”

"It is said that Jiang Lai has taken on several cosmetics and skin care product advertisements, and the advertising fees are more expensive than the advertising fees for Xuan Ge's more than 200,000 fans."

"However, Brother Xuan can also get a share of Jiang Lai's advertising fees, so this cooperation model seems pretty good."

After hearing what they said, Li Luo realized what they meant.

It seems that Wen Zexuan has actually managed to make it happen.

To be honest, his relationship with Jiang Lai is actually quite suitable now.

They used to be boyfriend and girlfriend, but they broke up. They are very familiar with each other and can quickly get into character, but it is highly unlikely that they will actually develop feelings for each other.

Of course, this is impossible to say.

However, Li Luo could tell that neither Wen Zexuan nor Jiang Lai were the kind of people who believed in love; they cared more about their careers.

In this respect, Cheng Xin is clearly more innocent.

As for what sparks might fly between Wen Zexuan and Jiang Lai, that's none of Li Luo's business.

"So how are you doing now?" Li Luo asked Cheng Xin. "Is it going smoothly?"

"Hehe." Speaking of this, Cheng Xin revealed a smile that was both proud and modest, scratching his head and saying, "It's alright... at least I'm quite satisfied with it myself."

"Tell me more about it?" Li Luo hadn't been paying much attention to the two of them lately and didn't know how Cheng Xin and Wen Zexuan were doing.

I did have Ying Chanxi draft a contract before, and they all signed up to the company. They would help provide some advertising resources on a regular basis.

However, at present, these are just minor gains for the company, so Ying Chanxi hasn't mentioned them to him much.

“I now have over 100,000 followers on Bilibili,” Cheng Xin said to Li Luo. “Currently, I update about one or two videos a week, each about ten or twenty minutes long, which is about six videos a month.”

"We just got an advertisement last week for an electric toothbrush, and we made more than 5,000 yuan."

“If I split it with Hao Ge, we’ll each get more than two thousand yuan, which is more than my monthly living expenses.”

"It seems that the audience here is particularly resistant to advertisements. The video that included an advertisement was heavily criticized."

"It's gotten to the point where I don't know whether I should continue taking the call."

At this point, Cheng Xin scratched his head in distress, clearly indicating that he had been quite anxious and worried about this matter recently.

Li Luo had naturally anticipated this.

In reality, at this stage, Bilibili is still burning through a lot of money with the gimmick of being free and ad-free.

Next year, a creator incentive program will even be launched. As long as the video data is good, creators can receive incentive bonuses directly based on the corresponding data, which will support a large number of content creators without the need for advertising.

Cheng Xin has caught a good time; at least he can make a fortune.

Once the account is established during this phase, with Reign Culture providing support and advertising resources in the future, its potential is limitless.

"Don't worry, there's no rush." ​​Li Luo patted him on the shoulder. "Bilibili and Douyin have different ecosystems, so let's not worry about advertising for now."

Li Luo told him about Bilibili's plans for next year and told him to wait patiently. Then she asked, "You just said that you and Hao-ge would split the profits?"

“Yes.” Cheng Xin nodded. “Before, I made videos by myself. I had to do research, write scripts, record videos, record audio, and edit. It was really troublesome.”

"I didn't want to make it too rough, so I could only make one or two videos a month."

"Later, Hao helped me look up information, and he felt that my voice was too shaky and a bit weak when I recorded the video, so he simply took over the recording."

“Now we have a division of labor: he is in charge of the data, I write the scripts, he records the audio, and I edit the footage.”

"Hehe, this has increased efficiency by two or three times, and the work is much easier now."

Hearing him say that, Li Luo glanced at Bai Haoran and saw him calmly nod, so she smiled knowingly and thought that this was not bad.

However, he still joked, "Didn't Brother Hao say before that he wanted to take the civil service exam in the future? Has he changed his mind now?"

"Cough cough..." Bai Haoran coughed when he heard Li Luo's teasing, and then immediately defended himself, "The videos he makes are all related to politics and history, which happens to be helpful for my civil service exam."

"Besides, this self-media business is too unstable. I will definitely take the civil service exam in the future."

"I can just use university as a transition period. If I can earn more income, I can also help ease the burden on my family."

Bai Haoran spoke with righteous indignation.

But Cheng Xin whispered to Li Luo, "He spent all of that two thousand yuan on gifts for his sister last time."

Although it was said to be a whisper, Bai Haoran could hear everything clearly.

When Li Luo looked over with a rather amused gaze, Bai Haoran, who was usually calm, became unusually embarrassed and angry, his face flushed as he said, "Everyone says that girls should be raised in luxury. I'm just worried that my sister will be easily lured away by a few sweet words. What's wrong with giving her a little gift?"

"Can you please stop having so many filthy thoughts in your heads?"

"Thinking about all sorts of nonsense all day long, how boring!"

Li Luo looked at Bai Haoran with a strange expression, then spread his hands innocently and said, "I haven't said anything yet."

"I knew right away what you were going to say," Bai Haoran sneered.

"Didn't you say that was your own sister?"

“She’s my own sister!” Bai Haoran said, speechless.

"That's settled then, what are you feeling guilty about?" Li Luo rolled her eyes at him. "It's normal to be nice to your sister, it's good, it's better than being deceived by a scumbag woman."

When Bai Haoran heard Li Luo say that, he didn't know how to respond for a moment. He muttered a few words under his breath and then pretended to read his book again.

Let bygones be bygones for now, and Li Luo doesn't care. After opening his laptop, he begins his writing spree for the night.

After finishing my work at nine o'clock in the evening, I took a shower and then climbed into bed to go to sleep.

Before going to bed, I have to send a message to my three lovely wives.

[Li Luo]: I just finished showering and am about to go to sleep. What are you doing?
The same message was copied three times and sent out together.

Xu Youyu was the first to reply, almost instantly.

[Xu Youyu]: Typing, please do not disturb.

Although it says "Do Not Disturb," Xu Youyu must have been on her phone right now, otherwise she wouldn't have replied so quickly.

Li Luo understood Xu Youyu too well, so he typed a reply.

[Li Luo]: Then you can take your time writing, I'm going to rest first.

Xu Youyu: ?

[Xu Youyu]: I told you not to bother me, and you really don't care about me anymore?
[Li Luo]: So what do you want to do?
[Xu Youyu]: A bit boring.

[Li Luo]: How about you come home with me now? That way I won't be bored.

[Xu Youyu]: Get lost, it's so late, I'm too lazy to go back, I still have to write.

[Li Luo]: I don't think you're really interested in that. Be careful your roommate doesn't find out.

[Xu Youyu]: No way, I always take my laptop to bed to write, so there's no way I'll be discovered.

While chatting with Xu Youyu, the other two girls also sent messages one after another.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Okay, I'm still helping Shen Zhaoyin practice piano. I'll go back to my dorm in a bit.

[Li Luo]: Okay, keep it up, and remember to go home and get some sleep early.

[Yan Zhusheng]: Mm, goodnight.

[Li Luo]: Good night.

After quickly settling things off with Yan Zhusheng, Li Luo opened Ying Chanxi's chat interface.

[Ying Chanxi]: I just got back from the company and went back to the dormitory with Xinyan.

[Li Luo]: It's time to take a shower.

[Ying Chanxi]: Not yet, Zhixia is still washing, I have to wait a while.

[Ying Chanxi]: Oh right, if you're in the dorm, why don't you ask your roommate Cheng Xin?

[Ying Chanxi]: I've talked to a few more advertisers. I can try getting him a couple of ads. The amount isn't much, but it's not a small amount for college students.

[Li Luo]: Let's not rush this. The business situation on Bilibili is a bit different. Let's wait and see.

[Li Luo]: You can send Cheng Xin a message and tell him that there are advertisers who can help him get introductions, but whether he wants to or not is up to him.

In Li Luo's memory, Bilibili launched a creator incentive program at the beginning of 2018 in order to continue to maintain the myth of Bilibili being free and ad-free.

But in reality, this good fortune only lasted for one or two years.

After that, Bilibili launched a corresponding advertising platform and embarked on the path of advertising.

It can only be said that no matter how big the platform is, it ultimately comes down to making money, sooner or later.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

However, it's worth trying the free lunch for now.

[Ying Chanxi]: I understand.

[Li Luo]: Let's not talk about such serious matters. Did you miss me today?

【Ying Chanxi】: No, not at all.

[Li Luo]: This is really heartbreaking. I'm going to sleep now.

[Ying Chanxi]: Well, a little bit.

[Li Luo]: Only a little bit?

[Ying Chanxi]: What else do you want? Weren't we together this morning?

[Li Luo]: Really? I thought you would miss me a lot if we were apart for just a short while.

[Ying Chanxi]: I'm not that mushy.

[Li Luo]: Then I'll go ask Zhu Sheng.

[Ying Chanxi]: No!

[Li Luo]: It's not up to you.

[Ying Chanxi]: I miss you! I miss you so much!
[Li Luo]: How much do you want to?
[Ying Chanxi]: I want to see you right away.

[Li Luo]: Okay, it's a pity that Zhu Sheng is busy right now, she's still practicing the piano.

[Ying Chanxi]: You just know how to lie to me!

[Li Luo]: You're the cutest!

【Ying Chanxi】: Where is it?

Lin Zhixia chatted with Ying Chanxi on WeChat until she finished showering. Then Ying Chanxi went to shower and said goodnight to Li Luo.

[Xu Youyu]: Why are you replying to messages so slowly? Who are you still chatting with? Xixi or Zhusheng?

[Li Luo]: We're done chatting. Now you're all alone.

[Xu Youyu]: Get lost. You talk like I'm honored. I'm going back to writing. I'm not going to talk to you.

[Li Luo]: Remember to get up early for a morning run tomorrow.

[Xu Youyu]: The user you dialed is currently unavailable.

[Li Luo]: I will take a megaphone and go downstairs to call you.

[Xu Youyu]: Get lost! I can get up by myself!
(End of this chapter)