Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 864 They're not even idle yet!

After the annual meeting and the provincial writers' association meeting, Li Luo returned to her daily life.

Their daily routine is healthy, and their work and life are well-organized.

I get up early for a morning run, work on my writing in the morning, and listen to music with Yan Zhusheng while exercising in the afternoon. Then I go to the study to work on my writing with Xu Youyu, chat with him, and occasionally mix a cocktail or two to enjoy, while also petting the cat.

When Ying Chanxi comes back in the evening, I'll accompany her for a walk in the neighborhood, or I can teach her some boxing, and invite the other two to play mahjong on the fourth floor.

When we got tired of playing, the four of us would go to the master bedroom's bathroom for a relaxing bath and do some naughty things.

After taking a shower, Li Luo went to sleep with Xi Xi and Zhu Sheng in her arms, while Xu Youyu went back to the study and didn't return until two or three in the morning.

The days just kept repeating themselves, but they never felt boring.

Xu Rongsheng visited two or three times to discuss matters related to the research center with Li Luo, and had already written a preliminary plan, which was submitted to the leadership committee of Qianjiang University.

Because the Lunar New Year is approaching, this plan is currently being held back and will have to be discussed again after the holiday.

At the same time, Li Luo also reached a new agreement with Xu Rongsheng and submitted the research center's proposal along with it.

In addition to the previous subsidies for students from impoverished families, if the research center is indeed completed, Reign Culture will provide another related scholarship, the amount of which will not be less than the subsidy.

Based on this calculation, Li Luoguang's investment in Qianjiang University amounts to several million yuan annually.

Although there are certain tax breaks and other policies, it's clear that Li Luo supports Xu Rongsheng.

……

February 12th arrived quickly, and after more than two months of filming, the crew of "The Beginning" finally wrapped up filming.

Li Luo brought Ying Chanxi along and made a special trip to the scene that day to celebrate the wrap-up of "The Beginning". He took the entire crew to a nearby hotel and held a wrap party.

At the dinner table, Wang Jun held Li Luo's hand and toasted him, his face full of smiles: "I think the script for 'The Beginning' is of better quality than that for 'A Little Reunion'."

"Although the subject matter may not have the same audience as 'A Little Reunion,' I think that at least in terms of word-of-mouth, we won't be too bad."

"I'm really looking forward to the day when 'The Beginning' is released next summer!"

Li Luo responded with a smile, but in his heart he had already begun to make plans.

Before "A Little Reunion" was released, Ying Zhicheng's side carried out a massive publicity and promotion campaign, and Li Luo also did a lot of preparation work.

For example, the early release of several songs was achieved by coinciding with Yuan Wanqing's concert and the storyline of "I'm Really Not a Star".

For example, it happened to be the time when Li Luo took the college entrance examination. With the title of the top scorer in the province, he combined his multiple identities as an academic, online novel author, and songwriter, which really sparked a lot of positive public opinion.

Under these circumstances, "A Little Reunion" achieved explosive success upon its premiere.

However, it would be quite difficult to recreate the original "Beginning".

This time, for both Li Luo and Ying Zhicheng, it was a truly hard-fought and challenging test.

but……

At the dinner table, Li Luo glanced at Ying Chanxi, who was sitting quietly eating her dinner beside her, and sighed inwardly as the plan in her mind flashed through her mind.

I hope everything goes well.

Some things, sooner or later, we will always have to face them.

It's better to experience pain sooner rather than later.

Once you successfully overcome this hurdle, future happiness and prosperity will truly be within your grasp.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ying Chanxi noticed Li Luo's gaze and asked curiously.

"I just want to look at you because you're good-looking," Li Luo teased with a smile. "I'm full after just a few more glances."

Ying Chanxi secretly glared at him, her cheeks flushed, and whispered to him, "Be careful, there are so many people around, and you're still single in public."

"You're making it sound like I'm some kind of scumbag who keeps a mistress in a golden house."

"That's how it is," Ying Chanxi snorted. "Scumbag."

"So do you like it?"

"You're so annoying." Ying Chanxi pushed his face away. "Let's eat. After you're full, come with me to toast. Everyone has worked hard."

"understood."

After Li Luo finished eating, he took Ying Chanxi to other tables to offer toasts and express their gratitude.

Some crew members are usually nobody, but when Li Luo raises his glass and hands them a drink, he can naturally call them by name and knows exactly what they do on set.

It's worth noting that Li Luo has only come a dozen or so times in the past two months, and he doesn't stay long each time; he usually leaves after an hour or two.

With Director Wang overseeing the filming schedule and the content being filmed according to the script provided by Li Luo, there were basically no major modifications, which put Li Luo at ease.

But even under such circumstances, Li Luo remembered every single member of the crew clearly, which really surprised everyone.

The crew members were deeply moved by the fact that such a young person was so humble, polite, and respectful.

After the wrap party, Ying Chanxi and Xiao Wen distributed a small gift bag to each member of the crew.

There were some souvenirs exclusively for the "Beginning" crew, and a small red envelope. The amount wasn't much, but it warmed my heart.

After the wrap party, Ying Chanxi arranged for drivers to accompany the crew members who had driven there, and for those who didn't have cars, she arranged for them to be driven back to their hotels or homes.

After finishing all that, Ying Chanxi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“From now on, you can let your secretary handle these small matters. There’s no need to do everything yourself.” Li Luo hugged Ying Chanxi and instructed her, “You need to learn how to delegate. This is an essential skill for an excellent manager.”

"Okay, I know." Ying Chanxi leaned against Li Luo and replied softly, "We've all been drinking, so I've asked Zhu Sheng to drive over and pick us up."

"Ah."

The two waited by the roadside for a while, and Yan Zhusheng drove up to the street, rolled down the window, looked at the two people standing there, and honked his horn.

Ying Chanxi pulled Li Luo into the back seat and said to Yan Zhusheng, "Let's go home."

"My sister really treats me like a driver?" Yan Zhusheng started the car and drove the two of them home.

"That's really strange," Li Luo said. "Why didn't they call Butler Liu to come and pick us up?"

“I originally asked Butler Liu, okay?” Ying Chanxi pouted, leaned against Li Luo’s chest, raised her eyebrows at Yan Zhusheng in the rearview mirror, silently showing off, and then said, “Zhusheng heard about it and insisted on coming to pick me up herself. What could I do?”

"I just want to see Li Luo as soon as possible," Yan Zhusheng said bluntly, "but I don't want to see you holding him like this all the time. Aren't you tired of sitting like this?"

"I'm not tired," Ying Chanxi hummed, then cupped Li Luo's face and kissed him. "Why do you care so much? Just drive."

The two sisters are getting increasingly agitated in their speech.

Before, it was just a subtle barb, with occasional sarcastic remarks. Now, they've stopped pretending altogether, and this open and covert rivalry is something Li Luo really enjoys.

The more they argued, the better their relationship became, and it didn't escalate into any family tragedy.

After observing for a while, Li Luo confirmed that there was no major problem between the two, so he let them interact like that.

While listening to the two bickering, Li Luo took out his phone, opened the Qidian APP, and then raised an eyebrow.

The celebration of "The Great Qian Night Patrol Division" reaching 100,000 average subscriptions has been over for some time now.

Although the event is not completely over yet, its popularity is definitely not as high as when it first came out.

In contrast, the most discussed topic on Qidian.com right now is undoubtedly Li Luo's new book.

That's right.

On February 3rd, a new event page suddenly popped up on the Qidian APP, featuring information about Reigniting's new book.

However, on the initial event page, readers could only see a reservation button and a progress bar showing the number of reservations below.

The system has set ten progress milestones, ranging from 10,000 reservations to 100,000 reservations.

Once a milestone is reached, a portion of the new book's consultations will be unlocked accordingly.

In just one week, the number of reservations for this event page finally surged from the first day, exceeding 50,000, and gradually reached the 100,000 mark.

Before the wrap party started in the evening, there were still about a thousand people short, but now there are already 100,000 reservations.

As the goal of 100,000 views was achieved, the details page for Li Luo's new book was automatically unlocked and appeared before all the readers.

“It’s already unlocked.” Ying Chanxi was a little tired from arguing with Yan Zhusheng, so she turned to look at Li Luo’s phone. After discovering this, she quickly took out her own phone and clicked on Li Luo’s new book.

"The End of the Sequence?" Ying Chanxi muttered the title of the new book to herself before heading to the comments section.

[Okay, okay, you're amazing. The old book isn't even finished yet, and the new one's already being announced, huh?]

[I felt like the ending of "The Great Qian Night Patrol" was still a while away, did you seamlessly transition into it?]

[The new book is set in a Western fantasy world? Really? That's a huge leap!]

[It doesn't matter, I'll read whatever Ran Shen writes. I've read his entertainment novels before, then fantasy and alternate history ones, haven't I?]

[666, the new book only has a title and a brief introduction, there's not even any text yet?]

[It says the official update will be on February 20th, so does that mean we have to wait another week?]

[Could it be that "The Great Qian Night Patrol" only has one week of episodes left? Please don't mess it up, it's going to have a terrible ending?]

There were all sorts of comments in the comments section, but none of them were beyond Li Luo's expectations; everything was within control.

All readers who clicked the reservation button will have their books automatically added to their bookshelves after the details page for his book, "The End of the Sequence," is unlocked.

It's like he's already garnered 100,000 favorites before he even started writing the book.

This is something that most authors would never even dare to dream of.

But this is a privilege exclusive to the top-tier Platinum players.

After all, they wrote a hit novel and signed a special customized contract. It would be too pitiful if they didn't even get this kind of privilege.

Yan Zhusheng drove them home smoothly. After the three of them got out of the car, Li Luo pulled them upstairs and invited Xu Youyu to join them in playing mahjong in the entertainment room on the fourth floor.

"Your new book is about to start serialization, shouldn't you save up more chapters now?" Ying Chanxi asked while playing mahjong, still a little worried about the success of Li Luo's new book.

"Isn't the New Year just around the corner?" Li Luo chuckled. "Let's enjoy ourselves these next few days. After the New Year, we'll have plenty of time to write."

The main issue is that Li Luo is also a bit unsure. If something goes wrong during the New Year, he's not sure if these wonderful days can continue.

If he really has to make a choice, can he really bear to abandon the other two girls?

Li Luo felt heavy-hearted, but she still tried her best to enjoy the happiness and beauty in the present moment.

After we finished playing mahjong, the three girls dragged me to take a bath.

That evening, Xu Youyu took leave and stopped updating her blog, then went back to her room with Li Luo and the others.

The four of them lay on the bed, with Li Luo holding Yan Zhusheng on his left, Xu Youyu on his right, and Ying Chanxi nestled in his arms, chatting idly.

"Aunt Lin told me that we're going back to the countryside on the 14th, and my dad will be going back with us," Ying Chanxi said, leaning against Li Luo.

“Hmm.” Yan Zhusheng nodded and continued, “My mom has already gone to Jingzhao City. She has to participate in the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve and won’t be back until the evening of the next day.”

"You guys go back first on the 14th, I still have to stay here." Xu Youyu also explained, "I've already told my grandparents that we'll have an early New Year's Eve dinner on the 14th, and then I'll drive to find you on New Year's Eve."

This year, Li Luo was fortunate to be able to spend New Year's Eve with three girls, so she didn't want to spoil the fun and didn't say much, just chatted about how they would play on New Year's Eve.

"By the way, how are the rooms arranged?" Yan Zhusheng suddenly poked her head out and asked seriously, "Can I just sleep in Li Luo's room?"

"There are so many relatives here, can you please be a little more mindful of the impact?" Ying Chanxi pouted and warned, "It will be the same as before, you and your senior will both stay at my house, and the empty room at Li Luo's place will be reserved for Uncle Xu and Aunt Cui."

"Sister, you're really on guard." Yan Zhusheng couldn't help but complain, "It's not a problem for Uncle Xu and Aunt Cui to stay at your house, but you insist that my senior and I stay at your place?"

"What do you know?" Ying Chanxi snorted. "Ultimately, Uncle Xu and Aunt Cui have a better relationship with Li Luo's parents. My arrangement is the most correct one, so don't interrupt."

"It doesn't matter," Yan Zhusheng said. "Anyway, I'll definitely be going to Li Luo's room at night, so I'll just stay at your place."

"Shameless," Ying Chanxi muttered.

"If you're so capable, then don't sneak over at night."

"Are you in charge?"

"Then you're shameless too."

"You are the one."

"You are."

The two sisters started bickering again.

Taking advantage of this moment, Xu Youyu secretly pulled Li Luo aside and they bickered and kissed for a while before Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng discovered them.

"Senior! You're doing this again!"

"Senior is so cunning."

"Hehe, so all four mouths are busy."

(End of this chapter)