After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 285 Shang Wanjun's Treat

[This is a slice-of-life chapter. I will mark all the parts that will later involve career development. Please do not subscribe if you mind.]

At 7:00 sharp, Xu Lin started the class meeting on time.

Entering their second year, their class meeting time has been changed from 7:30 to 7:00.

"Where did you buy this sweater? It's quite pretty."

As soon as Xu Lin sat down, Rong Xiyan reached out and grabbed Xu Lin's sweater.

Ning Yuhan is quite skilled at knitting sweaters. Unlike the sweaters knitted by older generations of women, which have a strong sense of the times and are practically unwearable by today's standards, Ning Yuhan's knitting skills are quite remarkable.

The sweaters knitted by Ning Yuhan also bear the characteristics of the times, only those of this era.

Overall, it looks pretty good.

She is very skillful, and the sweaters she knits are comparable to the beautiful sweaters in clothing stores.

Xu Lin was only wearing a sweater, which he was wearing as an outer layer, so Rong Xiyan noticed him immediately.

"My senior knitted this for me last year. I wore it back then, didn't you see it?"

"Did she knit this sweater?"

Rong Xiyan was skeptical, mainly because the sweater was so beautiful that she couldn't quite believe Ning Yuhan's craftsmanship was so good.

Wait, she can actually knit sweaters, and she knits them so well?
"I did not lie to you."

"cut."

"Are you envious?"

"Ha, who's envious!"

For the rest of the class meeting, Rong Xiyan kept thinking about this matter.

Finally, at 8:30 p.m., Xia Xiyao received a message from Rong Xiyan.

"Yaoyao, Ning Yuhan can actually knit sweaters."

"She can knit sweaters?"

Xia Xiyao was quite surprised: "Are there still girls who can knit sweaters these days?"

It's no wonder she was surprised. People who can knit sweaters are at least middle-aged women. In the past, before the economy developed, many people didn't have much money, so they made their own clothes, hats, and, if they lived in the countryside, many farm tools.

In Xia Xiyao's family, only her grandmother knows how to knit sweaters; her mother grew up in the city and doesn't know how to knit.

Now that the economy has developed, who among the younger generation still knows these things? And there's no need for them. Take sweaters, for example. In fact, sweaters knitted by the older generation aren't necessarily comfortable to wear, or even warm. Most handmade sweaters can't compare to machine-made ones.

"Xu Lin said that the sweater was knitted by Ning Yuhan, and I think it looks pretty good."

"No wonder Xu Lin spent the most time with Ning Yuhan. What guy wouldn't like a girlfriend like that?"

Xia Xiyao: "She can cook, and she can knit sweaters. Maybe she can do other things too."

"Yaoyao, I don't know how either. *crying*"

Rong Xiyan: "I don't know how to cook, let alone knit a sweater."

"You still want to knit a sweater?"

"I kind of want to."

"Don't think about it. You have your strengths, and Ning Yuhan has hers. If you try to imitate her blindly, you won't have your own unique characteristics. Besides, you only have a three-minute attention span. You won't want to learn it again in a couple of days."

"Yaoyao, where did I lose interest in just three minutes?"

"Didn't you want to practice yoga a while ago? But after practicing for two days, you went silent again."

"I just felt it was too boring and too difficult."

"Knitting is even more boring. You have to knit with the needle and thread under your arm, which is more boring than yoga. If you ask me, just do your own thing. There's no need to learn this or that, especially since you're prone to losing interest quickly."

Xia Xiyao saw right through Rong Xiyan.

"Yaoyao, but the sweater Ning Yuhan knitted is really beautiful. *crying*"

"Then give it a try and see how many days you can last."

"I'll buy needles and thread online first!"

Rong Xiyan acted immediately, while Xia Xiyao thought to herself, "Let's see how long you can last."

In fact, Rong Xiyan gets easily obsessed, but she also loses interest after a few days.

the other side.

Xu Lin is staying in the dormitory tonight.

The semester is already halfway over, and we'll be on holiday again in mid-November or early January.

But tonight is the first time Xu Lin has stayed at school this semester.

By the time they entered their second year, only Xie Zhengrong and Hu Donghai remained in Xu Lin's dormitory. Liu Longsheng had moved out, and Xu Lin, whose bed was still available, would only stay there occasionally.

Liu Longsheng started dating a female student this semester, and they've been living together for just over a month.

They've been living together for just over a month. Xu Lin thought, "So fast?"
However, Xu Lin thought that he was the same way.

Therefore, he is not qualified to criticize others.

Zhao Liangchen from the next dorm is the same; he moved out this semester. Xu Lin has written several rap songs for him over the past six months. Zhao Liangchen is doing quite well now, with over six million followers on Douyin. His followers are quite active, with each video guaranteed at least 500,000 likes, and occasionally even exceeding one million likes.

In addition, he has a great sense of style, and many trendy brands have sought to collaborate with him, making him very wealthy.

A while ago, Xu Lin heard him say that he was going to participate in The Rap of China, and that a popular street dance program had also invited him. Zhao Liangchen is also a street dancer. Overall, he's doing very well.

Therefore, in order to better develop his career and focus more on his own business, Zhao Liangchen moved out.

Moreover, he is quite wealthy and lives in a large apartment, which, although rented, costs forty to fifty thousand yuan a month.

It's said that the neighborhood where he lives is full of beautiful women, including many kept women who are kept by wealthy men. They are all incredibly beautiful and desirable.

Xu Lin now has about twenty or thirty apprentices. Some of them, even if they haven't become super famous, have achieved some success. In particular, the apprentice he took in last year, even the one who did the worst, has earned seven or eight million in the first half of this year. As long as he doesn't go to a super first-tier city like Jiangdu, but to a new first-tier city, his income in a year would be incredibly comfortable.

Needless to say, someone like Tse Ting has a very promising future.

Xu Lin truly treated all his apprentices well, ensuring they all enjoyed a life of luxury.

"Huh? Xu Lin is going back to the dorm tonight?"

Just then, Hu Donghai came out of the restroom and patted Xu Lin on the shoulder.

Xu Lin is still very easygoing. Even though he has made a name for himself now, Hu Donghai still dares to pat him on the shoulder.

"I come back occasionally."

"What a rare guest! It's been so long since I've seen you back in the dorm."

Hu Donghai took a bag of beef jerky from his desk.

"Xu Lin, have a pack of beef jerky to try."

"Ok, thanks."

"Xu Lin, have you ever played this game?"

Behind Xu Lin, Xie Zhengrong, in the bed opposite him, was playing "The Man's Guide to Success".

Xu Lin saw it as soon as he got back to the dormitory.

"what game?"

"This is it, completely AI-generated real people. Look at these real people, can you imagine they were all generated by AI? It's like a TV drama, they can even think like humans..."

Xie Zhengrong began to speak, but to be precise, it was about simulating human thinking, not thinking for themselves. In other words, they did not possess independent consciousness. Their thinking patterns were simulated by Xu Lin through formulas.

Of course, Xu Lin wouldn't say that he developed it.

Even Mr. Xu's account hasn't been released yet.

"Xu Lin, you absolutely have to try it!"

"let me try."

"Xu Lin, hehe, I'll come and help you download it."

Xie Zhengrong came over decisively, and Xu Lin didn't say anything, just asked him to help download it.

The game downloaded quickly.

Once Xu Lin entered the game, Xie Zhengrong guided him on how to play.

Xu Lin thought to himself, "I developed this game, how could I not know how to play it?"

In fact, this game requires players to take initiative. For example, in the scene where the protagonist retaliates against his boss, the player needs to design their own dialogue to reasonably counterattack the boss. On the one hand, the player needs to get rid of the boss, and on the other hand, the player needs to gain the respect of the new boss, or even have him replace the original boss.

After all, Xie Zhengrong didn't know how to play the game. He only retaliated against his boss and got rid of him, but he didn't let his protagonist take the boss's place.

"Damn, Xu Lin, how did you get promoted so quickly?"

Xie Zhengrong was surprised to see that Yu Anman, the new boss, had actually allowed the protagonist to replace her superior.

Xu Lin laughed and said, "The design of the dialogue is very important. You have to treat the people in this game as real people. They are not stupid. So on the one hand, you have to make your boss pack his bags and leave, and on the other hand, you have to make the new boss respect you. You have to grasp the scale of your methods. In particular, you can't be a villain. She is a new boss and is not familiar with the branch company, so she is in the stage of employing people. She thinks you have value and are trustworthy. Only then can you rise to the top. And in this way, it will be easier for you to win over this female character later."

"Wow, Xu Lin, how come you're so good at this?"

"Take note, games can reset chapters, right? You can try it again."

"Okay, I'll try to learn from your dialogue design. It's eye-opening!"

Xie Zhengrong promptly returned to his seat and started playing again.

Xie Zhengrong is still a game enthusiast, but he doesn't just play games. During the summer vacation, he got an internship at a big company and worked there for two months. Only two people in his class got internships at big companies, the other being the class monitor, Li Sinan.

At this point, Xu Lin exited the game and opened the backend to check the payment status.

Number of paying users: 182369.

The number of people is increasing, and it's growing faster and faster.

Xu Lin estimates that it might not even take two days to break the million mark.

Xu Lin didn't do anything else after that; he just downloaded Horizon 5 and played the racing game for over an hour.

It was 11 p.m.

Xu Lin had nothing to do tonight and was also preparing to go to sleep.

"I have a book signing event the day after tomorrow, do you want to come?"

"They've already started holding book signings?"

The message was sent by Shang Wanjun two hours ago, and Xu Lin is only seeing it now.

In addition, her new book is about to be released. She submitted the manuscript and it was accepted in less than a week.

"Yeah, I'll sign your autograph. *smirks*"

"Then I'll go take a look."

Are you coming out tomorrow night?

"can."

"By the way, in order not to cause you any trouble, I changed the names of the male and female leads. The male lead is called Shang Lin, and the female lead is called Xu Wanjun."

"It's just a name, but the female lead's name is quite nice."

Where is the male lead?

"It's alright, but it doesn't quite flow smoothly when you read it."

"smirk.jpg"

"A famous author, huh? When you come to the book signing, you'll be famous nationwide. Which famous author in the country is as pretty as you?"

"There should be."

"Anyway, I've never seen you before, you're undoubtedly going to become the number one female writer in the country."

"Thank you for your kind words. I'll treat you to bluefin tuna tomorrow night. I haven't treated you to anything since last time."

"Okay, I'll look forward to it. See you tomorrow night."

The next day, Xu Lin attended classes diligently during the day.

After school in the afternoon, Xu Lin drove the No. 9 to pick up Shang Wanjun.

Now that the weather is cold, Shang Wanjun is no longer wearing skirts. Today, she is wearing a brown trench coat over a turtleneck sweater and flared jeans, with a towel around her neck and black women's leather shoes. Her overall outfit gives off the vibe of a highly educated woman from the 1990s.

"It's rare to see you not wearing a skirt?"

Xu Lin glanced at her clothes.

"Because it's cold."

Shang Wanjun sat down, and this time he wasn't sitting sideways, but with his legs spread apart.

"Last month, I received over seven million yuan in royalties from my publication, and the copyright was also sold."

How much is the copyright fee?

"Around eight million, it's in hand."

"That's awesome? This pretty little thing is worth over 15 million. Won't you be on the list of richest female writers soon?"

"A list of richest female writers?"

"With your income, your total income is now over 20 million, and the royalties paid in October were for September, so the October royalties will be paid this month. Therefore, your total income should be over 30 million. There are still November and December to come. In addition, you have a second book to sign tomorrow, and the sales will not be bad if nothing unexpected happens. There is probably no female writer in China who can compete with you. I have seen the highest-earning female writer in China, and even with all the miscellaneous income, it is less than 40 million a year. There may be some who make a fortune quietly, but I estimate it will not exceed 50 million. Even if you are not number one, you can still be in the top ten."

"But it's just a title, it doesn't really mean anything."

"Well, it's not really that interesting. I was on the list of richest writers last year, so I just glanced at it."

Soon, the two arrived at a high-end private restaurant specializing in bluefin tuna.

Customized private banquets like this are not cheap.

Actually, you can eat your fill of bluefin tuna for a few hundred dollars, and some restaurants offer unlimited servings for over a thousand dollars per person, just like a buffet, it all depends on how much you can eat.

But when it comes to bluefin tuna, quality matters, and factors like origin, fish quality, chef's skill level, and service also play a role.

Shang Wanjun did a lot of research today and knows where in Jiangdu you can eat very good bluefin tuna.

"It looks quite expensive."

After Xu Lin came in, he looked at the price tags for bluefin tuna. The cheaper ones were 2,000 yuan per kilogram, while the more expensive ones were 10,000 yuan per kilogram.

For every 10,000, I'll only eat two jin (1 kg).

Two jin (1 kg) may seem like a lot, but if it were someone with a big appetite, like some northerners with a good appetite, they could eat four or five jin of beef in one meal, and they could also drink three or four bottles of baijiu (Chinese liquor) at the same time.

In Xu Lin's condition, he ate even more.

"Are you really treating us to a meal here?"

Xu Lin glanced at Shang Wanjun.

"Would I lie to you?"

"It's quite expensive."

"I still have over ten million in my account."

"Making money makes all the difference."

"In short, you can eat your fill."

"Then I won't be polite."

Soon, the two began their meal.

The bluefin tuna that was served, while not top-grade, was still of excellent quality.

This meal will easily cost tens of thousands of yuan.

Do you think I should buy a car?

Shang Wanjun suddenly said.

"Buy it if you want, otherwise what's the point of making money? Besides, your budget is more than enough."

"So what kind of car do you think is suitable for me to drive?"

Do you want a gasoline car or an electric car?

"I get dizzy on trams."

"Then let's go with a gas car. Buy one that costs several hundred thousand. Most men won't dare to pursue you when they see your car is so expensive, and you'll be quieter then."

"Will this happen?"

"meeting."

"Now that you've eaten, come with me to look at the car."

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)