Chapter 152 Like
Ying Chanxi has been acting strange lately.

Her knees and wrists actually healed more than a week after the sports meet.

But after she recovered her health, she always locked herself in her bedroom and refused to come out.

I no longer have midnight snacks. I take a shower as soon as I get home and go back to my room. I stay in the bedroom all day on weekends and only come out to eat.

I don't know what he's doing.

Li Luo asked her but she didn't say anything.

During this period of time, Li Luo actually didn't have much time to take care of other things.

Because "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" became popular.

From the end of November until the following week, his daily collections hovered around 2000.

Although it began to decline thereafter, the data rose sharply again by mid-December.

Li Luo checked Weibo and found out the reason, and he felt hopeless.

The reason was that when Yuan Wanqing was invited to participate in an interview program, she talked about the creator of the song "Annual Rings".

The people behind the scenes of this program are quite good at collecting information. They dug out information about the composer of the song "Annual Rings", Juran, and found out that he is the author of an online novel.

I started chatting with Yuan Wanqing about this topic.

Yuan Wanqing naturally would not reveal Li Luo's true identity casually, but she generously stated that she was also reading the author's novels and said that she knew the other party in real life.

This show is quite popular because of its funny host.

As soon as this episode was broadcast, the number of views hit a new high.

Now, basically anyone who has followed "Yao Chi Xian Yuan" or Yuan Wanqing and "Annual Rings" knows that the song "Annual Rings" was written by an online writer named Chongran.

At this point, Li Luo could only accept the fact sadly, and then made up his mind to try not to go to Yan Zhusheng's house in the future.

He also didn't know whether Yuan Wanqing would really finish reading his book.

One can only pray in one's heart that Yuan Wanqing said only polite words during the interview. In fact, because she knows more about the inside story and real workings of the entertainment industry, she should be able to find many bugs in the plot logic when reading the entertainment novels written by Li Luo.

I hope she can't bear to watch...

With this thought in mind, Li Luo sighed and continued to go to school and study obediently.

As time approaches late December, the temperature gradually drops.

During the day, the highest temperature in Yuhang City is only around 8 or 9 degrees, and at night it is close to 2 or 3 degrees.

Students who are afraid of cold have even put on scarves.

"What are you doing?"

When Li Luo returned to school on Sunday evening, he saw Yan Zhusheng walking into the classroom with a large package in his arms, and asked curiously.

"For you." Yan Zhusheng stuffed the package into Li Luo's arms and sat down in his seat.

Li Luo was stunned for a moment and didn't react: "What did you give me?"

"Birthday present." Yan Zhusheng tilted his head and said, "Isn't today your birthday?"

"Ah?" Li Luo secretly took out his mobile phone and glanced at today's date, December 12st.

Well, it really is his birthday.

However, since graduating from elementary school, Li Luo rarely celebrated his birthday.

If his previous life was counted, he hadn't seen anyone give him a birthday present for more than 20 years.

I was sent this gift suddenly and unexpectedly, and I was quite touched.

"How did you know today is my birthday?" Li Luo asked curiously, holding the package in his arms, "I don't think I told you that?"

"You wrote it on QQ." Yan Zhusheng blinked, "It should be correct, right?"

“It’s true that I was wrong…”

Although many people would just fill in a random birthday, Li Luo filled in his real birthday seriously. However, he did not expect that Yan Zhusheng would prepare a birthday gift for him.

"So what did you send?"

“You can open it and take a look.”

After hearing what Yan Zhusheng said, Li Luo stopped being polite and lowered his head to open the package.

Inside was a shoe box.

After opening the lid, I saw a pair of white sports shoes in the shoe box.

"I see your sneakers are a bit old. We usually run together for exercise, so it would be a good idea to change into a pair of sneakers," said Yan Zhusheng.

"Do you know my size?"

"Oh... When I went to your house, I secretly looked at your shoe size." "You are quite smart."

Li Luo cut off the card on top, then looked at Yan Zhusheng: "I put it on directly?"

"Yeah." Yan Zhusheng nodded, helped him tie the laces of his sneakers, and then placed them at his feet.

Soon, Li Luo put on his new shoes. When he was tying one side of the shoelace, Yan Zhusheng squatted on the other side and helped him tie the shoelace on that side.

After putting them on, Li Luo stood up and took a few steps. He felt that they fit his feet very well and were more comfortable than his original shoes. They even had a slight elasticity when he walked in. They were obviously high-end products.

"How much do these shoes cost?"

"I don't know." Yan Zhusheng shook his head. "I asked my mother to buy it for me. She said it was of good quality."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo immediately felt ashamed and asked in a low voice: "Did your mother say anything after reading my novel?"

"She said that you made many processes too simple. The actual situation is much more complicated." Yan Zhusheng thought for a while and recalled, "Then there are too many female protagonists. Only one is fine, preferably Mo Qinghan, and the other two are not necessary."

"Are you sure the latter sentence was said by your aunt?" Li Luo asked carefully with narrowed eyes.

Yan Zhusheng blinked and looked down at Li Luo's new shoes: "Do you like them?"

"Yan Zhusheng, you are really smart and a little stupid."

Yan Zhusheng didn't understand and continued to ask: "Do you like it?"

"I like it." Li Luo smiled and sat back in his seat. "Thank you for your gift. Thank you auntie for me. With her promotion, my book's performance has improved a lot."

"My mother said she wanted to thank you." Yan Zhusheng said seriously.

that's the truth.

Compared to Li Luo, who relied on this wave of traffic and increased his average subscriptions from around 4000 to the current 7000, it is obvious that Yuan Wanqing gained more from this incident.

Not only did he truly return to the public eye, but he also raised his current commercial value with the single "Annual Rings".

This is the case for many stars.

Many times it’s not that you lack the ability, but that there is no stage or opportunity for you to display your strength.

Once you seize an opportunity, traffic will come in droves, and things that were originally out of reach will be within your reach in an instant.

In just less than a month, Yuan Wanqing achieved a major turnaround with the help of the song "Annual Rings".

As a result, some of the songs in her new album, which were of good quality in themselves, were discovered by netizens and, along with "Annual Rings", they topped the song charts again.

The benefits involved are worth more than tens of millions.
Just the few endorsements that Huayue Film and Television negotiated for Yuan Wanqing have easily made up for the initial costs and made a huge profit.

In comparison, the average subscription for Li Luo's novels almost doubles by the end of the month.

The royalties only increased from 20,000 yuan a month to about 40,000 yuan.

"My mother asked me to tell you something." Yan Zhusheng added, "We can sign another contract for "Light Chaser" and "Light" to increase your price."

"That's not necessary." Li Luo shook his head. "There's no need to overturn a deal that's already been done. The song 'Annual Rings' is a big hit, but it doesn't mean that other songs I wrote will have the same effect. Auntie, there's no need to be embarrassed."

"There's one more thing." Yan Zhusheng added, "Because my mother still needs to perform "Annual Rings" on some stages, such as the New Year's Eve party in Qianjiang Province, and we are considering inviting her to sing a song on stage. In this regard, we have to discuss the copyright with you again."

The copyright agreement previously signed between Huayue Film and Television and Li Luo regarding "Annual Rings" was mainly for a series of copyrights related to the TV series.

Now that "Annual Rings" has become Yuan Wanqing's most representative work, it naturally requires more copyright authorizations in other areas.

Of course, Yuan Wanqing obviously had another meaning, which was to give money as a token of gratitude.

After all, her current comeback was entirely brought about by Li Luo's song "Annual Rings", but Li Luo's three songs only earned less than 300,000 yuan.

This made Yuan Wanqing feel somewhat uncomfortable.

After listening to Yan Zhusheng's words, Li Luo nodded and said, "Well, we can talk about this. But if Auntie needs it urgently, you can sing it first and then sign the authorization contract later. I'm not in a hurry."

"Then come to my house next week?" Yan Zhusheng asked with bright eyes.

Hearing this invitation, Li Luo fell silent.

Thinking that Yuan Wanqing had read the novel he wrote, he now felt a little hesitant to visit Yan Zhusheng's house.

"I need to think about this again..."

"Then I'll ask my mother to come over to your place when the time comes."

"No, no, no!" Li Luo waved his hands repeatedly, "I'll go, I'll go, I'll go to your house."

I can’t let more people know that I wrote a novel!
It would be fine if Yan Zhusheng knew about it.

If Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu knew about this, Li Luo couldn't even imagine what that would be like living under the same roof every day.

"That's settled." After Yan Zhusheng finalized the itinerary, he put Li Luo's old shoes into a shoe box and put it aside for him.

Li Luo sighed, feeling that life was becoming increasingly difficult.

(End of this chapter)