Chapter 295: Four Families’ Family Dinner
It’s 8:20 in the morning and there are still ten minutes before the parent-teacher meeting starts.

Most parents have already entered the school gate at this time.

Xu Youyu also began to direct the members of the Student Union, leaving only a few people to stay here, and the others could go back to the classroom to help the head teacher.

Li Luo and Ying Chanxi had originally planned to return to the classroom, but at this moment, a familiar car drove through the school gate and stopped in an empty parking space on the side of the road.

"My dad is here." Ying Chanxi pointed at the car.

Li Luo had the memory palace, so he naturally recognized Ying Zhicheng's car at a glance, but when the car stopped, two people got out of the car.

In addition to Ying Zhicheng himself, there is also Yuan Wanqing.

Seeing this scene, Ying Chanxi was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

After all, Ying Chanxi had met Yuan Wanqing twice before, once at a parent-teacher meeting last year, and the other time on the plane returning to China during the winter vacation. He knew that Yuan Wanqing was an artist in her father's company and they had a good relationship in private.

It is reasonable to take the bus together to attend the parent-teacher meeting.

"Uncle Ying, Aunt Yuan, good morning." Just as Ying Chanxi was in a daze, Li Luo stepped forward to greet him, "Xixi and I are going back to the classroom, shall we go together?"

"Well, good morning." When Yuan Wanqing saw Li Luo, a smile appeared on her face and she greeted her.

Ying Zhicheng also nodded to Li Luo, then came to Ying Chanxi and patted her on the back: "What's wrong? Are you daydreaming here?"

"Nothing." Ying Chanxi shook his head. "Dad, why did you come with Aunt Yuan?"

"It's just on the way, so I'll give her a ride." Ying Zhicheng said casually without changing his expression, "Let's go, I'm going to the parents' meeting for you."

"Teacher Sun called you yesterday. What did he say in the end?" Ying Chanxi asked again as he followed Ying Zhicheng into the school.

"Don't worry, we've made it clear. The school won't make it difficult for you. Let's apply to Qianjiang University." Ying Zhicheng touched his daughter's head and comforted her. "Although Tsinghua and Peking University are good, they are far from home. What's more, Qianjiang University is..."

The father and daughter walked in front, and Li Luo accompanied Yuan Wanqing behind.

Listening to Uncle Ying's words, Li Luo glanced at Yuan Wanqing beside him. He felt that the two of them did not seem to be just giving him a ride.

However, he shouldn't interfere in adults' affairs.

Besides, whether it is Ying Zhicheng or Yuan Wanqing, it is not easy to raise a child, and it may not be a bad thing for them to find a relationship worth pursuing again.

I just don’t know what Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng’s attitude will be when they find out about this in the future.

They walked all the way to the third floor corridor of the Grade 1 teaching building. Before leaving, Li Luo mentioned the lunch to Ying Zhicheng.

Ying Zhicheng also nodded in response: "I know, let's meet at noon."

Then, the two sides separated.

Ying Chanxi accompanied his father upstairs to Class 1, while Li Luo accompanied Yuan Wanqing to Class 8.

After exchanging a few words with Kong Junxiang on the podium, Yuan Wanqing walked over to Yan Zhusheng.

When Yan Zhusheng saw his mother coming, he stood up early and gave her his seat.

Li Luo, who was behind, had already poured a glass of water and handed it to Yuan Wanqing.

"Then I'll go first." Yan Zhusheng whispered to Li Luo.

"Well, are you going to study hall or the rock club?"

"I'm going to stay in the rock club." Yan Zhusheng said, "Huanhuan is waiting for me over there. I'm going to play guitar over there for a while."

"Okay, see you after school."

As the class monitor, Li Luo still has to stay in the classroom to help conduct parent-teacher meetings.

After seeing Yan Zhusheng off, Li Luo walked up to the podium and, following Kong Junxiang's instructions, together with Hua Xiuxiu, distributed information about the meeting to the parents.

After sitting down, Yuan Wanqing greeted Li Guohong, and the two parents started chatting.

Speaking of the new college entrance examination reform, Yuan Wanqing smiled and said, "Zhu Sheng told me not to worry too much, Li Luo has already helped her plan a study plan for the new college entrance examination."

"I dropped out of middle school when I was a kid, so I can't really help her."

"Thanks to your Li Luo for helping me, otherwise I wouldn't understand why they suddenly said there was a new college entrance examination policy."

"No, no," Li Guohong said modestly. "To be honest, my wife and I were also confused. In the end, we let the children choose by themselves. Children nowadays are much smarter than we were back then. They don't need us to tell them what to do."

The two people were chatting, and when Li Luo was distributing information, he saw this scene and felt a little emotional.

Dad, oh, dad.

If you knew what the idol in front of you had the current relationship with your childhood friend, I wonder what expression you would have.

Li Luo felt that in his previous life, Li Guohong must have known about this in the end, but by the time he mentioned it to his family at the dinner table, he had probably calmed down from the shock in his heart, so Li Luo didn't notice anything unusual about his father at the time.

It’s a pity that I didn’t get to see my dad’s first reaction, I wonder how exciting it would have been.

After all, it's quite magical when such a thing happens to you.

It's not uncommon to see the celebrity you admire getting married.

But if the person marrying a celebrity is a good friend with whom you grew up, that would be quite outrageous.

As time came to half past eight.

The parent-teacher meeting also officially began.

Kong Junxiang only briefly mentioned the midterm exam results and performance at the podium, including the fact that Li Luo ranked 16th in the school, which was basically glossed over.

Then Kong Junxiang spent all the rest of his time explaining the details of the new college entrance examination system reform to parents.

After spending more than an hour to thoroughly understand what the new college entrance examination is all about, Kong Junxiang asked parents to consider the issue of subject selection in advance based on their children's scores in several major exams in less than a year.

In particular, you can make a suitable decision only after considering comprehensively what major you want your child to apply for in the future, the direction your child is interested in, and the subject in which your child is strong.

Because Yan Zhusheng had given her a heads-up before, Yuan Wanqing listened carefully but was not very worried.

On the one hand, there was the help of Li Luo.

On the other hand, it is also because Yan Zhusheng did not take the regular college entrance examination route, but instead chose to take the art examination.

No matter how the new college entrance examination changes, Yan Zhusheng's current score will definitely be among the top among art exam candidates.

As long as Yan Zhusheng performs stably in the art exams, with his current academic performance, it will be a sure thing for him to be admitted to Qianjiang University's Conservatory of Music.

When the parent-teacher meeting was going on until around ten o'clock in the morning, Kong Junxiang announced it was over. Parents who still had questions could stay and discuss with him.

Li Guohong and Yuan Wanqing didn't worry about this. After saying hello to Teacher Kong, they followed Li Luo out of the classroom. At the stairs, they ran into Ying Zhicheng and Ying Chanxi who had just come downstairs.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng don't have to worry about this problem, so Ying Chanxi naturally has no problem either.

After meeting up with Xu Rongsheng and Xu Youyu at the Grade 1502 teaching building and calling Yan Zhusheng at the rock club activity room at the gymnasium, the group arrived at Room , Bi Hai Lan Ting.

At this time, Lin Xiuhong and Cui Suling were cooking.

The dining table in the living room is deformable. It is usually a long table. If there are more people, it can be turned into a round table. At this time, the size has been adjusted.

Seeing them come back, Lin Xiuhong started cooking, and Cui Suling helped her.

There were ten people in total from the four families, so a round table was just right for them, not too many, not too few.

Seeing that the meal was not ready yet, Xu Rongsheng came back and couldn't wait to pull Li Luo to sit on the sofa. He took out a few documents from his briefcase, handed them to Li Luo, and said with a smile: "Look, this is the paper I mentioned to you before. I just wrote an outline and an overview of the content."

Li Luo twitched his lips and took the documents reluctantly.

Li Guohong and others nearby asked curiously, "What kind of paper is this? Why do you want to show it to this kid?"

"I recently wrote a paper on the theoretical research of online writing." Xu Rongsheng smiled at them. "It uses Li Luo's novel as the research object to prove some research conclusions of online writing. It's a good opportunity to show it to him."

"What's so interesting about his novel?" Li Guohong said with a smile, "It's not like I haven't read it before. The songs written by the protagonist are all plagiarized."

"Ahem..." Yuan Wanqing reminded, "There are still original works."

"Oh, yes." Li Guohong quickly changed the subject, "There is also a song called 'Annual Rings'. I know that."

"I know the commercial value of his book very well." Ying Zhicheng spoke up at this time, curiously discussing with Xu Rongsheng, "But in terms of literary quality, it is actually similar to those online dramas nowadays. The reputation is far inferior to traditional literary works, right? How did you come up with the idea of ​​studying this?"

“Haha…” Xu Rongsheng shook his head. “What is popular now will become the tradition of the future. It is just the general law of the development of the world.”

"This is also related to the development of media. In the Internet age, people are pursuing richer content."

"In the past, when people used bamboo slips to carve characters, who could have imagined that thousands of years later, someone would be able to write a novel of millions of words?"

"Times are always changing. It is a kind of complacency to always immerse oneself in studying the classics of the past without looking at the current trend of literary forms."

"I think that online literature is still of great research value in the field of literature."

As a professor of literature, Xu Rongsheng naturally speaks differently.

Li Guohong didn't have much skill, he just thought it was well said.

Ying Zhicheng was able to synch up his brain waves with Xu Rongsheng, and they chatted and exchanged ideas on the sofa, and he gained some new insights into Li Luo's novel.

Before, I just thought that Li Luo wrote a novel that could make a lot of money, but on another level it was not presentable.

But now that a professor of literature from a prestigious university is endorsing him, the meaning is very different.

At least from Ying Zhicheng's side, he does have to look up to Li Luo a little more.

Anyway, the films and TV series produced by their company have not been studied so seriously. The previous one, "Yao Chi Xian Yuan", was also criticized badly.

Therefore, Ying Zhicheng was still quite surprised that Li Luo's book was favored by a professor of literature and a paper was written on it.

"Well... Actually, it's not as exaggerated as Uncle Xu said." Li Luo flipped through the documents in his hand, and then said modestly, "Uncle Xu, as a professor of literature, is more likely to analyze the impact of online literature from a macro perspective."

"It just so happened that the first online article I read was written by me. In fact, there are many other online articles that are more suitable for research."

"I was just lucky to be chosen."

"You can't say that." Xu Rongsheng laughed, "You kid, it's not good to be so modest in this regard."

"It's not like I haven't read other online articles during this period. I've also read the works that were awarded at the symposium before."

"But from the perspective of your creative style, there are obvious traces of design in your writing structure and plot layout."

"Unlike some other books, it feels more like I was writing based on my feelings. In terms of the plot structure, it's still relatively rough and not refined enough."

Li Luo could understand what Xu Rongsheng said.

After all, he only started reading online novels after graduating from university in his previous life.

At that time, the research and summary of various techniques for online writing had been very complete, and most of the time it depended on whether you were willing to calm down and study and practice.

In today's era, online literature has developed from the barbaric period, and from the perspective of commercial value, it has already reached its golden age.

However, theoretical research on online literature itself is still in its early stages.

When people analyze online articles, they either use simple summaries like the three golden chapters, face-slapping and pretentiousness, and pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Or the old-fashioned way of deconstructing the novel using the three elements of characters, plot and environment is itself prone to not fitting in with the local environment.

Later on, it extended to the integration of many key elements derived from online literature, such as information asymmetry, emotions, and interpersonal relationships, and gradually developed a complete theoretical framework system for online literature.

In this regard, Li Luo looked through Xu Rongsheng's paper and found that he was indeed still using the three elements of traditional novels to analyze, so he also gave some of his own understanding.

After Li Luo pointed out the key points, Xu Rongsheng suddenly realized: "The emotions you mentioned can be found in traditional novels, including the concept of information asymmetry, which actually has traces."

"Right." Li Luo smiled. "For example, in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu passed through five passes and killed six generals, or killed Hua Xiong with warm wine. These are all exquisite grasps of emotions."

"It's just that in the past, people were more focused on the plot itself, and rarely looked at these emotional details."

"But for online literature, it is serialized literature, and the author writes while the reader is reading."

"In order to keep readers coming back for more, authors need to consider the effects of these emotions on readers, so that they can put the book down and continue reading it the next day."

Xu Rongsheng thought about the author's perspective provided by Li Luo, and couldn't help but ponder, and many inspirations came to his mind.

Xu Youyu originally wanted to join in the fun and look at the documents in Li Luo's hand, wanting to see him make a fool of himself.

Who knew that as they chatted, he would actually come up with something real.

Xu Youyu looked at Li Luo and his father talking animatedly, and his eyes seemed to be shining.

Although the younger brother was always at a loss when teased by her on weekdays, he seemed surprisingly mature at this time.

If you don't look at his youthful appearance, and only listen to the conversation between these people, it would be hard for anyone to imagine that this was a communication between four adults and a child.

People like Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng could hardly get a word in, and only Li Luo could communicate with ease.

"Okay, okay, let's eat." At this time, Cui Suling put two plates of food on the dining table and called out to everyone on the sofa, "It's time to eat."

After hearing what Cui Suling said, the eight people on the sofa stood up one after another.

Xu Rongsheng and Cui Suling sat together, and Xu Youyu sat next to his father.

Yan Zhusheng sat next to Xu Youyu, followed by Yuan Wanqing, Ying Zhicheng, Ying Chanxi, and then Li Luo and Li Guohong.

Lin Xiuhong sat in the empty seat between Li Guohong and Cui Suling.

Ten people sat in a circle. After Li Guohong, who was theoretically the head of the family, picked up his chopsticks and started eating, everyone else started eating.

The two mothers who were in charge of cooking now started asking about the parent-teacher meeting.

Everything was going as normal for Xu Youyu in his second year of high school. He performed stably in the midterm exam and still ranked first in the liberal arts.

Cui Suling asked a few simple questions and then reminded her to go to bed early and get up early in the future, and it would be best if she could go jogging in the morning with Li Luo and the others.

At this point, Cui Suling looked at Li Luo and said with a smile: "Li Luo, just treat it as a request from your aunt. In the future, when you get up in the morning, you don't have to care about her little mood. Just pull her out of bed and drag her out to run with you guys."

"This body is the capital of revolution."

"It would have been fine if she was running alone before, but now she has such a good friend to run with, so she must be able to keep up, right?"

Facing Xu Youyu's resentful expression, Li Luo smiled and made an OK gesture: "No problem, Aunt Cui, I will ask her to get up and run every day from now on."

Xu Youyu snorted softly and glared at him angrily.

Yan Zhusheng, who was sitting next to her, was also a little unhappy.

Originally there were only her and Li Luo, so how come there are more and more people?
Fortunately, there is still night running. When Yan Zhusheng thought of this, his brows relaxed.

After talking about Xu Youyu's situation, Lin Xiuhong also asked about the new college entrance examination reform.

Li Guohong explained what Teacher Kong meant, then looked at Li Luo and asked, "Your Aunt Yuan said that you already have your own plans? Have you arranged for Zhu Sheng to choose subjects?"

"Yeah, I guess so." Li Luo nodded, put down his chopsticks and said, "Including Xixi, the three of us plan to choose physics, history and geography."

"The main reason for choosing physics is to ensure the coverage of first-hand professional choices. Basically, 95% of university majors can be applied for if you choose physics."

"As for geography, it is Zhusheng's strong point. It can help her score well and ensure her score advantage."

"As for the last subject, politics is not Zhusheng's strong point, and chemistry and biology are more tiring, so I chose history."

"For Xixi and I, it doesn't matter what we choose, so we just choose the same thing."

At this point, Li Luo paused for a moment, then added: "I plan to take Zhu Sheng for intensive training during the summer vacation, and sprint with Xixi and the others before the exam."

"When we wait until November in the second half of the year, the first selection test for the second year of high school, Xixi and I will try our best to master the three secondary subjects first."

"Zhu Sheng will look at his review situation and at least choose geography to master first, and then finish the remaining secondary subjects. This way, it will be easier for him to take the art exam later, and he only needs to prepare for Chinese, math and English when he comes back."

Listen to Li Luo's analysis.

Yuan Wanqing didn't have any objection.

Ying Zhicheng asked, "Xixi, do you think so too?"

"Yeah." Ying Chanxi nodded. "My biology is pretty average among the minor subjects, but I'm pretty good at physics, which can easily pull up my score. For the other two subjects, it doesn't matter which two I choose."

Anyway, for her, as she is the top student in the grade, she basically gets 100 points in all the minor subjects.

There is really nothing to worry about.

But several parents present could tell that these three children deliberately chose the same minor subject, obviously hoping to be assigned to the same class when the classes were divided in the second year of high school.

Thinking of this, Ying Zhicheng glanced at Li Luo, but in the end he didn't say much. He just nodded, which was considered as his approval of his daughter's choice.

Seeing that his father did not continue to ask questions, Ying Chanxi breathed a sigh of relief, and the little hands that were clenched on the chair under the table also quietly loosened their grip.

She secretly poked Li Luo's waist and gave him a thumbs up.

Li Luo looked down, then smiled, stretched out his hand, raised a thumb, and kissed her thumb.

After dinner, it was finally Ying Chanxi's turn to wash the dishes today.

Seeing that everyone went to rest on the sofa, Ying Chanxi immediately followed Lin Xiuhong and helped her clear the dishes on the dining table. He then followed her into the kitchen to help wash the dishes.

The others sat around on the sofa and started chatting during their free time after lunch.

Ying Zhicheng glanced at the thesis documents that had been placed on the coffee table, and thinking of Li Luo's novel, he asked him, "How are you preparing for what your Aunt Yuan talked to you about before? Is there any problem with the content of the novel?"

"We are already laying the groundwork." Li Luo made an OK gesture, and then said, "I already have 30 words in reserve. Once this part of the reserve is published, it will probably be around the end of June."

"The plot of I Am a Singer is already being laid."

"After we roughly control the direction of the plot, we can basically confirm that it will be synchronized with Aunt Yuan's program on August 8st."

Listening to their conversation, Li Guohong was confused: "What are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"

Li Luo glanced at his father, then at Ying Zhicheng, asking with his eyes if he could talk about this.

Ying Zhicheng nodded and said directly: "Wanqing will participate in the challenge competition of "I Am a Singer" during the summer vacation."

"Ah?" Li Guohong was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said with a look of surprise, "Is it the 'I Am a Singer' show where you compete for the title of the best singer? I love this show!"

Li Luo couldn't help laughing when he saw his father making a fuss.

Yuan Wanqing at the side also smiled and said: "The song I sang was written for me by your son."

"What the hell?!" Li Guohong was startled and turned to look at Li Luo, "You wrote a new song again?"

"Not just new songs." Ying Zhicheng crossed his arms expressionlessly, "This kid has purchased all nine songs from Wanqing's new album."

As soon as these words came out.

The living room suddenly became quiet.

(End of this chapter)