"Oh, Director Sun mentioned it to me the day before yesterday, but I didn't expect it to air today."
Upon hearing Xu Lin's shout, Chu Qingchan finally reacted. Xu Lin was referring to that public welfare advertisement.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I could have let my classmates know first. Now I'll be famous."
"Isn't being famous good?"
"I think it's better to stay behind the scenes."
"Then focus on learning music from Teacher Guan! Being a musician allows you to stay behind the scenes and show off."
"What do you mean by showing off? Honestly, I just want to make money."
Although the protagonists in novels like to show off, Xu Lin is essentially a slacker.
He's only a bit diligent because he's hooked by twelve bait, otherwise he'd still be a slacker.
In essence, the system forcibly dragged him up from thinking about making a little money all day and planning for retirement.
"How's your book going?"
"The novel? It's over!" Xu Lin suddenly startled, slapped his head, and quickly opened his notebook, wps, and website backend!
"Chu Qingchan, what's your wifi password?"
"..."
Xu Lin's question made Chu Qingchan blush directly.
Ji Yun smiled, intending to say it, but Chu Qingchan directly pounced over and pressed Ji Yun onto the sofa.
"Don't you dare say it!"
"I have urgent matters, don't mess around for now."
"Pinyin, Xu Lin... love you... 2013." Chu Qingchan stuttered her words for a while before finally saying it all, and Xu Lin smiled.
[T/N: "Pinyin" in Chinese refers to the romanization system used to represent the sounds of Chinese characters using the Latin alphabet.]
"My dear star Chu, don't use passwords like this anymore. If someone else comes, you'll have to recite it again. How awkward would it be!"
"No, I have to unplug my internet cable and reset the router while I'm at it."
"Don't!"
Xu Lin connected to the internet and hurriedly uploaded the remaining few chapters.
"My novel is going on sale today. I almost forgot to release the new chapters. The performance will determine whether I have the funds to invest in a spicy hot pot restaurant."
"What spicy hot pot restaurant?"
"I forgot to tell you about this. I plan to open a spicy hot pot shop for senior Bai's family."
"Oh... for senior sister Bai."
"Chu Qingchan, if you keep acting so ambiguous, I'll stay at your place tonight!" Xu Lin looked at Chu Qingchan, pretending to gulp nervously.
"Tonight, Ji Yun will sleep with me. Next time for sure."
"I could join you..."
But before he could finish, Xu Lin felt Chu Qingchan's murderous gaze and quickly lowered his head.
Seeing two girls teaming up against him today, he was actually quite happy, feeling a bit adventurous. But he had to be careful.
With that, Xu Lin also entered work mode, while Ji Yun not far away stood up and headed towards the kitchen.
"Are you cooking?"
"Yeah, I asked him last time what he likes to eat. So I bought some large prawns and lamb chops. Although I might not cook as well as Auntie."
Ji Yun smiled, picked up the ingredients, and walked into the kitchen. Chu Qingchan watched Ji Yun's busy figure and sighed.
Since childhood, she had been waited on, and at most learned to make instant foods, like adding an egg to instant noodles or adding some chili to frozen dumplings.
But sister Ji Yun could already handle herself in the kitchen. Maybe she should learn how to cook a little bit too.
So she could cook for Xu Lin in the future?
Well, Chu Fengyi definitely wouldn't.
Then she would have one more thing she could do better than her.
But I don't know how to cook, so Ji Yun can...
Wait!
I almost got fooled by Xu Lin!
My thoughts were being manipulated!
After getting married, I'll definitely be expected to act like a woman. How can I still have sister Ji Yun to...
No! This thought is very dangerous!
And the questioning from earlier isn't over yet.
Tonight, when you're free, I'll give you a proper lesson!
But Xu Lin's work goes from 5 o'clock until after 8 in the evening.
Since he has classes tomorrow, he has less time. He can only write a few more chapters today.
Two hours means a little over one chapter.
He's not one of those people with a super-high typing speed; he can only grind away bit by bit.
After posting 5 chapters, he checked the initial subscriptions, which were still good.
Within 2 hours, it reached 1,000, basically hitting the premium line directly.
But compared to all this, he also feels pressure. Back in his university days before his rebirth, he wrote many novels.
But they were all mediocre. This time, he can't let down the support of so many people!
Of course, there's also a sense of relief.
Finally, he managed to raise the startup capital for his spicy hot pot business. His first investment can now begin!
He still has some money on hand; there's 20,000 left in the bank card his dad gave him last time. He plans to wait until he's saved enough and then give it all to him at once.
"Time to eat!" Ji Yun shouted.
"I'll finish the second chapter right away, you guys go ahead and eat," Xu Lin replied.
"We'll wait for you then," Chu Qingchan said.
Then the two beauties, one big and one small, sat down together.
Turning on the TV, they watched variety shows while chatting.
Xu Lin glanced sideways at them, feeling soft inside.
If he weren't so greedy, he'd already be very happy with these two, wouldn't he?
Just with one, he'd probably be beaten to death by many male compatriots!
They watched the variety show for a while, then switched to CCTV-8, coincidentally arriving at the advertisement segment.
With a perspective shot from top to bottom, teenagers in school uniforms ran past, while a tall and long legged beauty walked along the small road from afar.
"Big sister, I feel like you on TV don't look as good as you in real life."
"Yeah, I think so too."
Unable to hold back his true feelings, Xu Lin muttered to himself before lowering his hands and looking at the TV.
To be honest, it was his first time seeing the finished film.
Even his classmates and relatives didn't know he was on TV unless they asked him.
Although they filmed a lot of scenes, the final edited version was only a short 3 and a half minutes, which is certainly not short for an advertisement.
They could fit in about 6 or 7 regular commercials in that time. Only the national broadcaster could sacrifice such money-making opportunities and allocate over 3 minutes for public welfare advertisements.
Even though it was only a week from filming to airing, the post-production was really well done, and the plot and pacing were well executed.
As they watched the scene of everyone gazing into the distance at the end, the two sisters couldn't help but shed tears.
Xu Lin also took out some tissues and handed them to Chu Qingchan, then wiped away the tears from Ji Yun's eye corner when she got closer.
Then Chu Qingchan cleared her throat lightly, and Xu Lin pulled out another tissue to wipe her tears.
Although Chu Qingchan should be the oldest among these girls, she is actually the youngest in terms of temperament.
However, her figure and cold demeanor make it hard for people to sense her girlishness.
She's a bit temperamental, a bit cute.
But he just likes this kind of outwardly cold but inwardly warm Chu Qingchan!
Her gentleness is only for himself, although recently it's been taken away a bit by Ji Yun, but it doesn't matter if it's his family.
The short film had come to a complete end by this time, and the two girls breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Chu, you acted really well. I've actually seen your dramas before, and you've improved by leaps and bounds. Xu Lin's performance was also great. It would be awesome if this could be made into a big movie."
"Well, I don't have the time for that."
"Don't forget you promised screenwriter Hei," Chu Qingchan reminded him.
Xu Lin sighed, forgetting that there was such a thing, but he'd deal with it later.
After thinking for a moment, he intended to continue writing, but then glanced at the clock and closed his notebook.
"I won't write anymore. Let's eat!"
"You can keep writing, we're not very hungry."
"No, I can't let my own woman go hungry!" Xu Lin waved his hand and headed towards the bathroom.
"Haha! Trying to be cool, huh! That's the bathroom over there, not the dining room!"
"Hahaha!" Ji Yun also laughed along.
"..."
Chu Qingchan, you seem to be enjoying yourself, huh?
Just wait until you fall into my hands!
I'll make sure you don't get a moment's rest!
Do you think my "Riding the Waves" technique is just for show?!