I Have a Wealth Gathering Array-Chapter 383: Birthday

As they were speaking, Zhao Kanghao saw Qin Yun walk in, and his eyes lit up as he chuckled and said, "Brother Qin, it’s been a while! I’ve missed you!"

He hurried over, eager to give Qin Yun a bear hug.

"Get lost."

Qin Yun dodged aside, jokingly cursing, and asked casually, "What are you guys talking about?"

"Brother Qin, we were discussing Hanyu’s short videos," Zhao Kanghao laughed.

"Oh? Short videos?" Qin Yun was surprised.

"That’s right, Brother Qin."

Li Hanyu stood up and explained, "I’m trying to see if I can shoot some short videos for Douyin based on the content of my novels."

In fact, after Li Hanyu’s first novel, the performance of his second book was very poor. It’s already on the shelves, but the initial subscription results were terrible, far worse than the first one.

This made Li Hanyu quite anxious, as if his creativity had run dry after the first book.

During the National Day holiday, he thought it over carefully and suddenly considered trying a different path to see if he could make some short videos, depicting the stories from his novel.

Nowadays, more and more online novels are being turned into TV dramas, but the result is often unsatisfactory, poorly adapted. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

So, Li Hanyu came up with this idea. He couldn’t make a full-blown TV series but could shoot something fragmentary.

Li Hanyu is a novel enthusiast, loves reading and writing novels, and in fact, is very interested in filmmaking, too.

He’s only in his sophomore year and doesn’t have to worry about life’s burdens, giving him plenty of opportunities to try new things.

Although he feels his writing skills are declining, his mind is brimming with all kinds of ideas, and these can all be attempted through filming.

Hearing what Li Hanyu said, Qin Yun smiled and praised, "Hanyu, that’s a good idea."

Li Hanyu scratched his head and looked at Qin Yun, saying, "There might be some financial shortage when the time comes. I hope Brother Qin can support a bit."

He’s filming period pieces, mostly fantasy novels, so whether it’s costumes or special effects, it all costs money.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yun pondered slightly and said, "How about this, Hanyu, you create a plan for me to look at."

He was quite supportive of Li Hanyu’s filming idea. When watching TV dramas in the past, he, too, had thought about making his own TV series. Of course, he no longer had that interest now.

"Okay, Brother Qin." Li Hanyu nodded immediately.

As they were talking, Cheng Daxiong, who hadn’t spoken, glanced at Qin Yun and Li Hanyu.

"Counting on Qin Yun to invest?"

He scoffed inwardly, maliciously pondering at that moment, not believing Qin Yun would part with any money for Li Hanyu.

After all, filming fantasy period videos with special effects would definitely cost a lot.

Holding his phone, Cheng Daxiong occasionally opened his fund page; now, during the National Day holidays, the stock market was closed, but he couldn’t help looking at it, each view bringing a pang of heartache.

Throughout September, not only did all his profits return, but he also lost over a hundred thousand!

In his rural hometown, the price of building a house like his family’s was only tens of thousands.

Having lost so much, Cheng Daxiong could only play dead, waiting for a recovery.

"The loan is due on the thirteenth, and by then, I’ll certainly have to sell some of the fund shares."

Now, he owed a lot on loans, and his repayment method was essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Just a sophomore, and already in debt of over a hundred thousand. If he’d known the outcome, Cheng Daxiong absolutely wouldn’t have entered the stock market.

...

After staying in the dorm for a while, Qin Yun went out to the school gate.

"Qin Yun!"

At this moment, Yu Leyao was elegantly standing there.

Today is October 7th, and there was just a rain, making the weather decidedly chillier.

In Jiangnan, there is no autumn; today, it’s over thirty degrees, still summer. Yet, at a blink, the next day could drop to a few degrees, leaving you questioning life from the cold.

Yu Leyao was wearing a long white dress, paired with a purple sweater, her hair loose, standing gracefully, with two cups of milk tea in her hand.

Seeing Qin Yun, Yu Leyao quickly walked over.

"Let’s go."

Looking at Yu Leyao, Qin Yun smiled and said.

Today, he and Yu Leyao had an arrangement.

A childhood friend of Yu Leyao’s was having a birthday party and specially invited her. Yu Leyao, in turn, invited Qin Yun, hoping he’d accompany her.

...

At seven in the evening, Qin Yun and Yu Leyao arrived at a private room in Xiangyang Tavern, where her friend had booked.

"Leyao."

Once there, a girl immediately came running over with joy on her face: "You finally came."

Though this girl wasn’t as pretty as Yu Leyao, she was tall with long, slim legs. To some, she might be just as appealing as Yu Leyao.

"Xiaoke."

Yu Leyao smiled and said, "I’m not late, am I?"

"Nope, you’re right on time," Lin Xiaoke giggled.

She glanced at Qin Yun beside Yu Leyao and said, "Hi there, handsome."

"Hello."

Qin Yun responded with a smile and a nod.

After exchanging greetings, Lin Xiaoke pulled Yu Leyao aside and quietly asked, "Leyao, I’ve never seen you so close with a guy before. Now at this rare gathering, you bring a guy along. Is he your boyfriend?"

Previously, when she invited Yu Leyao, she mentioned bringing a friend along, but Lin Xiaoke didn’t know much about Qin Yun.

"No," Yu Leyao smiled slightly and said.

She glanced at Qin Yun; his personality was too indifferent. Previously, she had confessed to Qin Yun, but they were still just friends now.

Though closer than ordinary friends, they hadn’t reached the level of a romantic relationship.

As they talked, they walked into the private room.

At this time, the room already had several people: three girls and two guys. One guy was tall and thin, wearing glasses, giving off a scholarly vibe.

The other guy was burly and also quite tall.

"More have arrived!"

"Xiaoke, aren’t you going to introduce us?"

Seeing Qin Yun and Yu Leyao come in, one of the girls in the room smiled and said.

"This is my childhood friend, and this is my friend’s friend..." Lin Xiaoke briefly introduced them.

Following that, Qin Yun learned a bit about the identities of everyone in the private room.

The three girls were all Lin Xiaoke’s classmates, and the slightly bookish guy was a boyfriend of one of the girls.

The tall guy was also a classmate of Lin Xiaoke’s, and from the looks of it, Qin Yun could roughly guess he was probably pursuing Lin Xiaoke.

"Xiaoke, are we all here now?"

After Qin Yun and Yu Leyao arrived, the burly tall guy smiled and asked, "Shall I tell the hotel to start serving the dishes?"

"Let’s wait a bit."

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoke shook her head and said, "There’s one more person."

Upon hearing her say this, the burly guy said nothing further, and the others in the room engaged in casual conversation.

"Hey man, I’m Li Cheng. What’s your name?"

While the girls chatted, the three guys naturally started their own conversation.

"I’m Qin Yun," Qin Yun replied.