My System Forces Me to Live off Women-Chapter 179 - 168: Romantic Rival?

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the second review of the Love Poetry Competition ended. The top ten poems were successfully selected by the judges, but unfortunately, Li Peifeng's two poems were not chosen...

"Everyone has different tastes, how can you rank poems and songs?"

"My poems weren't eliminated; they just appeal to a niche small audience!"

Shen Liao snorted disdainfully: "Alright, alright, are you copying my lines?"

Li Peifeng chuckled: "All great writing borrows from others, doesn't it?"

Bai Qingchuan burped and sighed: "No kidding, I really like the school heartthrob's poems. I've always recommended them; they just don't understand."

"The one who understands me is a true chivalrous hero!"

Li Peifeng and Bai Qingchuan shared a moment of camaraderie, patting each other's shoulders and using the moment to adjust his mindset. The competition was all about participation anyway, and it wasn't a complete loss this time. The biggest gain was seeing the love poem Zhao Qingge wrote for him, and that was enough!

"Should I send the poem to tease Old Zhao a bit?"

Li Peifeng hesitated for a moment but decided against it.

"Wanna grab a bite? It's kind of a failure not to get free food as a judge!" Shen Liao glanced at the cafeteria, and Bai Qingchuan readily agreed.

Li picked up his phone and waved them off: "You guys go ahead, the cafeteria food is too hard, I can't get used to it."

"Scram."

The two raised their middle fingers in unison.

...

At Beihua Normal University Gymnasium, the indoor basketball court was somewhat empty, with only four men and women in a corner either holding a phone gimbal or a camera, filming a female basketball player on the court.

The subject, of course, was Wu Wenyue, who was dressed entirely differently from usual.

With a sports headband on her forehead and short hair damp with sweat, wearing a blue and white basketball outfit, with the front and back of her jersey slightly wet.

"I'm filming a video at the indoor basketball court, come over."

She held a basketball in one hand and a phone in the other. After hanging up the call, she placed the phone on a chair outside the court and told the few studio staff, "Leave the camera rolling, let it film while you guys go have dinner."

As both the studio employees and the boss were students, they could only shoot during the lunch break and after classes ended in the evening on Mondays and Fridays, aside from weekends.

Occasionally, if Wu Wenyue and the few students responsible for filming didn't have classes in the afternoon, they could shoot continuously from noon till afternoon.

Luckily, today Wu Wenyue didn't have any classes, so she and part of the studio staff had been filming since noon till then, as it was already dinner time, with other staff members gradually joining as their classes ended.

"It's okay, Sister Yue, I'm not really hungry, you continue."

"Yeah, go for it, Sister Yue!"

Wu Wenyue was busy working, and the others felt bad eating first.

According to their plan, they were to shoot two videos today. The first one wasn't too difficult and had been completed at noon.

The second was the one ongoing, which had been shooting since shortly after 1 p.m. till now.

In truth, the video content was simple, without much plot, just Wu Wenyue doing a one-handed dunk, seamlessly transitioning to her wearing a long dress and jeans after the basket, showcasing her figure and looks.

However, it was challenging to shoot, as the dunk and costume change were filmed separately, but the dunk itself never came out right.

The dunk shot was the highlight of the entire video and the most explosive point that could trigger a buzz.

Beauty, dunk.

The studio collectively agreed that these two elements would generate views. Just a bit of marketing, and Wu Wenyue's short video persona would be established, possibly even trending for a while.

Terms like basketball goddess, the only female video blogger on the platform capable of dunking, would effortlessly come to mind.

For females, due to innate physical conditions like height, wingspan, jumping ability, and muscle strength being lower than that of males, dunking was naturally very difficult.

Even for male basketball players, a dunk is a piece of cake; they can perform all sorts of stylish dunks, like between-the-legs, spins, windmills, blindfolded dunks, one-handed phantom dunks, side-ax dunks…

Even amateur male basketball enthusiasts, if tall enough with good jumping ability and a couple of years of practice, could dunk with flair.

But even the most basic dunk skill is challenging for female professional basketball players.

In the 26-year history of the WNBA, America's professional women's basketball league, there have been only 28 dunks, averaging 1.07 per year. Brittney Griner, nicknamed "lady beast", accounted for 15 of those.

Mind you, these stats are from the birthplace of basketball, the United States of America.

It's even rarer if we look at Dong.

Of course, female athletes belonging to Dong's national women's basketball team can complete dunks, but unlike men, for them it's not as easy and leisurely. Dunks are physically taxing for them, so they rarely perform them in games.

In non-professional basketball, CUBA, or the university women's basketball league, female athletes capable of dunking were extremely rare. Even if they could, they wouldn't pull it off in an actual game.

Due to her pole vault training, Wu Wenyue had excellent upper body strength and jumping ability. Though she's never dunked in official matches, she frequently did so in practice during her peak physical condition.

But now, having left the school team over six months ago, bid farewell to formal basketball matches and training, only occasionally playing leisurely matches, her fitness level has plunged, and her ball-handling skills have weakened significantly, making dunking really straining.

After trying for an entire afternoon, despite numerous attempts, the dunk either lacked height or missed the mark...

"Swish~"

"Wow~ It went in!!"

"Great!"

Amid the dull sound of the basketball swishing through the hoop, the four filming people exclaimed with excitement.

Yet, Wu Wenyue wasn't too thrilled. She quietly fetched the ball, reviewed the playback by her phone, and shook her head: "No, the height wasn't enough, there's no impact."

"We can edit it, it will look fine in post-production." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The studious-looking guy filming immediately responded: "With some music in editing, the scene will certainly be dramatic!"

"Yes, we can cool the tone a bit in post-editing, or transition from black-and-white to color when the ball swishes through the hoop. It'll be more impactful..."

"No, it's just not quite there."

Wu Wenyue, a bit unsatisfied, glanced at the half-an-hour-old lunch boxes, instructing, "You all go eat first, I'll continue to find my groove."

"Sister Yue, drink some water and take a break."

A slender girl jogged over with a can of Red Bull for Wu Wenyue on the court.

The girl had bright eyes, fair skin, and a gentle appearance, with dark red wavy hair, a rosy, egg-shaped face, and starry eyes gazing caringly at Wu Wenyue.

"Thanks."

Wu Wenyue took the drink, sipping on it, while the girl also fetched two wet wipes, considerately wiping her sweat: "Sister Yue, rest a bit more; it's harder to dunk when your stamina is depleted."

"Okay."

Wu Wenyue hesitated briefly but then walked to the sidelines with the girl, preparing to sit down and rest a while.

"Who's that?"

Just stepping into the gym, Li Peifeng witnessed this scene from afar. Wow, not only does she have a soft-spoken girl delivering water, but she's also wiping her sweat?

His pace quickened as his mind began to play.

"My Brother Yue has just as much female luck as I do!"

Getting closer, Li Peifeng finally recognized the girl.

Mu An'an, the scriptwriter and director hired before.

During the hiring process, the young girl wore black-rimmed glasses and loose, thick clothing. Now, she sported skinny jeans and a vest, seemingly a different person. Seeing her from afar, Li Peifeng was unsure at first.

"I've got to capture this!"

Li Peifeng, choosing not to approach any closer, sat directly on a spectator seat about twenty or thirty meters away, pointing his phone camera at them, recording the scene of the two sitting together, laughing and chatting, as a video.

Don't underestimate this footage; it could be very useful. Li himself planned that in case there ever came a day when he angered the two girls and they teamed up against him, he could show this video to Xu Manning. The alliance between the girls would crumble instantly!

Once it's broken, it would be easy to handle them individually!

Li Peifeng nodded to himself: "Hmm, perhaps this is the art of imperial mind games!"