allonlinenovel Chapter 264 Earthquake
Chapter 264 Earthquake
On Lu Ran's side, the top ten of "Super Girl" have been decided, and the final is scheduled for next Saturday.
He hasn't been as busy lately—at Tutu Technology, "Seven Heroes Jianghu" is operating stably, and "Three Kingdoms Kill" is growing steadily, with daily active users quietly reaching the 30,000 mark. Although it can't compare to Tencent's card game empire, the curve looks like a rocket about to take off.
At Xingyao Entertainment, the animation department is working on the second season of "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit," while the short drama department is preparing several new dramas, all proceeding in an orderly manner.
Zhou Xiaoou posted a message the day before yesterday saying that the first three episodes of the second season have been completed and are even more exquisite than the first season. Lu Ran took a look at the sample footage and realized that it was indeed worth the wait.
The only thing that worried him was Shen Yuege.
The week following the conclusion of the top ten competition, she was extremely busy.
Stage design, lighting and sound, contestant rehearsals, liaison with judges, media interviews, and communication with sponsors—I had to personally oversee everything.
Lu Ran felt sorry for her and wanted to help, but Shen Yuege politely declined.
"You've been quite busy lately, so just be a judge for the finals, I'll handle the rest."
Lu Ran thought about it and agreed.
Although I don't have many things to do, they are all important matters that require my attention, and I can't get away from them for a while.
Moreover, Shen Yuege had Xu Manxue's help, and Tan Yu and a few of the Star Glory F4 would come over to lend a hand from time to time, so she wasn't completely isolated and helpless.
In contrast, he only has Zhou Mingzhe, the kind of person he needs to bother with all the time.
Thinking about it this way, I seem to look more tired than Shen Yuege.
"Alright," Lu Ran conceded, "then take it easy and don't overwork yourself."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
That's what she said, but Lu Ran knew that with Shen Yuege's personality, when she got really busy, she wouldn't have any sense of "being in the know." That's just the kind of person she was; once she got serious, she wanted to split herself in two.
So the day before the finals, Lu Ran made a special trip to the Shanghai Cultural and Art Center to check out the venue and, incidentally, to see Shen Yuege.
The stage is twice the size of the previous one, and the lighting equipment is brand new and rented, reportedly costing nearly two million.
The audio system has also been upgraded to a German-imported brand, and it took three days just to test it.
The number of seats in the audience was increased from 800 to 1,200, and the tickets were sold out within a minute of going on sale. Scalpers even sold tickets for ten times the original price.
"Quite a spectacle," Lu Ran remarked, standing in the center of the stage and looking around.
Shen Yuege walked out of the monitoring room, holding a walkie-talkie in her hand. Her hair was casually tied back, and she looked tired, but her eyes were bright.
The "Super Girl" project was the first work of her Star Moon Studio. Now that it's about to end, she still looks energetic despite her fatigue.
She was wearing a gray sweatshirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, revealing a slender forearm covered in bits of tape that had somehow gotten on it.
"Of course," she said. "This is the finals. The whole country is watching; we can't afford to embarrass ourselves."
Lu Ran walked over and helped her tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Shen Yuege smiled, leaned on his shoulder, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.
"I'm used to it," she said sullenly. "By the way, you're sitting on the judging panel tomorrow, have you prepared how you're going to judge?"
"I'll judge it however I feel like it," Lu Ran said. "If they sing well, I'll praise them; if they sing poorly, I'll criticize them. I'm not afraid of offending anyone anyway."
"That's true." Shen Yuege smiled, looking up at him. "You're 'President Lu' now, who would dare offend you?"
The two smiled at each other.
Lu Ran suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, the finals are over tomorrow, let's go out for a nice meal. You've been working too hard lately, you need to make up for it."
"Okay." Shen Yuege nodded, her eyes curving into crescents. "I want to eat hot pot."
"Let's have hot pot then. Haidilao? Or that other private restaurant we went to before?"
"Let's go to Haidilao," Shen Yuege thought for a moment. "It'll be lively. And I want to try their shrimp paste."
"Okay, I'll make a reservation in advance."
The two chatted for a few more minutes when Shen Yuege's walkie-talkie rang; it was the lighting crew calling her.
She sighed and patted Lu Ran on the shoulder: "I have to go now, you should go home and get some rest. You have to be a judge tomorrow, don't go on camera with dark circles under your eyes."
"Okay, okay." Lu Ran waved his hand. "Don't stay out too late."
Shen Yuege responded and turned to run back to the monitoring room.
Lu Ran stood there for a while, watching until her figure disappeared behind the door, before turning and leaving.
When I stepped out of the theater, it was already completely dark outside. As always, Shanghai was brightly lit at night, with the office buildings in the distance displaying their densely packed window frames, resembling a giant, luminous chessboard.
Lu Ran took a deep breath of the early winter air and wrapped his coat tighter around himself.
It's almost December, and the weather is getting colder and colder.
That evening, Lu Ran and Shen Yuege returned to their villa.
After taking a shower, Shen Yuege returned to her room and fell asleep in less than five minutes.
Lu Ran sat in front of the computer, and for some reason, he felt somewhat confused tonight, and his left eye kept twitching.
Never mind, I should get some rest.
He turned off his computer, took a shower, changed into his pajamas, and prepared to go to sleep.
I haven't been as busy lately, but my biological clock hasn't adjusted yet, and I can't fall asleep no matter how much I toss and turn in bed.
He picked up his phone and scrolled through TUTU for a while to see what new posts were in the "Three Kingdoms Kill" community.
A user with the ID "Sichuan University Three Kingdoms Fan" posted a long article analyzing Zhuge Liang's tactics within the spy network. The article was very well-written and had already garnered over a thousand comments. Lu Ran read it with great interest and couldn't help but give it a thumbs up.
After brushing my eyes for a while, my eyelids started to droop.
He glanced at the time—12:07 a.m.
Time to sleep.
He put down his phone, turned off the desk lamp, turned over, and closed his eyes.
In his dazed state, he sensed that something was wrong.
My head is spinning, like I've drunk half a jin of baijiu (Chinese liquor), or like I've been on a roller coaster for too long.
He thought it was due to too much stress recently, so he rubbed his temples and tried to change his position to continue sleeping.
But the dizziness didn't disappear; instead, it became increasingly intense.
He even felt his body swaying slightly, as if he were standing on a small boat sailing in the wind and waves.
wrong.
Lu Ran suddenly opened his eyes.
The chandelier overhead was swaying.
It wasn't the slight swaying of a breeze, but a real, visible sway. The tassels on the lampshade clinked against each other, making a soft, tinkling sound that was especially clear in the quiet night.
earthquake!
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