I Am A Prodigy

The next day, Ye Lingchen headed straight to Hengdian Studios after his morning exercise with Little Green and Little Gray.

Ever since Y Cosmetics went viral, Zhang Yunxi[1] became swamped with work. She would leave with Miyako early in the morning and return late at night. However, under Ye Lingchen’s insistence, they finally changed the operating hours of the cosmetic store to open from 8:30am to 7:30pm. Otherwise, Zhang Yunxi would continue to man the store early in the morning.

There was no other way. If he did not set the operating hours, Zhang Yunxi would not be able to rest, as there would still be a large number of customers coming in for makeup at night.

Hengdian Studios, on the other hand, was the place where Xiao Feifei gathered the filming crew.

iPartment’s script and main casts were set. Next up was to start filming, and Ye Lingchen naturally had to be present to mobilize the crew.

Arriving at Hengdian Studios, both Xiao Feifei and Li Tai were present and were familiarizing the script with everyone. Once they saw Ye Lingchen, they immediately came forward to greet him.

“Young Master Ye, you’re here,” Li Tai greeted with a smile.

Ye Lingchen nodded. “Are there any issues with the script?”

“None at all! All these years as a director, this is the best script I’ve seen. To put it in our internet slang, if this TV series fails to become a hit, I’ll livestream eating poop!” Li Tai laughed out loud and was seemingly in a good mood.

At the same time, he grew more and more respectful of Ye Lingchen. Not only was he the boss, he was also extremely talented. Each of his scripts was amazingly written. He must get on his good side.

Ye Lingchen lifted his head slightly and noticed that Hu Yifei, Lin Wanyu, and the rest were looking at him. However, they were quite restrained and waved at Ye Lingchen with an awkward smile.

On their first meeting, they made their boss treat them to a meal. Whenever they thought of that, their face would turn scarlet. They were really too brazen.

Ye Lingchen laughed. “Relax, there’s no need to be tense.”

Right then, Li Jing and Muhammad Ali came over at the same time and greeted him respectfully, “Master!”

Ye Lingchen checked them out, noticing that they had improved significantly and gave a slight nod.

“Master, the Kungfu you taught us is really amazing. My physique improved significantly!” Li Jing exclaimed excitedly.

“Master, my strength is also much stronger,” Muhammad Ali chimed in as well and continued, “When will you let us take part in an action film? I think I can make it more impressive than before!”

Ali and Li Jing were guest stars that played some minor characters in iPartment. They were not somewhat unsatisfied.

“Relax, there’ll be opportunities,” Ye Lingchen assured them. He was planning to let Li Jing and Ali continue filming major action movies.

“Lingchen, this is our audition location. There are still some minor character selections pending. Have a look.” Xiao Feifei passed him a stack of materials that she had arranged.

“Sister Feifei, just act as you see fit. I believe in your decision.”

Xiao Feifei rolled her eyes at Ye Lingchen. “Tsk, cut that flattery. You’re just too lazy to go through them.”

After that, Ye Lingchen stayed on set and advised on some of the key points in filming. He then treated everyone to a luxurious lunch before heading home.

“Ahhh, Young Master Ye is so cool. He’s actually letting us take the role of the main characters! Is he trying to seduce me? What should I do?” Meijia said as she stared at the back of Ye Lingchen’s figure.

“Hehe, keep your sluttiness to yourself. In that brain of yours, you probably already planned what postures you would want to use when being seduced,” Lu Xiaobu scoffed as he shot a disdainful look at Meijia.

“But Young Master Ye is really handsome, young, and rich, not to mention talented. He’s really a real-life Prince Charming,” Lin Wanyu chimed in flirtatiously as well. “Furthermore, he seems to know martial arts. Sister Yifei, I remember your criteria for a partner was to have someone that could subdue you mentally and physically. Young Master Ye seems to fit the bill.”

…

The weekend passed by quickly.

Back in his class, it was as Ye Lingchen expected. The topic of discussion of the boys revolved around the match between Y-God and the Sun Nation.

Y-God saved the day by himself, expertly controlling five heroes at the same time. The scene could only be described as magnificent. Such level of play was unrivaled!

Even those professional gamers were of no match. Thanks to that match, China’s DOTA was no longer being looked down on. Instead, quite a number of foreign professional gamers expressed their respect for Y-God.

That was something the Chinese gaming community was proud of. Those gamer guys’ faces were flushed with excitement and the topic turned into a talking point over dinner as they continually expressed their awe.

After brewing, Ye Lingchen’s popularity points once again rose explosively by almost 40,000, reaching a total of over 120,000. It was sufficient for him to upgrade his skill once more.

However, after some thought, Ye Lingchen decided to save up his popularity points as he was in no hurry. He left it aside, waiting for the next time he felt like it again.

While everyone was busy in their discussion, the professor entered the classroom and the class began.

Nonetheless, the professor did not start off the class as usual. Instead, he put on a PowerPoint presentation. Facing the students, he said in a serious tone, “Knowledge can change one’s fate. At the same time, it is our country’s foundation! We live in the technological era where the country’s strength is decided by the level of our technology! Recently, there’s a piece of trending news, although I’m not sure if you guys are following it.”

All the students exchanged glances with a thoughtful look in their eyes. Right then, one of the students stood up and asked, “Sir, are you talking about the autonomous vehicle?”

The professor nodded in acknowledgment, “That’s right!”

Following that, he started the presentation, showing them the latest news. “Although we’re in the language department and are unrelated to technology, we should be proud when we see our country advance! Right now, only China holds the technology for autonomous vehicles! This shows that our country is really getting stronger!”

Ye Lingchen shifted his focus on the presentation. He noticed that the location in the news report was at Wanrong Automobile Group’s headquarters. In the picture, he could even see Ouyang Qing’s image. The content of the news was no doubt praising the technology for autonomous vehicles, claiming that this technology will soon be on display to the public, and the first autonomous vehicle would be produced within half a month!

“Wow, it’s really the autonomous vehicle. That’s awesome!”

“Make money. I must make a lot of money! I won’t have to drive myself in the future. Oh yeah!”

“Buy an autonomous vehicle and set it to circle the city, and just enjoy being driven around every day!”

“Amazing! Wanrong Automobile Group is truly amazing! Our country is great!”

…

Very quickly, the students started their own discussions, each of them excited and filled with awe.

The professor was pleased with the students’ reaction, and announced, “Knowledge is power! That is why I hope you can study well. Produce results and benefit the country and the people!”

Ye Lingchen on the other hand, frowned. He told Xu Nan to pass the note to Ouyang Qing. Logically speaking, if Ouyang Qing read it, she would have noticed the technical flaws of the autonomous vehicle and spent more time to improve it rather than organizing a press conference in a hurry.

Could it be that Ouyang Qing had not read the note he left behind?

After that, he shook his head. ‘So be it. I’ve given her a chance. If she didn’t take it, then she can’t blame me for it.”

The professor gave the class some motivational quotes before starting the lecture. It worked wonders and greatly improved the student’s initiative in learning. The morning’s classes came to an end peacefully.

The following week was also very peaceful. Classes in the morning, running some livestream, writing his novel, and occasionally going through the filming progress on iPartment. A productive and relaxed week.

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[1] In raw, the author named 许婉清 (Xu Wanqing) here. However, we believe it was meant to be Zhang Yunxi. Do you think this indicates the author’s intention to add more love interest to Ye Lingchen’s already harem-like relationship with other characters?