The afterglow of summer has not yet faded, and soon it is autumn in October. A week before the new Golden Autumn Arts Festival, Mei Fang and her team also faced the preliminary selection exam for NOIP.
The preliminary round of NOIP is in the form of a written test, which focuses on basic computer knowledge and programming skills.
These types of questions were child's play for Mei Fang and Lin Youxi, two coding masters with 10 years of experience. They didn't spend much time on the preliminary test and handed in the papers easily. When they walked out of the examination room, they complained to each other:
"To be honest, weren't we a bit too aggressive in our previous review direction?"
"It doesn't matter. It should be useful in the semi-finals anyway..."
There is a Golden Autumn Art Festival between the preliminary and semi-finals of NOIP. This year is the first year that Xia Yuan and Mei Fang have made their relationship public. At the opening ceremony, Xia Yuan threw a trump card - releasing her latest single "A Little Sweet" on the day of the Golden Autumn Art Festival.
"A Little Sweet" is one of the representative works of Wang Sunong, one of the three giants of Penguin Music in the previous life. Like "No Makeup", it is a duet love song, and it is a sweet song full of love, which just fits the current passionate love of Xia Yuan and Mei Fang. Although Mei Fang did not have much preparation, this was not a difficult task for him at all.
Releasing a single at an art festival is basically revealing Yuanbao's true identity, so instead of having others reveal the information, it would be better for Xia Yuan to upload it himself to gain popularity.
With the help of Wan Chaoxiong and Xiang Bingbing, who have gradually become internal members, the new festival editing video was uploaded to the homepage of the C station platform for promotion. The single was combined with the live performance at the Golden Autumn Art Festival, and Yuanbao and Fangbao appeared at the same time. This was a big news for Yuanbao's fans. The stable C station that Lin Youxi was proud of was once overwhelmed by traffic and crashed, forcing Lin Youxi and Mei Fang to maintain the website overnight.
[This song is so sweet!]
[Is it shameful to like listening to this kind of songs at this age?]
[This song is great, I want to take it back to make a ghost video for Wang Situ! ]
[What kind of pervert is that upstairs?]
[Wang Situ: Pick an apple and give it to his beloved Zhuge]
[Oh my god! They are really students of Jiangcheng Normal University! They are pretty, they sing well, and they are top students. What kind of amazing personality do they have?]
[It’s true, I was there! Yuanbao is a girl from the class next to ours! ]
[She and Fang Bao have known each other since kindergarten! ]
[Oh my god, is this true? Do such a wonderful couple really exist? I'm afraid it's just a setting in a novel! ]
[Liu Cixin: 6]
[Who is the person mentioned above? ]
[Haven’t you read the science fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem”? It’s 2012 now, I won’t allow anyone to not read “The Three-Body Problem”! ]
[Is this what Yuanbao looks like? She's cuter than I thought, so great! ]
[Can you please remove the man next to Yuanbao? He's really an eyesore. ]
[What's wrong with Fang Bao? I think Fang Bao is also very handsome! ]
[That is to say! I think Fang Bao’s collarbone is very sexy. ]
[How can you see the clavicle clearly when shooting from such a distance...]
[You are not allowed to say bad things about our Fang Bao, come and fight me offline! ]
[I declare that Yuanbao is the nation’s first love! ]
[Woo woo, no one cares about our Xibao, woo woo... ]
[I still think Fang Bao is not worthy of our Yuan Bao, unless he is the eldest daughter of Station C! ]
[No way, no way, it's already 2012, are there still people questioning the fact that Yuanbao is the eldest daughter? ]
[I don't accept it. Why is Xibao not here? Hurry up and show Xibao to me! Xibao is the eldest lady! ]
With the huge traffic support of Station C, Xia Yuan's latest single "A Little Sweet" broke the historical record of daily playback volume on Penguin Music on the day of its release, and directly topped the new song chart. Xia Yuan also won the title of "National No. 1 First Love" in one breath.
In fact, Xia Yuan is still the same as before. Except for her physical development, her interpersonal relationships have not changed much from the Xia Yuan who entered the first year of high school.
Although Xia Yuan was originally very cute, but since she had the aura of a popular singer, in the eyes of those students who were not familiar with her, a sad and thick barrier was formed between them, and they even had to be cautious when talking to Xia Yuan.
Xia Yuan actually didn't like being treated differently in this way, but to some extent this helped her to avoid the trouble of being approached, so it was a win-win situation.
At present, Xia Yuan’s single release has achieved very gratifying results, and this result is also entirely within Boss Mei’s plan.
The timing of this release was actually very subtle, and he did not intend to waste Xia Yuan's current popularity, so he took advantage of this wave of popularity to record a thank-you video.
The difference from the last time is that Xia Yuan's outfit this time is very casual and relaxed, and in this thank-you video, he plans to appear with Xia Yuan, with Xia Yuan giving a monologue in the first 2 minutes, with the main focus being on on-the-spot performance.
“Clang clang clang! Hello, everyone at Station C!”
Xia Yuan jumped from outside the camera to inside, then waved vigorously at the camera that was pointed at Xiang Bingbing: "Today is the first time I officially meet you all, this is Yuanbao - do you want to add desu this time? Haha... whatever."
Xia Yuan scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "In short, the newly released single topped the Penguin Music New Songs Chart on the first day. I didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic. Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to write good songs as always and entertain you with better songs!"
"I guess a lot of people know my real identity. There was a lot of controversy after I released my work last time, so I took the initiative to upload a video of the Jiangcheng Normal University Art Festival this time. This is to put an end to some rumors or controversies. Please don't be unhappy about this anymore."
"Regarding my thoughts on debuting... I'm still a high school student, writing songs and singing are just my hobbies. I'm also planning to study hard. It's too early for me to be involved in commercial collaborations, so I usually actively refuse them. I hope everyone won't disturb my private life, as that would bother me. It's best to let the beauty stay on C Station and on the Internet!"
"And then..."
Xia Yuan looked at the prompter Wan Chaoxiong held up, "Two minutes are up? Ah Fang, Ah Fang, come here quickly! It's your turn! Don't be shy, come here quickly—"
Mei Fang was pulled from outside the camera into the camera by Xia Yuan, and the flirting posture of a young couple came to life on the paper.
He coughed a few times shyly, then smiled at the camera and said, "Thank you very much for your continued care for Yuanbao. It was very unexpected for us to top the newcomer list this time."
Mei Fang rubbed his hands a little embarrassedly. "Although we really want to send something to thank our fans, we are students and have no money. After much thought, we decided to send 10,000 copies of our recently completed game to everyone as a thank you gift!"
"Afang, it's too early for you to talk. We haven't even introduced what we do!" Xia Yuan pulled Mei Fang's arm and reminded him.
"Oh... I forgot to introduce myself to you all. In addition to occasionally helping Yuanbao to sing, my main club activity is game development. We have currently established a Ximilu studio in school. Um... Yes, some of you may have heard of it. It's the Ximilu game on Station C. I am the producer of the Ximilu game."
"In fact, we are currently working on a very new game. Foreign countries like to call it an independent game. The games we made before tended to be lightweight and funny. Our new game is about a girl's journey of pursuit. I will share the trailer with you later. Friends who are interested can actively participate in our activities!"
Xia Yuan was swinging Mei Fang's arm, her gesture showing the sweetness of a girlfriend:
“Listen to me, the music of this game was designed by me and my friends. The work has been put on the Steam Greenlight. If you are interested, please check the website at the bottom of the screen for more information about our new work! Um... well, if you have the ability, I hope you will support our new work!”
Less than a minute after Mei Fang posted the video online, many comments kept popping up. However, this video was full of big news after big news, and no one knew where to start being shocked.
[Fang Bao! Surprisingly! He is! The producer of my favorite domestic game studio, Ximilu Studio! ]
[Oh my god, I love "Reign" so much! ]
[No more talking, let’s go watch the promotional video first! ]
[What is STEAM? What is Greenlight? ]
[Such a cute Yuanbao can actually play games! Oh my god, this little girl is so popular with boys! ]
[From today on, I will be Yuanbao's dog forever! ]
[What kind of epic dream linkage is this! ]
(End of this chapter)