After the concert, the staff began to dismantle the stage scenery. Fang Yuan sat in the farthest corner of the audience, folding his arms and quietly watching the cursive art word "Victoria" on the stage background wall being dismantled bit by bit. His face was expressionless, and it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
Director Xu Tian came over and sat down next to him: "Are you really not considering a second season? Our show has received very good responses, and many businesses have expressed their willingness to sponsor a second season."
Fang Yuan chuckled and shook his head, saying calmly: "Didn't you hear them say that it's all over. Victoria will no longer exist after today."
"Then we won't invite them as a group, but as individual guests in the second season." Xu Tian sincerely said, "It's a shame that our show is so popular and we don't have a second season. I believe your company will not waste such a good opportunity. How about reconsidering it?"
"Don't think about it, they won't agree." Fang Yuan said firmly.
"You're so sure without even trying it?" Xu Tian muttered while crossing his arms.
"Do you know why I insisted on doing this group variety show?" Fang Yuan suddenly asked him.
"Didn't Chuanxing fall into crisis and need to save itself, and then Victoria happened to become popular for no apparent reason, so you guys wanted to take advantage of the popularity?" Xu Tian asked back. He and Fang Yuan were drinking buddies, and occasionally when they got drunk, they would complain about their respective jobs.
Fang Yuan smiled and shook his head, saying, "There are plenty of people who want to save Chuan Xing, but the production cycle is long, and it's not certain whether he can be saved, so it's not the best method."
Xu Tian was stunned: "If there is a better way, why do we still need to do the show?"
“That’s what I insisted on doing.”
Fang Yuan gave an answer that surprised Xu Tian a little.
"Why?" Xu Tian asked puzzledly.
"Because it's a pity." Fang Yuan curled his lips, "Victoria didn't even have a decent disbanding ceremony. Do you think the fans are the only ones who feel regretful?"
Xu Tian looked at him silently.
"Victoria was brought up by me, and I know them better than anyone else. They are really no worse than others, really. They just lack an opportunity." Fang Yuan lowered his eyes sadly, and said in a low voice, "When the company decided to disband Victoria, I was really unwilling but powerless. In fact, their lives are much better now than they were then. It was really hard back then, but I can't let it go. I just want them to be able to stand on the stage again and let more people see how good they are. How great it would be."
Xu Tian understood, sighed, and said, "So you insist on doing the group variety show just for this hour and a half today?"
Fang Yuan smiled, patted his shoulder and stood up: "So do you know why I don't want to do the second season?"
"It's meaningless." This was the last sentence Fang Yuan said before he left. His voice was very light and a little melancholy.
Xu Tian sat in his seat, folded his arms, thinking about the conversation just now, and sighed for a long time.
The assistant director came over to ask him, "How was the negotiation with Producer Fang? Did he agree to do a second season?"
"No more." Xu Tian stood up and said calmly, "There will be no second season."
"Why?" The assistant director looked at him in disbelief. "Didn't you always agree to do a second season? How come you failed to persuade him and were turned against him?!"
Xu Tian pulled the corner of his mouth, imitated Fang Yuan's tone, and said calmly: "Because this program has completed its mission, there is no need for it to continue to exist."
"Mission? What mission?" The assistant director was confused.
Xu Tian just smiled faintly and said no more.
As the farewell concert came to an end, the show also officially came to an end. The filming had all ended, and logically, the members no longer needed to return to the dormitory. During the day, the production team had already removed all the cameras installed in the dormitory. However, after the concert, except for Fang Yuan, the other five returned to the dormitory and spent the last night there.
The next morning, Xia Zhi took the first high-speed train back to U of A for class. In order to cooperate with the filming, he had asked the school for a day off, but he still had a lot of work to do and was not allowed to take too long.
The day after Xia Zhi returned to Y City, Jiang Zhixia also went back to C City to continue filming, Sang Luo continued to live his wealthy life, Cheng Yunan continued to take care of his wife and daughter, and Xiao Han also began to turn day and night upside down and stay up late to play games again.
Everyone's life gradually returned to its original track.
However, the experience of returning to the screen for a short period of time inevitably caused Xia Zhi some trouble.
He was already very famous in U. It is said that 70% of the female students in the school are his fans, and 20% are his fans. Since his identity as a former member of an idol boy band was exposed, Xia Zhi has become even more popular in U. Every time he teaches an open class for undergraduates, there are more students who come to audit than the students who attend the class. There are also many students who are from neighboring universities who sneak in to pretend to be students of this university, mainly for the purpose of seeing the real face of Associate Professor Xia.
Later, as more and more students chose to audit the class, many students who had chosen this class could not squeeze in to attend. In order to maintain classroom order, the school added a new rule: from now on, for all open classes of Associate Professor Xia Zhi, auditors need to make an appointment in advance and get a number, and no one will be allowed to enter without a number.
After this regulation came out, before the students expressed their opinions, Xia Zhi himself was speechless for a long time.
Fortunately, Xia Zhi had a strong ability to adapt and a more easy-going personality. After a while, he got used to the fact that more students looked at him than at the blackboard during class. The students stared at his face intently, and he stood on the podium and taught calmly. After the class, he quickly slipped away, not giving the students a chance to block the door.
After a while, the students' excitement seemed to have worn off, and they focused less on him. When students saw him, they no longer looked at him with their eyes shining and fierce, and most of them looked at him calmly. When they occasionally met him on campus, they just waved and said hello with a smile.
Jiang Zhixia was also busy with filming, but compared to Xia Zhi, he was much better. After all, although he was busy, he only had to do one thing, while Xia Zhi had to do several things at the same time.
After a brief reunion, the two returned to a long-distance relationship, and could only rely on their phones to maintain their relationship. However, due to the special nature of Jiang Zhixia's job, she rarely had the opportunity to use her phone during work hours, so the two basically contacted each other at night.
Whenever Jiang Zhixia finished work early, the two would video chat at night. In fact, they could not say much during the video chat, because Xia Zhixia was basically working overtime during that time, but neither of them was willing to hang up.
Therefore, the main purpose of their video calls is companionship. They simply exchange a few words and then continue doing their own things on the video.
Xia Zhi bought a mobile phone stand for the convenience of video. Every time he put his phone on the table, he would focus on his work with the camera pointed at his face. Jiang Zhixia put his phone on the coffee table and switched the big screen to Xia Zhi. When Xia Zhi was working, he would quietly read the script. When he got tired of reading the script, he would look at the screen to relax his eyes. Most of the time, the video was very quiet, no one was talking, only the rustling sound of turning pages and the crisp sound of keyboards. It was the most harmonious and happy duet between lovers.
Because they video chat every night, the long-distance relationship did not affect their relationship at all. The only thing that was affected was Xia Zhi's phone. After all, video calls for more than five hours a day were a big burden on the phone.
At the end of October, the mobile phone that had worked so hard for two months for their love finally died heroically. Xia Zhi's new mobile phone, which he bought online, was delivered to him in early November. It was a weekend, and Sheng Yingying came to visit her brother during the school holiday.
As soon as Sheng Yingying entered the room, she saw her brother fiddling with his new phone, so she asked casually, "Huh? Did you buy a new phone? Didn't you just change your phone last year? Why did you change it so soon?"
Xia Zhiyan said succinctly: "It's broken."
Sheng Yingying didn't doubt him and took her brother's new phone to test the feel: "Not bad, this color also suits your temperament."
Xia Zhi felt that installing new software was too troublesome, so he simply handed the task over to his sister and sat back in front of the computer to do his work.
This was not the first time Sheng Yingying had done this. She opened the software store and began to search for software. After the software was downloaded, she helped him log into his account, which took another hour.
Xia Zhi had just finished his work and came out of the study to get some water.
Sheng Yingying handed him the phone: "It's almost time for lunch, let's go out for lunch and take me home."
Xia Zhi took the phone and checked it. He found that all the necessary software were available, so he put it in his pocket and asked casually, "Are you not staying at my place today?"
"No." Sheng Yingying shook her head firmly, but her expression seemed a little aggrieved.
Xia Zhi asked with amusement: "What's that expression on your face? If you want to stay, just stay. No one is stopping you from staying."
"No!" Sheng Yingying said firmly, "I won't live with you anymore!"
Xia Zhi frowned: "Why? Don't you want your princess room anymore?"
"No more." Sheng Yingying gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. Her heart was bleeding but she was still determined. "Tear it down! Turn it into a baby room!"
"…" Xia Zhi reached out and touched his sister's forehead, "You don't have a fever, do you? Why are you talking nonsense?"
"I'm serious." Sheng Yingying puffed her cheeks. "I've heard from mom that you're getting married to sister-in-law soon, and this will be your wedding room from now on. It's not appropriate for me to live here anymore. I don't want to be a vicious sister-in-law who sows discord between my brother and sister-in-law!"
Xia Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he tapped his sister's forehead: "What a mess. When did I say I was going to get married?"
"You're not planning to get married?" Sheng Yingying's eyes widened. "Does sister-in-law know about this? Are you two anti-marriage advocates?"
"I mean, let's not think about getting married for now." Xia Zhi glared at his sister helplessly, "Come and live here if you want. The princess room will always be reserved for you."
"My sister-in-law will mind." Sheng Yingying murmured softly, "Besides, you will have children in the future, so the baby room must be prepared."
"He won't mind." Xia Zhi touched her sister's forehead and said, "As for the baby room, we don't need it because we don't plan to have children."
"Don't want children?!" Sheng Yingying was a little surprised, "Why didn't I know you were a DINK before?"
"We're not DINKs, but it's impossible for us to have children." Xia Zhi's explanation was ambiguous and could easily lead people to misunderstand the situation.
And Sheng Yingying lived up to everyone's expectations and was successfully abducted.
"You, are infertile?" Sheng Yingying asked cautiously, "Do your parents know?"
"… "
(End of this chapter)