Chapter 452: Farewell Dinner
"Extra! Xiaolingtong achieves a shocking counterattack!"
“Single-month sales record-breaking, it turns out that mobile phones can be used like this.”
“Qian Qian Jing Ting shows its power, and customized services are very creative.
“《Bang! Bang! Bang! The youngest billionaire earns tens of millions a month with just one trick.》”
The beginning of the month is the time when companies announce their performance for the previous month, which is a time when everyone likes to show off.
Of course, this only applies to those who have achievements to show off.
For many companies that make little money or even operate at a loss, this is pure torture.
In the first half of last month, there was generally no big news and the domestic industry was peaceful.
But in the second half of the month, the situation took a 180-degree turn. Xiaolingtong and Qianqian Jingting exploded collectively. The cooperation between the two directly detonated the market, and the speed of making money was unparalleled, which made people's eyes bleed.
You know, the ringback tone business itself actually has no operating costs, but the continuous cash flow it brings is extremely rich. It can be called a cash cow and is definitely the business model that any investor hopes for the most.
For a moment, the three words "Lu Yiming" once again blinded many people's eyes, causing more exclamations and attention. Some people even planned to keep a close eye on his every move and regard him as the code to wealth.
This is how the world is. Those who get the cake applaud and sing, while those who are slow to act rush to do so. Everyone is chasing fame and fortune, or working hard for a living.
As for all these disturbances, Lu Yiming doesn't care about them at the moment.
At this moment, he had just taken a comfortable shower and was preparing to attend the farewell dinner for Class 7.
The farewell dinner was held in an unnamed restaurant near the school.
Although it has no name and looks shabby from the outside, the food here tastes good, the portions are large, and the prices are affordable, making it a perfect choice for students to dine together.
At the entrance of the restaurant, Li Quanwang dressed up nicely today. When he saw Lu Yiming coming, he turned around in front of him with a proud look on his face and asked, "How is it? Am I handsome today?"
Lu Yiming looked at her carefully and nodded heavily: "Yeah, very compelling."
"Hey, you man."
Li Quanwang was about to complain when a voice came from the side: "Hi, Lu Yiming."
Lu Yiming and Li Quanwang turned around together and found Zheng Fengting walking towards them.
Zheng Fengting was wearing an apricot-colored long dress today, which just revealed her knees and her snow-white and slender calves.
Although she was slightly inferior to Shi Qingxue and Wu Qiuya in her class in terms of appearance and figure, her demeanor as a rich lady made her still very charming.
Lu Yiming smiled slightly and greeted her: "Hi."
Because of Zheng Youyuan's incident, the relationship between the two is now much closer.
In addition, Lu Yiming is now working closely with the Zheng family. Zheng Youyuan always wants Lu Yiming to go to his house for dinner, and he takes Zheng Fengting to Mingyuan Technology to play whenever he wants, so the two have a lot of private contact.
Lu Yiming saw through Zheng Youyuan's little thoughts but did not expose them. However, he had no intention of becoming the son-in-law of the Zheng family.
Zheng Fengting found that only Li Quanwang was with Lu Yiming. She immediately felt strange. She looked around and asked, "Hey, where's Shi Qingxue? Aren't you always with Shi Qingxue?"
Lu Yiming said helplessly: "A relative of hers just passed away, and she went to attend the funeral and couldn't make it back."
Hearing that Shi Qingxue couldn't come to the farewell dinner, Zheng Fengting immediately showed a somewhat regretful expression: "Ah, that's really a pity. Let's go, how about we go in first? It seems that quite a few people have already come."
The three of them entered the hotel. Many classmates came over to greet Lu Yiming when they saw him. Even Li Zhengkai, who had always been at odds with him, did not intend to compete with him today. Instead, he said with emotion before leaving: "Although I always felt that you were an eyesore, I feel a little sorry when I think that I won't be able to see you after I go to college."
Lu Yiming joked, "Why? Have you changed your ways?"
Li Zhengkai snorted in response, glared at Lu Yiming, and said unhappily, "Come on, even if another ten years pass, I will still dislike you."
But before Lu Yiming could respond, he immediately revealed a somewhat disappointed expression: "I just feel that after three years of being classmates, I don't know when we will meet again."
"Very good. I hope I can see you so energetic at future class reunions."
After Lu Yiming finished speaking, he shook hands with Li Zhengkai.
"Take care, old classmate."
"The same to you."
Li Zhengkai also shook Lu Yiming's hand. He was still not convinced and felt that he was worse than Lu Yiming. But putting aside the facts, he had to admire the good situation that Lu Yiming had created.
"Teacher Zhu is here."
"Hey, Sister Shuizhen is here too."
"Comrade Xiao Jinsong!"
Just at this moment, several teachers came in and the students cheered.
Sister Shuizhen’s name is Deng Shuizhen. She is a history teacher. Her lectures are humorous and she is very popular among everyone.
Xiao Jinsong is a Chinese teacher. He usually gets along well with students and everyone calls him by his first name.
Lu Yiming greeted everyone and said, "I think most people have arrived, let's sit down and eat."
Zhu Hanwen asked, "Where is Shi Qingxue? Why didn't Shi Qingxue come?"
Lu Yiming explained, and Zhu Hanwen sighed and said, "My condolences."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "We are all gathered together today, so let's not talk about those things. Putting aside the taboos, today we are not getting along as students and teachers, but as friends. Friends can talk to each other from the heart, even if it's just drinking together."
"Well said!"
Xiao Jinsong raised his glass first and said to Lu Yiming, "Just for what you said, I want to toast you first."
Lu Yiming immediately got angry and said, "Old Xiao, this is wrong. Let me toast you."
"Hey, you two, after he toasts you, can't you just toast back?"
"Come on, come on, stop talking nonsense and drink!"
Seeing Xiao Jinsong and Lu Yiming drinking a glass together, warm applause broke out in the box.
"Ah, good wine. I haven't had this much drink in a long time." Xiao Jinsong smacked his lips, his face flushed, and it was obvious that the alcohol bug in his stomach had been aroused.
"Then let me toast you another glass."
"Sister Shuizhen, let's have a drink together."
"Teacher Zhu, thank you for your teachings over the past three years. You have worked hard, and I would like to offer you a toast."
With Lu Yiming and Xiao Jinsong as the example, the others relaxed and started looking for people to drink with. Some people who usually kept others at a distance took the initiative to look for classmates today. Some people who had previously kept their distance from a beautiful girl like Zheng Fengting also mustered up the courage to take the initiative to talk to her today. Some of them pretended to be drunk and took the opportunity to order their secret crush to help pour tea...
Zhu Hanwen, the class teacher who never drinks, drank so much today that his face was flushed and there seemed to be tears glistening in the corners of his eyes.
"cheers!"
Everyone cherishes the brief reunion before departure, and even if there have been conflicts and contradictions in the past, they will let go at this moment.
After all, maybe this is the last time we meet in this life.
Lv Yiping and Xiao Qinghe raised their glasses and ran to Lu Yiming to toast. Lv Yiping complained, "You guys, you really became a different person in your senior year of high school. You don't play football anymore, and you don't play video games anymore. If Li Quanwang hadn't said it so confidently, we would have thought you were possessed by a ghost."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Can't you be more open-minded? Maybe it's my future self who has taken over my past self?"
Xiao Qinghe said disdainfully: "It's easier to understand than being possessed by a ghost."
Lu Yiping sighed and asked with some sadness: "Lu Yiming, can I still play football with you in the future?"
Xiao Qinghe also echoed, "Yes, without your charming figure on the green field, it does feel like something is missing."
Lu Yiming readily agreed: "Call me anytime you want to play football. As long as I'm free, we can still play football with three of us."
He enjoyed playing football very much, especially Xiao Qinghe and Lu Yiping, who did not flatter or scheme against him, but only had the purest friendship. He might never meet such lovely people again, so he cherished them especially.
The song has an end, the fate has an end, but all good things must come to an end.
After eating and drinking, even though many people were reluctant to leave, the time of parting still arrived.
Some girls hugged each other and cried loudly, and even many of the boys who pretended to be strong had red eyes.
Perhaps many years later, the memory will fade and I will no longer be able to recall this scene today.
But at least at this moment, everyone's mood is real.
Seeing that it was late at night, Zhu Hanwen began to arrange for the class leaders to send the students home in groups according to how far they lived. After all, the southeastern coastal area was not very peaceful during this period.
There are car robberies in broad daylight, let alone in the middle of the night.
Zhao Tiezhu naturally came in handy at this time, and Lu Yiming even called a few other people to drive these students home.
Lu Yiming was also planning to go with Li Quanwang, but Wu Qiuya suddenly came over, her face flushed and her voice a little hoarse: "Lu Yiming, can you walk with me to the door?"
Li Quanwang blinked, then patted Lu Yiming on the shoulder and said, "I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
At the critical moment, he decisively chose to sell out his teammates.
Lu Yiming hesitated for a moment, and seeing many classmates looking in this direction, he nodded: "Okay, I'll take you home."
Wu Qiuya smoothed her hair and walked quietly beside Lu Yiming.
She had her hair tied in a ponytail today and had a serene look on her face. She wore a printed short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, a color-blocked ultra-short pleated skirt on the lower body, black over-the-knee socks, and round-toed leather shoes. She had the pure and gentle style of a literary girl.
In his previous life, Lu Yiming was fascinated by this dress.
Who can resist a pure ponytail?
Leaving the hotel and walking on the roadside, the lights were orange and vehicles passed by from time to time.
Lu Yiming didn't speak, and Wu Qiuya didn't speak either. The atmosphere suddenly fell into a strange silence.
The reason why Lu Yiming didn't speak was because he felt there was nothing to say.
For him, the things that happened before his rebirth were like drinking moldy Meng Po soup, the effect was greatly reduced, but after all, it was before his rebirth. Many people's temperaments would change drastically after a serious illness, not to mention that Lu Yiming had lived a new life?
Wu Qiuya thought about everything that had happened in the past few years, and thought about the huge difference between Lu Yiming last year and Lu Yiming now. She didn't know how to start the conversation appropriately.
But it is impossible not to speak.
Wu Qiuya mustered up the courage to ask, "Lu Yiming, have you ever liked me?"
Lu Yiming sighed and said, "Yes."
Although that was a thing of the past life, there is nothing wrong with admitting it. Humans are visual animals, and it is purely biological instinct to like good-looking members of the opposite sex.
Falling in love over time is just something that dogs make up to comfort themselves. If someone doesn't like someone at first sight, what are the chances of them wanting to see him/her a second time?
After receiving Lu Yiming's affirmative answer, Wu Qiuya couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart, but after the little joy, she felt even more disappointed, just like the loss that originally this thing should have belonged to you, but in the end it didn't fall into your hands. Instead of this, it would be better to know clearly from the beginning that you can't get it, then it's not a big deal.
For some unknown reason, Wu Qiuya asked, "What about now?"
Lu Yiming said calmly, "People are coming and going on the platform. I have already reached the terminal."
Wu Qiuya actually knew the answer, but when she heard Lu Yiming say it himself, she felt different. She felt like a child who had lost her favorite toy.
Wu Qiuya's eyes fell on Lu Yiming's profile. She couldn't help but regret her original choice. She couldn't help but ask like a hypochondriac: "If I hadn't refused at the beginning, would things be different now?"
Lu Yiming sighed, shook his head slightly, and said, "Of course it's different."
Wu Qiuya's eyes suddenly lit up.
However, before she could say anything, Lu Yiming continued, "You will definitely refuse."
Wu Qiuya curled her lips and asked, "Why?"
Lu Yiming took a deep breath, raised his head slightly to look at the sky, and said, "You only like me now because I am successful and famous, so there is no if, because you would have rejected me without even thinking about it. I am not looking at me as a person, but the added value that I carry. I didn't have those things in me at the beginning, so your assumption is fundamentally invalid."
"But Shi Qingxue is different. She likes me, the stupid and useless me. You like me because I am successful, but she likes me because I happen to be successful. These two are different."
After living his life over again, Lu Yiming could certainly tell who was a priceless treasure that must be cherished and who was an unnecessary embellishment.
Finally getting the most hopeless answer from Lu Yiming's mouth, Wu Qiuya's eyes turned red and tears flowed down her cheeks.
Although Lu Yiming's words were roundabout, every word in these roundabout words was a rejection of her. She knew that no matter how hard she tried, no matter what she did, the poor student who she once disdained was now at the top and no longer bothered to look down at her.
Only when you lose something, you will know how precious it is.
At this moment, her heart felt as if it was cut by a knife, and the pain went deep into her bones.
There was no conversation along the way after that, and Lu Yiming sent Wu Qiuya to the downstairs of her house.
"I'm leaving now."
"etc."
Wu Qiuya stopped Lu Yiming who was about to turn around and leave, and asked: "Do you really hate me now? Do you think I despise the poor and love the rich?"
Lu Yiming said sincerely, "Why should I hate you? Today our high school career ends completely. Let the past be the past. I never look back. At this age, isn't it normal to be rejected? It's not shameful or bad to despise the poor and love the rich. In fact, all living things have the instinct to admire the strong. Besides, I also like money. It is the most wonderful thing in the world."
Wu Qiuya stared at Lu Yiming's eyes for a long time, as if to confirm whether what Lu Yiming said was true. Then, she smiled, as if she had found a little comfort, and said softly: "I'm glad you don't hate me."
Just as Lu Yiming was about to speak, Wu Qiuya suddenly came over and kissed Lu Yiming's lips hard.
The taste of green apples passed through the gap and touched Lu Yiming's tongue, which felt sweet, with a hint of warmth and softness from the alcohol.
This moment was extremely short, so short that when Lu Yiming looked at Wu Qiuya standing there, he thought he was hallucinating because he had .
Wu Qiuya had a playful expression on her face, as if she had succeeded in a prank. She said excitedly, "This is my first kiss. Although I am a little unwilling to lose to Shi Qingxue, you are right. High school is over, and our youth is over too. So, Lu Yiming , goodbye."
Wu Qiuya smiled sweetly, stretched out her right hand, waved at Lu Yiming, then turned around, clasped her hands behind her back, and turned back into the quiet and elegant literary girl.
But the moment she turned her head, tears flowed out again uncontrollably, and the fate of the two people disappeared together under the hazy moonlight.
Lu Yiming stood there and watched Wu Qiuya disappear into the night.
After a while, Lu Yiming licked his lips, and the taste of green apple filled his mouth again . It was a little sweet and a little sour.
After a while, Lu Yiming muttered: "My first kiss..."
Looking up, I saw an orange light coming through a window in the family building, and a faint figure flashed by.
Just as Wu Qiuya said, even if he never sees her again, he will never forget the girl who once appeared in his life.
This is youth. No matter it is regretful or perfect, no matter it is black tea or green tea, it will eventually become mellow after the precipitation of time.
Don't deceive yourself about many things, as it is meaningless.
Do you think that what you think you think is what you think?
As he turned to leave, Lu Yiming looked up at the orange light again and said softly, "We have all grown up. No matter what, live the rest of your life happily and healthily."
