I found a cell phone from ten years ago.

Chapter 123, "The Dinner Party," has surpassed 100 million views.

At 6 p.m., Li Xu and Luo Jiahui arrived at the school cafeteria on time.

Upon reaching the stir-fry section on the third floor, we found that He Weichen, Li Guanfu, and Xu Haoyang had already arrived.

Li Guanfu was sitting next to his girlfriend, Peng Shan. She was petite, less than 160 cm tall, not particularly pretty, and had dark skin. She was more of a cute type.

Her looks are at most a 5.5 out of 10, far inferior to Fu Linlin and Jiang Jingni, whom Li Guanfu previously pursued.

It can only be said that in universities, especially elite colleges where there are more girls than boys, it is relatively easy for boys to find girlfriends as long as they are not too bad in height and appearance and are not too picky.

Next to He Weichen sat a girl who was on the plump side, a bit chubby, and quite pretty, I'd give her a 6 out of 10. She looked rather well-behaved and quiet.

This must be the friend He Weichen mentioned.

"Brother Xu, you're here!" Upon seeing Li Xu and Luo Jiahui arrive, Xu Haoyang, Li Guanfu, He Weichen, and the others all stood up.

"This is Han Na, from the School of Information Science, a friend of mine," He Weichen said, glancing at the girl beside him as he introduced her to Li Xu and Luo Jiahui.

The girl named Han Na was a little shy. She nodded slightly, which was considered as a greeting to Li Xu and Luo Jiahui.

The "information college" that He Weichen mentioned refers to Jiangning Information Vocational and Technical College, a junior college located in Xianlin University Town.

However, it is quite far from the Elite Academy, about six or seven kilometers away.

I don't know how He Weichen met that girl named Han Na, but I can only say that this guy has a really wide social circle.

"Where are Shen Qiang and Jiazi?" Li Xu looked around and realized that Shen Qiang and Zhao Jiazi were missing.

“Shen Qiang went to pick up his girlfriend and hasn’t arrived yet. Jiazi said she had something to do and will be there later,” He Weichen explained.

"Why don't we go to a private room first?" Li Guanfu suggested.

“Yes, let’s go to the private room first. When Shen Qiang and Jiazi arrive, we can have them find us there,” He Weichen said.

The third-floor hall has four-seat dining tables, with a maximum of four people per table. If there are more people, they can only sit separately or go to a private room in the back.

Just as Li Xu and his group were about to ask a waiter to take them to a private room, a group of girls came up from downstairs.

It consists of six girls from dormitory 308: Guan Jiayu, Sun Wenjing, Jiang Jingni, Lu Fang, Wen Shiyan, and Su Youyou, as well as the Youth League branch secretary, Fu Linlin.

"Jiayu, Linlin, come and have dinner with us too." He Weichen greeted Guan Jiayu and Fu Linlin with a smile.

“Since we’re on holiday and going home, we’re getting together for a meal,” Guan Jiayu said, nodding to He Weichen, but her gaze involuntarily fell on Li Xu and Luo Jiahui.

Not only her, but Sun Wenjing, Jiang Jingni, and Su Youyou also focused their attention on Li Xu and Luo Jiahui.

"Great talent, I heard you even started a company?" Fu Linlin said to Li Xu with a beaming smile.

Upon hearing this, not only He Weichen and Li Guanfu were surprised, but even Guan Jiayu and Sun Wenjing looked astonished, clearly having never heard Fu Linlin mention it before.

Li Xu was also quite surprised. Apart from Luo Jiahui, he had only told Li Yajie about starting his company.

Fu Linlin likely learned about this from Li Yajie.

Xu Haoyang had already spread the news that he had opened a shell company (Quying Entertainment) and signed Liu Xin, and He Weichen and Guan Jiayu had already heard about it.

"You started your own company?" He Weichen asked Li Xu with a surprised look.

"It's just a small mobile game company with only three or four people," Li Xu said casually.

"That's quite remarkable. We're still in school, and you've already started a company," Jiang Jingni said, both surprised and impressed.

Then, she jokingly laughed and said, "If we can't find jobs after graduation, we might have to rely on you to take us in and work for us."

“Sure, I happen to be short a secretary. Who among you would like to come?” Li Xu replied with a smile, speaking in a joking tone.

However, while he said "you all," his eyes were fixed on Guan Jiayu.

Guan Jiayu gave Li Xu a reproachful look, then turned to Sun Wenjing and said, "Why don't you let Wenjing be your secretary? She has a good personality and is patient, so she's perfect for you."

Sun Wenjing blushed slightly upon hearing this, glanced at Li Xu, but remained silent.

Seeing this, Luo Jiahui felt a little unhappy and couldn't help but purse her lips.

"Student Affairs Committee, when are you leaving?" Li Xu stopped joking and asked Guan Jiayu instead.

"I booked a ticket for the day after tomorrow."

After Guan Jiayu finished speaking, she glanced at Sun Wenjing again and said to Li Xu meaningfully, "Wenjing is leaving tomorrow morning."

Sun Wenjing is from Xushi, and it only takes her a little over four hours to get home by train.

"What, you want to drive Jiayu home?" Lu Fang interjected with a smile.

Li Xu glanced at her, smiled, and didn't reply.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Guan Jiayu said to Li Xu and He Weichen, "Then we'll head over first."

After saying that, she walked with Sun Wenjing and Fu Linlin into the private room inside.

After entering the private room, Jiang Jingni's gaze fell on Guan Jiayu, and she said meaningfully, "Jiayu, I feel like Li Xu seems to have a special feeling for you!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wenjing, Fu Linlin, and Su Youyou all turned their gazes toward Guan Jiayu.

They all noticed that Li Xu treated Guan Jiayu differently, almost as if he were "looking at her differently".

“I told you so. If you had been more proactive, you would definitely have had a chance,” Lu Fang said, with an expression that said, “I knew it all along.”

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. There's no way we can be together," Guan Jiayu said, glancing at Lu Fang with annoyance.

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After Guan Jiayu and her group of girls went to the private room, Li Guanfu also went to find a waiter to arrange a private room for them.

At this moment, Shen Qiang and a tall, beautiful girl walked up from downstairs.

The girl was over 170cm tall, a little over half a head taller than Shen Qiang. She had a great figure, with a slim waist and long legs, and had a model-like presence.

With her wheat-colored skin, waist-length hair, and slightly full lips, she exudes a sexy yet somewhat arrogant aura.

"Brother Xu!" Shen Qiang greeted Li Xu, He Weichen and the others with a big smile, then glanced at the girl next to him and introduced her with a rather proud look: "This is my girlfriend, Dai Yuting, from the Tourism College."

Jiangning Tourism Vocational College is located in Jiangning University Town, which is 20 to 30 kilometers away from Xianlin University Town.

Li Xu, He Weichen, and Xu Haoyang looked at Dai Yuting and were all quite surprised. They never expected that Shen Qiang could find such a beautiful girlfriend.

Although this girl can't compare to Luo Jiahui, her looks are still a 7 out of 10, except that her skin tone is a bit dark.

The two stood together, and from their height to their demeanor, they looked extremely mismatched.

Dai Yuting is so beautiful and has such a great figure, what exactly does she see in Shen Qiang?

"Hello!" Dai Yuting greeted Li Xu and the others with a graceful smile, and took the initiative to shake hands with He Weichen, Xu Haoyang and Li Xu one by one. When it was Li Xu's turn, Dai Yuting held his hand and said with a warm smile, "Li Xu, right? I've seen your interview, the famous talented man."

Upon hearing this, Li Xu simply smiled faintly and then withdrew his hand.

After Li Guanfu found a waitress, Li Xu and his group were led to a spacious private room that could accommodate more than a dozen people.

After everyone took their seats, He Weichen looked at Li Xu and said with a smile, "You write novels, make videos, and now you even run a company. Your business is getting bigger and bigger. Who knows, maybe one of our dorm members will become a billionaire someday."

“I also think that Brother Xu will definitely be amazing in the future,” Li Guanfu chimed in.

"Company? What company?" Dai Yuting asked with a curious smile, her gaze involuntarily falling on Li Xu.

"Brother Xu, you started a company?" Shen Qiang asked in surprise.

"Brother Xu has started another mobile game company." Before Li Xu could speak, Xu Haoyang said first, with a proud expression on his face.

After chatting for a while, seeing that Zhao Jiazi hadn't arrived yet, He Weichen took out his phone and said, "Why hasn't Jiazi come yet? I'll call him and ask what's going on."

As he spoke, he dialed the phone.

"What did Jiazi say?" Li Guanfu asked after He Weichen hung up the phone.

"He said he'd be there soon, and he brought two friends with him. He told us to order first," He Weichen said.

"Friends? Who? Boys or girls?" Xu Haoyang asked curiously.

"He didn't say, maybe one of them is Liang Hui, but I don't know about the other one," He Weichen guessed.

After waiting another six or seven minutes, the door to the private room was pushed open from the outside, and Zhao Jiazi walked in, followed by Liang Hui and Zhang Yujie.

"Did our arrival disturb you?" Liang Hui said with a smile, her face radiating an indescribable joy.

"No need to disturb you, you two beautiful ladies. We are more than happy to welcome you." He Weichen, Li Guanfu, and Xu Haoyang all stood up to express their welcome.

Li Xu also stood up, and seeing him get up, Luo Jiahui also reluctantly stood up.

"And who is this beautiful lady?" He Weichen asked, glancing at Zhang Yujie standing next to Liang Hui.

Neither he, Li Guanfu, nor Xu Haoyang had ever met Zhang Yujie.

"This is one of my senior classmates, Zhang Yujie," Liang Hui introduced with a smile.

She's been in an exceptionally good mood these past few days.

"The Deadly Move You Left Behind" garnered over 10 million views in less than a day after being uploaded, and within three or four days, it had already received over 70 million views on Youku.

It's estimated that it will reach 100 million views in less than a week, becoming one of the few original videos on Youku to have over 100 million views.

The video's viral success also propelled the background music, "Chasing the Light," to the top of the charts on major music platforms such as Kugou Music, Qianqian Music, and Kuwo Music.

The singer Liang Hui also became famous overnight.

Although her songs are popular but she herself isn't, and not many people pay attention to her as a singer, she is still a representative online singer.

For a freshman music student, this is an absolutely remarkable achievement.

Many of her classmates in the same major, and even upperclassmen, felt envious.

In contrast to "Chasing the Light," Li Xu's song "The Ordinary Road" has been uploaded to various music platforms for over a week, but it hasn't received much attention.

This illustrates the saying that even the best wine needs advertising; a good song will struggle to become popular if it lacks promotion.

After everyone was seated again, Li Guanfu called the waiter over and began ordering.

He Weichen first had Luo Jiahui, Peng Shan, Han Na, Dai Yuting and the other girls each order two dishes they liked. Then, he and Li Xu, Li Guanfu and the others each ordered one or two dishes.

We ordered about twenty dishes in total, along with a case of beer and two large bottles of soft drinks.

When the dishes were served, they filled a whole table.

At the dinner table, everyone was toasting, chatting, and laughing, creating a very lively atmosphere in the private room.

Liang Hui picked up her wine glass and clinked it with Zhang Yujie and Li Xu.

After putting down her wine glass, she asked Li Xu, "When are you going to film a new video?"

After "The Light Chaser" became a hit, she quickly uploaded "Fairy Tale Town" to the internet as well.

However, without the strong boost from the video, "Once Upon a Time" was far less popular than "The Light Chaser," and it didn't even qualify as a minor hit.

Upon hearing Liang Hui's question, Zhang Yujie also turned her expectant gaze to Li Xu.

She truly witnessed Li Xu's talent; not only was he a good songwriter, but he was also very skilled at promotion.

Even with its high quality, "The Light Chaser" wouldn't have become so popular so quickly without the video generating buzz.

"No rush, let's talk about it later," Li Xu said to Liang Hui with a smile.

We'll have to wait another week or two before we talk about shooting a new video. The buzz surrounding "The Deadly Shot You Left Behind" hasn't fully taken hold yet, and more importantly, the advertising deal hasn't been finalized.

After the video "The Deadly Move You Left Behind" went viral, the down jacket Liu Xin wore in the video sold out immediately.

The brand spent only 100,000 yuan to get an ad slot with over 100 million clicks, making a fortune.

Li Xu negotiated a tiered advertising fee with the brand: a base fee of 20,000 yuan, an additional 30,000 yuan if the video received over 10 million views on a single platform, and an additional 50,000 yuan if the views exceeded 100 million.

The brand didn't expect that the video would actually get over 100 million views.

Liu Xin's value has soared, attracting a flood of brand offers, with prices starting at 100,000 yuan and some major brands even offering 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

Some brands have even offered to pay millions in advertising fees if the next video gets over 100 million views.

One million may seem like a lot, but compared to over 100 million clicks, it's actually not that much.

In this day and age, getting over 100 million clicks is equivalent to getting over 1 billion clicks in a dozen years or so, a feat beyond imagination.

The success of "The Deadly Move You Left Behind" was largely due to a combination of chance and coincidence. It capitalized on the popularity of the couple's vlog series, and the novelty of the previously unseen theme of "delusion" was further enhanced by the fact that there were very few people making short videos at that time.

Li Xu couldn't guarantee that the next video would get over 100 million views, even though he thought the next video would be even more interesting.

Sitting to the side, Dai Yuting listened quietly to the conversation between Li Xu, Liang Hui, and Zhang Yujie, her eyes flickering uncertainly.

Her understanding of Li Xu was previously limited to one or two interviews she had seen online and some information she had found. She knew that he was a very famous online writer who could earn millions a year, and that he was also very good at making videos and had the potential to become a director.

I only found out now that the other party can also write songs. They not only made Liu Xin famous, but also made a singer.

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(End of this chapter)