Huayu: Nobody understands top celebrities better than me.

"I wouldn't say we know each other, but I've heard of him. Speaking of which, he's in contact with you." Ma Xiaojing's face showed a mischievous glint.

Zhang Hua was a little confused: "What's the relationship? I don't remember teaching him."

"Your student's older brother is his master." Ma Xiaojing deliberately spoke quickly, a sly look on his face.

Zhang Hua was even more confused. He frowned and rubbed his head, "What is all this about... Which student am I?... Don't tell me it's him." As he spoke, he pointed to Lin Yu, who was standing next to him with an innocent look on his face.

"Of course not," Ma Xiaojing said with a smile, sitting back in her seat, taking a sip of water from her thermos. "I was talking about Yang Zhigang."

Zhang Hua pondered for a moment, then quickly pieced together the clues: "Yang Zhigang's brother is Guo Jingyu, so Ju Xingmao is part of Guo's troupe?"

Lin Yu nodded quickly and replied, "That's right."

Upon hearing the reply, Zhang Hua scratched her head, slightly confused: "I remember they mainly filmed period dramas set in the Republican era and during the War of Resistance against Japan. How come they're making horror, thriller, and erotic films?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaojing looked at Lin Yu with some confusion.

Seeing the gazes exchanged between them, Lin Yu quickly explained, "This is a web series..."

Hearing Lin Yu's explanation, the two nodded thoughtfully, and Zhang Hua's worry eased: "Alright, Teacher Ma is back now, tell him about your leave request."

Although web series are looked down upon by mainstream circles in this era, they are still much better than Category III films.

Furthermore, since it was a production under Guo Jingyu's company, Zhang Hua felt relieved.

Lin Yu nodded, then turned around and walked to Ma Xiaojing's side.

"Teacher Ma..." he said calmly, maintaining a basic level of composure.

After their brief chat, Ma Xiaojing had clearly learned about Lin Yu's situation.

She hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a gentle voice, "What kind of role? Second or third male lead? If you don't have any acting opportunities, I can help you get introduced to an agency or something."

Clearly, the casual conversation she had just had had sparked some interest in investing in Lin Yu.

After all, she has always been known as a star mom. Although she is currently focusing her training on Li Chun from Class 3, it is just an agency, and contacting her is not difficult.

"Thank you, Teacher Ma, but I've already signed with President Guo, so I can only regret not being able to accept your kind offer." Lin Yu's expression was a mixture of regret and a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hua paused in her work, looked up at Lin Yu, and then quickly looked down again.

His student seems to have changed quite a bit during his month-long internship.

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Time flies, and the date on the phone changed from March to April 2013.

Lin Yu's 500,000 yuan signing fee finally went through several approval processes and was successfully issued.

After the signing fee arrived in his account, Lin Yu stared at the ATM for over a minute.

If it weren't for the people who came later, he might have stayed a little longer.

It's a bit embarrassing to talk about, but the amount of money in his account now is the most he's ever had in both of his lives!

In my previous life, the most I ever had was only a little over 300,000!

He worked his way up from one minor role to the top!

Now, the 500,000 yuan has appeared in his bank account so easily, leaving him somewhat at a loss for how to react.

What should you do if you have money?

Of course, it's time to buy, buy, buy!

Lin Yu took out 30,000 yuan and put it in his pocket.

I walked silently toward the nearby mobile phone store.

The phone he's using now is a feature phone he bought two years ago, the kind that can't even access QQ!

He's been quite troubled by his phone during the month he's been back.

At that time, he only had a little over three thousand in savings. If he changed his phone, he was afraid he wouldn't even have enough to cover the rent, so he had no choice but to endure it.

Now that he has money, there's no reason for him to let such trivial matters ruin his mood.

After getting a new phone, Lin Yu simply bought a laptop.

Smartphones at that time were far less advanced than they would be in later generations. Although they had made various breakthroughs compared to feature phones, computers were still far ahead in terms of practicality.

After getting everything ready, Lin Yu simply picked up his laptop bag and boarded the bus.

However, when he boarded the bus, he was greeted by a series of slightly strange looks.

Those eyes were all subtly glancing at Lin Yu's laptop bag.

Enduring the pain the whole way, Lin Yu quickly got out of the car upon arriving at his destination.

He'd only been back in the world for less than two months, and he'd already forgotten the "features" of this era. Luckily, it was 13. If it were 03, he might not have even gotten off the train before his newly bought computer changed hands.

When Lin Yu arrived home, Li Xue wasn't there; she was obviously still out filming. Lin Yu was happy to have some peace and quiet.

This house naturally has broadband internet, and the original internet fee was only paid by Li Xue, since the original Lin Yu didn't really need to go online.

As Lin Yu set up the computer and took out the network cable, he began to tinker with it.

More than half an hour later, Lin Yu finally managed to connect the broadband to his computer, his forehead covered in sweat.

He then quickly logged into Weibo and Tieba using the website domains.

However, Lin Yu clearly overestimated the 3G network of this era.

After the webpage kept spinning, it took him more than an hour to finally register Weibo and Tieba accounts.

By the time he successfully accessed Weibo's trending topics list, it was already 7 p.m.

What first caught his eye were several paragraphs of text.

#Su Xing assault incident!

#Li Erhe's son, Li Moumou, is suspected of gang rape!

#Pan Yueming's marital troubles: There's another victim!

Looking at these trending news stories that felt so dated, Lin Yu felt a pang of emotion.

I randomly opened the Baidu Tieba page, and the content was similar to that on Weibo.

However, the attack power of netizens on Tieba was obviously far greater than that on Weibo, and the fighting power of their mutual attacks left Lin Yu somewhat speechless.

He switched back to the Weibo interface, hesitated for a moment, and still didn't choose to send any content.

He doesn't have a single project yet, so he plans to film more content and post it on Weibo when he joins the production team in a couple of days.

He should deeply associate himself with "Pendulum" to make it easier for him to gain fans!

"Click".

The sound of a key turning in the lock rang out, and Lin Yu turned his head to meet the gaze of Li Xue, who looked slightly tired and indignant.

"You're back?" Lin Yu asked gently.

Li Xue was slightly taken aback by the greeting, and the displeasure on her face disappeared considerably. She nodded readily, somewhat surprised, and asked, "You're back. This computer... did you buy it?"

Lin Yu nodded with a smile: "The signing bonus has been received."

Li Xue was taken aback, then a hint of envy appeared on her face: "That's great, you can buy your own computer now, while my family had to pay for my phone."

Lin Yu waved his hand: "Let's not talk about me. You seemed pretty angry when you got back. What's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xue's face suddenly blazed with fury.

"I was running around to different film sets today. I was supposed to go to another set this afternoon, a role with lines, but some bitch grabbed the casting director's hand right in front of me and put it on her own chest!"

"It's absolutely disgusting." As he said this, Li Xue gagged a little, a habit that seemed to affect his work, before continuing.

"What's even more disgusting is that the director actually turned to look at me!? I didn't move, and he just kicked me, saying that the other person's body language was better. Pfft, what a slut paired with a bitch!"

Listening to the other person's complaints, Lin Yu narrowed his eyes, a dark glint in them, but he simply joined in cursing the person with her.