Chapter 27 New Relationship
19 is the last glimmer of hope for domestic Internet giants, especially Tencent. ByteDance cannot threaten their position yet, and Tencent is eyeing the whole country like a Leviathan.

The interactive entertainment sector of Tencent has a very high status within the company, and the resources it can mobilize are enormous.

But in the film industry, the correlation between input and output is not that strong. Tencent can only watch Ali Pictures produce a steady stream of hits every year, but it has no countermeasures.

The failure of the big data analysis combined with the film promotion and marketing model has made Tencent's film and television business somewhat at a loss.

In fact, the choice of "Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur" was also a coincidence. Before "The Wandering Earth" was released, they, as insiders, heard that the movie was very good, so they chose Guo Fan as the director in the end.

Tencent expected The Wandering Earth to be a hit, but it never expected it to gross 46 billion yuan.

Therefore, after The Wandering Earth became a hit, Tencent raised the rating of Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur. After the film was released and Tencent watched it internally, it even gave it an S-level rating.

As for Chen Yuanguang's achievements, it was also a big surprise for Tencent.

Tencent's publicity and promotion machine was fully operational before the movie was released, and the Chinese people's admiration for academic masters further fueled the publicity and promotion.

"Hello everyone, I am Chen Yuanguang, this is my Weibo. My science fiction mystery novel "Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur" has been adapted into a movie and will be released soon. If you have any questions, please leave a message on my Weibo. I will select some to answer every day before the movie is released."

Under the arrangement of Tencent, Chen Yuanguang's Sina Weibo account was certified to warm up the publicity.

After this Weibo post was forwarded by a big V, the number of netizens’ replies quickly exceeded 10,000.

"As a researcher, what I want to know most is how to publish in Nature continuously?"

“Read more articles and think more. I don’t have a better way.”

"Scientist and writer are two completely different paths. I want to ask what the God of Light will choose?"

"I will probably do both, mainly doing scientific research and writing in my spare time."

"I heard that a Nobel Prize winner wanted you to study for his doctorate, but you refused. Is this true?"

This matter was spread by Guo Wei because he was also present when Chen Yuanguang and Levitt met.

He told his friends about this as a CD market rumor, but no one believed it at first.

After Chen Yuanguang published his second article in Nature and it was widely publicized by Tencent, Guo Wei's friends believed it, and then the WeChat chat records were circulated in various ways.

"Yes."

“Why reject a Nobel Prize winner?”

In official occasions, Chen Yuanguang did not want to reveal his true purpose: "Because I am not very interested in his research direction."

From the questions asked under the Weibo post, it can be seen that most people are more interested in Chen Yuanguang’s scientific research experience, and are not so interested in movies or his identity as a writer.

"I want to ask if the God of Light has a girlfriend?"

"Yes." Lin Jia pursed his lips, thought about it, and answered him directly.

After real-name authentication, this Weibo account became a work Weibo account. In addition, Chen Yuanguang had not used it much before, so he registered simply to be able to check Weibo.

So this Weibo post was useful to both him and Lin Jia. When Lin Jia saw that this answer was liked and pushed to the front, he subconsciously helped him answer. After answering, he took a screenshot and sent it to Chen Yuanguang on WeChat:
"I will help you answer yes and block some unnecessary bad peach blossoms."

Chen Yuanguang felt helpless after seeing this. It was okay to be jealous. However, after becoming a celebrity, there were indeed many sexy private messages from beautiful women on Weibo. I just don't know if they were photos from the Internet or if they were sent using top-notch Photoshop technology.

"Are you very proud? Becoming a celebrity?" Lin Jia was a little unhappy.

Because there is still some time before the movie is released, now is equivalent to the warm-up period before the movie is released.

The marketing activities arranged for Chen Yuanguang have not started yet, and Jiangda’s graduation ceremony is about to begin, so Chen Yuanguang and Lin Jia both returned to Jiangcheng.

He had not yet returned the house he had rented near Jiangda University and had kept it.

Chen Yuanguang also wants to find out who put the Matrix helmet in front of his door.

"I'm not proud. How did you know that I had this idea?" Chen Yuanguang felt puzzled.

Lin Jia's mentality was very conflicted. To be honest, if Chen Yuanguang was just his original identity, it would be good for them to maintain a relationship more than just friends. However, because of her father, she had no plans to get married.

But now Chen Yuanguang's social class has risen more than one level, and his potential is visible to the naked eye. Lin Jia is not sure whether Chen Yuanguang is still willing to stay with her and not marry anyone else.

Lin Jia explained: “It’s not that I read it out, but because it’s human nature.

In modern society, fame is also a social resource. It must be great to have a lot of response and to have thousands of comments and likes on a Weibo post, right?
Weibo became popular in the beginning, and countless celebrities joined because it satisfied the need for respect.”

Chen Yuanguang thought for a moment and said, "I was just a little happy at the beginning, and this happiness was not because of achievement, but because of the novelty.

I experienced a lot of things that I had never experienced before, such as work adaptation, movie shooting, publishing in Nature, studying abroad, etc. I am happy because I have unlocked new achievements in my life.

Of course, being famous is also a feeling. It’s a good feeling to become a celebrity and get a lot of attention on the Internet.

But the problem is that I have enjoyed all these before. When I updated on Qidian, I still had hundreds of thousands of readers and tens of thousands of paying users. I also received a lot of responses. Every time I updated, some people praised me for my good writing, while others scolded me for asking for leave.

So I’ve already enjoyed this feeling.”

Lin Jia looked at Chen Yuanguang steadily, and smiled as if an iceberg had melted: "Okay, it seems that I misunderstood you."

Lin Jia asked: "What do you think of our relationship?"

Chen Yuanguang roughly understood that Lin Jia had a sense of crisis. "I think it's good now. We can still be like this in the future, with a relationship of friends and partners."

Lin Jia asked again: "Just friends?"

Chen Yuanguang was helpless: "Sister Lin, we tried to be together before, didn't you think it was weird to be together? Couples always break up, can friends always be together? Is that why we became friends again?"

Lin Jia scratched his head. "It seems so. The problem is that if we are just friends, I can't restrict you from having a girlfriend, and I don't want to see you have a girlfriend."

Chen Yuanguang replied: "No problem, we can still maintain our current relationship as more than friends, but not as a couple without our own space, which is good. As for marriage, you are afraid of marriage because of family reasons, and so am I."

(End of this chapter)