office.
After sitting down, Yuan Ling first took a sip of the tea on the table to moisten his throat, which had become dry from teaching, before saying to the person in front of him, "You kid, you never contact me unless there's something wrong, but you always pop up out of nowhere when there is."
Xiao He chuckled: "Isn't it because I'm intimidated by your imposing presence, Old Yuan? That's why I don't dare to bother you on ordinary days."
Yuan Ling glanced at Xiao He, feeling a mixture of love and hate for this student who had decent abilities but had turned his attention to the entertainment industry.
Yuan Ling is Xiao He's professional course teacher, and he is usually responsible for computer-related courses. However, because he teaches many classes and the work in the college is very complicated, even after teaching for more than three years, he can only be familiar with the students in his class at most, and he does not know them all.
However, Xiao He and his group were different.
After all, Xiao He and his dorm had once missed Yuan Ling's morning class because everyone in the dorm overslept.
Yuan Ling was known for his strictness, and he would take attendance almost every class, so no one else in the class dared to skip his class.
On that one day, the whole class secretly called and messaged the four roommates, trying to wake them up from their sleep, while Yuan Ling on stage had already started drawing "death circles" on the list.
Of course, the final result wasn't too bad. Although Yuan Ling had specifically emphasized before the class that students should not be late, leave early, or skip class, otherwise they would be publicly criticized and fail the course, Xiao He and the others apologized to Yuan Ling in the end and wrote a letter of commitment. Yuan Ling then let the matter drop and did not pursue it for any further punishment.
However, Yuan Ling remembered Xiao He and his three roommates very well, and would call on them in various ways every class to ask them questions.
Fortunately, if someone encounters such a thing alone, it might be a little embarrassing and awkward, but if good buddies encounter it together, then they are brothers in misfortune and hold hands in solidarity.
I don't know the answer to this question, but my buddy definitely does! Let him answer it.
He doesn't know either? Then let's all stand in a row.
Anyway, my buddies and I are all easygoing and don't hold grudges. We're also pretty good at studying. We respect our teachers in class and can chat with Yuanling casually after class. So, over time, we've become quite close.
It was only later, when Yuan Ling heard the news from other students, that he realized that Xiao He and his three roommates were quite prominent figures in the class.
Xiao He is somewhat handsome, Zhai Zhipeng has some money, He Junhao is a Bilibili content creator, and Dai Bai is a top student and class monitor who receives scholarships every year.
Later, when their class graduated and went their separate ways, Yuan Ling was not surprised at all when he learned that Xiao He had gone into the entertainment industry.
With intense job competition, every student faces different career paths.
Besides, Xiao He, that brat, is actually quite good-looking. It wouldn't be bad for him to try his luck in the entertainment industry.
However, it was the software programs and code that Xiao He suddenly pulled out that startled Yuan Ling.
"You always surprise me every time you come."
Yuan Ling shook his head helplessly, "I only have this many connections, and you've poached them all."
Xiao He sighed and promptly played the victim: "Teacher Yuan, our production team is really poor this time. We don't have enough money to hire a foreign team for special effects, so after all this trouble, I was the only one who could do it."
Yuan Ling looked incredulous: "I've never seen a film crew so poor that they'd have their own actors do the special effects."
Xiao He spread his hands: "Hey, you've seen me, haven't you? I am the humble one."
Yuanling: ...
Yuan Ling looked at Xiao He with a complicated expression, but in the end, she said nothing. She picked up her phone and transferred the contact information to Xiao He.
"Let me make this clear first: their team worked for a foreign company a few years ago, but they were under a lot of pressure these past few years and returned to China. Although they are now teaching in our department, they are not usually on campus. It seems they are currently participating in a competition abroad. If you want to ask them for help, it will definitely not be easy. I will only provide you with their contact information; you will have to figure out the rest yourself."
"Okay, thank you, Lao Yuan."
Xiao He immediately saved the contact information into his address book.
Prestigious universities certainly have their advantages. Although the professors of specialized courses may only be teachers at the university, their achievements and connections outside the university are incomparable to those of teachers at ordinary universities. The fact that Yuan Ling can serve as a senior professor of computer science at Shanghai University is enough to demonstrate his outstanding abilities and strong backing.
Previously, the firewall system code that Xiao He had found difficult to sell was successfully sold at a high price thanks to Yuan Ling's help in contacting the professor and finding a company to work with. Now, the suitable candidates that Xiao He and his team may not be able to find are also thanks to Yuan {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Ling's connections.
This is why Xiao He insisted on coming back in person.
Yuan Ling was the biggest connection he could make during his university years!
If Xiao He hadn't stepped into the entertainment industry back then, he might be doing quite well now, thanks to his connection with this person. After all, his former roommate, Dai Bai, is now Yuan Ling's graduate advisor.
With the option of pursuing a master's degree or finding an internship or job at a large company, the future career path is quite clear.
However, it wasn't used.
"You've been thinking about researching special effects lately?"
After Xiao He saved his contact information, Yuan Ling asked Xiao He about his professional matters.
Perhaps it was a habit inherent in being a teacher, but when Yuan Ling started talking, he couldn't help but ask about Xiao He's development in the computer science field from a teacher's perspective.
Xiao He scratched his head awkwardly, "Uh, Teacher Yuan, I was too busy recently and didn't study these things much."
He only tinkers with code when he needs to; otherwise, he basically doesn't touch it anymore, and he hasn't made money by "selling software" for a long time.
—Because he was simply too busy, with so much to learn and do, Xiao He no longer valued a skill he could already master with a single click. Plus, Linghui Entertainment was on track, and the money he could earn in the entertainment industry was indeed far more lucrative than his arduous software development, so...
People are sometimes like that; they don't cherish what they have once they have it.
Xiao He was just an ordinary person, and so was he.
Yuan Ling had recently heard a lot about Xiao He and was aware of the student's current popularity online. He could roughly guess Xiao He's current situation. He sighed, still feeling a little regretful, but he had no right to advise Xiao He not to waste his professional skills. Instead, he congratulated him, saying, "I also went to see your movie during the May Day holiday. The lead actor in 'No Bait' was very good. Perhaps you are indeed more suited to be an actor."
Yuan Ling had very mixed feelings the day he finished watching "No Bait".
For a moment, he even wondered whether it was his computer science major that held Xiao He back, or whether his acting career caused them to lose a talented person in the field of computer science.
There are many people in the field of computer science, but Xiao He is missing.
There are many people in the entertainment industry, but Xiao He came along.
