Chapter 18 Entanglement
As for meeting Yan Danchen at Beijing Film Academy, Liu Zhou just regarded it as a small episode in life and did not take it too seriously.

Yan Danchen was undoubtedly very beautiful, especially at this time of her youth and beauty. She was undoubtedly very attractive to Liu Zhou, a man in his forties.

But when Liu Zhou started over again, his goal was very clear, which was to work hard to improve his abilities during college and then make money.

When you have the ability, money and influence, most things in the world can be easily obtained.

So Liu Zhou now takes things like feelings lightly.

He was not a novice and knew that Zeng Li had a crush on him, so he wouldn't be able to fail to notice it when it was so obvious.

Even Liu Zhou didn't have any thoughts about it, so of course she wouldn't have any thoughts about Yan Danchen, whom she just met.

Looking at her is just like looking at Hu Jing, Zhang Tong and others. Seeing beautiful things just makes people feel more comfortable.

But Liu Zhou didn't take Yan Danchen seriously, but she seemed to be obsessed with Liu Zhou.

In the next few days, when Liu Zhou came to the Beijing Film Academy classroom for class, Yan Danchen would sit next to him and pester him to borrow his notes.

Liu Zhou was really tired this day, and said to her:
"Why do you have to borrow my notes? I don't believe that there is no one in your class who listens seriously in class."

"Yes, but I just want to borrow yours."

In fact, Yan Danchen didn't know why he kept pestering this stranger. Maybe he was just being angry.

Who made him reject himself without hesitation?

The more he refused, the more Yan Danchen wanted to get it.

If Liu Zhou had lent her the notes at that time, she might not have been so curious about this person. In the future, their interactions might have been limited to the notes, and they would have been just passing strangers to each other.

Liu Zhou sighed and said:
"I can lend it to you, but I have to warn you in advance that I have a little obsessive-compulsive disorder, so you can't make my notebook dirty or damaged, and you can't draw on it."

"No problem!" Yan Danchen smiled when he saw Liu Zhou finally give in.

"Then don't bother me and listen to the class carefully."

Yan Danchen quickly agreed, but after listening for a few minutes, he became bored again.

"Liu Zhou, if there is anything I don't understand, can I ask you in person?"

"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your promise."

"As a thank you, I'll treat you to lunch at noon. I know a delicious restaurant at the school gate."

Yan Danchen was used to seeing that Liu Zhou still ignored him, so he just continued spinning his pen.

When the bell rang, Yan Danchen immediately became energetic and had packed up his things before the teacher said the get out of class was over.

"You are quite active after class."

Yan Danchen replied with a smile:
"Of course, how can I not be active after class? Come on, I'll treat you to dinner."

Liu Zhou handed her the notebook and said, "Here, I won't go to the restaurant for dinner. I'll eat in the cafeteria by myself."

"Then I'll go to the cafeteria to eat too." He said as he put his notebook into his schoolbag.

"up to you."

After a few days of contact, Liu Zhou also found that this girl from Hunan Province was cheerful and simple, had a good personality, and was not annoying to get along with.

It was lunch time and there were many people in the cafeteria.

Liu Zhou and Yan Danchen prepared their meal and saw an empty seat at a table in the corner, so they immediately walked over and sat down.

"Everything else about this school is good, except that the cafeteria is too small. There are always a lot of people at mealtime, and seats are always hard to come by."

"Same."

"What's the same?"

"I said I feel the same way as you do. When I make money, I will definitely donate money to my alma mater to build a few more cafeterias."

"Maybe by the time you donate money, the school will have already solved the problem." "Wouldn't it be better if it's solved?"

Yan Danchen noticed the dishes Liu Zhou ordered and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise:
"Aren't you from Yangcheng? Can you eat spicy food?"

"Who told you that people in Guangzhou don't eat spicy food?"

Indeed, very few people in eastern Guangdong can eat spicy food, and Liu Zhou is one of them.

However, he couldn't get used to the spicy food in Sichuan and Shancheng. Instead, he preferred the fragrant spiciness of Hunan cuisine and the pure spiciness of Gan cuisine.

"It seems that we have the same taste. Few people in our class can eat spicy food, and even fewer girls."

Liu Zhou and Yan Danchen were chatting while eating, but of course she was the one doing most of the talking.

At this time, Liu Zhou heard Jia Zhangke and his award from time to time, so he couldn't help but ask Yan Danchen:
"What's the situation with Jia Zhangke winning the award that the classmate next to me mentioned?"

"You're in the literature department, don't you know?"

"Should I know?"

"Shouldn't you know?"

"Stop playing dumb and tell me what's going on."

Seeing that Liu Zhou really might not know, Yan Danchen said:
"Jia Zhangke, your direct senior, made a short film called "Xiao Shan Goes Home", which won the Best Feature Film Award in the Short Film Competition Unit of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. This news has spread around the school and many people are talking about it.

You're a freshman in the literature department, and you don't know that?"

Liu Zhou coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment and said calmly:
"How can a freshman like me be qualified for Senior Jia Zhangke? Besides, I have been studying hard and I didn't hear the news. Isn't it normal?"

"That's right. You look like a nerd, so you should be the type who doesn't care about what's happening outside."

Of course Liu Zhou had heard of Jia Zhangke, as he was a leading figure among the sixth generation of directors.

Among the sixth generation directors, Jia Zhangke started relatively late, but he has achieved the best results.

However, Liu Zhou really didn't know that Jia Zhangke had actually made short films. Liu Zhou only remembered that his famous work was "Xiao Wu".

It seems that everyone's success does not come overnight.

"Then do you know where I can watch this short film by Jia Zhangke?"

"You should be able to watch it in the school screening room. Your literature department should be showing this film. After all, Senior Jia is in your major."

"I haven't paid much attention to my major recently. I've been spending more time on directing courses."

Since Jia Zhangke's short film won an award, it must have some merits.

Liu Zhou wanted to watch this movie to see if he could learn something from it, after all, he might become a great director in the future.

Moreover, this is Jia Zhangke's first film, and it is more suitable for Liu Zhou to watch and learn.

It is a pity that Liu Zhou and Jia Zhangke have no intersection at all. It would be great if he could communicate with him in person.

"You can't do that. If you want to be a director, you can't just study hard."

"I know. Do I need a poor student like you to remind me?"

"slacker student?"

"Yes, as the name suggests."

"Go to hell, I'm good at my major courses, okay."

"Who knows."

Seeing Yan Danchen so angry that his teeth were itching, Liu Zhou couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from my ear.
"Danchen, is this your friend?"

(End of this chapter)