United States, San Marino High School.

This school has been ranked in the top 30 among hundreds of public high schools in California, and is the first choice for Asian high school students studying in California. Because the proportion of Asian students in this school is close to 70%, and Chinese students account for the majority, even Chinese students who have just arrived in the United States and do not speak English can communicate happily in Chinese in this high school.

Yang Caini was transferred from the second year of high school. She was not used to living in the original school. After transferring to San Marino high school with many Chinese, she really made a few good friends.

In the girls' dormitory of the school, Yang Caini was lying on the bed, reading a Chinese novel with relish. This is "Notes on Tomb Raiders" published by Dongfang Publishing House not long ago. The book includes two stories, "King Lu of the Seven Stars" and "Dive into the Sand in the Furious Sea".

The novel has not been released in Hong Kong yet, and Yang Caini has already received the hardcover in the United States. She will read a few chapters when she has time during this time.

"Hey, Cai Ni, are you reading again?" Roommate Zhou Linghua walked in and said in fluent Mandarin.

Yang Caini didn't lift her head, continued to read the novel, and replied, "Didn't you go to the basketball court to hook up with handsome guys?"

Zhou Linghua smiled and leaned on the edge of the bed and said, "This young lady is out, isn't the handsome guy here? I asked Charlie to go to dinner and watch a movie together at night, so you can go too."

Yang Caini was not interested, and said, "Didn't you always want to date him? Didn't I go to be a light bulb for you?"

Zhou Linghua said with a smile: "You don't understand, that kid is a bit fussy, I have to whet his appetite, and he will know how to cherish it later."

"You still like him, knowing that he is so careless." Yang Caini flipped a silver.

Zhou Linghua said in a natural tone: "Because he is handsome, he looks like Tom Cruise." Then he urged, "It's getting late. Get up quickly and change your clothes."

Only then did Yang Caini get up from the bed and slowly changed her clothes. It is now during the spring break, and at this time last year, she went back early to celebrate with Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao. It is a pity that both godmothers have returned to Hong Kong to settle down, and Yang Caini can only stay in the school dormitory.

Dormitories are apartment suites. Each suite has two rooms and one living room, two people one bedroom, and four students share an apartment.

Zhou Linghua, who sleeps with Yang Caini, is from Fujian, and her grandfather's generation went to Taiwan, and her family immigrated to California a few years ago. Yang Caini's mother is Taiwanese, and she herself was born in Taipei, so she and Zhou Linghua are from the same hometown. After they met, they became very close. Now they have become close friends like sisters.

As for the two roommates in the other room of this apartment, one is Japanese-American and the other is Jewish-American. They have some conflicts with Zhou Linghua and Yang Caini.

After the two girls packed up, it was almost evening. They didn't wait a few minutes when they arrived at the school gate when they saw a Ford muscle car driving over.

"Hey, beauties. Get in the car!" a blond boy whistled with the car's windows down.

Zhou Linghua took a few steps excitedly and asked, "Charlie. Is this your car?"

"Cool, of course!" said the blond boy arrogantly.

Yang Caini suddenly said, "Charlie, you don't seem to be old enough to get a driver's license. Are you stealing your father's car?"

"Uh...cough," the blond boy coughed twice after being splashed with cold water on his head, "I'll get my driver's license soon, and my dad promised to give me a car as a birthday present."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Zhou Linghua quickly blinked at Yang Caini. Then he smiled at Charlie: "Really? You must have a party at that time to celebrate you getting the first car of your own in your life."

Yang Caini just couldn't get used to Charlie's playfulness. This reminded her of her romantic godfather. Yang Caini didn't want to make her best friend look ugly, so she ran on it. Get in the car and start chatting normally.

Blonde Charlie breathed a sigh of relief. Although Yang Caini was beautiful, her mouth was equally powerful, so that few warriors dared to chase after her.

After the car hit the road, he went around two streets and picked up another boy, Paul Zhang, who was in the same grade as Yang Caini. His Chinese name was Zhang Chengyi.

Zhang Chengyi's great-grandfather came to the United States at the end of the Qing Dynasty. He was considered a fourth-generation immigrant and could barely speak Cantonese, but he did not recognize any Chinese characters except his own name.

"Cai Ni, hello!" Zhang Chengyi greeted in broken Cantonese, he obviously liked Yang Caini, his face turned red when he spoke, and he lowered his head and did not dare to look at the goddess.

Yang Caini said in English: "You should still speak English, your Cantonese sounds uncomfortable."

"I've been studying Chinese attentively recently, and I can already write more than 50 Chinese characters." Zhang Chengyi blushed even more when he spoke. He originally wanted to use Cantonese to shorten the distance with Yang Caini, but he never thought that he would be ruthlessly complained about by his sweetheart.

Blonde Charlie saw Zhang Chengyi's embarrassment in the rearview mirror of the car, and immediately laughed schadenfreudely. He deliberately pulled Zhang Chengyi over to be a green leaf, and by the way, he attracted the firepower of Yang Caini, the queen of poisonous tongues.

"Let's go to dinner first," Charlie the blonde asked Zhou Linghua, "Zhou, do you have any recommendations?"

Zhou Linghua said softly: "I'm free, you decide."

The introverted Zhang Chengyi was embarrassed at the back. Hearing the conversation between the two in front, he immediately said, "Let's have Chinese food. I know there is a great Chinese restaurant nearby."

"Nice idea." Charlie the blond complimented. There were three Chinese in the car and it was very suitable for Chinese food.

After more than half an hour, the four of them came out of the Chinese restaurant.

Zhang Chengyi said to Zhou Linghua and Yang Caini, "You guys are really ladies, you only ate a little bit."

Zhou Linghua laughed and said, "It's okay, eating less and more meals is good for your health."

Yang Caini knew that Zhang Chengyi was interested in her, and deliberately expressed her refusal by running on words: "The place you chose is too unpalatable."

"Is it bad? I think the taste is very authentic." Zhang Chengyi said in confusion.

Blonde Charlie got into the cab first, shouting, "Hey guys, get in the car soon. Have you decided what movie to watch?"

Zhang Chengyi immediately said: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I heard that the movie is very good, and it will be released in two weeks. If you don't watch it, you will have no chance."

Yang Caini said, "I want to watch Tomb Raiders Notes."

"Notes on Tomb Raiders?" Jin Jinchai took a few seconds to react, "You mean the movie made by the young Chinese director Kang?"

Zhang Chengyi smiled and said, "How can a Chinese movie be as exciting as a Hollywood blockbuster..." Before he finished speaking, Zhang Chengyi saw Yang Caini's face showing displeased. asked dully, "Uh. Did I say something wrong?"

Zhou Linghua gave him a "you're dead" look, and said helplessly, "Director Kang is Cai Ni's godfather, um, probably equivalent to the godfather here in the United States."

"Aha, that's such a coincidence," Charlie the blond said with a whistle, helping Zhang Chengyi to mediate, "I've seen Kang's report. I heard that he only spent ten years before he became an entertainment media tycoon from scratch. Already worth billions of dollars. He's my idol, Yang, next time you see your godfather, remember to get an autograph for me."

Charlie praised Kang Jianfei to death, which made Yang Caini very happy, and said with a smile: "Of course, I can help you get a set of his signed novels."

"Really? That's great." Charlie the blonde laughed. In fact, he didn't even know what books Kang Jianfei had written.

Although Zhang Chengyi has a dull personality. But he was not stupid, so he changed his mind and said, "Mr. Kang's movies have always been very good, let's go and watch "The Tomb Raiders"."

It's Spring Break. The most people in the cinema are students, and they are still in pairs, which has increased the sales of popcorn in the cinema a lot.

Since "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has been released for three and a half weeks, the popularity has dropped a lot. At this time, the movie with the most screenings in the theater is actually a Chinese-language film like "Notes from the Tomb".

The cinema line arranges the film like this, not because "Tomb Notes" has done enough publicity, but an adjustment based on the film's early box office response.

After waiting for dozens of minutes to get tickets, four high school students finally walked into the theater.

"Sweetheart, I heard that this Chinese film is really cool."

"Really? Is there any "Ninja Turtles" good?"

"I don't know. But Jack has been recommending this movie to me after watching Tomb Raiders a few days ago."

"Is it a horror movie?"

"Maybe so. After all, the title of the film has something to do with tomb raiding."

"..."

Yang Caini listened to the discussion of the audience around her, and she sat on the seat holding the popcorn bucket. Waiting for the movie to start showing.

Except for Yang Caini, the other three people in the same group are all thinking of killing time, and they don't have much expectations for this Chinese movie.

Kang Jianfei once sold the first movie "Royal Sister" and the first movie "Home Alone" in the United States. For American boys and girls aged fifteen or sixteen, it was too long ago. They were only a few years old at that time. . In comparison, Kang Jianfei is more famous among young people in their twenties in the United States.

The title of Oriental DreamWorks appeared on the big screen, three minutes later...

"Ah!" Zhou Linghua screamed, and was so frightened by the **** monster that she threw herself into Charlie's arms.

Laughter, screams, and exclamations began to appear in the screening hall alternately. Compared with East Asian audiences, "Notes from the Tomb" was more exotic, mysterious and attractive to Western audiences. The kind of monsters and spectacles unimaginable even in a dream fascinated American audiences.

And some fans of "Shushan" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the United States were equally excited after reading "Notes on Tomb Raiders", and proudly popularized the common sense of oriental ghosts to their friends.

Zhang Chengyi was stunned at the big screen. He didn't expect the Chinese to make such a good-looking adventure movie. The family's generations in the United States have turned him into a veritable banana man. Zhang Chengyi has no good feelings for China. For him, it is just a distant country. He even fought between Japan and China. Do not know at all.

But when he saw the beautiful scenery of Danxia Mountain, the mysterious and dangerous organs of King Lu's tomb, the gorgeous clothes on the female corpse, the antique calligraphy and paintings full of oriental flavor in the antique shop, and the elegant words like tadpoles on the silk books of the Warring States Period, Zhang Chengyi, Suddenly, he felt an incomparable sense of intimacy, and there was a power awakening in his blood, as if the ancient ancestors were calling him.

After the movie, Charlie the blond exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Oh~lightnovelpub.net~ It's incredible. There is a cypress tree that can turn into a viper. Is that a plant version of Medusa? Chinese imagination. So rich."

"That golden thread jade garment is not imagined, there are real objects unearthed in China," Zhou Linghua had been growing up in Taiwan before junior high school, she still has some common sense about ancient China, "The ancient emperors wore golden thread after they died. Yuyi wants to live forever, but unfortunately King Lu in the film has become a zombie."

The blonde Charlie grabbed the words and said, "I know that the Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shihuang are the army after the emperor's death."

Zhou Hualing hugged her best friend affectionately and said, "Cai Ni, your godfather is really talented, and the movies you make are not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters."

"Of course, my godfather is the best." Yang Caini's eyes turned into moon buds with a smile.

Zhang Chengyi walked silently and suddenly said, "After I graduate from high school, I want to go to China to study at a university. Cai Ni, Hua Ling, do you have any recommendations?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Yang Caini said, "Go to Hong Kong University or National Taiwan University. I don't know much about schools in mainland China, but I heard that Tsinghua University and Peking University are very good." (To be continued)()