Social Media
In the library.
Wang Yiyi whispered to Zhang Yu, "Look, I took a photo."
Zhang Yu took the phone and gave a thumbs up. "Smart."
She picked up her phone and browsed through social media. Suddenly, she realized something.
She sent the screenshot to the dormitory group chat. "Look, one of the rumored accounts I followed about Lu Ang suddenly got certified."
Because Lu Ang was introducing the feeling of wearing sports glasses, Xia Mengyin's phone was recording, but her phone kept ringing.
Xia Mengyin said, "Sorry to interrupt you. Let me see if something happened."
Lu Ang nodded.
Xia Mengyin's dormitory group chat was already in an uproar.
Previously, her roommates had constantly reminded Zhang Yu that those accounts that looked like Lu Ang's could not be trusted. In the end, one of them had been verified.
Xia Mengyin replied to Zhang Yu's message and blurted out, "Oh my god, is that true? There are already more than 50,000 fans."
Zhang Yu replied, "I've been following since the account has around 1,000 fans."
Lu Ang saw Xia Mengyin's reaction and was very excited. He asked her, "Did something happen?"
Xia Mengyin showed him her phone. "Quick, look at this social media account. One of the accounts that my dorm mate is following has been verified."
Lu Ang was confused. "What?"
Xia Mengyin replied, "Lu Ang. Lu Ang's account."
Lu Ang took out his phone and saw a message from Wei Xinheng.
Xia Mengyin saw that he was frowning at his phone, and read the message on her phone. "It's that Lu Ang. However, this account seems to be reposting information related to the Youth Soccer League, and hasn't posted anything. Moreover, this account only started posting two months ago. What's with this certification?"
Lu Ang shook his head and looked at his phone.
Xia Mengyin said, "Oh yeah, do you have an account? Let's exchange."
Lu Ang replied, "N-no I don't."
Xia Mengyin said, "Huh? You don't? I've been paying attention to the members of our school's soccer team. Some of them have thousands of fans."
Lu Ang said, "I only use them to read the news, but not for myself."
Xia Mengyin did not notice his evasive gaze. She just felt that it was rare for young people to not have a social media account.
When Lu Ang saw the log-in and password for the account that Wei Xinheng sent over, he didn't know what to say. Wei Xinheng had only told him that he hadn't told him before that he had applied for an account. However, he had no choice but to apply for a certification for Lu Ang.
Lu Ang was about to reply when Wei Xinheng said, "Andong City's match is at 3pm this afternoon. I'm still busy. I'll talk to you when the match is over."
Lu Ang was really speechless. It was obvious that something was wrong with his expression. Why? Why didn't he say anything in advance?
Xia Mengyin was still discussing this matter with her dorm mates and analyzing whether this was a real account. She did not notice Lu Ang.
Lu Ang used his phone to look at his original account. It contained information that he had been motivating himself with, the state of his thoughts after the match, and the words he had wanted to say ever since his eyes met with an accident. However, every single one of them was only open to close friends, and the comments about him were all private information. Even Wei Xinheng, who was the only one who was close to him, didn't know about this information.
Lu Ang asked, "Do you think athletes should be active on social media?"
Xia Mengyin said, "Huh? Why not? Aren't they all interacting with fans? Just like celebrities and fans."
Lu Ang sighed. "I have a feeling that it will affect training…"
Xia Mengyin was confused. "Will it…? Even though the training is intense, we can't just ignore everything else, right? Won't that make one a… training robot?"
Lu Ang's eyes widened. "Ah, yes. But it isn't as bad as a training robot. It's just that communicating with people is very…"
Actually, he wanted to say that he was exhausted. Previously, he was already very tired from training every day. In addition to understanding things, he really did not have much time to know about others in other aspects. Speaking of which, it seemed like his condition had changed a little after returning to school.
Xia Mengyin said, "Those famous players all have their own social media accounts to interact with the fans. Occasionally, they would post about their life in the field to get closer to the fans."
Lu Ang asked, "Are the players' personal lives going to be exposed?"
Xia Mengyin said, "It can't be considered exposed. It can also affect others by posting information. For instance, if you forward a video of kids playing soccer in a poor mountain area, there might be more people paying attention to this group, and their fate might change. Or, through encouragement, more people would like soccer. However, there are indeed some stars who use social media to pick up girls. This isn't good, although I'm not too sure."
Lu Ang pondered.
Xia Mengyin said, "Although I also hope that our players can play soccer without any distractions, it's impossible in reality. Furthermore, everyone wants to know more about the people they admire. People are more or less gossipy."
Lu Ang nodded. "That's true."
Xia Mengyin said, "It's just like how even if a student doesn't have any social media accounts, he would still appear in other people's photos. For example, he would participate in his hometown's activities."
Lu Ang thought.
Yes, in that case, it does seem to have overthrown what I've always thought.
Xia Mengyin saw that he did not say anything. "Oh, you probably don't know about Yuzuru
Lu Ang replied, "I know who he is."
Speaking of which, Yuzuru Hanyu learned human sciences in the early days to help him understand more about figure skating. This inspired Lu Ang, which was why he insisted on studying biology after graduating from high school.
"He's a respectable senior," he said.
Xia Mengyin said, "That's right. I just feel that he's very focused. He has all kinds of elements on him, but they're all so uniform, especially when he does everything in one go. Everything he does is for the sake of learning figure skating. I feel that he's born because of this. We learned how to figure skate during our commentary class because we studied him."
Lu Ang said, "That's right, he dedicated himself to his passion."
While it was also how he treated soccer.
Xia Mengyin looked at her phone and said, "Forget it, let's not worry about whether the Lu Ang on this account is real or fake. It's already noon, let's eat. Also, I'm really thirsty, look at my dry lips."
Lu Ang said, "I'm sorry. I've let you talk for so long but I haven't ordered anything for you. Let me treat you to a meal."
Seeing him scratching his head in embarrassment, Xia Mengyin did not blame him. She said, "I told you to introduce me to glasses, I'll treat you to a meal."
Lu Ang remembered that there was a saying. If the boy did not pay for the first meal with the girl, it meant that she…