Chapter 387: – Preparation Beforehand
Now that Lin Jin had decided to volunteer at the orphanage, she had to prepare everything in advance.
First, she will read some psychology stuff so that she could more easily sense the children’s emotions when chatting. If she talked about something sad that made the kids sad, she would be able to quickly change the topic.
Next, she will buy some diapers and snacks and stuff. The diapers would be for the orphanage's caretakers and the snacks for the kids. She wasn't sure how much to buy, but she thought spending about eighty to a hundred at the supermarket should be enough, right?
Well, with all these preparations, there should be no problem, right?
Lin Jin nodded to herself in class, closed the materials on her phone, and looked up at the teacher who was seriously teaching at the front of the class.
However, nine out of ten students in the lecture were playing on their phones, only ten to twenty percent of the students were actually paying attention. Even Wen Xuan, who usually had good grades, didn't really pay attention in class. He would just occasionally look up and listen for a bit, but he normally just had his head down playing on his phone or reading novels.
"Wu Min, have you decided yet, are you going or not?" Lin Jin turned her head to Wu Min next to her, propping her chin with one hand and said "It's such a meaningful thing. Aren't you going?"
"You know me and Wen Xuan. We usually don't sleep until two or three in the morning and we have to get up at eight for class. We normally always take naps in the afternoon" Wu Min shrugged. "If I don't nap in the afternoon, I'll be tired all day."
"Then you could sleep earlier at night." Lin Jin frowned and turned to Wen Xuan. "Is that your excuse too?"
"Yeah, yeah."
Wen Xuan kept nodding, trying to justify himself: “Plus, I sleep even later than Wu Min. I need my afternoon nap even more. It's also hard for me to sleep early, my biological clock is already set, right?”
“Fine, fine.” Lin Jin rubbed her temples with her fingers in frustration. She was going to the orphanage this afternoon, but until now, she still hadn't found a friend willing to go with her.
Oh right, maybe Zhu Dong.
Lin Jin suddenly remembered Zhu Dong, who had eagerly agreed to go with her yesterday. She stretched her neck and looked around but couldn't spot him anywhere. She couldn't even find the people in his dormitory. It seemed like the whole dorm had skipped class.
Was he just brushing me off?
The corner of Lin Jin's mouth twitched as she sighed.
“How about this?” Noticing Lin Jin seemed a bit down and thinking it was just a momentary thing, Wu Min comforted her “How about I go with you today?”
“That’s fine if you want.” Lin Jin thought that although Wu Min didn't seem very enthusiastic, having someone with her the first time she visited the orphanage would help her understand the process. Then after that, she wouldn't need Wu Min.
After all, it was her first time doing something like this so feeling nervous was normal, yeah.
Although it was doing a good deed, having no one accompanying her was still a bit daunting. Just like donating blood… Lin Jin just didn't believe there was anyone who felt calm going to donate blood alone for the first time.
College classes were boring for Lin Jin. Of course, this was only true for people like Lin Jin who had no talent for drawing at all. Those art students who were originally good at drawing simply loved this type of course. They didn’t have to listen in class every day and could just sit there and draw. If their drawings were good, they got praised by the teacher. If not, they could just claim they were trying hard to learn and the teacher would overlook their daydreaming.
After the class finally ended, Lin Jin yawned and walked out of the classroom. She glanced at Wu Min who was following behind her to go to the orphanage. She turned back and said, “We’ll leave at two. Let’s meet at the bus stop at two.”
“Okay" Wu Min nodded.
Speaking of which, although Lin Jin’s dance video had already been posted for a day, when she casually checked during class, she was surprised to find her video had already reached the top five on the Banana Board on A Site. On B Site, it had also made it into the top ten in the dance category.
However, this wasn’t really anything to be proud of. Setting aside A Site for now, which wasn’t that popular of a website currently, even on B Site, that dance section was almost spawning ghosts, alright? The actual traffic was probably only in the thousands, not even as much as when Lin Jin used to livestream. Aside from the first place, who consistently performed energetic anime dances and was quite well known for her simple dances, the other nine had only a few thousand views each, okay?
By the way, simple dances just meant an amateur dancer… somewhat yeah. Anyways, it was somewhat similar to how singing simple songs referred to amateur singers.
Since Lin Jin was just a newcomer, even though her dance video made it to the top ten in the dance category, the number of views barely exceeded a thousand. This level of achievement could probably be easily surpassed by any student who was slightly interested in dancing, danced somewhat well, and had decent video editing skills.
Therefore, Lin Jin now considered A Site, the site she was most familiar with, as her main platform. Also, this site had the most viewers. Ever since getting on the Banana Board, the views had risen from the thousands to over ten thousand. She also got thousands of bananas. Once A Site’s Banana Store opened, she might even be able to snag a free PS4 to play with.
Yeah. On a place like A Site, posting videos didn’t earn you any money. You could only get material rewards from the Banana Store, which opened periodically. It wasn’t like Youku where each view gave the creator some money as A Site didn’t have video advertisements.
Maybe she should really focus on A Site? If she became famous here, it might attract some viewers from other sites too. Plus, if she got popular and advertisers started sponsoring ads, she could earn money. It was better than focusing on those other highly competitive websites.
Maybe this book should later be renamed to Transforming Into an A Site Dancer?
Lin Jin thought about these strange weird things as she bought some beautiful fruit baskets at the fruit shop by the school’s back gate. She leisurely walked home with the fruit basket and on the way, spotted Zhu Dong who was seemingly waiting for the bus at the bus stop.
Zhu Dong very proactively greeted Lin Jin: “Do you still need me to go this afternoon? If so, I’ll get ready.”
Huh? Was this guy not just brushing me off yesterday?
“Meet here at two in the afternoon" Lin Jin looked at him in surprise. Although this person’s recent performance had changed Lin Jin’s image of him by quite a bit, his punk and delinquent image still lingered a bit. But today, she realized this person actually seemed pretty reliable.
“I need to bring a camera, right? Should I buy some gifts to bring along?” Zhu Dong scratched his head, then suddenly noticed the approaching bus in the distance. He glanced at it and quickly said to Lin Jin, “The bus is coming. I’ll be here at two sharp.”
“Okay, have a safe trip.” Lin Jin nodded somewhat coldly, watching Zhu Dong board the bus before continuing her leisurely walk.
On the way home, maybe she should drop by the grocery market?
She wanted to eat shredded pork with green peppers.