Zhang Yang

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Zhang Yang (张扬)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Campus Network
Occupation/Role	Student; compiler of Zhang Yang's Notes; Campus Network major shareholder and employee
First Appearance	7

Background / History

Zhang Yang was Yue Bin's childhood friend before becoming Lu Chi's classmate, roommate, and close friend. When Lu Chi was hospitalized, Zhang Yang brought him a laptop loaded with games and his own study materials, insisting that Lu Chi make use of the notes rather than remain bored alone in the ward 7.

His review materials, known as Zhang Yang's Notes, were widely purchased by students at Yanda Affiliated High School. Lu Chi later memorized all nine subjects' notes—1,086,526 characters in total—and recited them backward, confirming both the scale and quality of Zhang Yang's work 8.

After Lu Chi's success, Zhang Yang planned a second edition of his notes, proposing that Zhuo Yue's study group contribute material in exchange for profit shares. He had already contacted the school and a publishing house to promote the notes nationally 14.

Zhang Yang became one of Campus Network's major shareholders and helped develop its early services. He handled negotiations for the proposed Famous Teachers' Lecture Hall, consulted his distant uncle Vice Principal Zhang to understand the school's objections, and brought the issue back to the other shareholders to resolve 134. While studying at Harvard, he continued working for Campus Network and later participated in its overseas expansion and related ventures 202 243.

Personality

Zhang Yang is outspoken, mischievous, and habitually curious about other people's affairs. His classmates describe him as someone who fears the world is not chaotic enough; he frames this behavior as concern for friends, particularly when Lu Chi's beating appears connected to Qiao Shiyu 10.

He is confident in his own abilities and likes to show off, whether by praising the popularity of his notes, promoting himself as attractive to women, or boasting about the backing of the Zhang Group 8 202 209. His humor can be provocative, especially toward Yue Bin, but he also becomes serious when a friend needs support.

Despite his sharp tongue, Zhang Yang is loyal and perceptive. He worries about Yue Bin feeling left behind as Yue Bin and Lu Chi grow closer, supports Yue Bin's eventual confession, and directly explains Yue Bin's insecurities to Lu Chi 92 118 149.

Abilities & Skills

Study-Note Compilation and Publishing

Zhang Yang creates comprehensive review materials used throughout his school.

• His nine-subject notes cover humanities and science knowledge from all three years of high school and total 1,086,526 characters excluding punctuation 8.
• He gathers material directly from teachers' offices and organizes it into notes popular enough that at least half the school uses them as study aids 8.
• He planned to publish a revised edition nationwide, with contributor compensation tied to the value of their study-group material 14.

Business and Product Strategy

Zhang Yang regularly contributes commercial ideas to Campus Network and its related projects.

• He identified user-information authenticity as a central risk for the Matchmaking Network, specifically warning that fraudulent users could exploit the service for marriage scams 92.
• He proposed splitting major Campus Network forum sections into separate websites to prevent competitors from benefiting from the platform's work 209.
• He suggested using a Beverly Hills party and the fame of Xing Yuan and Cui Zhenyang to promote Star Collector and demonstrate its star-making potential 216.
• He supports investment-based expansion, including capital injections and performance-bet clauses, though Lu Chi later objects to the potential harm such clauses can cause startups 214.

Social Intervention and Mediation

Zhang Yang is willing to step into conflicts, often through teasing or calculated disruption.

• He defended Lu Chi when Zhuo Yue approached him with an academic invitation, objecting to Zhuo Yue's disregard for Lu Chi's friends 24.
• At Qiao Shiyu's birthday party, he confronted classmates who overwhelmed Lu Chi with demands for Morse-code bracelets 17.
• He interrupted Liu Yang's overly intimate behavior toward Yue Bin by physically inserting himself between them and redirecting the conversation 149.
• He frequently acts as a peacemaker within the basketball team, including during Xing Yuan and Zhuo Yue's argument 78.

Equipment / Items

• Laptop — Brought to Lu Chi during his hospitalization; contained games and Zhang Yang's study notes 7.
• Morse Code Bracelet — Made by Lu Chi with Zhang Yang's chosen motto, Veni, vidi, vici (“I came, I saw, I conquered”) 17.
• Stock-trading account — Offered to Lu Chi for management after being impressed by Lu Chi's market analysis 209.

Relationships

• Yue Bin — Childhood friend, former roommate, and Campus Network partner. Their friendship is built on constant bickering, mutual trust, and Zhang Yang's willingness to challenge Yue Bin directly when necessary 93 208.
• Lu Chi — Classmate, former roommate, business partner, and close friend. Zhang Yang provided his notes and laptop to Lu Chi, later supported Lu Chi's financial-consulting work, and helps protect Lu Chi's relationship with Yue Bin 7 52 149.
• Angel Locke — Girlfriend. Zhang Yang openly shows affection toward her, and the Locke family considers him a suitable future son-in-law 394 278.
• Zhuo Yue — Campus Network partner and occasional rival in academic and business matters. Zhang Yang initially clashes with Zhuo Yue over Lu Chi, but later collaborates with him on projects such as Star Collector 24 216.
• Vice Principal Zhang — Distant paternal uncle. Zhang Yang seeks his guidance regarding the school's reluctance to participate in Campus Network's Famous Teachers' Lecture Hall 134.
• Cui Zhenyang and Xing Yuan — Friends and basketball teammates whom Zhang Yang routinely teases, especially about romance and popularity 88 197.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Lu Chi's Hospitalization and Integration

• Brings Lu Chi a laptop and study notes during his hospitalization, helping establish their friendship 7.
• Helps arrange for Lu Chi to share a dormitory with himself, Yue Bin, and Pan Tianbo so they can look after one another 18.
• Joins Yue Bin in testing Lu Chi's unprecedented memory by selecting random passages from the notes 8.

Zhang Yang's Notes and the Bracelet Trend

• Attempts to expand Zhang Yang's Notes through a profit-sharing arrangement with Zhuo Yue's study group 14.
• Receives a Morse-code bracelet from Lu Chi bearing his personal motto 17.
• Helps select humorous bracelet slogans for public demand, including “Trust Brother Yang and you won't fail your exams” 53.

Campus Network Development

• Serves as a major shareholder and active employee of Campus Network 243.
• Negotiates with Yanda Affiliated High School over educational content for the Famous Teachers' Lecture Hall 134.
• Raises safety requirements for the Matchmaking Network and proposes strategies for Campus Network's structural expansion 92 209.
• Oversees company renovation planning by collecting employees' needs and suggestions 182.

Supporting Yue Bin and Lu Chi

• Notices the emotional distance created when Yue Bin and Lu Chi grow closer, at times feeling excluded from their former trio 92 121.
• Encourages Yue Bin to confess to Lu Chi rather than remain silently insecure 118.
• Explains Yue Bin's fear of not being good enough for Lu Chi and recruits Lu Chi to help reassure him 149.
• Continues serving as a reluctant intermediary when Yue Bin uses reunions or group outings as excuses to spend time with Lu Chi 300 305.

Notable Quotes

“Since they don't want us to walk our own path in peace, then we'll walk someone else's path and leave them nowhere to go.” 135

“I'm just concerned about our new classmate... and, while I'm at it, a little concerned about Qiao, the school belle.” 10

Trivia

• Zhang Yang's chosen Latin motto is Veni, vidi, vici—“I came, I saw, I conquered” 17.
• He is afraid of heights; during a middle-school wilderness training camp in Brazil, Yue Bin kicked him out of a plane during a skydiving session after he refused to jump 93.
• He is repeatedly described as the member of the Lu Chi–Yue Bin–Zhang Yang trio most burdened by being single while the other two display affection 121 258.