1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 81 Director Chen: I can do it too!
At the end of May, at Yandian University, in the same auditorium where Xia Tian held the freshman welcome party when he first enrolled, Xia Tian stood on the stage and talked about film creation and artistic value.

...During his speech, Xia Tian first thanked his alma mater, the teachers who taught him, and the many behind-the-scenes staff and actors at Yan Film Studio and Xi'an Film Studio.

"This trophy doesn't belong to me alone. From the script to the casting, from the photography to the costumes and props, from the music to the color grading... countless outstanding people put in a lot of hard work to make Farewell My Concubine and this trophy a reality. It doesn't belong to me alone."

"Oh, by the way, I also want to thank our senior, Director Chen! It was his reprimand that made me wake up and remember my artistic dream. Otherwise, I would never have thought of writing such a story. Thank you, senior. I'll also ask him to come up and say a few words to the students later..."

At this time, Director Chen in the audience was so angry that his face was burning!

Director Chen, who was still young at that time, had a handsome appearance and had not yet changed into a hideous person due to his domineering expression many years later.

But his expression at this moment was like that of a bereaved family, coupled with a bit of humiliation and anger.
He definitely doesn't want to come and see Xia Tian give a speech at his alma mater!

But how could he not give face to the principal of Yandian?

He arrived with a long, dark face, and sat in the second row, looking up at his "rival in love/enemy of life" as he spoke on stage—about movies, culture, dreams, the beaches of Cannes, and encouraging his classmates to go there in person someday...

I never expected that this damn Xia Tian would actually mock me!

How dare he? Shouldn't we stick to our ways now and let bygones be bygones?
How could you not give me any face at all? Will we ever see each other again?!

At this time, Director Chen thought about the issue of face and completely forgot about the two months of scolding behind his back.

Director Chen has also forgotten how he took advantage of the situation in the newspapers a few summers ago and was about to peel off the skins of some "old predecessors" in the opera and literature circles and make them into donkey skin shadow puppets!

What style? What dignity?
It is better to chase the poor bandits with courage, not to be a famous scholar!
An incomplete victory is no victory at all!
Director Chen started cursing Xia Tian all over the city in the second half of last year, and the news spread throughout the literary and art circles.

Many people are confused and don’t know why this is happening?
And it’s even funnier that a small number of people know the truth - why are you blaming others for such a thing?
At that time, Xia Tian did not respond, and most people were not surprised. After all, with Xia Tian's current status and influence, it is normal for him to ignore such rumors.

——Isn’t it shameful for you and your wife to do this kind of thing when you are getting a divorce?

However, unexpectedly, the following year, summer came with a big blow.

Moreover, he directly used the Yin and Yang tactics against Director Chen during his speech in the auditorium of Yandian University.

At this moment, almost everyone in the auditorium focused their attention on Director Chen's face. If gazes had warmth, Director Chen's face would be cooked!
However, Xia Tian still underestimated Director Chen.

Although he calls himself a literary youth, he actually doesn't have that strong self-esteem - he just shamelessly endured this wave of visual attacks!

During the Q&A session later, he quietly slipped away. It's a pity that he didn't go on stage.
Xia Tian: I thought he had a very poor mental state, but I didn't expect him to be so resilient.
Or rather, thick-skinned enough!

Yes, although Director Chen has always claimed to be a literary youth and a cultured person, he actually does not have the self-respect and self-love of a cultured person.

This is also his main problem.

Okay, no time to pay attention to him.

Without this Golden Palm, his life will be like this~
Goodbye, wet man~
……

Although Xia Tian concluded that Director Chen was going to be out of the game, Director Chen did not think so.

He thinks I can do it too!

That’s right, after watching "Farewell My Concubine", he was overwhelmed with emotion. He sat at his desk with a pen and paper for half the night and wrote down seven or eight "shortcomings" of "Farewell My Concubine".

Then the idea came to me: “—I will replace him!”

He also wants to make a literary and artistic work like this, and he also wants to win an international award!
"I can't live in his shadow forever!"

……

At the end of Xia Tian’s speech at Yandian University, he sang the song he wrote when he graduated, which can be regarded as a love song to his alma mater - "Written to Yandian University".

All the students were humming along softly:

"When I was eighteen, I came to Yan Dian.
I paid my four years to meet you here.

On the day I turned 20, the guitar was beside me
I opened my clumsy hands, and my love for you surged into my heart

You are my dream, I am your dispensable person

After all, the arrows that pierce mountains and rivers are aimed at those who are extremely affectionate.
......"

In the evening, Xia Tian was busy comforting the crying Milan and the other two, and then the phone rang.

The phone in Xia Tian’s house is “connected in series” and can be answered in the living room or in the bedroom.

Xia Tian looked at the time and it was already 11 o'clock. Who was there?

I picked up the phone and it was Wang Fei.

Wang Fei chatted about something else, like congratulations or something.

Then he exposed his true colors and started asking Xia Tian: "What are you doing?"

Xia Tian: “…Here!”

Although Wang Fei was the only one speaking on the other end of the phone, the three of them were listening. The slightly red expression on her face was very subtle.
Sister Yun pushed Wang Fei, telling her not to just stand there and continue asking.

Wang Fei asked a little, "Brother, what are you guys like now?" Xia Tian: "...you are in me, and I am in you."

Then he heard the suppressed laughter of Sister Yun and Aying on the other end of the phone.

Xia Tian also laughed: "I say, why do you always accurately predict the time when you call? Do you have some kind of talent?"

Soon the phone was snatched away by Milan: "Sister, I am a man who has fought many battles and I look forward to making friends with you through martial arts~"

Wang Fei felt a surge of heat in her heart as she spoke, "Sister, can I sit in on the class?"

……

The next day, the Yenching Morning Post published a sentence from Xia Tian’s speech yesterday: “Cultural workers must have culture.”

The article also subtly dissed Director Chen.

Ordinary people certainly don’t know what the story is, but people in the circle have already spread it.

Now, when industry insiders in Yanjing see this content, they can't help but laugh.

Director Chen, you have some talent, but why do you like to humiliate yourself?

Director Chen has been missing for a while and is hiding.

But bad luck kept coming one after another - he didn't know if it was because of his divorce that made his father angry, or because he lost face that made his father angry, but in any case, his father was hospitalized and was seriously ill.

Furthermore, after he divorced Sister Hong, he seamlessly began to pursue Sister Ni from CCTV - Xu Qing and Wang Zhiwen became close friends while filming "Under the Imperial City", and dumped him.

Besides, now that everyone in Yanjing knows about Director Chen’s affair, it’s definitely impossible for us to continue to collude with him.

At this time, the young Sister Ni was very beautiful and had a very good status, which gave Director Chen a sense of conquest.

Originally, Sister Ni had a good impression of him. Although Director Chen was a pseudo-literary youth, he was good at pretending.

Literary youths are popular these days, and Director Chen is actually quite eloquent.

Sister Ni was somewhat moved.

As a result, Xia Tian invited Director Chen to listen to his speech, and then the whole incident began to spread in Yenching and even in the literary and art circles.

Sister Ni drew a line between herself and Director Chen right then and there - how petty-minded she is!
It's bad enough to say bad things about people behind their backs, but to actually get slapped in the face!
Sister Ni has dodged a disaster.
However, Director Chen doesn't have that much time to chase women. He is now focused on creating a story that can rival or even surpass "Farewell My Concubine"!

He thinks he can do it too!

……

In the summer, I randomly participated in several seminars, exchanges, and study sessions... and managed to get through this wave of official activities.

Then he began to keep a low profile again, and time soon came to early June.

Xia Tian stayed up until midnight, waiting for the system mall to refresh.

As soon as midnight passes, the ten products in the system mall will change.

Xia Tian took a quick look and saw two songs, one for 15 redemption points, so he exchanged them.

As for the rest… there are surprisingly quite a few useful things this month!
Summer has three favorites:
Low-key glasses: After wearing, the sense of presence is reduced by 50%, and there is a high probability that people will not be able to recognize the original appearance.

Chinese Intelligent Pinyin Input Method: The Chinese Intelligent Pinyin Input Method developed in 2033 is efficient, concise, convenient and easy to learn.

Happy Cookies: Eating them will give you a sense of happiness.

Glasses are worth 65 exchange points and are very necessary in summer.

In the summer, you need to be fully armed and disguised when going out, otherwise you will be surrounded and cause traffic jams.
It greatly affects daily life.

It would be great to have a pair of glasses like this!

As for input methods, although they are not very useful now, they will still be very useful in ten or eight years when home computers become popular.

In fact, Wubi typing has been developed in China, but it is too difficult to learn, as you have to memorize radicals and so on. In the end, Pinyin input method became popular.

55 exchange points is not expensive, so I bought it.

The last happiness cookie was only 8 redemption points, so I bought it. Maybe I can use it to coax Milan and the others~
This month, I have harvested a lot!
Xia Tian looked at his exchange point and found that he still had more than 600 yuan!

Thanks to the Cannes Palme d'Or!
If you win the Palme d'Or, the system rewards you a lot:

"Ding~ The film 'Farewell My Concubine' you directed won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival. You've received: 500 Exchange Points, 500 World Reputation, 1000 East Asian Reputation, 1500 Hong Kong Reputation, 2000 Inland Reputation, +1 Wisdom, +1 Perception, +1 Health, +3 Director Level, and a special effects software package called Unreal Engine!"

Not to mention how precious the attribute points are, the +3 director level also allows Xia Tian’s director skills to reach level 24, just 1 level away from reaching the master level!
And there’s that movie special effects software gift pack… Too bad I can’t use it now.

Computers haven’t developed to that level yet!

Xia Tian: Alas! This backward world has once again limited my ability to perform.
(End of this chapter)