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Chapter 70 raises the same request again.

Jia Peng was taken aback at first, then burst out laughing:

"Heartbreak? You write about heartbreak? You actually experience heartbreak?"

"You see what I mean."

Li Jun leaned against the door frame, arms crossed over his chest.

Jia Peng suppressed his smile and began to read on seriously.

At first, his expression was somewhat mocking, but that mockery quickly disappeared.

His brow furrowed slightly, and he slowed down his page-turning.

The script opens with the female protagonist, Huang Xiao, discovering that her boyfriend is cheating on her.

There were no dramatic arguments, no throwing things around, just a quiet conversation that was heartbreaking:

Let's break up.

Why?

I've fallen in love with someone else.

"Who?"

"My best friend."

Then came a 33-day countdown to the breakup.

Every day, Huang Xiaoxian tries a new way to forget her ex—on the first day she deletes all contact information, on the second day she throws away all the gifts, and on the third day she tries to meet new people...

By the seventh day, Jia Peng was completely engrossed in the story.

He completely forgot that he was evaluating a script written by a "songwriter," and forgot all the sarcastic lines he had prepared.

He sat in the chair, leaning forward, his eyes almost touching the manuscript paper.

"here..."

He suddenly spoke up, pointing to one of the pages.

"The scene where Huang Xiao encounters Wang Jian at the bar, this dialogue..."

"What's wrong?" Li Jun asked.

"So real."

Jia Peng raised his head, his eyes gleaming:

"How did you come up with this feeling of two wounded people testing each other and finding warmth in one another?"

Li Jun did not answer.

How could he tell Jia Peng that this was a scene from a real movie ten years later? How could he explain it?

He simply brought those lines that had touched countless people from his memory to this era ahead of time.

Jia Peng continued reading.

He saw Huang Xiaoxian forcing a smile at work, saw her crying alone late at night, and saw her slowly learning to eat alone, watch movies alone, and live alone.

He also saw how Wang Xiaojian accompanied her in his unique way.

Sharp-tongued yet gentle, clumsy yet sincere.

When Jia Peng saw that on the twenty-third day, Huang Xiaoxian was finally able to stop crying when she thought of her ex, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

He put down the manuscript and rubbed his eyes.

"How is it?"

Li Jun's voice came from the doorway.

Jia Peng turned his head and looked at him with a complicated expression.

His words were very sincere:

"You're a fucking genius."

Li Jun raised an eyebrow.

I wasn't praising you!

Jia Peng stood up excitedly, waving the manuscript paper in his hand:

"I mean, this script... this is something that shouldn't be written by someone writing a script for the first time!"

"The characters' growth and emotional journey, the pacing of the plot, the precision of the dialogue... this is a level that professional screenwriters would spend years honing!"

He stood there, stunned, and said:

"Tell me, just how many more skills are you hiding?"

"You write songs that get more and more popular, and now you can write screenplays like this? Are you even human?"

As someone in this field, Jia Peng understands even better how vivid Li Jun's script is.

"Actually, I am a once-in-a-century genius, the Chopin of China."

Li Jun put on his familiar sly smile.

Jia Peng's excitement was genuine. He had studied at the film academy for three years.

Having worked on film crews and read countless scripts, he knows all too well the difference between a good script and an ordinary one.

The delicate emotional portrayal in "Love is Not Blind," and the warm yet bittersweet healing feeling, goes beyond just being "good"; it's "precious."

"So you're willing to do it?"

Li Jun asked.

"Let's do it! We have to!"

Jia Peng did not hesitate.

He wasn't just sucking up to someone; he had a burning passion in his eyes.

"OK."

Li Jun nodded:

"Then you should familiarize yourself with the script and think about how to film it. I have some errands to run."

"Uh-huh."

Jia Peng nodded, but quickly added:

"What are you still doing?"

Li Jun didn't answer, but just patted him on the shoulder, turned around and left.

......

Yuan Tao called at 2 p.m.

Li Jun was visiting the city library at the time.

Yuan Tao's voice sounded more urgent than last time:

"Where are you, Teacher Li? I've had the contract delivered; I'm almost there!"

When he sold the song last time, he deliberately asked for an exorbitant price and made an impossible request to fire Chung Chu. In fact, he was testing Huayi's bottom line.

He knew that Huayi Brothers wouldn't fire an artist for a single song, but he needed to make Huayi Brothers understand one thing:

He, Li Jun, is not someone you can easily manipulate.

Now, with "Invisible Wings" becoming a hit across the internet, Zhang Liangying's popularity is soaring.

When everyone saw Li Jun's "star-making ability," Huayi finally couldn't sit still any longer.

They want not only his songs, they want him.

Huayi's internal requirement for Yuan Tao was to sign Li Jun.

This was impossible for Yuan Tao; he had already offended them.

They're willing to sell us songs simply because they have a lot of openings.

He argued angrily with them, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

"Mr. Yuan."

Li Jun walked to the bookstore window and looked down at the bustling crowd below:

"As a friend, I'm inviting you to invest in my screenplay."

"I'll make my own movies again."

"You took the photos yourself?"

Yuan Tao's voice rose eight octaves, and he looked at Li Jun with an expression of utter disbelief:

"Teacher Li, making movies is not like writing songs; there are far too many complexities involved."

"If you have this idea, we can cooperate."

"Huayi has the most professional team, distribution channels, and promotional resources... It would be so difficult for you to start from scratch all by yourself."

He spoke with sincerity, but Li Jun understood the underlying meaning.

Huayi Brothers didn't want to just buy a script; they wanted to buy Li Jun as a person.

"Cooperation is not out of the question."

Li Jun's sudden change of tone caused Yuan Tao's face to brighten:

"But I have a few conditions."

"Tell me! I'll do whatever I can!"

"First, the script copyright still belongs to me; Huayi only has the filming and distribution rights."

Yuan Tao hesitated:

"Teacher Li, this is not in accordance with industry practice."

"Mr. Yuan," Li Jun interrupted him, "do you think I'm the kind of person who comes here according to the usual practice?"

Seeing Li Jun's ashen face, he quickly agreed.

After a few seconds, Yuan Tao sighed: