
Against the Tide of the Literary and Artistic Era
逆流文艺时代
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- Ongoing
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- 1.9M Words
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- Urban
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- Showbiz Romance
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- 2y ago
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Few authors who write about Chinese entertainment have actually been to the Beijing Film Academy. The campus is tiny, probably smaller than a local elementary school. It's located in an alley; four people walking sideways would bump into a wall. You'd better park your car and see what happens! I went to Beijing specifically to see celebrities after watching the live stream of the entrance exams.
I started reading this novel after the first thirty-odd pages and even voted for it twice. However, I kept dropping it because of Stephen Chow's character. There's no need for such sycophancy. Sending two scripts to him and getting rejected by directors, saying that directors are superfluous in Stephen Chow's movies—doesn't that sound awkward?
I've read up to chapter 76 so far, and personally, I find two things quite unbearable.
1 I really can't stand why the author wrote about Aunt Xue. It's hard to get into the story. The key is that Aunt Xue has been described quite a lot as one of the female leads so far, and I can't even skip over her. 2. Seriously, don't fawn over Stephen Chow. That chapter was really abstract, and he doesn't have much international appeal.
In 2006, Jia Zhangke's "Tattoo Era" had a budget of 30 million yuan, and newspapers described it as a big-budget production. However, in 2001, the lead actor's self-proclaimed 40 million yuan art film was described as a small-budget production. Hahahaha.
Having read up to chapter eleven, it's truly addictive. A directing student actually thinks that having a screenwriter's name is enough, and that he doesn't need to be a director. He even claims that the school and the Qingying Film Studio can bring the story to its original level. That's just amazing.
I'm tired of seeing top schools suppressing students' scores to push others forward because their graduating students are too outstanding. Without a conflict of interest, which school doesn't appreciate geniuses and would go to such lengths to suppress them? It's insane!
I've read over 150 chapters already, this book is such a waste! In terms of writing about female celebrities, it falls into the same vulgar bulldozing plot as other books, hypocritical and cringe-worthy. It's about both physical attraction and emotional involvement, polygamy—this is practically lowering the intelligence of female celebrities!
They portrayed Gao Yuanyuan as so innocent, a girl who doesn't know anything, haha.
I suspect the author of this book is a Gen Z who grew up in a materialistic and information-cocoon-like environment.
Sure enough, problems arose after Liu Yifei's character card was added. Those people just loved to farm for it.