Chinese Showbiz: Starting at the Central Academy of Drama in 1998

Didn't the author do any research before writing this? First of all, you went to act in a film during your freshman year at the Central Academy of Drama? Even someone as brilliant as Mei Ting had to drop out, so what makes you think you can act? Then, in 1998, you made a commercial film? Screens only cost a little over a thousand yuan, piracy was rampant, and you lost everything!

This author's research is incomplete. 1: Zhang Ziyi hadn't even started acting in Zhang Yimou's films yet when the protagonist started school. 2: Freshmen and sophomores at the Central Academy of Drama aren't allowed to act outside of school, except for working with a few big-name directors. How could a student who hasn't attended a single class be chosen as the lead? You might as well write that the protagonist is chosen by Hollywood to become a big-name director. It's completely illogical.

I'd like to conduct a small survey: do you prefer a single female lead or multiple female leads? I've been unsure about this before, so I haven't dared to draw any conclusions about the story. Now that someone has brought it up, please leave your comments below. I'll use the number of comments to determine whether you prefer a single or multiple female leads. Thank you all for your continued support of this book.

Those were the days of youth films. What kind of nostalgia are you writing? Youth films are about the youth of us 90s and 00s kids, and even 80s kids can watch them! But they're from after 2005. What's the point of reminiscing about '98? You don't even understand the demographics of moviegoers, so what kind of novel are you writing?

To be honest, writing isn't for you. You can't distinguish between commercial and literary works? It's too confusing.

Filming "Those Years" in 1998 and 1999? Are you crazy?! Are you trying to show this to ghosts?!

I think the author's writing is alright, but they're clearly a complete novice in the Chinese entertainment industry. They just got into the Central Academy of Drama and are already acting? Couldn't they just make the protagonist a sophomore? And looking at the comments section, people are saying they made commercial films back then—are you sure you wouldn't lose money?

Where did Mani Fok get the audacity to glare at Han Sanping?

What's the focus of this book? He doesn't chase girls, doesn't make much money, all he has is a film-making machine, and he makes three films a year.

The very first film, *The Nameless*, was a flop. All films that sell tickets become popular because of market changes; *Wolf Warrior* was also driven by international events. If you release a film more than a decade later, it's destined to flop.