Chinese Showbiz: Winning the Palme d’Or Begins with a Plan

I used to find these kinds of super genius novels inspiring, but now they seem so fake. They lack that natural, mature feeling that comes with age, and they just feel out of place.

Having read up to chapter 127, the plot of parents forcing you to confess your feelings, plus your own hesitant and indecisive confession, is truly disgusting. Are you suffering from the aftereffects of watching melodramatic dramas back in the day? Why is the protagonist of this sweet, single-female-lead novel so indecisive and idiotic, and so inconsistent?

Now I don't even want to look at Liu when I see the "Tender Beef Five Squares" (a type of fried beef).

You can have Liu as the female lead, but can you please stop fawning over her like this? The protagonist gets Liu to direct three art-house films right from the start, winning two Golden Horse Awards at Berlin and Venice—that's her status! And yet she still goes around sucking up to Liu. What's their relationship? Lovers? Husband and wife? Friends? Employees?

I don't understand you people. I only see you harem novel lovers arguing under Lao Liu's single-female-lead posts. If you don't like it, just don't read it. Why do you have to impose your preferences on others? I read both types of novels and I think it's fine. If I get tired of one, I'll just switch to another.

There's nothing inherently wrong with writing about Liu, it's just that almost none of them are well-written. They all portray her as a simp, practically obsessed with her to the point of death. I once even read a novel about Liu in the Chinese entertainment industry where the male lead was already the richest man in the country in the early 2000s.

Author, I just think you shouldn't set the tone so high. All that talk about earning dollars to cultivate domestic directors is just wishful thinking; they're all hopeless cases. Setting the bar too high makes it boring. Ultimately, it's just about providing scripts and funding for people to make movies and earn money. Just mind your own business.

Don't rush into making a movie. You're too young; the immersion won't be as strong. If you're not a freshman, it would be better to make your first film after graduating from the Beijing Film Academy.

With your writing, you look down on other entertainment novels? You look down on light novels? You're just being a hypocrite.

Following the mother's instincts? What kind of premise is that? They don't read books like that! So disappointing!