1979: A Life in Dreams

The story revolves around a penniless, semi-orphaned screenwriter from the future who transmigrates to the city. Instead of immediately using his plagiarism skills to make money and escape the whims of his stepmother and stepsisters, he spends a long time freeloading until his stepmother finds him a temporary job – utterly spineless and brainless.

It's so awkward. No wonder so few people read it. The rebirth is all about deliberate conflicts. If you can write a novel, why write a play? Adding a dramatic life setting to yourself is just too awkward. Going against the vice-dean right from the start. Some people are incapable of achieving anything, but they're certainly good at ruining things.

This is just my personal opinion. I've read quite a few novels by literary giants from the 1980s, and this one, in terms of plot and writing style, is above average and worth reading. However, I have two points to make. First, the protagonist's mother worked hard to raise him in the countryside, but aside from a brief background mention at the beginning, there's no further mention of her.

Earlier you said you wouldn't write about multiple female leads, but later you had ambiguous relationships with Zhu Lin and Gong Xue, even kissing them before dumping them. You should either create a harem or at most have a working relationship. What you're doing is hypocritical and self-serving.

That's so cruel! The fiancée was practically dispensable, but I don't know what the plot of episode 106 was all about. The protagonist abandoned her and came all the way to Beijing to find her, yet she's so powerful that she can't even get a job, and she's even being pressured into marriage by her hometown. The protagonist's solution is to send his fiancée on a life of exile, preventing her from going back. Is this a plot a normal person would come up with?

Bai Bai's book has such lofty ideals! It's about to be published, starting with "Big Bowl Tea," then moving on to the mainland entertainment industry, Hong Kong, swallowing up the Beijing Film Academy, directly correcting ideology, and even getting involved in the computer industry. Your ideals should be even grander, directly impacting the entire entertainment industry.

I've been suffering under Liu Cixin's thumb for so long... And you're writing about her mother?! What a talent! Her ancestors must have been exceptional! 🤭🤭🤭

Starting as a temporary worker in an era where even your excrement is state-owned? You don't actually believe the title of "National Master," do you? You don't really think a poet can achieve that status just by writing one of those epic poems, do you?

This is utterly ridiculous nonsense. The college entrance exam only resumed in 1979, and instead of studying hard to get into university and become a civil servant, people chose to become actors. It's truly amusing.

Are you out of your mind? In this kind of environment, shouldn't you be copying a book and submitting it, then revising it to get some accommodation? Those high-end magazines offer excellent benefits as long as your article is good enough. Your father's Beijing residency should be enough, right? You can't do anything yourself and you're causing a lot of trouble. A stepmother like this already beats more than 90% of people!