Chinese Showbiz 1998: A Director for the National Team!

It's okay if you get into a movie studio? You'll just be a prop handler! That's reality!

It's hard to believe the author's so-called "anti-Qing drama" is just a forced whitewashing of those rotten Ming emperors. I don't even know if it's praising or criticizing the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was disliked because it was ruled by a foreign ethnic group and did a terrible job; that doesn't mean the Ming Dynasty was good.

Seeing the book's release, well, the content and concept are appealing, but the author's writing style and pacing are truly appalling. Leaving aside the writing style, not a single character, including the protagonist, can be described as vivid; in fact, there are very few memorable characters.

I've noticed many Chinese entertainment novels like to portray Chinese films as having high overseas box office numbers, which is incredibly unrealistic. As of June 2026, only five films worldwide, excluding Hollywood films, have grossed over $200 million overseas.

The introduction is inadequate for attracting readers. This book clearly aims to grab attention with its grand, high-profile narrative and seize control of the mainstream cultural narrative. However, the introduction focuses more on contrasting personal opinions.

Zuo Shandiao's merits and demerits are twofold! Blockbuster movies did indeed advance the film industry's technology, but looking at the people he trained, such as Lu Taro, Guan Jiro, and Wu, who are now in the entertainment and Beijing circles, he also bears a large part of the responsibility, otherwise there would have been progress.

It's a very serious novel, so keep this writing style. Focus on the career, and avoid women in the entertainment industry if possible, unless it's Liu Yifei.

In the early stages, they didn't give me the feeling of a national team, but rather a Northeast team. When I arrived, I felt that the female lead had too much screen time, which was annoying to watch.

Shoot a documentary with over twenty chapters? Stop floating in the sky and do something ordinary. This is making it sound too high-class!

It's good; it feels very real. Unlike some novels that are ridiculously fake, where an 18-year-old college freshman or sophomore writes a script, gets a teacher to organize a filming, and then goes to one of the three major awards—that's all fake. These kinds of things involve vested interests, and unless someone is your own child, why would they help you?