Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

On the bus to Beijing, Jin Chen was set up as a role model by the team leader Zeng Tao, so Zeng Tao arranged him to sit in the first row next to him.

The bus started, and Jin Chen asked Zeng Tao curiously: "Who is the person you just mentioned? Why is he so unsociable?"

Zeng Tao said disdainfully, "It's Li Shuo from the Drama Academy, a young man from Lenghai. He relies on his family's power and is used to being lawless. If he hadn't gone too far this time, I wouldn't have said that to him."

"Oh," Jin Chen nodded. There were many similar young men in the capital, so she didn't take it to heart.

At this time, someone in the back row came over and said, "So you are talking about Li Shuo? No way!"

Zeng Tao glanced at the person in the back row and found that it was Yan Shuang, a student from the Academy of Drama who was shortlisted for this competition. He frowned and said, "Why? I can't mention someone from your academy?"

Yan Shuang was the person who wrote the script for Li Shuo and was also a contracted employee of Li Shuo's studio. She had a great liking for Li Shuo and couldn't help but say, "I know Li Shuo. He is not the kind of person you said. He also attaches great importance to this drama competition. In order to submit his work to the competition, he divided "The Invisible Guardian" into two versions..."

Jin Chen raised his eyebrows and turned to Yan Shuang: "The Invisible Guardian? Is it the first in the script category of this year's audition?"

Yan Shuang nodded, with a look of surprise on her face. The reason why she knew about "The Invisible Guardian" was because her grandfather had commented on this manuscript, saying that it had a compact plot, brilliant writing style, and was especially innovative in its script. In her grandfather's decades of cultural career, he had never seen a script of this type, so this script was ranked first and was personally chosen by her grandfather!

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"So you wrote The Invisible Guardian?"

While Jin Chen was talking to Yan Shuang, on another bus, Jin Lao also learned about this. He was shocked and grabbed Li Shuo, asking, "Tell me quickly, how did you come up with the idea of ​​writing this?"

Li Shuo asked in surprise: "Do you know this novel?"

Jin Lao nodded, then shook his head and said, "It's not a novel, it's a script."

Li Shuo smiled and said, "It's all the same. I divided "The Invisible Guardian" into a novel version and a script version, and I'm currently participating in the national drama competition."

Jin Lao laughed and said, "I am the organizer, how could I not know?"

"what?"

It was not until then that Li Shuo remembered the titles that Cao Jie had mentioned when he introduced Jin Lao. He quickly said a few humble words and casually brought up the creative background of "The Invisible Guardian". Of course, he did not forget the original author Nie Haihao.

After listening to this, Mr. Jin shook his head and said, "These are not important. Let me ask you, who adapted the script?"

"I completed this. When my teacher introduced me, he mentioned that I currently run a cultural agency. The company is in urgent need of projects, so I want to turn "The Invisible Guardian" into a project channel."

After listening to this, Mr. Jin showed a look of understanding and said with a sigh: "No wonder, I was wondering, how could an ordinary screenwriter have such a creative mind."

Li Shuo didn't understand what it meant and looked confused.

Jin Lao said: "You know how the novel and script of "The Invisible Guardian" have similar contents, but why are they ranked differently?"

Li Shuo shook his head.

“The novel is of very good quality and, in my opinion, has the potential to win first place. But compared to the script, all other entries pale in comparison, because in this script, I see a completely new way of creation!”

Jin Lao said excitedly: "It turns out that it has multiple endings. In addition, except for the final ending, all other endings are tragic scenes of the protagonist's tragic death. These branch endings make people feel that all emotions are mobilized when reading them..."

"Moreover, it fits our general direction of thought. If you do bad things, you should be punished, even the protagonist is no exception! What's more perfect is that in these tragic side plots, there is a strong sense of irony and education, which makes people think deeply after reading it..."

"what?"

Li Shuo's mouth couldn't help but open wider. Although "The Invisible Keeper" was indeed awesome, it not only achieved commercial success, but also had very profound connotations in literature and art, and it was an absolutely "great, glorious and correct" line, but the evaluation given by Mr. Jin still sounded a bit too outrageous!

It was not until later that Li Shuo understood: this was a kind of innovation in the script. Before this, no other script had so many side endings. "The Invisible Guardian" became the well-deserved number one because of this innovation.

"Well, maybe it's because of the different projects. Other traditional scripts are to be made into film and television series, so in order to maintain the continuity of the plot, they must have a single ending. But for "The Invisible Guardian", I plan to make it into a visual game..."

Li Shuo felt a little embarrassed by Mr. Jin's praise, so he frankly revealed his views on the project operation of "The Invisible Guardian".

The next moment, Jin Lao slapped his thigh and shouted:

"Okay, this is a really great idea. If it succeeds, wouldn't it provide the literary and artistic world with an additional form of expression?"

His face was full of excitement, and he pulled Li Shuo and started praising him endlessly.

While Li Shuo was stunned, other people on the bus also came over. Someone asked, "What's going on?" Jin Lao said proudly, "Everyone, I didn't expect that Lao Cao, this disciple, would find a new path for us..."

As he spoke, he described the "multi-branch ending script" and "audio-visual game" with great excitement as "a pioneering effort to bring art into games in addition to movies and television"...

Gradually, Li Shuo understood some of it. Of course, there were no audio-visual games in the past 10 years, and even various games were just simple animation products, and were called "not doing their job properly" by the older generation. But Li Shuo's idea meant that actors could also enter the game industry and shoot and produce audio-visual games, which was equivalent to expanding the actors' routes!

In fact, because of the great and glorious qualities of "The Invisible Guardian" compared with the traditional thinking about games, Mr. Jin's praise seems well-deserved.

Along the way, Li Shuo, the junior who "hitchhiked", unexpectedly became the core focus of this art troupe. Many seniors in related industries couldn't help but come over to chat with Li Shuo. Before leaving, they patted him on the shoulder and praised him by saying "the young are formidable".

The bus sped along at high speed and didn't arrive in Beijing until late at night. After getting off the bus, Cao Jie grabbed Li Shuo and said excitedly, "Good boy, I didn't expect you to bring honor to the master right away. Come on, stay at my place tonight!"

Before Li Shuo could say anything, Jin Lao came over and said, "Xiao Shuo, don't stay at the hotel tonight. Come stay at my place and we can have a long chat... Lao Cao, you don't mind if I borrow Xiao Shuo away, do you?"

Cao Jie said with a smile: "If it was someone else, of course it wouldn't work, but you are my senior, if you want to forcibly pull him away, what else can I say?"

Jin Lao pointed at him, said, "I'll get you two boxes of good tea later," and then took Li Shuo away.

Li Shuo hurriedly said, "Master Jin, you are too kind to me, but I really can't do it today. I asked for leave from the group in order to accompany you..."

Afterwards, he told her about his participation in a drama competition and his plan to form a group to go to Beijing.

Hearing this, Master Jin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is the person in charge of your group? I'll say hello to him."

"Don't worry, that's Zeng Tao from the Culture Department. He's Leng Hai's leader, so I guess he hasn't had much contact with you..."

Li Shuo had just said this when Jin Lao understood and said, "It turned out to be Xiao Zeng. He was in charge of the reception when we went to Lenghai for the meeting this time. Wait a minute..."

As he spoke, a phone call came.

The bus Zeng Tao was riding on had also arrived in Beijing. All the contestants entering Beijing were arranged to stay in a Donghai Hotel at the highway intersection. When Jin Lao called, he was at the hotel front desk, checking in the contestants. Because there were many people around him and the noise was loud, he did not hear the ringing tone of his cell phone.

Jin Lao called for a long time, but no one responded. Li Shuo quickly said, "I will definitely visit Jin Lao after the drama competition."

This time, Jin Lao did not try to persuade him to stay. He just waved at an Audi that rushed over to greet him and said to Li Shuo, "The contestants participating in the drama competition have all been arranged to stay at the Donghai Hotel, which is quite far from here. I'll have someone take you there..."

Having said that, without waiting for Li Shuo to refuse, he pushed him into the car, gave the driver a few instructions, then waved goodbye to them.

Li Shuo knew that Cao Jie would take Mr. Jin back on his behalf, so he did not continue to refuse. He got in the car and heard the driver ask, "What's your name? What's your relationship with Mr. Jin?"

This was not the tone of an ordinary driver. Li Shuo first explained the relationship, and then asked curiously: "Excuse me, who are you?"

The driver smiled and said, "I am Huang Mingrui, Master Jin's apprentice, and I work at the Drama Academy..."

This middle-aged man with a Beijing accent naturally did not say "Lenghai Drama Academy" but "Central Academy of Drama"!

Li Shuo's heart trembled. If there is a place in China that is more impressive than Lonely Drama, it is only the "National Academy of Drama". He said tentatively: "Oh, it turns out to be Professor Huang..."

He deliberately used the title of "professor", and Huang Mingrui just nodded, which was tantamount to his agreement.

Li Shuo exclaimed in his heart, "Wow!" Such a "young" professor of the Central Academy of Drama is also an amazing figure.

"You said you were Professor Cao's disciple?"

"Yes"

"Professor Cao hasn't accepted any disciples for a long time. You must cherish this opportunity..."

Along the way, the two chatted casually for a few words. After Huang Mingrui learned that Li Shuo was Cao Jie's apprentice, his attitude became obviously closer. When they arrived at the Donghai Hotel, he did not leave immediately. He pulled Li Shuo inside and said, "To be honest, I am the person in charge of this drama competition in Beijing. This is the place I chose. Come on, I will help you register..."

As soon as he walked into the main entrance of the hotel, he saw a middle-aged bald man. When he saw Li Shuo, he immediately shouted: "Li Shuo, you are finally here!"

As he spoke, he walked up to Li Shuo, pointed at his nose and scolded him: "Look at what you have done! Since you are here to participate in the drama competition, why don't you obey the organization's arrangements! You asked for leave, but you only asked for a trip from Lenghai to Beijing? You even called Director Wu, do you think others have no connections? Let me tell you, they all have connections and backgrounds, but you are the only one who is showing off..."

This person is none other than Zeng Tao, the head of the Lenghai Opera Troupe. He was angry that Li Shuo used Director Wu to pressure him, so on the bus, he started throwing dirty water on Li Shuo. Now that he has finally met the real culprit, he naturally becomes even more aggressive and wants to vent all his dissatisfaction!

But before he could get enough of scolding, an arm suddenly stretched out from the side, grabbed Zeng Tao, and said, "Director Zeng, what's going on? Why are you scolding a student non-stop..."

Zeng Tao looked carefully and saw Huang Mingrui who followed Li Shuo in!

"Professor Huang, this..."

Zeng Tao stuttered a little, but his mind was spinning wildly: What's going on? Did Huang Mingrui come with Li Shuo? Does Li Shuo even know him?

Huang Mingrui is not only Zeng Tao's disciple and professor at the Central Academy of Drama, but he is also the person in charge of this drama competition. To put it bluntly, he is Zeng Tao's direct superior!

Li Shuo did not expect the current situation. He mainly did not expect that even though he had already greeted Zeng Tao twice, this guy was still holding on to him!

"Professor Huang, I was wrong about this. I also have to go back to Beijing, so I asked Mr. Zeng for leave..."

Li Shuo looked sincere. Huang Mingrui nodded and looked at Zeng Tao and said, "Director Zeng, did you hear that? You got so angry that I thought this student had committed some treasonous crime! It turns out that he just wanted to accompany the teacher to Beijing! In other words, even if Li Shuo really wanted to drive to Beijing alone, it's not worth it for you, the person in charge, to make such a fuss, right?"

Zeng Tao had a big drop of sweat on his forehead. He lowered his head and said hesitantly, "Well, you are right. It was indeed my fault..."

This was a small matter and Zeng Tao could have let it go with just one sentence. However, Li Shuo felt that this guy was too petty. He was just asking for leave, but he was still jealous!

So he came forward and grabbed Zeng Tao: "No, no, no, this is my fault. If I hadn't caused trouble, Zeng Chu wouldn't be so angry..."

These words touched Zeng Tao's heart, and he couldn't help but smile: "Well, your classmate is quite sensible..."

Seeing him like this, Huang Mingrui frowned, thinking that this guy was really brainless. How could he be tricked into telling his true feelings so easily by a student?

However, Zeng Tao had already apologized, so Huang Mingrui didn't say much. He just said that he would help Li Shuo with the formalities, drove Zeng Tao away, and then went to the hotel front desk to check Li Shuo in. Then he whispered to Li Shuo:

"The Beijing Literature and Art Association is equivalent to the headquarters of various competitions. It is responsible for the formulation of competitions and related regulations. However, the specific implementation requires cooperation from various places, so it has no power to dispatch the heads of various places. Zeng Chu was recommended by Leng Hai. Even if it is me, if there is no new candidate recommended by Leng Hai, there is nothing I can do about him..."