Chapter 0681: Little Schemes

Zhao Fusheng once heard a joke: when an ordinary person says goodnight to you, you feel calm. When Lu Xun says goodnight to you, you feel that the character 'wan' in 'wan'an' points to the time, evoking the darkening sky, symbolizing the darkness of society at the time. And under this black sky, people feel 'an', which reflects the ignorance and numbness of the people back then... And when a gay guy says goodnight to you...

Ahem, getting off track, getting off track...

In short, after chatting with Lou Ye once, Zhao Fusheng decisively gave up this challenging behavior. He was just an ordinary person, vulgar and mundane, only interested in making money. Things like literature and art were best left to the experts to study.

The next morning, Zhao Fusheng was awakened by Lou Ye's knocking.

Still scouting locations?

Staring at Lou Ye in disbelief, Zhao Fusheng thought the guy might be crazy.

Yes, do you think making a movie is that easy? If you don't choose a suitable location, the film will end up being a mishmash... Lou Ye said with conviction.

Zhao Fusheng's mouth twitched. He really wanted to retort, but thought it was pointless because even if he said something, the other probably wouldn't understand.

China nowadays really likes to show the face of its cities to the outside world.

This face refers to the true state of the people living in the city, not the so-called deformed rural love stories of the fifth generation, nor the self-contained small-town tales of the sixth generation.

After a week in Shanghai, Zhao Fusheng really didn't like it. At first, he was dragged around by Lou Ye to scout locations, but later he simply stopped going.

Because he felt it was a meaningless activity.

He wasn't Lou Ye; he didn't have that many artistic cells, nor could he find so-called childhood and memories along the banks of Suzhou Creek. In Zhao Fusheng's view, it was just an ordinary river, with countless household garbage and residents along its banks.

This might sound a bit blunt, even unartistic, but Zhao Fusheng felt this was reality.

Even though, at this moment, standing beside him was Miss Zhou.

Do you hate scouting that much?

It's not hate; I just don't understand it at all.

Pfft, as if you're not a screenwriter.

Being a screenwriter doesn't mean I have to be artistic.

The two stood there chatting, and Miss Zhou was amused by Zhao Fusheng's words from time to time.

Clearly, she found this unartistic 'outsider' very interesting.

Zhao Fusheng remained expressionless, but inside, he felt a bit helpless.

Zhou Xun's reputation in the circle was actually mixed. Some said she was China's Taylor Swift. Why?

The reason was simple: their commonality was that both debuted with a pure image and then immersed themselves in their own world.

What does it mean to be immersed in one's own world?

Ha, they just do whatever they want without considering anything else, as long as they like it.

For example, dating.

It's not about being fickle; it's simply that this kind of person dates based on feelings. In other words, they are serious about every relationship, respecting it fully and investing all their emotions.

But the problem is, they are emotional people. When the feeling is right, they can express their love without restraint; when the feeling is gone, they will leave without hesitation.

Zhao Fusheng wasn't so bored as to think that at this moment Miss Zhou would have any improper thoughts about him; he just simply didn't like getting too entangled with someone like her.

After all, a woman who could sigh for half a day just watching the sunrise was really too terrifying.

A vulgar person like Zhao Fusheng, who couldn't stop smiling when making money, simply couldn't understand her level of thought.

Actually, Zhao Fusheng really wanted to tell Miss Zhou: There is no old love that can't be forgotten; obsession is just because the new love isn't good enough. Time may not prove many things, but it can certainly see through many things.

He believed that if she understood these principles, she would suffer much less pain in the future.

But the problem was, although the two seemed to chat quite well, they weren't actually that familiar.

Zhao Fusheng couldn't bring himself to speak frankly with a shallow acquaintance, and Miss Zhou might not take it to heart either.

Moreover, in Zhao Fusheng's view, without going through those experiences, she might not have become the highly successful Miss Zhou of the future.

Successology is somewhat deceptive, and its biggest deception is that it doesn't maximize the role of luck. To a large extent, any individual's success is due to luck. This doesn't mean such successful people are incompetent; if they were in a different environment or at a different time, they might not have achieved what they did.

So Zhao Fusheng was very careful; he didn't want to ruin a good actress because of himself.

Miss Zhou didn't notice; she simply thought that Zhao Fusheng was a nice person. Compared to those men who either became nervous and at a loss or had shining eyes when they saw her, this guy seemed to appreciate her more.

Every woman has vanity, longs to be cherished like a treasure by men, and desires recognition. Even the most beautiful woman would feel uncomfortable if no one looked at her on the street.

Conversely, if someone could ignore her beauty and talk to her as an equal, she would think he was a good person. At least, he wasn't someone coveting her looks.

So, women are always the most contradictory beings in the world.

"So, you don't like the film 'Suzhou River'?" After hesitating for a while, Miss Zhou suddenly asked Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng was startled, then laughed: "It's not about liking or disliking. Old Jiang asked me for help, and since he's my friend, I'll definitely help. I'll introduce the company side; they think it's a film that can win awards and are willing to invest. But since no one in our company understands this, they just threw me in here, understand?"

He needed to explain this to Miss Zhou, or more accurately, he needed Miss Zhou to convey the message to Lou Ye.

Zhao Fusheng believed that Lou Ye would understand his meaning.

Although artistic youths are more emotional than rational, it doesn't mean they have no rationality at all, because rationality is the most basic human trait.

In other words, the reason artistic youths are artistic youths is largely because their inner emotions are at play. If a person's emotions outweigh their rationality, they will naturally often do irrational things.

But if you explain the reasoning to them, even the most artistic person will understand.

After all, he's an artistic youth, not a foolish one.