"The reason is simple: it's too vulgar, and it's pretentious and empty."

"Archaeologists face the prospect of losing their families in order to collect artifacts from the ancients. If you were in their shoes, would you really empathize?"

"Would you go out and experience life just to write a screenplay, without caring about your parents' well-being?"

"Would someone abandon their own children to collect an ancient book?"

"Do you even believe you could produce a stage play like this?"

Wang Yueheng looked at the man, who appeared to be dressed in an imposing, elite manner, and asked him in a calm tone.

"Uh...I..."

A series of questions arose.

Zhang Donglei, who was about to continue questioning, suddenly froze, opening his mouth but unable to utter a word for a long time.

A fine bead of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Abandoning family and children for a job? What a joke!

Even though he is a top student who studied abroad, he will still rely on his parents' connections to find a job when he returns to China.

How could I abandon my wife and children for a job...

"The same."

"If you were to dedicate yourselves to archaeological work in China in the future, would you really choose to abandon your families like the character in the story?"

"Inspirational and touching moments are fine, but if they're too fake, they'll just make people dislike you!"

"Besides, this is archaeology, not satellite or nuclear weapon construction or special missions. The country will not encourage everyone to neglect their families for their careers."

"Audiences are no longer buying into that; they crave novelty."

Even positive stories must be convincing enough!

Wang Yueheng then turned his gaze to Tong Yue and the other archaeology students, and continued speaking.

With the dual skills of being both a "domineering director" and a "domineering screenwriter," he can pinpoint the flaws in any work.

"Oh~"

"I see!"

"Now I understand. The problem isn't with the script format; it's that the story is too fake!"

"Moreover, it's too serious a narrative, lacking any engaging highlights."

"To be honest, if this stage play required payment to see, I probably wouldn't have bought a ticket..."

After all, they are top students from a prestigious university.

Wang Yueheng's simple and clear words made these archaeology students immediately understand the problem.

This story is indeed just as Wang Yueheng described.

It's too grand and formal, bland and lacks excitement and novelty.

If it were a paid performance, I doubt any outsiders would come to watch it...

"But archaeological work involves these kinds of tasks. How can we move the audience without exaggerating a bit?"

"Academic research is inherently dry and boring; you can't just make it up like you're writing a romance novel, can you?"

"Wouldn't that be misleading the audience?"

Jia Meichen, the girl in the long skirt who had just objected to the script revisions, immediately raised her hand to retort.

She subconsciously thought so.

Wang Yueheng plans to write some melodramatic love stories for a stage play.

Just to attract viewers' attention.

As soon as Jia Meichen said this.

Everyone's eyes turned to Wang Yueheng, wondering what his answer would be.

"It's not difficult. Just think about it from a different perspective."

"I'd like to ask you all, as professionals in the archaeology field, what kind of people are you most afraid of?"

As if he had been prepared for this question, Wang Yueheng smiled slightly and then asked in return.

"What I fear most..."

"Of course it's tomb raiders, and those who loot and excavate cultural relics..."

Tong Yue immediately answered.

"However, in terms of severity, the damage caused by tomb raiders to ancient tombs, especially undeveloped royal tombs, is the greatest."

"Moreover, many valuable cultural relics are sold cheaply to foreigners through tomb raiders, and thus end up overseas."

"Those ordinary people who loot cultural relics might actually help keep them in China..."