Bi Jia decided to stay in the mental hospital and study with Lu Ban.

He was like a real critically ill patient. He got up early every day, exercised, ate, listened to Lu Ban telling stories, and then had Lu Ban teach him how to draw.

In the past, Bi Jia not only had to ponder the content and creativity of his paintings, but also had to deal with troublesome interpersonal relationships. Sometimes he also encountered doubts from his peers and misunderstandings from the audience.

Now, in the asylum, all that was gone.

We are all patients and we are frank with each other. We often sit together in the afternoon to chat and share our experiences.

In the past, Bi Jia thought that he was an indifferent person, and all the news on the Internet made him indifferent.

But now, listening to the aunt next to him crying and saying that she and her child were stabbed more than 120 times, and were sent to a mental hospital after crawling out of the mourning hall, Bi Jia was moved to tears.

In the past, Bi Jia felt that art was aloof, elegant, and trendy, and that ordinary people could not understand it.

Now, Bi Jia realizes that art can also be warm and popular, and that he should go deep into the masses of the people to gain more inspiration.

"So this is how Lu Ban got his material!"

Bi Jia suddenly realized.

These are not the bizarre fantasies of a mental patient, nor are they hallucinations caused by schizophrenia, but the true feelings of these patients who have broken away from the constraints of society and shown their truest selves.

In daily social communication, people wear hypocritical masks. Even if they are open-hearted, they still leave room for interpretation. For example, if someone asks you what type of girls you like, you might answer well-behaved and cute, but you certainly won't tell others that you like girls with hymen, a feature that cannot even be shown.

But mental hospitals are different.

Here, everyone is like a newborn baby. No matter what you say, it doesn't matter. No one will pursue it. No one will look at you with strange eyes. Some brothers may even put a question mark after listening to the black mud-like things you said, and say "That's it?"

This benefited Bi Jia a lot.

Of course, Bi Jia was still keenly aware of a problem.

I feel more and more that these mentally ill patients are normal.

Logically, these patients in the intensive care unit are people who can no longer support a normal life in the real world and have serious mental problems. However, Bi Jia feels that he can communicate with these people smoothly.

You won’t suddenly think, “Hey, it seems like the other person has some mental issues.” You will just feel that they are like family, full of love and warmth.

When he realized this, Bi Jia felt that he might really be crazy.

He came to the clinic and asked the doctor to treat him.

However, after completing the psychological test, the doctor told him a shocking result.

"Mr. Biga, you have been completely cured."

The doctor looked at the medical report and said in disbelief.

"ah?"

Bi Jia was a little bit unbelievable.

"Wait, doctor, don't be ridiculous. I feel like I'm seriously ill. I can communicate well with those seriously ill patients. Is there something wrong with me?"

"But according to the test and X-ray results, you are indeed normal."

The doctor spoke earnestly.

"Maybe it's because you've lived here for a long time, so you're used to it and don't want to leave. This is very common, Mr. Biga. You're normal. You don't have any psychological problems or mental illnesses. Even the depression you had before is gone."

"???"

Bi Jia was speechless.

He even began to think that this was some kind of prank, and maybe soon a bunch of people would jump out from the back of the room and tell him that he had been fooled.

With the doctor's certificate in hand, Bi Jia returned to his room.

In the sketchbook, there are works that Lu Ban has drawn based on his inspiration over the past few days.

Bi Jia opened it carefully.

Most of these paintings make people feel dizzy, uncomfortable, sad, and confused at first glance, but if you look at them a few more times, you will feel peace of mind.

While appreciating these paintings, Bi Jia's brain seemed to be directly destroyed by something and then slowly reshaped.

His whole being was healed.

Bi Jia feels that if these paintings can be exhibited, they will surely liberate the tired minds of modern people and heal their devastated hearts.

Seeing Bi Jia being discharged from the hospital, Lu Ban felt that he had rested enough.

He also completed the discharge procedures.

After returning home, Lu Ban turned on the computer.

In the hard drive, there lies a folder named "No War in Spring".

Lu Ban clicked it and found it was filled with videos.

The length and number of videos far exceed those before.

Clicking on any of them, he saw a girl with smooth black hair and amber eyes. She was sitting quietly on a cushion, the moonlight shining on her face.

She stood up, picked up her longbow and arrows, and shot arrows under the moon.

Then, he saw Lu Ban standing aside.

Lu Ban turned off the video, and in his field of vision, the cold and indifferent words of the system that he had not seen for a long time appeared.

【Career Development Tasks】

[Sometimes, the fluctuation of heartstrings is more impressive than the visual shock. Explore your heart, present your past, and create a character that the audience will remember forever. You have already held it in your hands, don’t you?]

[Task requirements: Release a work in the movie universe and win three world-class awards]

【Release of Movie Universe Works: 0/1】

【World-class awards won: 0/3】

[“He is only one step away from the Grand Slam. Can he succeed?”]

“A world-class award…”

Originally, Lu Ban felt that the 5 billion revenue last time was already outrageous, and he had spent a lot of effort to accomplish it. If he could earn 10 billion this time, he would have to start making cars immediately.

However, the mission requirements this time are different.

A world-class award means at least an award at the level of an international film festival. Not to mention the Oscars, Golden Bears, Golden Lions, and Palmes d'Or, Lu Ban feels that at the very least it has to be something like the Miskatoke Film Festival's Golden Octopus Award to count.

"There's no way I can go to the College Student Film Festival."

Lu Ban felt very sorry. It was definitely their loss that those college students and new directors could not compete with him.

Compared to box office, award-winning movies are actually on a different dimension from elements such as revenue and box office success.

Simply put, be artistic.

Even for the most commercial Oscars, the judges will pay attention to some political elements. There are many commercial blockbusters that have won the golden statue, but not many. Most of the winning films reflect certain social issues, historical events, etc.

As for other awards, they are more artistic. Even though Lu Ban's movies have such high box office worldwide, in the eyes of those arrogant judges, they are full of the smell of money and are not worth mentioning.

Moreover, a commercial film director like Lu Ban who has achieved big box office success may be boycotted by people in the circle. They may think that Lu Ban has made too much money and wants to flatter himself. After all, it is common for drama actors to look down on movie makers, and for art film makers to look down on commercial film makers.

Such bias may also lead to non-objective evaluation of movies. Anyway, you can always find fault if you want to, and you will be fired if your left foot goes out first, not to mention film reviews that are seriously influenced by subjective feelings.

It seems easy for Lu Ban to win the award now, but it is actually full of difficulties.

"Anyway, let's work together."

After stretching his muscles, Lu Ban spoke to the air around him.