At the lecture gala at Beijing University, the lectures are about to begin tonight.
The program team has informed the audience via the public chat that literary master Zhuang Qiu is unable to attend in person due to personal reasons and will only be able to give a speech via live stream.
This prompted whispers among the attendees and students from Peking University.
After all, no one had missed the first six days of this seven-day lecture series, but today Master Zhuang is the first person who didn't show up.
Moreover, he did not inform the organizers in advance that he could not come. It was only when the organizers realized something was wrong and contacted him that they learned he could not come to the event.
This caught the organizers off guard, and they found it difficult to find a suitable replacement.
Finally, as a last resort, they had to send someone to communicate with Master Zhuang for half a day before deciding to have him give a speech via live stream.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that it wasn't advisable to offend Master Zhuang at the moment, the person in charge of the event would have been cursing.
However, it must be said that Zhuang Qiu's move was quite impressive.
In this way, even if he couldn't come to the event, the organizers couldn't cancel his spot and would have to find other ways to get him to participate in the speech event.
If others were merely surprised by Master Zhuang's actions...
Having learned some 'insider information,' Xu Lu already sensed an impending storm.
In his view, the reason why that literary master named Zhuang Qiu did not come to the scene was probably because he was plotting something bad.
Xu Lu's guess was confirmed not long afterward.
Because the live stream started just over ten minutes later.
There was no one on the stage, but the image of Zhuang Qiu sitting in his study opposite him appeared on the big screen.
"Here, I would like to apologize to my dear classmates and other attendees, because of personal reasons, I was unable to be here today..."
In the scene, Zhuang Qiu slowly began to speak:
"I felt very honored to be able to participate in the biennial speech gala of Beijing University, and I had already made travel arrangements a few days ago."
But when I learned that the person I was speaking on stage with was a young director, I hesitated. What useful things could a young director possibly convey to everyone…
People watching the live stream at the venue and elsewhere were wondering why Master Zhuang couldn't be there in person.
But when he said this, almost everyone was stunned.
It's worth noting that right at the very front of the stage, the titles of tonight's two speakers are displayed: 'Literary Master Zhuang Qiu' and 'Famous Director Xu Lu'.
No one expected that Master Zhuang would open his mouth and directly target Director Xu.
Moreover, he made it clear, both openly and implicitly, that the reason he couldn't come to the event was because he didn't want to share the stage with Director Xu!
The students present were shocked to hear these words.
Everyone was discussing it.
"This Master Zhuang is really disrespectful to Director Xu, expressing his dislike so bluntly."
"Yeah, I think Director Xu is a really nice guy. He greeted me with a friendly smile, and he's handsome too!"
"I really didn't expect things to turn out like this during today's speech; the two speakers actually started arguing."
"Well, it's not really a conflict yet. I feel like it's just that Master Zhuang looks down on Director Xu."
...
"But to be honest, Master Zhuang is actually at a higher level in the hierarchy of contempt."
It's important to understand that directors are only considered to be at a mid-level in the entertainment industry, while literary masters are at a much higher level.
Now that a literary master is looking down on a director, Director Xu really doesn't know how to refute him..."
"Is Master Zhuang trying to offend Director Xu to the death? He's being so disrespectful to him in public."
"I think there's a personal grudge involved; otherwise, this situation wouldn't have occurred."
However, Director Xu was helpless; as a director, he couldn't do anything about Master Zhuang.
"Yes, Director Xu really lost face this time, being looked down upon by a literary figure."
...
The audience at the scene was surprised, and Xu Lu's hundreds of thousands of online fans were equally dumbfounded.
After a while, the crowd, having regained their senses, began to discuss:
[Holy crap! Is this guy surnamed Zhuang out of his mind? He can't come himself, but he's blaming Director Xu!]
[Exactly, Director Xu doesn't seem to have offended this guy, so why is he spewing nonsense?]
[This guy is so damn malicious, belittling our Director Xu like that, damn it...]
[That's it, Director Xu has really been screwed over by this guy; the intangible losses are huge.]
...
[But I have to say, this guy surnamed Zhuang's move is truly unbeatable, it's absolutely disgusting.]
What's wrong with the organizers? Why didn't they just disconnect this guy's live stream?
Well, maybe it's because of Zhuang Qiu's status.
This guy is, after all, a master in the field of literature; he just published a really impressive novel called "A Life's Bitter Journey."
Even if he were a literary master, I would still despise him.
Look at all those speakers before you, which one of them relied on belittling others to show off? Only this guy did.
...
The fans were very excited, and the employees of Daxu Culture were even more excited.
Everyone, including Feng Xiaoxia, felt frustrated and anxious, and were very worried about President Xu who was present at the scene.
In fact.
As soon as Zhuang Qiu said those words, the cameras on set gave Xu Lu several close-ups, clearly wanting to see his reaction.
Surprisingly, Xu Lu, who was sitting in the front row, remained completely calm.
It was as if the person Master Zhuang was talking about wasn't himself, but some unrelated person.
Seeing this, the employees of Daxu Culture were deeply distressed:
"President Xu has such good self-control! He can even hold back his anger at a time like this!"
"What's the use of getting angry? It only makes you look worse. I'm afraid Mr. Xu is holding back his anger."
"Of course! We haven't messed with any of those guys surnamed Zhuang. Is that guy crazy?"
"Perhaps Mr. Xu offended them unintentionally, and their current actions clearly indicate they are using this as an opportunity for revenge..."
...
"Did Xu Lu offend Master Zhuang before?"
Dilraba, who was also watching the live stream, was thinking with a puzzled expression.
Oops!
Xu Lu's current situation is extremely unfavorable for him.
If he gets angry or even shows anger now, it could make the situation worse.
Fortunately, he is able to maintain his composure for the time being.
I just hope that literary master Zhuang Qiu doesn't go too far, otherwise...
Thinking of this, Reba clenched her fists nervously.
Unfortunately, no matter how nervous or worried she was, it was all in vain at this moment.
Unlike Dilraba's concerns.
At this moment, there was another group of people who were hoping that Director Xu would go berserk soon.
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