Chapter 44
Lin Zhongxu said he would go home after a few days of internship on the set, but in reality, he stayed until the last two days before the Lunar New Year before taking a break with the crew. After the Lunar New Year, he only stayed at home for four days before he couldn't resist running back to the set where filming had just started.
Director Zhang Botian was unaware of his family situation and assumed he was genuinely passionate about directing. In addition, he did have some talent and professional knowledge, so Zhang Botian became extremely fond of him.
During a break in filming.
Xu Ying stood to the side listening to the director's praise, and then looked at Lin Zhongxu behind the director, who was practically bowing his head to the ground. She found it all very funny.
"Okay, you two chat first, I'll go take a look over there."
The director gave a long compliment and then strolled away.
Lin Zhongxu watched his retreating figure disappear into the distance, then turned around and slumped his shoulders: "I really didn't expect the director to say these things."
He felt especially ashamed to hear these things in front of Xu Ying. The director was perfectly fine when he was with him, but as soon as he saw Xu Ying, he started praising her like she was his parent.
"The director likes you," Xu Ying teased, then asked with concern, "How are you doing at home?"
"The first three days were fine, but on the fourth day they started to dislike me, so I left early," Lin Zhongxu said with a smile.
Judging from how relaxed he sounded, there probably wasn't any argument at home.
Xu Ying nodded.
"It's almost time. Go find the director; the crew should start filming soon."
"Okay, I'll be going now. Don't forget to invite you to dinner tonight!"
Lin Zhongxu ran off after he finished speaking, and Xu Ying responded and turned back to the hotel.
"The Great Tang Female Painter" has ended, and she has already decided to write a Qing Dynasty drama for her next book. Although she is not ready to publish it yet, she can at least put the pre-orders up to increase the number of collections.
After returning home, Xu Ying pondered for a long time before releasing the title and synopsis of her new book.
Legends of the Qing Dynasty
Brief introduction: Uya Malu was born into the Plain Yellow Banner and entered the palace in the 14th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign through the Imperial Household Department's selection process.
From palace maid to empress, forty-eight years in the palace, with intrigues woven between the court and the harem, who will be the ultimate winner?
......
Xu Ying was really bad at writing introductions, and she sat in front of the computer for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out a few sentences.
"Fine, let's leave it at that."
She gave up on herself and uploaded a profile.
She thought her introduction was too brief and lacked substance, little did she know that at that moment, posts on the Taxue Forum were appearing like snowflakes.
Since February Sky finished her new book at the end of last year, people on the forum have been speculating about the subject matter of her next novel.
Although she has only published two books so far, it's clear to everyone that she's not one to follow trends. "Back to High School" and "The Female Painter of the Tang Dynasty" are completely different genres, so it's likely that her next book will also be unconventional, choosing a unique subject.
But despite everyone's guesses, their imaginations were limited, and no one could figure out that it was a period drama.
In the minds of most people in the Yu Kingdom, the feudal era was a time of male supremacy and female inferiority. The subtext of filming ancient times was to depict the power struggles of a group of men, with women in the inner quarters generally serving only as embellishments and a hindrance.
They couldn't believe that Er Yuetian would write a novel about the power struggles among women in the imperial harem. What was there to fight about in the harem? Wasn't it all decided by the emperor?
Li Qinqin was also very curious about what February Sky was going to write.
Even though February Sky has now released the book's title and synopsis, her curiosity hasn't diminished in the slightest, because she can't imagine it.
Before this, she had never even heard of palace intrigue.
So at this moment, looking at the four big characters "Legend of the Qing Dynasty", she still had no idea what this novel was about.
There are many people with the same strong curiosity as her, which has led to an incredibly active online community on the Taxue Forum ever since February Sky released its pre-order.
Seeking help | Has anyone seen the synopsis of February Sky's new book? I can't understand it at all! Hoping some knowledgeable expert can help me out!
- Same request.
The introduction left me completely confused. What is the Plain Yellow Banner Bondservant? What is the fourteenth year of Kangxi's reign? I wondered if I was going crazy.
- It's just a charade.
- That "Kangxi Fourteenth Year" should be the reign title of some emperor, just like the Yongxing reign title in ancient China.
-What about the Plain Yellow Banner bondservants? These characters look so strange together.
- It's obviously a word she made up herself; she seems particularly enthusiastic about these kinds of things.
- I've never been so speechless about an author. If you want to create a new worldview, just do it. Why do you always have to use these obscure characters as gimmicks? It feels like you have a performative personality. You just want to hear people praise you for being amazing, right?
- Rare characters? Did you not graduate from elementary school? Please read the five characters '正黄旗包衣' a couple more times. Tell me which character is rare. Are the two characters in your comment "shut-up" rare?
- I laughed out loud.
-This book seems like it'll be quite boring. I've seen some documentaries about women in ancient palaces before, and their fates all seemed tragic. This one just doesn't appeal to me.
-Are people going astray? They feel that creating new words is a minor matter, as long as the story is good. But I feel that this book of hers has failed. The female lead goes from a palace maid to an empress, which is completely out of the realm of historical common sense.
-That's right, I've wanted to say this for a long time. In ancient times, with such a strict system of bloodlines, how could a palace maid possibly rise to the position of empress...?
- Sigh, what else is there to say? Er Yue Tian really went all out to write this book; he can make up anything.
-Feihong is the one who started this flamboyant writing style. Ever since her books became popular, it feels like authors these days are writing more and more outrageous things.
- Hahaha, I'm reminded of Ephemeral's new book, where a man transmigrates into a woman and undergoes gender reassignment surgery. She herself admitted that she was influenced by February Sky.
-Outrageous! Even a mayfly has fallen from grace. He's a renowned figure with years of experience and plenty of money, so why ruin his reputation like this?
-?
-Just talk about February weather, why drag us mayflies into this? Mayflies' new book is simply divine, and a bunch of ignorant wild boars are actually criticizing it, ugh!
I don't know what's wrong with people who like mayflies, but I can't get through any of her books. Her new book is even worse; she's fallen in love with herself. It's just disgusting.
-Fuck you*&%#%……
-you*@#@￥%
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Li Qinqin, who witnessed the whole thing, exclaimed: "The fans of Ephemeral are amazing!"
The Ta Xue Forum prohibits malicious attacks, and the profanities posted by netizens are automatically blocked. However, Li Qinqin was still shocked to see the rows of prohibition symbols and the completely blocked posts.
It truly lives up to its name as a mayfly.
Fuyou is a well-known author on Feihong Novel Network, but her fame is a little different from other authors. She is famous for being unconventional.
The novels she has written since her debut have mostly been about niche and exotic themes.
Therefore, the fans she attracted were quite unique. These fans were highly loyal, willing to spend money, and extremely aggressive. If anyone dared to say a bad word about her, these fans would immediately come over and destroy the post.
Today's post is a perfect example.
No wonder there's a saying among book fans: "When millet goes to war, not a blade of grass will grow."
"Squid" is the name that mayfly fans gave themselves. Mayflies are tiny creatures in the universe, so they adopted a similar name as a nickname, saying that they sounded like a match made in heaven.
Hahaha!
Although Li Qinqin usually thinks that the fans are a bit crazy, today is different. Today's war of words involves Eryuetian. Although the fans are doing it for their idol, they have unintentionally helped Eryuetian.
For a moment, she felt a great fondness for these millet grains.
*
That evening, Xu Ying drove over to pick up Lin Zhongxu.
Yes, she bought a car.
Not having a car is really inconvenient, especially in a big city like Shanghai. No matter where you go, it often takes at least one or two hours, and without a car, you can hardly move an inch.
The car was parked outside the film set, and Lin Zhongxu looked a little dejected when he came out.
He was exhausted after an afternoon of work.
When the director needed to set up a scene on short notice, he couldn't just stand there. So he worked with the props team to move things around: solid wood tables and chairs, porcelain vases, and camera equipment... all of which were heavy items.
He was fine while working, but now that he's stopped, he feels uncomfortable all over his body.
While Xu Ying was driving, she noticed that Lin Zhongxu in the passenger seat was constantly rubbing his shoulders.
"What's wrong? Is your shoulder uncomfortable?"
"It's nothing, just a little sore. I've been moving things all afternoon."
He made it sound so easy, but his hand was shaking the whole time he was eating. He couldn't even hold the noodles properly and they kept falling down. He had to just scoop them into his mouth from the edge of the bowl.
It's a bit tragic and a bit funny.
Not only did Xu Ying laugh, but he also laughed at himself.
Lin Zhongxu stubbornly finished the last noodle in his bowl, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and began to change the subject: "Xiao Ying, are you going to start a new book?"
How did you know?
I was helping with chores all afternoon...
"Of course I saw it online. I've bookmarked your author account so I can get notified immediately of any news you have."
"oh."
She was surprised to learn that Feihong Novel Network in this world had such a push notification function.
"Many people online are looking forward to your new book. After you opened pre-orders, the Taxue Forum exploded. Everyone was talking about your novel."
Whether it was good or bad, Lin Zhongxu didn't say.
He knew that Xu Ying didn't browse these forums much, so he ignored the afternoon's chaos and told her some nice things.
"By the way, I didn't really understand it either. Could you tell me what the Plain Yellow Banner bondservant were?"
"sure."
Xu Ying is happy to share these little-known facts about her past life with people.
"The story I wrote takes place in the Qing Dynasty, which was a nomadic regime that entered the Central Plains. Therefore, its system was fundamentally different from that of traditional countries."
For example, the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty was, simply put, a military organization. These eight banners were divided into the Upper Three Banners and the Lower Five Banners. The Upper Three Banners were directly commanded by the emperor, while the Lower Five Banners were slightly less so and were commanded by members of the imperial family and nobles.
The Plain Yellow Banner I mentioned in the synopsis of my new book is one of the Upper Three Banners...
"The female lead must have a very noble background."
They were born into the Upper Three Banners, directly under the emperor's rule.
"No, no," Xu Ying quickly explained when she heard that Lin Zhongxu had misunderstood. "The female lead is not of noble birth. She is also called a 'baoyi' (bondservant). 'Baoyi' means servant. Her family is a baoyi of the Plain Yellow Banner, which means servants who serve the royal family."
Xu Ying continued talking, and Lin Zhongxu listened with wide eyes.
"Xiao Ying, you must write these things down, otherwise I'm afraid your readers won't understand them."
"Write it down?"
Xu Ying thought for a moment, and realized that it would probably be a bit strange to insert these things abruptly into the main text.
“You can write side stories, and in them you can explain the Eight Banners, the bondservant system, and even how the Qing Dynasty was formed. You can talk about all of that in the side stories. I find it very interesting.”
"That's one way."
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