Chapter 344: Considerations
Half of August had passed. The Black Wolf crew, where An Xiayue was, finally finished their final filming in Africa. With that, the movie officially wrapped up. It was truly not easy. After that, all that was left was editing. This movie was expected to be released at the beginning of next year. It was unknown what the box office would reach. After all, this was her first movie filmed back in China. She hoped everything would develop in a good direction.
On the last day, the crew took a group photo in Africa to commemorate their filming days there. An Xiayue really wanted to cry. Filming this movie was too difficult, full of bitter tears. Not to mention anything else, just the food was not good, and it was impossible to eat well. She had lost a lot of weight. And the filming was particularly hard, the temperature was high, and there were many action scenes. Although she was the female lead, some scenes still required action, so she had also suffered a lot under the action director. Plus, Hu Qing rarely used a stunt double when filming, which led the entire crew’s actors to follow suit. An Xiayue had almost never used a stunt double in the movie.
The crew could be said to have invited people from many places, including a team from Hollywood in the United States, as well as a team from Hong Kong, a cinematographer, an action director, special effects production, and music editing. So many people from different countries were combined together. An Xiayue felt that this movie was really amazing, as if she were filming a movie in Hollywood.
Even though people were not optimistic, Hu Qing still insisted on filming, even if it meant using his own house as collateral for a loan. An Xiayue admired him even more.
“Belia, you didn’t leave anything behind, right?”
“No, no, I’ve taken everything with me. Don’t treat me like a child.”
“Xiayue, come and film again next time~”
“I hope there will be a next time.”
An Xiayue acted cute and then took out her phone to take a picture. She wanted to leave a memento of her trip to Africa. After returning to her home country, she could eat a lot of delicious food.
First, she still had to find Shion-sensei, to have a good time with her. She had heard that she lived in Guangnan. Anyway, she, An Xiayue, had not taken on any other movies for the time being. She would go and find her to play. But she had to go back to her home in Beijing first.
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Speaking of Yu Linna, she had stayed in Shenzhen for a week. After her guest appearance scene was filmed, considering Ye Zhiyun and not wanting to affect her, she had gone back soon. Although she had stayed here long enough.
On the contrary, Ye Zhiyun, when she was seeing her off, had hemmed and hawed for a long time, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she couldn’t say it.
After she had left, Ye Zhiyun had regretted it so much she wanted to slap herself. Why didn’t I confess when I had said I would! So despicable!
Ye Zhiyun’s regret…
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Yu Linna got on the return car and began to consider her future. Not long ago, Chen Xi had called her and suggested that she go to Japan to study for a period of time. Many authors in Japan would participate in exchange meetings, to learn each other’s special skills, and there were in-depth discussions on the topic of how to write a bestseller.
Japanese novels were also famous internationally, and many famous literary works also came from there. But what attracted the most attention from Chinese people was Japanese light novels. This was something that had influenced many Chinese people. The young girl had also read many light novels when she was reading books for free in the bookstore before. And when she watched anime, many of them were also adapted from light novels. Now, the development of Chinese novels was rapid, and it was also influenced by Japan. Even the currently popular manga-to-anime adaptations could more or less find the shadow of Japan.
Besides the United States, Japanese novels were indeed worth learning from.
As a novelist, and a has-been, and a writer with no heat, she now needed to learn, needed to settle down.
The terrible performance of The Magician had made her reputation plummet, and had even ruined her fame. She was now completely crowned with the title of “has-been author,” no longer as glorious as before. From now on, the glory was gone. She no longer belonged here.
From a highly anticipated new star to a writer who couldn’t even hold onto the title of a great author today, the world is unpredictable, full of drama.
Therefore, she had to consider her future.
After returning to Guangnan City, not long after, Chen Xi called her again and talked to her about this matter.
“Shion-sensei, I hope you will seriously consider it again. Going to Japan to study will be very helpful for you. I hope you can learn something from there.”
“What about Sister Yuyan? Don’t you have to consider her?”
“Compared to her, I want to consider you more. You need this right now. Shion-sensei, although I’m not questioning you, you have renewed your contract with us for three long novels. You have now finished one novel, and we can’t possibly accept another novel that will be cut short and put on the market to lose money. If you don’t write well next time, you will really be rejected.”
Chen Xi had even brought up the matter of rejection to her. In the past, the young girl would never have thought of this problem, but now, she had to think about it.
If she couldn’t write an excellent work, she wouldn’t even have the qualification to be published, and could only face starvation. Which meant returning to the past.
And if she didn’t follow the terms of the contract, she would have to pay a penalty.
Yu Linna had had two books cut short in a row. Wenqing’s side also had doubts. They were not very willing to accept her manuscripts. So, next time, if the quality of her book was not enough, she wouldn’t even have the qualification to be published.
She had to consider this problem.
“Sister Chen, I want to think about it again.”
“There’s no more time for you to consider. You have to give me an answer by tomorrow at the latest. Shion-sensei, this is an opportunity I have fought for you. I hope you can grasp it. When you can’t write good things, you might as well stop, settle yourself down. This is my suggestion.”
After hanging up the phone, Yu Linna fell into a deep state of distress.
Going abroad, to Japan…
She really had to consider it.
But going to Japan couldn’t be reimbursed either. The plane ticket, the accommodation, and the cost of studying, these were all money. Thinking about it, Yu Linna had never spent money on tutoring classes, nor had she spent money to study anywhere. Usually, she would use the money to buy food. Even her reference books were second-hand. Now, she had to spend money on learning to write. This was a first.
Do I really have to do this…
Yu Linna didn’t know either.
She used to think that she could earn a lot of money, writing desperately, making money desperately, and even taking on scripts to write. At that time, she had indeed earned a lot and had also paid off a lot of her debts. But now she found that she didn’t have much savings. For example, if she wanted to buy a house, with the speed at which she earned money, she could afford it, but her savings were barely enough to cover the down payment. If she wanted to buy, she could only choose a mortgage.
Because she had used most of her money to pay off her debts.
She hadn’t enjoyed much herself.
She walked in a daze, bought a drink at a convenience store, and walked home drinking the water. For the first time, she felt she had to consider many things.
After finally replying to the two people who had confessed to her, she had thought she could relax a little. As a result, she now had to face her own future.
Of course, if she didn’t want to be a novelist, that was also fine. She could just save her money now. After she graduated from university, she would honestly find a job and live the life of an ordinary person with a stable income. This was not a bad way to live either.
But Yu Linna would absolutely not do that. It was impossible for her to just live an ordinary life. She didn’t want to end her life without having done anything.
From entering the entertainment industry to leaving it, she had finally found her own direction. At this point, it was impossible for her to give up.
As long as she could pull herself together again, she would surely stand up and move forward again.
It was just that she was still very lost now…
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After the entire crew of An Xiayue returned to the country, she finally breathed in the familiar air and smelled the familiar fragrance. As soon as she came out, she immediately went to buy a local hamburger, and even shed tears of emotion. She had finally eaten food!
After saying goodbye to everyone in the crew, An Xiayue bought a plane ticket to Beijing. Her hometown was in Beijing, and she would go back with her family every year. Because she also had Chinese blood in her, and her grandparents were also in the country. But these two seemed to be very keen on outdoor activities, often going for walks or to the gym. An Xiayue even felt that they might sprain their backs.
When she returned to Beijing, it was just dawn. She had already taken a nap on the plane and was now so sleepy she could die. If she had known earlier, she wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to buy a ticket. She should have stayed there for a night.
An Xiayue yawned, dragged her suitcase, and walked out of the Beijing airport. It was still the familiar road, the familiar city. She didn’t know if her grandparents were at home. She had heard from the older generation that her father had grown up in the country. Although her father also had a quarter of American blood in him, he was essentially a Chinese and had also grown up in China. Later, he had married her mother, given birth to her, and then had lived in the United States.
She found the house in Beijing. There weren’t many people in this place, and it was decorated with green trees and flowers. Not many people lived here, because the land was too expensive. Originally, her father had wanted to buy a better house for her grandparents, but the two old people had said that they were old and didn’t need to live in such a good house, so they had chosen to build a three-story house. But even so, this house was also built with good materials, and her father had specially found a friend of his to help with the design.
An Xiayue walked into the courtyard, took out the key her mother had sent her, and opened the door. She found her own room, put away her luggage, and then found the fridge and made herself a simple sandwich. After eating, she went to the courtyard, wanting to find their family dog, but only found the doghouse. The dog was gone. It seemed her grandparents had taken it away.
There was nothing to be done about it. An Xiayue had no choice but to close the door tightly and go back to her room to sleep. Anyway, she hadn’t slept all night. Since she had already told her grandparents that she would be coming, then there was no need to worry. She would talk about it after she woke up.
And so, at around 12 noon, An Xiayue got up. She was still woken up by the alarm she had set. She was still so sleepy she could die. She rubbed her eyes and walked out of the room. At this time, her grandmother was cooking. Seeing her precious granddaughter get up, she was both angry and amused.
“Yueyue, you little lazy bug, you’re finally up. You didn’t even say you were coming back a few days early. Your mother just told me today that you were back. I made your favorite dishes. Quick, wash your face and come and eat.”
“Mmm, okay, Grandma.”
An Xiayue yawned again and ran to the bathroom. Next time she came home, she would definitely buy a daytime ticket. She would die rather than buy a night ticket. No matter how urgent it was, she wouldn’t buy it. She was really an idiot.
