Chapter 436: Collision
The promotion was over. Looking at the deserted venue, the unenthusiastic staff, and the tired faces of everyone, Ye Zhiyun stared at the scene for a long time. She said, “Everyone has worked hard. You can go back now.” After everyone had left, Ye Zhiyun stayed at the scene alone for a long time. After there was no one left, she also sat in a seat alone, watching for a long time.
Sometimes it’s like this. Even if you use all your strength, you are still very far from your goal.
She had given everything, had tried her best, money, time, energy, everything had been invested, but Ye Zhiyun still didn’t feel that she had taken a step forward towards being a real first-class director.
The result, she had already guessed it.
It was just a matter of time.
She held her head, a little pained. She thought of the past, of the Nana who had been constantly struggling, the child who had never gotten a result after constantly working hard. Was her mood the same as hers now? Everyone thought that as long as you worked hard, you would get a result, that as long as you put in the effort, there would definitely be a reward. But the fact was, it was simply impossible. Even if you put in the effort, what couldn’t be given to you couldn’t be given to you. This was destined.
Ye Zhiyun laughed at herself. She sat alone at the scene for a long time, a very long time.
This proud, unyielding, always moving forward and never bowing her head girl, had begun to be lost, to wander, not knowing when her dream could be realized.
…
The days of the Spring Festival were also approaching, and the major movies were all entering their promotion period. Before the schedule officially started, all the gods were already prepared, just waiting for the day of the battle.
Yu Xiayue was preparing to leave after the promotion days were over. Her grandparents were both in Beijing, so it was very convenient to go back. As for her parents, they were still in America, but they had already prepared a private plane to fly over. Yu Xiayue had once again enthusiastically invited Yu Linna to her house, but Yu Linna had still refused.
“No, I won’t be a bother.”
She said.
“This year I want to spend it with Zhiyun… with her.”
“I see. Alright then, we’ll see each other after the New Year. Good luck with your script work too. I hope we can cooperate on a movie one day.”
The two hands were held together, a promise for the future was made, and then they moved forward towards their respective goals, waiting for the next reunion.
…
To see Ye Zhiyun, Yu Linna had bought a very early plane ticket and had flown back to Shanghai early, just to see her. But after she had returned, she had found that Ye Zhiyun had not yet come back. She was still in Wuhan. Regretfully, she could only slowly wait for Ye Zhiyun’s return.
During this period, she had learned through the internet that the Japanese drama she had written the script for, The Big Sister Head is a Teacher, had very high ratings in Japan and was very popular. The actors who had participated in it had also gained high popularity, and even as a screenwriter, Yu Linna had become famous. The second season was already a foregone conclusion. Suzuki Hayato had even made a special transoceanic call to her, to explain the matter of the second season to her, and had cordially invited her to be the screenwriter for the second season. Unlike the first season, where she had only gotten a little remuneration, this time, for her return as a screenwriter, the remuneration was completely different.
In the first season, it was 7,000 yen per episode. She had written the script for thirteen episodes, and the remuneration she had gotten was not much. In this country, Japan, it was basically the price for a student. But even with so little money, Yu Linna had used her brain to conceive a perfect story, which had moved the hearts of many viewers. The plot was also very outstanding, and the characters’ images were also very full. At that time, because it had been exposed that she had only gotten so little remuneration for being a screenwriter in Japan, the domestic netizens had cursed on the official website through Twitter, saying that the Japanese side had no morals, to have dismissed Shion-sensei with so little money. And the Japanese netizens had also expressed their disbelief, saying, “Is the official dismissing a beggar?”
Hatsuhinode Co., Ltd. had been under a lot of public opinion pressure. Later, it was Shion-sensei who had personally come out online to say that it was her own volition, that she had only accepted it at that time to give herself a chance, and that she hadn’t spent too much time writing the thirteen-episode script. The TV series had also only been supervised for the first five episodes. She didn’t care about the remuneration. Only then did the matter subside.
“Long time no see, Mr. Suzuki. How have you been lately?”
“Long time no see, Shion-sensei. I’m very happy to hear your voice. The TV series you wrote the script for has very high ratings in Japan, and the audience’s response is very good. Next time, at the fan meeting, can you come back?”
“A fan meeting? Isn’t it enough for the actors and the director to be there?”
“You’re joking, Shion-sensei. You are also very popular in Japan, and your fans also want to see you very much. This time, we hope you can also appear, to shake hands with your fans and sign autographs.”
This was quite a surprise for Yu Linna.
In Japan, Yu Linna’s popularity seemed to be very high, and her fame was also very strong. Many Japanese people liked Yu Linna and had become her fans. Although she was a screenwriter, the stories she wrote were really very good to watch, and the Japanese audience all liked them. Plus, she was cute, soft and moe, and many lolicons liked her.
“Also, your work is about to be introduced to Japan and officially published in Japan. You know about this, right?”
“Mmm, I know about that.”
Because Yu Linna’s popularity in Japan was constantly rising, the Japanese side had sent people over to negotiate with Wenqing, to discuss whether they could introduce Yu Linna’s novels published in her home country, Ballad of the Enchantress and Zixuan and the Paper Airplane, to Japan for publication. This matter was of course a good thing for Wenqing. They had quickly started negotiations, and Yu Linna had also been called over at that time. It was just that at that time, she was busy with writing her script and Ye Zhiyun’s matter, so she had not participated much. Plus, when she had signed the contract at that time, these two works had been bought out by Wenqing. She only had the royalties for the novels and the serialization rights. The adaptation rights and the rights to export overseas were not in her hands, so she could only leave it to Wenqing to be fully responsible.
But there were very few domestic authors who could export their works overseas. For now, although there were five authors in Qidian who were revered as supreme gods, their works had never been exported overseas. Although their works were also liked by many foreigners on foreign websites, they had never been published overseas.
The animation of Wenqing author Air-sensei’s work, The Rich Man’s Game, had been exported overseas and had been broadcast on a Japanese TV station. But the Japanese audience did not have much of a reaction. Those who liked it naturally liked it, and those who didn’t would never like it. In general, the popularity of the animated version of The Rich Man’s Game in Japan was so-so.
This time, the two works of Shion-sensei were published in Japan. Plus Shion-sensei’s popularity in Japan, this was undoubtedly a huge breakthrough. It was possible for Wenqing to open up the market in Japan and to pull away from Qidian in the market.
These two works were both Yu Linna’s famous works. The former was a tragic love story she had written, and the latter was a delicate family story she had described. No matter which one, it did not have a very obvious local color and also met the conditions for overseas distribution.
After learning about this, the fans were all very happy, cheering for their idol, Shion-sensei.
“Shion-sensei, it just so happens that your work is being released in our country. I think this is an opportunity. Please consider it.”
“I will.”
Yu Linna later opened Weibo and took a look. She found that her name was still in a very conspicuous position on the popularity list. No matter how much she dropped, she couldn’t drop out of the top twenty, which was also a happy thing. And her popularity was constantly rising, having already left Air-sensei behind.
To become a supreme god author was probably really just a matter of time.
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Just as she was feeling emotional, she received a message that Ye Zhiyun had returned to Shanghai. At this time, she had already left the airport and was on her way back. Overjoyed, Yu Linna obediently sat in the living room, waiting for her to come back. Mama Ye looked on and smiled. This child really liked Ye Zhiyun.
Regarding the fact that Ye Zhiyun’s lover was a girl, Mama Ye had already told her husband and son. The two of them, after their initial shock, had now slowly accepted it. It was just that her father’s mood was very complicated. He had originally thought that his daughter would get married one day. Who would have thought that she wouldn’t get married, but had instead brought back a little wife from somewhere? What kind of expression should he put on?
Papa Ye had thought at that time that Ye Zhiyun had once spent 80 million to redeem someone from Chenghe. At that time, he had even said that his daughter’s deal was too much of a loss, not at all like her. Ye Zhiyun had even said at that time that she did not regret doing so.
Thinking about it now, the girl she had bought out for 80 million, could it be Yu Linna?
“Zhiyun!”
The moment Ye Zhiyun returned home, Yu Linna could no longer hold it in and rushed out the door, throwing herself at her, holding onto Ye Zhiyun tightly. Ye Zhiyun’s luggage bag slipped to the ground. She stared blankly at Yu Linna, who had thrown herself into her embrace, and for a moment, she didn’t know how to react.
“Zhiyun, welcome back!”
Ye Zhiyun was dazed for a long time before she slowly put her hand on Yu Linna’s head and gently stroked it. Yu Linna obediently burrowed into her.
Ye Zhiyun wanted to cry at this moment.
“Mmm.”
How long was she going to be depressed like this?
After entering the house with Yu Linna, Yu Linna told her about what had happened in Beijing these past few days. Ye Zhiyun just listened, but didn’t reply much. She had seen a lot of news about Yu Linna on Weibo, such as the TV series she had written the script for having high ratings in Japan, the fourth season of The Smile of the Rose being a hit before it was even broadcast, and the two famous works of Shion-sensei being officially launched on the Japanese market, and so on.
Her heart was only bitter.
Compared to Yu Linna, she was too far behind. She didn’t feel like she was catching up with her at all, but was being left far behind. She also wanted to succeed. She also wanted to be a little closer to her own goal.
“Zhiyun, what’s wrong?”
Yu Linna saw that something was wrong with Ye Zhiyun and became worried.
“I’m fine. I’ll go back to my room to rest for a bit. You don’t have to call me for dinner.”
“Zhiyun, are you alright? You’ve been strange since you came back. Did something happen? Is it because of the movie, or is it…”
“Didn’t I say I’m fine!!!”
This shout from Ye Zhiyun had even startled Li Yuexin, who was watering the flowers in the garden. She hurriedly put down her watering can and ran back to the living room, still saying, “What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
Yu Linna looked at such a Ye Zhiyun with surprise, as if she were looking at a stranger.
Ye Zhiyun lowered her head tiredly and only after a long time did she say:
“I’m sorry. I’m a little tired. Let me be alone for a while.”
After that, she dragged her luggage upstairs. From beginning to end, she had not smiled.
Yu Linna stared blankly at her, at her back. For the first time, she felt that this Ye Zhiyun had changed, had become indifferent to her. This feeling was a first.
