fictionpage Chapter 60 A Life of Immortality
Chapter 60 A Life of Immortality
It has found a good home for the million-dollar fortune.
Actually, the money is still in his Bank of China savings account. After all, the essay contest won't be awarded until a year later, and the organization wouldn't dare take such a large sum of money now.
But in name only, the money has already been spent.
Naturally, he will no longer be the target of people's persistent attention.
thus……
Yu Zhen's life finally became leisurely and carefree, a rare occurrence.
Every day, I cycle to and from get off work. Once I arrive at the community center, I proactively look for things to do.
In late July and early August, the weather in Shanghai was muggy and humid.
The day when the college entrance examination results are released is fast approaching.
Once the college entrance exam results are released, there will probably be a period of worry and chaos.
As for what kind of chaos there will be, what if he really gets the top science score in the city? What kind of chaos do you think will happen then?
Take advantage of the freedom you still have as a full-time creator.
He really wanted to get along well with everyone in the company and work diligently for a few days.
After all, in this era that values the collective as a family, being too unconventional is ultimately not a good thing.
Unfortunately, President Huang, who had received favors from Deputy Director Zhang, didn't give him any opportunities to perform and wouldn't give him even the slightest bit of extra work in the publishing house.
The most important part of the work is the creation of over 1.5 million words.
The question is, Mr. Yu, your main focus should be on creating those planned science fiction masterpieces, so as not to disappoint everyone's expectations.
As for the ongoing preparations for the [Xinghan Cup] National Science Fiction Literature Writing Competition, there's no need for you to worry about that at all.
He only needs to lend his name to the jury's chief jury member.
Next year, once the list of shortlisted winning entries is basically finalized, he will truly need to be busy for a while.
Now that he has more free time, Yu Zhen can only try to find ways to enrich himself.
Soon, he actually found a way of life that made him feel like a god.
Every morning, after waking up naturally, I would set aside two to three hours and then write at lightning speed, quickly completing at least 6 words of draft for the day. After that, I would ride my bicycle back to the publishing house before lunchtime.
Mainly, I'm just too lazy to cook and drink at home by myself.
When I came to the publishing house, all I wanted was a delicious meal at the cafeteria, where I could choose any of the dishes I wanted.
He is now enjoying the administrative benefits of a deputy editor-in-chief.
Moreover, President Huang personally gave clear instructions to the canteen chef that Comrade Yu Zhen was entitled to special meals at the company cafeteria, and that the dishes served to him every day must not be repeated.
On this point, not a single person in the entire company dared to voice their opposition.
Moreover, the economic benefits of the company now, especially in the last six months, are worlds apart from what they used to be.
Everyone receives a generous set of welfare benefits at the end of each month, and everyone's lives are no longer as meager and miserable as before.
All these welcome changes are thanks to Comrade Yu Zhen.
In this life, besides eating, as the saying goes, once you're well-fed and clothed, you start thinking about other things.
Yu Zhen now enjoys a good and stable life, and works and grows in such a warm and inclusive community.
Every day at noon, after a delicious meal at the company cafeteria.
In the afternoon, Yu Zhen, who was full of energy but had nowhere to vent it, rode his bicycle directly to the Peace Hotel to find Selena von and personally guide and urge her on the progress of the translation work.
When the mood strikes, we can play some ball together, practice close-quarters grappling techniques, and do some high-intensity aerobic exercises that boost metabolism.
At the restaurant, sometimes it can even be a whole afternoon of hard work.
After 5 p.m., the weather cooled down, so I continued to ride my bicycle and wander around the streets to relax.
Sometimes I go alone to places with beautiful scenery to experience the bustling prosperity of Shanghai.
Sometimes I would get distracted and unknowingly ride my bike to the gate of the art school, or go to the filming location of a movie or TV series.
When questioned as a suspicious person, he would reluctantly and quietly take out his work ID. Then, under the questioner's shocked yet admiring gaze, he would casually say that he was just gathering inspiration for his creative work.
Anyway, he would never admit that he was after the Gong sisters, even if you beat him to death.
The Gong sisters became aware of Yu's identity as a famous writer after he was discovered.
How should I put it? The relationship wasn't exactly like that, but suddenly it became three times more intense.
Even though he publicly used the powerful move of inviting the two women to participate in the adaptation of his work into a comic to bring glory to the country that day, things did not turn out as he had hoped, with the so-called beautiful women falling head over heels for him.
Selena von grew up in the United States and received a Western-style education.
Naturally, while the way we get along and whether we resonate with each other on a spiritual and emotional level is one thing, whether we can enjoy playing ball together more is another, more important thing.
But now, we've spent more time together.
There's an old saying, isn't there?
Feelings can develop over time.
However, the same situation would have resulted in a completely different outcome for the Gong sisters.
Yu Zhen realized that he was losing control of how things were going.
That's normal, considering it was only the summer of 1979.
He was trying hard to win over the second sister of the Gong family.
Unfortunately, the brilliance of his own great writer status was too dazzling, causing Sister Gong to lack confidence when facing him, and she was constantly torn between a sense of indecision and hesitation.
……
Gong Xue has been living in a state of anxiety and conflicting emotions every day recently.
As a result, the number of mistakes made during filming was many times greater than usual.
The most direct result was that the number of times I was scolded by the director every day also increased by three to five times.
And the thing that hurt her the most was...
Undoubtedly, the director scolded her for not being professional enough and for being half-hearted in her work.
If you're really not interested in this, go somewhere cool and get out of here. The production crew doesn't keep idle people.
In the 1970s and 80s, when film crews were shooting movies in China, the actors were still called actors, but they were all artists with dreams and cultural workers who pursued artistic achievements.
In layman's terms, every actor must be a powerhouse, possessing the dedication to put in ten years of hard work for one minute on stage.
She felt wronged after being scolded by the director for being unprofessional!
But thinking about it carefully, I realized that I had indeed been distracted while acting lately, constantly thinking about random things, like what the great writer Yu had told her that day: why not use her talents in traditional Chinese painting, try adapting popular overseas science fiction works into Chinese comics, use traditional Chinese style comics to conquer the overseas art market, earn money from foreigners, and generate substantial foreign exchange revenue for the country...
Since that day, when she was filming on set, she no longer spent her free time studying the script and thinking about her performance as before. Instead, she secretly took Yu Zhen's science fiction novel and read it repeatedly whenever she had the chance.
In truth, what are my thoughts and desires?
The answer is already obvious in these subconscious, unusual behaviors.
The only thing that still prevented her from making a decision was that she felt completely inadequate in front of the great writer Yu.
She feared that a momentary impulsive choice would ultimately lead to her being like a moth drawn to a flame.
Faced with such a brilliant writer, what skills did I have to offer?