"No representative works?"
When Chen Kai heard Wang Shu's answer, he couldn't help but look surprised.
He had originally thought the other party was just a minor screenwriter with little fame.
But he never expected that the other person would be a complete novice with no works at all.
Then, Chen Kai and Xu Zheng exchanged a knowing smile. They had thought they would at least be meeting a professional screenwriter this time, but instead, they found a complete newcomer just entering the industry.
At this point, they were completely confident they could secure this project.
"I can't believe it, anyone can be pushed into the final review these days!"
Xu Zheng even couldn't help but exclaim loudly, deliberately so.
"Hahaha, you've been in this circle for a long time. Some things are beyond our control,"
Chen Kai said with a smile, deliberately glancing at Wang Shu.
The two of them played along, while Wang Shu sat calmly to the side.
In the film and television industry, such phenomena were perfectly normal.
There were even many times when new writers' script ideas were directly snatched by veteran screenwriters, and the newcomers wouldn't even get a chance to be credited.
In their eyes, Wang Shu's ability to pass the multi-stage review and reach the final, must have been thanks to someone deliberately pushing him through.
However, since this was not within their usual film and television circles, Chen Kai and Xu Zheng could only resort to sarcastic remarks, not daring to be too presumptuous.
After another ten minutes or so, several middle-aged soldiers wearing the rank of colonel and with several stars on their shoulders gradually entered the conference room.
As soon as these individuals entered the room, even He Guang, who had been sitting there all along, immediately stood up and stood at attention.
It was clear that these individuals held no ordinary positions; their epaulets alone indicated they were of a significantly higher rank than He Guang.
"Hello everyone, I'm very glad that you're all here today for our final review and discussion. Our final decision has actually already been made. We are here today simply to understand your thoughts on some of the practical filming aspects going forward!"
A man at the head of the group spoke first. Although he was speaking with a smile, Wang Shu could faintly sense an aura of sternness emanating from him.
"Sir, I believe you have seen my works. Although this is my first time directing this type of genre, I am full of confidence. This script has been polished through countless days and nights..."
Chen Kai spoke first, rattling off a long speech.
Then it was Xu Zheng's turn. Xu Zheng was an out-and-out commercial film director, so he directly played a sample reel to demonstrate his capabilities.
"The experience and skill of both of you are beyond question. However, our film this time requires more than just these qualities. Mr. Wang Shu, we would like to hear your opinion as well!"
The leading officer then turned his gaze towards Wang Shu, who had been sitting calmly, and asked.
"The central idea this script aims to convey is singular! Those who offend our Dragon Country will be punished, no matter how far away!"
Wang Shu stated directly.
As soon as Wang Shu uttered these words, the entire conference room fell silent, followed by a burst of enthusiastic applause.
"Mr. Wang Shu, you have spoken very well. This is precisely what we want to express with this film. Your script was finalized just before we arrived at this meeting."
The leading officer said to Wang Shu with a smile.
Just before coming to this meeting, a high-ranking official had personally approved Wang Shu's script.
"What does this mean? It's already decided, so why did you call us here for this meeting?"
When Chen Kai heard that the script was already decided, and by a newcomer with no prior works, he immediately said unhappily.
"My apologies, this was personally decided by a superior official just a few minutes ago. We are merely here to relay the decision."
Seeing Chen Kai lose his temper on military grounds, the man at the head said directly.
"Hmph, I must have been out of my mind to attend your discussion meeting. What a waste of my time!"
Chen Kai angrily stood up and left his seat, walking towards the exit as he spoke.
"Are you guys just playing us? If I had known this would be the outcome, you shouldn't have made me come all this way for nothing!"
At the same time, Xu Zheng also stood up in anger and said, then he grumbled and followed Chen Kai out.
The meeting ended, and Wang Shu hadn't even fully processed what had happened today.
"Officer He, your superiors are quite interesting, aren't they!"
Wang Shu couldn't help but tease.
"You should be secretly happy. Your script was approved by a higher-ranking official, otherwise do you think you would have been smoothly selected today?"
He Guang said, looking at Wang Shu.
He himself couldn't figure out what kind of incredible luck Wang Shu had stumbled upon.
He had been quite uncertain beforehand, as the competition today included two well-known directors, and Wang Shu, a newcomer with no works, might not have garnered the favor of the higher-ups.
But he never expected that Wang Shu's script would directly catch the eye of a major leader.
...
Upon returning to the hotel, Wang Shu continued to bury himself in writing.
What he had initially expected to take a week to complete "To Live" now felt like it would only take him three to four days.
Meanwhile, the comment section for "Douluo World" had already exploded.
"I want to know what the author is up to. I was just getting to the exciting part, can you please update more?"
"Damn it, author, update quickly! I've earned so much book currency I don't know what to do with it."
"Please update quickly, author! My grandfather's last wish was to see Douluo updated!"
"Brothers, it's not just Douluo that's on hiatus, why have Dou Qi Continent and Zhetian on the other site also stopped updating?"
"What the hell, I didn't even notice until you mentioned it. I just checked, and these three books seem to have gone on hiatus around the same time."
"It's not just the hiatus period, the chapter where they asked for leave is exactly the same!"
Suddenly, more and more readers began to look for commonalities between these three books from different websites.
From their writing habits and sentence structures, to their update times, and even the places where typos occurred, they began to compare them one by one.
The more they compared, the more astonished they became.
Many readers were surprised to discover that these three books often went on hiatus on the same day and resumed updates on the same day.
Most importantly, the vocabulary and sentence structures of these three books were very similar, as the writing style of these three books was more elegant than ordinary web novels.
"I have reason to suspect that these three books were written by the same person!"
"I suspected it long ago, but I never had any proof. I didn't expect these three divine books to come from the hands of one person."
"This is terrifying! I just asked my hacker friend to check the IP addresses of the authors of these three books.
Unexpectedly, we found that the IP addresses of the authors of the three books are exactly the same!"
In the Douluo World Baidu Tieba, a group of netizens were discussing heatedly.
Because after painstaking investigation, they discovered that "Douluo World," "Dou Qi Continent," and "Zhetian" were very likely written by the same person.
The conjecture was confirmed when the poster who claimed to have a hacker friend posted the IP addresses of the author accounts for the three books.
"Damn it, what kind of monster is this, writing three books simultaneously, and they're all so good!"
"Comparing people makes you angry. I write one book and it flops, how can someone else just write and have it become so popular!"
"Speechless. I remember that "Douluo World" has become the pillar of the Zhongdian Novel Network. The other two books haven't been published yet, but I don't think they'll be any worse than Douluo!"
At this moment, in an author group, there was also a heated discussion about these three books being written by the same author.
Many authors were amazed by Wang Shu's talent, being able to write three books at the same time and maintain their quality, with each book being incredibly popular.
To many authors, this was like listening to a joke, but today they had truly witnessed it.
And at this time, in the Grandmaster group of Zhongdian Novel Network, someone had shared the post from Baidu Tieba into the group.
"Holy crap, is this for real? Wang Shu is this strong?"
"I originally thought only Zhongdian Novel Network was dominated by him. I didn't expect he had alts on other websites!"
"Listening to music, playing with flowers, looking at the scenery by candlelight, I said these three alts looked so similar, turns out it's the same person!"
"Wang Shu, this guy is too monstrous! Opening three books at once, and each one is so popular, I'm so jealous!"
In the Grandmaster group, many people had met Wang Shu at the annual conference. At that time, they thought Wang Shu was just the strongest newcomer author on Zhongdian Novel Network.
But they never expected this guy to have so many alts, not only topping the charts on Zhongdian Novel Network but also wreaking havoc on two other websites with his other two books.
Mo Huang Tai Yi was once again shocked after seeing the chat records.
He felt that he might never be able to write a single book like "Douluo World" in his lifetime.
Unexpectedly, Wang Shu wrote three books at once. And he had recently seen the other two books, "Dou Qi World" and "Zhetian," while browsing the charts, and was currently following them.
"What kind of genius is this guy!"
Mo Huang Tai Yi looked at the chat in the group and couldn't help but take a deep puff of his cigarette inζζ ¨.
He even began to wonder if he was suited for this profession, as he had spent nearly ten years struggling to achieve even a little success in this industry.
But before he could even boast, he discovered that someone could easily surpass him right from the start of their career, and with just one book, he was suffocated.
What's more, he had only just discovered that this guy wasn't just writing one book, but three books simultaneously.
And any one of these three books had achieved better results than all his works combined.
At the same time, Cun Zi, a supreme god on Zhongdian Novel Network, also stumbled upon this post.
"This kid, is he this fierce?"
Cun Zi couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the books in the post.