Huayu: I was immediately ensnared by Jing Tian as soon as I entered the industry.

Jingle bell~

In the final exam, Wang Xuan handed in his paper with a relaxed expression, and walked out of the exam room arm in arm with the frowning Gao Wenfeng.

His grades were guaranteed by the department, but the latter wasn't so lucky.

When filming "Back to Youth", Gao Wenfeng took more than a month off, and his academic studies were in jeopardy.

"Stop looking so glum, call Lao Zhu and let's go out for a drink," Wang Xuan said, patting Gao Wenfeng on the shoulder.

"No, we have a guild mission tonight, and our entire 'Watchtower Comfort Team' needs to be deployed."

Gao Wenfeng had a righteous look on his face, as if he was going to do something important.

Wang Xuan asked curiously, "What does 'Guardian and Comforting Delegation' mean?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Wenfeng immediately perked up and explained:

"Someone posted on Mop.com, accusing his wife of cheating on him with the guild leader of the 'Warriors' guild in World of Warcraft..."

Wang Xuan understood: someone had exposed his wife's infidelity online, even thoughtfully attaching explicit chat logs. The college students, who thought themselves righteous, then turned their anger towards the third party.

They doxxed the other party's real-life information and called on the whole society to boycott them online.

"If this revelation is false, wouldn't that be wrongly accusing someone?"

Gao Wenfeng retorted with a look of astonishment, "How could it be fake? Who would joke about their wife's innocence?"

Wang Xuan nodded noncommittally. With the popularization of the Internet, there are quite a few examples of people being wrongly accused.

A thought flashed through his mind: there was a foreign film about someone being wrongly accused, and no one believed their weak explanation.

Because the accusation involved a girl in her early teens, people subconsciously believe that children don't lie.

Wang Xuan felt a profound sense of powerlessness, which he suppressed for a period of time after watching the movie.

They had agreed to go out for dinner but didn't go. Instead, they walked back to their dorm arm in arm.

Gao Wenfeng is playing his "World of Warcraft" and judging others.

Wang Xuan opened his computer, created a new document, and typed in the script:

【hunting】!

For an entire afternoon, Wang Xuan ignored the sound of Gao Wenfeng typing on the keyboard, racking his brains to search for the movie's plot and try to localize it to fit the current national conditions.

Analyzing the characters' psychology, interpreting the social background and environment, the humble, suffering, and silent majority...

This perfectly illustrates that lies are the thrill-seekers, the masses are the hunters, and the innocent are always on the run.

In order for the script to pass censorship smoothly, the girl's lines could not be too straightforward, and the town's police and court could not be portrayed as blind and ignorant followers.

Wang Xuan typed away on the keyboard, trying to circumvent censorship while simultaneously revealing the ugly side of human nature.

"Ah~ How could this happen?"

Gao Wenfeng suddenly shouted, startling Wang Xuan.

"What's wrong? Why are you so jumpy?"

"Old Wang, it seems we really wronged someone. The matter has blown up and made the news. The poster has admitted that the content of the post was fabricated."

Gao Wenfeng had a terrified expression on his face.

Faced with the sudden reversal, he, as one of the critics, felt a strong sense of guilt.

"I've already said that online justice is unacceptable, and it's hard to distinguish between true and false information," Wang Xuan said irritably.

This incident is known as the "Copperbeard Gate".

One of the most notorious examples of cyberbullying in the early days of the internet, known as doxing.

CCTV has reported on it, and foreign media such as The New York Times have also paid attention.

"I'm a little hungry. Go to the cafeteria and get some food. Consider it atonement."

Wang Xuan's stomach was growling with hunger, so he sent Gao Wenfeng, who looked regretful, to do something to prevent him from overthinking.

He simply organized a group of people in the game to block the entrance of another guild and threaten to commit suicide collectively—a very immature and childish act.

After eating, while his mind was still sharp, Wang Xuan continued copying the script.

Gao Wenfeng saw him writing something and disappeared into the dormitory without daring to disturb him.

"Ah~"

Feeling like he'd been sitting for a long time, Wang Xuan stretched, his back aching and his legs a little numb. He glanced at the time and it was already 8 p.m.

I got up to drain the water, and when I came back and looked at today's results, I felt a great sense of pride.

"This script has the potential to win a major award."

Wang Xuan was very satisfied after reading the copied script.

Now that we have the script, another problem has arisen: who should we cast as the male and female leads?

The first person that came to his mind was Ge You, whom he had just worked with; she was best at playing such pathetic characters.

Given his thin build and bald head, it's perfectly normal for him to be suspected of being a pervert.

Ge You could be considered as one of the alternatives.

Who will play the little girl who drives the plot of the whole movie?

The child stars that Wang Xuan is familiar with don't seem to have much acting skill, let alone acting in movies about "sex".

He couldn't think of anything for the moment, so he decided to clear his head and deal with the actor issue later.

Pushing open the door to the next dormitory, Gao Wenfeng was indeed there, standing behind someone watching them play games.

"Old Gao, Old Zhu, let's go for a midnight snack," Wang Xuan called out.

"Old Wang, have you finished writing your stuff?" Gao Wenfeng asked as he walked over.

"Hmm." Wang Xuan nodded without saying anything, and wisely refrained from asking any further questions.

"A new script?"

Zhu Yilong put on his shoes and came forward to ask a question.

"You guessed right, but there's no reward." Wang Xuan smiled and shrugged.

Zhu Yilong closed the dormitory door behind him, and Dr. Zhai, his roommate, couldn't help but complain:

"Old Peng, look how arrogant Wang Xuan is. Can't he see the two of us? And Old Zhu too. He used to be the best of friends with the three of us, but now he's following Wang Xuan around like a shadow."

"He's really too arrogant. He didn't even call out to his senior. I can't stand his smug look," Peng Guanyin chimed in.

The two were a bit confused and tried to contact Wang Xuan, but he didn't seem to like them.

At a barbecue stall outside the school, Gao Wenfeng, with a skewer of lamb kidneys slurping on his lips, couldn't contain his curiosity and asked:

"Old Wang, what scripts have you written? Do you have any suitable roles for us?"

Wang Xuan glanced at the two of them, took a sip of beer, and said, "No, you two aren't cowards enough, and you're not the right age."

"Ah! I wish I wasn't so handsome."

Zhu Yilong shook his head regretfully, never imagining that he would be eliminated because of his appearance.

Gao Wenfeng nodded in deep agreement.

"When will you start filming the drama you signed on for?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Wait for notification, it won't be that soon."

The three of them ate, drank, chatted for a while, and bragged until midnight before finally stopping.

The next day, Wang Xuan buried himself in writing the script for "The Hunt".

It took another day to complete the localization.

Looking at the complete script, Wang Xuan realized there was a problem he needed to address: he needed to find a professor to guide him on the appropriate level of explicit content.

Without thinking twice, I grabbed my laptop and headed straight for the directing department.

Summer vacation is just two days away, so I don't have to worry about not being able to find anyone.

"Professor Tian, ​​I'm troubling you again."

After knocking on the office door, Wang Xuan entered with a smile.

"It's you, kid. What's up this time? You even brought your computer."

Tian Zhuangzhuang had a cigarette between his fingers and his eyes were half-closed. Unlike Zhang Yimou's energetic and eccentric character, he gave off the appearance of a kind old man.

"I've written another script, hoping to use it to compete for awards, but it involves some sensitive topics. I would like to ask you for your guidance, such as on whether it will pass censorship."

The man in front of us has a history of ignoring censorship and holds a 10-year ban on directing.

It seems the ban was lifted the following year, but the old man was stubborn and refused to touch movies for 10 years.

He framed the issued documents and hung them on the wall.

The consequence was that no official documents were issued to directors who were subsequently banned from directing.

Jiang Wen's film "Devils on the Doorstep" was submitted to film festivals without censorship and has been accepted for 5 years.

He wanted to emulate Tian Zhuangzhuang and even went to ask the Film Bureau for penalty documents, but was ultimately rebuffed.

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