Entertainment: Starting with a complete collapse

Life's circumstances seemed to become tangible at that moment.

Lin Wan still remembers it clearly. She asked Zhang Xiaohua to contact Zhou Hong, Zhou Nian's agent, and asked Zhou Nian to quit his role as the male lead in "The Terror Live" and take on an important supporting role in another TV series, so as to make her ex-husband Huang Min's production team lose money.

If Anniversary had agreed, Lin Wan believed that her ex-husband's film crew would have suffered losses, and the money she could get by mortgaging the house on Chungmuro ​​Road would have been extremely limited.

Huang Min simply couldn't afford to drag it out, especially for a show like "The Terror Live," where 90% of the screen time was on the male lead. There was no need to prolong the project; at most, it would only take ten days to half a month. Even if her ex-husband was unwilling, the show would undoubtedly be canceled. However, Zhou Hong fell for her idea, but Zhou Nian rejected it.

It seems that men are indeed different from women in many ways. In terms of perspective alone, women can't compare. And now... apart from her ex-husband, even on their anniversary, she has to respectfully call him "Teacher Zhou" when she runs into him.

Although there is only one Best Actor award every year, it is still something that makes her hesitate to compete. Watching "Memories of Murder" being broadcast on TV, Lin Wan, as a former A-list actress, was no stranger to movies. So when she was halfway through the movie, she knew that the movie her ex-husband was involved in was really well made.

Besides the excellent control over the camera work and visuals, the atmosphere is also extremely strong. Although it is a crime thriller, the film features elements such as rainy nights, country roads, golden wheat fields, and ordinary women traveling alone. These elements combined make the film, despite its restrained shooting and lack of excessive gore, still manage to slowly build up a sense of unease in the viewer.

"It really is different now."

Lin Wan gave a bitter smile.

While in prison, every night, her thoughts were mostly about her son.

While working during the day, the image of her ex-husband Huang Min would occasionally appear in her mind. He was someone she used to know very well, but gradually, he became very unfamiliar to her because of the news coming from the outside world.

Two years ago, in court and even earlier when I went to see him, I already felt a strong sense of estrangement. But now... it's like he's a completely different person.

Besides "The Terror Live," her ex-husband also directed "Memories of Murder," which won many awards, "The Witch," which swept the summer box office, and "Extreme Job," which topped the box office during last year's Spring Festival. The key point is that the scripts for these movies were written by her ex-husband himself.

Lin Wan thought a lot in prison, and even pushed her memories of her ex-husband back a long time, but she couldn't find any clue that he could write screenplays. It was as if the skill had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. However, Lin Wan did remember that her sister-in-law had said that when her older brother was in school, he did very well in other subjects, with Chinese being his best subject.

But being good at Chinese and writing screenplays are two completely different things.

Although both involve text.

"Mom, I don't like this movie, it's scary."

The voice of her son, Xiaobai, came to her ears.

"Then we won't watch it."

Lin Wan smiled and picked up the remote to turn off the TV. Her ex-husband's film, "Memories of Murder," was indeed not suitable for children. The atmosphere of horror was too intense, especially when it touched on matters of human nature.

When she thought of the word "human nature," Lin Wan seemed to understand why her ex-husband had suddenly gained such a profound understanding of human nature in such a short period of time. Life was not his best teacher, but she, his ex-wife, was. Lin Wan wasn't sure if that was true, but she felt it was probably close.

She used her vicious nature to reshape her ex-husband's values.

He has the ability to dissect the humanity of the characters in the movie "Memories of Murder" very realistically. Originally, she wanted to finish watching "Memories of Murder" tonight, and then watch the other two movies directed by her ex-husband. However, since her son doesn't like them, she won't watch them. Anyway, now that she's out, she can spend time with her son and also has time to watch her ex-husband's works.

"Mom, Dad's really amazing now."

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Xiao Bai looked up at his mother and said, "Yesterday I went out to play, and one of my good friends' parents took him to see 'A Love Letter to Grandma,' a movie produced by my dad's company. He said his parents cried while watching it. Mom, can you take me to the cinema to see it tomorrow? I also want to see a movie made by my dad, and... I miss my dad too. He hasn't come to see me in so long."

Lin Wan looked at her son.

When her son mentioned her ex-husband, Lin Wan could clearly see the look of admiration in his bright eyes. Then, Xiao Bai pointed to two or three comic books lying on the sofa and said, "And this one, Grandma Li gave it to me, but I know my dad drew it too. Mom, you used to say Dad only drew useless things, but now he's amazing! He drew 'Boonie Bears,' and 'Demon Slayer.' It's just that 'Demon Slayer' doesn't have an anime yet, but I think 'Boonie Bears' will definitely be better."

Subconsciously, Lin Wan reached out and picked up the manga "Demon Slayer" that was lying on the sofa. As she flipped through it, her feelings became increasingly complicated.

She once considered her ex-husband's calligraphy and ink painting skills to be the most useless things, and even felt extremely disgusted with them. Now, he is starting to monetize his painting skills.

Overwhelmed by a surge of complex emotions, Lin Wan subconsciously clenched the comic book in her hand. Just then, her son Xiaobai's slightly anxious voice came: "Mom, don't break it! Grandma Li said the third volume hasn't been released yet. If you break it, you won't be able to buy it now."

"sorry"

Lin Wan quickly put down the comic book she had crumpled in her hand.

She watched as her son lowered his head and carefully smoothed out the marks she had made by pinching his hand. Seeing that one mark was impossible to smooth out, a look of heartache appeared on his tender face. Lin Wan smiled and said, "Just because it's not on the market yet doesn't mean it won't be. Since it's been released, it means it will be available soon. Mom will buy you a dozen or so copies then."

"Then you mustn't forget!"

Xiao Bai immediately became happy.

Lin Wan was heartbroken.

If it were a different comic book, she wouldn't have felt this way. But even her son knows that his father drew it, which means that he shouldn't lack such comic books, and he shouldn't even care about them. But now he feels like an outsider who can only look forward to them.

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