I Am A Prodigy
chapter-88

Chapter 88: An Invitation to Battle Between Movies!

Shi Lei’s Weibo was suddenly bombarded by comments saying [Your mother’s calling you home for dinner].

He turned green the moment he refreshed his feed.

At first, he was content to let it be, but these words had even put his name in front of it!

A personal attack, this was a blatant personal attack!

Shi Lei steadied his breath, however, he was a smart man, and knew he could not insult all of the Ys. Therefore he targeted Ye Lingchen. [Ah ah, apart from insulting people what else are you good at? I will show you what true Chinese Martial Arts is!]

In recent years, military themes were gaining popularity. A lot of people dreamed of getting into the Warrior’s Department. Therefore, the notion of Chinese Martial Arts had crept into the hearts of people.

Shi Lei’s words immediately got the excitement of several Martial Arts fans.

Seeing the effects of him jumping on the Martial Arts bandwagon, a smile crept across Shi Lei’s face. He began to openly promote his movie, occasionally explaining a few Martial Arts techniques and Martial Arts jargon. It made the fans extremely excited.

Ye Lingchen hesitated for a moment before he commented on Movie Y’s Weibo.

[Kung Fu has always enjoyed a long history and has existed since ancient Chinese times. Regardless of whether it is the heroes of the Three Kingdoms era, or the generals of the Tang and Song eras, or the Shaolin Temple that everyone is familiar with, we can see the presence of Martial Arts. However, in recent Chinese history, there are still people who study martial arts, and their legacy may be expanded into tradition or quietly respected with no recognition or publicity.]

[However, the greatest warriors serve the people and the country! Martial Arts is not just about fighting, it primarily exists in oneself! Everyone can become a warrior, everyone can be a hero to the people around them. This is determined by one’s determination!]

[Soon, I will be shooting a movie myself, and it will be about the legacy of a warrior of recent times, it will be called… “Huo Yuanjia”!]

Ye Lingchen was from the Arts stream, and he naturally studied history. He had long read the history books, and Huo Yuanjia was a figure that gave him a very deep impression.

The textbooks did not say much about Huo Yuanjia, it only spoke briefly about his time fighting the Japanese, and studied martial arts. His fate was that he was a hero that was killed by Westerners in a battle, and the details were unclear. Therefore, not many people knew about Huo Yuanjia.

Due to Ye Lingchen’s interest in Huo Yuanjia’s martial training, he had taken the time to find reference books about the matter as well as folklore. Only then did he know about Huo Yuanjia’s story.

He was a hero that made the Westerners acknowledge Chinese Kung Fu!

He was the one that preserved a shred of national dignity for the Chinese!

History could not forget!

Perhaps he should let more people be aware of this folk hero!

As soon as he posted those words, Ye Lingchen’s Weibo sunk into a short silence.

Following that, like an avalanche, it reached a boiling point!

[The greatest warriors serve the people and the country! Everyone can be a hero to the people around them! Wow, I got goosebumps!]

[Who didn’t get them! My blood boiled, and I nearly picked up a weapon to cross the sea to pick a fight with the little nation of the sun¹!]

[I was just in class, and the teacher came over to confiscate my phone. Without a word, I suplexed him into the ground. Do you guys respect me yet? I won’t say much more, I need to write a letter of reflection.]

[Huo Yuanjia? Isn’t this the name of a person? I’m looking forward to it!]

[Just based on this sentence, I have to watch it. I only don’t know if Y will star in it.]

…

A pebble caused a thousand ripples.

Ye Lingchen’s Weibo not only made the large part of the audience reach a boiling point, even the entertainment industry started to stir.

Shi Lei could not help but smile, and his eyes had a condescending air about them.

Ah ah, this Y is too naive, thinking he could just shoot a movie by himself?

He could not even take such a bit of poking, was he going to learn how to shoot a movie by himself?

Director, screenwriter, actor. He has nothing, how would he do it?

Stupid, how stupid!

When he embarrassed himself, Shi Lei would have to take the opportunity to laugh at him!

In his joy, he could not help but reply to Ye Lingchen’s post, [I hope our movies premiere at the same time, and we can compare them. Hopefully, someone will know their place!]

Ye Lingchen replied, [I hope so too!]

At the same time, Xiao Feifei was paying close attention to what happened.

She paused when she saw Ye Lingchen’s Weibo, and a flash of displeasure crossed her face. Was this not an empty boast?

“Hasty, too hasty! Sister Lin could not stop shaking her head, “He doesn’t have a cast or preparations, and he wants to compete for movies with Shi Lei? What kind of fantasy is that?!”

“Sister Lin, Lingchen is young. It’s unavoidable that he would think he’s indestructible.” Xiao Feifei felt helpless herself. She took up her cellphone, she hesitated a few times over whether she should call Ye Lingchen. “It can’t be helped, I’ll star as the female lead in his movie.”

Xiao Feifei was the queen of TV series and had never starred in a movie. If she were to advance to the silver screens, your debut role would be extremely important. It may even determine her position in the film industry. For her to sacrifice it for Ye Lingchen was an extremely unreasonable decision.

However, she could feel Ye Lingchen’s determination, and she did not speak up to advise him otherwise.

Li Tai on the other hand immediately called Ye Lingchen.

“Brother Ye, you want to shoot a movie? Do you need my help? I know a lot of movie directors, we can get in contact and discuss it.”

“Director Li, right now I only have a skeleton plan, and I am looking for an opportunity to carry our castings.”

“Casting will not be an issue. Our series will be making casting auditions soon. There will be a great many people coming to apply for extras and other such roles. When you’re free you should come and take a look.”

“That’s great, thank you, Director Li.”

“You’re welcome. But when you make it big next time, don’t you ever forget me.”

“Of course.”

Li Tai was discrete enough to not ask Ye Lingchen about sensitive questions such as the script. He only offered help wherever it was needed.

Wu Yong was the director of “I am a Hero” in which Shi Lei starred in.

He too was paying close attention to the matter.

Other cinematographers and editors were there as well. When they saw Ye Lingchen’s Weibo, they could not help but laugh cynically.

[He really is a greenhorn, does he think that shooting a movie is easy?]

[A fresh initiate who doesn’t know anything, even if he shoots a movie will any cinemas allow it to be screened?]

[“Huo Yuanjia”? What kind of joke is this? Just based off of the name you know it’s going to be bad!]

[Even if it can premiere, the showings will be pitifully little He’ll make a huge loss!]

[This Y has gotten a big head, just a few days of fame and he doesn’t know his place, how funny!]

Other such similar comments were popping up all over the place.

In the entertainment industry, not many people looked up to Ye Lingchen.

Especially since this was not some child’s play. Ye Lingchen’s Weibo was incredibly naive in their eyes.

Ye Lingchen had no time to pay them heed. Shi Lei was using him to gain popularity, and he was not going to give Shi Lei any more help to boost his popularity.

After some time, under Ye Lingchen’s anxious gaze, his popularity score finally broke the 100,000 mark and had even achieved 118735.

He could finally ascend one of his proficiencies.

Ye Lingchen took a deep breath, and could not help but feel a sense of trepidation.

The more he knew the benefits of ascending a proficiency, the more anxious he felt. Strangely, there was also a sense of excitement.

Well, he should begin…