Chapter 1153: Chapter 921: Super Star 95 (five thousand)_3

Originally, Zhou Zhou was worried about her, but seeing her so open-minded, he allowed her to focus wholeheartedly on her studies. As for external matters, the company had a specialized PR team to handle them, so she didn’t need to intervene. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Beijing Film Academy doesn’t lack stars, nor does it lack celebrities. People like Hua Yan, who have experienced such ups and downs at a young age, are rare.

What’s more, she herself didn’t have any significant problems. She was involved in charity early on, performed in dramas with great versatility, made albums, released new songs, whatever she did she excelled at. Though such an outstanding child did not graduate from the Film Academy, many teachers regretted it greatly. Now it’s better; after she applied for their graduate program, everyone learned that she was actually also a writer and had written many scripts, totaling over a hundred. Even if they were just short videos on the internet, judging by their popularity, it was truly a pity she didn’t pursue this profession.

Therefore, Hua Yan’s journey towards graduate school was not particularly difficult, besides her own excellence, she had many experiences to her advantage.

No matter how chaotic the outside was, when she was on campus, everyone politely greeted her, cautiously asked for autographs and photos, as if they weren’t affected by online narratives, and still admired her greatly. This feeling was very strange, like a ship lost at sea returning to a safe harbor, giving a sense of stability and peace.

To avoid the influence of public opinion, her old phone always remained off. Now when contacting the company, she used another personal phone.

One week after school started, Zhou Zhou called her with great indignation.

"The Yan Family people are truly despicable; they directly came to you holding your father’s urn, asking you to deal with it yourself. They also said the Old Man had been buried together with the Old Lady—regarding Hua Guoqiang, there’s no place for him at his hometown, asking you to arrange it yourself. They also want you to cover your father’s cremation and funeral costs, totaling ten thousand yuan. What do you think of that?"

Once the Hua Family had tens of millions in assets, but now they’ve fallen to such a state, showing that those millions of family assets have all been squandered.

No matter how Hua Guoqiang was during his lifetime, he was also Yan Yue’s true love at one time, but after death...

"I’ll return on Saturday and have him buried together with my mother. As for the Hua Family, the ten thousand yuan can be given, but you should have them write a receipt clarifying what the money is for,"

A few days later, Zhou Zhou called again, "Truly, people’s greed knows no bounds; after they received the ten thousand, they asked for one million, claiming the Old Man was angered to death by you, demanding compensation, and if refused, they’d go to the media, reporters, and the court."

"Are they at the company now?"

Zhou Zhou sighed: "They come to the company every day causing trouble, even hiring people to stir things up. It seems they want to make you their ATM. Although I didn’t want to call you about this, they are your family after all, and if there’s any collateral damage,"

"Brother Zhou, there’s no collateral damage; don’t worry that I might have any feelings for them. Just handle it as it should be handled. Give them the ten thousand yuan, and if they continue to extort, call the police directly. Whoever comes, catch them, and give some benefits to the relevant departments, they’ll take it seriously."

With Hua Yan’s explicit words, Zhou Zhou and the others acted without hesitation. This group was replaced batch after batch, but was also caught up batch after batch, even to get out they had to pay. Naturally, for such small matters, there were always people willing to be attentive, since it was part of their performance metrics.

Seeing the extorted ten thousand yuan about to be entirely spent on these people, the Hua Family realized they couldn’t get anything good from Hua Yan, so they began to cry poor and act pitiful in front of the media.

Zhou Zhou directly released the messages sent by these troublemakers before they were caught, in video format, airing them at night, making it clear they came to make trouble repeatedly just to swindle.

Discerning netizens gradually began to detest the Hua Family’s demeanor, and the public opinion started shifting away from these clown-like antics.

By the weekend, Hua Yan placed Hua Guoqiang’s urn under her mother’s tombstone, but the epitaph wasn’t changed, nor did it have his name. Even if she came once a year, it would only be on her mother’s death anniversary, and as for him, he merely had a resting place, not real reconciliation, just an explanation to Hua Yan of the past life.

For the next six months, she focused on school, spending her spare time on creative writing or studying at the Space Academy. Now she’s already in third grade; the more she learns, the more she masters.

Whether it’s writing lyrics and composing songs, it’s only beneficial to her and not harmful, so while outsiders gloat over her finally being washed up.

The novel ’Hua Yan’ penned under Hua Yan’s own name finally had its ending written in the script; the previous online novel’s conclusion wasn’t the actual ending, the script’s ending was the true conclusion because it’s her autobiography, an autobiography with fantasy colors, a very novel subject that Liang An had always wanted to film.

She previously refused because the script didn’t have an ending, and now that there’s an ending, she naturally could enter the creation phase.

"No need to change the name, just call it ’Hua Yan,’ I’ve already told my brother, Molly, and Ling Yao, we’ll film it during winter break. But the childhood role will require you to find young actors to replace, we don’t need to rush this film, we can take our time during winter and summer breaks, as they still have classes, shouldn’t affect them."

Liang An listened and was very expectant: "You... really plan to direct it yourself?"

Upon learning Hua Yan would direct, write, and star personally, to be honest, Liang An was very surprised, but more than that, he was expectant. He never thought she would fail at anything, as throughout these years, whatever she said or did, she never left anything unfinished.

"Delete the original fantasy element and make it a serious drama. Start with the female protagonist dreaming of terrifying scenes from her previous life, waking up to find her mother dead, living alone in a big villa, and after the things from the dream are verified one by one, she begins her self-struggle journey...,"

As Hua Yan unfolded her revised script story, Liang An didn’t express any objections.

"Even if that’s the case, then let’s shoot, how much investment are you planning? The company will support you."

Hua Yan shook her head, "Apart from using the company’s artist, I don’t plan to let the company invest. I’ll be the investor for this film, self-written, self-directed, and self-acted. Finishing such a movie in this lifetime would be enough without regret, and now that I’m in a low period, I have plenty of time to ponder the script."

These words sounded somewhat poignant: "Actually, the online reviews are much better now, do you want to join a variety show?"

"No need, during the low period, only family doesn’t despise us, wherever we go, there are people who dislike. I’ll first create the theme song, ending song, and insert song, slowly refine them. When they’re polished, we’ll see if there’s a chance for a comeback, I’m looking towards next year’s summer release."

Unconsciously, Hua Yan had already calculated her plans for the next two years, and she could use this to submit her graduate thesis, being the sole screenwriter of a film was enough to prove her capability and level.

With her future arranged so systematically, plans in place, unaffected by outside influences, how could Liang An not admire such strong-mindedness?

"You can rest assured, the company will always be your support. After all, Lingdang’s success today is all due to your push, so I’ll never forget your kindness. In the future, we’ll advance together, support and love each other, perhaps only this way can we go further and see higher!"