Chapter 1

"What is the most important thing for a screenwriter? Experience life! Chu Miao, you are young now. Although you are a professional, you dont have enough experience. What you write is still a little lacking..." The director slumped in the chair, commenting with saliva flying. He patted his round belly and waved his big hand, "But it doesnt matter! Write more and revise more. When you finish writing this script, you will be a master! Its more useful than learning from a teacher in school!"

Chu Miao had a laptop in front of her. She sat upright and nodded, mobilizing all her acting skills to try to maintain a professional smile, "Yes, yes, I still have a lot to learn..."

The director took a deep puff of his cigarette and continued to brag, "Dont think this is an online movie! We are going to shoot it according to the theater movie! The script must be rhythmic and sell well. When the time comes, I will find a friend to get a dragon mark, and it will not be a problem to go to the theater..."

Chu Miao held her breath, not wanting to inhale secondhand smoke. She smiled awkwardly but politely, "Director, where else do you think the script needs to be changed?"

"Hahaha He Jin, I think you found the right person this time! Look, the girl has such a good attitude! Unlike the last screenwriter, who acted like he was worth two and a half million, it was a blast to ask him to change something..." The director seemed extremely satisfied with Chu Miaos obedient attitude, and praised the producer He Jin, "That person is also known as a professional screenwriter, and none of the students in school are sensible!"

Hearing this, the producer He Jin also echoed, "Yeah, hes crazy. In this line of work, you dont see each other when you look down, and you make it so ugly..."

Chu Miao listened silently throughout the whole process, and was simply a standard obedient expression pack, but she secretly complained in her heart: You only give so little money, and the production of the level of online movies requires the script of the theater level, no wonder the professional screenwriters are angry.

Because she is a student and has no signed works, she naturally asks for a low price and has a good attitude. Screenwriters with some achievements will naturally quit in the face of such harsh requirements. Every year, there are too many online movies that claim to be at the level of theaters, but they basically fail miserably after they are released. Which mature screenwriter is willing to work hard on this?

Although the director now claims that he can get the dragon mark, Chu Miao thinks he is bragging. After all, bragging is an entry-level skill for film and television.

"This version still lacks the sense of the Internet! It must be explosive and eye-catching! It must be scary when it is time to scare people!" The director danced and expressed his opinions. When he was excited, his eyes were fierce. He didnt look like an artist, but a bandit. "It must be ups and downs at the beginning! Scaring the audience to death!"

Chu Miao thought to himself, what kind of messed up revision suggestions are these? As a director, can you expect the audience to be good? But she still wore a fake smile and said gently, "Okay, Ill go back and make some changes..."

"After all, our target audience is still netizens, so we need to have some appropriate edge balls, you know, elements of beauties, ghosts, and losers counterattacks..."

Chu Miao, "Yeah, okay." To put it bluntly, its big breasts and cheap blood.

"But it cant be completely without depth! We have to make a unique online movie! At the critical moment, we have to have the feeling of Hitchcock, that is, let the audience feel the film texture of this movie at once..."

Chu Miao, "... Yeah, okay." Hitchcocks coffin lid is about to burst.

"In addition to artistry, commercial attributes cannot be ignored! The number of hits on online movies is very important. We need to create a gimmick. I think it should be called "The Legend of the Pen Fairy", which will definitely be a big hit! The film has horror and horror, as well as lingering love, and the turnaround of ordinary people!"

For a moment, Chu Miao really wanted to say to the director, "Come on, Ill give you the pen, you write it", but in the end she hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, and smiled and squeezed out a sentence, "... um, okay."

The director looked at Chu Miaos responsiveness and slapped his thigh happily, as if he had met a soulmate, and said with emotion, "You will become a famous screenwriter because of this movie!"

Chu Miao: Maybe its because the script was banned because it was written too badly.

Of course, she couldnt tell the truth, and responded hypocritically, "No, its the director who provided a lot of ideas."

Life depends on acting.

Han Xueru once commented that Chu Miao was a terrible person, because Chu Miao could be hypocritically sincere and act better than those who studied acting. This didnt sound like a compliment, but Chu Miao didnt care. Adults social interests come first. Everyone comes here to make a living. If they want to get paid, they naturally have to smile.

A cynical artist will only starve to death, but she is a realist.

It was late at night and the lights were dim.

Chu Miao finished the script discussion. She came out of the company and smelled the strong smell of cigarettes on her body, revealing a look of disgust. She took off the mask smile just now, rubbed her stiff face, and thought that she would have to apply a mask to make up for it when she went back.

Producer He Jin has transferred the first deposit, and he is obviously very satisfied with Chu Miaos attitude at the script discussion meeting. The next step is the balance. Chu Miao glanced at the numbers in the account and felt that it was not in vain for her to waste so much time.

She wandered alone on the streets of the imperial capital, exhausted, and finally relaxed the string that had been tense.

Chu Miao is a junior in the drama academy. After this summer vacation, she will be a senior sister. She studied drama, film and television literature, and went to the dry imperial capital from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, where the climate is pleasant, just to become a screenwriter.

This goal is neither difficult nor easy. After all, in the imperial capital, as long as you sit down at a random coffee shop, you will find that everyone around you is talking about film and television projects with an investment of no less than 200 million yuan, and each project will invite the most popular traffic stars to act. Of course, how many projects are really successful every year is another matter.

Although the soil of film and television in the imperial capital is fertile enough, many students of drama and literature are still facing the dilemma of unemployment after graduation, and they have changed careers. Even if some people do their own business, they still write some terrible scripts and sell their conscience to make a living.

Chu Miao is a conscienceless person, so she has work to do.

She doesnt care whether the project is bad or the director is stupid. As long as she pays, she will write any stupid play. Of course, she knows that the plot of He Jins online movie project is terrible, but what does that have to do with her? The producer doesnt care, the director doesnt care, why should she, a small screenwriter, care?

She doesnt have the ability and power to choose projects, and she is not even a qualified screenwriter now. What kind of screenwriter is a screenwriter without signed works?

The big-bellied director said something right, the most important thing for a screenwriter is to experience life, but Chu Miao must bow to life now.

Experiencing life is not like brushing game copies, reality is much more complicated than games. Games always have specific upgrade directions, but you dont know if you have taken the wrong path in your life.

In the early morning, the streets around are not as lively as during the day, and the green belts are pitch black. Chu Miao has long been accustomed to returning home alone at night. She came out of the subway station without thinking much, and walked towards the school as usual. As a city that never sleeps, even in the middle of the night, the streets are like a never-extinguished galaxy, which has never made Chu Miao consider safety issues.

Today seems a little different.

Chu Miao looked around and always felt that it was too dark nearby. Without the bustling street lights of the past, it seemed a little cold and scary. Not far away, a strange alarm sounded in the thick night, which was particularly creepy in the desolate darkness and made peoples scalps numb.

Chu Miao felt a chill all over her body. She tightened her collar and walked with big strides, ready to return to school quickly.

Its summer now, even at night, the temperature is a bit too low?

"System: Completing player registration, current career path."

Ding...

The strange alarm sounded suddenly sharp, and Chu Miao felt something was wrong even if she was slow at this time. Although she knew that there was construction nearby, it was rare to be so dark that you couldnt see your hand in front of you.

Walking on the night road for a long time will definitely encounter ghosts.

The cool breeze blew, and Chu Miao heard the sound of bricks and stones behind her, and she couldnt help but speed up her pace. The alarm sound filled her mind, urging her cold hands and feet to walk faster and faster.

She felt someone behind her.

The broken streets were full of rubble and bricks, and the surroundings were dark and uninhabited. Chu Miao couldnt help but regret taking the last subway alone and returning late. She was always brave and often took a small path to return to school after the script discussion meeting. This time, she was afraid that she had hit a wall.

She had never felt such a cold temperature at night. She felt her hands and feet were numb.

She couldnt help but recall some social news about female college students being killed late at night. She felt the cold wind blowing on her face and her whole body was horrified. The more she told herself not to be afraid, the more she remembered the blood, darkness and sudden white shadows in horror movies, and even heard hallucinations of ghosts crying and wolves howling in her ears.

The person behind her seemed to speed up and chased Chu Miao closely, making a creaking sound when stepping on the gravel.

Chu Miao didnt dare to look back, but the persons footsteps were heavy, and he was probably much stronger than herself.

This subway station is located in a remote area, and the nearby area is being demolished, and building materials are piled on the roadside. Chu Miao slipped and stumbled a few steps, but heard footsteps approaching behind her. She stood up in fear and wanted to escape, her whole body was dominated by adrenaline, but the other party seemed to have rushed up.

In the night, Chu Miaos hair stood on end, and she ran away at the sound of the alarm, but was pulled back by the person behind her. Her blood froze, and she couldnt break free from the huge force for a while. She turned back stiffly and saw a faint blue in the darkness, like the eyes of an animal in the silent night, exuding a bone-chilling chill.

Chu Miao was so scared that she couldnt make a sound. She felt like a piece of ice, but the alarm in her ears stopped abruptly.

At that moment, she really heard some strange sound.

"System: Congratulations on passing the [Silent Hill] event. You have never done anything wrong in your life. You are not afraid of ghosts chasing you in the middle of the night. Experience points +50, experience +10."

"System: Random events will be stored in the experience bottle. After using it, there is a chance to obtain the corresponding inspiration element."