Chapter 563 I Am Right
In China, compared to celebrities and entertainers, people who work in the entertainment industry are actually called literary and artistic workers.
That was a title from a long time ago, and almost no one still uses it that way. It has almost become an honorific in some specific situations.
For artists, in fact, at a certain stage, if you have accumulated certain achievements and reputation in the industry, you will become an "old artist with both virtue and art".
Many artists of the older generation are actually striving for this goal.
Lu Yanhe actually never thought that he would be so quickly associated with the title of "literary and artistic worker", and he never thought that he would be called a "young artist with both virtue and art" by some media.
Seeing this evaluation of him by the media, Lu Yanhe felt very ashamed.
However, after the Spring Festival Gala, when the song "Chinese" was played in the streets and alleys across the country, it became really popular.
In the live broadcast room, many people were also covering this song.
This song is catchy, has a simple melody, and is easy to learn.
Chen Siqi's nephew Jiang Huadong was wearing headphones and learning to hum, saying that all his classmates were learning this song.
Sure enough, to this day, even if the Spring Festival Gala is no longer the Spring Festival Gala it used to be, it still has the influence it should have. As long as your work is strong enough, you can still become popular all over the country overnight.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi stayed at her grandparents' house for three days, and then went to Iceland together.
They stayed there for a week, enjoying their time together without the distractions of work or other people.
At this time, the shortlist for this year's Situl Film Festival has also come out.
Once again, no Chinese-language films were shortlisted for the main competition.
The fact that Zero was shortlisted is actually nothing.
The Situl Film Festival prefers auteur films, but among Chinese-language films, there are indeed relatively few auteur films. The quantity cannot increase, and naturally it is impossible to steadily output excellent works.
However, because the performance of Chinese-language films in the past two years was so good and they were about to take off, in the past two years, they have failed at international film festivals, leaving everyone disappointed and inevitably complaining.
Some people even sent messages to Lu Yanhe, asking him what he thought of this situation.
Lu Yanhe thought to himself, what can be said about this.
The film industry and environment are different, which only shows that Chinese-language films in the past two years have not followed the path of the West Tur Film Festival.
This year’s Spring Festival is dominated by commercial blockbusters.
Domestic movies are still in an unstable stage of rapid box office growth.
How much potential the market has has yet to be fully explored.
Audiences' habit of going to cinemas to watch movies is still in the process of being established.
At such a stage, we can't expect many auteur films to appear in the general environment. Directors have been sucked away by commercial films and genre films.
The only one that still regularly launches author-directed films is the domestic youth film venture capital fund.
Lu Yanhe now increasingly believes that any talk about movies regardless of industry and environment is just rhetoric.
"It's a good thing that Chinese-language films can shine in international film festivals, but it doesn't mean that something big has happened if it doesn't appear in international film festivals. It seems that the film is no longer good." Lu Yanhe accepted a call from a media During the interview, he said directly, “Now At the stage that Chinese-language films are at, they are inseparable from our market. When the market gradually stabilizes, both commercial films and art films will have their own stable production and sales industry chains. Naturally, there will be more films that can appear in film festivals. author-director.
"Chinese-language films suddenly experienced a big explosion in the past two years. It just happened to catch up with the opportunity. At that time, everyone came up with works suitable for the film festival." Lu Yanhe said, "Take myself as an example. In the past few years, I have made many films that are suitable for film festivals, so there are many shortlisted films. , I have filmed less in the past two years, that’s because I also have my own career plans. I don’t think there is a problem with Chinese films just because there are no Chinese films in the two film festivals. I will read a lot of good scripts this year, and there will be more and more good movies.”
After Lu Yanhe's speech was published by the media, it aroused criticism from some people.
The criticism is mainly focused on: You yourself know that you haven't made many real movies in the past two years, and you have been making tacky commercial movies like "Fire" and "The Mist", but you still have the nerve to say it?
When Lu Yanhe saw this criticism of Lu Yanhe, he just smiled noncommittally.
He just needs to express the attitude he needs to express.
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During this week in Iceland, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi stayed in the house most of the time.
Here they lived in a small cabin.
Condition is very good.
When the wind and snow are not so heavy, we will go out for a walk together - going out in full gear, as bloated as a penguin.
In Iceland, almost most of the time, they were the only two people they could see.
It seems that between heaven and earth, there is a vast space. In such an environment, they hugged each other, held hands, trudged through the snow with difficulty, and their hearts became closer.
"You asked me to live here for half a year. I'm definitely not used to it, but staying like this for a week is really good."
Chen Siqi leaned in Lu Yanhe's arms, and the two of them sat by the stove to warm themselves by the fire. Her face was reflected red by the firelight.
Lu Yanhe said: "In the future, we will strive to have more holidays like this every year."
"Yeah." Chen Siqi nodded, "After returning, there will be endless work again."
"Don't you love work very much?"
"I love it, but I don't love it endlessly." Chen Siqi said, "You probably can't understand the feeling of having to deal with things as soon as you open your eyes every day. Although you have a lot of things to do over there, the nature is different."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded, "Let alone other things, just participating in some meetings over there makes me feel overwhelmed. I can't help but participate. Sister Zi Yan insisted that I participate and said that it can enrich my life experience."
"Sister Zi Yan said this and hit the snake at its weakest point." Chen Siqi laughed.
Lu Yanhe: "In fact, sometimes I don't think it's because I don't understand. I also slowly realized later that I seem to resist understanding these things subconsciously."
"Yeah?"
"Don't laugh when I say this. I always feel that the higher the degree of socialization, the less sensitive things there are. So to some extent, I am more resistant to this kind of socialized things."
Chen Siqi nodded.
"I understand."
"Actually, what I think may not be right."
"Who cares if he's right or wrong? Just do what you think now." Chen Siqi suddenly sat up straight and looked into Lu Yanhe's eyes at close range. "Just like I want to do this now--"
She clamped Lu Yanhe's face from both sides with her hands like she was squeezing a hamburger.
Lu Yanhe widened his eyes in surprise, and the flesh on his face was squeezed into a ball.
Lu Yanhe didn't really know why Chen Siqi suddenly acted like this.
But--
She can do whatever she wants.
He laughed.
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After returning to China, Lu Yanhe stayed quietly in Ziyuan Bridge for two weeks, and went through the script of the second season of "Silent River" that he had written from beginning to end.
So, fans who hadn't seen Lu Yanhe live for a long time rarely saw Lu Yanhe live for two weeks in a row, working at his desk for at least a dozen hours every day from morning to night.
After knowing that he was writing the script for the second season of "Silent River", many fans were quite surprised.
However, when Lu Yanhe did this live broadcast for two consecutive weeks, everyone could see how focused and determined he was when he was writing the script, and suddenly they understood why he was writing so fast.
Some writer friends Lu Yanhe knew joked: I was swept up.
The live broadcast video of Lu Yanhe writing for ten hours every day for two consecutive weeks was also made into a picture, and many readers of writers urged him to update and write books in the comment area.
Liu Jiazhen made a helpless expression and said: Fortunately, Lu Yanhe is an actor, and then a screenwriter, especially not a writer, otherwise he would have swept me to death.
Mingyin forwarded Liu Jiazhen's Weibo and said: I dare not say that I am diligent anymore.
But in fact, Mingyin is a very diligent writer.
She basically writes one or two books every year, and sometimes she can even publish three books.
After writing a lot of scripts, Lu Yanhe really felt why many people say that writing scripts is actually a job.
It doesn't require so many literary things.
It is a form of conveying feelings through plain description.
Once the whole story is clear, the screenwriter only needs to write the story and dialogue carefully and step by step.
The more you write, the more handy you will be.
As for the style and rhythm of the dialogue, it all depends on your skills rather than your diligence.
Lu Yanhe has been reading a lot over the years. The purpose at the beginning was because he liked it, and also because he didn't want to be empty-headed and unable to accurately convey some subtle emotions when acting. When he didn't have enough life experience, he could only rely on reading to increase his emotional experience, even if it was just a fictional emotional experience.
However, slowly, Lu Yanhe also realized that a lot of reading had a very obvious help in the language rhythm of his script writing.
From the beginning of writing a script, every sentence needed to be thought about before it could be typed on the keyboard. Now, he almost doesn't need to think. After thinking about the main personality of each character and the development of the story, he feels like he has become a carrier, a "ruthless coding machine". Before the next word is typed out, he doesn't know what word he will type.
Writing has become an intuitive inertia.
Therefore, he wrote faster and more steadily.
The two weeks of concentrated creation allowed him to rewrite "Silent River" twice from beginning to end.
The script of nearly 300,000 words in total was filmed into a TV series of only 15 episodes.
After editing, it might be even less.
He sent the script to Chen Lingling.
After sending it, he felt like half of his life was taken away, and he suddenly became depressed and unhappy.
Unfortunately, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang both joined the crew and could not accompany him.
Lu Yanhe looked around and finally found Peng Zhixing to have dinner and drinks.
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Yuming in February was still blocked by heavy snow.
The heavy snow fell endlessly.
There are many choices for eating out in this weather, but the most easily thought of choice is still hot pot.
Peng Zhixing said that he had eaten a very good old duck hot pot soup base and wanted to take him there.
Peng Zhixing drove to pick up Lu Yanhe.
As soon as they met, Peng Zhixing laughed at him and said he looked like he had been sucked dry by a demon.
Lu Yanhe pouted and gave him the middle finger.
Both of them were dressed very simply - they both wore long black down jackets, covering themselves tightly to prevent the cold wind from taking advantage of them.
Peng Zhixing asked: "Have you finished writing the script?"
"After I finished writing, I felt very empty." Lu Yanhe laughed.
Peng Zhixing nodded: "I understand, the kind of thing where you concentrate all your energy and go all out to complete one thing, and you suddenly fall into a kind of despair. I often finish recording the program late at night, and drive home alone, In such a big city, there are usually people coming and going, but at that time, there will be no one and there will be that sense of emptiness you mentioned. "
Whether it is Lu Yanhe or Peng Zhixing, it is actually difficult to get immediate feedback for their creative methods. Of course, this does not mean that immediate feedback is the most valuable. But people are inevitably like this. When you create something, you hope to get feedback as soon as possible——
What do you think of it?
How would you feel?
Very few people create a work that is 100% for themselves. Most people want to be recognized by others, or to be liked by others.
Therefore, after the creation is completed and before it meets people, during this period of time, there is not only the feeling of mental exhaustion and draining after a long period of creation, but also the worry of not knowing what will happen.
Lu Yanhe rarely takes the initiative to ask others out.
This time he asked one by one, do you have time? Let's go out to have a meal together and chat. His behavior was regarded as abnormal by some people. Even if he had work and couldn't come, they would still call him and ask him if anything had happened. He was very concerned, so concerned that Lu Yanhe couldn't help but laugh or cry.
"The recording of 'The Birth of an Actor' will officially start in March." Peng Zhixing said, "It will be a very energy-consuming job, so you should take a good rest."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
In the evening, while eating hot pot, they talked about the show and future plans.
"How did you come up with the show "The Birth of an Actor"?" Peng Zhixing asked.
Lu Yanhe said: "When I was filming "The Mist", I found the American actors who worked with me. Each of them had a very solid acting style and foundation. When I asked about it, I found out that they had all been on stage since they were young. Acting, they already had rich acting experience before officially participating in film and television drama performances. I feel that in fact, our domestic film and television actors still lack this kind of stage performance experience. It just so happens that Sister Ziyan’s agency has signed a few very capable actors who are not well known now. In order to make them famous, I thought of doing an acting competition show like this.”
Peng Zhixing said: "I am not an actor, but I am still quite nervous about this show."
"Nervous? Why?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Peng Zhixing said: "You who are very daring to speak out, Chen Lingling who is merciless, and Chen Bige and Shang Yongzhou, two big guys who have become gods in acting, you just come to this show and treat dozens of people." When evaluating each actor’s performance, I’m worried that one actor will collapse on stage.”
"Collapse?" A big question mark appeared on Lu Yanhe's forehead.
"Have you not thought that some actors may not perform well and collapse if you point out their problems?" Peng Zhixing asked.
"Will you collapse if a problem is pointed out?" Lu Yanhe was even more surprised.
Peng Zhixing was silent for a while and said, "I suddenly feel that it is really necessary for you to do this show."
"Why?"
"Let you see the real entertainment industry, not the film and television crew you are familiar with where everyone is excellent."
Lu Yanhe: "...Could it be that the actors they selected to participate in the competition are still unreliable?"
"Don't you know that although the program team also needs actors with acting skills and talents, it also needs drama experts and craftsmen?" Peng Zhixing hit the nail on the head.
Lu Yanhe's whole body was in high spirits.
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The voiceover asked: "Why do you want to participate in the show "The Birth of an Actor"?"
Liu Zhiyin said: "Let's try the possibilities of life."
Zhang Pingqing said: "Let more people see me and see an actor named Zhang Pingqing."
Liu Yu said: "Prove to others that I can act."
The voiceover asked: "What do you hope to get from this stage?"
Wang Dashan said: "An opportunity to exercise."
Chenghai said: "An opportunity to perform."
Wu Mingming said: "Get an audience."
The voice-over asked: "Do you think you can be recognized by your mentors?"
Zhen Hongyu smiled: "I hope so, but... they are all the best actors. Whether they can be recognized depends on my own performance."
The voiceover asked: "With your current status, fame and strength, why did you agree to participate in our show? When we were in the meeting, some people said that you should actually be a mentor."
Zhen Hongyu quickly shook her hand and said, "The lineup of mentors on your show is too scary. I'm not qualified. Don't flatter me."
She laughed again: "But why I agreed, firstly, there was no script on hand that I particularly wanted to shoot, and this program can cooperate with many great directors and actors, even if it is just a small film. Secondly, because I have also been working for a long time. I don’t hear real comments about my performance from people in the industry. Basically, when I act now, I only hear praise.”
The voice-over asked: "What is your current masterpiece?"
Cheng Hai was silent for two seconds, smiled sadly, and said, "Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are their former teammates?"
Cheng Hai in the camera has a somewhat lonely face.
The voiceover asked: "Do you still have contact with them?"
Cheng Hai seemed to be a little confused in his answer: "They are both very good people, and our relationship has not changed at all."
The voiceover asks: "Do you think you're lucky?"
Zhang Pingqing nodded, "I'm very lucky. Although I have always been tepid as an actor, my life has always been smooth. I have never encountered any major setbacks. I have always had enough to eat and drink. Even if I don't do that well as an actor, I don't have to worry about food and drink." ”
Liu Zhiyin said: "I am actually lucky enough to be able to appear here and answer this question."
He Sha: "I don't mean to be miserable, but I seem to have been missing out on the most important opportunities in my life. Do you know? I almost became the heroine of a new play directed by Chen Lingling."
…
On the day the pilot film "The Birth of an Actor" was released, Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video held a grand press conference.
Peng Zhixing hosted.
None of the three mentors attended, and only Lu Yanhe went to stand on the stage.
Lu Yanhe was quite emotional when the pilot film, which was edited from early interviews, was played live.
Especially the part about seeing Chenghai.
Lu Yanhe was actually quite worried about Cheng Hai.
He also knows very well that Cheng Hai's participation in this show is also a difficulty that he needs to overcome.
When he answered that his masterpieces were the three former teammates of Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang, Lu Yanhe's heart felt sour.
The encounters in life are really unpredictable.
At that time, Chenghai was in the first echelon of popularity among Fengzhi Boys.
Now it is not in this position.
Lu Yanhe sincerely hoped that he could get up again.
Also coming to the scene today was Liu Zhiyao.
An actress who has a similar experience to Cheng Hai. She was once popular but is now outdated.
As a representative of the participating actors, she came to the stage to speak. Before she could say a few words, tears began to flow.
"It's really been a long time since I had a chance to perform in front of an audience. Friends from the media who know a little bit about me may know that I have been filming Internet movies for the past two years. Some friends also asked me why they haven't seen me for a long time. Are you not filming anymore?" Liu Zhiyao said while crying, "It's not that I'm not filming anymore, it's that it's difficult for the scenes I filmed to come to you. So, special thanks to Lu Yanhe for planning such a show. , giving us the opportunity to get back into the eyes of so many viewers.”
After saying that, Liu Zhiyao bowed deeply in the direction where Lu Yanhe was sitting.
At this moment, Lu Yanhe was so frightened that his face turned green.
He quickly stood up, waved his hands, but felt that this was not enough, so he bowed back.
"..."
Peng Zhixing’s words that night echoed in Lu Yanhe’s mind again——
——Let you see the real entertainment industry.
——The program team needs more drama and work skills.
Regardless of how true what Liu Zhiyao said just now is, thanking him in such an exaggerated way in front of so many media must be a "show", right?
Lu Yanhe: "..."
In the entertainment industry, most people have a "show" mentality.
It's just that the collaborators Lu Yanhe met before, at least in their interactions with him, all showed a more realistic side.
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As soon as the press conference ended, Lu Yanhe was ready to leave.
Peng Zhixing sent him a message: Would you like to have dinner together later?
Lu Yanhe: Is there anyone else?
Peng Zhixing: It’s just me, just eat whatever you want, I’ll find a store.
Lu Yanhe: OK.
He added: I was really embarrassed today.
Peng Zhixing: I saw your expression and couldn't help but laugh.
Lu Yanhe: Liu Zhiyao...have you known him before?
Peng Zhixing: I've heard of it, but I've never met her in person. However, the most popular thing about today's press conference was the video of her bowing to you and thanking you, and you hurriedly replying with a bow. The video went viral on the Internet.
Lu Yanhe: I don’t want to hear it, so stop talking.
Peng Zhixing didn't care whether he wanted to hear it or not and sent an animated picture over.
I don’t know which unscrupulous netizen actually made an animated picture of this scene.
In particular, it also highlighted how he first widened his eyes in "surprise", then waved his hands helplessly, and finally bowed to Liu Zhiyao in a hurry.
The whole process was extremely funny.
Lu Yanhe: "..."
He put a hand over his face.
Seeing him like this, Wang Biao couldn't help but curl his lips.
I must have seen it.
At this time, someone knocked on the door.
Wang Biao went to open the door, but he didn't expect that the person knocking on the door was Liu Zhiyao.
He was stunned.
Liu Zhiyao asked: "Is Yan He here?"
Wang Biao said: "Please wait a moment, Brother Lu is talking to someone on the phone."
He left the door ajar and looked back at Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe looked at him doubtfully.
Wang Biao mouthed: "Liu Zhiyao."
Lu Yanhe's face turned dark instantly.
Wang Biao continued to mouth: "What should I do?"
Lu Yanhe sighed and motioned for her to come in.
Leaving late.
"Hello, Sister Yao...Sister Zhiyao." Lu Yanhe immediately changed his words.
Liu Zhiyao had an apologetic smile on his face and said, "I just noticed that it seems that some of the things I just said caused you some trouble."
"No, no." Lu Yanhe shook his hand and said, "I just didn't expect it at first. I was shocked."
Liu Zhiyao said: "But what I said is true."
"Thank you Sister Zhiyao. In fact, Yuehutai and Northern Lights Video have done a lot of work. I just took on a false reputation." Lu Yanhe said, "I am looking forward to your performance in the show."
Liu Zhiyao hummed, "I will behave well. Are you free later? If so, let's have lunch together?"
Lu Yanhe: "I have already made an appointment with someone else. Let's eat together next time."
He smiled and said, "Sister Zhiyao, I'm leaving first. We'll see you back when the show is being recorded."
He didn't leave any words for Liu Zhiyao, for fear that Liu Zhiyao would ask her if he could go with him.
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"This is just the tip of the iceberg."
Peng Zhixing said to Lu Yanhe with a smile.
Lu Yanhe put on plastic gloves, tore open the roasted chicken on the table, sprinkled it with chili powder, sighed in frustration, and said, "I'm starting to hesitate now, should I let bodyguards guard the door of my lounge? No knocking is allowed without an appointment.”
Peng Zhixing: "Actually, in your current position, if you don't do this, things like this will keep happening. Many people will try their best to get close to you and find you."
As soon as Peng Zhixing finished speaking, Lu Yanhe's cell phone buzzed and vibrated.
Lu Yanhe picked it up and took a look.
It was Fuli who sent him a message: Are you okay? When I saw the animated pictures on the Internet, you almost broke into pieces. [haha]
Lu Yanhe put down his cell phone.
"Brother Zhixing, what about you? Haven't you ever encountered this kind of thing?"
"Definitely not as many as you have encountered." Peng Zhixing said, "Besides, what I have encountered is different from you."
Lu Yanhe: "Brother Zhixing, how did you deal with it?"
"I will help those who can, but I will reject those whose words and deeds are too excessive." Peng Zhixing said, "It may be difficult for you to imagine that some people can be shameless in order to achieve their own goals." To what extent.”
Lu Yanhe: "I have met shameless people."
Peng Zhixing: "I suspect that the shamelessness I understand and the shamelessness you understand are not the same shamelessness."
Lu Yanhe: "Why do I feel discriminated against by you?"
Peng Zhixing laughed.
"But no matter what, this program is very good and meaningful." Peng Zhixing said seriously, "The more I know about this program, the more I think so. Especially after watching the pilot film released today, it is very different from what is currently on the market. The other programs on the show are different. The people chosen by the show are all representative and all have stories. I just looked at my phone. Not only was the episode between you and Liu Zhiyao on the hot search list, but Chenghai and Liu Zhiyin were also on it. Hot search."
"Sister Zhiyin is because she is already very popular. Chenghai... most likely Zhou Ping'an bought him the hot search." Lu Yanhe said, "But it is true that when we selected the person, we made it very clear. There are people who have stories and can spark discussions.”
Peng Zhixing: "It's a pity that such a program only has twelve episodes. It can do more."
Lu Yanhe said: "If you do too much, it won't look good. Put the best content into the main film."
Peng Zhixing: "Will you do a second season of this show?"
"I'll do it if the response is good." Lu Yanhe said, "In fact, I hope that this program can stimulate everyone's discussion on acting, what is good acting, what is a good actor, and have more people participate in the discussion, instead of just being blindly criticized. To define it from some rigid viewpoints, I looked at some of the acting skills that were explosive and plastic surgery, and some of the performances were superficial. Expression, acting like a blind person... Okay, it sounds like I am quite arrogant when I say this, thinking that others are wrong. But it does not mean that a performance without expression means a blind person. Some are more sad than dying, and some are really helpless. However, a group of people took the lead and thought it was the same performance. I wanted to go up and argue with them, but after thinking about it, forget it.”
Peng Zhixing couldn't stop laughing.
"You're so excited."
Lu Yanhe said: "I want to be rational and calm, but I can't do it, because after I know what is good, I can't stand some people calling a deer a horse. The most terrifying thing is that many people now call a deer a horse. It's not that he really doesn't know right from wrong. But in order to chase stars and speak for his idol, he told lies with open eyes. This is the most terrifying thing, especially a group of fans who make up lies in 360 degrees. "
Peng Zhixing: "You don't seem to like your attitude towards fans."
"I...I really don't like these fans on the Internet now, including my own." Lu Yanhe said, "I don't like them because they like one person, so it's like locusts crossing the border, and no second voice is allowed to appear."
"What if someone scolds you in a different way?"
"It depends on how they scold them. The scolding is well-targeted. In fact, I'm quite happy to see it." Lu Yanhe said, "I'm really not flaunting myself. Sometimes I block people who are full of swear words or distort the facts. comments, or some discriminatory remarks, but if you just say that you don't like me, or that my acting is not good-looking, I really don't mind what you say. If you can make some constructive criticisms and suggestions, I will do more. happy."
Peng Zhixing nodded.
"But we just have to adapt to the situation."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded, "I haven't thought about fighting against the status quo, but if I can change it a little bit, that's good."
"Have you ever thought that if the change you want to make is not a good thing for the status quo?" Peng Zhixing suddenly asked.
"I used to hesitate because of such thoughts, but now I rarely do." Lu Yanhe said, "Unless we don't contact the world or the surroundings at all, we are affecting the surroundings and the world every moment. Good or bad things are better than doing nothing. And I also believe that no matter how capable a person is, he can't beat the macro historical process."
"I believe I am doing the right thing, and I am determined to do the right thing. Only by firmly believing in this can I really do something. Otherwise, I will always worry about gains and losses, always look ahead and behind, and never accomplish anything." (End of this chapter)