1983: A Literary Master Who Started by Quitting Art to Write

In the autumn of 1983, auditions for Dream of the Red Chamber begin nationwide! Director Wang from CCTV comes to their performing arts troupe!

Li Yousi, who has been reborn, goes with his fellow performers to audition!

Unexpectedly, his natural talent is actually rejected!!

That night, he thinks long and hard!

It seems he is not suited to acting!

In the end, he decides to abandon art and turn to writing, relying on years of reading and movie-watching experience to enter the literary world!

A month later! Li Yousi successfully enters the literary circle and starts his days revising manuscripts at Beiping Literature.

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Many years later, after winning numerous awards, Li Yousi faces reporters:

"Originally I wanted to play Jia Baoyu, but there was nothing I could do since the director didn't like me, so I gave up acting and turned to writing."

Yu Hua: "I lived with him at the time, and the first thing I felt after reading the manuscript he finished was jealousy. It was written so damn well!"