Cute Brother Badass Family Protector

Chapter 272: What's Wrong With You?

“Keqing, what do you think? Do you think Mo Mo will win?” Xu Mingjing asked with his eyes still glued to the screen.

A few seconds passed, and the mother still did not get the answer. She finally turned her face away from the TV, only to see her daughter staring at the screen and biting her lips.

The screen shows every screenwriter who has been nominated for the award, and the last to appear is Tan Mo.

Xu Mingjing said, “‘Legenda Wei and Jin’ is definitely a good story, otherwise, it will never guarantee such success.”

He is one of those people who have been waiting impatiently to update the drama every week as it airs.

“If the script is the only reason for the success of a drama, then why do they still need a director?” Yuan Keqing sneered. “Scripts are nothing more than words on white paper, emotionless conversations. A script is meaningless without a good director and an amazing actor to bring it to life."

Yuan Keqing paused for a moment and continued, “There was a drama that I used to love so much that I even went and found the script online. The script was really disappointing, just boring words. If the script had never been made into a drama, the story would never have attracted attention. Mo Mo Mo had just gotten lucky because Director Liu was amazing at what he did. He was nominated for an outstanding team, not the other way around.”

“But ...” Xu Mingjing sipped his tea. “Didn't Director Liu praise Mo Mo at the red carpet event just now?’"

“Serious, Bu?” Yuan Keqing sneered once more. “Other people may not understand, but we must know why he is being praised. At first, no one could understand why Uncle decided to sponsor ‘Legenda Wei and Jin’. None of us can find an answer. But now that we know Mo Mo is the scriptwriter, isn't it obvious? Uncle Company was the biggest sponsor for the drama, and Mo Mo was the scriptwriter. It was only natural that the director should praise him. This is the director's way of getting closer to the family so that he can get more sponsors for his projects in the future. They are mutually beneficial. TanYue gave the director the resources, while the director helped put Mo Mo in the spotlight. Another thing! See how much money Uncle had to spend to make Mo Mo famous. Why don't you do the same for me?”

Yuan Keqing wanted to become famous as well, and he was furious at the fact that his cousin had been in the spotlight, but he didn't.

“Fuck! I can say with certainty that Uncle paid those two professors so that Mo Mo could become their student as well,” Yuan Keqing said.

“Yeah, you're still in high school, right?” Xu Mingjing tried to calm his daughter down.

Since Tan Mo was already a student, it was natural for his parents to start investing in his future.

However, Yuan Keqing was still a high school student, and the most important thing for him was to study rather than think of becoming famous.

However, his mother's words made Yuan Keqing even more furious. “Bu, what do you mean I'm not as good as Mo Mo? That even though we were both 17 years old, she was already a student while I was still in high school?”

“What's wrong with you?” Xu Mingjing sighed. To be honest, it was her mother's true intentions, but there was no way she would admit it because it would only hurt her daughter.

Xu Mingjing began to blame himself for his daughter's behavior. If only he had not told his daughter to give everything to Tan Mo when they were children, Yuan Keqing would have never hated Tan Mo this much, and the competition would never have happened.

The most important fact was that Yuan Keqing had always been on the losing side of the competition.

Tan Wenci and her three sons were talented in their respective fields, but that was it. They were never known to be good at their studies.

Unlike his father and brothers, Tan Mo is a complete monster who began attending Beijing University at the age of 15.

With Yuan Keqing's score in his exam, it wouldn't be a problem for him to get into a normal university, but if he really wanted to study at Beijing University, it was basically impossible.

However, her daughter wanted to attend Beijing University once she graduated from high school.

He kept saying that if Tan Mo was there, then he should also be there, or someone else would laugh at him for being inferior to his cousin.

That was why Yuan Zhengwen and Xu Mingjing would only let their daughter take art courses in high school rather than science courses, because it would be easier to get higher grades in high school after passing the exam that way.

With a little outside help from Yuan Zhengwen, they should be able to send Yuan Keqing to Beijing University.

Despite that, there would still be a huge gap between Yuan Keqing and Tan Mo, though,

The undeniable truth was that Tan Mo had already studied at one of the best universities of the Hua Empire while Yuan Keqing was still struggling in high school.

The difference is too great to compare the two.

“Aren't you taking the high school graduation exam this year? We will start planning your future after you graduate,” Xu Mingjing said and quickly change the subject. “By the way, you still haven't answered my question. Do you think Tan Mo will win the award?”

“Of course not!” Yuan Keqing laughed. “Even if we ignore the fact that Uncle and Director Liu are mutually beneficial and just focus on the script itself, it will be difficult for him to win. Yes, the play was a success, but I'm sure most of the judges never even read the original script and will only decide whether or not the script is good from the plot and tempo of the drama. If Mo Mo won, then he really should thank Director Liu because it was the director's job, not the scriptwriter. I mean, there's no way the director hasn't changed the script to produce a smoother flow of drama, right?"

Xu Mingjing nodded and urged his daughter to continue.

“Say Mo Mo's script is really good. However, he is still a newcomer, right? Has he ever written a script before? Director Liu did mention that he did, but I think he lied. Think about it, Mo Mo was only 17 years old, and was still a student. How could he find the time to write the script of the previous play? When did he learn to write? That alone would take years to master,” Yuan Keqing analyzed the situation.

“I believe the reason Director Liu fabricated the lie was so that he could dispel the suspicions of others and prevent people from insulting him for using a scriptwriter without any prior experience. Even if Mo Mo really had experience, he was still a newcomer to the business. ‘Legenda Wei and Jin’ are his first projects under his pseudonym, Qi Mo, while the other nominees are scriptwriters who have worked in the business for years. Even I know who they are, and I don't work in the entertainment business. These are really famous people."

Yuan Keqing paused for a moment to catch his breath.

“Although the public may not care about the Best Script Award, for the writers of this script, this is the purpose of their lives. Ma'am, do you really think they would sit idly by if the organizers gave awards to newcomers like Mo Mo? The author of this script has fame, connection, and experience, and it is impossible for the organizers to ignore it. They did not want to offend other candidates because of the greenhorn. Mo Mo Mo's script should be the best of the century if they are willing to risk it.”