Magnate Tycoon: How Did Simply Enjoying Life Make Me a Male God?

The character Jiangnan during the factory layoffs in the nineties is not an isolated case in China.

He is more like a classic character, representing the group of university graduates affected by the times, laid off, and without opportunities to develop again.

They often have good learning abilities and knowledge, but due to family environment, personal cognition, or perhaps character flaws, they eventually end up struggling for decades at the bottom of society like other laid-off workers.

However, they differ from ordinary workers in one obvious way: they are unwilling to resign, yet unable to change their circumstances, thus developing a habit of criticizing and complaining about the times, and some even begin to boast and exaggerate to cover their inner emptiness.

In the pavilion, Uncle Liu eloquently narrated his life story, also revealing his character and behavioral habits.

Yang Xiaoxiu was very smart, and each time the conversation drifted and the other started boasting, she would timely interrupt with questions, steering the topic back.

Li Jing, on the other hand, mostly watched quietly, recording each word and action of the others in his mind.

Compared to the characters described in books, Li Jing hadn't experienced that social period, so there was no specific image in his mind.

But in conversations with Uncle Liu, Li Jing seemed to see Jiangnan in his forties or fifties recalling the past before him.

The image of Jiangnan in his heart became more rich and realistic.

Later, Uncle Liu seemed to be in high spirits and took them to his resting room.

What he called a resting room was actually the school's temporary storeroom for the gardeners to place their tools.

However, Uncle Liu himself had placed a chair and a table inside, which he heard were things he picked up from outside the teaching building that others had discarded.

To Li Jing's surprise, there were neatly arranged dozens of books on Uncle Liu's old wooden table.

Each book was yellowed and old, clearly having been flipped through many times, with a pen and notebook beside them, filled with Uncle Liu's diaries and reflections.

According to Uncle Liu, he still maintained the habit of reading every day.

Every noon during break, he would return to this room to read books or write down interesting things that happened that day.

Speaking, he flipped a few pages of the diary forward and smiled at Yang Xiaoxiu: "This entry is about chatting with you."

"Wrote about me?"

Yang Xiaoxiu was slightly surprised, carefully took the loose diary to look, and found that besides recording their conversation, Uncle Liu also made some comments and assessments about her.

The most profound impression for her was when Uncle Liu wrote in the diary: "This girl is interesting, hardworking, serious, loves acting, but is a bit overly thoughtful; yet in this society, without deep thoughts, one might not survive.

Although she said no one sees her potential, I think this girl can achieve great things."

Seeing the affirmation in the opponent's diary about herself, Yang Xiaoxiu was momentarily stunned, then couldn't resist feeling a bit emotional.

She hadn't received affirmation from others for too long; this time being sincerely praised in a diary by a gardener, she couldn't help but feel touched.

Seeing this, Uncle Liu didn't say much more but grinned, then turned to Li Jing with pride: "See, I told you I'm amazing. Just casually writing a diary can touch this girl deeply.

Previously, those girls would circle around me, asking me to tell stories. I tirelessly told them stories, and they came to find me every day to listen to stories..."

Watching the nostalgic look of the opponent, Li Jing smiled and nodded.

He believed the opponent wasn't boasting about this matter, actually after talking to him, he found the opponent's speech and literary knowledge very rich, even surpassing today's top university students.

In fact, in that era, getting into university was already extremely rare.

But Uncle Liu, though knowledgeable, lacked the courage to dare explore and fight.

Even though he was laid off from national factories, during that time full of opportunities, with his ability, if he dared to go out and fight, he might have had a completely different life.

Perhaps it was precisely the university experience that restricted his thoughts, making him always feel that being assigned work in a state-owned factory was the right path, with no future in private companies, eventually hesitating and missing out on many opportunities, leaving him working as a gardener at this college.

The conversation concluded, more than an hour had passed.

During which Yang Xiaoxiu bought water for the opponent again, making him increasingly favorable towards the two.

After bidding farewell to the opponent, Li Jing and Yang Xiaoxiu also left the school and casually found a cafe at the school gate to sit down.

"How was it?"

Yang Xiaoxiu held the coffee brought by the waiter in both hands, widened her eyes in expectation and asked: "Is Uncle Liu very much like Jiangnan?"

"Mm."

Li Jing nodded, giving a fair evaluation: "Although Uncle Liu's personality is more flamboyant than Jiangnan's, overall they have many similarities, sometimes making me feel he is Jiangnan." Thanks for reading—brought to you by M|VL|EMPYR.

"Then it's right."

Yang Xiaoxiu excitedly snapped her fingers: "So when you act, Brother Jing, don't try to embody Jiangnan, try embodying Uncle Liu, imagining yourself as Uncle Liu, and in the film scenes, think about how someone like him would behave and express emotions."

Speaking, she turned and took out an A4 paper from her small backpack: "This is the script content you gave me about Jiangnan, I printed it all out, how about trying out this section now..."

Li Jing hadn't expected the opponent to start acting so quickly: "Here? Try here?"

"Yes, just simply embody Uncle Liu, then imitate his tone, say a few sentences, don't need to do physical actions. "

Yang Xiaoxiu explained seriously and patiently: "We begin with expressions and embodiment, and currently what we need to do is help you genuinely embody the young Uncle Liu, once you learn how to get involved, we'll find a place to practice the entire scene."

Watching the opponent mark lines and make comments with a pen while flipping through the script, Li Jing raised his eyebrows slightly, noticing the unique charm in the opponent's serious side profile.

People say serious men are the most handsome, actually, no matter male or female, when wholeheartedly immersed in something, they emit a unique aura.

For instance, Yang Xiaoxiu at this moment, seriously analyzing the script content, some strands of hair fell from her scalp, adding some casual charm to her clean side face.

Her almond-shaped eyes and small nose viewed from this angle presented surprisingly a bit of classical beauty.

"Brother Jing, look here, Jiangnan in the alley talking to Wang Mei, his tone can completely refer to Uncle Liu's way when he used to chat up girls..."

Yang Xiaoxiu happily and seriously kept explaining to Li Jing, as though even if not acting but just talking about acting, she could feel joy.

After listening to the opponent's analysis and sorting for nearly an hour, Li Jing not only gained a lot in terms of acting skills but also confirmed that Yang Xiaoxiu genuinely loved acting with her whole heart.

This reminded him of Uncle Liu's words in the diary.

The girl might really achieve great things.

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