Chapter 166: Lust for Profit
Xue Chiming may not love classical drama as much as Mei Xiaoyu, so that he memorizes those ancient classics so well that he can fully integrate into the role when performing, but in any case, Xue Chiming is Mei Xiaoyu's predecessor, and he has been in this line for longer than her, and he has been exposed to many classical drama scripts, including many scripts written by modern classical drama masters.
He couldn't help but compare the scripts written by these masters with Wang Defu's "The Legend of the West Chamber" given at random, and found unbelievably that the works of those masters were not as good as Wang Defu's one!
Such a discovery was of course difficult for Xue Chiming to accept for a while, after all, he didn't hold back a wave of hacking Wang Defu before, but he was instantly slapped in the face by this work, and even he had to admit that this work was good!
Even Xue Chiming couldn't help but fantasize that if he could play the male protagonist and the female protagonist Cui Yingying in "The Legend of the West Chamber" with Mei Xiaoyu, would they be as happy as the love affair between the male and female protagonists in the drama? Even if they can't achieve a happy ending, then as long as they play this "The Legend of the West Chamber", they will definitely become popular!
The temptation of fame and fortune directly made Xue Chiming fall in love, and he looked at Mei Xiaoyu with great eagerness and said: "Sister Xiaoyu, let's act in this drama together, we will definitely be famous in the country all at once!" ”
Mei Xiaoyu saw Xue Chiming's appearance, as if she had re-acquainted herself with her godbrother, she frowned and said: "The author of this drama is Wang Defu, the great writer, whether we are qualified to act in this work or not, we need his consent." ”
Xue Chiming couldn't help but persuade: "Xiaoyu, don't be so naïve, isn't it, didn't he give this work to you, then it belongs to you, you can dispose of it however you want, anyway, it has not been published publicly, even if you say that it was created by yourself, there is no problem!" ”
Xue Chiming is obviously already lustful, and he can't wait for the daughter-in-law he identifies to directly snatch the ownership of "The Legend of the West Chamber", in his heart, the daughter-in-law's things are naturally his, and it is natural for him to get a little light from his own daughter-in-law.
It's a pity that Mei Xiaoyu is not such a person, she will not do this kind of thing and directly offend Wang Defu, not to mention that the other party can make her so famous with an article, just by virtue of the classical drama creation talent shown by the other party in "The Legend of the West Chamber", Mei Xiaoyu has great respect for Wang Defu in her heart.
As for appropriating Wang Defu's works for herself, Mei Xiaoyu feels that this is not feasible at all, because no one will definitely believe that she can create such an excellent classical drama script, but Wang Defu's words, no one will ever question anything.
Because now Wang Defu's reputation as a "genius writer" has been completely established, and he also proved his attainments in classical Chinese with the classic paragraph in "Luo Shen Fu", and now "The Legend of the West Chamber" can basically make Wang Defu famous in the classical drama circle in an instant!
Mei Xiaoyu instantly felt more and more that her father's words to her were really correct, a genius creator like Wang Defu, a drama performer like them, should form a deep friendship with him, but the act of taking Wang Defu's works as his own is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs......
Therefore, Mei Xiaoyu shook her head firmly, and carefully put away Wang Defu's "The Legend of the West Chamber", which is still Wang Defu's handwritten manuscript, I am afraid that after a hundred years, such an original manuscript will become a priceless treasure, even if it is regarded as a family heirloom, it is no exaggeration!
After all, in this era, if the literati don't have a good hand, how to go out and mix, whether the words are good or not, that is the façade of a literati, the so-called "words are like their people" is really not a joke.
Wang Defu in addition to writing, never relaxed to practice calligraphy, the foundation of the two worlds, can allow him to easily write a good hand, even if it does not reach the height of the calligrapher, but basically will not be too far behind, therefore, his handwritten manuscripts, often very collectible.
"Xiaoyu, why are you shaking your head? Are you going to reject your dearest godbrother? Xue Chiming looked like he was loveless.
He has always known that Mei Xiaoyu is an extremely soft-hearted girl, and she is also very affectionate, although in the two years he has known Mei Xiaoyu, he has done a lot of dirty things to those Mei Xiaoyu's admirers behind his back, but his care and care for Mei Xiaoyu is real, and even when Mei Xiaoyu is sick, he always accompanies her.
It is this real care and care that makes Mei Xiaoyu always feel that although this Xue Chiming is average in appearance and talented, he is really good to her, so that she gradually can't leave his care and care, and even in a thought, she feels that there is nothing wrong with getting along with this man all the time.
But on this day, at this moment, Mei Xiaoyu discovered that even if some people take care of you, they are not the person you want after all, especially when there is a more dazzling person with a halo on his body who breaks into your world.
Only then did she feel that her father was really prescient, because he had always warned Mei Xiaoyu that even if she and Xue Chiming got closer, they could only maintain a brother-sister relationship, and it was absolutely impossible for him to agree to his daughter being with someone like Xue Chiming.
A man like Xue Chiming is a typical woman who treats her well before she gets it, and completely holds her in the palm of his hand, but when she really becomes his daughter-in-law, it is like having completed the ultimate task, and he will never be as attentive as before.
This time, Mei Xiaoyu never relented, she didn't say anything to Xue Chiming, she just took "The Legend of the West Chamber" and went to find her father, and she also told her father about Xue Chiming's performance since she met Wang Defu completely and without reservation......
When Mei Shengwei listened to his daughter's report, he hadn't opened "The Story of the West Chamber" yet, but after he knew that this was Wang Defu's work, he obviously wouldn't underestimate it, and then when he heard Xue Chiming's lustful behavior, he couldn't help but sneer: "This kid has long known that he is this kind of person, if it weren't for the fact that he is really diligent and good to you, how could I keep him in the team?" But if he really provokes Wang Defu, then I will definitely not be able to keep him anymore, a genius like Wang Defu, no matter how polite he is, there will be nothing wrong...... Okay, I'll take a look at what a good way his "Legend of the West Chamber" is, which will impress my daughter! ”