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Yue Junzhe's strength lay in her ability to recall classic television shows and movies from decades past, skillfully utilizing various plot devices. However, when it came to writing current affairs commentary, she found herself at a loss.
"Sorry, Jin Sheng, but I prefer writing scripts and lighter work over being a journalist," she said.
"I see. Well, that's that," Golden Giant replied, slightly disappointed. "You're about to finish your serialization of The Age of Great Strife. Have you decided what you want to write next?"
While studying, Yue Junzhe had already completed one work and said, "I've thought about it. My next project is a fantasy."
"Fantasy?" Golden Giant was curious about the unfamiliar term.
"It's a genre based on metaphysics, often involving Taoism, cultivation, and supernatural beings," Yue Junzhe explained. "For example, The Legend of the Swordsman of Mount Shu from The Master of the Pearl Tower falls into this category."
Golden Giant, well-read and knowledgeable about metaphysics, nodded in understanding. "Fantasy, that sounds like an interesting premise."
Yue Junzhe continued, "My second project is a series called The Legend of the Sword and Fairy. I've already finished the first, second, and third parts."
"The first part tells the story of a sect that nearly goes mad in pursuit of immortality..." Having only seen three installments of The Legend of the Sword and Fairy, she planned to write three parts in total and rearranged the original order to follow the timeline of the story. The tale of Qionghua ascending to immortality would be first.
"When Pangu opened the world, his essence, energy, and spirit divided into three deities: Fuxi, Shennong, and Nüwa. They are known as the Three Sovereigns. The spiritual energy originally contained within Pangu's body dispersed and transformed into the five elements: water, fire, thunder, wind, and earth, spreading across the land. Pangu's heart hung in the midst of the earth as a bond connecting it with the realm of pure energy. Where purity and impurity converged, a divine tree was born, becoming the source of life in the realm."
"Due to the scarcity of living beings on earth, the Three Sovereigns created life in different forms. Fuxi used fruits from the divine tree that absorbed pure energy from the divine realm as his body and infused it with his powerful essence to create gods. Because these divine fruits were rare, there were very few gods; however, they were immensely powerful and resided above in the divine realm. Shennong used earth's soil and plants as his body and infused it with his energy to create beasts; valuing quantity and capability led to many types and numbers of beasts with diverse abilities but lacking intelligence. Nüwa mixed soil and water with her own blood and spiritual energy to mold figures resembling herself using willow branches to create humans... who lived on earth while another realm existed for their reincarnation."
"The Chiyou Clan turned into demons and created the demon realm; after beasts cultivated successfully, they resided in the monster realm; humans who achieved immortality lived in the immortal realm."
"With an immortal realm existing for humans, there are also Ten Great Caves, thirty-six caves, seventy-two blessed lands known as Earth Immortal Realms. Among them, the most famous Earth Immortal Realm is where Pangu's heart resides—the Shushan Sword Sect—and below it lies Kunlun Qionghua Sect."
"The ancestors of Qionghua Sect received guidance from Nine Mysterious Lady in their dreams to create a sword technique that fused man and sword together; for generations they have worshipped her."
Yue Junzhe shared only the world-building aspects of her story without delving into specific plots. Even so, Golden Giant listened intently and praised her work.
"This setup is fascinating! No wonder you're young; your ideas are more vibrant than ours. Hurry up and bring me your manuscript; I want to see it right away."
Surprised by this childlike side of Golden Giant, Yue Junzhe couldn't help but laugh. "I'll bring you the manuscript after I go to Infinite Television Station tomorrow."
Golden Giant chuckled, "Then I'll be waiting."
Yue Junzhe currently rented a house on Broadcast Road in Kowloon, which is the most famous upscale residential area in Harbor City. In the Seventies, three television stations and two radio stations chose this location, so many stars lived nearby. Yue Junzhe often saw several well-known future celebrities, such as the Wang Jing family. Due to its location on a hill, Broadcast Road is also known as Five Platforms Mountain.
When Yue Junzhe returned home, her maid Aunt Yi had already prepared dinner. The meal consisted of Mapo Tofu with rice, which suited Yue Junzhe's taste perfectly—she was originally from the Sichuan region before her time travel. Aunt Yi's husband has a rare surname, Yi. Both Aunt Yi and her husband are from Bashu, and her husband is a veteran. In 1949, veterans who could not go to Bay Island were all relocated to Mok Sing Ling Civilian Village. However, in early 1950, a group of students provoked the veterans in the Mok Sing Ling refugee area, which eventually escalated into a bloody conflict. Consequently, the government of Harbor City relocated these veterans and their families to Tseung Kwan O in June 1950. They lived in makeshift A-frame huts made of oil paper along the mountainside, enduring extreme hardship. Aunt Yi has three children who all left school to work at a young age, yet their family remained impoverished. Fortunately, Aunt Yi met Yue Junzhe, who is generous; upon learning about Aunt Yi's situation, she not only paid her more than others but also allowed her to take home leftover food to improve her family's meals.
After dinner and a glass of fresh juice, Yue Junzhe tossed the dishes and cups into the sink for Aunt Yi to wash in the morning. She entered her study and pulled out the manuscript for "Xianjian" and the script for "The Golden Branch and the Withered Tree". Originally an infinite work, "The Golden Branch and the Withered Tree" achieved remarkable success over twenty years later and is regarded as the ancestor of palace dramas. Given that it was ahead of its time, once filmed, it would surely amaze all of Harbor City.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door. Surprised, Yue Junzhe went to open it. She was not familiar with her neighbors and wondered who could be looking for her.
"Aunt Yi? Why are you back again?" Upon opening the door and seeing Aunt Yi, pale with sweat and tears indistinguishable on her face, she was taken aback.
Without warning, Aunt Yi knelt down before Yue Junzhe, pleading, "Sister Yue, you are a good person; please save my daughter!"
Startled, Yue Junzhe quickly reached out to help her up. "Aunt Yi, whatever it is, get up; don’t kneel to me."
But Aunt Yi insisted on staying down; she looked frail yet heavyset with surprising strength. No matter how hard Yue Junzhe tried to pull her up, she couldn't manage it and had to give up. Squatting beside Aunt Yi, she asked gently, "What exactly do you need?"
"Sister Yue, could you lend me twenty thousand dollars? Don’t worry; I won’t default on it; I’ll forgo my salary every month as repayment."
Taken aback by the amount, Yue Junzhe thought that twenty thousand dollars was no small sum for an ordinary person at this time. What could Aunt Yi possibly need that much money for?
"Aunt Yi, what happened to your daughter? Why do you need to borrow so much?"
"Dongmei fell from the roof and hit her head; she’s bleeding profusely. We don’t have money to send her to the hospital; she might die," cried Aunt Yi.
Sometimes they chatted about family matters; although Yue Junzhe had never met Aunt Yi's daughter, she felt somewhat familiar with her. Aunt Yi had one daughter and two sons; Yidongmei, the eldest daughter, started working at thirteen or fourteen doing various odd jobs. Despite being very beautiful—more stunning than television stars—she was encouraged by friends to enroll in an infinite training class. However, after only attending a couple of classes while repairing the roof of their house, she fell and injured her head severely.
Knowing it was a matter of saving a life, Yue Junzhe wasted no time grabbing her coat and heading out. "Aunt Yi, I’ll go with you; let’s get Dongmei to the hospital first."
Quickly getting up, Aunt Yi followed Yue Junzhe downstairs. Worried about Yidongmei's injuries, Yue Junzhe suggested that Aunt Yi call home first so that her husband and two sons could take their daughter to the hospital while they rushed over immediately. To save time, they decided not to take the bus but called for a taxi instead.
After arriving at the hospital, Uncle Yi had just brought Yidongmei in. Someone had paid the medical fees, and the doctors and nurses were very attentive as they rushed Yidongmei into the operating room for emergency treatment. Thanks to Harbor City's current Financial System, although the banks were closed and cash couldn't be withdrawn, checks could still be written for payment. Yue Junzhe wrote two checks: one for twenty thousand yuan to cover Yidongmei's medical expenses, and another for two thousand yuan to Uncle Yi and Aunt Yi, urging them to buy some nutritional supplements for Yidongmei to help her recover.
"Thank you, Sister Yue." Uncle Yi was a simple man, holding the check with gratitude written all over his face. If it weren't for Yue Junzhe stopping him, he would have knelt down in front of her.
"No need to thank me." Yue Junzhe was unaware that with her intervention in this life, Yidongmei had successfully survived. In her previous life, due to a lack of money, Yidongmei had passed away, leaving Aunt Yi devastated and leading her to an early grave. Uncle Yi had been consumed by grief over the deaths of his wife and daughter, while the other two children of the Yijia family had become delinquents without parental guidance, eventually dying in gang-related violence.
"Thank you, Sister Yue." This time, it was Yidongmei's two younger brothers, Yishan and Yi Shui, who expressed their gratitude. Yishan was fourteen and Yi Shui was twelve; they were still just young boys. Both of them were quite handsome, having inherited their parents' good looks just like their sister Yidongmei.
"No need to thank me." Yue Junzhe liked the two boys. "Have you eaten dinner yet?"
They shook their heads. With their older sister's accident, their family was in a state of panic; they had no mood to cook or eat.
Yue Junzhe turned to Aunt Yi and said, "I'll take these two boys out for dinner. You stay here; we'll bring something back for you."
"No need, we won't starve from missing one meal," Aunt Yi and the two boys insisted repeatedly. However, Yue Junzhe firmly pulled the two boys out of the hospital and found a restaurant.
"Don't worry; your sister will be fine. That little injury isn't a big deal in the doctor's eyes," Yue Junzhe reassured the boys. "What would you like to eat?"
The two boys were actually starving; there's a saying that half-grown children can impoverish their parents. At their age, it was easy to get hungry; they usually only ate until they were half full, but now their stomachs were completely empty.
"I want Yangzhou Fried Rice," Yishan said eagerly.
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