[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk-":3,"chapter-reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-41":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in Huayu: They're Forcing Me to Be a Jerk Again?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2347784,4588,"Chapter 41: Initial Trial","reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>The poem Chen Nuo prepared was \"Taking Leave of Cambridge Again,\" which had been selected for him by a female professor in the acting department of the Film Academy surnamed Li. What was required was something standard and conventional, neither biased nor extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given your qualifications, there is no need to stand out during the preliminary examination; you only need to ensure no accidents occur,\" the professor surnamed Li had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Nuo recited \"Taking Leave of Cambridge Again\" using the techniques he had learned in his lines class, Li Er remained expressionless, as if hearing him recite this poem for the first time. Before he could even finish this masterpiece, just as he reached the end of the first stanza, she interrupted him with a serious expression: \"That is enough, Candidate Number One, you may stop here. Next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo then thanked the teachers for listening, retreated to the side, and sat with the other candidates who had not yet taken the preliminary exam, waiting for the session to end so they could leave together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo did not pay much attention to what was happening in the examination hall; he was wondering how Zhang Yi and the others were doing in Berlin right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yi and Li Xiaotian had been in Germany for over half a month, and there had been no news at all. Chen Nuo sincerely hoped that this work would find a way for Zhang Yi and the others to recoup their costs, and preferably make some money; otherwise, it would be too miserable to go bankrupt making a movie. But could they really win any awards? Chen Nuo was not optimistic. Because what did Zhang Yi and the others have? Connections, money, publicity... other than the film in their hands, they had nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would likely flop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo was quite worried that the two of them might jump into the Rhine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo felt that the reason the domestic industry would fully enter the era of traffic in the future might have something to do with filmmakers like Zhang Yi losing all their family assets and dying out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those experimental, social, and pioneering art film workers had almost all died out. Twenty years later, it was still the same few directors making art films; almost no newcomers had appeared. The rest were all producers of commercial blockbusters where traffic was king. Although it was true that survival of the fittest was a rule, would it not be too monotonous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo did not realize that his way of thinking was becoming more and more like a professional filmmaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his thoughts were flying, someone next to him suddenly whispered: \"I don't think you have a chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo was startled and tilted his head slightly. It was Candidate Number Two sitting next to him. This boy looked very sweet, with long hair, large eyes, a fair face without a beard, and delicate features. Twenty years later, this type would be called a \"little fresh meat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo did not speak; after glancing at him, he turned his head back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Number Two revealed a smug smile and continued to whisper from the side: \"When you were reciting the poem, I watched; the chief examiner didn't even smile once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo found this person even more inexplicable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it a good thing if Li Er smiled?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had known Li Er for so long, and the only time he saw her smile happily seemed to be in Chen Kexin's office, when that President Liu was arguing with her face-to-face. She had smiled quite happily at the time, and after coming down, she had berated the person mercilessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Chen Nuo did not speak, Candidate Number Two felt even happier. His hostility toward Chen Nuo was very simple and direct. Because according to the candidate number, he was Number Two and Chen Nuo was Number One, he had been standing next to Chen Nuo the whole time, and then he discovered that all the girls in their batch of candidates were intentionally or unintentionally glancing at Chen Nuo, and none of them were looking at him, which made him very annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Number Two felt he needed to try harder to strike at his opponent, so he said again: \"At that time, the lines teacher also shook her head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is not called the lines teacher. Her surname is Zhang, she is 28 years old, graduated with a master's degree not long ago, stayed on as a lecturer, just broke up with her boyfriend, and her favorite snack is that old-fashioned seaweed puff from outside the North Gate. I went to buy it for her three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Number Two became more excited as he spoke, \"I think the body movement teacher also has a lot of opinions about you. She kept looking at your feet; were you standing slightly pigeon-toed just now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Gao was not looking at my feet; she was looking at my flat shoes. These shoes were bought for me by her during the training class; she said this brand has soft soles and doesn't make feet smell, and they are good for daily wear besides training. I tried to give her money at the time, but she wouldn't take it, so I ended up bringing her breakfast for almost a week. \"You're definitely finished.\" Number Two smiled smugly, \"To actually dare to choose 'Taking Leave of Cambridge Again,' haha, it's hilarious, so old-fashioned. Do you know what I chose? Neruda, ever heard of him? What the Film Academy needs is hard power, get it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo nodded silently in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It truly did require hard power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The examination process moved very quickly, and Number Two had been buzzing in his ear the whole time, but it wasn't long before all 20 of them in their batch had finished the preliminary exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male proctor from before was greeting them on the side to line up and leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a male teacher who had been standing behind the camera all along stepped out and suddenly said: \"Candidate Number Two, stay behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Number Two stopped in his tracks, looked at the other person's serious face, and was suddenly stunned: \"Teacher, what's wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male teacher said: \"I have been watching you for nearly 30 minutes, and you have been talking almost the entire time. Don't you know that whispering is prohibited in our examination hall? Don't you know that your talking affects other people's exams? Didn't the proctor tell you in advance when they brought you in? I also noticed that Candidate Number One next to you never responded to you once. Why is it that others can manage to follow the rules, but you cannot? According to Article 8, Section 7 of the Film Academy Admissions Handbook, as the discipline supervisor for this examination hall, I am now officially notifying you that your exam results have been canceled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Number Two was completely dumbfounded and stammered: \"Tea, teacher, I didn't mean to, I really didn't know, can you give me another chance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male teacher said indifferently: \"You can. Next year.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Nuo walked out of the examination hall, he saw Yang Mi already waiting for him outside. Before they separated, they had agreed that whoever finished first would wait for the other there, and they would go home together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo saw Yang Mi standing there with a grinning face and knew she had done well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him come over, Yang Mi was about to say something when her eyes suddenly looked behind Chen Nuo, and she asked in surprise: \"Hey, is someone crying in your examination hall? Did I hear wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo looked back and then said nonchalantly: \"You didn't hear wrong; someone was talking during the exam and seems to have had their exam qualifications canceled by the teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi was shocked and let out a \"wow,\" \"Really? There are people like that? Is there something wrong with his brain? Doesn't he know he can't talk? Why didn't anyone remind him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Nuo said: \"I reminded him; I gave him a look at the time, but he didn't pay attention. Maybe he was too confident in his own hard power. By the way, how did you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Mi laughed and said: \"I think it was pretty good. Never mind, let's go, let's go eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank you to the book friend Bingo for the tip~~ Also thank you to the other masters for the recommendations~ It's only because of you that it doesn't feel like I'm playing a single-player game~ Because this book is actually quite a slow burn, thank you all very much for your patience in reading on; the subsequent plot will become more and more interesting~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1469,"2026-06-21T01:34:38.888Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","38c5f5d62d82e1605a104ea5a0343f7be7f43d7d7988a8fb6c445fc048c012bc","reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-42","reborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--chapter-40",491,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-huayu-they-re-forcing-me-to-be-a-jerk--cover.jpg"]