Top-notch Master Masquerading As Cannon Fodder Female Companion

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Chapter 201: Minding Another Person Business

So what if she's a student at Beijing University? Didn't she just finish the high school graduation exam last year? It means she's just a freshman! Even if she's majoring in history, how can she be compared to Ms. Shen, who's a PhD student?

The scriptwriter scoffed in her head.

Tan Mo turned to look at Shen Jingyi and asked, "Are you sure the script is legit?"

Shen Jingyi jumped in surprise and quickly averted the little girl's gaze. "I am."

"You do know that this is a historical drama, right? One that's specifically focused on the historical aspect and not about abiding thrones or battles between the concubines. What Director Liu wants is a historically accurate one."

Director Liu nodded in agreement.

"I do." Shen Jingyi gritted her teeth.

"Then, why does the script only mention the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Groove, the Distinguished and Admirable Sense in Wei and Jin Dynasties, the openness of the dynasties, but not about the frequent changes in politics, the never-ending wars, or even the poor state the people were living in at that time," Tan Mo said. "Isn't it better to tell the whole thing instead of the just nicer ones? People would actually believe that living in that dynasties is bliss."

"What the heck do you know?" Yuan Qishan roared as she was starting to get anxious. "We're writing a script here, not a history textbook! If you really want to learn about history, you can just read about it! Why even bother watching a drama? Scripts are created based on the historical content and tweaked so that there are plots and conflicts!"

At that time, Shen Jingyi had no choice but to side with Yuan Qishan, or else she would be just admitting that she was doing a poor job as a consultant.

That was something that she would never admit to.

From the moment she told Yuan Qishan the script was up to standard, she'd already sided with the scriptwriter.

There wouldn't be any problem if Tan Mo had never shown up in the first place.

The PhD student from Beijing University couldn't help but curse Tan Mo for minding other people's business. From her perspective, if the drama was a flop, it would be Director Liu's problem and not hers. There was no need for Tan Mo to interfere since it would not affect her.

It was as if Tan Mo was intentionally making Shen Jingyi looked like the bad guy there.

Yuan Qishan then continued, "You aren't majoring in history, nor you are a scriptwriter. Stop telling us how to do our job!"

"If plots and conflicts are all you want, then there are more than enough throughout our country's history for you to tell. You don't even need to change anything for it to be dramatic," Tan Mo said as she took a step forward. "In Year 184, during the end of Han dynasty, there's the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The time between Years 220 and 280 was plagued with wars between the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population of the country was 50 million. At the end of the Three Kingdoms, only 8 million people were left."

Tan Mo paused and continued, "In Year 280, the Western Jin Empire defeated the Eastern Wu and officially unified the three kingdoms into one. With Emperor Wu of Jin as the Emporer, the population of the Jin Empire totalled around 16 million people, including the slaves, while the Wei Empire had around 10 million people in total. The disaster of Yongjia occurred in Year 311 where the Xiongnu invaded the mainland and waged wars. In just 31 years, only 3 million people remained alive. Those who did not manage to retreat towards the south were all killed. Even though the Western Jin Empire lasted for a short 51 years, only 20 of them were peaceful, which was from Year 280 to nine years before Jia Nanfeng ruled the empire behind the scenes. The peaceful period was stuck between the Conquest of Wu by Jin before and was followed by the War of Eight Princes and the migration towards the south."