Chapter 834: Everlasting Regret Part 2

The so-called "old rascal" is mostly just a playful jest. It's a tacit little joke shared between readers and viewers with Chu Kuang, even a kind of casual amusement.

Yi An seems to lean into this kind of thing as well.

As a fan of Chu Kuang, Yi An does have talent. The plot of *The Lotus Lantern* is incredibly compelling!

Yet Yi An, in the end, isn't Chu Kuang. He crossed a line that audiences absolutely cannot tolerate, and the result was a disastrous fallout.

It's likely no one will ever hire Yi An to write scripts again.

For a screenwriter whose rapport with audiences has completely collapsed, even the best script will only add to audience resentment.

Yi An's future prospects might even be irreparably impacted because of this.

The fiasco of dragging Yang Jian for the sake of dissing *Journey to the West*—it's a stain Yi An will never be able to wash away.

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Amid the overwhelming fury targeting *The Lotus Lantern*.