Literary Master: Starting with Refusing to Be a Child Star

[Primarily based on literary excerpts and everyday life, supplemented by acting and commercial storylines] He is the creator of *The Little Prince* and the best actor in *Home Alone*. "The world's undisputed number one child star," "the last global literary giant of the 21st century," and "one of the world's 100 most beautiful faces"—these all refer to him. Of course, most importantly, he is—"the perfect child." In his acting career, from his stunning debut in *The Hidden Corner* to being recognized by the media as "the best-acting child" in *In the Heat of the Sun*, from his chillingly brilliant performance in *The Sixth Sense* to becoming a global icon for children after the explosive success of *Stranger Things*, he has achieved great success. In his literary works, he rose to fame with the thriller short story "Summer, Fireworks, My Corpse" to *Life of Pi*, a book written for children worldwide. From the publication of *The Long Season*, hailed as a "realist epic," to the groundbreaking Chinese science fiction *The Human Being*. From "Murder on the Orient Express," a work that has been inducted into the hall of fame for suspense literature, to "The Stars of Humanity," a required reading included in textbooks, Luo Jinnian was both an actor and a literary giant throughout his life. Years later, in an interview with Time magazine, Luo Jinnian candidly stated, "Actually, at first I just wanted to write books quietly, but the directors gave me so much."