Chapter 114 Adding drama to the female boss

Gu Qingge herself didn't expect that as soon as she arrived at the crew, she would receive the cultivation jade from the actress who played the heroine of the show.

This kind of unexpected surprise always makes Gu Qingge very happy.

She couldn't help but look at the actress Liu Yana who provided her with the cultivation jade, and smiled gratefully.

Liu Yana thought Gu Qingge was showing goodwill to her, so she responded with a kind smile.

The atmosphere of the entire crew is very good.

However, at the subsequent script reading session, when Liu Yana learned that the role of "Zhong Shenxiu" played by Gu Qingge had been greatly increased, while her role had been reduced, she could no longer laugh.

Gu Qingge couldn't laugh either, because she had originally thought of coming here just to make a cameo appearance, to test out her "lines", "acting skills", and "martial arts performance" skills, and after completing that side quest, she would retire.

What I never expected was that the villain role she played had so many more scenes!

She even felt that the drama perfectly portrayed the growth of Zhong Yuyan to Zhong Shenxiu, and the character she played suddenly became extremely full-bodied...

If the previous Zhong Shenxiu was the kind of peerless female villain who amazed everyone from the very beginning, then now, this drama has delved deeper into her past, and it feels like there is an extra branch line.

This is not a cannon fodder villain, she is clearly a female villain boss. This is too outrageous!

However, Gu Qingge had already agreed to follow the crew's arrangements and finish the play, so she naturally would not go back on her word.

Besides, maybe this female villain boss with more roles can attract more hatred, then wouldn’t Gu Qingge make a lot of money?

Generally speaking, as long as it is a drama produced by Haili Film and Television, all actors must unconditionally participate in the script reading.

There are at least three benefits to script reading. First, it allows the actors to thoroughly understand the script. Second, it allows the script to be further optimized. Third, it allows the crew members to familiarize themselves with it in advance.

Moreover, the entire script reading process will be filmed, and before the show is officially broadcast, it will be edited and released, which can be regarded as a warm-up for the show.

Haili Film and Television's dramas are all made with excellence.

In fact, before the script reading, members of the three major groups, namely the director team, the art team, and the photography team, had already met together, led by director Yang Hansong, to make the most basic explanation and design of the entire story.

Whether it is character design or costumes and props, they must be perfected before this.

So it is not easy to make a high-quality drama, and many popular stars are too lazy to make such a drama.

Some traffic stars really don't deserve the title of "actor". They get off the plane, put on their costumes, sit on the sidelines waiting for the show, and play games on their mobile phones.

When it was his turn, the director told him to be angry in this scene, and then he shouted "one, two, three" angrily in front of the camera. After the filming, he probably took off his costume and went to the next group.

This kind of drama can never be a masterpiece, but for some traffic stars who don’t care about reputation and only care about money, they don’t care whether the drama is bad or not. As long as they get the pay, it is considered a success.

This was Gu Qingge's first time participating in a script reading, and director Yang Hansong was very satisfied with her performance because her line delivery was excellent.

The female villain Zhong Shenxiu doesn't have many lines, but they are very pretentious. It is not easy to speak them with rhythm.

After all, in the character setting of the script, she fights against the sky, the earth, and herself. She is not gifted, but she relies on her own strength to kill all the kings and stand alone in the nine heavens. Even the gods cannot block her way. With a physique inferior to that of an ordinary person, she finally reaches the pinnacle.

For example, these

"My destiny is in my own hands."

"Burning incense and asking for the way to immortality, we are all heartless people."

"I once heard someone say that when you can no longer have something, the only thing you can do is to make sure you don't forget it."

"What stopped me wasn't what I saw, but what I couldn't see. Do you understand? What I couldn't see. In this infinitely sprawling fairyland, there's everything, but there's only one thing: an end. And I'm going to the end of the fairy road!"

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Fortunately, Gu Qingge has mastery-level dialogue skills, so she can handle all these lines.

Even with some very childish lines, she was able to deliver the domineering, ruthless, and empress-like aura that the director required.

Among all the actors, Gu Qingge's dialogue level is at least second-rate.

In this ancient idol fantasy drama, only Song Jian, a professional actor who graduated from the Central Academy of Arts, can be compared with her.

Even the line quality of the heroine Liu Yana is quite average. The system's evaluation of her is at the peak of the entry level, and she is still one step away from the proficient level.

Liu Yana was relatively well behaved during the script reading, but after it was over, when the cameras stopped rolling, she couldn't help but ask director Yang Hansong privately, "Director Yang, why is my role as the leading actress so much less than it was originally?"

Yang Hansong said calmly, "Do you have any opinions on our revised script?"

Liu Yana quickly shook her head. In the dramas produced by Haili Film and Television, the actors have very little say.

In other dramas, she, a second-tier artist, might be able to bring her own screenwriter to modify or add to her scenes.

But in this drama, she can only put forward her own opinions. Whether the crew adopts them or not is not up to her to decide.

"I just feel that even if I have fewer roles, these roles should not be given to Gu Qingge. I'm not targeting her, but she is indeed a newcomer with no acting experience. If she is given so many roles, her acting skills may not be up to the task." Liu Yana said as objectively as possible.

Liu Yana just wasn't willing to accept it. After all, she was the top-ranked actress in the show. However, because of Gu Qingge's joining the crew, she felt that her status had been greatly affected.

"How do you know her acting is not good? She is a student of Huayi's Performance Department." Yang Hansong said indifferently.

Liu Yana was immediately unhappy. The Performance Department of Huayi was amazing. Although she had not attended any art university, she had been in the television industry for so long and thought she had very good acting skills.

She didn't say anything more to the director, but decided to fully display her acting skills when filming opposite Gu Qingge. She wanted to dominate the scene!

Next, the show also took makeup photos.

The makeup photo of "Zhong Shenxiu" can be described in these words:

Her flowing hair and moon-white dress accentuated her graceful and proud figure. Her skin was as white as if carved from mutton-fat jade. Her beauty was unparalleled, her temperament transcendent, as if she would ascend to heaven at any moment. She wore a ghostly mask, revealing only her jaw and a pair of clear, autumn-water pupils.

That’s right, Gu Qingge never expected that when his character appeared on the stage, he would be wearing a mask with a ghost face that looked like he was neither crying nor smiling.

The screenwriter who designed this character explained it this way, saying that the existence of this mask can whet the audience's appetite and build up their expectations.

In addition, this ghost face mask can also enhance her villain attributes. Otherwise, if she appears in the play with her original appearance, the audience may not be willing to accept that she is a villain.

And when Zhong Shenxiu took off his mask, he was so beautiful that it seemed unreal. He was right in front of people, but it was as if they were in the fairyland.

Only by comparing before and after in this way can her beauty completely astonish all the audience!

Gu Qingge thought that this added character setting was pretty good, although it was not very creative. Many costume dramas had this kind of mask plot.

After the final makeup photos were taken, they were released very quickly and the pre-promotion was officially launched!

When Gu Qingge’s “fans” found out that she had quietly participated in a costume fantasy drama that was being filmed and broadcast at the same time, they immediately became very interested in “The Twins of the Immortal World”!