Chapter 463 Pursuit

The director asked curiously, "Why do you want children?"

"Of course it's a skit, but do you have any here? The kind that looks very clever at first glance." Generally speaking, comedies would be more comedic if adults played the roles of children, but it would still be more realistic if children performed them.

"Yes, several children in our drama have participated in it, and you can find it here. You didn't miss it, did you?" The director said nonchalantly. He just said it casually, but who knew that this remark would really choke Ye Qian. "You didn't miss it, did you? No, it was you who suggested it. You should pay more attention."

"I'm busy, right? Besides, you didn't leave me time to watch the show. You're always busy, working overtime. It's not my fault that I didn't watch it, it's your fault."

"Okay, blame me. Boy or girl? I'll find it for you."

"Your stage is only this big, so two children are enough, a boy and a girl. Please send them to me now, it's urgent." Ye Qian deliberately emphasized the word "urgent" at the end to make the director pay attention.

"Why are you in such a hurry? What did you do yesterday?" The director has a lot of things to do, and no one is idle. When Ye Qian called him, he had to put down his work to make arrangements for her.

Ye Qian was also helpless. "I was writing a sketch yesterday. The storyline was a bit complicated, so I kept her as the subject of my next movie. Then I stayed up all night to revise another sketch, so I only had time to call you this morning."

Hearing Ye Qian say this, the director was speechless: "No, what are you doing? Writing a skit can also bring inspiration to your movie."

"Yes, the subject matter is great. Please send me two children as soon as possible. I will see the finished product in a week. Just hang it up like this. Please make sure to send it to my company before noon."

Ye Qian finished her words hastily and hung up the phone without waiting for the director to speak. She was afraid that the director would reject her, and she was also afraid that the director would call again later. So she left her office directly and went to the meeting room downstairs.

At this time, in the conference room, Ban Hei, He Jun, Yan Ying, and Du Yongfei were already looking at the skit script. Yan Ying was reading it with tears in her eyes. Ye Qian pushed the door open, still a little confused, and cautiously asked Ban Hei, who was sitting at the door, "What's going on?"

"I read the script." Ban Hei replied.

"Oh." I hope we're not quarreling.

Everyone greeted each other first. After Ye Qian sat down, she said, "This short script isn't too long. Have you finished reading it?"

Calculating the time, I should have almost finished watching it. "I'm done, what is this?"

"I discussed this with Ban Ge this morning and wrote this skit for you to perform at our Beijing City TV station's gala this year. This is the first draft of the script I wrote yesterday. However, I have no experience writing skits, so I may need to revise it as we rehearse."

"Sister Qian, your script is so well written, but can you convey the core of the whole story in such a short time?" He Jun asked worriedly.

Ye Qian was worried about this, so she said this was a first draft. If there were any problems, they could be revised during rehearsal. "I'll try to make our show 15 minutes long. We can definitely perform this skit well in 15 minutes, but if it can't be that long, it might need to be revised. We'll talk about that in a week. Let's perform the first draft first and see how it goes."

"There are children involved here, so..." Du Yongfei asked while flipping through the script.

"Don't worry about that. I called the station manager and asked him to send two children over. One boy and one girl are expected to arrive before lunch. You can check your portion first."

However, if the film part is also to be performed by these three people, then this matter still needs to be discussed with them, "Ours is a skit, but I have plans to adapt it into a film and television series. The outline of the script has been written, and it is expected to wait until Yan Ying's Fairy Sword drama is completed first, and then start filming in the second half of the year."

"Is it the same role as in the current skit?" Yan Ying asked curiously.

"Well, I haven't started writing yet, so I only have an outline. But it's different. Uh, it's not that I can't say it. In this sketch, Du Yongfei and He Jun play police officers, but in the movie, I want you two to play parents who have lost their child. Yan Ying, you played a teacher in the sketch, but in the movie, you will probably play the mother who bought the child in the countryside. If it's the same role, I'm afraid there won't be much breakthrough, so changing the angle and the role will be more challenging for your acting skills."

"But this is just a prototype, and I don't know when it will be finished. I just plan to start filming in the second half of the year."

If she had time, she could have finished writing this story before the New Year. By then, Yan Ying would have finished filming, and it would have been great for the three of them to join the crew seamlessly. But she couldn't even think about it. It was all the director's fault for assigning him this task. He had no time to write the script.

"But Yan Ying, are you ready for your new role? Filming will start after the New Year."

After all, this is the first time the company is filming a fantasy drama, so it’s inevitable that they are a little worried about whether it will be good.

Ban Hei answered first: "No problem, Yan Ying trains very hard every day."

"Well, that's good. Let's review the script first and fix any problems now."

After reading it several times in the morning, lunchtime was approaching and the director's people hadn't brought it yet. Ye Qian was getting a little anxious, so He Jun said, "Sister Qian, why don't you let your child act? Your child is smart and pretty."

"Sister Qian's child, does he look like Sister Qian?" Yan Ying asked curiously.

"Yeah, she looks like Sister Qian and Brother Gu. They are both good-looking, especially the older one! Er Ningning is smart and lively, and has big eyes like Sister Qian. She is so adorable."

So, children who can talk are loved. Among the three children, Ningning talks the most. It’s not that he is the smartest, nor the best-looking, but this child is clever and sweet-mouthed. Everyone who sees him likes him.

Ye Qian knew her child's character very well. This was absolutely not an option. If she let him act this out, who knows how he would show off when he got home.

"They should just forget about it. It would be better to find a professional."

She herself doesn't want her children to work too early. She means work, not just in the entertainment industry. After all, everyone's pursuits are different. Some parents need their children to make money, some parents need their children to fulfill their dreams, but she just wants her children to grow up happily.

There is nothing missing at home, and there is such a good study environment, which others can't even ask for. Why not study hard?

Both working early and working late require work, but those who work early work several years longer than those who work late. Wouldn't it be better to use this time to do other things?

But since their pursuits are different, she can't say that these are wrong. After all, she herself also needs these young actors.

(End of this chapter)