Chapter 262 Pick a Male Vase

Later, when "The Bund" was broadcast, he didn't see the plot he wrote, and thought it was eliminated because it was too bad. He was disappointed and felt inferior for a while.

I didn't expect Director Qi to actually praise that part of the script! He even asked Miss Hu to write down his name!

Life is full of surprises!

After learning the whole story, Liang Jiafeng felt much more at ease. He flipped through the menu, picked left and right, chose the cheapest one, and then gave the menu to Dong Peiyu.

Dong Peiyu knew Hu Xiaoxiao was truly wealthy, loved to eat, and had a good appetite. Besides meeting Liang Jiafeng, she had come out for the delicious food. She unceremoniously ordered several dishes from the menu, all of which were the restaurant's signature dishes.

Hu Xiaoxiao still felt it was not enough, so he added a few more dishes, filling the table with food.

Seeing that the dishes were very expensive, Liang Jiafeng was hesitant to eat them at first. But Hu Xiaoxiao ate so deliciously and the food looked so appetizing that he ate too much and felt full before he knew it.

Dong Peiyu was the same. She felt that as long as she ate with Hu Xiaoxiao, her appetite would increase rapidly.

After finishing the meal and clearing away the dishes, we started talking about business.

Liang Jiafeng was under great pressure to support his family, so he agreed to change jobs immediately. Hu Xiaoxiao took out the script, and Liang Jiafeng read a few pages before asking Hu Xiaoxiao how he wanted it to be written.

Hu Xiaoxiao's requirements were for a tight plot, a fast-paced, cinematic style, and the inclusion of thrilling scenes. Liang Jiafeng, who had been working on a movie script, agreed and said, "I can do it, Miss Hu, give me a few days."

The original script was just not sophisticated in content, but the overall thread was there, so it wasn't difficult for him to rewrite it. He often helped senior screenwriters at the film company and made these revisions.

Hu Xiaoxiao was very pleased with Liang Jiafeng's attitude. Seeing that he was short of money, he gave him a six-month salary advance. Only when he could take care of his family and have no worries could he devote himself to work with peace of mind.

It was the first time in Liang Jiafeng's life that he received a check for such a large amount of money, and he was so excited that his eyes turned red.

After leaving the restaurant, Liang Jiafeng immediately took a taxi back to the company and submitted his resignation application before leaving work. However, normal resignation takes a month to be approved. After understanding the situation, Liang Jiafeng decided to resign as quickly as possible to complete the work assigned by Hu Xiaoxiao.

That night, he began to modify the script.

Now that the script has been finalized, Hu Xiaoxiao will start casting.

Other roles are easy to choose, but the male lead is difficult to choose.

The original script is a common story that unfolds from the perspective of the male protagonist, who is cool, handsome, and charming in various ways.

The heroine is set to serve as a foil to the hero, which is the commonly used vase configuration. She only needs to be beautiful, have a good figure, and be pleasing to the eye.

Now that Hu Xiaoxiao has changed the male lead into the female lead, it's her turn to act cool, handsome, and charming.

Then, the male protagonist becomes a vase.

Since she is a vase, she must be good-looking, handsome, and have a good figure. She can just learn how male directors choose female vases.

Hu Xiaoxiao thinks she is very good-looking, so if the male lead is ugly, he is not worthy of her. He must be good-looking, tall enough, and have a good figure.

Using the same standards as selecting a vase, she picked and chose the male stars in Starlight Movies.

"Is that all?" Hu Xiaoxiao put down the photos in his hand. Each one of them was either ordinary looking or looked like a supporting role.

"Starlight Cinema only gave these people to us to choose from." Every time Dong Peiyu went to Starlight Cinema, it was not just for work, she also went there several times to get the feel of the situation.

Dong Peiyu told Hu Xiaoxiao the information she had gathered, "Everyone at Starlight Films knows that Luo Cheng only invested one million. No one is optimistic about this film. Famous and handsome stars at Starlight Films looked down on this film and refused to appear in it. Some of the actors sent to us for selection have always played supporting roles and want to take the opportunity to play the leading role. Others are less well-known and have been playing supporting roles for years. Seeing that they can't make it, they want to take a chance."

In other words, people with ability and box office appeal look down on this film, and people without ability cannot get good resources themselves, so they come to take a gamble.

Although Hu Xiaoxiao's first film had impressive box office results, many people in the industry believe that the reason why "Feng Yue Jian" sold well was because the title was evocative and the director was very talented.

After the success of "Feng Yue Jian", Hu Xiaoxiao did not get much benefits except money. Instead, Zheng Pingxin got the benefits and his status in the circle soared.

Nowadays, there are countless companies looking for Zheng Pingxin to make movies, even big productions have come to him, and some have offered various favorable conditions to hire him to join the film company.

In the circle, Zheng Pingxin is doing much better than Hu Xiaoxiao.

As I said, this circle looks down on women. Even though the success of "Feng Yue Jian" is inseparable from Hu Xiaoxiao, it can be said that there would be no "Feng Yue Jian" without Hu Xiaoxiao, but they still look down on women.

Movies with female protagonists are rarely successful at the box office and are far less popular than those with male protagonists. It is too risky for them to play the female protagonist role. No one likes to take the risk.

Especially since the budget for this film is so pitifully small. Even the more prominent actors get paid over a million dollars for their roles, yet the entire film is only worth a million dollars? What can be achieved? A skit?

"In other words, they know that I'm the leading lady, the heroine, so they think my movie will flop?" Hu Xiaoxiao raised his eyebrows.

"What's more important is investment. If the investment is too little, we can't produce a quality product." Dong Peiyu was also worried. The scripts that Hu Xiaoxiao asked Liang Jiafeng to revise all had large scenes, and they had to invest a lot of money to be filmed. One million would not be enough no matter how much he saved.

"Okay, I get it." Hu Xiaoxiao put the photo aside, thought for a moment, and said to Dong Peiyu, "Since a man of such status doesn't want to be a vase for me, then I'll find a newcomer. You go to Starlight Cinema again..."

Hu Xiaoxiao paused and said, "Since they look down on this film so much, they probably won't take your casting seriously. Sister Dong, aren't you familiar with Brother Shan? Ask Brother Shan to go with you and look at all the newcomers signed by their company. Pick out the good-looking ones and let me choose."

Li Huishan was Luo Cheng's confidant. Wherever he went, it meant Luo Cheng had arrived. The people at Starlight Cinema dared to fool anyone, but they didn't dare to fool Li Huishan.

Dong Peiyu was very alert and said, "I know what to do."

The people at Starlight Films were afraid of Li Huishan, and how could she convince him? She'd offer him bribes! Regardless of the film's box office success, or her current worries about investment, she'd praise the film profusely, boosting confidence as much as possible, and then point to Hu Xiaoxiao's past achievements as evidence. There was no question of Li Huishan not helping. This was a 20 million yuan deal; if Li Huishan didn't take it seriously, he wouldn't be worthy of being Luo Cheng's confidant.