Chapter 31
However, Gu Chen still said, "No." He searched a little, "Teacher Yu Miao won three gold medals at the age of 30. He seems to be an excellent actor. He should be worth five million, right? Isn't it said that some actors earn 2.08 million a day? Teacher Yu Miao still has awards to prove his ability."
After being tortured by Yu Miao for several days and unable to make any progress, Li Jingwei was about to cry: "No...sister-in-law, you don't understand my pain..." Her acting skills were over the top, and it was very greasy to play this kind of role. She was a cold and beautiful woman who was intimidating without even getting angry!
Gu Chen suggested seriously: "How about looking for another suitable actor?"
"No one is more suitable than you, sister-in-law..." Li Jingwei waved her hands and suddenly thought, "Is it because grandpa doesn't allow us to show our faces?"
Gu Chen still defended the old man and said with a smile: "It's really not because of the old man, I'm just not interested."
Li Jingwei thought about it. Although she thought her sister-in-law was the best candidate to play the role, it was not appropriate to let her play the role. On the one hand, her sister-in-law would have to bear the pressure of her grandfather. On the other hand, her sister-in-law had already paid the money, and she felt that it was shameless to ask her to work hard.
So she sighed and said, "Well, let's just make do with it for now. What if Actor Yu suddenly comes to his senses? Anyway, sister-in-law, you are an investor now, and he can't change the plot even if he wants to. He has to listen to me." Apart from sister-in-law, no one else would be more suitable than Yu Miao.
Gu Chen nodded and said, "Okay, Jingwei, you can decide these things yourself."
Li Jingwei said: "Okay, thank you sister-in-law for your investment."
But she still looked disappointed. Thinking about the team's separation problem that Mr. Wu mentioned today, the lack of support from investors, and the current IP movie model of changing the original work... She couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, sister-in-law, you said I just want to make a good movie, why is it so difficult?"
But she was just sighing, and she was not one of those people who would say "why not eat meat porridge?" In fact, she knew very well why - everyone just wanted to make money.
But the more this happens, the more bad movies come out. Magical adaptations are the norm, and excellent adaptations are the exception.
"My grandfather didn't support me becoming a director at first, but I had to do it because I love it and I want to make good movies." Li Jingwei thought about it and came to a conclusion. "So even though I can understand Mr. Wu and his team, I can't be like them. There has to be someone with some passion in this industry. And I'm not short of money, so I should take on the responsibility."
Even if you are Mr. Yu and you are not short of money, can’t you stop bringing in your own screenwriters to add to the drama… It’s really painful.
Although Gu Chen himself had lost his enthusiasm, he was very pleased to see the enthusiasm of others and encouraged them, "That's good. Come on, your brother and I will support you financially."
Li Jingwei: "Okay QAQ, thank you sister-in-law."
As it was getting late, Li Jingwei was going to rest in the guest room of the villa tonight, so the two of them went back to their rooms.
But after returning to the guest room, Li Jingwei was still having difficult communication with Liang Lu.
Yu Miao still hadn't given up the idea of changing the script, and even sent Li Jingwei some suggestions for changing the plot they had initially drafted.
Li Jingwei was stunned when she saw this. His so-called "big male lead" was to steal the spotlight from the male and female leads and directly graft the plot onto the Immortal Lord, while the male and female leads became side characters. Didn't he think about whether these plots were consistent with the Immortal Lord's personality? However, this was also a common practice in the industry. Group portraits became big male leads, romance dramas became big male leads, and even big female leads could become big male leads.
Li Jingwei called back and said, "Sister Lu, haven't you heard? Mr. Wu and his team are planning to withdraw their investment, so now I am fully funding this drama. You don't have to worry about changing the script. I'll just trouble Teacher Yu to think about it carefully and shoot those three plots well."
Liang Lu said angrily, "Ms. Li, can you tell good from bad? Teacher Yu took 5 million yuan in salary and is going to give you more roles. Do you think we are harming you? Are we deliberately going against you? Don't you know who will carry the box office in the end? Do you think those two newcomers can carry the box office?"
Li Jingwei said, "That's not what I meant. As a director, I just want to shoot it my way. Besides, Sister Lu, don't talk so high. IP is so popular now, aren't there many cases of actors sucking blood from roles?"
Liang Lu sneered and said, "Okay, the entire crew is here to play with you, Miss, right? Now that it's all yours, you can enjoy it by yourself and take care of yourself."
Li Jingwei said coldly: "Remember to come early to discuss the termination of the contract."
Li Jingwei hung up the phone and shrugged. OK, she could just hire a new actor and save money.
Such a popular role ended up with the contract being terminated, and some news about it leaked out to Yu Miao's studio.
[I heard that an actor named Y who has won three gold medals is going to terminate his contract with a new director’s crew…]
[You are just short of mentioning Yu Miao by name.]
[Ah? ? ? I was really looking forward to seeing Teacher Yu play Xie Jingyuan! And Teacher Yu was the actor with the highest vote among book fans for Xie Jingyuan! Why did he suddenly terminate the contract? ]
[??? I have made a lot of mashups of Mr. Yu on a certain website, and you tell me he is not acting anymore? I am devastated!!!]
[So why is this? Is the crew crazy or is Mr. Yu's team crazy? Why doesn't he play such a good role? ? ? ]
[My friend who works in the crew said that it was because the new director’s level was too low… She liked to use newcomers and insisted that everyone listen to her. You also know Teacher Yu’s acting skills, how could she not suppress the newcomers’ performance? As a result, the female director kept making things difficult for Teacher Yu, asking Teacher Yu to lower her acting skills to accommodate the level of the newcomers. Teacher Yu loves to show off her acting skills, just tell me, is Teacher Yu angry? ]
[What new director? Isn't she a rich lady who just wants to play around in the industry? The new awards she won before were probably bought by her family. What level can a female director in her twenties have? ]
[Teacher Yu has such strong acting skills, but not only do they not let newcomers learn from her, they also want Teacher Yu to lower her to the level of her crappy crew. This is so funny. This director is too low. If he doesn’t have the skills, he shouldn’t direct a movie, right? ]
[I heard that Teacher Yu is very dedicated. He was yelled at many times by this young lady on the set, but he still insisted on doing it again and again...]
A fan of the original novel said: [To be honest... I don’t think Yu Miao is very suitable for the role of Xie Jingyuan... I don’t know who voted for this at the beginning...]
But he was immediately scolded by Yu Miao's fans: [Original fans, stop trying to ride on Yu's popularity. You are just an online novel. If it weren't for Yu's role, I wouldn't even know who Xie Jingyuan is. ]
[Who asked you, the fans of the original novel, to vote for Teacher Yu? We don’t want Teacher Yu to join this crew and suffer. ]
Fans of the original novel had no choice but to transfer their anger to Li Jingwei: [I don’t know what’s wrong with the investors, they actually invited this young lady who just entered the circle for fun to be the director? ]
[The eldest daughter had a princess syndrome on the set and forced Teacher Yu to leave. Who will play the role? Is there anyone in the industry who is more suitable? ]
[Can you replace the director and keep Teacher Yu? I really don’t want to see ugly men in ancient costumes…]
[Miss, if you don’t give me a more beautiful Immortal Lord, I will be your hater for the rest of my life. 】
As for the final result of the contract termination, Liang Lu did not push for it, but now she seems quite satisfied. On the one hand, it achieved the effect of torturing fans; on the other hand, because every fan of the book has a different understanding of the character, there will always be people who are dissatisfied with the performance. If it is not performed, even the fans of the original novel will think that Yu Miao is the white moonlight. After all, what you can't get is the best. Let the eldest lady play alone.
Li Jingwei had been thinking about the actor issue in the guest room and hadn't slept well the whole night. When she got up the next day, her assistant sent her a message about the direction of public opinion last night, which made her frown.
There are many people on the set, so it is not surprising that the news would leak out, but the other party was obviously speaking from Yu Miao's perspective and distorted the facts. I don't know if Liang Lu was behind this.
She first arranged for her assistant to investigate and handle the matter, and contacted Liang Lu to promptly issue an announcement stating that both parties had terminated the contract peacefully. No matter what Liang Lu thought in his heart, on the surface, it was still a state of mutual cooperation and amicable parting.
But once the announcement is released, whether Yu Miao’s fans and fans of the original novel believe it or not is another matter.
So at this moment, what she thought most about was to select an actor who best fits the role of Immortal Venerable Xie Jingyuan to replace Yu Miao. Otherwise, without substance, no matter how she clarified it, it would not be convincing, and no one would buy her account.
While eating breakfast, Li Jingwei and Gu Chen sat opposite each other. Looking at Gu Chen, Li Jingwei felt extremely heartbroken. Oh my God... Such a beautiful sister-in-law was right in front of her, and she couldn't act...
She subconsciously swallowed the tasteless porridge and said, "Sister-in-law, please give me another chance... Really don't want to try? That actor Yu has retired from the group... I really can't find a suitable actor... Sister-in-law, if you don't act, I will really regret it for the rest of my life..."
Gu Chen asked in a gentle voice, "That teacher Yu quit the group so soon?"
"Yeah..." When Li Jingwei heard Gu Chen speak so gently, she felt like she was talking to an elder, and said in a coquettish and begging tone, "Wuwuwu, sister-in-law, what should I do... I feel like I really can't find anyone more suitable... How about you come and help me rescue it, sister-in-law? It really only takes three days to shoot, and it's just a small supporting role, it will be quick!"
She was actually a little sad to be scolded like this online... What if she really couldn't find an actor more convincing than Yu Miao? Who knows how much more she would be ridiculed...
Seeing that she was about to cry, Gu Chen asked, "Are you sure you only need to guest star for three days?" In fact, the crew had been filming on the mountain for too long, and there were people coming and going all the time, which affected his ability to go up the mountain to exercise.
Li Jingwei's eyes lit up, and she clasped her hands together and said, "Really! Sister-in-law, please believe me! Please, sister-in-law, save me..."
Gu Chen sighed and said, "Okay, it's just a guest appearance, and you can't reveal my identity."
Li Jingwei jumped up immediately and said excitedly: "Ah!!! Sister-in-law, I love you! Thank you, sister-in-law!!!"
Aunt Zhang, who was serving the dishes, paused: "...Miss, this is really not okay."
Gu Chen sighed again and said, "You're welcome."
As if she was afraid that he would run away, Li Jingwei quickly exerted her best persuasiveness and said a lot of nonsense: "And don't worry, sister-in-law, I understand everything. Grandpa doesn't allow you to show up, right? I will never reveal your identity on the set! I guarantee that you will finish your cameo safely!"
Gu Chen said, "Well, okay." In fact, he thought, Mr. Li would be happy to see him going out to work, right?
Li Jingwei has already started to imagine the scene of Gu Chen acting in her mind: "Sister-in-law, our crew will continue filming on the mountain today. We can go over and try out the scenes now. We will be using wires today, and all the equipment will be on the mountain. Sister-in-law, you can go over and try out the wires. It's very cool... Sister-in-law, you have such good core strength, you can definitely fly~"
Gu Chen ate his breakfast calmly: "Okay."
Li Jingwei quickened her breakfast pace and continued, "And sister-in-law, don't you like collecting swords? I specially spent 100,000 yuan to customize the sword of the Immortal Venerable. It is absolutely exquisite and high-end... With your swordsmanship, it must be very easy to use..."
Gu Chen picked up a piece of food with chopsticks: "Okay."
Li Jingwei finished her porridge in no time, clapped her chopsticks, and said, "Okay, sister-in-law, let's go."
Although Li Jingwei was really anxious and created a rush of atmosphere, Gu Chen did not speed up his eating. Instead, he drank the porridge slowly and said calmly: "Jingwei, eating too fast is not good for your stomach."
Li Jingwei: "...Sister-in-law, you really learned a lot from Grandpa."
Gu Chen finished his meal slowly, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said, "Then go over and take a look, but I'm just a guest star and I can't guarantee the performance."
Li Jingwei assured solemnly: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, just stand there and don't act, just be yourself, okay."
"Let's go."
Gu Chen followed Li Jingwei up the mountain by car. When they arrived near the crew's site along the mountain road, the car could not go any further.
Before Gu Chen had time to get out of the car, Li Jingwei opened the door, rushed out, and said, "Sister-in-law, wait for me!"
The crew here has already started preparations, setting up today's set and preparing the equipment to be used today.
Seeing Li Jingwei coming, everyone was still worried about Yu Miao's withdrawal from the group, but they were also concerned about whether Li Jingwei had found the mysterious swordsman on the mountain yesterday, so they asked jokingly: "Director Li, you didn't spend the whole night looking for gods on the mountain last night, did you? Is there any god willing to come down to earth to replace Teacher Yu?"
"Yes, yes, the gods will be coming down to earth soon." But before Li Jingwei could answer, she hurriedly said, "Props team! Props team! Where is your majesty's sword? Quick, quick, quick! Bring it to me!"
The props team didn't know what Li Jingwei was worried about, but they quickly sent it to her. Li Jingwei took the sword and looked at Gu Chen who got out of the car. Gu Chen also looked at her.
Everyone in the crew also turned their heads and looked at them curiously.
Then, Li Jingwei, in a dramatic mood, presented the famous sword with both hands and said in a moving voice: "Your Excellency, please come in, Your Excellency!"
Everyone in the crew covered their faces: "......?" Director Li, we know you've wanted to act for a long time, but you really don't have to be so exaggerated. We're embarrassed to say we know you...
However, when they saw Gu Chen's face clearly: "!!!"
Oh my god! Director Li really invited a god to come down to earth!!! Where did he find this god actor from!!!
Gu Chen, who thought he was just here for a guest appearance: “…” There’s really no need to be like this, really.
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