Chapter 593: More than 20 screenwriters
"Mr. Movie Emperor, please tell me directly what you want to talk to me about."
Shen Weiyang helplessly looked at the man who was beating his chest and complaining about her.
"Besides being your lead actress, I can consider any of your other requests."
Bian Muye looked at her dissatisfiedly and said coquettishly, "Really, Weiyang, you would rather act with an 18th-tier actor than with a movie star. Are you crazy?"
He should be talking about the last drama that Shen Jie took on as herself. But the male lead was probably a second or third-tier star, so how could he be an eighteen-tier star?
Shen Weiyang looked at the arrogant actor helplessly, gave up communicating with him, and asked Leng Zinian directly: "Zinian, tell Mom, what did Uncle Bian Muye come to see Mom for today?"
Leng Zinian said obediently, "Director Lu invited Uncle Bian to act in a play. Uncle Bian was a little dissatisfied with the script and wanted to ask Mom to come over and act as a screenwriter. Uncle Lu agreed, but Uncle Bian knew Mom was pregnant and was afraid that Dad would not let Mom go out to work, so he brought me over to take a look."
"Why do you tell everything to others, little brat?" Bian Muye pinched Leng Zinian's little face helplessly and lovingly.
Leng Zinian stuck out her tongue and made a cute face: "Because I also think Mom shouldn't go. Mom is pregnant now, and Dad won't let Mom go out to work."
Not to mention going out to work, even when they are at home, these children are not allowed to get close to their mother without their father's permission, and every time they hug their mother, they have to disinfect her, otherwise they won't be allowed to hug her.
It is not easy for mom and dad to be together, so now that mom is pregnant, dad is particularly concerned about mom's safety.
Shen Weiyang also refused: “Let’s do the next drama, Muye. I’m pregnant now, so it’s not convenient for me to follow the crew.”
In fact, I don’t want to have too much contact with Lu Wenzhou.
Lu Wenzhou is of course a very good friend.
But at that time, she was Ye Zhaozhao, and Shen Weiyang was an unprofessional wealthy wife who gave him a headache and had a lot of unpleasantness with the crew.
Now that her identity has returned, she will no longer mention anything about Ye Zhaozhao in the past, and she doesn't know how to face Lu Wenzhou.
Bian Muye looked at her with some concern and asked, "Weiyang, is this pregnancy dangerous?"
Shen Weiyang was not a woman who would be nervous just because she was pregnant, and he felt that she would not stay at home obediently for ten months for the sake of the child, so he came to ask her about the screenwriter.
If this pregnancy is really dangerous and requires rest, he will find someone else so that she can rest assured and take care of the baby.
Facing Bian Muye's worried gaze, Shen Weiyang certainly couldn't lie in order to escape.
"It's not dangerous. Everything is normal after the inspection."
Bian Muye was puzzled. "Then why don't you want to be a screenwriter? Is it because you can't write anything? Don't worry, the script of this drama has an original novel. You only need to adapt it, not create the original work."
Bian Muye seemed to take it very seriously. Shen Weiyang thought it would be better to ask clearly before making a decision. It was not easy for Bian Muye to reach his current position. This drama should be the first drama he took on after starting a company and becoming a boss. It is quite important to him.
"Don't the crew have a screenwriter? If the director is Lu Wenzhou, the screenwriter he brought in should be very reliable."
Bian Muye sighed and said, "Lu Wenzhou used to be a director of art films abroad, and he only knew foreign screenwriters. Now that he has just come to China to develop his career, he has a hard time even attracting investment, let alone writing scripts."
Shen Weiyang was a little surprised: "How could this happen? Lu Wenzhou couldn't even get investment?"
Bian Muye: "It's not that I can't pull it, it's that what I said is wrong."
"You know the situation in China. Investors like to insert their own people into the investment, and then they will change the script later to promote these people. You may not believe it, but this drama now has 20 screenwriters."
"Twenty screenwriters?" Shen Weiyang looked at Bian Muye in surprise, her pupils slightly dilated, almost thinking she had misheard. "How many episodes are there in this drama?"
Bian Muye held up three slender, white jade-like fingers. "Lu Wenzhou originally planned for thirty episodes, but now that so many people have been crammed in, and twenty screenwriters have been brought in to oversee some of the more resourceful supporting characters, it's probably going to be watered down to over sixty episodes."
Shen Weiyang was stunned, not knowing what to say.
Bian Muye himself thought it was an exaggeration: "This is the first time I've encountered such a scene. This is probably because Lu Wenzhou is different from other great directors."
Thinking of the gentle and courteous young director who spoke so softly, Shen Weiyang asked in confusion: “What kind of specialness makes him so easy to bully?”
Bian Muye: "He has won many awards that prove his ability. He is an experienced director. Being able to star in his works may not be a big hit, but it can still bring some popularity. In addition, he just returned to China and is developing in the domestic entertainment circle. He doesn't have many acquaintances in the domestic entertainment industry. Naturally, he is easier to control than those big directors with extensive connections and the final say."
"So his dramas gather capital from all sides, doing whatever they want, all vying to promote their own people."
If that's the case, then twenty screenwriters is not surprising.
At the same time, Shen Weiyang also figured out why Bian Muye came to him to be the screenwriter.
Her identity as a screenwriter still holds a certain status in the industry. If she were in charge, most people, if not all, would not dare to add to the drama at random.
Moreover, she now has the identity of Leng Huaijin's wife, and investors with discerning eyes can only curry favor with her.
"You don't know, the original author is terminating the contract right now, saying he refuses to make any changes and wants to give an explanation to the original fans."
Bian Muye talked about some of the details of the drama. When he got to this point, Shen Weiyang looked up and asked curiously, "The original author is terminating the contract? But hasn't the copyright been sold?"
Although it is right to cherish your own work, when it comes to business, you should still have a sense of contract.
If she was not satisfied, she could have signed a supplementary agreement or something, or she could have not sold it.
"Is she trying to raise the price?"
Shen Weiyang asked after thinking about it.
It's not that she wants to think too badly of people and ignore their dreams.
But the fact is that since you sold the copyright in the first place, you have to anticipate the consequences, both good and bad, and be able to bear them.
If you can't afford it, don't sell it without agreeing on it in the first place.
Now that the project has been approved, her sudden decision to terminate the contract is undoubtedly putting the crew in a difficult position.
Bian Muye confirmed her thoughts: "You hit the nail on the head, she just wants to raise the price. She even deleted the official Weibo account she had previously forwarded. Book fans are speculating that she and the crew are not on good terms and that the crew bullied her. Now they are scolding the crew and saying that they refuse to make changes."
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