Chapter 81

Zhu Lan felt angry, and He Fan also felt uncomfortable.

The other party had said these words to He Fan when he played for the first time, but when he heard them again now that he was really out of money, He Fan felt differently.

She hung up the phone and sighed heavily.

It's not that she doesn't feel any problem at all, she just doesn't want to believe it.

It was already very late. Because of what happened today, He Fan couldn't help but send a few messages to Han Weirong, saying that the investment was not going smoothly, and he didn't say much else.

Maybe the other party has fallen asleep and did not reply.

Now she was very tired, but she lay on the bed in the hotel, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. However, as her chaotic memories passed by, the first thing that came to her mind was Su Ning's words.

"Don't you really want to make a good movie that is truly recognized by everyone?"

Of course she thought about it, otherwise she wouldn't be so stubborn until now.

Although his purpose was the same as Zhu Lan's, his perspective was indeed different. What surprised her even more was that Su Ning came to talk to her just for the artist Ji Xue. Maybe he really didn't care about money that much.

People like Su Ning are also quite rare.

In the past, she came into contact with mostly people like Zhu Lan at home. Su Ning could be considered a member of the Shen family to some extent, but many people in the industry said that he was different. When He Fan met him today, she had a similar feeling.

But it is not known whether it is good or bad for such a person to marry Shen Mingzheng, who is likely to become the heir.

She sighed heavily again.

Su Ning was in a stable mood. After talking on the phone with Zhu Lan tonight, he did not go to bed immediately.

He knew that this matter could not be rushed, so he first told Jixue about today's situation. Jixue quickly replied, "I know," and said that she would discuss the role with He Fan and would then test her attitude.

But before that, Su Ning still wants to try his best, just in case he can really find a better script.

And Su Ning was thinking that he had to find a suitable screenwriter first.

At least revise the story first so that it will be more convincing in front of He Fan. Otherwise, everything you say is just castles in the air.

However, in today's industry, it is harder to find a good screenwriter than a good director.

Especially for this kind of movie script, the original work is too short and needs to be expanded, which requires a higher level of skills.

Su Ning thought about it for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable one. Previously, Guangying Entertainment had mostly collaborated with screenwriters for TV series, but hadn't thought of any for movies.

But at this moment he heard the doorbell ring.

It was so late and someone was knocking on the door. He didn't say anything and didn't look like someone from the hotel. Su Ning took a look through the cat's eyes and then as soon as he opened the door, he was hugged by someone.

The person who came turned out to be Shen Mingzheng.

Su Ning didn't react when he saw him, and it felt unreal. Shen Mingzheng didn't tell him that he would come to Yaoshan. Before he could ask, the door behind him was closed, and he was pushed against the wall and kissed until he was released.

It took a while before they separated a little.

Then Shen Mingzheng put his head on Su Ning's shoulder, as if he had finally recharged himself.

Su Ning also reached out and hugged him tightly, still feeling a little unreal, and asked: "Why did you come here?"

Shen Mingzheng said: "Since you don't go home, I will come here naturally."

He felt a little aggrieved when he said this.

Yaoshan Film and Television City is quite far from Haicheng. Su Ning came here on a business trip for a few days and usually couldn't go back that night. As a result, Shen Mingzheng was alone in the empty room for a long time. He couldn't bear it any longer and prepared to run to Yaoshan.

Although it is said that a short separation is better than a new marriage, we can't be separated forever. No normal person can stand it.

"You," Su Ning shook his head, "are you here for something important?"

Shen Mingzheng did not deny that it did have some company matters.

"Remember I invested in a comedy studio before?"

Su Ning nodded.

This is a project of Shen's Pictures. Shen Mingzheng said that it is the joint property of the couple so he mentioned it to him before investing. Su Ning has also read the plan, but he has never been there in person or met anyone there.

Shen Mingzheng said: "They are going to start a drama, which is also a palace drama. But it is not the same type as "The Ambitious Family"."

Shen Mingzheng sat on the sofa with him and explained it in detail.

The reason for choosing to start the drama at this time is that after Zhu Lan acted as a bridge, Shen Mingzheng had a good relationship with Nanjiang TV Station. When he heard that the TV station was interested in making a sitcom, this was one of the reasons why he specifically found Yan Kai's small studio to invest.

Su Ning: "It's a sitcom?"

Hearing this, he couldn't help but become interested.

The sitcom format was all the rage a dozen years ago, and produced many popular shows and many outstanding actors, but this type of show has been largely unseen in recent years.

Therefore, Nanjiang TV Station proposed the "Classic Restart" plan this year. Some people have applied to remake some of the old dramas, but no one has touched the sitcom.

But Shen Mingzheng was not interested in those remakes. He was interested in this one and had an idea.

He has been reborn and knows which companies will make money.

When it comes to comedy, I can't help but smile.

Currently, Yan Kai Studio is still a small-scale operation. Even though it has gained some fame on the Internet, it is still in the embarrassing situation of not making enough money to cover its expenses.

But Shen Mingzheng remembered very clearly that this studio worked hard and then made great achievements a few years later, creating popular works, a series of hit movies and TV series, and then gradually became a leading comedy in the circle.

His investment happened to be just right at that time, and Yan Kai Studio was just short of money. Shen Mingzheng also promised to only provide advice and not interfere in their internal management, so the cooperation was smoothly negotiated.

He owned 40% of Yan Kai Studio's shares, becoming a de facto major shareholder.

However, Shen Mingzheng's investment was opposed by many members of Shen's Pictures and Sharp Peak's management. They felt that the studio had no future and that there had not been any successful sitcoms in the past decade. Perhaps this format was no longer popular and he encountered considerable resistance.

Therefore, for this play, he has now come to Yaoshan Film and Television City in person to do the preparatory work.

But only Su Ning supported him and nodded: "I think sitcoms are great. If it's also in Yaoshan Cinema City, I'd like to go see it when it opens."

But it is not easy to prepare this drama, and rebirth cannot solve all problems. Although Shen Mingzheng knew in advance that Yan Kai Studio had the ability, the current studio has no experience in making complete dramas that can be broadcast on TV.

Although we were looking forward to being on a platform like Nanjiang TV, everyone in the studio was very hardworking and chose a popular play from a previous theater production to expand upon, and came up with this play, "Happy Events in the Imperial Hospital."

Although the setting of this play is the Imperial Hospital in the ancient palace, it actually uses the past to illustrate present situations. Many of the funny parts talk about the helplessness of many ordinary workers today. The Imperial Hospital is a small workplace in this palace.

But there was no such TV series in my previous life. The script was written on the fly and it has not been fully written yet. The studio is still planning to write and shoot at the same time.

Yan Kai is like this, the atmosphere is relatively free, but the scenes of sitcoms are simple and the preparations are relatively simple. Shen Mingzheng has currently chosen the same place as the scene in "The Ambitious Family". They don't need a large scene, just a yard.

Now when talking about the script, Su Ning has to think of He Fan's original work "Eyes".

ScriptThe script is the foundation of a play.

He planned to find a screenwriter, at least one who was more down-to-earth, to revise the script. Even if He Fan did not accept it, he would pay for the screenwriter to revise the script himself.

"You've met He Fan..." Shen Mingzheng thought for a moment, "Your discussion with her about this matter was not smooth."

He Fan is not someone who is easy to convince.

As far as Shen Mingzheng remembers, she and Han Weirong were entangled for several years in her previous life before they broke up completely. After that, she was depressed for a while, and only started filming again a few years later. Her style was much gloomier than before, and she received much less attention.

After that, I won some small awards, but the box office was not high, so I went home and retired.

Many people feel sorry.

When He Fan first appeared in the circle, she was obviously placed with high hopes. Her graduation work at that time attracted a lot of attention. It was thought that she could become a representative figure of a generation of directors like Tong Feifan, but she did not expect this result.

Her next popular work was a movie based on He Fan, which told the story of a fallen genius. As a result, more people learned about her life ruined by love and felt it was a pity.

But if you really count, she is not the only genius who has been ruined in the entertainment industry.

Now Su Ning wanted to try to pull her up, Shen Mingzheng naturally supported it, thought for a while, and said: "If you want to find a scriptwriter, I will take you to see Yan Kai. He is the founder of Yan Kai Studio and the scriptwriter of their series of stage plays."

"He's not just good at writing comedies, he's also very good at it, you'll know if you've read some of his scripts."

Su Ning's eyes lit up: "Okay."

He thought it was a coincidence that Shen Mingzheng came here!

But when hiring someone to be a screenwriter, you have to discuss it with the other party first. Yan Kai has not come to Yaoshan Film and Television City yet. It was Shen Mingzheng who came first.

Su Ning had never expected that his meeting with Yan Kai in the studio a few days later would turn out like this.

The filming of "White Hand Covering the Sky" is still going on as normal there, and the recent few days have focused on filming Ji Mowei and Qu Shoubai's scenes. It's the first time for the two of them to join such a large crew, and Su Ning was worried, so he followed them here.

This drama has a lot of content and a long number of episodes. In order to finish filming within the specified time, it is generally divided into groups A and B, and some scenes with non-overlapping actors are filmed separately to ensure progress as much as possible.

Su Ning followed Group A today to watch Ji Mowei and the others. Ji Xue and the others were in Group B, waiting to film on the other side of the palace grounds. Su Ning planned to go over and take a look later.

But at this moment, a staff member came running over, saying "Oh no!", and then someone else said, "There's a fight over there!"

Su Ning was stunned, and couldn't understand why the crew would fight. On his way over, he didn't forget to ask the staff what happened.

The other party hurriedly explained to him that Group B had a scene at the Imperial Household Department and was in a hurry. They had more scenes to shoot today. The scene next to it was from another crew, who were also setting up the scene today, so it was a bit noisy. Moreover, the other party was probably in a hurry as well, as props and people were moving back and forth.

Because it was so close, it affected the sound reception and a few times people or some equipment accidentally entered the scene, disrupting the filming.

This kind of situation is quite common in the crew. There are many crews in Yaoshan Film and Television City, and many scenes cannot be completely cleared, so there are cases of mutual interference. In addition, sometimes tourists, passers-by, and fans who come specifically to follow the crew accidentally enter. This is a common unexpected phenomenon in filming.

Maybe both sides were in a hurry today, so they could have had a good talk, but I don’t know who spoke more aggressively first and they started arguing because of losing temper.

Maybe the staff member's words were a bit exaggerated. In reality, there was no fight. The show was just stopped, and from a distance one could see a group of people confronting each other and making a lot of noise.

When Su Ning rushed over, he heard someone nearby who was watching the excitement shouting, "Haha, the eunuch and the imperial physician are fighting over here!"

At first glance, yes.

The scenes shot in Su Ning were about the Imperial Household Department, and many actors wore eunuch costumes. The scene next to the Imperial Household Department was the Imperial Hospital, and some actors wore imperial physician costumes.

Wait, imperial physician...?

Su Ning remembered something, and he went over and wanted to ask these people to stop, but there were too many people and they were making a lot of noise. Even if someone wanted to separate them, it was impossible to separate them all at once. Even if they brought the crew's loudspeaker, it was useless.

No one started fighting, as the people in the front were still somewhat rational and some of them stopped. But when everyone was crowded together, someone knocked down several ladders and racks that were set up for the scenery, with several paint buckets on them.

The people nearby watched the shelf fall down and tried to hide, but the crowd started pushing and shoving them, and there were continuous screams.

Su Ning was nearby and immediately saw a short figure inside. It might be a young actor squeezed in there. He had short legs and a small body and could not run faster than the others.

Su Ning was afraid that someone might get hurt, and since the child looked young, he instinctively rushed forward and pulled the child over to protect him. Then the iron bucket happened to fall beside him. There must have been half-used paint in it, which splashed all over Su Ning.

The shelf fell down and brushed past Su Ning's shoulder.

He had no time to care about his dirty clothes and the sore spot on his shoulder that was rubbed. He first lowered his head to look at the person he had pulled out, and then he realized that the other person didn't seem to be a little actor.

This person is not wearing a costume, but ordinary clothes.

But which crew would recruit such a young child? He looks only fifteen or sixteen years old. Isn't this child labor?

Moreover, at first glance, Su Ning couldn't tell whether the child was a boy or a girl. He asked, but the other party didn't answer. He just blinked, then reached out his hand cautiously and wiped the paint spots on his body.