Chapter 98 Joining the Crew
The director of the online drama "The Twins of the Immortal World" is named Yang Hansong, who graduated from the Directing Department of China Arts University.
When he was studying at Huayi, he was naturally appreciated by the school because he was excellent in all aspects.
After graduation, with the recommendation of the school, he successfully signed a contract with Haili Film and Television Company.
Today, he has directed several costume web dramas that have both good reputation and popularity. His status has been steadily rising and he has no worries about not having any roles to play.
Therefore, Yang Hansong has always been grateful to his alma mater.
After Huayi School recommended Gu Qingge to him, he was very considerate and immediately picked a role for Gu Qingge.
In terms of scale, Haili Film and Television Company is only second-tier in the entertainment industry, but it is a company that focuses on producing TV series and web series, and only signs directors and screenwriters.
As a result, the range of casting for TV series and web series produced by their company is naturally very wide.
Unlike some entertainment companies, when investing in film and television dramas, they always give priority to artists from their own agencies.
Therefore, the TV series and web series produced by Haili Film and Television Company often have a high quality rate, and there will be no situation where the selected artists do not match the character settings. The company gives a lot of autonomy to its excellent directors and screenwriters.
Over time, Haili Film and Television Company has established a good reputation, and the high-quality film and television dramas produced by the company have no worries about sales.
However, for top-tier or big-name artists, Haili Company's dramas are not very attractive to them.
Because it is well known that these top-tier artists or big-name artists all bring their own screenwriters, and they often add, delete, or change scenes.
However, Hai Li's dramas completely avoid this situation. This is stated in the contract before filming. Once a breach of contract occurs, the cooperation will be terminated immediately and the breaching party will have to pay compensation.
Only the producer, director, and screenwriter of the show have the power to modify the script.
In a sense, any artist who participates in the filming of Hai Li's drama is a tool.
Some artists who consider themselves famous are naturally unwilling to be just tools.
However, Haili's dramas are very attractive to newcomers in the entertainment industry, or talented actors and veterans.
As for the directors and screenwriters under Haili Film and Television, they also strongly support the company's approach.
You know, sometimes a good drama turns into a bad drama because some big-name artists change their characters and roles.
After Yang Hansong knew that Gu Qingge had become famous, he was worried that she would look down on the role of "Zhong Yuyan".
After all, this is just a supporting role with few scenes, and he is also a villain.
For an artist like Gu Qingge who is very popular with the public, isn’t she worried that she will be hated by the audience if she plays a villain, which will affect her popularity with the public?
So will she, like some other popular artists, ask for changes to the character of "Zhong Yuyan"?
In such a situation, Yang Hansong took the initiative to contact Gu Qingge and expressed his doubts.
If Gu Qingge changed her mind, he would understand.
If this cooperation fails, there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
What surprised Yang Hansong was that Gu Qingge responded to him like this -
"Since I have agreed to play this role, I will follow the crew's requirements and play her well, no matter what her character is like."
When Yang Hansong heard this, he felt very comfortable. He thought that no matter whether Gu Qingge was really as talented in acting as the Huayi school said, at least she was not arrogant or impetuous, and knew how to behave.
"Then you have to think carefully. The character 'Zhong Yuyan' in our play is the kind of villain who kills her father to prove her truth. She is also a ruthless swordsman who is devoted to the great way and treats all things as straw dogs. Whoever stands in her way will be killed by her sword. Such villains are very hated." Yang Hansong couldn't help but remind him.
"Great! Uh... I mean, I've thought it through. I think this kind of villain is pretty cool. Plus, I'm really good at fighting scenes. If possible, I hope this character is the type who's ruthless and doesn't talk too much. Don't talk too much if you can, just get straight to the point."
Gu Qingge really hoped that this villainous female supporting character could attract more hatred points and accumulate a wave of cultivation jades, so that she could draw ten times in a row again.
Besides, she would have participated in the show no matter what. After all, there was a side quest to be completed, "Join any crew and play a non-supporting role", and she had an obsessive-compulsive disorder in completing tasks.
Yang Hansong was silent. Why did he feel that Gu Qingge seemed to want to play a hated villain? Her train of thought was so strange.
As for Gu Qingge's fighting scenes, he became curious. There are not many actresses in this circle who can shoot action scenes well, and basically they use a stand-in. I don't know why she is so confident in her fighting scenes.
After confirming that Gu Qingge would not give up this role and had no intention of changing the character's personality, Yang Hansong was completely relieved.
This little thing, however, made the entire production team of "The Twins of the Immortal World" feel good about Gu Qingge.
Screenwriter Guo Zheng, who had originally wanted to give Gu Qingge more scenes, suggested again, "Since Gu Qingge has said she's completely obeyed our arrangements, I think we can further flesh out the character of 'Zhong Yuyan'."
His proposal this time was actually approved by producer Cui Lina, who is a veteran producer of Haili Film and Television.
She obviously felt that it would be a waste not to make good use of Gu Qingge's popularity and traffic.
Director Yang Hansong didn't say much this time, he tacitly agreed with their actions.
A villain, no matter how much more drama he plays, can't cause any trouble, right?
For online dramas like "The Twins of the Immortal World" that are filmed and broadcast at the same time, they will be released online very quickly, and the script will be modified at any time based entirely on the evaluation of paying viewers.
This kind of online drama will be very competitive.
Paying viewers also like to watch this kind of drama because they know their own evaluations and it allows them to see the content they want to see.
Unlike some TV dramas that are shot in one go, which pollute the audience's eyes, feeding the audience shit is commonplace.
In any case, the audience who have high requirements for film and television dramas have become loyal users of "Feinai" video network, which is a membership subscription streaming media platform and the largest paid video website in China in this parallel world.
It has in-depth cooperation with high-quality drama production companies like Haili Film and Television Company, and has participated in the investment of many film and television dramas.
Around the beginning of December, Gu Qingge officially joined the crew of "The Twins of the Immortal World". When she got the new script, she was dumbfounded. Is this "Zhong Yuyan (Zhong Shenxiu)" really just a cannon fodder villain female supporting role?
Her role increased, and of course her pay also increased a lot.
Some characters have less screen time, so naturally those actors have some complaints. Unfortunately, in Haili Film and Television's dramas, the most powerful people in the crew are always the producers, directors, and screenwriters, and any actors are just their tools.
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