Wen Ying thought that screenwriter Zhang was telling the truth and quickly accepted the olive branch extended by screenwriter Zhang.
Screenwriter Zhang handed over the story he had completed on the plane to Wen Ying.
'Tianjiao Film and Television' wants to hire a little girl as an assistant screenwriter, so what does he have to worry about? Anyway, Mr. Li has already promised a salary of 500,000, which will not be less. Screenwriter Zhang endured it for the sake of money!
In 2005, 500,000 not only had amazing purchasing power in Chengdu, but also was a considerable sum of money in Taiwan when converted into Taiwan dollars.
Screenwriter Zhang asked Wen Ying to try writing two episodes first, and if there was anything wrong, he would give Wen Ying guidance.
"Thank you, Teacher Zhang. I will definitely write it carefully."
Wen Ying has always been humble, so screenwriter Zhang is not in such a bad mood anymore.
Rich people are weird.
It's not surprising that people are willing to spend hundreds of millions to make their daughter a star, and then spend a few hundred thousand to make their niece a screenwriter.
Screenwriter Zhang thought he had figured out Li Zhentao's true intentions.
No wonder he was willing to offer a high price of 500,000. Tianjiao Film and Television must have taken the script's authorship rights from him in the end, and wanted to buy out the script and pass it off as written by the little girl in front of him... Even a genius screenwriter can be artificially created.
Screenwriter Zhang's eyes flashed. If he wanted to buy out the copyright of the script, 500,000 seemed a little too little.
These mainlanders treat filming TV shows as a joke. They are a bunch of outsiders messing around. They will lose money anyway, so they might as well wait for him to make more money.
Li Zhentao politely sent screenwriter Zhang away. Wen Ying took the plot line given by screenwriter Zhang and smiled bitterly: "Uncle Li, this teacher Zhang doesn't trust me at all."
Li Zhentao laughed and encouraged her: "Then show off your skills and let Teacher Zhang see your strength."
Li Zhentao blindly trusted Wen Ying.
That’s right.
When Li Zhentao asked Wen Ying to write a script, Wen Ying had not even won the first prize in the New Concept Writing Competition.
After winning the first prize, Wen Ying's image in front of Li Zhentao was gilded with another layer of gold.
After Li Zhentao left, only Wen Ying and Wang Shuang were left in the office.
Wang Shuang was curious about the script that screenwriter Zhang wrote for Li Mengjiao. Wen Ying asked him to read the plot outline first.
There wasn't much of a plot, only two pages at most, and Wang Shuang read it very quickly.
After reading it, he couldn't believe it and asked Wen Ying in shock:
"Uncle Li spent 500,000 yuan to buy something like this?"
Wang Xuezha doesn't even read novels, and rarely watches TV dramas. He likes playing games and watching anime. The settings of idol dramas cannot impress Wang Xuezha, who is not emotional at all.
Scripts are different from novels. Novels contain a lot of sensational descriptions, but scripts are written in a straightforward style to make it easier for directors and actors to understand.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of straightforward narration is too dry, but a good director can sort out the plot conflicts from that very short description and guide the actors to achieve the desired effect.
Another reason why Wang Shuang couldn't appreciate screenwriter Zhang's strength was that this was just the outline of the plot written by screenwriter Zhang on the plane. Without the embellishment of details, it was even more difficult for Wang Shuang to empathize with the story.
More importantly, the story set by screenwriter Zhang is still the "Cinderella + Prince" type of idol drama from Taiwan.
Li Mengjiao will definitely play the female lead.
But Cinderella?
How does Li Mengjiao look like Cinderella?!
Wang Shuang was disgusted and put the plot on the table: "Li Mengjiao really wants to act out this kind of script?"
Wen Ying picked it up and looked at it carefully.
What she feared most happened.
Screenwriter Zhang perfectly copied the setting of the Taiwanese idol drama.
This kind of idol drama is of course very popular, and screenwriter Zhang did not accept any illegal money.
But this is not Taiwan, and Li Mengjiao is not a female artist from Taiwan. She is just an ignorant newcomer who has one foot in the mainland entertainment circle, and just a high school student.
Taiwan's idol dramas are all about love and romance.
Li Mengjiao is now starting to fall in love with the tall, rich and handsome male lead in the TV series, and there is even a kissing scene... Li Zhentao has not read the script. If he had, screenwriter Zhang probably wouldn't get his salary.
And what does the school think?
No matter how open-minded a provincial key school is, it probably doesn’t want to see underage students from its school falling in love in a romantic drama!
"You're right, this script is not suitable for Li Mengjiao. From the character design to the plot, everything is wrong."
Wen Ying made her judgment, and Wang Shuang was very excited: "I think so too!"
Wang Shuang felt that he should report this to Li Zhentao immediately, as an intern producer he had to keep a close eye on Li Mengjiao.
Why would Li Mengjiao film a kissing scene? Wouldn't that be taking advantage of her?
As a novice in filming, Wang Shuang didn’t know that kissing scenes could be “borrowed”. The kiss on TV looked passionate, but in reality, their lips might not even have touched.
Of course, not knowing this is not important. What is important is that the script is not suitable for the mainland.
Even if Li Mengjiao is not the female lead, the profits from Tianjiao Film and Television's investment in such a film may disappoint shareholders.
Wen Ying stopped the emotional Wang Shuang and said, "If you have a small problem, go to Uncle Li. What's the point of Uncle Li asking us to come? I will talk to Teacher Yuan first. If it can't be solved, I will go to Uncle Li again."
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