Fang Yaming was nominally the second female lead, but the script given to her by the production team was drastically altered, with many of her highlight scenes being given to the third female lead.
She doesn't care about whether there's less highlighting; rather, this drastic alteration has ruined the character arc of the second female lead.
Bai Yan turned to look at Fang Yaming, putting the script down: "I refuse to act in 'The Phoenix Rises'." Then she asked Fang Yaming, "What about you?"
Fang Yaming breathed a sigh of relief: "I won't act either."
A production team that produces a double script right before filming starts, desperately adding scenes for their own people, is not worth staying with.
After learning that Bai Yan had rejected "The Phoenix Rises," Bo Yaodong threw his pen away, saying, "Who does she think she is? Just because she became popular through a variety show, she thinks she can carry a whole drama?"
Thinking that he was being criticized online because of Bai Yan, Bo Yaodong instructed the official media of "Phoenix Above" to deliberately imply something about her.
"The Phoenix Above": We also need to consider the investors' opinions. They believe that Miss Bai is a newcomer and cannot bear the heavy responsibility of achieving high viewership ratings. Giving you and Shen Lian equal roles as the female leads is something we've already tried to achieve.
This sparked a huge controversy, with Bai Yan's fans naturally criticizing the company, which is known for its fickleness.
[Shen Lian is a film queen, so it's normal for investors to value her, right?]
[Being listed as a co-lead actress doesn't mean she went back on her word. It was Bai Yan herself who refused to act in the role.]
[She's practically a newcomer, and she wouldn't even take a lead role in a drama like "The Phoenix Rises." What does she think she can play?]
The next morning, Anzai posted on his account that he would be collaborating with Baiyan to film "The Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty," and the estimated broadcast date was the same as the broadcast date of "The Phoenix Above."
[Fight, fight in the arena?]
...
Six months later, the two dramas were broadcast at the same time, and the viewers who had previously posted comments about "competing" in the live chat ended up slapping themselves in the face.
Both Shen Lian and Lu Lu wanted to turn their lives around with the drama "Phoenix Above", but the result was disappointing.
The Best Actress System didn't give Shen Lian any extra points for winning "The Phoenix Rises"; in fact, they kept decreasing...
When "Phoenix Above" aired six months later, this once top-tier IP had been altered beyond recognition.
The female lead has a blank expression and can't keep up with her lines, while the second female lead... the second female lead likes to change the script.
[Is the second female lead a scheming, scheming woman in palace intrigue? Gentle on the outside, ruthless on the inside? What's Lulu doing? In a palace drama, you're showing kindness to a lowly eunuch and shouting about equality for all?]
Not only did she shout for equality for all to the eunuchs, but she also dared to challenge the powerful Consort Xian, the main antagonist in the early episodes. When asked where she got her courage, she said it was from love and peace!
[It's said she's an investor's girlfriend... Lulu, when you said Bai Yan got ahead through improper means, did you ever consider that the boomerang might stab you in the back?]
[And Chen Lian, have you guys noticed? She seems to have gotten uglier, even though her face hasn't changed much.]
Yes, she looks so much more haggard! All that radiant beauty she used to have is gone! Looking at her stiff face now, I can't remember what she used to look like at all!
Sigh, actresses' prime is so short~
With Lulu, who loves to create a highlight for herself and establish a persona, and a Best Actress with no acting skills or good looks, "The Phoenix Rises" completely flopped.
Meanwhile, "The Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty," which aired at the same time, swept the ratings champion for the entire year. Bai Yan won all the awards for this drama, and An Xin's film and television company made a fortune.
The huge flop of "Phoenix Above," a drama heavily invested in and promoted by numerous stars, marked the beginning of a pattern where every project produced by Zhongxing Film & Television would be a flop.
Every film he made flopped, he couldn't recoup his investment, and the market was seized by An's film company. Bo Yaodong was furious—but he couldn't do anything about An and Bai Yan.
He had no choice but to kick Chen Lian out of his villa.
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