As soon as the awards ceremony ended, Lin Xiaoxiao stayed up all night thinking about the possibility of her suspense drama flopping. She thought it was a great idea no matter how she thought about it; after all, suspense dramas are still too niche, and audiences are too busy and exhausted to bother with complicated plots.
Not to mention the failure of the previous two melodramatic dramas, which made Lin Xiaoxiao even more convinced that suspense dramas would definitely flop, or at worst, make no splash. She could just say that she couldn't accept such a big drop in ratings and then criticize the audience online for having no taste.
Wouldn't that allow you to happily go home "heartbroken" in one go?
After Lin Xiaoxiao made her decision, she called Wang Li and asked him to be one of the screenwriters for the next drama. As for why he should be one of the screenwriters, well, you can't put all your eggs in one basket; you have to spread the risk.
Once the subject matter of Lin Xiaoxiao's new drama was confirmed, He Yue, who had been resting for more than half a year, and Zhang Fan, who was at the height of his popularity, both volunteered to participate.
If Lin Xiaoxiao had a choice, she wouldn't want any of them. First of all, Zhang Fan was definitely unusable. He swindled the director and colleagues on set, and even outside of it. This guy couldn't be kept. She couldn't think of a good solution, so she packed him up and went to rest for the time being.
Speaking of Zhang Fan, he eventually joined Lin Xiaoxiao's Feiyang Entertainment Company. This was because Zhang Fan had previously resigned from his job; after the TV series he starred in was released and received a very positive response, he proactively approached them and requested to join.
Lin Xiaoxiao certainly couldn't let such an enthusiastic person ruin her plans, but she couldn't think of an excuse for the time being. Zhang Fan's expression went from beaming to gradually freezing, and Lin Xiaoxiao was too embarrassed to say no.
After Zhang Fan happily signed the contract, Lin Xiaoxiao secretly hated her own soft heart. She shouldn't have kept the person who ruined the plan around. Now she could only suffer the consequences of her own actions and could only tell Zhang Fan to take a vacation for the time being.
Let Lin Xiaoxiao calm down for a while; they'll have to keep using He Yue, the screenwriter for the first season. But thankfully, He Yue is more obedient than Zhang Fan, Lin Xiaoxiao consoled herself.
Although Lin Xiaoxiao has already "failed" two dramas, she still believes that the more screenwriters there are, the worse the scripts will be. So she needs to find another screenwriter, but this time she can't find one with too many ideas.
Since it's a suspense drama, it makes perfect sense for her to find someone who writes family dramas.
Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but applaud her own imagination. It was only because she was alone in the office at the moment that others would have seen her smiling smugly.
During the awards ceremony, Lin Xiaoxiao joined numerous group chats, identified her target, and started inquiring directly within those groups. As for asking Secretary Zhao for help, that was absolutely out of the question. After all, He Yue, the screenwriter of the first blockbuster drama, was recruited by Secretary Zhao.
Fortunately, everyone in the group was very enthusiastic. In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiaoxiao had obtained the contact information of many screenwriters. Then she wrote down the names of these recommended screenwriters, blacklisted them, and never hired them again. If these screenwriters could be recommended by directors, then even if they were not good, they must have some "advantages" or potential. She was going to ruin the show, which directly became her "avoidance guide".
By the time Wang Li, who had already joined the company, was anxiously working on the script, Lin Xiaoxiao still hadn't found a suitable third screenwriter. Many people had recommended her, and many had even offered their own services, but the "failure" of her first two dramas made her cautious. Lin Xiaoxiao genuinely wanted to botch a drama and return to a life of leisure, a life of hard work and comfort. She had worked herself to the bone in her past life and just wanted to relax and not work anymore, not even directing.
Just when she was at her wit's end, she unexpectedly opened her email account, which she hadn't used for years, and found a screenwriter's resume.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know this screenwriter, but because of her job, she had watched a lot of吐槽 (tu cao, meaning to criticize or complain) bloggers. This screenwriter could be said to support 80% of the bloggers.
This screenwriter has written quite a few family dramas, including some that aired on satellite TV in his early years. However, without exception, they were all criticized for being feudal remnants and other outdated content. The main theme was that everyone was knocked away by a car, but in the end, they still managed to live happily ever after.
Lin Xiaoxiao thought to herself, she definitely had to have this "Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix".
However, she still needs to confirm why such a terrible screenwriter would still be used by a production team.
Lin Xiaoxiao found a very enthusiastic colleague, Director Zhu, in the group and asked him a question. After asking, she felt relieved. It turned out that the screenwriter was actually a second-generation star. Her father was Director Zhang, who was very famous in the industry. He was a top-tier director.
The previous screenwriters were all for Director Zhang's own dramas, plus some dramas from the connections of big directors. No one in the industry dared to guide this second-generation star, so although he was criticized all over the internet, his colleagues in the industry praised him.
The enthusiastic director Zhu even sincerely advised Lin Xiaoxiao that this second-generation star not only had a terrible script, but was also quite lazy and had a bad temper. He often argued with big-name actors on set, so she should never think of working with him.
Lin Xiaoxiao's interest was piqued immediately, and she decided to have a talk with the other party. After all, she had been "smoked" by Zhang Fan in the last drama and was questioning her life. She needed to find a "lazy partner". As for arguing with the actors, it was fine, since it wasn't arguing with the director.
Based on its frequent controversies and trending topics, this drama is likely to alienate viewers even before it airs.
After meeting this second-generation Zhang in person, Lin Xiaoxiao immediately signed the contract. There was no particular reason; she simply stated that he could not work more than seven hours a day and that he did not like to travel to other places for work.
After listening to the previous comments, Lin Xiaoxiao smiled as she complained about Zhang Erdai's ambition to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry. "It's good that he's acting like a teenager. After all, a screenwriter who isn't a teenager writing family dramas or suspense dramas isn't a good screenwriter."
After finalizing the selection of three screenwriters, Lin Xiaoxiao immediately created a group chat for them.
She wasn't very familiar with suspense dramas, so she only gave her own requirements: the murderer must be revealed to all the viewers right from the start, the murderer cannot be exonerated, and the method of the crime cannot be too subtle. Ideally, the method of the crime should be so obvious that the viewers can guess the outcome immediately.
Wang Li was completely stunned when he saw Director Lin's request in the group chat. He felt like he had just escaped one danger only to fall into another! However, the other two screenwriters replied "OK" directly, so he could only swallow all his questions.
He Yue also found it outrageous, but she trusted Director Lin's intuition. After all, everyone had doubts about the first drama, but as it turned out, the audience still liked Director Lin's ideas.
Although Zhang Erdai had a generally mild temper, he had been under his father's rule for many years and rarely had the freedom to act on his own. Therefore, he agreed to this request without even lifting his eyelids.
The group quickly divided up their respective parts. Since they had always written their own parts before, this time each of them would write a case, and each case would be divided into five episodes. As for the main plot, they would think it through and then weave it into their respective cases later.
Lin Xiaoxiao was very satisfied with this assignment.
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