This girl is not a pushover. Xiao Zhao's wolf-tooth iron rod is just for scare people, but she really dares to use a knife. She is also a master of boxing. Wei Yang doesn't want to provoke her.

After staying with the crew for a while, Wei Yang went to the hotel to catch up on some sleep. When he woke up at night, Li Jiahang, who was originally scheduled to arrive the next day, had already arrived.

"Your boss Wei is waiting, so I have to put it aside even if there is anything else."

Li Jiahang chuckled. He dared to let Wei Yang wait, but his agent and team didn't dare. After receiving the letter, they squeezed out time and hurriedly booked tickets to fly over.

"Okay, let's go eat."

Wei Yang didn't hesitate. He rubbed his hungry stomach and asked Li Jiahang to go out for dinner.

When filming "Operation Mekong", he brought a nutritionist and chef with him, and the crew also cooperated with local Chinese restaurants for logistics. But perhaps it was psychological factors, he always felt that the food was not as authentic as what he ate at home, and it was even more difficult to eat some of the domestic special snacks.

Maybe people are just mean. Normally when Wei Yang was in China, he wouldn't take it seriously if he didn't eat snacks for a few months. But when he went abroad and couldn't eat them anymore, he started to act pretentiously and be greedy.

So every time Wei Yang comes back from filming abroad, he likes to stroll around the streets and eat some local snacks.

"What special food is there in Shenzhen?"

Wei Yang and Li Jiahang went out together and found that neither of them knew much about the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The latter was simply coming here for the first time.

"Check it out online."

Wei Yang was driving the car, and Li Jiahang took out his mobile phone to surf the Internet, and then revealed a few names that were difficult to describe in words.

“Longjiang pork trotter rice, Shaxian snacks, Hunan cuisine!”

Wei Yang: “…”

"Forget it. We are in Guangdong Province anyway. Let's find a place to have some refreshments. It would be best if it is a place frequented by locals."

"Okay, I'll ask. I remember I have a friend who works in Shenzhen."

Li Jiahang made a phone call, and then the two of them found an old teahouse according to the route. Wei Yang asked Li Jiahang to go upstairs to find a seat, and he couldn't help but run to a shop selling pork trotter rice across the street to pack up a few servings of braised meat.

It’s true, the rosy, fragrant, trembling big pig’s trotters are so tempting that Wei Yang was tempted when he just glanced at the signboard pictures on the road.

Although Guangdong Province is most famous for its morning tea, there are actually quite a few people visiting in the evening as well.

Especially in Shenzhen, the whole city is fast-paced and most people are busy as hell. Not many people have the leisure to enjoy tea and snacks in the morning. Instead, they can enjoy it in the evening after get off work.

Wei Yang and his friends were lucky; they didn't have to wait in line and could order their food directly.

Li Jiahang had eaten Cantonese-style snacks in Shanghai, but he had never tasted the local ones in Guangdong Province. He was very interested and ordered a lot of them.

Wei Yang questioned: "Can you finish it?"

"If you can't finish it, just pack it up. You can still eat it tomorrow. At worst, I can share it with my assistants. You're paying anyway."

"Fuck, you just know how to rip me off. I'll pack two more and bring them back to Xiao Wei and the others."

Wei Yang has become accustomed to the behavior of rich people like Li Jiahang. Who can make Boss Wei famous for his wealth? Usually, when they go out to eat, drink and have fun, close friends assume that he pays. Even he himself thinks so now.

"By the way, let me tell you something."

Li Jiahang had just gnawed half of a chicken foot when he suddenly spoke. Wei Yang was concentrating on his shrimp dumplings without even raising his head.

"explain."

"My sister-in-law from your family wants to film a scene with me."

"Which sister-in-law?"

"Who else could it be, Sister Ying."

Wei Yang raised his head and looked at Li Jiahang with disdain: "She is a few months younger than you, how dare you call her sister?"

"I'm still a few months older than you, but you still call her sister-in-law."

Li Jiahang complained, and then couldn't help muttering: "You haven't been in the company for a long time. You don't know that Sister Ying has become more and more powerful in the company since "The Journey of Flower" and became the deputy director. No kidding, Lao Qiao told me privately that he is a little afraid of her."

Old Qiao is Qiao Zhenyu. He has a special status in Blue Whale. He was originally the most popular actor after Wei Yang and was also considered the mainstay of the show.

Originally, Qiao Zhenyu was somewhat respectful towards Zhao Liying, but he was not afraid of her. But now that Zhao Liying has succeeded in getting promoted and her influence and strength inside and outside the company have increased significantly, Qiao Zhenyu no longer dares to act as arrogant as before.

Wei Yang glanced at him: "What about you?"

"I?"

Li Jiahang was stunned, then said confidently: "I have been afraid of her for a long time, you know that."

Wei Yang was too lazy to pay attention to his shameless face: "Just film with you, this is to promote you."

"Of course I know this, but don't I need your nod?"

Li Jiahang is quite famous now, but he is still far from being as famous as Zhao Liying. If the two of them work together, the former will definitely gain the upper hand.

"It's good. That play is good."

Wei Yang naturally had no intention of objecting. After "The Journey of Flower", Zhao Liying's popularity reached its peak.

At this time, Zhao Liying violated the development rules of most artists.

Normally, after an artist becomes popular, he or she should hurry up and film more dramas, because the profit cycle of a drama is limited, and he or she should make money quickly while the momentum is good.

Even if you are in the rising stage, or focus on word of mouth, or mainly work with popular crews, you can still squeeze out time to shoot a few films to make money.

For this kind of project, the artists and the team will not have too many requirements, as long as they are reasonable. The main thing is to get good pay or income.

Da Mimi and Tang Yan have both filmed this, and Liu Shishi also has similar works, such as "Startling by Each Step".

Even Wei Yang has filmed it. When "My Love from the Star" and "Eastern Palace" became popular, he went to film the domineering idol drama "Come on, My Love" with the main purpose of making money and promoting himself.

After "The Journey of Flower", Zhao Liying's popularity reached its peak, and it would be very difficult for her to produce subsequent works of the same level.

At this time, it makes sense to shoot two projects to make some money while preparing for a new flagship project.

But Zhao Liying did not make such a choice. After filming "The Journey of Flower" and "My Deskmate", she only took on one other movie.

After the two works became a hit, Zhao Liying remained unmoved in the face of numerous script invitations. She focused all her energy on her personal artist development and the internal affairs of Blue Whale, and took charge of some behind-the-scenes work as an executive.

This is also the reason why Li Jiahang said that Zhao Liying’s influence in the company is increasing. The latter is no longer just an artist in the company.

She doesn't value money now, and she doesn't care about the amount of pay. The prospects of the project and the benefits it brings to her are the most important.

After picking and choosing for several months, Zhao Liying finally had an idea and chose the Ming Dynasty palace drama - "Strategy in the Ming Palace".

"Story of the Ming Palace" is actually a variant of "Story of Yanxi Palace" starring Dead Girl.

Wei Yang was attracted by the advantages and characteristics of this drama, but did not want to shoot a Qing Dynasty drama, so he changed the background of the characters to the Ming Dynasty, and the protagonist was changed from Qianlong's Concubine Ling and Jiaqing's biological mother, Wei Jia, to Longqing's beloved concubine and Wanli's biological mother, Empress Dowager Li.

The story of Empress Dowager Li is actually very similar to that of Concubine Ling or Wei Yingluo in "Story of Yanxi Palace".

Li was smart and studious since childhood, and was good at calligraphy. Her family was poor when she was young, so her father sent her to the Chen family, a wealthy family in the local area, as a servant. Then she met the eldest daughter of the Chen family, and the two had a very good relationship.

Later, Miss Chen became the consort of Prince Yu, or Longqing. She still liked Li very much and often invited her into the palace. Later, she was favored by Longqing.

Later, Li went from being a maid/palace maid to the concubine of Prince Yu, and gave birth to two sons who lived until the death of Jiajing, providing a crucial bargaining chip for Longqing's bid for the throne.

After Longqing ascended the throne, as the mother of only two princes, Li became the Imperial Noble Consort because of her sons' status and held a respected position.

A few years later, Longqing passed away and his son Wanli ascended the throne. Li became the empress dowager and the most noble woman in the world. It was truly a legend.

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Moreover, the relationship between Li and Miss Chen was just like that between Wei Yingluo and Empress Fucha in "Story of Yanxi Palace". They always had a very good relationship. Later, Miss Chen became the queen and the empress dowager, and Li continued to respect her.

Therefore, the historical Empress Dowager Li is more suitable for "Story of Yanxi Palace" than Concubine Ling. She is almost tailor-made for the role.

"Strategy in the Ming Palace" is based on the prototype of Empress Dowager Li, and tells the story of the heroine Li Caifeng, who went from a poor girl to a queen dowager.

Of course, the general historical direction remains unchanged, but some details must be added, and the heroine will also be highlighted.

For example, in the early stage, he helped Miss Chen gain a foothold in the palace, in the middle stage, he helped Longqing win the throne, and in the later stage, he fought in the palace and the court, and helped his son to sit firmly on the throne, etc.

When it comes to real filming, it is actually more interesting than the original "Story of Yanxi Palace". The two changes of the throne alone are two big climaxes with the heroine becoming the winner. In the later period, she gets involved in the court, and the scale is even better than those palace fighting dramas in the Qing Dynasty where people only know how to snatch men.

There is no doubt that the heroine is Zhao Liying. Wei Yang even strongly suspects that she chose this script because the heroine starts out as a maid, which appeals to her feelings.

Li Jiahang's role is Longqing, a cowardly but funny pig in the play.

In the early stage, he was bullied by his father, brothers and Yan's party. Later, he was caught between Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng. There was also a group of female characters in his family who were not good at making trouble, especially the heroine, who yelled at him.

This is not a traditional male protagonist who falls in love with the female protagonist.

The emotional line in the play is not strong. The heroine's CP feeling is stronger with her best friend and comrade-in-arms, the second female lead, Miss Chen. The male protagonist Li Jiahang is more like the heroine's boss and friend.

In fact, in the original script, there is a real love line, that is Zhang Juzheng.

The timeline is blurred, so that Zhang Juzheng served as Prince Yu's tutor earlier than in history, and happened to meet and fall in love with the heroine, who was still a maid at that time.

Later, Zhang Juzheng returned home for some reason. When he came back, the heroine had become Prince Yu's favorite concubine. Both sides could only put their thoughts aside until Longqing's death.

Zhang Juzheng, remembering their old friendship, assisted Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli, working hard and devoting himself to their cause.

There is nothing wrong with the logic. Even in unofficial history, there have been rumors that Zhang Juzheng and Empress Dowager Li had an affair, so it cannot be completely said that the screenwriter made it up.

However, Wei Yang still maintained his respect for the famous prime minister and deleted the love line, changing it to a story in which the young Li and the middle-aged Zhang Juzheng met each other due to various accidents, helped each other, and had a good relationship. Li was even considered a half-disciple of Zhang.

Later, after Li became the empress dowager, she always trusted Zhang Juzheng more and entrusted him with important tasks. The latter reciprocated the favor and became Wanli's biggest reliance for securing the throne.

Wei Yang personally likes the script of "Strategy of the Ming Palace" very much.

The plot is still Mary Sue, but it is not entangled in emotions. Instead, it is a relatively pure "workplace" or "historical" drama from a female perspective.

Xiao Zhao's vision for choosing dramas was praised in his previous life, and it is still good in this time and space.

However, Wei Yang did not expect that Zhao Liying would choose Li Jiahang to play Longqing.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. No matter what he thinks, the outside world's impression of Li Jiahang is that he is good at comedy, and the role of Longqing is indeed suitable for him.

Now Li Jiahang's future development will probably be very promising.

"Love Apartment" and "Joy of Life" have earned him extremely high national popularity, and "Temptation to Go Home" is his most outstanding work so far.

If the drama was more popular than the actor, Li Jiahang would have had a chance to rise to the top in one fell swoop.

Even so, with his representative online drama "Soul Ferry" and starring in the "Ex-Files" series, Li Jiahang's actual status is only one step away from being a first-line artist.

Even in the eyes of many people, he is a first-tier artist. In terms of national popularity and popularity alone, ordinary first-tier artists are no match for Li Jiahang.

The leading actors of "Love Apartment", even Chen Chichi, whose popularity soared after "Running Man", is actually not as well developed as Li Jiahang.

It’s just that the blue whale has too many abnormalities, and it has a good brother who is so brilliant, so it doesn’t look outstanding.

Success is due to Wei Yang, and failure is also due to Wei Yang! With such a good brother, Li Jiahang can rise to the top and have nothing to worry about, but when facing the scorching sun, even if he is a bright star, it is still "dim".

Fortunately, Li Jiahang is content with what he has and never compares himself with Wei Yang, the big shot, so he is in a particularly good mood.

After "Strategy of the Ming Palace" is broadcast, coupled with the cooperation of other TV series and movies, Li Jiahang will surely become a first-tier star, and his foundation is very solid.

Even though many top-tier stars are doing very well, they may become outdated in two years and become just like everyone else.

These so-called first-tier stars, no matter how popular they are, are just floating in the wind, and people who know the business are very disdainful of them.

Only those artists who are steady and solid, have enough representative works, have good overall performance in all aspects, and even have some exceptionally good conditions, are the backbone of first-line artists.

For artists like this, even if their new works are not going well, they can still live off their past success for several years. Their lower limit is very high, and if they come across a good project, they will immediately become popular again.

Li Jiahang's approach is a typical example of the latter, and he is one of the most profound of the latter.

Legal pioneer Zhang Wei!

Hong Shixian is clearly the real one! Xia Dongqing is the reincarnation of Chiyou! Guo Baokun is the war god of Nanqing! Meng Yun has countless ex-girlfriends! …

Not all of them are classic roles, but any one of them has an extraordinary influence on the public. Except for a few like Wei Yang, who among the younger generation dares to compete with him in terms of representative works?

It’s no wonder that some people joked that Zhao Liying and Liu Shishi’s biggest enemy is Li Jiahang. In terms of resource allocation, he is indeed at the level of the heroine.

Wei Yang shuddered suddenly when he thought of this.

Pah, pah, pah! Damn it, I've been in Thailand for too long. Playing with iron guns every day can't relieve my sexual desire. My mind has been polluted by that place. I'll have to film a movie tomorrow and then go back to Shanghai to pay my taxes...

(End of this chapter)