In the early morning, the first clear light shines in through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The curtains are wide open, and the sunlight shines in a large area without blocking it. It also reflects on the bed. Although I don't feel it, it always looks warm.
Chu Xuan was lying on the back of the bed, reading the script with both hands. The scripts of more than 30 episodes seemed like a lot, but he and Liu Yifei had experience as producers and knew how to read the plot in a structured way, so they could read the script very quickly.
.
After a week of reading the script at night, he and Liu Yifei already knew the plot of "Struggle".
What interests him and Liu Yifei is that the growth lines of the male and female protagonists of "Struggle" are somewhat similar to their own growth to a certain extent, which makes them more interested in this drama.
However, there were naturally some plots that were not to their liking, and some that were difficult for them to accept. He and Liu Yifei had written them down and were planning to go to the company to discuss them with the director and screenwriter.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
Chu Xuan was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at his phone. It was a call from Liu Yifei.
He smiled slightly, picked up the phone and pressed the connect button.
However, Liu Yifei's first words made him stunned on the spot.
"My legs are trapped. My mother and I can't open the door. Come and help!"
"Just come!"
Chu Xuan was stunned for a moment, then said something hurriedly, hung up the phone and got out of bed quickly. He didn't even change his clothes, so he ran out in his pajamas.
The leg was pinched? How? Which door did it pinch?
Chu Xuan didn't have time to ask in detail. The worry in his heart prompted him to quicken his steps and ran downstairs in one breath.
After leaving the door, he ran quickly along the corridor. When he arrived at the small villa, he ran upstairs again.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Heavy and urgent footsteps hit the ground. Chu Xuan pushed open the door of Liu Yifei's room, but the scene inside the room made him stunned.
Liu Yifei was lying on the bed, holding the script in both hands and looking at him with a smile.
"Happy April Fool's Day." she said.
April Fool's Day?
Today is April 1st.
Chu Xuan knew that he had been deceived.
Chu Xuan put his hands on his hips and looked at Liu Yifei who was smiling coquettishly on the bed. He didn't know whether to laugh or be angry for a moment.
"I didn't even change my clothes. I was afraid something would happen to you, so I ran over quickly, and you actually lied to me," he said.
Seeing Chu Xuan's serious face, Liu Yifei immediately made a pitiful look and said softly: "Happy April Fool's Day."
Chu Xuan couldn't stand her coquettishness, so his face didn't tense up and he laughed.
He glanced at a small mirror on the small dressing table. He walked over, picked up the small mirror, and looked at Liu Yifei with the mirror: "I want to subdue the demon, you witch!"
This situation made Liu Yifei laugh so much that she fell sideways and collapsed on the bed with great joy.
Suddenly, Liu Xiaoli's voice came from the door: "What's wrong?"
She was attracted by Chu Xuan's heavy footsteps and thought something had happened.
Chu Xuan looked at Liu Xiaoli at the door and said, "Auntie, your daughter lied to me and her brain was pinched."
"No!" Liu Yifei said delicately: "My brain was not pinched, my legs were pinched."
After saying that, she quickly said: "No! My legs were not pinched either!"
Seeing that Liu Yifei had managed to get her in, Chu Xuan stood aside and couldn't help laughing.
Liu Xiaoli was confused and felt baffled, but she guessed that the two children were playing around, so she shook her head and went downstairs to make breakfast.
Seeing her mother leaving, Liu Yifei turned around, but it was a pity that it was a step too late.
Chu Xuan had already come to the bedside, rubbing her waist with both hands and tickling her.
Liu Yifei couldn't stop laughing and twisting her body.
"My legs are pinched?"
"I miss you."
"Then you can't make normal calls?"
"I was wrong."
The next moment, she felt Chu Xuan's hands let go of her, and the soreness and numbness in her body disappeared. Liu Yifei sat up and hugged Chu Xuan and kissed his lips, looking pitiful again.
Chu Xuan stretched out his hand to caress her face and looked at her: "After these few days at home, I find that you are becoming more and more demonic."
Liu Yifei pursed her lips and winked her right eye playfully: "I only treat you like a shemale."
The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth gradually turned up, and he pinched her face: "So, it's my honor?"
Liu Yifei wrinkled her nose cutely and let out a naughty "hmm".
Chu Xuan sighed and said, "Sooner or later I will be played to death by you."
Liu Yifei shook her head, stretched out her hand to pull Chu Xuan's face, and said: "You are my most beloved boyfriend, how could I possibly kill you?"
Seeing the cunning look in her eyes, Chu Xuan gave her a doting look that she couldn't do anything about, and said: "Get up and wait until we go to the company."
"Okay." Liu Yifei opened the quilt, got out of bed and put on her slippers, followed Chu Xuan with a patter, then jumped up and jumped on Chu Xuan's back.
Chu Xuan accompanied Liu Yifei to brush her teeth and wash her face, and then Liu Yifei accompanied Chu Xuan to the big villa to change clothes, brush her teeth and wash her face. Finally, the two returned to the small villa and ate the breakfast prepared by Liu Xiaoli.
Just one meal.
A family of three came to the parking lot, Chu Xuan got into the driver's seat, Liu Yifei got into the passenger seat, Liu Xiaoli was in the back seat, and drove to the company.
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A brilliant era.
Office of the Chairman.
On the sofa, Wang Jinhua, Liu Yi, Zhao Baogang, and Shi Kang sat down separately.
The girl at the front desk poured a cup of tea for each of them and quietly turned around and left.
Shi Kang took a sip of the tea cup and said: "The reason why I have a very strong intention to let Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei play the male and female protagonists is because I think this script is more suitable for both the male and female protagonists and their experiences.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei themselves and their real-life situations to a certain extent."
Wang Jinhua raised her forehead slightly.
Costume idol dramas are the limit for Chu Xuan and Qian Qian. If there are no TV drama scripts in the future that are better than Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu, she will not let Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei act in costume idol dramas.
Otherwise, if the reputation that has been accumulated with great effort is encountered by a bad script, the audience will compare it before and after, and the reputation will only go backwards if it does not advance, which is not conducive to long-term development.
She originally wanted to find an urban script for Chu Xuan and Qian Qian to act in, as a transformation attempt after the two were finalized in the costume idol drama.
Chu Xuan has acted in urban idol dramas, but that was only when Chu Xuan played the male lead alone, and there was no situation where he and Xixi acted together as the male and female protagonists in urban idol dramas.
Therefore, based on the "national couple" route she planned for Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, acting in urban dramas is indeed an attempt for Chu Xuan and Xixi to transform together.
She had read the script of "Struggle" and asked Liu Yi to help consult with it. Indeed, as Shi Kang said, the male and female protagonists and the growth plot are very suitable for Chu Xuan and Qian Qian.
Shi Kang is a veteran screenwriter, and Zhao Baogang is a great director nicknamed the "King of Urban Romance". The overall quality of the script is definitely acceptable, so she recommended "Struggle" to Chu Xuan and Qian Qian.
Shi Kang put down the tea cup and started his story again.
"The male and female protagonists started out as college graduates, and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are about to graduate as well;"
"The male and female protagonists are lovers who fall in love at first sight, and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are also lovers."
"The male lead is from the second generation of the rich, and Chu Xuan is from the rich generation. If Chu Xuan plays the male lead, he will definitely perform better than other actors. He can act in his true colors."
"The male protagonist is studying architectural design, and the female protagonist is also an architectural designer. In the follow-up plot, the two of them will work together in the male protagonist's father's company. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei also have their careers together. This is a perfect fit."
"Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are extremely popular and have a huge TV drama market."
"So, whether it's the script itself or the audience market, I can't think of a reason why Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei would be more suitable to play the male and female leads."
Wang Jinhua nodded slightly, and she was very happy to see that Shi Kang praised Chu Xuan and Qian Qian so much.
Zhao Baogang sat next to him without saying anything and lit a cigarette to himself.
Shi Kang is his old friend and one of the few well-known and prestigious screenwriters in China.
In addition to Liu Heping, who is recognized as a screenwriter master in China, the next level up are Shi Kang, Liu Yi and others who are gold medal screenwriters with many excellent works.
This type of screenwriter often has the ability to transform a plot into something magical, and they have a high say in front of producers and directors. Mainly because of their years of successful experience, producers and directors believe in them.
At first, Zhao Baogang had a wry smile about letting Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei play the male and female protagonists. It was not for anything else, he was just worried that popular actors like Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei would not be willing to act in urban dramas.
After all, how can urban dramas be as safe as costume dramas?
I met Wang Jinhua some time ago. Unexpectedly, Wang Jinhua was very interested in Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei acting in urban dramas.
He asked around again from his friends and got a preliminary understanding of the situation of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. Not to mention, just as Shi Kang said, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei fit the male and female protagonists' characters and plot direction very well.
Under such circumstances, the only problem in his heart was that the salaries of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were too high.
The investment for an urban drama is not high, and the remuneration of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei will probably account for less than half of it. Don't even shoot a TV drama, the funds will definitely be insufficient.
He later thought about it, if Bright Times was willing to be the main investor, that would be easy. Bright Times would never ignore the situation that a drama it invested in had no funds available.
Wang Jinhua also said that as long as Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are willing to act, Brilliant Era will invest.
Although he, Zhao Baogang, has no shortage of investors, he certainly doesn’t have anyone as wealthy as the one in Brilliant Era.
If he can get a big investment from Brilliant Era, he will naturally be happy to see success.
In this way, the two parties initially reached an intention to cooperate.
Wang Jinhua also showed the script to Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei before. Now that some time has passed, it depends on whether Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei have the intention to star in it.
"Director Zhao, Teacher Shi, based on my understanding of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, this script must be changed." Liu Yi said with his legs crossed.
From "Zhu Xian" to "Hope", he has collaborated with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei on two works.
If we move forward in time to "The Condor", they have been together for more than a year.
As a senior screenwriter, he is somewhat clear about Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's artistic thoughts and their understanding of the plot.
With his understanding of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, they would definitely be dissatisfied with certain plots in "Struggle".
"If you have any opinions, bring them up and discuss them together. This is just the first version of the script. Even if they don't mention it, we will have to rewrite it a second time." Zhao Baogang flicked the ashtray into the ashtray.
He felt a little emotional that there were only a handful of actors in China who were qualified to choose scripts and change plots. He didn't expect Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei to reach this stage at such a young age.
Of course, if Chu Xuan's capital status is taken into account, it is understandable.
At this time, the office door was pushed open, and Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, and Liu Xiaoli appeared.
Liu Xiaoli waved to everyone and said hello, then went to the agency to help Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei handle business matters.
"Director Zhao, Teacher Shi."
"Sister, Brother Liu."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei greeted each other and sat down side by side on the sofa.
"Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, hello." Zhao Baogang and Shi Kang greeted back, and then looked at the male and female protagonists they had decided on temporarily with appraising eyes.
"It's really worthy." Zhao Baogang tilted his head and said to Shi Kang.
Shi Kang grinned and nodded.
Seeing compliments from outsiders, the corners of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's mouths gradually turned up, feeling a little embarrassed.
Liu Yifei took out the script from her small backpack and handed it to Chu Xuan.
Seeing the two people taking out the script, Zhao Baogang couldn't help but ask: "Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, have you read the script? How do you feel?"
Chu Xuan looked at Zhao Baogang and said: "It can be summarized as an urban idol, or it can be summarized as youth inspiration."
"The core is that the first male, the second male, the third male, the first female, the second female, and the third female first enter the society after graduating from college, and experience their own love entanglements and real-life conflicts. After they grow up, they have feelings, insights, and gains.
, something is lost.”
"From these three stages, we will reflect the psychological conditions, various aspects of life and the impetuous reality of young men and women in today's society."
Shi Kang smiled and clapped his hands: "Yes, you are worthy of being a producer. You have found the core of the script."
Zhao Baogang nodded. Some actors read the script and only read the plot, but they don't know what the plot is about. Some actors know what they want to express, but they don't know why they express it this way.
Chu Xuan's one or two sentences go straight to the core of "Struggle", indicating that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei completely understood the meaning of the script.
He also knew that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had been producers of two film and television dramas, and they understood the structure and core of scripts. At this moment, he no longer regarded Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei as actors.
"So what do you think about this script?" he asked, picking up the tea cup from the coffee table.
"Director Zhao, Teacher Shi, I don't like the beginning of the story." Liu Yifei said directly. Now that the question has come to this point, she doesn't like Moji either. When she and Chu Xuan were producers, they would just mention anything.
And artistic things are meant to be discussed.
"Tell me about it." Zhao Baogang likes young people. You can tell this by watching his previous TV series where almost all of them were young actors. He has always been interested in the opinions of young people.
In other words, good directors like actors with insights, but only bad directors will treat actors as puppets and act completely according to his ideas, regardless of whether the actor is suitable for such acting.
Of course, the premise is that the actor's opinions are indeed questionable, and the actor must have a certain status, otherwise the consequences of rashly questioning the director will be serious.
Liu Yifei opened the script and said: "The male protagonist [Lu Tao] had a girlfriend [Mi Lai] when he was in college, and then they didn't break up. [Lu Tao] fell in love with the female protagonist [Charlene], [Charlene]
It’s the same thing. I also have a boyfriend, and I got close to [Lu Tao] without breaking up.”
Liu Yifei spread out her hands and said: "This is the male and female protagonist having sex with their boyfriend and girlfriend."
Chu Xuan, Wang Jinhua, and Liu Yi laughed, mainly because Liu Yifei's questioning look was cute.
Liu Yifei shook her head: "I think this is not good. The concept of love is too distorted, and it is inappropriate to spread it through TV series. Moreover, it is a male and female protagonist, not a villain."
Shi Kang put his hands on both sides of the backrest of the sofa, lightly tapped the sofa leather with his right index finger, and said: "This is mainly to express young people's impulse for love. There are many such examples in real life."
"But." Liu Yifei frowned slightly and said, "Does it have to be shot like this in reality? We can use wrong examples to teach the audience a lesson, but we cannot distort the audience's thinking with completely unethical behavior.
"
Wang Jinhua glanced at Liu Yifei, her eyes full of admiration, and quietly gave her a thumbs up.
Liu Yi glanced at Liu Yifei and raised his lips slightly. He knew that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei would not like the plot at the beginning.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are not only actors, but also producers, and each producer has his own independent artistic ideas. It is difficult to compromise on the collision of ideas.
Zhao Baogang looked at Liu Yifei with admiration. Regardless of the discussion of the script, these remarks made him look at this 18-year-old girl with admiration.
In his opinion, Liu Yifei has formed her own artistic ideological standard in her heart, which is also the bottom line of art, which is rare.
Shi Kang was noncommittal, but he was indeed speechless by the girl's words.
He took back his hands placed on the backrests of the sofa, hugged them and said, "Then what do you think should be done to change it?"
Use your thoughts to correct mistakes? Yes.
But you have to have a way to make up for your mistakes.
Otherwise, you can simply say something is wrong here, but how to correct the error? This requires ability.
If he doesn't have this ability, it won't be able to shake his heart.
Liu Yifei opened the paper sandwiched in the script. This was the change suggestion she had discussed with Chu Xuan.
She looked at it and said, "Mi Lai is Lu Tao's suitor, not his girlfriend. Guan Peng is Xia Lin's suitor, not her boyfriend. Mi Lai and Xia Lin are classmates and good sisters."
"By chance, four people had a dinner together. It was at this dinner that Lu Tao and Xia Lin fell in love at first sight. Then they followed the script and had sex that night, directly entering the stage of passionate love."
She raised her head and looked at Shi Kang and said: "In this way, young people's impulse for love is preserved. Others pursue the male and female protagonists and are unable to pursue them. Instead, the male and female protagonists fall in love at first sight. Both Mi Lai and Guan Peng were stunned by this drama.
There is too."
"With such a start, I don't say whether this view of love is correct or not, but at least it does not violate morality."
"I believe that with the popularity of Chu Xuan and I, the audience will definitely love watching this scene."
"And I believe that such love at first sight happens in real life, so I don't take it for granted."
Zhao Baogang opened his mouth and wanted to say something but changed the topic to Shi Kang: "This plot can be, morally speaking, stronger than the current plot. In terms of dramatic conflict, it does retain the needs of the current plot."
Shi Kang nodded and had to say that Liu Yifei's suggestion was very good. He neither took it for granted nor deviated from what the script wanted to express. His view of Liu Yifei also improved to a higher level.
"The only thing is." He looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei and said: "Mi Lai is a very important character. In the script, because Lu Tao betrayed his love and chose Xia Lin, Mi Lai always wanted to find his love and kept silent to Lu Tao.
After the dedication and dedication, Lu Tao felt guilty and kept fighting with Mi Lai."
Shi Kang said to Liu Yifei: "If you change it like this, what other motive does Milai have to make Lu Tao feel guilty? To make the subsequent story structure coherent?"
Liu Yifei had her heart in mind: "Mi Lai loves Lu Tao so much that she can continue to give. Even if Lu Tao has a girlfriend, she can still dedicate her love to Lu Tao."
She added: "As a man, looking at the food in the pot and eating the food in the bowl, Lu Tao can feel guilty when he sees Mi Lai working silently, and he can still be ambiguous with Mi Lai."
She looked at the paper and said: "Chu Xuan and I also made changes to this plot. The current script is that Lu Tao and Mi Lai are ambiguous in the back. Xia Lin knew about it but didn't say it out and chose to tolerate it."
She raised her head and said, "I don't think we should tolerate it, because Xia Lin is a strong woman with a strong self-esteem. She should question her on the spot, then create a conflict and let Lu Tao admit his mistake."
"Interrogated on the spot? Lu Tao admitted his mistake?" Shi Kang was stunned. This was not in the script. It seemed that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had many ideas about changing the script.
He shook his head secretly, but looking at the papers included in Liu Yifei's script, he pointed at it and said: "Is this the suggestion you wrote down? Can you show it to me?"
Liu Yifei pursed her lips and smiled, took out the paper, stood up and handed it to Shi Kang.
After Shi Kang took it, Zhao Baogang poked his head over and the two of them looked at it silently.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei did not disturb them and waited quietly.
After a long while, Shi Kang glanced at Zhao Baogang: "This even changed the structure of the story."
Zhao Baogang smiled and said nothing, looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and said: "What is the ideological structure of your story?"
Facing Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, who were young but had production experience, he didn't want to talk about anything anymore and asked core professional questions directly.
Liu Yifei looked at Chu Xuan. She had just spoken, and this time it was Chu Xuan's turn.
Chu Xuan raised his eyebrows at her and asked her to continue. There were not many situations where he could exercise his expressive skills in front of his seniors.
Liu Yifei understood it, and she was also slightly excited. If she could make the two teachers accept the suggestion through her own expression, it would be a great sense of accomplishment.
So, she sat upright on the sofa and collected her thoughts.
"With the changes that Chu Xuan and I made based on the script, the conflict between the male and female protagonists' growth has four stages."
"In the first stage, the man and woman were in love with Chai Liehuo, until the male protagonist's career rose steadily due to his status as a rich second generation, and the heroine couldn't catch up with him no matter how hard she tried."
"Because of the heroine's self-esteem, because of the imbalance of wealth, because the hero's career is hot but the heroine is mediocre, because the hero is too busy to take care of the heroine, the first stage of conflict eventually arises."
"The gap in status made the heroine feel that she and the hero were no longer suitable. Even though the heroine loved the hero deeply, she did not choose to compromise and broke up."
Zhao Baogang and Shi Kang listened, one drank tea from a teacup, and the other lit a cigarette.
"This stage reflects the male and female protagonist's impulse for love, running for love without considering the family background of both parties, and ultimately creates a conflict between social class differences. It also reflects the independent and strong personality of the female protagonist, and also throws out the male protagonist's only care.
A reflection on whether pursuing a career regardless of family is a correct outlook on life.”
Zhao Baogang and Shi Kang nodded. This summary was very accurate. They looked at Liu Yifei in a different light. At the same time, in their eyes, they felt the gap between their peers and Liu Yifei. This gap did not come from wealth, but from ideas and abilities.
"The second stage was caused by a third party, Mi Lai, because Mi Lai loved Lu Tao and had been silently devoted to Lu Tao. Due to his career success, Lu Tao's mentality changed and he began to get entangled with Mi Lai."
"According to the plot in the script, Mi Lai also deliberately moved to live on the floor opposite Lu Tao and Xia Lin, just to facilitate access to Lu Tao."
"Finally, under Xia Lin's questioning, Lu Tao was speechless, and Xia Lin broke up for the second time."
"At this stage, although the conflict was caused by Mi Lai, it still belongs to Lu Tao's growing up process. He was not firm in the face of temptation. Because his career was successful and he was rich, Lu Tao's heart began to loosen."
"But in the end, under the analysis of his friends, and when Xia Lin was preparing to leave, Lu Tao missed all the past. When faced with the construction project, Lu Tao chose to give up his current career and choose his family. He took the initiative to help those already at the airport.
Charlene admitted her mistake and saved her family once again."
Chu Xuan poured a glass of water for Liu Yifei at the water dispenser. His throat hurt after talking so much in one breath.
Liu Yifei took the water glass, winked at Chu Xuan, took a sip of water, and continued her story.
"So, what this stage embodies is that men become bad when they have money. It is a very realistic saying. This is also the case when men become so complacent that they can't help themselves and want to spend money."
"On Charlene's side, it still reflects the gap and contradiction between social classes. It expresses the helplessness of those women who do not have much financial ability due to this gap, who are unable to control their men and seem to have no reason to control their men."
"But Charlene still showed her independent female personality and broke up more decisively than the first time. This also told the female audience that if a man wants to cheat, he must not forgive easily."
"And in the end, Lu Tao, who has never apologized, took the initiative to admit his mistakes and expressed that as a man, he has found a sense of responsibility for his family. Even if he gives up his current career, he still has to find the love that is hard to let go."
"This is Lu Tao's growth."
Wang Jinhua, Liu Yi, Zhao Baogang, and Shi Kang listened and pondered.
Liu Yifei paused and recalled the plot discussed with Chu Xuan.
"In the third stage, Lu Tao and Xia Lin reconciled. After going through the second stage, Xia Lin came to Lu Tao's father's real estate company to apply for a job by accident. When he learned that Xia Lin's own son's girlfriend, his father directly asked Xia Lin to marry Lu Tao
Take charge of a big project together.”
"Lu Tao and Xia Lin started to work together in their careers and experienced excitement, passion, hard work and yearning for their dream career."
"However, although his father wishes the two of them well, he is trying to push things away."
"Lu Tao and Xia Lin are just beginners who have only graduated a few years ago. How can they be responsible for such a large construction project?"
"In the end, because of the lack of clear understanding and the fanciful but unrealistic design, the project came to a standstill due to lack of funds. Even if Lu Tao used the money from previous successes to make up for the shortfall, it would not help."
"They failed and lost everything."
"What this stage expresses is that many young people who have just graduated are high-spirited and want to show off their talents. However, if they do not have a clear understanding of themselves, they will find that although their dreams are good, they will be severely crushed by reality."
Shi Kang listened and looked down at the paper in his hand.
After combining the plot concept Liu Yifei mentioned with the plot on the paper, he began to be somewhat satisfied with the changes.
"In the fourth stage, Lu Tao and Xia Lin have not yet recovered from the failure in the third stage, and are depressed."
"But after being inspired by a good friend who opened a barber shop from scratch, Lu Tao once again faced Lu's father's project help and financial help, and he directly refused."
"Lu Tao knows that if he accepts his father's help again, the class gap between him and Charlene will exist again, and he may return to his former frustrated life."
"So, Lu Tao and Xia Lin decided to use their few savings to open an architectural design studio."
"They started from scratch, step by step, and although they didn't make much money, they found the happiness and passion they had never had before."
Liu Yifei drank the last sip of water in the cup, put down the quilt, and said: "At the same time, they also understand the meaning of struggle."
"The purpose of fighting for life is to live and to settle down and establish a family."
"Working for a career is for the original dream, and to achieve the imaginary goals through one's own abilities, so as to gain a sense of accomplishment and honor."
"The purpose of fighting for love is to let you grow because of me, and to let me grow because of you. Both of us should shoulder our due responsibilities."
"We design together, we draw together, we argue about a conflict of ideas and then laugh it off; you can help me, and I can help you. We have the same abilities, and there is no class gap. We are all ordinary people."
"We make progress together, hold up the sky together, and gain the happiness you understand and I understand along the way. This is the meaning of struggle."
Liu Yifei looked at Zhao Baogang, then at Shi Kang, and said playfully: "I'm done."
Zhao Baogang came back to his senses, nodded and said: "The structure is very clear. The four stages progress layer by layer, from love to career, from career to life. It is very complete."
Liu Yifei smoothed her hair and said: "Struggle" has 32 episodes, 8 episodes in each of the four stages. The rhythm of the plot, the flashpoints of conflicts, and the current script structure are very appropriate. Although the story structure has been changed,
The changes required do not significantly impact the storylines of the remaining characters.”
Shi Kang thought for a while, and it was indeed true. The direction of the script remained unchanged. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei just split the structure into four stages to make the story lines of the male and female protagonists more refined and the character arcs fuller.
"Although it is not good to change the story structure, the three story structures of Male One, Male Two, and Male Three do not conflict with each other, and they are all linear structures. The biggest advantage of linear structure is to change a plot. You only need to adjust the upper and lower structures, and adjust the left and right structures.
It doesn’t interfere.”
"So, Director Zhao and Teacher Shi, please think about it?"
Liu Yifei's professionalism made Shi Kang laugh and said, "Are you two the producers of "Struggle"? I think it's very suitable. You have completely understood the script."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other and said nothing.
Wang Jinhua shook his head and said: "They have more things to do next."
Shi Kang nodded and said no more. Although the idea of letting Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei be producers was new, it was his truth.
After all, the producer must fully understand the script. After hearing Liu Yifei's explanation just now, and with the background of Brilliant Era and the experience of producing two film and television dramas, he felt that the producers Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were fully capable of taking on the role.
He just heard Wang Jinhua say that he didn't have time, so he had no choice but to stop this idea.
"How many days have you read this script?" Zhao Baogang asked curiously.
"One week." Liu Yifei replied.
Zhao Baogang made a "tsk" sound, gave a thumbs up and said: "Awesome."
Liu Yi looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and said to Zhao Baogang: "The two of them have a lot of struggle in real life, and they have experience as producers. "Struggle" happens to be a script that is more suitable for them. To understand the impact of this script,
It couldn’t be easier for them.”
Zhao Baogang nodded and said, "With this understanding, you have also spent time to change the plot according to the core of the script. That means you are very interested in "Struggle". Why are you interested? Or in other words, why do you want to play Lu Tao and
Charlene, the male and female protagonist?"
Faced with this problem, Wang Jinhua, Liu Yi and Shi Kang all looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
Liu Yifei showed her face slightly, glanced at Chu Xuan, and then said: "Chu Xuan and I have always had a wonderful life, so whether it is "Immortal Sword" or "The Condor", we are all experiencing the experiences of the characters. If it is a feeling
If it's good, we'll bring it out. If it's bad, we can actually prevent it before it happens."
""Struggle" is an urban drama. Firstly, the male and female protagonists fit well with us. Secondly, many of the plots are very realistic and are feelings that Chu Xuan and I may never experience in our lives."
"so……"
Liu Yifei didn't finish her words, but everyone understood her meaning.
Zhao Baogang patted the sofa and laughed loudly: "No wonder you are so young but so mature in your thinking. I have never seen an actor bring the feelings in the play into reality. No wonder you have such a good relationship. The feelings in the play are
Integrate into life and really know how to play!”
Wang Jinhua and Liu Yi smiled and looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. Anyone who has grown up with these two people in the past few years will find that once Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei film a scene, their relationship will increase;
As the drama unfolds, the feelings increase gradually.
From the perspective of Wang Jinhua and Liu Yi, they have long found their own way of performing their careers.
This is truly the only one in the world.
"Drama into life?" Shi Kang smiled brightly and said: "Based on this, I changed the plot. You are the natural male and female protagonists. If you play Lu Tao and Xia Lin according to your ideas, I dare say that this drama has already
That’s it! No one can play these two roles better than you."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other and were both very happy.
For them, as they said before filming "Sword and Fairy", the core meaning of acting in film and television dramas is to experience feelings that they have never experienced in real life.
Based on this, let’s look at the story structure, the audience market, and the market response.
However, there are very few film and television scripts that meet their requirements. There are almost none in China, and there are too many foreign cultural elements. The film and television copyrights purchased are just re-adaptations of things from other countries, not things that belong to China.
Therefore, they decided to create original characters and plots that can elicit different feelings along the way. This is also one of their goals.
When they came across the script "Struggle", it met their psychological needs, so they were very interested in this script.
"Mr. Wang, is it settled like this?" Zhao Baogang looked at Wang Jinhua.
Wang Jinhua looked at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, and Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at Shi Kang.
Shi Kang said with a smile: "I just said I would change it for you, but you have to take the time to discuss it with me. I'm starting to like your young people's ideas."
"It is our honor to discuss it with Teacher Shi." Chu Xuan nodded, and Liu Yifei also nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Wang Jinhua said: "In this case, you will be responsible for revising the script, and Bright Times will be responsible for reviewing and approving the project. We will sign a cooperation agreement first."
"Okay." Zhao Baogang was also very happy.
As a director, I hope that the drama I want to shoot will go faster. With Glorious Era taking the lead and the connections of Glorious Era, the preliminary work will definitely go smoothly.
Soon, in the agreement issued by the company's legal department lawyer, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei also had their names involved, becoming the established male and female protagonists of "Struggle".
After all, the project has not been approved yet, so even if the male and female lead contracts are officially signed, signing the agreement in advance will reassure Zhao Baogang and Shi Kang.
Just like that, the matter of "Struggle" has been settled for the time being.
