After meeting two directors in succession, Sun Peng felt a little unhappy.
The former made him excited, while the latter made him upset, especially Li Lizhi's comment that Lin Lin's acting skills might ruin the wonderful script, which made Sun Peng unable to sleep well all night. He finally found that even if he reminded himself countless times
, the result was still too inflated - he believed too much in the script on earth, and overestimated the speed of his cousin's progress.
Perhaps it was Sun Peng himself who was trying to undermine the success.
What made Sun Peng even more irritated was that on the morning after meeting Li Lichi, Lin Lin knocked on the door and walked into his room and asked: "Xiao Peng, the... director is looking for you?"
"Why do you ask this?"
Sun Peng, who was sleep deprived, threw his phone aside in frustration and asked angrily.
"My brother-in-law told me."
Sitting next to Sun Peng's bed, Lin Lin opened her eyes and asked: "What did he tell you? Did he talk about my acting skills and roles?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
Sun Peng frowned and sat up from the bed.
However, in just two or three seconds, Sun Peng had already guessed the answer to the question. Although he was really upset, Sun Peng had no intention of going to Lin Lin to discuss the matter, and Li Lichi didn't seem willing to directly offend the investors.
As for the appearance of the heroine, there is only one possible answer: what my brother-in-law Zhao Jinxiang said.
Sure enough, Lin Lin quickly pouted and said, "My brother-in-law asked me to go out for dinner last night. He told me so."
After hearing this expected answer, Sun Peng's anxious mood miraculously calmed down. After a moment of silence, he asked: "Then what do you think... It's just the two of us here, tell the truth!"
"Nonsense, of course I'm very angry!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Lin immediately gritted her teeth and said: "If you were said to be a bad novelist and no one read the script, would you be happy?"
"Well……"
Seeing Lin Lin looking like she wanted to bite Li Lichi, Sun Peng suddenly became happy.
The two grew up together. Sun Peng knew his little cousin very well. If she was really angry, she would not have waited until this morning. She should have pushed open the door to her room when she came back last night, not now
Sitting on the edge of the bed, she scolded the director who said her acting skills were poor.
"It seems like my brother-in-law said something."
After thinking about it secretly, Sun Peng moved his butt back, leaned on the bedside and said: "Okay, I thought about it seriously yesterday, and what he said is not unreasonable... Listen to me first! What I mean
Yes, I personally agree with Li Lichi. You really can’t support this series, and I also think your acting skills really need to be honed and honed! But... I’m also here to tell you that the scripts for those three episodes are for
You write it, and you have the final say!”
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"It means you have the final say whether to change the script or not!"
With an angry wave of his hand, Sun Peng said: "If you say you should change it according to the director's wishes, then I will change it. If you say you want to be the protagonist, then shoot it as it is now! Is that clear enough?"
"real?"
Lin Lin's eyes were bright and she stared straight at Sun Peng and asked.
“Realer than real gold!”
"Hehe, I knew my brother was the best to me!"
Lin Lin, who was overjoyed, rushed towards him and wanted to give him a bite on the cheek.
"Go, go, get out of the way!"
Pushing Lin Lin away, Sun Peng cursed in disgust, and then asked angrily: "Then what do you think? Change it? Or not change it?"
"...of course it's a change!"
As without hesitation just now, Lin Lin said seriously: "Huh, just change it as the guy named Li said! I want to see, if you really change it as he said, what will he say if the results are not good in the end?
!”
"Uh...are you serious?"
After hearing Lin Lin's answer, Sun Peng was really surprised.
"Yes, I'm serious."
After taking a deep breath, Lin Lin bit her lip and said, "I'm not a child, so I naturally know the importance... After my brother-in-law talked to me yesterday, I thought about it all night!"
Pointing to the obvious dark circles under her eyes, Lin Lin blinked and continued: "And if I had to choose, I would definitely choose to be a supporting role in a successful series rather than the protagonist in a failed series!"
"Oh, this really impresses me!"
Surprised, Sun Peng sat up again. He shook his head and said with disbelief: "How much chicken soup did my brother-in-law fill you with yesterday? Are you actually willing not to be the protagonist? Do you really think so?"
"Humph, I'm too lazy to tell you!"
Her face darkened, Lin Lin stood up angrily and walked out of the house. As she walked, she dropped a sentence: "Go ahead and change your script, screenwriter. After you change the scenes, some of the roles must be replaced by good actors. Hurry up and let that smelly actor go."
Director, go get yourself a headache!"
"Crack!"
The door was closed by Lin Lin, and Sun Peng's room became quiet again.
After staring at the door for a long time, Sun Peng picked up his cell phone and dialed Zhao Jinxiang's number: "Brother-in-law, what did you say to Lin Lin last night?"
"Nothing, just telling her that she is still young."
As if he was not surprised by Sun Peng's call, Zhao Jinxiang said slowly: "I told her that she was already starring in Crazy Madam at a young age and was better than many actors with professional backgrounds. There is no need to be too impatient and she can look for more opportunities.
Hone your acting skills..."
"I understand, thank you brother-in-law!"
Before Lao Zhao could finish speaking, Sun Peng hung up the phone with a bang.
"Uh...this brat!"
After a moment of astonishment, Zhao Jinxiang smiled and cursed.
"Let me tell you, Linlin can definitely figure it out."
Sun Jing, who was listening to the phone next to her, smiled softly and said happily.
"Haha, yes, it's great to have figured it out!"
Holding his wife's delicate body, Zhao Jinxiang said happily: "Actually, with Xiaopeng here, that girl will have many opportunities in the future. There is really no need to rush the ducks now... But this time I really want to thank that girl.
Director Li, if it weren’t for him, Xiaopeng and I probably wouldn’t be able to see it..."
…
For three days in a row, Sun Peng locked himself in the room and revised the script.
I carefully changed the scripts to their original appearance, and then I invited Li Lichi to work together for a few more days, revising all the dialogue that was too American. After all, it is something that is going to be broadcast in China, and it still needs to be grounded.
It's better to be angry.
With the help of Li Lichi, the draft was finally finalized at the end of February.
The screenwriter is satisfied, the director is satisfied, and then it’s Golden Eagle Video’s turn to be dissatisfied.
Although the modification of the lines in the script did not have a big impact, the changes in several roles made all the preparations almost completely chaotic, and the positioning of the main characters also underwent earth-shaking changes!
Due to the popularity of Crazy Lady, the original protagonist Lin Lin, who is now strongly promoted by Golden Eagle Video, has now become the third or even fourth character, while the role of veteran drama star Qian Hong has jumped from a supporting role. How do they accept being the leading actor? What's more, because the roles of the other two supporting characters have increased significantly, and the director insists on casting more attractive actors, how can this not make people anxious?
How can it be so easy to change actors?
It sounds like it's just a different person, but don't forget that the actors also need to prepare costumes, props, etc. All of this will have to be done again, and the adjustment of the role status also means that the actors must be familiar with the script again. We even have to renegotiate the remuneration, which also takes time. We will definitely not be able to keep up with the plan to start filming at the end of February or early March.
It took a week of communication, coordination, quarrels, and chaos.
In the end, after several parties compromised with each other, the plan insisted on by the screenwriter and director was followed.
He found more reliable actors, customized costumes and props, and then Sun Peng personally used his own pocket to supplement the shooting budget of two million to make up for his mistakes. This was considered to have broken his principle of not investing in his own scripts. Of course, he would not be less of a share in the future. …
The filming start date has also been postponed to April.
However, delaying the start of filming is not without its benefits. After having more preparation time, Sun Peng asked Li Lichi to help find two professional screenwriters and re-polished the three-episode script. As a pilot for the subsequent full series, everyone was After paying the price, Sun Peng no longer allowed the scripts of these three episodes to fail...