I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 208 Worry (33)

On Shen Liang's rejection of "Better Days"...

Xu Zheng already knew!
He knew very well that Shen Liang would never reject a movie he liked just because of the schedule...

Besides, "Celebrating More Than Years" will be filmed in March, started in April, and wrapped in July, and "Better Days" is scheduled to start filming in mid-July...

No delay at all!

There must be something going on here...

Shen Liang gave a brief explanation: "I read the novel "Better Days"... I really can't put myself in the shoes of the male protagonist... I just can't understand why there would be a man in this world who is willing to sacrifice his life for a woman..."

"You haven't seen Titanic?"

Shen Liang simply confessed: "The heroine of Titanic is Kate Winslet, and the heroine of Better Days is Zhou Dongyu... What do you want me to use as a substitute? A body like ribs?"

Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment... and then he roughly understood - this meant he was dissatisfied with the heroine!
“…So you are now making a movie about school bullying…”

"It's not me who did it, it's China Film Group who wanted to do it..."

Then Shen Liang talked about the script setting, and then said: "I think this setting can be both profound and classic narrative structure..."

“…Do you really want to shoot?”

"Of course, the director has been chosen... We solemnly invite you to be the producer."

Xu Zheng on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, then said: "...I'll think about it again!"

Consider this...

There’s definitely no hope!
Well, he and Chen Kexin are both shareholders of Huanxi Media and have a very close relationship.

And Chen Kexin is definitely a big shot in the Hong Kong circle.

His network of contacts spreads across Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong...

Although Shen Liang's statement...excluded himself from the discussion, once this project is completed, it will definitely be compared...

Xu Zheng is such a smart person...

I think it’s better for me not to get involved in this mess!
Shen Liang...it doesn't matter. China Film Group is in charge anyway. If it doesn't work, we can just ask Brother Chen Kai to be the producer!
what?
Can’t you please Old Chen?
What about giving Arthur an important role?

……

In the crew of "Do You Know?", Shen Liang actually has very few scenes left...

There are less than ten scenes left, and the big scene is being filmed now, which is Gu Er's idea: if Qi Heng is determined to be with Minglan, then Gu Tingye will help him kidnap Princess Jiacheng and make him and Minglan happy.

Many people said that Qi Heng was unwilling because he had concerns...

Yes, he did have concerns, but from Minglan's perspective, even if this thing didn't work out, it was still Qi Heng's best effort...

But he doesn't even have the courage to try, so don't blame Gu Er for stealing his love!
During this period, Gu Er had already fallen in love with Minglan. When he heard that Qi Heng was going to marry the county princess, he was not secretly happy that his rival had voluntarily given up his position so that he could take advantage of the opportunity. Instead, he could not bear to see Minglan sad, so he took the initiative to ask Qi Heng to come out and give advice to this star-crossed couple in order to help them be together.

If you love someone, you should respect her choice. Gu Er loves so openly, which is really manly.

Of course, the idea itself isn’t very good…

In other words, it was precisely because Gu Er loved Minglan that all he thought about was to prevent Minglan from suffering any loss. As for the Qi family, he did not even consider the Sheng family, which did not treat Minglan well.

When he saw Qi Heng's weakness, he was very disappointed and said, "This won't work, and that won't work either. Then forget about anything!"

Turn around and leave...

Qi Heng, or Shen Liang, stared at his disappearing back, his eyes revealing a trace of bitterness. After a long while, he spoke quietly: "His family even dared to kidnap my father. I dare not imagine what they will do in their rage..."

"Crack!"

Zhang Kaizhou stood up and gave a thumbs up: "The acting is really good, especially the eyes, the pain is unspeakable, the pain is unstoppable, it's amazing!"

Shen Liang was stunned for a while before he came to his senses and said quickly: "It's mainly because Teacher Shaofeng is comfortable..."

Feng Shaofeng chuckled: "It's mutual. If you don't give it to me, I can't give it to you either..." "Stop flattering each other... You two are both talented actors!" Zhao Liying came over and glanced at Shen Liang: "Was the last sentence added by the screenwriter?"

"Well..." Shen Liang explained: "I am mainly worried that Qi Heng will be attacked for this part. Adding this sentence can better highlight the tragedy of Qi Heng... It's not that he doesn't want to, but that he can't!"

Zhao Liying was very surprised: "You really put a lot of effort into the character of Qi Heng!"

"Qi Heng represents another pattern of the entire drama "Do You Know?"... the tragic fate of the literati with gentlemanly demeanor in the great era..."

"If you were Qi Heng, what would you do?"

"He defiled himself... He went to brothels to solicit prostitution, acted crazy on the streets, and humiliated himself in any way he could. Tang Bohu and Sun Bin both survived by defilement. Qi Heng can do the same. If his reputation is ruined by defilement, then only the concubine of the Sheng family can marry him! The biggest obstacle between him and Minglan is that he is too outstanding. He can completely make himself not so outstanding..."

"So, you think Qi Heng is not worthy of Minglan?"

Shen Liang shook his head: "Not really, he respects Minglan very much. If he doesn't respect her, he can just take her as a concubine... With the status and class of the young master, it is not difficult to take a concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official..."

The executive producer came over and said, "Okay, stop crowding around, let's shoot the next scene right away..."

Shen Liang turned around and tried to leave, but Zhao Liying stopped him: "Internet gossip..."

"It wasn't me who released the news... We checked and it seems that it was deliberately leaked by a few marketing accounts..."

“Marketing account?”

"…They are all weird people…Just ignore them." At this point, Shen Liang remembered something: "Is it not causing any trouble to you and Brother Shaofeng?"

"What are you talking about?" Feng Shaofeng came over with a few glasses of water and handed them to Zhao Liying and Shen Liang...

"Thank you..." Shen Liang thanked him, and then said: "It's just a rumor on the Internet..."

"Ignore it," Feng Shaofeng immediately shared his experience: "I tell you, in our line of work, we will definitely face rumors, just one sentence: ignore it..."

……

"Damn it, this drama won't pass the review if you set it up like this!"

Zeng Lu cursed directly because Shen Liang told her that "Wang Quansheng actually liked Azhe, but was rejected and beaten like a monster, so he chose to jump into the sea and commit suicide..."

Shen Liang shook his head: "You can film it, but make it more subtle... Don't you think this setting is very impactful?"

"…it does have an impact…but…"

"I never thought about television from the beginning..."

“You want to make it into a web series?”

"Ok!"

Zeng Lu scratched her head: "In this case... the profit will be reduced by half... and you can't afford to hire a famous actress to act with you!"

“…Maybe they’ll charge less for the script?”

Zeng Lu smiled bitterly: "You are too optimistic... Nowadays, which popular female star doesn't have a whole team to support her..."

"Don't worry, I've made an appointment with others," Shen Liang said confidently, "Even if she disagrees, I can still find someone who is neither new nor talented. Good scripts are hard to come by, but there is no shortage of good actors!"

"Have you found a director?"

“…I have a target, but I haven’t contacted him yet…”

"You're not going to continue working with Director Zhang?"

"The post-production work for "Do You Know?" will probably take half a year," Shen Liang shook his head, "Let's find someone else!"

“It’s your project anyway…”

Zeng Lu glanced at Shen Liang meaningfully...

(End of this chapter)