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Chapter 149: Female Lead Selection

"If you're not in a hurry, I'll go back and take a shower first. Otherwise, you go back to the hotel first, tell me the name of the hotel, and I'll go there later. Is that okay with you?"

Cao Sheng thought about it and said this to Lin Baohui.

The weather has been getting hotter recently. After a day of classes, he was already sweating. He wanted to go home, take a shower and change into clean clothes.

This is also a respect for the guests.

Lin Baohui smiled and nodded, "Sure! But I don't want to go back to the hotel alone. Where do you live? Can I go to your place and wait for you?"

Cao Sheng looked at her and said, "Okay! Then come with me!"

Instead of pushing the bicycle to the bicycle shed, he took her out of the school gate and took a taxi.

When they arrived, he made a cup of tea for Lin Baohui and asked her to sit in the living room for a while while he went to get some clean clothes and take a shower.

Lin Baohui held the teacup and walked around and looked around curiously.

She saw a black hairpin on the coffee table and a long black hair at the foot of the sofa. She stood up and walked to the door of the main room. She suddenly stopped, frowned and stared at the shoe cabinet for a while, then hesitantly walked forward to open the door of the shoe cabinet. She saw two pairs of women's slippers inside, one pair was pink sandals and the other pair was purple winter cotton slippers.

She frowned for a moment, then calmly closed the shoe cabinet door.

He looked a little depressed.

When she walked out into the yard and saw the potted plants in the corner, she seemed to see a woman taking care of them.

She couldn't help but sigh.

Cao Sheng takes a shower very quickly.

After a moment, he walked out of the bathroom.

All the clothes on my body have been changed.

A pair of black jeans on the lower body and a white T-shirt on the upper body.

While wiping the water stains on his head with a dry towel, he walked into the living room, but did not see Lin Baohui. "Where is she?"

He looked out the door and saw her.

She was seen standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking at the Xin'an River across the road.

Cao Sheng smiled and didn't call her. He walked to the mirror in the sink, took out a hair dryer, blew his hair half dry, and then applied some hair wax to fix it.

Then go to the door to change your shoes.

"Are you done?"

Lin Baohui walked to the door of the main room and asked Cao Sheng who was changing his shoes.

Cao Sheng nodded.

She hurried into the house, put down her teacup and picked up her bag.

In the taxi on the way to the hotel, she seemed a little silent.

Cao Sheng noticed it.

I guess it was because I mentioned before that I had a girlfriend, which affected her mood.

He felt that this was good, as it would make his life simpler and he wouldn't have to be caught in an emotional whirlpool and waste time.

He could bear not to see Qian Zhenyu, whom he once missed so much.

What other woman could make him have two relationships with her?
He once reflected on why he was not doing well before his rebirth.

One of the conclusions drawn is that one is trapped by love.

When he was young, many girls pursued him.

He couldn't control himself and wasted too much time and energy on matters between men and women, so naturally he had less time to devote to his career.

A career is like a young sapling, which needs to be constantly watered with sweat so that it can grow healthily little by little.

If there is not enough sweat to water it, how can we expect it to grow into a towering tree on its own?

Now, he is consciously learning the lessons from before his rebirth.

Even after his rebirth, when more girls pursued him and the quality was better, he still tried his best to restrain himself.

——Because he is able to reach the extreme of emotion, he can also reach the extreme of swordsmanship.

This sentence describing the male protagonist Lang Fanyun in the book "The Return of the Condor Heroes" gradually became his motto.

He couldn't be as affectionate as Lang Fanyun.

But he can try to be loyal in his feelings.

At least don't have two boats at the same time.

……

Arrived at the hotel where Lin Baohui and others were staying.

As soon as he entered the lobby, Cao Sheng saw several people coming towards him, led by a middle-aged man about 1.8 meters tall.

Adventurer Zhao Guobin lagged behind this man by half a step. Behind them, there was a man and a woman.

Lin Baohui whispered beside Cao Sheng: "The one in the front is Director Liu Junjie."

Liu Junjie has very short hair and half of his beard is white.

But in good spirits.

He walked up to him quickly, stretched out his hands from a distance, and spoke enthusiastically: "Writer Cao! Nice to meet you! I'm Liu Junjie, and I'm also a fan of your books. It's our first meeting. Please take care of me! Please take care of me!"

Cao Sheng quickened his pace and went forward to meet him, shaking hands with Liu Junjie.

"Director Liu! I've heard a lot about you! Welcome to Huizhou. I heard you just arrived here today. Why don't you take a rest first? There's no need to rush for us to meet."

Liu Junjie laughed, glanced at Lin Baohui next to Cao Sheng, and guessed that it was Lin Baohui who said it.

"You can take a break anytime. I just want to see you so much. Let's go! I've booked a private room here. Let's eat and chat in the room?"

Cao Sheng naturally had no objection.

So, the group came to the private room.

Along the way, Liu Junjie introduced the man and woman he brought with him this time.

The man is his assistant.

The woman is a lawyer. …

In the box.

After everyone had almost finished eating, Liu Junjie started to talk about business.

"Writer Cao! I'm really sorry about the price the company gave you last time. Although we've asked the adventurer to explain it to you, I still want to apologize to you here. Although it was the personal behavior of the head of the copyright department, it was also my negligence in my work. I will punish myself with a drink!"

As he spoke, he picked up the glass and drank it all.

Cao Sheng smiled and didn't stop him, but he had a drink with him.

After putting down his wine glass, Liu Junjie reached out to take a document from his assistant, stood up and handed it to Cao Sheng with both hands.

"Writer Cao! This is the script I wrote in the past two days. It is based on your original work. It is still very rough, but I have put a lot of effort into it. Can you take a look at it? It would be best if you could give me some advice, okay?"

Is the script ready?
Cao Sheng knew that this was Liu Junjie's way of proving his dedication to the project.

Cao Sheng stood up and took the document. "Director Liu, please sit down! Let me take a look."

"well!"

Liu Junjie sat down, and Cao Sheng also sat down again, opened the document, and looked at it carefully for a while.

This was the first time he read the script.

I don’t know whether Liu Junjie’s writing is professional or not.

But the format and writing style are indeed completely different from novels.

The title is "Living with a Stewardess"

Screenwriter: Liu Junjie
scene one:

Under this scene, the plots of the first act, the second act, and so on are written respectively.

The main characters and supporting characters are written before the plot of each scene.

After flipping through more than a dozen pages, Cao Sheng saw scene two.

Below scene two, there is a description of the plot of the first and second scenes again.

This script breaks down the plot of his novel into smaller plots and is not written in the order of the plot in the novel.

Instead, the plots of each scene are listed together.

With a script like this, you can tell at a glance which scene to shoot, which filming location to go to for preparation, which actors to call to the scene, etc.

Cao Sheng didn't look closely.

After just a quick glance at it, he was not sure whether the script was really written by Liu Junjie himself.

But this is not important.

What's important is that the other party can show their sincerity by producing such a script before negotiating with him about the adaptation rights.

After closing the script, Cao Sheng looked up at Liu Junjie opposite him.

At this time, everyone was looking at Cao Sheng, and Liu Junjie looked a little expectant.

Seeing Cao Sheng looking over, Liu Junjie quickly asked, "Writer Cao, do you think there is anything in this script that needs to be revised?"

Cao Sheng smiled and said, "I don't understand scripts, but I can see that it takes a lot of time and effort to make a script like this."

Liu Junjie nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes! The most important thing to adapt a novel into a script is to spend time and patience. I personally think that your novel is already very well written. If it is made into a TV series, there is no need to modify the plot too much. It should be very good if it is made as close to the original as possible. What do you think?"

Cao Sheng did not take up the topic, but asked: "Who are you going to invite as the lead actor?"

Liu Junjie was a little surprised.

Perhaps he didn't expect Cao Sheng to care about this issue.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have a favorite candidate?"

Cao Sheng shook his head. "No! But I hope that when you choose actors, you can try to fit the image and temperament of the actors in the book. For example, the candidate for Ran Jing should not only be beautiful and have a good figure, but also have a little melancholy in temperament. She should not be too young or too old! It is best to be around 25 to 28 years old.

When choosing a male lead, he should have a bit of a badass vibe, but he also has to be a bit handsome and be able to perform a comedic role.”

Liu Junjie frowned and thought for a while, "What do you think of Chen Derong?"

Cao Sheng thought of a sentence describing Chen Derong: the most beautiful Qiong girl.

But it seems that Miss Joan plays the most tragic dramas. If she plays too many tragic dramas, it will leave a miserable impression on the audience.

But Ran Jing's image is not that bitter.

As soon as Chen Derong appeared on the stage, the audience probably thought that the male protagonist was going to die.

Thinking of this, Cao Sheng shook his head slightly. "She has played too many sad scenes. I'm afraid it's hard for the audience to see her as a capable stewardess. Do you have a better candidate?"

Liu Junjie frowned and thought for a while, this time he proposed three candidates at once, "What do you think of Xiao Qiang? Many viewers have said that she is the most beautiful woman in our island. Or Zhang Yuyan, do you know her? She played Lin Daiyu two years ago, her appearance and figure are definitely suitable. Or, Ye Quanzhen? Her age should be suitable, but she has mainly acted in movies in recent years. It may be a bit difficult to invite her to act in a TV series."

Xiao Qiang?

The first person Cao Sheng thought of was Lin Shiyin in "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li".

I wonder if "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li" has been aired yet?

You can check it online later.

However, the impression she will leave on the audience in the future will probably still be that of Lin Shiyin.

When the audience thinks of her in the future, it will probably be difficult for them to associate her with the character of Ran Jing.

Who is Zhang Yuyan? Did she play Lin Daiyu?
Cao Sheng has no impression.

But since she can play Lin Daiyu, she must be very beautiful.

Ye Quanzhen?
Cao Sheng has some impression.

As I recall, this beauty had a small face, but in a certain martial arts movie, she had a very strong aura and she didn't even lose out when acting opposite Lin Qingxia.

He even remembered a line she said: "You abuse your feelings! This is a big taboo in military strategy!"

For a moment, Cao Sheng couldn't decide which actress to use.

But he felt that since Liu Junjie was considering female stars of this level, he didn't have to worry too much about the quality of the TV series.

So, he smiled and said, "Director Liu, you should take your time to decide who to choose! Let's talk about the cost now! What price are you going to give me this time?"

(End of this chapter)