Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 768 Reading the Script (24)

Meng Ziyi comes from a well-off family…

Okay, actually, actors, especially those with formal training, usually come from well-off families!

The reason is simple: a wealthy family background provides more resources and opportunities for professional arts training, as well as easier access to the entertainment industry…

Conversely, those who are not so wealthy...

There's not much of that opportunity.

In the original timeline, Meng Ziyi first gained some fame during the promotional period for "God of War Zhao Yun," with a plethora of articles claiming she outshone Lin Yoona and Naza...

These press releases couldn't possibly have been issued by the production company...

Moreover, she was only a sophomore at the time and hadn't signed with a company, so her family had to pay for it!
"You're going to write a script just for me?"

"No," Shen Yan shook his head, "I mean I'll arrange a job for you... it could be a variety show or a TV drama, you can choose!"

After thinking it over carefully, Meng Ziyi said, "...I'm not good at variety shows; I'm too easily offended..."

Shen Yan nodded: "That's true!"

She rose to fame through "Peach Blossom Village," and her popularity stems from the presence of gentle, intelligent, and emotionally intelligent people around her, such as Li Xueqin, Xu Zhisheng, Wang Sulong, and Guo Qilin. Because they didn't show any dislike or contempt for Meng Ziyi, viewers unconsciously empathized with her and saw her from their perspective, thus appreciating her strengths.

If I were to appear on "Running Man," I'd be bombarded with criticism!

During the scene with the Goujian Sword, Zheng Kai, who was sitting in the back, clearly looked impatient and couldn't stand it anymore!

This is how a proud and arrogant celebrity would react to her.

If the characters in "Peach Blossom Village" are arrogant, seasoned variety show veterans like Zheng Kai, their attitude towards Meng Ziyi will reflect the audience's attitude towards Meng Ziyi.

I'm sure there will be a ton of comments like: "I'm having a brain fart attack!"
However, she does have a very good personality. She doesn't take small things to heart, and she can distinguish right from wrong. If others say she has a problem, she will listen and correct it, which is a good thing. She doesn't subconsciously argue back.

Shen Yan said Lan Xinjie had been replaced. Although she was sad, she knew it was due to objective factors that prevented it...

So, I'm not going to dwell on it anymore!
Instead, they pressed for 'compensation'...

"How about you write a script for me?" Meng Ziyi said, adding, "Ideally, you'd play the male lead!"

Shen Yan rolled her eyes: "Should I call Yang Mi, Dilraba, and Liu Shishi over to play supporting roles for you?"

"This is good, this is good!"

"Big sister, didn't you realize I was being sarcastic?"

Why mock them?

“…Okay,” Shen Yan was speechless, "Wait for me to go back and look through the scripts to see if there are any suitable ones…”

"Looking through scripts? You have a whole bunch of scripts in your room?"

"I have a notebook, and I keep most of the scripts that are going to be filmed in my notebook!"

"...Then, may I take a look?"

Shen Yan shook his head: "It won't be told to outsiders!"

Meng Ziyi immediately raised his hand and swore, "I will absolutely not tell anyone!"

"...Okay, okay, I'll go back and get your computer!"

"Can't you send it to me?"

"I'm sending this to you. What if your computer gets a virus?"

"Then I'll go with you to see it!"

"Now?" Shen Yan was taken aback. "You want to go to my room?"

"is it not OK?"

"...Are you really not afraid..."

Meng Ziyi had already put on her coat and changed her shoes: "It's okay, I'm just a nobody. I won't lose anything by spreading rumors with you!"

"...Don't you need to do some research on the character of Hu Xiufen?"

"Oh, right!" Meng Ziyi suddenly remembered something: "So what happened to the actress who was originally supposed to play Hu Xiufen? She was kicked out of the cast!"

"what?"

"...This role was originally intended for Chen Yao to play as a guest star...but now that you've taken it...she's no longer needed."

"Sister Chen Yao has four dramas a year... Does she have time for a cameo role?"

"So it meant squeezing out time..."

Shen Yan patiently explained…

Hu Xiufen was not an important character to begin with.

Hu Xiufen was Zhu Yizhen's close friend at Shenjiang University, and the two often participated in student movements and demonstrations together.

With a sincere and righteous personality, he provides crucial support to Zhu Yizhen, making him an indispensable partner in Zhu Yizhen's growth...

Unfortunately, she did not embark on the revolutionary path…

There isn't much more to it than that; he probably died!
……

Shen Yan's notebook does indeed contain a bunch of projects...

Categorized by genre: science fiction, drama, action, romance, suspense and crime, fantasy... and even mainstream commercial films!
Most of these scripts were not written by him.

Many of these are projects primarily controlled and invested in by Spark Studio…

For example, in the romance genre, "Call Me Crazy" and "The Love Saint" are both works by New Classics Media in collaboration with Spark Studio.

"Lucky Key" and "The Man in My Body" were script outlines provided by Shen Yan, and then screenwriters were hired to polish them.

His works include *How Long Will I Love U*, *Love Like a Bouquet*, and *Parasite*.

There's also a movie called "The Birth of a Bad Movie," which is actually "One Cut of the Dead"...

Oh, and there's also a movie I'm currently writing called "Operation Red Sea"...

The fantasy novel "Shushan" only tells a brief synopsis: The Shushan Sect, as the orthodox sect of heaven and earth, has enslaved the world for too long, and it is time to overthrow it!

Uh, that's all on this laptop!
He turned on the computer for Meng Ziyi and gave her a bag of carrots: "If you get hungry while watching, you can eat some... These are delicious and low in calories!"

"carrot?"

"right…"

"Bolthouse Farms? A foreign brand?"

"I don't know, they bought it for me..." After saying that, Shen Yan said, "I'm going to sleep first. If you've finished reading, you can go back by yourself!"

"Ok!"

Seeing that Meng Ziyi had already focused his attention on the computer, Shen Yan pushed open the study door and simply went back to the bedroom…

I browsed Weibo for a while.

I checked the box office figures for "Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils".

Currently, "Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils" has been in theaters for 13 days, accumulating a box office of 21.8 billion yuan. On its second working day, the daily box office figure dropped to 8200 million yuan, then 7400 million, 6800 million…

That's understandable, after all, "Zhou Chu" isn't a big commercial film, so its staying power is definitely not going to be great!

The reason it achieved such high box office numbers, besides being popular with audiences, is mainly due to its extensive theatrical screenings.

And then there's the release of "The Secret Life of Pets"!

I reckon that after "The Lost Tomb", "Sweet Sixteen" and "Door Lock" are released the day after tomorrow, the number of screenings will be cut by half again, and the box office for the third weekend will probably only reach 200 million at most!
Actually, it's not bad, considering the initial expectation was at most 18 billion...

It’s time to be content!

Continuing to scroll through Weibo's trending topics, wow, it's all top celebrities... even changing their hairstyle can make it to the trending topics!
Wait... isn't it the Olympics right now?
The women's volleyball team winning the championship can't compare to a top celebrity changing their hairstyle?
This Weibo is truly magical!

Can't you pay a little more attention to the truly important matters?

Stop focusing on those trivial matters and despicable people in the Chinese entertainment industry to exploit...

(End of this chapter)