Abstract Art Award Winner

Zhou Le's words enlightened Meng Ziyi.

Everything about her from "The Untamed" had faded away with the rise of Wang Yibo and Xiao Zhan, but after the Tencent Video All Star Awards ended with a live broadcast, there has been a lot of criticism against her online again.

Since I'll get criticized no matter what I do, I might as well just do something I enjoy.

Go ahead and curse if you want.

If I can listen to even a single word now, I'll consider myself to have lost.

She also discovered that people can live a much easier life once they let go of many worries.

According to Zhou Le, to put it bluntly, the world became brighter after he became shameless.

After chatting in the room for a while, Meng Ziyi received a message from Yu Shuxin saying that Zhou Ye and Xiao Tian had also woken up and wanted to have some breakfast.

Yu Shuxin had her assistant contact the hotel and request a private room.

Although the hotel provides breakfast, other people can also go there. To avoid being disturbed, it's best to have a private room. After all, there are charges for the private room, service fee, and the cost of the chef preparing breakfast separately.

Once the money is in place, it's fine to have a private room or even just sit at the front desk.

Most importantly, you don't have to pay for it yourself; the organizers will naturally cover it.

The hotel they were staying at was a five-star hotel in Beijing, offering various cuisines. They looked at the menu, ordered some porridge, some Cantonese dim sum, some fruit, and some meat.

Looking around, everyone else was eating the same thing: fruit and porridge, along with some vegetable salad.

"Do you usually eat such vegetarian food?"

Zhou Le asked.

"Yes, we are actresses, and we have many activities at the end of the year. Today's breakfast is already quite lavish thanks to you, Brother Le. Normally, we wouldn't eat these high-sugar fruits."

"Sigh, it's all thanks to you guys. I only eat these things when I have to lose weight for filming. The rest of the time, I just need to control myself a little."

"So we're a bit different, but even among young male artists, you're in good health. Many male artists have to start controlling their diet one or two months before these events."

As far as I know, many people either go to Switzerland for injections or to Japan or South Korea for minor cosmetic procedures before these kinds of events.

"I think I'll pass on this, but you can do it if you need it. After all, it's important to maintain your appearance. But please consider it carefully. I've seen many seniors whose faces have collapsed because of these procedures."

"Well, we don't need to now anyway. We just need to get beauty treatments every now and then."

"By the way, Xiaotian, do you know what you said after you drank too much last night?"

"When you were lying in bed, you said you were stuck to the bed and couldn't move at all. You cried as you said this. After crying for a while, you said you couldn't cry anymore, or you wouldn't be a sweet girl anymore. Then you picked up your phone and looked in the mirror. You saw that your makeup was all messed up, and then you started crying again."

Yu Shuxin recounted what happened last night when Xiao Tian went back to his room after drinking too much.

Tian Xiwei's face turned bright red with embarrassment. She kept saying, "I didn't," but her voice was soft, clearly indicating a lack of confidence.

Zhou Ye, standing to the side, covered his mouth and laughed.

"Luckily, I didn't make a scene after drinking, otherwise I would have given Sister Shuxin something to hold against me."

Yu Shuxin glanced at Zhou Ye.

"Ono, are you serious? I was planning to take you all back to your rooms last night, but I wasn't comfortable with that, so I brought you all to my room."

Xiaotian kept crying there, and after listening for a while, you probably thought it was too noisy.

Then you say: I command you not to cry.

As soon as you finished speaking, Xiaotian stopped crying, but then you made her stand up.

Xiaotian sniffled and said in a pitiful voice, "But I'm stuck to the bed and can't stand up at all."

As a result, you asked Xiaotian to raise her arms and legs to prove that she wasn't stuck.

Finally, the two of you stood beside the bed, one playing the instructor and the other the soldier, and did military training for about half an hour.

Zhou Le and Meng Ziyi at the table burst into laughter, while Zhou Ye was dumbfounded.

"Impossible! I trained Xiaotian for over half an hour yesterday!"

"Yeah, you two were doing military training there. I even filmed a video of you. Want to see it?"

"Well, maybe we shouldn't do it," Zhou Ye said.

"I really want to see it. Do I need to pay to see it? I respect intellectual property rights the most."

However, Yu Shuxin did not show the video on the spot. Instead, she consulted Tian Xiwei and Zhou Ye: "It's up to the parties involved. I'm just responsible for recording. If they don't want to show it, then I'll delete it."

"That"

"Then let's take a look."

Actually, Zhou Ye was also very curious about what he would look like when he was drunk.
So they huddled together to watch the video again, and after watching it, Tian Xiwei and Zhou Ye couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.

"Then I'll delete it. These kinds of videos that affect our beautiful image are just for a quick laugh."

Afterwards, Yu Shuxin continued to talk about the two of them.

When you're drunk, you're not afraid of not being able to remember things, but what you fear most is having someone else help you recall them.

The two immediately swore that they would never drink so much alcohol again, no matter what.

But after breakfast, Zhou Le still had plans for lunch. The script for "Love and Redemption" had already been negotiated, and he had bought it out for several million yuan. Afterwards, Su Yingxia asked about the directors who had worked with Zhou Le before.

Yu Zheng hasn't had any plans to film in the past few years, so naturally, a collaboration didn't happen.

Zhou Le's previous purpose in approaching Yu Zheng was either for him to become a director or a producer, so he politely declined Yu Zheng's idea of ​​recommending a director from his company.

What he valued was Yu Zheng's ability and reputation.

But Yu Zheng was also somewhat arrogant, and he didn't want to be credited for things he wasn't involved in.

So Zhou Le contacted Lin Yufen again.

Lin Yufen is a Hong Kong director who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, and she is definitely a top-tier director in the ancient costume drama film and television industry.

Some people who don't follow behind-the-scenes work might not know her name, but her directorial works are all top-notch. She directed numerous TV series, including *Chinese Paladin 3*, *Scarlet Heart 2*, *The Journey of Flower*, *Wu Xin: The Monster Killer*, *Love O2O*, and *Eternal Love*. With Lin Yufen directing, Zhou Le can feel more at ease.

Moreover, after Zhou Le sent the completed script to the other party, the other party read it and immediately said that they could meet in person, but on the condition that she have the right to adapt the script.

However, she was also aware that these scripts had fans of the original works, so the adaptations were just appropriate artistic processing, not random modifications according to her own preferences.

Just like the Legend of Sword and Fairy.

If it follows the original work exactly, there's not much to film.

Zhou Le agreed, and the other party was also arriving in Beijing at noon today.

So after breakfast, Zhou Le went back to the hotel in the morning to review the script again. After going through it once more, he drove Tian Xiwei to the airport.

Su Yingxia then went to arrange the hotel and the private room for lunch.

After picking up the person, they went directly to the restaurant.

Lin Yufen is 58 years old this year, but she looks very young. With her short white hair, she looks very capable.

"Mr. Zhou, I've read the script and I'm quite interested in it. Of course, some parts need to be revised, and some plot points need to be expanded. But your only requirement is that Tian Xiwei be the female lead, right?"

"Yes, because this drama was made specifically for her."

"No problem, she actually has a very good image. Do you have someone in mind for the male lead?"

Zhou Le shook his head: "No, our company only has Guo Qiling and Yin Zheng signed. The rest are female artists, but those two are obviously not suitable for acting in this kind of ancient costume drama."

Lin Yufen thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I do have a suitable candidate. How about you play the male lead, Mr. Zhou? With your acting skills, you are more than capable of playing this kind of role. Moreover, as far as I know, Mr. Zhou also likes to try different roles, but he has never acted in an idol drama with this kind of fantasy theme."

"I?"

Zhou Le hadn't really thought about it that way, because the dramas he had acted in before were either movies or serious dramas.

Although "Joy of Life" is also adapted from a novel, it is more positive overall, otherwise Chen Daomin would not have agreed to star in it.

Tian Xiwei's eyes lit up when she heard the suggestion, because she knew that it would be difficult for her to appear in the same movie as Zhou Le based on her career path, but Lin Yufen was a big shot in the industry, so if the other party said so, there might really be a chance.

On the other hand, she felt that it might not be good for Le Ge to act in idol dramas.

"I'll act it out."

Zhou Le thought about it and realized that he had never acted in an idol drama before, but it was undeniable that idol dramas could indeed bring actors fame and status.

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"Never mind, it's nothing."

Having acted in so many serious dramas before, Zhou Le was actually quite tempted when the other party suddenly made such a suggestion.

"How about I give it a try if I act it myself?"

"Yes, I think you can give it a try. It might be a little less impressive if you're the male lead in someone else's drama, but if you, Mr. Zhou, play the male lead in a drama that you invest in and produce yourself, I think you'll feel much less psychological pressure."

Actually, I did consider this before I came. You might refuse, because for an actor who comes from a film background and wants to compete for mainstream awards, this kind of drama might be seen by some as lowering their status.

Zhou Le smiled and said, "I don't think it's a big deal. For me, any new role is an experiment. Didn't we always say that Huang Xiaoming rewards himself with a domineering CEO role after he makes a good film? Actually, I think he's the happiest person because he can play whatever he wants and has a good balance between acting and not acting."

"Haha, that's true. But I still need to ask, how much money do you plan to invest in this drama? Because I need to use that to find other actors, and the set design, costumes, and props all need to be done according to the budget."

"Director Lin, I think professional matters should be handled by professionals. Now that we've read the script, how much is the estimated investment? I have some on hand, and we can find some more from outside later. As long as it's not too expensive, there shouldn't be any problems. After all, TV series have a long total number of episodes, so it's normal to spend more money."

Lin Yufen liked this kind of straightforward person.

You name the price, I'll give you whatever you say. If it's not enough, I'll find investors. Anyway, the money can't be shortchanged.

"I estimate it would cost at least 200 million yuan, since costumes, props, and set construction all cost a lot of money, especially the post-production special effects for this kind of fantasy drama, which is the biggest expense."

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "Then Director Lin will be in charge of costumes, props, and sets. I have people here who can do the special effects."

"Okay, then our collaboration is settled. If it's feasible, I'll go back and prepare the script. The first half of next year will likely be spent on preparatory work, and we can start filming around the second half of the year."

"Okay, I have faith in Director Lin's abilities."

After agreeing on the initial cooperation, they discussed the details.

At the same time, Lin Yufen explained to the two of them how to film this kind of ancient puppet show.

Because it was their first time, they hadn't had much experience with each other.

After listening for a while, Zhou Le felt that he had gained a lot, but he felt that such TV dramas might need to highlight more character traits.

After all, the male lead in this story is portrayed as handsome, strong, and tragic. Although there are many illogical aspects, people who watch historical romance dramas are looking for an emotional experience, good-looking characters, and a dramatic and bizarre story.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Director Lin. I'll need you to revise the script again, make the characters more detailed and perfect, and try to make the story more engaging."

"Don't worry, I'm quite good at screenwriting."

Zhou Le was naturally reassured by the other party.

After dropping the other party off at the hotel in the afternoon, Zhou Le planned to go home and rest. However, no sooner had he arrived at his doorstep than Wang Sicong called again.

"Le'er, is something wrong? Come out and play for a while if you're not."

"Nothing's wrong, but Principal Wang, are you in Beijing right now?"

"Yeah, I'm in Beijing right now. I've been doing a few business meetings these past few days. It's really troublesome sitting with those people. I feel much more comfortable with you guys. Where are you? Give me your address and I'll have someone pick you up in a bit."

"Okay, I'm home right now. I'll tidy up and change my clothes. See you later."

"I've been thinking about investing in film and television lately, but I haven't been able to find any good projects. I was going to ask Lin Gou, but he doesn't seem to care about these things at all. Do you have any good projects you could recommend?"

After meeting, Wang Sicong got straight to the point.

Anyway, those who are close to him know his personality. He gets straight to the point, and once that's done, he can have fun without any worries.

"Projects? When you say film investment, do you mean investing in movies or TV series?"

"Whatever. Didn't I invest in your movie before? It'll be filmed next year, but this kind of thing takes too long. I'm thinking I should do a few more, so that at least I can get some profit at each stage."

"If that's all right, how about investing in the TV series I just confirmed the director for? I'll be the producer, and we'll also get Tencent involved. If you're interested, Principal, why don't you invest some money and give it a try?" (End of Chapter)