The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 356 Script Revision
"Perhaps this is a kind of inheritance, an interesting inheritance."

"In the original novel, Zhou Zhiruo was not initially a ruthless character, but due to circumstances and her master's pressure, she eventually became like her master."

“When we were talking about this, someone raised an interesting hypothetical question: if Zhou Zhiruo hadn’t met Zhang Wuji, or hadn’t been influenced by him along the way, would she have become the second Abbess Miejue? So, I decided to play this role.”

Upon seeing this, Xu Jiuyang found the remote control and pressed the power button: "Well said."

“That’s certainly true. Besides, casting her as Abbess Miejue is an excellent idea.” A pair of hands reached out from behind, first wrapping around his waist, then groping his chest.

"Alright," Xu Jiuyang said, swatting her hand away and turning around. "Didn't I feed you two sisters enough last night?"

"What, can't I even get hungry again?" Li Xue winked, then gestured towards the already turned-off TV screen: "How do I compare to her?"

"You're the screenwriter, she's the actress, how can you compare?" Xu Jiuyang asked knowingly.

"Tell me about it," Li Xue said, taking her arm.

"Alright, alright, she's not as good as you, are you satisfied now?" Xu Jiuyang coaxed her, and then added as she smiled happily, "But who knows what will happen in the future."

This is no exaggeration. After filming "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", Zhou Haimei established a film and television company in mainland China, with Guo Xianni, Chen Xiuli and Guo Feili as shareholders.

Well, she didn't even need to act. Xu Jiuyang could easily imagine how she and the others would stand together and face adversity.

"It's okay," Li Xue said, seemingly unconcerned. "If you want to bring her over to compete with me, I don't mind either."

"Let's deal with the people around you first. You can't even beat Hao Lei and Tang Wei, let alone Zhao Yan now." Xu Jiuyang chuckled and pinched her cheek, then added in his mind: Not only Zhao Yan, but also Tingmei.

Because she was in charge of overseeing Focus Media's advertising, Ni Hongjie's few interactions with him were all through Zhang Yin, and naturally, she didn't have a deeper relationship with him like Tang Wei and the others.

This obviously hindered her progress, so more than half a month ago, when she was preparing to promote "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", she finally found an opportunity to invite him over for a chat and take care of things in his office.

"I can't help it. One wrong step leads to another. If I don't take the initiative, I won't even get to drink soup later." After finishing, Tingmei said to him with her hair disheveled and hairpins askew. Her tone was full of regret, and... a little bit of hard-to-detect satisfaction, like eating a ginseng fruit.

However, Xu Jiuyang didn't care, he just asked her when she blew it again, "Is there anything else?"

“Of course they are, they’re even more eager than I am, but unfortunately the big boss isn’t giving them the chance yet,” Ni Hongjie said with a smile.

So when Li Xue said that she could team up with Li Xiu and that the sisters could fight several at the same time, the person just smiled and remained silent.

Then there was a knock on the door, and the assistant Zhang Yan came in: "Boss, screenwriter Yu is here."

"Take him to the small living room, I'll be right there." Xu Jiuyang nodded.

"The girl is quite pretty. Who planted her here?" Li Xue asked curiously after she left. "And it seems like you haven't eaten her yet."

"What, do I look like a lustful glutton?" Xu Jiuyang asked, somewhat speechless.

“Of course not,” Li Xue replied seriously, “You are.”

Even though he knew she was provoking him, he still pinned her to his lap and slapped her hard several times before stopping.

Then, the two went downstairs to the small living room, where a fair-skinned young man in his early twenties was already waiting. "Sorry, Screenwriter Yu, for keeping you waiting a while," Xu Jiuyang said politely.

"Actually, there's no rush. I came here today mainly to hear Teacher Xu's advice." The other person smiled shyly, wore glasses, and was very polite. He did have a bit of a gay vibe, and the things about him in his past life were probably not just rumors.

Yes, the screenwriter Yu standing in front of someone right now is none other than Yu Mama, the plagiarism queen who was on par with Guo Jingming in her previous life.

His original name was Yu Zheng. In his previous life, when he established his studio in 02, he changed both his surname and given name to homophones for some unknown reason.

In this life, he is still called Yu Zheng, and he is also a contracted screenwriter under Sister Xiaoli's Red Boat Pictures. He is currently in charge of the script work for "Chinese Paladin".

Not only that, Sister Xiaoli also said on the phone that she thought highly of this young man and that if he did a good job this time, she would also consider sponsoring him to open a studio.

Although Xu Jiuyang no longer cared about the fact that any woman he randomly picked was a future celebrity, he was still a little curious.

According to the gossip he knew, Yu Zheng was severely suppressed by screenwriters in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles, which caused his personality to change drastically and he began to resort to any means necessary.

It seems that she was signed by Sister Xiaoli early on and has received some training. I wonder what she will become in the future.

Although many thoughts were swirling in his mind, Xu Jiuyang still introduced Li Xue to Yu Zheng: "She was the screenwriter for 'The Dark Side,' and she also collaborated with me on 'Falling,' which started filming at the beginning of this year, so I asked her to come and help with the reference."

Yu Zheng quickly bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Teacher Li."

"It's alright, it's alright. I only offered a few suggestions. Overall, he's the one who should take the lead. You two can talk it out now. I won't say anything more," Li Xue replied cheerfully.

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, they sat down. Xu Jiuyang then said directly, "Screenwriter Yu Zheng's script is already very complete. It only needs some minor adjustments before it can be used. However, the reason I invited screenwriter Yu here is not to discuss this. After thinking about it for a long time, I'm going to persuade Xiao... I'm going to persuade Ms. Liu to let Liu Qianqian play Zhao Ling'er."

"Should we cast Miss Liu as Zhao Ling'er?" Yu Zheng was clearly taken aback.

As a contracted screenwriter with Hongchuan Media and commissioned to write scripts, he would definitely try his best to increase Lin Yueru's screen time and shape her image.

Now, someone says they want to change things, and even says they want to persuade Ms. Liu to make a 180-degree turn and play Zhao Ling'er.

“Yes, you heard me right,” Xu Jiuyang nodded. “Besides, I am confident that I can persuade Ms. Liu.”

"Isn't this topic a bit too big?" Yu Zheng asked cautiously.

"It's alright, today is just a discussion to give screenwriter Yu some time to prepare. Ms. Liu will definitely inform you of the specific details." Xu Jiuyang smiled.

After thinking for a few minutes, Yu Zheng nodded: "Then I'm all ears."

“It’s very simple. As we all know, the game’s script is a typical Golden Fleece type, but the key to driving the story is the disappearance of the female protagonist, Zhao Ling’er…” Xu Jiuyang said.

To put it bluntly, the portrayal of Zhao Ling'er in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was somewhat unsuccessful, because what we are discussing right now, two-thirds of the story, is driven by the search for Zhao Ling'er.

At first, going to Immortal Spirit Island to seek medicine could be said to be to save his aunt; later, when he arrived in Suzhou, Zhao Ling'er's transformation led to the Hidden Dragon Cave and Baihe Village; then Elder Shi took Zhao Ling'er away, which led to the story of Yangzhou; then the Sword Saint took Zhao Ling'er away, which led to the story of Liu Jinyuan and Caiyi, as well as the Demon Locking Tower.

It can be said that Zhao Ling'er's character is rather lacking in these storylines.

(End of this chapter)