Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 165 Custom-Made Script
Gao Yuanyuan is gone!
Obviously, Li Boda would not agree to marry her, but Gao Yuanyuan was relatively persistent in her feelings. She believed that if you like someone, you should get married, have children, and spend your life together.

Li Boda was unable to fulfill her wishes, and although she had Li Boda in her heart, she still resolutely chose to leave.

To this, Li Boda could only apologize and say sorry; he couldn't say anything else. After all, what the other person wanted was marriage, which Li Boda couldn't provide.

After Gao Yuanyuan left, Sister Wang ran excitedly to Li Boda's side.

"Boda, I've received the termination agreement from Tangren. Now all that's left is for you to sign it. Once you sign, your contract with Tangren will be officially terminated." Sister Wang smiled and placed a contract in front of Li Boda.

"How much is the cancellation fee?"

"No, you don't need to pay a single cent. Cai Yinong thought you were going to retire from the entertainment industry, so she didn't ask for any breach of contract fees. As long as you sign the papers, all other issues will be resolved," Sister Wang said smugly.

"Thank you, Sister Wang, for saving me the cancellation fee!" Li Boda smiled and read through the contract from beginning to end. It was quite simple and clear, with no traps or anything like that, so Li Boda simply signed his name at the bottom of the contract.

"It's not really my doing. It's mainly because your status is different now, Boda. Cai Yinong didn't want things to look too bad, so she didn't ask for a termination fee. I didn't play much of a role in it."

"You can't say that. Without your help, Sister Wang, terminating the contract wouldn't have been so simple and troublesome. Sister Wang, what about you? Have you left Tangren?"

"I've already resigned, and I'm now a free agent," Sister Wang nodded.

"Then, Sister Wang, I'll be leaving my studio in your care from now on," Li Boda said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Sister Wang's eyes lit up immediately; these were exactly the words she had been waiting for.

Although Li Boda now has the added identity of a tech company owner, she will definitely not be as free or as diligent as before when filming, but as long as Li Boda doesn't give up, the studio can keep running. Who knows, after Li Boda becomes a tycoon, she might just turn the studio into a company and become the boss.

"By the way, Boda, I found two scripts in the industry. One is 'Robot Man,' and the other is 'Future Police.' They're both science fiction movies, somewhat similar to 'Iron Man,' but more so to 'Terminator.' I don't know if you'll like them." Sister Wang handed the two scripts to Li Boda.

In fact, quite a few scripts and production teams have been sending invitations to Li Boda, but Sister Wang has screened them all out.

After all, Li Boda's status is different now than before, and he can't keep filming all year round.

When Li Boda saw the two scripts handed to him by Sister Wang, his eyes lit up slightly; he was genuinely looking forward to it.

If there really were a Chinese version of Tony Stark, I would definitely do my best to play the role.

However, when Li Boda opened the script for "Robot Man," his initial high expectations changed.

Li Boda frowned as he looked at the script. In the future, with the advancement of technology, robots were created, and then the robots fell in love with humans.

Looking at this script and this plot, Li Boda really doesn't know how to even begin to criticize it.

The protagonist is either a robot or a cyborg. Where are the robot's creators? Where are geniuses like Tony Stark? Not a single one of them! What a joke!
The plot was fragmented, and the character settings did not meet his expectations.

Li Boda could only shake his head, sigh, and put the script aside.

Li Boda was already disappointed with "Robot Man", so his expectations for the second film, "Future Police", were also lowered.

However, I'll still start the "Future Police" scenario.

Goodness, this script is more like "The Terminator," a version similar to "The Terminator," except the Terminator robots have been replaced with police officers.

To protect Dr. Ma, an expert in energy, they fight the villains and then travel from the future to the past.

Li Boda was speechless.

However, this script does have a scientist in it, Dr. Ma, an energy expert. It's just that Dr. Ma is older in the script, and Li Boda's age doesn't match the character's age.

Then there's the character of Dr. Ma, who has very few scenes and is just a minor supporting character.

And then there's this script, which is terribly written.

"Boda, there really aren't any movies like this in China. If you want to act in a movie like Iron Man, you'll have to look for foreign films. But it's very difficult for people like us with yellow skin to get into foreign films." Sister Wang saw that Li Boda's expression had darkened and knew that neither of the two scripts suited his taste, so she could only explain it this way.

"Understood! I understand!" Li Boda nodded, then said casually, "Since all domestic science fiction films are like this, then forget it. We'll talk about it later. If it really doesn't work out, I'll direct my own science fiction film." "Direct my own film?" Sister Wang was stunned for a moment, looking at Li Boda in astonishment.

“What? I can’t be a director? Jiang Wen was an actor who switched to directing, and he became a great director. If Jiang Wen can do it, why can’t I?” Li Boda said with a smile.

"...Of course it's possible, but being a director isn't that simple..."

“I know, I’ve actually been learning how to be a director for a long time now, so it’s not like I know nothing about directing,” Li Boda explained with a smile.

"...You're even studying to be a director?" Sister Wang was a little at a loss for words.

I've been filming a movie the whole time, and haven't revealed much else.

But while filming, he suddenly revealed his proficiency in the erhu, and then he was also exceptionally good at playing the violin, the flute, and even painting, composing songs, singing, and later, magic tricks. Not long ago, he suddenly started a company and was surprisingly skilled in high-tech stuff. Now he says he was previously studying to be a director.

With all those previous examples in mind, Sister Wang actually believed that Li Boda now possessed some of the abilities of a director.

But when Sister Wang thought about how Li Boda seemed to know everything and could become incredibly skilled at anything with just a little learning, she belatedly realized that Li Boda was a genius, a genius beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Sister Wang left with high hopes.

After Sister Wang left, Li Boda began to think about what he should do next.

Cube Technology is now on the right track. Even though he's been away from the company for a while, managing things remotely, there haven't been any major problems.

So he has time to film!

But what kind of film should we make? How should we make it? These are all things we need to think about carefully.

What he most wants to film now is something like Iron Man, a role similar to Tony Stark's. But clearly, there aren't suitable scripts available in China, or rather, the domestic market can't support this kind of film.

Moreover, the big-name directors in China, such as Zhang Yimou, mostly make period dramas. Can they handle a science fiction genre?
Take Feng Gangpao, for example. His previous films were excellent, but then he insisted on making a blockbuster, "The Banquet," and it was a complete flop. Clearly, Feng Gangpao simply couldn't handle this kind of big-budget film!

Go find a director who can make sci-fi blockbusters? Who knows who's capable and who's not? Or should we train directors who can make sci-fi films?

Instead of training directors capable of making sci-fi blockbusters, it would be better to let Li Boda do it himself.

So after going around in circles, Li Boda realized that instead of focusing on sci-fi blockbusters for the time being, it would be more practical to first become a powerful and accomplished director.

However, the main character in a TV series or movie is the director.

Apart from a script he had casually read two years ago, titled "Dreams Come True," in which the male lead was a director, Li Boda had never seen any other film or television works where the lead actor was a director.

Over the years, there has only been this one script, with the director as the lead actor. Will there be any more film or television works with the director as the lead actor in the future? If so, will the age be appropriate for Li Boda?

Thinking about all this gave Li Boda a headache.

“There are no scripts to choose from, scripts, scripts—” Li Boda muttered to himself, suddenly thinking of the screenwriter profession. He then remembered Yu Zheng, the screenwriter he had met while filming [Rouge Snow]. Li Boda further recalled that [Rouge Snow] was a drama series that Fan Bingbing had personally approached Yu Zheng to write the script for, and that it was a drama series she had invested in and produced herself.

Li Boda's eyes suddenly lit up.

“If there’s no script, I can find a screenwriter to write one. With a script, even if no one invests, I can still do what Fan Bingbing did: assemble my own production team, invest my own money, and play the lead role myself.” Li Boda’s eyes grew brighter as he muttered to himself.

Li Boda couldn't help but pat his head: "It really is true, such a simple thing, I never even thought of it before. If I had thought of it earlier, I wouldn't be worrying like this."

“There aren’t any good sci-fi scripts in China, but I can hire screenwriters—well, these screenwriters in China might not be able to write suitable sci-fi scripts—” Li Boda thought of the movie he had just watched, *Robot Man*, about a robot and a human falling in love—

"Forget it, let's find someone to write a script where the protagonist is the director first. I'll master directing skills first, and then I can direct my own sci-fi blockbusters."

"The requirements for the script should be that it be directed by a genius director who is good at making science fiction films, has strong directing skills, and can produce top-notch international works. Then the entire script should revolve around this theme—" Li Boda set the theme for the script he wanted.

(End of this chapter)