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Adults don't care about right or wrong, they only care about advantages and disadvantages.

To be honest, everyone knows that the script for "Tiny Times" was terrible, but everyone also knows that the movie "Tiny Times" made money. You have to pay for what you gain; the world has always been fair.

Every single person in the "Tiny Times" crew came to the project because they thought it would make money.

For example, Chai Zhiping from Taiwan brought a group of Taiwanese artists to "strongly support" Guo Xiaosi, a director who has crossed over into the industry. Isn't she just hoping to gain both fame and fortune?

However, Guo Xiaosi, as the core creator of the project, still wanted the film series to have a better reputation.

After all, it's a movie adapted from his own book, and he directed it himself.

If the movie receives terrible reviews, it will really be a slap in his face.

Even if you can make money, you still won't be in a good mood.

It might be a bit pretentious, but isn't he a self-proclaimed scholar? Of course, he doesn't have the integrity of a scholar, but he certainly has that hypocritical and self-righteous attitude.

The main problem is that the shooting schedule is too tight—less than three months to shoot one movie is manageable, but shooting two back-to-back?

Adapting novels into films and television series is inherently difficult, and projects are often rushed, so there's simply no time to carefully refine the script.

Especially since Guo Jingming, as a writer who made his fortune by plagiarizing other people's ideas, simply doesn't have the ability to improve scripts! You know that, right?

After the script came out, the first part was passable, but the second part was complete garbage.

To be fair, if you've seen the "Tiny Times" series, you'd think the first one was alright. Although it was bad, it wasn't as bad as the online reviews made it out to be.

But if you are "lucky" enough to click on "Tiny Times 2", you will feel that although it is being criticized online, it can be criticized even more.

The "Tiny Times Sisters" in the first movie still had some sisterly affection, but in the second movie, the group fell apart and suddenly started fighting.

Most importantly, everyone's transformation was too abrupt, and the logic was completely untenable.

First, there's Lin Xiao, played by Yang Mi. As the female lead in the series, she messed up all sorts of things in the first movie, but she still didn't grow at all in the second movie.

She keeps messing everything up, and then Gu Li, played by Amber Kuo, has to clean it up.

Secondly, there's Nan Xiang, played by Guo Biting. According to the plot, she rose to prominence thanks to Gu Li's support. Her boyfriend, Xi Cheng, abused her, but she refused to break up with him. Later, Xi Cheng drugged Gu Li and forced her to sleep with him, but she blamed Gu Li instead and threw red wine at her in public...

He is truly the embodiment of an ingrate.

Therefore, viewers who have seen "Tiny Times 2" summarize the movie's roles as follows: Yang Mi and Guo Biting serve two purposes in the film. One introduces Guo Caijie at the beginning; the other causes Guo Caijie to suffer hardships and be tempered by reality due to her bad luck in love, thus evolving into a better Guo Caijie.

Therefore, compared to the other three, Gu Li is more like the female lead.

Why call it "Tiny Times"? Why not just rename it "The Legend of Gu Li"?

"Director Guo, there's something in the script that I've never understood."

In the conference room, Liu Taile looked at Guo Xiaosi with a somewhat blank expression and asked, "Xi Cheng is such a scumbag. Not only is he ignorant and incompetent, but he also does all sorts of bad things. In 'Tiny Times 2,' he even drugged Gu Li, causing the two to have a relationship that went beyond friendship, which led to another round of infighting among the 'Tiny Times Sisters.'"

So how exactly did Nanxiang, this "good girl," fall in love with this scumbag?

"Well……"

Guo Xiaosi was stumped by the question.

"This is meant to create a contrast."

After thinking for a while, Guo Xiaosi could only explain it this way: "Nanxiang came from a poor family, and girls with such good backgrounds are most likely to be coveted by bad people."

"Are the purest always the first to be sacrificed, or to fall?"

Liu Taile frowned and asked again.

"Yes, that's it!"

Guo Xiaosi's eyes lit up, and he greatly admired Liu Taile's understanding.

"But there are still some things I don't understand."

Liu Taile continued, "Why does she hate Gu Li even more after her boyfriend Xi Cheng slept with her best friend Gu Li, and even turn against her former best friend?"

"The decadence you just mentioned."

Guo Xiaosi continued to forcefully explain, "Because Nanxiang's thinking was already distorted at that time, she felt that everything was still Gu Li seducing Xi Cheng."

Just like you said, Xi Cheng is a scumbag, but Nan Xiang can't even keep a scumbag, which makes her feel like a failure as a woman.

In a state of extreme self-abandonment, out of a sense of human self-preservation, she needed an outlet for her emotions, so Gu Li became the target of her resentment.

At that time, in Nanxiang's heart, even though Gu Li was her best friend and even though Gu Li had always helped her, Gu Li became her enemy after stealing her boyfriend...

"Cough cough~~"

Suddenly, someone nearby coughed rapidly, interrupting Guo Xiaosi's continued expression.

"Li Hui, what's wrong?"

Liu Taile looked at the man and asked.

That person was Li Yi, the screenwriter whom Liu Taile brought into the team.

"It's nothing, Mr. Liu, I just choked on my water."

Li replied sheepishly.

But then he added, "However, Brother Le, Director Guo, I've read through the script of 'Tiny Times' several times, and I specifically wrote a profile of Nan Xiang's mind. I have some different thoughts, could you share them?"

"Tell me about it. Two heads are better than one."

Liu Taile laughed directly, then looked at Guo Xiaosi, "Director Guo, my company's young screenwriter wants to grow, could you give him some pointers?"

"Okay."

Guo Xiaosi smiled kindly and gestured to Li Yi, "Screenwriter Li, you go ahead and say it."

"Director Guo, you can just call me Xiao Li."

Li smiled modestly, and then began to speak eloquently, "I think that a character must have a plausible motivation for doing anything."

Nan Xiang came from a poor family, but she chose to study the expensive arts. In high school, she attended the same school as Gu Li, Lin Xiao, and Tang Wanru.

In other words, Nanxiang has been receiving an education that exceeds her family's financial capacity and places a heavy burden on her. Why is that?

The group of people followed Li Zi's voice and began to think.

"Because Nanxiang's parents love her and are desperate to give her a better education so she can have a better life in the future. That's why Nanxiang is different from the other three. She is taciturn because everything she does requires money, and that's what she lacks most."

Li continued, "Therefore, Nanxiang needs to succeed, at the very least to live the kind of life that others envy."

Only in that way could Nanxiang fulfill her parents' mission and repay their years of hard work and nurturing.

But what does Nanxiang want to do as a person? Or rather, what was Nanxiang's original dream?

Besides being a puppet manipulated by her parents' expectations, does Nanxiang still have a self?

Upon hearing this, Guo Xiaosi's expression completely changed.

Does Nanxiang have a sense of self?

To be honest, Guo Jingming doesn't really care.

Because this character is actually just a tool in his story.

Like Tang Wanru's character, she is one of the sisters, but she is a clown, and later her face is slashed due to a very strange accident.

This is because neither of these two people is the core of the story; they are merely tools to drive the story forward.

Therefore, Guo Jingming unknowingly poured obvious malice into both of them.

"Does everyone remember this scene? Nanxiang cried whenever she saw her ex-boyfriend, Xicheng. She had been beaten by that scumbag and they had broken up, but she couldn't truly let go of him because she couldn't give him up. Gu Li helped her, and she actually turned around and told Xicheng to go to Gu Li for money!"

Li Yi continued, "Nan Xiang was unaware that Xi Cheng had drugged Gu Li. After learning that the two of them had a relationship, Nan Xiang stormed into Gu Li's birthday party and even changed into a black dress that symbolized her transformation into a villain."

Then Nanxiang poured a glass of red wine on Gu Li's head and told her that she hoped Gu Li's life would be as rotten and smelly as her own.

Why?

Of the actors present, besides Liu Taile, who joined the cast with his own investment, only Yang Mi, currently the biggest star, is present.

Yang Mi was clearly unaware that her good friends had suddenly become enemies. She was just as confused as Liu Taile about Nan Xiang's thought process.

So she asked aloud, "Why?"

"Because Nanxiang is very happy. After so many years, she finally has the opportunity to express her true self in front of her three good friends."

Following his line of thought, Li Yi said, "Everyone has the desire to express themselves, and Nan Xiang is no exception. However, in daily life, she is suppressed by reality, by life, and by Gu Li."

Because if you stay around perfect people for too long, you will become corrupt yourself.

Yes, Nan Xiang might be inspired to work hard and strive, but how can she compare? Gu Li is someone born in Rome!

So Nanxiang began to doubt herself, then became angry and furious! Why was she inferior to Gu Li in every way?!

Looking around at everyone in the conference room, Li Cui continued, "When someone feels uncomfortable in front of another person, what are their thoughts?"

And when Nanxiang finds out that she slept with her boyfriend, what will she do with all the old and new grudges combined?

Liu Taile followed his train of thought and suddenly interjected, "I understand!"

Nan Xiang had always wanted to be equal to Gu Li, but she couldn't. Now, however, she suddenly had a chance to stand on the moral high ground and look down on Gu Li—a chance she might only ever have! So what could she do?

"So she deliberately turned against Gu Li, deliberately embarrassed Gu Li, hoping that one day she could suddenly gain the upper hand over Gu Li?"

Yang Mi followed this line of thought and said, "No, this person's thinking is too twisted, isn't it?"

Wasn't Nanxiang originally a well-behaved girl? So, according to this logic, she was inherently bad?

"yes."

Li Yi nodded. "If the plot is to be logically coherent, then Nan Xiang can't just be a poor person who is inherently a bad person!"

Only if she were a bad person could she comfortably enjoy the support her parents provided for her for so many years, exceeding the family's means.

Because she is inherently bad, she has been entangled with that scumbag Xi Cheng. As the saying goes, you can't sleep in the same bed with two different kinds of people.

Because she has always been a twisted thinker, she turned against her good friend Gu Li so suddenly, showing no regard for their past relationship and embarrassing her in public.

So Nan Xiang was originally a bad person. Her innocent and naive persona was just a disguise she put on herself.

That's why, when she was short of money, she single-mindedly resorted to crooked means instead of legitimate part-time work and studying.

This was Li Yi's idea: Nan Xiang wasn't a poor person who turned bad; she was inherently bad.

Actually, if I think about it logically, someone like Nan Xiang, who is so beautiful and well-educated, could easily marry a rich man in Shanghai. Why would she work so hard to support herself and attend an art school?

The fact that she doesn't want to marry a rich man and wants to rely on herself is the highlight that Guo Jingming initially designed for this character.

This persistence allows Nan Xiang to move people regardless of whether she succeeds or fails.

It's just that Guo Jingming doesn't know if he harbors deep malice towards this character.

It's one thing for her to be harassed by that frisky young man Xi Cheng, but it also depicts her being driven to desperation and forced to work in a nightclub...

Despite writing about so much suffering, Guo Jingming continues to guide readers and viewers to hate Nan Xiang for betraying Gu Li's kindness.

But in reality, given Nanxiang's circumstances, she didn't need to drink with anyone at all.

She can easily find a job just by walking around the streets of Shanghai.

If you don't work a regular job, you can be a print model, and you'll be in high demand for jobs like photography and customer service!

Therefore, Guo Jingming's portrayal of Nan Xiang is completely out of touch with reality.

It is clear that his original intention in creating this character was to serve as a foil to Gu Li.

The evil of the character Nanxiang serves to highlight the goodness of Gu Li.

But here is the biggest problem—why design Nanxiang as coming from a poor family, while designing Gu Li as a rich second generation?

Is it true that the rich are all good, and the poor are all evil?

The logic itself is distorted, violating people's basic sense of good and evil.

It reveals someone's already distorted values.

"That's right, Xiao Li, you're absolutely right. That's exactly what I envisioned when I was creating this character!"

Guo Xiaosi suddenly burst into laughter, looking at Li Yi as if he were a close friend. "This character is originally a bad one, used to highlight the genuine goodness of Lin Xiao and Gu Li."

So she didn't turn evil later; instead, she suddenly revealed her true colors and stopped pretending!

Only by understanding these things can you comprehend the story I wrote and what "Tiny Times" is trying to express.

"Does money alienate people, or rather, induce them to reveal their true selves?"

Liu Taile suddenly spoke again, "In this era, only by discerning the truth amidst the chaos can there be a happy ending."

The root of the tragedy lies in mistaking falsehood for reality.

Poverty and wealth are not a person's true nature; good and evil are.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what I meant."

Guo Xiaosi agreed, her face growing increasingly pleased. "Taile, you really should have come to our crew sooner. You and Xiao Li really understand me so well."

His words conveyed a sense of regret for not having met sooner.

"Good things come to those who wait!"

Liu Taile laughed and said, "It's not too late now. It was destined that we would work together to create a great work!"

"Yes, yes, it must be fate!"

Guo Xiaosi laughed heartily, "Now I'm increasingly confident that our movie will be a huge success!"

That's for sure, otherwise we would have just been fooling you for nothing, right?

Liu Taile thought to himself.

Then they exchanged a quick glance with Li Zi, both seeing the smugness in each other's eyes: a pleasant collaboration, a successful deception!