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Chapter 134 Dilraba's Drama

The recent focus of Shanghai's film and television industry is the official website of Fusu Films, which has already registered and publicized five film projects. Among them, the director of "Me Before You" invited Han Yan through Chen Zhixi's connections and confirmed that Mao Xiaotong will play the female lead in his next film, "Go Away Mr. Tumor".

The director of "Yike" is Guo Fan, who has already taken his team to Hebei Province for location scouting.

Both "Karma" and "Detective Chinatown" have already begun preparations.

What everyone is most curious about is the fifth installment. At least the previous ones had plot summaries, giving people a general idea of ​​what the story was about.

But this last one has an odd title: "Perfect Strangers." The synopsis is just one sentence: A group of old friends get together for dinner and some hilarious things happen.

"The name sounds quite artistic, and the description is so down-to-earth, so it's probably a low-budget urban comedy."

This is most people's first reaction. In everyone's mind, the keywords "old friends gathering for a meal" and "laughing and crying" often refer to lighthearted comedies where people tease each other and crack jokes.

In response, Su Liu could only say that they were indeed undermining each other.

As for the other two dramas, one is "My Terrifying Wife." Mao Xiaotong will play a wife who appears sweet and gentle on the surface, but hides a chillingly cunning mind behind the scenes.

The other is the urban supernatural drama "Hotel Del Luna," specifically created for Dilraba's sophisticated and exotic princess persona.

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She plays Jang Man-wol, the president of Hotel Moon, who appears arrogant and beautiful but is actually capricious, greedy, and fickle. Due to the heavy sins she committed a thousand years ago, her soul is bound to the hotel's "Moon Spirit Tree," neither alive nor dead, as a form of atonement.

To be fair, the plot of this drama is so-so, but the characters are extremely well-developed; the entire series is practically Dilraba's runway. Su Liu has already planned to hire a top-notch styling team to join the production, changing Dilraba's outfits into several retro-modern ensembles for each episode.

The only pity is that this kind of subject matter can only be broadcast online and cannot be broadcast on television.

On the other hand, after returning to school, Chen Yao immediately began applying for a leave to go out and film.

Second-year students at the Beijing Film Academy are generally not allowed to take time off from their core academic classes to film outside of class time, and should prioritize using their spare time and weekends. But in reality, why would the school stop a student from getting a role in a big-budget theatrical film?

However, signing a management contract does require approval from the principal's office. With Fu-Sui Films backing them, the school's approval process was smoother than expected, proceeding almost without any obstacles.

"Yaoyao, where are you going?"

When Chen Yao went to the student management center to complete the procedures, she ran into her classmate Hua Wen.

"I just came from the principal's office and I'm going to apply for leave now."

"I heard you signed with Tangren Media! That's great!"

"Who told you that?"

"I heard it from Liu Haikuan, and then he heard it from Wang Yifei from Class 3, and Wang Yifei heard it from—"

She rattled off more than a dozen names like beans, spanning the social networks of three classes in the performing arts department.

This level of intelligence capability would put even the FBI to shame.

Hua Wen is renowned throughout the performing arts department for her unparalleled conversational skills. Her supernaturally high chat frequency allows her to extend simple greetings infinitely, making all the other students in the department avoid her like the plague, fearing that they will be caught by her and forced to waste an entire afternoon.

Only Chen Yao listened to her patiently every time.

But not today; she needs to hurry up and complete the leave application process.

"Ah Wen, I haven't signed with Tangren Media. I have something urgent to attend to right now, let's talk later."

"You didn't sign?" Hua Wen seemed to be a car suddenly stopped at high speed, his expression showing a hint of confusion. "Then you..."

Oh, okay.

Chen Yao didn't have time to scrutinize Hua Wen's complex expression and quickly walked towards the student management center.

As soon as she stepped out the door, her phone rang. She had all the required leave documents and the film crew's loan agreement in hand.

She glanced at the caller ID and her heart skipped a beat.

It's a phone call from Tangren.

Although Chen Yao didn't agree to the contract at the time, she still felt guilty about breaking her promise. It was like going to a store to try on an expensive coat, the sales assistant rushing around to adjust it for you, but in the end you just left.

"Feed," she answered.

A middle-aged woman's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Chen Yao, what's your decision regarding the contract?"

"Um... I'm really sorry, I can't join your company."

There was a moment of silence on the phone.

"Why?" the other person asked.

"I...I signed with another company."

"Is it okay to just say it directly?" Chen Yao thought to herself. It's like buying something in a store; saying "I don't need it" is always braver than saying "I'll look around some more."

"Another company?" The other person's tone clearly betrayed a hint of surprise. "Could you tell me which one?"

"Also from Shanghai, Fuxing Film & Television."

"Revival Entertainment... Okay, that's settled then."

The call was disconnected.

At the same time, a middle-aged woman knocked on Tsai Yinong's office door.

"Sister K, Chen Yao from Beijing Film Academy has been signed by another agency."

"What?" Tsai Yinong asked, as if she hadn't understood. "What do you mean by 'sold out by another company'?"

"He was signed by another company."

"Who? Which company?"

She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Revival Films."

Cai Yinong had naturally heard of Fuxing Film & Television. In fact, it was a household name, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was currently the most prominent film and television company in Shanghai.

In the past, given Cai Yinong's competitive nature, if her desired person had been snatched away, she would have definitely gone to confront them and demand an explanation. But times have changed, and Tangren's situation is far from optimistic.

In another timeline, this period also marked the beginning of Tangren Media's decline. Director Liang Shengquan was poached by H&R Century Pictures and directed "Swords of Legends".

The entire top-notch costume, makeup, and prop team was poached by Yu Zhen and Huanrui.

Li Guoli's energy declined, and he stepped down to a secondary role. The original screenwriting team disbanded, and the scriptwriting ability plummeted. As a result, production quality, aesthetics, and narrative all declined across the board.

As a result, they can only make films based on old formulas and predictable themes.

Despite this, Tsai Yinong stubbornly insisted on using all her own newcomers to carry the show, refusing to collaborate with other companies, resulting in a loss in terms of image, popularity, and viewership.

Chen Yao from that era, after gaining fame for her role as Yue Qiluo in "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer," went through a long period without good scripts or leading roles, essentially wasting her time in obscurity.

Furthermore, Tsai Yi-nong and Li Guo-li held a highly centralized position, made conservative decisions, and rejected new ideas and new teams. Internally, there was also "nepotism," with veterans controlling resources and making it difficult for newcomers to rise to prominence.

Ultimately, this led to a delayed transformation, compounded by quotas on period dramas and difficulties in getting them broadcast on satellite TV. Step by step, this pushed Tangren, once the king of period dramas and a hit-making machine, into the abyss.

However, it's not in Cai Yinong's style to just swallow this loss like this.

In the conference room of Fusu Films, Chen Si was having a meeting with several of her directors. Suddenly, her phone, which was on the table, vibrated.

Chen Si glanced at the unfamiliar Shanghai local number, raised an eyebrow slightly, signaled everyone to continue, and then pressed the answer button.

"Hello, who is this?"

"Mr. Chen, what you've done this time is rather unacceptable, isn't it?"

Chen Si paused for half a second, then chuckled, leaned back, and casually asked, "Who are you?"

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