This director loves making friends.

"script?"

Zhang Min looked at the stack of letters in her hand, somewhat puzzled.

Watching Qin Keqing's departing figure, she wanted to say, "What do you mean by handing me a lousy script? I've kept my promise; you're now the assistant director on set. We'd better not have any further dealings. Take your stuff..."

However, she only thought about it.

She is afraid.

Young people care about their image; what if the other party says something reckless without considering the consequences?

Zhang Min felt regret once again. How could she have suddenly gotten carried away and had the idea of ​​revenge and indulgence while walking in the grove?

Although she had a deep impression of that "exchange" and sometimes dreamed about it at night... she didn't want to talk about how serious the consequences would be if she were discovered.

"Alas, impulsiveness is the devil."

Zhang Min tossed the stack of bound letters aside, somewhat uninterested in reading them. When Qin Keqing asked, she said she had read them and told him they were alright, but there were still many areas for improvement to meet the filming standards…

"Ah Ying, how many more days until filming wraps up? When do I go back to Hong Kong?"

"Your scenes will be finished in five days. It would be best if you set off immediately after that. 'Bodhi Ghost' is waiting for you to hold its opening ceremony."

Zhang Min breathed a sigh of relief. Five days. Thank goodness. Leaving a day earlier might mean being free a day earlier.

She stood up, glanced at the stack of letters, thought for a moment, and decided it was best to tell Qin Keqing later, to delay as long as possible, and preferably to tell him right before she left.

"A Bittersweet Life? Is it a romance film?"

He shook his head, picked up the script called "A Sweet Life," put it in the drawer, and then lay down on the bed for a nap.

In the afternoon, Zhang Min arrived at the film set and saw Qin Keqing playing with some children. She knew that those were the child actors Qin Keqing had selected, and they would have scenes to film that afternoon.

Do you enjoy acting in movies?

"like."

Do you want to be a big star when you grow up?

What is a big star?

"It's someone who can make a lot of money by acting in movies."

"I want to be a big star. I have a classmate whose family is very rich. His dad bought a really cool car. I want to buy a car too."

"How about I become your godfather? If you call me dad, I'll buy you a toy car, a better-looking one than your classmates'."

"Really?"

……

Zhang Min glanced at the little girl that Qin Keqing was teasing.

The little girl was very young, with two pigtails, big eyes, a straight nose, and a small, delicate mouth. Her overall face had a natural three-dimensional quality, like a beautifully sculpted jade sculpture. She would probably be very beautiful when she grew up.

However, being beautiful isn't necessarily a good thing in the film and television industry.

The afternoon shoot went relatively smoothly. The children didn't have many shots, and even though there were several takes for various reasons, it didn't significantly affect the shooting schedule.

As soon as I got back to the hotel that evening, my assistant knocked on the door and came in.

"Ms. Zhang, this is the script for 'Bodhi Ghost.' Take a look when you have time; it will make filming go more smoothly."

Zhang Min was furious when she saw this.

However, she forced herself to suppress her anger, took the script, and waved for her assistant to leave, wanting to be alone for a while.

"Bodhi Ghost" is a commissioned film from Taiwan. Generally, these commissioned films are copycat works, with the aim of making a quick buck.

As for the quality of the movie, if it can tell a story coherently, that's considered high quality. Don't expect too much from the logic and such.

Shoddy workmanship is the defining characteristic of most copycat works.

Zhang Min kicked off her shoes and lay weakly on the bed. After thinking for a while, she picked up the script of "Bodhi Ghost" and thought, "What if it works?"

After quickly skimming through the information, Zhang Min sighed, her "what if" thought shattered.

The script tells the story of a boy and his junior apprentice who make a living by carving Buddha statues, and a beautiful woman who is good at playing the zither and comes from a good family.

A beautiful woman was targeted by a villain, and her entire family was murdered. She was then thrown from a building and fell to her death onto a sacred tree that a boy was transporting. Her soul was taken away by the sacred tree and became a female ghost.

The boy was transporting sacred wood to carve a Bodhisattva statue to cleanse the world of impurities. During their time together, feelings began to develop between the human and the ghost.

Later, it was learned that a high-ranking official, in order to control the world, had raised a demon that needed to be fed with the blood of 100 babies to grow up. In the end, because he couldn't gather enough people, he even offered his own concubines to the demon.

The demon grew up, broke free from the control of the high-ranking official, and wreaked havoc everywhere.

In the final battle between good and evil, a human and a ghost embedded the relics of the monk, the main fighting force, after his self-immolation, into the forehead of the Bodhisattva statue. The Bodhisattva manifested and absorbed all the evil power into it.

First the demon was shredded, then the female ghost was not spared either, leaving only a thin veil that fell in front of the boy...

It's obvious that it's just copying the "A Chinese Ghost Story" series of movies.

Both are beautiful female ghosts.

Both are weak male protagonists.

They are both experts at catching ghosts.

It's also a love story between a human and a ghost.

It's also a battle between good and evil.

It is also an abandoned ancient temple.

Both ended in tragedy.

……

It's like taking the script of the "A Chinese Ghost Story" series, making some random changes, and it becomes "Bodhi Ghost Story".

Zhang Min didn't believe that such a script could produce any masterpiece.

It's not that Zhang Min looks down on Taiwanese filmmakers. If it's art films, Taiwan might be better at it, but this kind of Hong Kong-style period fantasy commercial film, let alone Taiwanese filmmakers, only a few people in Hong Kong can handle it.

Haha, 300 million?

All for a high salary of 300 million.

They actually signed a contract for a custom-made film with Taiwan.

"In his eyes, I'm just a high-end commodity, no, even less than a high-end commodity. High-end commodities are at least carefully cared for, but I'm just a money-making tool that works year-round... Heh... Haha..."

For some reason, Zhang Min suddenly thought of Qin Keqing, who also wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked equally refined.

"A Bittersweet Life? Ha, let's see how sweet you are."

Zhang Min tossed the script of "Bodhi Ghost" aside. Since she couldn't sleep anyway, she decided to just flip through Qin Keqing's script.

Writing a script for a romance movie isn't easy. If it's not good, point out its flaws and give it a good scolding.

What is this "Sweet Life"? Just looking at the title, Zhang Min had a bad feeling. It was very likely to be a clichéd love story where lovers finally get together.

Zhang Min didn't believe that Qin Keqing, who had always stayed in mainland China, could write a truly beautiful love story.

Qin Keqing was not asleep at this moment either.

The novel "A Sweet Life," which he wrote while staying up all night these past few days, was not premeditated, but rather a spur-of-the-moment decision.

The main reason was Zhang Min's identity and some recent events, which reminded him of this South Korean movie. He felt that if Zhang Min read the script, it would be very interesting.

Writing screenplays is not a difficult task for Qin Keqing.

In his previous life, when he worked at that state-owned film studio, he tried many methods and made many attempts to get opportunities, one of which was writing screenplays.

I had a good plan at the time: if my script was noticed by my company, even if I couldn't become a director, I would most likely be able to work as a screenwriter and assistant director.

He's gained some experience, so maybe he'll get a chance if he writes another screenplay.

Therefore, he studied and dissected many scripts and tried to write many scripts, but unfortunately, all of it was in vain.

In the end, it all comes down to seniority and connections. Someone like him, without any background, might not even get the chance to direct a movie by the time he retires.

Once again, Qin Keqing bid farewell to a retired colleague who never got the chance to direct a film independently until his retirement. This made Qin Keqing give up and simply leave the film and television industry to go south and work in foreign trade with others.

Please, brothers, keep reading! Please, at least until Wednesday! I'm begging you!