Actor: Thank you.

Lin Xinru was stunned when she heard that Hunan TV wanted to re-evaluate the project.

My scalp tingled, and I felt like my hair roots were being pulled up.

Why do I feel so uncomfortable and terrified?

We need to start with the project itself.

When filming or doing projects, do you ever spend your own money?
Yes, but the risks are high.

Especially for actors who want to change careers, they might have invested all the money they saved up in the past ten years into one film, and one failure could wipe it all out.

Many artists have risked their lives for art, but most of them have had poor results.

Movies are not just works of art, but more of a commodity, and commodities need to be operated and market rules need to be respected.

There are different ways to play with products.

The correct way to play is like Ruby Lin's.

Celebrities use their most valuable asset, their public image, as leverage to attract capital and resources.

The specific steps are to find a team, buy the copyright, and revise the script.

With team information, project proposals, and scripts, start looking for buyers in advance, such as TV stations, copyright sellers, and online platforms.

After these buyers provide the initial funding, they launch the project and then use these back-end systems and projects to attract advertising sponsorships.

Finally, if the money is really not enough, then you can either add some yourself or find another investor to step in.

Throughout the entire process, it's all about leveraging external forces. Theoretically, if done well, a celebrity can leverage a project worth hundreds of millions with zero cost.

But the key lies in using the opponent's strength against them.

Unlike in later years, the behind-the-scenes operators of TV dramas are mostly the major internet platforms now.

At this point, the TV station is the real money.

Lin Xinru was able to get the project launched and carried out thanks to the fact that Hunan TV was going to invest in and broadcast it, especially during prime time, and her own fame.

What if we film it first, but no one buys it and we can't broadcast it?

If Youku stops purchasing, it will not only be troublesome, but it will also result in a loss of several million yuan.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" has not yet been broadcast, and the online copyright price has not yet been increased, so it is only a few million.

If Hunan TV were to pause operations, it would be akin to a sudden cardiac arrest.

Princess Ziwei felt a churning pain in her stomach and waves of nausea.

He didn't even have time to attend the crew meeting. He got up, staggered a couple of steps, and ran outside, intending to contact Hunan TV to get some answers.

"Xinru, there's one more thing," the producer added.

"Liu Tao said she needs to think about it and is unsure whether she will take the role."

"I know..." Lin Xinru replied casually, she had no time to pay attention to such things right now.

I called the deputy director of the production team in the drama department of Hunan TV to inquire.

"Director Liu, why do you still need to reconsider my new play?"

"Didn't we already agree during our last meal that we would discuss the specifics and then sign a contract?"

The person opposite me stammered and remained silent.

"Anyway, the station has its own considerations."

"You guys need to make some more preparations here, especially regarding personnel, budget, and planning, since this is your first time doing a project on your own."

"I'll contact you later..." The other party hung up after saying that.

Hearing the busy tone from her phone, Lin Xinru's heart sank to the bottom.

She knew this was a big problem.

They weren't threatening her; they were "teaching" her.

People in most colonies around the world have a particular mentality.

They usually jump around excitedly, shouting and yelling everywhere, relying on the suzerain state behind them.

But if you actually beat him up, he'll start to reflect on his mistakes and realize that he deserved the beating.

Why do Teddy dogs only bark and howl at other large dogs when they are on a leash?

Once they become stray dogs, without an owner to leash them, they become even more obedient than dogs.

"Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?" This is a phrase that not everyone can utter.

Now that Ruby Lin has "been beaten up," she immediately looks beautiful.

They didn't even call; they were already in Hengdian, so they went to Yu Zheng's office in person to find him.

He found out the office was empty, but then learned that he was inspecting film sets at Hengdian World Studios, so he rushed back.

Finally, in the new set built for "Empresses in the Palace", we found this screenwriter with a cheeky face.

"Teacher Yu, it's been a long time." Lin Xinru was extremely polite.

"Xinru, hello." As soon as Yu Zheng saw her arrive, his eyes darted around, and he raised his chin two inches, revealing an arrogant look.

His eyes changed; it was as if you could read words in them.

Cool!
So you've come begging to me, haven't you?
"I'm busy, how about we talk later?" Yu Zheng persisted.

"Okay, okay, I'll treat you to dinner tonight. We can talk. I have a lot of things I'd like to ask you about my new film."

"I hope you can teach me more."

"No need to teach me, my people are all with you, what's there to teach me?"

Ruby Lin responded with an awkward laugh.

"I want to ask, who is the boss you mentioned earlier?" That's what she's concerned about now.

Yu Zheng put his hands behind his back and started shaking.

"You don't know?"

"I thought you already knew."

“Look,” he said, gesturing around with his finger, “all of this scenery was built with his investment.”

"I will also be filming here in the future."

I put on a show by the way, just to whet the other party's appetite.

He enjoys the feeling of being begged by others.

"Oh." Ziwei looked around and saw high walls and pavilions with vermilion eaves. This scene didn't look cheap at all.

She now directs her own films and knows very well how much it costs to create scenes of this caliber.

"It seems you are a highly skilled person," Lin Xinru said politely, pressing her palms together.

"You told me before to go and have a chat with your boss."

"I was so busy the other day that I forgot about it."

"Now that I've remembered, I'm coming to find you right away."

"Why don't you give me your contact information, and I'll come to your door in person?"

Now that we've reached this point, Yu Zheng can no longer keep you in suspense.

Do you know who the most popular male celebrity in mainland China has been in the past two years?

"Huang Xiaoming?"

"Too dull."

"Chen Kun?"

"Too short."

"Zhang Yuan?"

“Too…that’s him.” Yu Zheng almost blurted out the word “too bad.”

"So it was him!" Lin Xinru's face twisted in surprise, completely taken aback.

"Thank you, I'll go look for it right away."

"Then let's have dinner tonight..." Yu Zheng wanted to stop him, but the other person had already walked away quickly.

Now that everyone knows who the boss is, why would I bother with you?

This made him a little depressed.

However, he quickly started walking around the scene with his hands on his hips, looking very casual.

Hey, looks like they learned their lesson.

I'm still the best; I figured out Zhang Yuan's personality perfectly.

No matter how powerful they are, they're still being used by me.

……

Lin Xinru then called her old friend and male best friend, Su Youpeng.

Because she often heard the other person talk about Zhang Yuan.

According to Su Youpeng, Zhang Yuan is a very loyal and friendly person.

This is completely opposite to my current experience.

"So it was him who contacted you." Youpeng was also stunned when he heard this.

Say it earlier.

If you had told me earlier, I would have relayed your message. Otherwise, this would have been impossible.

“I understand now. No wonder Liu Tao suddenly left that day. She was an artist under Zhang Yuan.”

"No wonder, she said today that she would think about it and might not act in my play." Ziwei suddenly realized. Thinking of this, Lin Xinru got goosebumps all over her body.

Because she instinctively felt something was wrong.

Liu Tao is, after all, a well-known female celebrity.

As a result, he was so scared when he heard that his boss was dissatisfied with me that he ran away immediately.

Is it so scary?

A chill ran down my spine, and the more I thought about it, the worse it seemed. I asked my friend for advice.

"Friend, do you think he asked me to go see him in person because..."

"what?"

"To get me."

Su Youpeng frowned and recalled Zhang Yuan's usual behavior patterns.

I remembered being with Li Xin on the set of "The Message"...

I'm not sure if he's completely incapable of it.

A major investor and film industry tycoon invited a female star to his event, but she refused.

Then they'll use tricks to force you to go or capture you, and finally detain you for a week, process you into cream puffs, and then release you.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

Especially in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Of course, it's not uncommon on the mainland either...

The cream puffs were processed quite well; at least they're still alive.

After careful consideration, Su Youpeng offered a reminder.

"It's good that he's willing to see you."

"I'm doomed if I don't want to see you."

I don't know if he's lusting after you, and I can't guarantee it, but I know he's not crazy; he's someone you can talk to and discuss things with.

Youpeng's words are mature and insightful.

But the problem lies in that sentence he said.

Zhang Yuan ate something in the evening and then went out.

Cheng Hao specially gave him tickets so he could go see her play "Sunrise," which she had been rehearsing for many days.

Mr. Cao Yu's play was created after "Thunderstorm".

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mr. Cao's birth, the Beijing People's Art Theatre specially staged a brand-new performance of most of his works.

Mr. Cao was skilled at writing tragedies.

Moreover, his tragedy was not the kind of minor tragedy of separation and death or romantic love in Korean dramas, but a major tragedy of human depravity or the torrent of the times.

The play "Sunrise" is one such example.

The female protagonist, Chen Bailu, is a rich young lady who, in pursuit of so-called freedom, lets herself go and becomes a famous socialite, as well as the mistress of a bank manager.

Despite the work being created in 1935, the female protagonist's character design is by no means outdated.

Many girls these days are like this, talking about freedom and independence, but in reality, it's just a cover for their materialism, their admiration for the strong, and their own incompetence.

Chen Bailu was far better than these people. She knew she was wrong, but she was so addicted to pleasure that she couldn't extricate herself.

With the encouragement of his former classmate and friend, the scholar Fang Dasheng, he began to show a slight, heartfelt change of heart.

But in the end, he was forced to take medication after his own government collapsed, leaving him with enormous debts that he could not repay.

It takes some backbone to commit suicide, which is better than finding another man to transfer debts.

This play not only reflects the heroine's depravity and death, but also uses several characters to allude to the social conditions of the time.

There's a little story about this show that sounds like unofficial history, but it's actually part of the official history.

This play features many women from brothels and those with technical skills.

To make his characters more authentic, Mr. Cao Yu, who was a teacher at Tianjin Women's Normal School at the time, disguised himself as a storyteller and went to the red-light district to experience life there.

This isn't just hearsay; it was said by Cao Yu's daughter, Wan Fang, herself.

Let's just say that Brother Qian went to the hair salon for creative purposes!

I learned this from my seniors.

They are all critical.

Zhang Yuan had already planned it all out. If Cheng Hao caught him doing something wrong in the future, he would use Mr. Cao Yu as a shield, since you had acted in his plays and should understand.

Wearing a mask and hat, I found my seat and sat down.

Although it was very different from her own personality, as soon as Cheng Hao stepped on stage and smiled, the feeling of a rich girl with a worldly air immediately came to mind.

She often plays roles that are quite different from herself; a good actor must constantly challenge himself.

His voice was loud and clear; there was no microphone or subtitles, yet the entire audience could hear every word of his lines clearly.

Indeed, actors are most charismatic on stage.

Zhang Yuan looked at it and pondered it.

"Could we borrow her costume for a bit...?"

Drop drop!
While the performance was taking place on stage, a telephone rang in his pocket.

Zhang Yuan hurriedly took out his phone, saw it was an unknown number, and immediately hung up.

"Excuse me."

"sorry Sorry."

You also have to greet the people around you who are being disturbed by the noise.

Fearing it might disturb Cheng Hao on stage, he flipped a side button and muted the sound.

After putting it back in my pocket, the phone kept ringing again.

It was buzzing so loudly that his legs went numb.

Not only are my legs numb, but my OO is also a little numb.

So he simply put his hand in his pocket, pressed and held the power button, and turned the device off completely.

Now it's finally peaceful.

I can truly appreciate the captivating moments of my sister on stage.

On the other end of the phone, Lin Xinru's hands were trembling.

She remembered Su Youpeng's words.

It's fine if I want to see you, but it's a disaster if I don't.

Now I have his phone number and I'll contact him personally.

The first call was disconnected, then no one answered the next few, and then they tried again...

Sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off.

At that moment, she felt that taking a taxi, let alone from Ningbo, was useless, even taking one from Shaoxing.

What, what should we do?
Don't panic when something happens.

When you panic, things get chaotic, and when you're in a panic, you start making haphazard decisions.

Therefore, dating is fine, but when looking for a wife or husband, you must find someone who is emotionally stable and doesn't panic in the face of adversity.

Lin Xinru panicked.

Is the other person angry?
Whoops!
Liu Tao was there when I was swearing and cursing during dinner that day!
It couldn't be that she told her boss, and he got angry.

Yeah.

That same day, after dinner, both Youku and Hunan TV encountered problems.

Ziwei gritted her teeth.

She made a special trip to catch the earliest flight from Hengdian to visit her in the capital.

I never imagined that I wouldn't even know which way the door faces now.

She thought about it for a long time on the plane and finally convinced herself of it.

If you really want to mess with me, that's not impossible.

It seems like I'm not at a disadvantage.

I'm older than him, and he's quite good-looking and has a good physique.

She not only figured it out, she really understood.

But what should I do now?

If you don't answer my calls, it means there's absolutely no room for negotiation.

Ziwei panicked and kept biting her fingernails.

I wondered who I could ask for help at this point.

Being on the mainland means I can't use my connections in Taiwan.

Hey!
I recognize him!
He's quite capable, and he lives right in the capital.

She turned around and hurriedly ran to a manor villa community in the suburbs of the capital.

In a brand-new luxury mansion there lives her former boss, Wang Zhonglei… (End of Chapter)