The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 141 Script Outline
"Hahaha...hahaha!" In the last meeting room, Xu Jiuyang was laughing without any image.

Angela, who was standing next to him, rested her cheek on the back of her hand and just looked at him, her fingers tapping on the table.

"Sorry, sorry," Xu Jiuyang, who had finally smiled, waved his hands. "I'm really sorry. It's just that when I think about how they argued for so long and then forgot you were American, and ended up with constipated faces, it's really funny."

"Is it really appropriate to mock your compatriots like this?" Angela asked playfully.

However, Xu Jiuyang calmly replied, "It's because I consider them my compatriots that I can laugh at them like this. Some people need to be slapped in the face before they truly understand what they should and shouldn't do."

There was another thing he didn't say. Some people, even if they were slapped in the face, would only kneel on the ground and sing praises loudly: Master, you hit me well. Master, you are wise!
"Let's get down to business, Anji," Xu Jiuyang asked, trying to change the subject. "You called me here just to watch this show, didn't you?"

"Three things, or two and a half things," Angela smiled. "First, as you can see, the casting is basically finalized. You can extend your favor. If you feel your words are not convincing enough, you can also ask the other party to come in for an interview."

"Is it true?" Although Xu Jiuyang asked this, he had already taken out his phone to make a call.

"Why are you calling me at this time? Is there something urgent, Mr. Xu?" Fan Qiaoqiao's voice came from the other side.

"Are you busy now?" Xu Jiuyang asked.

"Not really. I'm visiting Uncle Chan in Room 301." Fan Qiaoqiao replied.

Uncle Chan? Xu Jiuyang slapped his thigh. Damn it, he had completely forgotten about it.

"Did you really drag him in for a checkup? What's the situation? Is it serious?" He asked three questions immediately.

"I have a tumor in my lungs. I've had two chemotherapy sessions, but the effect wasn't great. Experts are currently consulting, and surgery is inevitable," Fan Qiaoqiao said with a sigh.

"Oh, it's just lung cancer, there's nothing to be afraid of..." Huang Zhan's voice came faintly from the other side.

"Okay, Uncle Chan, you are the consultant of my music company. If you are gone, I will suffer a huge loss!" Fan Qiaoqiao said unhappily.

"Don't worry about this, Xiaoyanzi. Even if I'm gone, I'll find someone else to replace me..." Huang Zhan was still talking.

"I don't believe them. Of all the musicians in Hong Kong, only your Uncle Chan has a good reputation. As for the others? I won't even call them bastards. I have no interest in working with them anyway," Fan Qiaoqiao added. "In short, you should just stay here and get treatment. I've already spent all my money, and I can't let it go to waste. I have to make it back!"

Then there was another burst of laughter over there.

After a while, when they were outside the ward, Fan Qiaoqiao's voice rang out again: "Alright, alright, tell me what's going on."

"I'm with, um, the one I talked to you about last time, Miss Angela Lindwall. She's just finished the casting discussion for 'Hero' and everything has been finalized. Do you want to come over for an interview with her?" Xu Jiuyang said.

"No problem, I'll come over now. What's the address?" Fan Qiaoqiao was very straightforward and seemed to be looking forward to this meeting very much.

Xu Jiuyang didn't think much about it. After giving the address, he looked at Angela: "What is the second thing?" "Let's talk about that half first. I have contacted the editorial department of Science Fiction World yesterday. Several novels that need response have been negotiated. I guess they will call you soon." Angela said with a smile.

"Are you serious?" Xu Jiuyang was a little surprised, but not too surprised.

"Of course, you are worthy of my investment," Angela nodded. "So, you should know what the second thing is, right?"

Xu Jiuyang sighed and took out a document from his backpack: "This is the outline I prepared."

He did not directly copy "Black Swan". Ballet has many fans in Europe and the United States, but it is just so-so in China, so he still took the route of a play within a play.

To put it simply, the heroine was originally a backup for a suspenseful film, but because the director passed on the original heroine, the opportunity fell on her. This character is timid in the early stages and cruel in the later stages. The heroine has a strong mother. Her personality is suitable for the timid side of the role, but because she has been controlled by her mother for too long, it is difficult for her to play the cruel side.

However, the director felt that she had great potential and hoped that she could liberate her nature and express what she wanted, so he used many means to stimulate her, including but not limited to finding a substitute actor to threaten her position, or letting the originally abandoned actress come and scold her for stealing his opportunity.

In the end, the heroine turned evil. After a successful performance, she stabbed to death the substitute actor who came to congratulate her, and then committed suicide.

Of course, this is just the outline of the plot. The specific details depend on the sponsor's intention. If she thinks it is more appropriate to copy the growth theme of the original animation, Xu Jiuyang can also make changes. Anyway, when it comes to film production, the screenwriter's say has always been very low.

"The outline looks okay, but isn't the ending too dark?" Angela said after quickly flipping through it. "After all, it's a movie starring Chinese people, so it'd be best if it could be released in mainland China."

"We can do this. Let the heroine have hallucinations. The substitute actor who kept provoking and threatening her in the later stage was actually her imagination. So in the end, it seemed that she stabbed the substitute actor, but in fact she stabbed herself." Xu Jiuyang took the setting of "Black Swan" without any hesitation.

"But when it comes to filming a movie, the idea of ​​a substitute actor seems a bit awkward," Angela said at this time.

"Then set it up as a play and a film shot together, first the play and then the film." Xu Jiuyang continued to answer quickly. "We can even set the director to be a foreigner, making it a Sino-foreign co-production, and the script is also a fictional foreign classic. This has another advantage. If the director behaves like a villain, European and American audiences won't care, while Chinese audiences can divert their negative emotions."

"I made the right decision to ask you to come here," Angela said with a satisfied expression. "Very good, very good. I'm looking forward to your finished product."

"Then you'll have to find me some assistants. This is my first time writing a script," Xu Jiuyang said, spreading his hands. "Although I've read some textbooks recently, I'm still not sure about the format."

"No problem, I'll let Tang Wei assist you." Angela nodded. "She's in charge of film and television production."

"She comes... to assist me?" Xu Jiuyang instinctively felt something was wrong.

"Yes, I said before that she specializes in connecting with Chinese film and television companies, which naturally includes screenwriters." Angela shrugged and changed the subject before he could continue speaking, asking, "By the way, what do you think of the project 'Red Cliff'?"

"Are you really planning to do this?" Xu Jiuyang was very surprised.

"Isn't that what you said? Copy Hollywood's big studio system," Angela continued, shrugging. "I've gathered some information. You already have a big studio system, but due to various constraints, it couldn't run smoothly, so you went bankrupt and reorganized. With the foundation in place, as long as there's support from higher-ups, it's not impossible to start over with a new look."

(End of this chapter)