I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

After signing a contract, actors should theoretically receive a complete script in order to prepare for their roles in depth.

At this time, the production team often organizes "script reading" activities, where the director gathers all the actors and relevant key creative personnel to read the script together, so as to reach a consensus, discuss the characters and resolve questions, which helps to improve filming efficiency.

However, this step is not absolutely mandatory in practice and may be adjusted depending on the director's style or production conditions.

During the preparation stage, the director needs to study the script in depth and guide the actors to understand their roles. However, the specific way and timing of providing the script directly to the actors is flexible and depends on the actual situation of the project.

Given Li Xiaoran's status, the director must have sent her a script after she signed the contract.

However, Cheng Sheng did not ask for the script. Instead, he asked Li Xiaoran to give a brief description of the role she was playing so that he could help her analyze and teach her how to portray the character.

Not long after, Li Xiaoran sent him a document.

After Cheng Sheng opened it and saw the contents, he instantly understood what TV series Li Xiaoran was acting in.

He had seen the TV series "Marrying for Love" in another world.

After watching it, Cheng Sheng felt that the show was both funny and absurd.

Cheng Sheng really didn't like the male lead, in particular.

The male lead in this drama is played by Liya Peng.

To be honest, after watching "Marrying for Love", Cheng Sheng was not very satisfied with the male and female leads.

Li Xiaoran's acting skills were also quite disappointing, reminiscent of Yang Baobei—she could only stare blankly with a pair of enviable big eyes, always with the same expression.

Putting aside the acting skills of the male and female leads, let's just talk about the story.

After watching the entire series, Cheng Sheng could only say that it was utterly absurd.

The lead actor's acting was terrible, and the plot was full of holes in the details. However, there are still things in this drama that are worth thinking about.

The film is titled "Marrying for Love," but unfortunately, neither of the two couples who married for love in the film—Hu Zichong and Lu Mi, and Zhu Yanfeng and Sun Jirou—had a good ending. Lu Mi went insane, and Zhu Yanfeng and Sun Jirou divorced. But perhaps the phrase "marrying for love" itself has a magical power that allows many people to continue to yearn for marriage.

This drama has a very serious negative impact on marriage, as if it's telling the audience, "Never get married."

The unique feature of this drama is that the supporting actors are better at acting and have better character than the main actors. In the whole drama, Cheng Sheng's favorite characters are five supporting actors: Yin Xiaolei, Zhu Yanfeng's father, Sun Jirou, Feng Yifei, and Lao Bai.

Yin Xiaolei is a somewhat impulsive person, but he dares to love and hate and is not afraid of the powerful. Although he can be a bit cynical at times, who in this society doesn't have some sad stories?

And whose sadness can't be attributed to excuses like the darkness of society?
Zhu Yanfeng's father is a very lovable old Beijing resident who refuses to leave the courtyard house. He is cheerful every day and can't stand Zhu Yanfeng's tendency to measure everything in terms of money.

Sun Jirou loved Zhu Yanfeng, so when Zhu Yanfeng proposed marriage, she agreed even though she knew she was just a substitute. Perhaps during the marriage, Sun Jirou was indeed a little too calculating, constantly asking Zhu Yanfeng if he still loved Lu Mi—because she loved him so deeply, she was filled with fear of losing him.

If she hadn't kept asking so many questions, and had given Zhu Yanfeng more time, if she hadn't been so cautious, and had instead expressed herself honestly in front of Zhu Yanfeng like Yin Xiaolei, their marriage might not have ended in separation.

But because she loved him, she couldn't do it. Fortunately, after discovering Zhu Yanfeng's lack of love, she chose to let go and forget him in the vast world.

Feng Yifei is a pampered daughter of an official family. She was spoiled from a young age and used to a smooth life. But what's rare is that when she realized her mistakes and when she encountered the lessons life taught her, she began to seriously reflect and change. She learned to be self-reliant, she learned to think of others, and she learned to recognize herself.

She loved Old White, a love that was arduous, but one that was honest.

Lao Bai is also responsible for his own feelings. Because he cannot give Feng Yifei love, he refuses all of her investments. Because he loves Sun Jirou, he tolerates her lack of love and earnestly cares for and protects her in his own way.

Cheng Sheng probably likes them because they live authentically, and because they live authentically, they live the most carefree lives.

Choosing truth always requires courage and determination, but life after choosing truth is always happy and joyful.

Lu Zheng's death is the first climax of the entire series.

It was also the starting point for everything that followed.

From Lu Zheng's perspective, there was nothing wrong with his choice—his family was heavily in debt, his sister wanted to donate a kidney to him, and, in the doctor's words, the outcome of the surgery "could not be guaranteed because the optimal transplant period had been missed."

However, Lu Zheng should have explained more things before he died, which could have avoided many conflicts later.

Lu Mi wouldn't have had to bear such a heavy cross because of Lu Zheng's death, and perhaps he wouldn't have gone mad later.

Zhu Yanfeng is a person you can't love or hate. He has a loyal and righteous side, but he also has a businessman side that prioritizes profit.

He appears to be the most rational person, but in fact he is the most emotional.

Taking advantage of someone's vulnerability and agreeing to pay Lu Zheng's medical expenses in exchange for marriage is morally wrong, but it is not entirely unreasonable.

Morality is, after all, the highest standard of human behavior, not the lowest bottom line. Compared to standing idly by, taking advantage of someone's misfortune is actually more moral.

If Lu Mi had pleaded desperately at the time, Zhu Yanfeng would have continued to pay the medical expenses even without the wedding.

Lu Mi was kidnapped, and Zhu Yanfeng paid the ransom without telling Sun Jirou, firmly believing that he had done nothing wrong.

At first glance, Zhu Yanfeng seems like a jerk, but in fact, Sun Jirou is right. It's just that Zhu Yanfeng has always loved Lu Mi, not Sun Jirou, so his heart is always set on Lu Mi's feelings—Zhu Yanfeng loves Lu Mi…

Just two days after the show aired, some viewers pointed out that Lia was "too old to play Lian Po" and was still acting in this kind of idol drama, which was very unsuitable. When watching him, they would think that he was already a father, but he was still talking about love, which did not match the feeling of the character.

Some viewers also commented that Leah's performance didn't offer any major breakthroughs; it was still the same old routine, with her still frowning and looking miserable.

Lia Peng's portrayal of Hu Zichong and the female lead seem to be from different generations, with a generation gap between them, and they don't seem to be a good match.

The dramatic conflicts in the play feel forced, as if all the bad luck had befallen this young couple, and the reasons given by their parents for opposing their marriage are also quite weak. (End of Chapter)