Huayu started from the Three Kingdoms period

Chapter 50 Acquiring the Script

The cast and crew of "My Beautiful Boss".

[Senior: I've signed with Shiba Culture, Sister Hua's company, and there will be an audition for the male lead soon.]

Upon receiving Xu Ying's message, Jing Tian couldn't help but sigh, "My senior brother is really amazing; he managed to sign with Wang Jinhua."

She felt no envy, only happiness for Xu Ying.

And they've already auditioned for the male lead so quickly.

It's been so long since I've seen my senior. Her birthday is coming up in August, and I don't know if the movie will be finished.

Jing Tian: Congratulations, senior! I'll treat you to dinner after I finish filming the movie!

[Senior brother: Then I'll give you a surprise too.]

surprise?

I'm inexplicably looking forward to it.

……

Beijing Film Academy, the capital city.

Xu Ying has been busy with the end-of-term drama presentation, the play "Thunderstorm" written by Cui Xinqin.

Xu Ying finally returned this semester, and naturally, the teacher dragged him back to be a conscript.

Zhu Yilong is back too; the two good brothers haven't seen each other for a long time.

After finishing rehearsals for the play that day, the two walked out of the school together.

"Where is the person you arranged to meet? Didn't we say we were going to discuss something today?" Zhu Yilong asked.

Xu Ying pointed to the coffee shop on the street, "Look, this is it."

Xu Ying met with Bao Jingjing, the author of "Love is Not Blind," today, and Bao Jingjing brought along her latest adapted script.

"Things are really different now, you big star." Zhu Yilong put his arm around Xu Ying. "It feels like it hasn't been that long, but you've matured so much, Lao Xu."

"Maybe it's because I feel alive~"

Xu Ying glanced at Zhu Yilong, who had a stubble beard; the guy looked much older now.

Although filming can hone acting skills, this guy is filming one movie after another at such a high frequency that Zhu Yilong is practically a donkey that doesn't know how to match it.

However, it's clear that he quite enjoys this kind of life.

The two went to the coffee shop and found a seat. They didn't have to wait long before Bao Jingjing arrived late.

Whether in his past life or this life, this was the first time Xu Ying had met this female author, and she was different from what he had imagined.

The author who wrote those sharp words was actually a naturally naive girl.

Bao Jingjing has delicate features and big eyes, but she looks a little nervous.

Especially after seeing Xu and Ying, his eyes lit up at first, then he became even more nervous, unsure whether to step with his left or right leg first.

Seeing Bao Jingjing like this, Xu Ying took the initiative to stand up and greet her, "Senior Sister Bao, over here."

"Oh, oh, okay." Bao Jingjing quickly walked over and sat down. "Junior Brother Xu, hello."

She recognized Xu Ying, but Zhu Yilong, who was standing next to her, was somewhat of a stranger.

Xu Ying smiled gently. "This is Zhu Yilong, he's in my class. What would you like to drink, senior?"

"That's fine, thank you." Bao Jingjing nodded gently, feeling much more relaxed.

Bao Jingjing was a student in the Literature Department in 04, majoring in TV drama editing. Her husband is a director in the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy.

"Love is Not Blind" was written after I broke up with my boyfriend following an argument.

"Junior Brother Xu, this is the adapted script." Bao Jingjing took the script out of her bag and handed it directly to Xu Ying, without feeling that anything was wrong.

He clearly had a lot of confidence in his junior.

As expected of a naive and foolish college student, Xu Ying also took out the acquisition contract he had prepared in advance, "Take a look at the contract first."

Zhu Yilong's gaze darted back and forth between the two men's faces. Only then did he realize that his good brother's topic of conversation today was actually the acquisition of a script.

Zhu Yilong was initially shocked, then puzzled. Had Xu Ying really come to this point?

He was no longer the novice who entered the entertainment industry a year ago; he knew very well what acquiring scripts meant.

Despite having many questions in his mind, Zhu Yilong suppressed them and turned his gaze to the script in Xu Ying's hand.

Xu Ying read very quickly, finishing the entire script in no time, thanks to his writing skills borrowed from Lan Xiaolong and his memories of the original film.

The script in his hand was almost identical to the movie he remembered, with only minor adjustments to the details.

He took out a pencil he had prepared in advance and started marking up the script.

After reading the contract, Bao Jingjing felt uneasy seeing Xu Ying start revising the script directly.

Nobody wants to see their hard work handed over to someone who doesn't understand it, even if Xu Ying is the buyer.

But she soon changed her mind. After Xu Ying circled something on the script, she would also write a suggestion.

Bao Jingjing swallowed hard. This junior brother is amazing. Luckily, she was seriously writing the script. If she had written something haphazardly, she would have been exposed. Although she didn't have that intention.

"Senior sister, take a look at these places I've circled. If you like them, adopt them; if you don't, just ignore them. Everything is up to you."

"I didn't expect my junior brother to know about scripts."

"I just have some ideas, but I can't say I know a lot about them."

Xu Ying closed the script and handed it back to Bao Jing. "Have you finished reading the contract? Any questions?"

Bao Jingjing gently shook her head, "No, Junior Brother prepared very thoroughly."

Seeing that she had no objections, Xu Ying wrote his name on the acquisition contract, and Bao Jingjing also wrote her name.

With this, the acquisition of the film and television rights for "Love is Not Blind" was completed.

After both parties pressed their fingerprints, Xu Ying handed a contract to Bao Jingjing, saying, "The movie is probably still a while away from being filmed, so you can continue to work on the script, senior sister."

Bao Jingjing was naturally the happiest when she heard that the script might actually be adapted into a movie.

"Please contact me anytime if there's anything I can do for you."

"Okay, thank you, senior sister."

After finishing their coffee, Xu and Ying saw Bao Jingjing off and returned to their dormitory.

Throughout the journey, Zhu Yilong hesitated, but once back in the dormitory, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Old Xu, are you really going to make a movie?"

"Of course, otherwise why would we buy the copyright?"

"Isn't this a bit too hasty?" Zhu Yilong didn't know much about movies, but that was 200,000 yuan! They just bought this flimsy script?

Zhu Yilong wanted to offer more advice, but seeing his good friend's confident demeanor, he took back what he was about to say.

He then asked about investments.

Where do you plan to attract investment? How much is planned?

Xu Ying thought for a moment and figured that if Wang Jinhua invested, Yang Mi invested a portion, and Da Tiantian contributed the majority, then he could cover the rest.

The production cost of this drama was not high; it only involved the male and female leads and the original cast. It's just a matter of whether they were able to reduce the cost.

At that moment, the dormitory door opened.

Zhai Tianlin walked in and saw that Xu Ying and Zhai Tianlin were in the dormitory together, which was a rare occurrence. He had been feeling a bit annoyed because both of them had debuted.

His gaze fell on the script on Xu Ying's desk. He glanced at it and said disdainfully:

"Love is Not Blind? Now any terrible script can be made into a movie?"

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