Chapter 229 A Female-Led Drama Debuts

On the other side of the phone, Qin Lei put down the phone, folded his hands behind his head, fell back on the chair, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

But I figured it out, it was so cool!

Hey, that movie is going to be a hit.

It’s best to re-release it every year and become popular every year!

I don’t know what movie Director Chen will make next, so it’s best to come to their island.

You can come for anything like undersea combat!

If he comes a few more times, he might be promoted.

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"The lower part is no longer imaginary. I plan to shoot something realistic."

In a conference room on the top floor of Oriental Media, Chen Xiao said to Fang Rong.

"Reality?"

"Well, very realistic."

Fang Rong sighed, "Hey, it seems you are going to commit evil again."

"Not to the point of realistic despair and realistic hope."

Seeing that Chen Xiao didn't want to elaborate, Fang Rong didn't ask about the content of the movie, so the topic changed.

"Then you plan to make another movie in the second half of the year? Are you going to change your taste? Is that too regular? Look at me, even though I am over fifty, I am still willing to take challenges. I used to make historical dramas. In the past two years, I have not only changed the subject matter, but also Change your focus from TV dramas to the big screen occasionally, just to adjust your mood."

Chen Xiao nodded.

Well, I'll give you a nice change of mood in a while.

"It is indeed too regular. So I also plan to write a novel."

"writing a novel?"

"right."

Fang Rong nodded thoughtfully, "Are you planning to shift your focus to the screenwriting industry?"

Chen Xiao shook his head and pulled out a folder from a pile of documents beside him, which contained a simplified version of the script for "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

"No, my focus has always been on making money. I occasionally make artistic films to gain fame."

"Oh, you can't care too much about money at a young age. If you have so much money and don't spend it, it's not your own money. Do you understand? So give me the money and I will help you spend it, and you can earn it slowly."

Chen Xiao joked: "No, are you always so short of money?"

Fang Rong was not embarrassed, after all, he had been crying about poverty for more than a day or two.

"Like your dad, I don't have the card in my hands. Your sister-in-law gives me 120,000 yuan for living expenses every month. I go to dinner a few times and my pocket is basically empty. I still have to pick up the meals. Oops."

Chen Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

120000?

He spends most of his time on the set, and he doesn’t need to invite him to most dinners, right?

Isn’t 120,000 a month enough? !

He is truly worthy of being the head of the Intelligence Section.

What kind of social phobia is this?

From this point of view, my sister-in-law has her own reasons for what she did. Limit the amount so you don’t have to go to any dinner.

As if seeing Chen Xiao's surprise, Fang Rong sighed: "Young master, you have never experienced the hardships of the bottom. How do you think I climbed up? I don't know the interpersonal relationship clearly, so I arranged the rivals together and put them together. It’s easy to offend someone if your ex-boyfriend and girlfriend are together.”

Chen Xiao nodded.

"Then I'll give you a script that will make you rich and famous."

With that said, Chen Xiao took out a small stack of papers bound together from the folder.

Fang Rong signed a contract with the company.

There is no need to go through as much trouble with him as with Chazelle. Just show him the simplified version of the script in a monitored environment.

It’s okay if there’s no monitoring, since I can’t fill out the complete version anyway.

Looking at his movements, Fang Rong was a little excited.

coming! His script is finally here!

What is it?

Chen Xiao always likes to use a small perspective to show the big background of the times.

The protagonist should not be the emperor.

Is it an imperial doctor? A ninth-grade official? Court minister? Royal chef? Or who?

Thinking of this, the script was pushed over.

Fang Rong looked down excitedly and was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and said in surprise: "The Legend of Zhen Huan? A woman?"

Chen Xiao nodded.

Fang Rong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Oh yes, dramas with female protagonists are popular recently. Although I have never filmed one, it's okay. The challenge is interesting."

With that said, Fang Rong looked at the script again.

Dramas with female protagonists are pretty good.

Girls now value career and self-awareness.

However, dramas with female protagonists are as popular as ever, but there are not many good films.

Some even make sweet wife dramas, or even dramas with male protagonists, under the guise of dramas with female protagonists.

On the market, there are few dramas in which the protagonist himself is excellent and relies on his own wisdom, connections, and abilities to rise. Most of them rely solely on connections, or love to be precise, to rise.

Generally speaking, the market for dramas with female protagonists is indeed huge.

Fang Rong picked up the script, "Female champion? Female doctor? Assisting the emperor in the end?"

"No, it's time to be the Queen Mother."

Fang Rong paused as he was about to open the cover, his brain spinning rapidly. Two seconds later, he raised his head in disbelief and said, "Wait a minute, becoming the Queen Mother? A cool article? A cool drama about palace battles?"

Chen Xiao nodded.

Fang Rong blinked and fell into silence.

He had no objection to palace dramas, but... his daughter's favorite novels quickly came to mind.

He glanced at it, and his forehead was filled with excitement.

He stopped turning the cover and asked tentatively:

"Director Chen. You just said you wanted to write a novel. You won't regret reading it, right? The male protagonist ignored the female protagonist, let him down in every possible way, and even fell in love with her. The female protagonist was about to leave, but the male protagonist suddenly stopped. After waking up, he committed suicide and invested money to beg her to come back. There is indeed a market for this thing, but... isn't it a bit too down-to-earth and the field spans too much? "

Chen Xiao was really speechless by him and said with a smile: "Can you take a look first?"

This is a female-led drama that has been popular for more than ten years! Sweeping the female video market, some boys also like to watch it.

What is he guessing about here?

Seeing Fang Rong nod and open the script, Chen Xiao took out his phone and checked the message.

Five minutes later, he heard Fang Rong sigh: "Your heroine is really good. She is well-read and elegant. Knowledge is her best support."

"Yes."

"This emperor is a good character! The emperor is majestic, his emotions are not revealed, he is deep and suspicious, and his emotions are always secondary to government affairs."

"That's right. This is not a serious drama, but I tell you that it has a serious drama color, largely because of the emperor."

Serious drama generally refers to historical drama, pure history, with real historical events and historical figures as creative materials.

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a costume drama.

But the emperor can make the plot close to historical events and historical figures, and show the majesty of the emperor. So compared with most costume dramas, it has a touch of serious drama color.

Chen Xiao continued: "We must choose the cast well."

Fang Rong nodded, "Well, don't worry."

As he said, he continued to flip down.

Another five minutes later, Fang Rong put down the script, and his face was no longer smiling.

He did like serious dramas, that was his personal hobby.

But there was no high or low grade in TV dramas, only good or bad quality.

This TV series in his hand was definitely a ceiling-level existence in costume dramas, especially those targeting the female market.

No wonder Chen Xiao said at the time that after the filming, many girls would definitely know his name.

Fang Rong sighed: "I'll film it! Oh, I didn't expect that at such an old age, I could still be famous among thousands of girls. It's really embarrassing, your sister-in-law will be jealous. Otherwise... you can give me some more money?"

"A thousand gold can't buy a harmonious husband and wife. Forget it, I'll find Director Sun."

"Don't." Fang Rong quickly pulled the file back, "She won't be jealous, I'll film it!"