Chapter 13: Fuck YouWhile Yang Hao was working at his desk, Huang Mengying was tossing and turning in bed in room 501 of the hotel. Her door was ajar and could be opened with a push. "Under normal circumstances, he should have come a long time ago. Why isn't he here yet when it's almost ten o'clock?" This question popped up in Huang Mengying's mind as she couldn't fall asleep in bed. During these days on the crew, Yang Hao worked day and night, and Huang Mengying had gone from resisting at the beginning to obeying, and now she was not used to him not coming, so she couldn't sleep that night. Yang Hao slept very well that night without the night run, and woke up the next day feeling full of energy. "Good morning, Yingying. Didn't you sleep well last night? Why do you have dark circles under your eyes?" When Yang Hao arrived at the crew and saw Huang Mengying sitting in the lounge resting and waiting for her performance, he went up to say hello. "Hmph!" Huang Mengying turned her head and walked away angrily. Yang Hao touched his head speechlessly, somewhat confused as to what this young lady was angry about. "Could it be that my period has come? Never mind, I'll just stay in my room and write the script tonight," Yang Hao thought to himself. - Seeing Teacher Xue Xiaolu directing several assistant directors to place the cameras and fix the camera positions, Yang Hao walked over. "Teacher Xue, please help me take a look at this script." Yang Hao hurriedly took out the script "The Legend of Lu Zhen" that he wrote last night from his arms and handed it over. "Oh, you're writing a script again! Let me take a look," he told several assistant directors to continue their work, and then Teacher Xue Xiaolu took the script handed to him by Yang Hao, found a chair and sat down to read it carefully.
After all, Xue Xiaolu graduated from the Department of Literature and had worked as a director, so he read the script very quickly. It took him about ten minutes to roughly read through the script. After reading it, he closed his eyes and thought for seven or eight seconds before turning around and speaking to Yang Hao. "The script is more in line with the current mainstream market. Costume palace dramas are popular in the current TV drama market, especially these types of dramas that are disguised as costume dramas but have a core of idol drama-like romance, which are most popular among young people." "Is this the script you wrote for the little girl you brought here yesterday?" Xue Xiaolu asked Yang Hao. "Yes, do you think Zhao Liying's image is suitable for this script?" Although the market has proven that Zhao Liying is suitable for this drama, I still want to hear the judgment of professionals. "Um?……" Xue Xiaolu pondered for dozens of seconds before saying: "Maybe it's appropriate. It's not quite accurate to say that The Legend of Lu Zhen is an idol drama at its core. The core should be considered a story about a domineering president protecting Cinderella. Thinking about it this way, the round-faced little girl you brought yesterday is really suitable for this kind of drama." "Small round face, cute style, looks protective" "I didn't expect you to have such good taste in choosing actors," Xue Xiaolu looked at Yang Hao approvingly, and became more and more satisfied with Yang Hao. "Yesterday you said that the little girl will be a top star in the future. I thought you were bragging. Now that I've read your script, I actually believe it. When your drama is broadcast, remember to tell me. I will pay attention to the market feedback. If the market feedback is good, I will suggest to the school to pay more attention to girls with round faces in the art exam next year." Hearing the positive comments from professionals like Xue Xiaolu, Yang Hao felt more at ease. "Yang Hao, there is a big difference between TV series and movies, as well as the interactive video games that are being made now. Don't think that you can make money just by making a good TV series." "TV series are purchased directly by TV stations. When TV stations decide how much to pay for a TV series, they first look at the quality of the content, the star cast, and the production team." "If you let Zhao Liying be the female lead, then the star team will definitely fail. In this case, if you want to sell the TV series, you must find a reliable TV series team." "I think it's best for you to find Yu Zheng to work with. He has been very famous in the field of costume dramas in recent years. Many TV stations are superstitious about him. With him joining, there will be no shortage of TV stations for this drama." Yang Hao was still very moved when he heard Xue Xiaolu's sincere advice, but he was speechless when he heard that he was asked to cooperate with Yu Zheng. He was copying Yu Zheng's later work, and he didn't expect that he would have to go back and cooperate with the original author after going around in circles. "Then Teacher Xue, do you know Yu Zheng? Can you introduce him to me?" After thinking about what Teacher Xue Xiaolu said, Yang Hao felt that what the other party said made sense, and it was Yu Zheng who made this drama popular in later generations, so it would be very beneficial to hand it over to him. Beijing Film Academy is a huge circle. Teacher Xue Xiaolu himself had no contact with Yu Zheng, but they were connected through another person. Yu Zheng directly asked Yang Hao to come to his studio for a detailed discussion. - In the afternoon, in Yu Zheng’s studio. "You are the Yang Hao that Professor Xue Xiaolu mentioned, right? I heard that you have a script that you want to work with me on." After all, he was introduced by a teacher from Beijing Film Academy, so Yu Zheng was very polite to Yang Hao. As soon as Yang Hao came in, an assistant served him tea. "Teacher Yu, please give me some comments." There was no way he could help it since the other party was indeed a senior master, so calling him teacher was not a disadvantage. Yang Hao handed over the script with both hands while greeting him.
When Yu Zheng saw the name of the script "The Legend of Lu Zhen", he felt for some reason that the script was familiar, as if it should have belonged to him. When I opened it and read it carefully, this feeling of déjà vu became stronger and stronger, and I liked the script more and more. "The script is good. Do you want to sell it?" Although Yu Zheng loved the script very much, he still pretended to be nonchalant and said calmly. "Sell?" Yang Hao was stunned when he heard this word. He had asked a middleman to introduce him to Yu Zheng. Yu Zheng should know that he was here to seek cooperation. How did it become about selling the script? "Teacher Yu, I'm here to seek cooperation," Yang Hao had to emphasize his purpose. "One hundred thousand. I'll pay one hundred thousand for this script," Yu Zheng interrupted Yang Hao and offered a high price. "Three hundred thousand, the highest I can offer is three hundred thousand." Seeing that Yang Hao did not respond, Yu Zheng increased the bid again. "Teacher Yu, I am here sincerely to seek cooperation," Yang Hao had no choice but to emphasize his purpose again. "Okay, then can you give me a few days to think about it? You know it's not a trivial matter for a crew to start work. I need to discuss it with my partner." Yu Zheng's words made sense. Yang Hao didn't plan to reach a cooperation agreement all at once. He felt that the other party was so concerned about the script, and the probability of reaching a cooperation should not be low. After returning to the crew, I spoke to Teacher Xue Xiaolu about the progress of the discussion with Yu Zheng. Yang Hao then entered a boring period. He stayed in the hotel room during the day to write scripts. In just a few days, he finished writing the script of "Shan Shan Comes to Eat". However, the copyright of this script needed to be purchased. Yang Hao did not have much money at the moment, so he planned to buy the copyright later. Writing scripts during the day is very boring, and only when Huang Mengying finishes filming at night can she do something interesting. Just like that, ten days passed and the crew of "It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beauties" successfully completed filming. The wrap-up banquet was held at a hotel near Hengdian. At the wrap-up party, Yang Hao was still wondering why Yu Zheng Studio was so slow and hadn't given a reply in ten days. Just then, Xue Xiaolu hurried to Yang Hao's side. "Yang Hao, Yang Hao, your script seems to have been plagiarized" It turned out that Xue Xiaolu heard today that a certain studio had started a drama called "The Wei and Jin Dynasties" and had already announced that they would be casting soon. After careful inquiries, he found out that this new drama was so similar to "The Legend of Lu Zhen". The dynasty and the name were changed, but the core was almost exactly the same. After hearing what Xue Xiaolu said, Yang Hao quickly asked someone to inquire more, for fear of making a mistake. The feedback he got was almost the same as what Xue Xiaolu said. "Fuck!" Yang Hao couldn't help but swear on the spot. Angry Yang Hao turned to WeChat. "I'll fuck you", after sending this message, block and delete it in one go. The concept of plagiarism existed in my previous life, but I never expected that it would happen to me. This was a good lesson for Yang Hao after he was reborn into this world. This also made Yang Hao understand why the status of screenwriters in Chinese entertainment is so low. Screenwriter + director, + producer, + producer, any of these combined would be a winner, but being a screenwriter alone is worse than a dog. (End of this chapter)