Chapter 741: Pondering the character design, all cooperation is advancing rapidly

*Desperate Counterattack* is a doomsday movie, and the protagonist and the team he built are very powerful, so they were able to survive in an environment full of various natural disasters and mutated animals and plants.

This also destined this play to be a group-oriented play. The male lead has scenes, but cannot occupy absolute scenes.

Even though Jin Li and he were both very busy in the crew, the two still found an afternoon when they didn't have to film, intending to get together to chat and rest.

Gu Cheng went to find Jin Li with the script, and it happened that he also had some doubts he wanted to ask Jin Li, to see how she understood it.

Originally, Gu Cheng planned to ask about the script first, and after asking, chat with Jin Li about life, chat about what plans she had after filming this play, and where she planned to go for the New Year this year.

As a result, he didn't expect that once they started talking about the script, the two of them became fascinated.

Instead, they spent the whole afternoon talking about the script.

When the two talked about the script, they didn't avoid others and talked in the pavilion near the crew.

So many actors passed by on the way and heard their conversation, secretly marveling: the two are too professional!

Even if there is no play to film, they are still talking about the script.

What's going on? These two are more famous than them, have better acting skills than them, and are even more professional than them.

This world is too cruel to ordinary people!

Soon, even Director Zheng, who was filming, knew that Gu Cheng and Jin Li took the afternoon break to discuss the script and were very attentive to this play, and couldn't help but feel very gratified.

In private, Director Zheng talked about this with the screenwriter.

Director Zheng sighed: "I really didn't misjudge the person at the beginning. The investors gave me several candidates for the male lead, but I took a fancy to Gu Cheng at a glance."

The screenwriter asked curiously: "Why choose Gu Cheng? The male leads given by the investors are very mature in acting skills. Although their popularity cannot compare to Gu Cheng, their main directions are different.

Gu Cheng's popularity is relatively high among young people, while those candidates have many supporters among the youth and middle-aged classes. Choosing them can also guarantee the box office and attract netizens who truly love movies.

After all, the fans of those candidates are the type of people who often watch movies, and the famous works of those candidates are also decided by appearing in movies."

Director Zheng said: "So I also considered it for a long time at that time, and finally thought that *Desperate Counterattack* is a very large IP.

The original novel is famous enough. Relying on the popularity of the novel, many people know it, so it doesn't need to rely on actors to attract traffic at all.

Then I only need to combine the character design of the male lead to pick an actor who is more in line with the image of the male lead.

When I confirmed this idea, Gu Cheng's image jumped into my mind.

In terms of youth and unruliness, Gu Cheng's image is the most suitable, but what made me hesitate is that his acting skills indeed still need polishing."

Zheng Chengxin recalled the sleepless nights when casting, and it still feels like yesterday.

"I specifically entrusted many friends to inquire. At that time, I also found the directors of the works Gu Cheng had performed in, asking them about their feelings when working with Gu Cheng.

Those directors' evaluations of Gu Cheng were not consistent. Some thought his acting skills were very good, and performing in youth movies was very suitable.

And some thought his acting skills were average, but he had an advantage, which was that he was willing to listen to advice.

They said that although Gu Cheng looked cold, he was very cooperative with the director's requirements in the crew.

I asked several directors, and their evaluations of Gu Cheng's acting skills were not the same, but they all agreed on Gu Cheng's character."

Director Zheng slapped his thigh: "At that time, I thought, since this actor is willing to cooperate with the crew and his character is okay, then it's him!

Now it seems that I bet right. I'm not afraid of the actor's poor acting skills, but I'm afraid that he won't treat this role with heart and will be perfunctory.

As long as he is willing to study hard, acting skills can be polished slowly. I am confident that his acting skills in the plays he films later will get better and better!"

The screenwriter listened for a long time and finally understood one thing.

That was that the director was very happy and very satisfied that Gu Cheng and Jin Li discussed the script for an afternoon today.

Along with it, the perception of these two people was very good, and even the memories were mixed with a layer of filter.

The screenwriter still remembered that when Zheng Chengxin confirmed Gu Cheng as the male lead, he was very uneasy and asked him for several consecutive days, is it okay for Gu Cheng to be the male lead?

The screenwriter thought: You have already signed the contract, you come to ask me if it's okay, I want to ask you if it's okay instead?

Thinking about it now, that's right.

The work you worked hard to film can be treated preciously by the actors, how can it not be pleasant?

The scene turned back to the script discussion in the afternoon.

When Jin Li was reading the script, she had already faintly sensed that Xiao Yue might not love Yan Chu as much as she imagined.

Of course, she must like Yan Chu, otherwise she couldn't have died to save him.

But this liking was also mixed with other factors.

The biggest factor was that Xiao Yue had already seen through this doomsday, and she wanted to end herself.

So she chose to use her death to exchange for a more valuable life, using this way to end her life.

Therefore, Xiao Yue's death was her own choice.

It was not because of accidents or other factors that led to her death.

And Gu Cheng studied the script before, and didn't see this point at first.

But when he truly substituted himself into the role of Yan Chu and filmed the rival scene with Xiao Yue, he suddenly figured it out—

Xiao Yue loved him, but didn't love him that much.

This was not the point, the point was—

How much did Yan Chu like Xiao Yue?

Gu Cheng said: "I am reading the novel, and the author repeatedly instills a concept in the reader, that is, Xiao Yue is Yan Chu's white moonlight.

The meaning of Yan Chu's living is to find the herbs that can revive Xiao Yue's consciousness and let her revive. This has become an obsession of the male lead.

But now that I am filming, I can't help but raise a thought: Does the male lead really love Xiao Yue that much?

Liking must be there, but can he really put a person in his heart for such a long time?"

Jin Li asked: "So what do you think?"

Gu Cheng thought for a while and said: "The image of Xiao Yue in Yan Chu's mind is really too good. White moonlight refers to a feeling, a feeling related to beauty.

And this beauty is not only expressed in people, but also in a happy life. I think Yan Chu poured the beauty of the stable life before the doomsday into Xiao Yue.

Whether in the novel or the script, Yan Chu and Xiao Yue are together, and they will always be very at ease, with a feeling of returning to before the doomsday."

Gu Cheng sorted out the thoughts in his mind and speculated:

"Xiao Yue died, which means the beautiful dream in Yan Chu's heart is broken. He is pulled back to the cruel reality—the betrayal of relatives, the framing of the base, the people in power wanting to use him as a puppet...

These are too cruel. Yan Chu is not unaware of these, but he has always chosen to escape.

Only by staying by Xiao Yue's side can he seem to be able to breathe and let himself stop for a while.

Xiao Yue died, and he can no longer escape like in the past, because he will really die, just like Xiao Yue, and will also die under powerful abilities and conspiracies.

So, he has to force himself to grow up. This is also the reason why he seems to have changed into a different person after Xiao Yue died."

Jin Li nodded and agreed: "Yes, Xiao Yue's death also made Yan Chu grow up.

She used death to tell Yan Chu the hard rules of surviving in the doomsday: not only must the ability be powerful, but also have a powerful team and a powerful base. These can become his powerful backing.

I only read the early novels, but I read reader comments. After Yan Chu became powerful, he didn't leave the current base, but went to build a base himself.

He must also understand this truth, so he thought about rebuilding the base and no longer being controlled by others."

Gu Cheng breathed a long sigh of relief, "After figuring out Yan Chu's thoughts, I know how to film many scenes."

He looked at Jin Li, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes, like broken gold in the floating light and passing shadows.

"With you helping me smooth out my thoughts, even if your scenes are finished, I don't have to worry about not keeping up with the crew's progress and not being able to film the Yan Chu in the director's mind."

Jin Li said mischievously: "It's your good understanding. Even if you don't discuss it with me, you will figure it out sooner or later."

Gu Cheng shook his head: "But at that time, it was already too late."

They discussed for a long time, and when they came back to their senses, it was time to eat, so they went out to have dinner together.

And while Jin Li was filming.

Zhang Guang also told the news he heard to the senior management of Yajun Watches.

Of course, he wouldn't say bluntly: The reason Jin Li doesn't sign a profit-sharing contract with you is that she feels you won't replicate a hit again, so as to avoid being set up because of profit-sharing issues in the future, so she simply gave up profit-sharing.

Instead, he said: "The reason she participated in the joint sales profit-sharing before was because Yajun Watches still needed to use her fame to open up the market, so she felt she could take this money.

Now the fame of Yajun's ladies' watches has been hit, and even without her, it can gradually develop, so she is no longer that important, so she can just take the endorsement fee."

Seeing that the person in charge of Yajun Watches was still full of doubts, frowning, and didn't quite believe it.

Zhang Guang said again: "You should know that Jin Li was in poor health before, and the place she likes to go most is the Taoist temple, and the thought of the Taoist temple is 'let nature take its course'.

You first gave her an endorsement contract, and Jin Li had already made a choice at that time.

Even if you added a profit-sharing contract later, she would not change her mind and regret her previous choice.

If you don't understand, just bring in Taoist thinking to think about it. Everything is a choice of letting nature take its course. Don't think so much, follow your original heart."

Zhang Guang paused, "You just tell me, Jin Li chose the endorsement contract instead of the profit-sharing contract, are you relieved?"

The person in charge hesitated for a long time and nodded.

Zhang Guang: "That's right, then you just need to accept this result, don't think so much."

The person in charge looked at Zhang Guang for a long time: "Why do I always feel that you are fooling me?"

Zhang Guang immediately said: "No, absolutely not, this is Jin Li's idea."

The person in charge sighed: "Actually, if Jin Li wants to sign a profit-sharing contract, we can also accept it.

If she signed the profit-sharing, I wouldn't have to struggle and hesitate for so long. It's because she didn't sign that we suspected whether there was something wrong with our internal self.

You also know that people in the circle know that none of the projects Jin Li took a fancy to have failed. Before, she only filmed, but this year she also involved in investment.

If she is willing to sign Yajun's profit-sharing contract, this is a way of investment, proving that this project has great feasibility to make a lot of money, and she is also very optimistic about it.

But she just doesn't sign profit-sharing, but only takes dead endorsement, which makes some directors very uneasy!"

Zhang Guang thought in his heart, sure enough, those who do business and mix in the business circle have very smart brains.

They really didn't guess wrong. Jin Li just didn't look forward to their development in the next few years, thinking that they wouldn't make products that could be comparable to the Zodiac series again, so she chose to take the endorsement fee and avoid commercial disputes.

Zhang Guang said: "That's not how it's said. If Jin Li really didn't look forward to Yajun's future, she wouldn't have become Yajun's spokesperson at all.

Think about the brands Jin Li endorsed, is their development getting better and better in these years?"

The person in charge was coaxed happily and said: "Okay, okay, Gu Cheng's Asia-Pacific endorsement contract is ready, find a time to sign online."

Zhang Guang breathed a sigh of relief.

After he solved this, Chenxi Entertainment soon received Yajun's reply.

Yajun hopes to reach an endorsement contract with Jin Li as soon as possible and announce this before the Spring Festival.

There is less than half a month left before the Spring Festival, and the time is still very tight.

And when Yajun's endorsement was advancing rapidly, good news also came from He Wuyou, he finished the first draft of *Invisible Secret*!

After the draft is finished, he can start to connect with One Billion Media.

After all, finding directors and renting filming venues are all the responsibility of One Billion Media.

And on the script, although Jin Li has absolute control, One Billion Media can also put forward some opinions.

Good opinions, Chenxi Entertainment will accept.

Bad ones, just pretend not to hear.

In terms of actor selection, relatively important supporting roles are also decided by One Billion Media, but Jin Li has veto power.

If Jin Li is not satisfied with the people recommended by One Billion Media, she can ask One Billion Media to change other people to film until she is satisfied.

As for secondary roles, One Billion Media doesn't want them at all, let Jin Li decide for herself.

This is actually giving Chenxi Entertainment face, allowing them to arrange artists under the company to come and rub it.

It has to be said that from the terms of the contract, One Billion Media doesn't look like a Party A, but more like a Party B.

They are all tight with Jin Li, and Jin Li's opinions can make them change direction at any time.

Since One Billion Media gave such great power, then the first version of the script is finished, and Chenxi Entertainment is also willing to let them take a look to see what opinions they have.

He Wuyou finished writing the script and felt that it could be polished again, but didn't know how to do it, so he asked Sui Lingfang for help.

As for taking the script to One Billion Media and communicating with One Billion Media, He Wuyou didn't come forward in person, but handed it to his assistant.

Yes, as the only screenwriter of Chenxi Entertainment.

He also has an assistant! ===== CHAPTER 742 =====