Chapter 19: Future Film and TV Intelligence and Wrap-Up Gathering

After reading the intelligence, Seeing Yan Li bowed again to the incense, and this time the ancestors showed some favor—next time conditions allow, he must offer meat and wine as tribute.

Afterwards, Seeing Yan Li pulled up all the monthly intelligence he had previously received and did a rough organization and summary.

Watch the bowl while watching the pot—take one step, calculate three!

So every month, Seeing Yan Li combined past intelligence with new intelligence to deliberate and plan his future development.

Seeing Yan Li had received the intelligence system for about half a year; since the quantity of monthly intelligence varied randomly, sometimes more, sometimes less, he now had a cumulative total of just over thirty items.

Of these, roughly two-thirds were confirmed or suspected future information—the proportion was still significant.

However, whether they were useful depended entirely on the specific circumstances and Seeing Yan Li's application.

According to Seeing Yan Li's statistics, the time range of future information in the monthly intelligence was roughly one to five years.

Whether the system would upgrade, or whether his speculation about a possible 【yearly intelligence】 would extend the time limit for future information, was currently unknown—Seeing Yan Li dared not guarantee anything.

But so far, being able to learn some information about the next five years had already made Seeing Yan Li very satisfied.

Among these future intelligence items, quite a few involved the future entertainment industry and film and television, likely related to Seeing Yan Li's profession.

Seeing Yan Li took these intelligence items seriously, since any one of them might make him famous and popular.

Currently, besides the drama he was in, 《Sui Tang Heroes》, and the newly acquired 《Liang Jian》 and 《The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Phoenix Sings at Qishan》, he had also obtained several other future film and television pieces.

One: Zhang Jizhong's Jin Yong drama 《The Legend of the Condor Heroes》

Two: Gao Qunshu's TV drama 《Conquest》

Three: Wang Baoqiang's TV drama 《Soldiers' Sortie》

Four: Li Yu's film 《Apple》

According to the intelligence, these films and dramas all achieved decent results or influence—if he could land a role, it would benefit Seeing Yan Li greatly.

However, despite Seeing Yan Li's efforts, only one, 《Sui Tang Heroes》, had truly succeeded—the others had made little progress.

There was no way around it: the film 《Apple》 was released in 2007, and 《Soldiers' Sortie》 was a 2006 drama—neither script had even been written yet.

Not to mention the script—even the people involved in the intelligence were hard to find.

Director Li Yu of 《Apple》 was manageable; he had already directed two films and won awards overseas, making him somewhat well-known in the industry.

As for Wang Baoqiang, who played in 《Soldiers' Sortie》, Seeing Yan Li asked around everywhere—even checked with the Central Academy of Drama—but couldn't find any actor by that name.

Seeing Yan Li suspected the guy might be hiding in some obscure corner, or perhaps hadn't even entered the industry yet.

As for the drama 《Conquest》, Seeing Yan Li had managed to make contact.

But he heard the production team was short on funds, and early preparations had gone poorly, with rumors of the project being canceled more than once—Seeing Yan Li wasn't even sure if his own interference had caused some change.

As for 《The Legend of the Condor Heroes》, the barrier was simply too high.

After all, it was a Jin Yong drama—the name itself carried weight; Zhang Jizhong had previously scored a hit with 《The Smiling, Proud Wanderer》, so this drama attracted even more attention.

As soon as it was officially launched in early spring, media coverage flooded in; actor resumes piled up like mountains, agents from major companies took turns pushing forward—Seeing Yan Li, a lone newcomer with no connections, stood little chance of snatching a role.

So at the time, Seeing Yan Li had merely politely submitted his resume and focused his efforts on Wang Decai.

Now 《The Legend of the Condor Heroes》 was about to start filming, and major roles were likely already settled.

Seeing Yan Li felt he should put more effort into 《Conquest》, or try to break through with the directors and producers introduced by Old Wang.

Also, once he returned to Jingcheng, he should look into some intelligence regarding money and connections—start laying groundwork where needed.

The actor's profession had too much randomness and instability—if possible, walking with two legs was steadier…

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Since receiving the monthly intelligence at the beginning of the month, Seeing Yan Li's life had entered fast-forward mode.

Every day he filmed, practiced horseback riding, trained martial arts, and built connections, occasionally meeting up briefly with Qin Lan.

Soon, it was mid-July, and Seeing Yan Li's departure from the 《Sui Tang Heroes》 set was entering its final countdown.

From joining the set to wrapping, it had taken just over a month—the pace was quite fast.

But it was normal: Yuwen Chengdu was a supporting role, one with little interaction with the main cast, and he had no part in the later storylines of the Li Tang clan's conquest and succession struggles—his screen time was limited.

Not to mention that directors like Hu Mingkai from Xiangjiang tended to favor a "grand and bold," "unconcerned with minor details" filming style.

The five words 【slow work yields fine results】 were practically an insult to them.

Although Seeing Yan Li had spent only a short time on the 《Sui Tang Heroes》 set, his naturally good personality and the system's advantages had earned him excellent rapport.

Associate director Wang Decai, makeup artist Wang Xiu, lead actors Nie Yuan and Tong Lei, several supporting guest actors, and horse team leader Lao Xu all took turns organizing banquets to see him off.

This was quite rare!

On film sets, people came and went constantly; everyone was used to separations and reunions. Unless it was a fixed team, once the set disbanded, everyone returned home, and it might be years before they worked together again.

So most actors and crew members viewed each other as temporary passersby—unless a bond had truly formed, there was no need to spend money on a farewell dinner.

Seeing Yan Li couldn't refuse, and he still had to film daily, so he had no time to attend every gathering—he simply grouped them into a few sessions.

Old Wang was a benefactor; he'd need his help later, so he absolutely had to meet alone.

Wang Xiu, Lao Xu, and the other supporting guest actors could gather together for a lively get-together.

Lead actors like Tong Lei and Nie Yuan required a separate banquet.

It wasn't that Seeing Yan Li was playing favorites—it was simply that they belonged to different circles, and Nie Yuan had a somewhat arrogant personality; forcing them together would make everyone uncomfortable, so it was better to separate them.

That day, the set wrapped early, and Nie Yuan invited Seeing Yan Li to dinner, along with the previously arranged Tong Lei, as well as Zheng Guolin and Kou Zhanwen.

Zheng Guolin played Li Shimin in 《Sui Tang Heroes》; he was close to Nie Yuan and had come along to piggyback on the meal.

Kou Zhanwen played Yuchi Gong—when Seeing Yan Li first joined the set, he had tried to befriend him, and they'd had a few interactions since; their relationship was decent. When Seeing Yan Li ran into him at wrap, he asked, and Kou showed up to show support.

The restaurant was arranged by Nie Yuan—not low-end—and he paid for the meal.

Tong Lei wanted to split the bill, since they had all agreed to host a farewell dinner for Seeing Yan Li, but Nie Yuan, with his somewhat macho attitude, rejected it.

"When you go out to have fun, how can you let a girl pay?"

Seeing Yan Li ignored their argument; since Nie Yuan had paid for the meal, Seeing Yan Li arranged a second event: karaoke.

Just before wrapping, the production team settled his remaining salary; Seeing Yan Li wasn't stingy—if he had money, and friends had treated him to a farewell dinner, he wouldn't let them down.

There are still many karaoke bars and KTVs in Hengdian, and the environments are a mix of good and bad, hard to distinguish.

But this posed no problem for Seeing Yan Li, whose nickname is 【Active Radar】.

Previously, when he went out with Wang Decai to build connections, he had used his system to discover two decent KTVs.

One of them ranked among the top in Hengdian for overall conditions—environment, price, safety, and more.

The other had beautiful, well-behaved, and curvaceous girls.

Under normal circumstances, Seeing Yan Li preferred the second one, but today he had a girl with him, so he could only go to the first.

After booking a private room, Seeing Yan Li was inviting Kou Zhanwen and the others to pick songs when Nie Yuan stepped out to take a call, then returned and shouted over the music to Seeing Yan Li.

"Two new friends just arrived—don't mind if they join?"

"Come on, more people, more fun."

Seeing Yan Li didn't care—it wasn't much more for drinks—Nie Yuan nodded and soon led in two Misses. Seeing Yan Li grinned when he saw them.

Isn't this the new Xiao Yanzi?!

(End of Chapter)