Chapter 115

This was a middle-aged man with a shaved head; there wasn't a single hair on top.

It wasn't that he didn't want to keep it, but that he couldn't.

Because he was a workaholic, he had already gone bald before he was thirty-five.

Later, he simply shaved his head completely.

Come to think of it.

This person was quite interesting.

When he first entered the industry, he was just a handyman on set. After continuous learning, he became a script supervisor, then after more learning, he became a prop master, then a lighting technician, cinematographer, editing director, action director...

Basically, he had done every job on a film set.

He could be called all-around.

Later, he got tired of the days of constantly running with the crew and wanted to settle down and live a stable life.

It just so happened that Yang Mi was creating Jiaxing and recruiting talent.

So, he came to Jiaxing.

"Xianxia theme? But, are these two sisters really young people? Why is the naming so old-fashioned?"

It wasn't that Lu Liang was dissatisfied with the name.

It was just... youth...

This name stirred up his memories.

A few years ago, novels and Wuxia TV dramas loved to use "XX Legend" for titles.

For example, *XX Hero Legend*, *XX Twin Pride Legend*, *XX Gaiden*...

And now, such naming conventions were basically never seen.

The popular Xianxia dramas now, one and all, were either strangely short or long to the point of being a mouthful.

They were afraid that the audience wouldn't understand how high-end their drama title was.

On the contrary, *Chinese Paladin*—such a simple name—deeply touched his heart.

He felt that a simple name was quite good; why bother with all that flashy stuff?

Of course, the title wasn't actually important; the content was what mattered.

"I wonder what kind of story it will be?"

Lu Liang turned to the next page.

And beside him.

Ning Fei's brows were furrowed high.

In Jiaxing Entertainment's film and television department, he and Lu Liang had a particularly loud nickname: "Crouching Dragon and Fledgling Phoenix."

He was also a remarkable person.

In his early years, he became a well-known TV drama director with *Burning Era*, which was popular all over the country.

But after that, he never stood up again.

Every one he filmed was a flop.

People called him "The Flop King."

Eventually, there was no capital left to find him to film anything.

With no other choice, he came to Jiaxing.

However, Yang Mi believed in his strength; this person had strong individual ability and was overflowing with talent, but he had peaked at his debut and subsequently encountered setbacks, making it difficult for him to break through his own psychology.

At this moment.

Ning Fei frowned:

"Xianxia dramas were okay a few years ago, especially when they first appeared; they were simply explosive themes, and filming them casually meant profit, but now... Xianxia dramas are a huge pit."

"Recent Xianxia dramas, while called Xianxia, are actually romance; if they aren't talking about love, they are on the way to talking about love. Gods stir up human catastrophes and chaos in the three realms just to have a romance, and audiences get annoyed after watching for a long time."

"Moreover, filming Xianxia dramas is particularly expensive and easy to flop!"

"Although they are indeed easy to produce explosive dramas, the difficulty is very high."

"This pit is just a damn fire pit! These two sisters are truly newborn calves that are not afraid of tigers, daring to touch such a difficult theme."

Ning Fei thought to himself, making up his mind that if the script quality wasn't good later, he must persuade Yang Mi not to film this script.

Although he had read the *Ringu* script, that script was written okay.

But Xianxia dramas weren't something you could play with easily; if you weren't careful, you'd lose everything.

He had filmed a Xianxia script himself back in the day, and the result... a total flop!

Forget it, let's not talk about it; talking too much is just tears.

At this time.

He looked at his two "teammates."

He saw Yang Mi's beautiful eyes staring intently at the script, occasionally letting out a giggle.

Lu Liang was also fully focused.

Wait...

This atmosphere seemed a bit wrong.

As for the pair of young girls, You Mingyue, they were sitting together, wearing headphones, holding their phones horizontally and tapping constantly, seemingly playing games.

They seemed very confident in their script.

"I'd better take a look first."

Ning Fei also started reading.

Unlike the script for "Ring," the script for "Chinese Paladin" lists the character names and provides simple character descriptions at the beginning.

"They are quite diligent..." Ning Fei praised inwardly.

He had read many scripts, but one as detailed as this was rare.

Li Xiaoyao.

Zhao Linger.

Lin Yueru.

Anu.

Sect Leader Baiyue.

Qing'er.

Ning Fei scanned through each character setting roughly.

His expression became increasingly solemn.

"Not just Xianxia, it's actually an ensemble drama."

"They have such guts!"

You know, filming a story centered on a protagonist to make it stand out is already very difficult.

Let alone an ensemble.

Such filming difficulty was much higher than the original foundation.

However, conversely.

Ensemble dramas actually have their benefits.

For example, those veteran actors particularly love appearing in ensemble dramas; after all, as long as they are actors, they don't want to be someone else's background, and they also want to shine in the drama.

Moreover, the character settings in ensemble dramas are generally very full.

"As expected of the person who wrote *Ringu*, these two sisters have some real skills." After finishing all the listed character settings, Ning Fei sighed.

Although he still felt that the Xianxia theme was a huge pit and it was best not to film it, at least in this script, he couldn't find any faults in the character settings. ===== CHAPTER 116 =====