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Chapter 486: Chapter 271: Film Queen Joins the New Drama, Netizens Are Shocked, “Blink Your Eyes if You’re Being Coerced.” -3

There’s no helping it, with age comes the dwindling of hopes. Wei Darui, known as a fifth-generation director, now wishes only for his son to become independent and successful as soon as possible.

The so-called fifth generation refers to the young directors born after a particular era who received formal training in film studies. Their directorial styles often carry strong personal flair.

This stems from their formative years in those turbulent times when they witnessed the rapid development of Xia Country. They absorbed the impact of foreign cultures and experienced a shift in thinking.

Wei Darui doesn’t consider himself a fifth-generation director, nor does he subscribe to such classifications. Compared to those national treasures, he’s a bit younger.

His films mainly revolve around the society’s lower strata, showcasing sympathy for them, love for his nation, and concerns for the future existence, among other things.

However, in recent years, for the sake of his son’s future, Wei Darui has steered clear of sensitive subjects. He mainly focuses on commercial films, which have had a lukewarm response yet provide a stable career.

“Wu Feng, what’s up so late at night?” Wei Darui asked with a smile. Without any trace of sleepiness, only his own son could wake him up at this hour.

“Dad, I’ve come across a script, a really good one.” Wei Wufeng briefly recounted the past two days’ events, ending with, “Can you introduce me to some actors, ones that aren’t too expensive?”

Wei Darui was silent for a moment, “If the script is good, why don’t I just invest some money in it? Hire the best actors, don’t worry about spending too much on the work.”

“I’d love to, but they won’t accept any investment,” Wei Wufeng said.

“There’s such a thing? Can’t you just not shoot it?”

“I can’t, Dad.” Wei Wufeng didn’t know how to explain and could only lower his stance, “The producer is quite a bastard, but he’s truly written a good script!”

“The producer… wrote the script?” Wei Darui said with concern, “Wu Feng, haven’t you been resting enough lately? You’re starting to talk nonsense.”

“Ah, I’m not talking nonsense, it was indeed written by the producer.” Wei Wufeng sighed over the phone, “The guy used to be a singer-songwriter, he sang ‘Blue and White Porcelain’.”

“The song you hummed before the new year, Dad, that was written by this guy. Now he’s come up with a script, seems to be self-financed for filming, anyway, he’s quite an abstract person.”

Wei Darui didn’t understand what ‘abstract’ meant, “So you have to shoot this script?”

“Yes.”

“Is it really that good?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright, if you like it, that’s enough.” Wei Darui said helplessly, “I’ll think of something for you, don’t worry about it anymore. Oh, by the way, what’s his name?”

“Xu Qingyan.”

“Oh, that’s a unique name.” Wei Darui felt he had heard the name somewhere before but couldn’t recall it at the moment and didn’t dwell on it.

He just thought it was because he had heard the song and casually noticed the singer’s name, leaving an impression.

The next day.

Wei Wufeng wasn’t in the best of moods, feeling somewhat on edge.

Xu bastard is really inhuman, always wanting to hire small-time actors. Damn it! Saving pennies for what, a bazaar?! Fuck your ancestor, ruining a good script!

Only I can save the day, what an utterly absurd situation!

Currently, Xu Qingyan was enthusiastic, offering everything but money to support, even if it meant making a cameo appearance on camera.

Who wants him to hog the screen with a cameo!

Fortunately, in his father’s name, Wei Wufeng managed to hire several mature actors for a very low salary. Neither stars nor veterans, but they had notable works to their names.

Among them, coincidentally, was the two-time award-winning Best Actress Luo Yuexiu.@@novelbin@@

Initially, Wei Wufeng hadn’t expected Luo Yuexiu to join, but to his surprise, upon hearing that it was Xu Qingyan’s script, she expressed some interest and wished to see the script first.

This made Wei Wufeng stroke his chin, having heard a bit about Luo Yuexiu’s private life. Although her “Best Actress” titles were not entirely justified, her acting was certainly not in question.

He considered that if she came aboard, with her image, the role of Tong Xiangyu would be settled.

When Wei Wufeng shared this good news with Xu Qingyan, the latter’s face lit up with excitement before telling him, “It’s not possible, Luo Yuexiu and I have bad blood.”

Upon hearing this, Wei Wufeng’s expression changed.

“She’s your ex-girlfriend?”

“No, I was her PD during the Spring Festival Gala. I wasn’t very pleasant back then, so she probably has a bad impression of me,” Xu Qingyan waved it off.

“Well, that’s really the end of it,” Wei Wufeng couldn’t help sighing.

“Oh, right, there’s something else I should tell you,” he suddenly said, “I have some business to attend to in a while and I need to fly to Capital City for a few days, so we need to speed up our prep work.”

Implicitly, they didn’t have much time left, they’d have to work overtime in the coming days.

Upon hearing this, Wei Wufeng was first taken aback and then couldn’t help but curse, “You motherf…”

Young Master Wei faintly felt he was heading down a dark path. He regretted coming to this place and boarding this ‘pirate ship.’

What a desolate world, worse than a fucking reproductive organ!

But he couldn’t abandon ship… the script was good, after all. Wei Wufeng was truly tired of dealing with brain-dead scripts. It wasn’t easy to come across a decent script, especially a rare situational comedy.

It was like playing a game and drawing an SSR character in an unpopular class.

In the following few days, Xu Qingyan spent most of his time running around with Wei Wufeng and Zhou Mian. The three musketeers worked tirelessly day and night, compressing the preparatory work to the shortest time possible.

From Wei Wufeng’s arrival in Xinghai to assembling the crew and signing contracts with the actors, it all took just five days. In that time, they also found a film and television studio.

The filming took place entirely within a soundstage; they happened to find a similar structure. There had been a martial arts film shot there a few days prior, and the set had not been taken down yet, leaving them with a start.

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