Chapter 377: A Bold Idea
After officially dating her and spending a period of happy days, during this time, Ye Zhiyun could be said to be very diligent. Every day, she would go to her crew to pick up Yu Linna after work, and then take her to dinner, buy her dolls. It could be said that she was very dedicated. Although she had been a little skeptical about dating at first, in the end, there was nothing to complain about Ye Zhiyun’s attitude. Gradually, Yu Linna also accepted this setting.
Actually, having an understanding girlfriend seemed to be quite good.
Two days later, Ye Zhiyun had to go to the airport to take a plane and leave. She had stayed in Japan for long enough. It was about time to go. The movie Auntie is Here had finally been sold in Japan for a price of 1.03 million RMB, which was very cheap, but it was better than nothing, and this was already beyond her expectations. She had originally been prepared to come away empty-handed.
Her next stop was Malaysia, to continue selling the broadcasting rights of her movie. At the latest, she would have to return to her home country at the end of the year. Her work would be very busy. The time she could spend with her girlfriend could be said to be very little, so these few days, she had taken advantage of the time to be intimate with her, lest there would be no chance in the future. It had not been easy for Yu Linna to agree to be her girlfriend. She couldn’t let their work get in the way of them being together.
At the airport, Yu Linna personally came to see her off. Originally, Yu Linna had been the first to come to Japan, but she had ended up staying until now and had not gone back. On the contrary, Ye Zhiyun, who had stayed here for a short period of time, had to leave in a hurry.
“Work hard.”
“Mmm, I will.”
Ye Zhiyun considerately tidied her girlfriend’s collar, and before leaving, she even braided a small pigtail for her. During this period, Yu Linna did not object. Ye Zhiyun was very happy.
“Nana, after I come back to the country next time, let’s go on a trip together, just the two of us.”
“Mmm, you have to come back early.”
“I will. Wait for me to come back.”
In the end, Ye Zhiyun gently left a kiss on her cheek, and then she dragged her suitcase and walked into the boarding gate with a smile. This was her happiest moment.
Yu Linna touched her kissed cheek, feeling a little dazed for a moment. This Ye Zhiyun, she was sometimes quite bold.
Really, how did she end up dating her? Yu Linna smiled wryly.
Forget it, I’ll complain properly after she comes back.
When Ye Zhiyun was boarding, she had also received a message from Han Ying. The content was very simple, with only one sentence: “Be careful on your way, keep in touch, see you next time. Because I considered your girlfriend is there, I won’t see you off.”
This Han Ying was quite thoughtful. Ye Zhiyun smiled. She actually thought this friend was quite good.
If it weren’t for Han Ying encouraging her, she might not have been so proactive. A chess game that was already dead had actually had a moment of resurrection. Ye Zhiyun found it incredible.
But in any case, she and Yu Linna were together.
In the future, no matter what difficulties there were, they would face them together. That’s what she thought.
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After Ye Zhiyun went back, Yu Linna returned to her work at the crew. She was a screenwriter, originally just a scriptwriter, but was invited to the crew to supervise the progress. Yu Linna was also heartbroken. Yusa Maho had even said that she was being taken advantage of like this, and that the other party was too greedy. This little bit of money was not enough for her to live on.
But Yu Linna didn’t care about this. As long as she had the opportunity to write, to have her work brought to the screen, that was enough. What she needed was an opportunity.
After Han Ying had gotten over her initial discomfort, she was now slowly integrating into the team. She was also actively asking the seniors in the crew for advice and improving her acting skills. Because Han Ying was hardworking enough, her acting skills improved very quickly. When she was acting opposite the female lead, she also got into the state, and the director’s NG times also decreased. It was unknown if Han Ying had figured something out, but now when she was acting, she was no longer so lost. Everything was so natural. Perhaps her becoming an actress was a twist of fate, but it had to be admitted that she was quite satisfied with this profession now, and not to the point of hating it.
Han Ying also wanted to earn more money through this job. If this TV series was successful, her film offers would increase, and at that time, she could also take on more commercials, and she could earn a lot of money. She wanted to have her own house as soon as possible.
“Shion-sensei, what do you think of the plot here? I don’t think Mizutani Suzuon should be portrayed like this. Her positioning is a delinquent girl. How can she be so gentle to her mother?”
“Director Nikkaidou, I don’t think this is a conflict at all. A delinquent girl’s heart will always have a soft spot. Plus, Mizutani Suzuon is from a single-parent family. It’s not wrong for her to be a little gentler to her family, because in her heart, her family occupies a very important position.”
“Shion-sensei, do you even understand the definition of a family? The so-called family, even if they are related by blood, doesn’t mean their relationship is good. There will always be people with bad relationships. Mizutani Suzuon has always been a delinquent girl. This has nothing to do with her family education. If it weren’t for her mother’s failed education, how could she have become a delinquent? If the education was good, she could have become friends with her classmates.”
Although the director usually listened to Yu Linna, there were some places where he was unwilling to listen. There would always be times of conflict. At such times, they would argue endlessly.
Yu Linna was also a very stubborn person when it came to her work. She was always fighting for the integrity of the script and asking people not to change it. But a script would not always remain unchanged. As long as there was discussion, the script would definitely be revised.
In the end, Yu Linna and the director each took a step back. The relationship between the second female lead, Mizutani Suzuon, and her mother was quite contradictory. The two of them had a very good relationship when they were little, but as they grew up, their conflicts increased and became more and more serious. In the end, the female lead, Onimaru Kiyo, had to intervene in Mizutani Suzuon’s family life and guide the mother and daughter. This was originally not in the script. With this change, the subsequent plot also had to be changed. Yu Linna’s work had increased again.
“I’m sorry, Shion-sensei. You seem very troubled.”
During a break, Han Ying would always come to chat with Yu Linna, talking to her about the script. Han Ying was just an actress. She didn’t have much to say about the story. Her task was to play her role well. But occasionally, she would also talk to her about the characters inside.
“It’s fine. It’s just that I’m having a bit of a headache with the character’s creation.”
“Is it Mizutani Suzuon? She is a character you created with your own hands. You should have a very thorough understanding of her, right?”
“How should I put it? I’m just a scriptwriter. How much I can write about a character is ultimately my own understanding. Also, the director said that my portrayal of the family is a bit exaggerated, as if I were deliberately making Mizutani Suzuon’s relationship with her family very good, without considering the integrity of the character. Indeed, there is a certain degree of truth to what he said. My understanding of family is ultimately a bit vague.”
Yu Linna looked very troubled.
The character of Mizutani Suzuon was just a second female lead, but her scenes were also very important, even no less than the female lead’s. Yu Linna had spent a lot of effort on this character, a character second only to the female lead, Onimaru Kiyo. But such a character, because the family setting was not realistic, had led to the script being revised. This was the reason she felt troubled.
To be fair, Yu Linna had never had a family, let alone parents. Her understanding of family was only limited to books. In other words, the family in her writing was just something she had imagined. Including the family affection in a novel like Zixuan and the Paper Airplane, which was mainly about family affection, also had exaggerated elements. If you were to seriously investigate, the logic in many places might not even make sense.
A novel was one thing, but you couldn’t mess around in a script. The director had repeatedly insisted that it could not be filmed according to the original script.
Yu Linna could only revise the script and add new plots.
Han Ying smiled and didn’t go into detail, nor did she want to know. She was just an actress. Her task was to play her role well. This was also a role with the most screen time since she had entered this profession. It was because they couldn’t find a suitable actress that they had come to her. She also wanted to grasp this opportunity.
“Shion-sensei, this story is written by you. You should know what to do. Don’t worry. The market for female-themed stories is not very wide. Even if it’s filmed, it might not get high ratings. It’s better not to put too much pressure on yourself.”
Han Ying waved goodbye and continued to return to the set to film.
This person’s words are a bit too direct.
Yu Linna thought that this actress was really quite direct. Indeed, in the current market, female-themed stories were not very popular. They were almost all romance themes. Besides that, there were no other popular themes. The Big Sister Head is a Teacher, to put it bluntly, was just a story about a teacher and a student. It was really hard to say how much of a mass base it would have, and how high the ratings would be was also a matter worth thinking about.
Especially in Japan, it was even more obvious.
“A female theme…”
Yu Linna leaned against a chair, thinking about this sentence. Indeed, the market for female themes was not large. There were still limitations. In her home country, female-themed action films were made popular by Nangong Ying, and she was also one of the few female stars who could film female-themed films well. Other female stars who wanted to carry the banner and film female-themed blockbusters like her had all flopped. This proved that success could not be replicated.
Among the few senior writers who wrote novels, which one didn’t start the story from the perspective of a male protagonist? There were really not many who played with female themes. Oh right, in the manga circle, Xiao Yanhan and her partner Baihua Zhengyan had played with a female superhero story, Violent Witch District.
A female theme…
“That’s right.”
Yu Linna suddenly thought of something. She stood up.
During these days, she had been trying to write a male-themed story, trying hard to create a new worldview, a novel that was not a harem. But the market was very cruel. Pure love-themed stories were rarely favored. Everyone liked direct and refreshing harem novels. There were very few pure love novels that could stand out. That time, it had also been very difficult for Yu Linna.
And other male themes were already overused, with no freshness.
Yu Linna couldn’t help but think, why not write a story from the perspective of a female protagonist? That way, it would be a female theme, a brand new story. There was a big gap in the market for female themes. If she could fill it, the future value would be incalculable.
Thinking like this, Yu Linna had an idea. She immediately picked up her notebook and started writing and drawing, planning what theme to write in her new story, what to set the female protagonist as…
