Chapter 116: Script’s Too Good
When Ji Ziyao asked this question, he already regretted it in his heart.
He was afraid the topic would be too much to Xuan Xia’s taste, and then he would be forced to continue talking about Jiang Feng.
That really upset his stomach.
But soon he was glad to discover that Xuan Xia had no interest in this topic.
“You’ve had enough of me.”
Xuan Xia disliked hearing the words “top student” from Ji Ziyao the most; even if the tone was normal coming from his mouth, it felt sarcastic.
Maybe it was because these past few years he only used those two words to attack her.
Ji Ziyao promptly backed off.
Seeing that Jiang Feng was no longer in place, he immediately urged Xuan Xia: “Alright, go back and sit down.”
Xuan Xia: “…”
In other words, did he have to make it so obvious?
The person left and he was chasing her away.
He was just relying on her spoiling him!
…
Ji Ziyao had only mentioned the female lead actress two script during the day, but Xuan Xia still kept it in mind.
After getting off work and returning to the hotel room, she couldn’t wait to pick up the script and flip through it.
This script was tentatively titled Worldly Fireworks, with a total of 16 episodes, but only the plot for the first ten episodes had been provided now.
She originally thought it would be something like an idol drama, but it wasn’t at all.
It told of the worldly fireworks of ordinary families, as well as the mutual redemption among family members, and it also included some social topics.
The story unfolded from the death mystery of the youngest daughter in a family of five, and Xuan Xia’s role was the youngest daughter who died right at the beginning.
The academically and morally excellent youngest daughter was admitted to her dream university, but just three months after enrollment, she passed away mysteriously, with the cause unknown.
Surrounding the youngest daughter’s sudden death, some wanted to forget, some couldn’t escape the shadow, some wanted to know the truth, and the whole family began to fall apart, with heavy contradictions among family members.
After reading the content of the first eight episodes, Xuan Xia understood why Ji Ziyao had that expression.
The youngest daughter role was a complex role.
In different people’s minds, her image was different, and it kept twisting and turning. This meant that to perform this role well, one needed certain acting skills.
Apart from the youngest daughter role, the other family members’ roles also had their own depth and substance.
Even each role harbored both an angel and a devil in their hearts.
At a glance, this was not a script to fool the audience, but one that aimed to leave something in television history.
In short, this might be a script aimed at awards.
Yet such a substantial script assigned the female lead actress two role to her? Xuan Xia herself felt it was fantastical.
After finishing the plot of the first ten episodes, Xuan Xia rarely felt an itch she couldn’t scratch; she really wanted to see the following plot. Her sixth sense told her that the subsequent plot would be even more exciting, with more unexpected twists.
As usual, she first searched online.
She originally just wanted to see if there was any information, but upon searching, she discovered that this drama was still a big project in the netizens’ mouths.
These days, netizens liked to divide film and TV projects into different grades.
Projects with good production, good team, and good script were called good projects, while those without a good team or good script were called rotten pies.
Above good projects, there were also levels like big project and giant pie.
Currently, the net had already discussed all the lead actors of this drama. The consensus was that the whole family in this drama would be played by acclaimed acting veterans.
Some even listed a suitable list, and those without several awards were not even in the netizens’ discussion scope.
Looking at the netizens’ discussion list, Xuan Xia broke out in a sweat.
She really wanted to directly comment and tell them: Sorry everyone, the youngest daughter role might be hers. So the ones they nominated wouldn’t happen.
After browsing online for a bit, she called Ji Ziyao.
On the phone, Xuan Xia hesitantly asked him: “Are you sure you didn’t get the wrong script?”
After hearing this, Ji Ziyao was speechless for a moment, then replied to her, “Do you think scripts are street flyers? That I can casually get for you?”
Xuan Xia fell silent.
Ji Ziyao asked: “Have you finished reading the script?”
Xuan Xia said: “Yeah, I finished.”
Ji Ziyao: “How is it?”
Xuan Xia: “Hard to say.”
Then she added: “I just checked online and saw there’s quite a bit of discussion about this drama. Netizens all lean toward strength acting veterans for the roles. Do you know the situation for the other roles?”
Of course Ji Ziyao had already inquired.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he listed the actors for the father, mother, eldest sister, and second brother in the drama.
It had to be said, it was pretty much the same as the netizens’ guesses.
Among the four names, the least accomplished second brother’s actor had two Most Popular Audience Awards, and though those were fan-voted, it still showed their value.
After listing them, both fell silent.
After more than half a minute, Ji Ziyao spoke again, surprisingly advising her, “If it doesn’t work, let’s just turn it down. Don’t force yourself; abandon it if you should.”
Xuan Xia couldn’t stand hearing such words.
“With such a good script and such good cooperating actors, shouldn’t you be telling me to go for it? You even told me to fly first as the clumsy bird earlier!”
Ji Ziyao then said: “It’s precisely because the script is so good and the confirmed actors are so excellent that I don’t want you to be the rat turd in it.”
Xuan Xia: “…” Vitality, but unable to retort.
Thus, both grew more puzzled about how Huang Ke could bear to give out such a role.
Additionally, what Ji Ziyao didn’t say was that precisely because the script was so good, it might not be good for Xuan Xia.
After all, skyrocketing to fame is hard!
They chatted a bit more, finally agreeing that Ji Ziyao would go ask Huang Ke properly again.
Xuan Xia reluctantly closed the script, not wanting to foster more longing.
Before hanging up, Ji Ziyao reminded her: “Tomorrow morning’s last two scenes. After they’re done, we’ll head back to Yanjing in the afternoon. Don’t forget to pack your luggage.”
Xuan Xia hesitated a bit first, then agreed.
After hanging up, she first checked tomorrow’s filming schedule, confirmed that the remaining scenes were indeed tomorrow morning, then quickly got up to pack her luggage.
Of course, she also had to notify Qu Xingxuan.
She still needed to ask Qu Xingxuan whether tomorrow he would go back to Yanjing with her or return to Changsheng Temple.
But when notifying Qu Xingxuan, she discovered that Li Xinze had already completed the delivery task and returned to duty.
For his dedication, Xuan Xia had long anticipated it and didn’t comment much.
On the question of where Qu Xingxuan was going, he didn’t even think and directly said: “Of course back to Yanjing!”
Xuan Xia said okay, then tomorrow she’d take him to Yanjing together.
As for Li Xinze…
Qu Xingxuan added: “Brother Li said he’s going to Yanjing with us too.”
Xuan Xia: ???
“What is Brother Li going to Yanjing for?”
Was he preparing to completely defect from Daoist Master Qin?
