The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!-Chapter 1675 - 1665: Falling Behind (6)

But when she saw the finished script, she couldn’t help but tear it apart.

Xia Siyu is usually calm when facing work, but this draft, she absolutely refused to agree with it, and nearly fell out with the screenwriter.

Her strict demands for work mixed with her emotional attachment and memories of her mother, to the extent that she was desperately trying to replicate every little detail. For certain particularly anger-inducing points, she even wanted to emphasize them more.

But as a TV drama, if it was written strictly according to the original situation, it would neither be satisfying nor be very sad. Furthermore, it included family trivia like marriage and childbirth spanning several decades—who would watch that? Are you trying to act out "Parents’ Love" here?

This is where Xia Siyu was dissatisfied. Although she agreed to write two versions—one a tragedy and the other a comedy extra—and yet she didn’t expect the screenwriter to cut down many of the tragic details dramatically or compress them substantially, turning immediately from the main story to a one-episode comedy extra.

The compressed parts are actually her own experiences from when she lived and grew up with her mother, while the expanded parts focused more on the unfamiliar love story before marriage.

After all, in many fairy tales, the Prince and Princess go through many trials before finally being together as the ending of the story.

He will never tell you that marriage is not the end of the story but just the beginning of the next Chapter, and sometimes it can be a turning point in one’s life. Most people’s lives might just follow this parabolic path, sliding into an abyss after reaching the high point.

In this respect, Bo Yan definitely stands with the screenwriter.

He understands Xia Siyu, knows she wants to showcase the tragedy in its entirety. But like television, films still require viewers to buy into the concept. He immediately knew the screenwriter’s outline struck closer to his heart; viewers preferred watching that. He was both a participant and an investor.

First, when investing in a show, if you can tell from the script that it won’t be popular, won’t have ratings or streaming numbers, it’s going to flop; not only won’t you get your money back, but you’ll also face ridicule alongside Xia Siyu: after all, this is their first time "diving to film" a TV drama. Of course, they have strong enough backing; if the TV drama fails, they can return to making movies and won’t destroy their brand over a single bad show. But knowing there are other methods available, there’s no need to do it this way.

Moreover, if the script’s poorly written, no matter if Xia Siyu wants to commemorate her mother or satirize the Xia Family, without views or attention, who would care? Only by moving the audience will they become interested in her behind-the-scenes story; otherwise, it would just be self-appreciation.

Typically, when filming TV dramas, unless they are adapted from original IPs ensuring most scripts written based on that IP don’t receive drastic alterations, the basic rise and fall of events can be discerned. Otherwise, generally actors receive scripts for only the first five episodes, along with brief character biographies and outlines because scripts, as commercial secrets, won’t be fully revealed unless one is a major figure. Now they can still adjust, negotiate content and framework with the screenwriter, which is already quite rare.

He’s aware of it, Xia Siyu should know too. She just can’t get past this hurdle. She wants to concentrate all the best things on her mother.

But Xia Siyu has an incredible intuition for scripts and work. Before she started honing her acting skills or working hard to learn more, she relied entirely on intuition to choose scripts. Admittedly, the scripts she picked, regardless of whether they won awards, had pretty good box office results, which at least indicates the script’s structure and narrative are well executed.

People say work and personal matters shouldn’t be mixed, but that’s only when personal issues haven’t reached the threshold impacting your work. When your private affairs completely takes over your mind preventing calm judgment, how many can accept it peacefully?

Thus, he held firm: "I understand your feelings, but I still support the screenwriter’s idea. Specific details can be altered, but the main framework is well done and doesn’t need to be changed."

Xia Siyu refused: "Why should it be erased just because they said so? Cutting out the later suffering entirely, what is that? If they can’t write, replace them! I refuse to believe there isn’t anyone else who can write the story well!"

Bo Yan remained calm: "You can certainly find others, perhaps even someone better than him. But it takes time; if we don’t film, don’t start rolling, it gets delayed."

"Then let it be delayed!" She naturally wants her mother’s story to be perfectly written. Crudely and hastily rushing for time—what’s the reason behind that?

Bo Yan nodded: "Alright, then the second issue. Money."

Ultimately, it boils down to money. When filming "Sunrise," there weren’t many investors; not only did they not earn any, but they had to fund it themselves. During this time, several projects haven’t premiered due to investment issues. For example, "Spring Light" is still stuck; he hasn’t earned a penny from that production as compensation was agreed upon based on post-premiere box office earnings. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

From previously earned money, Bo Yan’s Yushu Facing the Wind villa cost handsomely. Bo Family didn’t give him the money; he only acquired that after entering the entertainment industry. He also invested part of it into a film company, leaving no cash.

Xia Siyu doesn’t have much either; after paying breach fees before, there wasn’t much left. After naturally going independent, she earned more, but had a team to maintain, making her finances tight.

They are not lacking in daily life, nor are they short on routine operations, but film investment starts from tens of millions at minimum, and that’s just B-standard. A-grade scripts require billion-dollar investments, S-grade and S+ even more, with many dramas spanning five billion and above.

Though investors can be attracted, whether they’ll provide such large investments, plus guarding against meddling from numerous financiers wanting to control the show’s quality, makes it hard.

Bo Yan very frankly stated: "Changing screenwriters temporarily is difficult. You don’t know if they’ll personally handle it or hand it to smaller screenwriters underneath, outsourcing layer upon layer. Even finding one, prestigious screenwriters cost dearly. We lack funds and can’t afford delays unless you sell the house."

Xia Siyu naturally understood the situation, yet couldn’t accept it. Rationally, she understood that nowadays people prefer happy endings, dislike finding misery in TV dramas, but she didn’t want to change this ending.

However, as they were speaking, the show’s staff noticed them and approached.

Still while in the program, they hoped to film some footage of their discussion. As they were speaking, the show’s staff noticed them and approached.

As they were still on the program, they wanted to film something about their conversation.