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Chapter 688: Listen to Both Lies and Truths

Afterwards, Yang Yang told his agent that Li Muge had rejected him.

"Director Mu said that the company has other arrangements for him and he can't cooperate with us this time." Yang Yang felt deeply regretful.

He felt that if a good and reliable director like Li Muge joined, this would be a sure win.

Li Muge in his previous life would probably say, "Really? I don't believe it."

If I could add one more sentence, Li Muge’s second sentence must be, listen to me, thank you.

The agent has much more experience in the industry than a young man like Yangyang.

He immediately realized that it was just Li Muge's excuse to reject Yang Yang.

“There is a possibility that Director Mu is not optimistic about your project, so he said that.

"Hotel Del Luna" hasn't finished airing yet, so how could the company arrange other work for him?
Director Li is not an unscrupulous boss. You can tell by the output of Director Mu since his debut.

He would take a break after filming a movie before going back to work."

The broker makes a well-reasoned analysis.

Once on the set, a director has to spend money every day as soon as he opens his eyes.

Filming is very energy-consuming for a director. Working more than ten hours a day is commonplace, which is not only a torture to the body, but also to the mind.

It is normal to take a break for a while after filming a work.

People like Wang Jing who have extremely high productivity are truly a minority.

Moreover, Wang Jing's high output has a lot to do with the speed with which he shoots. For example, those perfunctory and bad films can be completed in less than a month, and some can even be completed in more than ten days.

After working intensively for a period of time, Wang Jing would also do some behind-the-scenes work as a producer, screenwriter, investor, etc. to combine work and rest.

If he really worked non-stop for 360 days a year, his 200-pound body would have been drained long ago.

Yang Yang thought his agent's words made a lot of sense.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.

Yes, it is impossible for Li Muge to have a work arrangement so early. It must be an excuse he made up on purpose to reject him.

Is it really as his agent said, that Li Muge is not optimistic about his project?

That doesn't make sense. He bought the script according to the method taught by Da Tiantian.

"You said there is something wrong with my project? That shouldn't be the case. Miss Jing told me to pick popular novel websites. I picked the more popular ones, and I think they are pretty good after reading them. Don't you have the same opinion as me?" Yang Yang asked in confusion.

"We are who we are, Director Mu is Director Mu, I'm an agent and you're an actor, how can you understand TV dramas?

Pastoral directors are professionals. We think it is good, but in the eyes of pastoral directors, the situation may be different.

"A layman watches the excitement, while an expert watches the details, isn't that what it means?"

The agent continued to analyze.

Yang Yang thought about it seriously and felt that he should pay Li Muge a visit to ask for advice.

As he was thinking about it, he remembered what Li Muge wanted to say last when they talked on the phone, but in the end he didn't say it.

Thinking of this, he became even more suspicious that something was wrong.

……

Two days later, Yangyang came again.

Li Muge was shocked when he saw Yangyang.

He thought to himself, is Yangyang so stubborn?
He has already refused, so does Yang Yang still want to visit him three times to invite him to come out of retirement?

You can see that this is a trap. Even if Yangyang visits him three times, he will never jump into the trap!

He is very careful about his reputation. He has worked hard to build up a good reputation, and he doesn't want to lose it all at once.

What made Li Muge feel relieved was that this time Yang Yang did not come to ask him to film, but to ask him why he refused.

"Director Mu, I have discussed this with my agent, and we both agree that there must be some other reason behind your rejection of our invitation, and it is unlikely that you have a new work arrangement.

If there are some reasons that are inconvenient to explain, then forget it. I don’t want to know what I shouldn’t know.

If there is any problem with my project, just tell me directly and I will accept it with an open mind.

When it comes to making TV series, you are an expert and I am an outsider. There are so many things I don’t understand.”

Yangyang's attitude is quite humble.

The main reason was that his financial resources were not as strong as they were later, and he was criticized publicly by Li Yu when filming "Hotel Del Luna".

In other words, he was sobered up by the scolding and is no longer drifting.

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Li Muge asked back.

"I want to hear both the truth and lies." Yang Yang has a very strange way of thinking.

Most people would just be satisfied with hearing the truth, but he wanted it all.

"I think if the plot of the novel is adapted into a TV script exactly, and a reliable director is found to shoot it, coupled with your looks and popularity, it will definitely have high ratings. It's just a pity that I don't have time to participate in the production of your drama. If I have time, I will definitely participate."

"Is this true?" Yang Yang was a little excited.

"No, that's a lie." Li Muge immediately interrupted Yang Yang's beautiful fantasy.

"..." Yangyang regretted that he shouldn't be curious about what the lie was.

For some reason, he had a bad feeling about the truth that was to be told next.

"Now that I have told you the lies, it's time to tell you the truth. Let me put it this way, if the novel's plot is not significantly modified or beautified before being put on the screen, and you play the original Song Yan, you will definitely be scolded badly.

The male protagonist was a bad boy when he was a student. He did that with the female protagonist in the bathroom during their high school semester.

This alone is enough to get him criticized to death, and after finishing his work, he cooked a bowl of porridge for the heroine and thought he was being so nice to the heroine.

When he arrived in front of the heroine's brother, the hero behaved like a villain who had succeeded and deserved a beating.

The heroine's personality and what she does are equally hard to describe, always giving people the feeling that she is an ungrateful person.

These are just the complaints I can think of when I recall them casually. If I analyze the novel with you, there will be even more complaints. "

Li Muge told the truth.

Since Yang Yang has been very humble and told him not to be polite and just speak his mind, then he won't be polite.

Yangyang almost broke out in a cold sweat after hearing what Li Muge said.

It turns out that only experts can understand the tricks.

He and the people in the studio could only see the surface and thought it was pretty good.

After listening to Li Muge's analysis, he realized that there were so many complaints.

"After you play this role, you will definitely not be able to escape the label of greasy man." Li Muge said again.

"Can we modify it? Can we modify all the plots that are not suitable for TV?" Yang Yang asked again.

"If you want to make major changes, what's the point? Why don't you just buy a new script?" Li Muge answered Yang Yang's question using what Li Yu said.

“…” Yang Yang couldn’t refute.

He experienced firsthand what it meant to be so different from others.

He thought filming a TV series was a simple matter, but now he finds out that it is actually very difficult and there are many pitfalls.

If Li Muge hadn't told him these things, he would have really plunged into it and might have ended up getting himself killed.

(End of this chapter)