Yan Yan - Chapter41.1

Chapter 41.1 – Promise

When she first fell in love with Bai Xingfan, Su Yan still had some concerns in her heart, worried that the gap between herself and him would be too great, which would lead to irreconcilable differences between the two of them in the process of getting along.

But facts and time were proving to her that her worries were superfluous.

Bai Xingfan would make sure she felt comfortable, be kind to her, and accept her. He would also try to solve the problem and consider her feelings. Even though he sometimes joked around with her, this kind of play was a way for lovers to show their affection, and it could make the relationship more loving. It won’t harm the relationship.

Time passed, and a new year came.

From winter to spring, as soon as March entered, Su Yan became busy.

In September last year, the company assigned her a task: to be the lead screenwriter of a certain S-class big IP costume romance drama.

To be honest, at the moment when she received the job notice, Su Yan was completely stunned. Her first thought was: Was it sent to the wrong person?

In terms of her popularity and qualifications, it was impossible for her to receive such a big IP screenwriting assignment, let alone the title of chief screenwriter.

Then she quickly replied to her superior. “Mr. Li, is this really a task for me?”

Teacher Li gave her a positive answer. “Of course it is.”

Su Yan was even more confused. “With such a big IP, can I do it?”

Teacher Li: “The company and investors must have recognised your ability before giving you this opportunity.”

Su Yan sat at the computer desk, stared at the phone screen for a while, and couldn’t help but ask, “Then do you participate in the creation?”

Teacher Li was more experienced than her, and she was also her teacher. If there was a teacher, Su Yan’s heart would be calmer.

However, Teacher Li’s answer was, “I have other work, but if you encounter any problems in the middle of creation, you can contact me at any time.”

What Su Yan was waiting for was this sentence. “Okay! Thank you, Teacher Li!”

Then she put the phone upside down on the desk and began to take a deep breath.

After the restless energy passed, she became uncontrollably excited, feeling like a pie fell from the sky, and it hit her on the head impartially.

If the response to this drama was good after it was broadcast, then her worth and qualifications would also rise with the tide!

That night she was so excited that she couldn’t sleep. She made a video call to Bai Xingfan for several hours, and finally she went to the Internet to search for a storybook and read several bedtime stories to her before putting her to sleep.

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The next day, Su Yan began to review the ancient novel.

In order to facilitate reading, she also bought a physical book; the first time she read this book was three or four years ago, and it was serialised on one of the most well-known women’s frequency websites in China.

At that time, when she was chasing the book, she had a hunch that the book would definitely explode. Later facts proved that her hunch was correct. The total collection of this book exceeded 300,000 in less than half a year after the book was published, and it was recommended by bloggers in an endless stream in Zhihu, Weibo, Douyin, and Xiaohongshu.

[Tl: Zhihu, Weibo, Douyin, and Xiaohongshu are China’s major online platforms.]

Later, the IP of this book was bought by her film and television company. After several years of preparation, the project was finally about to start.

After reading the novel carefully for the second time, Su Yan read it a third time from beginning to end—the second time was to review it, and the third time was to summarise the characters and write a biography.

For almost all the characters in the show, Su Yan had written character biographies.

After writing the biography of the characters, start to summarise and write the outline of the story.

Summarising the outline was not an easy task. The first time she wrote a rough outline, and the second time she wrote a small outline. Maximise the restoration of the novel content and give an explanation to the original author and readers.

After everything was ready, she started writing the script for the episodes.

However, before two episodes were written, she received a call from the person in charge of the investor. To be more specific, it was a call from one of the investors. The main idea was to add more brilliant scenes to the two characters XXX and XXX.

Obviously, these two roles have long been determined by default, and investors should support these two actors.

This made Su Yan depressed; when she was working on her creations, she hated being influenced the most, but she didn’t dare to offend the investor, so she could only agree temporarily.

However, this was just the beginning, and she received several calls from other investors in the follow-up, and without exception, they all asked to add roles to the characters, and they had to be outstanding ones.

Even more extreme was the requirement to add the leading role to the supporting role.

Su Yan was miserable, and she was very overwhelmed. It was also at this time that she realised that this task was not a pie at all, but a rotten pie!

In desperation, she had to call her teacher and ask her what to do.

Mr. Li: “The company has long expected this situation, but the company’s capabilities are also limited, and they dare not offend investors.”

Su Yan thought to herself. ‘The company doesn’t dare; how dare I, a little screenwriter? I’m afraid of being blocked!’

But she couldn’t speak so bluntly and said very euphemistically, “The number of script episodes is limited, and the roles of the characters must also be prioritised. There are more wolves and less meat, so it is impossible for every role to be outstanding.”

Mr. Li: “I understand what you mean, and you don’t have to worry so much. The company must have seen your ability before handing over this task to you.”

Su Yan was so dumbfounded that she had to tell the truth. “I, I, I don’t dare to offend investors!”

Teacher Li: “Then don’t you have a friend who can solve these problems?”

Su Yan was stunned.

Although Teacher Li’s words were very euphemistic, she still clearly understood what she meant: ‘you can go and find your boyfriend.’

What Mr. Li means is the meaning of the company.

Only now did Su Yan fully understand why the company dared to hand over such a big IP to her—a hot potato entangled by various forces. The company couldn’t solve it, so it was kicked to her because her boyfriend was Bai Xingfan.

Bai Xingfan has the strength to solve problems.

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