Bai Qingquan had just finished reading the script to his new drama again. After acting in a big drama like <The East Palace is Coming> and comparing it to the sweet and silly idol drama in his hand... he just couldn't bear it.
This drama should be able to catapult him closer to the stars. Even the actress who's paired with him was a xiao huadan that had been flourishing in recent years. The ratings should also be good... but it just couldn't compare to The East Palace.
He felt that taking this play was a step backwards in every aspect.
"Why are you dissatisfied with this drama?" Wei Ge asked.
Bai Qingquan said: "Shen Jintai's next project is a movie."
Wei Ge snorted and said: "We rejected <Welcome Rain on a Spring Night>."
Bai Qingquan: "But he said that the current version is not the one we originally saw. Seeing him so concerned, the new script must be very good. Shen Jintai has good taste in scripts."
Wei Ge: "You have a high evaluation of Shen Jintai."
Bai Qingquan: "He really... at the very least he's discerning." He felt Shen Jintai was really knowledgeable and qualified when it comes to this.
Wei Ge: "There's also a new movie upcoming. It's a spy movie that'll be released in the second half of the year. The company will give you priority. This is a modern drama that have been greenlighted and will start filming in three months. Do you want it?"
Bai Qingquan: "I heard Sister Yang say that our company is going to start filming a new movie in March and that it's already in preparation."
Wei Ge: "You're talking about <When You're Old>?"
Bai Qingquan nodded.
"That's not suitable for you." Wei Ge said: "It's a gay romance movie and the subject matter is yellow*."
*Yellow = basically vulgar.
The unprecedented success of <The East Palace is Coming> had given Sunshine Media a lot of excitement. The audience's madness was fixated on Li Xu that it pushed the company's editorial and review department to focus more on same-sex films and TV series. They had set their sights on an online novel called <When My Lover Gets Old, I Will Still Be as Beautiful as a Flower>.
It tells the story of a man who will never grow old and keeps going back into the past and falling in love with his lover using time travel. After this novel was adapted into a script, it took a more literary name, called <When You're Old>.
The girls in the editorial board all liked this novel deeply. They cried heavily after reading it, but after contacting the author, they found that the copyright of this drama had already been bought.
Bai Qingquan said quietly: "Honestly, it's okay for me to act in a gay drama, as long as I don't come out of the closet."
Wei Ge: "After this kind of drama, there will definitely be many people who'll associate you with being gay. Even if you are pretending to be a straight guy now, you really do like men! If it's exposed one day, it will have a serious impact on your career. I know you want to use Shen Jintai as an example, but he's already affected. He can't play the role you're playing now in this idol drama. His follow-up resources are also very poor, and he's been insulated from all straight love dramas. He may not know this yet, but he will have very hard time securing the lead male role in the future."
This was truth. In today's current climate, most TV series and movies have the male lead falling in love or getting married. There were too few that rarely didn't have love between men and women. This world was a world of love dramas.
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Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day
General FictionBig changes and even bigger twists. A drama within another drama. He'll find his way to become prettier and sexier. Shen Jintai gained access to a book-saving system that allowed him to transmigrate inside a book he was reading. By completing tasks...
