Chapter 383 The short play of patricide has started
Chapter 383 The short play of patricide has started
Jiang Baige's sweet dream was interrupted. She grabbed the phone irritably. When she saw who was calling, she became even more annoyed, but she couldn't hang up yet.
She took a deep breath and pressed the call button.
"Hello, Mr. Ge."
She didn't want to be so serious, but facing Lao Ge, she really couldn't say anything nice. Being serious could also cover up her impatience.
Old Ge was smiling on the other hand - sometimes Jiang Baige really admired them for not showing their emotions on their faces.
She couldn't do it.
"Teacher Jiang, I'm here to tell you some good news." He paused for two seconds on purpose, and when Jiang Baige didn't respond, he took the initiative to speak, "Our short play... is going to be broadcast!"
We? Who told you we?
Jiang Baige rolled her eyes and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Ge."
"I'm happy to share your happiness." Ge Hongjian chuckled twice and finally explained his purpose. "I just want to trouble Teacher Jiang with a favor..."
"You are welcome, please."
"Aren't you the original author of this play? You are also a consultant... Could you please repost it using your author account?"
Jiang Baige rolled her eyes again.
"Mr. Ge, what are you talking about? As long as you don't mind that the incident I did before was not very nice, of course I can transfer it to you."
Although Lao Ge was still smiling, his laughter was a little distorted. Listening carefully, it sounded a bit awkward and a bit fake.
But in the end, he still smiled: "Then I'll trouble you, Teacher Jiang. We'll tag you when the time comes..."
"I still have to trouble Xiao Dong to tell me something... As you know, my ship is too bloody and violent, and I don't usually go up to see it."
"Okay, okay, no problem. I'll tell you in person when the time comes."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Baige threw the phone on the table, stood up and went to wash her hands - feeling very unlucky.
If the phone could be soaked in water, she would really like to wash it.
However, what Lao Ge said is not wrong: it is indeed good news that the drama that has been bothering her for so long is about to be broadcast.
***
The short series was launched on January 1, with a total of twelve episodes, each lasting more than twenty minutes.
Members can watch the entire show in one go, while non-members will have two episodes released on the first day, and one episode will be updated every day thereafter.
Jiang Baige originally planned to open a membership to show her support, but she didn't expect Xiao Dong to be so thoughtful. When he sent her the blog post that needed to be forwarded, he also gave her an account with an annual membership.
After getting the account, Jiang Baige first went to the website to watch the two suspense dramas that she had wanted to watch.
Because her next new book will challenge female suspense.
Although there are some suspenseful elements in the patricide story, the clearest sign is revealed at the very beginning: the heroine wants revenge.
The suspense is more focused on the way the heroine takes revenge, and the emphasis is not on reasoning.
But this time, she wanted to write a suspense novel with a stronger focus on the puzzle-solving process.
This is a big challenge for her who is relatively weak in plot creation. It is always a good idea to learn more from others.
Writing, after all, is a repetitive cycle of input and output; none of the links can be missing.
Jiang Baige only went to watch the short play after the observation and learning was completed.
Unexpectedly, once she turned on the show, she never stopped watching it.
The skit begins on a rainy night.
The heroine played by Xue Qinghui was wearing a dark blue raincoat and holding a black bag in her hand, which seemed to contain some sharp objects. She climbed up a gentle slope using her hands and feet in a clumsy manner.
The camera sweeps across her face and cuts to a close-up.
The rain hit her face, forcing her to blink a few times, but her eyes were firm and her lips curled up slightly...
The next second, the camera swept down from the path she climbed up, passing a huge black shadow.
Then, a strong flash of flashlight flashed...night switched to day, and the story went back to three months ago.
All in all, the show is only about five hours long.
But when Jiang Baige opened it, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening... She was hungry and went to get a bag of potato chips and a bottle of milk tea.
By the time she finished watching the show yawning, it was almost early morning - or five in the morning.
She put her cell phone on the bedside table, turned off the night light, and lay on her back on the bed. Her eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness of the room, but her heart could not calm down for a long time.
Is this what it feels like to have your book filmed?
Her unfocused eyes swept over the bookcase not far away. On the second shelf were the fake books and sample books that Dugu He had sent her before.
Some space was left there because Dugu He said that if the TV series sold well, it could be reprinted and a version of the TV series cover could be produced.
Jiang Baige stretched out her hand and raised it in front of her.
Is it these hands that bring her the satisfaction at this moment? At this moment, she said without pretense that having money is good, but what writing brings her is far more than money.
Because this is the career she would choose even if she had no money to eat.
It is also her search for the "meaning of life" in both lives.
***
As Jiang Baige expected, the short drama about patricide achieved very good results and has been on the hot search list almost since it was aired.
Although Lao Ge helped to promote the show, the cost of publicity for such a small show was not too high. There were no offline media meetings or previews, and because of Lu Tian's accident, there was no live broadcast.
It was even launched quietly.
However, there are many "tap water" comments on the Internet, saying that this drama is the dark horse at the beginning of the year and the missed gem of short dramas.
Some people also initiated a vote, hoping to make a coming-of-age drama.
Lao Ge posted "good news" in the circle of friends, with over 100 million hits, over 10,000 topics, geometric growth in member playback, and many hot searches...
In short, the joyful attitude of promoting fruits from hometown during the epidemic period is presented again.
Jiang Baige didn't like his post.
However, on the day when non-members finished updating, Jiang Baige went online to the author's account and liked Xue Qinghui's blog post.
Because when Xue Qinghui posted her thanks, she specifically thanked Jiang Baige.
In the blog post, he did not hesitate to thank Jiang Baige for her efforts in the crew, saying that without her, the drama presented to the audience would not be a heroine-led drama with a clear main plot and a complete core.
She even brought up their previous "joke" again: she played the character written by Jiang Baige, so she should call Jiang Baige "Mom".
When forwarding the post, Jiang Baige also wrote: [Thank you Qinghui for perfectly interpreting a role that I cherish the most. Please support my daughter's new works in the future! ]
Different from the joyful exchanges between them, Lu Tian did almost nothing from the beginning to the end of the show. He just forwarded two blog posts about the opening and closing of the show, and did not write any content for the forwarding.
It seems that he has become honest.
When chatting with Han Li, Jiang Baige also said: "Now I can go back and spend a happy New Year with peace of mind."
"Have a good new year? It seems that the year-end bonus for your job is pretty generous, right?"
They rarely discuss money: "When did you care about that?"
"Nothing, I just want to ask you if you are interested in working at Azure Films?"
Han Li dropped a bomb nonchalantly.
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