Chapter 1684: Plans for What Comes Next (4,000 Words)_2

Chapter 1684 -825: Plans for What Comes Next (4,000 Words)_2

“Is that so?”

“Well, since it’s a video platform custom project, they surely won’t be short on money. If they can come up with a good story idea, then we should pay the experts and buy the rights from them.”

“That’s certainly one way, but we’ve thought about similar methods before. The reason we didn’t proceed that way was because we didn’t want others to know that our story inspiration had dried up. Right now, what the industry values most about us is our ability to continuously produce good stories, new stories.”

“That doesn’t matter here. You’re a film production company, so you should constantly be on the lookout for good stories, good screenwriters, even good ideas. You can conduct this story solicitation activity without revealing that you plan to adapt successful stories into something like ‘Daughter Will Not Leave the Hall.’ It’s simply a way to promote ‘Daughter Will Not Leave the Hall.’ That way, people won’t link this activity with the new project talks you’ll have with the video platform next month,” Zhou Yun said. “The most important thing is, I think this activity can be organized for the long term. Surely, you already have a team of experienced screenwriters and a department dedicated to IP mining, but there are also experts outside. They may not write novels or scripts, but they’re natural storytellers, capable of creating a good story’s core idea with just a few hundred words.”

Song Chi’s eyes lit up.

“You’re right,” Song Chi immediately said. “I’ll give Wu Chengbao a call.”

“Okay.” Zhou Yun nodded.

While Song Chi was on the phone with Wu Chengbao, Zhou Yun continued to flip through the pile of documents Song Chi had just given her. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

She suddenly came across a story called ‘Idol Clone.’

It’s a soft science fiction story about a popular idol who, due to disobedience to her agency’s rules, was secretly killed by the management. The company then used her clone to continue making money under her identity. The clone was unaware of the original’s death but, due to an accident, learned the reason behind the original’s death and began planning to escape from the murderous company.

Seeing this story, Zhou Yun’s eyes brightened.

The domestic film and TV market seldom sees this kind of soft sci-fi story.

On one hand, mainstream audiences in the film and TV market aren’t interested in such stories. On the other hand, these stories often aren’t logically coherent and have many bugs, potentially harming the reputation.

Zhou Yun found the story intriguing because it doesn’t, like most soft sci-fi works, use science fiction as a vehicle to explore ethics, but rather uses the backdrop to narrate how a person breaks free from control, awakening to genuine self-awareness. This narrative process is also filled with thrills and excitement.

Song Chi returned after the call, happily saying, “Wu Chengbao also thinks it’s a great idea and has decided to organize such activities long term to collect good stories.”

Zhou Yun, holding the documents excitedly, asked, “This ‘Idol Clone,’ have you cast actors for it?”

Song Chi shook his head, saying, “Not yet, there’s only a screenplay, why?”

“I want to act in this story,” Zhou Yun said. “Is it being developed into a movie or a series?”

Song Chi said, “The screenplay draft for a movie is done, but there’s no plan to make it into a series as it’s not extensive enough to be a long series.”

Zhou Yun nodded, asking, “Can I act in it?”

“Of course you can,” Song Chi said. “Who wouldn’t want you to act? Which film company would be crazy enough to say no?”

Zhou Yun laughed.

“I’ve never seen your film company offer me a screenplay.”

“There’s mainly been nothing suitable. Once agreed, a script was tailored for you and Yu Zhiyang, but since the two of you have already acted in Wen Bing’s ‘Age,’ I’m still debating whether to have you two collaborate again so soon,” Song Chi said. “No need to let people start spreading rumors about the two of you.”

Zhou Yun nodded.

Actually, since Yu Zhiyang’s agency contract was signed under Song Chi, any of her previous obsessions no longer existed.

Previously, she really wanted to star in a film together with Yu Zhiyang. It was to fulfill the collaboration that ‘Under the Grand Dress’ could not complete back then, and also a strange sense of redemption, to help Yu Zhiyang regain control of their own life.