Director Feng finally decided on the actresses for the leading female role and several other roles before the end of August, and the start date was set for September 9th. Although September was the start of the school year for many colleges and universities, Director Feng had a good personal relationship with the principal of that school, and the principal had promised to lend them several vacant classrooms in the first grade of the high school for filming.
However, they only signed for half a month in the early stage, so it meant that all four seasons of the three years of high school in this project had to be completed within this half month. The span of four seasons in three years of high school was not easy at all. Ying Yanluo herself had experienced it personally, but she had rarely seen Ye Shutong and others shoot it.
"Spring Breeze" is a sweet campus story. It tells the ups and downs of life. It mainly tells the story of the hero and heroine growing up with their friends, and revolves around the story of family, love and friendship.
The male lead Jiang Nian and the female lead Jin Zhao are childhood sweethearts who are well-liked as a pair of happy enemies.
Jiang Nian is handsome but has a bad mouth and is a poor student.
Today's beautiful firecracker is a top student.
The only thing these people have in common, apart from being good-looking, is that they "just had a big mouth". Therefore, they spend their daily time bickering with each other, so they rarely cause any trouble.
In addition to the male and female protagonists, there are three other main characters in this article, namely Jin Chao's younger sisters and a young boy in Sui Nian.
Campus novels more or less follow the rule of "you like me, I like him". Jiang Nian's younger brother Zhou Shu is the gentle and academic male second in the novel. Zhou Shu has always liked Jin Zhao silently. He has never said "I like you" to Jin Zhao in the whole novel, but his eyes have experienced countless confessions.
As for Jiang Nian’s other boyfriend, Xiao Qi Mingyang, and Jin Chao’s little sister Tao Ranran, their relationship is much clearer and they are the secondary CPs officially recognized by this article.
On the day of the reading, the official Weibo account of Spring Breeze announced the five main actors one by one.
The male lead is Lin Du, the female lead is Zhao Yixuan, the second male lead is Cheng Cheng, the third male lead is Liu Pinjue, and the second female lead is Wan Jiajia.
Among these five main creators, Lin Du, Zhao Yixuan and Cheng Cheng are more popular. The three of them have filmed works before. The male lead, Lin Du, played the second male lead in a costume drama that was popular last year. He became famous with this role and quickly rose from an eighteen-tier star to a second-tier star. This year, he got the male lead in this campus drama.
The female lead, Zhao Yixuan, is also one of the more popular young actresses in the entertainment industry. Her pretty face and decent acting skills have won her a group of loyal fans. As for Cheng Cheng, he became famous through campus dramas and is relatively experienced in filming campus dramas.
Liu Pinyu and Wan Jiajia were found by Director Feng from among the students of the Film Academy. In fact, many actors in this drama are students of the Film Academy.
Among these five main creators, Ying Yanluo was actually quite impressed by the female lead Zhao Yixuan. After all, all the actors came to the crew to read in advance in an orderly manner. There were five days in total, and she was absent from the first three days. But when she came on the fourth day, her attitude became subtly arrogant. After flipping through the script, she found a lot of problems from the character setting to the costumes.
This time, the adaptation content that Ying Yanluo is responsible for is the rivalry between the male and female protagonists.
Zhao Yixuan showed a hint of surprise when she saw Ying Yanluo, "Are you the screenwriter of our line?"
Anyone who sees Ying Yanluo's reaction would subconsciously think that she is an artist, and would not think that she is a screenwriter.
Ying Yanluo nodded at her, "Yes."
Zhao Yixuan said, "Oh, you've heard everything I was not satisfied with, so I'd like to trouble you to revise it."
She listened to the questions she just raised, and not only listened, but also listened carefully. However, she could not make any changes according to her requirements, because she said that the requirements she raised were just unreasonable.
Before Ying Yanluo could speak, Director Feng spoke up, "Yixuan, we need to discuss the issue you just mentioned before making a decision."
Zhao Yixuan opened her lips and was about to speak when her sleeve was suddenly pulled by the assistant beside her. She looked obviously not very well, but she finally muttered, "Okay, then director, you guys discuss it."
Maybe it was to her liking, as she was a bit lazy during the following reading.
Ying Yanluo didn't care much about her, so she continued to communicate the script with Lin Du who could keep up with her pace. Compared with Zhao Yixuan, she still liked Lin Du a little bit more. After all, who doesn't like someone who is polite and respectful
During the communication in the past few days, Ying Yanluo realized that Lin Du had studied the original novel himself. She would know the answer after a try, regardless of whether the leading actors had put in enough effort on the original novel or not. However, on the first day Ying Yanluo came into contact with the script, Director Feng told her that as a screenwriter, the first thing to learn is to respect the original novel.
This time, Ying Yanluo was in charge of the rivalry between the male and female protagonists, so she naturally had to read the original novel. In August, she spent most of her time studying the original novel.
It was nearly ten o'clock in the evening when Director Feng announced the end of today's reading.
Ying Yanluo was in a hurry to leave.
Director Feng asked her in confusion: "Yanluo, is there something wrong? Why haven't you gone back yet?"
Ying Yanluo: “???”
"Director, didn't you say you wanted to discuss changing the script?"
Director Feng was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this, and then he said, "What are we discussing? We won't change it."
“Ah?”
Director Feng put down the things he was organizing, sighed, and said, "I didn't intend to tell you this originally, but I think if I don't tell you, I can't hide it. Our leading actress brought money into the group, and the company behind her invested 35% of the funds."
When Director Feng said this, Ying Yanluo roughly understood.
While they were silent, Ying Yanluo's cell phone on the table lit up.
Su Weichu called.
Director Feng glanced at her and said, "Don't think too much about this. If she comes to see you tomorrow, just let her come to see me. Okay, it's getting late. Go back early."
Ying Yanluo nodded, greeted Director Feng and the others, and answered Su Weichu's call while walking out.
"Is it over?" Su Weichu's voice came over.
"Yeah, I'll be right there."
Ying Yanluo went straight to the hotel's underground garage and found Su Weichu's car.
The high school campus drama of "Spring Breeze" was set in Beijing, so their crew could stay in Beijing for half a month. Director Feng booked a hotel according to everyone's wishes and asked Ying Yanluo to stay there. Because the high school was not far from their community, it was only about 40 minutes by car. In addition, Su Weichu would pick her up in the morning and evening, so she naturally wanted to go home more.
After getting in the car, Su Weichu felt that something was wrong with her, so he asked, "What's wrong? Are you worried about something?"
Ying Yanluo leaned back in her chair and looked sideways at Su Weichu's soft features. She often felt that he was like her own charger. When she was very tired, if she could look at him or hug him, she would be able to reconcile with him fully.
"Hold me." She opened her arms to him.
When Su Weichu saw this, he didn't ask why. After unbuckling his seat belt, he leaned over to him and hugged him between his chest and the seat.
Ying Yanluo hugged his waist and rubbed her cheek against his shoulder.
Su Weichu rubbed her buttocks and asked, "Did something happen?"
Ying Yanluo shook her head. "Nothing. I was just a little tired from today's reading. But I'm not tired anymore after seeing you."
Su Weichu's smile widened a little because of her words, "Then it's my honor."