After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 152 What's wrong with the villain?

Ye Yifan escorted Ye Sanqing to his destination.

Ye Sanqing and Zhu Song arranged to meet at a relatively secluded club. Ye Yifan noticed that she also had a long-term private room there, so he told Ye Sanqing to come and find her after he was done.

After telling her everything, she felt a little tired and needed to rest.

Ye Sanqing naturally expressed his understanding.

Led by the waiter, she walked towards the private room she had reserved.

Ren Junxiao, the director, and the screenwriter are already waiting inside.

When Ye Sanqing entered the room and saw that everyone was there, he was a little surprised and raised his hand to look at his watch.

She wasn't late, was she?

"Master Ye, it's been a long time!" Ren Junxiao, having just watched the variety show, naturally addressed her using the title he'd used on the program. "Please sit down, please sit down. What kind of tea would you like?"

"Okay, anything is fine."

Ye Sanqing sat down.

Ren Junxiao took the order from the waiter and enthusiastically introduced, "This is Chef Ye. You should have seen him on variety shows, right?"

"Hello, hello," the two men nodded politely to her.

"This is our director for this project, Qi Nanzhao," Ren Junxiao said, pointing to the younger woman among the two.

"Hello Master Ye, I am Qi Nanzhao. It is my great honor to be able to cooperate with you this time...!" Qi Nanzhao immediately stood up from his seat and shook hands with Ye Sanqing.

She's so nervous, ahhh!

Qi Nanzhao was just an unknown new director who had just graduated and hadn't even directed two of her own films yet... Even though she had talked to Ren Junxiao about this martial arts drama before, Ren Junxiao said he would consider it but hadn't given her a reply.

She thought the project was definitely doomed and was about to dejectedly start shooting commercials to earn money, but then Ren Junxiao suddenly contacted her recently, saying they had found a suitable lead actor...

Qi Nanzhao guessed that Ren Junxiao probably thought the project had some potential, so he just randomly pulled some newcomers to film it, but...

The person who came was Ye Sanqing!

She had seen Ye Sanqing on a variety show before and felt that he was a perfect fit for the villain in the script! She even fantasized a little about what it would be like if Ye Sanqing were to star in the film... but she only dared to think about it. It might have been more like Ye Sanqing before he revealed his identity as a young lady of the Ye family. Now, his value must have skyrocketed.

And actually, my dream came true!

She accidentally blurted out the CP name... Qi Nanzhao realized her mistake too late. What should she do? Had she done something that brought the real couple to their faces?

Ye Sanqing didn't pay attention to such details and shook hands with her with a smile.

"This is the screenwriter, whose pen name is Dao Wu, and also the original author of the novel 'The Phoenix's Cry and the Demon's Slaughter Record'."

The slightly older man didn't stand up immediately. Instead, he stared at Ye Sanqing in a daze. Ren Junxiao cleared his throat before he came back to his senses.

"Excuse me." Dao Wu also stood up, grabbed Ye Sanqing's hands and shook them vigorously several times. "How can there be such a perfect person—he was simply born for Dugu Rang!"

Qi Nanzhao quickly pulled him back, smiling apologetically, "I'm sorry, Master Ye, that's just his habit... he sees everyone as a character from his novels. Please don't take offense..."

"It's nothing." Ye Sanqing didn't mind at all; on the contrary, he quite appreciated Dao Wu's seemingly eccentric artistic temperament.

How can you do art without being a little crazy?

However, he looks quite down on his luck... In fact, both of them are quite down on their luck. It seems like they dressed up deliberately for the purpose of discussing business, but a down-on-his-luck appearance cannot be hidden by brand-new clothes.

Ye Sanqing looked at Ren Junxiao.

I don't know where he dug up those novels and people from...

Just then, the waiter came in to serve tea and snacks.

Ren Jun smiled and said, "Let's have some tea first."

Ye Sanqing tasted what was supposedly the shop's recommended... chrysanthemum tea?

She's not picky about tea; as long as it tastes good, that's fine with her.

However, when she tasted the tea, she inexplicably thought of Sheng Hanyu.

It seems his tea is better...

Sigh, next time I see him, I'll ask him to get some.

The snacks were also very delicate, but given the current situation, probably no one is in the mood to really enjoy them.

"That's roughly the plan." While the group was drinking tea, Zhu Song explained the upcoming arrangements. "We've submitted the application just in time for this year's review, so the paperwork should be completed quickly."

"Then we will proceed with casting. This part should be completed before the end of the year. There is still more than a month left, which is a bit urgent, but there should be no major problems."

"Training will begin after the New Year and will last for a month. Master Ye can just come and participate then. Perhaps... you can also participate in the casting?"

Ren Junxiao was not entirely sure when he said that.

Generally speaking, only actors and actresses of the highest caliber get involved in the casting process, but... it's very possible that Ye Sanqing is already the most prominent figure in this series...

But Nightfall has investments!

Ren Junxiao knew about Ye Yifan's plan to start an entertainment company before Ye Sanqing and the others, because Ye Yifan had contacted him earlier to discuss investment.

Finding an actor who fits the character of Ye Sanqing so well was already a pleasant surprise, but to have him come with investment is like adding insult to injury.

So acting as an investor representative isn't out of the question...

Ye Sanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Me? Should I participate as an actor or an investor?"

Ye Yifan also mentioned this matter today, but if it's an investor... if Ye Jin'er agrees to take on the role of president, it should be his responsibility to make the arrangements.

Ye Sanqing was unsure whether he was qualified to give advice on acting skills.

In reality, she doesn't even know what role she'll be playing yet; all she's heard so far is from people saying that the image suits her...

"This is the script. Let's read it first before making a decision." Actually, the script should have been sent to Ye Sanqing a long time ago, but Ye Sanqing had been busy with variety shows. Ren Junxiao and Dao Wu had also drafted the script urgently, and it was only completed at this time.

Fortunately, Ye Sanqing didn't know to fuss over such details. He took the script from Ren Junxiao and flipped through it.

She was quickly drawn to the story.

Although she doesn't have a clear understanding of the concept of "wuxia" like some of the others present, the epic and moving feeling is something that can be enjoyed even without any prior knowledge.

Approachability is the foundation of a story's success, especially when it comes to stories adapted for film or television.

Ye Sanqing read very quickly. After quickly reading the summary, she read about half of the book before looking up.

Everyone waited quietly for her to make her statement.

"Why are you all so nervous?" Ye Sanqing asked in surprise. "The script is quite good."

“That… Dugu Rang is the villain…” Qi Nanzhao said.

"So what if she's a villain? I think her character is pretty good, I like her a lot," Ye Sanqing commented.

Dugu Rang is a character with a tragic and complicated background, who single-handedly built the entire Demonic Sect, yet due to his various deeds, it is difficult to define him as a purely villainous character.

At least establishing a demonic cult on one's own shouldn't be any harder than becoming an emperor!

Ye Sanqing made the analogy very casually.