Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

"Xiaoxiao, about the script..." Qi Weiming said apologetically, "The script has just been revised. The mayor's banquet segment will use the new script."

"A new script? Was it also written by Lin Yi?"

"No," Qi Weiming said, shaking his head.

"Who wrote that?" Hu Xiaoxiao asked curiously.

She was genuinely curious about which talented screenwriter had written the script that had moved Qi Weiming, and she wanted to meet them.

“This…” Qi Nanming then realized that he had overlooked a major oversight, and he immediately asked Xia Lu, “Who wrote the script?”

Xia Lu said nonchalantly, "Director Qi doesn't need to care who wrote it, as long as it works."

"How can you use a script you don't even know whose it is?" Hu Xiaoxiao said in shock. "Don't you have any awareness of copyright? What if the screenwriter sues the production team? If he knew earlier and sued earlier, we could reshoot. But if it airs on TV and he sues, wouldn't the TV station also be sued?"

"How could that be?" Xia Lu seemed to have heard something unbelievable. Although the screenwriter she hired wasn't from a TV station, he was from a film company under the parent group. They were all family. Unless he didn't want to work anymore, he would never sue, nor would he dare to. She had already paid him. "Use this script as you like; there are no copyright issues."

"Miss Xia speaks so confidently, so did you write this script?" Hu Xiaoxiao looked at Xia Lu with admiration and praised, "Miss Xia Lu is beautiful and talented, you're amazing, I'm starting to admire you."

Then, Hu Xiaoxiao suggested to Qi Weiming, "Although Miss Xia Lu is generous, it concerns the company's reputation, so we still need to be careful. Why not add Xia Lu's name to the screenwriter's list after the TV series is finished? That way, we won't have any worries."

Qi Weiming's face turned ugly. How could he not know Xia Lu's level?

Because of Xiu's relationship with Xia Lu, Qi Weiming considered her one of his own, so he was unguarded and didn't think too much about it. Plus, his attention was entirely focused on filming, and he was exhausted and mentally drained. Little did he know, he almost got ruined by his own people.

"Who did you get to write this script? Tell the truth!" Qi Weiming's gaze towards Xia Lu was icy. Having nearly ruined his reputation, it was no wonder he couldn't be happy.

Xia Lu realized the situation was serious and immediately said, "It's a screenwriter from the film company. I asked a few people to help, but the main writer is Liang Jiafeng. Director Qi, I'm not someone who doesn't know what's important. Xiu also knows about this. There's absolutely no problem with the script. Don't listen to Hu Xiaoxiao's nonsense."

Hu Xiaoxiao secretly memorized the name Liang Jiafeng, and seeing that Qi Weiming's expression was not good, she wisely shut her mouth.

Qi Weiming looked at the script in his hand, finding it utterly useless. In all his years of filming television dramas, he had never seen anything so outrageous. Xia Lu had gone to the film industry, but she hadn't learned anything good; she had only brought back its bad habits.

Just as Qi Weiming was hesitating about whether to use the script, a voice suddenly rang out: "Qi Weiming, you piece of trash, you think my script is bad? Why didn't you just tell me? What's the point of you going out and hiring a screenwriter? Are you looking down on me, or are you deliberately trying to humiliate me?"

Lin Yi strode in, carrying a script.

"Why are you here?" Qi Weiming was also very surprised to see Lin Yi on set.

"If I hadn't come, you would have ruined my script." Lin Yi said angrily.

Qi Weiming frowned and said, "Why are you so angry? It's normal to change the script based on the actual situation during filming. It's happened before."

“You used to say hello to me.”

“You used to be with the team, which made communication easier. Now that you’re older and can’t walk around, I can’t exactly drive to find you, can I?”

"So, you think I'm too old?" Lin Yi asked, looking heartbroken.

Qi Weiming quickly replied, "How could I dare to look down on you? I'm three years older than you."

"So you finally realize you're getting old and your eyesight is failing you?" Lin Yi mocked. "You've been used and you don't even know what's going on. You should go back home and take care of your grandson instead of embarrassing yourself in public."

The two old buddies, neither willing to give the other any face, started arguing right in front of each other.

In the end, Qi Weiming had no choice but to admit defeat, saying, "Fine, fine, I'll revert to the original script, okay?"

Lin Yi rolled his eyes at him. After being friends for over twenty years, did he not know what he was thinking? He was just afraid that the new script would be controversial, he didn't trust using scripts from outside sources, and he was even more worried that Xia Lu would trick him again, so he was just using him as a stepping stone.

Lin Yi saw through it, but didn't say anything, giving his old friend face, though he still wasn't forgiving. "Let's forget it, your new script is brilliant and exciting, let's use the new script instead."

It almost exploded now, wasn't that exciting?

Qi Weiming knew his old friend had seen through him, but he still retorted, "It's because you're old. Your scripts are lukewarm and lifeless, lacking any youthful energy. Young people these days don't like your stuff."

"Do you think you're eighteen this year? Do you think you're a flower?" Lin Yi got angry and started arguing with Qi Weiming again. The two got more and more agitated and almost came to blows.

Hu Xiaoxiao watched from the sidelines, feeling a little frightened. She wanted to step forward and persuade him, but Song Yan'an, who had come to the film set, stopped her.

Song Yan'an whispered to Hu Xiaoxiao, "You don't need to worry about them. They've been partners for a long time. They always argue when they work together. They argued even more when they were younger."

Lin Yi thought his script was perfect and should be filmed exactly as written. However, Qi Weiming felt the final result was unsatisfactory and needed changes. He argued that as a general fighting on the front lines, he was not bound by the emperor's orders. Neither could convince the other, leading to a heated argument.

Song Yan'an added, "However, they were arguing and fighting on set one minute, and then they all went drinking together after work. Whoever lost the drinking contest got to do what the others did. The long-time employees at the TV station basically all know their temperaments."

It was precisely because they were constantly finding fault with each other and competing with each other that the script was polished to perfection, and the resulting film exceeded expectations.

Hu Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I was really afraid they would cause trouble."

Song Yan'an laughed and said, "You'll know once you spend more time with them. They're quite interesting. Director Qi, don't let his serious face fool you, he's actually a nice person, without any ulterior motives, he just knows how to make movies."

Hu Xiaoxiao nodded, realizing that Qi Weiming was a stubborn person. But such people often focus more intently on doing one thing.

Over there, Lin Yi threw the script in his hand at Qi Weiming's face and said, "Didn't you complain that I can't write tense and exciting scenes? If you're so capable, then don't use me!"

Qi Weiming hurriedly took the script, opened it, and found that it was a script for the mayor's banquet written by Lin Yixin.

He glanced at it a few times, and the more he looked, the happier he became; his previous anger vanished completely. "You just wrote this?"

Lin Yi chuckled twice and said sarcastically, "Not as good as the screenwriters outside."