Chapter 840: The Stubborn Director
The director picked up the cup on the table and smashed it to the ground, shattering it into pieces.
The screenwriter was startled.
The director had a hobby of collecting cups. Each cup was dear to him, with different origins, and some were even unique treasures.
He was so angry that he smashed a cup, which showed just how furious he was.
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The director looked at the screenwriter, glaring, his eyes bloodshot, "The power of capital! Damn capitalâs power again!"
The screenwriter was taken aback and frowned, "Isnât this something you brought on yourself this time?"
"I brought it on myself?" The director almost lost his mind, shouting, "Just because she doesnât like foxes, she wants us to change the fox to another animal. Do you think this unreasonable demand is okay? Youâre her fan, of course, you think whatever she does is right!"
"The one putting pressure on you now is Chairman Cheng! How can you blame it all on Zaizai? What did Zaizai do wrong? Sheâs only six, she doesnât like foxes, doesnât want to play a fox, whatâs wrong with that?"
"As an actor, she should be able to play any role! Iâm fed up with it. Itâs because there are too many people like this, everythingâs in chaos! Clearly, someone fit to play the villain, who has the face of a bad guy, just because they came from an idol group with many fans and attention, thinks of themselves as a hot star and demands to play the male protagonist, the hero! Why!"
"Wait a minute!" The screenwriter raised his voice, "Youâre taking out your anger now! Youâre venting on a six-year-old child!"
"So what if Iâm venting my anger? Since sheâs committed to being an actor, I wonât treat her as a child. As a director, Iâll see her as an actor! An actor should follow the directorâs arrangement. If the director thinks she suits a role, she should play it, no more complaints, and the script shouldnât be altered just for her!"
"I think you have a prejudice against Zaizai."
"Prejudice?" The director shook his head, "If she wasnât an actor and I saw her on the street, Iâd be happy and like her a lot; sheâs a very cute little girl. But she is an actor, and Iâm a director. I canât view her through the lens of an elder looking at a child, but through the lens of a director critiquing an actor."
"Okay, then as a director, do you think there was anything wrong with Zaizaiâs performance today."
The director was stunned.
The screenwriter laughed out loud, mocking, "Nothing to say?"
The director sulked, "As a director, pressing an actor is not wrong for me!"
The screenwriter shook his head, "Youâre not wrong, thereâs nothing wrong with using this tactic to pressure actors, but it depends. For example, college graduates coming for an interview, using this tactic is fine, young people should face some pressure. But minors, a six-year-old Zaizai, do you think this is appropriate?"
"Itâs her own stubbornness."
"Stubbornness?" The screenwriter sighed, "Itâs you who are too stubborn. Didnât you originally not want the Little Fox role?"
The director asked weakly, "What if I wanted this role? Do I have to change it according to her whims?"
The screenwriter sighed, "They suggested modification, you could refuse, no one is forcing you."
"But you specifically waited for Zaizai to come to make things difficult for her. You repeatedly emphasized that the basic of being an actor is to not be picky about roles."
"Director, if an elder said to you that the most basic thing in this line of work as a director is to please the investors, could you accept it?"
"Get out!" The director roared in fury, "I canât accept that!"
The screenwriter shrugged, "Then have you ever thought, as a director, you think youâre high and mighty, expecting actors to follow your arrangements. Why canât investors feel that since theyâre paying for you to make the movie, youâre just a worker, and should follow their arrangements."