Chapter 34: A Mysterious Screenwriter
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Yuan Teng Corporation was investing in a blockbuster drama. From the investors, directors, and screenwriters to the actors, all of them were the cream of the crop. Guan Meiyi was a.s.sumed by many of the public to be the female lead, even the Guan and Ling family thought so too.
The directors had already gotten into contact with Guan Meiyi, all that was left was to sign the contract.
The screenwriter, TY, was also a household name around the world. TY was just their handle, she had used this handle to publish novels overseas, achieving a huge success. It was even adapted into a movie by a world-cla.s.s director. Because of that, it springboarded TY into the next most successful novelist after J.K. Rowling. She had taken the chance to become a screenwriter too, and many successful dramas were her works too.
That wasn’t the most amazing part about TY. The most amazing thing was that no matter what, she had never appeared in person. All of the collaborations and projects were handled through her a.s.sistant and lawyer. No one actually knew what TY looked like.
Not long ago, the Yuan Teng Corporation announced to the world that they were going to be funding a blockbuster, and the screenwriter was the famous TY.
If they didn’t hear it wrong, Ruan Zeyan’s a.s.sistant had called Ling Tianya ‘Miss TY’ earlier on…
Could it be, that the acclaimed screenwriter was Ling Tianya?
Suddenly, everyone’s expression was confused.
There was so much new information revealed that day, just moments before Ling Tianya was the arrogant and bullying b.i.t.c.h that had eloped with the Li family’s bridal dowry, but suddenly she became the world-renowned screenwriter…
She could be someone that could decide Guan Meiyi’s future.
It was important to realize that television dramas and movies were different. A successful drama was completely reliant on the screenwriter, a successful and powerful screenwriter held a very high status in the production team. She was the person that decided how the entire drama would play out. That was to say, whatever the screenwriter wrote, the director had to film it that way, and the actor had to act it out as so.
Especially when it came to such a stringent blockbuster, any actor that had experience would know that they did not have much s.p.a.ce to express their own views. Even if it was just adding one more word to the script, it could attract the screenwriter’s annoyance.
Guan Meiyi knew that as well, and her view of Ling Tianya became muddied, her shock was fully expressed in her eyes. When Ling Tianya had exposed that she wasn’t the one that sent the Jade Buddha, even if she was taken aback, she could still deal with it calmly, but Guan Meiyi’s expression management had gone completely out the window.
Ling Tianya, the woman that she had never regarded as equal before in her entire life, had now become a screenwriter that could control her acting career!
Guan Meiyi was an experienced actor, even though Du Gang’s words had given a nice cover for Ruan Zeyan’s behavior, she knew that Ruan Zeyan’s emotions were not caused by what Du Gang had said.
In other words, those kinds of insignificant issues wouldn’t even be on Ruan Zeyan’s radar!
A streak of unmistakable jealousy flashed in Guan Meiyi’s eyes. Sensing Guan Meiyi’s anger, Ling Tianya turned around and looked at her, “What happened? Are you not happy, Meiyi?”
Guan Meiyi pursed her lips, not replying.
Ling Tianya chuckled, “Are you not happy about the fact that I am TY, or about Mr. Ruan’s earlier actions, Meiyi?”
Ling Tianya’s single sentence forced Guan Meiyi into a bind, she actually didn’t know how to answer.
No matter which one she said, it would show that she was petty. She didn’t want Ruan Zeyan and others to think that she was an unreasonable person.