recession

Tao Liyang really wrote the manuscript all night in the study that night, and at dawn he even sorted out the details mentioned in the meeting the day before.

He didn't stop until he felt a dull pain in his head. He raised his hand and pinched his stiff neck. After resting for a while, the pain became worse, and he pulled his temples and throbbed endlessly.

Tao Liyang guessed that it was too cold yesterday, and the wind blew again, maybe it was a precursor to a cold. Thinking of this, he felt a little irritable, and planned to find two medicines in the medicine box in the living room.However, as soon as his hand touched the doorknob, he hesitated again. After thinking about it, he sat back in front of the computer again.

After finishing all the content, it was almost noon.After Tao Liyang sent the document to the mailboxes of the consultant and the editor in charge, he leaned on the chair and wanted to sleep for a while.Just as I closed my eyes, I heard my phone ring again—it was a preset calendar reminder that I was going to a film and television company for a script seminar this afternoon.

This is the schedule that was set last week, Tao Liyang was in a daze and completely forgot about it.He sighed and sat up straight again, called out the script to be discussed in the afternoon, quickly went through the outline, and finally got up and opened the door of the study.

Xu Yunqing was in the living room checking the schedule of the magazine shooting sent by Shen Xi, looking tired, it seemed that he hadn't slept well all night.Seeing Tao Liyang coming out of the study, he hesitated for a moment and followed, but before he could speak, Tao Liyang had already entered the bathroom with the clothes he wanted to change.

"Are you going out?" Xu Yunqing waited for Tao Liyang to finish his bath, and saw him go to the cloakroom to choose a coat again, so he couldn't help frowning.

"Yeah." Tao Liyang took his coat and walked towards the door, "There is a script seminar in Qili in the afternoon, I'll go there."

Xu Yunqing pursed her lower lip: "Then when will you come back?"

"I don't know, it depends on the situation." Tao Liyang took the car keys, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything, closed the door and went out.

The script for the afternoon was co-written by Tao Liyang and a junior who used to be Tao Cheng's assistant, and only started working alone two years ago.In fact, it has been a while since the manuscript was delivered, but there were several delays in the middle, the investor changed, and there were new requirements.Tao Liyang has too many projects on hand recently, so he discussed it early in the morning. The changes in the script will be handed over to his junior brother. Although he is present today, he doesn't need to talk too much. Just take it off.

He originally thought that the seminar would be finished in the afternoon, but it turned out that there was no sign of ending until it was dark.The investors felt that the original script was not exciting enough, so they wanted to add two emotional lines, and they refused to listen to any discussions.The assistant ordered a light meal from a nearby hotel and ate it in the meeting room, and continued the discussion around this issue.Tao Liyang frowned when he heard that, and the other screenwriter also had an expression of lovelessness. Due to his affection, he could only continue to discuss with the director in a friendly manner with investors.

"Tao Bian?" Tao Liyang propped his brow bone with his hands, and when he heard that the investor's words were not right, he unconsciously lost his mind, and the planner next to him yelled twice before he heard it.

"What's the matter?" Tao Liyang turned his head,

"Your phone is ringing."

"Oh, thank you." Tao Liyang rubbed his eyes, "I'll go out and answer the phone."

The call was from Xu Yunqing, but after the call was connected, no one spoke first. After a while, Tao Liyang heard him call his name: "Is the meeting over?"

"No."

"Then, is it still beneficial?"

The place where Tao Liyang was standing was a vent, and it was a bit cold, so he took two steps to the side: "Yes."

"How long?" Xu Yunqing's voice came through the radio waves, it was not so clear, and there was even a trace of inexplicable hesitation: "Shall I pick you up?"

"No need. Maybe when it will be finished, you should go to bed early." Tao Liyang looked at the moon shadow cut into several pieces by the window lattice in the corridor not far away, paused for a moment, and finally softened his tone: "It's nothing I'll be right back after the meeting, good night."

"Yes." Xu Yunqing said after a while, "I see."

Tao Liyang hung up the phone and went back to the room to sit down. The meeting was still going on.

Investors still insist on stuffing those two incompatible emotional lines into the completed script.Holding the mobile phone with Yu Wen in his hand, Tao Liyang felt so annoyed that he couldn't sit still.

"Sorry." When the investor spoke again, Tao Liyang took a sip of water and interrupted him: "I still have something to do, I have to go first."

"Hey, no, screenwriter Tao, I haven't finished yet." The investor was stunned and said unhappily.

The director stood up to smooth things over: "Mr. Wang, why don't we just do this today. We have been discussing for so long, but there is no result. Everyone is tired. I will go to the screenwriter to discuss it, and you should think about it. It will be a long time before the start , and it’s impossible to figure everything out today.”

The investor still looked a little dissatisfied, and Tao Liyang didn't bother to look at his face any more. He nodded his head as a greeting, took his coat and left.

"Hey, Liyang, wait a minute." He walked to the elevator, and the producer chased him from behind.

Tao Liyang pressed the elevator button: "What is it?"

The producer glanced at his face: "Are you angry?"

"It's impossible." Tao Liyang shook his head: "I really have something to do."

The producer didn't know whether he believed it, but said: "If you don't stop, I can't listen to it anymore. It's just playing the piano. When those coal bosses invested more than ten years ago, the aesthetics were not so bad. What the hell? When the plot is on file, it will be added indiscriminately."

"You talk to editor Zhou about this, I don't care about this book." Tao Liyang was amused when he heard it, "You came after me just to tell me this?"

"No, I almost forgot the business." The producer waved his hand, "It's our last film, "The Fourth Rainy Night", do you remember?"

"My memory is not so bad." Tao Liyang said.He has also cooperated with the company of this producer several times. "The Fourth Rainy Night" is a suspenseful script sold to this company the year before last. "Isn't it finished yet? Didn't it start last fall?"

"It's because of this, it's time to wrap up, and there are still two major scenes left. It should be the part where the child is finally found out to be the real murderer. I don't understand the details, but you know better than me. The director always said that there is something wrong with the filming, and we must Change. It has been delayed for a week because of these two scenes. I just thought, you have time, I just go back to the set tomorrow, and the two of us will go there together. It's settled."

Hearing what he said, Tao Liyang knew which scene he was talking about, and he frowned: "Isn't there a resident screenwriter here? I'll change it, isn't it good?"

"There's nothing wrong with that. The two screenwriters are going to be driven crazy by the director. There are over a dozen versions that have been changed, but they still can't pass. After all, it's your original script, so it might be easier for you to change it."

Tao Liyang didn't answer him right away, and the producer said: "I know you've been busy recently, and your work for this movie has long been finished, so I'm sorry to tell you this. But for this movie, the initial budget has already exceeded. Not much, it’s procrastinating now, not to mention the crew’s daily expenses, and the cast’s schedule is coming up, so it’s really worrying. I just called to ask, but I haven’t made a decision yet. So since I met you, I have no choice but to I have the cheek to ask you for a favor."

Tao Liyang thought for a while: "The filming is almost finished. There must be a discrepancy between the current script and the version I handed in. I may not be able to change it to everyone's satisfaction."

"You go and try, it's better than being frozen now."

Tao Liyang pursed his lips, and the elevator just arrived: "I'm going first, why don't you send me the version you're filming now, and I'll think about it."

"That's fine." The producer stood outside the elevator and insisted, "I'll ask my assistant to send it to you right away. If you can go, please contact me, so I can get someone to book a ticket for you."

"I'm not sure yet." Tao Liyang turned around a few thoughts in his mind, and smiled helplessly.The elevator doors closed.

He returned home an hour later, the ceiling light in the living room was not turned on, only the reading light in one corner was on, Xu Yunqing was sitting by the sofa with nothing to do, posing an endgame in front of the chess record.

"Why don't you turn on the light? It hurts your eyes very much." Tao Liyang frowned unconsciously, raised his hand and pressed the switch.

"Forgot." Hearing the sound, Xu Yunqing put down the chess pieces in his hand, "Is the meeting over? Why did it take so long today?"

"There are a lot of things that investors want to change, and it's not going well." Tao Liyang said briefly.

"So..." Xu Yunqing nodded.

Originally, Tao Liyang came back immediately because he answered his call.But I can't explain why, looking at him now, I feel a little confused.So Xu Yunqing interrupted him before he spoke again: "I still have something to do, you go to bed first."

Xu Yunqing was taken aback, and stopped Tao Liyang before he entered the study.

"What's wrong?" Tao Liyang stopped in his tracks.

Xu Yunqing sighed lightly, went to make a pack of Ganmao Granules, and gave him two more pills: "Take the medicine and go to work."

Tao Liyang didn't ask him how he saw it, and silently took the granule in his hand and swallowed it.

Xu Yunqing didn't say much, after he took the medicine, he took the cup to wash it naturally again.Tao Liyang watched his back disappear by the kitchen door, turned around and entered the study.

With so many projects in hand at the same time, as long as Tao Liyang thinks, he can always find endless work.The heating in the study was turned on too high, and he felt a little stuffy in the middle of the journey, so he stood by the window to breathe.The other side of the sky was faintly blue, and it turned out that the night was about to end again.

He hadn't slept for two nights in a row, so he should have been extremely exhausted.But I really didn't feel sleepy at all. Seeing the sky light up, I felt extremely bored, as if I was being urged to make a decision, but I didn't have a clue.

Tao Liyang raised his hand and rubbed his face heavily, and went back to his desk to open the mailbox. The producer had sent the script a few hours ago.He stared at the screen for a while, and after thinking about it, he called the producer: "Are you awake?... Let's book a ticket, I'll go there with you today."