Chapter 464 - Is Hou Da Trying to Make the Second Female Lead More Important? (2/2)

At this time, they were standing in front of a quaint and beautiful homestay. Since they would be filming here for about a month, the production team had already booked the entire homestay for the entire month before they would then transit to a new filming location.

Therefore, most of the intensive training and script reading sessions would be conducted at this location.

<Yan Huasu> was a big production with a very big fan base and Hou Da was putting in a lot of effort to ensure that everything was running smoothly. Jiang Yuning could see that most of the production crew and staff on site were not only very good and efficient at their job, but they were all also very serious and dedicated.

Jiang Yuning and Su Jinhang entered the homestay before they took their seats at the chairs marked with their own names. At this time, both of them started reading their own scripts. About half an hour later, some of the other actors and actresses finally arrive at the scene and the production crew members started rushing in one after another.

The second female lead also appeared in front of Jiang Yuning and Su Jinhang at this moment.

She had a very pure and innocent look on her face, and she had long black hair that was flowing over her shoulders. She had a beautiful small face with a sharp nose and she looked very pleasant and innocent at first sight.

The second female lead did not dare to talk to Jiang Yuning or Su Jinhang, perhaps because she felt a little embarrassed or intimidated by them. Therefore, as soon as she entered the homestay with her assistant, she sat down at her own seat without saying anything at all.

Jiang Yuning heard that the most important reason why Hou Da had chosen this girl as the second female lead was because of her acting skills. The role of the second female lead was one of a villain. Initially, Hou Da thought that a fresh graduate would definitely not be able to pull off the role of such a major villainous character. Unexpectedly, Hou Da was captivated as soon as she saw her acting skills.

A few dozen other actors and actresses also came in immediately after, followed by the director and Hou Da, who was not only the author of the drama but was also the screenwriter for this drama production.

No one would have expected the two most inexperienced lead actor and actress to be the first people to arrive at the location.

Jiang Yuning had already flipped through half of the script that she had in her hand.

They initially thought that a popular artiste such as Jiang Yuning would definitely throw some airs.

Hou Da took the opportunity to look at Jiang Yuning as she glanced at the script that she was holding onto.

Jiang Yuning had made various annotations and she had also written the biographies of each of the characters in the drama in her script. It seemed as though Jiang Yuning had really put in a lot of effort in preparing for this drama.

As for her acting ability and skills, Hou Da would only be able to find out later.

During the first intensive reading of the script, there were some actors and actresses who started asking about the emotional line in the drama. However, it seems as though there were not many emotional or romantic scenes in this drama compared to the initial storyline in the original novel. Moreover, it seemed as though the second female lead had more emotional and romantic scenes as compared to the first female lead.

Hou Da looked at Jiang Yuning before she answered their question.

“I just feel that the audience are now demanding more and more quality form a drama production. As long as the drama is produced with high standards, and as long as the core of the entire drama and the representation of the characters are accurately portrayed, then the drama would still be a huge success even without any romantic scenes.”

In fact, Duan Hanyan was a very emotional and affectionate character, but ultimately, she would not be able to express her feelings even at the end of the drama. She was a very pitiful and sad character.

Anyway, since Hou Da had already removed even the last hugging scene just because of Jiang Yuning, she could only trust that Jiang Yuning’s acting skills would be amazing enough to make sure that the drama turned out to be a huge success.

Moreover, the most dangerous thing for Jiang Yuning was the fact that it was very difficult to grasp Duan Hanyan’s character. As long as Jiang Yuning did not express the character accurately, then her limelight would most likely be stolen by the second female lead who dared to love and hate.

The character of the second female lead was also very outstanding.

Jiang Yuning lowered her head because she did not know what to say.

Everyone thought that Hou Da was the one who had removed all of the first female lead’s intimate and romantic scenes. Therefore, they felt very anxious for Jiang Yuning because this meant that she had to fulfill and measure up to a much heavier expectation.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuning did not panic at all but she continued reading her script in a calm and composed manner. Jiang Yuning also gave some pointers and suggestions to some of the other actresses because she was an old and loyal fan of the original novel, and thus had some insight that could help everyone else to understand their role.

After an intensive morning, the other actors and actresses, who were initially devoted to gossiping, finally reduced their resistance against Jiang Yuning.

However, most of them were still not convinced.

They believed that they would only find out the truth later.

After the training that morning, Jiang Yuning and Su Jinhang walked to the cafeteria together to have their lunch. However, there were still people who were secretly discussing this matter behind their backs.

“Is Hou Da trying to make the second female lead more important? Otherwise, why else would she have removed all the romantic and intimate scenes between the two lead characters? From the looks of it, it seems as though the second female lead is going to take over the role of the first female lead eventually.”

“I think so too. Hou Da is probably just interested in Jiang Yuning’s popularity and the attention that the drama would get because of her. After all, I heard that the actress playing the role of the second female lead is really very talented. Moreover, she also has a very strong background to back her up.”