After the meeting was over, it was almost twelve o'clock. Joiino walked out almost blank - minded, following the others.
She walked uneasily, following the direction Luo Yize took.
In front of the building, just like a city under siege by soldiers, it was already swarmed with reporters.
When the reporters saw Joiino and Luo Yize coming out side by side, they swarmed up. The focus of the flashlights was extremely blinding to Joiino. Then came a series of boring questions from the reporters.
"Excuse me, miss. Are you the screenwriter of this drama? Since your idol is going to star in it, you must have something to say to your idol, right?"
Joiino had no excuse to evade. Maybe it was her first time facing such a big - scale occasion. Just as she was thinking about how to escape, suddenly a reporter continued to question her.
"I heard that Mr. Luo has been your idol for many years. Could you briefly talk about what kind of image he has in your mind?"
"Yino! Come here for a moment!"
"Wait a minute. I'll come right away!" She turned to respond but only then realized that she was already surrounded by reporters.
Luo Yize seemed to understand what was going on. He reached out and grabbed Joiino, pulling her out of the reporters' tight encirclement.
His fingers were long and slender. His skin was well - maintained, and his nails were trimmed neatly. No wonder, as an idol, his skin was so well - moisturized.
This really surprised Joiino.
Breaking out of the reporters' siege, the two of them came to the parking lot.
"There's no need to be so nervous, right?" Luo Yize said with a smile.
"I'm okay. Now I finally understand that being an actor is really hard work." Joiino replied with a smile as well.
"You're just as hard - working. I've met many different screenwriters. They write non - stop from morning till night. Good stories are polished by the excellent writing skills and wonderful imaginations of screenwriters."
"I'll work hard."
"Oh, right. It's getting late. I have to go first!" Luo Yize said and then walked towards the car with his assistant.
Time was ticking away. Joiino watched as Luo Yize and his assistant got into the car.
Through the face - to - face conversation with him, Joiino seemed to recall her first job interview at a newspaper right after graduating from college. She was so afraid of saying the wrong thing or making a bad impression with a look or a small gesture.
Moreover, the person in front of her was her idol.
Although there was not much difference in their ages, the difference in their status still made Joiino unable to fully calm her nerves.
Joiino started to admire him when she was in high school.
Luo Yize started as a child star. He was not only good - looking and a great actor but also very kind - hearted. These were well - recognized evaluations in the industry. The year before last, he starred in the ancient - costume historical suspense online drama *The Judge of the Song Dynasty*, playing the second - male lead, the young emperor, which attracted countless fans.
But since then, he hadn't had any new works.
On the way back home from the company, Joiino felt completely relaxed. After seven long years, she finally saw her idol in person. Her heart was filled with indescribable joy.
It was already past one in the afternoon. Joiino bought a McChicken burger combo at a nearby McDonald's and then went home. The only thing Joiino could cook was instant noodles, but eating instant noodles every day was not nutritious at all. As for McDonald's, she ate there at least twice a week, and the rest of the time she ordered special dishes on Meituan.
After eating, she turned on her computer, found the folder with the script, and started the intense work of script revision.
She seemed to realize that once the revision was completed, it meant that the drama would start shooting soon. Moreover, her parents didn't know that she had been fired from the newspaper. If they found out, they would surely scold her severely. In order to keep this from them, she had no choice but to go to the shooting site with the crew.
The job of a screenwriter was a bit like her initial office work at the newspaper. Later, she was transferred to the news department and went out for interviews with the on - site reporters. In comparison, she preferred being a screenwriter. Since she entered college, she had started to cooperate with film and television companies in her spare time, writing a large number of short - video scripts. Although she didn't earn much from it, together with the 5,000 - yuan salary from the newspaper each month, it was enough for her to pay the rent and live comfortably.
After writing short - video scripts for some time, a web drama of the company was about to be released soon, and that's when she started writing web - drama scripts.
No one can achieve success overnight in this world, and Joiino knew this well. Being a screenwriter as her side job was really hard. She had written many web dramas, but almost all of them had failed. She had witnessed all kinds of expressions from the investors and producers. Now, only this one drama was left.