After Joyno was discharged from the hospital, Director Li started to re - select the cast. Apart from Joyno, Luo Yize, and He Jing, they chose other actors.
As for who the male lead would be, it was unknown. The female lead was said to be Ye Xuan.
Among the current artists within the top - three tiers, apart from Luo Yize, He Jing, and Ye Xuan, there were hardly any others. Joyno didn't know many artists in the entertainment circle. Those she did know, like Deng Chao, Angelababy, Feng Shaofeng, and Zhao Liying, were all within the top - three tiers, and she'd met them during interviews.
After recovering from a serious illness, Joyno felt less energetic than before. She went to bed early every night and took an hour - long nap after lunch. Maybe because she'd just been discharged from the hospital and her body needed to recuperate, she didn't take on any activities during this period.
On the day after Joyno was discharged, she received a call from Hou Lei.
"Yinuo, I heard you were sick?"
"It's nothing. Just a cold."
"I've heard all about it from your idol, no, your idol boyfriend! Also, I've got some really good news for you."
Needless to say, every time Hou Lei called her, it was about Luo Yize.
Joyno was full of anticipation, longing for this news to bring her a pleasant surprise right away.
"The drama *Turn Around and Meet Love* will be released at the end of next month."
Then, Hou Lei began to tell her about it in detail.
Joyno was quite surprised. As her first work in life, it had over forty episodes originally, and after revisions, shooting, and editing, there were forty episodes in total. With a payment of 3,000 yuan per episode, after tax, she got 24,000 yuan in total.
Later, she wrote *Burning Heart in Flames*. Now this drama had also wrapped up. It had over forty episodes too, and after tax with the same payment standard, she got two or three thousand yuan.
For the subsequent cooperative projects, Joyno wrote only three to five episodes for each script at most. Still, after tax with the same payment, she got 20,000 yuan in manuscript fees.
Now, more and more people were looking to cooperate with Joyno.
"Also, General Manager Zhao said that thanks to Luo Yize's *Turn Around and Meet Love*, which has become popular even before its release, the company has made it this year. Now, they plan to train screenwriters. If you don't mind, General Manager Zhao said he wants to sign a contract with you."
It felt like a dream.
For Joyno, whether she could sign with a film and television company didn't matter much. Before graduating from university, she'd interviewed with not only General Manager Zhao's company, and she'd never heard that film and television companies trained screenwriters.
Now, finally, a company announced that it was recruiting screenwriters.
People often thought opportunities were rare, but sometimes they were easy to come by, and sometimes they were even easier to miss. If one didn't want to miss them and wanted to seize them easily, they had to grasp every opportunity.
That night, Joyno started preparing her resume. The next day, she got up early. After washing up and getting dressed, she went downstairs and bought a pancake from a nearby breakfast stand. After eating it, she took a taxi to General Manager Zhao's company.
Joyno was very familiar with the company's reception room. Many years ago, she'd left there dejectedly and burst into tears right at the company's entrance. Now, such a scene would never be repeated.
"I once said, 'The tower is so high that one can pick the stars with a stretch of the hand; there are always good horses, but good horse - trainers are rare.' But you never thought I'd be your real horse - trainer, right?"
General Manager Zhao was smiling. He was smiling because he'd seen Joyno's rapid progress.
Joyno also kept smiling and nodded frequently.
"Because I also said that my door is always open to you. I won't miss anyone."
As he said this, General Manager Zhao took out the prepared contract.
"Sign here!" Then, he took out a pen.
Seeing this contract, Joyno's eyes welled up with tears.
Her dream had come true. Moreover, she was only twenty - six years old. She'd graduated from university at twenty - one, and after five years, she'd finally "picked the stars" as she wished.
These "stars" not only included Joyno's dream of becoming a screenwriter for her idol but also the fact that her idol doted on her and that their relationship had been officially announced unexpectedly.
Joyno signed the contract. When she signed it, she never thought that her part - time job as a screenwriter could become her full - time job and that her part - time job would be more successful than her previous full - time job.
This was something very difficult for anyone to achieve, but Joyno had done it.
After signing, Joyno put down the pen and handed the contract to General Manager Zhao.
"Actually, I've always wanted to train you. It's just that at that time, the company had just started, and I had high expectations. After all, I'm also from a screenwriting background and majored in drama literature. I think I can do my best to help you improve step by step. Now, I've also fulfilled my own wish."
"Thank you, General Manager Zhao!"
Joyno stood up. The moment she bowed, the excited tears had already fallen involuntarily.
Over the past few years, Joyno had been very hard - working and learned from her predecessors what she hadn't known before. Especially during her spare time, she'd bought the book *Story*. While reading it, she took notes and recorded all the key points.
She'd written countless scripts. At first, every script she wrote failed, but when she wrote *Turn Around and Meet Love*, with her painstaking efforts and careful design, the drama not only passed but also became popular even before its release.
After leaving General Manager Zhao's company, just then, Hou Lei called and told her that he and Luo Yize had found a very nice airborne Western - style restaurant in a very bustling commercial area. The time was set for that evening.
Right after hanging up Hou Lei's call, another call came in. It was from a producer of a certain film company. They had a close cooperative relationship with General Manager Zhao and Hou Lei.
"Miss Qiao, it's a great honor to meet you."
"The honor is mine. May I ask your surname?"
"My surname is Cao, the same Cao as in Cao Cao. I'm a partner of General Manager Zhao and Hou Lei. Also, I once collaborated with Luo Yize on a drama. You must have watched it. It's *Watching the Clouds Rise*. "
So he was the director of *Watching the Clouds Rise*. If Joyno remembered correctly, his name was Cao Can.