Although the Golden Age music hall was expensive, there were still quite a number of applicants. Fang Zhao checked the official website's booking schedule. Slots for February next year were already fully booked. Reservations could only be made in March and after, but weekends from March to May were mostly booked, so he could only book for weekdays.
Fang Zhao's military service would end in April next year, and he still had to produce music after that, so it was impossible to book so early. Thus, Fang Zhao booked a Saturday night in August. If he couldn't make it, he could postpone it, but the deposit could not be refunded.
Apart from his military service, other than composing assignments from Silver Wing and composing his own works for concerts, Fang Zhao had to deal with the consultant team's matters.
The list of consultant team members had basically been finalized, and the chat group was starting to get lively. Every day, the team leader would raise a few topics to let the members familiarize themselves with each other and let everyone voice their opinions and suggestions on these topics. The script had yet to be seen, but the enthusiasm of the consultant team had already been raised.
Because they had yet to officially start researching the script, the members of the consultant team chatted rather casually. They were all hired by major investors, and some of them were even people of high status and authority, so there was less apprehension.
On this day, the consultant team leader wanted everyone to add to the personalities, lifestyles, and other aspects of the Founding Era's leaders.
Those people were heroes, but they were still people, not cold-blooded killing machines. They had real emotions. The purpose of discussing these was to add more elements to the script and make the characters of the few great figures more fulfilling.
The various famous battles of the Founding Era were recorded in history textbooks, and they were also covered in exams. Therefore, students who were good at history would know about large-scale battles. However, most people had no idea about the true personalities, habits, and other aspects of these leaders.
One day, when Fang Zhao returned from a mission, he opened the chat group and saw that it was in a lively discussion. It was completely different from the serious atmosphere of academic research that outsiders imagined.
This bunch of people were gossiping about the great figures, but most of them were big shots in the history and literature circles. After all, only people of their statuses dared to gossip about the great figures in the chat group. Those who were younger and didn't have much weight were quietly watching.
As a "junior" in the circles, Fang Zhao naturally couldn't butt in when the big shots were discussing. This wasn't a big deal. In any case, Fang Zhao just wanted to know what kind of embarrassing things this bunch of people had dug up.
A big shot who studied history was talking excitedly. "Let's not talk about Wu Yan's little lover. The Wu family definitely won't allow it. However, Wu Yan's fear of dogs should be written into the script."
"Let me warn you. Although the current Yanzhou governor does not have the surname Wu, you can't casually slander him. You need evidence."
The mighty and domineering General Wu Yan was afraid of dogs? You're not afraid of so many monsters, but afraid of dogs? No one would believe this!
"I found people from Xizhou and managed to convince them to hand over some of General Lu Xi's personal notes. The notes mentioned that General Wu Yan was actually afraid of dogs, so his relationship with General Su Mu wasn't that good."
"What else was written in Great General Lu Xi's notebook?" The others were also interested and decided not to argue for the time being.
"According to the information provided by Xizhou, it was also mentioned that General Lakalina's ancestor was the empress."
"There's no need to elaborate on this point. Everyone who studies history knows that during the Founding Era, Lakalina originally wanted to be an empress. She even got an artist to draw a painting called 'Lakalina the First.' That painting is still hanging in the Lazhou Museum. Later on, when the entire world changed its system, there was only one governor. However, over at Lazhou, every governor still considers himself an emperor in private. "
"Hey, let me finish. Not only did the notes mention that Lakalina was an empress, it also mentioned that she was originally a germaphobe, but she gradually changed during the Period of Destruction."
"Germaphobe?"
"After the Period of Destruction, even the biggest germaphobe could be changed."
"That's true. What else? "
"Besides being a germaphobe, Lakalina actually had trypophobia."
"... Really?"
"That's what was written in the notes. Whether it's true or not, we have to ask General Lu Xi. Or perhaps we can ask someone from Lakalina's family? "
"Lakalina's family will definitely not admit to it."
"Actually, regardless of whether it's a germaphobe or trypophobia, to be able to survive the Period of Destruction for so many years and to be able to wield power, one would know that she had overcome it long ago. There's no point in investigating whether it's true or not. The focus of the script would not be on that."
"Furthermore, Lakalina's family is very prideful. Even if it's true, they would not agree to write it into the script."
Fang Zhao looked at them and gossiped about the great generals of the Founding Era. Even Fang Zhao, the unlucky leader who had perished before the Founding Era, was discussed. The good thing was that Lu Xi's notes did not include too many of Fang Zhao's embarrassing incidents, but he did record that Fang Zhao was a musician.
The expert who was fortunate enough to obtain a portion of Lu Xi's notes had even posted a few screenshots of the notes to prove the veracity of his words.
"There's a symphony orchestra living in Fang Zhao's brain." These were the exact words in Lu Xi's notes.
After digging through the various leaders, it finally returned to the problem of the script.
"Seems like the great figures of the Founding Era were not that perfect."
"Should all these be written in?"
"I don't think so?"
"But this is also a shining point of their human nature. No one can be perfect. Only when there are flaws can they be called human. These cannot be written in. Filter out some and make it more artistic."
"That's fine too."
Only when he saw the chat in the group did Fang Zhao realize that this group of big shots in the consultant team were so gossipy. When they were happy, they were as excited as entertainment reporters discussing the private affairs of various celebrities.
After watching from the side for a few days, Fang Zhao realized that the person the consultant team leader worshipped the most was the "Founding Era Leader Fang Zhao."
As for the "Founding Era Leader Fang Zhao," according to the general content of the script, he could not be considered one of the main leads, but he was still an important supporting character.
In December, Fang Zhao received the first draft of the script. Together with the other members of the consultant team, they started discussing and revising the script's historical progression and character traits.
Yan Biao and Zuo Yu arrived on planet Baiji at the end of December.
Fang Zhao had helped them handle the formalities. This time, Yan Biao was not coming in with the identity of a soldier in Baiji military district. He had to go through all sorts of procedures.
Looking at the current planet Baiji, Yan Biao had mixed feelings, but overall, he was still happy. He had revisited an old place and had gotten together with his old comrades.
Planet Wai was Zuo Yu's first time leaving his home planet. It felt like a vacation. There was a sense of novelty, but that was all. Usually, he patrolled the set and watched others film. In general, the atmosphere at the Wai film studio base was more relaxed. As long as there was no trouble, it was still very harmonious.
But planet Baiji was different. Even before entering the atmosphere, Fang Zhao could feel a more solemn atmosphere. The military here was much stronger than on planet Wai.
Over at the film studio base, Yan Biao introduced Fang Zhao to six retired soldiers and Zuo Yu introduced two. Now, there were 10 people patrolling the streets of the film studio base. Even if Zuo Yu and Yan Biao were not around, there were still eight people guarding the place. That was enough. There was no need to worry about the film crew causing trouble.
Once there was supervision, the film crew that always stirred up trouble in the dark became much more well-behaved, and their debts were greatly reduced. Some film crews really could not fork out much money. Seeing that their attitude was good and their reputation was passable, Fang Zhao would not be too harsh.
On this trip to planet Baiji, Yan Biao and Zuo Yu had even helped Fang Zhao bring some feed for the hybrid sea slug.
"There is also an electronic file. Denzel said that he would send it to you online. It is about the amount of feed to be used," Yan Biao told Fang Zhao.
"As for the plot of land that the Inter-planetary Fund has circled, construction has indeed started, but there are people guarding it. I have not been able to find a chance to get close. There are already people guessing the use of that area in the film studio base. Some paparazzi went there to secretly take pictures, but they were caught and locked up in Wai base's prison. Since then, nobody has gone near that area. "
"There is no need to keep watch over that area," Fang Zhao said.
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