'The female lead suffers way too much. It's guaranteed to be a tearjerker, but other than masochists, who wants to pay to go to a movie and feel awful?'
The crowd that regularly goes to the movies isn't the same as the one that enjoys crying in front of their TVs.
Ni Bingyan figured the movie would probably bomb at the box office; its only hope was to aim for awards. But from what she knew, there were a ton of good films out this year, so the competition would be incredibly fierce.
If she put in all that effort and still didn't win an award, several months of work would be for nothing. It was better to go for a surefire box office hit.
Honestly, the title of "Ten-Billion Box Office Actress" was pretty appealing to her.
The second script was a realistic romance film exploring the issue of the bride price.
