Qi Si found the IP The Wind Rises familiar because it had also been mentioned in the original novel.
The original novel's female lead was Shen Shuyu, but aside from the male and female leads ending up together in the end, the entire story basically consisted of tormenting the female lead.
In Qi Si's view, Lin Weiwei was actually the original novel's true female lead.
And the IP The Wind Rises had played no small role in the original novel as well.
The original novel was half an entertainment-industry story. Both Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei were artists in the industry, and since The Wind Rises was such a massive hit, it naturally could not escape being adapted for film and television.
The original novel never said that Bo Yanqi had bought the IP. In any case, it ultimately ended up in Bo Fuyu's hands.
Both Shen Shuyu and Lin Weiwei wanted to fight for the female lead role, and their fans had ripped each other's hair out over who would get it for quite a while.
In the end, the female lead role naturally fell to Lin Weiwei.
With the IP in Bo Fuyu's hands, it did not matter whether the female lead could act. What mattered was who Bo Fuyu wanted to give the role to.
He deliberately made things difficult for Shen Shuyu. The director and screenwriter had clearly already decided to cast Shen Shuyu as the female lead, but with one word from Bo Fuyu, the role was forcibly handed to Lin Weiwei.
Shen Shuyu ended up with the role of a vicious supporting actress.
During filming, Shen Shuyu was, without question, subjected to all kinds of harassment.
But that was not even the most disgusting part. The worst was that Shen Shuyu had finally gritted