"I still prefer shooting period pieces. I studied with Director Hou and Director Liu, and this is the genre that I dabbled most in. It's also what I'm more familiar with," Tan Jinqi said. "I've been paying close attention to three Internet novels that are doing fairly well. One is about martial arts, one is about mythology, and the other is about romance."
"Romance plots are rather restricted. If you want to make a good film, you have to get a professional scriptwriter to make a big change. The original novel is an alternate history, but I think it would be better to find a specific dynasty and adapt it in accordance with the history of the time. Stories written in alternate history are fine for novels, but once it's adapted into a TV series with visual images, it becomes shallow. Without a good backstory, it'll be difficult for the audience to submerge themselves into the story."
