Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Today during drama lesson we generally discussed about protagonists, antagonists and the superior objectives of both sides. We also formed a new story and decided how to integrate the important characters and relationships into our play.

Main Storyline

Due to the financial crisis, investment companies have developed an enmity between them in competition for the highest profit.

Terrence, 45, the CEO of Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd, has an impressive portfolio. He is divorced with 2 teenage daughters, Charlotte and Cara, 14 and 15 respectively, living with him. His company has just thought of an effective idea to increase the profit margins and they are working towards the goal successfully.

Andy, 39, the CEO of Andell Investment Company Pte Ltd also has a remarkable portfolio. His company has been proposing and carrying out new ideas as well but none of them seem to take effect. However, he has a witty and attractive wife, Melissa, 34, who has convinced him that her plan would work -- she would get a job at Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd and seduce the CEO, Terrence, acting as a spy for Andy's company. She would also try to get closer to Terrence's daughters by buying them anything they want so as to gain their liking. She hopes that the daughters would be able to enable her to get closer to Terrence. She would then relay Terrence's plans and advancements back to Andy.

Meanwhile in Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd, Terrence's Personal Assistant, Sarah, 32, feels attracted to Terrence. Besides that, she yearns for a promotion since she has worked in the company for a few years. However, she truly likes Terrence for who he is, not for his power and status. Sarah is also well-liked by Terrence's daughters as she is kind and friendly.

Carrying out her plan almost immediately, Melissa applies for a job in Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd and was successful. She was assigned the job of Junior Personal Assistant and was told to work alongside Sarah. In attempting to seduce Terrence, Melissa poses a threat to Sarah's attempts to get closer to Terrence and this hence creates competition between the both of them.

The following are the 3 endings that can be considered:
1. Melissa's plan failed. Her conversation with her husband regarding the advancement of the plans was overheard by Terrence's daughters who are (somehow there - Ser Yeen's idea) (details to be confirmed next lesson). The daughters then reported Melissa's plans back to their father. Melissa was immediately sacked and hence there was a happily-ever-after for Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd economically. Also, Sarah and Terrence grew closer.

2. Melissa's plan worked. Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd soon went bankrupt after months of profit losses. Andell Investment Company Pte Ltd prospered with boundless profits (profits were originally Terril Investment Company's) Sarah was forced to leave Terril and hence she had no opportunity to grow closer to Terrence as she wanted to.

3. (can be used as extension to 2nd option) Melissa's plan worked and Terrence fell into her trap. Because of Terrence's liking for her, Melissa soon obtained a higher status than Sarah. Sarah knew about Melissa's plans beforehand but was afraid to reveal the truth as she was threatened by Melissa who told her that she would fire her. Terril soon went bankrupt and the other large companies that were close to Terril Investment Company soon began to suspect foul-play. Sarah, who was no longer able to keep it a secret, revealed the truth. Andell Investment Company was hence sued and was forced to close down by the law. Hence, both companies went bankrupt.

Types of Competition in play:
1. Competition between Andel and Terril Investment Company Pte Ltd
2. Competition between Melissa and Sarah (for their boss's liking and for gaining approval of the two daughters)

Please consider the different endings and feel free to provide more details to the plot since it is kind of sketchy now. Also, the characters are still shallow so we would need to discuss more on the types of personality each character has.

Jiayou (: (Ser Yeen says: happy reading -- being sarcastic)

~Li-Sha~