Chapter 110
The "male protagonist" certified by the system is at least not a legal person.
For students in the Department of Acting, the graduation drama is a very important performance, and Ling Suisui and Chen Yuening also attach great importance to it.
Moreover, the film academy’s graduation drama was broadcast live to the public long before they entered the school. There has been a constant stream of “star students” in recent years, and the attention paid to this type of live broadcast has been increasing.
If you perform well, no one may praise you; but if you fail... there will be hundreds of negative comments waiting for you, saying that you just wasted your four years in college and didn't learn anything real.
Chen Yuening originally wanted to perform "A Doll's House" with Ling Suisui. This drama is absolutely a classic. Actors without any talent would not dare to go on stage for fear of making a fool of themselves.
Ling Suisui dared to play Nora, but she felt that the script was not suitable.
"There are too few roles in the Dollhouse," she said. "There are eight people in our group, five of whom are girls. How do we allocate the roles?"
It’s impossible to add your own drama, it’s a doll’s house.
Letting a few students adapt Ibsen's famous work would definitely have a worse effect than Gao E's sequel to Dream of the Red Chamber.
Ling Sui-sui suggested: "I think we can play Pride and Prejudice, there are enough main female characters in it."
"That's good." Chen Yuening followed her words and thought, "Then I'll play Darcy, and you'll play Elizabeth——"
"No, I don't play Elizabeth."
Ling Suisui interrupted him: "I like both Elizabeth and Jane, but I want to try a different style of role this time."
"I want to play Lydia. Well... she is not a very likable character in the book. She is the sister of the Bennet family who eloped with Wickham."
Chen Yuening was a little surprised, but when he thought that the other party was Ling Suisui, he found it reasonable.
She can gain recognition from the audience with her superb acting skills, rather than relying on a perfect personality and expecting fans to transfer all their love for the character to her.
Liu Shou once told him that Ling Suisui was a bit aloof.
If she was willing to drag Qin Xian out for marketing, with the lethality of this dead Bai Yueguang, she could definitely suck a lot of blood from the paper man, and the traffic would jump up several levels, but she never did that.
After the broadcast of "Ding Feng Bo", many popular variety shows offered her a high price to "recreate Qin Xian's famous scenes", but Ling Suisui would rather take the risk of offending others and refused any of them.
Qin Xian is still the most beautiful white moonlight in the hearts of the audience, which is inseparable from Ling Suisui's best efforts to protect this character.
The two of them only exchanged preliminary ideas. After all, this was just a discussion they initiated by chance.
The formal discussion about the graduation drama must wait until all team members are present and then everyone can discuss it together.
Ling Suisui also asked about Chen Yuening's schedule. Even if he couldn't play Jiang Yu, he could still make a guest appearance if there was a chance.
Even if this project originally belonged to Huacai, it would not be a big problem. Not only are Chen Yuening and Xiang Ming not a family, they are also competing for resources, and fans of both sides are fighting fiercely.
Chen Yuening asked her, "What are you going to do about Jiang Yu's casting? It's almost March now, and the closer we get to the filming date, the harder it will be to find a leading actor."
First, your schedules may not be compatible, and second, the other party may raise the price, thinking that your project cannot go on without him.
Although Chen Yuening is an actor, he also understands some of the ins and outs of the industry.
Ling Suisui sighed: "There will always be a way."
Although Ling Suisui was also anxious, he did not directly interfere with the crew's casting work.
She can give some advice and use her connections, but she doesn't have to take care of everything. If it delays her time to study the script, it would be putting the cart before the horse.
In mid-March, Tong Xiaoman told her something.
Planet Pictures, which is controlled by Aoqi Video, is willing to let their artist Er Hongwen play Jiang Yu.
Ling Suisui had some impression of this name. In order to get a deeper understanding, she searched the Internet for information about Er Hongwen.
He is a male actor born in the 1990s and also the first artist signed by Planet Pictures after its establishment.
Ten years ago, Er Hongwen had really good resources and had some outstanding performances as the leading man, but unfortunately he chose the wrong scripts during a critical period of his development, and his resources were downgraded after two dramas failed in a row. In the past few years, he has been in a tepid and outdated traffic state.
Planet Pictures emphasized that they could accept that Jiang Yu was not the "male lead", but the crew had to arrange a "special starring role" for him, which would not be counted in the ranking.
Ling Suisui and the game crew are both satisfied with this candidate, and they can also accept the ranking conditions proposed by Planet.
When Er Hongwen was famous, his acting skills were not that good. In recent years, he has been so idle that he has been picking his feet at home. However, he has taken some acting classes seriously and his acting skills have improved significantly.
Moreover, the role that made Er Hongwen famous in his early days was the gentle male protagonist, and Jiang Yu is his comfort zone.
If it weren't for his previous blind "transformation", Er Hongwen wouldn't have remained silent.
But - Ling Suisui looked at Tong Xiaoman: "The planet must have other requirements."
Although he is not famous now, the kingdom he built in the past is still there. Even if he can't get a big production, it's more than enough for him to be the second male lead to some first-line 90s and 95s flowers.
The planet asked him to be Ling Sui's special one, and if there were no binding conditions, she wouldn't believe it was true.
Tong Xiaoman nodded: "They want you to play the second female lead in a fairy tale film. That drama is Aoqi's top project. They said they can arrange a third leading role for you."
Ling Sui finally understood. So that's how it is.
With her current status, she can also be the second lead in a top project. If you want her to play a supporting female role, you have to put forward some conditions for resource exchange.
The system popped up: [It seems that the planet is not very kind to Er Hongwen. He is a bit pitiful. 】
Ling Sui chuckled in his heart. He was still pitiful?
You know, there was no salary cap when Er Hongwen was at his most popular. Although he has never become a top star, he is also a well-known traffic star. The money he earned in those years is more than an ordinary person can earn in several lifetimes.
Because of this, even though there are not many film offers for him, Er Hongwen is not in a hurry at all. The last time he posted on Weibo was when he was traveling in Europe.
What's more, the obscure traffic star is still able to get roles to play in his thirties, and the company can use this as a bargaining chip; if it were an obscure traffic star, they would have to be thankful to get a role of the same importance.
Ling Suisui was not in a hurry to agree or refuse. Out of caution as an actor in choosing a work, she read the original novel first.
Just by reading the text, she knew that this was a love story disguised as a fantasy, and the so-called people of the world were just a part of the play between the male and female protagonists.
The Planet wanted her to play the second female lead, who was engaged to the male lead as the legitimate daughter, but in fact, she was the concubine's daughter who took the female lead's position.
Ling Suisui: ...
No, it’s a fairy tale now, so why is there still a distinction between arranged marriages and legitimate and illegitimate children? The fairy world is still a patriarchal society, isn't it too outrageous!
When the ancients imagined the life of immortals, they were not as conservative as you!
Ling Suisui quickly closed the page, feeling that looking at it any longer would be a huge harm to her eyes.
"No," she said weakly, "I have worked hard over the years to build up a good reputation. How can I let them ruin it like this?"
For Ling Suisui, if the drama fails, there is still a chance to continue working hard, but if he acts in a bad drama and is equated with bad movies in the audience's mind, it will be difficult to remove this label and regain the audience's trust.
Even though there is a saying that "being black or red is still red", any actor with a little bit of ambition is not willing to sacrifice the ceiling of his or her career in exchange for temporary popularity.
She would definitely not act in this fantasy drama, but Er Hongwen and Ling Suisui really wanted to.
If it were just his acting skills, she wouldn't be so impressed. But just now, the system mentioned him.
Although Ling Suisui disagrees with the system's statement, she thinks Er Hongwen is most likely a "conquerable target", that is, one of the candidates for the male protagonist. Otherwise, the system would not mention him for no reason.
Ling Sui wanted him to join the group, of course not to improve his favorability, but because she had roughly summarized some rules.
The sister-in-law's system is a bit upside down sometimes, but her eye for selecting people is pretty good.
The several "male protagonists" currently on the list may not be perfect, but at least they are able to abide by the law, and their moral standards are significantly higher than the average of the male group.
This provides a layer of insurance for the drama - even if they are exposed for scandals in the future, they should not become legal celebrities.
This is very important to Ling Suisui.
"The Game Is Online" adopts a group narrative. If any one of the protagonists collapses, the plot may fall apart. Even if the drama fails after its popular period, it will easily affect the longevity and reputation of the drama.
Therefore, Er Hongwen is the best choice for the crew at the moment.
Ling Suisui: "Although I am the female lead, I didn't shoot this drama alone. Ask Xingxing to go to Ai Tianming to make conditions - forget it, it won't work."
She suddenly thought, what if Planet asked Ai Tianming for investment for that big production?
Ai Tianming had no money, so he had to ask his family for money. The Ai family is not a money printing factory, and the "wasteful funds" they leave for Ai Tianming must have a bottom line.
If we ask for too many planets, won't there be less left for games in the future? That won't work.
Ling Suisui thought about it for a long time and finally decided to make a pie in the sky.
"Let's just say that I am willing to film a drama with a female lead for them at a salary slightly lower than the market price. I don't need to be a top actress, even an A-level drama or even a split-revenue drama will do, but I want to retain the right to choose the script."
Tong Xiaoman raised her eyebrows. That’s possible.
Although Ling Suisui is not a top star yet, judging from the fact that Aoqi wants to squeeze the next generation of prince into her crew, Planet Pictures can send Er Hongwen to her as a special guest, and also hopes that she will play the second female lead to attract traffic to the show, they are actually very optimistic about Ling Suisui's future development.
This promise was not mainly about the pay, but about Ling Suisui's guarantee that she would give them a drama with the female lead, and she had not yet asked for the ranking. Her only condition was to choose the script.
For many crews, the most difficult thing to negotiate is not money, but the star’s schedule.
Although this does not mean that Ling Sui will go there as long as they set a time, but at least when she has time, she will give priority to the films of Planet Pictures.
After all, if he broke his promise, Ling Suisui’s reputation in the industry would be ruined.
Tong Xiaoman thought it was ok. As long as they could choose the script and didn't fall into the trap of the planet, everything would be fine.
As a film and television company controlled by Aoqi, the works produced by Planet in recent years are actually mixed, and the performance is very unstable.
Planet Pictures finally agreed to what Ling Suisui proposed.
At the script reading session, Ling Suisui also met several main creators.
The two actresses were both her acquaintances; and the two actors... coincidentally, Er Hongwen and Li Mingxu were both identified as "potential targets" by the system.
Ling Sui was a little surprised. The entertainment industry is really small.
It seems that the filming process of "Game is Online" should be very lively.
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