Chapter 222
International Special Edition of "Every Year With You"
At 12:30 noon, Lin Yahan returned to the dormitory, put the takeaway on the table, set up her tablet, and prepared to watch the international special of "Sui Sui You".
The roommate who was lying on the bed stuck his head out and said, "Yahan, turn on the speaker. I'll listen to it together on the bed."
"You'd better come down." Lin Yahan reminded her, "I've seen the preview, this episode is all in English. They didn't hire a translator on the day of recording, only subtitles were added later, otherwise how could it be called a special."
If you don't look at the screen, this will be a refreshing English listening test, and screenwriter Heidi speaks very fast!
Considering my roommate’s English level of just barely passing CET-4, it was probably difficult for him to understand the whole thing.
It was also through this episode that Suisi learned that Ling Sui's English was so good, but she had never used this to market her personality.
Others say that Sui Si is too low-key, but now it seems that Ling Suisui is the most low-key one. Suisi just wants to ask, how many surprises does she have that her fans don’t know about?
At the beginning of the show, it was still the food crit segment that the audience was familiar with. Looking at the bubbling nine-grid hotpot on the screen, the aroma of the boiling red oil seemed to penetrate the screen. Lin Yahan from the southwest swallowed her saliva. She also craved for hometown food.
Ling Suisui said that this hotpot was "slightly spicy", but judging from the expressions of several foreign friends who were sticking out their tongues, the slight spiciness was also a great test for them.
Fortunately, Ling Suisui also prepared a saucepan. Roll the dishes in a bowl of oil to make them less spicy. If that doesn’t work, you can rinse them in clean water.
The ingredients for this hot pot are very rich, including tripe, goose throat, goose intestines, brains and other special ingredients. Considering the acceptance level of Brayshaw and others, the other half of the table is filled with beef, mutton products, aquatic products and common mushrooms and seasonal vegetables.
Surprisingly, Director Austin really likes tripe. When she first heard that this was cow stomach, she even looked resistant, but after tasting it once, she immediately found it delicious and finished most of the plate.
Austin praised it as a rare delicacy in the world. Off-screen, Lin Yahan nodded. No one would not like to eat tripe!
This format of chatting while eating is very relaxing. No matter whether it is the episode she has recorded or the program she is following later, Lin Yahan feels that "Sui Sui You Ni" is like opening a blind box. Because in such a free and casual conversation, no one knows what the next topic will be.
For example, Austin was very curious about how tripe was so popular among Chinese people. Ling Suisui explained the reasons why offal and spicy hot pot became popular, and then extended it to the impact of geographical environment and cultural customs on the local diet structure, and how the food culture of different countries and regions was presented in film and television works...
Lin Yahan will watch every episode of "Sui Sui With You" without missing a single one, and her roommates are too lazy to get out of bed but are willing to listen to it as a background music, all because in this show, the conversation content led by Ling Sui is very comfortable.
She couldn't say anything too specific, but she had read the reviews online. Some people say that watching “Sui Sui You” is like experiencing a very reassuring omakase. Not every dish may be amazing, but they are all food you can accept. There will never be a sudden explosion of food that you are against, leaving you with a lump in your throat, making it difficult to swallow.
Lin Yahan agrees with this statement very much. "Sui Sui You" is her absolute safe zone on the Internet.
The conversations between Ling Suisui and the guests also contain some funny and entertaining elements, but they have nothing to do with embarrassing or vulgar dirty jokes. As the initiator of the program, Ling Suisui is very sincere towards every guest. She may not completely agree with the other party's views, but she always listens carefully during the conversation.
This respect is not only given to the person opposite her, but also passed on to the audience outside the screen. The rhythm of the program is led and controlled by Ling Suisui. When she is relaxed and open-minded, the audience can fully enjoy the spiritual feast brought about by the collision of ideas.
After the low-cost scenario-based reality show "Sui Sui You" achieved success, several major platforms thought they could easily replicate it. Just based on the information Lin Yahan was able to find out, some people were eager to follow Ling Sui's lead and make some quick money.
But Lin Yahan didn't think they could succeed - the simpler the program, the higher the requirements on people. Not to mention the cultural connotation gap between Ling Suisui and the traffic stars, this delicate and warm female perspective, her independence and determination that is not swept away by the "trend of the times", is also difficult for others to imitate.
After Lin Yahan finished her takeaway, the topic of the show had already turned to the image of women in film and television works. Precisely because this was discussed in the first episode, the guests who have already watched the show are now expressing their thoughts.
Although the cultural environments in North America and China are very different, they are generally similar in that women are always bound by fixed labels and that film and television works with women as the main audience place more emphasis on sexual relationships.
Speaking of sexual relationships, Heidi also mentioned one more point.
"Have you noticed one thing? In most works targeting women, the social status of the heroine's spouse is usually not lower than hers, and it is also common for it to be higher than hers."
"I found that I also subconsciously followed this rule when I was creating. If the heroine is a princess, then she should be paired with a prince. Even if she is a loyal knight, she should achieve higher achievements in the subsequent plot. Commoners are definitely not considered."
"This sounds like a very happy heroine, but if it is a male-oriented work, men rarely have social status requirements for the protagonist's spouse. They only care about whether she is young and beautiful."
Heidi: "I've been wondering why. Because we assume that the heroine's sexual relationship will have a greater and more comprehensive impact on her. If a princess becomes the wife of a commoner, her social status will decline, but if a prince marries a commoner princess, he is still a prince. So can we conclude that even in works for women, as long as the heroine has a sexual relationship, her social status will be based on her male spouse as a reference standard?"
"This concept is very unfriendly to female characters." Austin continued, "I think that women's freedom to choose their partners should be like the freedom to choose what to eat today. In short, it should be something like this, where an independent personality has complete choices and is not interfered with by external evaluations."
"She won't choose ladybugs or gamblers, just like people won't eat stale food on their own initiative. On the basis of healthy diet, she can eat whatever she wants and find any kind of partner she wants."
Ling Suisui: "I understand what you mean, but I think this metaphor is not accurate enough. Because people have to eat, and a partner is not necessarily a necessity for women. If it is used as the freedom to 'eat whatever snacks you want', it may be more appropriate."
"You're right." Austin happily accepted Ling Sui's suggestion. "It's the freedom to eat snacks, a pastime outside of meals. This is my ideal attitude towards love. Acknowledge that I have this need, enjoy the process, but don't let it define my life."
"This may be the trend of the future," Bradshaw said. "I agree with your logic, but the audience won't think so much. Moreover, in people's conventional impression, more expensive snacks may be healthier. Even if it is the psychological effect of paying a higher price, it will taste better."
"The initiative and purpose of the two things are still different." Tang Bing pointed out, "If there are two brands of potato chips, priced at 5 yuan and 50 yuan respectively, you may think that the 50 yuan one is more delicious, but if you want to choose the 5 yuan one, you don't have to worry about this bag of potato chips lowering your value. After all, it is just your accessory - what we need is a female-centered and female-centered attitude in sexual relationships, which is something that is relatively lacking in film and television works."
She added: "Of course, I am not encouraging everyone to choose five-dollar potato chips. Expensive ones are not necessarily tastier, but cheap ones may be full of traps. Pay attention to the ingredient list and production date, pay attention to the difference between advertisements and the actual product, and don't be deceived by 'packaging'."
Lin Yahan was very interested in their discussion. She smiled and even felt a secret sense of pleasure.
It turns out that this kind of evaluation, materialization, and feeling of measuring cost-effectiveness... can easily make people feel superior.
Although Tang Bing had just refuted Bradshaw, she also mentioned one point: being a maverick may make you a great pioneer, but you may also be drowned because of going against the trend.
If the film and television market environment is not good, capital will be more risk-averse and tend to copy previous safe cards. This is also an important reason behind the high homogeneity of works.
Because this table includes people from both the front and back stages of the film and television industry, a new question arises - are film and television works meant to guide certain ideas or to conform to the audience's preferences? Will audience preferences be changed by recent popular works?
When these questions were raised, Lin Yahan adjusted her sitting posture and focused her attention.
On these two issues, Ling Suisui did not give a clear position, or rather, she believed that guiding ideas and catering to audience preferences were not so conflicting.
In her opinion, what the audience likes is not a specific subject matter or plot, but they want to achieve a certain psychological projection through the character's behavior in film and television works, so as to satisfy their own spiritual needs.
"Let me give you a few examples. If we classify film and television works by demand, the core of sweet pet dramas is to satisfy the fantasy of being loved, and revenge stories are to satisfy the simple justice of evil being punished. When it comes to realistic factors, whether it is academic problems, workplace problems, or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, cheating, and beating up mistresses in marriage, the audience puts their helplessness in reality on the hope that the protagonists of film and television dramas will solve it."
"I think that to analyze the reasons for the success of a film or TV work, we should focus on which part of the audience's spiritual needs it meets. If we only know how to imitate the plot and a certain plot and take the path of homogenization, it is a very lazy and meaningless behavior."
She went on to say, "We can criticize some sweet pet works for infinitely elevating the male protagonist while belittling the image of the female protagonist, but we should not accuse its female audience of having a need to be loved. I am considered a relatively influential actress in China. I have always been wondering, what can my work bring to the audience? Is it just pure pleasure and sweetness, fast-food entertainment that you forget after watching it? This is safe for me, but it seems to be unworthy of the audience's trust in me."
"I have enjoyed the benefits of being a public figure, so I should also shoulder more social responsibilities. Innovation is necessary. No one can deny the subtle influence of film and television works on the audience's thinking, but this innovation can also be based on better meeting the audience's needs. The two are not contradictory in nature. As an actor, I have been trying to find a balance between the two."
Bradshaw: "I have seen your peach blossoms. Is this considered your experiment in this area?"
"My thoughts were relatively simple at that time." Ling Suisui said sincerely, "Xu Fangfei is a character surrounded by love. The satisfaction of her need for love comes not only from love, but also from family and friendship. So she is more confident and happier."
"The audience also likes her more." Bradshaw reported the data for her. "As far as I know, in the Chinese market, the number of views of Peach Blossom Blazing is the highest among similar online dramas. So far, no one has been able to break its record."
Ling Suisui modestly added: "It's just that in the past few years - the way of counting the number of views of film and television works was different before, and there have been many changes in platforms and policies."
“I appreciate your thinking in this regard. Creators need to understand the core needs of the audience.”
Bradshaw complained: "Many platforms tend to play it safe, but I personally don't think this is a good approach. Following the trend is the most dangerous thing in my opinion. With the production cycle of film and television works, who knows what the popular trend will be when it is broadcast?"
Tang Bing and Ling Suisui felt this even more deeply. Domestic entertainment also likes to adapt IPs, so this cycle will be dragged out even longer. Maybe a certain novel is very popular when it is serialized, but by the time it is filmed a few years later, it will be out of fashion.
On the screen, several people continued to have an in-depth discussion on this topic, and the conversation became more and more excited. For practitioners in the film and television industry, this issue is full of practical information and you will gain a lot by reading it.
Lin Yahan kept reading, taking notes, and circled some key points, intending to ask Ling Suisui for advice later.
At this moment, she regretted that she didn't pay enough attention to practicing English. Rather than reading the subtitles provided by the program team, she wanted to understand their original conversation. What if some words and sentences were translated incorrectly?
After all, their conversations contained a lot of professional terms and their thoughts were very jumpy. Just listening and watching them talk, Lin Yahan felt a bit tired. Ling Suisui was still able to immerse himself in it and control the rhythm, which really made her admire him.
Lin Yahan connected the device with her mobile phone and printed out a "Ling Sui's daily schedule" which was the most widely circulated on the Internet and the one that woke up the earliest, and posted it on her desk. Next to it, there was a Polaroid photo of her and Ling Suisui, and it was signed by her senior sister.
With this photo, her happiness level has surpassed 99.9% of the young girls. When Lin Yahan first got it, she wanted to hold it when she slept at night, but she was worried that she would crush it.
Looking at these, Lin Yahan was intoxicated and laughed foolishly for a while, but soon picked up her fighting spirit again.
Ling Suisui has been strong-willed throughout his life, and Suisi is no less so. You are top wherever you go, this is the consciousness of top fans.
Lin Yahan set a small goal for herself, which was to get first place in the performance department's grade point average this semester. This is also a relatively insignificant achievement among Ling Suisui's many achievements.
Running towards Senior Sister Suisui in both directions—she’s here!
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