Chapter 118
If your goals are higher than others, then you should work harder than others.
This scene was a bit difficult for Fu Ningyun. She shot it three times in a row but couldn't find the right state.
The director came up to talk about the play, and she listened very carefully, but it still didn't work after the filming started.
Ling Suisui keenly realized that the actors were feeling very uncomfortable and the director was gradually becoming irritable, and nothing good could be produced if this continued.
She asked the director for some break time, and then pulled Fu Ningyun aside.
Regardless of whether Fu Ningyun is really the first choice for "Qi Xingyue" on the crew's side, or because of multiple practical factors and unable to find a better choice, ever since she joined the crew and signed the contract, the relationship between Ling Suisui and her has been one of shared success and shared failure.
She first said: "If it was someone else, I would definitely hold back on the role, but I know you are different. You are a very talented and good actor."
The first step is to encourage and affirm her so that she can regain her confidence.
Fu Ningyun asked uncertainly: "Really?"
"Of course." Ling Suisui answered affirmatively, "Otherwise why would I look for you to cooperate? In my heart, Qi Xingyue is none other than you. You made a small mistake just now, it's only because we didn't have the opportunity to cooperate before and haven't developed a tacit understanding yet."
The second step is to find a suitable excuse for the other person’s failure so that she no longer feels resistant.
Seeing Fu Ningyun's expression gradually relaxed, Ling Suisui pointed out her problem.
"You don't believe in the character enough," she said, "or rather, you were influenced by the God's perspective when you read the script."
"Because Shi Zhen wants to do good things, you think it's not good for Qi Xingyue to refute her here. It's a bit like dragging the protagonist down. If you feel guilty yourself, how can you criticize others?"
Fu Ningyun was enlightened: "Yes, yes, yes, after you said that, I understand. No wonder I felt so awkward before."
The third step is the professional discussion session.
Fu Ningyun actually studied the script and the role, but understanding it and being able to act it out are two different things. She wrote several pages of biography for Qi Xingyue, but in the actual performance, she still focused on "self".
Simply put, I was not really into the role.
She can act out the expressions and looks when she is "unhappy" or "angry", but these are all superficial, without emotion, and are all routine.
This kind of job is enough in idol dramas where she competes with other rookie actors, but her current opponent is the higher-level actor Ling Suisui, so she naturally seems overwhelmed and awkward.
After discussing the causes of the problems, Ling Suisui did not analyze the character's psychology for her. She believed that Fu Ningyun understood these things but just couldn't use them.
When it comes to paper talk, everyone is an expert.
Ling Suisui threw this question to the director - when it comes to how to help actors release their emotions and integrate into their roles, the director must be more experienced than her.
Besides, this is his job. She only intervened a little for the sake of the overall situation, to prevent Fu Ningyun from being stuck in this play for too long and losing confidence as an actor, which would have been terrible.
Apart from anything else, Ling Suisui suspected that Xiang Yanchu decided to give up being an actor and turn to a singing career for this reason.
Ling Suisui was stretching on the set, and Ai Tianming, who was watching nearby, came over to talk to him.
Ai Tianming does not have an actual position in the crew. Everyone calls him Mr. Ai. He comes here every day to keep an eye on things, and that is also the intention of his family.
After all, the Ai family invested so much money, they should at least supervise the crew to make sure it’s spent effectively, right? Anyway, Ai Tianming doesn't have to go to work, so it's not a waste of manpower to send him to keep an eye on things, and it also saves him from going out and causing trouble.
Ai Tianming said: "You have worked so hard. You have to take care of other actors while being the leading actress."
"Because I am a co-producer, and I also invested in this drama."
Ling Suisui said while doing radio gymnastics: "Since my goal is higher than others, it is reasonable for me to work harder than others."
Otherwise, why should she be given the opportunity to make the drama into a high-quality hit with excellent long-tail effects?
Rather than counting on the so-called "metaphysics of hit dramas", Ling Suisui believes that hard work pays off.
If she didn't care about the quality of the drama and only wanted to become famous, then she wouldn't care how Fu Ningyun performed. What's more, for some stars, if a supporting role performs well, it will make them wary and afraid of stealing the limelight.
Ling Suisui is not an incompetent actor. On the contrary, she has never seen any mainstream awards choose the best actress from a bad movie.
Although there is a saying in this world that "a flaw does not outweigh the merits", if you have such a fluke mentality towards every "flaw", sooner or later it will become "the merits do not outweigh the flaws".
She said: "This can be considered as an attempt on my part. I just went beyond my main job as an actor and got involved in helping other actors a little more. It already felt quite difficult."
If one day she takes on a more important creative position, she will have more problems to think about and solve. She started from the Novice Village and slowly accumulated experience.
Seeing that Fu Ningyun was about to come back, Ling Suisui let Ai Tianming go.
"Don't just stand there, we're going to start filming soon. If you have nothing to do, go watch in all directions and don't let the paparazzi get in."
Ai Tianming left as soon as he was told, and Fu Ningyun readjusted himself and went back to work.
This time it wasn't perfect, but at least it was much better than before. Encouraged by Ling Suisui's eyes, Fu Ningyun applied to shoot one more take, and it turned out to be better and better.
Shi Zhen wanted to stay and Qi Xingyue wanted to leave. The two had different opinions. Qi Xingyue said she would leave in anger and she would never care about Shi Zhen again.
However, when Zhen was in danger, Qi Xingyue still appeared from behind and provided support with her staff - even though her hit rate was pitifully low.
In the real-life supermarket scene, Ling Suisui and Fu Ningyun only shot a few scenes of preparation for the battle, and then switched to the end of the battle, when the two reconciled and their relationship took a step further.
Because all the battle scenes have to be shot in the studio, after all, the monsters' appearances require motion capture actors. As for the background of the fight, it will be based on the real scene of today's supermarket and further synthesized by computer.
It sounds a bit troublesome, but the money for special effects is calculated by frame, so this is the best balance the crew can think of between saving money and maintaining quality.
In order to reduce the risk of mistakes, the director cut all the shots after the battle to close-ups, trying to only capture the two actors.
Ling Suisui filmed with Fu Ningyun in the morning, and her co-star in the afternoon was Er Hongwen.
Compared with Fu Ningyun, who has not yet left the category of "newcomer", Er Hongwen's acting skills are obviously more mature. Although he also follows a routine when filming, his skills and experience are higher and he is not so easily led by Ling Suisui.
He thought he had taken the photo well, but Ling Suisui was not very satisfied. How can an actor whose upper limit is 80 points only get by with acting skills of 70 points?
She didn't care whether he was only willing to give 60% of his effort in other crews before. Now that he was in "Game is Online", even if he couldn't break through the bottleneck, he should at least give it his all, right?
Ling Suisui changed his gentle and encouraging attitude in the morning and became extremely demanding of Er Hongwen, always finding fault with him indirectly.
Anyway, he has been in the industry for so many years, so he won't be broken by such verbal attacks. Ling Suisui was only worried that what he said wasn't to the point enough. An old hand like Er Hongwen would definitely pretend not to hear those overly euphemistic words.
The director also received Ai Tianming's prior warning, asking him to pay special attention to Er Hongwen and set strict requirements.
Moreover, the words he used were taught by Ling Suisui - "Planet Films really wants him to transform into a powerful actor, and I hope you can train the actor well."
To become a talented actor, first you have to have a role that is worth showing off and recognized by the audience.
For the director, if the actors are willing to shoot seriously, how could he not direct with his heart? He also longs to have a representative work.
Therefore, Er Hongwen had to face the double attack from his co-actors and the director on the set. Once he showed any signs of slacking off, he would either be criticized by the director or be ridiculed by Ling Suisui.
Er Hongwen was numb. What did he do wrong? He felt like the whole world was against him!
His favorability towards Ling Suisui plummeted, almost falling below 50, and turned into a level of dislike that was close to neutral.
The system is screaming (silent version), but Ling Suisui remains unmoved.
She responded to the system with a classic line: "I am so strict with him, actually for his own good. He hates me now, but he will thank me in the future."
"He's working hard now, but it will be easy in the future. Once he wins the Best Actor award, he can do whatever he wants."
He deserves an East Asian education.
Er Hongwen wanted to shift the blame and let the director focus on other actors, but unfortunately, the actors acting opposite him today were Ling Suisui and Zhu Yue.
Well... Er Hongwen started out in idol dramas and gradually improved his acting skills, and although Zhu Yue is an internet celebrity, he previously filmed sitcoms and his co-director was Yin Mingcheng.
The fact that Zhu Yue was able to film two films directed by Director Yin without any background has already proved his ability. Whether in terms of talent or acting skills, Er Hongwen cannot compare to her.
Let’s put it this way, the only person in this crew that he can definitely defeat is the newcomer Li Mingxu. If Fu Ningyun tried hard, she could be on par with him. After all, there wasn't that much difference between them.
What else could Er Hongwen say? Besides, Ling Suisui would beat him with a stick and give him some red dates.
Specifically, after she has manipulated him, she will paint a rosy picture for him or flatter him, making it impossible for him not to work hard.
He really never expected that, even at his age, almost a "senior" in the entertainment industry, he would still have to study the script word by word like a newcomer, polish a scene over and over again, and be criticized by the director anytime and anywhere.
Er Hongwen initially felt that he was a bit "unfair", but after being photographed for a while, he got used to it.
He even found that the crew members respected him more because of it.
What is meant here is true respect, not the kind of respect where you call him teacher on the surface but then turn around and complain to others about how he was today.
Er Hongwen felt very complicated, as if his fig leaf had been torn off by Ling Suisui.
His favorability towards her also fluctuated, but eventually rose to 85.
Ling Suisui was quite satisfied with the result. Of course, what she cared about was not Er Hongwen's affection for her, but his values reflected in this incident.
Well, he had some issues, but they weren't rotten to the core. If he can save it a bit and cut off the necrotic part, he might have a chance to reform and become a good actor.
If there were no issues of principle, Ling Sui would definitely hope that everyone in the cast could be at the table, as this would be best for the promotion of the show, as well as its reputation and subsequent long-tail effects.
One day in mid-July, Ling Suisui and Zhu Yue set aside an evening to participate in the live broadcast of the starring role of "Freedom House 2".
Before this, Ling Suisui had missed many drama promotion activities due to graduation and game filming. After all, Zhu Yue can take leave to appear on variety shows, but she has too many scenes to play, so she really can't leave for a day.
But no matter what, Ling Suisui still has to participate in the collective live broadcast before the show starts.
Compared to the first season, which was ignored and could only survive between two S+ dramas, the promotion and publicity of "Freedom House 2" has obviously reached a higher level.
Internet hot searches and promotion on various platforms are just basic operations. Aoqi also bought advertisements on large screens in shopping malls. If Ling Sui hadn’t been busy, the platform would have wanted to arrange a group variety show.
Many eyes are watching to see whether "Freedom House," which had a huge success in the first season, can achieve the same glory in the second season.
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