Chapter 334
"This is a drama promotion, we need to promote the essence of Ru Meng Ling"
The Lingsui year in January can be described as "brilliant and beautiful".
She was officially announced as Chanel's brand ambassador, easily selling more than a dozen high-end fashion items in a month, and her business spread all over the world, redefining what "top treatment" means.
In the field of film and television, she swept many film awards with her two works "Dragon Slayer" and "The Unmarriageable Sister".
She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress, and was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award and the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress.
For now, she is just a nomination, not an award, simply because the award ceremonies for these two awards have not yet been held and she has always been a hot favorite.
As for other awards that are also very valuable but relatively less famous, Suisi has compiled them in a long picture and just kept it for reference. Normally, when you are controlling comments outside or posting performance charts on the real-time square, you don’t need them, to avoid too much content and making netizens dizzy.
Of course, the most eye-catching event for Ling Suisui in January was that she was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for "Dragon Slayer".
The film received fourteen nominations, tying the all-time record.
It is worth mentioning that if we count the nominations for the works starring Ling Suisui this year, the number will increase, because "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" also received four nominations, one of which was the Best International Film representing China.
Some netizens felt sorry for Ling Suisui. If "Dragon Slayer" and "Unmarriageable Sister" were released in different years, perhaps she could have competed for the Best Actress Oscar twice.
Although the Oscars place great emphasis on box office, Bai Wei’s performance around the world is not bad either. Although it may not have made a huge profit, at least in 90 percent of the regions where the film was released, it successfully recovered its costs and made a small profit.
After reading the relevant comments, Yan Siling expressed regret. If she had known, she would have delayed the release of "Sister" for a year. After all, the role of Bai Wei was nominated for the Best Actress at the British Academy Film Awards. However, Ling Suisui told her that she was overthinking it.
Whether she could become "the first Chinese actress nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress" also depends on which movie she starred in. These factors beyond strength are not something they can control.
However, as far as Ling Suisui knows, Diland has also made a lot of efforts in the process of "promoting fairness and justice in award evaluation." As long as it is profitable, the capitalists who are killing each other in the business world can unite.
Tong Xiaoman said with emotion: "When I first met you, I couldn't imagine that you would achieve such brilliant results today."
Being able to allow Werner and Deland to achieve this makes it less important whether the trophy can be won in the end.
"It's not all because of me." Ling Suisui analyzed soberly, "Just like the long drama, the movie ship is about to sink. They need the Chinese market, so they must take the initiative to make a statement."
——So, when Ling Sui just became famous and Netflix and Dylan invited her to develop in the United States, did she refuse at first?
Ling Sui always said that she could go abroad, but she wanted to go in a grand manner. Now, her foresight has been verified as she wished.
What is speechless is that American netizens who do not want her to win the award always emphasize her political identity of being both red and expert, saying that she is highly involved in politics. This is obviously nonsense. The biggest connection between domestic entertainment artists and the word "political participation" is just forwarding the tasks of Weibo posts from People's Daily and CCTV news.
On the mainland Internet, a large number of marketing accounts spread rumors that she had already immigrated, and was planning to marry an American husband and change her nationality in order to win an award, etc. It was so outrageous that Ling Sui didn't even want to talk about it.
First of all, she will not immigrate. Even if she really wants to, given her international status, does she still need to get a green card through marriage? It's ridiculous.
Although the above two waves are fake, I always feel that if they offset each other, she will be innocent.
At the end of January, the busy Ling Sui flew back to China to prepare for her even busier February and March.
The European and American award season is still in progress, and "Like a Dream" which is expected to be broadcast in March has also entered the promotion period. Ling Sui came back this time just to record the group variety show.
Antenna and Harvest Media have been discussing the positioning of this group variety show since the beginning of the year.
Antenna has extensive experience in promoting dramas and group variety shows, but the dramas it had previously promoted were all mainly romance-oriented, highlighting more interactions between the lead actors. This experience is obviously not suitable for the promotion of "Ru Meng Ling".
Combining the ancient costume political intrigue highlights of "Ru Meng Ling", Tiantian once proposed the idea of an immersive script-killing variety show, but this idea was rejected.
If we want to play a script-killing game, what identity should the leading actor play? Is it a new character or a character in the play? If it is a new character, it will not have the effect of promoting the drama. If it is a character in the drama, it will be even worse. "Ru Meng Ling" is an original script and the relationships between the characters need to be kept secret.
But Antenna said that this idea can be retained for now. If the broadcast effect of "Ru Meng Ling" meets expectations, inviting the leading actors to play script-killing games with their characters in the play will be a very good after-sales service.
Considering that the political game line in "Ru Meng Ling" is very exciting, some people have suggested making a board game show to showcase the comprehensive brainpower of the leading actors.
The promotion of idol dramas is to sell CPs, while the promotion of political dramas is to show the battle of wits and courage, which makes sense.
However, this idea did not pass the internal meeting because the audience for this type of program is limited. Most importantly, those who like to watch gaming and those who like to watch TV series are probably not the same group of people. Now that everyone is paying attention to segmented tracks, is cross-circle promotion really feasible?
The members of the group variety show preparation team held several rounds of meetings, until they were exhausted.
What they thought at the beginning was that this was a project that the platform particularly valued, so there would definitely be no shortage of funds for the group show, and everyone could go ahead and do it.
However, the fact is, the funding is indeed sufficient. After several rounds of meetings, the leaders pointed out all the problems except the budget. But the superiors took it too seriously and were too picky, which caused them to bear too much pressure!
Who dares to issue a military order when making a program these days? No matter how well planned, the publicity effect depends on the right time, place and people, and it cannot be forced.
Finally, Ling Suisui, who had nothing to do at the end of the year, attended a meeting. She cast a clear vote of approval for a certain plan, which allowed the group variety show project to proceed smoothly.
Ling Suisui certainly knew what they were thinking. Tianya had placed too much hope on "Ru Meng Ling", which resulted in the workers not daring to make decisions easily. Everyone was afraid that they would be the one to take the blame.
Even if it is reasonable, the group variety show should not be blamed for the broadcast performance of the drama, but when it really comes to allocating responsibilities, who can guarantee that someone will not lie with open eyes? "Calling a deer a horse" is the important plot of "Ru Meng Ling".
Movies and TV dramas are always based on life. Ling Suisui feels that there is no need for a group variety show. Recording the process of the birth of the group variety show would be the best promotional video.
——Of course, having said that, the variety shows that need to be recorded still need to be recorded.
The group variety show was finally determined to be an "outdoor life experience" reality show. The leading actors only have an empty house, and all daily necessities need to be obtained through game sessions.
This type of variety show is the comfort zone of the production team. In order to highlight the program characteristics of the guests' battle of wits and courage, the team cut out all physical and leisure activities, and the remaining games are all related to brainpower.
This also takes into account the age of the participating guests - the average age of the leading actors of "Ru Meng Ling" is very high, and we have to thank Ling Suisui for lowering it a lot. Asking them to run and jump is really too difficult.
At Ling Sui's suggestion, the director team also implemented a "free-range management" approach to the guests.
More than half of the original program rules, which amounted to more than a dozen pages, were deleted, and the screenwriters also removed more than 80% of the "expected effects." Rather than pre-fabricated highlight scenes, they were more inclined to allow the guests to perform freely.
Before the revision, guests had to follow the rules. After the revision, it became “anything is allowed unless prohibited by law”, leaving a lot of room under the rules. As long as it is not prohibited, everything is fine.
On the bus, Ling Suisui also emphasized to the leading actors: "We are promoting the drama, and we need to promote the essence of Ru Meng Ling. What is the personality of our characters? It is that everyone has eight hundred tricks on their own. You scheme against me, I scheme against you, and we try every means to gain the greatest benefit for ourselves."
There is no such thing as risking one's life for friendship. This group of political animals can stab others in the back at any time for their own interests.
Other group variety shows focus on the team spirit, but the group variety show of "Ru Meng Ling" is filled with eyes and the sound of abacus everywhere.
"So, teachers, don't be too honest, don't feel embarrassed to lie to others, the audience loves to watch this. We agreed in advance that the issues of the show will be resolved on the show. No matter who is lying or lying, it is all for the effect of the show, to make this variety show more interesting. Teachers, try not to be embarrassed, and don't take it to heart, just find a way to lie back and that's it."
Hearing her say this, the leading actors nodded one after another. Most of the people in this car are over 50 years old, so they can definitely afford to have fun when the time comes.
After Ling Suisui finished giving the reminder, the director team put microphones on the leading actors and the program officially began recording.
The program team gave each of the leading actors twenty fantasy coins, which was everyone’s initial property. After entering the Dream Village, all your food, clothing, housing and transportation will require Dream Coins. Whether you live a comfortable life or a miserable life depends entirely on your own abilities.
On the way to Dream Village, everyone has the opportunity to earn Dream Coins. A 1v1 game challenge will be conducted in the car. The winner will receive 2 fantasy coins, and the loser will not receive any reward. Other guests can bet any number of fantasy coins. If the bet is successful, they will get double the profit. If the bet fails, the fantasy coins will not be returned.
To qualify for the competition, one had to press a buzzer. Ling Sui thought that her hands were fast enough and she would definitely get it, but she didn't expect that one second before the director announced the start, Ji Kaixuan, who was sitting next to her, took her buzzer and threw it forward.
Ling Suisui: ...
This is the young general under her command! Where is the Youth Alliance? The backstab starts now, right?
Several cameras came over to take close-ups, one was taking a picture of the discarded buzzer, and one was almost hitting Ling Suisui in the face.
She gritted her teeth: "Okay, okay - is this how we play?"
The other leading actors decided the contestants for the first round amidst laughter. He selected his opponents, who then drew the competition events.
They drew the Feihua Order, and needed to recite poems containing the word "dream" one by one. If they couldn't recite it or repeated what their opponent said, they would be eliminated.
Ling Suisui carefully judged the poetry level of the two contestants and bet a fantasy coin on one of them.
Because there were rewards for winning the game, both sides racked their brains. In the end, the contestant that Ling Suisui bet on was the better one, and she got double the reward. She now has 22 fantasy coins.
In the second round, Ling Sui, who was on guard, held the buzzer tightly and finally managed to get the qualification to participate.
She didn't pick anyone else and chose Ji Kaixuan next to her. The topic he drew was "Pink Phoenix". The two people take turns saying "粉", "凤", and "皇". Whoever says it wrong loses.
"We need to be tough on you guys!" one of the leading actors yelled in the back, "We are very strict with pronunciation, it must be pronounced correctly, not even the slightest mistake is allowed, this is the professional quality of an actor."
Ji Kaixuan had a bitter look on his face. If he competed with Ling Suisui in Mandarin, wouldn't he definitely lose?
Although the betting was done quietly and no one knew other people's choices, everyone exchanged glances and thought that this was Ling Sui's comfort zone and it would not be wrong to bet on her.
Ling Suisui was very excited: "I will buy all 22 coins for myself to win!"
Ji Kaixuan: ...
Sister, is it that serious? QAQ
He originally thought that this was going to be a crushing victory, but he had just said the word "Fen" when Ling Suisui immediately followed it up with "Huang".
Ji Kaixuan was stunned, and the leading actors behind him were also stunned. But these cunning guys reacted quickly and slapped their thighs in anger.
"Damn it, she acted like that!"
Ji Kaixuan won and received two fantasy coins. Ling Suisui bet on herself to lose and received forty-four fantasy coins. The other guests who bet on her to win all suffered losses to varying degrees.
The one who suffered the biggest loss was Wu Huahan. He had too much confidence in Ling Suisui and directly bet fifteen coins. This was a huge loss!
Facing the angry stares from everyone, Ling Suisui returned to his seat with a smile.
Why is she so eager to participate? Of course it’s because this trick must be used early. If someone else uses it first, it won’t be so easy to cheat in the next few rounds!
Of course she can bet on herself to win, but winning is not as controllable as losing, and letting everyone make money from her means that no one makes money. Only when others lose and she makes money can she widen the gap in the game and make it interesting.
Ling Sui made a big profit in the second round, and in the following rounds he could just leisurely watch others show off their acting skills. After she set a bad example, there was no serious competition in this car, only fake matches and crazy games of wits.
When the bus passed the service area, Ling Suisui and others went to the restroom.
But when she came back, the bus was no longer in the parking space.
Ling Sui's heart skipped a beat, and then her follow PD informed her: "The car has already left, you need to find a way to get to Dream Island by yourself."
Ling Suisui: ...
No, is this true or false?
She still held on to a glimmer of hope and asked, "Are they just kidding me? They can't really abandon me on the road. They will definitely come back to pick me up later, right? For the show effect, just cut to the expression on my face just now."
PD: “No kidding, they really have already driven away.”
Ling Suisui: "...No wonder they forced me to drink two bottles of mineral water! I actually thought it was an advertisement!"
Ling Suisui quickly realized that the bus leaving was not the most important issue.
The key is, she put the dream coins on the seat!
She swallowed and asked the PD in a trembling voice, "There should be a rule in our show that we can't take away other people's fantasy coins, right?"
The only answer the PD could give her was an expression of trying hard to hold back a smile.
——“Anything is allowed unless prohibited by law”, it was Ling Suisui himself who proposed it in the beginning!
Ling Suisui: ...
She understood everything. At this moment, she felt as if the sky was falling. She really wanted to buy a plane ticket back to the capital.
But it won’t work. The group variety show has just begun. She is Yun Zheng. How can she go back so disgraced?
Damn it, damn it, her fighting spirit was also aroused!
Ling Sui turned her grief and anger into fighting spirit. She immediately asked the onlookers for help, trying to find a ride. With her popularity among the people, it is extremely easy for her to get a pass by scanning her face at a highway service area.
She quickly adjusted her mood and was able to tell the car owner about her experience in a joking tone.
Looking at it from another angle, isn't this the beginning of a counterattack?
Just wait, when she arrives at Neverland, she will take back everything that belongs to her!
The author has something to say:
Ling Suisui: V me 50 and listen to my Neverland revenge plan!
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