Chapter 399
Others want to be the first, she and the teacher both want the other to be the first
Jokes aside, Ling Suisui actually had another reason for rejecting Chen Yuening.
"We have collaborated too many times, and the audience will no longer feel fresh."
Ling Suisui said seriously: "Besides, Teacher Tang, you, and me. Teacher Tang and I are playing mother and daughter. Don't you think this combination can easily make people hallucinate about passing the imperial examination?"
Just now when Ling Sui mentioned letting him play the ex-boyfriend, it was just something he said casually, he would not really play the role.
If this combination gives the audience a strange sense of déjà vu, and makes people think of the ending of Zhang Zihan and Xue Yuchen when they grow up... that would be too bad. Ling Suisui hopes that Zhang Zihan can live a good life in a parallel universe.
Chen Yuening: "So you want to find actors you haven't worked with before?"
"Yes." Ling Suisui nodded. "Acquaintances have their own advantages, and new colleagues also have the surprise of new combinations. I, Teacher Tang, and Feng Li have already occupied the roles of acquaintances, and I would like to explore some new possibilities for the remaining roles."
Having said that, Chen Yuening no longer fought for it.
He could tell that Ling Suisui had a lot of say in the crew. Although she was not the producer, she was better than one.
"Then I'll recommend a few people to you later," he said, "if you need it."
Ling Suisui raised the cup filled with coconut milk and clinked glasses with him to express his gratitude.
You can meet new colleagues when filming, but it’s better to have old people around you.
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The preparation work for "Three Generations" has been going on for a long time. Although it was not a high priority in the company due to Ling Suisui's hesitant attitude, the film and television department still made a lot of plans one after another.
Now that Ling Suisui has said he wants to shoot, the relevant departments of Harvest Media have become busy.
"We can start filming as early as August," Feng Yang told her, "Luckily, the three of you leading actors all have schedules this year."
Tang Bing is already semi-retired. As a child star, Feng Li has a very busy schedule, and the company never arranges any activities for her other than filming. Although Ling Sui is a bit busy and has to join the crew of Diland's movie, she is not the leading actress there, so it will not take up too much of her time.
Once the schedules of the three main characters were coordinated, the progress bar of the preparatory work increased significantly. Fengshou Media has extensive experience in film and television production, and is also good at handling the locations, costumes and props for urban dramas.
Ling Sui opened her schedule. "Invincible Warrior" will start filming in July, and she will join the crew in August and will stay for about a month.
"Don't schedule my play in August. Give priority to Feng Li's play. She happens to be on summer vacation now."
As one of the protagonists, Qin Miaoyi has quite a few parts. She has an independent story line and is not completely tied to Qin Wenjing.
Ling Suisui added a reminder: "After September, her scenes should be arranged on weekends as much as possible. If she must shoot on weekdays, she should find a teacher to give her extra lessons according to the school's schedule, and she should be urged to finish her homework."
"By the way, what grade is she in now? What's her ranking in the grade? Doesn't filming affect her studies? In August, you should remind her to finish her summer homework, and don't rush to make up for it on the last day..."
Feng Yang nodded as he listened. After hesitating several times, he couldn't help but complain: "Have you already stepped into Qin Wenjing's role so quickly?"
Ling Suisui: “…Not really.”
It would be better to say that the screenwriter referred to Qin Wenjing's personality when writing her. Qin Wenjing is a golden phoenix that flew out of a small county town. Whether in her own career or in the field of raising children, she is the king among kings.
After the “Three Generations” project was launched, the Internet soon had people who knew the truth come out.
The melon owner did not hide the list of leading actors. The combination of Tang Bing + Ling Suisui + Feng Li is very eye-catching. Although many people mentioned Feng Li as a by-product during the discussion, and said that she was the child star with the most top resources.
Fortunately, Feng Li doesn’t usually go online, and no one would read these comments to her. Otherwise, Feng Li, who has learned how to type, would definitely pick up the keyboard and fight with netizens for three days and three nights...
A person who is not worthy of the position is called a resource-rich person. But with her ability, she should play this role. It shows that the crew has good vision!
Although the three leading actors with the most important roles have already been decided, after this news came out, many fans could still be seen speaking out in the "Studio" square.
Moreover, because the main character has been decided, the status of the supporting characters is not that important. Even for actors who are so obscure that their names are almost unknown, fans still dare to tag their studios and ask them to actively fight for a role.
The character setting, the role, the ranking and so on do not matter, even if it is just a cameo appearance, as long as I can show my face in front of Ling Suisui!
A positive example of doing this is definitely the "well-known silk stock" Jing Xinyi.
She created a persona on Weibo, and when people ignored her, anyone could make fun of her; but she persisted to the end and actually became the heroine of a movie produced by Ling Suisui.
As we all know, the lower limit of the box office for Ling Sui is more than 600 million, and that’s still an art film. Although she is not starring in "The Road to Fame", as long as it is labeled as her producer, no matter whether the movie is good or bad, there will definitely be people who will go to try it out.
Someone in the ticket group had already posted a sour post, saying that Ling Suisui was giving Jing Xinyi hundreds of millions of movie box office revenue for free. If Ling Sui had said so earlier, she would have fallen for it. Who in the domestic entertainment industry can’t be included?
Obviously, the competition for supporting roles in "Three Generations" has reached a new level this time, as everyone came with the mentality of "I can do it, too."
It’s not true to say that it’s all thanks to Ling Suisui, because we still have Tang Bing.
Moreover, this drama is obviously an award-winning drama, and even if you play a supporting role, you will have a chance to create a very representative work. It would be even cooler if I performed even better and won the "Best Supporting Actor" award.
But unfortunately, their enthusiasm is destined to be in vain, because Ling Suisui only checks the final decision. If he fails to pass the primary election, let alone leaving an impression on Ling Sui, his information may not even be delivered to Feng Yang's desk.
The casting supply-demand balance ratio of "Three Generations" is expected to set a new historical record in domestic entertainment.
It is now June, and Ling Sui has just won the Actress of the Year trophy at the Directors Association Awards, adding another to her list of best actresses.
This is a small matter, what she is concerned about now is the schedule for the next two months.
"The Road to Fame" will be officially released in August, so her schedule in June and July is still quite ample. She doesn't need to go with Jing Xinyi and other leading actors to record the promotional video for the variety show, as this will blur the focus of the movie and easily give the audience too high expectations for her role.
If she were to run the promotional campaign throughout the entire movie, and the audience thought she had a major role in the film and went to see the movie just for her, but then they found out she only appeared for one or two minutes...then the audience would be very disappointed with both her and the movie.
However, she will still appear several times during the preview screenings at the end of July and the road show in August. As a producer, she needs to hear the most authentic feedback from the audience.
But—she was very busy in August.
Although the crew of "Three Generations" could choose not to schedule any notices for her, it was not so easy to coordinate with "Invincible Warrior". The release date of "The Road to Fame" was related to the entire publicity and promotion plan, and it was impossible to change it at will.
It doesn’t matter. It’s not the first time that Ling Sui has encountered such a situation where all these things happened at the same time. Anyway, she is not the main character in the "Invincible Warrior" crew and does not have to shoot every day, so she can just find time to return to China to participate in the roadshow.
Isn’t it just a cross-border flight of more than ten hours? Fly a few more times and you will be fine.
Ling Suisui comforted herself in a strong and cheerful manner, and then had to face another difficult problem, which was the ranking of "Three Generations".
In other crews, the ranking disputes were because everyone wanted to be the first, but in the three generations’ ranking dispute, she and Tang Bing both wanted the other to be the first...
People’s joys and sorrows are not shared, Ling Suisui just felt a headache.
The reason why she wanted Tang Bing to be the number one was simple. Whether from the perspective of teacher-student relationship or from the perspective of respecting predecessors, Ling Suisui felt that Tang Bing's name should be ranked before hers.
Ling Sui had no hesitation about being the second lead, and to put it more pragmatically, she really didn't need a first lead in this drama. Even if it is to show respect to Tang Bing, she should be allowed to take charge.
But Tang Bing doesn’t think so - Tang Bing said that although the three characters have similar roles, "Three Generations" is clearly told from Qin Wenjing's perspective, stringing together the stories of three generations. From this perspective, the actor who plays Qin Wenjing, Ling Suisui, should be given the lead role.
Tang Bing said that her proposal had nothing to do with the actors and was purely based on the plot.
Of course she could accept being the leading actress. Even though Ling Suisui was now an international superstar, leading by a huge margin in terms of box office and awards performance, she was worthy of the position, and Sui Si would not have any objection.
But Tang Bing really didn't want to. She has always been very disgusted with the ranking disputes, and this feeling became even deeper after becoming a director.
She told Ling Suisui that she just wanted to set an example and practice the principle of "ranking is based on roles rather than actors", and hoped that Ling Suisui would actively cooperate and stop making meaningless pushes and pulls to be humble.
Ling Suisui: ...
To be honest, she supports the teacher's idea. After all, when she starred in "Top School" and "Invincible Warrior", she did not ask Diland to give her any "special starring" or "special guest starring" titles. Her name should be ranked as many times as it should be, and everything depends on the role she plays.
However, she still has some contradictory feelings...
Ling Sui sighed, her thinking was indeed led astray by some bad trends.
She doesn't mind the ranking, essentially because she is very confident, just like the richest man who doesn't think buying pancakes on the roadside lowers his taste, he can eat whatever he wants; but if she invites the teacher to dinner, if it is not a feast in a top hotel, she will feel that it will be unfair to the teacher...
Moreover, Ling Suisui admitted that she wanted Tang Bing to play the leading role because she did not want to bear the pressure of public opinion that "the student outshines the teacher", which would make her seem a little ungrateful.
If it was any other reason, Ling Suisui could discuss it with Tang Bing again. But the teacher told her to set an example, which left Ling Sui speechless and embarrassed to say anything more.
It’s difficult, difficult.
Ling Suisui thought about it and originally wanted to make a three-person team, but...
According to surname and strokes, Feng Li is ranked first.
Ling Sui had no objection to this, but no matter what, Tang Bing would be ranked third, and she had no way of putting herself last!
Ling Sui thought for a long time and finally came up with an equal number, with the names arranged in brackets according to age.
Tang Bing, Ling Suisui, Feng Li, this makes sense.
But her idea was rejected by Tang Bing, and the teacher refused to accept such a fancy order. If Ling Suisui insisted on pushing her to the top, she would quit the show because of the ranking issue.
Ling Suisui: ...
What is this? After so many years of debut, is it time for a ranking dispute to come?
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*The principle of sorting by the number of strokes of surnames is to first look at the number of strokes, then the order of the surname's starting strokes (horizontal, vertical, left, right, dot, and fold), then look at the character structure (first left and right, then up and down, then the whole), and finally the number of strokes of the upper left radical from least to most.
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