Chapter 183
#Who is Ling Sui's number one younger brother#
Now it is September, and the non-member update of "Peach Blossom" has come to an end. After the popular period, the final episode of Peach Blossom had an average playback volume of 190 million, once again overwhelming the concurrent dramas of Antenna and Corn.
Antenna performed poorly this time, with the final episode of the idol drama which had a lot of popularity in the early stage only receiving over 20 million viewers.
Although the two leading actors here are better at marketing and cooking, and their RPS is very popular, no matter how much the fans brag about the "high active fan conversion rate", it seems ridiculous in the face of the nearly ten-fold difference in the number of views.
Corn went off the track, while Aoqi and Tiantian were both pure love stories, and it starred in a bloody drama about one woman and multiple men, with an average of more than 40 million per episode.
Ling Suisui also paid attention to this drama - this result is certainly not comparable to Peach Blossom, but the leading actors are not stars with large traffic, the IP itself is not well-known, and with Peach Blossom attracting a large audience, it is considered good to be able to broadcast like this under such circumstances.
Facts have proved that this type of subject matter still has a large market. No wonder they were wavering on Ling Suisui's proposal and did not give a clear answer.
In addition to the audience who are reluctant to give it a try, there should also be the thought of not wanting celebrities to have too much say.
Ling Suisui can understand, but will not give in.
If you don't fight for the initiative, you can only pin your hopes on others. However, no matter how close the cooperative relationship is, you cannot completely eliminate the risk of being backstabbed. After all, interests are attractive.
This silent game is expected to continue for a long time. Ling Sui is not focusing on the corn project. She is only concerned about two things now.
Go to Europe to attend Fashion Week, as well as the casting and script adaptation of "Under the Tide".
In fact, Prada had invited her to the Fall/Winter Fashion Week at the beginning of the year, but unfortunately Ling Sui was not available at that time. But like she said herself, it's just a fashion week, and there are brands willing to invite her whenever she wants to go.
Half a year ago it was just Prada, now there’s also Louis Vuitton – when both brands promoted her to the title of global spokesperson, the scope of cooperation also expanded from ready-to-wear and luggage branches to the entire line.
These two companies are of course competitors, but if it is Ling Suisui, the high-end luxury brand will make an exception. Who said her charm swept the world?
When it comes to international influence of the younger generation of female stars, Ling Sui is the only one in the domestic entertainment industry who can come up with this.
So, this year she had to go to two fashion weeks at once, first to Milan and then to Paris.
Ling Sui applied for a passport when she was in college, and her visa was issued a few days ago. Ling Sui's spoken English has long reached the level of barrier-free communication. In the past few days, he also took the time to learn a few common French and Italian expressions.
The only thing she had to worry about was that she couldn't use the VIP channel for international flights, and there would definitely be a lot of fans coming to see her off.
Ling Suisui and her team are very aware that they are top stars. No matter what flight they choose or how they emphasize to their fans not to come, they can't stop them. What's more, there are photographers waiting to make a lot of money from her.
At this time, Ai Tianming finally had the opportunity to show off his ability to spend money. He said he was also going to Milan and could give them a ride.
When taking a private jet, there is no risk of flight information being leaked.
Ling Suisui gladly accepted the invitation. Before leaving, she wore Prada's unreleased ready-to-wear clothes for the next spring and summer and took a set of photos in the studio. This was part of the fashion week promotion activities and also a reflection of the treatment of watching the show.
Influenced by the Internet, even people who have no interest in the fashion circle know that seats in the show reflect the status of the guests. In fact, this competition has already begun from the start.
After Ling Suisui got on the plane, Qi Xiaoqing posted the handwritten invitation letters from Prada and LV on her Instagram. The two cards in the photo are in about the same area, and both have the signature and brand name visible.
As a spokesperson, you have to be careful to walk a fine line.
The private jet arranged by Ai Tianming was very spacious. In addition to luxurious and comfortable seats, Ling Sui also enjoyed massage and SPA services.
She was lying on the shampooing bed with a hanging flat board above her head. This design was originally used to play videos, but Ling Sui replaced it with his own mobile phone and opened a work group chat.
After taking care of some chores, she clicked on Yingnian's chat box, and the other party recommended himself to play the leading male role Chen Hai in "Under the Wave".
Ling Suisui: [This role is not very suitable for you. 】
Yingnian: [What about the second male lead Yan Xuejun? I can also play the ex-husband’s brother! 】
Ling Suisui: [This is even more inappropriate. 】
The historical background of "Under the Wave" is from the 1980s to the 2000s. In the early stage, Chen Hai was a street urchin who did not work properly, but was later trained to be a loyal dog who would not dare to go west when the heroine said east. However, Yan Xuejun's personality is old-fashioned and conservative. His ideal marriage model is still that his wife is a housewife, which leads to irreconcilable conflicts between him and the heroine.
When playing the role of Chen Hai, his image is a bit too righteous. When playing the role of Yan Xuejun, he doesn't have that conventional air.
Therefore, Ling Suisui did not plan to let him participate in the "Under the Wave" project. Era dramas are not suitable for him. This resourceful guy who has had smooth sailing since his debut cannot act out the feeling of hard struggle.
After all, all his efforts for the future had been completed at the moment of reincarnation.
Ying Nian was depressed after being rejected. He asked Xia Tian about Ling Suisui's ideal candidate. He was even more disappointed after hearing the names of two male actors.
"Am I not as good as them in Sui Sui's heart?"
Xia Tian glanced at him and said, "Be more confident and get rid of the difficulty."
Yingnian was shot in the chest.
Xia Tian: "Although these two have never won awards, they both have works with a Huaban score of 8.5 or above in the first two films, and they have played roles that are worth showing off. What do you have? The box office of the movie is 5 billion, 40 of which are for Zhao Jiang, and the ones that exceed 100 million are all others’ first roles?"
Yingnian was sweating profusely.
Xia Tian: "You can't play the leading role, but if you are thick-skinned enough, you can make a cameo or something, Sui Sui probably won't refuse. It's a pity that you can't accumulate box office like a movie."
Year: ...
Ying Nian fell on the sofa with lifeless eyes, feeling as if his soul had been drained.
Just when Xia Tian thought he would lie there forever, Ying Nian suddenly did a somersault and stood up again.
"No." Ying Nian said, "I don't believe I'm that bad. From today on, I'm going to stay in seclusion and play Chen Hai. When Sui Sui comes back from abroad, I'll audition for her. Maybe she'll change her mind."
Fortunately, "Under the Wave" is an adapted script and there is an original novel. Although there will definitely be changes in the drama version, the characters' personalities should be pretty much the same. By comparing the novel with the project content he had learned about, he would definitely be able to figure out the character of Chen Hai.
Xia Tian shrugged: "It's up to you. If you can really impress her with your performance, you'll be awesome."
But she didn't think Ying Nian could hold on - when he was under closed training by Pei Xuehai, wasn't he also very enthusiastic in the first few days but barely persevered afterwards?
Things like being able to transform just by being provoked only happen in the second-year hot-blooded anime.
Xia Tian didn't bother to hide her emotions. After Ying Nian understood her expression, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm serious this time!"
"You always say that."
“…This time it’s really different!”
Ying Nian clenched his fists, "I have a clear goal this time!"
Well - then wish him success.
Xia Tian was perfunctory in front of him, but secretly he formed a small group and invited all his mutual friends including Ling Suisui to join in and start placing bets.
Ling Suisui was a little amused and confused. Was Ying Nian getting angry again?
Logically speaking, as one of the parties involved, she should not participate in the betting, but since the sisters were just having fun out of boredom, she just followed the number 666 and bet that Yingnian would not succeed.
In the group, the only one who is optimistic about Yingnian is Ji Zhaoying.
Ling Suisui thought this was a great friendship, but he didn't expect that Ji Zhaoying was betting that he would have a love brain explosion. It’s hard to say if he had acted in other roles, but acting with Ling Suisui in Loving Her, isn’t that just his true self?
...That's fine, Ling Suisui thought about it, if Ying Nian failed, it would mean she won the bet, and if he succeeded, she could get a better male lead, so she wouldn't lose anything either way, it would be a great deal.
Just as she was about to close her eyes and rest, there was a knock on the door. It was Ai Tianming.
Ling Suisui let him in and thanked him for his thoughtful service.
Ai Tianming: "Look at what you said. Do we still need to be so polite to each other? You are my elder sister, and I am your only number one little brother."
Ling Suisui heard the emphasis on the end of his words and couldn't help but want to laugh.
My goodness, there are people who are jealous of being her younger brother - last month, #Li Mingxu said he is Ling Suisui's number one younger brother# was on the hot search.
After the animated picture of Li Mingxu hiding behind Ling Suisui in the secret room went viral, his team has been working on this character.
Rather than being called a fool by others, it is better to admit it proactively. When the gap in status between the two parties is big enough, sliding down is not a shameful thing. How many people want to curry favor with others but don't have the chance!
Although this kind of younger brother approach may be suspected of bondage, considering that Su is a woman, Ling Sui's team is too lazy to bother with him.
After all, if you really want to care about it, you can't finish it just on Weibo. xxx looks like her, xx has her temperament, xxx is Ling Sui's successor, xxx has the same hobbies as her... Such press releases can be seen everywhere. After all, she is a top star and everyone wants to get a piece of her.
Ai Tianming emphasized again: "Sister Sui, given our relationship, we shouldn't be comparable to just any cat or dog, right?"
"Don't try to pull me down." Ling Suisui closed his eyes. "If you have something to say, just say it. If not, I need to rest."
"Yes, of course I have something to say."
Ai Tianming reported his recent work results to her - in order to cultivate his understanding of the film and television drama market, Ling Suisui asked him to pay attention to all the new online dramas released in August, track their data and audience reviews, estimate the costs based on the information available, and analyze whether it is profitable or loss-making. What are the main factors involved?
These are the lessons one should do when entering the industry. He didn't do them when filming the game, so he has to make up for them now.
Ling Suisui was not afraid that he would stop listening to him after he learned it. On the contrary, only when he truly understood how difficult it was to succeed in the game and how hard it was to replicate, would his attitude towards her change from superstition to real awe.
A cooperative relationship that is maintained only by "metaphysics" is destined to not last far. Even though he says now that it doesn’t matter whether he makes a profit or a loss, why not let him lose a few films and see what happens?
Ling Sui certainly didn't want to pay compensation, but she had to prepare for the worst.
As she expected, Ai Tianming became more and more excited as he started doing his homework. He initially thought that new dramas were only promoted on three platforms, and at most on Fruit TV. However, when he really checked, he found that many web dramas had almost no voice on the Internet.
On the Yunhe list, their market share is less than 2%, or even 1%, and the names of the leading actors are not the pure amateurs he imagined. If you open the encyclopedia, you can see that he used to have a name in the entertainment industry.
Ling Suisui also asked him to compare the data from the same period in previous years and found that the number of new dramas had dropped sharply. These projects that were originally planned to be long dramas have all been turned into short dramas.
Ai Tianming deeply realized that the "future" described by Ling Suisui was actually not far away. In the future long drama market, the Matthew effect will become more and more obvious, and only the top projects will have room for survival.
But, what counts as the head? There are also examples of big productions with big traffic failing. The greater the investment, the greater the loss may be.
Ai Tianming became more determined to follow Sister Sui. If he were to choose by himself, he would feel unsure and might end up with nothing. But if he followed the boss, he would feel more at ease. After she ate the meat, she would definitely take him to have the soup!
Ling Sui was quite satisfied with his attitude. After he expressed his loyalty, she let him go back and rest. She also wanted to rest.
You have to get enough rest on the plane, after all, after landing, you will be in the fashion circle's fame and fortune.
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*Because the focus of this article is on Sui Sui's status rather than the fashion content, the next chapter will be presented in a forum format, and may include a small essay about the fan circle (not necessarily)
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