Chapter 391
An important attempt to adapt female-centered narrative to various themes
At seven o'clock in the morning, Ling Sui finished washing up.
In order to meet her morning exercise needs, the hotel installed a treadmill directly in her room. She didn't need to mention such things, Shengshi Company had already arranged it.
Ling Suisui stood on the treadmill and set it to brisk walking for fifteen minutes.
While warming up, she was thinking about her next itinerary.
At present, "Magic Top Student" has been scheduled to start shooting in January. It is about magic, while another protagonist of the Big Three relies on mutation. The movie is called "Invincible Warrior" and is scheduled to start shooting in June next year.
The shooting schedule for both movies is five months. No specific notice has been issued yet, but Ling Sui estimates that she will have to stay in each crew for at least one or two months to complete Li Mo's role.
There will definitely be no problem with the filming of "Invincible Warrior", but Ling Suisui feels that she will be busier in the first half of next year.
The Cannes judging has been confirmed, and Chanel has invited her to watch the fashion show at the fashion week and to shoot several commercials. "Road to Fame" is about to be completed. Although she is not directly involved in the post-production work, she still has to pay more attention and synchronize the progress with the director.
By the way, there is also the overseas release of "Easy As Pie" - as the main creator, she will go to the local area to promote it and may also have to attend a few interview events.
This journey is estimated to last for a year, but the first half of the year should be the concentrated period.
Fortunately, "Kung Fu Master 2" will be released in December next year, and the promotion period is scheduled until Q4, otherwise Ling Suisui really doesn't know if he can handle so many things.
She went into jogging mode, then suddenly remembered that she had work to do recently. The acting variety show that Chen Yuening had mentioned to her before was now more than halfway through its recording process, and it had already reached the stage of filming the final product as he said.
Hmm... a moment of hesitation flashed through Ling Sui's mind as to whether to cancel the relationship.
Considering her relationship with Chen Yuening, it shouldn't be a problem for her to be a pigeon occasionally...right?
Forget it, let’s go. The recording time for this variety show is not long and it does not conflict with her work schedule next year. Whether she goes or not just depends on whether she wants to take a few days off.
Thinking that Chen Yuening had good intentions, and seeing the jelly oranges he sent her on the desk, Ling Sui decided to be a man of his word.
After morning exercise, Ling Sui changed his clothes and went to the restaurant for breakfast.
She met Jing Xinyi in the elevator, who seemed very surprised. Her hair was still half wet, because she hadn't completely dried it after washing it.
"You also did morning exercises?" Ling Suisui asked casually.
Jing Xinyi nodded. She has developed the habit of morning exercises since she started filming, but this is the first time she has met Ling Suisui in this state.
The elevator door opened, and Ling Suisui and Jing Xinyi walked to the restaurant side by side.
The hotel breakfast was buffet style. Since they had all traveled together, Ling Suisui took the opportunity to invite Jing Xinyi to eat at the same table. Jing Xinyi agreed quickly, unable to suppress the smile on her face.
Ling Suisui was thinking about today's shooting content. He saw Jing Xinyi laughing happily out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
The young person is still having fun... She probably doesn't know that the film is about to be wrapped, Director Fuji has to catch up on the progress today, and the entire crew will probably have to work overtime. Of course, she will accompany you.
The two chatted casually for a while, and the topic soon turned to "Easy as Pie". After all, this is Ling Sui's current movie, and it is also her and Jing Xinyi's first collaboration (master version).
"I saw the film review you wrote." Ling Suisui said, "Chen Yuening forwarded it to me yesterday. It's very interesting."
Jing Xinyi modestly said: "Because I really like this work, after reading it, I was inspired and wanted to write something."
As for why it was Chen Yuening who forwarded it to her...it is very likely that Teacher Chen is very concerned about the trending searches related to his own name and character name.
Jing Xinyi's approach is very special. She wrote in her film review that "Easy As Piece" did not pass the gender-reversal version of the Bayesian test.
The so-called "Bechdel Test" is actually three standards proposed by American cartoonist Allison Bechdel: there must be two or more actresses in the film, and they must have names in the film; there must be dialogue between the actresses (not meaningless greetings); and the content of the dialogue has nothing to do with men.
This test was originally used to measure whether the portrayal of female characters in a work is up to standard, but if this standard is replaced with the requirements for male characters, then "Easy As Pie" will fail miserably.
Apart from the supporting roles, there are four male characters with more screen time in the movie, namely Qian Guangzong, Jia Ming, and the unnamed Qian's father, the husband who abuses Qian Ju.
Relatively speaking, Qian's father and Qian Ju's husband have the least roles. Qian's father only talked to Qian's mother, and Qian Ju's husband only appeared when he was beating Qian Ju.
Every time they appear, they are clear-cut villains. Qian's father's idleness sets off Qian's mother's hard work, and Qian Ju's husband's violent means are only to highlight Qian Ju's miserable situation. These two are tools used to advance the plot and there is no need to elaborate on them.
Qian Guangzong is only slightly better than these two. At least he has a name and a branch line that involves him actively getting into trouble. But at its core, his behavior can also be summed up as "causing trouble for Shen Hui."
There is no need for foreshadowing or reversal. He is a vested interest in the family's preference for boys over girls, and naturally stands on the opposite side of Shen Hui. By the end of the movie, the character's behavior will not subvert the stereotyped impression he left on the audience when he first appeared.
All of the above have been mentioned, and Jing Xinyi's focus of analysis is still on Jia Ming.
Judging from his roles and the order of his roles on the cast list, he should be the male lead of this film, but Jia Ming's story line also fails to pass the gender-reversed version of the Bayesian test.
Almost all of his scenes are against Qian Lan, and a small part is memories with Shen Hui. His appearance was to satisfy Qian Lan's needs of "finding a rich man to cross classes" and "revenge on Chen Hui". When he found that something was wrong and confronted Qian Lan, his anger at Qian Lan for daring to impersonate Chen Hui was obviously greater than his anger at being deceived and used by her.
If you stand in Jia Ming's perspective, it is easy to find that this is unreasonable, but when this plot happens in a movie, it becomes smooth and natural.
This is certainly because the audience subconsciously puts themselves in the main perspective, and the director's camera focuses on Qian Lan. The audience sees her reaction rather than Jia Ming's mental journey; but in the final analysis, it is because the character of Jia Ming is essentially the true spokesperson for Shen Hui's class.
In a way, he is the other side of Shen Hui, an extension of her personality that she has never shown or concealed in the movie.
Jing Xinyi wrote: [Why is the prefix “real” added before this spokesperson? Because the image that Shen Hui presents to the public is a disguise, which conforms to the public's imagination of rich and powerful people.
Chen Hui is decisive and ruthless in the business world, yet elegant and friendly to ordinary people. She is the perfect young lady, and netizens would imagine her to be the daughter of a wealthy family in a novel.
And what about Jia Ming? His arrogance was undisguised. He spent money like water and did not regard money as money. He looked down on ordinary people and laughed at them for being destined to be like cattle and horses in this life and not worthy of being hung on street lamps.
The only difference between him and Shen Hui is that the latter can pretend, but he doesn't even pretend. When he said to Qian Lan, "You don't deserve to look like this", the screenwriter was actually using him to express what Chen Hui was thinking in order to maintain her character. 】
Whether from the perspective of class or personal feelings, Jia Ming unconditionally protects Shen Hui's interests.
So in the last scene between him and Qian Lan, Qian Lan's yelling, roaring and a series of crazy behaviors seemed to be directed at Jia Ming, but in fact she was venting her anger at Shen Hui. This also explains why he took Qian Lan's impersonation of Shen Hui more seriously.
As we all know, "Easy As Pie" is not a feminist work, it is just a female-centered narrative directed by a female director. This narrative is very successful in portraying the two female protagonists, and is also very direct in its counterattack against “Lao Deng’s movies.” Qian Lan’s story line involves “love”, but sexual relationships are a negligible element in the entire film.
Neither sexuality nor feminism is the main topic. Jing Xinyi believes that "As Easy as Pie" is an important attempt to adapt female-centered narratives to a variety of themes and gradually normalize them. This attempt is very meaningful. It expands the space for female-centered themes and provides more possibilities for actresses.
In fact, when she was typing the last paragraph, Jing Xinyi was very hesitant.
She knew that writing like this would definitely cause dissatisfaction among some groups. She could ignore their opinions, but being a star in the domestic entertainment industry requires one to avoid causing controversy as much as possible.
However, after careful consideration, she decided to be a "living person". She has already gone down this route by establishing herself as a die-hard fan of Ling Suisui, so what else is there to be afraid of?
What celebrities fear most is not being criticized, but that no one cares. She is not deliberately trying to create hype about her reputation. She is just speaking from her true feelings and has a clear conscience.
After this film review was published, it stayed on the hot search list for most of the day.
Some people agreed with her analysis of Jia Ming and the female-centered narrative, while others objected. Black fans took advantage of the situation and criticized her for being incomprehensible and just pretending to be cool. However, what Jing Xinyi's fans did not expect was that a big fan of Sui Si would actually come out and repost her Weibo, and many casual fans of Sui Si took screenshots of the page for booking her new work to express their gratitude.
—— Suisi’s idea is very simple. As long as the KOL writes a meaningful and positive film review, they will forward, like and comment on it, contributing some data so that others can get traffic and get more income from the sharing plan. This is not only their thanks, but also an encouragement for bloggers to come back next time.
Even though Jing Xinyi is a celebrity, Suisi treats her equally. Anyway, Ling Sui has so many fans in the circle. We can't stop her from being a fan just because she is a celebrity, right? A senior should have the bearing of a senior.
Jing Xinyi was in a great mood to receive Sui Si's encouragement, and she was even more excited to hear Ling Suisui say in person that "it's well written".
Her heart was pounding and she had a lot of tentative words to say, but she immediately held herself back and decided not to be impatient.
However, she was not good at managing her emotions. Ling Sui probably understood what she was thinking, but she just smiled and said nothing.
Of course she knew that Jing Xinyi wanted something from her, but that didn't stop her from becoming an excellent actor.
"Road to Fame" is about to be completed, which means that the contact between Jing Xinyi and Ling Suisui will also come to an end for the time being.
As for whether there will be a future... Jing Xinyi is not quite sure.
What she didn't know was that Ling Suisui had sent a message to his own company's film and television director.
[Ask Jing Xinyi about her career plans for the next few years.] 】
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