Chapter 197
A TV series about peach blossoms?
Two days before New Year’s Eve, the crew of "Under the Wave" wrapped up filming.
As the Chinese New Year was approaching, the crew did not hold a grand wrap-up ceremony, but only prepared flowers and customized banners for the main creators.
Because of Ling Sui's presence, even if the photographers didn't capture anything, the drama was still very popular during the filming period, and the senior management of Antenna Video visited the set several times and it became a hot topic.
This made the local propaganda and cultural tourism units very happy, and several leaders even came to the shooting site to bring the filming of "Under the Wave" to a successful conclusion.
Ling Sui had no work at the end of the year, so she gave the entire team a holiday. According to Chinese tradition, even the most important thing has to be left until after the New Year.
Last year she had the movie "Zhao Jiang" released, and the studio members were all nervous during the New Year. This year, Ling Sui no longer has to participate in the Spring Festival box office competition, and they can finally relax completely and have a good New Year.
On New Year's Eve, Ling Sui took the high-speed rail back to Guangzhou. Although tickets are hard to get and the journey takes longer, she would rather spend more time on the road than attract a large number of people to pick her up at the airport during the Spring Festival travel rush.
Although high-speed rail information may also be leaked, after Ling Suisui and her team members often get off the train 1-3 stations in advance and drive to their destinations, not many photographers will block her.
Ling Suisui took great pains to nip in the bud the stampede caused by the crowded crowd. Her main concern is not fans, but the paparazzi who are omnipresent for money and the perverted illegitimate children.
After getting in the car, Ling Suisui asked the driver to drive around the city for a while to make sure there was no one following the car before letting the driver take her home.
Li Mingxu was followed to his doorstep a few days ago. If it wasn't for the fact that it was almost New Year and it was difficult to rent a house, he would have moved out overnight. When he was filming on the set, he would be knocked on the door by illegitimate children in the middle of the night, which almost scared him into a nervous breakdown.
At this moment, he envied Ling Sui's self-employed model. The whole team worked for her and she didn't have much thought about making gray income.
Unlike his side, the "studio" is just a nice name, but in fact the planet has not divided into departments with clear responsibilities and powers. The employees around him have no formal organization and are highly mobile. In addition, he comes into contact with too many staff members every day, and anyone of them may sell his information to make money.
When the younger brother came to complain, Ling Suisui comforted him with a few words and, by the way, figured out something from the planet's attitude towards Li Mingxu.
Obviously, they believe that Li Mingxu’s current popularity is all due to the company’s efforts and has little to do with him personally. Otherwise, even if it is just for the sake of appeasement and to prevent him from having the intention of going out on his own, the planets will do a better job of saving face.
In other words, Planet Pictures attributed the credit for Li Mingxu's popularity to its own company, or Aoqi Video. Ling Sui may have some of the same feelings, but from the perspective of the planet, I won't thank her. I will just think that they have good vision.
So...going a step deeper, does Aoqi also think the same about the performance of "Peach Blossom"?
When Ling Sui returned home, took a shower, and sat on the sofa, he was still thinking about this matter.
Hao Ren asked her, "Sui Sui, are you thinking about work?"
"Yes." Ling Suisui came back to his senses, "How did Dad know?"
Hao Ren raised his head in the direction of Ling Fei: "Your mother always has this expression when she is busy with work. Look, she is like this now."
"You're all going home for the New Year, can't you put your plan aside for a while?"
Ling Fei, who was called out, ignored him. She looked at the computer screen intently, her fingers tapping on the keyboard at a speed so fast that it was obvious that she was getting inspiration.
Hao Ren, who had just been saying "Don't bring work back home", opened his tablet after receiving a call and wrote and drew with the stylus. He didn't even respond when Ling Suisui called him, completely blocking out the outside sounds.
Ling Suisui: ...
Okay, everyone in the family is successful in their careers, which makes her look like a salted fish.
Xianyu Ling Sui was lying on the sofa watching TV. After a while, he stretched and went downstairs to get takeout - looking at their family of three, you could tell that no one could cook.
After Ling Sui unpacked the New Year's Eve dinner from the hotel, arranged the dishes, took a photo, and called his parents who were obsessed with work, the reunion dinner finally officially began.
According to family status, Ms. Ling Fei spoke first. She first reviewed the work of the past year, praised the progress made by family members in their careers, and put forward expectations and requirements for continued efforts in the next year;
Mr. Hao Ren followed closely behind, adding some details that Ling Fei did not mention, and explained in detail how the family's income and expenditure compared with the previous year, as well as the appreciation of the family's assets.
When it was Ling Sui's turn, she took out her Best Actress trophy and placed it on the dining table, which was worth a thousand words.
Ling Fei and Hao Ren were quite happy. They said they would choose an empty wall at home and put up a shelf, estimating that it would have thirty-six grids.
This is the first trophy that Ling Sui has brought home. I hope she can gain more and more honors in the future and fill up the remaining thirty-five spaces.
"That's a bit difficult." Hao Ren helped her calculate, "Even if you get one a year, you'll have to fight for another thirty-five years."
And you can’t get it every year, so who can say for sure?
In fact, Ling Sui has won quite a few awards, but because of her pride, she will not take home every trophy. When primary school students bring their award certificates back, they all know that the school's three good students are given priority, and the class hygiene stars will be ranked a little behind.
She smiled and said, "Okay, let's make it a long-term goal. I hope that before I retire, this wall will be filled with my glory."
The family chatted for a while. Ling Suisui didn't quite understand his parents' professional fields, but Ling Fei mentioned that she had a client who was the president of a certain brand and was currently preparing to invest in Aoqi's new drama, and this project was also related to Ling Suisui.
Ling Suisui blinked: "I don't have any new plays to be released in Aoqi for the time being." Could this customer have been cheated?
——Don’t think too highly of business cooperation. The fact that someone can cheat big companies with fake stamps proves that the world is nothing more than a huge makeshift team.
Ling Fei shook her head: "It's not your drama, it's your series of Peach Blossoms, I think it's called something, Qi Ye Zhen Zhen?"
Ling Suisui: ...
She searched online and found that the drama is advertised as "A New Drama in the Peach Blossom World View Series" and is currently in the planning stage. There are already seven or eight candidates for the male and female protagonists, and many traffic-generating fans are fighting for this plan.
This matter was a hot topic on the Internet for a while, but Ling Suisui was very busy recently and missed the time when it became a hot topic.
Seeing this situation, Ling Sui was a little speechless.
When Peach Blossom was popular, many people insisted that it was just an ordinary ancient drama, with nothing good to recommend in terms of plot and characters, and that it became a hit only thanks to platform marketing; but now that the "spin-off series" has come out, everyone is starting to scramble for a piece of the pie?
Wait… She remembered that Peach Blossom was an original script, not a crossover novel written by the same author, so where did the series come from?
Oh, Ling Sui asked Ji Zhaoying, who was the most well-informed, and found out that Aoqi was planning to write another story about the palace, but he would cue the two little tyrants in the capital, Xu Fangfei and Zhou Cishuo, in the plot, so that it would be considered a linkage.
The Spring Festival Gala hadn't started yet, and Ji Zhaoying, who was already talking, shared more gossip with her:
"Let me tell you, this series was something that Ochi wanted to do after Peach Blossom became popular. However, the first idea of the Peach Blossom screenwriter was to write Zhou Yixuan's story, because she is the third female lead of Peach Blossom, and the plot related to her also has great scalability."
Ling Suisui asked: "Why did it become another palace? Xu Han's acting skills are completely capable of supporting the heroine of an ancient idol drama."
Ji Zhaoying: "Oh my, it's so obvious that Aoqi is trying to ride on the popularity of the show. It wants to make money from the audience of ancient costume dramas, and also wants to promote its own people. Aoqi controls several companies, and there are so many princes and princesses, how could it be Xu Han's turn?"
"It is precisely because of her good acting skills and her good portrayal of Zhou Yixuan that the series cannot write about Zhou Yixuan anymore. Otherwise, if we replace her with another actress, she will only be a serving girl. Xu Han is not very famous, so even if a newcomer ties her up, she won't be able to follow the black-and-red route."
Ling Sui fell silent after hearing this. Although she knew very well that this was the "rule" of the entertainment industry, the person involved was now a familiar friend of hers, so the feeling of dissatisfaction and heartache still surged uncontrollably in her heart.
Although the quality of the Peach Blossom series is unknown and Ling Suisui feels that it may not be a good thing, there is definitely a difference between an actor giving up voluntarily and being kicked out.
She hung up Ji Zhaoying's phone and called Li Mingxu, who picked up the phone immediately.
"Happy New Year's Eve, Sister Sui!" Li Mingxu's voice sounded very happy. "Are you going to stay up all night today? I'll be the first one to send you New Year's greetings."
Well, this guy was still celebrating her birthday, and he was upset that Yingnian got there first when he sent her birthday wishes at midnight.
Ling Suisui chatted with him for a while, said a few auspicious words first, and then changed the topic to the Taohua TV series.
"I know this." Li Mingxu told her everything he knew. "The company contacted me a long time ago and asked me to play a special role. They even arranged the schedule. When they were recruiting investors, they said you would come to make a guest appearance."
……ah? Ling Sui just found out about this.
She would definitely not doubt Feng Yang's work ability, and no one in the team could make decisions for her without authorization. In that case, it would be either that Ochi acted first and asked for permission later, or he was prepared to take advantage of her popularity even if the negotiations failed.
Ling Suisui was quite helpless. She couldn't dispel the rumor in a big way at this time. Not only would this offend Aoqi, but it was unnecessary for a cameo appearance. It might also help the project become famous...
High-end business wars often only require the thickest skin and the most shameless means.
Ling Suisui asked him, "Do you think this drama will be a hit?"
"Impossible." Li Mingxu said without hesitation, "You were in charge of Taohua, keeping an eye on the script and not letting other actors make changes to the script. No one dared to make trouble during the filming. Now that you are not here for the new drama, I dare not imagine what these people can come up with."
Wow, that’s good. Xiao Li has grown up smart now, which makes Ling Suisui feel very relieved.
She told Li Mingxu: "If Xingxing asks you to go, you definitely can't refuse, but remember to ask for more benefits from the company. Do your job well during filming, protect Zhou Cishuo's image, and stay invisible during the promotion. If the show is well broadcast, it's not your credit. If it flopped, you will be the only one who will bear the responsibility."
Li Mingxu nodded, and he knew that Sister Sui was the best to him.
After Ling Sui made the second call, he wanted to call Xu Han, but he didn’t know what to say.
On the bright side, maybe she didn't even know that the series was originally conceived with her in mind as the protagonist? She brought up this matter on purpose, which ended up being a blow to others.
In the end, Ling Suisui only told Ling Fei that if she had a good relationship with this client, she could persuade the other party to consider it carefully.
If you are going for her, you should be more cautious, because the probability of her guest starring in this drama is very slim, and she may not provide any help in the promotion of the drama.
Ling Suisui looked at the sky outside the window. There was no moon tonight.
Forget it, I won’t stay up late, let’s go to bed first.
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