Chapter 390
Feedback after screening of "Easy As Piece"
Three days after its release and its first weekend, the box office performance of "Easy As Pie" was indeed in line with Ling Sui's prediction.
According to this situation, the box office in mainland China alone is enough for the film company to recover its costs, and there is still considerable profit margin. After that, it will be distributed and released in other countries and regions, and the online broadcast rights will be sold, which is basically pure profit.
Some netizens listed all her works since her debut and discovered a horrible fact.
As long as she is the lead actor, whether it is a movie or a TV series, there is no option of losing money, it is just the difference between earning more or less.
Some colleagues said sourly that the entire domestic entertainment industry - even Hollywood - provided her with the best resources for her to choose from. She is the one who picks the good scripts and good projects first, and only others whom she looks down upon have a chance.
The best script, the best team, the best actors. According to this method of picking the best, it would be a surprise if Ling Sui's work failed.
This news was spread by someone with ulterior motives. Although the specific name of the speaker was hidden during the dissemination process and only a certain celebrity was mentioned, it still sparked a wave of heated discussion on the Internet.
Some people agree, saying that the overly biased resources not only elevated Ling Sui to the altar, but also robbed other actors of opportunities; others think this is pure sour talk, how do we define "top resources"? Could it be that in different scripts, there are different levels of treasures, just like in fantasy novels?
Could it be that the works performed well by Ling Sui are called top resources, while the works performed poorly by your team are called "low-cost" and "low-configuration"? Yan Siling is a newcomer, Tang Bing is going to Ousan as a director for the first time, and Pei Xuehai has also filmed new works in recent years. Why are their performances not as good as "The Worry-Free Hero"?
They say that resources are too biased... How many dramas does Ling Sui shoot every year? Does it mean that the scripts she has rejected will not be filmed in the future, and she won’t find someone else to shoot them?
Sui Si concluded, if you are not good enough, don’t blame the road for being uneven. If you can’t make good works, then secretly complain that Sui Huang has taken away all your resources. Is that interesting? Don’t you think it’s outrageous when you say it yourself?
Even if we take a step back and say that the frequency of releasing one drama every year can monopolize all the good resources in the film and television industry, it is definitely not Ling Sui who should reflect on this.
Of course, the above topics seem to be quite loud, but in essence they are still discussions among a minority of people.
If you ask most people what they think...no one cares at all whether resources are tilted or not. What does this have to do with the audience? The audience only pays for their own preferences.
As one of the audience, Jing Xinyi was stuck on the memo for three days, writing and deleting the review of "Easy As Pie" intermittently.
It is certainly easy to write some random thoughts, but if you want to stand out in the film review race and attract the attention of Ling Suisui and others, you can't do it by relying on celebrity halo or finding marketing accounts to push hot searches.
As for the discussions on the Internet, or those limited to a few groups, Jing Xinyi was not even interested in logging in to her secondary account to watch the discussions.
In order to establish herself as a loyal fan, she had already memorized Ling Sui's career development journey and studied every node over and over again.
If there really is someone who thinks that every good card Ling Sui has been good from the beginning, or that they are all "gifts from God", and that she is the chosen one with such good luck, then that person will just have to live his whole life with this self-deceiving idea.
Anyway, this kind of person is destined to never reach a level that can influence Ling Sui, and no one cares what he thinks.
As for the colleague who initially made sarcastic remarks, whether he is frightened these days, worried that Ling Sui will find out the source of the public opinion... is even less within Jing Xinyi's consideration.
At this moment, she is collecting film reviews of "Easy As a Piece" on the Internet to get more inspiration for herself.
[Share a detail on the set!] The single room that Qian Lan rented was filled with many big-brand skin care products and cosmetics, and there was also a Coach bag in the closet. This is not a particularly expensive item, but combined with Qian Lan's living conditions and the balance that belongs to Qian Lan that Shen Hui can control after exchanging identities, it can be shown that she actually has a consumerist tendency.
I personally like this kind of characterization. Adding some real and three-dimensional characteristics to Qian Lan actually increases her presence and weight in the film, making her a less perfect "victim of the game". Otherwise, it would be easy to become Shen Hui's Metamorphosis solo, and Qian Lan would be just a tool to provide her with opportunities. 】
[Easy as Piece of Water] has many wonderful scenes, and my favorite is the first encounter with Shen Qian. This scene is really, really interesting, and it’s my motivation to watch it three times.
First of all, from the perspective of shooting techniques, the director’s lighting is very biased towards Shen Hui. The two characters sat face to face, Qian Lan's side was a little dark, while Shen Hui's hair was glowing.
Note that the camera language we see here is how the two people see each other.
Visuals can give people psychological hints. Facing such a Chen Hui, combined with the difference in their status, Qian Lan would naturally feel that she is inferior to her. What about Chen Hui, does she feel superior?
I don't think so, because a sense of superiority is an emotion based on comparison, and Chen Hui's arrogance is already at the next level. She would not compare herself with Qian Lan.
The way Shen Hui looks towards the camera allows the audience to feel her gaze from Qian Lan's perspective.
Ling Suisui’s acting here is particularly good. Contempt is an emotion that is easily detected, but she looks at Qian Lan very seriously. But this seriousness does not mean her respect. She is observing, judging, and evaluating the other person's value.
She looked at it very seriously and thought about it very seriously. Qian Lan might be a commodity, stock, or investment project worthy of her attention, but she was definitely not a "person" equal to her.
So Qian Lan would feel awkward and uneasy, but this kind of gaze did not contain any obvious contempt or humiliation, and she did not even realize that she had fallen into a situation where she had no way to express her suffering. From here on, Shen Hui began to suppress her mentally.
After beating him with a stick, Shen Hui gave him a sweet date.
Chen Hui first established her superior status in her heart, and then took the initiative to humble herself. She spoke in a gentle tone and smiled warmly, giving Qian Lan the psychological hint of "being humble and making friends", so that when she felt flattered, she would open her heart to her and tell her everything she knew.
In just a few minutes, the two completed the psychological game, and Shen Hui, who was proficient in this, won a great victory.
It was so ironic that she was so skillful when we first met her and so carelessly got hit by a car at the end. "As Easy as Pie" is really a very appropriate movie title. It can be used in every plot in the movie and can be sublimated anytime and anywhere. It's amazing. 】
[I saw someone say that if Chen Hui had not been hit by Qian Lan's car, then to what extent would she have to achieve, or what situation would have made her feel that she could not play anymore, before she would admit defeat and accept that her achievements were inseparable from the support of her family, and that her wealth and status also came from the luck of reincarnation?
I think this question is wrong. First of all, given Shen Hui’s personality, it is impossible for her to admit defeat. She has always viewed this “Metamorphosis” as a game. If the game gets stuck and cannot be advanced, the player has three options.
The first is to repeatedly try to find ways to pass, level up, kill monsters and accumulate experience; the second is to spend money to become stronger; the third is to simply quit the game and not play it. Even if Chen Hui gives up one day, her mentality is to quit the game, and she will not think that it is because of her badness, but definitely because of the design problems of the game company.
Moreover, during the game, Shen Hui has been adjusting the attributes. At first, she submitted her resume using Qian Lan's identity, but she didn't care about the salary at all. Later, she returned to the small county town to start a business and get some free labor from the Qian family. This can be regarded as Qian Lan's initial configuration.
Ever since the Qian family had no money and she developed her own small program and sold it, Shen Hui has been "cheating". Including the subsequent entrepreneurial plan, stock investment, and high-priced urgent interpreting orders, these are actually not abilities that Qian Lan can master.
These abilities come from the education Shen Hui received. Behind a perfect business elite is real money investment at all costs. And when Shen Hui was using them, she didn't even realize that these were the invisible assets she took away from the Shen family.
Why is she so far-sighted and has such a unique vision, while Qian Ju and Qian's mother are so short-sighted and only focus on immediate interests? Why did she have a stable investment mentality and was able to remain calm after buying stocks and not take losses seriously, and indeed wait for the bull market to boom, while Qian Guangzong became frightened and mentally collapsed when he suffered a little loss, and repeatedly chased rising and falling stocks?
It's not that Shen Hui is born smart, nor that the Qian family is born stupid. It's that acquired education and environment shape completely different individuals in society. The gap between Shen Hui and the Qian family is the cognitive and information barriers built up by wealth.
Chen Hui's calmness and confidence come from her infinitely high tolerance for mistakes in life. You asked her when she would give up? She will only tell you that if the game can no longer be played, she will rewrite the game content until she wins. 】
[I’ve seen a lot of articles about Chen Hui!] Then let me write about Qian Lan.
My friend said that he fell in love with Qian Lan x Jia Ming after watching this movie. I was shocked. How could this be? I think everyone who has watched "As Easy as Pie" should become Qian Lan's only fan.
Chen Hui thought she was as lowly as dust and felt that she could not escape from her control, but Qian Lan was actually very rebellious.
She must have been trying to attack Jia Ming out of a desire for revenge against Shen Hui. She has fully understood Shen Hui's malice towards her. Shen Hui wanted her to fall into a wealthy family and then ruthlessly expel her to make her feel the huge gap. Therefore, she also wanted to make Shen Hui suffer.
Qian Lan's final behavior is not worth promoting. She should be judged by law for deliberately hitting people with her car. However, this girl, who was a little vain at the beginning, was not corrupted by the sugar-coated bullets in the end and was determined not to be a running dog of the capitalists. 】
[I completely disagree with the view that Qian Lan has a rebellious spirit. Those who say so may not have understood the movie at all.
All of Qian Lan's actions, including the final car crash, were actually very consistent with Shen Hui's malice towards her. She just wanted to see Qian Lan surrounded by despair and see how bad her life would become. But Shen Hui could never have imagined that Qian Lan was indeed rotten, but she would be the one to be killed by the rotten man.
At the beginning of the film, Qian Lan is a hard-working office worker who receives a wealthy family experience card. After being corrupted by the decadent life, the only way she can think of to make herself better is to seduce a man, marry into a wealthy family, and gain status through her son.
Of course, you can say that the latter has a higher expected return, but doing so is completely throwing dignity to the wind and transferring the initiative in life to Jia Ming. Whether she will be compensated or retaliated depends entirely on Jia Ming's decision. If this is called the spirit of resistance, then what exactly is she rebelling against?
Shen Hui deserved to be hit. If she hadn't been hit, this movie might not have passed the review. But no matter how pleasing the result is, it cannot be denied that hitting someone is a criminal act and a violation of the law.
The moment this thought came to Qian Lan's mind, she already had some of Chen Hui's shadow. She hated Chen Hui for being so high and mighty and playing with her life, but the moment she stepped on the accelerator and treated human life as worthless, wasn't it like the dragon slayer finally becoming the evil dragon? 】
Jing Xinyi kept watching and became more and more absorbed in the film. She even wanted to buy a ticket to watch it again.
...No, she hasn't written the review yet.
These film reviews were all well written. Although she occasionally encountered reviews that disagreed with her, they also inspired her with new perspectives and broadened her understanding and thinking about the film.
But the question is - everyone writes so well, so what else can she write? It's not okay to just repeat what others have said.
Jing Xinyi pondered over it, and when she saw the list of main creators, she suddenly had the answer.
She opened the computer document as quickly as possible and hurriedly wrote down whatever flash of inspiration came to her mind.
As the film has just been released and everyone's attention is focused on Shen Hui and Qian Lan, she wants to write something related to Jia Ming to find a new approach.
She believed that Tang Bing must have her own intentions in creating this role. Through Jia Ming, she can find new entry points.
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