Chapter 102
The party whose cards are revealed first will be at a disadvantage.
Ling Sui's blood pressure soared after hearing this, but fortunately Song Lingshan went on to say that his plan had failed.
"The script for our second season was already written in advance, so how could there be room for more people? Director Yin and the producer both refused, because their attitude was very direct, so Aoqi couldn't say anything more."
Oh, it turns out that Qu Ziping used his connections at Aoqi’s place.
Ling Suisui felt that things were not that simple, so she asked, "If he can't be parachuted in, he must have other requests, right?"
Song Lingshan: "Indeed, Director Yin originally wanted to give him a small cameo role or something like that, but Qu Ziping didn't like it."
"He now wants to squeeze out Han Cheng and let himself play Zheng Jun, and he wants the second lead."
Ling Suisui: ...
OK, OK, it seems that the other party had planned to break down the door first and then discuss opening the window. Compared to the almost dreamlike idea of "airdropping in as the leading male role before filming begins", Qu Ziping's real intention was to squeeze out Han Cheng and take her place as the second lead.
He is also good at picking people. Bian Yuanzhou is his senior, and Chen Lin was also sent in by Ochi. He wanted to pick the weak ones, so he picked Han Cheng who had no background.
And the ranking... this is simply a direct attack on her, it would be strange if Ling Suisui could swallow this.
Song Lingshan said: "That's all I know. It's hard to say what the specific situation was that they discussed."
"But don't worry. How could he possibly take your position? I guess he can't even take your position from Chen Lin. He can only cut in line in front of me and take fourth place."
Song Lingshan's tone was more relaxed, and Ling Suisui could understand it.
Qu Ziping is a man, so no matter how much he tries to grab roles, it will not affect the actresses unless he is willing to play a cross-dressing role.
As for the fourth or fifth place... since they are all outside the top three, she doesn't care that much.
Song Lingshan felt that it didn’t matter who took the photos, but for Ling Suisui, the difference was huge.
——She doesn’t care what others want to gain from coming to this show. But she chose to shoot a sitcom in order to increase her popularity and reputation. Otherwise, knowing that ancient costume dramas are more likely to attract fans, why didn't she shoot that?
Before traveling through time, her mentality was consistent with Song Lingshan's. As long as her own interests were not harmed, the quality of the drama did not matter, and she could do whatever others wanted.
But now... no matter who it is, as long as they affect the quality of "Freedom House 2", affect the long tail that she should get in the comedy field, and even affect her career planning and layout, they will be her enemies.
No matter how good Qu Ziping's acting skills are, changing the role will hurt the feelings of the fans. What's more, this guy's acting skills are very bad. He is not even good enough in idol dramas. It will only be so awkward to play a comedy.
After Ling Sui hung up the phone, he searched the Internet for information about Qu Ziping and went to Ji Zhaoying, an insider in the industry, to find out more.
Ji Zhaoying told her that Qu Ziping was the nephew of a senior executive of Aoqi Video.
He had failed to compete with others for the position before, on the one hand because his relationship was known to the industry, and they did not use him due to the risk of it being exposed in the future; on the other hand, it was because the other candidate had a stronger background and he could not compete with the other party.
I have to say, Qu Ziping is a very smart person. After knowing who his opponent was who was trying to steal the cake from him, he did not choose to fight head-on, but took the initiative to tell the other party that he could retreat, but he had to be given some compensation, so that everyone would save face and they could also make friends.
The other party would rather have "more friends" than more enemies who bear grudges. Therefore, Qu Ziping had double confidence in wanting to star in "Freedom House 2".
This is a bit troublesome... No wonder Yin Mingcheng couldn't stand the pressure and postponed the script study session.
Although there has been no announcement of a replacement yet, judging from the situation, the crew will eventually replace Han Cheng.
She thought about giving Qu Ziping a halo and exposing his love affair, but Ling Suisui quickly realized that this trick wouldn't work.
Even if we don't consider the impact on Xiang Yanchu, what's more important is that this has almost no lethality to Qu Ziping.
If he were to act in an idol drama, the audience would not be easily attracted to the couple, and his love affair would bring a negative impact on the work; but if he comes to act in Freedom House, the audience of sitcoms usually don’t care about the actors’ private lives, as long as they don’t break the law.
In this way, the only one who would be scolded would be Xiang Yanchu, and Ling Suisui would actually give Qu Ziping a huge fortune, which was a result she could not accept.
Ling Sui's mind was a little confused. She had the urge to "just stop acting", but her reason suppressed it.
She couldn't threaten the crew and the platform by quitting - not to mention that it was Han Cheng who was going to be replaced, even if she herself was kicked out, she couldn't show her dissatisfaction with them.
After all, there are only these three mainstream video platforms in China. If they don't want her, how can she block them and avoid others?
When Sun Qianqian was fired from "Ding Fengbo", she only dared to express her opinions towards Ling Suisui and did not dare to use this incident to gain sympathy and hype, because she still had to seek resources from Tian Tian.
Ling Sui was very unwilling, but she had to admit that she was not yet grown to the point where she could negotiate terms face to face with the platform and make the other party compromise.
But, is it really just like that?
In fact, the arrival of Qu Ziping may not ruin the show directly, but Ling Suisui is worried that the crew may take one step back, and then retreat step by step. As long as this gap is opened and others see an opportunity to take advantage of it, who would not want to share this sweet cake?
Ling Sui forced himself to calm down and not lose his composure.
She continued to analyze that whether or not to change actors is essentially a game between the crew and the platform.
Judging from the current situation, Yin Mingcheng, who had rejected the proposal once, was not so resolute, while Qu Ziping was also bluffing.
——If his connections were really strong enough, he wouldn’t have given up on the idol drama opportunity. What they mean by "making friends" is that they are essentially unable to win the fight.
Moreover, the "friends" he asked to help would definitely only be willing to play with him when the game was favorable.
If they can just lend a helping hand, it will be a piece of cake for others; if the cost of helping him is a bit high, Ling Suisui believes that the other person is not stupid either.
When it comes down to it, who can't see through Qu Ziping's tricks? He doesn't owe him anything.
Ling Suisui wanted to change the existing game situation, either by making the other party retreat, or... making his own side become stronger.
If you have to make a choice, the latter is definitely better, after all, it can solve the problem once and for all.
Qu Ziping wanted to take advantage of the information gap and use psychological tactics such as bluffing to make the crew compromise, but Ling Suisui refused to give him this opportunity.
She had to find a way to make Yin Mingcheng say NO firmly.
It would be useless for her to go and persuade him in person. To achieve this, we must give full play to Yin Mingcheng's subjective initiative.
Ling Sui looked at the "hot halo" in the system store and had an idea in his mind.
**
The news that "Freedom House 2" is about to start filming was exposed online, and many fans expressed their anticipation. Some people left comments on the official Weibo and official Douban about the plots they wanted to see, and some people asked them to film and broadcast it at the same time, saying they really couldn't wait.
However, as the popularity of this upcoming drama grows, director Yin Mingcheng's past experience seems to have been dug up.
When talking about Yin Mingcheng, the first thing that comes to mind is "Men and Women in the City", and then "Freedom House". They sound very impressive, but who would have thought that he had also made countless bad movies before?
#What has Yin Mingcheng filmed in recent years# became a hot topic and it fermented rapidly in a short period of time. There were many names that the audience had never heard of because they were so bad.
But it doesn’t matter. Netizens are too lazy to look through his previous works, so they have cut out all of his previous works with the Scissor Hand.
The "highlights" of all the bad movies he had made over the years were selected and edited into a collection, which stayed at the top of the trending searches for more than ten hours. The deep red word "explosive" following it was particularly eye-catching. The number of video views, which had reached tens of millions and was still rising, made Yin Mingcheng's eyes go dark.
Looking at the various sharp and harsh comments below, Yin Mingcheng felt his blood pressure soaring. The sense of shame that he had slowly forgotten due to the great success of "Freedom House" once again enveloped his heart.
No, he can't give in, he can't compromise. Good works are destroyed step by step like this. It takes time for the ice to freeze three feet thick to form!
Yin Mingcheng rejected Aoqi's offer that day, with an attitude that was tougher and more resolute than ever before.
Even if they want to promote their own people and want Qu Ziping to pick the peaches, the prerequisite is that there must be peaches!
Look at these comments. Some people have predicted that "Freedom House 2" will flop, and they actually say that making bad movies is his specialty, and the occasional good drama is just a flash in the pan. It really makes him angry.
Yin Mingcheng said that if the platform insisted on sending a male star with such poor acting skills to replace the original actor who performed well, then he, as a director, would not be able to guarantee the quality of "Freedom House 2".
After all, he has already proved his talent and ability in the first season, and he has not been in the industry for so many years in vain. Yin Mingcheng believed that it was impossible for Aoqi to drive him, the director, away for Qu Ziping.
Before, he held the attitude of "harmony brings wealth", but now he thinks it was really stupid. Some netizens helped him recall how he made bad movies in the past few years, and the stubbornness that Yin Mingcheng had when producing the first season emerged again.
It has only been a few days since his reputation improved. Ochi can't even think about bringing it back. Never!
Just as Ling Suisui expected, as long as the director showed an uncompromising attitude, Aoqi would not do anything to him.
After all, "Freedom House 2" is Ochi's key project next year, and a certain senior executive thinks it would be best if he could get some benefits, but if not... he dare not go too far.
Ochi took a step back and only asked for Qu Ziping to have a cameo role.
Well, Yin Mingcheng can still agree to this request.
If Yin Mingcheng compromised first, others would treat him as a soft persimmon, but if Aoqi compromised first, Yin Mingcheng would definitely understand. If the platform made unreasonable demands again, he would fight to the end without hesitation.
This is the game. Whoever’s cards are revealed first will be at a disadvantage.
Although Ling Suisui cleverly achieved her desired goal, she did not feel very happy.
Until the end of the script reading session, she still had a faint smile on her face and looked very businesslike.
When the show was over, Bian Yuanzhou walked up to her.
He asked her in a low voice: "You seem very unhappy, is it because of Han Cheng?"
They just didn't discuss it in front of Han Cheng, but this matter was actually not a secret among the main actors.
Although Han Cheng attended the script reading session as usual today, it does not mean that what happened before did not happen.
"During the previous filming, you and Han Cheng had a pretty good relationship."
To be precise, she had a good relationship with everyone in the crew, and I had never heard of Ling Suisui having a conflict with anyone.
Ling Suisui thought for a moment and said, "Not entirely. There is still some sadness. Today it's him, maybe tomorrow it's me."
"You definitely won't." Bian Yuanzhou comforted her, "Sun Jiayi is too popular, no one can replace you."
"I heard that several sponsors came for you and specifically asked you to say their slogans. Even the platform asked the screenwriter Sun Jiayi if she could dream a few more times and try to film more fighting scenes."
Ling Suisui shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. If there were too many fighting scenes, it would go against the original intention of the sitcom.
It would be better for her to save her skills for more suitable topics, so as to meet the audience's expectations.
Bian Yuanzhou: "You have established yourself through your acting skills and roles. This is real credit that no one can take away, and no one dares to take it away."
He said this sincerely, which even surprised Bian Yuanzhou himself.
He had become so accustomed to Ling Sui's strength that he almost forgot the complicated and frustrating feeling he had when he saw her get high scores many times in a row.
Ling Suisui sighed: "But if you want to complete a good work, it is useless for the actors to do their best."
Bian Yuanzhou also sighed, feeling helpless about the matter.
If an actor wants to present a good work, not only his acting skills must be up to standard, but he must also pray to meet a reliable team, a professional director, a screenwriter with whom he can communicate, and co-stars who will not hold him back.
If you can get one of them, it is already very good. If you can get two or three, or even all of them, that is really a rare luck.
Even so, there are still mysterious market conditions that are ready to bring great fortune to film and television dramas, or to deal a heavy blow.
Both of them were depressed for a while. Ling Suisui adjusted his state first and waved goodbye to Bian Yuanzhou with a smile on his face.
She will feel uncomfortable, but she won't dwell on this emotion for too long.
Just as she and Xiang Yanchu said, avoiding problems may bring temporary relief, but the problem is still there and has not been solved.
If she wants to get out of this situation, she has to accumulate more weight for herself.
In the car, Ling Suisui called Ai Tianming.
Before, her attitude towards this project was dispensable, but now it is different.
Of course, the sooner you can gain the right to speak and participate in the game in a formal capacity, the better.
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