Chapter 365
This is a reflection on the plot and also a question to myself.
During the crew's break, Jing Xinyi saw Ling Sui's hot search on the Internet. Someone met her by chance in Xiangjiang Tea Restaurant.
Jing Xinyi's gaze lingered on this trending search, and she clicked on the topic page to take a closer look.
The picture was blurry, and the woman in the photo was wearing a mask. Only a die-hard fan could recognize that it was Ling Suisui - Jing Xinyi confirmed that it was her.
"Why did she go to Hong Kong..."
Jing Xinyi's brain was thinking rapidly: "It's not a festival, and there are no award ceremonies or film festivals in Hong Kong recently... I guess they are going to talk about new works."
Thinking of this, Jing Xinyi immediately told her guess to the agent next to her, asking him to pay more attention to the developments of Ling Suisui and Fengshou Media.
She still felt that they contacted the crew too late before filming "Easy As Pie". Give her a little more time, maybe the result will be different.
The agent thought she was overthinking: "Ling Sui-sui only went to Hong Kong, and no news has been leaked yet. How can I ask for information? Maybe she just went to the Deland Park to play."
"No. If I go there, there will definitely be more photos."
Jing Xinyi said confidently: "Besides, the popularity of Kung Fu Master has not yet passed. She can't just go out and have fun while promoting it around the world. This is not Ling Sui's style."
Even if she said that she went to investigate the situation on the spot in order to land the new IP in Hong Kong Diland, it sounds more reliable than the above one.
She also emphasized: "It is precisely because there is no news that we have to find out more. This shows that she is very attentive to this pie and is keeping it very secret. Otherwise, even if it is just to take advantage of her popularity, there should be five or six melons popping up by now."
Her company often does this kind of thing, so they should be quite familiar with this process...
The agent was skeptical, but he still agreed with the attitude of believing it was true.
He is not the agent with the most resources and the best business capabilities in the company, but after becoming the company's favorite star, Jing Xinyi still insisted on working with him in order to maintain this dominant position in decision-making.
After Jing Xinyi finished informing her agent, she began to guess what subject Ling Suisui would film.
She couldn't guess that Ling Suisui was invited as a producer, and thought he would be the leading actor. So her goal is to secure the third female role and compete for the second female role. As long as she has enough roles, the ranking doesn’t matter.
She guessed a lot of subjects, some that Ling Sui had filmed and some that he had not. After finding that she could not rule out any one of them 100%, Jing Xinyi gave up for the time being and waited for news.
However, she can still make some preparations in advance, such as purchasing a Cantonese textbook online.
To put it another way, even if this cake was just her fantasy and she guessed wrong, at least the skills she learned were hers and she would not lose anything.
Seeing that she is working hard from now on, her agent even joked: "You are really working hard to establish yourself as a fan of Ling Suisui."
Jing Xinyi looked up at him and said, "Do you think that I can get to where I am today just because of marketing?"
This... of course not.
If this method alone could create a traffic star, other companies would have followed suit long ago. In fact, there are many people who imitate her style, but the only one who can seize the opportunity and convert the popularity into goodwill towards the actor herself is Jing Xinyi.
The agent felt that he had said something out of turn and was a little embarrassed, but he didn't say anything else.
Jing Xinyi is very smart, but there are many people as smart as her in the domestic entertainment industry.
Her agent was asking around, and so were other people, and he wasn't even the first to do so.
Ling Suisui really didn't expect that she would attract so much attention from the industry just by going to Hong Kong.
Many people have asked me if your next movie will be a Hong Kong film, what will the subject matter be, and who will you be working with? Please guide us!
Passersby only took pictures of Ling Suisui, and no one paid attention to Teng Zhengde sitting opposite her.
To be honest, if Director Fuji had been more open about his words and revealed that he had met Ling Suisui and that the other party was quite interested in cooperating, he wouldn't have to worry about attracting investment at all. He would only need to consider whose money to collect.
However... these companies are not stupid. If they let Ling Suisui be the lead actor, they will be guaranteed enough investment. But if you say that he is just a producer and at most a cameo, the box office appeal will be greatly reduced, so they have to consider it carefully.
Ling Sui's success as an actor doesn't mean he'll be good behind the scenes. Many predecessors have failed on this road, and those who have succeeded like Tang Bing are very rare.
Therefore, Fuji Masanori did not make any announcement at all. He wanted to make a fortune quietly, but also did not want the media to raise expectations for his movie too early.
He knew very well that these media only cared about their own popularity and click-through rates, and didn't care whether the movie would be over-hyped or not. They were the ones who opened the champagne in advance, and they were also the ones who stepped on the situation violently when they saw that it was not going well.
Because "The Kung Fu Master" was still in theaters, Ling Suisui and Fuji Masanori only met once before rushing from Hong Kong to their next schedule.
Of course, one meeting is not enough for both parties to decide on the cooperation, and they have been communicating online in the past few days. She talked with Director Teng about film art, and Tong Xiaoman talked with Director Teng's team about profit sharing, and both sides made good progress.
Of course, this progress isn’t enough to fast-forward to the casting stage. The little calculations of various actors are in vain for now.
Ling Suisui provided some new ideas, and believed that the focus of the preparations for the film in the play could be placed on casting.
In order to enhance plot conflicts, traditional movie auditions can be turned into variety show castings, which intensifies the conflicts and competition between actors and gives the main characters more opportunities to show their kung fu.
Director Fuji said that the casting for the variety show sounded like a joke, and Ling Suisui said, that’s right, isn’t what you want to shoot a self-deprecating film?
It is precisely this kind of playful effect that can show in a more entertaining way the crew's seemingly attentive but actually nonsensical casting method. The audience was amused, the satirical connotations were there, and the way the plot was presented was not that heavy.
You can say it's not distinct enough, not sharp enough. Dragon Slayer was once criticized for focusing too much on the emotional line between Monica and Knight, which temporarily overshadowed the film's main purpose in the audience's memory. But there is no way around it. If Werner wants to make money, he must find a balance between artistry and popularity.
Even if you are Ling Sui, you can't have it all. The box office of "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" was only 600 million, which directly and significantly lowered the average box office of her movies.
Of course, Director Fuji wants to shoot more than just self-mockery and satire. He also wanted to incorporate the core of Kung Fu into modern stories.
Ling Suisui has also thought about this issue.
When the word "Kung Fu" first appeared, it represented the goal and spirit of the impoverished and weak people to strengthen themselves and defeat the enemy, which is reflected in Director Fuji's previous works.
But in the modern context, what is the meaning of "Kung Fu"?
For Li Mo, this is her ability to become a superhero, and her goal is to defeat the enemy and safeguard world peace. But for a world without supernatural elements, why do actors who are just ordinary people need to practice kung fu and make kung fu movies?
This is Ling Sui's thinking on the plot, and also a question she asks herself.
When she first came here, she was not sure whether she would receive works focusing on action scenes in the future, nor did she know whether she could become a top international action star. What kind of mood did she have as she persisted in practicing day after day?
She hadn't even entered the circle at that time, let alone had any competitors. Even after she became a little famous, every drop of sweat she put into martial arts was never for the purpose of defeating anyone or treating anyone as an imaginary enemy.
Ling Sui recalled carefully that she did have the idea of practicing in advance and not missing any opportunity. Since it is said that opportunities come to those who are prepared, that person should be her.
At the same time, she was also addicted to this hard work.
This sounds a bit ridiculous, but if you think about it carefully, physical fatigue does take up a lot of her energy, leaving no room for emotions such as confusion, hesitation, and entanglement in her mind. It seems to be one of the reasons why her willpower is very strong and it is difficult to be disturbed by the outside world.
If we use "becoming a better self" to describe it, it will seem a bit broad and pretentious. This sentence has been overused.
As for exercising your will? Strong body? Neither is comprehensive enough.
After all, if we want to return to our original intentions——
Maybe she was just thinking about making herself stronger.
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