Chapter 101
Not dating is a test of self-control for rising artists
Ling Sui was silent for a long time and could only pat her on the shoulder.
Xiang Yanchu continued to cry and complain, and the more he spoke, the more he felt wronged.
"I know... I know that being an idol is just a commodity, and I have to satisfy the imaginations of all my fans, but outside of the stage, can't I have my own life?"
"I am also a human being. I get tired too. Can't I have my own emotional needs? Besides, my relationship doesn't affect my work. Why do we act as if we have committed an unforgivable sin and that being in a relationship is a sin worthy of death? If I don't date him and he doesn't date me, then we won't be together in front of our fans."
Ling Suisui: ...
She had a lot of things she wanted to say, but she didn't want to say them at this moment.
But Xiang Yanchu wanted to ask her again: "What do you think? Does being a celebrity mean you are not worthy of dating? Why?"
"...Sister, let me put it this way."
Ling Sui's answer was: "If a record doesn't have your name on it, but someone is still willing to pay for it after listening to it, and you can earn enough from it, at least as much as you earn now, then by that time, no one will care if you want to have 18 boyfriends."
She said this as tactfully as possible - if you rely on your work, you can do whatever you want; if you rely on your personality, then you should just serve your fans honestly, how can you have both?
As for the so-called "separating the person from the idol", isn't that just a lie? !
Some people in the domestic entertainment industry have trouble getting into their roles as actors, but their acting skills in this aspect seem natural.
Xiang Yanchu couldn't think of a rebuttal at first, and Ling Suisui continued:
"Although I don't agree with your behavior, I understand your motives... Have you been under a lot of pressure recently and nothing you can do is going well? Do you feel that you feel better both physically and mentally after being with your boyfriend?"
Xiang Yanchu nodded somewhat ashamedly, Ling Suisui was right about everything he said.
Ling Suisui said, "Have you ever thought that it wasn't him who cured you, but that your attention was diverted and your spiritual sustenance was placed on him. So when he broke up with you, you would be particularly devastated and defenseless, and subconsciously you didn't want to believe this was true."
"And this is not because you like him so much, it's just that your body's defense mechanism is automatically activated."
"...Really?" Xiang Yanchu was a little confused.
"Of course it's true."
Ling Suisui said firmly: "Think about it carefully, your mood has improved since you fell in love. Is it because all the problems in your career have been solved? No, it's just because you don't have the mind to think about them anymore."
"I know that it is human nature to want to escape when encountering problems, and it is okay if you cannot overcome difficulties. Most people in the world are mediocre and fragile, and they do not have such strong willpower when faced with temptation. This is normal."
"If you feel that people can't blame you for being human, that makes sense."
"But if you admit that you are ordinary, how can you ask your fans to continue to look up to you and love you?"
Even if you are just giving advice, you should stop at the right point. If you preach too much, people might become rebellious.
As a friend, Ling Suisui felt that he had said everything he should say. To see whether she could listen or not, she just looked at Yan Chu herself. She couldn’t force him to listen.
In fact, for Ling Sui, she thinks the "rule" that rising stars cannot fall in love is more like a test of self-control.
It is like a sieve, screening out those people who know that it is a critical period for career development, who know that every minute and every second is precious, who know that the emotional fluctuations in love may affect their performance, but still want to fall in love, and who are inevitably attracted to someone of the opposite sex.
If there are no other examples to prove the degree of hard work of these artists, it means that the willpower of these people is quite average, just at an average level.
Ordinary people are not guilty, but it is too much for ordinary people to want to earn 2.08w a day in the entertainment industry without strong abilities.
After Ling Suisui returned to her bed, the system spoke in her mind:
[Host, you seem to have a very negative attitude towards celebrities’ love affairs. 】
How could that be? You misunderstood. 】
Ling Suisui calmly fooled it: [Can you grasp the key point? What I mean is that no one will care even if you talk to eighteen people. Think about it, is it eighteen times the KPI for you? 】
System: […Is that so? 】
Ling Suisui: [Of course, I never lie. 】
——It’s true that no one cares if a talented actress falls in love, but that doesn’t mean she wants to.
Ling Suisui is very good at playing on words.
Anyway, she didn't feel any guilt when she fooled the system. Who made her get the least points every time when she drew the lottery wheel?
If there is no shady operation or corruption, who would believe it if I told others about it?
It's just that she always pretends not to know in order to get more leverage over the system.
Since the system came out to show its presence, Ling Suisui also took the opportunity to check the favorability values of several possible targets.
The full marks of Chen Yuening, Ying Nian and Chi Jia seemed to be welded in and have never changed since they were achieved. Ai Tianming's also remained at 99, and Bian Yuanzhou's favorability towards her also rose to 90.
This didn't happen overnight, but rather it was a gradual accumulation from the time she and he appeared on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala together after the filming of "Freedom House" was completed, to the time they attended events together during the drama's promotion period.
The last time she checked, it was still 89. It seemed that it had risen again when she missed the system message.
Ling Suisui recalled the current situation of several boys. Like her, Bian Yuanzhou was preparing for "Freedom House 2"; Ai Tianming was tinkering with his project plan, trying to attract investment from multiple parties - or to put it bluntly, trying every means to ask for money from his family and friends.
The current fundraising progress is 30 million, which is still a little short of the amount he expected.
This is normal, after all, Ai Tianming's investment level is notoriously unreliable. The 30 million was all given to him by the Ai family to fool him, there was not a single element of trust in it.
Others would become depressed after being hit, but the more Ai Tianming was disliked by his family, the more angry he became. Since his family refused to give him money, he has already threatened to mortgage all his properties, cars, and watches. No one can stop him when he goes crazy.
Ling Suisui was very worried. If she continued like this, would the Ai family throw her a check for five million and ask her to stop feeding their son with drugged liquor?
Fortunately, Tong Xiaoman said she had already communicated with them.
With her help, although the Ai family cannot be 100% assured, the amount they are willing to let Ai Tianming invest should be doubled.
As for the other three... Chi Jia is still writing songs + appearing on variety shows + touring. The popularity of Chen Yuening's previous dramas were average, and he still hasn't been able to upgrade from a potential hit to a hot hit. The last time Ling Sui talked to him, he seemed to be ready to change his development path.
The person with the least news is Ying Nian. Ling Sui has no idea what he is doing and rarely sees him on hot searches when surfing the Internet.
Well... judging from the greetings he sends on time every day, he should be doing well.
Ling Suisui took a nap in the dormitory. When she woke up, Xiang Yanchu, who was under the bed, had left.
She received a message from her on her phone: [Thank you]
Ling Suisui replied with an emoticon, saying that what the other person said was not important, what he did was the key.
Of course, in her heart, she still hoped that Xiang Yanchu could figure it out.
At six o'clock in the evening, Ling Suisui picked up a glass bowl and ate kiwi fruit while reading the script of "Freedom House 2" with the Ochi watermark.
The second season will start filming in mid-September, and tomorrow will be the script reading session for the creative team.
The ending of the last season was Sun Jiayi’s birthday, and Qian Tu finally plucked up the courage to confess his love to her, but at this time he received a high-paying offer from a big company, and he was still hesitating whether to go.
The show is called Freedom House, but that doesn't mean everyone volunteers to be a freelancer. For example, Zheng Jun was focused on taking the civil service exam, and he resigned from the company on impulse. As a freelance designer, his income is very unstable, and he developed a strong sense of anxiety in the first season.
Well...actually, this ending was filmed before Ling Sui turned 21 years old. However, she did not know during the filming that this was content for the "Second Season". It was only after watching the finished product that she realized how the director had edited it.
Should we say that Yin Mingcheng is very good at whetting the audience's appetite, or that he is very confident and has already made plans to shoot a second part?
At least the script that Ling Suisui got was still strongly related to the plot of the first season. There were some jokes between the characters that would be incomprehensible if you didn't watch the first season.
In the second season, Sun Jiayi finally signed a contract with Green River, but still failed to sell the copyright and make a lot of money.
Signing a contract was just a small step in her long road to failure. In one episode, she encountered a scammer who wanted to steal the copyright for nothing, but was let go because the work was too obscure. She pursued him relentlessly and finally caught the scammer by accident...
Ling Suisui sighed, what a pitiful little author. Even in this situation, she has not given up her literary dream. This shows what a pure idealistic lunatic she is.
Judging from the script of the second season, Sun Jiayi and Qian Tu are still in an ambiguous relationship and don't get together until the end.
Anyway, the script that Ling Suisui read was relatively complete, but I don’t know if the director will leave another shocking hole when editing.
Since the scripts for the two seasons were written at almost the same time, there is a high degree of consistency in the personalities and behaviors of all the characters. Ling Suisui only needs to remember the general plot and use the formula from the previous season to solve the problem.
Ling Sui finished reading the script, but received a message from the group at ten o'clock in the evening.
[Yin Mingcheng: Sorry to bother you all so late at night. Tomorrow's script reading session is temporarily cancelled and will be rescheduled. ]
There were several question marks below. Although Ling Suisui did not comment, he was also confused.
No...the filming is about to start, how long can the script reading session be postponed?
If the venue is not available, or someone suddenly cannot come, then given Yin Mingcheng's style of doing things, he will definitely notify in advance to change the date. After all, they are all stars, so they have to arrange and coordinate their schedules in advance, right?
The lack of a specific date only means that this problem cannot be solved immediately.
Ling Sui went to ask Song Lingshan if she knew something, and Song Lingshan called him directly.
The first thing she said was, "Sui Sui, you didn't turn on the speakerphone, did you?"
Ling Suisui said: "No, I am talking to you through headphones, and I am alone in the dormitory now."
The other two members of Dormitory 404 will not return to school until tomorrow.
Song Lingshan: "Let me tell you, Han Cheng's role may be snatched away by other actors."
"ah?"
Ling Sui was a little surprised. This kind of thing was actually not uncommon in the entertainment industry, but it was the first time she encountered it since she traveled through time.
Song Lingshan continued, "That actor originally wanted to add a new role directly, and he even asked for the leading role right away, wanting to be the parachuted-in male lead!"
Ling Suisui: ...
She felt a nameless anger burning in her heart. You know, for the sake of harmony in the crew, she had never thought of fighting for a role.
However, she still underestimated the viciousness of people in the domestic entertainment industry. She has a conscience, which others may not have.
Ling Suisui now wants to know which male actor is so arrogant that he not only wants to share the cake already prepared by the main creative team of the first season, but even wants to kick them all off the table?
She asked who it was, and Song Lingshan gave her a name she didn't expect: Qu Ziping.
When Ling Suisui heard these three words, he was a little stunned.
Ah...isn’t this the ex-boyfriend who broke up with Xiang Yanchu in order to compete for the idol drama?
What? You didn’t get the idol drama spot, so you want to steal the limelight from "Freedom House 2"? Let him daydream!
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