Chapter 105
The more exciting part is outside the Freedom House
The filming site of "Freedom House 2".
Ling Sui sat in front of the computer desk, staring at the screen in a daze. Her eyes were empty and her expression was dull, and her furrowed brows and slightly pouty lips showed her anxiety at the moment.
Her fingers tapped on the keyboard, and she moved the mouse from time to time and flipped through the reference book at hand. She nodded and shook her head from time to time, looking like she was thinking, but when the camera gave a close-up of the computer screen, there was only a blank document.
Very good, the work is as fierce as a tiger, and the number of words is only 2.5.
Ling Suisui sighed deeply, leaned back and slumped in the chair.
The director's monitor screen cut to a panoramic view - the other five leading actors were all sitting in front of their computer desks, all in a listless state, as if they were copied and pasted.
At this time, the alarm clock rang.
Everyone smiled happily as if they were listening to heavenly music, but before long, an electronic voice said, "It's time. Please report your current work progress!"
Everyone put on the mask of pain again, you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally everyone looked at Sun Jiayi, the initiator of the "Maintain self-discipline and eliminate laziness" plan.
Ling Suisui cleared his throat and said, "Well, let me start by saying that I just wrote a very important introduction."
Everyone looked at her suspiciously. Bian Yuanzhou went over to check and then told everyone:
"I don't believe you. She only wrote three words!"
Ling Suisui was so angry that he turned the computer screen around. He first argued that literary creation requires inspiration, and then asked him, "What about you? How many pictures did you make?"
Of course, Bian Yuanzhou couldn't answer this question.
His reaction was a little slow, so Yin Mingcheng called for a stop.
Although the cooperation between the actors is getting better and better, the director's requirements are also getting higher and higher.
Ling Sui stood up. She had filmed too many scenes sitting on a chair today, and her waist felt a little uncomfortable.
Several other actors were also exercising on the spot. In the next scene, everyone was troubled by procrastination. Even if they cleared out a room as a "study room", they still couldn't produce anything and had to sit and shoot.
Those who write articles can’t write anymore, those who do design haven’t opened the software yet, those who take photos don’t edit them, and those who edit videos are still looking for materials... To put it bluntly, they are just surfing the Internet and no one is doing any real work.
Even Zheng Jun, who was preparing for the civil service exam, didn't even turn the pages of the book in his hand. He was almost a master at pen spinning.
After they finished filming the scene where they tried desperately to find excuses to beautify their work progress but were exposed, Han Cheng, who played Zheng Jun, closed the book and called Song Lingshan, who played Fang Zhiye, to go to the airport.
Ling Suisui asked: "Are you two going on a trip?"
“No, to make money.”
Han Cheng said: "I played the role of the fan who picked him up at the airport. I was paid 200 yuan for half a day and was responsible for shouting that my brother was so handsome. Zhizhi could take photos. Her salary was higher than mine, so she could earn 500 yuan, and her taxi fare was reimbursed."
Ling Sui opened his mouth into an O shape, and Chen Lin said beside him: "Is there such a way to make money? Which celebrity did you contact?"
"I can't tell you that." Song Lingshan rolled her eyes. "We have professional ethics and will not let customers' information become material for your complaints."
After all, Chen Lin plays Li Zirui, whose character is a complaining up-host on the Zizi station.
Ling Suisui's eyes sparkled, and he said excitedly, "I want to go, take me with you! If there are handsome guys to see me, I won't charge any money!"
She filmed this line twice. The first time, the director said she didn't look like a crazy fangirl enough.
Ling Suisui was also helpless - the actual filming was not in the chronological order of the script, they had already filmed the airport scene, and the actor who played the "big star" was Qu Ziping.
This inevitably resulted in her putting his face into her image when filming this scene.
How could Ling Sui still be obsessed with this? The fact that she didn't vomit on the spot shows that she has a strong sense of belief as an actor.
...Okay, this scene can only be imagined.
Fortunately, she often practiced non-property performances and had a very good imagination, so she passed the second one.
As the filming continued, Bian Yuanzhou hummed at the side, using his eyes to express his inner uneasiness at the moment.
"Hey, that's too much. He's just a man, maybe he's not as handsome as me."
Everyone let out a "Tsk~" sound at the same time, and in the end the self-discipline plan failed after only one hour of implementation, because the initiator Sun Jiayi happily followed him to the airport, and even called it "looking for creative inspiration."
After filming this scene, Ling Suisui finished work for the day.
They had already filmed the airport scene at the end of the script a few days ago, but the filming process was not very pleasant.
Their original shooting time was 2 a.m., and because the airport is an important public transportation hub, the crew was lucky to be able to apply for shooting permits for certain areas. The Shanghai Airport is definitely not a place that can be cleared easily.
Anyway, you can’t tell what time it is for indoor scenes, so shooting in the early morning can also avoid the trouble of too many passers-by watching during the day.
Ling Suisui and others had no objection to this time. Which actor hasn’t stayed up late and pulled all-nighters for filming? But Qu Ziping disagreed.
His team said that his artists have to sign contracts when filming, and in order to allow Qu Ziping to maintain a better performance state, he can no longer work after 8 o'clock in the evening.
When Yin Mingcheng heard this request, he wanted to curse, but there was nothing he could do. It was already agreed before that he would play a supporting role, so the crew could only adjust the time for him and changed it to seven in the morning.
As for the other party's request to start work after 10 am, that is really not possible. Do you know how large the passenger flow is at the Shanghai Airport during normal times?
Despite this, Qu Ziping was still slow to arrive at the scene. Also, because the shooting schedule was changed from early morning to morning, there were many onlookers, and the scene that could have been shot in two hours was dragged out for most of the day. In order to rush the work, everyone in the crew stayed up all night to catch up with the progress.
That would be fine, but the most outrageous thing is that #FreedomHouseAirportReuters# was on the hot search that day, and the first most popular one was Qu Ziping’s retouched photo, and the second was a comparison of his retouched photo with other male actors’ raw photos taken from specially chosen angles.
How could Chen Lin’s fans tolerate such a thing? Lin fans angrily slaughtered Quziping Square to shock him with the super fighting power of idol fans.
Fortunately, Qu Ziping lost more than he gained. If he had succeeded in slandering the actress, the male leads would have been so angry that they would not be able to eat.
Ling Suisui thinks it is quite magical realism. The big stars in the script spend money to hire fans to fill the scene, and the traffic stars in reality spend money to find agents to take retouched photos. The off-screen version of "Freedom House" is even more exciting than the on-screen version.
That’s right. Ling Suisui was very curious. When Qu Ziping did this, didn’t he feel like a boomerang hit him on the head?
Or is it that with his level of education, he can't even understand this kind of script?
It was not until later when Ling Sui chatted with Song Lingshan that he found out that Qu Ziping was risking offending others by criticizing her appearance in marketing because he was competing for a spot again recently.
That’s right, ever since he missed out on the idol drama and Freedom House, that guy has been in a state of picking his toes.
However, the pie he is fighting for this time is very big. It is a "world classic" in the online literature circle. The IP has a huge influence. If the film and television adaptation does not make more than 50 million per episode, it will be considered a failure.
Qu Ziping wanted to market the idea of "paper people walking out of a book" and "infinitely fitting the real-life beauty of paper people", but in the end the only thing that went viral was the ugly pictures of Chen Lin's fans that covered the square with him.
Well... because those photos are so ugly, when someone broke the news that he had access to that famous book, fans of the original novel immediately said that this was not allowed and angrily rebuked the copyright holder for using such an ugly man to test everyone's bottom line.
Song Lingshan said with glee that Qu Ziping was reaping the fruits of his own action, but Ling Suisui felt that it was nothing.
As long as he keeps a low profile now and reappears after the limelight has passed, he can still continue to market himself as a handsome guy. Others called him ugly and also helped him to abuse his fans.
Ling Suisui had not considered using the aura on him for the time being. On the one hand, it was because his current accumulated hatred value had not yet reached this level, and it was not easy for her to accumulate some points, so she couldn't always waste them on him;
On the other hand, there is no need to help increase the other party's popularity before substantial and completely irreparable negative information is exposed. What if he is desperate and doesn't mind going the black-and-red route?
In the entertainment industry, where money can be made quickly, don't overestimate anyone's moral bottom line.
However, Ling Sui is still a little concerned about the fact that there has been almost no positive feedback on the "Popularity Halo" since its use.
Ling Suisui also speculated, is it because the person she chose to use was not the "male protagonist", so there is only a negative bonus to her luck?
She asked the system, but the answer she got was a mechanical answer similar to that of an artificial retardation machine, with a strong sense of perfunctory.
Okay... Without getting an answer from the system, Ling Sui didn't dare to use this kind of prop on himself.
Even for the purpose of "improving acting skills" and "increasing efficiency", she is considering reducing the usage and avoiding using them if possible.
Compared to this kind of cheat, it is more reassuring to spend points in a study room where time flows at the same speed, and in a self-selected class where you need to learn things in person.
Song Lingshan did not show much disgust at Qu Ziping's sudden appearance in the crew at that time, because she felt that she could not change anything, but it did not mean that she agreed with this behavior.
After Qu Ziping's airport incident, she kept complaining about it every day: When will the reputation of this arrogant and unethical actor be exposed? Isn't there any colleague who wants to deal with him?
Unfortunately, this has not happened until the filming of Freedom House 2 was completed.
However, in late December, after Ling Sui turned 21, Song Lingshan's persistent "curse" finally had some effect.
Just as Ling Suisui expected, Qu Ziping being called ugly had minimal impact on his career, and after much effort, he was still in deep contact with the crew of the film and television adaptation of that world-famous classic.
This project is about choosing a man for a woman. In order to get the cake, he even took the initiative to hype up the couple. He wore the same jacket as the female candidate at the airport and asked fans to create a super topic for the real-life couple.
The female fans scolded him for being a blood-sucking worm, but it didn't matter to Qu Ziping at all.
What really dealt him a heavy blow was the fact that his fan club members stopped following him and turned against him.
This fan has actually been following Qu Ziping's private schedule, which makes her a bit of a stalker, and she is usually rejected by other big fans. But because of this, the news she revealed about Qu Ziping and Xiang Yanchu's love affair was particularly convincing.
There are pictures, videos, and her short essay:
[When you were in a relationship, I respected your choice and left quietly; when you were marketing your singleness in front of the camera, I could also lie to myself and say it was a job requirement and that the lie was not your true intention; but when you threw yourself at an actress to hype up your relationship, it really made me feel that my former sincerity was insulted and you made me feel sick. 】
As soon as this news came out, there was no need for Ling Sui to give him the glory, as all the male actors who wanted to compete with him for the cake came rushing over. The speed at which Qu Ziping's team deleted posts and covered their mouths was not faster than so many people posting to create momentum.
In response to this, Song Lingshan exclaimed in delight. Is there anything more joyful than seeing someone you hate get into trouble?
Qu Ziping was unlucky, and this incident also affected Xiang Yanchu.
If Xiang Yanchu still had a little bit of residual affection and reluctance before, these emotions all turned into anger and hatred after she found out that Qu Ziping was trying to divert public opinion to her.
Ling Suisui was right about one thing. Xiang Yanchu was really under a lot of pressure some time ago, so he regarded Qu Ziping as his spiritual sustenance.
Now her spiritual support had stabbed her in the back and she was scolded by fans. Thinking that you are unkind and I am unjust, and no one should have an easy life, she reported Qu Ziping's tax problems.
——As former boyfriend and girlfriend, even if Qu Ziping did not directly admit the crime to her, the amount of information revealed by some of his few words is understood by people in the industry.
Xiang Yanchu had not intentionally concealed the truth for him before, but when one is in love, one always looks at one's lover through a beautifying filter, so she had never speculated in that direction.
Now that they are separated, and she has a new understanding of Qu Ziping's character, when she recalls some details, she finds that they simply cannot bear careful consideration...
So, on the day before New Year's Eve, Qu Ziping was arrested for tax evasion.
Song Lingshan cheered with laughter at first, but soon she could no longer laugh.
Before, his moral flaws were just a character issue, but now he has a legal issue, which means that the airport scene can’t be broadcast!
Although Qu Ziping has a small role, it is very important. That's not just an ordinary side plot, it's the main storyline that runs through the entire episode!
Now, the crew is facing a headache.
Should I ruthlessly cut an entire episode, or spend money to reshoot it?
For Freedom House 2, which has already been completed, this is a dilemma in which no matter what choice is made, the loss will be huge.
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