Chapter 203
All crows are black
At the end of May, the filming of "Only the Moon Passes By" was completed, and Ling Sui returned to the mainland from Hong Kong.
The nominations for this year's Magnolia Awards have come out, and "Peach Blossom" has been nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction. Apart from these two items, the entire crew had no other gains.
This is normal. Ling Sui never had any hope of winning an award for a costume drama, so there is no question of being disappointed. Although she herself believes that the character of Xu Fangfei is as perfect as the protagonists of previous works, in the minds of the audience, the prejudice about the type of subject matter is a huge mountain.
"Boss, you were a hot candidate for the nomination before." Qi Xiaoqing was a little disappointed. "Doesn't the Magnolia Awards always focus on artistic and commercial value? It's not like there haven't been any ancient costume dramas nominated before, even this year. Why is it that you are not nominated?"
In the hot search square of Magnolia nominations, many passers-by had similar ideas as Qi Xiaoqing. Since other ancient costume drama protagonists can do it, why can't Ling Suisui? Taohua was the online broadcast champion last year, and it was truly the ceiling of the phenomenal ancient costume drama in the past five years.
Ling Sui shrugged nonchalantly: "What nomination hot spots? They're all hyped up by boring marketing accounts. If you carefully count the award records of previous years, you'll know that ancient idol works can only play a role of running mates. I don't need this nomination, so it's a good thing that I didn't get it. At least I can have some peace next month. Whoever wins the award has nothing to do with me, and they won't drag me into a fight."
The Magnolia Awards likes to invite popular stars to run as runners-up. It is not stingy with nominations, but it just doesn’t give out awards. She was not mentioned this year, probably because she was mentioned last year for "Freedom House 3" and they didn't want her to set a record of being nominated for two consecutive years.
Compared to the passers-by who speak up whenever they have something to say, Suisi is much calmer. Ling Suisui currently has two dramas waiting to be broadcast. Judging from the trailers released at the Antenna Investment Conference, the quality of both dramas is very good. Therefore, they don’t take the Magnolia Best Actress nomination seriously.
Others are trying to pick a fight with Suisi, but Suisi just wants to wait for the stable happiness after the show is aired. "Peach Blossom Burning" is Li Mingxu's ladder to success, a thorn in the eyes of fans, and a living god of wealth that increases Aoqi's annual income, but for Ling Suisui, it is just one of many hit dramas.
Well, isn’t it just a drama with over 100 million views per episode? Doesn't anyone else have it? Sui Si doesn't understand either. There's no need to be so fussy.
The drama that Sui Si is most concerned about and wants to deliver the most is "Perfect Life". A gossip source revealed that Ling Sui and Chen Yuening have already gone to do the dubbing, and the overseas version is also being produced in full swing.
——So don’t keep us in suspense about when it will be available, just give us a definite answer! Seeing that it seems to be moving from time to time, can it be broadcast during the summer vacation?
Ling Sui was also very curious about this question, and she finally got a relatively accurate answer in the recording studio in September this year.
Oh, according to the contract signed with Yumi before, she will join the crew of "Yao Tai Lu" in early August. It seems that some publicity work needs to be arranged in advance.
She asked again about the broadcast schedule of "Under the Wave", and the person in charge of Antenna Video told her that it is expected to be in November this year, and preliminary negotiations have been reached with CCTV.
The Wave was completed a few days before the Lunar New Year's Eve, and the post-production editing speed was quite fast.
These two dramas were almost aired together, and they both avoided the summer vacation and National Day. Antenna really knows how to arrange things.
"The platform is very optimistic about you." Chen Yuening analyzed for her, "They think that with your fan base, you don't need the support of a popular schedule. This summer, the platform must still want to air idol dramas, which are what primary and secondary school students love to watch."
Ling Suisui said faintly: "Yes, of course the summer vacation time slot should be reserved for young idols. Apart from my age, I am considered a senior in the eyes of the platform in all aspects."
She used rather euphemistic words, but Chen Yuening could hear her subtext.
——You have to rely on her to make money. You have to use "Perfect Life" to warm up the summer vacation schedule, but the real good schedule is reserved for the wealthy and well-connected people.
After all, making them famous would bring much greater benefits to the platform than helping Ling Suisui maintain long-term popularity.
In fact, Antenna Video’s plans go beyond this.
If the summer vacation schedule fails, September's Perfect Life will have to bring an end to Q3. If the October drama broadcasts do not meet expectations, November's wave must be able to save the decline in Q4 and bring back a good market for the year-end dramas. Otherwise, what will happen to everyone's quarterly bonuses and year-end bonuses?
The platform will not tell these things to the stars, but Ling Sui's team can vaguely guess them. In this regard, Tong Xiaoman can only describe it as "all crows are black". Ochi's style of doing things is indeed criticized, and Antenna is not a company with a good reputation. Never have any illusions about the platform.
Ling Sui would not feel surprised. If the platform does not squeeze out all her interests and value, can it still be called a capitalist?
She asked Chen Yuening: "How is Emperor Ning doing recently? Is work going well?"
"Don't give me that." Chen Yuening protested against this title. "It's fine if others are just playing memes, but you're just hitting me right in the face. That's too much."
Ling Suisui was in a good mood after teasing his good friend. The two originally wanted to have dinner together, but a call for an audition called Chen Yuening away, so they had to make an appointment next time.
Ling Suisui: "Congratulations, you are going to star in a movie directed by an internationally renowned director soon."
"It's just an audition for the male No. 3 role, nothing has been decided yet." Chen Yuening said modestly, "How can it compare to the custom-made cake for the female No. 1 role that Director Pei arranged for Sui Huang? That's called going global. When you become rich, don't forget each other."
"No, no, that's just a rumor."
Before they parted, the two of them exchanged some commercial praises. As the promotion of "Perfect Life" is imminent, they did not feel sad about parting, and they probably will see each other again in a few days.
Ling Sui got in the car and returned to the hotel. She suddenly remembered that during the Chinese New Year, Ms. Ling Fei asked her if she had considered buying a house in the capital.
Well... well, as long as it's not a super exaggerated luxury house, Ling Sui can afford it, but she thinks it's not very practical.
Given her work schedule of flying all over the country, buying a house would be a waste as she would only be able to live in it for a few days. For her, long-term rental in a hotel is the most convenient.
Ling Suisui leaned back in her chair and listened to Zhang Wen talking to her about the work arrangements for the next two months.
Since she had completed some commercial shoots in batches before joining the crew, there was no busy schedule waiting for her after the filming was completed this time. Even if she takes into account the variety show promotions for "Perfect Life" and the script reading for "Records of Yaotai", she can still maintain a work frequency of two or three days of rest per week.
This is already very good for her, and before joining the crew in August, she still has five days of pure free time, which can leave a sufficient transition buffer between "big star Ling Suisui" and "Yaotailu heroine".
After finishing his own itinerary, Ling Suisui also took the opportunity to pay attention to three newcomers from Harvest Media.
In fact, they have been in the company for almost a year. Judging from the time of joining the company of ordinary employees, they are obviously no longer in the category of "newcomers". But the dividing line between newcomers and oldcomers in the entertainment industry is not time, but performance, so in Ling Sui's subconscious, he is still accustomed to calling them newcomers.
They have all completed low-budget idol dramas invested by the company and are currently playing supporting roles in various crews. Tong Xiaoman told her that if Wen Yi went to Tang Bing's movie, she would have to choose between Tian Tian and Zhao Xianning and be sent to play the third female role in "Yao Tai Lu".
This is a relatively good resource. Currently, the female artists who can play supporting roles for Ling Suisui are all 95-year-olds and 00-year-olds. Even 90-year-olds whose performance is not strong enough can bow down. Being able to rank behind them is a leap forward for newcomers.
Tong Xiaoman asked her: "Sui Sui, do you have any inclinations?"
"...Let me think about it for a moment. Who is the third female character?"
Ling Sui's recollection is successful. The third female character is her senior sister in the human world. She is aloof and aloof, and devoted to the Tao.
"Let them audition and try their best. They can listen to Jiayan's opinions. She is their acting teacher and knows them best."
Ling Suisui thought for a moment, "By the way, does Li Mingxu have a new Guouou cake recently? I saw someone teasing him online yesterday."
It was obvious that when Ling Suisui and her agent mentioned their former colleague, it was not simply out of concern.
She said, "You can let someone else play the second female role. Sister Tong, you go and negotiate. I'll ask Xiao Li to help bring it up as well. It shouldn't be a big problem."
If Ling Suisui had been a little more eager to succeed, maybe she could have been able to get the female lead, after all, there are many cases where the No. 1 star looks for the No. 2 star, and there are also many people who support newcomers. We can bring new people from everyone, so why can’t we bring people from Harvest Media?
But she thought it was better to forget it. After all, the premise for traffic to bring popularity is that the traffic can really carry the show, but what about Li Mingxu's ability to carry the show... The show in which he and Ji Zhaoying fought over the role was broadcast in the first half of the year, and the number of views was not as good as expected. It was mocked on various platforms and was even named "The Son-in-law Revealed" by his opponents.
Before the show started, fans of the two groups argued over who would be the number one, and after the show started, this issue was still hotly debated - both groups felt that the other should take the blame.
To be honest, 20 million per episode is not enough to break the earth's core. Thick-skinned fans can wait for the hype to pass and then have it recorded in history as a "hit drama". But Li's fans can't accept it and are simply unable to do it.
Of course, this is not because they have a high moral bottom line, but because this result is not even a fraction of their peach blossoms. How can Li fans, whose appetites have been pampered, accept such a psychological gap? These days, they are busy flirting with and licking the old silk.
Although some people talk tough, their actions honestly reveal that they miss the days when they were just accessories.
Suisi: Go away, don’t get involved :)
To sum up, Ling Suisui still suggested that Li Mingxu should not think about carrying it alone, and find a reliable partner to help her train newcomers in the future.
Although his dramas may not have a large fan base, their bloody appeal is still there. If newcomers can get their faces seen and gain some popularity by working with him, it can be considered a good deal.
As time entered June, just as Ling Suisui had expected, the awards for the Magnolia Awards really caused a stir. Although it is normal for awards to be controversial, as a bystander who has nothing to do with it, Ling Sui still happily watches the show with her sisters.
This year's controversy mainly focused on the Best Actor award - a certain male actor who was the favorite to win the award had already prepared his speech, but suddenly there was a surprise at the scene, and it was announced that someone else had won the award.
The actor's defense was broken and the audience felt sorry for him. According to the gossip shared by Ji Zhaoying, he recently hired someone to keep an eye on another actor who stole his award, and was very eager to find "evidence of collapse" of the other party to vent his anger.
As it turned out, men understand men better. Half a month later, he actually caught the other party doing something illegal in the hotel. After calling the police, the "TV King" was placed under administrative detention.
When Ling Sui first saw the social news, she just watched the show as if it had nothing to do with her, until she saw two names on the police report list.
Oh, that’s two caught in one go…wait, who’s the other one?
Ling Sui's eyes widened, and his hand holding the phone was shaking slightly. She quickly scrolled down to check other Weibo posts, took several deep breaths, and finally accepted the reality.
Another male actor who was arrested, a celebrity who became a legal celebrity and a star who must not appear in film or television works... is the third male lead in "Under the Wave", the actor who plays Li Xiang's elder brother Li Tian.
Ling Suisui: ...
No, how could I be eating melons and suddenly eat my own upcoming drama? For an actor who can't even control his own lower body, what's the difference between a human being and an animal!
No matter how angry she is, it is an established fact that "Under the Wave" needs to be reshot. The interests of this drama are very wide-ranging, and no one will agree to let it be buried, and Ling Suisui is certainly even less willing to do so.
Therefore, she could only cheer herself up and quickly think about the best rescue plan.
There may be a limit to the amount of carry a great teammate can provide, but there is no limit to the amount a bad teammate can hold back a team.
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