Chapter 112
Scheduled for next year
In order to pass the review, the screenwriter team of "The Game Is Online" has actually deleted a lot of content.
After listening to some of their drafts, Ling Sui felt like wiping the sweat off his face.
My God, compared to these contents that dig deep into the dark side of human nature and expose social contradictions, the settings mentioned above seem conservative.
There is no way around it. The subject matter of "Game is Online" is easily tainted with "blood and violence", so the setting of the plot has to be more cautious.
Even if the screenwriter and the original author come up with a more exciting and conflict-focused adaptation, they must always strengthen the theme of "evil cannot defeat good" to ensure that the balance of victory always tilts towards the protagonist group.
The original intention of this setting was to avoid the risk of approval, but the invincible bking setting also greatly increased the excitement of the plot.
From the perspective of commercial works, as long as it can increase the audience and cover a wider market, it can be considered a success.
"It's not easy to be a screenwriter," Zhu Yue said sincerely. "You have to find a balance between depth and excitement, and you also have to consider approval. It's too difficult."
Ling Suisui thought, that’s true.
The crew of "Game is Online" is already a team that screenwriters prefer and work with relatively easily - because the leading actors of the game will not make unreasonable requests for script modifications in order to highlight their personalities.
With Ling Sui setting an example, the other actors are not yet that famous, so even if they have ideas, they are too embarrassed to express them.
Er Hongwen, the only one who can be considered "qualified", always maintains a lazy fish mentality and can play any role given to him.
Even all the main characters were able to attend the script reading, and no one asked for leave due to filming variety shows, commercials, magazines or other schedules. This was a very touching thing for the screenwriter team.
After the screenwriter finished speaking, the author of the original novel shared his creative journey.
Although she mainly provided inspiration and creativity and was not deeply involved in the script writing, her in-depth analysis of the personalities of several characters significantly increased the actors' love for the characters.
Especially Li Mingxu - this is his first time filming a movie, and he has a professional filter for "actor".
The pure newcomer who has not yet been polished by the entertainment industry is still dreaming of becoming an overnight sensation, becoming a top star, gaining both fame and reputation, and winning the Grand Slam of awards.
Well... in sharp contrast to him is Er Hongwen, who stands next to him with an unmoved and expressionless look.
Ling Suisui was certain that chicken soup like "create a good character" would not impress him at all.
If you want to stimulate a turnaround, you should find a new way.
After the script reading session ended, the other main creators left one after another, but Ling Suisui stayed behind because she and Ai Tianming had something else to discuss.
Ai Tianming first shared with her the recent investment promotion situation, which was generally good.
Now that he had money, Ai Tianming became arrogant again. He couldn't help but come up with some ideas that were particularly expensive, but Ling Suisui urgently stopped him.
Wouldn’t it be nice to upgrade the special effects after you have money? Don’t be fooled by some third parties.
To put it bluntly, no matter how fancy some things in film and television productions sound, their essence is still to defraud funds and cheat people out of money. With Ai Tianming's intelligence and financial resources, which fraud team would not like him?
Ling Suisui hoped that he had some idea in mind, because this guy had the saying "idiot with a lot of money" written on his head, and those who approach him and want money on their own initiative, how many good people can there be?
——Of course, she herself is definitely not among them. Moreover, it was Ai Tianming who took the initiative to propose the game project plan to her.
Ai Tianming made a sound of grievance, and his favorable impression of Ling Suisui dropped by two points.
This was not the first time. Every time she rejected his ideas, his feelings towards her would change.
If the deducted favorability value would not increase again within 24 hours and would remain stable at 99, the system would go crazy.
Ling Suisui didn't care at all. Even if Ai Tianming's impression of her fell to negative, she would not allow him to waste the crew's budget.
The world is huge, but the quality of the work is the greatest.
She changed the subject and asked Ai Tianming: "Did the actors and team who came to participate in the script reading this time make any suggestions?"
Note that Ling Suisui used the word "suggestion".
In other words, no matter what they mentioned, the crew listened selectively. After all, what must be completed is already written in the contract.
Ai Tianming received quite a few suggestions, including those related to food, coordination, transportation...but what almost every actor mentioned was makeup.
They all recommended makeup teams that they were familiar with or had a good reputation in the industry, and they were also very concerned about costume issues. Li Mingxu's agent even said that his artist's right face looks better, and if possible, please arrange more shots from this position.
Well... we are all in the domestic entertainment industry, and it is normal for us to want to look better in film and television dramas. Ling Sui can understand that, as long as we don’t let our beauty affect the filming.
She asked one more question: "Did Er Hongwen make many suggestions?"
Ai Tianming could answer without even recalling: "Not much. He has the least to do. I only listed a few styling minefields. I hope the crew won't assign him these."
"I've seen that picture. It's all some weird and strange makeup that normal people wouldn't use. Most of them are ancient costumes, which have nothing to do with our drama, so it's almost like there's no requirement."
It's of course a good thing that an actor has few requirements, but Ling Suisui has no idea what he wants.
Is he really so indifferent to all worldly desires that he just wants to live his life in the circle with a laziness mentality?
Okay, let’s just ignore him for now.
Ling Suisui emphasized once again that Ai Tianming should not invest money in any high-sounding outsourcing project just because he heard about it. He should at least ask more questions to the team members. The company that his family spent money to open for him was not for show.
She also said to Ai Tianming: "Keep an eye on the script, and try to find a reliable coordinator who can plan time well."
"If it's well arranged, each actor's makeup and arrival time can be coordinated, and there won't be a situation where someone has to wait for someone else for hours or even half a day, which would only waste the actors' energy and affect everyone's performance state."
This is Ling Sui's experience. For a crew that does a good job of coordination, everyone can rest well. For a crew that does an average job, the main characters are given priority, and the supporting characters have to suffer a little.
Of course, there are also those that are so rotten that no matter the main or supporting roles, they have to stay up late every day, and filming a movie is extremely detrimental to the actors' health.
If it is to present a better screen effect, Ling Sui will not back down no matter how tired or hard it is.
But let’s avoid this kind of meaningless suffering.
After the script reading session, several of the game’s leading actors formed a small group.
In the group, the most active speaker is Li Mingxu. In addition to sharing his script notes, he would also send a copy of interesting jokes and funny short videos he saw online to the group, and everyone would cooperate and laugh.
In order to warm up for "Game is Online" - mainly to guide Li Mingxu, Ling Suisui specially set aside a few days to participate in a self-made variety show of Aoqi Video.
Since they were both in the imperial capital, Ling Suisui and Li Mingxu bought the same flight to the recording location.
Who would have thought that Li Mingxu started to get nervous just on the plane.
He kept drinking water, eating, making small talk, and rewatching all the episodes from the first two seasons of the variety show.
Ling Suisui wanted to comfort him and tell him not to be nervous, but Li Mingxu said:
"Don't worry, if we lose and have to be punished, I can take your place!"
When he said this, his eyes were sincere. In Li Mingxu's imagination, his determination to stand up must have been particularly handsome.
Ling Suisui: ...
She responded, “Thank you for your kindness, but I usually don’t lose when I’m on variety shows.”
"Follow me, today I'll let you experience what it means to win without doing anything."
Ling Suisui was in a good mood and winked at him. The rookie in front of him was stunned for a moment, and a blush appeared on his cheeks.
The system prompts that Li Mingxu's favorability towards her has increased by 5 points.
Haha, man.
This program is an outdoor reality show, and the theme of this episode happens to be ancient style.
When Ling Sui appeared in a Tang suit, the shutter sounds of fans and photographers never stopped. The variety show Reuters became a hot topic on the same day, and attracted a large number of passers-by to the recording location to watch, causing the outdoor segments originally prepared by the program crew to have to be moved indoors.
In the picture taken by @岁岁平安, Ling Suisui is wearing a gradient green and blue aqua gauze with large sleeves and a pink chest-length skirt with embroidery, which is full of spring and vitality.
Her unintentional smile towards the camera makes people feel that the spring breeze is blowing, all things are reviving, the frozen land is thawing, and green seedlings are growing.
During the break in the recording session, a staff member told Ling Suisui: "Teacher Ling has topped the trending searches, and the topic has been read over 100 million times."
Although the program team used several marketing accounts to help push this topic up when it first climbed to the top of the hot searches, but to have such high popularity, we still have to say that Ling Sui is amazing.
Everyone who has seen Ling Suisui in person will not deny her beauty, and when she wears ancient costumes, the lethality of her beauty will be increased to nuclear bomb level.
Not to mention the netizens, even the regular and guest hosts of the show couldn't help but stare at Ling Suisui.
The most outrageous one was Li Mingxu. When Ling Sui was around, the cameraman couldn't even capture his face. Only after his agent beside him reminded him did he turn his head back, but within a few minutes, his eyes would automatically follow Ling Suisui again.
The director wanted to hold a loud speaker in his ear and say, "Hey kid, tone it down!"
But... all the staff present, both men and women, were looking at Ling Sui, which made the director laugh and cry.
What else could he do? Of course he would arrange for the cameraman to cut the shots from more angles and ask the photographer to make more posters to catch this huge amount of traffic.
It's no wonder that everyone is so excited. In fact, this is the first time in two years since "Ding Feng Bo" that Ling Sui has amazed the audience with ancient costumes.
——Although the fighting scenes in the last "Freedom House" were also amazing, it was after all a red-clad knight, so the style was different.
In recent years, she has been starring in modern dramas, most of which are life-oriented. As a result, netizens have the impression that she is a good actress with good acting skills. They almost forgot that Ling Suisui first became famous for her beauty and once aroused high vigilance among her peers.
Now that she has put on ancient costumes again, and added the white moonlight filter that she has not had for a long time, how could netizens not scream and go crazy for her.
Before the show was even aired, this set of leaked photos had already triggered a secondary creation frenzy on multiple platforms. At the same time, Ling Suisui's same Tang suit was quickly sold out, and the topic of #Ling Suisui Spring Imitation Makeup# remained popular, fully verifying what beauty is the primary productive force.
Ling Suisui looked at the comment section of his Weibo and Douzi, which were almost all filled with highly praised content such as "One person wrote in blood that Ling Suisui would film a costume drama", "The sensible crew is already handing out Tang suit scripts", and "Bai Yueguang returns to costume drama".
Well...she has received quite a few ancient costume drama scripts during this period, but none of them can make her excited.
Regarding fans and netizens' calls for her to film ancient costume dramas, Ling Suisui can only say, "Definitely next time."
Chen Yuening joked with her and suggested that the graduation play should be a costume drama, but Ling Suisui firmly rejected it.
If there is a good script, she is actually not picky about the historical background, but if it is just for the sake of looking good in ancient costumes, then forget it.
In fact, even if there had not been a surge in popularity recently, Ling Suisui has never lacked invitations to ancient costume dramas, but she felt that there were better options, so she declined them all.
In the second semester of his senior year, Ling Sui's life was simple, with the same few things happening every day.
Discussing the script of "The Game Is Online" with colleagues in the crew, discussing the script of the graduation drama with classmates at school, collecting information and completing the thesis, and the basic skills and physical training that will never be wasted.
The courses she learned in the system's internal space were also daily tasks, so they were not listed separately.
In May, Ling Sui went to the office to find Teacher Tang Bing.
After Tang Bing made some suggestions for revision of her paper, he asked about her plans for next year.
This... Ling Sui thought about it.
She replied: "The game is already online and is scheduled to start filming in July. It will probably be shot until November. The exact time is uncertain, but it will definitely be finished before New Year's Day."
"Freedom House is also working on the script for the third part. Director Yin told us that it will be in the first quarter of next year, but they haven't contacted us to discuss signing a contract yet."
If it is not implemented in the contract, then the film may be shot or not. In the film and television industry, accidents usually happen faster than tomorrow.
Even though the number of pre-orders for "Freedom House 2" on the Ochi website has reached three million, there is no 100% guarantee that it will be a hit or even a blockbuster.
Tang Bing nodded, indicating that he understood.
"I have almost finalized the film investment. Currently, it takes time to submit the project for review and to design the site. The film will probably be shot in the third quarter of next year."
"Sui Sui, if I ask you to undergo closed training for three months next year, and the filming will take another four months, the actual filming time may be longer than this. You will be given a rest day in the middle, but you cannot take any external work. Can you accept this?"
Ling Suisui was a little shocked. This was a big production with hundreds of millions of dollars of investment, and the teacher just solved it without saying a word?
Tang Bing is worthy of her name - although she usually keeps a low profile, once she makes a move, it's a powerful punch.
According to Tang Bing, this movie will take up about seven months of her schedule, which is almost half a year. For many stars who are in the rising stage of their careers, they can seamlessly join the crew to shoot two dramas. No wonder the teacher asked this question specifically.
The most precious thing for an artist is the time when he is popular. Judging from the number of works produced, the cost-effectiveness seems to be very low.
But in terms of quality, Ling Suisui has full confidence in Tang Bing and herself.
"Of course I do." She answered affirmatively, "Thank you teacher for giving me the opportunity, I will definitely not let you down."
By the way, the movie is about the story of Princess Pingyang Zhao, and the costumes in it are also classified as Tang suits.
Hmm...why doesn't it count?
It seems that netizens' wish for her to return to costume dramas will be fulfilled soon.
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