Chapter 152
Analysis of the causes of the recent decline in performance and solutions
This awkward scene did not last long, or rather what happened next was even more awkward.
There were six split screens in the live broadcast that the audience could see. The picture of Zhu Yue suddenly tilted and turned black - someone must have placed the phone on the table.
In other words, the incident happened so suddenly that Ling Sui himself didn't have time to react, let alone observe other people's expressions. If she had paid attention, she would have noticed that Zhu Yue's face showed not only shock, but also intense nervousness and guilt. She tried very hard to restrain the urge to turn her head away.
But she still held the phone upside down. Ling Sui guessed that the person who made the sound might be approaching her, otherwise she would not have confessed like this.
There was no other sound coming from Zhu Yue afterwards... the situation was probably still under her control.
The five leading actors looked at each other, not knowing what to say, while the barrage of comments was already exploding.
Most people speculated about Zhu Yue's love affair, and some even joked that they had actually witnessed a plot from a novel today... Seeing the number of viewers in the live broadcast room rising steadily, a few people laughed dryly and quickly found an excuse to go offline.
Not surprisingly, this incident immediately became a hot topic. Zhu Yue also explained to everyone in the group that the voice in the live broadcast came from her boyfriend.
She said that her boyfriend wanted to call her but for a moment forgot that she was live streaming.
Ling Sui is skeptical about this statement.
Everyone could hear Zhu Yue’s boyfriend’s voice, which meant he was always nearby. How could he “forget about it for a moment”?
Even if he really didn't react, what happened after the call that made Zhu Yue immediately turn the phone upside down? Is he coming over here?
Not only Ling Suisui realized that something was wrong, the other leading actors also pointed it out tactfully, but Zhu Yue's attitude was evasive and a little vague.
Well... seeing her like this, everyone understood.
The young couple is just willing to fight and the other one is willing to be beaten. No matter how good the relationship between the colleagues in the Freedom House crew is, they are still "distant but not close" to Zhu Yue's boyfriend who she has been dating for five or six years (as she said herself). So why bother to make others dislike you?
After learning that he was Zhu Yue's boyfriend, Ling Sui's first reaction was relief.
Fortunately, it’s just a normal relationship... When an actor is in a relationship, at most the fans will be unhappy, but it doesn’t matter to the audience. It won’t affect the reputation of the show, so everything is fine.
It’s no wonder that Ling Sui was nervous. Including the Freedom Trilogy, she has collaborated with Zhu Yue on four dramas! If she were to cause a serious breach of trust, and make "Freedom House" and "Game Online" only available online, then no matter how good their relationship was before, she would not be able to just laugh it off.
That night, Zhu Yue announced her relationship on Weibo. I don’t know if her team got the inspiration from the barrage, but the public relations plan they used was to lead the trend towards “entertainment novels shining into reality.”
This kind of entertaining and meme-like treatment of things is a common routine, and passers-by who are watching the fun can also take a bite... In this regard, thanks to the sexual brains of some netizens.
Because of this incident, Zhu Yue was on several hot searches, and judging from the data alone, his popularity has increased.
The system said to Ling Suisui: [Look at what a good positive case he is. After he made his relationship public, the whole network was blessing him. 】
Ling Suisui just wanted to laugh after hearing this. "The Game Is Online" brought Zhu Yue into the small circle of flowers. She has also become the target of precautions of many colleagues in the past few months. As a result, this guy revealed his relationship. How could other teams miss this good opportunity?
Apart from anything else, several marketing accounts on Weibo have been acting as leaders - and not long ago, they also published a lot of negative articles about Zhu Yue. They are not even pretending.
If Zhu Yue took the opportunity to make her relationship public and did not intend to hide it from fans, she could at least gain an image of being "honest and upright", but she tacitly allowed her boyfriend to open Weibo and Douzi accounts, and they showed off their affection on them and posted all kinds of "what it's like to be in a relationship with a female star", which Ling Sui really couldn't understand.
Ling Suisui really wants to ask Zhu Yue, not to mention whether there will be any idol dramas that dare to ask you to act in the future, why are you so stupid as to sacrifice your own mystery as an actor to pave the way for your boyfriend's internet celebrity account?
If the character CP is derived from real people, this kind of unavoidable thing is already very helpless. It is the first time she has seen someone like Zhu Yue who is eager to hype up the CP and give the male partner crazy blood transfusions.
Ling Suisui had already edited the content, but hesitated before sending it. She checked her Moments and the first post was a photo of Zhu Yue and her boyfriend.
Objectively speaking, this boy does look okay, but he is just an "ordinary handsome guy" among passers-by. If he were in the entertainment industry, not to mention Li Mingxu whose shares were bought by Aoqi, even the older Er Hongwen and the comedian Bian Yuanzhou would easily beat him.
She sighed and deleted the content in the chat box.
Zhu Yue is not a fool, at least not in Ling Sui's impression, otherwise she would not have invited her to be the protagonist of the game.
What she can think of, Zhu Yue should be able to think of as well. But maybe people think that couples don’t need to care so much?
She just introduced Zhu Yue to an opportunity, which does not mean she has the right to interfere in the other party's private affairs.
Ling Suisui shared this matter with Xu Han - anyway, this matter had been on the hot search list on Weibo for several days and was no longer a secret.
Compared to Ling Sui's complicated emotions, Xu Han didn't feel surprised at all.
"It's normal. Not every actress is ambitious."
Xu Han shrugged: "As for my roommate, she is actually very talented in acting, but she often skips classes to meet her boyfriend who lives in another city."
Ling Sui was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
...Yes, Zhu Yue’s acting skills and personality are both good, which does not affect the fact that she may be a love-brained person.
Seeing Ling Sui sighing, Xu Han said, "Senior sister, don't worry, I will never let love affect my career."
"As a man, you can just have fun with her when you're bored. How can you delay your work as an actor for this?"
Xu Han said this with a very frank attitude and a sincere expression, which instantly touched Ling Suis heart.
Ahem... But she can't express it so directly now, the system still needs to do some surface work.
Although Zhu Yue's incident gave the system an excuse to annoy her, at the end of July, Er Hongwen's favorability reached a maximum, which gave Ling Suisui a reason to shut up the system.
Although she has not been in a relationship with any "male protagonist", looking at so many full favorability points, who dares to say that she is not the best host of the Sister-in-law System?
system:……
Okay, she is the host, she has the final say.
Ling Suisui actually didn't try to improve Er Hongwen's favorability. He suddenly gave her 100 points, which was also due to some good luck.
Previously, Ling Suisui recommended him to the director of "The Wind and Thunder", which was considered to be the fulfillment of the promise made to Er Hongwen during the filming of the game.
At that time, she thought that with Er Hongwen's personality, it would be impossible for him to have a full favorability towards him in this life, but she didn't expect that this guy and Feng Lei's director would get along very well.
Working with a subject matter that is comfortable to him and encountering actors who have a tacit understanding and are in tune with him, this director with a strong personal style was able to give full play to his talents.
I watched their finished film in the summer, and I can only say that people who like it will like it very much, people who hate it will think it is a piece of shit, and ordinary audiences will waste two hours if they go to the cinema.
But they were very lucky - the film was sent to the Venice Film Festival and happened to meet the judges who liked it.
Although there was a lot of controversy about the film and the reviews were too polarized, it failed to be shortlisted for the main competition, but was shortlisted for the Horizon unit.
The value of this unit is second only to the main competition, and it focuses on encouraging film experimentation and innovation. As we all know, "innovation" in the field of art has always been a very general term.
Er Hongwen's favorability rating increased almost immediately after the list of shortlisted films in Venice came out. It seemed that if there was even the slightest delay, it would show that he had personal feelings for Ling Sui.
But it doesn’t matter. Ling Suisui doesn’t care about his attitude. Getting points is the most important thing.
Moreover, she earned two favors by acting as an introducer, and the director was very grateful to her.
That’s right... When the other party invited her to be the heroine of the next movie, Ling Sui declined.
It was already a stroke of luck to be able to hit upon that artistic style and that director's train of thought once when filming Feng Lei. After careful consideration, Ling Sui still didn't dare to bet on having such good luck next time.
Speaking of which, Er Hongwen has indeed returned to the film industry with great pride and glory.
Even though this movie has not been released yet, or even publicly screened at the Venice Film Festival, Er Hongwen has already added this work as his representative work in his Weibo profile, and deliberately placed it first.
Although he failed to take the lead at the commercial box office, the fact that the movie he starred in was shortlisted for the top three in Europe is considered quite prestigious among male actors in the domestic entertainment industry.
Although Ling Suisui envied his luck, he was also sincerely happy for Er Hongwen and the director. Although the possibility is low, she also hopes that this work can win an award and add international recognition to Chinese-language films.
This would have been a good thing, but some people in the circle said that she was "lucky for the male actors she worked with", which made her speechless.
Of course she doesn't like this kind of statement. Giving her the character of a "nanny" and deliberately ignoring her main status obviously shows that they have bad intentions.
Moreover - do these people think that by erasing the efforts of two people and attributing the success of Ling Suisui and his colleagues to mysterious "luck", they can cover up the fact that they themselves lack abilities and are therefore unable to become popular or get ahead?
She scoffed at such things, but many of the most superstitious people in the entertainment industry believed them. Ling Sui not only received more invitations to cooperate than usual, but even the Ai family, whom she had politely declined before, came to test her again.
Ling Sui was fed up with it. Even with her agent's help, dealing with these things took up too much of her energy. During the filming of "Peach Blossom" in early August, she suddenly forgot the lines and was stuck in front of the camera.
Li Mingxu was surprised: "Sister Sui, this is the first time I see you forgetting the lyrics."
"…Um, sorry, let me adjust it and start over."
Ling Sui took a deep breath, and the memory of the lines came back to her mind.
This little episode attracted no attention and was soon forgotten. After all, it is normal for actors to forget their lines while filming. Who would take it seriously? What's more, Ling Sui's performance remains as stable and excellent as ever.
——Except Ling Suisui himself.
After the shooting ended that day, she returned to her hotel room, lay down, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
She wanted to escape a little bit, and wanted to close her eyes, turn off the lights and go to sleep, but she still got up from the bed and turned on the computer.
For things like reviewing, you still need to use tools to record them. This will not only help you sort out your thoughts, but also serve as a book of wrong questions in the future.
Ling Sui first named the blank document and analyzed the reasons for the recent decline in performance.
She thought about it and added “and solutions”.
First of all, there are too many things that have disturbed her recently.
Other stars would just sit back and do nothing when faced with problems, letting their teams take charge. However, Ling Suisui has not signed with any company and she has a strong personality, which certainly allows her to take the initiative when working with well-known agents, but it also increases her burden.
She wasn't very famous before, so there weren't many things that could be done for her, and with her efficiency, it didn't delay anything. But since the game became a big hit and she became a top star, the proportion of her time and energy occupied by such things has increased significantly.
Ling Suisui thought that in the future she should worry less and do a better job of implementing the principle of “leave professional matters to professionals”.
It is true that in areas beyond her control, some things may deviate from what she expected...but if the deviation is acceptable, she will have to make a choice in time.
In addition to having too many things to do, Ling Sui, sitting in front of the computer, also admitted that Zhu Yue and Er Hongwen had affected her mentality.
She has never forgotten her goal of starting a company in the future, and Zhu Yue is also a good candidate for signing in her mind.
Zhu Yue was an internet celebrity before filming Freedom House. The company she is currently signed to is a media company run by internet celebrities. Apart from sharing her salary, they can hardly give her any help as an actress.
Ling Sui originally wanted to wait until her contract was about to end before extending an olive branch, and it was with this idea in mind that she invited her to participate in "The Game Is Online", but she didn't expect... Alas.
At this point, she could only be thankful that she didn't tell him in advance. Although Zhu Yue's character and morals are fine, Ling Suisui still feels a little frustrated that he had misjudged her, and that he wanted to help her in her career, but ended up being "backstabbed".
As for Er Hongwen...nonsense, he was shortlisted for one of Europe's three major awards. It would be too hypocritical to say that Ling Suisui had no feelings about this matter.
Therefore, even though she knew that the marketing account's statement that "one was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, and the other is filming a costume drama" was an ill-intentioned provocation, it was still difficult for her to remain calm.
"People are indeed vain." Ling Suisui said self-deprecatingly.
She leaned back in her chair and covered her face with her hands.
Come out, she said to herself.
The best way to defeat yesterday is to bravely embrace the future.
She believed that there must be a wider world waiting for her to explore.
The author has something to say:
Brave Suisui, not afraid of difficulties.jpg
Suisui will definitely achieve the highest achievements in the future, but the big devil is still in development, and all setbacks are nutrients for Suisui's growth.
*To explain, being nominated for a film does not mean winning an award. The main text has already hinted that the chances of winning are slim. Moreover, if the awards are for directors, screenwriters, or works, the actors will not get much in the way of bonuses. Maybe there was something wrong with my previous description. Some readers in the comments section thought Er Hongwen was going to soar to the sky, but in fact it is not that easy... (covering his face)
To give a real example, the short film starring Yao Anna won the Cannes Short Film Palme d'Or, which is a real award-winning record. Yao's status in the entertainment industry has not risen, and the attention paid to this matter is not very high.
Being nominated ≠ winning an award ≠ being at the top of the entertainment industry. Whether an actor is valuable depends on whether the film company wants to use him or her, or whether he or she can have the right to speak. Even fans know that the performance count only counts the individual awards for the actors. The works category is indeed very prestigious, but it is just prestige.
Er Hongwen's favorable impression of Sui Sui is not because of what he thinks of himself, but purely because of his obsession with "returning to the film industry" as mentioned before.
By the way, let me explain that as long as it is a (normal) Chinese-language film, no matter who stars in it, Sui Sui hopes that it will achieve good results in international awards. No matter how well the domestic entertainment industry performs, the better the overall image is outside, the more benefits those who go abroad will receive.
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