Chapter 165
The drama has not been filmed yet, but it has already locked in 600 million in advertising revenue
Fifteen days after the release of "Zhao Jiang", the box office in mainland China exceeded 3.5 billion. During this period, "Zhao Jiang" experienced three box office declines. Currently, Maoyan predicts that the total box office will reach 4 billion.
It hasn't been released overseas yet, but the box office results in Hong Kong and other places have already come out. "The King's Avatar" has been the daily box office champion in mainland China for more than ten days, and it is still the box office champion in Hong Kong. The Cantonese promotional video posted by Ling Sui-sui on IG received a lot of likes and comments.
Being from Guangdong province, this is a language skill she naturally possesses.
There is no doubt that "Zhao Jiang" is a very successful movie, and Ling Suisui has also received many invitations for film projects. There are not only people from the mainland, but also people from Hong Kong and Hollywood, but she did not show too strong a desire.
Tong Xiaoman respected her decision, but as a partner, she always wanted to know the reason.
"I can understand Hollywood, but some minor roles are not worth your time... But among the movie scripts handed to you, many have female protagonists, and the scripts are pretty good. Don't you consider these?"
Many people thought that after "Zhao Jiang", Ling Sui would definitely focus on making movies. She was able to shoot Antenna's "Perfect Life" because she signed the contract in advance and Antenna Video made a lot of money.
After all, according to the conventional contempt chain within the circle, "movie stars" are definitely nobler than "web drama stars". The phenomenal hit work "Zhao Jiang" has brought Ling Sui's popularity to a huge level, which is not even on the same level as the game.
But Ling Suisui did not show any enthusiasm for the film industry, at least Tong Xiaoman didn't think so. Her focus still seems to be on the TV series. She cares more about the IP she bought before than the movie script handed to her.
Ling Suisui answered frankly: "The scripts are very good, and I am always asked to play the leading female role, but the leading female roles in these scripts are not considered 'leading female roles' at all."
"I'm not referring to the ranking, but whether this character has a complete storyline in the script, whether her existence has independent meaning, or whether she is just a tool to serve the male lead."
"As long as the character is well-developed, I will consider any ranking. If the character is incomplete, what's the point of putting my name first? I have made it this far, and if I still need to use the title of 'First' to show off, then it would be quite a failure."
Ling Suisui spread his hands and said, "If there is no suitable script that can portray a complete heroine, I will still act in TV dramas. At least in this field, we already have the right to speak. As for the film industry, we can make our own way in the future. There is no need to rush."
There are so many resourceful people in the online drama circle, not to mention the film circle. Ling Suisui put so much effort into filming "Zhao Jiang" that she was promoted to the second place in the box office ranking of Chinese-language film actresses. Was it just to support the male actors? Of course not.
She knew that there were very few female-centric scripts, and she didn't expect male directors or screenwriters to leave any good works for her.
This is not only the case in domestic entertainment, but also the case all over the world. Therefore, she has made up her mind to make her own cakes.
Ling Sui's decision was strongly supported by Tang Bing, who proudly said to her: "I knew long ago that your personality is like mine."
"I thought so back then, but some people refused to believe it. Now I have done it, and it's up to you from now on!"
Well...if nothing unexpected happens, this "someone" should refer to Teacher Qi Xuan.
Ling Suisui touched his nose and didn't get involved in the topic. Let adults solve their own affairs.
She was more concerned about Tang Bing's future arrangements: "Teacher, are you not planning to make another movie next time?"
"I don't know. I'll shoot when I'm inspired, but I don't have a particularly strong desire to create at the moment."
Although the box office profits of "Zhao Jiang" are enviable, Tang Bing is very open-minded about it.
If you want to take pictures, take them. If you don’t want to take pictures, forget it. You have already made it to this position, isn’t it what you want to do as you please and be free?
The teacher already has all the capital to lie down and relax. Ling Sui looks up to her in her heart, but she still needs to continue to struggle in reality.
After the Spring Festival, the male lead of "Perfect Life" has not been decided - the "not decided" here does not mean that no one can be found, but that there are too many people who want to come, and the antenna cannot pick them all.
However, "Perfect Life" is a story that revolves around the growth of the heroine, so it is not very important who the hero is chosen. Compared with this, the platform spends more time on attracting investment.
If the huge success of the game might be due to luck, many people were still waiting and watching when Ling Sui was filming Peach Blossom, after all, there are "top stars" every year; then the high box office of "Zhao Jiang" has fully proved that her success is not accidental, the audience just likes her and is willing to pay for her.
So, when her upcoming drama was seeking investment, the whole process went incredibly smoothly.
There is no Spring Festival holiday in the entertainment industry, and this sentence applies not only to celebrities. In just half a month, Antenna negotiated cooperation agreements with more than 50 brands and secured nearly 600 million yuan in advertising revenue in advance.
Six hundred million is enough to cover all the filming costs of the entire drama, and there is even a lot of surplus. It's like the show hasn't even started filming and the male lead hasn't been decided, but just by saying "the protagonist is Ling Suisui" the antenna will make a lot of money.
This is because Ling Sui has a stable mentality and is self-disciplined enough. She still reads the scripts she should read and chats and discussions with the screenwriters as usual - even though she doesn't do these things and recites 12345 on the set, everyone will only praise her for being so dedicated and hardworking, and she insists on being present on set every day to film!
This sounds ridiculous, but if you think about the 600 million yuan that the platform can securely get, it seems not impossible.
Anyway, as long as it is broadcast, there will be money to be made, and people will pay for it whether it is well-made or not. Even if the word of mouth takes a hit, there are still fans who control the comments and whitewash it. How can the platform and the artists not become "spoiled"?
Of course, understanding the logic behind this does not mean that Ling Suisui thinks it is right. When she achieves higher achievements, the audience will have higher expectations of her, and she will have to perform at a higher level.
The filming of "Perfect Life" started at the end of February. Ling Suisui was already familiar with the script and had several rounds of discussions with the screenwriter. The actor for the male lead was finally decided a week before filming began: Chen Yuening.
In fact, he really wanted to come, but his agent Liu Shou hesitated for a long time between "Perfect Life" and Gu Size's movie.
Yes, Gu Size’s circle of contacts definitely includes Huacai Film and Television, and the role he offered was for the second male lead. If we go by the proportion of screen time, it is slightly higher than the leading male role in Perfect World.
On one side is the male lead in a female-led drama that has topped the charts in terms of both popularity and popularity, and on the other side is the second male lead in a movie with a luxurious cast... Liu Shou was struggling for a long time, and finally asked Ling Suisui, they could accept the current script, but could they have equal roles?
Ling Suisui: ...
No, the plot accounts for nearly 70% (not counting supporting roles), so where does it all start? Is Liu Shou crazy?
Just because she doesn't like to fight for the role doesn't mean she is easy to pick on.
Ling Suisui didn't react for a while, but Zhang Wen reminded her that what Huacai cared about was not whether she was her second role, but who else had been her second role.
Counting back, the second lead in the game was Fu Ningyun, but Ling Suisui hadn't become popular at that time, so this one doesn't count; the one who can be used as a reference is Li Mingxu.
Oh, Ling Suisui understood. If Chen Yuening and Li Mingxu were both her second roles, the two would inevitably be compared or even tied together. Planet would not miss this good opportunity.
But, this is a matter between male stars. What does it have to do with Ling Suisui? As long as it doesn't affect her status, that's fine.
She will fulfill her responsibilities as the leading actor in every drama she shoots, and as for the second male actors, let them perform based on their own abilities.
She asked Zhang Wen to reply to Liu Shou in a rather tactful way, but the core meaning was that the ranking was non-negotiable. If you can play the role, then play it. If you can't, then forget it, because there are many people who want to play the role.
Even if they are just running-in candidates, there are countless male actors waiting for the opportunity with their schedules free. Ling Sui's status is rising rapidly and visibly. Many people have a premonition that it will become increasingly difficult to act with her in the future. Now it's considered easy mode.
The minor controversy over the ranking did not affect the relationship between Ling Suisui and Chen Yuening - after all, conflicts of interest are too common in the entertainment industry, and celebrities tacitly leave it to their management team to negotiate. If you keep brooding over trivial matters, will you ever see each other in the circle again in the future?
In the end, it was Chen Yuening who persuaded Liu Shou to let it go. The issue of the ranking was only for the fan circle to care about, and the audience would have their own decision.
Li Mingxu is obviously going for the traffic. He and the other party have different development paths. The themes and audiences of the two dramas are also different. From any angle, they are not "competitors."
Most importantly, his acting skills are definitely better than Li Mingxu. He positioned himself as a good partner of Ling Suisui, unlike Li Mingxu, a loser who had to flatter others and rely entirely on others for support.
Well... the entertainment industry is full of contempt chains, and male actors are no exception...
Chen Yuening took on this drama and made video calls with Ling Suisui for several days.
After all, they have been good friends and old partners for many years, and the two quickly regained the tacit understanding they had in college. Objectively speaking, if we only consider the performance aspect, Chen Yuening is indeed the most worry-free and comfortable colleague that Ling Suisui has ever worked with.
In addition to the content of the script, they also talked about casting.
"Packaging into a group" is a common tactic used by many companies. If a popular artist plays the female or male lead, the company will squeeze newcomers in and try to get them to play supporting roles.
Since the Spring Festival investment promotion, Ling Suisui's voice in the Perfect crew has increased significantly. Therefore, Huacai only sent one male newcomer, and Ling Suisui kept three female roles for the newcomers signed by her studio.
Chen Yuening asked who they were, and Ling Suisui said, "Two of them are junior sisters from our film academy, recommended by Teacher Tang, and the other is a blogger that Sister Tong saw on a short video platform. She thought she was very suitable to be an actor, so she signed her."
Originally, Ling Suisui only planned to sign two, but Tong Xiaoman said that actors who were not from professional backgrounds might bring new surprises, and it was not always a good thing for the academic school to stick together too closely.
She thought about it and felt that what Sister Tong said made sense. The catfish effect is applicable everywhere.
Her studio did not sign Xu Han because Xu Han had his own teacher. Even though the Film Academy appears to be a whole to the outside world, it is also divided into factions internally.
However, this does not affect her future cooperation with Xu Han, as the interest relationship is not limited to signing a contract.
Chen Yuening just mentioned it casually, but Ling Suisui followed this topic to give him a detailed introduction, and asked him about his next plans and what kind of works he was going to shoot. If it was a good project, he would see if he could put his newcomers in his crew...
After all, Ling Suisui is now the leading actor in all the movies he takes, while newcomers have to start out as supporting roles. They have more time and can go to other crews, so it's impossible for them to just follow her pace.
Ling Suisui has a "debt collection" list - colleagues who have received benefits from her, it's not too much to ask them to help her train new people, right?
The first person on the list is undoubtedly Li Mingxu.
After Peach Blossom is broadcast, Li Mingxu will definitely become a popular traffic star.
Although it is difficult for Li Mingxu to repay her personally due to the difference in status between them, he can give blood transfusion to her newcomers.
Don’t say that it’s impossible to bring up a girl. Ling Suisui has full confidence in her and Tong Xiaoman’s vision.
You know, there is no shortage of talented people in the domestic entertainment industry, there are plenty of buried gold. These three sisters she just signed are no less capable than the popular traffic stars in terms of ability, they just lack sufficient exposure.
Once the company is on the right track and several new employees have grown up, Ling Sui's retirement plan will have completed the first step.
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Author: No, you can still struggle for another twenty years——
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