Chapter 50
Six seconds of footage from the Ding Feng Bo trailer
On December 19th, two important things happened.
First of all, that day was Ling Sui’s 19th birthday, and she received many birthday wishes and gifts.
Fans also supported her, and knowing that she didn't accept gifts, they prepared some letters.
There are not many, only sixteen. Ling Suisui not only read all of them, but also wrote an open reply letter to express her gratitude, and posted it on Weibo and various platforms.
Chen Yuening and Ying Nian also posted original Weibo posts and posted a photo to celebrate her birthday.
The two of them sent messages one after the other. After Chen Yuening sent it first, Ying Nian immediately followed. If he posted four pictures, he would post nine. If he wrote three lines of text, he would write five.
Chen Yuening was so angry that he yelled at him for being a scheming boy. He wanted to send another message but Liu Shou stopped him.
The reason Liu Shou used was not "that is too weird" but "it might bring unnecessary trouble to Ling Suisui".
It is said that the agent knows his or her artist best. These words really hit Chen Yuening's sore spot.
Instead of arguing with Ying Nian on the public platform, he opened the private chat page and typed a long essay in the input box.
But he still couldn't beat Chi Jia in terms of word count - this guy not only wrote a moving and emotional essay, but also hummed an impromptu melody for her.
Ling Sui looked at his news and then at the letters from fans, and felt that there seemed to be no difference.
She couldn't help but think: If Chi Jia is her fan, then does her keeping in touch with him count as private contact?
Well... I don't think so. It's not that easy to get the fan status of Suisi.
Ling Suisui responded to these three people equally. After writing a paragraph, she changed the name and address and sent it to another person.
Anyway, they can’t create a small group to check the news :)
The second important thing today was that she signed a contract with Tong Xiaoman.
After more than half a month of back and forth since the last meeting with her, Tong Xiaoman finally reached a consensus with Ling Sui's parents and ended the business negotiations on the agency contract.
The small group of "Ling Suisui Studio" also grew from three people to four people.
Kang Le is an artist assistant, so who Ling Sui's agent is doesn't have much impact on her. Zhang Wen has also made mental preparations in advance and warmly welcomes Tong Xiaoman's joining.
They quickly discussed the division of labor. Tong Xiaoman was responsible for the pursuit and negotiation of resources in film, television, business, fashion, etc. In addition to performing her agent duties, Zhang Wen also had to undertake publicity work together with her assistant Kang Le.
Ling Sui's career is just starting now, and it is enough for the three of them to take care of these tasks. As for work like photography, makeup and hair styling, just outsource it to a reliable team. Many celebrities do this.
Tong Xiaoman planned to wait until Ling Sui had some popularity and then hire a dedicated artist to promote the film. There was no need for that now.
The more successful Ling Sui gets, the heavier the workload of the team will be, and their division of labor will become more and more detailed in the future.
From a special perspective, this is the best birthday gift Ling Sui has ever received.
Xia Tian originally suggested going to a hot pot restaurant to celebrate Ling Sui's birthday.
She had been saving her share of the December indulgence for her nineteenth birthday, waiting to have it on her birthday.
After Ling Suisui asked in the group, they decided to adjust the dinner time to the day after tomorrow, which is this Saturday night.
"Ayan will be in the capital the day after tomorrow, so we will all be in the dormitory."
Moreover, the first trailer of “Ding Feng Bo” will be released at 11:00 this Saturday.
Although she knows that given her status and role, she won't have many shots in the trailer, but Ling Sui is still full of anticipation for her first upcoming role.
After all, she is the “leading actress”, so there should be a brief introduction of her character, right?
This is what Ling Sui thought, but the situation in the trailer was better than she expected.
In the approximately two-minute video, more than 70% of the footage is of the male protagonist Ying Nian, and the remaining 30% includes empty shots, transitions, introductions of the director and screenwriter, etc.
In such a tight schedule, Qin Xian actually had a line praying for Zhao Yan's safe return, which really surprised Ling Suisui.
If we count the scene where Ying Nian hugged her and cried, then she appeared on the screen for a full six seconds, which is already a lot.
"Ding Feng Bo" has been following the traffic route since its filming. Now that the trailer has been released, Antenna Video and the producer are actively promoting hot searches on various platforms.
Ling Suisui also posted a character poster on Weibo, and included the topic specified by the drama party.
This still picture of her is already very beautiful, and her gentle smile in the trailer left a good impression on the audience.
The popularity of the trailer of Ding Feng Bo was dominated by the recommendations of Yingnian’s fans, but in the real-time square, many people still took screenshots of Ling Sui’s pictures and expressed their expectations for the drama because of her.
Although she did not appear on the individual hot searches this time, the number of her Weibo followers is also growing. At the hotpot dinner in the evening, Xiang Yanchu also said that she made a fortune in silence.
Xiang Yanchu joked: "You really attract fans as soon as you show your face, it's amazing."
Ling Sui put a few slices of beef into the pot, smiling and shaking his head.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. It's just that many viewers don't recognize my face. They are still in the stage of finding it new."
There is a saying that the degree of initial popularity determines the traffic ceiling, and no matter how hard you try afterwards it is difficult to reproduce the glory, and you can only go downhill; and there are always people saying that only new faces have a chance to become popular, and it is difficult to become popular after everyone has an impression of them. These are all directly linked to the audience's sense of freshness.
Ling Suisui understood the logic behind this, but did not completely agree with these views.
Traffic stars who can only become popular by relying on their character settings and the audience's novelty do conform to the above law, but this only proves that their acting skills are limited and will not improve. No matter what they play, they are all similar, which will gradually make the audience lose interest.
Xia Tian was scrolling through her phone while saying, "Oh, there are marketing accounts reposting petals, comparing you with other female stars, and you still have more votes."
"...You still don't understand the Huaban Entertainment Group. You are just using me as a tool to criticize me."
Ling Suisui picked up the fat beef that had just been put down and said, "Now, they are praising me to the sky and trampling another female star into the ground, completely ignoring how much hatred I have attracted."
"I seem to get a lot of praise, but that's just because they want to play it safe. If I become popular someday and threaten their positions and resources, there will be 800 negative comments waiting for me in this group every day, and they will say that I am the one who is doing the anti-hype."
"All the posts they sent me will become evidence of my marketing prowess. How can I seek justice?"
Xiang Yanchu deeply agreed. Who isn’t a victim of the entertainment group?
They clearly didn't do anything, but others helped them complete the entire process.
If you explain, you will only expand the impact of the incident; if you don't explain, people will assume that you did it. The idea of "a person who is innocent will be cleared of all charges" never works in the entertainment industry.
She continued with Ling Suisui's words, "There will definitely be more posts about our dorm's beauty contest in the future, but I swear to God, I will never do that. If anyone scolds you for freeloading, I apologize first."
"...I'm not much better." Wen Jiayan held her chin and sighed, "I'm sorry, sisters, because I have a lot of haters, and these people like to criticize me and stir up trouble, so if anyone uses my avatar to curse you, please forgive me."
Ling Sui shrugged: "Everyone knows these things. With the Internet between us, we don't even know whether the other party is a human or a dog. There's really no need to worry about it."
"Don't worry about that. Come on, I'm going to put the luncheon meat in. Everyone remember to pick it up in two minutes."
In fact, for Ling Suisui, she doesn’t feel angry or sad because she has long been used to it. As a public figure, she must remain emotionally stable and not be led by anyone.
She was speechless at most about these posts, and even felt a little inexplicably proud.
——Who would have thought that her only six seconds of screen time in the Ding Feng Bo trailer would scare some people so much that they immediately posted messages to criticize her.
The fans' flattery makes people happy, and the sewer creatures' defense breakdown makes them even happier.
It seems that she has already begun to possess the bloody qualities to become a traffic star.
After "Ding Feng Bo" is broadcast, we don't know what kind of grand occasion it will be.
**
With an agent, Ling Sui's entire winter vacation was arranged.
Tong Xiaoman respected her principle of giving priority to her studies, which was a consensus reached before they signed the contract. Therefore, Ling Sui studied hard when she was in school, and was busy like a top during holidays.
She looked at the densely packed variety show schedule and couldn't help but fall silent.
"Sister Tong...should I thank you for at least letting me rest around the Spring Festival?"
"No need to thank me." Tong Xiaoman said calmly, "It's not that I want you to rest, but there are no projects that will be started during the Spring Festival, and you can't be on the Spring Festival Gala."
Ling Suisui: ...
This is quite heartbreaking.
Tong Xiaoman: "Ding Feng Bo will be broadcast during the winter vacation. When the hot period of the drama is over, the variety show you recorded can be broadcast next to continue the popularity. How great."
That being said, however—
Ling Suisui pointed to the January schedule and said, "Recording on New Year's Day?"
Tong Xiaoman said: "What's wrong with New Year's Day? At your age, how dare you not work on holidays and just rest?"
Ling Suisui: ...
It seems that after signing the contract with Tong Xiaoman, she will be upgraded to the enhanced version of "The King of Rolls Plus".
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