Chapter 230
Being attracted to Ling Suisui is an inevitable fate
In mid-September, the filming of "Hero Without Worries" was completed.
As the protagonist of the work, Ling Suisui was the first to join the crew and the last to leave. She watched all her co-stars leave, then watched as the crew dismantled the temporary set, erasing every trace of the play's existence.
Every time the shooting was completed, she felt like she had a very long dream, in which she experienced the character's love, hatred, and vengeance from a first-person perspective. After waking up, I felt as dazed as Zhuangzi who was fascinated by butterflies in his dream at dawn.
But this confusion will not last too long. Even if she hasn't figured it out yet, her busy schedule will pull her back to the present life.
Listen to her plans for next month: promotion of the drama, preparations for a new movie, business and fashion events... Nothing could remind her of her status more than taking more than a dozen flights a month and not being able to take a full day off. She's a star, she's very busy.
It has to be said that it may be a little difficult for big stars to get into the role after being separated from the masses, but their efficiency in getting out of the role is definitely very high - even through this simplest and crudest way.
Ling Sui was sitting in the car, with the scenery rapidly receding outside the window. She rubbed her temples, temporarily sealing away the memories of Wuyou.
She turned her head and looked at her assistant. Before she could say anything, the other party had already handed her a thermos cup containing apple, ginger and red dates water at just the right temperature.
Very good, the new assistant has developed a rapport with her.
Her new assistant is Zhuo Siyu, Qi Xiaoqing's cousin from her hometown. For the purpose of protecting privacy and avoiding fans or anti-fans from infiltrating, celebrity assistants are rarely recruited publicly and are basically recruited through internal recommendations.
Zhuo Siyu is 28 years old this year. In big cities, people under 30 are still considered young; but in her rural hometown, she has already had a failed marriage. Being out of touch with society, she urgently needs new financial support to escape the suffocating environment.
It just so happened that Ling Suisui needed a new assistant with good salary and benefits, so Zhuo Siyu came without hesitation.
Being an assistant is indeed hard, but you can make money. Being a free babysitter in someone else's home is even harder, and you don't even have social security. Even a fool would know what to choose.
Qi Xiaoqing taught her for two months, and Zhuo Siyu learned everything she needed to learn. The challenge she is currently working hard to overcome is English.
Ling Sui is going to the United States to film a movie next month. As an assistant, she can't ask the artists to translate for her. If Ling Suisui finds a local Chinese who is proficient in both languages, then what is her place?
Zhuo Siyu cherishes this job very much and she has made up her mind to stick to her position.
Zhuo Siyu also handed her a Vogue magazine, this year's September issue. In fact, it had already come out, but I only had the chance to show it to her after she finished filming.
There is a saying in the fashion industry that "September is golden and October is silver". Ling Sui's appearance on Vogue at the beginning of the year was the golden September, which caused a sensation on various platforms. With this September issue, she has completed the solo covers of the five major women's magazines.
Zhuo Siyu, who had made up for the relevant knowledge, said: "Sui Sui, you should be the female star who has collected all five major single covers of women's magazines the fastest, and they are all regular magazines. It only took three years to achieve the first round of the real Grand Slam."
There is a reason why Zhuo Siyu uses a lot of qualifiers in this passage. Magazines are divided into main issues, supplements and addenda, and the covers are divided into single, double and group covers, so some fans may blur the concept when bragging about themselves and simply say "five major grand slams", but even so, it is a very impressive achievement.
There are many 2000s artists who are of similar age to Ling Sui and have appeared on the covers of the top five women’s magazines, and the number of such artists can be counted on one hand. Even if the standards are relaxed to include group covers, supplements, etc., there are still very few artists in the domestic entertainment industry who can collect all five covers.
There are many people who have collected the other four single covers and are still stuck with Vogue. Ling Sui’s first cover of the year is September, which is indeed particularly disappointing considering her age.
"Siyu, you forgot to mention one thing." Zhang Wen added in the car, "Sui Sui has appeared on the cover of Bazaar twice, the second time was the end-of-year issue. And before that, it was Golden September for Marie Claire, Silver October for Cosmo, and the beginning of the year for Elle. This time, Vogue is Golden September again. Her grand slams are all important months, and there are almost no idle months."
Zhuo Siyu quickly wrote down this piece of knowledge. There are so many things to pay attention to in the fashion circle! When Ling Sui was shooting for Vouge, it was Qi Xiaoqing who took her along. Xiaoqing said that this was an invitation from the magazine, which was more valuable than a brand recommendation. Prada and LV even had a secret bidding process.
She didn't fully understand these terms, but she knew her boss was awesome. Working with Ling Suisui, Zhuo Siyu has become more confident.
Zhang Wen asked Ling Suisui: "Do you have any plans to start the second round of the Grand Slam?"
"I'm busy." Ling Suisui refused decisively. "Magazines are icing on the cake for actors, but I don't rely on them. After I finish filming Man and Beast, I'll take a break. We agreed on this before."
Okay, Zhang Wen shrugged.
In today's entertainment industry, if someone says this kind of thing, it may sound a bit like sour grapes, after all, some things are not determined by the personal will of the star; but those who have already achieved a single publication grand slam are particularly confident.
The entertainment group has been all over the news about Ling Suisui's Vogue September cover for several days. After discussing it over and over again, they suddenly realized that Suisui's focus is not here at all. They are all busy with the pre-promotion of "Under the Wave".
There are several big fans in the circle of 20 years old. Their main recent works are the trailer clips of Inspur and Li Xiang’s personal recommendation pictures and videos. The drama has not been aired yet, but the secondary creation activities have been very active.
The netizens who were watching the show were stunned. No, there’s a huge argument about whether Ling Sui’s performance and qualifications (mainly the latter) can be included in Vogue’s Golden September issue, how come you don’t care at all! The fun people are still waiting to see the show!
Regarding this, Sui Si was really calm.
Aren’t they just the five major women’s magazines? Isn’t it just Vogue? Isn’t it just Jin Gu? Is that rare? Don't you have any?
—Oh, you didn’t. Then just shut up. People who haven’t appeared in Vogue don’t need to care about it.
Ling Sui's foundation lies in his works, and these additional starlights are nothing. If you have it, then go for it. If you don't have it, that's fine too. Your achievements as an emperor are written on the ceiling. If anyone has any objections, why don't you first make a movie that can earn more than a fraction of the moon at the box office to test your strength?
Between stars, only noobs fighting each other will cause a long-lasting quarrel, and throwing out achievements is always the fastest way to end a quarrel.
No matter how mixed feelings other fans have, they have no position to refute and they feel they are not up to the mark. What else can they do? Even if the fans are good at finding angles to blow the horns, it is still difficult for them to do anything without the right ingredients.
The haters were so angry that they gnashed their teeth. Damn it, they let the old fans get away with it again! Why do they live so happily every day? !
The super happy Sui Si didn't take the entertainment group's self-entertainment seriously at all. Even though these people knew that Ling Sui Sui had embarked on a new track, they had become accustomed to pushing her and forgot the gap for a while. They would learn their lesson after being beaten by Sui Huang's performance a few more times.
Their recent focus is indeed on "Under the Wave", and they are very active in drawing membership cards and distributing reservation QR codes everywhere. Although I believe I have the ability to lead the team, fans still need to make the effort they should.
Because of Xiao Zhang's connections, Inspur's drama promotion department arranged a lot of variety shows for Fruit TV. In fact, Ling Sui is already in the second wave. During her filming, Huang Rui, Li Yuanqing and others communicated with each other and participated in a round of programs first.
Li Yuanqing even said that he had already thought about which friends to ask to forward the Weibo post. He is usually very active in helping others do things like this, and this time he wants to use all the connections he has accumulated in the past.
The main actors were all present at the Fast 7 recorded at the end of the month, with the top four cast members gathered together. Huang Rui is also filming a TV series, so he took a special leave to come here, and will rush back after the recording is finished.
"Thank you, everyone." Ling Suisui said sincerely, "Thank you for your efforts for Inspur. This is the hard work of our joint creation. I hope it can achieve good results that are worthy of our efforts and meet our expectations."
What she said was very clever. Recalling the previous filming status, several leading actors were very glad that they had joined the crew and were not left behind by anyone.
Their expectations for the drama are actually slightly higher than Ling Suisui's. As Tong Xiaoman said before, the person with the lowest confidence in Ling Suisui's fan base and appeal may be herself.
Of course, she is just being cautious and never taking credit for herself.
Huang Rui thinks more. He not only hopes that "Under the Wave" will be a hit, but also hopes that it can win the three major mainstream awards. The best outcome he had imagined was to receive a full set of nominations, have his film win Best Picture, and have him and Ling Suisui win Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. How happy he would be then!
Because of the cooperative relationship and not wanting to be accused of deliberately selling RPS, Huang Rui did not dare to use his big account to praise "Only the Moon Passing By" on Weibo. In fact, he loved the movie so much that he bought tickets to see it three times.
The first time he watched the movie was when he accompanied his friends to watch the Mandarin version of the film, and he was already deeply attracted by Qiao Xintong's charm. The second time, he bought tickets for the Cantonese show. Although he, a northerner, could hardly understand anything, it was really interesting to hear her accent.
As for the third time, it was because I read that film review and couldn't wait to watch it again. In fact, he had a vague feeling before, but the film reviews broke the window paper that he thought it was just an ordinary commercial romance film and he didn't think about it in that way at all.
As a professional actor, Huang Rui also reflected on his attitude towards watching movies. How could he not know Ling Sui's strength? No matter how dull the role is, it can become brilliant in the hands of a good actor, let alone Qiao Xintong.
Although Ling Suisui failed to be shortlisted for Best Actress after the list of nominees for this year's Golden Eagle Awards came out, Huang Rui still scoffed at the online claim that "Ling Suisui offended the bigwigs in the TV drama industry by not going to the scene to receive the award."
Anyone with a little common sense knows how ridiculous this statement is. Not to mention that the Magnolia Awards can’t be that stingy, and what does this have to do with the Golden Eagle Awards? Even a large company is divided into various factions. Do you really think there are no factions in the TV drama circle?
Huang Rui analyzed that including the Best Supporting Actress, Ling Suisui has been nominated for the Golden Eagle Awards for three consecutive times, which is really a lot. Whether it was to avoid suspicion or to slow down her speed in getting a second nomination, it was normal for the Golden Eagle Awards not to nominate her.
It’s nothing to break one term. Huang Rui is looking forward to her making a comeback with "Under the Wave". It would be exciting if she could complete the Best Actress Grand Slam with this work.
...Wait, wasn't he thinking about his own things just now? How come he has become a fan of Ling Suisui's career?
Being attracted to Ling Suisui is indeed the inevitable fate for everyone who knows her.
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