Chapter 387
She doesn't want two dominant voices in the crew
Ling Suisui has participated in many filming starts.
In the past, she was always an actor waiting to receive red envelopes, but this time she became a producer who gave out red envelopes. To be honest, she was still a little uncomfortable with it.
If I had to describe it, it would probably be... the feeling of returning to my hometown to celebrate the New Year, being surrounded by a group of children, and having the younger generations stare at me with expectant eyes when I give out red envelopes.
She only thought about this metaphor in her mind and didn't say it out loud. After all, there are so many people in the crew, and it is not easy for her to take advantage of them and raise her seniority.
Many people thought that since Ling Suisui was the producer this time and came to the scene to follow the crew, he would definitely put forward his own opinions on the filming process. Otherwise, wouldn’t she have come here in vain?
Even director Masanori Fuji was actually prepared to discuss things with her on the set, and if there were any differences of opinion, he would be prepared to compromise as much as possible.
However, Ling Suisui was unexpectedly quiet.
The assistant prepared a chair for her, and she sat next to Director Fuji so that she could keep her eyes on the monitor.
If there is an emergency in the crew and they need to find a producer or a coordinator, and these people are not here and cannot be contacted for a while, then she is also happy to help solve the problem.
Apart from that, nothing else.
She doesn’t direct actors or add flyleafs to the script. During the few days that Ling Suisui has been with the group, her presence is strongest when she treats everyone to afternoon tea.
Because Ling Suisui was filming in the first half of the year, she only discussed movie-related matters with Fuji Masanori online. She was not very familiar with the other main creative members and was still in the early stages of getting used to each other, so no one asked her what she thought.
Did she come to the crew to oversee the filming and just serve as a supervisor? That would be such a waste of her time.
Everyone thinks Ling Suisui is very idle, but Director Fuji is the only one who knows that’s not the case.
If even she is a salted fish, then there is no king of volume in this world! She just didn't express any opinions during the filming, but she would drag him and his assistant to work overtime after get off work!
Ling Suisui would record her thoughts and ideas on a tablet and review and discuss them with him after work. If she has already decided what to shoot tomorrow, she will organize a "preview" and share her ideas with him.
Fuji Masanori once asked Ling Suisui why he didn't say it on the set? They can adjust in time, and the cost of reshoots will be higher.
Ling Sui's answer was that she did not want there to be two dominant voices within the crew.
When reviewing the situation, she and Director Fuji were able to speak freely, and as long as they believed it was right, they did not need to save face for the other party. However, there were more factors to consider on the scene, and the impact on the actors was greater.
If they each have their own opinions, whose opinion should the leading actor listen to? Will this bring great psychological pressure to Jing Xinyi and others, thus affecting the actors' performance?
Moreover, Ling Suisui felt that she was still a newcomer in the behind-the-scenes field. Instead of saying it on the spot, if she could be given some time to organize her thoughts and think deeply, she would be able to express herself more fluently and specifically.
As for the cost of reshooting... Ling Suisui said frankly that the influence of sunk costs might make her and the director more rational when making decisions, and try to avoid the situation where I don't agree with you and you don't agree with me, and we both ask for a reshoot.
It's not that she has no confidence in herself or Director Fuji, she's just trying to prevent the worst possible scenario.
Teng Zhengde didn't expect that Ling Sui would get serious and even start to guard against himself.
However, Ling Suisui's respect for him as a director at least guaranteed his unshakable position in the eyes of his colleagues on the crew, which still made him feel warm in his heart.
In return, he was generous in teaching Ling Sui everything he knew. Not only did he talk about professional knowledge, but he also talked about many of the "old rules" that are commonly accepted in the film industry.
Ling Sui may not need to use these things, but she has to know them so that she can be on guard against others trying to cheat her in the future.
During the filming of "Journey to Fame", the biennial Hundred Flowers Film Festival was holding an awards ceremony.
Ling Sui was nominated for the Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards for the third time for her role as Bai Wei in "The Unmarriageable Sister".
Sui Si was not particularly concerned about the Hundred Flowers Awards. After all, Ling Sui had won the Best Actress award twice, and the last time she won the award was in the previous session.
According to certain "rules" of domestic entertainment awards... the Hundred Flowers Awards will most likely limit her to three awards and will not let her win twice in a row.
However, although Suisi doesn't care, there are many people who do.
A marketing account claiming to be a fun person has counted the box office. Among all the nominated films this year, the one with the lowest box office in mainland China is "Unmarriageable Sister".
The box office of other nominated films all exceeded 1 billion, but this one only had over 600 million.
The marketing account also emphasized that, as we all know, the full name of the Hundred Flowers Awards is “Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards”, so let’s savor it carefully.
Suisi: ...
No, the selection criteria for the Hundred Flowers Awards is that the number of moviegoers must be over one million, and as long as this standard is met, it will be fine. What's the point of bringing up the box office specifically for comparison? What's wrong with more than 600 million? Is there any violation of the rules in the more than 10 million moviegoers?
Although "The Sister Who Can't Get Married" does have the lowest box office among all Ling Sui's works - but this "lowest" is only relative. After all, as long as there is a gap, there will definitely be a difference between the high and the low.
Well, although Sui Si often makes jokes about this topic, it would be unfair to say that its box office performance was low because of this.
In fact, a domestic box office of 600 million is already a very good result.
Even if we ignore production costs and profitability and only look at the box office, in the year when "Unmarriageable Sister" was released, it was ranked 17th on the mainland's annual box office rankings, and certainly qualified to compete for the Hundred Flowers Awards.
You ask why some films were left out of the top sixteen? Why didn’t you vote during the primary election?
The Hundred Flowers Awards have been held for so many years, but I have never heard of any year where the nominated and winning works were selected based on box office performance. If box office can decide everything, then why bother with audience voting? All awards can be given directly to the annual champion.
This is because the Hundred Flowers Awards are limited to Chinese-language films. Otherwise, according to the above logic, shouldn’t “Dragon Slayer” be the one that deserves the award?
By the way, Tang Bing’s box office target for "Easy As Pie" is basically the same as her sister’s.
It’s difficult to compete for the first place in “Lingbang”, but there should still be hope to compete for the second to last place, right?
Although box office is not the only factor in evaluating the quality of a film, it would be a hellish joke if the film won two awards at the Venice Film Festival but after its release it actually lowered Ling Sui's box office record for the first time.
Ling Suisui discovered that someone seemed to not want her to win the award this year.
In addition to listing box office data, there are also such rhetoric on the Internet as "She has won so many awards, she should give others more opportunities", "It's meaningless if she takes all the awards, it's fun to let a hundred flowers bloom", "She has won the Grand Slam and still dominates the charts, which is a bit disrespectful"... These rhetoric are sent out through marketing accounts and then copied and pasted in large quantities.
Ling Sui was stunned. It would be fine if she said anything else, but was she disrespectful to her elders? Her?
Not to mention the correct usage of this idiom, just the literal meaning of "old"... Ling Sui remembered that she didn't seem to be the oldest actress on the nomination list? Although she is certainly not the youngest, she doesn't seem to be older than the average, right?
We can’t automatically equate her with an “old artist” just because she has a relatively high status in the domestic entertainment industry!
So many troubles had occurred that Ling Sui was almost laughing out of anger.
She knew that there must be someone behind the sudden surge of comments against her at this year's Hundred Flowers Awards.
This person is most likely not her rival - not to mention whether she has any rivals in the domestic entertainment industry. Even if it is someone who doesn't want her to have an easy life, they will not set their sights on the Hundred Flowers Awards.
After all, she and her work had just won two awards at the Venice Film Festival not long ago. A Hundred Flowers Award would be the icing on the cake, and it would not be a big deal if she didn't win one.
If it's not directed at her, then it's directed at the award.
Ling Suisui specifically asked Ji Zhaoying if there were any other popular candidates besides her in the nomination list for Best Actress at this year's Hundred Flowers Awards?
"Yes." Ji Zhaoying answered confidently, "Sheng Yi, she was the champion of last year's Spring Festival movie... um, the only female actress in the list of leading actors."
Even though her role is considered a supporting actress, it is reasonable for the crew to give her the female lead when there are no other actresses in the lead cast. After all, it will not affect the interests of her colleagues.
Compared to Ling Suisui who has a Buddhist attitude, Sheng Yi has been on several hot searches related to the Hundred Flowers Awards since the preliminary stage.
Ling Sui understood, it was enough for her to get the answer. She turned on the loudspeaker of her phone and looked up information on her tablet while listening to Ji Zhaoying sharing gossip.
Ji Zhaoying's desire to share was really strong. She stuffed all the gossips she had heard recently into Ling Sui's mouth. When the chat was about to end, she suddenly said:
"I remember now, Sheng Yi had a conflict with you before."
That was many, many years ago, even Ji Zhaoying couldn't remember the exact time. Anyway, it was Ling Sui's New Year's Eve concert. She sang live in a low-key manner, while Sheng Yi lip-synced but bought press releases of her live performance to brag about herself. After the tragic failure, black fans used Ling Sui to criticize her crazily.
Ling Suisui: ...
"This little thing has long passed." Her tone was helpless, "She probably just wanted the award."
“That’s not necessarily true.”
Ji Zhaoying said with a smile: "If you are not doing well, she will certainly forget this dark history, but you have been so popular in recent years, maybe her team will use this incident to hype you up."
After all, Sheng Yi is an actor, and lip-syncing is just embarrassing, not a fatal stain. It would be even better if it could also torture the fans.
Ling Sui shrugged. This had nothing to do with her.
No matter what Sheng Yi and her team think, Ling Suisui is only concerned about the Hundred Flowers Awards now.
To be honest, she didn't really want to go to the awards ceremony. After all, "Road to Fame" is currently being filmed, and she has a good and non-offensive reason not to attend.
But she is a rebellious person. The more people don't want to see her win the Hundred Flowers Awards, the more she wants to go to the scene.
Ling Suisui certainly does not lack the Hundred Flowers Award, and she also hopes to see the domestic entertainment industry flourish and more outstanding actors be seen by the audience.
But awards can only be won through your own efforts and performance, and can never be given away by others. The person behind the scenes put so much effort into it but couldn't even come up with a video criticizing her acting skills, which actually disappointed Ling Suisui.
Ling Suisui asked Zhang Wen to inform the organizer that she would definitely attend this year's Hundred Flowers Film Festival awards ceremony.
Even if she didn't win the prize and was just a runner-up, she still wanted to give the winners some strength.
- If you have a clear conscience, take the trophy while I watch.
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