Chapter 189
Ling Sui's schedule for the coming year
It is no secret in the industry that Ling Suisui is very focused during filming and rarely takes on external tasks. This impression not only improves her reputation in the industry, but also leads to a situation:
The closer it gets to her start date, the more things she has to do.
After all, it may take her several months to shoot a TV series. What if she can’t find anyone in the meantime, or she doesn’t want to talk?
While she hasn't joined the crew yet, Tong Xiaoman also wanted to discuss with her to set the schedule for next year.
Tong Xiaoman: "The Yaotai recording project has made new progress recently."
After Ling Suisui raised his opinions on Yumi Video, the platform has not responded. However, within the "Yaotai Lu" project team, there were two groups of people with different opinions.
One group, of course, were the ones who had previously advocated for a magical change in the script, wanting to film a fairy-tale setting with one woman and multiple men; while the other group did not support changes to the script in the first place, and when they heard that Ling Suisui did not like the revised plot, they immediately stood up and wanted to take back the right to speak on the project.
In the past few months, the two groups have been struggling for power. The latter wanted to get promises and guarantees from Ling Suisui's team in order to increase their bargaining chips. Tong Xiaoman was of course polite in words, but actually refused to give in.
Do you really think Ling Sui needs this drama? Of course, this group of people should first gain the right to speak and then talk to Fengshou Media. Tong Xiaoman has been in the circle for many years, how could she let them get something for nothing?
Later, the platform was reluctant to give up the popularity of the Shura Field theme, but also wanted Ling Suisui to star in its own drama. Seeing how much money Aoqi has made in the past two years, how could Yumi not be jealous?
After struggling for a long time, Corn Video finally decided that only children make choices, they want to have both fish and bear's paw.
Anyway, "Yaotai Lu" is an original script, and there is no copyright issue with the original work, so Yumi Video divided the project group into two halves, allowing those who insisted on using the original script to continue using the name and framework of "Yaotai Lu", while those who wanted to shoot the Shura field started a separate project.
The platform knows the situation very well. It’s just one woman and many men. What background can’t be used for taking photos? Whether it is a fairy tale or an ancient story, it is just a skin. Yumi picked another fantasy novel from the IP library and asked them to change the names of the characters in the modified part of "Yaotai Lu" and put it into the new story.
Ling Suisui didn't care about the other IP. She just confirmed one thing with Tong Xiaoman: "Have you read the original script?"
“I saw the one they revised.”
Tong Xiaoman replied, "It was basically changed according to your request. There is also a main line of the heroine's cultivation that was deleted before and added back now. After her nine tails were chopped off by the heavenly thunder, she cultivated in the mortal world and grew a new tail. She also accidentally discovered that she had mastered the power of the heavenly thunder."
"The Lord of Heaven wanted to judge her with the thunder that symbolizes the rules, but the thunder finally chose the heroine."
Ah, this is the deleted content?
For the heroine's training, regrowing a tail and mastering the heavenly thunder are very important things, right? Just because the number of episodes is limited to 40, there has to be room for ambiguity with many male characters, but even this can be cut?
No wonder the heroine is set as a nine-tailed fox - before Ling Suisui, he thought that all monsters were the same, except that their monster cores were destroyed. Now it seems that the original cultivation-related plot has been deleted, and the upgrade flow node of growing nine tails again cannot be reflected, which wastes the racial setting.
"Female-lead novel" refers to the story where the main storyline of the female protagonist is cut into pieces, which is really amazing.
But... Ling Sui tapped the table with her fingers. This plot sounded cool, but she felt it was a bit subtle.
The heroine was rebelling against authority at first, but in the end she became the new "authority"?
Assuming that the "thunder" in the script has self-awareness, what does it symbolize?
If this was a brainless and enjoyable drama, Ling Sui wouldn't have worried so much. But since we want to shoot something good, regardless of how profound the connotation and intention are, at least we cannot go against the original intention.
Perhaps it would be better to remove the self-awareness of "Tianlei" and treat it as a simple tool. The Heavenly Emperor thought that he could intimidate the four clans by controlling the Heavenly Thunder, but in the end, "success was due to the Heavenly Thunder, and failure was also due to the Heavenly Thunder", which is even more ironic.
Ling Suisui rubbed his temples: "Send the script to me and let me read it, and then make an appointment with the person in charge to talk."
These were just the thoughts that had just emerged in her mind, and Ling Suisui couldn't guarantee that they would stand up to scrutiny. But it doesn’t matter. Good works are polished slowly, and maybe there will be a better direction after discussing with the screenwriter.
Ling Suisui has never concealed her desire to have a say in scripts; she believes she has the qualifications and ability to do so.
Moreover, she was very frank in the early stages of the project, and if the platform could not accept it, everyone could still part ways amicably. It is more reassuring than seeing an actor who says he will cooperate with everything at the beginning but then says he wants to make changes after filming starts.
Ling Suisui: "By the way, the filming of Yaotailu will definitely be in Q3 of next year or later. Under the Wave is expected to be completed before New Year's Eve. I will take a break in February and March. From April to June, I need to make some time to shoot a movie, the one directed by Li."
Tong Xiaoman nodded. Ling Sui had told her about this before.
This movie is not a big production like "Zhao Jiang", but a low-cost urban love story produced by a Hong Kong film company.
The heroine of this film is very rare in the domestic entertainment industry. She is a sexy scumbag who likes to tease men and will never date any boyfriend for more than three months, dumping them when she gets tired of them.
As for the male protagonist, he pretended to be indifferent after being dumped by her, but in fact he was deeply in love with her and couldn't extricate himself. He was such a lovesick man that he healed his scars and forgot the pain just by the female protagonist's hook of her finger.
It is worth mentioning that the heroine really dumps her boyfriend. It's not an illusion, she has no hardship. When someone blames her for this, she won't feel ashamed at all. As adults, how can you ask others to care so much about your relationship?
Ling Suisui took on this project not only because he was very interested in the female lead character, but also because of Tang Bing.
The main investor of this movie is the Hong Kong film company Shengshi. With the decline of Hong Kong films in the mainland, Shengshi's development has been quite poor in recent years and it has long lost its former glory.
Under normal circumstances, they would have to offer a higher price and show greater sincerity to invite Ling Sui, but who could blame Tang Bing for having owed a favor to the CEO of Shengshi many years ago?
Given Tang Bing's help to her, it was reasonable for Ling Suisui to help her teacher repay the debt. Moreover, she really wanted to challenge this kind of character, which was very different from the roles she had played in the past.
If they want to make an ambitious big production, Ling Suisui will have to think about it for a while, but if they want to make a commercial romance film that wants to make money, as long as the actors' acting skills are good, the director's level is above average, and the screenwriter is not crazy, then it can't be too bad.
The film was shot in Hong Kong and the lines were in Cantonese, which was no problem for Ling Suisui as she is from Guangzhou.
She doesn't really care who the male lead is. After all, Shengshi makes movies to make money. There is no point in watering down real money. In order to attract audiences to spend money to buy tickets, they must care more about the leading actor's acting skills and appearance than she does.
Tong Xiaoman drew a simple timeline. Ling Sui will be shooting for Inspur and resting in Q1 next year, and will be shooting a movie in Q2. It will definitely not take up the full three months, and she can also take on some other work in between.
It is still unknown whether or not to accept "Yaotai Lu" and when it will be launched. Tong Xiaoman has set up the DDL. Even if a clear cooperation relationship is not reached before December, she has a pile of scripts in her hands. At the latest by the end of the year, she has to arrange the filming of Ling Suisui's Q3 and Q4 works.
It is more than enough to complete a play in half a year, which also includes Ling Sui's preparation time. Compared with peers who joined the crew seamlessly or even took on multiple roles, Ling Sui's output efficiency is very low.
If it weren't for the awards and achievements, Huafen would definitely tear the studio apart and frantically urge Zidan to make progress. But if it's Ling Suisui... Suisui's main point is unconditional doting. After all, she is so competitive, and it's right to believe in her.
Anyone who tries to point fingers at others in the next year's circle will be laughed at. When it comes to professionalism and the ability to make correct decisions, who can compare to Ling Suisui himself?
So, even though the November schedule only had one line "Filming on the set this month", Suisi just collected the new beautiful pictures and asked the studio to take good care of Suisui in the comment section, to shoot more daily vlogs and more 18-square-grid selfies, but also not to let Suibao work too hard.
With awards in hand and stocks in hand, the young people who were carried away by the wind lay down peacefully, occasionally watching the excitement of other families, and lived a leisurely and comfortable life.
Alas, it's a pity that this simple happiness is only enjoyed by them in the domestic entertainment industry~
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