Chapter 236
This is probably the new starting point for her to sweep the mainstream awards circle.
During the filming of "Beauty and the Beast", Ling Suisui also took time out to return to China.
The film took about four months to shoot, and Ling Suisui took an average of three days off per month. She took advantage of her three-day January holiday to return to China to attend CCTV's annual TV drama ceremony.
A few months ago, the TV series "Under the Wave" starring her broke the prime-time ratings record of CCTV-8. This drama was also produced by CCTV. Whether or not she wins an award is secondary. As the main creator, she must attend the event in person.
For a three-day holiday, the fastest round-trip flight alone would take at least 22 hours. Add to that the travel time from the destination to the airport, the check-in and waiting time, the event site and preparation time... I really wish every item had to be accurate to the second, and I'm fighting every moment.
Others are special forces traveling, Ling Suisui is a special forces rushing around. When she appeared at the event venue, looking energetic and radiant, no one could tell what a devilish journey she had gone through.
The main actors around her seat were also in good condition, with a happy smile on everyone's face.
After all, all the cast members of "Under the Wave" from first to fifth place were nominated. Although the awards of the annual ceremony are not as prestigious as the three major awards in the drama circle for the time being, it has received a lot of official support in recent years. This is recognition from CCTV.
There is no distinction between main and supporting roles in the individual awards of the annual ceremony. Ling Sui was nominated for "Actress of the Year" last year and won the award. This year she was nominated for "Powerful Actress of the Year". Song Lingshan was nominated for "Influential Actress of the Year". Judging from the nomination list, her chances of winning are very high.
Huang Rui and Li Yuanqing were both nominated for "Actor of the Year", while Ying Nian (fifth role) was nominated for "Breakthrough Actor of the Year".
Although this award is meant to encourage newcomers, and it is not appropriate for Ying to receive this award considering his debut that year, he is still quite happy because he likes the literal meaning of the award.
He specially thanked Ling Suisui for giving him the opportunity to participate in the work of "Under the Wave". He has been nominated for some mainstream awards before, but none of them are as meaningful and well-deserved as this "Breakthrough Award".
Ling Suisui’s answer to this was: “Don’t thank me, this is what you have earned through your own hard work.”
Although the character of Li Tian is considered a supporting role, he also plays a key role in the plot of The Wave. The barrel effect also applies to film and television works, at least year is not the weak point.
For Ling Suisui, she also hopes that the actors who work with her can gain something. Because this will send a signal to the outside world - there will be meat to eat if you follow her, and she will bring everyone to the table to eat.
If before the broadcast of The Wave, the actors willing to play supporting roles for her were all seeking fame and rise to fame, then after it, actors who wanted to win awards and have representative works would also flock to her, and she and the film crew would have a wider range of choices.
Not to mention, her work has the opportunity to do both. Now, not only do the top projects go through her hands first, but even actors who used to only play the leading role are asking her about her other play in a roundabout way.
No matter how outrageous the brainwashing stories out there are, most people in the industry don't believe that she will really change her nationality, dive into Hollywood, and never come back. If that were the case, there would be no need for her to come specially to attend the CCTV event today.
The event hasn't started yet, and Huang Rui and others were also asking Ling Suisui, "Have you decided on your next drama?"
They also said that Ling Suisui's team has a strong ability to keep secrets, and so far there has not been even a hint of gossip.
Ling Suisui spread his hands: "It's not that we are keeping it secret, it's that we really haven't made up our minds. We are in contact with some projects, but we didn't reach an agreement, so forget it."
"Really?" Li Yuanqing covered his mouth and whispered, "I heard that Director Zhao wanted to see you for a movie..."
In the general perception of the film and television industry, Director Zhao and Director Pei have similar status in the industry, and from an average level, Director Zhao's films are more popular, which means they have higher box office revenue.
Ling Suisui nodded: "Not yet decided. He approached me, but I wasn't interested in his subject matter, so I rejected it."
After hearing what she said, Ying Nian was the only one among the leading actors of The Wave present who had a normal expression and didn't feel anything was wrong. The other three looked at her with very complicated eyes.
I felt surprised, envious, and a little sad.
——Even if the actor and the director have a mutual choice, there is nothing wrong with Ling Sui turning down a project, but that’s Director Zhao!
It's like Peking University and Tsinghua University say they want to send you an admission letter, but you wave your hand and say you have no interest in their major and decide not to study.
Song Lingshan said with emotion: "If I have even one chance in my life to speak like you, I will die without regrets."
Li Yuanqing and Huang Rui nodded. The possibility of working with a great director was something they had never dared to imagine. How powerful and confident would it be to reject a great director?
Oh, it turned out to be Ling Suisui, that’s not surprising.
There is a magical power about her, which is that no matter what she gets or what new record she creates, in the eyes of others, it is what she deserves, and she is just that good.
The title of the big devil of domestic entertainment has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Do you understand the value of having a work that has topped the online broadcast list for four consecutive years?
In order to knock her off the top spot, some people even created a new list of "Annual Cumulative Works Views", attempting to win by the number of dramas aired.
But unfortunately, this statistical method is not only useless, but also easy to bring shame upon oneself - when all the dramas they produce themselves combined are still less than the number of dramas she broadcasts a year, these people will become obedient.
Later, the calculation scope of this cumulative list was expanded from first to second, then to third and fourth. Finally, the list makers discovered in despair that unless they were shameless enough to not let go even of guest appearances, it would be difficult to kick Ling Sui off the championship throne.
What's worse is that "Yao Tai Lu" has been confirmed to be broadcast on Yumi Video in March. The number of reservations on the site has exceeded 10 million. Ling Sui's record of winning the first work of the year is likely to be extended.
But...if she doesn't film a TV series this year, she can give up the championship next year. It is difficult to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for the major platforms.
When others are not filming, they are called picking their feet. But when Ling Sui is taking a break, it is called recuperating or self-reflecting. When she stands high enough, no one will interfere with her decisions. Instead, they will automatically come up with the most reasonable logic in their minds - even if they are wrong, Ling Suisui will not be wrong.
The event started soon, and Ling Suisui won the "Powerful Actress of the Year" award tonight. The whole audience was applauding her, and everyone thought this was the least suspenseful thing tonight.
Because her performance in "Under the Wave" was so good. She doesn't need to make drastic changes to her makeup to fully create a female image spanning more than ten years. Although she has become famous all over the country, in her works, the audience still sees the characters, not Ling Suisui herself.
There is no "Best Actress" in the conventional sense at the annual ceremony, but that does not prevent everyone from thinking that this is a new starting point for her to sweep the mainstream awards circle. The reason is simple. If we consider both artistic value and commercial influence, it would be difficult to find a more suitable candidate than her.
As for the other leading actors of Inspur, Ying Nian and Song Lingshan both won awards. Since Huang Rui and Li Yuanqing won the award for the same drama, although both of them performed very well, due to some hidden rules, they could only choose one of the two, and Li Yuanqing unfortunately had to be a runner-up.
However, he won the "Audience Favorite Actor of the Year" award tonight, which was considered a gain.
There were five leading actors in "Under the Wave", and each of them took home a trophy; in addition, "Under the Wave" also won the Drama of the Year and the Converged Communication Drama of the Year, for a total of seven awards.
Although the producer was a runner-up in the "Producer of the Year" award, it did not stop her from smiling from ear to ear. With the annual ceremony as a weather vane, the main creators of Inspur will definitely be present in the mainstream awards in the drama circle this year and next year.
It’s been almost three months since The Wave was aired, and it’s still on Antenna Video’s popular best-selling list. Even though the hit period has passed, advertisers are still enthusiastic and the number of views is steadily increasing, which is expected to break the Yunhe record of "the fastest to enter the 20 billion views club".
Although the current record holder is also Ling Sui, she certainly hopes that there will always be someone better.
After the recording ended, Ling Sui declined the invitation to a party from the main creators. Everyone knew that she was busy flying back to the crew. For an actor, drama is more important than anything else, so no one tried to keep her.
Before, Ying Nian didn't talk much to her at the event. After Ling Sui got on the bus, I saw the message "Have a safe journey" he sent on my mobile phone, which was also accompanied by an emoticon package.
She smiled and replied with an emoticon.
The business car drove to the airport, and the companions included not only her assistant, team members who were on shift, but also Xiao Tang, a screenwriter under Harvest Media.
Zhuo Siyu was very curious why everyone called her Xiao Tang, even though she was obviously not young anymore. When I asked, I found out that her full name was Tang Bao, and this was the name on her ID card.
...Okay, this is the parents' intention, but Xiao Tang still sounds more intimate.
Xiao Tang has been having a bad time recently. Specifically, after she wrote more than a dozen versions of the script outline, she suddenly deleted all the files and did not even leave a backup for herself.
Tong Xiaoman was shocked by her mental state. Seeing her lifeless eyes and her out-of-control body due to overeating, she immediately stopped her script writing.
Whether he can write something is another matter, but Xiao Tang, don’t really ruin your health. Although the work intensity at Fengshou Media is a bit high, it is not as high as that of a large company that forces employees to die at their workstations.
It just so happened that Ling Sui was going back to China. Tong Xiaoman applied for a visa for Xiao Tang and asked Ling Suisui to take her to the United States to relax and experience the customs and practices of a different cultural background. Perhaps this would help her to feel more positive.
Well... Although Ling Suisui doesn't think that the Hollywood crew is a place where people can relax, at least it can allow Xiao Tang to temporarily leave the work environment, which may be of some help.
She asked Xiao Tang: "What's wrong with you recently? Even if you have encountered a creative bottleneck, there is no need to be so anxious. You are still so young and have a lot of time. Sometimes you don't have to dwell on trivial matters."
For example, changing the subject matter?
After hearing Ling Sui's implied meaning, Xiao Tang seemed even more depressed.
She covered her face with a tissue and said weakly:
"At first, I thought I was standing on the shoulders of giants and would definitely be able to write about the most famous minister in ancient and modern times, someone who punched Zhuge Liang and kicked Zhang Juzheng. Later, I realized that I was dreaming."
"I adjusted my creative goal and thought that writing about an outstanding powerful official would be enough. With a modern strategic vision, it would be reasonable for me to create a character who crushes everyone in a fictional ancient time. Many time-travel novels are written this way."
"But then I found out that it was too difficult, really too difficult. I only had two options. One was to give the protagonist a lot of cheat codes, give other people a halo of reduced intelligence, and then give the productivity level a few acceleration gears - in short, to completely ignore reality and just have fun."
"If I don't want to, or if I'm self-righteous and think that writing like this is low-level, there will be a more difficult path in front of me."
"Under the conditions of backward productivity, reform is simply difficult to carry out. In the era without mobile phones and communications, the radiation range of the court's will was quite limited, and the imperial power was not just talk. Want to hold an imperial examination? Only those who can afford to read are still the same group of people. The imperial examination has existed since the Tang Dynasty, but if you want to eliminate the aristocratic families, you still have to rely on Huang Chao's physical method."
"I can't write a famous savior. I'm even stuck at the first step. The feudal dynasty blocked the upward path for women. I can't even let the heroine stand in the court as an official."
Xiao Tang's voice became weaker and weaker: "No wonder the core of the hero Wuyou can only be a tragedy."
The political drama in her mind seemed to be ending in tragedy.
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