Chapter 313 Decisively Want to Act
Not much, just a quick update from last night, regular updates tonight.
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Lu Yanhe was referring to "The Squid Game".
Jiang Yuqian said, "Didn't I already tell you? Do you think I'd be willing to act in the play you wrote?"
Jiang Yuqian asked, "Do you think I'm lying to you?"
Lu Yanhe was both amused and exasperated. He immediately said, "No, I just don't know if you've read the outline? I wrote an outline and a story synopsis for you and sent them to your email."
"Not yet." Jiang Yuqian shook her head as expected. "I've been too busy lately and haven't had time to look at it."
Lu Yanhe said, "Sister Yuqian, I plan to invite Teacher Jiang Jun to play the male lead in this drama."
“You told me this before, I know.”
"Perhaps... you are the second lead, and the story of this drama mainly unfolds from the perspective of his character."
"I know, it's okay." Jiang Yuqian looked at Lu Yanhe's stammering appearance. "What, do you think I only want to play the lead role? That depends on who I'm acting with and what kind of play it is. Do you know why actors like me and Huang Kairen usually care so much about playing the lead role?"
Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Actually, he never understood why everyone cared so much about the order of billing.
This stuff can't be eaten, and it doesn't have any real meaning—do you think the audience will like you more just because you're the lead? To put it bluntly, it all comes down to your performance in the show.
Jiang Yuqian said, "That's because the projects that Huang Kairen and I usually act in are projects that the platform will promote. It goes without saying that there are big directors like Director Luo who can oversee things, such as 'The Golden Era'. But under normal circumstances, even if you make a hit like 'The Seventeen Floors', the director doesn't have that much say."
"Many people will try to take a share of the pie from you. If you don't emphasize your billing order, you will definitely be the one who suffers. Those with lower status than you will want to step on you to rise to the top, and your co-stars will also have a large team that wants to seize more benefits."
“It’s not that we want to be the lead, it’s that we have to be the lead. If we don’t get the lead, there will be a lot of problems later on, from the focus of filming, publicity resources, media attitude, and even other aspects of the competition. You work hard to act and cooperate with the crew, but you don’t get the treatment you deserve. You will find that the production company often just wants to settle things peacefully. I don’t want the lead, but the other party does. Even if my character is the main character in this drama, I will still give him the lead.”
"You'll find that not many people will carefully understand your position in the drama. They only use the billing order to determine your status. If you are the second billing order, it means that others think the other person is more capable. Then, when competing for other job opportunities, it becomes proof that you are not as good as the other person."
Jiang Yuqian said a lot in one breath, then smiled and said, "But if it is a reliable production team, and a group of reliable people are doing this project, then there will be no hidden dangers later on. And my role is indeed the second lead role, so it's fine for me to play the second lead role. Of course, it's fine. Look, Huang Kairen also played the second lead role for me. In all these years, how long has it been since he played the second lead role? He knows that many problems will not occur in Director Luo's production team. He also knows the style of me and my team, which is why he dared to play the second lead role."
After listening to Jiang Yuqian's explanation, Lu Yanhe understood some of what she had said.
He nodded.
Jiang Yuqian said, "I heard that you're going to have a long-term partnership with Aurora Video?"
"We're still negotiating, nothing's finalized yet, but they have indeed offered very good terms," Lu Yanhe said.
Jiang Yuqian asked, "Are you planning to collaborate with them on this project?"
“It’s possible. Originally, I planned to write the script and sell it to another production company, but the cooperation agreement with Northern Lights showed Ziyan and me another possibility. Maybe we can find a team to do this project ourselves,” Lu Yanhe said. “Of course, it’s all still very early on, so it’s difficult. I still prefer to find an established production company to work with. I don’t care about those things. I don’t understand them anyway. It would be a huge headache for me to start from scratch and do something like this.”
Jiang Yuqian nodded, "You're right to think that way. Starting a drama from scratch means learning everything from the beginning, which is very troublesome. It's better to collaborate with others first, gradually build up your network, and then you can assemble a team to do this."
Lu Yanhe hummed in agreement.
He added, "Actually, I had talked to people at Maxine before. Director Bei recommended my project to them and came to me specifically, but the conversation with them didn't go very well."
“For a subject like this, you might as well wait until ‘The Seventeenth Floor’ airs before officially launching the project. There hasn’t been a subject like this in China for a long time, so people are quite cautious. Once ‘The Seventeenth Floor’ airs, people should become more familiar with the subject and have more confidence in it,” Jiang Yuqian said. “By then, you will have better conditions in all aspects.”
That's just how it is in this circle.
When one becomes a hit, other similar shows follow suit and rise to fame.
After Friends became a hit, the entire industry is now scrambling to find writers who can create sitcoms, all wanting to create their own Friends.
What Jiang Yuqian was talking about is the principle of "leveraging influence".
Lu Yanhe said, "It doesn't matter. The script for this play hasn't even been written yet. If we really want to film it, the earliest we can expect to start is next year."
Jiang Yuqian nodded.
“Okay, you’d better tell me six months in advance so I can reserve a slot for you,” Jiang Yuqian said. “Although I haven’t taken on any other roles yet, there’s no guarantee what will happen later.”
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Since filming "The Golden Era", Jiang Yuqian has only taken on one new role.
At her stage, even if she only stars in one drama a year or doesn't have any dramas airing, it won't significantly affect her status in the industry.
Her next goal is to become a top actress like Chen Bige.
However, for such a location, the right timing, location, and people are all indispensable.
What Jiang Yuqian needs most right now is an award.
She's putting all her effort into winning awards, so it's impossible for her to go back to the old phase of frantically taking on roles and filming.
She couldn't explain why she so readily decided to take on the role of Lu Yanhe.
If it were just out of loyalty to a friend, Jiang Yuqian felt that at this stage, she probably wouldn't take on a work that was clearly ineligible for mainstream awards.
Even her agent was surprised by her decisiveness.
After all, the huge success of "The Golden Era" showed that Jiang Yuqian could also carry the ratings of serious dramas, which opened up her acting career and led to an increase in invitations.
However, at this time, Jiang Yuqian's standards for accepting roles have risen significantly.
The agent thought that Jiang Yuqian's standard was the same for everyone.
Jiang Yuqian pondered for a long time before telling her agent, "Wanting to help Xiao Lu is one aspect, but there's another."
"Um?"
"I get the feeling that Xiao Lu will succeed at whatever he does."
"His current momentum is indeed like that."
"The success of 'Friends' was something no one expected. If a show can become this popular, even if it doesn't win any awards, any actor would be willing to act in it," Jiang Yuqian said. "Including me, I don't take on every role with the goal of winning awards. It's just that my standards have become higher. I believe that this new play written by Xiao Lu will be another huge success, so I'm willing to act in it."
"Yes." The agent nodded.
"I wonder when I'll be able to win a Best Actress award."
"Yuqian, don't rush," the agent advised. "This is a done deal; it's just a matter of time."
“I wasn’t in a hurry before because I knew I was still far from it, but now that I see hope, I can’t help but get a little anxious.” Jiang Yuqian sighed as she spoke, “Even that woman Xu Yiren won an award.”
The agent was speechless for a moment.
Xu Yiren is a colleague that many actresses hate the most.
Lu Sui's attitude towards Xu Yiren is actually the attitude of many people towards Xu Yiren.
Her winning this award must have been a huge blow to many actresses.
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—Xiao Lu, this is Xu Yiren.
He drank too much and slept fitfully. When he woke up, Lu Yanhe sat on the bed and stared blankly at the message on his phone.
ha?
Lu Yanhe didn't lose his memory; he simply forgot who Xu Yiren was.
He was a little confused; how come she sent him a friend request when he woke up?
He rubbed his eyes, put his phone aside, and went to wash his face and brush his teeth.
Last night, Lu Yanhe had already heard a lot about Xu Yiren.
This person's rise to power was no less "glorious" than Meng Li's, and even Jiang Yuqian didn't like her much.
Lu Yanhe wondered why this person had suddenly come looking for him.
(End of this chapter)
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