Chapter 16 Trying to Persuade
Li Qin waited for more than ten minutes with some trepidation, and finally heard Li Shaohong beside her finish her work with a long sigh, then changed her glasses, got up and sat down on the sofa next to Li Qin.
"Why did you suddenly come to Jingbei?" Li Shaohong looked at the "proud disciple" in front of her and asked gently.
Li Qin showed a fresh and sweet smile, and said in a coquettish tone: "The TV series has been broadcast, and I have nothing to do recently, so I thought of coming to see my aunt."
"Thoughtful." Li Shaohong patted Li Qin's hand and nodded with satisfaction.
Li Shaohong has a daughter who is also engaged in the film and television industry. Because she studies and works abroad all the year round, they don't see each other for a long time throughout the year. Therefore, for Li Qin, the girl who he took great efforts to pull away from school and brought up, he couldn't help but invest some feelings for his daughter.
After a few pleasantries, Li Shaohong turned the topic back to work: "The performance of the "Brilliant Life" you just broadcast was very good. The platform and the brand were very satisfied. This is a great help for the priority of your subsequent works and the recognition in the industry."
The "Brilliant Life" that Li Shaohong mentioned is the latest TV series broadcast by Mango TV. The starring actors are Li Qin and Peter Ho. The theme is still the sad love drama that Rong Xinda loves. The content is basically a collection of classic bloody plots such as childhood sweethearts, best friends turning against each other, two women fighting for husbands, generations of grievances, true and false daughters, etc.
But don't say it, there are really many viewers who like this. This drama was broadcast in the prime time of Mango TV, and it won the first place in the ratings and audience share in the same period in just four or five episodes.
However, Li Shaohong is not satisfied with this result. Because although the ratings of the whole drama are very good, for Li Qin personally, there is not much growth in popularity.
In fact, this is also a common problem of this type of TV series, because the main audience group is generally older, and this group of people rarely participate in online discussions, which easily leads to the situation of "high ratings but low popularity".
It can only be said that this kind of Korean-style sadomasochism and Taiwanese bitter drama works belong to the last era.
"So I discussed with Xiaowan before, and asked your agent to change the theme when he accepts your script in the future." Li Shaohong said: "The most popular theme in the past two years is ancient idol drama, you can try this route."
As he said, Li Shaohong stood up and walked to the table, took a document and handed it to Li Qin.
"This is a script I got two days ago. It is produced by the same company as "Brilliant Life", and the theme happens to be ancient idol drama. You have the results of the previous one, so it's no problem to get this role." Li Shaohong introduced.
Li Qin took the document, which was a script with the name "The Best Bride" on the cover. She opened the script and took a rough look. As Li Shaohong said, it was an idol comedy in ancient costume.
If she had received this script a few days ago, Li Qin would definitely have agreed without hesitation. A TV series that is broadcast
on satellite TV, a popular ancient idol drama, a regular production, a female lead, and a considerable salary...
In comparison, Meng Bai's online drama project, which doesn't even know where the investment comes from, looks like a soap bubble that may burst at any time.
Objectively speaking, anyone would know what to choose.
But...
Li Shaohong saw Li Qin staring at the script in her hand for a long time without saying anything, and thought that she had found something wrong, so she couldn't help asking: "What's wrong, is there something wrong with the script?"
"Ah, no, no." Li Qin came back to her senses and shook her head quickly.
Li Shaohong nodded: "Since there is no problem, I will let your agent discuss the specific contract with the production company."
"Uh, wait a minute, Auntie!"
Li Qin hurriedly stopped Li Shaohong who was about to get up. Under the other party's puzzled gaze, she made up her mind and said, "Auntie, actually I have something else to tell you this time... I have a friend who is going to shoot a drama recently. I read his script and I think it is quite interesting, and the image of the heroine is also very suitable for me, so... I want to try it."
After hesitating for a long time, her subjective feelings prevailed after all.
Li Qin expected that after she finished speaking, she would inevitably be strongly opposed by Li Shaohong.
But what she didn't expect was that Li Shaohong didn't rush to say anything after hearing what she said. After thinking quietly for a few seconds, she frowned and asked, "Your friend's drama?"
The topic has been opened, and Li Qin no longer has the previous anxiety and simply nodded: "Yes."
"Which company?"
"The producer is Leshi.com." Although she didn't know what the result would be with Meng Bai, Li Qin could only believe that he would succeed.
"Leshi.com? That video website?" Li Shaohong's expression finally changed, and she looked at Li Qin and said: "So, it's an online drama?"
"Yes, because of the sensitive subject matter, it may be difficult to pass the review through conventional channels, so we chose to broadcast it on the video website." Li Qin said.
"Sensitive subject matter?" Li Shaohong frowned.
Just as Meng Bai and Gan Wei said, because the current online dramas are not popular, many of them are made by amateur teams or small companies. In order to attract attention, many producers rely on the lax supervision of the Internet to make all kinds of vulgar jokes and show nudity.
Li Shaohong obviously thought that the "sensitive subject matter" Li Qin was talking about was of this type, and immediately planned to severely stop her.
What a joke, the company has finally established a pure and sweet personality for you, and now you tell me that you want to do those messy things?
Li Qin also reacted to this misunderstanding and hurriedly explained: "This script is a supernatural suspense theme, involving a lot of traditional folk customs and ghost legends, so it is more sensitive."
After that, she added: "The plot is really about ghosts."
After hearing Li Qin's explanation, Li Shaohong's face looked better. It sounds like at least it is not the kind of "bad drama" that skirts the edge and makes colors.
However, she still doesn't intend to agree.
These days, the audience's impression of online dramas is "cheap", "rough" and "not up to standard".
Although Li Qin is only a third-tier actor now, she is at least a new star promoted by Rong Xinda. How could she be allowed to lower her status to do some online drama.
Li Qin looked at the change in Li Shaohong's face, and probably guessed her thoughts, and couldn't help but get anxious. She quickly recalled the excuses she had prepared in the past few days and the conversation with Meng Bai. Thoughts flashed in her mind, and then she thought of a new idea as if a flash of inspiration.
Without waiting for Li Shaohong to express her opinion, Li Qin took the initiative to say, "Aunt Li, actually the reason why I want to take my friend's drama is not only because I think the script is good, but also because I want to give it a try."
"Try it?" Li Shaohong's original refusal was interrupted by Li Qin, and she subconsciously followed her words and asked, "What try?"
Li Qin quickly organized her words in her mind and said, "Just like what you said just now, several dramas in the past two years have achieved good results and ratings, but their popularity and popularity are not high. The biggest reason may be that the subject matter and character settings are no longer suitable for young audiences."
"Several popular dramas in the past two years, such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Palace" and "Startling by Each Step", are very different from traditional romance dramas in terms of subject matter, setting and characters. It is this sense of novelty that attracts audiences to discuss and communicate, and thus forms a very high popularity." "
So I was thinking, should I also try some new types of roles, no longer be limited to the kind of "little white flower" type of heroine, but explore some more styles of images."
"That's a great idea." Li Shaohong interrupted Li Qin and said, "The style of the heroine in the script I gave you this time is different from the previous one, so it's just right for you to try a new route."
"But Auntie, no one knows what the effect of this change will be. There will always be successes and failures in attempts. I think it's much cheaper to try with the performance of an online drama than with a TV series on a satellite TV station."
Li Qin was getting smoother and smoother. At first, she racked her brains to think of an excuse, but later, it seemed like she had always thought so.
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