Chapter 69

This is a habit he would not tell anyone about.

This is what Su Ning did when he was in a bad mood before. He would sit on the sofa wrapped in a small blanket and not sleep, as if he was in a state of self-autism. After tonight, he returned to normal.

The road still needs to go on.

The space left for "emotions" in this circle is also very narrow. Sitting in this position, it is best to always stay calm, no matter what happens.

But what was different from the previous time was that Shen Mingzheng was back this time. As soon as he got off the plane, he knew that the group did not win the prize today. When Chen Tao told him about this, he was very surprised. This was something that people in the industry could not figure out at once.

Su Ning is not the only one who thinks the Audience Choice Award is fair. For example, Shen Mingzheng did not know until the last moment that even the Thorn Award was unfair and could be manipulated.

He had some guesses in his mind, and when he got home and saw Su Ning like this, he went up to him and held him and the blanket in his arms.

"It doesn't matter what we negotiate," he said. "Tell me what happened today."

Su Ning took a deep breath and told him everything.

He reflected on this matter seriously, just like reviewing other work, and said to himself: "My choice at that time..."

In the end, he refused.

Su Ning has encountered setbacks over the years, but he has always been accustomed to protecting others, especially the artists under his management. He took the responsibility for the company's losses himself, but because his decisions affected them, he felt that he had not done well enough.

Although Li Chu and the others didn't blame him at all.

"Don't think so," Shen Mingzheng said, "Yuedong came here tonight just for this matter. He wants an answer from you. Zhu Lan is watching from the side. If you are persuaded, even if you nod, this matter will definitely not be allowed."

This is a situation that is beyond negotiation.

As Liang Xiaoliang said, the current industry situation is that the platform is strong, and even Zhu Lan is accustomed to it. It cannot be changed at will. No matter how good the negotiation skills are, they cannot solve this situation.

They didn't want to use the main actors confirmed by the platform in "The Ambitious Man", and they didn't want Glory to film casually, so this matter was a dead end, and it didn't matter what reaction Su Ning had tonight.

If it was wrong to refuse outright, then there would be no way out of the ambiguity. Tonight was the trap they had set.

"Let me put it another way," Shen Mingzheng said, "If Yuedong asked you to choose again now, would you agree?"

Su Ning won’t.

There are other awards, and you can win them, but the impact of bad acting goes far beyond this.

He understood all these principles in his heart.

Su Ning leaned on his shoulder, was silent at first, then rubbed his shoulder, and after a while asked: "So when you went to find Ye Qiuxin this time, did she agree?"

"She agreed," Shen Mingzheng said, "I brought the script with me and explained the character to her in detail. She was particularly interested. I also told her that the show could only be broadcast on Haicheng TV at best, and the platform and time slot might be average. She gladly accepted it and even said that if we didn't have enough money, she could reduce her pay."

"Su Ning, believe me, this play has great potential."

"Don't be so happy. They have no vision."

In this circle, there are people who go with the flow, and there are people who indulge in superficial glitz and fame, but there are also people who are willing to calm down and do something practical.

Ye Qiuxin agreed, and director Guo Baomu would come to shoot the film. Thinking about the script she had read, she felt that it would not be so difficult at the moment.

There is still hope.

"Okay, I'll go talk to Orange Video tomorrow," Su Ning perked up after hearing the news. "It doesn't matter, even if the price is lower."

Shen Mingzheng nodded: "Well, I'll go with you."

Su Ning thought for a moment and added, "There is also Glory's next album. Although it has been planned before, I think we can't just leave it like this. We need to work on it more carefully."

Last time it was a mini album with three songs, this time Su Ning prepared eight songs. This configuration is already not lower than the previous album, but Su Ning still feels it is not enough.

Now that he didn't get the award, he had to produce even more unquestionable results so that no one would dare to say anything.

He can definitely give the best to his artists.

Shen Mingzheng agreed and coaxed the girl to go to sleep. He was not sleepy at all. Then he took out his cell phone, thought for a while, and asked Li Chu about the details of what happened today.

The other party responded very quickly. Knowing that Su Ning was still worried about this matter after returning, he sent a lot of messages at once: "We all know that he is ready for the group. In fact, it doesn't matter whether he gets the award or not! If Su Ning is in a bad mood, I will go to him tomorrow to talk about it."

In fact, he saw it today.

How can anyone be as emotionless as Su Ning? He used to praise them when they achieved something, but now when there is a problem, Su Ning apologizes first, even though his choice was not wrong at all.

He wasn't that angry when he didn't get the award, but now he's rolling around in bed in frustration.

"No need," Shen Mingzheng replied, "but this incident reminded me."

Su Ning held his breath and thought about how to make the next album. Shen Mingzheng was in charge of the music and dance aspects, and they were basically done.

The production team of Shen's Film and Television is now very complete. It is difficult to come up with something new, but this MV can do something good. The MV they put together last time was quite basic and just followed the trend.

Stream of consciousness is very popular in MVs for singers and idol groups nowadays. The images are beautiful, the concepts are varied, and the emphasis is on exquisite close-ups. However, the story-telling MVs that were very popular in the country at first are now rare.

In fact, story-telling MVs can enhance the emotional expression of a song and are more likely to leave a lasting impression.

Shen Mingzheng thought about this and replied to Li Chu: "I think you may not be unable to act."

Li Chu: “?”

Idols can evolve into actors, and there are many successful cases in the circle, but at least they need to have basic knowledge of this industry and take it step by step, but they just can't act in bad movies.

The next day, Su Ning, who was coaxed by Shen Mingzheng and was full of energy again, went to Orange Video to discuss cooperation as soon as possible.

Because of what happened yesterday, he changed his mindset.

He has a good relationship with Chen Yuan, and the other party is very satisfied with the operation of Glory and agreed to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of "The Ambitious Family".

But the dark history of Light and Shadow Entertainment, which has been involved in many films, and several unsuccessful adaptations of well-known novels, was criticized by the audience. It is true that idol groups are operating well now, but this is very different from dramas. Many audiences are still avoiding Light and Shadow Entertainment's adapted dramas.

"Boss Su, you have already decided on a female lead, Ye Qiuxin. Her dramas generally don't have much appeal on the Internet. This is the truth," the person in charge of the other party said. "Director Guo Baomu is a good director, but he is very strict with actors and only likes to use those he likes. All you can give the platform are some small roles... It's also very difficult for us to do it."

"Also, this Jixue, I don't think I've heard of this person either. It says he plays an important role. Is he a newcomer?"

Su Ning brought Ji Xue to meet Director Guo and they had a brief audition. Guo Baomu was quite satisfied with her performance, but there were several young roles suitable for Ji Xue and they had not been decided yet. Su Ning was determined to put her in the role, so he wrote it down.

The remaining actors have hardly been decided yet.

"Yes," Su Ning said bluntly, "He is a newcomer in our company."

He is a newcomer, and his name has never been heard of. In the eyes of the other party, he has no charisma.

After flipping through the entire plan, he didn't see any traffic at all. He had to show a sad expression and hesitated to talk to Su Ning.

"Let's do this."

Shen Mingzheng said: "What we want here is mainly the streaming of Orange Video. When the drama is broadcast, the opening page or the first picture of the advertisement will be necessary. We hope to have the necessary promotional resources, but the price of buying the drama can be negotiated."

"If you don't trust us, we can discuss how to split the bill. We will bear the risk ourselves."

Account splitting means that the video platform pays a small amount of money upfront, and the subsequent final payment is paid based on the actual situation such as the number of clicks on the drama. The more clicks, the more money is paid, and the less clicks, the less money is paid.

This does reduce a lot of pressure on Orange Video, but it is a huge pressure on the production team.

Generally speaking, normal companies would not make such a choice. Profit-sharing dramas are often those involving small investments. I have never seen a palace drama involving large investments played out like this.

Su Ning originally didn't want to use this method, but given the current situation, he really had to take a risk.

"Okay," the other party was relieved when he saw that he didn't have to pay any money, "Let's just take it as trusting Mr. Su and Mr. Shen."

Once a consensus was reached, signing the contract went smoothly. Su Ning had already started preparing for the various tasks before filming, and signed the contract while going through the process.

On the day he officially signed, Shen Mingzheng accompanied him. After leaving Orange Video, Mr. Shen suddenly mentioned in the car: "Su Ning, tomorrow is Valentine's Day."

When Su Ning was busy, he didn't care about holidays. He flipped through the contract in the car and said, "Yes, Valentine's Day."

Shen Mingzheng waited for him to react, and then heard Su Ning say, "Isn't that when the movie "Jiushe" is released?"

She re-shot the film "Old Love Letters".

I saw her promoting it in her circle of friends yesterday, and Mr. Lu liked it and praised her a lot. She even booked out theaters everywhere today, and the Su Ning group's agent team is also stepping up promotion.

But Ji Xue is not the protagonist after all, and the current promotion and publicity done by her team has not overshadowed the protagonist. However, after the film is released, the promotion strategy will change according to the actual situation.

...It seemed as if the movie was the only thing on his mind.

Although it was not wrong, Mr. Shen was used to it and said, "Let's go. I'll go with you tomorrow."

There are many romance films in this schedule. "Old Love Letters" has little funds for promotion. Although it tried hard, its influence is still not big enough. Gaoshan Pictures tried its best on the first day, but still only had 15% of the screenings, which was the last among several films.

Su Ning really went to see it with Shen Mingzheng. They went there after get off work, at the cinema next to the company.

They were both late.

Because Su Ning had a document in his hands that was urgent, they arrived ten minutes late. They didn't want to disturb the others who were watching the movie, so the two of them bent over and lowered their heads. Shen Mingzheng still held his hand, and they found their seats in the dark like a sneaky couple.

As soon as Su Ning sat down, he saw the camera lens of snow.

Tong Feifan really has something, the shots are beautiful, he didn't shoot the face directly, just a shot of the classroom, chose a distant view, outside the classroom are uneven shadows of trees, outside the classroom the young male protagonist is calling the female protagonist's name, the boy is very enthusiastic.

"You said you would be my friend if I got first place in the exam!"

“I got first place in the exam now!”

So, among a group of classmates who were concentrating on writing, Jixue raised her head slightly, naturally smoothed her hair with her hand, and then looked outside. The breeze blew through the ends of her hair, and her expression had a just the right amount of dazed look.

This is a close-up, and it is a true beauty attack. Su Ning even heard someone gasping in the back.

So he also felt a little proud.

Even though he was ten minutes late, he still watched it. Not only was she beautiful, but the whole movie was good.

Xie Fangmin has been out of the film industry for a long time. She has aged and even put on haggard makeup, but the moment she raises her eyes, people immediately recall her days of fame and success more than a decade ago.

She was busy in front of the snack stand, wiping her hands on her apron, and the look that penetrated the crowd when she met someone after a long separation, the disappointed look when she looked at her impetuous son, and the loving look when she looked at the male protagonist.

She has a pair of very expressive eyes.

The whole film is not depressing or sad, because it is not an art film, and many parts are handled in a light-hearted way.

The male protagonist came back many years later with little money. He recognized the female protagonist but was too embarrassed to see her. It was a complicated and somewhat funny story. However, when the female protagonist was in danger, he was mistaken for a big boss who came back from outside. He could only force himself to pretend to be the one he loved on a colorful cloud.

But lies never stand.

The male protagonist felt ashamed, but under the street lights that day, his beloved just smiled at him.

"I already knew that," she said. "It doesn't matter. At this time, it doesn't matter if you don't get first place."

At this time, she gradually overlaps with the beautiful and somewhat unreal heroine in her youth, and her role becomes more memorable.

In fact, the entire film does not even have five minutes of screen time, but not a single second of her time is wasted, as it all echoes the reunion with an old love after many years. Su Ning can honestly say that apart from the male and female protagonists, she is the most eye-catching one.

This was not his partiality as a company boss. Anyone with eyes could see that when the movie was about to end, he received a call from the person in charge of Orange Video. When Su Ning picked up the call, he heard a very polite voice on the other end.

"Mr. Su, I'm sorry to bother you so late. We really have something urgent to do," the other side said. "Well, I remember that the play we talked about has Ji Xue in it, right?"

Su Ning: “Yes.”

Didn't I say this early on?

"Oh, oh, this is really..." The other party also stuttered a little, as if he was very embarrassed, "Mr. Su, um, well, we are actually very optimistic about this drama. Before, before, you blame me for not explaining it clearly. Otherwise, let's talk about it in detail?"

"You can propose the conditions again! In fact, it is not uncommon for contracts to be re-signed in the industry... right?"

Su Ning heard all this mumbling and realized that it was coming towards the snow.

If you ask how quickly an actor can become famous, the example of snow will prove it - it only takes overnight.

There are many ways to monitor data in real time in the industry. Everyone has dehydration data in their hands, not to mention that Orange Video has its own platform. The data of "Jixue" has grown from nothing to something and has been rising all the way. The curve on the first day was very surprising.

Experienced people will know that this is a sign of traffic explosion.