Chapter Sixteen
Li Nan frowned and said, "I think other people's love is bad, but it's completely different from your love. You don't need to be so pessimistic."
Maybe you'll become a miracle, experiencing perfect love, just like Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, whom you admire. All I can say is, you really love shipping couples.
Xu Weiwei smiled and said, "That's how it is. There's no way around it. I get the most joy from shipping couples. Even as a solo fan, I can't control myself. I always want to pair my idol with someone else."
Perhaps I think love is too wonderful, and I want to give the best to the person I love. Besides, I think people are most vibrant and interesting in emotional relationships.
If I'm shipping these two characters, I don't feel sorry for them at all. I enjoy watching them torment each other. But if I'm a solo fan, I feel terrible if my idol is bullied even slightly.
Anyway, I sometimes feel sorry for my idol, but in reality, my idol probably thinks they're doing just fine and doesn't need my pity at all.
I'm overinterpreting things. Besides, the person in question is already in the entertainment industry; they're a smart person. Those who are truly malicious and ill-intentioned will eventually see through their true colors and distance themselves from them.
There's little point in me feeling sorry for them beforehand. The person in question won't agree with my thoughts. Instead, they might feel that I've insulted someone else and that they should apologize on behalf of their fans. That's a possibility.
That made me even more upset, to the point of almost having a heart attack. It's because I'm completely on the opposite side of the idol, which is very annoying. I hate that when I'm a fan, I'm on the opposite side of the idol.
I only enjoy being rivals with my lover in love; no one else is worthy of being my rival. The person I love is equally unworthy.
Shipping couples brings me only joy. I can interpret eye-rolling as an argument, and sharp words as showing my ugliest side to the person I love most, revealing my true nature without pretense.
Anyway, I can reinterpret any seemingly illogical behavior. It's as if I'm using both of them as a trap. In any case, I don't really love the main characters because I don't feel sorry for them at all; I just enjoy the sweet moments.
After finding out they have girlfriends or are heterosexual and like ordering takeout, I stopped shipping them. Boy bands selling bromance and having girlfriends is perfectly normal to me. I basically ship every pair that falls apart; after experiencing so much, I don't care anymore.
Anyway, they're the ones who promoted the BL (Boys' Love) thing, so it's normal for me to ship them. As for what happened after the scandal broke, I'll just stop shipping them. They both have girlfriends now, it's not good for them if I keep shipping them. No girl really wants to be a mistress or share her boyfriend with someone else.
Li Nan shook her head and said, "Then you've fallen for it quite frequently. No wonder you didn't show much emotion after I told you the truth. You're used to it."
But there's nothing we can do about it; the entertainment industry is just that chaotic, and it's hard to truly fall for someone who's worthy of love. I'm the same way; I can't always stand up for justice, I just do my own thing.
Did you know? I once met a junior screenwriter on a film set. She wrote an exceptionally good script, and the show I was in became a huge hit. She basically wrote the script by herself, but she didn't get any benefits. In fact, she had to pay to work. It was quite pitiful.
The director of the production team is a well-known director who has directed many excellent films, and the screenwriter credited is also very famous with many representative works. They are very talented.
This screenwriter was relatively unknown. She applied for the job when the production team was recruiting and was selected. Once she joined, she was basically given all the work, but she received no pay and no recognition.
Basically, none of the people in the crew with any power were on her side. She asked for a salary, and the famous screenwriter said that if she could join such a big crew and meet so many famous stars and work with them, how could an unknown screenwriter like her have the nerve to take the money?
Moreover, after she finished writing the script and confirmed that no revisions were needed, the screenwriter brought by the male lead wanted to get rid of her immediately, feeling that she had no further use.
Finally, she wrote the entire script; all the words were written by her alone, without anyone else interfering. Yet, the credits listed her as a well-known screenwriter, the screenwriter brought in by the director, and the screenwriter brought into the production by the male and female leads.
It's like someone can take credit for someone else's work without doing any work. In the end, the writer gets no credit, no money, and has to pay for his own hotel stay and travel every day.
Moreover, she already suffered from depression, and being in the arts, she was very sensitive. This blow only made her condition worse.
Never have too high expectations of people's hearts. I've seen many similar things on set, and I've even experienced such upsetting things myself.
For example, when I received a script and decided to accept it, the script was very well written. However, once I joined the production team, the male lead changed the script to highlight his own performance, and the script was completely altered, even losing its logic.
What can I do? Can I quit the performance? I've already signed a contract, and the penalty for breach of contract is very high. I have no choice but to grit my teeth and continue performing.
Also, there are far more unprofessional actors on set than you might think. For example, the male lead might deliberately arrive three hours late every day just to show off his status. These kinds of bizarre things happen.
The female lead, unable to accept being overshadowed, deliberately asked the makeup artist to make the supporting actresses look ugly, so that none of them could be prettier than her.
There's a strict hierarchy on set. Sometimes you'll see actors fighting tooth and nail for top billing. That's how it is. Top billing isn't just about how good your achievements look; it's also about how much influence you have on the show.
If you're the lead actor, you can change the script at will, basically only listen to the director, and sometimes the director even has to appease you. Moreover, the higher your billing, the more money you get.
The daily filming schedule is all based on the lead actor's schedule, and they generally fulfill any requests made by the lead actor. I've even heard of a case where a male lead lost his commercial endorsements and then, disapproving of the second female lead filming a variety show, deliberately caused trouble.
On the day the second female lead was recording a variety show, he deliberately arranged for her to have a scene with him. As a result, the female lead was forced to stand up the variety show director, since she was an actress and acting was always more important than variety shows.
It's also very common for actors to be replaced; I've experienced it many times. Until the day filming starts, you never know who will be the final cast.
Even after filming begins and the official announcement is made, there's still a possibility of being replaced. Once, I filmed for a month, and an actress from one of the investors took a liking to my role, so I was replaced.
You might wonder why I didn't fight back? It's mainly because it's so common. Almost every film crew has these kinds of messes. Personal relationships are much more important than so-called acting skills.
How are actors chosen for many roles? It's often through conversations and drinks between agents, and those unwilling to compromise their integrity are often eliminated immediately.
It's understandable, really. If you invest hundreds of millions in a film, wouldn't you want to maximize your profits? Wouldn't you have to promote your own people?
Wealthy people don't do things that involve giving without expecting anything in return; they're not doing charity. The kind of kind, selfless people who give don't usually earn much money.
Did you know? I once met a senior colleague in my industry. She was an actress, and she and her boyfriend had been dating since college, for over ten years.
Later, she took the initiative to break up with him. When I asked her why, she told me that when she, his mother, and he attended a gathering in the industry, his mother said that they should get married soon because she wanted to have a grandchild.
She immediately came to her senses and realized she couldn't continue the conversation. As soon as they finished eating, she broke up with him and focused on her career.
I don't understand. I've heard it said that if you really love someone, you won't want to break up and you'll stick with them. In her case, it means she doesn't love them enough.
She said she didn't know how much her mother loved her, but she knew that even if they got married, they would eventually divorce. Her mother didn't consult her at all and made the decision directly, and she even chose to have a grandson but not a granddaughter.
Preferring sons to daughters and treating women as tools rather than human beings is already a bad trend, and continuing down this path will inevitably lead to bad results.
I said that many older people have this kind of view. They encourage having children, but there's no malice involved. It's normal, everyone does it this way, so there's no need to think too much about it.
She told me that she really believes in fatalism, and that there are very few people in the industry who don't really believe in metaphysics. If they didn't believe, they wouldn't have chosen a special auspicious day to hold the opening ceremony and burn incense.
He was part of that family, and he had to bear the family's burdens. His mother, as a woman, lived like a demon, hoping her son would find a wife and have a son. But whose family would the son be born to? His own husband's family, whose surname wasn't his, had already been thoroughly tainted.
She couldn't completely separate him from his mother. His mother's outdated ideas must have had a significant impact on him, since men are often most deeply influenced by their mothers.
His mother is most likely a woman who sacrificed herself for her family. As her child, what is his attitude? If you marry him, does he also want to become like his mother?
If she wants to, then this marriage absolutely cannot happen. If she doesn't want to, can her mother really not mind seeing her like this? She will definitely want to interfere in their little family.
How will they face it then? Sever ties? But he used to have a very good relationship with his mother, so how come things have turned out so badly after he married her?
She has clearly become the bad guy. If she insists on a marriage that hinders someone else's development, it's pointless.
I stopped asking questions afterward, and later, I often thought about what she had said to me. Only then did I realize how much she hadn't said.
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