Chapter 200

Jin Li took a plane back to Nancheng and ran to the company without stopping to hold a meeting; this time, it was mainly about the live streaming effect of "Leisurely Slow Life."

Chenxi Entertainment likes to summarize for celebrities, letting them understand the influence brought by each of their announcements.

On one hand, it's to let them recognize how great their influence is, and on the other hand, it's to let the company recognize whether there is any deviation in the company's positioning of the stars.

And Jin Li, as far as "Leisurely Slow Life" is concerned, definitely handed in an answer sheet that satisfied the investors.

Not to mention anything else, the two trending topics related to Jin Li that are still hanging on the list are no joke.

After Sui Lingfang finished talking about the live streaming effect, she mentioned Wang Wang again, laughing:

"Ever since you and Gu Cheng started live streaming your studies at night, the viewership on Wang Wang's side has been very high. Wang Wang was tempted to enter the learning live stream sector and has been looking for celebrities in the industry these past few days."

Her tone changed: "But no famous celebrity in the industry responded. I do know a few celebrities preparing for postgraduate entrance exams, but they didn't agree to Wang Wang."

Jin Li thought for a while and said: "Maybe the materials needed for postgraduate exams are very different from high school learning materials, and the audience might not necessarily have that interest."

Sui Lingfang agreed: "That's the logic. Apart from you, other celebrities in the industry don't dare to live stream their studies."

Jin Li suddenly had an idea: "I think Wang Wang is going the wrong way. If they really want to engage in live streaming learning, they can just open a public study room.

Then open learning videos of various categories in the study room, such as 'Master Lectures,' which can attract a large group of people to watch.

This way, it can attract other audiences; it doesn't have to be for learning. As long as the interest is there, they can listen, which can broaden their horizons."

Her idea was easy to understand.

Take Maozhao Live for example; the audience following her to study now actually has a relatively strong sense of purpose—they must gain something.

But in fact, many people want to learn or understand certain things, not necessarily to become experts in a certain field, but simply to see and experience it.

Jin Li felt that the learning live stream aspect could be completely transformed into a learning classroom.

Live streaming is just a novel form, but there are many ways to learn.

Utilizing the convenience of the internet, live streaming platforms can fully develop more learning methods instead of relying on celebrity live streams to drive the crowd.

She is still studying now, so what if she gets into university later and stops live streaming? Does the study room have to be scrapped?

As soon as Jin Li thought of this result, she felt it was a pity.

Sui Lingfang pondered for a while, her eyes flashing: "You are completely trying to open up a new track for learning!"

Why couldn't self-study video websites take off?

Isn't it because the purpose was too clear, inherently blocking out a portion of the audience?

Sui Lingfang said: "Your idea is quite good. You are cooperating well with Maozhao now; why not tell Maozhao this idea and see if they can establish a separate department to handle it."

Saying this, she suddenly added: "Forget it, I'll go help you tell Maozhao. If they really establish a separate department, you must occupy a position in it and take a salary; otherwise, it would be a waste of your creativity."

Ordinary people's creativity is worthless, and no one uses it even if it's spoken out.

But at Jin Li's status, one of her ideas is valuable.

There are also some celebrities in the industry who are directly hired as XX employees of a certain company; they don't participate in the company's internal operations, but they can all earn an annual salary.

Sui Lingfang felt that Jin Li could be completely built into a partner of Maozhao.

Jin Li nodded, blinking playfully with a smile: "Sister Fang, I feel you are becoming more and more reliable!"

Sui Lingfang hummed and said proudly: "This is called professionalism!"

That afternoon, Xi Sister Meng Ze didn't have any announcements and came directly to Jin Li's apartment to visit.

The place where they filmed this time was just an ordinary town, and because the filming time was only two days, Jin Li didn't have time to play, so she didn't bring any souvenirs for Xi Sister Meng Ze.

Xi Sister Meng Ze waved her hand and said: "It doesn't matter. I traveled every day for a while, didn't I also not bring any for you? Souvenirs are all much the same now, all produced in the same Yiwu. If I really wanted one, I could just go to Yiwu and take a look."

Jin Li shook her head: "That's different. Bringing it back for you is different from you buying it yourself."

Her tone changed, and she pulled three scratch-offs from her bag, smiling: "So I prepared local scratch-offs for you. I saw a lottery station while strolling in the park and bought a few on a whim."

Xi Sister Meng Ze's eyes lit up, and she immediately took them to scratch: "This is good! I hope the God of Wealth blesses me to win a big prize!"

Jin Li's luck applied to herself is surprisingly good.

But when applied to others, it might not necessarily work.

None of Xi Sister Meng Ze's scratch-offs won.

Although a bit regretful, this is the common occurrence of buying lottery tickets; those who win consecutively are a bit abnormal.

Xi Sister Meng Ze put down the lottery tickets, her eyes turning, and said: "By the way, do you remember the restaurant where we had dinner with Yan Jianqiao last time, where we saw Lian Baozhi with a strange man?"

Jin Li looked at her meaningfully: "This is the purpose of your visit, right? Tell me, what gossip did you dig up again?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze laughed: "This wasn't dug up by me; it was dug up by Sister Fang.

I sent the photo to Sister Fang, and Sister Fang felt that the man looked a bit familiar, so she went to ask. It turns out that the man is a director named Zhuang Fan."

"Zhuang Fan?"

Jin Li shook her head: "No impression. Is he a very famous director?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze: "Just a newcomer director, but come to think of it, he really has some connection with you. He once invited you to participate as the female lead in the drama he was filming. The script was quite good, and it was picked out by Sister Fang to pit Li Xunfang."

Jin Li suddenly realized.

She remembered!

"That's the Zhuang Fan! I remember now. Sister Fang mentioned two scripts to me, and the characters overlapped with the Liu Ci I played, but they were also full of character arcs, and the character settings and story lines were very full."

Those two scripts were specially selected by Sui Lingfang, who asked her if she wanted to take them. Jin Li had read them all but decided to decline.

One Liu Ci was enough; she didn't want to be limited.

Scripts focus on content; unless she wants to take the role, she wouldn't pay attention to the director and production team. Jin Li knew the names of those two directors, but couldn't remember them for a moment.

With Xi Sister Meng Ze's mention, she remembered everything.

Jin Li asked curiously: "But I remember those two dramas were both snatched by Li Xunfang, so why is Director Zhuang Fan with Lian Baozhi..."

Xi Sister Meng Ze laughed again, looking treacherous.

"News just received today: Li Xunfang decided to withdraw from the filming of 'A Match Made in Heaven' due to announcement issues—that's the drama by Director Zhuang Fan."

Jin Li's eyes flashed: "So Director Zhuang Fan wants to set Lian Baozhi as the female lead?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze shrugged: "Don't know. 'A Match Made in Heaven' hasn't announced the new female lead yet; the news is still being kept under wraps."

She said confidently: "Wait and see the follow-up. Lian Baozhi deliberately snatched Li Xunfang's drama; even if it's a drama she didn't want, Li Xunfang won't swallow her anger."

Although on the surface, the handover looks normal.

But in reality, Lian Baozhi must have poached the corner in advance.

If there wasn't a first-tier celebrity like Lian Baozhi taking over, 'A Match Made in Heaven' wouldn't have abandoned Li Xunfang immediately!

Xi Sister Meng Ze said with a gossip-eating expression: "Li Xunfang doesn't like being suppressed, and Lian Baozhi has liked to compete for everything since her debut. These two will definitely have more to tear each other apart!"

Jin Li glanced at her: "Why do you look so excited?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze immediately sat up straight, a gentle smile on her face: "I'm just an ordinary member of the masses who loves to eat gossip."

Jin Li couldn't help but complain: "I think you're the kind of person who would shout and cheer from below if someone started fighting!"

Xi Sister Meng Ze smiled softly at her, with a bit of shyness.

"How could that be? A weak woman like me can't stand bloody and violent content."

Jin Li:...

If she didn't know that Xi Sister Meng Ze liked to watch "domineering forced love," "SM control," and "unresistible pheromones of female Alpha and male Omega," she would have really believed it.

Soon it was November 5th, and Jin Li officially entered the "And Then There Were None" crew.

This time Sui Lingfang had time, so she brought Jin Li to the crew together.

The rest of the crew had arrived one after another. After seeing them, the director was very enthusiastic, not at all cold or arrogant as a director.

Not only did he personally busy himself for them, arranging accommodation for Jin Li and her assistant, but he also personally took them around the scenes.

Jin Li was a bit frightened by Director Deng Zexu's enthusiasm.

In the crews she had been to before, the director had never been this "amiable."

The stage manager ran over to ask the director about the circuit problem, and Deng Zexu said apologetically: "I'll go get busy first, you guys go look around yourselves!"

Jin Li hurriedly said: "Director Deng, go get busy, we can do it ourselves!"

People who didn't know would think this was a tour guide they hired!

The location where they started filming was on a small island. Director Deng had just mentioned that a friend he knew owned a villa on the island and rented it to him at a very low price.

After Deng Zexu left, Sui Lingfang looked left and right, and seeing no one around, she whispered to Jin Li:

"Chenxi Entertainment saw that the investment in this drama isn't very large, and coupled with your willingness to take it on, they are optimistic about the prospects of this drama, so they also invested a little, probably holding a 40% stake."

Jin Li understood now why Director Deng was so enthusiastic about her.

So she was actually someone bringing capital into the crew!

Jin Li had some doubts: "Sister Fang, Director Deng is so enthusiastic about me; I'm afraid he will lower the quality of the movie, turn a blind eye to my acting, and not dare to criticize me!"

Sui Lingfang shrugged: "This drama is ultimately his drama; Chenxi Entertainment cannot intervene. If he gives you special treatment because of this, there's nothing we can do.

Jin Li, you have to gradually get used to this phenomenon. As your fame grows and your popularity increases, many people in the industry will flatter you."

She said earnestly: "I'm not worried about other people's flattery; I'm worried that you will lose yourself in this sound of flattery."

Jin Li was speechless.

After a long while, she said: "Don't say anymore, I'm already worried about the quality of this movie."

Sui Lingfang was noncommittal: "Perhaps you can trust the director a bit more. I just saw the other actors he invited; they are all old hands in the industry whose works are popular but they themselves are not. Your pressure will not be small."

At first, Jin Li didn't understand the meaning of Sui Lingfang's words.

But after officially filming the next day, acting opposite the "old hands" Sister Fang mentioned, she immediately felt immense pressure.

Those people seemed to be the characters themselves!

Every move they made, the tone of their speech, and their demeanor were exactly the same as the feeling conveyed by the original work.

They themselves had already turned into those characters!

This is more than just old hands; these are already veteran actors!

All along, Jin Li had been filming with peers and doing more scenes with peers.

Because she was very talented, her acting had always crushed her peers.

Even when acting opposite the excellent Xu Wenwen, Jin Li could quickly find her own rhythm and successfully drag Xu Wenwen into her rhythm.

But this time, "And Then There Were None" didn't have distinct protagonists and supporting roles; every character could be said to be a protagonist, receiving punishment in the face of the sins they committed.

This meant that those veteran actors didn't need to yield the stage at all.

They didn't need to restrain their own sharpness to make wedding dresses for more important characters.

At the same time, their character plots didn't need to make way for the protagonist; every one of their character lines was full.

This also led to those veteran actors loving to compete in acting.

Just on the first day of filming, Jin Li felt breathless.

As for her previous worry about whether Director Deng would give her special treatment because she was from the investor's side, that wasn't a problem at all.

Because even Jin Li thought her own performance was too poor!

Without the director asking for a retake, Jin Li took the initiative to stand up and apologize to everyone for a retake.

What was filmed today was just a very calm scene.

Everyone was invited by the tycoon, came to the island together, gathered to talk and communicate, and by the way, explained their own identities and backgrounds.

Every character spoke in a way that fit their character setting; whether it was smiling, frowning, or pausing, doubting... everything was just right.

Even one of the male actors who was also a new generation, Jin Li felt he performed better than her.

And this male actor was just a college student who had just graduated and had never been exposed to acting before.

Just from the first day of filming, Jin Li felt that the start was unfavorable and felt her performance was very bad.

But she had already made the director NG ten times in a row; she felt very embarrassed to continue NG-ing.

The director didn't ask her to redo it, and Jin Li didn't dare to continue asking for a redo.

At night, she called Sister Fang, feeling unable to bear the pressure: "What kind of devil's den did you send me to? The actors here are too powerful!"

Sui Lingfang seemed to have expected this and said with a smile: "Don't you want to hone your acting skills?

You should thank me for arranging a crew with so many veteran actors for you. Study hard; everyone in this drama is a huge treasure."

Jin Li asked back: "Even that new generation male actor who has never been exposed to acting?"

Sui Lingfang said affirmatively: "Yes, in this drama, you can feel the peak of natural acting!"