Su Ran went to borrow the template for the application materials again in the morning. In order to save money, she decided to go through the application procedures herself. Anyway, she had no work recently and was at home accompanying her grandparents, so she had plenty of free time.
The staff member who was responsible for receiving her was the same one from yesterday, who kept telling her that the procedures were really complicated and that she didn't need the money anyway, blah blah.
Su Ran smiled awkwardly but politely: "I have time anyway, so I'll do it myself!"
The staff member's attitude cooled down: "We can't just leak this kind of information. Why don't you find a foundation and ask for their advice?"
When Su Ran left, she heard the staff muttering to her colleagues: "You are such a stingy star. You can't even spend this little money. What's the point of doing charity?"
Su Ran felt a little depressed. Does one have to have so much money that he has nowhere to put it before he can do charity
After coming out of the office, Su Ran received a call from Ning Xi.
"Su Ran, I'm so mad."
"What's wrong? Who pissed you off?"
"Is it infuriating that someone came to me to endorse baby formula?"
Su Ran laughed out loud.
"You can still laugh. You are such a fool. Lu Jinyi has apologized, but they still believe in the pregnancy."
Su Ran smiled and said, "Ask them if I get pregnant again in a few years, will they still be willing to give the endorsement to me."
"Go, I'm too lazy to talk to you. Let's get down to business. This morning, the person in charge of Xinran Film and Television told me that they have a popular IP with a heroine in a costume drama and they want to invite you to play the second female lead. I know you don't take TV dramas, but aren't you in urgent need of work now? Their schedule doesn't conflict with Wanli's. The shooting period is 100 days. If you agree, you can join the crew in a few days, so I didn't refuse. I brought the script back. You can take a look at it first. There is also a popular reality show crew that has sent an invitation..."
Su Ran received another call from her mobile phone. It was Instructor Han. Su Ran hurriedly said, "Let's talk about this after Ning Xi goes back. I have a call coming in, so I'll hang up first."
Su Ran answered the call from Instructor Han.
"Coach Han, how come you have time to call me at this time?"
Instructor Han's voice on the phone was low and gentle: "I miss you."
Su Ran's heart was moved, and a smile spread across her lips involuntarily: "I miss you, too."
"Where are you? It seems very noisy."
"I'm outside, doing something."
"Oh, is Grandpa feeling better?"
"Yeah, I'm in good spirits. I'm taking Chinese medicine."
"I heard from Wei Lun that you are going to set up an angel fund?"
Su Ran said awkwardly: "Yes!"
She didn't want to hide this from Instructor Han. Wei Lun and He Tong were both Instructor Han's people, so he would know it sooner or later. She wanted to tell Instructor Han after she had done it.
“Non-public offering?”
"Well, public offerings are difficult to do, so let's start with non-public offerings."
"Or, I'll talk to my sister. She has a lot of connections."
Su Ran responded subconsciously: "No, I can do it myself."
She didn't want to trouble Sister Han Ting with everything.
"You don't have so much time to deal with this. It's very troublesome. Why don't you wait for Wei Lun? Wei Lun may arrive in Shengzhou tomorrow. Let him do it then."
"Wei Lun is not from Shengzhou, and I am unfamiliar with the place. It is better for me to do it myself."
Han Dong smiled and said, "He is unfamiliar with the place, but he has comrades. Comrades are like family, so they are easy to talk to."
Han Dong hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you have enough money? If not, I have some more here."
"It's enough, it's enough. Why would I set up a fund without money, right?" Su Ran said with a smile.
Suddenly I remembered that the staff member had muttered these words just now.
"I'd better transfer the money to you first, just in case you need it?" Han Dong thought about taking out the money from the card his sister gave him and letting Su Ran start an angel fund, so she wouldn't have to sell the house.
"Really, there's no need. I have money. Why would I be polite to you if I didn't have money?" Su Ran didn't have the nerve to ask for his money. He worked so hard to earn a few dollars in salary.
Han Dong was speechless. Aren’t you just being polite to me now
Han Dong thinks that they should get married as soon as possible so that they don't have to be so formal when they become a couple.
Su Ran read the script in the afternoon and was very disgusted: "This second female lead is just a silly and innocent girl, I won't act."
"Silly and sweet girls are very popular nowadays. Haven't you seen that the most popular novels nowadays are all about silly and sweet girls? The heroines of several idol dramas are silly and sweet girls, and the ratings are very high." Ning Xi said embarrassedly.
"No, I don't like this kind of character." Su Ran said firmly. Such idiotic lines were too difficult for her to act. She should not make herself look stupid later.
"Really? Think about the pay they gave you."
"No, I'd rather sell the house."
Ning Xi sighed, "I know you don't like this role. I don't like it either. We have always adhered to the principle of "better to have nothing than to have something less than perfect" for so many years. I will call you back later, but you can consider this variety show. I think it's quite interesting. It's about solving crimes. Each episode has a case. You search for clues at the scene and make inferences to find the murderer. It's a real-life version of Werewolf. There's already a season. I watched it. It's very exciting and has a high viewership rate."
Su Ran was a little excited. She was very good at playing Werewolf and it felt quite interesting.
"It's just... won't being overexposed on variety shows be detrimental to the character creation?" Su Ran always kept in mind the teachings of her school teachers. Being an actor means calming down and delving into the role, and hiding the life side of it as much as possible. The less familiar the public is with you, the higher their recognition of your role will be. As the saying goes, be low-key in life and high-key in work.
"Su Ran, this is how I see this matter. The market now is very different from before. Traffic is king. If you have popularity and traffic, you can choose any good drama. If you don't have traffic, you don't have much choice. That is, you have several Best Actress titles, so those directors and producers who really want to make a good movie will think of you. Many actors with good acting skills but no popularity can't get any roles at all, and no one wants them to perform for free. These days, the market has kidnapped capital, and capital has kidnapped this industry. Everyone wants to make money, so it's a vicious cycle, with bad movies flooding. We don't take bad dramas, but there are few good dramas after all. We should appropriately participate in some high-quality reality shows. Moderate exposure is necessary." Ning Xi expressed her thoughts.
"The few things you did after your comeback have kept you popular. Your status in the circle and your usual mysterious and low-key style are why this reality show found you and are willing to pay a high price for your variety show debut. They also said that as long as you are willing to be on, they won't give you a character. You can play freely and show the most authentic you. There are eight episodes this season, and they mean to let you participate in the last two episodes. If the response is good and you are happy with your work, you can continue to sign for the next season. If you are not happy, we can just do these two episodes. How about it?" Ning Xi encouraged her. Su Ran was very good at reasoning, and she believed that Su Ran could do it.
I'm very busy today and have things to do in the evening. I'll try to write as much as I can. If not, I'll just have to owe another update.
(End of this chapter)