Su Jingyi took the script in front of her and drank a cup of hot lemon tea.
It's winter now. Recently, the sky has been getting darker and darker.
She took out her pen and continued to take notes on the script. Next week, the company will officially start shooting the second season of "Sombra".
Su Jingyi attaches great importance to this opportunity. For her who has determined to be an actress since she was a child, she must perform better than the first season.
At this moment, the phone rang suddenly. She quickly picked up the phone and answered, "Hello..."
"Is it Jingyi? That's it. Listen, you don't need to read the script for now. The script needs to be revised. This time, the advertiser has put forward a new request, and the role needs to be added, um... your role has to be reduced a little bit. The new script will be sent to you tomorrow, so you should know first."
Su Jingyi stayed up late yesterday to read the script, and now she has memorized all the lines in the script by heart, but now, the company actually notified her directly that the script needs to be changed
"Add... what character?"
"You don't have to worry about it. Advertisers do what they say, they just let you know."
Su Jingyi doesn't have her manager. She debuted only three years ago. Before she starred in "Black Shadow", her Baidu Encyclopedia had very little content.
"Also, you should also know that the second season plans to shoot a full 50 episodes. Of course, we have to add side plots. This time period is reserved for advertisers to place advertisements. Isn't it killing two birds with one stone?"
"Okay... I, I see."
After all, she is a signed artist of the company, and she has to do what the company says. Other than that, nothing can be done.
She put down the hot lemon tea in her hand and leaned her head against the wall behind.
She is really tired. The work of an actor is really hard.
"Black Shadow" is a 48-episode TV series filmed by STV last year, and it won the highest ratings among star TV series throughout the year. Today is 2030, and the most popular TV series are no longer costume dramas and romance dramas, but horror dramas. The first season only filmed half of the plot of the original work, but this time, the second half is to be filmed. As the producer of the TV series, the company requires that it must be completed before Christmas this year, and through post-production, it can be broadcast in the summer next year. The success of the previous TV series also attracted a large number of advertisers for the second TV series. Judging from the script, at least 60 advertisers were implanted. The entire series is densely packed with various advertisements. A TV show is in the middle of the show.
However, even though the production funds are abundant, because the leading actress, Fang Hanling, can be said to be the most popular actor nowadays, and her current salary is already higher than that of all other actors in the crew combined, almost 60% of the production cost has to be used to pay. As for the film salary, the rest can only be produced with 50 cents special effects TV series. Fortunately, the audience is not here to watch the special effects, so the company doesn't care about it. As for Su Jingyi, her salary is pitifully low, and the irony is that in the first season, her role is basically the same as that of the heroine, and there was even a period of time, because the heroine filmed a movie and Participated in two variety shows, so the screenwriter had to increase her role. As a result, there were 15 episodes in which her role far surpassed that of the heroine.
She looked out the window. At this time, the sky is already very dark. There should be no one in the company now.
She locked the door and walked out, looking at the posters on the wall promoting the second season of "Sombra". On the poster is a ghastly devil, while below is the name of the heroine Su Lingling written about three times bigger than the heroine.
Su Jingyi quickly walked towards the elevator, and after pressing the elevator button, she turned on her mobile phone and began to browse the news. On the portal website, there was also news about the upcoming start of the second season of "Sombra", so she clicked on it, and then checked the comments from netizens.
Of course, she knew that many of the netizens who commented here were navy soldiers hired by the company, and they were bound to stir up the drama before it started. This time, the second season also invited the original author, Ms. Bai Xinlan, whose pen name is Haiyue Liuying, to be one of the screenwriters. Of course, this is just a gimmick, Haiyue Liuying is currently busy preparing a new book, so she is just a name, and the actual screenwriting work is done by several outsourced screenwriters. Because the company requires at least 50 episodes to be filmed in order to raise the price of TV dramas sold to TV stations, the plot must be watered, so different plot lines are composed of different screenwriters.
Su Jingyi didn't do well in the company, and the reason was very simple. She refused the leader's sloppy hand that stretched out her collar. She is naturally aware of the chaos in the entertainment industry, but no matter what, she doesn't want to become popular in this way. She really wanted to become a popular star, and only with commercial value can she get a good script, but then she realized that in the current TV drama industry, acting is not very important, and more important is traffic, which is commercial value. In fact, she herself heard that the ratings of the first season of "Sombra" last year were actually quite high. Of course, she didn't dare to guess how much "certainly" it was.
"so cold… "
The elevator still doesn't come.
Such cold weather...
At this time, she suddenly turned her head and looked at the poster that was pasted right behind. The devil's face on the poster made Su Jingyi shudder.
"It's really... a little scary..."
It's really getting colder now. The first filming location chosen by the crew this time was in a deep mountain 50 kilometers away.
"Ding… "
Finally, the elevator came.
She walked in quickly. Then, the close button was pressed immediately.
"Go back quickly... take a shower first... "
It is very wise to rent the house next to the company. Although she made some money filming the first season last year, her father was not in good health, so she sent a lot of money home. Once there is a patient in the family, the money can be used endlessly. If it wasn't for her filming outside, there would be no way to support the family burden.
But just when the elevator door was about to close, it suddenly stopped, and then the elevator door opened to both sides again. Then the elevator door was about to close again, and then opened automatically in the middle.
"what happened?"
Su Jingyi looked at the horror poster on the wall facing her, and felt more and more frightening.
"What exactly is going on?"
This scene reminded her of a plot in the first season of "Sombra"!
Su Jingyi felt that she was filming the first season of "Black Shadow", so she was too involved in the drama. How could there be such a terrifying thought
But, no matter how many times I tried, the elevator doors just wouldn't close.
It frightened her.
So, when the elevator door opened again, she rushed out right next to the elevator door!
When running down the escape ladder, her heart beat more and more violently, and she would look back from time to time, she was afraid that something would be chasing her behind her!
Finally, she ran all the way to the lobby on the first floor. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, she only felt that she was ridiculous, how could she have such an idea, she should go back quickly. Go back quickly... and you'll be fine.
The company's monitoring room.
A security guard was eating instant noodles, staring at the monitor in front of him.
But at this time, he suddenly noticed a strange scene.
"Lao Li, that... you come and see?"
"What's the matter? What's the matter? How many times have I told you, if you want instant noodles, don't eat them here. What if you spill them on the screen?"
"Look at this..." The security guard put down the instant noodles and pointed to one of the monitoring screens. It was a picture from a camera in the elevator.
"Huh? This is?"
"I think it's weird. How about we go up and have a look?"
"All right."
The two immediately put on their clothes and walked out of the monitoring room.
What they saw was the surveillance screen in the elevator that Su Jingyi entered before. On the screen, there is a figure standing upright at the elevator door whose face cannot be seen clearly, and when the elevator door closes, it will get stuck on him, and then retract again...
Since that day, no one has seen these two security guards again...
(end of this chapter)