The audience has the shortest memory. With the emergence of stars and idols in today's world, if Jiang Se wants to occupy a certain market, he cannot fade out of the public's sight.
Xia Chaoqun can arrange some news and exposure, but Jiang Se herself should also have some outstanding works so that the exposure can add icing on the cake and serve as her foil.
"Since Zhang Jing'an's "Rescue Operation", you have taken on three roles, but whether it is Gu Jiaer's work or Zhao Rang's film, you were just insignificant supporting roles." Although he took on a role with a more important part in "Beijing Events", he was still a supporting role.
Jiang Se can't keep playing supporting roles, otherwise it will be easy for the audience to have the impression that she is a "permanent supporting role" and think that she is not capable of taking on the role of a major actress.
"These three scripts are what the company is currently trying to negotiate."
Jiang Se reached out to take it, and Xia Chaoqun rubbed his forehead:
"Take a look and tell me the result."
Two of the three scripts were of the same genre, both were romantic art films. Jiang Se took a quick look at them and found the scripts to be pretty good, written by well-known screenwriters. One of the directors was Gu Jiaer, an acquaintance of Jiang Se, with whom he had worked once before.
Gu Jiaer is already very adept at making romantic literary films. If you take on a movie with him, you don't have to worry about the audience, box office or reputation.
Romantic art films do not require particularly high acting skills and are easy to accumulate fans. Jiang Se has good looks, and acting in such films will be very beneficial to her current development.
But she hesitated for a moment, put in the information about another romantic art film, and opened the last folder, which had the title: "Devil".
She flipped through the documents. Xia Chaoqun frowned but did not stop her.
Compared to the previous two films with sweet love elements, this film titled "Devil" is undoubtedly much more gloomy in tone.
The story begins with a mother receiving a call from her daughter.
Zhang Yuqin is a salesperson working in an insurance company. Every day she deals with one client after another, talking her mouth off and running around all the time, just to give her daughter Zhuzhu a better life.
Her husband is an ordinary salesman whose passion has been worn away by life. He earns a meager salary but hates the injustice of society towards him.
He is cowardly and timid outside, always smiling and bowing his head to others all day long, but at home he has a bad temper and gets angry at his family for no reason.
The poverty of life, the setbacks at work, and the life of a clerk for ten years had numbed him and made him addicted to alcohol. When he was drunk, he would make a lot of noise at home.
Zhang Yuqin placed her hopes on her daughter. The relationship between her and her husband had long been cold. She only hoped to raise her daughter well and then her life would be over.
The monotonous days were broken until Zhuzhu disappeared one day.
Zhang Yuqin, who lost her daughter, began to go crazy. In the process of tracking her daughter's whereabouts, she found that her daughter had been killed long ago. This horrible fact destroyed all her hope for life.
In the movie "The Devil", Zhang Yuqin is the heroine.
This heroine is not beautiful. Even if she used to be beautiful, her edges have been worn away by life. From the brief introduction, Jiang Se can already roughly form the impression of a middle-aged woman in his mind. This alone is not very glamorous.
"I have to remind you that this heroine is completely different from the image of the 'goddess' in 'The 99th Love Letter'."
Xia Chaoqun's expression was a little subtle. She could see that Jiang Se was much more interested in "The Devil" than the previous two movies.
However, in both movies with love elements, Jiang Se would have no problem playing the female lead in either movie.
Even the audience would be very receptive to her making such a movie. After all, as long as she is beautiful enough, she already fits half of her character.
No matter which of these two films she chooses, it will be beneficial and harmless for Jiang Se at the moment, but if she chooses the movie "Devil", it will be a greater test of her acting skills.
Jiang Se tilted his head and looked at Xia Chaoqun with a smile:
"Sister Chaoqun also thinks this movie is good, right?"
Xia Chaoqun did not answer, but did not deny it either:
"I also took a rough look at 'Demons'. The screenwriter of this film, a new writer, has been polishing it for six or seven years, and has been taking the script around looking for investors and selling it."
Xia Chaoqun glanced at the script in Jiang Se's hand:
"The company just bought the script and is preparing to invest." She smiled.
"Because it is said that people from Gangnam Entertainment also intend to contact this director."
Xia Chaoqun has always been unwilling to suffer losses. Jiangnan Entertainment intended to suppress her artists. Of course, she could not let Jiangnan Entertainment get its wish, and she got the copyright of "Devil" first.
Of course, although he also wanted to give back to Jiangnan Entertainment, from a business perspective, Luo Yin first thought that the story of the movie itself was good and had a certain value before he made the move.
"If you want to choose this script, you have to be mentally prepared. It's different from your image."
The character of Zhang Yuqin in the play is so complicated. In her early days, her life was like a stagnant water day after day, and her daughter was everything in her life. In her later years, her daughter's disappearance and murder were a heavy blow to her, which required a lot of acting skills to show.
Jiang Se was too young. She was even only eighteen years old and was still in a relationship without any setbacks. She didn't understand marriage or family life, let alone the feelings for her own flesh and blood.
She has never lost anything, and has never experienced the torture of life, so it is difficult for her to play the complex role of Zhang Yuqin in the play. "Once your acting fails and your reputation is ruined, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
No matter how good the script is, it needs good actors to set it off. Both are indispensable.
If Jiang Se can't support this script, even if she is paired with a first-class director and the best actor, she will only be suppressed and fail to play the role of Zhang Yuqin well, which will be a waste of the script.
The biggest problem is that once she messes up her performance, the audience will blame her for her "lack of acting skills" and "expression blankness", and even the box office failure, and she will be labeled as "box office poison". Even with a lot of money, it will be difficult to save her.
Xia Chaoqun leaned back on the sofa and squinted his eyes at Jiang Se:
"Think about it carefully and tell me which one you choose."
"Sister Chaoqun, I still want to choose "Devil"."
Jiang Se naturally knew what Xia Chaoqun meant, and also understood the consequences of choosing this film. If he was not careful, it would have a huge impact on his future. (To be continued)