The front page headlines of Chinese news these days are all about Jiang Se.
"A Glimmer of Hope" has not yet been released, but its popularity has been easily raised. Netizens overwhelmingly sympathize with Jiang Se, who has "offended people" in the past two days. Many fans even base their sympathy on the actual action of buying movie tickets, expressing their support for Jiang Se with the actual box office.
At the French Film Festival, the situation was similar to what Xia Chaoqun had originally expected. "A Silver Lining" was nominated many times, but in the end only Zhang Jing'an won the "Best Director" award, and Jiang Se was nominated for the "Best Actress" again after "Devil". The winner of the grand prize fell to Alice, the leading actress of "Friday".
Jiang Se was nominated for the "Best Actress" at two consecutive film festivals, which in itself is a recognition of her. In recent years, when few Chinese works and actors have been eligible for the nomination, Jiang Se's situation has actually made domestic fans very proud.
But at the previous film festival, "Devil" was highly favored, Liu Ye won the "Best Actor" award, but Jiang Se was only nominated.
After the release of "Devil", Jiang Se's performance in the movie was no worse than Liu Ye's, so it was inevitable that some fans would feel sorry for her.
After missing out on the 'Best Actress' award again this year, domestic fans saw Jiang Se unable to hide her disappointment in the live interview with reporters afterwards, but she still told the camera that she would continue to work hard.
Because Tao Tao performed well at the French Film Festival two years ago and won a very newsworthy headline for Longxing Studio, Tao Tao's position in the company has been rising again and again, and she has become the person in charge of the entertainment section. So this year's French Film Festival, she did not go in person, but sent her reporters to interview.
When Tao Tao saw the video in which Jiang Se smiled and said that she would continue to work hard and not let down her fans who supported her, she couldn't help feeling a little sad while sitting in the office.
She knew how hard Jiang Se worked. When filming "Devil", she had secured an interview opportunity for Longxing Studio to interview Jiang Se.
I witnessed with my own eyes that, despite resistance from Liu Ye's fans and when many people were generally pessimistic about the film, Jiang Se lost so much weight for "Devil" that she looked unrecognizable.
She has tried very hard. A colleague who watched "Silver Linings" at the French Film Festival this year said that Jiang Se's performance in the film was already very good. The reason why she did not win an award was purely because of the preference of the film festival judges, not because Jiang Se's performance in the film was not good enough.
In the live interview video, Jiang Se was still talking and Tao Tao was watching intently, when someone suddenly knocked on the office door.
It is already past eleven o'clock at night in China, but some colleagues in the company are still staying behind to work overtime, proofreading the press release to be issued tomorrow morning.
Tao Tao called out "Come in", and the door handle of the office was turned, and a colleague came in excitedly:
"Sister Tao, I just received a message about Jiang Se."
When Tao Tao heard this, she subconsciously raised her head, and the colleague hurriedly said:
"Someone just sent me a message saying that Jiang Se's award-winning film "A Glimmer of Hope" originally stole the role from Tao Cen!"
Rumors about Tao Cen and Jiang Se competing for the position of Century Galaxy's "number one actress" are rife in China. Many people have heard about it, and fans of both sides are unwilling to give in. Earlier, at the premiere of "The Lost City", some reporters wanted to find out, but the two actresses did not show any signs of discord, and let outsiders spread the rumor about their relationship, and neither side was willing to explain.
As for the "dispute" between the two, it is mostly speculation among fans and viewers, but there is no substantial evidence.
If the news this colleague received was true, Tao Tao could almost imagine how serious the consequences would be!
First of all, with "A Glimmer of Hope" having won an award and gaining great recognition, Tao Cen's fans will definitely be furious, and may even start a new round of quarrels online.
Tao Tao knew how big a response this news would cause after it was released, without her colleagues reminding her again and again.
Colleagues are still urging:
"Sister Tao, should we get the news out first?"
Even if she got the news, there is no guarantee that other colleagues would also get the news. Once other news media release such news first, Longxing Studio will lose the initiative.
Before Tao Tao could say anything, her cell phone on the desk rang rapidly. It was her boss calling, and what he mentioned was exactly the same as what her colleague had said.
The boss also received such a tip-off while he was taking a break, and Tao Tao felt something was wrong.
When Tao Tao heard her boss urging her on the phone to quickly organize her colleagues who were still working overtime in the office to edit and send out this message quickly to seize the initiative, she frowned and said instinctively:
"Don't be busy yet!"
"How can I not be busy?"
The boss became a little anxious when he heard this. The rumors of the dispute between Tao Cen and Jiang Se had been around for a long time, but no one had ever obtained any evidence of the fight between the two.
Now that the evidence was in front of him, it would be a ready-made news headline once it was released. When the boss heard Tao Tao's refusal, he got a little angry:
"Xiao Tao, you can't make a mistake at this time just because Jiang Se is your idol. I think you should understand the saying of keeping public and private affairs separate! I'm rushing to the company now. If you can't do this, you can let someone else do it."
The boss's voice was very loud, and the colleague who came into the office to make the revelation had obviously heard something and looked a little embarrassed.
Tao Tao is no longer the girl who used to get teary-eyed when her boss said "you can't distinguish between public and private" during a company meeting. Even though there are colleagues in the office, Tao Tao remains calm when she is scolded by her boss. She can even calmly analyze and explain:
"Brother Xu, there is something fishy about this matter."
Negative news about Jiang Se has been emerging one after another recently, and it has reached the point where many netizens instinctively feel that "this may be fake" as soon as the news comes out.
If this news had not involved Tao Cen and the issue of "stealing roles", it might not have attracted any public attention at all.
Because the "negative news" about Jiang Se was increasing little by little, Tao Tao felt as if someone was guiding the direction of the news behind the scenes. "The news that Jiang Se was snatching a role in "A Lifeline" is too fake, not to mention that the news you got is probably not exclusive."
Tao Tao said calmly:
"When you called, Sasha just came in and told me about the situation."
The leaks that everyone can get may have been obtained by various media outlets a long time ago, which means that someone behind the scenes deliberately wants to pass this matter on to the public through the media. (To be continued)