Film and Television Variety Show: The Jade Girl's Love Affair

Tang Yu smiled and shook her head, then played a humming melody on her phone.

"This is the inspiration I had after recording the show last night. Although it was a simple case, it made me suddenly want to create a love song for a male and female duet."

The lyrics carry a sense of intrigue and excitement. After listening to your singing today, I suddenly felt that your voice was very suitable. Want to give it a try?

Xie Feng looked surprised. He glanced at the lyrics written by Tang Yu and burst into laughter.

"These rap lyrics are so exciting, I have no problem with them, but since it's a love song between a man and a woman, is Li Yanhai jealous?"

Tang Yu chuckled and spoke up.

"I'm inviting you to sing, not asking you to date me."

Besides, when Li Yan was filming, he always had to do intimate scenes with the female lead, and I wasn't jealous at all!

After giving this explanation, Xie Feng no longer hesitated.

"Then what reason do I have to refuse? Maybe I'll be the best male singer this year!"

Let me know the recording time after you finish arranging the music, and I'll make time for it then.

After that, Tang Yu recorded programs while promoting her new album.

By the time the song was released on the platform, the detective variety show had already become a hit, and the song recorded by the two of them also became popular.

By the time the first season ended, it was already summer of that year.

The final episode didn't involve solving a case; instead, it was a group of people eating and chatting.

Tang Yu won the Best Detective Award because she guessed correctly every time.

Everyone agreed to film and have fun together again next year. By the end of the season, the group had all become friends.

That same summer, the fantasy drama series that Tang Yu and Li Yan filmed the previous year finally aired on television.

To promote the TV series, the two participated in many variety show recordings and worked hard to market the series.

No one expected that this show would become such a huge hit.

On the day the finale aired, Tang Yu's character died in the male lead's arms, and the highest viewership rating that day broke the record for the highest in recent years.

Then, Tang Yu discovered that she had become popular beyond her immediate circle.

Before, when she was a singer, the people who knew her were mainly within the fan circle; people who didn't listen to her songs weren't very familiar with her.

However, after the TV series became a hit, Tang Yu found that the number of people following her had increased several times, and the number of endorsements followed one after another.

She and Li Yan received countless invitations to co-endorse variety shows, after all, they are a real couple.

"Although I had good resources before, this sudden surge in popularity made me realize the difference in capital."

The video platform actually offered me double the pay just to get me to take on a TV series as soon as possible, and big-name directors and producers in the industry also gave me scripts.

I've been getting so many dinner invitations these past few days; I feel like I can't afford to offend anyone.

Li Yan was already a popular young actor, but this time his popularity has soared even higher, and even investors in the film industry have extended offers to him.

This made Li Yan feel that everything was happening too fast, and it felt unreal.

"Now that internet capital is entering the film and television industry, directors also need to make a living. Capital wants actors with high traffic to act in movies, which is actually an opportunity for us."

Choose your scripts carefully and select a reliable director; this will benefit your future career.

Hearing Tang Yu say this, Li Yan also felt that it made sense, and he actually thought the same thing.

Male actors can only have a promising future if they have box office appeal in commercial films.

"I've received so many script offers, and several scripts even want us to co-star as the male and female leads in a movie. Yu Yu should have received one too, right?"

Tang Yu nodded; she had recently received so many scripts that it was dazzling.

"Those are all romantic comedies, but I don't think we're suitable to continue working together. If we're paired up as a couple, it will affect the audience's ability to connect with us in other films later on."

Li Yan thought so too, and the two reached a consensus on this issue.

"Does Yu Yu have a script she likes?"

Tang Yu shook her head. Male actors and female actors are different.

If actresses aren't aiming for awards, most of the scripts they receive are for commercial films, and in these cases, they're often relegated to being just decorative figures.

The few good films with female-centric themes are already highly sought after by those leading actresses, so Tang Yu doesn't have a chance yet.

"You don't need to worry about my acting career. I'll be going on a concert tour next year. Acting isn't my main job, so I'll just pick an interesting script then."

At least Tang Yu hasn't encountered many scripts that she'd be willing to work hard for; most of them are quite boring.

Tang Yu felt that the directors of those award-winning scripts didn't quite align with her values.

At the end of that year, the two attended countless red carpet events.

In the TV drama circle this year, the two of them are the most dazzling stars.

Therefore, the Spring Festival Gala invited the two of them to sing love songs together.

Tang Yu originally thought that participating in so many Spring Festival Gala rehearsals was quite annoying, and she had declined the invitation twice before.

However, Li Yan really wanted to participate this time, so the two of them sang a duet on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time as a couple.

This newly composed love song has become the most popular program of the year.

The two are so popular that they're surrounded by fans and paparazzi whenever they go out on dates.

Therefore, after the Spring Festival Gala, Tang Yu could only take Li Yan abroad on a date, at least then no one would suddenly come to take pictures.

After enjoying a month-long vacation, Li Yan went straight to the film crew upon returning to China.

This is a suspense film, and it's arguably the best commercial film Li Yan has received since her breakout role.

As for Tang Yu, she immediately began a concert tour.

At this time, an investor in the film and television industry with a net worth of tens of billions extended an olive branch.

He invested in a period drama/political intrigue film and specifically asked the producer to invite her to play the female lead.

Tang Yu was somewhat shocked when she received the script.

Because the director of this film is actually a big shot in the film industry, having won the Best Director award many times.

The director is highly respected and influential. He has a unique characteristic: the actresses he chooses all have similar appearances.

Sometimes, if he can't find a suitable candidate within the industry, he'll only choose a newcomer.

Therefore, Tang Yu felt that her appearance did not meet the director's aesthetic standards.

He doesn't even like using actresses who are too beautiful.

After hearing Tang Yu's hesitation, Sister Zhao laughed.

"Director Yang does have this problem, but no matter how high the status of a director is, he has to bow down in front of capital."

The investors are rooting for you; there's nothing the director can do about it.

"So, does Sister Zhao want me to take this movie?"

Sister Zhao laughed: "It looks like an opportunity to enter the big screen right now, but you're the boss, so you make the decision."

Tang Yu glanced at the script, which only contained character biographies and a story synopsis.

This movie actually tells the legendary life story of Liu Xiu, so logically, the female lead should be Yin Lihua.

Even if it wasn't Yin Lihua, it should have been Guo Shengtong.

However, the biography sent to Tang Yu described her as a female Taoist priest.

This woman foresaw Liu Xiu's imperial destiny, so after meeting him, they had a complicated relationship, falling in love and understanding each other before finally separating.

What is this nonsense? Is this script even normal?!

Have the appreciation level of renowned directors declined so much?

Tang Yu felt that the character was not attractive at all, and despite it being a script by a famous director, she still refused.

This was originally a normal thing. The film and television industry is a two-way cooperation, and every star will reject a batch of scripts they don't like.

However, this time there was some trouble.

Tang Yu never expected that she would provoke an investor who thought too highly of himself.

The other party felt that Tang Yu's rejection was a sign of disrespect towards him!

Chapter 16 All Is Well

"Such a terrible script, no one would want to take it. Why does Mr. Yu think I look down on him?"

This investor, whose net worth is in the tens of billions, is named Yu Chaoyang. In recent years, he has invested in many big-budget productions in the entertainment industry, some of which have been box office successes, while others have been box office failures.

But no matter what, the director and producer are definitely sucking up to this investor, after all, he has money.

“They offered you a salary of over 5000 million yuan for a movie directed by a big director. Even big stars only get a few million yuan for a movie. You refused the offer, so of course they felt that you looked down on them.”

The film industry is different from the television industry. In recent years, capital has been investing in the film and television industry, so the salaries of TV drama actors have skyrocketed.

Many earn over 50 million, with 70 or 80 million being the average salary for a popular star. It's rumored that there are even more than 100 million hidden behind the scenes.

However, more than five years ago, the salary of a top-tier star for a single drama series was only a few million yuan, and a top-tier star only received a little over ten million yuan.

So being a singer back then was very lucrative, especially with a hit song. If you owned the copyright, you could earn over 100 million yuan from paid ringtones of hit songs in those years.

So in the past few years, the trend was that actors would try to release an album so that they could participate in various performances.

However, fortunes change every thirty years. Nowadays, it's become difficult for singers to become wildly popular, while actors are the ones whose value skyrockets.

So in recent years, movie stars have all come down to acting in TV dramas, just because of the high salaries.

But no matter how trends change, movie salaries have always been low.

Only the most outstanding actors might receive tens of millions in pay, while most popular stars only receive a few million, and ordinary stars only receive a few hundred thousand.

So it was indeed quite a lot when investors offered her a salary of over 50 million.

"In a movie about Liu Xiu, the actresses were originally just decorative, and the decorative actresses for Liu Xiu were Yin Lihua and Guo Shengtong."

The producer sent me a character sketch, which was basically a made-up nun. Why would I take a role in something like that? I can't even be a pretty face, and I'll just get flamed by netizens!