When will I be the queen

Chapter 437 Ambition

"." Cao Xin was stunned. Is this true or not? Don't brag. Netizens are very good at digging up the truth.

"The teacher can't do anything to her because she has good grades. Really, although Cai Cai doesn't like going to school or doing homework, her grades are very good. This is the point!"

Cai Cai snorted. Of course not. "I was the top scorer in our primary school to junior high school exam! I was on the list of the imperial capital exams! You can check it out."

Mei Zhang then told Shui Qing to cut out this sentence.

Shui Qing understood and agreed directly. How many artists have failed in their diplomas and academic qualifications? Even if what Cai Cai said is true, it is not suitable for broadcast. It is the most dangerous for artists to casually set up a persona of academic tyrants. Or it is not just artists and other public figures. Ordinary people who publicly say something they are good at or think they are excellent will attract all kinds of speculation and doubt. Even if they are really academic tyrants, there will be many unimaginable comments.

Shuiqing has always believed that people's desire for knowledge does not affect people's ridicule of those who learn knowledge, nor does it affect people's disgust with those who have learned knowledge. When Shuiqing was in adolescence, he inexplicably developed learning shame. It seemed that listening to the class carefully, doing homework and getting high scores were all very shameful things. He simply thought that he was a rebellious teenager, but later he realized that it was not the case, because he subconsciously knew that his ability was not worthy of the knowledge he learned. In other words, he could not learn. So he simply showed his arrogance, dislike of learning, and rebellion.

Fortunately, he realized his lack of ability before graduating from high school, and he talked to his parents and family members and went abroad to study photography. Fortunately, he also inherited the family's ability to carry a camera, otherwise, it is hard to imagine what he would become after his continuous aversion to learning.

Moreover, during the period when he hated studying, he briefly questioned the top student in the class and said that the top student was not smart. Shuiqing later figured it out. He was just envious. He understood from then on that hostility usually comes with envy. The more someone slanders and hates you, the more they want to be you. Sometimes admitting that others are better and smarter than you seems to be more painful than killing yourself.

In Shuiqing's opinion, this kind of malice, which is the easiest to generate and the most popular, should not appear on Cai Cai.

If Mei Zhang knew that the director had thought so much, he would probably be speechless, because he just didn't want to be disturbed by the outside world before Cai Cai made her life story public. Because the names on the exam list are all real names. As for the academic master character, even if Cai Cai doesn't have one, just look at her school's website. The opening screen is Cai Cai's resume as an outstanding student and her work and homework display, and you will know whether she is an academic master or not. The world's top art schools are strict in admission and graduation. Some people have taken the exam for more than ten years, and some have studied for their entire lives but never graduated.

It is said that directors tend to have divergent thoughts.

Cao Xin believed what Cai Cai said, but she also felt that it was not good to say these things in front of the camera. The main reason is that in many people's minds, Cai Cai has a slightly silly and innocent image. Although everyone knows that she is very good and smart, because she is really naive and simple, these two personality traits are associated with stupidity in the public's concept. In addition, Cai Cai is still ignorant, so many people subconsciously think that she is stupid. This kind of belittling thinking will naturally spread to her studies. Even if she has good grades, she will be subconsciously laughed at as the result of the early bird catches the worm.

However, in the stereotype of Cai Cai, she is also sharp and lively. So, when she grows up, the impression of being silly will completely disappear. After all, Cai Cai is really beautiful. Her calm but impactful beauty contains all the words to describe beauty. For example, smart and kind. People only pile the best words they feel on her.

Being as beautiful as Cai Cai is the absolute truth.

Cao Xin propped up his chin and changed the topic of study, "What are we going to eat later? I really want to eat steak."

Cai Cai nodded, "I have prepared it. Your assistant gave you the recipe."

"." Don't say that in front of the camera.

Cao Xin couldn't stop laughing, and seeing Si Chen was speechless, she said, "Because I'm allergic to something, although it's not serious, but my throat will feel uncomfortable after eating it, and my face and neck will turn red, so I have a recipe. I found that you don't seem to have a recipe. When I was filming with you, the crew ordered food and tea, and you ate and drank whatever they wanted. Don't you have any allergies?"

Si Chen nodded, "She didn't."

Cao Xin looked at Cai Cai. What Si Chen said was true. It was amazing. "You are not allergic to anything. Are you really human?"

Cai Cai glared, "Of course I'm human! Is it weird that I'm not allergic?"

"Everyone I know has allergies to some extent. The most common one is a runny nose after eating chili peppers. But you don't have any of those." Cao Xin really found it magical.

If you eat something really spicy, you will probably have a runny nose, but Cai Cai doesn't have a taste for the weird, so she won't eat anything really spicy. "Anyway, I won't eat anything that's too spicy, too sweet, too salty, or too bitter. I won't eat anything that's too weird either. My grandma said that our ancestors have studied everything from what's delicious to what's not, so we just need to follow her and eat."

Cao Xin nodded, indeed.

Moreover, Cai Cai does not think that it is miraculous that she does not have allergies. "Many people around me do not have allergies. Some of them even have good physiques and good immunity, and rarely get sick."

Cao Xin still finds it strange. "Nowadays, families are well-off and eat well, so they eat a variety of foods. The Chinese medicine doctor I saw said that many diseases are caused by diet."

Cai Cai has also heard this saying, "Eating well and eating a variety of foods are two different things, right? I went to see a Chinese doctor, and the doctor said I was as strong as an ox, and never said there was anything wrong with my diet."

"So you are amazing." Cao Xin pointed at Si Chen, "He is very close to you by blood, but he has allergies and stomach problems."

Si Chen joked, "Isn't stomach trouble a standard feature of a domineering CEO?"

Cai Cai was amused and laughed, "Not only do bosses have stomach problems, they also have insomnia, mysophobia, anorexia, and various other diseases, all of which require the cute heroine to treat them."

Si Chen also laughed, "Didn't the Immortal Lord scold you for complaining about this kind of script setting before?"

Cai Cai snorted, "This kind of setting of male and female protagonists, which is said to be a must for pet dramas and idol dramas, is really not friendly to both men and women. It seems that if the male protagonist doesn't have some strange disease, he can't meet and fall in love with the female protagonist. This is clearly taking advantage of other people's weaknesses, the outer appearance of love, and the inner content of blackmail. Besides, what has the female protagonist become when she is used as a cure? How can she be happy when she is objectified like this? Why do I feel so sweet? If someone uses me as a cure, I will definitely call the police. I am afraid that he will illegally detain me or even infringe on my personal safety, but I still fall in love with him? Am I a fool?"

Cao Xin was a little embarrassed because he had played a similar role before. He wanted to struggle, "But if two people are very kind and have no intention of hurting each other, and they meet because of a disease, and then develop into lovers and stay together for life, wouldn't that be romantic?"

Cai Cai's face was full of speechless words, "Where is the romance? The romance is that the spouse is sick? You know that the other party is sick without doing a pre-marital check-up, and you still want to get married and have children. What if this disease can be inherited?"

Oh, yes, Cai Cai suddenly realized, "I understand. I just talked about allergies. In fact, there is a key point. In my family, when choosing a spouse for marriage and childbearing, we have to check the health status of three generations, at least three generations, and sometimes five generations. This is the minimum requirement for my family to have offspring. So I think this is the key to the good health of me and my family."

Si Chen stopped her and said, “You’ll get scolded for saying that, they’ll accuse you of discriminating against patients or something.” He was half-joking to help Cai Cai out of the situation. The main reason was that Cai Cai’s family background was not public yet, and it was too arrogant to say that they were checking her marriage and childbearing partners for three generations.

"I'm not discriminating against patients. If they are sick, they should be treated. But why should we go to hospitals and doctors to find innocent ordinary people? The main reason is that the sick people are all in the position of overlords, and there is always a feeling of oppression. In fact, if they were in a different position, ordinary people would never go to another person to treat their illness, right? This logic is wrong. Why does it seem normal to put wrong logic on a overlord, and even make it romantic? In the final analysis, this is also a projection of the screenwriter's worship of money, right? Will the audience really like this weird logic that is forcibly instilled?" Cai Cai's focus is on the script, but it is obvious that Cao Xin and Si Chen are worried about other things. She is not on the same topic as them. The three of them didn't realize it, but the people outside the scene basically heard it. Shui Qing reminded the post-production staff present to remember that they must make funny treatments when editing here to highlight the incompatibility between Cai Cai and the two of them. He will also pay attention to it when making rough and fine cuts.

Indeed, Cao Xin's focus is on public opinion, and she also thinks that Tsai Tsai might be criticized for what she said. "The premarital checkup you mentioned is indeed very important. I will also do it in the future to be responsible for myself, my spouse, and my offspring. But when it comes to love, people are always irrational. Some people shout about natural selection and survival of the fittest online, but in reality, when looking for a partner, let alone a premarital checkup, they don't even check their credit." She paused, "It's not a subjective malicious lie. I think it's all voluntary on both sides, so what will happen in the future and what will happen to the offspring are the consequences that both parties should bear."

Feeling that the topic was becoming more and more dangerous, Cao Xin regretted starting it and wanted to change the subject, "Besides, you also said that your family is so cautious about marriage and childbearing partners. The boss's family must be the same. So the boss at most has a minor problem like picky eating and stomach problems. It won't be inherited."

Cai Cai noticed the tension between Cao Xin and Si Chen, as well as the murmurs of conversation outside the venue, so she agreed with Cao Xin and said, "I still hope that this kind of pet drama can change the setting. The domineering CEO doesn't have to be sick, and the cute heroine doesn't have to take medicine, because I feel that the underlying tone of the script of this kind of drama is not beautiful. The underlying tone of adult fairy tales can be cruel, but it can't be morbid."

Cao Xin was a little speechless. Why is it that the more she speaks, the more she is scolded? "You are an actor. Why do you always complain about the script? There are many screenwriters who write this kind of script. They will join forces to scold you and ruin their jobs." There really are screenwriters who have done this, and in the end, neither the screenwriter nor the actor got a good result. Even if Cai Cai has a lot of blood, she can't complain about the script like this.

"Because the story is obviously well-written, but they insist on using this kind of character setting. Many scripts are eliminated because of these illogical settings. It could be very good, and the author put so much effort into it, but it can't even pass the first round of screening."

Si Chen was curious, "What are you screening?"

Cai Cai said frankly, "The company asked me to choose a romance script, preferably a modern drama, and I can start filming after I become an adult. I heard that the male lead has been chosen, and there are more than ten backup male supporting roles."

"."Cao Xin was speechless.

Romance scripts are preferably modern dramas. Why? Because the makeup of modern dramas is very friendly to male actors, and because modern dramas are the most popular in terms of investment, anyone who appears in the camera can be a star.

“You refuse!!!” Cao Xin really couldn’t understand why Cai Cai was still helping to choose the script when she was obviously being sold and still helping to count the money!! Those who said it nicely let Cai Cai choose the script herself, and those who said it didn’t mean that they were impressed by Cai Cai’s vision and used her as free labor!!! Cai Cai herself was stupid and didn’t know what was going on and didn’t know how to refuse. Why didn’t her agent and others do their job?

"Why would you refuse? I really want to act out a love story." Cai Cai was sincere.

Cao Xin couldn't understand, "You have popularity and traffic, your acting skills are good, and you are not restricted by the role script, why do you want to play a love script?" It doesn't seem like you want to fall in love.

Si Chen couldn't figure it out. "You don't have to accept this kind of script just because you're an adult. Many adult actors keep playing minors."

Cai Cai held Si Chen's arm, "You'll get scolded for saying this, right? I feel like I'm scolding a large group of people, hahahaha."

Si Chen wasn't worried. "I am like that myself. I am an adult and still play a high school student. This is not an age issue. We are talking about the type of scripts. You know, most of the outstanding romance scripts are played by male actors. The bonus for female actors is not that big. At most, they can be the heroine of a hit drama, which can increase business and create more hyped CPs. You don't have traffic, business, or hype CPs. What do you want by acting in this kind of drama?"

Cai Cai couldn't understand it. "Love is the most eternal topic in the art of light and shadow, and movies and TV series with love themes are the most solid foundation. Whether it is artistic or economical, love themes are the best. It would be strange if I didn't want to act in them. Looking at the history of movies, nine out of the ten best actors and actresses have their best films are definitely love movies. And on the major lists, at least half of the top ten themes are love movies. How much I want to act in them. But I have to wait until I am an adult. I have really waited for a long time."

“It’s not that I like it that much, but I feel like I want to act now that I can’t act anymore.”

Cao Xin was speechless, "You are just being rebellious. Do you know how many actresses want to change from acting in romantic films?" She acted recklessly relying on her young age, "You are so immature."

"." Cai Cai was also speechless, "I don't want to be called immature by you!!"

"That's you! You have this kind of mentality and you can be taken advantage of. You obviously have better choices!!" In front of the camera, Cao Xin didn't say it very clearly, but this was the meaning. Cai Cai didn't understand, but her agent definitely understood.

Cai Cai doesn’t think, “What I want is the best choice.” This statement does seem a bit rebellious.

No, "Many works with romance themes don't give you much bonus for the actresses. The hot spots are all on the actors. It seems that the actresses have become nutrients and carriers for the audience to empathize with. They have no soul and even no sense of existence. When the show is over, the life of this character also ends and the character disappears."

Cai Cai also read a lot of information and conducted market research. The former was what she wanted to read, and the latter was what the Immortal King asked her to read.

Xianjun's original words were, "If you want to treat acting as a career, you must be familiar with the market of this career. Acting is not life, but it is inseparable from life."

Nowadays, romance movies, both movies and TV series, are in a slump. Even though there are a steady stream of popular modern and ancient idol dramas, the bulk of the profits are not from the dramas themselves. In the film market, there has not been a world-renowned romance movie for many years. Even though there are mountains of romance movies produced in every country and every market every year, there has not been a truly phenomenal work that has swept the world.

"If you can star in a romantic film that is a hit only in China, you can also be included in film history." This was what Xianjun said at the time, which aroused Cai Cai's ambition. This was not just a pie in the sky, because the domestic market accounts for more than half of the global market, and Cai Cai was really tempted.

How can a Grand Slam actress not have a romance film?

According to Cai Cai's research, the younger you are when you act in a romantic film, the easier it is to perform well. Because as the age of the actor increases, the audience's expectations of the love of the actor's role are inversely proportional. Compared with the actor's role in his twenties or thirties being entangled in ambiguous love and suffering, the audience prefers to watch the role's plot of being a big shot in the workplace and reaching the top. This is a very clear market feedback.

So Cai Cai thought that she would start filming as soon as she became an adult and finish it before she was in her twenties. After that, she would not easily take on romance-themed films.

This is Cai Cai’s own small plan for her career.

Mei Zhang naturally knew about Cai Cai's plan, and the company also had the cooperation of Xianjun, so she was allowed to choose the script. In fact, the company originally selected it first, and after layers of screening, it was sent to Xianjun for review, and finally Cai Cai was allowed to choose. But Cai Cai insisted on participating in the whole process, so she saw many scripts that were screened out.

This is the cause and effect, but Cai Cai did not make it clear, but now Cai Cai's thoughts have changed a little. The more I read the scripts and the information about the TV series, the more I can understand what Cao Xin said about the fact that there is not much bonus for the actresses.