At that time, Jiang Ling was fiercely performing stunts in the crew of "Tian Jian Qun Xia".
For three consecutive days, it was all fight scenes. Jiang Ling was so exhausted that her hands and feet were numb, and she was too tired to even look at her phone. She went to bed and slept soundly, unaware that she had already become a trending topic.
"Wudalang, Wudalang gets beaten by a pig, gets beaten, gets beaten, beaten by a pig..."
The utterly magical ringtone of her phone buzzed.
Jiang Ling was woken up by the ringtone. She rubbed her sleepy eyes, picked up the phone charging on her bedside table, and saw it was Sister Sa calling.
"Sister Sa, what's up?"
On the other end of the line, Sister Sa's excited voice came through, "Lingzi, your popularity has exploded. The heads of major brokerage companies are all coming to me, wanting to discuss signing with you. What are your plans?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ling's body jolted, and she sat up from the bed.
"Signing? Which company wants to sign with me?"
"The five giants of the entertainment industry, except for Huohua Media, the other four have approached me. They are all willing to give you A-list celebrity treatment, with the highest basic salary. It all depends on your choice."
Jiang Ling frowned upon hearing this.
After terminating her contract with Huohua Media, Jiang Ling had once considered going solo and becoming her own boss.
Later, she was schemed against time and again, making her realize how wrong she had been.
Where there are people, there is a Jianghu.
The entertainment industry is so fiercely competitive. As long as someone wants to get ahead, even if you are strong, someone will scheme against you.
If it were a one-on-one head-on confrontation, she naturally wouldn't be afraid. She was afraid of those despicable people hiding behind her and shooting arrows from the dark.
Schemes upon schemes, endlessly, one after another. Just thinking about it was tiring.
Life is so beautiful, and time is so precious.
Instead of wasting so much time and energy on such unworthy people, it would be better to sign with a reliable large company and let the company handle these messy, bothersome matters for her.
Although signing with a company means giving up some benefits.
But compared to the rewards given by the system, this portion of the benefits seemed insignificant.
Spending a little money to buy herself some peace and quiet, this deal was worth it.
Moreover, relying on a company wasn't entirely without its drawbacks.
Besides enjoying the resources brought by the company, it was also easier to win awards.
In this parallel universe, just like on her previous life's Earth, movies and TV dramas have multiple awards to reward outstanding artists.
But to win an award, while skill is crucial, connections are equally important.
After all, Long Country is a society that values relationships. Many awards require prior nomination, and then you have to stand out from the competition with other nominated works before you can finally win an award.
No one nominates you, and even if you act well, you still won't get an award.
Jiang Ling discovered this point last year.
Last year, she became popular with "Yun Hai Yu Gong Yuan." Among the works from the same period, none could compete. She should have been able to win an award.
As a result, the award for Best Actress was taken by a second-tier actress from Feixing Media, whose acting skills, looks, and popularity were far inferior to hers.
For this reason, many fans felt indignant for Jiang Ling. Their goddess acted so well, yet the award was taken by someone inferior to her in all aspects?
In response to the fans' doubts, the organizers' answer was also direct: without nominations, how could one win an award?
Although they said there were no nominations, Jiang Ling could see that to get nominated, one needed connections.
The entertainment industry today is no longer the same as it was twenty or thirty years ago.