Chapter 474

Film and television, to put it bluntly, no matter film or video, is an art of sound, light and electricity.

Regardless of the big screen or the small screen, every viewer knows that the story and picture they see are actually specially filmed for others to see. Everyone knows that it is fake, but a brilliant filmmaker will make all this , whether it is pictures, stories, characters, lines, etc., they all look as if they are in front of you, making you believe it is true even though you know it is false.

And the sense of reality creates a sense of substitution.

Whether it is sadness or joy, no matter what you get after seeing these pictures is a kind of gain or a kind of venting, its source must come from the sense of substitution.

Therefore, the reason why the big ship is a big ship, and the reason why before 2000, it raked in two billion US dollars at the box office around the world, of course, cannot do without that touching romantic love, but without that huge and luxurious ship, Without those incredibly real details, it would be nothing more than a love story.

And then, "Avatar" became popular all over the world, and Hollywood blockbusters with various special effects occupied the global film market...In the final analysis, it was only because Hollywood filmmakers always understood the truth that everyone went to the cinema, and they did not hesitate to buy it at an expensive price. The movie ticket is to see some things that you can't usually see.

Well, when the time goes back more than ten years ago, at this time in 1999, on the small screens of thousands of households, when TV viewers all over the country are still watching all kinds of crudely made When it comes to martial arts movies, romance movies, business war movies, and war movies, suddenly there is such a TV series, which presents for the first time the real super-pictures that audiences need to buy tickets to see in a few foreign blockbusters. on the small TV screen. Well, one can imagine the viewing experience and spiritual shock it brings to the current domestic TV viewers.

Therefore, even though the one-minute and forty-second-long shot from beginning to end is actually just a snake, it is still enough for many viewers to watch with gusto.

When they would even be happy that this snake, which they were not familiar with at all, had finally defeated the thunder and lightning, and they would breathe a sigh of relief and smile on their faces... It is conceivable You know, in the following story, they will no longer be able to move their eyes away - because this snake has turned into a beautiful, unparalleled beauty.

The mountain fox turns into a demon, the dragon girl recruits her son-in-law, and the love between man and ghost... These are the stories that Chinese people have loved to hear for thousands of years.

Although there is no "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" in this time and space, from "Sou Shen Ji", to Tang legends, to Song people's notes, to various strange novels of Ming Dynasty and Shun Dynasty, and widely circulated among the people. All kinds of legends and stories about love between humans and ghosts, love between humans and gods, love between humans and demons like this, emerge in endlessly.

Therefore, perhaps a foreigner who does not understand Chinese culture will be extremely surprised to see the scene where the snake demon transforms into a human form, but for the Chinese, this scene does not feel disobedient.

Moreover, the White Snake and White Lady in human form are really... so beautiful!

In the beginning, she only had a human head, and she was still a snake with her shoulders down, but the special effects were so realistic that it made the audience look like a human and a snake, but that beautiful face alone was enough Charming.

And when she finally shed her snake shape and completely transformed into a human body, it was like the scene of a beauty coming out of the bath. Although the camera was only shown above the shoulders or below the knees, you must know that imagination and brain supplementation have always been Incomparably powerful!

For all the TV viewers who watched this, in their minds, they have almost subconsciously made up the graceful and exquisite figure of the snake demon-then, when the white snake blows over in one breath, it transforms itself Cheng was dressed in plain white Xiayi, and then recruited and put on the clothes. Sure enough, the white lady who showed her whole body perfectly fit the audience's imagination of her.

It's so beautiful!

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Zhou Yuhai had already forgotten to take a bath. Seeing this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Yujing is really beautiful!"

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and Zhu Qiang got up and ran over to open the door, but Zhou Yuhai's assistant had already bought the food and wine. Seeing Zhou Yuhai greet Zhu Qiang, his assistant helped arrange the food and wine, and then said in a very witty way Said he went out to eat. At this time, it was Zhou Yuhai who took the initiative and said, "There are so many things, let's sit down and eat together, just in time to watch TV together."

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HUNAN Satellite TV has been vigorously promoting this TV series recently. The return of China's No. 1 girl is one of the key points of the promotion. Therefore, seeing Bai Yujing appearing so perfectly on the screen, many of them have seen her works back then. , and even the audience who were infatuated with her, couldn't help but sigh, "Bai Yujing is still so beautiful! It feels more beautiful than before!"

Or those who are a little younger, or who have not paid attention to her before, can't help but instantly fall in love with her image in this ancient costume after seeing such an amazing scene.

Then, when the white snake transformed into a human form, the story officially began.

When she flew freely in the air, with her gaze, the audience once again saw many beautiful shots. Those shots were specially shot by the crew with movie-grade cameras, including Qingcheng Mountain, Zhangjiajie, There is also Mount Emei.

Then, when Bai Suzhen, who had just entered the world, heard that Guanyin Bodhisattva came to Mount Emei, she also hiked up the mountain with a large number of believers to pay homage to Guanyin. At this time, the second feature of this TV series suddenly appeared-the aria.

If it was just an episode, no one would feel any abnormality. However, when the audience saw that the Guanyin master played by He Runqing was fresh, they clearly saw the character in the play, the white lady, singing by herself—this part, naturally It was exactly the part that Li Qian sang to Bai Yujing with the erhu in Chang'an Mansion.

The character in the play is played by Bai Yujing, but she only lip-syncs. The real singer in this part is He Runqing.

The style of Huangmei tune and the lyrics that perfectly fit the plot may feel a bit abrupt to many viewers at the beginning, but I have to say that "Legend of the New White Snake" uses the way of inserting arias in the play. The story is like an opera, although it is novel, especially in TV dramas, it is even more different, but in fact, it is not abrupt when viewed in China's national conditions.

Chinese people love to listen to operas for hundreds of years. People in this time and space love operas even more than the time and space that Li Qian experienced. Therefore, even the audience in that time and space, after the initial After a little bit of astonishment, they can readily accept these beautifully sung arias, let alone now, in this time and space?

Therefore, although the way of singing and singing between the Guanyin master and the white lady will make the rhythm a little slow, but for the audience sitting in front of the TV at this time, there is almost no obstacle to acceptance.

With the guidance of Master Avalokitesvara, when the camera turned, Bai Suzhen quickly recalled a short story from several years ago: the snake catcher took snake pills to make wine, but she herself was not caught, but was caught by a little girl. The shepherd boy traded a basket of peaches for his life, and then set them free. After that, she made a promise to the little shepherd boy that she would repay him.

Therefore, Bai Suzhen, who wanted to cultivate into a fairy, found her goal.

The story of The Legend of the White Snake officially begins now.

At this time, the vast majority of the audience has been completely immersed in it.

Next, Xu Xian, Xu Hanwen and his sister and brother-in-law's family appeared on the stage, and the case of Ku Yin's theft also began to lay the groundwork. , and the sentence "must go to the high place of the West Lake" mentioned by Master Guanyin became the guideline for Bai Suzhen, the white lady.

On this day, Ching Ming Festival, Xu Hanwen and his sister and brother-in-law went out to sweep the tomb and go outing together, while Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing wandered around the West Lake. Whenever they met someone, as long as they felt a little like, Bai Suzhen would do it to see his past life clearly. But they were disappointed again and again, but at this moment, they met Xu Xian who had gone out alone after being separated from her sister and brother-in-law.

The vast majority of viewers were watching with gusto at this time, and were looking forward to the encounter between the two, but at this moment, the TV series came to an abrupt end, and the first episode was over!

When the ending song started playing on the TV screen, many people suddenly realized that it was almost nine o'clock, and the first episode of this TV series actually lasted for more than 50 minutes and nearly an hour!

However, even after such a long time, everyone still hasn't seen enough. The key is that it was cut off at the most important place.

Therefore, when the ending song just started to sound, in front of an unknown number of families, TV sets, and people, I couldn't help but sigh—it ended here! My heart is really itchy and uncomfortable!

Including Zhou Yuhai and Zhu Qiang, who were watching this TV series together in the hotel room at the moment, when they saw the end of this episode, they could not help showing a look of dissatisfaction—everyone was full, even The chatting has already stopped, and all my mind is in this TV series and this story at the moment!

At this time, Zhou Yuhai's assistant couldn't help complaining: "Isn't this too good at diversity?"

Zhou Yuhai and Zhu Qiang recovered relatively quickly, and Zhou Yuhai laughed even more when he heard the words, "Good split! No wonder it has to be an hour and one episode. The focus is here! TV dramas, it's okay if you don't leave some hooks?"

Zhu Qiang said with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, there will be a second episode today!"

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Just after the first episode ended, many people sighed helplessly and were about to get up and go to the bathroom. Like Zhou Yuhai, he was going to take a shower at this time, but then, when the ending song played, it quickly attracted everyone's attention. They were all pulled back!

Even if it is separated from the TV series itself, the song "Crossing Love" is definitely an excellent duet love song. Its catchy lyrics contain Chinese-style love views, and the unique characters of a man and a woman Singing makes it full of a unique charm.

In fact, this is the first time that Cao Zhan, the bassist of the band Four Beauties, who has been popular in the Chinese world in the past two years, has opened his voice for the first time.

And the one who sang with him was He Runqing, the top domestic queen.

When Cao Zhan's characteristic broken gong sounded, many people had already got up, but they couldn't help but stop, looking back at the TV screen, and Zhou Yuhai, who had already entered the bathroom, couldn't help opening the door. He opened the door and asked with a smile: "It is said that Cao Zhan sang it?"

Zhu Qiang smiled and nodded, "It is said to be."

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The first episode ends with a few minutes of commercial breaks in between.

Night, nine o'clock.

The Golden Eagle Building where HUNAN Satellite TV is located is still brightly lit.

Of course, the top floors are pitch-black, and in the office areas on these floors, only a few offices are always lit.

One of them is the office of Tan Dezhang's deputy director.

In his office, he re-watched the show's first episode from start to finish. Only this time, it is with the HUNAN Satellite TV logo.

Here even the ending song was played, and the advertisement started to play. Various thoughts fluctuated in his mind, and from time to time, he would subconsciously turn his head and glance at the phone on the table.

After two or three minutes, the phone finally rang.

He stretched out his hand right away, and before the first ring rang, his hand was already on the microphone, but after hesitating for a while, he still picked up the remote control first, turned the TV to silent, and then After the phone rang a few more times, he picked up the phone and said majesticly, "I'm Tan Dezhang."

On the other end of the phone, a voice said: "Tai Tan, the ratings of the first episode are out. The highest ratings in the first half were 2.4, and by the end, the highest ratings were 2.6, basically the same as the ratings of our last drama."

Tan Dezhang nodded when he heard the words, frowned slightly, and said calmly: "Understood. After the second episode is over, report to me again."

There was a promise on the other end of the phone, and Tan Dezhang hung up the phone quickly.

He got up and walked a few steps in the office, he couldn't help rubbing his brows.

The highest is 2.6. This data is definitely not high. Even compared to the ratings of Hunan Satellite TV in the past, it can only be regarded as a medium level, but fortunately, this is only the first episode.

Despite the previous publicity, I have tried my best here, but... who made HUNAN Satellite TV have been down for so many years! It should be said that he should be content to be able to reach the ratings level of the previous TV series in the first episode.

It's just... 15 million!

It was won by him going his own way against all opinions. God knows how much pressure he is under now!

Not to mention that he has offended many domestic brothers and TV stations, Huaxia TV also has a lot of opinions on Hunan, and the key point is that he wants to reform Hunan TV. This is his first step in TV content!

Once this drama fails, although the direction of reform will not change, in fact, as long as the family behind him is still supporting him, then it is impossible to change anything based on these people in the stage, but there is no doubt that the next I will encounter more doubts and resistance, and I am afraid that many policies that could have been insisted on in one breath will be difficult.

Thinking of this, he went back to sit down, subconsciously raised his head to look at the screen, and waited for the start of the second episode. At the same time, he couldn't help but subconsciously think in his heart: Such a big business, he took a picture of 1500 yuan on his desk in one go. Wan, as a result, before the TV series starts broadcasting, the most important thing is to promote it, but that guy is unwilling to bring a team over to do a promotion or something!

"It's so weird!" He couldn't help complaining in his heart.

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After watching the first episode, Li's mother went to the bathroom in a hurry, while Li's father lit a cigarette and stared blankly at the TV screen, but his mind was already lost in some kind of contemplation.

Li's mother came back after finishing her convenience, and touched him, "Hey, what are you thinking? I think my son's TV series is very good!"

Father Li suddenly came back to his senses, "Huh? Oh... um! Looks good, looks good! It's just..."

Li's mother didn't wait for him to "just" come up with something, and directly threw him in the face with one sentence, "Don't you say that the script is not good enough! Or... the lines are almost too good?"

Father Li was indeed choked.

Mama Li rolled her eyes triumphantly, pointed to the TV, and said, "If you have the ability, you can write a script and ask your son to shoot it for you. By the way, you must write better than him, or else you will be in trouble." What a shame that a father is not as good as a son!"

"you you……"

Faced with Mama Li's smug smile, Papa Li was tongue-tied.

After a long time, he finally choked out a sentence, "No matter how good the script he wrote, I taught it?"

Li Ma gave him another look, "Just blow it!"

Father Li finally got anxious, "Hey... what am I bragging about? That's my son! I taught him by my little hands! What's the matter, he's promising, and I haven't given any credit yet?"

Mama Li smiled, "All right, all right, you have made a lot of contributions, okay? It's all your advice! ... You save these words for tomorrow to blow to those neighbors! Don't show off with me!"

Father Li wanted to talk when he heard the words, but at this time the advertisement stopped, and the prologue of the second episode began.

Mama Li quickly waved her hand, "Oh, that's all right, all right, stop talking, it's starting again!"

Father Li choked back his words.

But after thinking about it, he suddenly felt that Mama Li had reminded him: Yes, many neighbors will probably ask about this tomorrow, and after school starts, those colleagues will probably also ask, the Li family has produced a great talent, I can't wait for everyone in Jinan to know about this matter. Now that the TV series is broadcast, especially if it feels pretty good, why don't they all ask themselves around?

This matter... is very important!

The prologue was playing on the TV over there, and the theme song was sung emotionally. Father Li couldn't help but mutter to himself, "By the way, last time the kid said that this drama seems to be born out of "Jing Shi Tong Yan" and Shun Chao's "Ray of Thunder". "Legend of the Peak Pagoda"? I'll finish reading it later, I have to find out "The Words of the Warning" and read it again, so as not to be asked. It's just... "Legend of the Leifeng Pagoda"? I haven't heard of it, either. I don't know where that kid saw it!"

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When Zhou Yuhai hurried out of the shower, the prologue of the second episode had just finished.

The story of the second episode will begin soon.

The White Snake quickly recognized Xu Xian, and then pinched her fingers to confirm that it was the little shepherd boy who saved her a thousand years ago. However, in the reincarnation of a thousand years, he didn't know if the current Xu Xian was still the same as the little shepherd boy in that life. Kindness, so at this time, the mischievous Xiaoqing tried, and tried again and again.

Facts have proved that after thousands of years, after many reincarnations, this Xu Xian is still the kind little shepherd boy back then.

So, the two began to try to hook up with this pure and kind young man.

The West Lake is raining, and on TV, the picture is simply too beautiful to behold, and then, when the woodcutter and Xiaoqing sang "Crossing Love" that everyone has heard at the end of the last episode, it is even more poetic and picturesque.

At this time, the audience has not only fully adapted to the beautiful aria after another, but because of the popular and simple tune, many audiences have become familiar with the melody after listening to a few verses, and began to hum along while listening. stand up.

Then, the plot moves forward rapidly.

After Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing Kengmeng resorted to various tricks of abduction, Xu Xian, who had been deeply indulging in the charming style of the white lady, soon couldn't extricate himself, and then the two got married.

The aria between the two of them talking to each other on the night of candles in the bridal chamber really made the two people's hearts close.

But then, when Xu Xian went home to announce the good news to his sister and brother-in-law, and brought back Ku Yin that Xiaoqing had stolen, he was immediately recognized by his brother-in-law Li Gongfu who was a county government arrester.

At this point, the two lines laid out in the previous two episodes suddenly converge here, and the hearts of every audience in front of the TV suddenly lift up.

And then... the second episode is over.

At this moment, I don't know how many people who watched the TV series after ten o'clock couldn't help sighing and full of resentment!

Of course it is very important to get up early to go to work tomorrow, but the problem is, isn't the episode of this TV series too annoying? How can it be cut off at such a critical moment every time!

I want to watch the third episode, but I have to wait until tomorrow!

Of course, at this moment, very few people realize that, in fact, TV dramas, in order to ensure the ratings of the next episodes, we must pay attention to the rhythm of the storytelling. Cutting episodes at key places is a necessary editing skill. But why, they also watched TV series before, and watched a lot of TV series, why were they not so angry when the episode was cut off at that time?

That's just because this TV series, whether it is the core of the story, the excitement of the plot, or the appearance and performance of the actors, has accurately cut into the hearts of the Chinese people for thousands of years, while other TV series have not done so .

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In the office, when the TV series had ended for a long time, Tan Dezhang finally received the ratings data for the second episode - the highest was 2.7, which was slightly higher than the first episode, but it was just a normal ups and downs, and there was no sudden rise in the slightest Slope meaning.

The only consolation is that at least it proves that the first two episodes of this TV series are still very attractive to viewers who have already started watching, at least everyone has not switched channels one after another.

However, Tan Dezhang couldn't help thinking: "This alone is obviously not enough."

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