Chapter 477 Don't Even Dare to Think About It
Night, Shuntian Mansion.
The desk lamp was very bright, and He Jinbo was smoking one cigarette after another.
The TV series had already finished broadcasting, but the shock to his heart brought by the TV series had far stopped.
As a professional film critic and freelance writer, he never writes TV reviews, but he has just watched the sixth episode of this TV series, and he feels that he can't help it.
There is a desire to confide, to praise loudly, which is almost unstoppable in my heart.
Just, how to write it?
The reason why I have trouble with how to write is not because this TV series has nowhere to write, nor is it that it has nothing to praise, on the contrary, it is precisely because this TV series has too many advantages and strengths, On the contrary, He Jinbo was stuck for a while, unable to find a best entry point.
Its storytelling method is very old-fashioned, but the story is not afraid of being old, but I am afraid that you will not be able to tell it. level, but to be honest, considering that it is not uncommon to see shoddy, poor imitation and plagiarism in the domestic film circle before, so saying that it has reached the level of a film is not necessarily a compliment. To be precise, it should have achieved The movie is also enough to be ranked in the mid-range level; its actors' performances are extremely brilliant, needless to say, Bai Yujing, who has come out of the mountain again, has a reborn acting skill, and interprets Bai Suzhen's gentleness and wisdom. , and the two actors Xiao Qing and Xu Xian are especially worthy of commenting. There is a saying in the cross talk circle that "seven points hold three points for teasing". Remember these two actors...
There are so many things I want to say and write that I don't know where to start.
He had to smoke one after another.
The big ceiling fan in the room whirled, and the smoke flew out of the outlet.
While thinking hard, the phone rang suddenly.
He frowned slightly dissatisfied, but still picked it up and connected it.
"Hey, Lao He, have you watched "Legend of the New White Snake"?"
"Well, I saw it."
"Let's write an article. I think this TV series is going to be popular. Write an article. Let's try to get the first shot! Don't let other newspapers get ahead of you."
He Jinbo smoked a cigarette and said, "I don't know if it's popular or not. I definitely want to write something about it, because they put so much effort into this drama. This is the setting for our current domestic film and television industry." It’s a benchmark! Whether you’re making a movie or a TV series, do you really think that once the check is signed, you’ll be able to make a good film with a bunch of people? Don’t worry, no matter how much money you invest, you won’t be able to produce something good.”
The other end of the phone laughed twice, apparently already familiar with and used to the vigor of He Jinbo, and after He Jinbo finished his grand speech, the other end said: "That's good, let you do it tomorrow. Even if our headline commentary is finalized, when will the manuscript be delivered?"
In normal times, He Jinbo has always been known for being extremely talented, and a comment of several thousand words is simply a matter of waiting, and as long as it comes from him, it must be full of applause. But this time, He Jinbo hesitated when he heard the words, and said: "I don't dare to make any promises to you. There are too many things to write and want to write. For a while, I don't know how to write."
There was a "hmm" on the other end of the phone, and then suddenly said: "That's okay, when you write it, it counts. No matter what time it is, you can call me. As soon as the manuscript comes out, I will go over and get it!" After a pause, he said again: "By the way, Lao He, I think you should turn on your computer and go to those forums. The Internet is blown up now. There are all kinds of compliments. I think you should go and see what people are saying. , maybe it can give you some inspiration for your writing ideas?"
He Jinbo gave another "hmm" when he heard the words. Although he has always looked down on things on the Internet, He Jinbo knows that although there is a lot of mud and sand on the Internet, there are actually many talented people.
When he hung up the phone, he hesitated for a moment, still at a loss, and still didn't know how to write.
In the end, when he looked up, he saw that it was half past eleven on the wall clock. After thinking about it, he had no choice but to go over and turn on the computer.
Sure enough, the Internet has exploded.
He Jinbo started watching "Legend of the New White Snake" from yesterday, which is the third episode. It was also at that time, after watching the TV series, he would habitually wander around the various forums, and every time he saw someone's statement hit his heart , he couldn't help but be overwhelmed by it!
But the number of posts yesterday and the number of posts today are simply not the same!
Of course, what remains unchanged is that there are almost zero negative reviews.
He Jinbo read the posts one after another on the various forums, and when he saw the kind of mindless flattery that only knows how to flatter, but in fact, shit, fart, and nothing can be said, he let out his nostrils and snorted coldly. He couldn't help shaking his head and praising a good article that was just right, or commented on it straight to the heart, wishing to catch that person and have a chat.
There are a lot of posts, some with weight and ideas, not too few.
A few nuggets of gold can be found now and then among the piles of gravel.
However, looking at it, it was already one o'clock in the middle of the night. He Jinbo found that the number of posts in these forums was still increasing, often within 20 or 30 minutes. He stopped, thought for a while, and lit another cigarette for himself. Then while smoking a cigarette, staring at the endless variety of posts on the screen, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
He is not the kind of film critic who is too sensitive to the box office. In the past, when he went to see movies and wrote film reviews, he always only focused on the movie itself, and almost never did things like predict the box office. But now, no matter how sensitive he is to the box office, or the ratings of TV dramas, he has already felt something from the changes in posting discussion, from this explosive new posting.
At this time, recalling the call from Lao Zhao just now, he couldn't help but nodded.
The reputation of this TV series has already risen!
It is foreseeable that the next two days, Saturday and Sunday will be off the air, and people who have already watched this TV series will miss it very much. Therefore, compared with tomorrow, the Internet will be more lively, and when you resume work on Monday, those The audience, who have been holding back for two days, returned to their work and social occasions. The word-of-mouth of this TV series is expected to usher in a bigger explosion.
After thinking about it further, the students will start school soon. When the students start school on September 1 and gather together again, it will be another word-of-mouth explosion.
Of course, this is a good thing. Absolutely good thing.
For the audience, and for practitioners in the film and television industry, it is a great thing.
For the audience, they have gained another good TV series with excellent production, conscience and level, and they can see a good story. For practitioners in the film and television industry, a benchmark has been born.
What is a good story? How to tell a good story?
Look, this is a model, a model!
To some extent, the appearance of this TV series is more important to the latter than the former.
Now is the time when the domestic film market is collapsing!
This movie came at just the right time!
After thinking about it, he simply got up and left the computer, returned to the desk, picked up his mobile phone, and called back.
The phone rang once and was picked up. Old Zhao seemed very surprised on the other end, "You finished writing so soon?"
He Jinbo opened the chair, sat down, and said, "Old Zhao, I want to write this manuscript carefully. Do you have any relevant information that you can provide me?"
Old Zhao Wenyan said: "The information...hehe, it is all gossip information. It is said that this TV series has caused several TV stations to compete for it. In the end, HUNAN Satellite TV paid a high price to buy it. It is said that because of this, Huaxia TV station And it’s almost going to ban Minghu culture... You won’t be interested in these things! Oh, by the way, I have the ratings I just got, do you want it?”
He Jinbo didn't want to hear it at first, but by accident, he said, "Tell me."
There was a sound of rattling paper industry over there, and then Lao Zhao said loudly: "I just got the news that tonight's sixth episode "Legend of the New White Lady" has a national rating of 7.2. At the same time, Huaxia TV is currently broadcasting "Youth Is Not Poetry" has dropped from yesterday's highest 7.4 to only 7.1. That is to say, this TV series has already won the ratings champion of the same period last night! Of course, the prime time at 8:00 p.m. , this ratings champion must be the all-day ratings champion! But on Wednesday, the highest ratings of "Youth Is Not Poetry" was 7.6, so this week's TV drama ratings champion, and a few days ago, it was also Steadily surpassing "Legend of the New White Snake", so Zhou Champion must still be "Youth Is Not Poetry."
After a pause, he said again: "Oh, by the way, and, in the past half a year, Hunan Satellite TV's highest rating was 3.7, and last year's highest rating was 4.3, and this "Legend of the New White Snake" was broadcast On the first day, the highest was 2.7. On the second day, the highest was 4.6. On the third day, that is, the sixth episode just passed, as I said just now, it was 7.2... Every day is a big step! Let me tell you, No one can suppress this TV series until now, and of course, no one intends to suppress it, anyway, just wait and see, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, all kinds of media across the country will definitely swarm it!"
He Jinbo gave a "hmm" and said suddenly, "I want to interview Li Qian, the director of this drama, can you make an appointment for me?"
The other end of the phone froze for a moment, then Old Zhao smiled wryly and said, "Brother, don't embarrass me? It's not the first day you know him. Do you think it's possible for me to make an appointment for you?"
He Jinbo gave another "um" when he heard the words, and had no choice but to sigh helplessly.
Yes, although he is only a film critic and has never known much about the music scene, but he is so popular to Li Qian's level, even if he just listens to a few words by ear, he can almost understand it.
First, he never promotes himself; second, he almost never appears on any variety shows, does not accept any interviews, and is even unwilling to appear in public. It is said that he is a creative madman; third, he is indeed a great talent. Not only is the output huge, but the quality is also extremely high, which can be called high-quality products. Well, now, this point is even more confirmed, because He Jinbo doesn't understand music, but he is still good at movies and TV dramas; fourth, lustful, Playboy.
The first three points are worthy of a hundred praises in He Jinbo's heart. The last point, um, can be summed up in one word: talented people have common problems.
Putting down his mobile phone, He Jinbo took out the manuscript paper, hesitated for a moment, and finally wrote down a line of title - "The Legend of the New White Snake" in my view on winning the ratings".
After thinking about it, I crossed it out, and wrote "Legend of the New White Snake".
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The next day is Saturday.
Zhu Qiang's role in "Excalibur Lu Sanping" still has three sets of shots left. According to the shooting plan, his role will be completely over in about four days.
Waking up early in the morning, he cleaned himself up and went to the hotel's inner restaurant to have breakfast first as a habit. As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he originally went straight to the side where the crew members gathered, but who knows, he saw it from a distance. He, the assistant director Xiao Pengcheng waved at him, "Xiao Zhu, come here! Come here to eat!"
Zhu Qiang hurried over before he had time to make a meal. Xiao Pengcheng smiled and beckoned him to come and sit down, and casually ordered the drama manager next to him, "Xiao Zhou, go and make breakfast for Xiao Zhu."
Zhu Qiang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "No need, I can do it myself!"
At this time, director Song Xudong suddenly smiled and said, "It's okay, come and sit down, let Xiao Zhou call you!"
Zhu Qiang was stunned for a moment, his eyes met Zhou Yuhai who was sitting opposite the round table, Zhou Yuhai blinked at him and smiled.
He hesitated for a moment, and said "thank you" to Xiao Zhou who had stood up to help him cook, then sat down and said hello, "Good morning, Director Song, and good morning, Director Xiao."
Xiao Pengcheng smiled and nodded, but did not speak.
Director Song Xudong took a sip of the porridge, put down the bowl, and said, "Xiao Zhu, I've been watching your performance in the crew these days, acting skills and being a human being, there's nothing to choose from! This drama, we It is a pleasure to cooperate, and I will cooperate with you again if I have the opportunity later!"
Zhu Qiang was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but beam with joy, and quickly thanked him.
For a young actor who has just entered the industry, it is naturally a great affirmation for Zhu Qiang to receive such an evaluation from the director. In particular, director Song Xudong is a big name in the TV drama circle, and he has works almost every year. He expressed his hope that the next drama will continue to cooperate. For Zhu Qiang, it means another way to take on the drama.
So, when Xiao Zhou helped to call the meal, Zhu Qiang had a great appetite for the meal.
Sitting at the table with the director, assistant director, director of photography, and several heavyweight actors in the crew, Zhu Qiang suddenly felt that he was a little different from before. Although it was just a simple breakfast, listening to the music on the table The big guys were talking and laughing happily, and that kind of feeling made him feel quite refreshed.
After dinner, he was about to help move things when the assistant director Xiao Pengcheng stopped him and said in a low voice, "Director Song watched the movie you filmed last night, so he woke up this morning and told me and Mr. Zhou that he thought you Very promising!"
After finishing speaking, he patted Zhu Qiang on the shoulder, smiled a little unfathomably, and walked away.
After a while, Zhou Yuhai also came over, put his arms around his shoulders, and whispered: "Be prepared, you are really going to be popular!"
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All morning, Zhu Qiang was a little dizzy.
At half past ten, he was hiding outside the filming location with a few crew members to enjoy the cool, when his phone rang suddenly.
It's an unfamiliar number.
He got up and took two steps away to connect.
On the other end of the phone, there was a woman's voice. It sounded very calm, and it shouldn't be a little girl.
As soon as she got connected, she said, "Hello, is this Zhu Qiang's classmate? I'm from Dayi Film and Television Company, have you heard of it?"
Zhu Qiang was taken aback for a moment, of course he had heard of this company. Uh, no, isn't it said that this "Sword of Excalibur Lu Sanping" is invested by Dayi Film and Television Company? It is said that it still accounts for 20-30%!
"Oh, hello, I'm Zhu Qiang, who are you?"
"Well, I'm the artist manager of Dayi Film and Television Company. My name is Dai Yufeng. I don't know if you've heard of me? Zhao Zhigang and Liu Meiling are both actors I brought, do you know them?"
"Oh... hello hello, I know, I know."
I have never heard of Dai Yufeng, but Zhao Zhigang and Liu Meiling do know, and the former is even a senior in Shunying's acting department.
On the other end of the phone, Dai Yufeng continued: "It's easy to handle if you know it. That's it. I found out that you don't seem to have an agent yet, and you haven't signed an agent contract with any company, right?"
Zhu Qiang nodded, "Uh, yes, I haven't signed yet." In fact, he is a fledgling, and no one wants to take him with him at all.
On the other end of the phone, Dai Yufeng said: "Then, think about it and sign to our company. Although I can't promise you a few plays every year or something, I am very optimistic about you, and you know, our Dayi By the way, I have to vote for several dramas every year. As the manager of the artist department, I have a certain right to recommend actors. Zhigang is your senior brother, isn’t he? He is your example! Now, he can take four to five dramas every year. All the dramas, and I can help him win at least one of them as the leading actor! If you sign with me, I can guarantee that my recommendation to you will definitely not be weaker than him!"
Zhu Qiang was a little confused.
First of all, he was a little surprised that an agent would take the initiative to contact him so soon, and then he was even more surprised that it was a large company like Dayi Film and Television.
In terms of domestic TV drama circles, Dayi is not the largest, but it has rich experience in shooting martial arts films. It produces several martial arts films every year, and it is said that it is planning to shoot its first movie recently. Of course, martial arts films.
Putting it back in the past, Zhu Qiang would never have dared to even think about being able to sign with such a certain level of film and television company.
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