Chapter 566 "Struggle" Hits the Airwaves
Mai Jia won the Mao Dun Literature Award for "The Conspiracy". He was also the first person in China to win this honor for a spy novel.
After "The Conspiracy" was made into a TV series, its influence became phenomenal, and the Mai family became famous randomly.
As soon as "The Wind" came out, it immediately attracted a lot of interest from film and television companies...
Tianmei Media immediately won the rights to adapt movies and TV series.
The original novel "The Sound of the Wind" is indeed good. The novel is divided into three parts: East Wind, West Wind, and Quiet Wind.
Three stories, three versions.
The first version was provided by Mr. Pan, our party, and his son relayed it to the novelist "me";
The main narrator of the second version is Gu Xiaomeng, who was one of the five people back then;
The last part, "Quiet Wind", is actually the novelist's "I" completion of what happened back then.
Through three parts, the novel provides different solutions to the events of that year, which are intertwined with each other.
Even if the faith part is deleted, this is still a good story with a bold scale, wonderful ensemble performances, and full of dramatic tension. After adding faith, it further explains one thing: why a person can sacrifice himself for a belief and an ideal. All and even life!
It is easy to understand that a person does things for money and interests. It is visible and tangible, and it is easy to form a complete logical chain; but beliefs are abstract and ideals are invisible. It is difficult to explain an invisible thing. If people see it and are convinced, a stricter logical chain is needed.
Shen Xudong likes it very much...
There is no reason not to get the adaptation rights!
In fact, Jiang Wen was interested in "The Wind" from the very beginning.
In the original time and space, he publicly said that he wanted to adapt "The Wind"...
However, Shen Xudong felt that he was not suitable: "I have written the script for "The Wind"...I am going to find director Gao Qunshu..."
Gao Qunshu nodded: "I read the script, it's very good... I'm not going to change a word..."
"The scale can be bigger. I told Director Han that we can add a lot of bloody scenes... torture!"
The purpose of these scenes is not to be surprising, but to make people feel horrified - to let the audience know how much torture our heroes have endured!
Jiang Wen was embarrassed to take other people's jobs, so he asked: "...Then what is "The Thief of Officials"?"
"The story of bandits fighting bullies..."
"The Thief of Officials" in "Ten Tales of the Night": A sentimental bandit pretended to be the county magistrate and took office, killing the local bully Huang Silang, and he himself died in order to carry out the justice of the process.
Jiang Wen was very interested when he heard the synopsis: "Bandits fighting bullies?"
"Yes... Zhang Muzhi outsmarts Huang Silang..."
"Mr. Ma Shitu's "The Thief of Officials"... is finished, I'll go back and read it!"
"Well, I think this work is suitable for you!"
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Jiang Wen is still very important, even if he is just an actor...
There has been a lot of news online recently: the new version of the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" directed by Chen Jialin invites Jiang Wen to play Cao Cao;
The producers of the movie "White Deer Plain", which has been in preparation for many years, decided that Jiang Wen was the best candidate to star;
That's right, the original director of "New Three Kingdoms" was Chen Jialin...
During the preparation period, he was already feeling physically and mentally exhausted. If he fell ill after filming started, it would be too late to change directors.
So I decided to resign from the producer, hoping that an energetic young and middle-aged director would take over.
The second director was Yan Jiangang, and the investment increased to 90 million! However, he also resigned and at the same time withdrew his company's investment in the TV series.
The reason is that "Due to a variety of complex reasons that are not suitable to be explained at the moment, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is unable to meet the most basic creative conditions" and "it is difficult to reach an agreement at the operational level with individual investors."
He also specifically pointed out in the statement that literary scripts created by screenwriters "should not undergo subversive, non-professional, non-television transformations."
It seems that the main conflict between the two parties lies in the script.
The third director, Gao Xixi, finally successfully filmed nearly a hundred episodes of the TV series...
After it aired, the biggest problem still focused on the script!
Director Gao Xixi...
Wang Hailin said something: There are two scripts for "The Legend of Chu and Han", one was written by him and Yan Gang, and the other was written by someone else. Both he and Director Chen were more inclined to the one written by him, and the investors also read it. , I think the script he and Yan Gang wrote is good.
But director Gao Xixi didn't think so. He had already bought another script at that time, and that script cost money, so he combined the two scripts...
Please note that when blending, you don’t just shoot whoever is good at it, but you shoot whoever writes the best!
Because... the longer you write, the longer it takes to shoot, and the more money you make.
As for the Qin Dynasty Confucian scholar who appeared in the play reciting the Three Character Classic, "Your Majesty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang have revolted in Daze Township."
Many viewers criticized the screenwriter...
Wang Hailin was very angry and posted his script online directly!
He publicly said: The appearance of the Three Character Classic in the Qin Dynasty was an insult to a screenwriter. No professional screenwriter would make such a mistake. As for the Dazexiang Uprising, it was just like the beginning of the eight-year Anti-Japanese War. It was just actors talking nonsense.
Come to think of it, Gao Xixi has gained a reputation in vain!
The struggles of Chen Daoming and Wang Hailin are destined to be ineffective.
It's okay, the director Gao later filmed "Armageddon" - he crossed the river and I crossed the river. He crossed the river to take my Nanjing, and I crossed the river to take Xibaipo!
When filming such an important drama as "Armageddon", a tiger should be sent to take charge. If a tiger cannot be sent to take charge, at least a dog should be sent to protect the situation. Unexpectedly, a pig was sent in the end, which blinded such a strong lineup.
I'm speechless...
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Zhao Baogang came with Tong Dawei, Wang Lei and Zhang Yi...
Come and make a guest appearance!
The reporters who guest-starred at the end of the film to interview the crew...
It also adds a little more topicality to "Famous" - "Struggle" is broadcast...
"Struggle" was simultaneously broadcast in BJ, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Fujian and other places. Within three days of its launch, the highest ratings reached 11.5%, and the response was unprecedented!
On today’s screens, where all kinds of sad dramas and period dramas dominate, a happy and humorous youth drama like "Struggle" stands out and is a hit on the screen...
A social phenomenon has emerged!
Especially in BJ, it ranks first in the BJ region with an average ratings of 8.3%!
That's right, another phenomenal TV series was born.
Data records show that "Struggle" was replayed 48 times in 2007 - by 2019, "Struggle" was replayed 193 times, ranking 12th in the history of Chinese TV dramas...
The number of rebroadcasts here specifically refers to rebroadcasts on star channels, excluding local stations.
Otherwise, there is no way to calculate it!
At this time, Zhao Baogang, Tong Dawei, Zhang Yi, and Wang Lei came to make guest appearances, which definitely added points to "Famous"...
You know, the popularity of "Struggle" directly promoted some of them to become the most popular actors.
Of course Shen Xudong is very happy!
They were received very warmly…