Chapter Ninety-Eight: A Play Expected by the Whole People
Thursday, June 29, 1998.
An ordinary day.
Office workers are still running around on buses and subways that have been open for a few years, and they should grab seats, fight wits and wits, and tear and tear. Students are already preparing for their final exams and are studying nervously, and students in high school and junior high school are a little special because they are about to face the college entrance examination and high school entrance examination, so they will be asked by teachers and parents to take a little rest before the exams in the next few days - the same is that in a few days, they will all have a long two-month vacation.
Even for many students in the third year of high school, taking the college entrance examination means that the school stage of life will be completely over, and they are about to find their first job in life.
But for the media, especially the entertainment media, as well as for China's film and television industry, today is a special day.
The drama "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which has been arguing for three years, is finally about to be broadcast.
From the initial conception, approval, script writing, and new cinema construction, to the establishment of the director team, and then to the nationwide selection of actors, the entire crew was officially established, all the way to the filming period, it has always been under the high attention and intensive reporting of the domestic media.
The attention of the media also means the attention of the people.
The influence of the famous work "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in China, and even in the entire Chinese cultural circle and the entire East Asian cultural circle, is absolutely unparalleled. If you only discuss the category of novels and stories, it can definitely surpass the story of the rebellion of the One Hundred and Eight Generals of the Water Margin, the story of Pan Donkey Deng Xiaoxian of Ximen Qing, and even the Monkey King making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.
Considering the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization and going through all the written works, it can steadily overwhelm the popularity and influence of this novel. There are only about two books β the Analects, and the Tao Te Ching.
Perhaps, for the vast majority of ordinary people, even the Tao Te Ching is not as influential as its influence.
Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan. Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Gan Ning. Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Pang Tong. Fa Zheng, LΓΌ Meng. Lu Xun,Jiang Wei,Zhang Liao......
This semi-canonical and half-romance novel may not be as good as "Water Margin" or "Journey to the West", "Golden Vase Plum" and other works, but one of them is one wonderful character after another. However, it originated from historical facts, spread in words and ears, and acted in pen and ink, and finally deeply engraved in the minds of the entire Chinese nation.
Even. Even many of the relatively poorly described characters in this famous work are familiar to many Chinese people, such as Da Qiao Xiaoqiao, a beauty with a hero, such as Mrs. Gan, who is known as "white as jade" in history, such as Luo Shen Zhen Mi, who was impatiently grabbed by Cao Pi, and then cut off his ears and forbidden, one-eyed Xiahou Dun, and "There is no general in Shu, Liao has turned into a pioneer"...... And so on and so forth.
To some extent, it can be said that he is the first history education that almost every Chinese can receive.
Therefore, the drama "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", from the relevant leaders of the propaganda and radio and television departments, to the entertainment industry, to the ordinary audience, looks at it a little extraordinarily.
Especially when the time entered June, Huaxia TV launched an overwhelming publicity for this TV series, and the advertisements of their own TV stations were originally so expensive that they began to desperately smash them like no money, newspapers, magazines, and other TV stations, under the strong institutional influence of Huaxia TV, also began to be full of propaganda about this TV series, and a certain degree of speculation and discussion.
And even among the people, this TV series is gradually becoming a hot topic of discussion among ordinary people after tea and dinner, during work breaks-
Can it truly restore the wonderful stories in the original book?
Can the actors deduce the peerless demeanor of those strategists and fierce generals?
I hope that the so-called TV series will not ruin this great work!
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And so on and so forth.
The cast list has already been all exposed, and now the increasingly developed media and media, two or three weeks before the start of this play, have begun to count the origins and origins of the main role players of this play, as well as the roles they have played in the past, the evaluations they have received, etc., and accompanied by the makeup photos released by the crew - newspapers and magazines, which have been sold well.
Just looking at the makeup photos, it can be said that the evaluation is generally good.
Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun...... On the whole, the choice of this group of actors and their appearance can roughly meet the psychological expectations of the audience, at least not to be evaluated too badly. In particular, the costumes, props, and art makeup of this drama have been praised by a considerable number of historians as "generally close to this", and some scenes and stills released by the crew in advance also show that this TV series has a very strong "sense of history".
The reason is actually very simple, the whole play, from the beginning of the filming concept, to the final editing, from beginning to end, has invited more than 40 famous domestic historians to participate in it - no sense of history is strange!
At that time, everyone knew that whether it was makeup photos or stills, they could not fully represent the image created by the actors, nor could they represent the specific quality of the play.
Then, waiting, waiting, talking, talking, June 29th, finally came.
On this night, I don't dare to say that there are thousands of empty alleys, but at least, the audience who are willing to sit in front of the TV is more than 30% higher than usual - and more than half of them are directly locked in a set of programs on Huaxia TV.
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For the music circle, which is not too close and not absolutely close, the launch of Huaxia TV's annual historical drama "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is also one of the major focuses in the near future.
This music circle refers to the overall music circle, which includes major domestic art groups: song and dance troupes, orchestras, record companies, and major art and music academies. It also includes a large number of musicians, music critics, and so on - the concept of the so-called pop music scene is much smaller than the concept of the music industry, it is only a part of the music industry.
For the entire music industry, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is also a big event.
The idea of filming from this drama was proposed. The industry, especially the major professional music colleges, has already had many famous and non-famous musicians discussing the soundtrack ideas for this play, and when the play really started, the major record companies began to come to the door one after another, striving to win the soundtrack of this influential annual drama.
And at the same time, led by the chief producer and director Feng Yumin, the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also visited many famous musicians and composers in China, and once tried to gather these big names to temporarily set up a soundtrack group, striving to match this big drama with a high-grade soundtrack.
For quite some time, the industry has been discussing who should take the lead in the soundtrack of this play. One after another famous musicians who have a great reputation in the music industry and even enjoy a good reputation in the world have been mentioned, and one after another gorgeous master soundtrack teams and interlude theme song creation groups have also been imagined and pinched together by professionals in the industry in discussions again and again.
However, when the dust settled, countless people were surprised to find that the crew of this drama finally chose a record company called "Minghu Culture" to undertake the soundtrack!
And his chief soundtrack. and the creator of the theme song and interlude, called Li Qian.
As soon as the news broke. It's hard to say that the whole music industry is in an uproar, but at least, quite a few musicians are stunned.
Li Qian is very popular, and everyone knows him.
Although the pop music scene is only a part of the music industry, it is the largest docking window open to the outside world and to the general public - more than 95% of the audience is the audience of pop songs. Less than 1% of the audience listens to little or no pop songs, and mainly listens to symphonies and concerts.
Even the most old-fashioned and traditional musicians can't ignore the existence of the pop music scene.
Therefore, with Liao Liao, Wuxing Wusu, He Runqing, and the four major beauty bands have become popular all over the country. Li Qian, the industry's chief producer and the first talent, has become bigger and louder. In the relatively closed traditional music industry, as well as in the music circles of political work, nationalities, and the military, that is, in the music circles outside the pop music scene, Li Qian has also become extremely famous.
It doesn't matter whether you approve of his music or not, you are no longer qualified to say that his music is bad, because the whole country thinks that his music is great!
Therefore, the president of the highest university in the domestic music industry, who is one of the leaders of the entire music industry, will send an invitation to Li Qian, a 20-year-old boy who is still in college, "Come and be a professor".
But...... This is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"!
Other ordinary historical dramas are good to say, such a big drama, such a big drama that is expected by the whole country, and has a different meaning for Chinese, but actually found a twenty-year-old boy to take charge of music affairs!
Many people are dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts and question from the bottom of their hearts!
It's one thing to admit Li Qian's status and strength in the pop music world, and it's another thing to admit his status and strength in the entire music industry - after a little thought, you know that for a political and military drama like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the soundtrack he needs must be majestic, elegant, mighty, and tragic melody, which is definitely not something that a person who has only done pop songs for a few years can easily take over!
To take over the soundtrack of this play, there are those internationally famous musicians and composers in China!
You must know that it is said that when they were trying to win the soundtrack of this drama, whether it was Sony, Cinda, or record companies such as Huage, Oriental, and Asia, they all contacted famous masters in the industry one after another, and promised to take them as the main source to undertake the soundtrack and songwriting of the entire TV series.
But in the end, the soundtrack of this play was completed by a twenty-year-old boy!
Because the orchestra, folk band, etc. have joined the recording, and many musicians and singers have also joined in singing the theme song and interlude of this TV series, the industry has more or less begun to understand Li Qian's soundtrack ideas - you know, although the people who participated in the relevant soundtrack work have signed a confidentiality agreement in advance, this kind of agreement has always been able to take care of the main things and dare not be circulated at will, but the details, it is impossible to keep all the secrets- But even so, there are still countless musicians and composers in the industry, who have great doubts about the quality of the soundtrack of the whole play.
To put it simply, Li Qian's age, experience, achievements, and status are not enough to give people enough confidence that he can do a good job in the soundtrack of this play.
Although the people involved in the soundtrack of this drama in the industry, including Lu Shuming (Cheng Suhua's mother) and other composers, have given great affirmation to the soundtrack and songwriting of this play, and Feng Yumin, the chief producer and director of this play, has repeatedly emphasized in an interview that he firmly believes that Minghu culture and Li Qian can do a good job in soundtrack and songwriting for this play, but it is useless, I haven't seen the real thing, and I haven't heard it with my own ears.
And now, finally, this drama is going to be broadcast.
Regardless of what he praises, praises, doubts, or slanders, everything will finally be revealed.
So it is conceivable that close to the entire music circle is collectively paying attention to the launch of the first episode of this TV series - speaking of the soundtrack, the first episode may only be the first to emerge, and it is not yet possible to completely conclude the soundtrack of the whole play, but the overall style and ideas must have come out, and it can already be used by insiders to get a glimpse of the leopard.
In particular, the theme song and ending song of this drama are definitely going to be taken out!
Moreover, if this drama is relatively close to the original work, many people speculate that in the first episode, it should go to Taoyuan Sanjieyi - those who are familiar with the story of the Three Kingdoms and this book know that this scene is the starting point and force point of the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so an episode is about inevitable!
Well, this time it's just the first episode, and there must be three songs.
Now it's up to Li Qian to see what kind of level he can show!
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Because the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself is already a very hot national topic, and Li Qian is a very popular figure, it has long been very public news that Li Qian played the role of Sun Ce in the play, and Li Qian was responsible for the composition of the theme song, interlude and soundtrack of the entire TV series.
For Li Qian's fans and fans, and his "parishioners", looking forward to Li Qian's music and looking forward to Li Qian's Sun Ce has also become a very important reason to look forward to the start of the drama "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
On the day the TV series started, on June 29, before 4 o'clock in the afternoon, in the music section of the Sohu and Feixun network communities, in the sub-section of "Li Qianjiao", each had a post called "Watch the Three Kingdoms, Listen to Li Qian" was highlighted and pinned.
These two posts are both clear and clear, and they want to broadcast live after the launch of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the landlord's feelings about the theme song, interlude, and soundtrack. And in just three or four hours of effort, before the first episode of the TV series started, the number of replies to this post had reached more than 300 floors and more than 400 floors respectively, and the number of reads exceeded 10,000!
At 7:40 p.m., this post was directly pulled on the homepage by Sohu and Feixun.com, with headlines on the front page!
And alongside the headlines on the front page is another post in the film and television section, on Feixun.com, it's called: "Look at the Three Kingdoms, Say the Three Kingdoms, Comment on the Three Kingdoms!", on Sohu.com, it's called "The Three Kingdoms Launch, You Come, I'll Come!"
film and television, and music.
Run neck and neck.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which the whole people are looking forward to, is about to start.
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Chapter 3!
Three chapters plus one piece, 11,000 words, full of sincerity to ask for a monthly pass!
This month, I want to work hard to write a little more, and I hope everyone's support can also be a little stronger! )