In China, you can say that Zhao Benshan is vulgar, you can say that he does not act well, but you can't doubt his popularity and influence. As soon as I crossed the Shanhaiguan, I looked for Zhao Benshan, which was really not just blowing.

The quality of the TV series "Liu Laogen" directed by Zhao Benshan is quite good, in addition to Liu Laogen, many classic characters have also been created, such as medicine boxes, cloves, big peppers, etc. Each character is very distinctive, and the comedy baggage is very full. In terms of quality, it is even higher than the later popular "Country Love Series". Therefore, "Liu Laogen" became popular all over the country after it was broadcast on CCTV and became the runner-up in the ratings in 2002.

Now that the sequel to "Liu Laogen" is back, there is naturally no doubt about the fire, but many people did not expect that "Liu Laogen" would have such a big impact on "Before Dawn" after "Liu Laogen". "Liu Laogen" is a rural comedy, "Before Dawn" is a spy war drama, the types of the two dramas can't be beaten, so there should be no conflict!

In fact, the problem is mainly on the broadcast platform, Peking Satellite TV and CCTV are both in Beiping, and the main viewers are overlapping. Similar to the Spring Festival Gala, the main audience of the two stations is in the northern region, and the audience in the south is relatively small. Now CCTV has a particularly popular drama released, and the audience of "Before Dawn" has been diverted. If the broadcast platform of "Before Dawn" is Mango Satellite TV, or Litchi TV, the situation will definitely be better.

The next day, the ratings of "Liu Laogen 2" continued to soar, successfully reaching the top with a rating of 6.3, while the ratings of "Before Dawn" fell to 6.2, ranking second.

I have to say that the combination of Zhao Benshan and CCTV is really powerful. Many people believe that it is only a matter of time before the ratings of "Liu Laogen 2" surpass before dawn, but no one expected it to be so soon. It took only two days to oust "Before Dawn" from the championship.

As for the decline in the ratings of "Before Dawn", it is expected by many people. Although "Before Dawn" is still good, the pace is much slower than the beginning, and the plot of the last two days is a little flat.

Regarding the performance of "Before Dawn", Zhang Ran is not worried. The structure of the whole play "Before Dawn" is designed according to the structure of the film. According to the structure of Hollywood movies, there will be a very important plot point in the middle of the movie, called the midpoint, where the story will have a big twist, and then the situation will take a sharp turn.

The midpoint of "Before Dawn" is in episode 16, and this midpoint is the arrest of Dong Qiankun, an important member of the sailors. After that, Tan Zhongshu successfully broke through Dong Qiankun. The sailors' organization was quickly crushed, and almost all the members of the sailors were killed, and even the heroine died. The pace of the second half of the play will quickly pick up, and the story will become more and more tragic!

The ratings on the third day came out quickly, with "Before Dawn" being 6.5, "Liu Laogen 2" having 6.8 ratings, and "Jade Guanyin" having only 3.9 ratings.

Although the ratings of "Before Dawn" are rebounding, the increase is really small, and the gap with "Liu Laogen 2" is widening!

According to the current state of "Before Dawn", it is more difficult to break 10, even 8. A lot of people are sighing. It's a pity that "Before Dawn" is broadcast on Peking Satellite TV, if it is placed on Mango Satellite TV, it will definitely not be this result.

In the past few days, the crew of "Before Dawn" has been doing publicity, accepting interviews on the website, and appearing on TV programs, and this afternoon, Zhang Ran took several crew members to the recording site of "A Date with Luyu".

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the studio hall was full of people, and the choreographers and directors were nervously making preparations. And the audience that came today far exceeded the scheduled number, and many of them sat cross-legged. With an excited face, he waited for the show to start recording.

Since I knew that the guests were Zhang Ran, Chen Daoming, Chen Baoguo and others, the tickets for this issue of "A Date with Luyu" have become a sought-after item, and the originally free tickets have now been copied by scalpers to 500, and it is still difficult to find a ticket at such a price!

Chen Daoming rarely appears on variety shows, and this time he was able to participate in "A Date with Luyu" is completely due to Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran told him that the audience of "A Date with Luyu" is relatively young. The value orientation of young people determines the value orientation of the whole society in the future; our drama is about faith, and if we can attract more young audiences, then it can have a positive impact and promote positive energy. Chen Daoming is the kind of person who has a great sense of social responsibility. I thought it made sense, so I agreed.

In the applause of everyone, the host Lu Yu's voice rang out: "There is a drama that is particularly popular recently, and I am also watching it, this is "Before Dawn", today the leading actor and director of this drama also came to the scene, let us applaud the directors Zhang Jiandong and Zhang Ran, actors Chen Daoming, Chen Baoguo, Zhang Jiayi, Zuo Xiaoqing!"

"Zhang Ran! Zhang Ran!"

When Zhang Ran walked on the stage, many fans in the audience shouted in unison, and the entire studio hall was full of fans' screams. The staff at the scene were very surprised, they knew that Zhang Ran would be very popular, but they didn't expect it to be so popular.

In the applause and cheers of the audience, Zhang Ran and the audience greeted Lu Yu and the audience one after another: "Hello everyone! Lu Yu, hello! I am a loyal viewer of "A Date with Lu Yu", and I am very happy to be a guest on the show. ”

"Thank you, please be seated. Lu Yu and Zhang Ran shook hands, and then asked them to sit down on the sofa in the center of the stage.

"Thank you!" Zhang Ran and the others sat down one after another.

Lu Yu looked at Zhang Ran with interest, it was really the first time I saw such a young and handsome director: "Zhang Ran, how did you come up with the idea of writing this story? The spy war theme is an old theme, which is outdated in the eyes of many people, and it has rarely been seen on the screen in recent years. ”

Zhang Ran smiled and explained: "How can I say it? When I was a child, I liked to watch spy war dramas, such as "Yangcheng Dark Whistle" and "Heroes and Tiger Courage" many times. Later, I studied film abroad and watched a lot of American dramas and movies, and I thought that the techniques of American dramas could be transplanted into spy war dramas, so I conceived this story. I believe that the theme of spy war dramas will not be outdated, and what is really outdated is the storytelling technique!"

"I heard that you were reluctant to participate in this drama at first, but how did you want to join the crew later?" Lu Yu asked with a smile. Film directors are generally reluctant to make TV series, and when filming "Before Dawn", Zhang Ran's "Time Prisoner" is quite popular, and it is very surprising that he went to shoot a TV series.

Zhang Ran explained: "The TV series will be filmed for several months, and it will be filmed in Hengdian. I'm a teacher, with a group of students, and I can't leave them alone. However, I felt that it might be more effective to take students to the crew than to study at school, so I agreed to join the crew!"

"You are really a very responsible teacher!" Lu Yu sighed, everyone knows that Zhang Ran not only took students to the crew to study, but also took them to the Dao Demon Capital for survival training at his own expense. Now many schools are organizing students to carry out long-distance survival training, "I heard that you thought that Teacher Chen Daoming couldn't play the role of Liu Xinjie at first, is it true?"

Zhang Ran hurriedly waved his hand and denied: "Who did you listen to?"

Lu Yu didn't let go of Zhang Ran so easily, and asked: "Don't admit it, I have a wire report!"

Zhang Ran knew that he couldn't hide, glanced at Chen Daoming, nodded and said, "It's not that I don't think Mr. Chen can't act, it's that I think he is not suitable, in fact, even now I don't think he should be allowed to act." ”

There was an exclamation from the scene. Zhang Ran is too bold, and he dares to say this kind of thing, Chen Daoming is not easy to mess with. Later generations rumored that the popular Er Kang was banned because he offended Chen Daoming, and he has been in a slump ever since. In this circle, there are really not many people who feel offended by him.

Chen Daoming looked at Zhang Ran with a smile on his face, and filmed with Zhang Ran for several months. He knows Zhang Ran too well, and he knows that Zhang Ran is definitely not a person who talks nonsense. There must be an afterword.

Lu Yu was a little surprised, Zhang Ran didn't have such a second, and asked carefully, "Why?"

Zhang Ran sighed and said: "Liu Xinjie is a person with wisdom, righteousness, loyalty, and perseverance, such a man is already impeccable, and Mr. Chen Daoming's interpretation has added elegance and charm, so that he has raised the bar of the perfect man a lot." It is definitely the ideal in a woman's heart. Now there are already people scolding me on the Internet, Zhang Ran, you damn it, now girls have to find a man like Liu Xinjie, aren't you a cheater?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and Chen Daoming was even more laughing.

Lu Yu threw the topic to Chen Daoming. said: "Teacher Chen, just like Zhang Ran said, the character of Liu Xinjie is very popular, everyone likes this character and thinks it is very charming." How do you understand this character?"

Chen Daoming said with a smile: "Liu Xinjie is a real actor, acting in an environment that does not belong to him, and he will act for many years. And he is different from us actors, if we can't play a play well, we may only be denied by the audience and may be criticized, but if Liu Xinjie doesn't act well, it will mean the end of his life. Therefore, he had to suppress his emotions, bury his true self deeply, deeply, and once had a feeling of loss, relying on an unquenchable faith to support him. Our play is about faith!"

Lu Yu asked again: "Zhang Ran is so young, do you have any concerns about cooperating with him?"

Chen Daoming said: "At first, I was a little skeptical, thinking that it might be a little unreliable. But with Zhang Jiandong here, I have nothing to worry about. It's just that after Zhang Ran joined the group, he communicated with us as soon as possible and held a discussion meeting, I haven't seen such a heated discussion for a long time, and I was red-faced. He is really very good, and his excellence is not only due to his professional knowledge and skills, but also from his rigor in art. Everyone said that I was harsh and very strict with many things, but Zhang Ran was stricter than me! During the whole filming period, he basically only slept three or four hours a day, and I have seen one such director, and that was Zhang Yimou!"

When the audience on the stage heard this, they let out a burst of exclamation, they didn't expect Chen Daoming's evaluation of Zhang Ran to be so high, let alone Zhang Ran's hard work.

Lu Yu looked at Zhang Jiayi and asked, "Zhang Jiayi, do you also think Zhang Ran is the kind of director who is particularly strict?"

Zhang Jiayi nodded and said, "It's really strict, just like Teacher Chen said, he is even stricter with himself." However, Director Zhang Ran is different from many other directors, he is also very professional in guiding actors, from the highest task to the overall action, to the psychology of the characters, the subtext is clearly analyzed for you, and more importantly, he can find your shortcomings as an actor. The harvest from filming with him is really great!"

Lu Yu asked again: "Teacher Chen Daoming is also a very strict person, what is it like to cooperate with him?"

Zhang Jiayi said: "On the first day of filming with Mr. Chen, we had a meeting on the spot and held a meeting for a long time. He is too serious, and every detail is meticulous. The play is particularly rigorous. I was very nervous, and the first thing I said to Teacher Chen was, I'm very nervous that Teacher Chen is acting with you!"

The audience at the scene burst into laughter, and Lu Yu's laughter was especially exaggerated, even Chen Daoming himself laughed. (To be continued.) )