Throughout February, the hottest name in the domestic entertainment industry is undoubtedly Zhang Ran. So far, "Burst Drummer" has been released for nearly a month, with a box office of nearly 85 million, which is very popular, and his next is an unprecedented multinational blockbuster, which has received extremely high attention from domestic and foreign media before filming has started.

If a director is very successful in making a movie, he often does not make a TV series. Zhang Ran is so successful now, the possibility of making TV series in the future is almost gone. Therefore, "Before Dawn" is the first TV series directed by Zhang Ran, and it may also be the last. With this alone, the appetite of countless viewers has been suspended.

In addition, the starring roles are Chen Daoming and Chen Baoguo, they are the guarantee of ratings and have great appeal in the hearts of the audience, so "Before Dawn" has attracted a lot of attention before it has been broadcast.

At half past seven o'clock in the evening of March 1, many eagerly awaited viewers sat in front of television sets across the country, looking forward to the premiere of "Before Dawn" tonight.

Zhang Ran naturally stayed by the TV, after all, he was his own child, and it was impossible to ignore it.

At this moment, Zhang Ran's mobile phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Chen Zhenghong calling, and quickly connected: "Mr. Chen, why do you have time to call me, aren't you worried about the cleaning rate?"

Chen Zhenghong smiled: "I'm a little worried, aren't you worried?"

"I'm not worried at all, I have absolute confidence in "Before Dawn"!" This is really not bragging, Zhang Ran has confidence in "Before Dawn", and he is full of confidence.

In Zhang Ran's memory, before the appearance of "Before Dawn", the spy war drama already had Zhu Yu like "Secret Calculation" and "Latent" in front, but "Before Dawn" was still popular. The actor Wu Xiubo became even more popular with this drama.

"Before Dawn" adopts obvious American drama style techniques such as "strong plot, broken shots, multiple angles, fast pace, and strocopic flashbacks", which makes the show quite outstanding. In the plot, there are not many technical flows, emotional scenes and the battle of wits between the good and the bad, and the whole drama is very different from the traditional spy war theme.

"Before Dawn" localizes the usual tricks of American dramas, such as agent technology and reversal effects. For example, in the plot, Sun Dapu, the director of the telecommunications department, the detection method, the patriotic businessman Zhuang Yunqing's fake death method, and the suicide process of the CCP's undercover leader sailor, etc., there is a large amount of dense technical information, which looks very professional, making the whole TV series seem alternative and distinctive.

These are very outstanding things in 2010, and in 2003, they will undoubtedly be put bigger and more novel for the audience, not to mention that there are big names like Chen Daoming and Chen Baoguo to join.

If such a TV series is not popular, what other TV series can be popular?

Chen Zhenghong asked with a smile, "Zhang Ran." What do you think the ratings of "Before Dawn" can be?"

"I think this drama will definitely be able to break 8, there are two big names Chen Daoming and Chen Baoguo, plus the story is not bad, I can't do it if I don't want to be popular!"

The ratings can break 8 and basically rank in the top five in the country, but almost all of them can reach this level are CCTV dramas, like the top three in 2002 were "The Granary of the World" 10.65, "Liu Laogen" 10.09, "Chinese Women under the Gun of the Gestapo" 8.3. CCTV's platform is much more powerful than that of local satellite TV, and it is difficult to get a rating of 8 points;

Chen Zhenghong laughed and said: "Haha, if it really breaks 8." I invite you to go to the most exclusive places to consume!"

Zhang Ran lowered his voice and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, it's better to go to that kind of place in heaven and earth, your body is important!"

"Stinky boy. What nonsense!"

Different from Zhang Ran and Chen Zhenghong's relaxed and casual, Chen Guolin, director of the Peking Satellite TV TV drama procurement center, has been a little restless recently. "Before Dawn" is about to start, and his heart is both expectant and nervous. When you have nothing to do, you browse the posts of netizens on the Internet, and want to seek a little comfort from netizens.

The introduction of "Before Dawn" by Peking Satellite TV was operated by him. Originally, he bought the exclusive premiere rights of "Before Dawn" at a price of 850,000 per episode, creating a record for buying TV series copyrights in China. However, the price of 850,000 is too high. The risk was too great, and at Zhang Ran's suggestion, he signed a VAM agreement with Chen Zhenghong, and the price fluctuated up and down according to the change in the ratings. Still, the stakes are high, and his future is completely tied to the play.

It is said that a big drama like "Before Dawn" should have been broadcast during the Spring Festival as a New Year's drama, but someone in the station coveted his position as the director of film purchase, and moved his hands and feet to adjust the drama to the beginning of March. Fortunately, "Burst Drummer" is popular, Zhang Ran has unlimited scenery, and "Before Dawn" directed by him has also attracted the attention of Taiwan. The director even spoke directly, asking the station to pay attention to this play. Taili naturally did not dare to slack off, and began to spare no effort to publicize.

Now countless pairs of eyes are staring at "Before Dawn", if the ratings are not good, or if they do not reach the ideal value, then he will not only not be able to keep the position of the director of the film, but he will also be thrown into the cold palace and his future will be ruined.

It was a gamble on the future, and what the end result would be, it was hard to say, and it was impossible for him not to worry.

is getting closer and closer to the broadcast time of "Before Dawn", Chen Guolin is becoming more and more nervous, and his palms are beginning to sweat.

At this moment, Chen Guolin's daughter Chen Xiaoxue suddenly ran out of the room, sat on the sofa, and then picked up the remote control and switched to Litchi Satellite TV: "Dad, "Jade Guanyin" is about to start, let me watch it for a while!"

Chen Guolin's wife hurriedly snatched the remote control and changed back to Beiping Satellite TV: "Xiaoxue, don't make trouble, watch "Before Dawn" today, this is a drama that your father bought, and it is related to your father's future!"

Chen Xiaoxue said dissatisfiedly: "Dad, why don't you buy "Jade Guanyin"? The novel is so good! And He Rundong! Who will watch the scene of "Before Dawn"!"

Chen Guolin touched his daughter's head and said gently: "Take a look, I promise it will definitely look better than "Jade Guanyin"!"

Chen Xiaoxue muttered in a low voice: "What's so good about the play played by a group of old men!"

Two minutes later, the long-awaited first episode of "Before Dawn" officially launched.

At midnight, an urgent phone call recalled Tan Zhongshu, the director of the Eighth Bureau of the Kuomintang, to the Eighth Bureau.

Chen Baoguo, who plays Tan Zhongshu, wears a military uniform. There was not the slightest expression on his face, and his eyes were full of coldness. The footsteps are steady and powerful. Even if such a person does not wear a military uniform, he will know at a glance that he is a soldier. Therefore, his whole person is like a sword, with the characteristic edge of a soldier.

Director Qi Peilin followed Chen Baoguo's side closely and reported: "Prisoner Qin Youtian, liaison officer of the Jiangnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, code C7. ”

Chen Baoguo's footsteps did not stop, and his voice exuded a majesty: "Where are the people?"

"Yaxin Hotel. ”

"How's the security?"

"It doesn't leak. The point is that I caught the news of him, and now no one knows!"

"Why do you have to see me?"

"He's going to point you out an undercover CCP agent who has been in our eight games for many years!"

A chill flashed in Chen Baoguo's eyes, and he suddenly stopped and turned his head to stare at Qi Peilin. His gaze was frighteningly cold. It was chilling that the hair stood on end, and Zhang Jingchu in front of the screen couldn't help but grab Zhang Ran's hand. After a short pause, Chen Baoguo asked coldly, "Where is the confession?"

"Duty room!"

Zhang Ran nodded slightly, Chen Baoguo has a strong aura, and it is too suitable for him to play this role. Tan Zhongshu in the original "Before Dawn" is played by Lin Yongjian, he is a comedian, and in order to show the unpredictability of the character, he deliberately wore a pair of brown glasses and hid his eyes. The end result is good. But for Chen Baoguo, there is no need at all, just act directly. He did it, just one shot perfectly showed Tan Zhongshu's deep and elusive characteristics.

The camera cuts to the duty room. Qian Yu, the confidential secretary played by Zhang Ran, opened a sealed file with a solemn expression, picked up the file and looked like this was the confession that Qi Peilin had just mentioned. He groaned slightly. Zhang Ran lit the lighter and lit the confession in his hand.

Many directors have a habit of showing their faces in their films. For example, Ning Hao, such as Quentin. The most famous, of course, is Hitchcock. When filming "Lifeboat", because the story takes place in the lifeboat, there are only a few actors, and no one else is allowed to intervene in it. Hitchcock even planned to play the role of a floating corpse floating on the sea, but he was too fat to do so for fear of danger. Later, he racked his brains and put his image on a weight loss advertisement in a newspaper on the ship, thus achieving the purpose of "appearing" in the film. Unexpectedly, after the movie was released, many people really went to find this diet pill.

Zhang Ran also has the habit of showing his face in his own plays, and he has to do it. Feng Yuanyi once said that many Nortel teachers teach for a semester, but it is better for him to teach for a month, because many young teachers have never acted and do not know how to guide students. This is very reasonable, as a teacher in the acting department, Zhang Ran feels that it is beneficial to teach to play a few small roles from time to time.

The plot of the TV series continued, Qi Peilin and Tan Zhongshu pushed the door in, and they were taken aback by the situation in front of them, they never expected that the confidential secretary Qian Yu turned out to be an underground party, and he was destroying his confession at the moment.

A frightened Qi Peilin rushed over, squeezed Qian Yu away, snatched the confession from him, and extinguished the fire. At the same time, Qian Yu swallowed ****** and committed suicide.

Immediately afterwards, the phone rang urgently, and a bad news came, someone shot at the Yaxin Hotel, and Qin Youtian and two guards were assassinated.

"Before Dawn" did not disappoint the audience, the opening chapter was full of baggage after burden, conflict after conflict, which was dizzying. The audience in front of the TV was completely drawn into the plot, and they had never watched such a fast-paced domestic TV series.

With the first episode airing, everyone was deeply attracted by the story, constantly analyzing the plot information, and if there were people around, they expressed their opinions one after another.

The audience has watched too many of those procrastinating and nonsense TV series, and the start of "Before Dawn" is refreshing. The first episode is very tight, the story is full of suspense, the actors perform brilliantly, and everything is perfect except for the commercials that are interspersed in between.

"It's over so soon? It's so fast, I haven't enjoyed it at all!"

"Chen Baoguo's performance is too good, his aura is too strong, and Uncle Daoming's performance is also good, this drama is so good!"

"The critical moment is gone, but fortunately there is a second episode!"

"It's not like a TV series at all, it's like watching a movie, it's so good! It's a TV series made by director Zhang Ran, it's so exciting!"

At the same time, Chen Guolin glanced at his daughter beside him and asked, "What do you think of this TV series?"

"I didn't expect it to be so good-looking, Dad, I didn't expect you to be very discerning!" Chen Xiaoxue praised Chen Guolin, got up and walked to the bathroom, "I'll go to the toilet and come back to watch the next episode immediately!"

Chen Guolin breathed a sigh of relief, young people like his daughter who are not interested in the theme of spy warfare at all are attracted, it seems that "Before Dawn" should be no problem. (To be continued.) )