Chapter 83. "Shooting the Condor" tests the waters
Filming is like doing business. It is also a type of commercial speculation. So some people lose, some people earn; Some people are a mess, and some people earn a lot of money. As a TV station, it has always been to accompany less and earn more.
Every time wireless shoots a big drama, it will be very cautious, after all, a big investment needs a big return, and if the return is not in place, then the newly filmed TV series will be cut in half.
Like this time, the filming of the tome "Shooting the Condor", the total plan is 60 episodes, and there is a unit every 20 episodes, which are "Iron Blood Pill Heart", "East Evil and West Poison" and "Huashan on the Sword". It can be said that it is equivalent to filming three dramas in one go.
Now that the filming of "Iron Blood Pill Heart" has basically been completed, it is now up to us to see how the outside world will react when this unit is played.
As the most famous TV station in Hong Kong, it definitely has a hand in the promotion and packaging of new dramas.
Wang Tianlin, as the producer of this film, is personally responsible for the editing of the promotional film. Then a group of wireless executives, including the sixth uncle Run Run Shaw, watched the test film in the conference room.
The projector rustled. After the screen flashes once, the screen appears.
The first scene appeared was the scene of a large number of soldiers lining up on the Mongolian steppe, then the scene of thousands of horses galloping together, and then a loud eagle cry appeared in the air, through its eyes to see the ancient Roman battlefield on the ground, and outside the circle was a group of cavalry running around them and firing arrows.
The next thing is filmed in the studio, Guo Jing and Huang Rong look at each other and the fight between Guo Jing and Yang Kang. Then there is the classic scene of the bow and the eagle shooting, with the setting sun as the background.
The whole prologue ends. The words of the first episode of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Iron Blood Pill Heart" appeared. Of course, the entire less than two-minute prologue has that nice theme song. The plot behind is roughly the same, except that the scene where Qiu kills a corrupt official is more exciting and outstanding, and the editing is very tight and violent. It is very much in line with the rhythm of life of contemporary Hong Kong people.
"How's that, guys, what do you think?" Sixth Uncle Run Run Shaw gently tapped the table with his middle finger, and his eyes flashed with shrewdness on his thin face.
said, for an old courtier like Wang Tianlin, he was relieved in his heart, but the form still had to be taken away, lest people say that he was protecting his shortcomings.
"The level of filming produced by Wang has always been very high, which is obvious to everyone, but this time it seems that more money has been spent, and the budget of three million is almost half, I don't know how to shoot later?" It was Fang Yihua, who was in charge of finance, who spoke, and she had always been a bargain for money, not to mention that she was always unaccustomed to the sixth uncle's liking to rely on these old courtiers.
Sure enough, it's a matter of money.
Wang Tianlin had already had a plan in his belly, and said with a smile: "Director Fang, in fact, in terms of budget, I have already greeted the sixth uncle and his old man, and I have also reported to him in detail the funds spent on the preliminary shooting, so you don't have to worry too much." ”
Fang Yihua was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Sixth Uncle Run Run Shaw.
Run Run Shaw, who had just closed his eyes slightly, opened his eyes at this time, nodded and said, "I will deal with this problem----- do any of you have any other opinions?" ”
Fang Yihua might as well that the sixth uncle would say this, and endure it and stop talking.
Seeing that Fang Yihua had nothing to do with this play, the others kept silent.
The sixth uncle motioned for Wang Tianlin to continue.
Wang Tianlin nodded, "The next thing I want to talk about is what I want to talk about, everyone opens the file in front of me, this is my deployment of the playback method of "Shooting the Condor". Let's see if there's anything to add."
"In this week, the prime time in the morning and evening will be played just after seeing the film, the time is two minutes, and the first and second episodes will be released at 8 o'clock in the evening a week later, as well as the preview of the next episode, which will whet the audience's appetite. There will be news written on the headlines of major media tomorrow, so that the whole of Hong Kong will know about the broadcast. There will be a ten-minute commercial in each episode, and those ten minutes are our source of money. The one with the highest price has to have three, how much is this advertising money? The finance department has to calculate it, and that price can ensure that we don't lose money."
Run Run Shaw nodded in the conference room, as a predator in the film industry for many years, he can fully imagine the actual benefits that this drama can bring, in fact, this time to shoot "Shooting the Condor", in addition to hoping to make a lot of money on advertising, Run Run Shaw's main thing is to let the newly established ATV see what it means to be "wealthy". The two armies confronted each other, and they were called "hegemons" with their momentum!
That night, the first episode of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was broadcast to test the waters, due to the publicity done before, and the edited film was "shocking" enough, so that it attracted great attention from Hong Kong people, it can be said that everyone has made countless speculations about this drama, as for the result, everything will be revealed at eight o'clock tonight.
By evening, the number of people on the streets began to decrease noticeably. On the occasion of television, it is groups of people. They are waiting. Some people can't help but wonder if this drama is not good-looking and disappoints the audience, will anyone smash the wireless door. Isn't it pretty, though?!
"I vaguely dreamed of it, and my heart was wide ......" The theme song of "Shooting the Condor" resounded.
The long-awaited "Shooting the Condor" has finally started!
As expected, after the first episode of "Shooting the Condor" was broadcast, it caused a huge response. The ratings were as high as 30 points, while the ratings of the newly emerging ATV program in the same period were only 22 points. It can be said that it was overwhelmed by wireless.
The next day, all major media in Hong Kong announced the news, mainly paper media, especially Mr. Jin Yong's Hong Kong "Ming Pao", which introduced the filming process and behind-the-scenes footage, as well as the first episode he watched.
"I watched the premiere of the new "Shooting the Condor" last night, and I have seen many versions of my novel being adapted into a TV series, but this shooting gave me a great visual impact and shock. In terms of production level, it is definitely sophisticated; The martial arts design is elegant but a lot of atmosphere, the fighting at the beginning is even more gripping, and the handling of the characters' context and emotions is also very good. ”
"Let's talk about the theme song of this play, for me, it is no less than the previous version of "Who is the Big Hero". "Who is the Big Hero" is impassioned, and it makes people's blood boil after listening, but this "Iron Blood Pill Heart" is impassioned mixed with indescribable children's affection, which makes people feel intuitive and chivalrous after listening to it; I heard that the theme song was written by Huang Zhan, and I have to say that his lyrics are lofty and far-reaching, and the singers Luo Wen and Zhen Ni also sang the romantic poetry of the desert boy and the small jasper in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lyrics and songs have a strong martial arts style, which is a highlight of this film."
Because of Mr. Jin Yong's comments, countless people are full of curiosity about this play. With the successive broadcasts of the series, this drama has become a topic of discussion on the streets and alleys of Hong Kong.
Two weeks later, the drama is getting hotter and hotter, and almost the entire streets and alleys of Hong Kong are talking about it. The ratings have been rising, which caught the newly established ATV off guard.
As the actor of this drama "Ouyang Ke", Chen Xiaotang was looking forward to it, and after staying up for more than ten days, he finally waited for his role tonight.
As soon as her mother Li Shuzhen heard that her baby son was going to make an official appearance in "Shooting the Condor" tonight, she was so excited, just like she had successfully participated in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, she urged her father Chen Fugui to prepare a super loud firecracker early in the morning, saying that she would have a full house at the door of the tea restaurant, so that the neighbors would come over to watch the TV series together.
Of course, Chen Fugui didn't want to do this, saying that his son was just showing his face in the play, and he didn't need to make such a big fuss to mobilize the public. Li Shuzhen was unwilling, saying that your son was not born to you, why don't you look like a father, your son is finally on TV, and more parents have to give him a better face, right? !
Chen Fugui muttered: "It's not to give your son a long face, I think you want to put gold on your face----- if you want to be a star mother, you're going crazy!" ”
"What are you muttering?" Li Shuzhen crossed her waist.
"It's nothing, I mean firecrackers should be hung a few more, then it's lively!" After saying this, Chen Fugui hurriedly scratched his crotch and slipped away
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Shuzhen went door-to-door with wedding cakes to say hello, saying: "Come to the tea restaurant tonight to watch TV, my Ah Tang is going to appear in "Shooting the Condor", and there are tea and pastries available----, all for free!" ”
Those neighbors are honest people, and when they saw her so enthusiastic, they all praised her for having such a good son, and said that Ah Tang was a star no matter how she looked at it. And you will be sure to be on time in the evening.
Li Shuzhen listened to everyone's praise of her son so much, and she couldn't close her mouth happily, the wedding cake that was supposed to be put in one portion, she put it down in two or three parts, and there was no sense of distress.
When those neighbors saw that she was so bold, they praised her even more. All of a sudden, everyone was happy.
In the evening, the tea restaurant was already full of people, and everyone gathered together lively, drinking Pu'er tea and eating desserts, as if they were holding a hometown meeting.
Chen Fugui and Li Shuzhen, the old husband and wife, were very busy, pouring tea for this for a while, pouring water for that for a while, fortunately, the tea restaurant has been newly renovated, the place is much more spacious, and everyone does not look crowded when they sit here. It's just that the children are running around, like monkey cubs, and they don't live for a moment.
At first, Chen Fugui and Li Shuzhen kept persuading them not to run around, beware of the danger of being scalded by tea, but they kept nagging over and over again, twice, and three times, but it really had little effect, and those children were very skinny, but they didn't listen to you. There was no way, in order to calm down this group of monkey cubs, so as not to affect everyone's mood of watching "Shooting the Condor", Li Shuzhen had to buy a lot of candy out of her pocket, scatter it for them, and let them play elsewhere.
The group of children tasted the sweetness, and after eating the sweets, they came over again, and made trouble. Seeing that the candy was also gone, the monkey cubs were still not satisfied, Li Shuzhen, who was originally full of spring breeze, was angry, picked up the broom at the door, crossed her waist and said fiercely: "The old lady is not powerful, you cubs treat me as a sick cat, there is no candy, do you want a broom?!" ”
When the children saw her so fierce, they laughed and scattered.
Those neighbors saw Li Shuzhen fighting with this group of ignorant little children, and they all laughed and said: "Sister-in-law Zhen, you can rest, the TV series is about to start, what about Ah Tang, why hasn't he come back yet?" ”
"Yes, Ah Tang hasn't come back yet, I really want to sign it......" said the respected fourth uncle.
Li Shuzhen's eyes lit up like a light bulb, "Ah, autograph?!" --- Ah Tang, this stinky boy, I said earlier that I would let her come back soon...... It is estimated that he is still filming in the company at this time, and he will be back in a while---- Fourth Uncle, don't worry, when he comes back, I will ask him to sign for you......" Li Shuzhen said with a smile.
"I, I'm not asking for his autograph, I'm asking him to help me get an autograph......"
"Huh? Are you so old and still like Weng Meiling? ”
"Why not? Seeing her so young and beautiful, I also feel full of vitality---- "Si Bo tried hard to make a gesture of bending the bow and archery.
"Beware, Uncle Si, don't flash your waist!"
"It's too late, oops, it's already flashing!" The fourth uncle bared his teeth and grinned, "Youth, gone forever!" ”
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The content of the previous chapter 80 is wrong, "Shooting the Condor" should not have started broadcasting, but it has been revised; Thank you for your corrections.;