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The first episode of "Late Ming" is called Mountain Rain is Coming. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In this episode, Chongzhen ascended the throne and held the authority of the empire, so he used his own iron-fisted means to directly destroy Wei Zhongxian, let the Donglin Party take the throne, and at the same time suppress the factory position.

It's just that, under this series of actions that seem to be full of justice, there are many hidden crises, the empire looks rock-solid, but in fact it has reached the point of storm, at the end of the first episode, it is filmed in the northwest of Chidi thousands of miles, and there are a pair of hungry eyes, the nightmare of the destruction of the Ming Empire: the peasant army is gradually preparing to appear.

In the northeast, the camera filmed a group of Jurchens rushing like wolves to the Ming army after the defeat of the Salhu turtle and retreating to the inner city to show off their might.

The braids on the heads of this group of Jurchens have seriously violated the traditional thick and large oily black braids, but a small handful growing on the back of their heads, which is really ugly to the extreme, and although they are wearing armor, it is difficult to hide a fierce atmosphere, and even can make people feel a fishy smell.

There are also quite a few protagonists in this episode, proving that this is a group drama.

First of all, it is naturally Chongzhen, as well as several ministers around him, the middle level is a Donglin Party official who cleaned up Wei Zhongxian and regained it, and the bottom is a military household.

…… Multiple lines go hand in hand.

Everyone also found that the story line of the first episode of "Late Ming" has progressed quite quickly, and the history has been told for a long time in the blink of an eye, but there is only an omission in the middle, there is no tampering and jokes, and most of them are similar to the official history. However, because the amount of information is particularly large. There's no moisture, and this history is so exciting, so not only does it not feel bland. On the contrary, I thought it was very exciting, and I even held my breath from beginning to end. And after reading it, too many people immediately searched for words like the end of the Ming Dynasty.

These are stories and the like.,And the thing that is promoted in the middle,It's a piece of Apocalypse to Chongzhen.,This passage is also carefully conceived.,In short, here's a change in everyone's opinion on Apocalypse, the carpenter emperor, who doesn't do anything.,If this sentence comes back at the end of the first season.,It's bound to make people find that Apocalypse isn't necessarily wrong.,Chongzhen may not be right.。

Many people said that they had never seen such a wonderful Chinese online drama or even a Chinese historical drama.

Of course. "Late Ming" may be a little different from "Ming Dynasty 1566", "Towards the Republic", "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", "Yongzheng Dynasty" and the like in some places, but it is more prominent in other places.

Because there is an absolute sophistication everywhere in this TV series, from the building of the palace to the small accessories on the people, it is the same, the gorgeous place is gorgeous, and the dirty place is also dirty, which is a bit reminiscent of the contrast between the neat and smooth court in "Game of Thrones" and the earthy north.

Here, in the Ming court, although Chongzhen was quite frugal. But after all, it is the face of the empire, everywhere is clean and tidy, but in the northwest. Thousands of miles of red land, everyone is malnourished, dusty, and in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, compared with the drought in the northwest, it is like a paradise, small bridges and flowing water, living and working in peace and contentment...... A contrast has emerged directly.

Truly well made!

The first episode just ended, and it was on Douban Movie. The number of ratings for "Late Ming" has exceeded 5,000 people, and it has scored 9.4 points!

I have to say. This score is a bit like the slightly inflated "Langya Bang" that appeared a few months later, but the water of "Late Ming" is not very large. According to the consistent scoring standards of Douban TV dramas, 8.9-9.1 points are absolute!

At the same time, it was accompanied by a lot of media comments and comments from many fans.

"What a shock! I actually saw such TV series in China, and when I used to watch TV series like "Roma", I felt that some Chinese TV series were still not enough...... All the way to "Late Ming"! From the set to the spirit and core, every place is full of exquisiteness, after all, it is directed by Chen Xi, even if it is an online drama, there is an atmosphere everywhere that makes people unable to find fault. ”

"When I watched "Late Ming", what I saw was that it was simplified! When I heard that Chen Xi was going to shoot such an online drama before, I sweated for him in my heart, but after it really came out, I can only say that I have been shocked by Chen Xi! "Late Ming" has eliminated too many disgusting things, showing the real essence of history and describing it so attractively, it is indeed already in the category of divine drama! ”

…… In the media, all kinds of praise also keep appearing.

The click-through rate of "Late Ming" is getting higher and higher.

Everyone saw a feeling like "Charlotte's Troubles" and "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" on "Late Ming", that is, with the increase of word of mouth, things that may have been just niche have suddenly become more and more people paying attention to and watching.

Now "Late Ming" is like this, such a real niche that many people expected that not many people paid attention to, but it attracted more and more onlookers.

Everyone has a concept of "divine drama" for this web drama, and feels that this web drama is really an unprecedented masterpiece.

China's online dramas have reached a new level in "Late Ming".

The first episode of "Late Ming" actually exceeded 150 million hits seven days later, and by the time the second episode was launched, this web series had begun to be implanted in the hearts of many people.

And "Late Ming" didn't end their journey like this, in fact, what they saw before was just the first episode of this web drama, and after that, this web series became more and more beautiful, the relationship between the characters, social changes, and what happened in the entire land of China became more and more fascinating.

Everyone saw the story changes of the three lines, Chongzhen was proud of the "Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty" created for himself at the very beginning, and became anxious, demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, but found that it was still not good, and originally thought that he would be able to exchange for the prosperity of the country by treating these so-called righteous men and gentlemen...... But in fact, what he encountered was more deception. Of course, he has a hot head in doing things, and he pursues the fastest speed, so he has no patience at all. And once he believes in a person, he will believe it unreservedly, and once he does not believe it. Then kick it away, and the end for the opponent is generally miserable......

is such a Chongzhen. Chen Xi has no jokes or speculation in their online dramas, but more reflects historical facts.

Yuan Chonghuan is also involved in the online drama, and it is the same, without commenting or acting, it is based on historical facts, of course. The historical facts based on it are also the official histories of "History of the Ming Dynasty" and "Northern Strategy of the Ming Dynasty".

The second line is the middle-level officials, who use his perspective to see the corruption and degeneration of the Ming Dynasty: the civil bureaucracy deceived the upper and lower levels, compiled a big net of you have me and I have you, officials and Beijing officials from all over the country, each with different ways of harming the country, and the song and dance of the prosperous place...... There is also the collusion of the entire civilian-bureaucratic group, which is shown in the middle, of course, not necessarily all officials, these are threaded in the online drama, although this middle-level official is a fictitious identity. But in fact he also has a prototype, and everything he does is historical.

There is also a third line of military households at the bottom, who have experienced the war. also served as a deserter, and from its perspective I saw the state of the entire Ming Dynasty army and the state of people's lives.

In this way, the three lines advanced each other, connecting the collapse of the entire Ming Dynasty.

This kind of narrative means makes many people love it, and they really like this web drama to the extreme.

And in the middle, there are so many war scenes, which make people shout and shock!

There are well-organized armies, and there are rabbles with random weapons or even just sticks...... The difference between each army can be seen in "Late Ming", and everyone can also feel the cruelty of the cold weapon battlefield. I also saw various changes on the battlefield of cold weapons.

Watching various TV dramas in China before, you will feel it. With or without armor, ancient equipment was of little use: it was easy to get killed if you wore armor. The armor is the same as papier-mâché, and the bow and arrow are easy for the master to pull off......

But in "Late Ming", it is the bloody truth.

They saw the powerlessness of the unarmed peasant army against the well-armoured regular army, especially the family soldiers, who could hardly wear the armor of the regular army, except for weapons such as spears......

As for using bows and arrows to block weapons, this is even more almost none, and everyone's way to block bows and arrows can basically only rely on shields.

…… These war scenes really make many military fans like it incredibly, and some clips have been screenshotted in places like Zhihu, and these clips have also been watched repeatedly.

"Our country finally has such a war scene!"

A lot of people were thrilled.

So, it is these elements that make "Evening Ming" a masterpiece among online dramas and a milestone work that cannot be desecrated.

But at the same time, everyone also began to worry, Chen cherished their investment, everyone was not blind, naturally they all saw the excellent production of "Late Ming", and they didn't know how much money it cost and how much effort to shoot it, so how did Chen Xi make money?

No......

Let's not talk about making money, just how to recover the cost? This is definitely a big problem!

So, after the third episode of "Evening Ming", paid on-demand broadcasts began, but there was an endless stream of people on demand, and many people spontaneously called on everyone to contribute to the on-demand rate of "Evening Ming", and Deep Space Film and Television also increased millions of members because of "Evening Ming......

The on-demand cost of "Late Ming" is 5 yuan per episode, in fact, this is a low number for many people, but for viewers who have not cultivated consumption habits, this number is still something that many people are not willing to pay at all, and they would rather spend five yuan and throw it on the ground than pay.

But with the help of countless "evening fans", "Evening Ming" has become more and more well-known and has more and more on-demand views, as well as the online box office.

This attempt, it worked!

In the 10 episodes from the third episode to the twelfth episode, the average number of paid people per episode has reached 6.78 million, making it the highest-grossing online drama of all time.

So, after ten episodes, theoretically speaking, "Late Ming" recovered the cost of 340 million, and it actually earned it!

In fact, at the same time, it is quite shocking that "Evening Ming" has also been highly discussed in other parts of the world, not to mention the popularity of online dramas in Japan and South Korea, which is expected, but in North America, there are actually many people paying attention and discussing it.

The history of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more recognized in the world, and many countries, in fact, the average number of books on the history of the Ming Dynasty in China is estimated to be less than ten...... But now it has increased a bit, and the sales of these books have also begun to increase, and the Ming Dynasty has become a relatively popular word on Google now.

"Late Ming" was really a big success this time!

Chen Xi's exploration was really successful.

Therefore, for the next "Iron and Blood Level", Chen Xi has really accumulated experience and increased his confidence in purely his own works.

At the end of the first season of "Late Ming", the plot stopped at Gao Yingxiang being Ling Chi and the rebels hiding in the mountains.

The last few scenes of the last episode of this season, first of all, the officials were excited, singing and dancing, and then the palace was relieved to hear the news of Gao Yingxiang, and then, the people at the bottom were also relieved......

Then, the camera shifted to Li Zicheng, who was hiding in Shenshan, with a tenacity on his face that could not be hidden.

The last shot is of the Jurchens with money rat tails, climbing the mountains, seeing the cities and villages in front of them, the setting sun shining on their faces, these people rode their horses and whips, and piles of cavalry rushed into the village, and the sound of swords, screams, and begs for mercy sounded together......

This ending is very attractive, but the first season of "Late Ming" has completely ended.

There are too many people who are now fanatically looking forward to the second season of "Late Ming", and now the Douban score of this TV series is still 9.4 points, and the score on IMDB is actually 8.8 points.

However, now Chen Xi is going to stop the preparation for the second season of "Late Ming" for the time being, and he is going to prepare to shoot "Iron and Blood Pingguan"!

...... the script of "Iron and Blood Level", with the joint efforts of many professional screenwriters and many historical consultants, finally passed the review of Chen Xi!

The film budget invested 400 million yuan, and it was filmed in IMAX3D format, of course, this must be real 3D, the film was officially launched in August 2015, and it was probably completed before the Chinese New Year in 2016.

Chen Xi once again threw himself into the struggle, this time for the dream!

"Late Ming" has proved a lot of things to him, making him understand that he now has the ability to shoot good things, and it also makes him more determined in his ideas, if "Iron and Blood Pingguan" can prove his ability, then Chen Xi's planned future reforms and his own as a mainstay and become a meat eater will be realized.

It's a path full of promise, and of course, it needs a movie. (To be continued)