Chapter Forty-Three: Victory!
"The Granary of the World" was launched, and Yu Shengli was obviously too careful about Wu Ziniu's first work, not only buying this film at a medium price for a current CCTV drama, but even not doing any warm-up before the broadcast of this film. According to insider sources, the price given by Yu Shengli to buy "The Granary of the World" is only '600,000' per episode, which is really not high for a costume drama that requires large-scale investment, and the costumes, props, and renting a venue alone can divide the money into several layers.
But "The Granary of the World" still gave Yu Shengli a surprise!
The premiere rating is 19.1%!
Yu Shengli's skeptical attitude towards buying this film began to change a little bit, and he began to wonder if he was right, could it be that he was going to create another "Bright Sword" trend?
In fact, "The Granary of the World" still has merits, just at the beginning of the child biting off his own meat to feed his mother, and the mother killed herself with two chopsticks is enough to shock all the viewers who watch this film.
What about the facts?
The fact is that Wu Ziniu's heart is too big, he regards "The Granary of the World" as an experimental field, and the first ten episodes or so tell about the tragic and tragic history of an era, and love is interspersed in the middle. Especially when a director wants to take into account the tragic history, create atmosphere, and create suspense in his work, you are in a love, what kind of director can control this?
Of course, this shortcoming has not been fully reflected in the early stage, so "The Granary of the World" surpassed "Orange is Red" in one fell swoop to seize the second place in the ratings of TV dramas in the same period as soon as it was broadcast. On the second day of the broadcast, that is, on the fourth day of the broadcast of "Blood Romance", the ratings broke 2, and there is still a momentum of rising all the way.
When another batch of dark horses appeared on the small screen. The ratings of Shao Yingying's "Blood Romance" began to stop, which shows that someone is dividing the pie, and the pie is so big, and the more people who come to divide it, the less they will end up sharing in their hands.
When encountering this problem, Wang Haitao called the studio almost every day, who made the ratings of "Blood Romance" only rise by a few tenths of a percent these days.
"Xiao Shao, I think the quality of "The Granary of the World" is very good. If they continue on this trend, it is very likely that the latecomers will prevail, and when the time comes, ......"
Shao Yingying understood what Wang Haitao meant. He is afraid that the good situation that he has managed to fight will be suppressed by a set again, after all, no matter what the theme of a TV series is broadcast, whether it is popular or not, the quality is guaranteed.
"Don't panic, now is not the time to rush. I personally paid for the eight sets of ten of the latest mobile phones. At that time, you will ask some questions about the TV series that night at the end of the film and television simultaneous sound, ask the audience to call the hotline to answer, announce the list of winners through the lottery, and invite the audience closest to us to prove the fact of winning the award in the film and television simultaneous sound......"
"Xiao Shao, you have a good idea, a few phone calls can increase some of the ratings, after all, everyone wants to be lucky, not to mention that the mobile phone is still a pain in spending money to buy meat. If you don't buy something that everyone has, it's good to make a phone call and try your luck. ”
Guess the plot of the TV series, this form of lottery has appeared in the entertainment programs of many TV stations. It can not only increase a certain amount of ratings, but also make entertainment programs appear in front of more people, which is also a way to lock the eyeballs, but this method is generally called an off-board move, after all, the major theaters are still fighting for real power. The reason why Shao Yingying used off-board tricks was not because he was afraid of losing to "The Granary of the World", but because the tone of the film was set crookedly from the beginning, which eventually led to a ratings frenzy in the first dozen episodes, and the further it went, the higher it went.
This truth is easy to understand, as soon as the opening scene is made, there is a bloody and shocking scene of the son biting the meat on his hand to feed his mother, and the mother commits suicide with two chopsticks, so how high is the audience's psychological expectations? In the future, even if it becomes a horror movie, it is estimated that some people will be dissatisfied, and the artificial traces of the trick are very heavy, and the 'slashing of Shen Shi' in the plot has become a failure, which is a typical case of losing the eyeball.
What about "Blood Romance"?
Quite the opposite!
Sun Honglei led a group of old partners to fly in the turbulent youth, wandering in the youthful love, and when everyone was looking forward to the story of these two people with anticipation, hey, I didn't tell you to insert a 'little bastard', as a result, Zhou Xiaobai and Zhong Yuemin almost broke up over this issue, and Zhou Xiaobai was affectionate in order to prevent Zhong Yuemin from getting into trouble, and he did not hesitate to stop his bicycle on the road.
And then?
Cutting in line and going to the countryside, Zhong Yuemin still looks like a hanger and cynical, from Jiang Biyun's dislike to falling in love with Qinling deeply, all of this has not left the theme of youth, under this theme, all plots can be accepted even if they are written, who hasn't been young?
Not to mention being a soldier, enlisting in the army, and causing trouble in exercises, the growth of Zhong Yuemin and Zhang Haiyang, the two thorny soldiers, is a highlight in itself, not to mention that there is a little Ning Wei after the two of them grow up.
The end of the film is the most exciting part, Zhong Yuemin is unwilling to live according to the rules of society, he would rather be carefree, even if he sells pancakes, it doesn't matter, in fact, he is just dodging, because they can't go back, they can't go back to that carefree youth, if Zhong Yuemin has a voiceover, there must be a sentence 'Youth, I haven't passed enough to enter middle age'; diametrically opposed to his fate are Ning Wei and Zhang Haiyang, one chooses to resist rather than bend, and the other bows his head and accepts to live according to all the rules, isn't the final one a soldier and the other a thief?
Especially at the moment when Ning Wei chose not to shoot Zhong Yuemin, and would rather die than give in, Shao Yingying believes that there must be countless people who are trembling with the plot, we all like Ning Wei's fortitude, but we are all bowing to the whole reality like Zhang Haiyang, because when we raise our heads, our heads will bleed.
The two films of eight sets and one set passed the early stage, and when it was about fifteen episodes, "The Granary of the World" showed fatigue, and the ratings began to decline gradually after reaching a high of 29%, and the worst situation once dropped to 22%!
"Blood Romance" is singing all the way, constantly changing maps, constantly fighting monsters and upgrading, and not forgetting to tease the poor, in a joyful atmosphere, the acceptable and unacceptable scenes of that era are spread out like pancakes, he doesn't comment, just let you watch it yourself, even if the director has some subjective ideas, no one scolds the street in the comment area. This is that the network society has not yet reached a certain level of benefits, and even if you scold others, you will not listen to it.
When the picture of Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun making out in the office and making people block the room appeared, comments appeared in all major columns, which were all related to memories, and they all belonged to snickering and feeling sour at that time.
If Shao Yingxing has raised his acting skills to a level that is recognized by everyone because of "Don't Talk to Strangers", then "Blood Romance" proves his directing skills. He didn't dig too deep into the ugly faces, let alone use sharp means to evaluate an era, but told us what all this was in a joyful atmosphere. This is the memory of a generation, but they are old, this is the youth of a generation, but it is long gone, we, just watching, they have really walked that road, until today. ”
"My father cried when he saw it, and at that time I didn't quite understand why he cried when he watched a plot that made me indifferent, he cried bitterly on the way to send the children of the local villagers to the hospital when Zhong Yuemin cut the queue, and when my father finished crying, he told me that in those days, in the ravines and ravines, there were too many people like that child to die, and he once watched the two children closest to the educated youth die one by one. But he laughed again when he saw the scene before Zhong Yuemin and Qin Ling finally separated, when I asked him why, the old man didn't say anything, and after watching the TV series, he went back to his room to wipe the photo of my deceased mother, that scene, I was moved, deeply moved...... Please love them so much, they too have had their youth. ”
When the last ten episodes of "Scarlet Romance" were broadcast, the ratings were fixed at 37% in the praise all the way, no matter how "Film and Television Simultaneous Voice" changed the Q&A gifts, it failed to break 4, and in the finale, Wang Haitao made a big deal out of the TV and refrigerator awards, but failed to complete the wish of breaking 4. But "The Granary of the World" was even worse, when the last ten episodes were broadcast, the ratings were basically constant at about 23%, and they never raised their heads after they fell. Shao Yingying's battle was very beautiful, no matter how fierce a set of "The Granary of the World" was, he was always pressed under him.
Wang Zhongjun's intestines were green when he saw the duel between eight sets and one set, he didn't have no opportunity to invest at the beginning, if he wasn't too careful, it is likely that this TV series that makes a lot of money and leads the trend should be his full investment...... One misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred, and one misstep becomes a thousand years of hatred!
Thinking of this, Wang Zhongjun immediately urged the TV drama department's "Playing is a Heartbeat" to start, and changed the title to "Days Related to Youth" according to Shao Yingying's meaning......
"I, Wang Zhongjun, have nothing else to do, just ask the book "I want to be famous". Wang Zhongjun called Feng Xiaogang, even if this book is changed, it is still stepping on the bottom line of the relevant departments to play a side game.
"Really? Shao Yingying plays the male number one himself, but what about the female number one? Who are you going to target? Fan Yuyi? Her popularity...... Oh, it's not decided yet, it's a problem to pass the trial......" (To be continued......