The TV series "Zombie Road Long Hairy Little Fang", as soon as it came out, the first impression in Zhao Xingchi's mind was "Uncle Ying", which can no longer be said to be a classic, but should be said to be an eternal symbol, just like the number symbols of 1, 2, 3, and 4, as long as civilization continues, it will be passed on.

"Zombie Taoist", "Exorcism Taoist", "Mr. Zombie", "Exorcism Police", "Yimei Taoist", "Zombie Uncle", "Mr. Phantom" and so on, a series of zombie TV series and zombie movies, Lin Zhengying and "Exorcism Taoist" and "Zombie Taoist" are equated. In particular, the two-part TV series "Zombie Road Long Mao Xiaofang" made Lin Zhengying famous and became a living "Mao Xiaofang".

The first time Zhao Xingchi knew Lin Zhengying was when he was in junior high school, when there was a TV set in the class, which was equipped by the school, saying that it was for them to watch the news and know about domestic and foreign events. But when the TV was equipped, they didn't watch the news, but watched the news while the teacher was there, and as soon as the teacher left, they changed the channel to watch TV. Some students in the class also moved the VCD from home and put the dishes away. At that time, Stephen Zhao watched a movie "Yimei Taoist", which tells the story of Maoshan Taoist priests vs. Western zombies, and then he met a good actor named "Uncle Ying".

Maoshan Taoist priests vs. Western zombies, this is also thanks to them to come up with it. Although I thought it was very funny and thunderous when I thought about it later, when I was in junior high school, the economy in the rural areas of China was generally difficult, and there was very little entertainment.

As for whether it looks good or not, it is no longer considered, and Stephen Zhao couldn't tell it at that time.

It's like taking an apple to eat for you, but not giving you a pear. Then ask you to answer whether pears are delicious or apples are delicious. You've never eaten a pear, how do you compare? At least you have to eat pears, and after comparison, you will know which one is more delicious.

In the first part of "I Have a Date with a Zombie", the character "Mao Xiaofang" can actually be omitted and not mentioned, and there is no need to specifically say that he pays tribute to "Mao Xiaofang" or anything at the beginning of the film. There is no need. Because in Saturn Huaxia, there is no such character as "Mao Xiaofang" at all, so there is no way to talk about using this to attract fans of "Mao Xiaofang" to watch. As for the lines and fragments of "Mao Xiaofang" that appear from time to time in the play, as well as the role of "Mao Xiaofang" descendant "He Yingyou", it is also easy to understand, and it can be understood as "Dugu seeking defeat" in "The Condor Heroes".

"Dugu seeks defeat" does not appear in "The Condor Heroes", only the name, and then there are his swords, engraved words, and an eagle friend, which are related to him, but it does not prevent readers from understanding the person "Dugu seeks defeat".

The reason why this is the case is that Stephen Zhao is also to expand the theme of "zombies". For the sake of ATV in the future.

Therefore, in addition to the filming of "I Have a Date with a Zombie", he also arranged for Li Yunzhen to produce the TV series "Zombie Road Long Hairy Xiaofang".

The original and genuine "Zombie Road Long-haired Xiaofang", Stephen Zhao has not seen it, but he has just heard it, so he can't make it up if he wants to make it up. There is another one, he doesn't plan to move over this time, because the original and genuine "Zombie Road Long-haired Little Square" does not meet his positioning for ATV.

ATV's positioning is "youth" and "fashion".

But the original and genuine "Zombie Road Long Hairy Little Fang" is not "youthful and fashionable" at all. Let's start with that. "Uncle Ying" is too old and does not have the appearance of youth and fashion; The second is that the clothing style is too earthy; the third is that the set is too small and childish; The fourth is that Taoism, talismans, and martial arts are not powerful......

Think in terms of your new positioning for ATV. Stephen Zhao quickly made radical changes in these four points.

The era of entertainment is the era of eyeballs, and handsome guys and beauties are popular.

Even if it's an uncle, it has to be a handsome uncle; If it's an aunt, then you have to be the kind of aunt who is not an old goblin.

Obviously, the appearance of "Uncle Ying" is not pleasant. This one definitely has to be changed. When Zhao Xingchi first started pondering, he thought of letting a handsome uncle play "Mao Xiaofang", if he was in his previous life, he would definitely let Liu Tianwang play it, that handsome. The titanium alloy dog eyes that are handsome enough to blind countless people make them crazy. But then I thought about it, Liu Tianwang is handsome and fashionable enough, but what about youth? Soon, Stephen Zhao thought of Chen Jianfeng's version of "Jiang Ziya", God Buddha Angel Mary, this is a TV series that made Stephen Zhao almost be thundered to death, entertainment has no limits like this, is it really good?

Stephen Zhao hesitated, and finally chose a handsome young man to play "Mao Xiaofang", because the ratings of "The Heroes of the Gods" are really good, and Stephen Zhao feels good after being thundered, and his parents also watch it with relish.

The role of "Mao Xiaofang" fell on the head of Xia Kai, a newcomer from Red Star Media Company, this is a handsome guy who joined Red Star Media after graduating from the drama last year and played a small supporting role in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Zhao Xingchi looked at the young man well, and he had the recommendation of Han Minzhong, Ren Xingyun and others, so he used him.

Needless to say, in terms of clothing styling, although the background is still in the Republic of China, it is not impossible to make it beautiful, anyway, in Xiangjiang, a capitalist place, there are no restrictions in this regard. It's definitely not good in China, you can't get through the time background, and there are zombies, which is even worse, so even the broadcast rights of "I Have a Date with Zombies" in the mainland can't be sold until now, just because it's stuck in the Radio and Television Bureau, and it can't be approved.

The set must be how atmospheric it is, anyway, there are so many film and television bases in China, and you can find any kind of set.

The fourth point is that Taoism, talismans, and martial arts should be forced, and those who should explode must explode, and those who should fly into the sky and the ground, and those who shuttle through yin and yang must fly into the sky and the earth, shuttle through yin and yang, and cannot fight like a martial arts film. If it is like kung fu in a martial arts movie, what zombies does "Mao Xiaofang" collect? It's pretty much the same to be eaten by zombies.

Although many people think that the kung fu like martial arts movies appears in the gods and monsters and magic TV series and movies, there is nothing inappropriate, but in Stephen Zhao's opinion, it is too fake!

Demons and monsters are just that kind of ability?

Not to mention that it can fly to the sky and the earth, it can do anything, and it can't even have more powerful spells, right?

Martial arts masters are much more powerful than demons and monsters!

This kind of setting. In the past, only the West would, but now there are more and more of them. Stephen Zhao doesn't understand, is this a fucking Chinese film or a Western film? With these, you famous directors and actors who shout all day long can revitalize Chinese movies?

Bullshit!

Even if such movies are more popular than the last, it can only show that more and more people are watching movies, but it cannot show that Chinese films have been revitalized. Because that kind of movie is completely a Western film model, outright yellow-skinned and white-hearted, it is not a Chinese film at all, it is a Western film!

Whether it is in the past life or in this life, Chinese films have fallen into such a strange circle, and they always think that in order to revitalize Chinese films, they must use the model of Western films to create Chinese films. Don't you know that it's a wrong path! The model of Western films. Can you, a Chinese, outplay a Westerner? You can only follow behind other people's butts and eat ashes! There must be people who say that Westerners don't understand our culture, and we can beat them by packaging our culture with the Western model. Hey, people who say this kind of thing are either brain-dead or have ulterior motives, do you really think people are stupid?

Special effects techniques are getting better and better, no matter how powerful the demons and monsters are, they can show their power on the screen, and there is no need to be taboo. Imagine it as you want. It is to take advantage of this opportunity to create a mature Chinese film system. The best time to make Chinese films rise.

But no one wants to do it.

The shortcomings of the market economy are here, everything looks at money, and if you don't make money, you are unwilling to invest, and then fall into a vicious circle. There are very few people who dare to eat crabs.

……

"It's going well." Li Yunzhen's voice came out of the phone, slightly low.

Zhao Xingchi's heart moved. Zhilu Dao may have something, but he didn't ask on this question, but changed the topic and asked: "By the way, how are the ratings of "I Have a Date with a Zombie"?" ”

Li Yunzhen paused, and then replied, "The situation is a little bad. It was good at the beginning, 23 percent, but then it kept going down, and now it's only 16 percent. ”

Zhao Xingchi raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully: "It's okay, it's just started broadcasting now, and the audience may not be used to it, so let's talk about it after today." ”

"It's good." Li Yunzhen responded.

After hanging up the phone, Stephen Zhao was a little upset, thought about it, and logged on to ATV's official website and the post bar of "I Have a Date with a Zombie" to check the audience's reaction.

Before the broadcast of "I Have a Date with a Zombie", the Red Star Theater had just finished broadcasting "Smiling Proud Jianghu", so it was normal for the ratings to reach 23% at the beginning, because the ratings of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" at its peak reached 30%, which was three or four times the average rating before, and far exceeded TB TV.

Audiences often watch a station, and they will form a habit, even if it is a bad TV series, they will choose to watch it first.

Not to mention that "I Have a Date with a Zombie" is the first non-martial arts TV series written and produced by Stephen Zhao, and many viewers who don't watch ATV will also be curious to change the channel to watch it.

So in the beginning, the ratings were 23%, which is normal.

However, the ratings quickly dropped and dropped by 7 percentage points in just a few minutes, which was problematic, meaning that I Had a Date with a Zombie didn't grab the audience's attention in the first place.

Stephen Zhao thought of many reasons to comfort himself, but he still couldn't help but worry.

On the official website and in the post bar, many netizens have already made their own comments.

Stephen Zhao went to the official website first, and soon saw the comments below that upset him.

"What garbage TV series? Bullshit. ”

"Who is Mao Xiaofang? Is there such a person? What kind of plane? ”

"Aren't you going on a date with zombies? How is this tuning? ”

"The background is actually the Republic of China period, and the camera is also eerie and terrifying, what do you think, Master Xing? Didn't you say that ATV wants to be youthful and fashionable? ”

"Even the Sino-Japanese War has come out, is the screenwriter full of in his head? How could there be zombies at that time? ”

"Are you sure you're not showing off your IQ with the surname Zhao?"

…… (To be continued......)