Chapter 156: Creating a Classic Character

"The response to the new two episodes of "Blue Blood Sword" has been very good! Well acted! ”

At 9 o'clock in the evening, not long after the 8th episode of "Blue Blood Sword" was broadcast, Xu Zhen received a compliment from Liu Yucheng, the head teacher.

His heart warmed and he immediately expressed his gratitude to the head teacher for his support.

Xu Zhen had just finished watching episodes 7 and 8 at this time.

He took a day off from school tonight and came to the rented apartment to "chase dramas" with Qiao Feng and Zhou Xiaoman.

He didn't watch the first 6 episodes of "Blue Blood Sword", because he was really busy during this time.

It's the end of the year now, and the final exams are approaching; And the crew of "Three Kingdoms" also sent a notice, asking Xu Zhen to report to join the group before the 15th of next month.

When Xu Zhen watched the drama just now, he kept having Zhou Yu's lines spread on his knees.

He thought he would mainly memorize lines, occasionally glancing at the TV.

However, he never expected that he couldn't open his eyes at such a glance, and watched the whole two episodes directly.

Then Xu Zhen found that this drama was unexpectedly good-looking.

"Blood Sword" was filmed a year ago.

It stands to reason that there is a big gap between his acting skills at that time and now.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about his line skills, Xu Zhen dared to say that his current self can crush the level of Xia Xueyi's period.

However, after watching it in such a breath, instead of feeling that the performance at that time was unsightly, he felt a little unbelievable......

How could I act so well at that time??

- Is it because I have written a character biography for more than a month, and I have thoroughly understood the role of Xia Xueyi?

Perhaps.

Xu Zhen still remembers that when he just finished the filming of "Blue Blood Sword", he couldn't slow down for a long time, and his mood was inexplicably low.

It wasn't until more than half a month later that his life returned to normal, and he gradually forgot the role of Xia Xueyi.

At this moment, when Xu Zhen watched his performance a year ago from the perspective of an audience, he only felt that the person in the picture was both strange and familiar, like an old friend who had been reunited after a long absence, both cordial and a little estranged.

After the 8th episode of "Brother Qiao......" was broadcast, Xu Zhen saw that Qiao Feng and Zhou Xiaoman did not open their mouths to comment, and asked tentatively, "What's the matter?" I feel okay. ”

Xu Zhen praised himself unashamedly.

Well, he does think it's okay, it's okay like never before!

"Okay?"

After a while, Qiao Feng came back to his senses and muttered, "You actually think 'okay'?" ”

Xu Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and said, "What, can't it?" ”

"it, it's too good, okay!" Qiao Feng was so excited that he spewed swear words and shouted, "You're on fire, your cliff is going to be on fire!" ”

"I've received more than 20 messages in a while, all of which are praising you!"

"Film critics! Media people! Big V! Insiders! ”

"There are 4 people who have made an appointment with you for an exclusive interview...... No, 5 of a kind! ”

"You just think it's okay??"

Xu Zhen was stunned by Qiao Feng's fancy praise.

Is it that good?

He turned his head to look at Zhou Xiaoman on the side, wanting to get a relatively pertinent evaluation.

However, I saw that Zhou Xiaoman, who was usually delicate and dignified, was writhing on the sofa at this time, and kept making meaningless "hmm" sounds from his mouth, looking like a poisoned cabbage worm.

"Sister Xiaoman?" He said abruptly, "Didn't you say that you would go to the group to post video sources in a while?" Why haven't you sent it yet? ”

Zhou Xiaoman waved his hand at him and said, "Ah Zhen, don't talk yet!" ”

"Let me immerse myself in Xue Yi's prosperous beauty for a while, you real people will spoil this feeling!"

Xu Zhen: "......"

I don't know why, but I feel like I'm disgusted.

"Dingding!"

At this time, a prompt sounded on the mobile phone, Xu Zhen picked it up and took a look, and found that it was a message sent by his master, the monk Zhiran:

"Xia Shi's anger is too heavy, and he must copy the scriptures in front of the Buddha in the morning and evening to eliminate bad karma."

This passage is followed by a link to "Guanyin Bodhisattva Pumen Pin".

Xu Zhen was very relieved that Master was finally able to type so many words, but at the same time, he was speechless that Master was too deep into the play.

He was just about to make a perfunctory sentence, when Master's next message came again:

"Is there a video resource after 8 episodes? Sent. ”

Xu Zhen: "......"

Well, I thought too much, how could a monk who was a monk enter the play.

In the next few minutes, Xu Zhen received congratulatory messages from many acquaintances.

Needless to say, the director of "Blue Blood Sword", Du Qianshan, co-actor He Jing and others, as well as Yu Mei, Ren Pengfei, Zhong Tao, who had previously worked in "The First Sword in the World", and Su Wenbin, Xiao Yang and others who had just worked together recently, praised Xu Zhen's performance in "Blue Blood Sword".

The most hardcore is that Huang He, the chief director of last year's Spring Festival Gala, sent him a message, directly and neatly congratulating him on breaking 4% in a single episode.

Actually broke 4?

Xu Zhen was incredulous.

The information coming out of the mouths of CCTV's internal executives will certainly not be wrong.

But...... As of the sixth episode, the average rating of a single episode of this show is only 3.27%.

- Well, 3.27% "that's it", this number is actually not low.

Even if it is CCTV's eight sets of prime files, this data is definitely not shabby.

But the average rating of a single episode broke 4%, which is another concept entirely!

To put it simply, in a whole year, there are only three TV series that have reached this number.

Even the ratings champion "The First Knife in the World" during the winter vacation at the beginning of the year failed to achieve this achievement.

Early the next morning, Xu Zhen got the exact data of the ratings of "Blue Blood Sword": 3.62% in the seventh episode and 4.03% in the eighth episode.

Although he had learned the news in advance, Xu Zhen couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

At the same time, Han Qingfeng, the actor of "Blue Blood Sword", that is, the actor of Yuan Chengzhi, also learned through some channels that this TV series became popular in the mainland.

He asked his agent with great interest: "How is it, what is the reaction from the mainland to me?" ”

The agent thought about it and was embarrassed to say anything.

What do you say?

said that everyone thinks you are black and ugly, and you were killed in seconds by the golden snake Langjun played by Xu Zhen?

Or have some immoral public accounts begun to write such heart-wrenching articles as "How is "Blue Blood Sword" starring Xu Zhen"?

Forget it, it's hard to get started.

It often happens that the actor is killed by the supporting actor in seconds, and you will get used to it if you touch it a few more times in the future.

We don't have a lot of scenes.

……

The role of Xia Xueyi is said to be the second male lead in "Blue Blood Sword", but in fact, this "second male lead" is for importance, and his role is not much.

From episode 7 to episode 12, Xia Xueyi's story is basically over.

There are only a few sporadic shots left in the back.

"Blue Blood Sword" experienced a three-day carnival, and the ratings climbed from more than 3% to nearly 5%, and finally stopped at 4.89%.

Then, Xia Xueyi went offline, and the story returned to Yuan Chengzhi's clues, and the ratings fell rapidly, and soon fell back to about 3%.

In this way, Xu Zhen's role in driving the ratings of the whole drama is instantly clear at a glance.

A few days later, Xu Zhen finished the final exam of the first semester of his freshman year and prepared to report to the crew of "Three Kingdoms".

At the same time, in an office building in the capital, two middle-aged men were arguing over Xu Zhen's information.

""Blue Blood Sword" may have the blessing of character settings, but what about "The First Sword in the World"?"

One of the middle-aged men said: "A year ago, "The First Knife in the World" was also in Xu Zhen's story unit, and the ratings rose sharply. ”

"If this is still luck, what about the Spring Festival Gala program "Picturesque"?"

"It is undeniable that some actors are naturally favored by the ratings, and as soon as he appears, the audience loves to watch it, which is called 'audience popularity'."

"Aren't you afraid that our show will not have an audience? Then use Xu Zhen! I think it's no problem! ”

Another middle-aged man took the tip of his pen and clicked on the document in his hand, frowned, and said, "It's not enough to just look at the audience, you also have to consider whether the role is suitable." ”

"I admit that Xu Zhen is indeed a very good actor, with a good image, good acting skills, and good audience popularity."

"But the gap between his temperament and the second child is too big, and the age does not match, if he plays the third child, it will be about the same."

"But I guess he definitely doesn't want to play the third child."

The man from before: "Oh, why are you so rigid in your brain!" ”

"Let's take the dick and fish him over first, let him audition, and then you should meet him and see if it's suitable."

"If you can really do it, of course it's good, if not, you can continue to fool him with the third child."

"Anyway, it's all here, our book, this lineup, he won't lose anyone by playing it."

As soon as he heard this, another middle-aged man's eyes suddenly lit up.

yes, why didn't I think of that?

Really, you're too kind, you can't compare to you profiteers!

……

"Ah Zhen, wait a minute, there is a script for you to read."

On January 5th, when Xu Zhen was reciting Zhou Yu's lines, Qiao Feng rushed over with a new script and said, "Yesterday, another crew came to invite you to audition." I roughly flipped through this book in the morning.,It feels very good.,You can try it.。 ”

"Moreover, I asked someone to ask, the management of this drama has an official background, and the roots are red and miaozheng, as long as the filming is okay, it will definitely win awards in the future."

Xu Zhen asked: "What kind of book is it, ancient costume or modern?" ”

Hearing this question, Qiao Feng hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not, it's a period drama." ”

"The time period is probably from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the 918 Incident - do you mind acting in a period drama?"

Xu Zhen casually took the script handed over by Qiao Feng, shook his head and said, "Of course I don't mind, as long as the book is good, it can be of any era." ”

"I've been acting in costumes before, just because I don't have other types of good books to look for."

"Of course, it's mainly due to my personal ability, and other types of dramas don't recognize me."

As he spoke, he flipped open the cover of the script.

On the first page, three big lines of italic characters instantly came into view:

Break into the Kanto region.