Xu Zhen is busy filming "Langya Bang" every day, how can he have time to pay attention to "Shadow Hunting".

Anyway, I only made a cameo appearance in half an episode, and whether this drama is good or not is not my own pot.

So, on the night of the 17th, Xu Zhen returned to the hotel after filming at 9 o'clock, washed up, and fell asleep.

He didn't care at all whether the editing effect of this scene was good or not, or even whether it was cut in.

However, just because Xu Zhen doesn't pay attention doesn't mean that others don't pay attention either.

On the night of the 17th, countless Xu Zhen fans stayed in front of the TV, locked on the Mango Channel, and watched this long-awaited cameo clip with great interest.

Lin Jia, who was filming a movie in the northern suburbs of Beijing, also sat upright on the sofa in the lounge and turned on the TV on time.

She was supposed to have a night scene to shoot tonight.

But the director said to "wait for the wind", but the wind didn't come for a long time, so the actors had to squat on the sidelines, stretching out their hands to touch the air from time to time, and they didn't know whether they were "waiting for the wind" or "waiting for madness".

"Oh, this is the spy war drama you played with Xu Haoyu?"

In the lounge, Lin Jia heard someone talking, raised his head, and saw that the person who came was a thin and tall young man, with a sparse curly short hair on his head, and a pair of crayon small new style thick eyebrows were very eye-catching.

This person's name is Lu Haiyang, and he is the executive director of the movie "Wang Cheng".

Lu Haiyang graduated from the Beijing Film Directing Department, five years higher than Lin Jia.

Although the two are not alumni, they both belong to the circle of the academy, so their relationship in the crew is closer than others.

Lin Jia smiled and moved to the side, while Lu Haiyang sat on the sofa and looked at the TV screen.

A few people around saw that they were watching TV, and they were bored, so they simply came over with folding chairs.

"How are the ratings of "Hunter" now?" Lu Haiyang asked casually.

Lin Jia flipped through the chat history on his mobile phone and said: "The premiere was 0.62%, and it just broke 1 yesterday." ”

Lu Haiyang nodded and didn't comment too much.

The Matthew effect in the TV drama industry is very serious, and only a handful of dramas can achieve ratings of breaking three or two every year, and other TV dramas that are full of sweat are fighting for their heads, which is just a fraction of those popular dramas.

"Shadow Hunting" starring Xu Haoyu, the results are basically not too bad, but they are not too good, 1% is considered a normal level.

It may be promising to compete for the first place in the same period, but it is difficult to reach the level of the annual fire drama.

At this time, the opening song has just ended, and the first thing that catches your eye is a western hospital.

As soon as the camera turned, I saw a young man with a pale complexion and a handsome face lying on a hospital bed, looking at the ceiling above his head with empty eyes, like a dead corpse.

"Huh?"

In front of the TV screen, Lu Haiyang looked at Lin Jia next to him suspiciously, and said with some uncertainty: "This is, Xu Zhen?" ”

Lin Jia nodded and said, "Yes, it's him." ”

Hearing this, the other actors who were watching the drama next to him couldn't help but say: "Xu Zhen is also in "Shadow Hunting"? Do you play the second male lead? ”

"The cast of this show is okay!"

"What role is Xu Zhen playing in it?"

Lin Jia was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly turned around and explained in a low voice: "No, no, Xu Zhen is just here to make a cameo." ”

Anyway, she briefly introduced the identity and background of this cameo character, but there were no spoilers for the story behind it.

Although everyone present didn't know Xu Zhen, they all knew that this was an actor with good acting skills, and they subconsciously raised their interest.

It's just that the disappointing thing is that the scene they are watching has nothing to do with acting.

For a full five minutes, Xu Zhen lay quietly on the hospital bed, no matter how hard the person next to the bed persuaded him, he didn't react.

Executive director Lu Haiyang watched it for a long time, pouted helplessly, stretched out his finger and pointed to the screen and said, "Look, a handsome vegetative plant." ”

"Hahaha......" Hearing his complaint, a low laugh suddenly sounded around him.

However, before the laughter in the lounge had fallen, there was a slight change on the screen.

- The actor Xu Haoyu appeared.

He was dressed in a black police uniform, standing upright on the edge of the bed, saying some high-sounding threatening words, but his eyes kept squeezing his eyebrows at Xu Zhen.

And at this moment, Xu Zhen, who was lying on the hospital bed, finally had a hint of reaction.

His originally sloppy gaze suddenly condensed at this moment, Xu Zhen turned his head and glanced at Xu Haoyu obliquely, his cold gaze matched his bloodless pale face, and a chill almost overflowed from the screen.

Suddenly, the laughter provoked by the "handsome vegetative person" in the lounge came to an abrupt end.

In the close-up, the audience clearly understands the meaning of Xu Zhen's eyes - I warn you, don't act rashly.

Compared with this look, Xu Haoyu's "eyes" just now are like a kindergarten teacher coaxing children to sleep.

The people in the lounge looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Really, actors with too big a gap in level, try not to get together to act......

Lu Haiyang silently ordered a wax for Xu Haoyu in his heart.

Fortunately, there is only such a scene in the same frame of Xu Haoyu and Xu Zhen, and the effort of lowering his head and grabbing a handful of melon seeds is skipped, and the audience may not notice it.

Immediately afterwards, the scene cut to Lin Jia and Xu Haoyu, and played a clip of them planning to rescue Xu Zhen together.

The tension of the story is all supported by high-quality soundtracks and sharp editing, and Lu Haiyang, as a director, skimmed over these off-board tricks at a glance and saw the essence of the actors, only to find this performance extremely boring.

It wasn't until 19 minutes and 25 seconds that Xu Zhen reappeared in the picture that Lu Haiyang subconsciously straightened his sitting posture.

Xu Zhen's look just now left an extremely deep impression on him.

Especially under the backdrop of Xu Haoyu, for a moment, Lu Haiyang simply had the illusion that "this son has the assets of an actor".

On the screen, the heroine played by Lin Jia drove Xu Zhen and forcibly escaped from the hospital.

In the night rain, the jeep drove all the way, and the two quarreled all the way.

Lin Jia insisted on saving him, and did not hesitate to expose his identity for this; Xu Zhen thought that this matter was not worth it, and severely reprimanded her for her behavior of ignoring the overall situation, and the tension in the carriage escalated step by step.

Lu Haiyang crossed his hands and looked extremely focused.

As an industry insider, he understands very well the difficulty of performing this scene.

The more this kind of sensational scene of the righteousness of the family and the country and the death as home, the more difficult it is to act.

Because the tone is too high, the audience will subconsciously question and resist.

If the acting is a little worse, the flaws in the acting skills will be infinitely magnified, which makes people feel particularly fake, such as Xu Haoyu just now.

However, as of now, Xu Zhen and Lin Jia's performances are almost blameless.

Especially Xu Zhen.

It's not that his performance is explosive or skillful, but he is very good at setting up characters and making the audience in front of the TV believe that this person really exists.

Xu Zhen did not pretend to be resolute, let alone put on a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.

He's just calm, persistent, and unhurried.

Such eyes match the words in the plot, which makes it easy to understand the character's state of mind at this time: I am not willing to die, nor am I sacrificing my life for righteousness.

It's just that in the current environment, I think giving up my life is the most correct and reasonable choice.

This kind of mentality of still maintaining reason in the face of life and death is more moving than deliberately elevating ideals and beliefs.

Looking at this level of performance, even a person like Lu Haiyang, who has been raised by a master, has to praise from the bottom of his heart: Xu Zhen's performance has its own uniqueness.

His emotions are sincere enough, and his personal style traits are beginning to take shape.

"Click!"

At this moment, the scene on the screen changed again.

Xu Zhen found that there was a car chasing after him, and suddenly jumped up from the back seat, strangled Lin Jia's neck with the shackles on his hand, and shouted, "Stop!" Parking Now! ”

Lin Jia was shocked and angry, struggling desperately, but he couldn't break free from the other party's restraints.

Seeing Xu Zhen holding Lin Jia hostage and getting out of the car and walking onto the stone bridge, the audience's hearts suddenly tightened.

There were chasing soldiers in front and interception in the back, Xu Zhen was trapped in the middle of the stone bridge, and there were black holes in front and back.

- He personally chose a dead end for himself.

Listening to the rhythmic background music coming out of the speakers, looking at Xu Zhen on the screen with a crazy and blatant expression, in the lounge, Lu Haiyang's heartstrings were tense, as if what he was watching now was not an ordinary cameo drama, but the final climax of the whole play.

"Bang!"

At the moment when the tension of the audience had reached its peak, the gunshots rang out suddenly.

On the stone bridge, Xu Zhen was shot by a sniper on a tall building on the opposite bank, his body trembled, and he fell down weakly.

In the pouring night rain, thick blood continued to flow down the stone bridge, instantly staining the bridge deck under him.

Lu Haiyang couldn't help but sigh regretfully.

This escape scene, which is not complicated and the ending is already doomed, is gripping and breathless due to the full performance of the two actors.

At this time, time seems to freeze in time.

Lin Jia sat paralyzed on the stone bridge, holding Xu Zhen's wrist tightly, refusing to let go.

And Xu Zhen stared at Lin Jia, his eyes were extremely soft, and the crazy and fierce color on his face had been washed away by the rain at this time, and there was no trace of it.

The prelude to the ending song has sounded, Lin Jia was "protected" by the police and dragged aside, staring blankly at Xu Zhen being dragged away, and couldn't help crying.

"Hey......"

At this moment, looking at the cast and crew scrolling on the screen and the various advertisements, a sigh rang out in the lounge.

I am sad for the people with lofty ideals who passed away in the context of that era, and I am also amazed by Xu Zhen's unexpected wonderful performance.

20 minutes seem to be fleeting in the blink of an eye, and the plot is pressing step by step, going higher and higher, and there is almost no urine point in the whole process.

"This TV series is very good!"

After a while, an actor who had a good relationship with Lin Jia on weekdays opened his mouth first and exclaimed: "The plot is natural, and the acting is good!" ”

"I feel that Jiajia's performance is particularly exciting, and it deserves an award!"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the echo of countless people around them.

Lin Jia's scene just now, whether it is the outer softness and inner rigidity in the early stage, or the emotional collapse in the back, is just right.

Although it doesn't look as eye-catching as Xu Zhen in the same frame, both the rhythm and the lines are almost impeccable, and the sincere expression makes people feel quite moved.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jia would have such strength?

I underestimated this beautiful girl from martial arts!

The man who spoke first looked at Lin Jia with a smile and said, "A few days ago, my friend asked me if I had any good spy war dramas, and it just so happened that I could recommend "Shadow Hunting" to her." ”

Lu Haiyang, who was on the side, also nodded approvingly and said, "It's really not bad." ”

"The editing is good, the shots are very meaningful, the script is good, and the level of this crew is quite high. I feel that the ratings have broken 1 and are lower, and it should be able to continue to go up. ”

Lin Jia, who was on the side, couldn't help but feel a little confused when he listened to the praise of the people around him for the TV series or for himself.

She looked left and right, not knowing whether to explain or not.

- Friends, you've only watched one episode, you can't "take it out of context" like this!

This is neither the true level of Hunter nor my real level......

It's just the level of an Ultraman who happened to pass by!!

……

At the same time, Mango Terrace.

The deputy director who was monitoring the real-time ratings data of "Hunter" asked his subordinates: "Is the rating of episode 15 out, how many?" ”

The subordinates' eyes couldn't hide their excitement, and said: "The average of a single episode is 1.47%. ”

When the deputy director heard this data, he couldn't help but jump his eyelids and said, "So high? ”

He flipped through the report on the table and said in surprise: "I remember that it was only 1.09% in the same period yesterday, and it suddenly increased so much, what is the reason?" ”

The subordinate hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe it's because there is Xu Zhen in this episode?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and neither of them said anything, but they each looked at the ratings curve they had just gotten.

Episode 15 had a pretty big uptick in ratings when it first aired, reaching 1.27%, and reached 1.35% five minutes later.

Immediately after that, the ratings curve began to slide slightly, reaching a trough at about 19 and a half minutes, and then rising again.

Moreover, this time the curve never fell down again, soaring all the way to the end song position of 40 minutes and 40 seconds, reaching a peak of 1.71%.

The deputy director looked at this clear curve, and immediately opened the video source of episode 15 of "Shadow Hunting", and adjusted it to the position of 19 and a half minutes.

Then I saw that this position happened to be the time point when the heroine rescued Xu Zhen.

The next half of the episode is all about this story.

"Hiss......"

The deputy director only felt that this matter was a bit evil.

The number of new viewers added at each point in time is basically fixed because of changing channels or turning on the TV. Viewership will rise, which means that the number of lost viewers will be greatly reduced during this time period.

- In other words, from 19 and a half minutes, the plot of "Shadow Hunting" suddenly became extremely exciting, so that the audience churn rate was greatly reduced?

Is this the legendary "Ratings Lucky Star"?

"Ahh

The deputy director was surprised, and suddenly stomped his foot and remembered something else.

The assistant on the side hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, director?" ”

The deputy director ignored him, hurriedly walked back to the desk, picked up the phone on the desk, and quickly dialed a number.

"Doodoo ......"

"Hello? Are you still talking about the recent pre-order of "Langya Bang"? ”

"Still talking? Okay, very good, you immediately sort out a document for me now, and I will take over this matter in the future, and I will talk to them personally! ”