Chapter 186 The situation is like this
Shuchang hung up his hot phone and saw a small head rising up quickly in front of him.
"Cousin, cousin, is that Zhao Ling'er on the other end of the phone?!"
Facing the little cousin's questioning, Shu Chang touched her head and said with a smile: "My real name... uh, my name is Liu Yifei, and Zhao Ling'er is a character on TV."
This little girl is the stepdaughter of her second uncle.
Because he has followed his eldest uncle since childhood, Shu Chang still loves his second uncle's stepdaughter even though they are not related by blood.
What's more, this little girl is very cute, with big watery eyes, as if she can talk.
At this time, the little cousin Juanjuan asked again: "Then if I go to the set with you, can I see Li Xiaoyao?"
Shu Chang knew that she had mistakenly thought that she and Liu Yifei were in the same crew - but this was a mistake. Hu Ge, who played Li Xiaoyao, was indeed in the crew of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
So she laughed and said, "It depends on whether the drama is shot separately or together. If it is shot together, then you can see Li Xiaoyao."
"Oh~"
Juanjuan, who was only 7 years old, nodded in confusion.
At this time, the second aunt suddenly came over attentively, touched her daughter's head, and asked expectantly: "Changchang, do you think Juanjuan can be like you and become a big star in the future?"
"What a big star I am."
Shu Chang waved his hands quickly and said: "At least you have to be like Yifei to be considered a bit of a big star. I'm just a small actor now."
"That's much better than the average person!"
The second aunt said persistently: "You were only five years old when you went to film, and now Juanjuan is seven years old. Look..."
Shu Chang saw that his second aunt was serious, so he also looked at his little cousin carefully.
The little cousin Juanjuan wasn't afraid of people at all. She held her waist and blinked her eyes, and in turn stared at Shu Chang.
"It should be fine."
Seeing this scene, Shu Chang couldn't help but smile and said: "Juanjuan is much cuter than when I was a child. If she dresses up...wait a minute!"
Shu Chang suddenly thought of something while he was talking. He quickly ran back to his bedroom and soon took out the script of "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".
She flipped through it carefully and found that besides mentioning that the female ghosts had adopted Xiaobai, a lonely wild ghost who stole tributes, and that Xiaobai was a half-grown child, there was no detailed explanation of Xiaobai's age and gender.
Is there any chance that my little cousin will play this role?
Although he felt a little presumptuous, Shu Chang still called the assistant director and explained Juanjuan's basic situation.
The other side agreed happily. Anyway, he was just an insignificant little actor. Who wouldn't he give it to?
Especially since Shu Chang hasn't officially signed a contract yet, locking her in with such a small role is definitely a sure-win deal.
After deciding on the matter, Shu Chang informed his second aunt of the good news.
Although the second aunt was overjoyed, she began to worry about gains and losses again, fearing that her daughter would mess up the first show.
Now he's asking about this and now he's asking about that. If it weren't for his relatives, Shu Chang would probably be impatient.
"Right!"
The second aunt suddenly thought of something and asked her daughter, "Should we come up with a more fashionable stage name?"
"this……"
Shu Chang hesitated and said: "Mainland actors used to use their real names, but in the past two years, stage names have become popular."
"Since it's popular, let's come up with one, preferably one that's easy to pronounce and easy to become popular - by the way, let's just find a master to figure it out!"
The second aunt was in high spirits, so naturally she was very positive. The next day she went to find a fortune teller and gave Juanjuan's little cousin a stage name: Song Zuer. …………
January 3, 2005.
Jingtai, which had just finished its New Year's Day party, held an internal summary meeting. As the producer and star of this year's drama king, Xu Kun was also invited to participate in the internal celebrations after the meeting.
The importance of eating and drinking to enhance friendship is secondary. The main reason is that Xu Kun took this opportunity to come into contact with the survey report of the Beijing-Taiwan Market Research Department:
[The ratings share of costume dramas in the north has a clear downward trend in the second half of the year. Showing weakness? 】
If this was not an investigative report from Beijing and Taiwan, Xu Kun would definitely think it was nonsense. 2004 was obviously a year when costume dramas became popular.
The Double Swords, which became very popular in the second half of the year, can only be ranked third and fifth among costume dramas - the first place is the invincible drama "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and the second place is "Dragon" , the fourth place in the middle is the low-cost masterpiece "Snowflake Goddess Dragon".
Moreover, "Emperor Wu of Han", which was just broadcast on CCTV yesterday, also won a good start.
Why does this show a faint decline?
"Xiao Xu, you can't just look at the head, you have to look at the overall average ratings. In our north this year, the average ratings of costume dramas have indeed dropped. There has also been a slight decline in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Only in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas further south. The heat shows no sign of abating yet.”
Faced with the explanation given by a deputy director of Beijing and Taiwan, Xu Kun still felt a little incredible: "But in the second half of this year, so many costume dramas were filmed, and the investment was getting bigger and bigger..."
"Because there are too many films, the audience has become a little bored." The deputy director spread his hands and said: "And among the current audience, the proportion of men is continuing to decrease, but most female audiences are not interested in machinations and martial arts. As big as the male audience.
That’s why we judge that this sign will continue to increase, and from various signs, modern bitter dramas and fashion idol dramas will become the biggest beneficiaries - in fact, they have already benefited greatly from the withdrawal of crime dramas from prime time. It's shallow, this time it just continues to rise. "
Xu Kun could only believe it now.
After accepting this fact, and then thinking about what he had experienced in his previous life, he suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he had not heard anything related to TV series from the inmates. It turned out that men no longer liked watching TV series.
And Xu Kun immediately understood the meaning of Jingtai's initiative to reveal the news - it was to remind him to try his best to transform and stop being stuck in costume dramas in the future.
But in addition to ancient costume martial arts dramas, he is also good at crime themes. Unfortunately, crime themes have also been kicked out of the prime time this year...
Now that his two best cards have been ruined, is he allowed to transition into "Chinese Divorce", a drama about cowardly mothers-in-law?
When thinking of Chen Daoming's various frustrations in "Chinese Divorce", Xu Kun felt no pain in his body.
The character doesn't fit the character, and he's resisting in his heart. Even if he bites the bullet, he probably won't be able to act like a coward.
Isn't there a way to make money while standing?
Seeing Xu Kun so entangled, the deputy director smiled and patted Xu Kun on the shoulder and said: "You don't have to worry in a hurry. It's just showing signs now. It's estimated that there will still be two or three years before the costume drama will truly decline. Buffer period—otherwise, Taiwan won’t be interested in your movie “Zhu Yuanzhang.”
Xu Kun felt a little more at ease now.
However, if calculated in two years, then the costume dramas in 2007 will officially enter a period of decline, which also means that by the first half of 2006, he must find a suitable transformation direction - at least it must be in fashion dramas. Just take a place.
This can't help but make Xu Kun feel a little dizzy.
The film and television dramas he watched in later generations were mainly family comedies, and there were very few domineering and treacherous protagonists in them. As for the ones he had heard about on Xinwen Network, he only knew their names and general genres. Haven't seen it at all.
Uh~
The protagonists of "Charlotte" and "The Tomato Man" are relatively strong, but these are at least ten years later. Can they be well-received if they are filmed now?
And with his current acting style, can he handle this kind of comedy?
Xu Kun only had a few cards in his hand, and he didn't want to ruin them by accident.
And to be honest, he was having fun while watching it. Now if you ask him to dig out the details in the movie, he might scratch his head and still not be able to dig them out.
Xu Kun's original idea was to wait for those classic movies to come out and compete for those that were suitable for him. If not, he would see if there were any investment opportunities.
All in all, we can’t count on those future movies for the time being. He still had to figure out a way on his own.
(End of chapter)