Chapter 216 The domineering side leaks
"In the fourth year of Zhizheng [1344], a large-scale breach occurred in the Yellow River, and then drought, locust plagues, and plagues also followed one after another..."
July 3rd.
The crew took an extra early break, firstly because at eight o'clock in the evening, "Zhu Yuanzhang" starring Xu Kun will be officially broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV; secondly, because Jiang Yiyan came to visit the crew.
Yes, as soon as she told Qin Lan that she couldn't take the time and attracted Qin Lan, she came to Xu Kun to take credit.
At this time, a couple of dogs and men were lying naked on the bed, chatting and watching TV series.
Whether it was the Iron Pot Emperor's debauchery or the cruel officials in the dilapidated villages who demanded taxes and confiscated grain seeds, or a group of children who were so hungry that they roasted the landlord's cattle and ate them, none of them attracted Jiang Yiyan's attention.
Until the five or six-year-old child ran over and shouted: "Brother Chongba, it's not good, your mother is dead!"
Zhu Chongba, who had just been hit by a landlord with a hoe, retorted with blood on his face: "Nonsense, my mother was fine this morning!"
The child immediately changed his mind: "That's probably because I made a mistake. Maybe your father is dead."
Seeing this, Jiang Yiyan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Isn't this child's words too damaging?"
Xu Kun didn't answer, but straightened her head and neck and asked her to continue looking down.
On TV, Zhu Chongba hurried home and saw his mother starving to death on the bed, and his own father's body hanging on the beam.
As Zhu Chongba slowly knelt down while holding the door, a colorful family tree emerged from the screen, and then with the cold voice-over, the colorful heads gradually dimmed.
After burying their parents, Zhu Chongba and his second brother thought about joining their uncle, but when they arrived at his uncle's house, they discovered that of the thirteen members of his family, only one cousin-in-law was dead.
On Zhu Chongba's side, the eldest sister's family was all dead, the third brother's family was also dead, and the second sister had married away many years ago and disappeared, and was probably dead as well.
After the eldest brother died of starvation, the eldest sister-in-law took her nephew Donkey [Zhu Wenzheng] back to her parents' home.
In the end, the second brothers Zhu Chongliu and Zhu Chongba discussed that if they could only wait to die together, they might still have a way to survive if they escaped separately. So the two held each other's hands and cried, and each embarked on the road to escape.
Soon after, the second brother's family of three also died on the road.
Counting his grandfather Zhu Chuyi, the whole family had a total of thirty-four people across four generations. However, under the control of Emperor Yuan Shun, thirty of them died in just a few years. Only the underage Zhu Chongba and him were left. nephew Zhu Lv'er.
After reading this section of the family tree, Jiang Yiyan, who had not paid attention to the TV series at all, was also shocked.
"Was Zhu Yuanzhang so miserable when he was a child?"
"It's not just that miserable. He started as an orphan, was born as a beggar, expelled the Tartars, and restored China. So many people say that he is the most righteous emperor in history."
This night.
Countless people expressed similar emotions. Many people found the previous scenes reflecting the tragic scene of the late Yuan Dynasty to be ordinary. After all, many TV series have shown similar scenes.
Many people were even amused by the child with honey on his mouth.
It was only when the color of the genealogy gradually faded away with the explanation, and only four colorful heads remained of the four generations from top to bottom, that an unprecedented sense of sadness swept over the hearts of all the viewers.
This is just a simple meticulous painting, but it is more straightforward and shocking than the picture of starving to death for thousands of miles.
The next day, this genealogy sparked heated discussions both offline and online. It also made the ratings of "Zhu Yuanzhang" remain high, and it smoothly survived the slightly weak plot in the early stage.
When it was almost twenty episodes in, discussions about the plot and Xu Kun's acting skills began to gradually increase.
It is not unusual to play the loyal and loyal Zhu Yuanzhang well in his youth, but to be able to portray the imperial atmosphere after he ascends the throne is not something that ordinary young actors can do.
At first, there were scattered voices praising Xu Kun's acting skills on the Internet. As the plot continued to deepen, the praise gradually expanded and spread to offline media.
When Zhu Yuanzhang lost his wife and son and officially entered his old age, even the major film review magazines stopped. "Film Art" published a review, praising Xu Kun's role as Zhu Yuanzhang: he is heroic in his youth, imperial in his middle age, and majestic in his old age. The three qi are perfectly integrated into one.
"Cinema Manual" compared CCTV's new year's drama "Emperor Wu of Han" with it. It believed that "Han" started high and started low, and the later it became more and more procrastinating; "Zhu" went up all the way, getting more and more. Later on, the play became more and more heroic.
"Global Screen" is a more straightforward statement: Xu Kun, who was born in the 1980s, defeated Chen Baoguo, who was born in the 50s. Even Huang Xiaoming, who is also famous for interpreting the life of an emperor, pales in comparison to Zhu Yuanzhang played by Xu Kun .
"Watching Movies" lamented: Xu Kun's performance in the last few episodes of "Zhu Yuanzhang" was as if he was possessed by the soul of a person in his 50s or 60s.
By July 27, the deputy director of Beijing Satellite TV called Xu Kun to report the good news. He said that the average ratings were 4.7%, and the finale's ratings reached 8.6%, breaking the record of Beijing Satellite TV in recent years. Record.
Although there is still a big gap with the 9.1% of CCTV's new year's drama "Emperor of Han Dynasty", considering the equality of the two platforms and the super luxurious cast of the other party, the 8.6% of "Zhu Yuanzhang" is obviously higher. .
As of the end of July, based on average ratings, "Zhu Yuanzhang" was temporarily ranked fifth. The top four were "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", "Family with Children", "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" and "The Best in the World" 》.
According to past experience, there will be two or three blockbusters released in the remaining four months, but no matter what, "Zhu Yuanzhang" can still occupy a place in the top ten.
This is undoubtedly a step up from "Heavenly Sword Heroes".
Moreover, the reason why "Heavenly Sword" was so popular in the first place is inseparable from the strategy of strongly binding "Legend of Sword and Fairy" - by the way, because Tang Dynasty mainly focused on local TV stations, Sword of Heaven was still everywhere in 2005. , and Tianjian is far behind in this regard.
The promotion of "Zhu Yuanzhang" was very regular, with no tricks at all. The reason why it continued to become popular was entirely due to the "genealogy chart" in the early stage, and in the later stage it was driven purely by Xu Kun's acting skills.
In late July, the animated picture of Xu Kun stroking clean thorns was widely circulated with the four words "Qi of the King". As a result, it later spread and interacted with the Hushubao advertisement, and was Changed to domineering side leakage.
This word was originally coined by Deyunshe in 2003, but after August 2005, it became Xu Kun's exclusive adjective.
This is the same as the origin of "Brother Xinchun, Get Eternal Life" changed from Chen Xiaochun to Li Yuchun, which shows how popular Xu is this summer.
Many media and online forums believe that Xu Kun's acting skills are fully qualified to be ranked among the top four actors, and they are quarreling over who should replace him.
However, if we put aside the acting skills and calculate the ratings alone, even the king of dramas in the first half of this year, "Emperor of Han Dynasty", is far behind the famous works of the four young actors.
After all, the ratings have been declining year by year. The days when one drama like "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" accounted for half of the TV dramas are long gone.
During the period when the TV series was on the air, Lao Baigan also benefited greatly.
Although the performance of "Heroes of Sword" last year was not bad, the offline discussion was far worse than that of "Zhu Yuanzhang". What's more, the former mainly attracted young people, while the latter had a large number of middle-aged fans.
As we all know, middle-aged people are the main force in liquor consumption.
Therefore, the leader of the winery was happy and regretful. He was afraid that Xu Kun would be offended by his refusal to invest in "The Boss". The TV series was still a few episodes away from being aired, so he hurriedly sent a vice president to Beijing to find Xu Kun to sign an advertisement. Endorsement contracts.
In the TV series, it is fake to throw money at people, but it is real in wineries to throw money at people.
The advertising fee is one million, and the endorsement fee is three million over two years. Xu Kun's total assets exceeded the seven million mark in just one cup of tea after signing the contract.
Not to mention that all actors want to be famous. As long as this person can be famous, the money will be as strong as the wind.
But this time Hushu Bao didn’t dare to ask Xu Kun to shoot an advertisement again. A “domineering leak” made them miserable, and even the official had to stand up to refute the rumors:
What leaked was Xu’s domineering attitude and had nothing to do with our sanitary napkins.
July 28th.
The day after the deputy director of Beijing TV station personally called Xu Kun to congratulate him, Wang Zhonglei also rushed to the crew in the name of visiting the crew.
[PS: The ratings that can be found on the Internet are too confusing, and different statistical methods are contradictory to each other. You can probably just look at the rankings and don't take it seriously. 】
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