Chapter 139 "Wulin Gaiden"
In November 2004, two major events happened in the film and television industry.
One is "Shark Beach" breaking 100 million, which actually has a lot to do with the war of words, and the other is the launch of the TV series "Blood Romance".
"Blood Romance" is Du Liang's work, a period drama about the life of a big courtyard boy.
The director is Teng Wenyi, Teng Huatao’s father.
At this stage, in the field of TV dramas, CCTV is the well-deserved leader. The TV dramas it broadcasts are generally well-produced and have high ratings.
Especially at eight o’clock every night, the ratings champions are basically CCTV dramas.
But it has been stolen by Jiangsu Satellite TV recently. The reason is that Jiangsu Satellite TV launched "Blood Romance".
As soon as the video was aired, it immediately aroused heated discussion among the people.
The premiere ratings broke 1, reaching 13.6% at its peak.
Then the characters in the play quickly became a topic of conversation among the general public.
Zhong Yuemin, Yuan Jun, Zhang Haiyang, and Li Yuanchao were born in the military compound, and their parents were senior military officials.
Although they have the same origin, everyone's life is different.
Zhong Yuemin served as a soldier, opened a restaurant, and sold pancakes. He was the male protagonist of the whole drama, but he was a person full of romantic feelings.
The performance in the drama is unreliable.
I'm in my thirties and I'm still not married, and I don't have a career. I just pursue freedom every day. I would rather chase poachers on the border than live a down-to-earth life.
Others are relatively normal, Yuan Jun develops in the army and is a diplomatic attaché.
Zheng Tong, who has always been poor, finally became a doctor and did research in a down-to-earth manner.
Zhang Haiyang became the captain of the criminal police and repeatedly solved major cases.
Li Yuanchao has the strongest family background. He was the core of the compound when he was a child. When he grew up, he was among the first to go abroad. He lived in a bungalow, drove a luxury car and enjoyed life.
Everyone is talking about it with gusto. To put it bluntly, the life of the military compound is still mysterious and full of curiosity to the people.
This drama is popular largely because it is real.
Every one of the brothers in the big courtyard is enjoying life like a fish in water, but the common people are still living in poverty all day long.
As a member of the common people, Li Kuiyong once struggled, but in the end he could not fight his fate. His family lived in a mess, and he eventually fell ill and died due to years of fatigue.
The little bastard is an outstanding character, the kind who is prickly and refuses to accept his fate.
But he was also the first to go offline, and died in Xiannongtan.
In this drama, you feel that there is no villain in the traditional sense.
Everyone is interpreting his or her own life.
Common people and big courtyard boys are naturally opposed to each other.
Sun Li plays Zhong Yuemin’s first girlfriend in this drama. Even if she is the ratings queen in later generations, no other work can surpass the ratings record of this drama.
The original author Du Liang once said that the Zhong Yuemin played by Liu Ye was not the Zhong Yuemin in his book at all.
But the people like it very much. People think that Zhong Yuemin should be like this.
To put it bluntly, it was still a question of the current trend of thought at that time.
At that time, the education that everyone received from childhood to adulthood was all about dedication, sacrificing the family for everyone, labor is the most glorious, and hard work leads to wealth...
Everyone is required to live the same way. .
So whenever someone does something out of the ordinary, they will be regarded as an example.
Paying attention to individuality is not advocated in this era, but it is what people desire.
People all have a rebellious mentality. After being depressed for a long time, they want to change their way of life. It is impossible in reality, so it is in a dream, and TV dramas are the dreams of adults.
That’s why people like Zhong Yuemin. Although he is unreliable, he dares to do things that people want to do but dare not do.
It exactly corresponds to Huang Jiaju's lyrics - forgive me for being uninhibited, indulgent and loving freedom in this life.
People who like Zhong Yuemin are basically men, and everyone wants to be Zhong Yuemin, because in reality they are all Li Kuiyong.
At this time, people’s thoughts are very simple, that is, I don’t want to live like this, but I don’t know what to do.
Later generations have developed information, but the summary is clear.
What is freedom?
It’s not that you can do whatever you want, but you have the right to refuse when you don’t want to do something.
Dong Jianqiang came to Zhang Chen and told him about "Blood Romance" because he wanted to make a TV series.
Don’t look at the two movies of Xingchen Entertainment that were hits and made a lot of money.
But those are special cases.
It is generally accepted in the industry that making movies is more influential than making TV series, but making TV series is more profitable than making movies.
But the premise is that there is a relationship.
Once your drama is produced, it will be sold.
“Do you have a connection?”
“I don’t, but Raytheon does.
Raytheon initially started with TV programs, and so far, Raytheon is the largest TV segment They have a good relationship with various TV stations.
Our two families can definitely cooperate. We will help them play in movies. For TV series, he can help us find relationships, or the two of us can do it together. .”
Dong Jianqiang has obviously been thinking about this for more than a day or two. The reason why he didn't mention it before is probably because the company has no money, and the second is because the entire company is focusing on "Shark Beach".
"Shark Beach" is successful, everything is easy to say, but "Shark Beach" fails, everything is over.
Now that "Shark Beach" is finished, Dong Jianqiang's series of plans should also be put on the agenda.
“But we have no money~”
Zhang Chen has both hands, and the profits from "Dark Invasion" have been invested in the production of "Shark Beach" and "Dark Invasion 2" .
Although "Shark Beach" made a profit, it would take at least half a year to wait for settlement.
“We don’t have it, but others have it. Nowadays only fools use their own money to make dramas~”
Dong Jianqiang looked at Zhang Chen with an expression of looking at a fool. He had long been dissatisfied with the company. I have a problem with this stupid approach.
The film and television industry is a high-risk industry, but Zhang Chen wants to use his own money to make movies. Isn’t this stupid?
The latter scratched his head, you disrespect yourself as a leader too much.
Okay, I'm just an idiot. "You don't have to worry about the funding. I will take care of it. You don't know how many people want to invest in our company after "Shark Beach".
The company has currently produced two movies , each one is a big profit, and the third one is very likely to be a profit. For a company like this, as long as I put it out there and want to raise funds, there will be a lot of people willing to pay."
"Okay, okay, that's it. You just have to make the decision.”
When it comes to other people’s professional fields, Zhang Chen can only shut up.
"The key is the project. Whether you can find a good project or not, relationships are important, but the quality of the work must also be of decent quality."
"What are you going to do?"
"I want to do it most. Of course I am doing period dramas. Now "Blood Romance" is in full swing, and the previous "The Passionate Years" is also good, but unfortunately this one is too difficult."
"The Passionate Years" Zhang Chen knows, It was also a popular drama at that time, also known as "The Love Story of Shi Guangrong and Chu Qin". I thought it was really good to watch, and the soundtrack was so good that I never got tired of watching it several times.
It’s a childhood memory.
The male and female protagonists later got married and became a real couple.
Originally, things developed quite satisfactorily at this point. The male and female protagonists finally got married both on and off screen, creating a good story.
Then things changed.
After getting married, the two converted to Christianity together, and then began to behave in various ways.
"Journey to the West" has also become a book to promote Christianity in their mouths. Anyone who is literate knows that this is a story about Buddhism.
The two also complained about domestic affairs and licked American dads.
After 2010, I simply immigrated, claiming that I would rather pick up trash in the United States than return to my country, and then I actually picked up trash.
I really don’t understand. You are already famous in China, but it’s not as good as picking up trash in the United States?
Lu Ke became famous together with Uncle Ge. In the 1990s, the movie "The Story of the Editorial Department" made her a household name.
“Dongbao, who are you missing?”
"I miss Ge Ling~"
"Don't think about it. I'll introduce you to a new friend, Shuanghui Ham Sausage. Do you still miss Ge Ling?"
"Who is Ge Ling?"
People born in the 1980s and 1990s probably all remember this ham sausage advertisement.
The memory of a generation.
Then the memory collapsed. After Ge Ling and Shi Guangrong went to the United States, they worshiped foreigners and favored foreign countries, making it impossible to understand their brain circuits.
Kang Honglei probably didn't expect that such an excellent drama would be blocked because of the two leading actors making trouble.
Thinking of Kang Honglei, Zhang Chen suddenly remembered his other drama "Soldier Assault", also called "Elna Assault".
It is also a divine drama.
It seems that the production time was 2004 or 2005.
But as soon as the idea arose, he suppressed it again.
"Soldier Assault" is indeed a good drama, but it is too different.
The entire TV series revolves around a group of big men, and there is not a single female protagonist.
Can you believe that there is no heroine in the TV series?
Can you believe that there is no love line in the TV series?
"Soldier Assault" dares.
So it was difficult to sell "Soldier Assault" back then. All the major TV stations were not optimistic about it. For a long time, it was in the hands of others and no one bought it at all.
In the end, Shaanxi 2 was bought at a very low price, and the premiere did not create any splash.
It really became popular in the second and third rounds, and even won the annual ratings championship in 2007.
But it’s useless, the second and third rounds are no longer available at the price.
His producer, Tianyi Films, didn't make much money from the show.
The real profit may be made from the Internet copyright in a few years.
Although such a drama is a divine drama, Zhang Chen would not dare to get involved in it.
So he didn’t even mention it.
“Forget about period dramas, we can’t do this. By the way, go and ask around. Is there a drama called “Wulin Gaiden” in the circle?”
Just after rejecting the drama "Soldier Assault", Zhang Chen immediately thought of another drama "Wulin Gaiden".
He had the idea of this drama before, but he had no money at the time.
""Wulin Gaiden"? I know, Shang Jing and Ning Caishen's project came to me for investment two days ago, but I rejected it. What, are you interested?"
Zhang Chen was stunned, "Rejected? Why did you refuse?"
"These two are so unprofessional. Sitcoms are synonymous with low cost, but they insist on making a costume sitcom. , period films are the most expensive. If you don’t pay for a project like this, why wait?”
Um?
It sounds quite reasonable.
But no matter how reasonable it is, it doesn’t work.
Zhang Chen clearly knows how profitable "Wulin Gaiden" is.
Original time and space, the producer of "Wulin Gaiden" seems to have made a net profit of more than 10 million yuan just by selling the series, not to mention a series of derivatives. It seems that the game of the same name is also very good, with one year Earned 200 million.
A proper cash cow.
It can be said that this drama is enough to support Xingchen Film and Television.
"Listen to me, this drama will definitely be a hit. Get it immediately. Don't worry, the production cost will not be too high..."
The production cost of this drama seems to be in my memory It’s 12 million, which is definitely a huge savings.
The production of TV series often costs tens of millions.
"Okay, then I'll contact them and try to win this drama..."
"It's not a fight, it's a certainty~"
Zhang Chen continued to emphasize that if someone else really picks the peach , he has to regret it to death.
"Okay, don't worry, I didn't say anything yesterday. I will definitely win it for you." Dong Jianqiang issued a military order.
In terms of creation, he still admires Zhang Chen's vision. If Zhang Chen says yes, then it is good.
Zhang Chen also realized that his tone was a little too harsh, and explained: "Brother Dong, don't mind, I'm just anxious, but this drama is really good, forget it, you will know later."
(End of this chapter)