Chapter 296: The Offensive and Defensive Positions of the Mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan in the Entertainment Industry Have Changed
As mentioned before, the trilogy of "Celebrating Yu Nian" was filmed in stages according to the original plot.
The plot of the first season is similar to the original version, with Kyoto turmoil and a mission to Northern Qi, but in the final plot, in order to keep the knot, the second prince ambushed and killed Fan Xian.
This plot is original, and there is no such thing in the original novel.
There is nothing we can do about it. Novels are different from TV series. People serialize this plot every day and directly connect to the next plot, with a few chapters at most for transition.
For this kind of TV series broadcast on a seasonal basis, if the ending is too bland and there is no knot, it is simply asking for trouble.
At that time, the audience saw Fan Xian "stabbed to death" by Yan Bingyun in the finale, and many people went crazy and the discussion was extremely high.
Of course, with the original novel and the next two trilogies as the basis, everyone knew that Fan Xian was faking his death, but they were not sure how to deal with the connection later.
Wei Yang and screenwriter Wang Juan certainly did not announce it, and the actors did not know it before they got the script. Some even went to ask the original author Mao Ni.
Mao Ni was confused. This plot was not written by him, so how could he know how to make it round.
However, it is not that there are no smart people who can guess it.
After all, the plot is not too complicated. Fan Xian will not die. Yan Bingyun is later set to be Fan Xian's right-hand man and a decent person. Therefore, the so-called "betrayal" is probably a well-planned situation. In order to save people or lead out the mastermind, at most an undercover setting is added.
This is indeed the case. The situation is not complicated and the original text of the second season is quickly introduced.
Fan Xian fights with the second prince and the prince, then marries Lin Wan'er, goes to the south of the Yangtze River to collect the inner treasury, and the biggest climax of the entire series is the battle of Dadong Mountain.
Emperor Qing laid out a plan to kill the three great masters and the prince, the second prince and other rebels. Fan Xian also followed to clear a wave of villains to avenge himself and his cheap mother.
In terms of the rhythm of the plot and the climax, Wei Yang personally thinks that the plot of the second season will be more exciting, more exciting and more beautiful.
The first season is more of a foreshadowing. The plot is actually relatively flat, and there is also a certain degree of suppression and calculation of the male protagonist.
The second season is a release. The early struggles, as well as the thorough outbreak and liquidation in the middle and late stages, swept away most of the male protagonist's enemies, which was particularly satisfying.
At the same time, the four great masters confronted each other, and various rebellions were reversed and killed. The lines converged together, and the battle was successful, which made the audience happy.
On the contrary, in the third season, the father and son turned against each other, and there were actually many knives. Relatives and friends were killed, and the male protagonist was also suppressed and embarrassed. He was forced to go to the temple for help and finally fought.
So the tone of this season is mostly depressing.
Moreover, revealing the truth will also produce some value conflicts, imperial power VS freedom, and some people may not be used to the change from fantasy to science fiction.
Without considering the bonus of the trilogy ending, Wei Yang and the creators of "Celebrating Yu Nian" both feel that the second season is more likely to become the peak of the series, at least it will definitely exceed the first season.
As for the third season, the situation is complicated and difficult to predict. It depends on the specific analysis when it is broadcast later. However, if the foundation of the first two parts is solid, even if the style changes, it will surely guarantee a very high lower limit.
For the same reason, no matter what the third season will be like in the future, the most important thing for the crew of "Celebrating Yu Nian" is to shoot the second season well.
Kong Sheng, the chief director of the first season, did not come again this time, but became a consultant. Zhang Yongxin, Li Muge, and Sun Hao were the directors, and Wei Yang was the supervisor.
The three directors were able to make some achievements in the future, and they were not mediocre people.
After being trained by Kong Sheng for a season, and having other crews to learn and work in the past six months, the three of them worked together, and Wei Yang was the bottom producer, so they were still confident in winning the second and third seasons of "Celebrating Yu Nian".
Another key point is that a considerable number of actors are the original cast, and they all had a certain understanding of the characters when filming the first season.
Although they did not get the script later, the original novel was posted on the Internet, and anyone who was interested read it.
Now the second season has started shooting. After a short run-in period, everyone quickly found their state, and the difficulty and speed of shooting have been greatly improved compared with the first season.
In mid-April, about one month after the start of filming, the expected one and a half months of scenes were shot.
If we continue at this speed, we can save at least dozens of days of schedule.
However, considering that the main actors are from the first season, the new actors still have an adaptation period, which will slow down the progress, and the large number of fighting scenes in the future are difficult to determine the time. If there is enough time, they may be further polished.
Wei Yang's attitude is not to rush the work, shoot normally, and it is best to polish it finely, as long as it does not exceed the expected time too much.
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While Wei Yang was busy filming in the crew of "Celebrating Yu Nian", there were constant storms outside.
The Zhen-Zhao war mentioned earlier has finally become white-hot, and various stars have taken sides, and Hong Kong and Taiwan artists have been impacted by a large number of netizens.
From the perspective of hindsight, this incident is of the same nature as the previous "XX Gate" and the "Little White Dragon Beating Incident" before that.
It seems that the problem has been solved, but in fact, the image, appeal and audience appeal of Hong Kong and Taiwan, especially Hong Kong artists, have been impacted and eliminated again and again.
The Little White Dragon incident directly ruined Zhang Weijian, who was a hegemon in the field of TV dramas at the time. Although Chef Xie survived, he also pretended to be a grandson for several years.
The "XX Gate" directly ruined several of the most powerful artists of the new generation in Hong Kong, causing a rupture in the Hong Kong circle and huge losses.
This time, the "Zhao Zhen dispute" affected both parties.
Zhao Wenzhuo's career has been full of twists and turns, but he was already in a period of decline, and strictly speaking, he was also in the Hong Kong circle, so the mainland didn't suffer much.
However, Zhen Zidan is the most famous Kung Fu superstar in recent years, and his momentum even surpasses those older Hong Kong and Taiwan big names. His pay was once the highest in Chinese.
After this incident, it can't be said that he is out of favor, but he is also quite affected, and his popularity with the audience has plummeted.
The worst is Shu Dazui, who is currently one of the few Hong Kong and Taiwan big flowers that can compete with the mainland. As a result, because of this incident, her dark history was exposed, and she was attacked by everyone. She was once sniped out of Weibo, and her resources were also affected a lot.
Wei Yang doesn't want to be a conspiracy theory, at least at his level, he has never heard of this kind of wind, and it is probably not a deliberate calculation.
But after the incident broke out, various people fanned the flames, squeezed the space, and even joined forces to exclude it in the later stage. It is obvious that they grabbed market resources.
The rise of the mainland film and television industry and the decline of Hong Kong and Taiwan are not just the general trend, but also these events have promoted and accelerated it to a greater or lesser extent.
Wei Yang was just a bystander, but later when he realized that Zhen Zidan's pay had been cut by several percent, Shu Dazui had several resources directly robbed, and many Hong Kong and Taiwan artists who supported Zhen Zidan were affected to a certain extent.
He understood that this matter was not just a so-called team-standing issue, but involved a conflict of interests behind the scenes.
Zhen Zidan was able to survive because he was thick-blooded and could continue to create benefits. Someone protected him, and no one would kill him.
Artists such as Zhao Wenzhuo and Shu Dazui, who had low commercial value and thin blood, became real victims. Whether they could survive depended on their fate.
"This is a lesson for me."
Wei Yang didn't understand it before, but after he really reached the position of a big boss and saw many problems and information more thoroughly and clearly, he couldn't help but sigh.
At the same time, he was also alert. Zhen Zidan was in his prime, so he was attacked by everyone. He, Wei, was not a good person either, and even had more potential. Maybe one day he would encounter the same calculation and siege.
However, Boss Wei is not an ordinary artist after all. His size and connections are not comparable to those artists.
Be vigilant and cautious, make more friends, and grasp these key points. There is nothing to be afraid of. If he is provoked and the table is overturned, it will be an earthquake in the circle...
Compared to this big melon, other emotional entanglements, marriage and love are nothing new.
Wei Yang doesn't care much, even the "Zhao Zhen War", he only pays a little attention to it. What he really cares about is the drama of Blue Whale.
After "Celebrating More Than Years", Blue Whale's upcoming works, in addition to "Diamond Lover" targeting the summer season, "Soul Ferry" and "Chef Fang in the Flower Room" have been broadcast on the Internet platform and satellite TV one after another.
In fact, compared with the previous two years, this year's TV drama market is a little deserted.
It's been almost half a year, and except for "Celebrating More Than Years", the most popular TV series are actually "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Startling by Each Step" last year.
After that, there are new dramas such as "Beijing Love Story", "Strange Hero Ouyang De" and "Palace Lock and Bead Curtain" that will be broadcast in the first half of this year.
It can even be said that the mainland TV market in the past four months has basically lived under the shadow of the two characters, Fan Xian and Zhen Huan.
The performance and data of "Celebrating More Than Years" are even more explosive. "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is strong in its high audience stickiness and good long-tail effect.
The two dramas launched by Blue Whale naturally cannot break the monopoly of these two phenomenal hits.
But under the pressure of the two dramas, it still achieved outstanding results.
After "Soul Ferry" was launched on the emerging Penguin Video, it immediately won the favor of a large number of viewers with many elements such as novel background + social reality + large scale + horror suspense.
Within Penguin Video, it became the most popular in two days and dominated the charts for many consecutive days.
On other platforms, it also went out of the circle to a certain extent, with excellent reputation. The Douban score was close to 9 points at one time, and finally stabilized at 8.8 points.
This score is considered the first echelon even for Blue Whale, which claims to only produce high-quality products.
The popular "Celebrating More Than Years" only scored 8.0 points, and there is even a risk of falling.
Of course, with the size of "Celebrating Yu Nian", there are many people who support and oppose it, so the score is seriously dragged down.
"Soul Ferry" can only be regarded as a niche boutique, with a certain filter halo, so the score will naturally be high.
Considering the current audience feedback and the subsequent trend, it may break 9 points and become the most impressive high-scoring and well-received masterpiece of Blue Whale.
The leading actor Li Jiahang and Zhang Songwen, who plays Zhao Li, are also in the limelight. In addition to the aftermath of "Celebrating Yu Nian", the two can finally stand up straight in the Blue Whale where talents are emerging.
In comparison, the reputation of "Chef Fang of Flower House" is not as good as "Soul Ferry", but the score of 7.8 is not bad.
But if we talk about the performance data and the degree of popularity, "Chef Fang of Flower House", which has great advantages in subject matter and platform, and a more popular main creative lineup, is more popular than "Soul Ferry"...