July is only about a week away now. By the time he arrives in early August, the crew will have just passed the early adaptation period and entered the best shooting stage.
At that point in time, everything was almost in sync, and it was time to catch up, so he couldn't waste his time.
But despite this, Liu Qingshan hung up the phone and immediately called Jiang Lijuan.
They were obviously attending a dinner there, and Minister Jiang called back immediately after hanging up. When he picked up the phone again, he could still hear the faint noise.
After roughly explaining his purpose of coming, Minister Jiang said in a rather thoughtful tone: "I think you should just make time to come here. Your script was highly valued by the city and provincial government, and the drama was also Treat it as a key project. Once you win the award, your parents and fellow villagers will not miss you?"
After Liu Qingshan heard this, he curled his lips subconsciously, but his reply was full of enthusiasm: "In that case, I will try my best. You also know that I am very busy during this time!"
"I know, I know. You shot a movie and a TV series in just over two months, and everyone is saying that your work attitude is all about working hard!"
"Why, you are also so concerned about the entertainment industry?"
"We only pay attention to you, because you are the only international star in our province who has gone abroad! No, you are the only truly international star in the entire mainland."
"I just thought you were complimenting me."
"Nonsense! Isn't it a compliment or a disparagement? Okay, I know the purpose of your call, just think of it as doing a favor to my old sister, okay?"
"You have said so, why can't I cooperate actively?"
"Of course, if you do this favor for my sister, she won't lose you. I will remember your great kindness!"
Liu Qingshan, who ended the call, was a little bit dumbfounded. He originally wanted to try to see if there was any possibility of redemption, but he was tricked instead.
He didn't want to do this cameo because he really didn't have much time. Although he only gave the other party three days, when something went wrong during filming, he could really stay for only three days and leave.
Moreover, he is also the screenwriter of this drama and has the responsibility to supervise the production. If anyone compares it to reality, he is the one who violated the rules in the first place.
Moreover, his script has very strict requirements. The director is not allowed to make the slightest change, but he also has a considerable amount of director power in selecting people.
If it weren't for the fact that his scripts are hard to come by, just these additional conditions would offend many people.
Therefore, as a semi-official crew, it was possible that they were deliberately retaliating by forcefully recruiting him to join the cast as a guest star, but more importantly, they took a fancy to his huge market appeal.
He didn't even have any doubt that his character image would be shown on the promotional page of the drama in the subsequent promotion of the drama. He had to raise this issue to the producer as soon as possible.
As soon as Liu Qingshan put down the phone, there was a knock on the door.
He walked forward and opened the door. He knew that the person who came was Shi Hui, and he had been waiting outside the door for most of the day.
Shi Hui came in and gave a brief explanation: "Two things, one is that the total box office of "Ip Man" is out, it is not higher than our movie "Let the Bullets Fly", but it is not far behind; the second is that "Latent" is online, Today is the first two episodes!"
Only then did Liu Qingshan remember this and hurriedly turned around and turned on the TV.
Shi Hui went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of drink and sat down on the sofa next to Liu Qingshan: "Say boss, the global box office is not higher than our first step. How can I see that you are not disappointed at all?" ?」
Liu Qingshan lit up a cigarette and then answered with a smile: "As expected, kung fu movies are not gunfight comedies after all. The audience group has its limitations, at least it is not attractive enough to women."
"Yeah, if it weren't for our own movie, I wouldn't buy a movie ticket!" Shi Hui suddenly realized and quickly changed the subject, "Then our TV series tonight is a spy drama, so there won't be many female viewers? "
Liu Qingshan said cheerfully: "These are two different things. You don't have to pay to watch TV, and you watch TV all day long."
Most of the people in front of the TV are middle-aged and elderly people, and TV series with this theme are their favorite! "
"Well, middle-aged and elderly people are not willing to spend money to go to the cinema. It seems that you are very confident in our work!"
"It will be broadcast on the national TV channel again. I think it will break the ratings record!"
"There are so many TV stations now, and the types of broadcasts are also rich. Can it break 99% of other people's ratings? Just dream!"
"In 1981, there was only one TV station in the country, and the ratings of 99% were actually reasonable. How many people had TVs at that time? And it was guaranteed that when the show "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" was broadcast, everyone with TVs would be at home. ? Besides, the ratings I’m talking about refer to the data after local satellite TV is established. Are you pretending to be stupid?"
"Well, if I can break through 3%, I'll be satisfied!"
"This percentage is already high, but I am confident it will be higher than this number."
"What's your basis?"
"As long as we can retain as many viewers who are accustomed to watching "Lianbo News" and "Focus", I think it is not impossible to achieve this figure."
"In addition, it is still a spy drama, so this reason is still possible."
As the two of them talked, the first episode of "Insidious" had already begun.
The original drama was broadcast simultaneously on four major TV stations, and the average ratings on Kyoto TV alone reached 9.1%, and the finale soared to 14%. Such ratings are unprecedented in the television industry, and it is unlikely to be seen again in the future.
But the ratings of this edition cannot be calculated in this way, because the signal penetration rate of National Television is higher. If it can reach 9.1%, it is a broadcast miracle similar to "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp".
But Liu Qingshan does not attach great importance to this first broadcast, but is more concerned about the second round of broadcasts.
Because the rights to rebroadcast this drama have also been sold, and the four major TV stations jointly purchased it.
The four major TV stations have joined forces to fight for the right to rebroadcast the show, which actually caused a sensation before the show was aired.
But they did this for a reason. The original drama had such high ratings, and the numerous reruns in the following years still maintained a very high figure. The reason is that the quality of this drama is almost the ceiling of domestic dramas.
Its practical significance has gone beyond the concept of blockbusters. Although many so-called blockbuster TV series are good to watch, no one will discuss them after the storm. There are fewer and fewer good dramas that make people have the urge to watch them second or third time.
This drama is different. It has been replayed dozens of times on Shonan Satellite TV, and it is still interesting to watch. The reason is that it is the pioneer of Chinese spy dramas.
There had never been a "spy war drama" in the strict sense in China before. This drama allowed the audience to truly understand the true working conditions of the underground revolutionary party for the first time.
And compared with American dramas with extremely high technical content, the excitement of "Insidious" is not only interlocking but also sophisticated.
Just like today's two episodes, the plot is compact and there is suspense at the beginning. The intellectual image played by Liu Qingshan and the suspenseful assassination operation attract the audience from the beginning and quickly get to the point.
Moreover, the type of this drama breaks the usual serious style of previous spy dramas, and almost every episode has funny elements.
But more importantly, the vivid characters in the play made many viewers unable to stop.
Especially his version of Yu Zecheng is a bonus to the characters based on the script, and a huge bonus.
He portrayed the caution and weakness that this character must possess to an almost perfect level.
Coupled with his various influence bonuses in real life, this drama has attracted countless times more attention than the original version as soon as it was aired.
He was perfect at pretending to be stupid and innocent, and his silly smile and the slits in his eyes behind the lenses were also perfect.
Strictly speaking, Yu Zecheng's stupidity is too artificial, but in fact, if you look carefully, this artificiality is also deliberate for the character.
Because Yu Zecheng should be a very dignified person. Even if he pretends to be stupid, he must let people know his status, instead of acting like a real fool.
Otherwise, the webmaster would not entrust him with important tasks. The webmaster hinted at this in one episode.
Therefore, in the interpretation of this role, the actors have to express more levels of things, and it is more difficult to interpret.
Yu Zecheng's pretense must be between resemblance and dissimilarity. To colleagues such as Ma Kui, Li Ya, and Lu Qiaoshan, Yu Zecheng really has a silly smile on his face.
From the perspective of the webmaster, there is another meaning behind Yu Zecheng's silly smile: You know me, pretending to be stupid to you is just going through the motions.
Fortunately, this drama does not deliberately create tension and suspense, just like there are some undercurrents under the calm river.
What brings more to the audience is not the spy career itself, but the beliefs of our party members and the emptiness of the enemy parties, and the appearance of all living beings in the era of the transition between the old and new regimes.
At the same time, there is no artificial elevation through language or plot, which breaks out of the conventions and contrivances of similar works.
The reason why I think the actors performed well is largely due to the real-life performances of the main actors. The audience will not feel alienated but will have a sense of substitution.
In ordinary spy dramas, there is often a serious sense of estrangement and even artificiality due to ideological and other issues.
This type of life-like performance not only relies on the control of the script and director, but also requires the actor himself to be able to let go and have his own experience and understanding of ordinary daily life.
This is a film that calmly compares the appearance of all living beings in the world before the collapse of the government, telling the audience that the failure of the government was actually caused by its own corruption and darkness.
This makes Yu Zecheng's beliefs and ideals not just rigid ideological preaching, but also tangible and tangible, unlike the cold and dogmatic output of a large number of other typed spy dramas.
The outstanding performance of life-style is another important factor. Every actor, especially the two leading actors, plays in a completely life-style performance. There is no other spy drama where the well-dressed and artificial expressions speak in a human-like manner.
The performance must let the character come to the actor and yourself, not the other way around.
Every successful character must have one or more aspects of the actor's personality. Therefore, an excellent actor must be rich in himself to be able to provide different aspects of basic temperament for different roles.
Only in this way can we truly and profoundly create vivid and unforgettable characters. At this point, Liu Qingshan undoubtedly achieved it.
