In January 2001, "Young Bao Qingtian" officially premiered on Yanjing Satellite TV.
Immediately, it quickly attracted the attention of the audience with its suspenseful and climaxing story, the outstanding acting skills of the actors, and the meticulous production of the behind-the-scenes team.
The viewership rating is as high as 10%, not only ranking first in the same period, but also ranking first in the whole year. The results are quite amazing!
Such high ratings have also benefited all the leading actors in the play a lot.
As the protagonist, Xiang Nan is brave, wise, generous and upright, and values love and justice, so he is deeply loved by the audience; the second male lead, Ren Chan, is handsome, talented, and infatuated, and also wins the love of the audience; the female lead is also loved by the audience Li Bingbing has a pretty face, dares to love and hate, and has a clear sense of right and wrong, which also makes the audience love him endlessly.
Others like Shi Xiaolong who plays Zhan Zhao, Liu Yijun who plays Pang Feiyan, He Zhonghua who plays Shen Liang, etc. have also seen their popularity increase to varying degrees.
The success of "Young Man Bao Qingtian" also caused Xiang Nan's film contracts to increase several times, and even his salary doubled compared to before.
However, Xiang Nan's principle in taking on roles is to avoid overdoing it. Faced with an influx of film offers, after some screening, he finally chose the role of the young Kangxi in "Kangxi Dynasty".
Xiang Nan watched this TV series back then and was deeply impressed. Knowing that this is a masterpiece, it not only has extremely high ratings, but also arouses great repercussions in society.
Although the young Kangxi only appeared in less than ten episodes, he was still impressive. So even if it was just a supporting role and the pay was not high, Xiang Nan was still happy to take it.
…
In February, Xiang Nan's fourth album "Love in BC" was officially recorded.
When filming the MV, Xiang Nan chose Tang Wei as the heroine of his MV.
Firstly, Tang Wei's looks are good enough to be the heroine; secondly, she is now signed to the Youth Youth banner and is the second artist signed by the studio.
Xiang Nan hopes to make her famous, and then he can become an evil capitalist who exploits workers.
Tang Wei was extremely surprised when he learned that Xiang Nan had selected him to act in the MV. She knows that every MV heroine he collaborates with is now popular.
Zhang Jingchu quickly became popular for her role as Zhang Daxue in "The Happy Life of Zhang Damin." After that, he took on roles in "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", "Kangxi Private Interview 2", "The Heroic Lady", etc., and his popularity is getting higher and higher.
After Zeng Lai collaborated with Xiang Nan on the MV, he quickly attracted the attention of the film and television industry, and subsequently participated in "Love Between Humans and Ghosts", "The Legend of Lu Buwei", "The Complete Marriage Manual", etc. He is no longer transparent in the entertainment industry people.
After Li Xiaoran collaborated with Xiang Nan on the MV, he soon joined the crew of "The Sword of the Third Young Master", and then took over filming of dramas such as "White Trap" and "Floating in Troubled Times", and his career also saw a significant turn for the better.
Nowadays, Xiang Nan's popularity is getting higher and higher, and his new album is getting more and more attention. The entertainment industry is paying more and more attention to who can star in the heroine of his music video.
It is no exaggeration to say that half of the female artists in the entertainment industry are eager to cooperate with him.
But he didn't expect that such a big piece of cake would fall into his mouth like this. It was really a pie in the sky.
Therefore, Tang Wei is very grateful for this.
…
For the MV shooting of "Love in BC", Xiang Nan did not hire a director, but planned to direct it himself.
Firstly, he had seen this MV before and it still had an impression on him, so he was going to imitate it. Secondly, he also wanted to use it to train himself and gain some experience as a director.
Xiang Nan has watched many popular movies and TV series from later generations, and many of them are still impressive. Rather than writing a script and selling it to other production companies, it would be better to invest and try it yourself.
If you want to invest in the production of film and television dramas, you must be familiar with every aspect of it. Otherwise, you may be deceived and bankrupted at any time.
In the entertainment industry, there are always examples of rich people being deceived out of their money by shrewd producers. Just set up a scene, hire a big star, and dare to ask for millions or tens of millions.
If you don't know the details inside, you will really be cheated and have to help others count their money. So Xiang Nan must learn to explore and accumulate experience now, so as not to be cheated by others in the future.
Since Xiang Nan is directing it himself, the progress is naturally much slower.
With an experienced director, the filming might have been completed in three or two days, but he had no relevant experience and could only explore slowly, so it took seven days to complete the filming.
Not only is the filming finished, there are also editing, color grading, and soundtracking. The number of processes is frightening. It took nearly half a month to finally complete a four-and-a-half-minute MV. It can be said to be time-consuming and labor-intensive!
But to be honest, by shooting this MV, Xiang Nan initially understood each process. Next, if you slowly learn and accumulate experience, you might become a famous director in the future.
You know, many directors in the world started their careers by making music videos. For example, David Fincher and Michael Bay from Hollywood; Tetsuya Nakajima from Japan (who filmed "The Life of the Disliked Matsuko"); Zhang Guoli, Zhang Yibai, Zhang Yuan from the Mainland, etc.
With Xiang Nan's super high IQ, rigorous style, and abundant knowledge, I believe it is very possible.
…
The MV for "Love in BC" was quickly played on major TV stations and immediately attracted the attention of the audience.
First of all, this MV is a rare MV with a fantasy color. The mysterious ancient Babylonian civilization, the ancient Code of Hammurabi, the distant Mesopotamian plains... the audience can't help but yearn for it.
Secondly, many mainland audiences are exposed to R&B songs for the first time. To be honest, the first reaction of many adult viewers is discomfort.
The weird melody, strange beats, and unintelligible lyrics made the audience accustomed to traditional pop music frown.
In contrast, when the young audience heard this song, they all shouted that it was fun and felt it was very novel and interesting.
In order to better promote the album "Love in BC" and let more people accept his transformation, Xiang Nan specially asked Su Mang to write articles for major entertainment magazines to introduce the origin and development of the R&B genre, as well as its current popularity in the entertainment industry. The prosperity of European and American countries.
Let them know that this kind of song is very fashionable, very popular, and very popular. All the big-name foreign singers sing this kind of song.
This kind of propaganda is still very effective. Many readers were originally not interested in R&B, but after reading these reports, they couldn't help but become interested.
Therefore, the subsequent record order volume was quite good. What makes Song Bing particularly happy is that after the album was sold to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia through Warner's sales channels, it actually achieved good sales, which had never happened before.
Because before this, listeners in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and other places thought that mainland pop music was terrible.
For example, in "Brother Xinzha Chasing Girls" starring Wu Qilong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Yang Caini, there is a funny plot in which a mainland girl played by Yang Caini sings "The Tracker's Love" in a karaoke OK.
Xiang Nan's album focuses on R&B style, which is trendy and fashionable, and the quality of each song is very high, so it has naturally won the love of local listeners.
