Chapter 395. TV Wars
At noon, under an ancient Great Wall.
"Okay! All departments... prepare! Prepare for the supporting actors! Pay attention, pay attention! Let's try to take it down this time. Think about it, this is the last shot, and you can finish the film after the filming. Are you happy?" As the director, Xiao Sheng, holding a loudspeaker, mobilizing dozens of supporting actors in prop uniforms to divide them into several pairs, holding big swords and spears. This post has been filmed four or five times, and there are always one or two supporting actors who laugh and draw and other problems.
As the director, Xiao Sheng had to walk over and over again patiently, pointing to explain to them. After finally finishing his words, he was ready to start... and was finished again. Finally, he forced Xiao Sheng to use both soft and hard skills. It was both intimidation and temptation...
After filming his own scenes, Chen Xiaotang sat behind the monitor with a careless look. He heard Xiao Sheng’s mobilization remarks and was already smiling. Since returning the director’s power to Xiao Sheng, Chen Xiaotang has understood what it means to “no burden on his body and lightly beauties!”
"Okay, okay, prepare..." Director Xiao Sheng turned around and made a gesture to Chen Xiaotang.
It means that he helps to watch some shots. After all, this kid has been a director for so long and has made more effort in many places than his old man.
"The Scene 11 of "The Seventh Stories of the Qin Dynasty"...Card!" The scene record was decided. Chen Xiaotang frowned, stared at the monitor, raised his hand and shouted: "God Ike!"
Dozens of supporting actors fought each other, regardless of the rugged rocks and muddy grass. They rolled and crawled. Sometimes the two of them hugged each other tightly, and sometimes they slashed at each other with one knife - all of them came, and even chopped people was really chopped.
This is the requirement of the actor, Chen Xiaotang, who had been a martial artist, asked the props to add aluminium sheets with very flexible parts to the upper body of the supporting actor, or to the clothes that were prepared to be chopped. This greatly increased the cost. A set of professional protective cotton costs several hundred yuan, which was impossible for the supporting actor to be used in normal times. However, it also greatly improved the visual effect - when acting, the blades were chopped on the aluminum sheets through the clothes, and the chopping sounded, and the props were like plasma fountains. It was very realistic and extremely exciting.
"Okay, this one is great, OK. Cut it over!" Chen Xiaotang shouted in a low voice, reaching out to make a forward-cutting move towards director Xiao Sheng who was directing in front.
Xiao Sheng and Chen Xiaotang's tacit understanding now is at the level of knowing what Chen Xiaotang wants without raising his eyelids. Before Chen Xiaotang's gesture was finished, the camera had cut a beautiful close-up view from the panoramic view.
Zhang Manyu, dressed as a man, was knocked away by a burly supporting actor and fell to the ground; the supporting actor grabbed it and cut it down with a ferocious look; Zhang Manyu was not afraid at all, turned over, and she flashed the blade and kicked it hard at the crotch of the supporting actor!
The young lady of the Wu family is cruel and stingy.
"Ah!" The supporting actor let out a painfully inhuman shout.
"cut, so beautiful!" Chen Xiaotang jumped up and shouted loudly at the speaker: "Zhang Manyu. You are so awesome!"
Zhang Manyu was still strong just now, but suddenly felt embarrassed. She blushed like an apple, and hurriedly ran to her assistant to ask for water to drink.
The supporting actor shouted: "Brother Tang, she... she really comes, really kick it!"
Chen Xiaotang pretended not to know, "Are you wronged? Go find the director!"
I glanced at Xiao Sheng with a serious face. I chose that supporting actor, so it would be fine if I didn’t look for it. I wouldn’t have to ask for it!
Seeing him like this, Chen Xiaotang comforted him with both soft and hard work and said, "Okay, how are you playing below? Are you doing well in the protection?"
The supporting role came back to his senses, "It's done, but she's very strong..."
"Producer! This guy. I'll get 50 yuan in salary today!"
While touching his ankle, Zhang Manyu smiled and said, "Why do you give him an extra money? I said, "I should pay him a fine! Hello, I said, big guy, how many aluminum plates are you put underneath, so hard!"
Zhang Manyu was wearing men's clothing, wrinkled her delicate and small nose, and laughed so brightly, which stunned the group of extras. After listening to her words, she pointed at the extras and burst into laughter.
Chen Xiaotang walked over happily and stood beside director Xiao Sheng and said, "Brother Sheng, you really have you, you trained Manyu so well! If this drama has a hit rating, you really deserve to give me a certificate!"
Xiao Sheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether you send a certificate or not. But according to me, you should apply for a subsidy. You have been a director for so long and the shots shots are also great."
After hearing what director Xiao Sheng said, Chen Xiaotang smiled, "Then I dare not be a good person. If you become your apprentice, you will be worthy of me if you don't charge tuition fees!"
"No, this is what you said, it's not that I won't compensate you," Xiao Sheng joked, then walked over and took the loudspeaker from the hands of the people around him, and shouted loudly-"I announce! The crew of "The Legend of Qin" and the mainland's outdoor locations will be completed!"
"Ula!!!!" Everyone cheered.
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Xiangjiang is golden, and the brilliant sunrises slowly on the river surface.
Several fishermen's boats floated on the calm river surface, occasionally whistling a few whistles, alarmed a few seabirds, spreading their wings, and sweeping across the golden river surface
This is the morning in Hong Kong.
The crew of "The Legend of Qin" returned to Hong Kong. A week later, TVB immediately made a big fuss about going to mainland China to film.
Invite famous media reporters to publish an article in the entertainment star newspaper, the largest entertainment newspaper in Hong Kong, and invest in the filming of the ancient city of Xianyang, accompany you to find Qin!
The content is as follows: As we all know, TVB has always been known for filming as a lonely cold, but this time it fought fiercely with ATV's "Qin Shihuang" and TVB started filming "The Legend of Qin". The actor chose the popular superstar Chen Xiaotang, the classical beauty Zhao Yazhi, and the five tiger generals Huang Rihua, the runner-up of the Hong Kong Miss Zhang Manyu, etc. The lineup is strong and the cast is extraordinary.
In addition to the soft factors such as actors and scripts, the hardware facilities of "The Legend of Qin" have also followed, which mainly refers to the shooting location of the TV series. This is an unprecedented move for TVB, which has always been famous for its "stingy production". Because in order to save money, TVB's TV series were usually filmed in its own TV city. There is only one ancient costume street and the Republic of China street in the TV city, so each scene seems familiar. "When shooting harem scenes, there will always be that garden, the Republic of China dramas are indispensable, and all villas in the commercial war films are that building."
But in "The Legend of Qin", TVB spent a lot of money. It is understood that during the filming period, the crew went to several cities in mainland China to shoot, realizing beautiful people and beautiful scenery.
Director Xiao Sheng introduced that "The story of "The Legend of Qin" was set in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. It was a drama that I had not tried to shoot in TVB for more than ten years, and it was a huge investment." So the crew traveled around Shaanxi~Xi Xianyang, Beijing Great Wall, Jiayuguan and other places before they could shoot a large number of ancient scenes close to the plot. "Because Hong Kong is not big. When you shoot ancient historical dramas, you must have big scenes, and there are only a handful of places where you can shoot big scenes here. Even so, there are often scenes showing your feet. It can be said that the lack of scenes greatly restricts the shooting of Hong Kong historical dramas.
To this end, our TVB station wanted to create this "Looking for Qin", we had to spend a lot of money to film on the mainland, such as shooting the battle between the ** team in Huangsha in Xianyang, shooting the battle between the pastures and horse thieves on the plains and grasslands, and shooting the war between the Rong guarding the border at the ruins of the ancient Great Wall, etc. In addition, when we were shooting the part of the ranch, there was a scene where Chen Xiaotang snatched Zhang Manyu, which was very beautiful in a rapeseed field. In addition, in order to shoot the war scene, we invited local garrison troops, about 300 cavalrymen. These were impossible to do in Xianghong…”
Judging from the scenes of "The Legend of Qin", we can already see the sincerity of TVB.
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As soon as this report was published, it immediately caused an uproar in the industry. Many people saw that the war between TVB and ATV seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
Look, it's all been investing heavily, and this time it seems that both sides will never give up.
OK, we can feast our eyes this time. The drama that we spent a lot of money on must be great and we can't miss it!
Is it ATV's "Qin Shihuang" great or TVB's "Qin Zhi" awesome, and they all have different opinions.
Faced with the growing fire, the senior executives of the wireless industry, led by Fang Yihua, Xiao Sheng and others, made a quick decision and announced that the drama "The Legend of Qin" will premiere in three days!!
For this reason, the TVB, which has always been famous for its stinginess, actually invested in a premiere ceremony.
At the ceremony, the crew of "The Legend of Qin" was interviewed by entertainment media and launched their highly recommended newcomers Zhang Manyu and Zhang Weijian.
Needless to say, Zhang Manyu is the most attractive lady in this generation.
"This is a lively girl. I hope that this time the role of Wu Yanfang will make everyone's eyes shine."
"She is from the Miss Hong Kong. As for her acting skills, we will wait and see!"
"Is there another Weng Meiling or Zhao Yazhi in the wireless?"
"Is this the future leading actress?"
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Several media commented.
As for Zhang Weijian, who looks handsome or looks pretty good, although he can't compete with the starring Chen Xiaotang, but is more handsome than others, many people didn't pay much attention to him before, but this time, TVB actually chose this person to serve as the important role of "Qin Shihuang". This shows that this person is also extraordinary.
Sure enough, at the premiere ceremony, Zhang Weijian showed his singing talent. A song by Tan Yonglin's "Friends" made many people sigh, and a song by Chen Xiaotang's "Exaggeration" pushed his performance to a climax.
Many media generally prefer this small young man recommended by Wireless, not only because he has great singing skills, but more importantly, he has a baby face.
But in fact, this "baby face" that cannot grow up will greatly limit Zhang Weijian's development in the future. In terms of roles, it will never be free from "childishness". In terms of performance, it is not only a fool but also a slippery person, and has no novelty.
In the frustrated years of "babyface" Zhang Weijian, a sentence from someone made him remember it and became his motto on the road of acting in the future. He always supported him to continue his struggle. This person was the actress Zheng Zeshi at that time. At that time, Zheng Zeshi was the eldest brother in the circle, and Zhang Weijian was just an ordinary artist, but he took the initiative to talk to Zhang Weijian. He said that among the Hong Kong artists, there were not many who suppressed him with their acting skills. This sentence gave Zhang Weijian great support and let him know that he could succeed with his acting skills.
Encouraged by this sentence, Zhang Weijian worked tirelessly and finally became famous in the early 1990s with the mythical drama "Sun and Moon Sword". This drama set the highest ratings of Hong Kong dramas at that time, and his career gradually dawned. For a time, he became the most popular figure in the entertainment industry. His harmonious performance style was attracted by major film producers and asked him to make movies. First, he was named "Successor Zhou Xingchi" by the media, but his pay was only the old number of King Zhou; second, he also had a certain box office guarantee, so in just three years, he made dozens of movies.
However, all this was not long, and Zhang Weijian's popularity was just a flash in the pan. Because he took too many roles, had too frequent exposure, and mostly took boring funny movies, the audience would no longer support him when they were tired of watching it. The records he released were not pleased by fans, and his momentum gradually declined. No one asked him to film or make a living. He sold the big house he bought when he became popular. Compared to the previous days when he was not popular, the pain of falling from the wind when he became popular was even more unbearable.
Later, the film "Young Fang Shiyu" made him famous all over the country again. He became the queen actor of the great director Wang Jing, starred in many excellent TV series, and became the "dear" in the TV industry. His career in the music industry has also risen and has a new exhibition.
But now, due to the emergence of the drama "The Legend of Qin", Zhang Weijian has become popular first. As for whether he will "ups and downs" in the future like his previous life, it is unknown.
In short, the media are generally optimistic about him now. After all, this drama has the big brand Chen Xiaotang "escort" them and other newcomers. Now, in addition to the three stars of film, television and songs, Chen Xiaotang's popularity has also been awarded the brilliant and dazzling title of "Twenty-Million Big Director". This title is among the few in Hong Kong entertainment circles. More importantly, this is the first drama directed by Chen Xiaotang!
Its meaning is absolutely extraordinary!
As a media company like TVB, which started out by being "stingy", of course, it would not let Chen Xiaotang go as good as a trump card.
So, at the premiere ceremony, Chen Xiaotang couldn't help but stand up for everyone's interview, and even said jokingly: "One Chen Xiaotang, three Qin Shihuangs!!!"
This is what's in the words.
The reaction from ATV is Pu, Emu! Take a look! The ratings of our "Qin Shihuang" have become popular to 42 o'clock! You are so catching up with it!
In order to counterattack on TVB, the senior ATV executives also smiled at the media: "Everyone can blow water, have the courage to come over and see who destroyed the six kingdoms!!!"
In short, the TV industry is in full swing and a big battle is about to break out.
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