In late October, "The History of Martial Arts" successfully aired on Jiangsu Province Satellite TV after being tested by Jinling Local Station, and quickly achieved excellent ratings.
"A History of the Martial Arts" has a lot of selling points. It is an adaptation of Gu Long's IP. The male protagonist Huang Haibin is barely considered a top-notch actor, and the female protagonists Wang Yan and Hu Jing are both popular.
Especially Hu Jing, because of "Love Across Time and Space" she became very popular, plus Cao Xuan Tianwang's wife and "Love Offering" added bonus.
The momentum is so strong that she can compete with the two heroines of "Love in the Rain", and she is one of the most popular new generation actresses in mainland China.
"A History of the Martial Arts" was released immediately after "Love Through Time", and also received the blessing of the latter's popularity.
As soon as many people see the face of "Little Wanderer" in the TV series, they immediately stop tuning in and watch the show in a down-to-earth manner.
At first, the popularity of the TV series "A History of the Martial Arts" was largely due to the popularity of Hu Jing and others. The continued popularity was due to the plot of the TV series itself.
The drama "A History of the Martial Arts" actually has little to do with the original work, and it cannot be said that it is just an empty shell. However, many plots, characters, and backgrounds have been greatly modified.
If we really want to distinguish it, it can be understood as a side chapter of Mogai.
Bai Feifei in the original work cannot be said to have anything to do with Shen Lang. After all, she did sleep with him, using drugs and acupuncture.
If you are interested, you can read the original work. Gu Long’s related Hehei’s writing style is not inferior to Huang Yi’s, and the routines are more in line with the G-spot of male readers.
But despite this, Shen Lang's favorite in the original book has always been Zhu Qiqi. The two are official couples, and Zhu Feifei is very popular in the book.
On the contrary, Bai Feifei's character in the original work is relatively vicious, and it is difficult to like him just from the words in the book.
The TV series has been revised. Bai Feifei and Shen Lang have real feelings. The hero Shen who has been with him forever is in two different situations. At the end, after Bai Feifei died, a monument was erected for her, which said the tomb of his beloved wife Bai Feifei.
, the original party almost vomited blood after seeing it.
The character design of Bai Feifei is still not that good, but some plots have been added to "whitewash" the character by showing that hateful people must be pitiable.
It is also the more familiar "beautiful, strong and miserable" character design in later generations. Once this kind of character shines, it will attract a lot of fans, and many of them are die-hard fans.
Of course, even so, Bai Feifei's halo in relevant plots is still weaker than Zhu Qiqi's, especially when there are bad plots such as the disfigurement of innocent Zhu Qiqi.
But the reason why Bai Feifei in the TV series is so popular is largely because of Wang Yan.
This girl's appearance in this drama is the pinnacle of beauty. She is ruthless yet gentle, both beautiful and refreshing. She looks like a white rabbit but is like a nine-tailed fox on the inside. Her appearance is tough and her character is outstanding, making her naturally impressive.
profound.
From the positioning of the TV series, Bai Feifei was a vicious female supporting character, but she died in the end, and Shen Lang and Zhu Qiqi stayed together.
But it's a pity that the actor Zhu Qiqi in the original version was really not good, so he was completely overpowered by Wang Yan's Bai Feifei.
This led to dissatisfaction from the original work party and the audience who hated Bai Feifei, and Bai Feifei's fans defended and rebutted, leading to the "Fei Qi War" that lasted for more than 20 years.
The composition of the Feifei Party is very simple. More than 90% of them are Bai Feifei who like Wang Yan in this TV series and support their favorite actors or characters.
There are not many fans of the Qiqi Party actors themselves. Most of them are fans of the original work, fans of the original Zhu Qiqi book, and fans of the drama who hate Bai Feifei.
So in essence, this "Flying Seven War" is not about two characters, but one character.
Protect Bai Feifei VS defeat Bai Feifei
It's a bit like the dispute between the King of Understanding and the King of Sleep in later generations. The supporters of the Sleeping King only accounted for part of the reason, and the decisive role was the opponents of King Understanding.
But the situation is different now. The person who plays Zhu Qiqi is Hu Jing.
Frankly speaking, Zhu Qiqi's character in the play is not bad. The delicate and arrogant young lady goes through setbacks and turns into a gentle girlfriend. If she plays the role well, even if she is not as good as Bai Feifei, she will not be a total failure.
The original actor Zhu Qiqi lost both in appearance and acting skills, and now Hu Jing can't say she can beat Wang Yan, but Wang Yan can't beat her either.
The character plot may not be interesting enough, but it can't stand up to Hu Jing's high popularity and fills a certain gap.
Both sides have their own strengths, and this "Flying Seven War" is much more lively than in the original time and space.
Especially on the Tianya Forum, the relevant posts once reached thousands of pages. Each side had its own supporters and opponents, and they were at loggerheads with each other, and their heads were broken.
Later, not only on the online platform, but also in reality, there were conflicts caused by this.
There was a news in the capital that it was because of the "Flying Seven War" that a small group of students from a certain middle school had a heated argument, and then got angry and started fighting, both boys and girls.
It can be seen that everyone is deeply involved in the drama, and the popularity derived from this is even higher than the results of the "Martial Arts" TV series itself.
This is also a rare example in the Mainland film and television industry where a large-scale quarrel over a drama led to a departure from the industry.
The media also joined in the fun, and the worst one was Huang Haibin. Now wherever he goes, people ask Shen Lang who he loves, and if you were Shen Lang, who would you choose?
Huang Haibin is not stupid either. The commotion is so serious now, not to mention whether the actors are offended or not, but the supporters of both parties can't stand it anymore.
So he talked a lot, analyzing this and that, Che Zuluan talked back and forth, but after listening to it, you still don't know who he chose, which is equivalent to not saying anything.
Not only Huang Haibin, but also some cast and crew members of "Martial Arts", or celebrities related to Wang Yan and Hu Jing, were all questioned.
Most people are too embarrassed to speak out, so they play around with it and pass it by, but there are also those who speak out in support of one of them.
For example, Hu Jing's good friend Mr. Zhou directly expressed his preference for Zhu Qiqi.
The international chapter who was filming "Hero" in Jiuzhaigou was also caught expressing her stance. Needless to say, she was a classmate and roommate in the same dormitory, and she couldn't even be vague.
Two of the rumored four major actresses support Hu Jing, and the other one has a chance to support Wang Yan. After all, they have acted together in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2".
But this guy is brave enough to get involved in this matter, and is busy sorting out his own troubles.
Some reporters who were disgraced enough even went to interview Xu Cainv.
After two consecutive hit dramas, coupled with the publicity campaign from Fengyun Studio and other media, Hu Jing has now replaced her as one of the top four actresses in the media's mouth.
In 2000, the concept of the Four Great Danes was proposed for the first time. Xu Cainv was in a precarious position at that time. As expected, she was pulled down by Hu Jing in less than a year. Many people wanted to watch the fun.
However, Xu Cainnu was not stupid. She excused herself from watching the drama and went back to make up lessons to escape the disaster.
However, not long after this incident, rumors spread that Xu Cainv was going to be a director and make a movie. It seemed that she really couldn't sit still.
Cao Xuan was naturally among those being questioned. There was no need to say more about his choice, unless he wanted to go home and sleep on the sofa.
However, there is one thing to say, although there is a lot of noise outside, the relationship between Wang Yan and Hu Jing is still okay, not even good, but they are not going to become enemies over this.
Wang Yan also invited Hu Jing to go shopping and have a party. She opened a high-end coffee shop in the Wangfu Century built by her husband.
Cao Xuan was a little suspicious that Wang Yan was showing off her wealth to Hu Jing, but Cao Xuan was really not afraid of doing this.
Perhaps Cao Xuan's overall assets may be slightly inferior now, but in terms of earning power, it's hard to say.
In particular, "Legend of Hot Blood" has achieved outstanding results after it was launched in public beta. According to Box Games, it has become one of the most popular games in the market. Both Box Games and Shanda are very optimistic about the prospects after charging starts at the end of November.
Once "Legend of Hot Blood" officially enters the charging stage, Cao Xuan will truly achieve "making money every day".
But Cao Xuan has no interest in fighting for wealth.
Just as a courtesy, Hu Jing also invited Wang Yan to come to Cao Shangfei's private restaurant to get together sometimes. The 1,200-square-meter three-in-one courtyard was barely affordable.
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Putting aside these plastic sisterhoods, the "Flying Seven Battles" of "Martial Arts", on a deeper level, opened the eyes of many mainland film and television companies. It turns out that TV dramas can still be like this.
Since then, many companies have successively launched similar types of martial arts film and television works.
For example, two men and women take the lead, a beautiful, strong and miserable man and woman are paired together, or the original official partner is replaced, and then an original or modified character is chosen as the heroine.
Even Fanxing's internal staff were tempted. Someone suggested that Cao Xuan start filming a similar TV series, but Cao Xuan rejected it.
The drama "A History of the Martial Arts" is popular for many reasons, not just because of the female supporting cast, who blindly follows trends and plagiarizes, and doesn't know how to die.
Others don't know, but Cao Xuan knows too well how many subsequent works that follow the trend have failed, and only a few have made splashes.
For example, Huo Jianhua's version of "The Swordsman" made a subversive transformation of the original work based on Brigitte Lin's version. He directly became a woman and then fell in love with Linghu Chong. The original female director Yingying had very little sparkle.
But apart from these few, most of them are dealt with as they should.
After all, if someone's original work is successful, it must have merits. We only care about novelty and surprise, but we don't think that the original plot may not be more brilliant than the original work. Even random changes may lead to misunderstandings and logical conflicts.
Therefore, Cao Xuan’s attitude towards the film and television adaptation of these IPs is to make rational adaptations while ensuring the selling points of the original works.
The scale here and the balance between the original work and the adaptation must be pursued to pursue the selling points and logic of the plot.
In particular, Gu Long's works are essentially not suitable for film and television adaptations. Few of them are good at acting and filming, and most of them are flops. Jin Yong's dramas basically only need to follow the original work, and the guarantee is acceptable.
Therefore, Cao Xuan has always been extremely cautious about adapting Gu Long's works, but Jin Yong was quite open-minded.
For example, Cao Xuan was particularly interested in the two plans that were handed to Fanxing's desk.
Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon".
Boss Wu and Zhang Guoli of Taiwan Province took the lead in "Eternal Heaven and Sword of the Dragon", which is also known as Su Youpeng's version in later generations.
