In later generations, under the background of the national condemnation of young fresh meat, a hit drama was born - "In the Name of the People", which was composed entirely of old actors. But among the many old actors, only Secretary Dakang became popular.
Even though Secretary Dakang has beautiful hands, a slim waist, long legs, European-style double eyelids, and the superb acting skills of teacher Wu Gang, at the same time, it is because of the reality of this character that he stands out from many veteran actors.
The reality of Secretary Dakang lies in the fact that he is the one who takes the blame in the play. When everyone is fighting against corruption, he still turns a deaf ear to what is happening outside the window and only cares about chicken farts!
Ji Di Fart should be said to be the highest goal pursued by ambitious cadres in an era.
The TV series "Qiao Family Courtyard" should be said to be a product born under this background.
The Qiao Family Courtyard is located in Qixian County, Shanxi Province. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It was thanks to the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" by the National Master that it became popular all of a sudden. It once became a famous picture in Qixian County and even Shanxi Province.
business card.
However, after entering the new century, this business card's revenue has been declining year after year. Without help, it is very likely to close down. The local leaders are very anxious and have thought of many ways, including increasing advertising and sponsoring.
Celebrity concerts, sponsorships of various events, etc., but the results were minimal and the atmosphere was crumbling.
At the beginning of the year, a young county magistrate came to Qi County to take office. The first goal the magistrate put forward after taking office was to revitalize the Qiao Family Courtyard.
Moreover, the young county magistrate was obviously well-prepared. He pointedly pointed out that the Qiao Family Courtyard became popular thanks to the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" by the National Master. To save the Qiao Family Courtyard, we have to play the cultural card and go to film and television.
way, otherwise there is only a dead end.
Why is it that when "The Promise" and "Seven Swords" were filmed in various places, the local governments gave full support. The only purpose was to use film and television works to increase the local popularity, thereby vigorously developing the tourism industry, and thus increasing the popularity of the film.
Only when people can come in can things be sold, investment can be attracted, the number of chickens can increase, people's lives can be improved, and the country's rejuvenation can be achieved.
According to the idea put forward by the young county magistrate, the local area quickly reached a consensus and decided on a plan to invest in the filming of "Qiao's Courtyard" for TV.
At the same time, five-one standards were put forward: formulate first-class copywriting, hire first-class directors, shoot a first-class TV series, and be featured on CCTV's golden set to form a first-class cultural and tourism brand.
The first-rate copywriter invited the famous writer and screenwriter Zhu Xiuhai, who has created "Crossing Death", "Black Earth Red Snow", "Rough Waves", "The Military Song" and other works to write the script.
A first-class director must be the famous CCTV female director Hu Mei who directed the hit drama "Yongzheng Dynasty" and this year's TV drama ratings champion "Emperor of Hanwu".
With these two first-class TV series, we can have first-class TV series, be broadcast on CCTV, and create a first-class cultural and tourism brand.
The plan of the young county magistrate was also echoed by another young businessman. This man is a second-generation coal-mining man. He is young and wealthy. He studied abroad and just entered an investment bank. It may be because his ancestors once served as the Baotou shopkeeper of Dashengkui, a Shanxi merchant.
, with the inheritance of this cultural gene, when all the coal bosses were squandering money everywhere but failed to understand the gold mine of the cultural industry, this man resolutely spent 30 million to invest in this Shanxi Merchants TV series.
The script was completed, the director was in place, and the crew was set up. However, there were disagreements when it came to choosing the male protagonist. The reason is that the male protagonist of this drama is the soul of the entire drama. Although the name of this drama is "Qiao"
Family Courtyard", but it actually tells the life of Qiao Zhiyong, the most representative figure of the Qiao family's ancestors.
The role requires actors to play from the age of nineteen to eighty-nine, which requires extremely high acting skills, and the age of the actor cannot be too old. For example, when Chen Baoguo in "The Mansion Gate" played Bai Jingqi, he played from the age of eighteen to a hundred years old.
Although he is very old, Chen Baoguo was already in his forties when he filmed this TV series. When he played the role of Bai Jingqi, who is eighteen, nineteen or twenty years old, there were obvious traces of pretending to be young, which was very entertaining.
Therefore, when Director Hu Mei was filming "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, he used childhood Liu Che, young Liu Che and young Liu Che as foreshadowing, instead of jumping from childhood Bai Jingqi to Chen Baoguo's version of Manchuria like in "The Mansion Gate".
It’s Bai Jingqi who still looks young even though she has pleated clothes.
Of course, Chen Baoguo was already nearly fifty at this time, and it was obviously inappropriate to play the role of Qiao Zhiyong, who was from nineteen to eighty-nine years old. So Director Hu Mei thought of another actor with excellent acting skills in her eyes, who had just played the role not long ago.
Mandarin actor Chen Jianbing has won both the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award for "Ten Years of Marriage".
The screenwriter of this drama recommended another actor who had worked with him before, the male protagonist of "The Military Song Loud", also known as "Little Jiang Wen", actor Sun Honglei, who is also from Mandarin.
Compared with the double star Jianbing Uncle, he once won the Plum Blossom Award, the highest award for Chinese dramas, and won the Best Actor Award at the 10th Beijing University Student Film Festival for his movie "Zhou Yu's Train" starring Gong Li.
Sun Honglei is obviously less famous in terms of popularity.
But the name "Xiao Jiang Wen" is not for nothing, there is absolutely no problem with his acting skills, and the two are similar in age, both thirty-four and fifteen, which is the golden age of an actor. Director Hu Mei was unable to choose for a while.
It happened that at this time, producer Meng Fanyao also introduced an actor. Director Hu Mei was obviously surprised when he heard the actor's name, because this actor was the double winner of the Golden Horse Award and the Golden Rooster Award.
Starring in "The Promise" and "Seven Swords", two big-budget movies directed by famous directors, his name has been in the news frequently in the past year.
In a word, from red to purple.
Although as a double actor, and director Hu Mei has watched some of the films that He Xin has acted in, it should be said that there is no need to worry about his acting skills. Moreover, He Xin is very popular, and Uncle Pancake and King Yan can only be regarded as the second best in the industry.
As for the third line, then He Xin has already entered the ranks of the first line.
Generally speaking, when directors select actors, whether they are popular or not is a very important consideration, because this directly determines the ratings.
It's just that compared to the previous two, He Xin is a little younger in age. He is only 24 years old, ten years younger than Pancake Uncle, and eleven years younger than Yan Wang. He must not have played Qiao Zhiyong when he was young.
Problem, but in middle age and old age, there is still some uncertainty.
But more importantly, Director Hu Mei did not have a good impression of the double actor. The reason was that when CCTV was filming "Proof of Memory", director Yang Yang, who was also at the CCTV TV Drama Production Center, was the first to fall in love with He who was just starting to make a name for himself at that time.
He Xin originally thought that everything would go smoothly, but when the critical moment came, He Xin refused.
Director Yang Yang may have said this at the time. After all, it was a CCTV drama. If you don’t film it, there will be a lot of people waiting behind you. It may be that the speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention. From then on, the name He Xin was in Director Hu Mei’s heart.
It left an unruly impression.
As a female director who graduated from Nortel's 78-level directing class, Director Hu Mei has always been known for being vigorous and tough in her work. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for a female director to gain a foothold in the industry.
It is precisely because of this personality and ability that she has directed many films independently since 1984. Of course, although her achievements are not as good as those of her classmates such as Zhuang Zhuang, Kai Ge, He Ping, Ziniu and others, maybe
It is not as good as the female classmate Li Shaohong in the same class, and Peng Xiaolian who just won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director.
However, since joining CCTV in the mid-1990s and moving to the small screen, he has successively directed TV series such as "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Loyalty", "Emperor of Han Dynasty", "Camphor Tree", etc., and all of them have won awards and ratings.
In short, Director Hu also has a temper.
Therefore, Director Hu Mei was a little cold to the double actor recommended by the producer from the beginning. However, the producer represented the will of the investors, and the producer of this drama, Meng Fanyao, also had a strong reputation in the field of TV dramas.
Senior people.
He has served as a producer for major productions such as the 1995 version of "Water Margin", and at the same time as a planner and producer, he has produced such acclaimed works as "The Burning Years of Passion", "Tsing Yi" and "Migrant Workers".
Named "Top Ten Producers in the Country".
As the representative of the investors, Meng Fanyao naturally wanted to recommend He Xin. The reason is very simple. Although Chang Jihong's face is included, the most important thing is the color red. The color red represents the ratings and the return on investment.
And as the planner and chief producer of "Qiao Family Courtyard", Meng Fanyao also has a great say in casting.
In desperation, Director Hu Mei had to agree to meet the double actor first.