[In February 1940, a division of the Eighth Route Army was encircled by the Japanese army in the Jinzhong area. In order to cover the transfer of division offices and field hospitals... A new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, led by its commander Li Yunlong, launched a fierce battle with the Japanese army at the main position of Cangyunling.
, both sides suffered heavy casualties]
Accompanied by a strong male voice narration, the background of the beginning of "Bright Sword" was explained, and the camera flashed, showing the scene of two armies charging and confronting each other.
"Da da da, da da da..."
"Kill!"
"Xia Gekai (shooting)!"
"Puff puff."
"boom!"
I only saw a brief but fierce war scene. Combined with the narration above, it highlighted that this was an extremely brutal and fierce battle.
In the Eighth Route Army position, Li Youbin plays Li Yunlong, wearing a dusty Eighth Route Army uniform, shouting "First Battalion Commander", and Zhang Dabiao, played by Zhou Binbin, appears on the stage to accompany the scene.
Whenever the protagonist appears in movies, TV series or even comics, his identity, situation and part of his character should be highlighted first.
The expression can be frontal or sideways, but it basically sticks to the routine. This is mainly to let the audience and readers have a deeper impression of the protagonist, and then to introduce the following.
This was how "Xilaile, the Miraculous Doctor" was played before, but the foreshadowing in "Xilaile" was a bit long, and the protagonist was introduced by a supporting role, while "Bright Sword" was a bit straightforward, with the protagonist directly showing up and then giving him a compliment.
"Da Biao, have the division headquarters and field hospitals been evacuated?"
"Captain, everyone has withdrawn."
"Great, this time I can finally let go and have a fight with the little devil. Go, grab someone alive, and ask which army the other side is from."
"Captain, I have already found out clearly that they are the Sakata Regiment of the Japanese Fourth Brigade. The Independent Regiment suffered a lot of losses during the last Yunshan counter-mopping up, and they are the sworn enemies of our brigade."
"No wonder it sounds familiar. We bumped into each other today. It's bad luck for him. All the old and new grudges will be settled together."
"Captain, they are the elite of the so-called Japs."
"I don't believe in this evil. I am attacking only the elite. Give me the order and everyone should fix their bayonets and prepare to attack."
"Attack? The Japanese are attacking now."
"Don't you understand? When we get here, we don't know anything else but attack and kill these bastards."
"Understood, everyone fixes their bayonets and prepares to attack (broken sound)!"
There are no fancy stunts, one minute of duration, more than a dozen lines of dialogue, two face shots switching back and forth, and just relying on lines, a rebellious and daring Eighth Route Army warrior is vividly portrayed.
Ordinary viewers only find this plot enjoyable, but Wu Jing is knowledgeable and understands the rules behind it.
Lines, camerawork, rhythm control... all in one go.
Previously on the crew, Wu Jingshen was in the middle of the game, so he didn't have a particularly comprehensive impression of Zuo Le's directing ability. I only knew that Zuo Le was very good at controlling the crew, directing filming, directing and directing skills.
Now after watching the finished product of "Bright Sword", he has a deeper understanding of why Zuo Le can become a god in the field of TV dramas.
To describe it as terrifying is no exaggeration!
Wu Jing is an ambitious man. In addition to his dream of being an action star, he also has a dream of being a director.
This phenomenon is not strange. There are too many examples in the industry of singing and acting, and acting and directing. Many aspiring actors have the idea of choosing to cross over and become directors after becoming famous.
Not to mention far away, within Shanhe, Gao Xinjian and Wang Qian all rose to the position as actors, and Sha Yi and Yu Entai also had similar ideas.
Among them, Yu Entai was highly regarded by Zuo Le because he was an actor and director of Doctor Double. It is said that he was planned to be an assistant director in the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden".
Of course, with Wu Jing's current status, the first priority is his reputation for nomination, and being a director is quite far from him.
But since you have a dream, you still have to work hard for it.
Although Wu Jing is still a young star in his early days, he cannot resist his long-term vision and knows how to make plans for the future in advance. Now that he sees Zuo Le's superb directing ability, he instinctively plans to learn from Zuo Le's master...
While thinking about how to get close to Zuo Letao in the future, Wu Jing still kept watching TV.
As an actor in the play, Wu Jing naturally knew Li Yunlong's character, but when the crew was filming, the actors acted piece by piece, scattered and mixed with various off-screen tidbits.
Frankly speaking, Wu Jing's understanding of Li Yunlong mostly comes from the written image in the script. He is more familiar with actor Li Youbin.
Now that I have seen the finished TV series, with the editing and soundtrack, Li Yunlong's character suddenly becomes more three-dimensional, and Wu Jing is becoming more and more interested.
…………
On TV, the plot continued to advance. Li Yunlong accidentally discovered the headquarters of Bantian Company and recruited gunner Wang Chengzhu.
This pillar is a guest appearance by an old acquaintance, an acquaintance of Wu Jing's, his senior brother Wu Yue.
If barrages could be posted on TV, I guess some netizens would start saying things like "Shuigen finally returned to the army" and "Shuigen actually knows how to have sex".
Here, Captain Li showed off the art of changing his face for the first time. He yelled curses in front of him, but then turned around and cooked sweet potatoes with a smile to coax people, making Zhuzi stunned for a moment.
At this time, Brother Yunfei also made a surprise appearance for the first time. He had a conversation with the chief of staff, and first counted the results and praised Sakata United.
In the battle of Xinkou, Bantian's regiment defeated two divisions of the Central Army. In Luye, Chu Yunfei's 358th regiment also fought against the opponent. If it hadn't been for running fast, it would have been destroyed by the regiment.
The two contrasted each other, and the audience also came to know that Sakata United was a fierce and truly elite Japanese army.
Later, brother Yun Fei felt that this was not enough, and he and the chief of staff expressed their disapproval of the Eighth Route Army.
He believed that the Eighth Route Army was poorly equipped and would definitely not be able to escape disaster if it fought against the powerful Sakata Alliance, and defeat was only a matter of time.
That's it.
With the powerful villain and the disapproving crowd in place, it's time for the protagonist to slap him in the face.
Faced with the brigade headquarters' order to break out, Li Yunlong analyzed the situation and believed that a frontal breakout was the best option, so he chose to confront the Sakata Regiment on the grounds that the general would not accept military orders from abroad.
The entire new regiment charged forward and advanced 500 meters to provide cover for Wang Chengzhu's bombardment headquarters.
This section is also the first war scene in "Bright Sword". The first section was just an appetizer, and now it is considered the main meal.
Zuo Le's painstaking efforts in focusing on the war scenes were not in vain. This war scene is quite exciting, with hail of bullets, hand-to-hand fighting, and blood and flesh flying everywhere. It is cruel and somewhat real.
Thanks to the large number of actors, many viewers saw for the first time in a domestic anti-war TV series what it means to charge with a thousand men and what it means to take human lives -
Countless people fell, but there were still countless people stepping on the corpses and continuing to charge...
Finally, it’s not the usual anti-war drama with two or three small cats and big cats playing around.
At the beginning, a dozen people charge, but more than thirty people have already fallen in the camera, but new enemies are still appearing. The strong sense of violation is too disturbing.
Nowadays, although everyone still knows that the war scene in "Bright Sword" is fake, at least it makes people watch it without being dramatized, and feels a little bit comforted and moved.
After two minutes of brutal advance, Wang Chengzhu's mortar was finally set up in front of Sakata's company, and then the famous scene of "Bright Sword" was staged [Like by Chengzhu].
Compared with the original version, Zuo Le made a few changes in this paragraph. In the original version, Wang Chengzhu was so happy after he hit Sakata's headquarters with the last artillery shell that he stood up and cheered, and then was coldly shot to death by the Japanese.
I can’t say that the logic is wrong, but I always feel that the death was too sudden and useless.
So Zuo Le made a slight change. After the shells were fired, the artilleryman Wang Chengzhu followed the troops to break through with a gun, and died on the way to the charge. Before he died, he took a little Japanese with him to death.
It's not that the change was great, it was even a bit cliched and sensational, but Zuo Le still felt it was better than being shot to death directly.
The pillars went offline, and the new regiment defeated the Sakata unit and successfully broke through.
Chu Yunfei was shocked!
The Chief of Staff of the 358th Regiment was shocked!
The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army was shocked!
All kinds of positive flattery, rainbow farts, blatant criticism and real praise were all aimed at Li Yunlong.
Following the previous image of a rebellious and daring warrior, several more labels have been added.
A "mud-legged guy" from a non-professional military academy, extremely talented in war, a troublemaker, capable of fighting and killing, a veteran of the Red Army, strong in ability, and loved and hated by the commander...
Frankly speaking, after so many years of development in the domestic film and television industry, the number of protagonists in Anti-Japanese War dramas ranges from tens to thousands.
At first, they were mostly Wei Guangzheng, but later people got tired of seeing them, and there were also protagonists with other personalities, but it is rare to see such a complex and outstanding personality like Li Yunlong.
But there is no doubt that this kind of Li Yunlong is very popular with the audience as an actor.
"Bright Sword" has only been airing for half an episode, and many viewers have fallen in love with this foul-mouthed and carefree Captain Li.
Xie Nan is one of them, specifically sending Fetion to express his appreciation for the character Li Yunlong.
Next, Li Yunlong was dismissed as regimental commander because of his disobedience on the battlefield and was demoted to the position of director of a quilt factory.
Li Yunlong complained and cursed in front of his old comrade Ding Wei, which was very funny and showed his rough character.
After that, the Japanese special forces attacked the headquarters of the Independent Regiment. The Independent Regiment suffered heavy losses and suffered a great loss of morale. The deputy commander-in-chief was furious and dismissed the regiment leader Kong Jie from his post. He discussed with Commander Liu about appointing Li Yunlong to the Independent Regiment to regroup.
Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong got even more motivated and shouted for the division headquarters to give him an explanation. He could not just be promoted or demoted just because he was promoted. If he did not explain clearly, he would not go to the Independent Regiment even if the King of Heaven came to invite me.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was kicked open, and the brigade commander played by Zuo Le shouted angrily, and Li Yunlong immediately gave up.
Even though I was clamoring for an invitation from the Heavenly King, he would not go to the independent group.
As soon as the brigade commander spoke, Li Yunlong immediately executed the order.
Make some tofu with brine, and drop one thing after another. Watching the daring Li Yunlong being trained like a third grandson by the brigade commander, the contrast and laughter made the audience laugh.
Not to mention that the brigade commander is played by director Zuo Le, and it is even more fun to think about it both inside and outside the play.
Li Yunlong came to the Independent Regiment with 200 military uniforms that he had "snatched". He first retained his old comrade as deputy commander, and then set a flag.
[Which one of us brothers will follow whom? We will discuss it later.]
Then the training in the independent regiment also revealed Li Yunlong's style of fighting and leading troops.
"What do I, Li Yunlong, like? I like wolves. Animals like wolves are fierce and slippery. If a group of wolves gather together, even tigers will be afraid of them."
"From now on, I, Li Yunlong, will let the Japanese know that when we encounter an independent group, we encounter a pack of wolves, a pack of howling wild wolves."
“A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, and a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit.”
"In the eyes of the Wild Wolf Group, any enemy is just a piece of meat. We want to eat the flesh of the Japanese and chew their bones."
"..."
Li Yunlong's words made Wu Jing's eyes sparkle. He compared the soldiers to wolves, and it almost touched his heart.
Calm, cruel, patient, tenacious, united, persistent, hardworking...
A qualified and elite soldier should be like a wolf.
A bad wolf!
A fierce wolf!
A warrior wolf......
Wu Jing felt that he had vaguely touched something. He silently recorded this feeling in his heart, instinctively feeling that he would need it in the future.
Then political commissar Zhao Gang came online, and Monk Wei came online.
The pair, Zhao and Li, were slightly disgusted with each other when they met for the first time, which brought a very novel experience to the audience.
I don’t know since when, the Eighth Route Army’s side in Anti-Japanese War dramas has been particularly positive.
Everyone is united and tolerates each other unconditionally, and internal conflicts rarely occur. As long as there is discord, it must be for a reason, or a traitor or traitor is causing trouble, and our own people will never show signs of it.
"Bright Sword" is very "pure and unpretentious".
When the regiment leader and the political commissar met for the first time, Li Yunlong looked down on Zhao Gang, thinking that the other party was a scholar and not in the same pot as him. Zhao Gang also felt that Li Yunlong was rude and unreasonable, and had an average impression of him.
Although everyone knows that the two people will definitely reconcile and become good comrades in life and death, but now that they see this "happy enemy" mode, everyone still finds it very fresh and interesting.
After a simple run-in, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were concerned about a puppet cavalry battalion and prepared to privately mobilize troops to seize horses.
Before taking action, the brothers began to settle accounts privately within two days.
Kong Jie was going to lead the troops himself, but Li Yunlong had selfish motives. Kong was a veteran. Although he was demoted to deputy regimental commander now, he would be promoted soon. If Kong Jie took action, how would these hundreds of horses be divided in the future?
So Li Yunlong planned to do it himself, and not give any of his shares to Kong Jie in the future. Kong Jie saw Li Yunlong's plan and shouted to his brothers to settle the score.
If he mobilizes troops privately, if the superiors blame him in the future, he, the deputy commander, will also have to suffer. If the two of them share the blame, they will naturally have to share the blame.
Li Yunlong couldn't believe what he was doing. The flag that had been set up 20 minutes ago was overturned. The group leader gave the order, and the deputy group leader had no choice but to listen.
I can really change my face faster than turning the pages of a book...
When Wu Jing watched this plot, he laughed very happily. Captain Li had a lot of shortcomings. Sometimes he was more like a scoundrel than a soldier, but he was lovable and very real.
As a professional actor, Wu Jing still has certain opinions.
"Bright Sword" took just two episodes to establish the character of the male protagonist Li Yunlong, and it shines brightly.
Wu Jing even feels that even if the TV series "Bright Sword" is not popular, with the charm shown by Li Yunlong, there is a high chance that this character will become popular.
However, as Zuo Le's new work, how could "Bright Sword" not be popular?
Dongshan Satellite TV has not finished broadcasting these 1 or 2 episodes, and the name Li Yunlong has already reached the top of the hot search list. At the same time, there are already as many as 4 topics related to "Bright Sword" on the hot search list.
The momentum of "Bright Sword" has begun to show its ferocity.
The next day, the premiere results of "Bright Sword" were released, which shocked a large number of people.
The average ratings of the whole drama are 2.08.
The first broadcast broke 2!
This achievement that countless ordinary TV dramas dream of, "Bright Sword" achieved it in one day, and also broke the record for the highest ratings for the first broadcast of a Chinese TV drama since 2005.
"Wulin Gaiden" premiered at 1.61 and ended up with a rating of 5, "Guandong" premiered at 1.7 and ended up with a rating of 4. "Magic Phone" was the worst, premiering at 1.51 and the ratings only remained at 3.21.
This time "Bright Sword" was an instant hit, surpassing Zuo Le's three best works.
This makes everyone look forward to the final score of "Bright Sword", will it break 4 like "Crossing Guandong"?
It is still the same as the [national-level] TV series "Wulin Gaiden", which has achieved a rating of over 5...
