In just one day and one night, the name "Bright Sword" was resounding throughout China.
Just like "Black Journey to the West: Wukong" took more than ten hours to detonate the entire gaming circle.
In the Chinese film and television industry, the last TV series that had such a huge momentum when they premiered were "Seven Swords" and "Wulin Gaiden".
Of these two TV series, one is the most popular martial arts drama in recent years, with special effects comparable to those of Hollywood's top big-budget productions. It starts off with a bang, and with its dazzling fights and atmospheric special effects, it catches everyone's attention right from the start.
One was the pinnacle sitcom work of Zuo Le, who had already become the number one person in sitcoms at that time. At that time, Zuo Le was extremely popular and prestigious among sitcom fans, and his new work was highly anticipated.
On this basis, the two TV series became famous overnight and became popular all over the country.
In addition to these two, although the ratings of "Guandong" and "Magic Phone" are quite impressive, the momentum generated by the premiere is still inferior to them.
The current situation of "Bright Sword" is more like that of "Wulin Gaiden" at that time.
Director Zuo Le has just become a god in the television field, his reputation is at the peak of his popularity, and countless audiences are looking forward to his new work.
Coupled with the excellent finished product quality of "Bright Sword", it firmly grasped the audience, and the premiere performance was naturally a success.
The premiere score of breaking 2 not only made "Bright Sword" famous.
It also made all the previous doubts about Zuo Le's anti-war drama be shattered into pieces.
Any fool can see that the prospects of this "Bright Sword" can be compared to the "Magic Phone" which has broken 3 at least. With subsequent word-of-mouth fermentation and influence, it has great hope that it will become a "phenomenal" TV series.
To belittle "Bright Sword" at this time is undoubtedly to bring shame on oneself.
The general trend is that even Pang Yidian, who is as tough as the top left-hand man on the Internet, does not dare to commit crimes at this time.
Of course, this was also because Zuo Le had just done something wrong before, and he was in trouble and had too much time to take care of himself.
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Despite the hustle and bustle outside, Zuo Le himself was still very calm.
Only after you have traveled fifty can you know your hundred. Now "Bright Sword" has just started to take off. How the results will be depends on the future direction.
Thinking back to the time when "Story of the Cooking Class 2" premiered, its results were quite amazing, but later on it gradually became normal.
Zuo Le now has a profound background and a broad mentality. He is no longer the newbie who went to the Dongshan TV Technical Department every morning to wait for results when "Underground Traffic Station" was broadcast.
Although he values the results of "Bright Sword" in his heart, his attitude is very stable, and he will not be disturbed by slight fluctuations in results.
Zuo Le was stable, but the rest of the crew of "Bright Sword" didn't have such a good attitude, especially some actors who had never been through similar situations.
Although it is not too inflated, it is somewhat floating.
At this time, we can see the advantage of Zuo Le often using old acquaintances.
Most of the actors who have filmed dramas with Zuo Le, such as Fan Min, Li Youbin, and Zhou Song, have experienced scenes similar to the explosion of new dramas, have seen the world, have a calm mind, and even have the heart to mention their bravery in the group.
What are these? I think back then when Wulin Gaiden/Seven Swords/Crossing the Guandong were aired, it was called a hit...
A few old-timers bragged, and they really calmed down these wandering actors. They felt that there were people out there, and God was there, and their originally impetuous moods also calmed down.
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May 2, 2021
Wu Jing, who has returned to the crew of "Seven Swords 2", followed Li Fang around all afternoon and finally ended today's filming task.
Gao Xinjian gave the order and the crew called it a day. The heroine Shui Miaomiao, who was finalized today, and her agent announced that they would invite the cast and crew to dinner to thank everyone for taking care of her during this period.
There are many unwritten rules in the film and television industry, and the wrapping banquet is one of them. It is not only to celebrate the completion of filming, but also a farewell banquet. Any slightly more formal crew will have such a wrapping banquet.
And sometimes, due to schedule or role reasons, some leading actors finish filming and leave the crew early before the final filming of the crew is completed.
Actors who know how to be a good person will set up a few tables and treat the crew to a meal when encountering such a situation.
The crew will be filming for several months. During this period, there will inevitably be some minor frictions, or something may happen to the actors, which is not known to the outside world.
Therefore, before leaving the crew, it is necessary to treat everyone to a meal. Firstly, it can resolve the conflict, and secondly, it can be regarded as a seal. People who eat people are soft-spoken. People who are more particular will naturally know how to shut up.
Shui Miaomiao is a decent girl, not that much of a show-off. The reason for inviting me to dinner is to thank everyone for taking care of her, and to gain a good reputation by the way.
As a newcomer to Shanhe, Wu Jing was not familiar with Shui Miaomiao, but he was also invited.
Girl Qishui is now prosperous and is one of the most popular little flowers in the country. She is also his fellow senior sister. Naturally, Wu Jing will not refute other people's reputation and go to the banquet obediently.
Shui Miaomiao has some impressions of Wu Jing. After all, he is the company's newly signed actor and royal action director. He also participated in the currently popular "Bright Sword", so he has a promising future.
For this reason, she came over to offer a toast during the meal, and Wu Jing was somewhat flattered.
After eating Shui Miaomiao's closing banquet, someone shouted to sing, and many people responded. Wu Jing did not go, but said hello to Li Fang and senior brother Zhou Song, and returned to the hotel first.
After returning to his room, it was almost 11 o'clock. After taking a shower, Wu Jing, who couldn't sleep, planned to catch up on today's "Bright Sword" update.
The exclusive online broadcast rights of "Bright Sword" are still won by Penguin Video, but this time compared to usual, the competition for the copyright of "Bright Sword" is quite fierce.
Kuyou and Qiguo unexpectedly joined forces and worked together to defeat Penguin Video. If Penguin Video hadn't been wealthy, the person in charge would have repeatedly asked for permission to increase the price during the negotiations.
This time the online copyright of "Bright Sword" should belong to Kuyou and Qiguo.
According to outside rumors, Shanhe has made a lot of money from the exclusive online broadcast rights of "Bright Sword" this time.
Although the specific amount has not been announced, an insider revealed that the online broadcast rights of "Bright Sword" were sold for between 1 billion and 1.2 billion, and the TV rights fluctuated around 400 million.
One play is worth ten thousand dollars, nothing better than this.
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When you open Penguin Video, you will see all kinds of "Bright Sword" logo prompt information, even the self-produced TV series is too crowded to see, and the promotion intensity is unprecedented.
"It seems that Penguin Video has indeed spent a lot of money and is eager to make money back."
Wu Jing smiled and clicked on the third episode of "Bright Sword". There was an advertisement. Wu Jing thought his membership had expired. When he logged out, he saw that the annual membership still had more than 100 days to expire.
Later, I took a closer look and found a few lines of small words next to it. The general meaning is that "Bright Sword" is a special series and is not exempt from advertising. If you want to avoid advertising, you can spend 6 yuan to activate the advertising-free service for the entire series of "Bright Sword".
Okay...that's very penguin!
Wu Jing feels that if "Bright Sword" hadn't been launched on the TV platform at the same time, Penguin wouldn't have been able to do whatever he wanted. Otherwise, "Bright Sword" would most likely have used the infamous "advance on demand" or other money-making tricks.
Fortunately, Penguin did not dare to make things too outrageous. The commercial time was not very long, only 30 seconds. Wu Jing was stunned and started to enter the main drama.
Pieces of barrages flashed across the screen, most of them criticizing Penguin. Wu Jing blocked the relevant barrages, and the rest were mostly related to "Bright Sword".
[Haha, I watched it on TV once, and then I watched it online again]
[Specially look at the barrage of sand sculpture netizens]
[These two episodes are very exciting, no spoilers, please watch by yourself]
[I like Li Yunlong, I haven’t seen a soldier with such personality for a long time]
[Hahahaha, Lao Li laughs so devilishly]
[What do you think the brigade commander said, hahaha, critical attack at the beginning]
【Predetermined famous scene】
【……】
After taking a glance at the barrage and seeing that there was nothing nutritious, Wu Jing decisively turned the barrage to the lightest setting and would turn it back when he encountered a wonderful scene.
The plot picks up from the second episode. Li Yunlong and Kong Jie conspired to secretly mobilize troops to seize horses in Wanjia Town. The two concealed this from the newly arrived political commissar Zhao Gang.
But Zhao Gang was not stupid. When he saw that a battalion of men was missing for no reason, he immediately approached Li Yunlong to inquire.
Captain Li originally planned to dismiss the matter casually, but he didn't expect that Zhao Gang was very serious. The more the two talked, the more they became more and more tense, and Li Yunlong, who didn't like Zhao Gang very much, turned against Li Yunlong.
For the sake of the overall situation, Zhao Gang did not continue to argue with Li Yunlong and took a step back.
Lao Li is a man who takes soft things rather than hard ones. Seeing Zhao Gang's forbearance, his face and tone softened a lot, and he uttered a famous line that would later be compared to Kong Yiji's, and also explained his original intention of robbing the horse in disguise.
"When I first took over the New Regiment... Guess what the brigade commander said... Well, that's what I was waiting for... That's it. In less than a year, the New Regiment has everything... nothing
With this family background, I dare to go head-to-head with the Sakata Alliance..."
This plot not only greatly changed Zhao Gang's perception of Li Yunlong, but more importantly, it further demonstrated Li Yunlong's behavior and fighting style, which was full of gangsterism.
And not only him, but also the character of the brigade commander has become more fleshed out. The audience who guessed the prototype of the brigade commander smiled knowingly when they saw this.
What became even more fun was that the brigade commander heard the news and came to "rob". Li Yunlong and the brigade commander bargained, coerced and induced, and finally succeeded in "dividing the dirt".
This makes many viewers who are used to seeing the Eighth Route Army's formal superior-subordinate relationship find it particularly interesting.
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ps: The temperature at home suddenly changed, and I caught a cold at night. I planned to finish this chapter in one go, but my head was so dizzy that I had to post it first. I’ll see if I can make up for it tomorrow. I’ll see how I recover.
