Chapter 264 The Cross Slope of Sun Erniang of Tongfu Inn
As of episode 16, before Li Yunlong went to the meeting alone, the ratings of "Bright Sword" had reached 4.3, and the Douhua score was 9.2.
This result is already on par with the previous "Crossing the Guandong". With the current momentum of "Bright Sword", it will only take a day or two to surpass it.
After surpassing "Crossing Guandong", the only enemy before "Bright Sword" is "Wulin Gaiden".
As for those TV dramas that have a long history, although their performance is explosive, it is not easy to compare them together due to the factors of the times.
After all, at that time, most people only had TV sets at home, and there were too few TV series, so the competitive environment was not very fierce.
Back then, for a popular TV series, it was childish to have a ratings of over 10, with 40% to 50% being a lot. [Phenomenal level] and [National level] TV series could even reach the terrifying 70% to 80%, which was comparable to the Spring Festival Gala at its peak.
Comparable.
Nowadays, the TV platform has become lonely, the Internet platform is gaining momentum, and the environment and competitiveness of the film and television industry are several times or even dozens of times stronger than in the past.
Breaking 5 in the current TV platform environment is no less difficult than achieving 70~80% ratings back then...
When "Wulin Gaiden" did this, it shocked the entertainment industry and was hailed as a ratings myth.
As a result, this ratings myth did not last for two years before "Bright Sword" popped up again.
Looking at the current momentum of "Bright Sword", it is really not difficult to break 5. It may even surpass "Wulin Gaiden", and it is not necessarily a more impressive result.
You know, when "Wulin Gaiden" broke 5, it had the advantage of being longer in episodes, but the current "Bright Sword" has no such concerns at all.
It reached 4.3 in 16 episodes. The increase in ratings is only slightly lower than before, which is simply subversive of common sense.
Many people in the industry were puzzled by the results of "Bright Sword", but more people gave Zuo Le crazy rainbow farts.
At the end of last year, Zuo Le was crowned a god at the Golden Phoenix Awards. Everyone thought he had reached the top, and even if he didn't fall from his peak immediately, he would have to stay still for a while.
As a result, less than half a year later, another [national-level] TV series "Bright Sword" was released, telling everyone with practical actions that mortals should never estimate the upper limit of gods.
Fortunately, this guy is now filming a movie, so people in the TV industry can relax a little, otherwise there would always be such a great god over their heads.
It’s a lot of pressure!
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Zuo Le is well aware of the praise he receives from the outside world, and is very pleased with it.
But while you are happy, you are also a little depressed. The reason is that the crew of "Wulin Gaiden" is now having "internal strife".
It sounds like the internal strife is serious, but in fact it's just that the atmosphere is a little awkward.
The main reason is that the performance of "Bright Sword" is gradually approaching that of "Wulin Gaiden", actors such as Sha Yi and Yu Entai are not calm anymore, and are a little cold and resistant to Li Youbin who came to guest star.
This is understandable. Sha Yi and Yu Entai have very deep feelings for "Wulin Gaiden". They have reached their respective peaks because of this drama. "Wulin Gaiden" has extraordinary significance to them.
In the past, "Wulin Gaiden" was the only [national-level] TV series that exceeded 5 in the Internet era. This was also the glory in the hearts of Sha Yi and Yu Entai.
Now, seeing that this honor is about to be taken away by "Bright Sword", it would be strange if they don't have any ideas in their minds.
However, the actions of Sha Yi and others were limited to this. Firstly, they were all mature artists who knew how to measure. Secondly, Zuo Le was there to hold them down.
For Zuo Le, "Wulin Gaiden" is his biological son, and "Bright Sword" is not his stepmother. He definitely doesn't want any quarrel between the two parties.
Therefore, apart from a slightly awkward atmosphere, the crew of "Wulin Gaiden" is generally harmonious. In addition to Zuo Le's contribution, it is also thanks to Yan Ni's mediation.
It's a coincidence that the heroine of Shanhe's two [national-level] TV series is Yan Ni. Her treatment is worthy of the first sister of Shanhe.
It's a pity that Xiu Qin has too few scenes, and except for the final explosive scene in the city gate building, the other scenes are quite satisfactory. As a result, Yan Ni, the heroine, has too few chips, otherwise she can compete for the Golden Phoenix Queen at the end of the year.
Already.
However, although the hope of receiving the movie is too small, "Bright Sword" has brought her a lot of popularity.
It is no exaggeration to say that the income from the two dramas "Wulin Gaiden" and "Bright Sword" alone is enough for Yan Ni to retire.
Therefore, despite the busy and harmonious atmosphere, Yan Ni couldn't help but feel how beautiful she is, not to mention that she is still the leading female lead in Shanhe's first movie.
The previous success of "Magic Phone" was a hit, and the company is preparing for "Seven Swords 2", with Shui Miaomiao, Zhang Jiajia and others gaining momentum.
Yan Ni was still a little nervous, and she even secretly complained to Zuo Le at the Golden Phoenix Awards. As a result, within half a year, her situation was improving.
Not to mention Shui Miaomiao has "Seven Swords 2", another "Seven Swords 3" will not threaten her status as the first sister in a short time.
Tsk tsk...
Yan Ni had already planned to give Zuo Le a grand wedding gift when she got married, and then build a good relationship with the boss lady. She had not forgotten how Wan Qian, the other heroine of "Bright Sword", got the role.
She is a little older and married. Compared to the young girls in the company, she will be more likely to be approached by the boss's wife.
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Zuo Le didn't know that before she got married, the first lady in the company was already preparing for a palace fight.
Seeing that there was no trouble on the set, he felt relieved and continued filming the movie.
Although the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" has the same cast and the same original scenery, the filming is much more sophisticated than when it was filmed for TV. The lighting, shadows, costumes, and images are all much more refined.
If some critical old drama fans see it, they will definitely complain that it is not the same as before.
There is no way, after all, it is a movie, and the big screen can see it more carefully. Although it has to be close to the style of the TV series, certain trade-offs still have to be made.
There are some things in TV series that are just okay, but if movies still do this, it would really be a joke.
However, Zuo Le still has a sense of proportion. Although the movie version of "Wulin Gaiden" is relatively more refined, it still retains most of the original flavor of the TV series.
Unlike the original movie, except that the actors still have the same faces, everything else has almost changed.
It's understandable to change the real scene. After all, it's been so many years and it's unrealistic to shoot the original scene.
It is understandable that the makeup and costumes of the actors have changed. After all, the movie is set several years ago, so it is logical for the changes to happen.
In addition, except for shopkeeper Tong who wore too much makeup, subverting the previous image, the other people's changes were not particularly drastic.
When Zuo Le was filming, the makeup and costume styles of the original actors were changed, which was close to the TV series, but more refined.
Shopkeeper Tong is still the charming and pretty widow, not the ghost-like proprietress with heavy make-up in the original version...
In fact, the above two are just minor problems. What puzzles Zuo Le the most is that the lighting and picture design of the movie version simply let himself go.
It's obviously a light comedy movie, but the visuals and lighting design are dark and depressing, and some places even deliberately create a scary atmosphere.
The good Tongfu Inn looks a bit like Sun Erniang's Cross Slope, directly changing the original style of "Wulin Gaiden", and I don't blame the audience for not buying it.
So when Zuo Le was filming, he learned this lesson. Just like the TV series, the lighting of the picture was sunny, and occasionally a horror joke was used as a spice, but the overall style was definitely farewell to the depressing and low atmosphere of the original version.
Without discussing other aspects, just from the perspective of an ordinary viewer, Zuo Le feels that the visual style of this version of the movie he shot is far better than the original version.
