Chapter 308: The Mythological Hotspot Caused by 'The Lotus Lantern'
The final twist in the ending of "Lotus Lantern" caused quite a stir on the Internet.
Erlang Shen, a character who was already controversial, has completely changed his reputation, and after this incident, the already popular momentum has become even more popular.
Even in the online simulation selection of the most popular character of the year at the Golden Phoenix Awards at the end of the year, Erlang Shen Yang Jian's votes increased rapidly, and now he has come from behind to enter the top ten.
And the number of votes is growing rapidly. As long as it reaches the top five, it will be nominated for the Most Popular Character of the Year at the 2021 Golden Phoenix Awards.
Even if you don't succeed in the final, being shortlisted is still a pretty good achievement.
Apart from other things, actors and works can be added to the honor column on a certain encyclopedia information card.
Don't underestimate this amount. An actor's resume and the influence of his works are accumulated step by step. Ordinary actors and works have no useful information to add to their writing.
The day after the finale of "Lotus Lantern", the final ratings of the entire drama have finally been obtained.
3.04%
Shanhe's fourth TV series this year broke 3.
The creators of "Lotus Lantern" and the senior executives of Shanhe were in a state of excitement. Even Zuo Le was a little surprised.
No one thought that the drama "Baolian Lantern" would be so popular. Before it was broadcast, everyone's estimate was between 2.5 and 2.8, and the goal was to be similar to "The Miracle Doctor Xilaile".
As a result, "Baolian Lantern" has now exceeded 3, which is definitely a huge surprise.
At the same time, the success of "Lotus Lantern" has also made Shanhe and even the entire entertainment industry see the prospects of Chinese mythological themes.
In fact, before the popularity of "Magic Phone", there were already signs of the popularity of mythological elements. However, at that time, because "Magic Phone" also contained elements such as magic and time travel, it did not attract special attention.
Therefore, Zuo Le and Shan He launched "Baolian Lantern" to test the market, and the feedback was unexpectedly good.
This surprised Shanhe greatly.
Shanhe is capable of producing fantasy, martial arts, fairy tales and other large-scale costume dramas, and the "Seven Swords" series is the best proof.
Because of this, Shanhe wants to keep producing this type of TV series stably.
However, although the production level is adequate, good scripts are rare.
Especially in martial arts, there are too few original masterpieces. Even Zuo Le doesn't have much stock in hand. If he wants to shoot, he can only tinker with masterpieces by martial arts masters such as Jin Gu.
And this kind of remake of a famous work is often very complicated. There are too many classics in the previous work, and the choices between the original work and the adaptation have to be taken into account. The ideas of fans of the original work and fans of various versions have to be taken into consideration.
Sometimes it's thankless for your efforts. Shanhe is definitely not willing to touch this kind of TV series lightly.
Martial arts scripts are rare, so we have to think of ways to write them in fairy tales, fantasy and myths and legends.
Frankly speaking, there is no shortage of material in these two aspects. Even without Zuo Le's Golden Finger, just relying on Internet articles and various legends passed down from China for thousands of years is enough to make mountains and rivers inexhaustible.
Sometimes, there is no shortage of good stories in the film and television industry, but what is lacking is the technology and attitude to turn good stories into films.
These two are Shanhe's specialties.
Zuo Le himself understands that Golden Finger does not mean everything, and the scripts in it may not be inexhaustible. Moreover, these scripts have good and bad qualities, and only a small part of them are truly high-quality scripts.
Zuo Le has carefully calculated this point by himself. He currently has a lot of film and television works in the Golden Finger Film Library, but most of them are ordinary goods, a few are above the standard, and the classic-level works are only a tiny handful.
Pinch.
Shanhe has already established a reputation for pursuing high-quality products, so it can no longer ruin its reputation by making bad dramas.
Therefore, as there are fewer and fewer high-quality scripts in the film library, Zuo Le began to make early plans just in case.
Since last year, the Shanhe Screenwriting Department has begun to consciously create incremental original scripts. For these scripts, the company may not necessarily produce them, but they must have them.
If something unexpected happens at a critical moment, Shanhe will not break the script.
Of course, such purely original scripts rarely produce high-quality scripts, so Zuo Le focused on adapting them.
History, mythology, Internet IP, these are all ready-made plots and stories. As long as they are carefully adapted and polished, there is great hope for high-quality scripts, and they will naturally have a wide audience.
Later, Zuo Le thought about it and eliminated most of the Internet IPs for many reasons.
The most important points are that, firstly, many scenes are too big and difficult to change. Secondly, the plots of some online articles do not conform to the official lines of film and television productions. If they are significantly adapted, it is easy to lose the original selling points and cause confusion.
The dissatisfaction of fans of the original book is not worth the gain.
Third, although Internet articles have developed rapidly in recent years, except for a few top works, most Internet articles have not become popular enough to leave the circle, and their audience is limited.
Coupled with copyright issues, it is estimated that you will have to deal with the author and the online publishing company. In terms of cost performance, it is far inferior to adapting Chinese history and mythology.
No matter how popular the Internet articles are, they cannot be as famous as stories such as Nezha Naohai and Nuwa Mending the Sky. No matter how well-designed the protagonists are, they are not as real and legendary as historical figures such as Li Bai, Qin Shihuang, and Zhu Yuanzhang.
As long as the essence of the adaptation is grasped accurately and combined with excellent production, the audience's reputation will definitely be overwhelming.
Everyone was still hesitant before, but the success of "Lotus Lantern" has completely proved that this path is feasible.
At least the audience is still very interested in Chinese mythological themes...
On the night of October 27th, Zuo Le held a video conference. Shanhe executives almost unanimously approved the project of "Prequel to the Lotus Lantern". The script was accelerated and Gao Xinjian will be responsible for filming next year.
At the same time, the Shanhe Screenwriting Department began sorting out and selecting original mythological drama scripts. Zuo Le let go of the Screenwriting Department for the first time, saying that if they came up with an original script of good quality, the company would start a project to film it.
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Shanhe is not the only one who has discernment in the industry. News soon spread that two entertainment companies are preparing to film a mythological drama.
One is about Journey to the West, and the other seems to be related to Jingwei Reclamation.
Shanhe is very calm about this. In fact, although mythological themes are not popular, they have not stopped in recent years. However, there are only a few outstanding films, and most of the rest are losers.
The script was a secondary reason for the film's rejection, and most of it was due to the crew's unqualified production.
Props, extras, real scenes, special effects, costumes...
Not all companies can be as willing as Shanhe. Shanhe dares to adapt an original mythological drama because of its production technology and attitude. It has sufficient confidence and confidence to make good film and television works.
As for other companies, it would be okay if they changed things, but if they still fool the audience like before, no matter how good the story and theme are, it will be in vain.
Anyway, "Lotus Lantern" can be said to have caused a small wave of mythological craze in the industry, just like the martial arts craze and sitcom craze caused by Shan He.
However, the results were miserable the last two times, and I don’t know what the direction will be this time...
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ps: Recommended book "The Leisurely Life of Giant Pandas", daily light and cute pet articles, is being recommended by Sanjiang. It is considered one of the best new books in the same period.
