Chapter 369 Anti-Left Alliance Vanguard General - Kong Sheng
As mentioned earlier, CCTV and Sunward are the two largest existing serious drama production units and companies in China.
Previously, the serious drama with the best performance of Shanhe should be "Crossing Guandong" with a ratings of over 4 and a Douhua score of 9.3.
Last year, Kong Sheng's "The Big Dye House" followed closely behind, with ratings exceeding 3 and a rating of 9. It can be considered a serious drama with excellent results in recent years.
There are only about three major dramas in the past five years that can compare with the performance of these two TV series, two of which were produced by CCTV and one was produced by Qin Provincial Television in conjunction with several local companies.
Among the five outstanding serious dramas, Shanhe occupies the second place, which also shows the current strength of Shanhe in the subject of serious dramas.
Not to mention that now, with the popularity of "The Mansion", it is almost considered as another one, directly accounting for half of the country. With these two works, Kong Sheng has become the leading director of serious dramas in the film and television industry today.
Of course, the premise is that Zuo Le does not get involved. Even though he seems to have only one film, "Crossing the Guandong", if we strictly break it down, "Bright Sword" cannot be regarded as a serious drama.
As one of the top-rated TV series in the Internet era and one of the top three most influential, if Kong Sheng makes another TV series called "The Mansion Gate", it will not be as good as "Bright Sword" together.
What's more, Zuo Le also has a movie called "Crossing Guandong" that is no worse than "The Mansion Gate".
However, Zuo Le is now the number one person in the field of domestic TV dramas, so he will definitely not sit idle and grab the title of Best Director in a category.
The enemy might not be certain yet, but for someone like Kong Sheng, it would be too late for him to hold him to the top.
For others, "Bright Sword" should be classified as a serious drama, but he had to classify it as an anti-war drama to help Kong Sheng expand his prestige.
Of the four contracted directors at Sunward, the one with the best relationship with Zuo Le is Gao Xinjian.
Lao Gao is not only the veteran of the company, but also half of Zuo Le's apprentice. Whether it is the "Family with Children" series or "Seven Swords 2", which has a great impact on his career, it was Zuo Le who made the IP popular and made many friends.
Make a sequel to Lao Gao,
This can be said to be trust, thinking that Lao Gao will not ruin his brand, or it can be said that Zuo Le is taking care of Lao Gao.
After all, being in charge of a relatively mature film and television IP with outstanding performance is almost like squeezing fame and fortune into your arms for a director who is not particularly good.
Although Zuo Le has the best relationship with Lao Gao, the contracted director he values most is Kong Sheng.
This can be seen when Kong Sheng joined Shanhe,
Several other directors have put in a lot of effort in their promotion process.
Lao Gao first worked as the executive director of "Family with Children" and then worked as a co-director on "The Story of the Health Team" before officially becoming the director of Shanhe.
Wang Qian also served as deputy in two "Serious Crimes Group 6" films, and then became the director of the third film with Kong Sheng's support.
Xue Jun was even worse. He came to Shanhe to work as a screenwriter for half a year before he got the opportunity to independently film "The Story of the Health Team 2". As a result, his results were mediocre and he was almost kicked back.
Fortunately, the company didn't have enough directors, so it finally gained a foothold with "The Story of a College Student".
Compared with them, after Kong Sheng joined the company, he was gilded on the set of "Wulin Gaiden", accumulated some qualifications, and then directly filmed "Six Crimes" independently.
At that time, all the directors of Shanhe, except Zuo Le, were making sitcoms, with the exception of Kong Sheng.
And Kong Sheng also lived up to Zuo Le's trust. "Serious Case Group Six" achieved great results, and Sunward added another series.
Then Kong Sheng's second work "Don't Talk to Strangers" created a big social discussion, turned into a phenomenon-level TV series, and almost sent Yu Entai to the position of the emperor.
After this incident, Zuo Le, who had always had a special regard for Kong Sheng, began to think highly of him.
The two exquisite dramas "The Great Dyeing House" and "The Great House Gate" directly made Kong Sheng the number one director of serious dramas in China.
Now, as "House Gate" continues to be popular, the ratings of its TV series are also rising.
On June 20, half of the episode of "Mansion Gate" was broadcast, with a ratings of 3.69 and a Douhua score of 9.2.
"Mansion Gate" has become the most popular TV series in the first half of 2022. Several leading actors have become famous all over the country, and Kong Sheng has also become famous and famous.
If there were still people who had doubts about Kong Sheng being the leading director of a serious drama before, now with the better and better results of "The Mansion Gate", the voices of doubt are getting smaller and smaller.
Someone went to the lurking crew to interview Zuo Le. Zuo Le also gave Kong Sheng face and praised him greatly. He also said that he was very optimistic that Kong Sheng could win the Golden Phoenix Best Director this year, and "Mansion Gate" would also be among the awards.
The harvest is huge.
Zuo Le's words were like cooking oil in a hot pot, directly bringing Kong Sheng to the forefront.
From "Seven Swords" in 2018, to "Wulin Gaiden" in 2019, "Guandong" in 2020, and "Bright Sword" in 2021, Zuo Le has won the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Director for four consecutive years.
To be honest, everyone is tired of watching it.
They very much hope that a new director will challenge Zuo Le's hegemony and be crowned Director Jin Feng's new king.
It's a pity that Zuo Le's performance was too overbearing, let alone a challenge. Other directors couldn't even touch him, especially last year's "Bright Sword". The gap was so high that it was almost despairing.
However, the release of "Mansion Gate" this year gave everyone hope.
Now that "The Mansion Gate" has been played for more than half of the time, the ratings have reached 3.69. Even if it gradually approaches the audience ceiling and the growth rate declines, breaking 4 should not be a big problem.
This result, coupled with the current Douhua score of 9.2 for "The Mansion Gate", has surpassed Zuo Le's 2018 work "Seven Swords" and is similar to the 2020 work "Crossing Guandong".
That is to say, unless Zuo Le explodes again this year and creates a national-level TV series comparable to "Bright Sword" and "Wulin Gaiden".
Otherwise, with "The Mansion", Kong Sheng really hopes to challenge the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Director at the end of the year.
Moreover, in addition to Best Director, Zuo Le has also dominated the ratings championship for four years, and "Mansion Gate" may also have a chance to challenge it.
Zuo Le and Shan He are so perverted that in the field of TV dramas, everyone no longer believes that anyone else can beat him.
Therefore, everyone can only place their hopes on Shanhe's own people...
So inexplicably, Kong Sheng suddenly became the vanguard general of the "Anti-Left Alliance" without even knowing it.
When he came to his senses, many media began to build momentum for him, encouraging him to face the big devil bravely and become a new dragon-slaying hero.
After Kong Sheng read these news, his lungs almost exploded with anger!
These idiots are holding themselves back to death, and their intentions are so vicious...
Kong Sheng, who had already entered semi-vacation mode, hurriedly called Zuo Le to explain, saying that I am loyal to His Majesty, but there are some unscrupulous traitors who are harming me behind my back.
His Majesty Zuo Le calmly appeased his generals, and said that he did not care about these false reputations, and even hoped that Kong Sheng would win the title. Such a strong country is also a country.
However, after Zuo Le hung up the phone, he became more serious about the filming of "Latent" and even reduced the number of visits to his newborn son.
What Zuo Le said to comfort Kong Sheng was true. Having already received numerous honors, he didn't really care whether he won the Golden Phoenix Best Director award again. Of course, the premise was that one of his own would win the award.
Although he doesn't care about awards, Zuo Le cares about his own face.
You can lose the prize, but you can't lose badly. Zuo Le's bottom line is to lose even with his weak disadvantage.
The results of "The Mansion Gate" can be said to be quite excellent, and Zuo Le is under a lot of pressure.
By then, if "Latent" is not good enough and "Mansion Gate" is crushed, it will damage the face of director Zuo Da...
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ps: I have something to do today and I don’t have enough time to type. The next chapter will be posted tomorrow morning.
