Chapter 391 Official affirmation, benchmark for the theme of the main theme
On September 15, 2022, "Latent" is about to be broadcast for a week. The average ratings of the entire drama have reached 3.37, and the Douhua score has also reached 9.2 points.
As expected at first, the entire September schedule became the "one word" of "Latent", and the TV series was criticized in various ways during the same period.
The IP drama adapted from a web text that was originally scheduled to be released later this month is also trembling, fearing that it will be swept away by the aftermath of "Insidious" and get off to a bleak start.
When "Latent" was on the air, the famous domestic second-rate newspaper "People's Daily" published an editorial - "The Power of Faith."
Praise for "Latent" by name, and based on the plot and characters in the play, extend the praise to the older generation of revolutionary workers.
In fact, Zuo Le and even the Shanhe drama are often praised by the officials, and they often appear on related official channels such as Youth League, Xinhua, and CCTV.
Especially when major dramas like "The House Gate", "The Great Dyeing Shop" and "Bright Sword" are popular among the mainstream, they will receive news messages or video comments every now and then.
However, these are still online channels after all, and their weight is slightly inferior. They are actually published in influential official paper media such as "People's Daily", and the number is still very small.
If you count carefully, there are only about five or six times in a few years.
On its 70th anniversary, "The Story of the Cooking Class" exploded in popularity, unexpectedly overshadowing many gift films.
"Wulin Gaiden" and "Bright Sword" created ratings myths and generated national-level super influence, and each was on the air once.
The overseas copyright of the "Seven Swords" series exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, breaking the export price record of TV series, which enhanced our country's prestige and was praised once.
And last year, the Shanhe drama group broke out, creating a domineering "Shanhe Year" golden period in the field of TV dramas. Officials used Shanhe as an example for domestic film and television companies to learn from.
What's left is this time of "Latent".
The reason why "Latent" received a separate editorial was mainly because the subject matter was correct and in line with the official thinking.
In fact, in recent years, the government has been making efforts in cultural propaganda, as evidenced by the continuous increase in the number of films and TV shows with the main theme.
It's a pity that among these film and television works, there are too few that can be used.
Either the quality of the work is substandard, or the reputation and influence are too low. Among the few popular film and television works, there are many containing private goods.
As one of the few film and television production companies with an excellent reputation in China, Sunward has been officially supported by Sunward in producing more TV series that meet official expectations.
Shanhe did not live up to the above expectations. Needless to say, the early series "Underground Traffic Station" and "The Story of the Cooking Class" were very close to the main theme.
The later "Crossing Guandong" is about the folk customs of the country and the changes of the times, "Da Ranfang" tells the story of patriotic businessmen engaged in industry, "Bright Sword" praises the revolutionary soldiers of our party, and "Six Serious Cases" promotes the people's police to solve crimes, punish evil and protect the masses.
They are all TV series with positive themes and positive energy...
Why is Shanhe so popular among the officials? It’s because he has a clean foundation and sits upright.
However, the official has always been a little regretful that the Shanhe drama did not explore enough aspects that they really wanted to show.
Even the closest "Bright Sword" is only in the military category and only touches on some issues.
Although we understand Shanhe's concerns and the difficulty of shooting, the official still hopes that Shanhe can make a breakthrough and light up the sluggish main theme films and TV shows.
What is official is gratifying is that Zuo Le's new drama "Latent" has achieved this. Although the main plot is a spy war, what it should express does not lose weight at all.
Especially the two characters, Shopkeeper Qiu and Zuo Lan, performed extremely well in the early stage.
The editorial of "People's Daily" is also based on these two characters...
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Shopkeeper Qiu is Yu Zecheng's underground party contact in Jinmen, and one of the few underground party members who knows Yu Zecheng's true identity.
Therefore, when shopkeeper Qiu was accidentally caught by Ma Kui and subjected to torture and interrogation, Yu Zecheng's situation almost reached the edge of the cliff, and the risk of exposure was extremely high.
At that time, Yu Zecheng had even begun to consider evacuating Tianjin. Later, he was forced to take a gamble and participated in the interrogation of Shopkeeper Qiu by the senior officials of Jinmen Station.
Director Yu Da was calm and expressionless on the surface, but he was feeling anxious and uneasy in his heart.
But Yu Zecheng never expected that Shopkeeper Qiu would tell him with his own actions in front of him. What is faith...
After Shopkeeper Qiu was arrested, he was tortured countless times by Ma Kui and others without uttering a word. He knew that he had fallen into the hands of the military commander and was doomed.
Either betrayal or death.
Shopkeeper Qiu is not afraid of death, but he decides that he must do something before he dies.
As an old underground man, Shopkeeper Qiu had rich experience in fighting enemies. He knew that after his arrest, he would definitely cause panic to Yu Zecheng and other underground party organizations because he did not know whether he had rebelled.
Yu Zecheng's hidden secret is very important. If other intelligence agencies choose to evacuate, they will suffer huge losses, so Manager Qiu has been holding on until now just to tell Yu Zecheng.
I have not betrayed myself. I hope Yu Zecheng and his superiors will not act rashly and continue to lurk to avoid losses.
For this reason, shopkeeper Qiu, who was covered in blood, first sneered and refuted his betrayed subordinate operator in front of Jinmen Station and other senior officials.
It is implied that the operator Yu Zecheng is a gangster who does not know much information and does not affect the overall situation.
Then he confessed his feelings and told Yu Zecheng that he had not uttered a word, and then bit off his tongue to clarify his intention and comfort Yu Zecheng to continue lurking.
This is not only a manifestation of will, but also the wisdom of struggle.
In this scene, actor Bao Dazhi, who plays Shopkeeper Qiu, contributed extremely dazzling acting skills. The wonderful performance and the tear-jerking plot brought Shopkeeper Qiu, an old underground man with firm beliefs, to life.
In the clip of Penguin Video "Latent", the audience marked "I cried", "Salute", "Don't forget your original intention, keep your mission in mind" and other comments to show their respect.
There is also a small detail in this paragraph. When shopkeeper Qiu bit off his tongue, Ma Kui and others went to make repairs, while the three people sitting down, Stationmaster Yu Zecheng, Wu and Lu Qiaoshan, also made their own moves.
Needless to say, Yu Zecheng's eyes hidden behind his glasses were full of shock and sadness, his cheeks moved slightly, and he could hardly suppress the emotions in his heart.
Lu Qiaoshan turned his head slightly, unable to bear to look directly at Shopkeeper Qiu's miserable condition. Stationmaster Wu stood up and stood in awe, adjusting his disciplinary buttons as a sign of respect.
For this kind of warrior who sacrifices his life for righteousness, even the enemy will give a certain amount of respect...
From a plot perspective, Shopkeeper Qiu’s behavior can be said to have a strong impetus to Yu Zecheng’s thoughts.
Although Yu Zecheng was developed into an underground party before, due to some coincidences in the process of joining, he was not particularly firm in his thinking. Shopkeeper Qiu was the first person to lead Yu Zecheng "in".
It was precisely because of his example that shocked Yu Zecheng and led him to the path of an underground revolutionary fighter with firm beliefs.
However, although Shopkeeper Qiu bit his tongue and committed suicide, which was shocking, he was later rescued by Yu Zecheng and had a happy ending.
In contrast, "Zuo Lan's Sorrow" is an important climax in the early stage of the drama.
It was also the sacrifice of this beloved that completely strengthened Yu Zecheng's belief. If Shopkeeper Qiu is the leader, then Zuo Lan is the sublimator of Yu Zecheng's belief.
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The plot of "Latent" continues from the previous article. Ma Kui was tricked by Yu Zecheng and became a lost dog. He fled in embarrassment. Chongqing sent a new operations captain to Jinmen Station - Li Ya.
This Li Ya was the Buddhist shrine lurking in Yan'an. Yu Zecheng found him out and replaced him as shopkeeper Qiu. In other words, although Yu and Li had never met each other before, they had already crossed paths once.
It was precisely because of this special fate that as soon as Li Ya arrived, he pointed the finger at Yu Zecheng. He felt that there was something going on between Yu Zecheng and Zuo Lan, and planned to put some effort into them.
Li Ya is not the reckless and brainless Ma Kui. He is thoughtful and vicious. Yu Zecheng was unprepared. Not only did he quickly fall into a passive position, but Zuo Lan also entered a crisis - Li Ya and Lao Wu dug up
A trap, ready to kill Zuo Lan.
Yu Zecheng spent a lot of effort, and with Cuiping's assistance, Cuiping successfully contacted Zuo Lan and informed him to evacuate immediately.
However, in order to get rid of Yu Zecheng's suspicion, Zuo Lan was prepared to put himself in danger and cover for Yu Zecheng.
This scene is very classic. Yu Zecheng and Cuiping want to protect Zuo Lan, and Zuo Lan wants to protect Yu Zecheng. The three of them all want to protect each other, but they put their own safety aside. It's fascinating to savor it carefully.
Feeling.
Just when Zuo Lan and Cuiping were arguing, Ma Kui, who was on the run, suddenly came out and intervened, preparing to capture Zuo Lan and bring him back to the Secrecy Bureau to prove his grievances.
Ma Kui felt that it was easy to deal with the two women, but he didn't expect that Cuiping, the female guerrilla leader, was a hero among women. He kicked Cuiping away when she was not prepared, and Zuo Lan immediately responded with a shot.
Ma Kui died, and because the gunfire rang out, Zuo Lan no longer had to take risks, and Cuiping went home happily to hand in the task.
However, what she didn't know was that before Ma Kui died, he shot Zuo Lan in the back.
In order to prevent Cuiping from getting entangled here, Zuo Lan was discovered by the military commander, and he "deceived" Cuiping to leave with his last breath, and fell into a pool of blood.
Here, Yu Zecheng learned about Zuo Lan's death from Luqiao Mountain Pass, but Cuiping brought back the news that Zuo Lan was safe.
Lao Yu was confused and didn't know which one to believe. It wasn't until he saw Zuo Lan's body that he understood what happened.
For such a woman, Yu Zecheng really couldn't find any reason not to love her, but no matter whether he accepted it or not, Zuo Lan had already sacrificed her life.
When his beloved died, Yu Zecheng was extremely sad, but he couldn't show any emotion, and he had to chat with Li Ya, who indirectly killed Zuo Lan, laughingly.
In this scene, Sun Lei gave an actor-level performance. His words and expressions were extremely restrained, but the audience could feel his grief and anger from the TV.
He looked at Li Ya's smile in the morgue. At first glance, he looked kind and honest, but upon closer inspection, he felt even more chilling...
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Like Shopkeeper Qiu, the character Zuo Lan has received very high official ratings.
This almost idealistic revolutionary female warrior is a rare female character with IQ, thoughtfulness, and ability who is the main theme in recent years. Although she does not have many roles, her character is quite outstanding.
Compared with Zuo Lan, many similar female characters, although shouting loud slogans, have very weak personas and do not reveal the fearlessness and noble thoughts of revolutionary female warriors at all.
Some of them are better, and they can barely act like tools, while some of them are worse, they even look like pretentious virgins, and they are so huge and annoying.
This is not nonsense. According to the author, after roughly watching more than a dozen spy war and anti-war dramas with the main theme in the past two years, I found that almost 80% of the female protagonists have this character, and all kinds of virgins are brainless.
Many female villains are not as attractive as the Japanese and military villains, which makes people wonder if the film crew is deliberately trying to smear them.
To be honest, many of the current main theme film and television dramas promote official beliefs and ideas in the plot, but in actual operation, most of them are false and empty, which is particularly embarrassing.
In addition to the attitude towards production, the deeper issue is that current practitioners in the film and television industry have not worked hard to understand and experience relevant aspects. Creators cannot be involved in it, and naturally they cannot produce good things that can move people's hearts.
At this juncture, "Latent" has come up with a pretty good answer, which stands out, and the official is naturally not shy about praising it.
The official affirmation has little effect on promoting the ratings of "Latent", but the potential influence it brings is absolutely terrifying.
This kind of influence cannot be felt by ordinary viewers, but some sensitive people in the industry can still feel its weight.
On September 17, the Dongshan Provincial Publicity Center designated "Latent" as this year's provincial key cultural publicity project achievement.
On September 19, the first and second leaders of the Quancheng Prefecture came to Shanhe to inspect, and Zuo Le personally accompanied them.
On September 21st, the Chinese TV Drama Association held a symposium and study meeting on the drama "Latent". Vice President Zuo Le personally attended the meeting to preside over the meeting and showed his face.
Although Zuo Le, the vice-president of the TV Drama Association, is ranked low, he cannot stand up to his youth. He is only in his early 30s this year, and is younger than the other youngest vice-presidents.
To put it bluntly, at Zuo Le's age, he could beat these people to death just by hard work, and then rise to the top and become the boss.
But judging from this, the higher-ups are planning to put some more burden on Zuo Leduo.
Considering that Zuo Le is indeed a bit young now, it will be difficult for him to be the president in a short time, but as the second or third child, it is not a big problem to step in and take charge of part of the association's work.
It is said, it is said that a relatively large-scale literary and art conference is expected to be held at the end of this year, and a big boss wants Zuo Le to speak on behalf of the film and television industry or TV series.
This is a great honor.
If Zuo Le really succeeds, not only will he be gold-plated, but at least he will be officially stamped, Shanhe's scale and resources in creation will be greatly improved, and various other invisible benefits will be obtained.
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"Latent" was so worth it!
Even if "Latent" didn't make a penny, Shanhe would have made a lot of money just by getting these. This is something that other film and television companies can't get by racking their brains and spending any money.
If it weren't for the fact that the main theme was too sensitive, it would be easy to get both good and bad, but Zuo Le really wanted to keep up the good work and make more movies.
And now, "Bright Sword" and "Latent" have performed so well that they have almost become the benchmark for theme-themed movies. If the main theme of Shanhe's next movie is not strong, it will be self-defeating.
Therefore, Zuo Le gave instructions that the film and television shooting of the main theme after Shanhe must be done with caution. If there is no particularly outstanding and reliable project, do not start it easily...
