Chapter 488 'Ghost Blowing the Lamp - The Ancient City' Fatty Wang and Big Gold Tooth
Although the two villain organizations of the Black Club and the Iron Hand in "Detective Detective Dee 3" were completely abused by the "Snake Spirit" in the second part,
But this does not mean that the ratings of "Detective Detective Dee 3" are not good. On the contrary, after the popularity of the first two parts, "Detective Detective Dee 3" cannot be said to be invincible, but at least it is full of confidence.
As long as the quality does not suffer a major collapse, the huge audience accumulated previously can be quickly converted into ratings.
"Detective Detective Dee 3" broke 2 in a week. Two-thirds of the time it was played, it exceeded the 2.88 of the first part, and it was on the verge of breaking 3.
This is the terrifying thing about a series that has become a hit IP.
As long as the quality can be stabilized, or more accurately, it can be recognized by the audience, then it will be a steady stream of gold and one of the biggest trump cards of film and television companies.
Previously, Shanhe ended the "Serious Cases" series, and I don't know how many colleagues in the industry felt regretful.
Such a profitable project was ended so quickly. If they, as long as they could make money, they would squeeze everything out of this project until there was no oil or water left, and then throw it aside.
If possible, take it back after ten or twenty years and fry it with cold rice and taste the meaty flavor in the bone residue.
In the eyes of some colleagues who are accustomed to "sucking out the bones and marrow", Shanhe's behavior is really too extravagant...
It’s not just the series of "Six Crimes", but also hit dramas such as "Lotus Lantern", "Seven Swords", "Wulin Gaiden", "Bright Sword", "Mao Liar", etc. You can find ways to "continue" the project.
"Lotus Lantern" has a prequel, and it's totally possible to make a sequel. The Jade Emperor and Yang Jian have already finished beating their evil uncles, so Chen Xiang can't be allowed to beat the mandarin ducks with a stick?
"Wulin Gaiden" is a landmark sitcom and a national-level TV series. If it is well executed, one drama can last a lifetime. Zuo Le only made one extra-type movie, which is a waste of resources.
If it were them, let alone the last 80 episodes, they would shoot the last 8,000 episodes as long as they make money.
The same goes for "Bright Sword" and "Mao Liang", there is a chance for sequels.
Li Yunlong's subsequent plot is difficult to film, but the story of his Long March as a Red Army can be filmed, and the protagonist group of "Mao Liang" can also be reorganized, and even some of the main creatives can be replaced, and the audience will not refuse to accept it.
Both of them are national-level TV series, and their influence is astonishing. Just the popularity is enough to make a lot of money.
Let's talk about "Seven Swords", this is also the most regrettable work in the industry.
The sequels to the above-mentioned dramas are just ideas, and the prospects for actual projects may not be great. However, "Seven Swords" has definitely had a sequel, and it has been well received.
In addition, "Seven Swords" can also earn foreign exchange, go for a walk, and put dollars in your pocket.
In fact, the price of overseas sales is secondary. The key is that "Seven Swords" attracts people.
Most of the leading artists from Shanhe came from this drama. They are simply the "star-making drama kings" in film and television dramas.
This attribute is the most valuable thing in "Seven Swords".
It doesn’t take much, just two popular traffics in one year, and the film studio will make a lot of money.
If you are lucky enough to get a top-notch person like Gu Xiaoge or Shui Miaomiao, you can laugh out of your dreams.
However, it is such a cornucopia. Shanhe stopped filming indefinitely after two movies. See what it means, and there is basically no plan to restart it.
How come such a "prodigal" behavior doesn't make the bosses of film and television companies envious and jealous?
There were also people who specifically contacted Sunward and were willing to spend a lot of money to purchase these IP licenses and adapt them themselves, but Sunward flatly refused.
In Zuo Le's words, Shanhe is not so poor that it is selling "its own children".
Therefore, everyone can only watch as the mountains and rivers shelve the golden mountains in a high cabinet. The most annoying thing is that while they have sealed off a mountain, they continue to develop new golden mountains.
I originally wanted to see Zuo Le's jokes, hoping that one day in the future the country would decline, but Zuo Le couldn't help but come out and make a fool of himself.
However, after so many years, they did not take the joke seriously. Instead, the mountains and rivers became more and more prosperous, and everyone's mood became more and more sour and bitter.
Why is the stupid Zuo Le so awesome? There must be no system...
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Of course, despite its strong ratings, "Detective Detective Dee 3" is not all smooth sailing.
Compared with the previous two films, its Douhua score has dropped significantly, only 8.2.
Many old viewers have expressed dissatisfaction on various online platforms, believing that the quality of the series has declined, and the case design is obviously not as bizarre and complex as the previous two series.
This phenomenon is a bit like the "Exotic Agents 3" at the beginning of the year. The first two films were also extremely stunning and aroused extremely high expectations among the audience.
It turned out that the third work was not as good as they imagined, and was even worse than the previous work. There was a certain gap in their minds, and their evaluation of it was naturally lower.
Of course, the ending of "Detective Di Renjie 3" is still much better than that of "Detective Detective Di Renjie 3".
First of all, when promoting the third part, we did not deliberately promote the third part and treated it as normal. This avoided that in addition to the audience with high expectations, most other ordinary audiences also had high expectations for "Detective Di Renjie 3", and the impact was controlled to a reasonable level.
within the control range.
The second is that "Detective Di Renjie 3" did not encounter a formidable and powerful enemy like "The Richest Man in Xihong City".
It can develop freely in a relatively peaceful environment, and external evaluation has limited impact on its ratings.
At the time, "Double Detective 3" also suffered from bad reviews. If it doesn't make small moves and waits patiently for the public opinion to reverse, the box office can still be expected.
But the film crew couldn't stand it, and it made Zuo Le angrily fight back. He joined forces with "Conquering the Devil 2" to attack the film, leading to a disastrous ending.
If "The Richest Man in Xihong City" hadn't been a stumbling block, even if "Exotic Agents 3" had a mediocre reputation, its box office wouldn't be that bad.
Fortunately, "Detective Detective Di Renjie 3", although it experienced a lot of doubts and negative reviews from the audience, it still managed to break through to 3 before the finale.
The average ratings of the whole drama are 3.04.
A total of three films have been released, two of which have exceeded 3, and one is close to breaking 3. The "Detective Di Renjie" series is a very popular one.
In one fell swoop, it has surpassed the just-concluded series "Six Serious Cases" and is eyeing the first of the series "Family with Children".
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With his long-term and stable performance, the creator of "Family with Children" has a very high status in the country.
Now the rise of the "Detective Di Renjie" series has finally given them a sense of crisis.
Gao Xinjian, the director of "Family with Children", had previously focused all his energy on other projects.
A lot of work on "Family with Children" was handed over to the assistant director below, waiting for him to finish other projects before taking time off to tackle the annual filming of "Family with Children".
It's like a routine, not perfunctory, but I don't take it too seriously.
Now I am forced by "Detective Detective Dee 3" to go to the screenwriting department every three days to supervise and review the script of "Family with Children 8". It is said that I held an unprecedented video seminar with several leading actors two days ago.
The last time the crew of "All About Children" held such a meeting was back during the filming of "All About Children 3."
At that time, Lao Gao had only been a director for two years, and his confidence was still lacking, so he had to prepare as much as possible for the preliminary work to avoid being blinded when things happened.
Later, when Lao Gao became famous, and the main creators of "Family with Children" had participated in the show for many years and were familiar with their roles, this kind of meeting and discussion between the main creators rarely happened again.
In a sense, the outbreak of the "Detective Detective Dee" series is not a bad thing for the crew of "Family with Children".
Seven years of filming has long since made the creators inert, and their creative passion has been greatly reduced. At this time, a competitor can provide a positive stimulus, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Lao Gao was so excited by "Detective Di Renjie" that he greatly pleased Xue Jun.
In the past few years, Gao Xinjian and Kong Sheng took turns to have great hits with their works, either breaking 3 or breaking 4, which pushed Xue Jun to the point where he almost couldn't lift his head.
Until last year, "Detective Detective Di Renjie 2" was a huge hit, and Xue Jun was finally proud of himself. But this year's "Detective Di Renjie 3" has achieved another great success and made Xue Laosi's back even harder.
Not to mention, Lao Xue still has a big killer in his hand - "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
Last year, Shanhe purchased the film and television rights to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and prepared to enter the online drama market. After several considerations by the company's senior management, Xue Jun was responsible for this project.
After all, it was a test of the waters, and Shanhe was still very cautious internally. There were so many original works of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", but Shanhe's screenwriters only selected the first two to adapt.
The first season "Jingjue Ancient City", the second season "Longling Grottoes".
Now, the filming of the first season of "Jingjue Ancient City" has been completed and is currently in post-production. It is expected to be released on Penguin Video in the summer. It will also be Shanhe's first online drama this year.
"The Ancient City of Jingjue" tells the story of the first combination of Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, and Shirley Yang Tiejie to explore the ancient city of Jingjue. After experiencing life and death, Hu and Wang were cursed by the ghost eye, which paved the way for the following work.
Judging from the entire series of "Ghost Blowing Lamp", "Jingjue Ancient City" is not the earliest in the timeline.
Let's not talk about "Nu Qing Xiangxi", it is directly the story of the previous generation, and the timeline of "Huangpizi Tomb" is also before it, but it is more of a memory nature.
The reason why "Jingjue Ancient City" is the beginning of the entire series of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is because the main plot begins from this film.
Therefore, the Shanhe version of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" simply started filming from now on.
The first season is "Jingjue Ancient City", followed by the second "Longling Grottoes", the third season "Yunnan Worm Valley", the fourth season "Kunlun Shrine"... until the sixth season is also the finale "Wu Gorge"
"Coffin Mountain".
One season per year, six years in total.
Of course, the premise is that if the results are good, Shanhe will keep shooting.
As for "Huang Pizi Grave" and "Angry Sunny Xiangxi", these two will also be filmed in the past six years. They will be included in the six seasons of the main line and supplement the main plot. They are of a spin-off nature.
In other words, if the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" project can be continued, Xue Jun will have to film eight seasons of the web series in six years, which is not an uneasy task.
At the same time, if eight seasons are filmed continuously, it means that the crew and creators have to ensure that they are always in place.
Other versions of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" have always had the problem of actor substitution, and even within the same production company, there has been a major change in the cast.
Various versions of Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang's Iron Triangle have brought a lot of topics to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
But again, the actor's image is changeable, so these characters have never had the influence they deserve, making it difficult to get out of the circle.
Keeping the original cast is a traditional virtue of Shanhe dramas, which is one of the important reasons why fans were delighted when it was announced that Shanhe was filming "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
Therefore, the bottom line within Shanhe is that in non-extremely special circumstances, such as an actor's death/disability/blocking, etc., the original cast must be guaranteed.
The main line has six seasons, and the Iron Triangle is all there. "Huangpizi's Tomb", Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang participated in it, and "Nu Qing Xiangxi" has nothing to do with the main line, but there should be some guest appearances.
In other words, the three protagonists of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" must sign a film contract for at least six seasons.
To be honest, in today's fast-paced film and television industry, such film appointments are rare, and even the series before Shanhe are not this long.
"Crime Unit 6" and "Detective Detective Dee" both have a total of five films, and most of the actors are 2+1, that is, two films plus one will be given priority in signing film contracts.
Only Liang Damin, who plays Di Renjie, because the role is too important.
After "Detective Di Renjie 2" aired, Shanhe specifically signed a film contract with him for the remaining three films.
As for "Family with Children", the contract signing time was also extended in the later period, from 1+1 at the beginning to 2+1, and now it is 3+2.
In fact, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" originally wanted to adopt 5+2, but later on, for insurance purposes, we decided to sign it all at once.
After all, "Family with Children" is a sitcom. In a certain plot, if there is one more person or one less person, you can still operate freely. Moreover, the crew and the creators are all close acquaintances, so the possibility of quitting due to a bad relationship is very low.
But "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is different. It is a feature film. Without changing the actors, it is difficult to significantly reduce the role of a certain starring role, especially the Iron Triangle.
In addition, not all of the leading actors are Shanhe's own people, and there is no emotional basis for trust. In order to ensure the lineup, we can only cast villains first, then gentlemen, and make a long-term film appointment.
It has to be said that six to eight film appointments at once, spanning six years, really persuaded many artists to quit.
But given the influence of the well-known IPs of Shanhe Drama and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" here, many actors are still willing to give it a try.
Fatty Wang, who was in the Iron Triangle, was captured early by Jiang Chao of Shanhe. This was something that both Sunward Chairman Zuo Le and director Xue Jun nodded.
Even the original author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" personally admitted in Bibo that Jiang Chao fits his vision of Fatty Wang.
It’s unclear whether the author deliberately curry favor with Shan He, but the director, author, and financial backers all believed that Jiang Chao’s role as Fatty Wang was a sure thing.
The second one ordered was the Big Golden Tooth, played by the second uncle.
Although it doesn't quite match the image of the original work, the second uncle's popularity and good acting skills are enough to smooth over this minor problem.
It can also be seen from the enthusiastic responses from netizens and fans afterwards that everyone is quite satisfied with this casting, even more so than Jiang Chao playing Fatty Wang.
As for the male lead Hu Bayi and the female lead Shirley Yang, Shanhe did not decide easily at that time, but adopted a semi-open casting method to finally select the characters.
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ps: Please recommend actors Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang. They can be either characters appearing in the book or real stars...
