Chapter 532: Wu Zhou Fu Tang and 'Chasing the Murderer in the White Night'
As I said before, although the "Detective Di Renjie" series is mainly about suspense detective cases, it still has a main storyline.
This main plot is the historical event derived from the real history of Di Renjie's era, the Wu Zhou Fu Tang Dynasty.
The first four parts of "Detective Detective Dee" have relevant plots in each part.
The first and second parts introduce more about the past events of Wu Zhou's rise to power, and mention the anti-Chou forces that have been resisting the imperial court in these years.
On the whole, it was Di Renjie who investigated and wiped out the unstable factors of the Great Zhou Dynasty and made the country quiet and peaceful. However, this only eliminated the hidden dangers on the surface, but in fact there were still undercurrents surging within the imperial court.
This surge was the overt and covert struggle between the Zhongtang faction that supported the prince and the Wu Zhou New Party headed by Liang Wang Wu Sansi.
The key figure in history, Princess Taiping, appeared too early in the play and her ambitions were exposed in the first part. Therefore, the role was hidden and did not reappear until the fourth part.
The struggle and opposition between the Li, Tang, Wu and Zhou factions was not only a battle for the right to inherit the throne, but also a battle to defend and subvert the royal power of a unified dynasty.
To put it bluntly, whether the world will be named Wu or Li in the future will depend on who wins and who loses...
Therefore, starting from "Detective Di Renjie 3", the perspective of the main plot has gradually been focused on the current political situation.
The two cases in the third part are superficially related to the rebellion of border careerists and the troubles caused by local evil forces, but in the play, the screenwriter gave the two cases a political color.
The King in Black is preparing to rebel against the separatist Liangzhou, which is within the sphere of influence of the Li Tang Party. The King in Black is behind the trouble, and there is a faint push and support from the Wuzhou Party.
The purpose is to let the King in Black occupy Liangzhou first, cut off an arm of Li Tang's party, and cause them to suffer huge losses.
To put it bluntly, the King in Black is a knife for Wu Sansi and others. Unfortunately, Di Renjie is so awesome that he stabbed the knife before it could take effect.
Another case in the third part is also related to the fight between the two parties.
The Iron Hand Regiment, the world's number one killer group, has close ties with Liang Wang Wu Sansi. Although it cannot be said to be Wu Yiyi's party, the two parties also have many interests.
The King of Liang was considered a protector of the Iron Hands' court, and the Iron Hands helped the King of Liang do some killer jobs and at the same time win over threats.
Officials from Yangzhou and other places where the Iron Hand Regiment's sphere of influence was located were used by the Wu Zhou Party.
Di Renjie solved the case of the Iron Hands, which undoubtedly eliminated the important secret forces under the Third Wu Division of King Liang. At the same time, he also eliminated most of the official power network set up by King Liang through the Iron Hands in Yangzhou and other places.
There are two cases in "Detective Di Renjie 3", one foiled Prince Liang's conspiracy and protected his own side, the other attacked Prince Liang's power and caused heavy losses to the other side.
The other side disappeared and the other rose. Under Di Renjie's output, Li Tang's power became stronger and stronger, gradually overwhelming Wu Zhou's party.
And "Detective Detective Dee 4" almost continues this routine.
Destroy the opponent's conspiracy and attack the opponent's power.
Prince Li Xian's advantage became more and more powerful, and the battle for the right to inherit the throne has completely entered a fierce stage.
Wu Sansi secretly stirred up troubles and prepared to make a comeback. Wu Zetian, who was getting older and frailer, was also afraid of the increasingly powerful Prince Li Xian. At the same time, he also secretly poked Princess Taiping and King Linzi who wanted to be fishermen.
The hidden threads at the end of the fourth part are almost considered obvious.
Basically, viewers who have an understanding of history can identify the villain Di Renjie faces in the final episode of "Detective Detective Dee 5".
Wu Sansi is determined to be cool, needless to say.
Many people are speculating whether Di Renjie and Wu Zetian, the two elderly actors in the "Monarch and Minister" series, will finally have a head-to-head confrontation.
In history, Di Renjie was already dead during the Shenlong Incident, so he had no business at all.
Nowadays, TV dramas are undergoing magical changes. Faced with this key historical event, Di Renjie, the first protagonist, will definitely not be absent, so many viewers want to see what role he plays in it.
However, it is foreseeable that after the Shenlong Coup, the character Dee Renjie will come to an end, and the "Detective Detective Dee" series will also come to an end.
When the crew of "Detective Detective Dee" officially announced that the fifth part is the end of the series.
The anticipation and sadness of farewell diluted many viewers' dissatisfaction with the quality of "Detective Detective Dee 4", and even many viewers who had previously criticized it immediately changed their minds.
I hope the crew won't be so stubborn. They are just a little disappointed, but they don't hate or boycott the show. On the contrary, they like it very much. Shanhe can definitely make more movies and there is no need to end it so early.
So much so that later there were fierce disagreements among fans of "Detective Di Renjie".
Many people believe that it was the critical audience that irritated the crew and led to the early completion of the work.
They also gave the example of "Serious Case Group Six". The fourth part did not perform well at the beginning. Shanhe was afraid that this excellent IP would not be preserved later, so it ended hastily.
The current situation of "Detective Detective Dee 4" is very similar to the original "Senior Case Group 4". The angry audience cursed the "culprits" in their minds.
The turmoil was so big that the official crew of "Detective Detective Dee" tried to clarify the issue several times but failed to resolve the issue.
In the end, it was director Xue Jun who teamed up with male leads Liang Damin and Zhang Jian to come forward, saying that the "Detective Detective Dee" series would be a five-part series, which was a plan that had been set long ago.
Even if the fourth part is praised to the sky, only five parts will be filmed, and there will be no premature completion due to audience criticism.
Zuo Le also stood up and made a statement, not only confirming the words of Xue Jun and others, but also emphatically stating that "Serious Cases Six" will only have five parts, and this is also because of the pre-arrangement and plan, and it is not that it was finished hastily due to poor results as rumored by the outside world.
This point can actually be seen in previous interviews with the main creative team. Whether it is "Six" or "Detective Detective Detective", the main creators have mentioned that there will only be five movies, and the idea of completing them in advance is not valid.
The audience's reluctance is understandable, but Shanhe will always be responsible for the works it produces.
Zuo Le cannot guarantee that his tail will not be cut off due to grades, but if that happens, Shanhe will not hide it, but will tell the truth.
As the creator and person carrying the mountain and river drama, Zuo Le has a great influence on the fans of the mountain and river drama. As soon as he opened his mouth, the storm basically came to an end.
Countless "Detective Detective Dee" fans are eagerly and reluctantly waiting for the day when "Detective Detective Dee 5" will appear...
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Director Xue Jun attaches great importance to the final chapter of "Detective Detective Dee 5".
While filming "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", I often came back to read the scripts from the screenwriting department, and took the initiative to contact several leading actors for meetings to keep improving the scripts.
Speaking of which, Lao Xue's task this year is quite heavy.
In addition to the carefully treated "Detective Di Renjie 5", there are also the second season of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" "Longling Labyrinth" and the extra chapter "Angry Sunny Xiangxi".
Among them, because of the two key roles of Partridge Whistle and Chen Xiazi, "Nu Qing Xiangxi" has to be broadcast before "Longling Labyrinth".
Moreover, for the spin-off "Nu Qing Xiangxi", because the characters have little relationship with the main plot, all the protagonists have to be re-cast, the era is different, and the scene layout needs to be planned.
The most important thing is that these two dramas also have a lot of special effects shots, and post-production is very time-consuming.
Originally, Lao Xue wanted "Longling Labyrinth" to be broadcast in the summer season like last year's "Jingjue Ancient City" and form a fixed schedule like "Family with Children".
But there was really no time.
If nothing else, the one on the summer schedule should be "Nu Qing Xiangxi", and "The Mystery of Longling" will probably be released in October.
Three dramas in one year are still not worry-free movies.
Lao Xue, who is over fifty, has begun to enter old age in all aspects of his body. With such a heavy workload, he is really afraid that one day he will die suddenly from overwork.
Fortunately, he still has a good helper, Qian Qiu.
This executive director, who has outstanding style and is good at making "ghost movies", has been working with Lao Xue for four years, and now he has mastered it.
It just so happens that "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" also has some suspense and thriller elements, which are Qian Qiu's strengths. With his help, he can share a lot of work for Xue Jun.
In fact, it stands to reason that such a talent should not be willing to be an executive director. In fact, people from the outside world have poached him more than once.
Lao Xue did not stop the family's future and released them generously. Unfortunately, Qian Qiu often came back soon after he left.
The reason also has something to do with mountains and rivers.
Because all aspects of Shanhe drama require perfection, props, costumes, scenes, and lines are all meticulous and strive for excellence.
Qian Qiu is used to being on the set of Shanhe drama, and his vision is frighteningly high, not to mention that he himself has a tendency to be a bit of a perfectionist.
In the Shanhe crew, Xue Jun was still there to pressure him, so he didn't dare to go too far, but when it was his turn to be the director, he started to act according to his heart.
When filming, there are various high standards, strict requirements, meticulous craftsmanship, and meticulous attention to details.
Originally, this is not a bad thing. Strict control is also responsible for the work and the audience, but the key is that Qian Qiu is too "strict". The standards of the Shanhe crew are already the best in the industry, and his requirements are even higher than those of the Shanhe crew.
To the outside crew who are used to being perfunctory, Qian Qiu is a waste of money and harsh on his subordinates.
The funder and producer asked him to make changes. Qian Qiu reluctantly agreed at first, but when he saw the finished product after the required standards were met, he was immediately blown away.
He couldn't stand his hard work being ignored, and he didn't want to fool the audience. Even if he served as Lao Xue's deputy for the rest of his life, he wouldn't play with these bastards anymore.
Lao Xue was interested in supporting his little brother, and even recommended him to Zuo Le.
But to be honest, with Zuo Le's current status, there are countless directors recommended to him by others or who come and recommend themselves.
Among these people, Qian Qiu's directorial ability was not up to the level of superior skills, and it was not enough to impress Zuo Le.
Not being favored by Zuo Le, Qian Qiu was not disappointed either.
After all, strength in the entertainment industry speaks for itself. Qian Qiu knows that his advantage as a director is not obvious, but he also has his own strengths, which is that he is a good screenwriter.
Thanks to Xinjian, mythological themes have become very popular in the industry in recent years, and Qian Qiu also wants to make a mythological drama.
But he also knew that if he wanted to excel in many mythological dramas, he had to find another way.
Qian Qiu is good at thrillers and suspense and has a good imagination. He usually likes to read some conspiracy theories, so he wondered if it was possible to create a suspenseful mythological drama.
In the past two years, Qian Qiu has been working on Lao Xue while silently polishing his own work, which is tentatively named
"The Gautama Who Comes to the World to Pick Up Girls" or "The Smart Monkey and the Bald Man Who Can Shoot Lasers"
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After "Detective Detective Dee 5", there was a short gap of nearly half a month between March and April.
This made the outside world, who were accustomed to Shanhe's crazy output in the first half of the year, somewhat uncomfortable.
However, it is understandable that last year, several major directors at Sunward experienced declines in output to varying degrees.
Zuo Le was okay, mainly because there were too many episodes of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and time was stuck, but he still produced another "The Big Bang Theory".
Lao Xue also completed the task perfectly, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp - Jingjue Ancient City" and "Detective Di Renjie 4", although the overall number of episodes is not many, they are two serious dramas.
But Lao Gao, who has always been a model worker, had his hips stretched out last year.
In addition to the routine "Family with Children", I only filmed one "Jingwei Reclamation".
And this year, it was only in April that we just started to figure out the new drama plan, and the output rate has dropped off a cliff compared to before.
What is even more worth mentioning is Kong Sheng, who took a break for more than a year after "Nirvana in Fire".
If he hadn't been sent by Zuo Le to co-direct "Operation Red Sea", I'm afraid there would be no news yet.
The donkeys in the production team don't dare to rest like this...
Zuo Le generally knew what Lao Gao was thinking.
On the one hand, as he gets older and his physical fitness declines, he is indeed unable to withstand too high-intensity work. Moreover, Lao Gao is now successful and has no shortage of money, fame, and status, so his hard work is no longer as strong as before.
On the other hand, as he has been so busy these years, Lao Gao has somewhat neglected his family. Now he also wants to spend more time with his family. After suffering, it is time to enjoy the blessings.
Another point is that as a famous director now, Lao Gao inevitably cherishes feathers.
In the past two years, the works produced by several directors at Shanhe have the worst overall reputation. Lao Gao knows that his abilities are limited, so he is cautious about new dramas, fearing that the new works will overturn and make people laugh.
Kong Sheng also had this mentality, and it was also because he was hit too hard by Zuo Le.
"The Mansion Gate" and "Nirvana in Fire" both had ratings of 4 and Douhua scores of 9 or above.
Other directors can sweep the world and dominate the industry with just one of these films. However, with two of his films, Zuo Le is the only one that everyone pays most attention to, and he has repeatedly failed to win the "Best Director" award.
It really feels a bit like "how can you be bright when you are born in Yu"...
In fact, Kong Sheng has not made a new film for more than a year. This is not because he resents Zuo Le, but because he has suffered repeated blows, his enthusiasm has plummeted, and he cannot muster the energy to make new films.
It is precisely because of this that Zuo Le arranged for Kong Sheng to make a movie to see if a trip to other fields could help him get out of the shadows.
Comparing these two "big men", the last remaining Wang Qian is more dedicated.
Although he is not as good as Lao Xue and Zuo Le, he has never been idle. After last year's "Unkillable" short drama, he non-stop produced and filmed a 36-episode web drama "White Night".
And the release time of "White Night Chasing" will be during the Qingming Festival after that half-month gap...
