January 1st, New Year's Day.
While Wei Lan was continuing the post-production of the film, "Swordsman 5", which was highly anticipated by Morningstar, was completed and officially released.
This time it is still three episodes, and the old production team is used. Li Feng, Yan Xun, and He Zixuan play the leading and supporting roles. The slogan is "Lu Anning is back, the iron triangle is reunited."
This time, as the sequel to the hit TV series, the treatment was not as bad as when Wei Lan took over "Sword 4". As soon as it was released, it was promoted on the largest banner page on the central TV station.
The production cost of "Sword 5" is two million per episode, and the production cycle is more than two months. It is not an exaggeration to say that the investment scale is an online movie. Director Peng Haobo is a senior A-signed director of Wei's company. He is good at urban emotions and suspense dramas. "Shadow Chase", which was promoted at the same time as "Sword 4", is his work.
Director Peng Haobo was feeling quite angry when he took over this drama.
The works of the same period were completely crushed by a new director, and now he is taking over the sequel. He is determined to shoot his own style and characteristics. Isn't it just some comedy and martial arts? Catering to the market
However, after the listing, the reality slapped Peng Haobo and the shareholders behind him, such as Zhou Wei, in the face.
The production cycle of TV series is faster than that of movies. As a phenomenal work, "Sword 4" is still hot and the audience will still be interested when they see the name. Taking advantage of this popularity and the channel's main promotion, the number of on-demand views of the first episode of "Sword 5" is very impressive, and it is indeed ranked first on the list.
However, in contrast to the impressive number of on-demand views for the first episode, the subscription rate was very poor, not even exceeding the second-place work of the same period.
There were no good comments from paying subscribers:
'It doesn't seem very attractive at the moment, but I still bought it because of the excitement of the previous part. I hope there will be a reversal later.'
'It's not that funny anymore, but He Zixuan's looks are what keeps me going.'
'I didn't feel this way in the last movie. In this movie, Lu Anning is a bit greasy. He left without settling his family down, and was later threatened by the villain. It's too miserable to be the family of a hero!'
Zhou Wei and others managed to keep calm and said they would wait and see. As a result, they waited until the ending of the third episode was played, and the comment section exploded.
Compared to "Sword 4" which scored 4.8 stars out of a full five stars in the channel rating, "Sword 5" scored 3.8 stars, which caused the channel to remove it from the first recommended position.
'Why should I pay for a subscription...'
"It's fine to add suspense elements, but why are both the protagonist and the villain collectively less intelligent?"
'The comedy is very stiff and doesn't have the same flavor as the previous film.'
Wei's Publicity Department initially planned to see if they needed to buy hot searches based on the popularity of the topic. However, they found that there were no positive reviews. There was some popularity, but it was only a flash in the pan when it was first released. It soon fell out of the top 100 due to the lack of positive discussion.
In this case, there is no point in buying it. Just two months ago, the previous one became a hot topic and the Wei Propaganda Department did not spend a penny.
Zhou Wei's office was already filled with secondhand smoke. He sat on the sofa with a heavy expression, looking at Peng Haobo.
"Why is this happening? Didn't you tell me it was okay before you took on this drama?"
Peng Haobo rubbed his hair: "I thought it was okay before!"
"Then what exactly went wrong?!" Zhou Wei slammed the table heavily.
Fortunately, the new director was courting death and went to make a movie. If she had not asked to make a movie at that time, he would have had great efforts to squeeze her out and snatch "Sword V" from him. Now that it has suffered a disastrous ratings failure, he will probably have to keep his tail between his legs in the company for a long time.
Even so, Zhou Wei decided not to express any opinions during the meeting during this period.
…
Director machine, holographic world.
Yang Xingyuan was wearing a worn cotton-padded jacket, standing in the night wind, gazing towards the distant hillside, and occasionally looking back to observe his surroundings.
At this time, voices were heard in the distance, and a group of village men holding torches ran over quickly.
Yang Xingyuan held an old-fashioned flashlight with a dim light and shone it around, shouting, "Da Huang, Da Huang..."
Seeing a group of people coming from afar, he stopped what he was doing, and greeted the group of men with a surprised look, "What's going on?"
The leading man also looked to be in his thirties, tall, with an anxious and angry look on his face. He looked Yang Xingyuan up and down and asked suspiciously, "Why are you here in the middle of the night?"
Yang Xingyuan's hand holding the flashlight trembled slightly, his face remained expressionless, and he looked at them strangely: "I'm looking for a dog here. My guard dog got lost. What are you doing?"
The slightly more mature man at the side remembered his identity and forced a smile: "Teacher Kong, the dogs in the village all know the way. Everyone knows it's your dog, so they probably won't kill it. It's late at night and the weather is cold. You go back to sleep and wait. It should be back the next day."
Yang Xingyuan hesitated for a moment and looked at the sky around him. There seemed to be a few sounds coming from the far distance, not sure whether they were dogs barking or wolves howling.
He adjusted his dim glasses on his nose in shock and said, "Okay."
As they were about to leave, they had only taken two steps when the leading man suddenly thought of something: "Wait!"
Wei Lan shifts the perspective to a close-up of Yang Xingyuan.
His body trembled as if in shock, he stopped, and slowly turned his head, his expression was calm, but his eyebrows trembled slightly: "What's wrong?"
"Have you seen a woman around here?"
the man asked, walking closer to him.
"Woman?" Yang Xingyuan pushed up his glasses and chuckled casually, "Where would there be any woman here?"
Wei Lan used the light from the torch to illuminate a drop of sweat on Yang Xingyuan's forehead from a close-up perspective.
As the man approached, Yang Xingyuan's breathing gradually became rapid.
The man's hand suddenly raised, and Yang Xingyuan stood there motionless, his body visibly stiff, and even his pupils dilated a little.
"Pah!" The man put his hand on Yang Xingyuan's shoulder, causing him to shrug. "Come on, Mr. Kong. My wife ran away. You have to find the dog anyway. Why don't you come with us?"
"Card!"
As this cold female voice sounded, the actors present breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed, talking and laughing.
Yang Xingyuan was still standing there, wiping the sweat from his forehead, thinking about his performance just now, and then asked to the air: "Director Wei, is this okay? Do you want to do it again?"
When the other actors who were still nearby heard his words, they couldn't help but become nervous.
This segment has been shot four times. Wei Lan was not satisfied with it twice, and everyone had no objection to reshooting it. The other two times, Yang Xingyuan took the initiative to point out that he felt he had not performed well enough and asked to do it again.
Although there are a lot of things to do, this male lead who climbed up from the bottom of society is also very good at dealing with people. Every time during the breaks in filming outside, he would take out some melon seeds and drinks to treat the actors who were in the same scene with him that day. Although it was not worth much money, as the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling person, and you are soft-hearted when you are fed by someone, so no one said anything.
“This one is pretty good.”
The red panda representing Wei Lan appeared in front of Yang Xingyuan.
Yang Xingyuan then showed some relaxation. It was his first time filming and he was afraid that his acting was not good enough and he would not live up to the director's kindness. During this period, he was very strict with himself.
Wei Lan saw what Yang Xingyuan was thinking and said to him affirmatively: "You acted very well, you will be famous, and there will be many dramas looking for you to act in in the future."
Such a serious, hardworking and talented actor is hard to come by. Wei Lan admires him very much and hopes to maintain future cooperation.
"Thanks for your good wishes." Yang Xingyuan smiled after hearing this. Thinking about his appearance, he did not have any high expectations. He just thought that after this play, he should be able to get a regular supporting role and become a real actor, rather than an extra who has half stepped into the ranks of actors.
Yang Xingyuan has many important scenes that require strong acting skills, but with his hard work, he can always meet the requirements after several takes. Sometimes, even with a burst of inspiration, amazing effects will be born.
If Yang Xingyuan is the study committee member in the crew who needs the least trouble from "teacher" Wei Lan, then Su Yining is obviously the problem student that makes Wei Lan worry so much.
Don't mention it. The point is that she is really dedicated and hardworking. She recited the lines according to Wei Lan's requirements and was very serious when acting. She is not at all squeamish and arrogant as the marketing accounts complained about. Of course, in Su Yining's eyes, accepting interviews is not her job as an actor...
In the neat and futuristic laboratory, in addition to Su Yining, there are a group of scientific researchers in white coats.
"Ka, the look here is still not good enough, not cold enough."
This time, the red panda transformed by Wei Lan appeared and floated in front of Su Yining.
Wei Lan usually narrates a play by letting his voice ring directly into the ears of the actors. He only shows up in a panda vest when there are big problems with the performance.
Seeing this, the others automatically stepped aside to let the director explain the scene to the leading actress.
When Su Yining saw Wei Lan show up, she looked very aggrieved: "I just thought he was looking at my ex-boyfriend!"
"My ex-boyfriend is a dead man in my heart!"
The 'he' Su Yining was referring to was none other than He Zixuan, who played a young scientist in the movie. When he heard this, he pinched his nose innocently and didn't dare to speak.
Wei Lan looked at Su Yining's expression and knew that she had tried her best. However, people's facial expressions are sometimes not the same as what they imagined. This is why many actors practice various expressions in front of the mirror every day to improve their acting skills.
If it was Yang Xingyuan who loved to think about characters, he would definitely be able to come up with several expressions for Wei Lan to choose from when he returned, but this would not work for Su Yining because she did not understand what kind of expression Wei Lan wanted.
But Wei Lan is determined to achieve this effect.
The male lead performed his part very well, but he couldn't let it fail with the female lead.
Wei Lan was thinking about a solution when he suddenly had an idea -
'System, how many points does it cost to check when Su Yining was the most indifferent in his life?'
System: '50 points are required, do you want to check?'
Wei Lan's thoughts were wandering: It seemed that the favorability points I had earned from Su Yining during this period of time was 50, right?
'Check. '
'Ding Dong! Deduction successful!'
A picture unfolded in Wei Lan's mind.
That was Su Yining, who was probably eighteen or nineteen years old. She was looking at a place with an extremely calm and indifferent expression. This expression on her delicate and beautiful face would even make people feel a little inexplicable fear.
Wei Lan followed Su Yining's line of sight and looked over...
After a few seconds, Wei Lan's voice rang out: "Ningning."
Su Yining in front of him lowered his mouth: "Hmm?"
The red panda looked at her, his black eyes unable to reveal any specific expression. Only the female voice that came out was still as cold and clear, with a magical power to calm people down: "Let's do it again, and you listen to me this time."
"All right."
After repositioning, Wei Lan's voice rang in Su Yining's ears: "Imagine..."
"You pass by a large supermarket and see machines killing fish. You throw the fish into the machine and then take it out with the scales removed."
Su Yining blinked, imagined the scene, and set his sights on He Zixuan...
He Zixuan met her gaze, his body trembled, and goose bumps appeared on the back of his neck.
"Click! Perfect!"
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