Speaking of romantic TV dramas featuring a group of urban youth, the most influential one has to be 2007's "Struggle".
"Beijing Love Story" was actually clearly designed to follow the style of "Struggle".
However, although many plots of "Struggle" were later criticized, at least there are normal people, and it is also wrapped in a cloak of true love and freedom, and the ending can be considered a happy one.
"Beijing Love Story" is not performed at all. Except for a few characters that are barely acceptable, the other characters directly and continuously impact the audience's and netizens' three views.
The rich second-generation male protagonist played by Chen Sicheng is not only a playboy, but also openly steals his best friend's girlfriend, calling it true love. In the end, his father goes bankrupt, and the playboy suddenly turns into a business genius, and finally achieves success in both love and career.
Another character played by Da Hei Niu is a perfect bootlicker, who is ambitious but incompetent, and always resorts to moral blackmail, a typical hypocritical and double-standard person.
Da Mimi plays the girlfriend of Da Hei Niu, a gold digger who always wants more. She lets the second-generation rich kid have his way with her, and she finally has a sudden realization and becomes a couple with Da Hei Niu.
The heroine played by Tong Yaya looks innocent, but after careful consideration of the details, she still has some white lotus attributes.
The most controversial character is that played by Zhang Ze, who was born in poverty and worked hard to strive for self-reliance. However, he eventually turned evil because of his good brother and reality. In the end, he lost his wife and career, and was thrown into jail.
When Wei Yang first watched this drama in his previous life, he was still relatively young. He was so angry that he cursed and thought the drama was so disgusting.
Later, when I got older and had a deeper understanding of the circle, I could roughly see some of the tricks and realized that Chen Sicheng did it on purpose.
It's not like he doesn't know that these characters' behavior is disgusting, but he just does it that way.
The second-generation rich man is so playful that he steals his second sister-in-law, and the ending is happy.
The country boy's life turned evil due to the friction in reality, and ended miserably.
The gold-digger was toyed with and abandoned by the second-generation rich man, and the spare tire took over.
The choice between money and bread, the rich have everything, the poor have nothing.
These are the pain points of society, as well as the endings that disappoint many normal people, and are most likely to attract the audience's attention and discussion.
It doesn’t matter if the story is not pleasing, as long as it becomes popular, that’s enough.
If he made the second-generation rich go bankrupt, the gold-digger leave, and the poor boy gain both, the reputation might be better, but it would become a "mediocre work" and would never have the influence it has now.
For this reason alone, Chen Sicheng's attributes as a shrewd businessman who understands the market are fully exposed.
Of course, there are rumors that this guy also had other selfish motives. In order to pursue Tong Yaya, he changed a lot of the plot, elevating himself and belittling Zhang Ze's role.
Not only did the plot go badly in the second half, but it also caused the character Zhang Ze to be criticized madly.
This caused great dissatisfaction to Zhang Ze, who later publicly criticized the matter, saying that he would "read the script first" before accepting a role in the future, and that he almost never cooperated with Chen Sicheng after that.
But no matter what, the drama "Beijing Love Story" really made him famous.
Several of the leading actors have received considerable exposure and popularity, especially Tong Yaya.
With the popularity of this drama and the previous "Palace" dramas, as well as the scandal with Chen Sicheng, and her own beautiful appearance and temperament, her popularity and fame soared, and she has become a new popular young actress.
Chen Sicheng also became famous overnight and became a new talented director. Some people even compared him with Wei Yang.
Of course, their career achievements are very different. Mainly because of his behavior of flirting with the heroines when filming TV dramas, Chen was even teased as "Little Wei Yang".
God have mercy on him, this guy is nearly ten years older than Wei Yang.
However, Chen Sicheng did not refute it. Instead, he expressed in an interview that he would learn seriously from Wei Yang, the excellent screenwriter and producer, and even seemed to approve of this nickname.
In fact, putting aside his age, the nickname "Little Wei Yang" is a good thing for Chen Sicheng.
Wei Yang is currently the top star on the small screen. Even if it is a pirated version, Chen Sicheng, who has just started working behind the scenes, is eager to take advantage of him.
Wei Yang didn't have any idea about Chen Sicheng.
Although she is a talented person, he doesn't like her. Moreover, the two of them have similar abilities and personalities, and they are both a bit self-centered. He doesn't like her, and believes that she probably doesn't have a good impression of him either.
However, although Wei Yang had no intention of recruiting this person, he was very interested in his works.
The "Detective Chinatown" series, with a box office of tens of billions, coupled with the value and development of all parties, will definitely be the most valuable Chinese-language film IP in the future.
Moreover, after some magical changes, it will be suitable for Wei Yang to perform, which will be beneficial to his box office appeal and commercial value.
The "Mistakenly Killing" series is also good. Although Wei Yang is not very suitable for acting, he can make money and win awards.
Wei Yang doesn’t know whether Chen Sicheng has similar ideas now, but now, the idea and the script are his, and he can think about the project in the next 1 to 2 years.
The director took his time to look for the actor, and he must be the male lead. Tang Ren cannot be replaced, as he is the soul of the entire film series.
I'm not particularly familiar with Wang Baoqiang, but we can have a good chat about him later while watching Lost in Thailand.
Wei Yang was thinking about the plan in his mind and occasionally watching TV. On the screen, Da Mimi was quarreling with Da Hei Niu for money, but she was very virtuous and gentle when facing the rich second generation, and allowed the arrogant rich second generation to bully her.
For some reason, Wei Yang felt a little bit implied...
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The next day, Wei Yang was having breakfast in the restaurant, and several main creators of the crew were discussing yesterday's premiere of "Joy of Life".
Although they participated in the show, each of them didn't have many parts, and we didn't know what the finished product would look like, so except for Wei Yang who had seen it, most of the people were watching the show last night.
The main purpose is to bring out the cleverness of young Fan Xian, and then he learns skills from Wu Zhu and Fei Jie and is reborn.
Although Wu Sanshi is young, he started filming very early and has rich acting experience. He plays the role of a smart and serious child in a very likable way.
Whether it's the interaction with his master Fei Jieren or the relationship between him and his grandmother, it makes people smile.
The most discussed part is the novel writing background added at the beginning of the plot. Since this plot was shot independently and has nothing to do with the main script, many of the main creators were unaware of it. They were stunned when they saw this scene, and then applauded.
How can you play like this?!
They also understand why "Joy of Life" can still be broadcast even though the relevant departments have begun to ban time-travel themes. This move is really very sexy.
But Wei Yang was okay, he was a little smart, and he just found out that the dead girl in "Palace 2" also used a similar trick.
The story of "Palace 2" did not really happen. Instead, the heroine Qingchuan wrote the script for the sequel, which was then filmed into a TV series. The finale revealed that the crew was filming, and Da Mimi and Feng Shaofeng, who drove a sports car, came to guest star.
In this way, the plot is connected with the first part, and it does not involve time travel and historical nihilism. It is just a play within a play.
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This kind of borderline ball can be controlled or not. No one will be punished if they have no background. The dead girl is protected by the Hunan Provincial TV Station, and the higher-ups are turning a blind eye.
The previous public relations trip to Beijing gave Wei Yang a lot of new experiences and made him truly understand what the disparity in the world means.
Fortunately, he should be considered a good and positive "discrepancy"...
In the second episode of "Joy of Life", Wei Yang finally becomes the protagonist. He fights the housekeeper, defeats the assassin, bids farewell to his grandmother, and goes to the capital.
Even though there are only two episodes, there is a lot of useful information, no boring parts, and the characters' emotions are also very outstanding.
Fan Xian said goodbye to his grandmother on Sunday and gave her a Western-style kiss. He then threatened to go out and pick her up. Looking at the old lady who was at a loss but then shed tears of relief was both hilarious and touching.
Frankly speaking, anyone who has read the original novel of "Joy of Life" knows that Fan Xian's story in Danzhou has dozens of chapters and no less than hundreds of thousands of words.
The TV series compresses all these plots into one and a half episodes. It has to provide for character growth, important clues and plots, and also give part of it to supporting characters. It is quite difficult.
Especially the relationship between the protagonist and his grandmother. There are not many details in the play, and the foreshadowing is not as good as the original work. The reason why it is so outstanding is due to the outstanding performance of the two actors and the rendering of the camera BGM, which is also the advantage of film and television.
At present, the plot of "Joy of Life" has just begun, but its reputation is still very good. In addition to Wei Yang, several supporting roles such as young Fan Xian, Fei Jie, Wu Zhu, and grandmother are also well received.
Someone even showed Wei Yang some specially collected reviews, most of which were positive, and there were also many praises from fans of the original novel.
Putting aside the fact that the plot was cut too severely, these two episodes actually feel pretty good. Many people understand that film and television adaptations require trade-offs, and book fans who are not particularly picky can all see the crew's intentions.
Of course, some negative reviews can't be given to Wei Yang, which would be uncomfortable.
But Wei Yang will look at it himself.
When Wei Yang read reviews in the past, he would pick out those that praised himself because he felt comfortable reading them. Now he also reads the good reviews, but he still pays more attention to the bad reviews.
It’s not that Wei Yang is a masochist and likes to see others criticize him, but he is using these negative reviews to remind himself.
I don't know when it started, but Wei Yang heard more and more good things around him. His subordinates, fans, and girlfriend all praised and complimented him. There were fewer and fewer unpleasant suggestions, not to mention direct criticism.
This situation is very common. Because of Wei Yang's achievements and talents, many people have a filter for him.
For example, Liu Shishi and Xiao Zhao, sometimes they don’t necessarily try to please Wei Yang intentionally, but they really feel that some of the criticism from outside is just nitpicking.
No one is perfect, so we cannot hold Wei Yang to a perfect standard.
Even without filters, some partners and subordinates did not dare to offend him in person, for fear of making Wei Yang angry and bringing trouble upon themselves.
Wei Yang remembered watching an interview with Huang Xiaoming in his previous life. He said that it was difficult to get accurate information from people around him.
When he was singing Nao Taituo, everyone praised him for his singing. When he acted in those greasy idol dramas, everyone said he was handsome and had good acting skills. The online reviews of him were all flattery from his fans.
In such an atmosphere, it was actually difficult for him to make an accurate judgment, and he didn't feel that anything was wrong. Even when he was mocked by the entire network, people around him would comfort him by saying that others were jealous and his opponents were blackening him.
People all like to hear good words, and Wei Yang is no exception. If possible, he also likes to block out those negative reviews and live among flowers and applause.
But Wei Yang was still sober. He had read "Zou Ji's Advice to the King of Qi" and knew the fate of some celebrities after they became arrogant. He understood that blindly listening to good words would only make people lose themselves.
So he would force himself to read those negative reviews that he didn't like, no matter whether it made him angry or upset, and thus forced himself to think calmly and make more sober and accurate judgments.
The positive reviews of "Joy of Life" made him happy, but the negative reviews were the key for him to more clearly and comprehensively evaluate the entire drama.
Wei Yang was actually in a very bad mood after reading a lot of one-star bad reviews on Douban. Even if someone flattered him, it didn't make him feel better much.
Wei Yang felt a little more optimistic after knowing the ratings for the first episode. Word of mouth is important, but results are the key.
The average premiere rating of 2.42 excited the creators of "Joy of Life".
Done!
Anything produced by Wei Yang must be of high quality, and this time he still didn’t ruin his reputation…
(End of this chapter)