China Entertainment 1997

Ever since the production of "The Golden Family" started filming, Cao Xuan has officially entered the "drama hegemony" mode.

He has been a drama tyrant in other production groups before, but it is not too exaggerated. The most powerful one in "The Swordsman" almost made the bearded man anxious, but at least on the surface, Cao Xuan is still just a starring role.

In the "Golden Family" crew, Cao Xuan is a serious producer, producer and male lead, and even one of the screenwriters.

Cao Xuan was personally involved in the production of the script. Although he did not write it specifically, the overall tone and general plot direction of the script were determined based on his requirements.

From this point of view, even if Cao Xuan is not the chief screenwriter, it makes sense to be named a co-screenwriter.

But Cao Xuan feels that this time he is just setting the direction for adapting a famous work, which is a bit like a decoration owner making demands. He can’t be included in the designer team...

So Cao Xuan did not have a screenwriter's name this time.

When one day he comes up with a truly "original" idea, adding a name to the screenwriter column will make it "real".

Cao Xuan is a boss who doesn't have many advantages. He doesn't like to take credit from his subordinates. He is one of them. Sometimes he even takes the initiative to "give up credit" and promote others below him.

For this reason, Fanxing's employees, especially creative talents, highly respect him.

Wearing many hats and being the boss of the crew, Cao Xuan is undoubtedly the core of "The Golden Family", while director and chief screenwriter Liu Guoquan has to step aside.

Of course, Cao Xuan still respects Director Liu very much. He only gives advice as a producer and controls the direction based on the successful original version to prevent the crew from making mistakes. The specific filming is still directed by Liu Guoquan.

Liu Guoquan is a female director. She is not young yet and does not have that strong control over the crew.

Cao Xuan will basically follow Cao Xuan's requests as long as they are reasonable. Generally speaking, the cooperation between the two parties is very harmonious.

But to say that the director with whom Cao Xuan got along the most harmoniously and comfortably was Chen Hanzhu.

Cao Xuan, the star's first lick...a die-hard director, basically what Cao Xuan says he is.

Cao Xuan frowned and was dissatisfied, so he immediately reshot or changed the camera position. Cao Xuan was tired, and the crew was about to get off work. Cao Xuan was very motivated, and the whole crew worked overtime, despite the wind, rain, cold and heat. , as a director, he had to arrange Cao Xuan first.

And now not only Cao Xuan, but also Hu Jing is getting first-tier treatment from him.

Hu Jing herself complained that she was a bit spoiled. After filming "Journey to the West", she went to film "A History of the Martial Arts", and it took several days to regain her mentality.

Not to mention the current age where directors are respected, even with the influx of capital from later generations and the backing of financial backers Xiao Xianrou and his mistress as fathers, there are not many directors who can be as low-profile as Chen Hanzhu.

Cao Xuan is also a mortal. Apart from anything else, he really likes Chen Hanzhu.

Otherwise, Lao Chen would not have been reused in directing the two dramas "Journey to the West" and "Love Through Time".

You know, although Fanxing only has two contracted directors, they can hire them from outside. These days, there are few projects and many directors, and there are too many outside directors who want to take over.

Cao Xuan said that if Fanxing wants to cultivate behind-the-scenes creative talents, there is no need to look for them internally, and they can definitely poach other people.

Nowadays, the reason why Qian and Chen are in the position of directors is that Qian Yanqiu has real materials. The biggest advantage of Chen Hanzhu in Cao Xuan is probably the word "loyalty".

Many people within Fanxing complained that Chen Hanzhu was a flatterer, and the big guys in the [Film and Television Production Department], including Ding Ying and Qian Yanqiu, didn't think highly of him.

But Lao Chen didn't care at all. Among the stars, he only had Cao Xuan and Hu Jing in his eyes, and at most a few of Cao Xuan's relatives.

As for the others, they all regard it as envy, jealousy, and hatred...

At this stage, the crew of Chen Hanzhu's "Love Through Time" is giving priority to filming Hu Jing's scenes so that she can come to "The Golden Family" in advance.

This is the advantage of starring in a crew produced by the same company. The two crews can coordinate the character schedules, with one group filming first and the other group delaying filming.

If it's an ordinary crew, the top and most popular actors may have some privileges, but other actors don't care whether your schedule is tight or not.

You have a film coming up, and others are not on vacation, so they can't take care of you alone. If it's not possible to change the entire crew's shooting plan, then you can only cancel the film.

At this stage, the mainland film and television industry has not yet been invaded by capital. Once an actor's cheating is revealed, it will have a great impact on his reputation.

Many directors and producers of the older generation, when they heard that actors were cheating on their scenes, would literally be blacklisted.

Of course, as the fast-food production model of Hong Kong and Taiwan films moves northwards, many popular actors will inevitably fall into the situation of being sidelined voluntarily or involuntarily.

Ten years ago, actors were proud of how many years they had spent preparing a movie. Ten years later, actors were proud of how many movies they filmed in a year, and they all competed to be the go-getter or mistress.

I don’t even think about it. Actors work in five, six, or even seven or eight dramas a year. Calculated, how long is the average shooting cycle for each drama?

The actors worked hard, got their pay, capital made money, and fans were happy to see their idols' careers take off, but no one ever cared about the quality of the work.

In fact, Hu Jing can be considered a sideshow to a certain extent now. Fortunately, she has a special status and is coordinated by Cao Xuan, so she has enough time to recover and recuperate.

In the future, Hu Jing probably won't rush so much if it's not absolutely necessary. Not to mention being tired, it's not good for the actor herself.

………

After the launch of "The Golden Family", Xiaoxiao was exposed collectively in the media. The noise was not loud, mainly because everyone was watching "The Swordsman".

As the martial arts craze in China becomes more and more intense, the ratings of "The Swordsman" are also rising.

Near the end of the broadcast, the average ratings of the entire series have reached 15.1, with a market share of over 30%. CCTV has regained its reputation and has been able to collect prime-time advertising fees.

Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying have become the imitation objects and dream gods/goddess of a generation of little kids.

Needless to say, the target of imitation is just like when "Xiao Li's Flying Knife" became popular, a bunch of little kids were flying around with "flying knives".

Now there is a group of little kids and students who hold small wooden sticks and shout "Dugu Nine Swords" every day, rush into the grass, and chop grass like crazy.

To be more particular, you need to wear a whole bucket hat, because in many scenes in the play, Linghu Chong wears a bucket hat, and then uses a soda bottle as a wine gourd, imitating Linghu Chong in the play, biting open the lid of the pot and taking a swig.

It would be great if it rains. In the play, Linghu Chong's combat effectiveness is doubled in rain battles. Several classic battles were fought in the rain.

Dancing with a sword (stick) in the shower is a great pleasure.

Of course, if you catch a cold the next day and are chased by your parents to give you medicine or give you an injection, then there are two other issues.

More importantly, there must be an organization of capable people, a group of friends, who will decide who will play the role of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and who will play the role of the Demon Cult. Everyone will "fight" fiercely and have a great time.

The male god/goddess in the dream is easy to understand. The male and female protagonists are beautiful and beautiful, so naturally they are easy to attract fans.

Xu Qing, aside from other things, is almost fifty years old in later generations. Those scenes in "The Evil Will Not Suppress the Right" made a group of old LSPs scream.

Now in her thirties, it is one of the most attractive periods for a woman. Her peach-like mature temperament has made a group of young men understand what it means to be a young woman and a big sister.

Not to mention Cao Xuan, he was in his prime, free and easy, and captured the hearts of a bunch of big girls and young wives.

In the previous works that Cao Xuan starred in, the ones with the best looks should be Ximen Qing and Jing Wuming.

However, Ximen Qing's character design is too bad, Jing Wuming's role is too few, Luo Yang's thug in a suit is very handsome, but he is too useless in the early stage, and Bao Zheng deliberately blacked out "acting ugly".

Therefore, after several years of Cao Xuan’s debut, the one who truly gained fans in film and television based on his good looks is Linghu Chong, who is starring in "The Swordsman" this time.

Tianya has started to post about Bai Gu (Yang Guo), Cao Xuan (Linghu Chong), Miao Qiaowei (Yang Kang), and Chen Haomin (Duan Yu) as the four handsome guys in Jin Yong's film and television dramas.

However, this ranking did not gain everyone's approval. Liu Tianwang (Yang Guo), Zhang Zhilin (Guo Jing), Huang Rihua (Qiao Feng), and even Li Jie (Lin Pingzhi) were also selected.

But no matter how noisy, Bai Gu (Yang Guo) and Cao Xuan (Linghu Chong) always rank in the top two, which shows that the audience recognizes the appearance of Cao Xuan's version of Linghu Chong.

But some people are dissatisfied and feel that Linghu Chong played by Cao Xuan is too handsome. Although Linghu Chong in the original work is also handsome, he is not as good as Lin Pingzhi.

The original book said that Lin Pingzhi had a handsome face, as if he were a bride. Yue Lingshan had a crush on him at first because she also saw her junior brother as handsome.

But in Cao Xuan's version of "The Swordsman", although Li Jie is not bad, he is still slightly inferior to Cao Xuan.

Therefore, people always feel that Yue Lingshan in the drama is blind and doesn't like such a handsome master brother, but she goes to like the "weak and cowardly" Lin Pingzhi.

As a result, Yue Lingshan, who was originally disliked, became even less recognized by the audience in this version, which can be regarded as a disaster.

The outside world has been disturbing, but the drama "The Swordsman" finally came to its finale with Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying returning to the mountains and forests.

Prior to this, the ratings of "The Swordsman" had stabilized and barely increased, but in the final finale, there was still a small explosion.

The average ratings of the whole drama are 15.7!

From a data perspective, it seems to be worse than last year's "Youngster Bao Qingtian".

But as mentioned before, the ratings are calculated by dividing the number of viewers by the total number of loaders.

The loading capacity of CCTV and the loading capacity of local satellite TV are two completely different concepts. The ratings of CCTV are obviously stronger than those of local satellite TV.

Of course, no matter what, the national ratings are still the same.

In terms of data, "The Swordsman" is indeed slightly inferior to "Youngster Bao Qingtian", and its market share is also lower than that of the dual-channel broadcasts of Beijing and Taiwan.

But even so, "The Swordsman" can be regarded as one of the few hit dramas.

You know, "Bao Qingtian" was a huge hit last year. If it weren't for the incredible "Journey to the West", it would have easily won the annual ratings championship.

If the ratings data of the following dramas such as "The Mansion Gate" do not change much.

Then "Swordsman", with an average ratings of 15.7, will aim to be the ratings champion in 2001...

————

ps: Happy National Day to everyone

I beg you for the guaranteed monthly ticket, there is still one chapter left, before twelve o'clock