From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

After spending nearly two weeks on the casting issue for "The Beginning", it was basically decided.

The role of Li Shiqing, without any surprise, fell on Zhao Xiaodian.

It is said that Zhao Xiaodi was out eating hot pot with friends when he heard the news.

I was so happy that I almost accidentally dropped my phone into the soup. Fortunately, the roommate next to me had quick hands and quick eyes, and pushed her back. However, she also fell to the ground, and the screen was still shattered and opened.

Big cracks.

Speaking of which, it has been rumored for many years that Chinese Drama students are strictly prohibited from taking roles in freshmen and sophomores. Every time at this time, someone from more than ten years ago is used as an example.

But in fact, in the past few years, although all aspects of attendance during the freshman year are still relatively strict, the influx of more and more "star students" has gradually loosened this unspoken rule.

If it happens to be a holiday, it's actually not a big deal.

Now that June is coming to an end, major universities have also gone on holiday, and the launch time of "The Beginning" coincides with the summer vacation.

So at this time, Zhao Xiaodi had all the conditions just right.

When I come across a good script, it happens to be a play by my idol, I happen to be chosen as the heroine, and it happens to be summer vacation, so I can take on the play without any worries.

All these lucky joys combined have already offset the bad mood caused by the misfortune of a broken phone screen.

So Zhao Xiaodi’s roommates all witnessed a very strange scene——

——In front of him, Zhao Xiaodi was rubbing the cracks in the screen of his new mobile phone, and even made painful gasping sounds from his mouth from time to time. After a while, he laughed happily and unconsciously, as if he was still very happy after breaking the screen.

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On the other hand, the male protagonist chose a thin and famous actor named Tan Zichen.

Even the male protagonist is even more unknown than the female protagonist Zhao Xiaodi.

Zhao Xiaodi is also a child star after all. Even though he has not appeared in the audience's field of vision for several years, his pretty face that is almost enlarged to the same proportion as when he was a child can still arouse the "feeling of familiarity" in a large part of the audience.

But Tan Zichen couldn't do it. He didn't come from a professional background and went to a music school. He once wanted to go to Kimchi Country next door to be a trainee, but he failed. After returning to China, he happened to be cast in an online drama.

Only by gaining some popularity can you enter the entertainment industry.

But a non-scientific actor with no background, few works, and no popularity has almost no way to survive in the extremely involved ecological environment of the entertainment industry, and no company is even willing to sign him.

In the next few years, I just worked as the second, third, and fourth male lead in various online dramas that didn't get stars, often playing some weird characters who had a crush on the heroine.

After the online drama started to take off, he also relied on some "familiar faces" to slowly gain a little popularity.

When the opportunity of "The Beginning" hit his head, he was even more confused than Zhao Xiaodian.

After all, Zhao Xiaodi also has qualifications. Speaking of which, with her "eleven years" of acting experience, even Ding Zhi would be called a senior when compared with her, not to mention the title of "No. 1 in Chinese dramas".

So something valuable.

So if we take a look at the cast of the male and female protagonists individually, there is a has-been child actor + an eighteenth-line transparent child.

The drama "The Beginning" is undoubtedly just like an 18th-tier web drama destined to be used by the platform to develop its film library.

I guess it didn't even make a splash when it was broadcast.

But if you take a closer look at the main creators and crew members, if you randomly pick up a "passerby" supporting role on the bus, you might find a pillar of the drama club.

Take another look at the list of producers, screenwriters, and "special starring" with the word "Ding Zhi" clearly written on it.

That’s almost saying “hot ticket booking” is written on his face.

It forms a very wonderful contrast.

Actually, it's the same reason - Jiuyao is too "poor" now.

Including Ding Zhi, he would take out this book as an opening to explore the feasibility of "shooting and broadcasting" because of the low cost of this book.

The male lead, Tan Zichen, is paid 10,000 yuan per episode, while the female lead, Zhao Xiaodi, is much higher, and the salary is 30,000 yuan per episode.

As for other veteran actors, most of them don't get high salaries. Only Huang Jue's salary is slightly higher, but it's not a big deal.

As for the "special starring" Ding Zhi, the salary is naturally the highest, with the highest amount on the books being 800,000 per episode. Speaking of this, "The Beginning" is actually not considered a "small cost".

But in fact, for the dramas produced by one's own company, is it possible that the dramas should be produced strictly according to the market price, and the remuneration should be converted into investment?

Well, that's right, I invest in myself.

Therefore, after reducing the cost of film remuneration, the remaining funds appear to be very abundant.

This seems to have always been a characteristic of the plays produced by Ding Zhi, that is, they are both "poor" and "rich".

This "poor" is that compared with those "S+" big-budget dramas that cost tens of millions or hundreds of millions, both "Peeping" and "The Hidden Corner" seem to be extremely "stingy" in terms of total investment and remuneration.

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And this "rich" means that both the director and the creative team, including special effects and morals, are extremely comfortable with their expenses, and basically have no trouble.

Just like today's "The Beginning", although it is said to be low-cost, no matter whether it is the emphasis on convincing, or the "burning money" on special effects, "careful" about the remuneration, Ding Zhi likes to "squeeze" newcomers.

As the chief producer, he often gives the green light with a wave of his hand.

For example, because of the special subject matter, in the bus in the time loop, all the characters actually wear the "same set" of clothes most of the time.

At a glance, this saves a lot of money. You only need one set of clothes when you come and go.

But the actual situation is not like this.

Whether it was that the male and female protagonists were covered in blood from a crazy fight just a moment ago, their clothes were torn to pieces by the explosion, or they were rolling on the ground and covered with dust, and even the male protagonist Xiao Heyun even washed his face and had dirt on his body.

If there is water, it must be replaced.

As a result, the same set of clothes, especially for the male and female protagonists who are constantly "happening", requires more than three sets of preparations for almost every scene.

What can be done about this? Just try to measure it!

Moreover, the character's clothing must be as close to the character's personality as possible, be durable, easy to move, and harmonize with the colors of the characters in the entire car.

Under these premises, suppliers must have sufficient supply.

As we all know, most clothing brands, in order not to hoard clothes, actually have very few clothes of the same style and size.

In other words, Ding Zhi's creative team has long matured after so many years of training, and those obedient teachers are also very capable, and they quickly mobilized their connections to find the "Chosen Clothes" that fit the character.

So in this way, the cost of persuasion is actually not cheap.

Take the clothes of the heroine Li Shiqing as an example. All the clothes from head to toe and bags are actually almost a thousand smaller.

This is actually relatively true for ordinary female college students.

But if you can't hold it back, you have to go big. This way you can get a glimpse of the leopard. The persuasiveness of "The Beginning" is far less "cheap" than imagined.

On the other hand, the filming location of "The Beginning" was finally decided on Xiamen.

Speaking of which, this is Ding Zhi's second time shooting in Xiamen. In fact, the reasons are not that complicated. First of all, the environment and climate in Xiamen are more in line with the script.

Another reason is simply that Xiamen has supportive policies for film and television shooting and intends to create a second "horizontal shop".

But it’s different from ordinary framing.

It can be said that there are very few scenes in "The Beginning", and most of the shooting time may be spent on the bus.

But in actual shooting, this is a very difficult thing.

Because even if Xiamen encouraged film and television dramas to come to shoot, it would be impossible for the crew to shoot on the busy road for several months.

So the final solution was naturally to set up a shed with LED screens of astonishing height all around, and then drive in a real bus. When the scenery of the surrounding LED screens receded, it created the impression that the bus was "moving"

"Driving fast" illusion.

The production team of Jiuyao Media is already very mature. They have experience in two hit dramas. There are even some lighting engineers, photographers, and the team specially called by Ding Zhi to shoot "The God of Medicine". As far as this lineup is concerned

, in fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a first-class team in the industry.

After the preliminary preparations were completed, in early July, everyone set off to Xiamen.

Zhao Xiaodi, who was full of excitement and longing, and Tan Zichen, who seemed to have been hit by a lucky angel, were already in place.

At the same time, the pre-publicity of "The Beginning" has begun to be in full swing, and it has been announced that "The Beginning" is a science fiction suspense drama written, produced and co-starred by Ding Zhi, and will be the first side-shot in China.

Side-broadcast web drama.

This is actually a relatively rare situation where launch and publicity are carried out at the same time.

Madou TV spent almost all its resources on marketing this drama.

Not only is it a countdown to the "big promotion" preview on its own streaming platform.

Weibo, short video platforms, and even small broken websites have advertisements.

It seems that a very big bet has been placed on Ding Zhi.

In fact, rumors that Ding Zhi will have a new drama have long been spread on the Internet through various channels.

What kind of group of eight groups and marketing accounts have already ruined this news? There are even some fans of other celebrities who hope that their "cuts", especially their "sisters", can catch

Live this pie.

Because Ding Zhi was in the industry at this time, she could be regarded as a "top nanny".

In addition to the fact that his popularity is unique among today's top stars, it is also because Ding Zhi is the only top star who never cares about "status" or "equal status" when accepting roles.

For example, in "Greed Wolf", he can also play a supporting role, and in "The Eraser in My Brain", he can also play the leading role with Zou Yutong, the former 18th-line transparent actor.

How rare it is to be able to catch up with his traffic, especially the kind of traffic that is fair and aboveboard when cooperating with a new drama, and is not at all dangerous because of Ding Zhi, the "evil leader".

Even during this period of time, from time to time there would be marketing accounts that assuredly stated that a certain Xiaohua had reached an agreement on a new drama with Ding Zhi, and it would be some kind of romantic suspense drama.

Over there, a popular "junior brother" who debuted in some kind of talent show will star in a two-male criminal investigation drama with Ding Zhi.

Then the protagonist of the incident will wait for the news to ferment for a few days, and then slowly come out to clarify that he has not received an invitation, which is all false information, but he is very looking forward to cooperating with Teacher Ding Zhi.

For the time being, I didn’t know if they were trying to gain traffic or if they were really clarifying, but apart from their respective fan groups being ignored, not many people would care about them.

Of course, there are not many people who dare to "force themselves" like this. After all, Ding Zhi still has the power of "leading evil people". The last one who wanted to "force himself", Shen Qiao, is said to be summoned from time to time.

What about investigation?

However, it was all rumors before. Now after the official announcement, everyone finally knows what Ding Zhi's new drama is.

The combination of the elements of "time loop", "explosion", "sci-fi", "suspense", "thriller" + "Jiu Yao (Ding Zhi)" directly raised everyone's expectations!

And what’s even more surprising is that you don’t have to wait too long for this drama. The “filming and broadcasting” mode is in operation, and you may be able to see it soon!

In the list of actors, Ding Zhi's name is at the forefront. He plays the captain of a criminal police team, surpassing the real male and female protagonists Tan Zichen and Zhao Xiaodi.

He didn't say he was the male protagonist, but his posture was secretly saying: Come and see, the male protagonist is our Ding Zhi!

If this was placed in an ordinary crew, it would be arrogant and obvious.

But, now everyone understands that they are using the "treasure of the store" that Ding Zhi is promoting.

How could "The Beginning" not do things that "Greedy Wolf" next door would do.

Including the title of "co-starring" is actually a "cognitive sidestep". They are all experienced marketers and know everything.

Compared with some people who put human-shaped roll-ups on promotional posters and regard them as "starring", this is already very kind.

On the other hand, the casting of "The Beginning" has also aroused discussion among many people online.

Apart from the "protagonist" Ding Zhi, almost all of them are strangers.

With the success of "The Hidden Corner" and the box office success of "The Eraser in My Mind", no one dares to criticize "The Beginning" easily at this time.

This is a discredit to the rumors that Ding Zhi "likes" working with newcomers.

The heroine Zhao Xiaodi also attracted a lot of people's attention.

The identity of the child star was quickly revealed, and last year's "No. 1 Chinese Drama" result also appeared in the eyes of the public. As for whether she can continue Zou Yutong's trajectory, she was also given the "milk job" by Ding Zhi.

It actually caused a lot of discussion.

And Zhao Xiaodi also gained a small fan following in a short period of time.

This is the power of Ding Zhi now.

Even just announcing someone you want to cooperate with can bring a wave of popularity to the other party.

From this we can imagine that it is not difficult to understand the mentality of those who want to take advantage of Ding's popularity.

This is really a job of "give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle".

As for our "The Beginning" actor Tan Zichen...

Ah, he seems to have temporarily become the "second male lead" now.

All of this, maybe only when it starts airing, can the matter be "justified".

All in all, the filming of "The Beginning" has finally started after much anticipation!