Poverty alleviation variety show goes to the countryside, my talent can no longer be hidden

Chapter 314 How did this drama pass the review?
For "The Beginning", wrapping up does not mean the end, it is just a halftime break.

The large number of explosion special effects and unique editing logic mean that the post-production workload of this drama will be no less than that during shooting.

What's more, this is the first time that Zhou Hao has personally participated in the editing work, which is extremely challenging.

Fortunately, with the help of master Liu Wei, the difficulty of getting started is much lower.

The official announcement of the completion of "The Beginning" was quickly drowned out by the surging waves of noise from the neighboring companies and hardly made any splash.

Including fans, not many people are optimistic about the future of this drama, and even advertising sponsorship has shrunk a lot...

In the pessimistic atmosphere, almost everyone in the entire crew was holding back their anger, just waiting for a chance to vent.

Zhou Hao, who was at the center of the vortex, was the calmest one. He focused on post-production editing and didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside.

As May approaches, the heat of the film and television market has begun to recover along with the temperature. The box office battle of the May Day period has just come to an end, and the fierce competition in the drama circle has also begun.

On May 15, after several months of publicity and promotion, Kiwi's "The Mist" successfully took the lead and launched this expensive masterpiece on its own platform.

On this day, Zhou Hao also took a short vacation for himself. After a day of comfortable rest, he organized a team-building activity in the evening and took everyone to watch the premiere of "The Mist".

He also wanted to see what level this suspense masterpiece, which was said to have an investment of 300 million yuan, would be like!
Everyone was stunned by the first frame of the picture.

"What's going on? Is this... a movie frame?!" someone couldn't help but exclaim.

When "Day and Night" was first released, what people talked about most was its movie-like picture quality. From the aspect ratio to the lens composition to the filter style, it all had a movie-like style.

This "The Mist" is even more outrageous. It actually changed the aspect ratio to an ultra-wide 20:9, and the filters are also heavily colored. It is hard not to wonder if this is a deliberate imitation.

After the opening song, there is an overhead shot, which starts from the foggy sky and slowly enters a quaint town.

Outside an old house in the small town, a crowd of people gathered and everyone was discussing the murder that had happened inside.

What no one expected was that the person in charge of the case was not a police officer, but... a private detective?
Zhou Hao was confused by this setting. What was he thinking?
This is the land of China, and detectives are not popular for solving cases. The police are the only choice!

Although this small town has been given the buff of being "remote" in the background setting, this is not a reason for detectives to replace the police!
As the plot progressed, Zhou Hao couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.

He was almost certain that the director of this play was 100% a spiritual Westerner.

Because all the details of this drama promote a set of logic - personal heroism.

The detective hero, played by TV King An Dayou, is almost omnipotent and is almost no different from a cheater, while the heroine, played by Zheng Xiao, is a pure vase who only serves the purpose of being "pleasing to the eyes".

Combined with the lack of a police department...what this is trying to convey is quite intriguing.

Zhou Hao was even a little surprised. How could a film with such a distorted value system pass the review?
After watching two episodes, he subconsciously glanced around and asked, "What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other, not daring to speak.

Finally, Cao Xing was the first to speak up, "I don't think it's that good. It's far worse than our "Day and Night Chase."

Zhou Hao's eyes lit up. Good. This kid has some vision!
"Where do you think the difference is?"

"I don't know." Cao Xing curled his lips and said, "Anyway, I just feel that they are not as good as ours." Zhou Hao: "…………"

It turns out to be nonsense!

Lin Xina, who came along for the meal, frowned and said, "The picture quality of this movie is quite good, and the acting of the main characters is also good, but I don't know why, it looks a little weird."

Upon hearing this, several people nearby nodded in agreement.

"That's right." Zhou Hao laughed, "Because the underlying logic of this film is different from the thinking of our Chinese nation, the brain waves will definitely not match."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Hong interrupted curiously, "Can you explain it in more detail?"

Zhou Hao nodded. "First of all, let's talk about this detective... In our Chinese land, when does it become the detective's turn to solve a case and catch the murderer? Think about it carefully, where does this element usually appear?"

After a little thought, everyone understood - the places where detective culture is most popular are basically those capitalist countries. The complete disconnect between the state's violent organs and the purpose of "protecting the people" provides the soil for detective culture to take root.

There is no such soil in China.

"Secondly, think carefully, after watching these two episodes, how many characters have you remembered?"

After thinking for a while, Lin Xina replied first: "It seems that there is only one male lead, and even the female lead's presence is very weak."

"Yes, this is classic individual heroism." Zhou Hao smiled and said, "All the spotlights are focused on the hero, and all the other supporting characters are just tools to set him off. This is completely different from our collectivist view of heroic history."

"There is one more point." After taking a sip of water, Zhou Hao continued to add: "This is also the most fatal point - the suspense logic behind "Day and Night Chase" is actually to solve the case and to praise the efforts made by those heroes to punish evil and promote good."

"But this "The Mist" is the opposite. Judging from the first two episodes, the suspense selling point behind it is probably the extremely high IQ of the suspenseful murderer and his superb method of committing the crime... This is completely opposite to what we shot."

After a pause, Zhou Hao lowered his voice and said, "I have a feeling that this play... may be in trouble."

Everyone looked at each other, not saying anything.

If I remember correctly, the last time "Legend of Yunlan" competed with "Day and Night Chase", its ending was quite miserable.

Not only did he lose a lot of money, but he also left a big stain...

If something happens to "The Mist" again this time, it would be really weird!
The first two episodes have just finished airing, and all kinds of flattering essays have appeared on major social media platforms.

"Awesome, this movie 'The Mist' is so awesome!"

“This year’s best drama, bar none!”

"An Dayou's acting skills are explosive!"

"Zheng Xiao's condition is amazing, it's like he's growing younger than before!"

“Personally, I feel that The Mist is better than Day and Night!”

"Be bolder, remove the 'personal feeling', and just beat him!"

(End of this chapter)