New Age Artists

Chapter 518: The Monster in a Cassock ( words)
Shen Santong had read the script long ago and quickly went through the episodes using the progress bar.

"My evaluation is that it is not as good as "Soldier Assault" and "Drawing Sword"."

"The TV series "Drawing Sword" is not a novel."

"At this level, the audience will be disappointed and dissatisfied."

"Everyone originally hoped to see another inspirational story like 'Xu Sanduo', but what was presented was not that."

This version of "The Regiment Leader" is a pretty good film.

Mainly because of the bad past life.

Audiences who watched it in the past were confused and felt it was a confusing mess.

The gray picture, a group of defeated soldiers who would do anything to survive, and long passages of dialogue that sound like a stage play make people confused.

Whether a drama can attract audiences depends on the first episode, and the first scene of the first episode is particularly important. After so much hard work in promoting the drama, it would be a big loss if the audience cannot be retained.

The first scene of "The Regiment Commander" is hard to describe.

From a professional perspective, this scene is very exciting and can be called a classic, but it is not audience-friendly.

The first scene is Milong opening a watermelon and Li Wula stealing it. In between, there are scenes of various cannon fodder group members secretly taking watermelons while Milong is chasing Li Wula.

In the end, Li Ula was beaten unconscious by Mi Long and his life or death was unknown.

The first scene is a large group scene that is extremely difficult to coordinate and full of sincerity.

However, most viewers do not like this mode, and 30% of them will be discouraged in the first three minutes.

Compared with the treatment of "Soldier Assault", it starts with the familiar scenes of rural life.

The protagonist appears in the first three shots, and the relationship between the characters is simple and clear. There are only two people, Xu Sanduo and his father, and the story unfolds from these two characters.

Moreover, the characters in the first scene are particularly simple and easy to understand.

This is the form of drama that the audience is accustomed to.

In the previous life, "The Captain" was a half-finished product.

After the filming was completed, Huayi bought a ticket to go abroad without telling the director so that the director could relax.

The director was going to come back to edit the film, but Huayi couldn't wait any longer and just made a haphazard edit and sold it.

The edited version is so unbearable to watch. The editor probably didn't even read the script and just threw the materials together according to the numbers on the clapperboard.

The length of each shot and the director's scheduling ideas were all ignored, resulting in a very poor final product.

The original version's dragging plot and weird rhythm all come from this.

In addition, the major satellite TV stations later competed to broadcast the show, and all the cuts were made in an attempt to grab the premiere.

It was another blow to an already horrific situation.

Later, some netizens were reluctant to give up this great drama, so they used editing software to release various refined, re-edited, and deleted versions, which were better than the original.

However, due to the lack of original materials and director's notes, the final effect was still unsatisfactory.

Shen Santong is a director himself and understands the importance of editing. Different editors can cut completely opposite stories from the same material.

From the start of filming to the end of a play, at most 50% of the work is completed, and the subsequent editing is the bulk of the work.

And there is a big problem with the original version. Apart from the interludes set by the director, there is almost no BGM in the entire film.

Occasionally, there are some things that are very inappropriate, probably because the editor didn't have the BGM.

So the final product feels like an unadjusted rough cut, giving people a feeling that it is not a pirated version but is worse than a pirated version.

This life is much better than the previous one.

But Shen Santong was still not satisfied.

"Lao Kang, let's not talk about "Soldiers Assault", let's talk about "Drawing Sword", which is also about the war of resistance. The concept is inferior."

"In "Drawing Sword", a few people remained united as one, never giving up, and in the end, a few dozen people were able to develop thousands or even tens of thousands of people. This is real history."

"The great defeat of tens of thousands of troops in "Leader" and some even fled before the battle. They had no fighting spirit."

"Of course, "The Regimental Commander" is a true reflection of the defeat and surrender, otherwise we wouldn't have so many traitors."

"But 'Drawing Sword' is hope. The cavalry company commander Sun Desheng is not rare. There are many people who are not afraid of sacrifice. Otherwise, how could we be here now?"

"Today's new world and new era were won by thousands of Sun Deshengs at the risk of their lives."

"The "Drawing Sword" actors never took anything from the masses, and some even exposed themselves rather than let the masses be in danger or wronged. The "Team Leader" stole things from fellow villagers just to have a meal of pork stewed with vermicelli."

“After watching this, the audience will wonder what kind of soldier this is?”

"In 'Bright Sword', no one is abandoned, while in 'The Captain', a fake captain leads a group of remnants of his army to 'live a miserable life' on the battlefield. One is doing something he knows is impossible, and the other is afraid of death. We can't see what a soldier should be like."

"The leadership of 'Drawing Sword' and the leadership of 'The Regiment Commander' are worlds apart."

Shen Santong has the right to speak harshly.

After the hit of "Soldier Assault", Kang Honglei was given an additional bonus, which allowed him to buy a house in BJ.

In this life, Kang Honglei still tried to transform himself.

He had worked with Hua Yi before. After the success of "Soldier Assault", Hua Yi asked him to film the commercial drama "Fantasy Journey (End of the World Paradise)".

The theme of the story is about a group of people who want to sneak into New York for various reasons.

In the past, most of the TV dramas directed by Kang Honglei were mainstream ones, which always carried different values ​​from general commercial films, so they did not make money.

Yes, at this time, the income from shooting mainstream themes is very low.

Kang Honglei produces one drama a year, but his income was not good before "Soldier".

Kang Honglei also wanted to make money, and Deep Sea Culture did not stop him, but was not optimistic about the transformation.

Moreover, he is a famous director and he is free to shoot whatever he wants.

Unexpectedly, due to the sensitive subject matter of "Fantasy Journey", it was shelved for a year and was only recently broadcast exclusively on Jiangsu Satellite TV.

After the failed transformation, Kang Honglei returned to Deep Sea Culture and filmed "The Regiment Leader".

During the filming of "The Regiment Commander", two accidents occurred on the set, resulting in an overspending of more than 8 million yuan, which Deep Sea Culture had to make up for with investment.

As the business of Shen Santong's companies expands, the film and television business is risky. Except for projects directed or controlled by Shen Santong, other projects are open to external financing channels, and independent projects operate independently.

The filming of "The Regiment Leader" cost more than 40 million yuan, with an overspending of tens of millions.

Shen Santong must want the best film effect.

Kang Honglei's face didn't look very good. He had contributed a lot and put a lot of effort into "The Regiment Commander".

There is no reason to belittle it like this: "'Drawing Sword' is about the Eighth Route Army, and I am the Guo Army. You said it yourself, I filmed the Guo Army realistically."

Shen Santong said: "So, this is the problem."

"Our current public opinion mixes the two, and the audience can't tell the difference."

"Believe it or not, if we find some media to publicize the veterans of Tang Enbo's army and release some press releases, there will be a lot of people who miss them. There will be people from Henan, too."

Kang Honglei didn't believe it: "Flood, drought, locusts, Tang Enbo is on the same level as the disaster. He killed so many people and was more hateful than the devils. Who would miss him?"

Shen Santong asked in return: "How many media outlets not only do not report the bad things done by the KMT, but also glorify them."

“Who among the younger generation still knows about the Huayuankou dike breach?”

"We emphasize their status as veterans of the war of resistance against Japanese aggression and do not mention the bad things that happened to this unit in the past."

"It's like a demon wearing a monk's robe, but only letting believers see the robe and not revealing the face. It's so easy to deceive people."

"That's the way it is now. You didn't choose a good subject."

"There is no whitewashing for Guo's army. Many experts and media people will not let go of this drama and will examine every detail."

Kang Honglei felt disappointed because it was the truth.

What Shen Santong said was true. This drama was produced in Shenhai Culture, Shen Santong's company. If it were another company, who knows what would happen.

Kang Honglei is not a fool. The atmosphere in the circle is no secret, and people don’t try to hide it.

Can feel it.

Kang Honglei sought Shen Santong's support: "'The Head' is not just my play. The whole crew has put in a lot of effort."

"We also lost one person for this drama. We were filming the scene where Long Wenjian led the pursuit and annihilation of the Japanese scouts on the Nujiang River. The pyrotechnician was demonstrating the modified smoke cake to me when the explosion suddenly occurred."

"I was less than three meters away from the pyrotechnician, and I almost saw with my own eyes the shrapnel penetrate the chest of my comrade."

"Twelve days later, another accident occurred. The wooden beam scenery suddenly collapsed, and the tiles fell down and hit the extras passing by. 12 people were injured and hospitalized, filling up the county hospital."

"All the cast and crew members put down their work and walked to the hospital to donate blood at around 1 a.m."

"At this time, less than one-third of the filming of "The Regiment Leader" had been completed. A series of accidents required huge compensation, which also caused the crew to be confused and rumors to spread."

"Everyone was silent while walking on the street. For the next few days, the air was frozen."

"The crew has entered a complete shutdown state. According to common sense, the crew should also prepare to disband."

“I felt that I had to continue shooting!”

"When "The Regiment Commander" is broadcast, I will give a piece of letter paper with a bunch of white flowers at the beginning of each episode, and write on it: We will always miss the comrades who gave their lives and blood for this drama."

"The crew has put in a lot of effort for this play."

Kang Honglei knew that Shen Santong was very busy and might not understand the hardships of filming.

He just told Shen Santong that everything in this play should be treated as a career.

No one is fooling around.

Shen Santong expressed his understanding: "Lao Kang, I just want you to be mentally prepared. The subsequent editing must be done with excellence."

"It's not that I have to compare it to 'Drawing Sword', but in the future, many people will make comparisons."

"The tone of this play can satisfy a group of audiences' sense of superiority of 'everyone else is drunk but I am the only one sober'."

In terms of understanding the audience's taste, few are better than Shen Santong. Hearing this, Kang Honglei asked: "What do you mean?"

Shen Sandong said: "The visual language of "The Head" is not pleasing, but it can be considered good."

"What is unpleasant and bad is film and television garbage."

“It’s not pleasing but excellent, and the visual language it gives people is high-level.”

"The audience who appreciate the 'high-end' feeling applauded this."

“Some people even feel superior and step on other plays.”

“But the problem is that the audio-visual language of “The Leader” is not pleasing.”

"For example, when viewers are changing channels, they will stop and watch for a while when they see handsome men and beautiful women. Or if they like anti-Japanese war dramas, they will stop and watch for a while when they see the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army."

"But the play 'The Regiment Commander' does not have any handsome men or beautiful women, nor does it have the iconic grey military uniforms of the Anti-Japanese War."

"There were only a bunch of unkempt men who looked like beggars, in a place where it was always cloudy, wearing yellow clothes that looked like military uniforms at first glance, and fighting with weapons that no one knew about."

“Although it’s called a war, the war scenes only account for a very small part of the show. The rest of the time is spent waiting, talking nonsense, quarreling, and doing nothing.”

"Moreover, the Japanese soldiers in this drama are not clearly visible, not even in close-up. When the audience switches channels, they have no idea what is being played."

"The Regiment Commander" was no longer rebroadcast for various reasons, but hundreds of thousands of people are still watching it on Bilibili.

Many comments said, "Even after watching it five or six times, I still want to watch it again after a while", "After watching "The Captain", I can no longer watch any other war dramas."

Consider it as a war drama that has gone through ten years of ups and downs and is still an insurmountable peak.

People who like this drama think it is very good and awesome.

But some people just can't stand it and still fail after trying several times.

Objectively speaking, "The Regiment Leader" is not bad, but it is not as good as its fanatical fans say.

"The Regiment Commander" has the flavor of an author's film or an art film, and is suitable for pulling down and creating a chain of contempt.

Shen Santong continued: "So 'The Captain' naturally feels unfamiliar to mainstream audiences."

“The Regiment Commander has an anti-war flavor.”

"Of course, it is much better than the anti-war sentiment that has come from the West. The anti-war sentiment in The Regiment Commander tells people that anti-war requires strength and spirit."

"At the same time, don't turn into a beast after gaining power."

"The problem is that anti-war itself is not appealing, and our audience doesn't like the values ​​of this tone."

"It also has a reflective feel. 'The Leader' reflects too much."

“The audience will think that soldiers shouldn’t think about politics and just need to carry out their mission with tenacity.”

"Even if they think about it, it should be the way our army thinks, not the way the Kuomintang thinks."

"The line in the movie is 'Easy, I want ease even if I have to sacrifice my life.'"

"People instinctively pursue comfort. It is not us ordinary people who should be criticized, blamed, and awakened."

"We helped them in the earthquake, but now they are a bunch of beasts who stabbed us and hurt us."

"They destroyed our homes, and we have been fighting back."

“Even if there is reflection, it is not the common people who should reflect, but the elites.”

"The higher up the ladder, the more they need to reflect on themselves. They hold power, but they have made the country fragmented and unstable."

Kang Honglei figured it out. Shen Santong must have a plan for what he said. The film was over budget, and it was only filmed with Shen Santong's support.

Moreover, Shen Santong's thinking is relatively mainstream and main-theme in the circle.

So as not to cause any stumbling blocks.

Kang Honglei opened up the discussion: "Leader Long Wenjian has no direct political stance, but he is very 'evil' in his setting. He can't win because of his intuition, and his intuition is always accurate."

"He plays two roles. First, he has compassion and sympathy for individual lives. Second, he helps the cannon fodder regain their reasons and fighting spirit."

"There are few soldiers around Long Wenjian who can face death calmly and calmly for the sake of the war and the nation. There is not even a squad of soldiers with such a state of mind.

"In contrast, our army is an invincible force with an indestructible mind and spirit."

"'The Regiment Commander' can tell the audience why the country was beaten so badly back then, and also why the country survived despite such a tragic situation."

Shen Santong agreed: "If you do a normal simulation, you will find that our army is the only hope. Only our army can save the nation and country that are riddled with holes."

"In that era, the result of searching for 'meaning' was unique, the smallest sacrifice was the one that everyone was willing to make, and there was only one final path."

"The current trend of mixing the Kuomintang army with our army is also due to this reason. No matter how you deduce it, there is only one way."

"The group of Guo soldiers in "The Head of the Group" have grown up, and their temperament also carries the temperament of our army."

With the governance foundation accumulated by the University of Tokyo over a long period of time, as long as it occupies the righteousness or the justice of heaven, no matter whether the people below support or resist in their actions, their final destination will be support.

Unless they are bribed, whether they are aware of the bribe or not.

Even those who have been bribed have to help with construction in a down-to-earth manner. Ai Dajin makes a lot of messy remarks, but he needs to say more correct things to cover up his jealousy.

This is what you need to do if you want to have a certain influence on the social level.

Throughout history, when it comes to upholding righteousness and the right principles of heaven, the Ming Dynasty is far inferior to New China.

This has led to a phenomenon where the CCP is not afraid of people pursuing freedom, nor is it afraid of people pursuing interests.

Even individuals are encouraged to pursue these.

The more thorough your pursuit, the more you will find that there is only one way to achieve complete freedom and the greatest long-term benefit.

Even if you are a bad person, if you want to gain benefits, you must pretend to be a good person.

Sophisticated egoism is not selfishness, it is harmful in the long run.

In the film and television industry, some spy war dramas have the same flavor. "The Kite" portrays the Kuomintang and the Military Control Commission so well.

The original novel of "Drawing Sword" has a strong reflective flavor, and some details in the drama version are still problematic, but it has still been integrated into the mainstream.

The current situation is not considered "rampant", but it will become rampant in the future.

The Internet Zuo who stir up trouble on the Internet in later generations are the stigmatized leftists, or to be more precise, the Zuo of the colonel.

Even if they are covered in human skin and monk's robes, they must blend into the narrative and carefully hide their weirdness.

He is so cowardly that he doesn't even dare to rebel directly.

Ridiculous.

When conflicts accumulate, they can no longer be hidden, mainly because the masters behind them do not allow them to be hidden.

It can't be done.

It is a comparison of power, it does not mean the nature is not bad.

In the situation of conflict between the enemy and us, some monsters jumped out in various disguises.

For example, the successor who bears the name of Zhang Beihai, I wonder how such a person has the nerve to bear the name of Zhang Beihai from "The Three-Body Problem".

There are also big-headed eagles and other miscellaneous things that cannot be hidden at all.

Behind Yang Li are Western masters and Western narratives. These things dare not, or cannot, be explicitly anti-Western.

Many people like Big-Headed Eagle come here for fun, but in fact their roots are outside.

He doesn't want domestic garbage to go there and affect them.

Running over there like donut lecturers is like detoxification for the University of Tokyo.

The big-headed eagle is trying to persuade people to return and to block the flow of garbage.

It's quite fun to watch Runren's stupid performance, and the fight between him and those immigrants, but it doesn't mean Big-Headed Owl is a good thing.

And the same goes for Chao Ma.

Those who work illegally have their hands stained with the blood of Chinese people to a greater or lesser extent.

They are all a bunch of monsters and demons, they just hide for various reasons, but they can't hide when it comes to certain topics.

The master behind said, "You raise a dog for a thousand days, but you only need to use it in one moment."

So does Jin Xing.

A monster wearing a monk's robe is still a monster.

Kang Honglei felt that Shen Santong understood him, so he said directly: "Director Shen, you tell me how to do this play."

Shen Santong felt that the excitement was almost enough.

"Director Kang, let me make this clear. Even if this movie doesn't make money, we have to do it well."

"My idea is to go for the boutique route, with a movie quality."

Shen Santong positioned "The Regiment Leader" as a high-quality product.

Just like online literature in later generations, there are those that are very popular, but there are also great masterpieces and small masterpieces.

"The Regiment Commander" is not a happy drama, and this subject matter is destined not to be a happy drama.

It may not be a big hit, but it can be a masterpiece.

It has a boutique temperament.

"My ideas can't be watered down, just cut it into 30 episodes."

“It would be great if the two episodes could be combined into one, like a movie.”

"I would rather make some high-quality American TV series, one hour per episode, with the quality of a TV movie, and I can make less money, but we don't support this model now."

Kang Honglei was very excited and immediately said, "I will definitely do it well."

Nowadays, TV series are sold by the number of episodes, and everyone is trying to pad the sales. Shen Santong is supporting the show with real money.

If they don't pad the series with water, a dozen fewer episodes would amount to tens of millions.

Shen Santong habitually made promises: "Lao Kang, Mr. Jiang, the director of "The Hidden Cam", is making a movie, and the two Bings are joining."

"If you do a good job with "The Captain" and make it look like a movie, I think you can make movies in the future."

Directors of mainstream themes do have the basic skills.

They are often quite smart, better than academicians.

Shen Santong plans to explore this area and open up a channel in this area in the future.

Filming a TV series is different from filming a movie, but you can learn from it.

Many TV drama directors have dreams of making movies, and being an executor is more than enough for them.

Moreover, Shen Santong likes people who are eager to prove themselves and are willing to pay.

Guo Fan works very hard every day for the science fiction film.

Only those with ideals have power.

Kang Honglei is very popular now. Few TV directors can refuse a movie. He promised: "I will do a good job."

Shen Santong came out of the sample room and told the publicity staff: "'The Regiment Commander' must make it clear that this is the Kuomintang army, not our army."

"Promote the true history and let everyone see what the Guo army really looks like."

"This promotional point uses the Internet channel to create momentum. After the release, we will market the quality of the film and spread the Internet reputation."

We cannot expose the Guo army openly because if we do, some forces will put pressure on us.

However, Santong Entertainment has various water army channels and can adopt online marketing.

The subject matter of "The Regiment Commander" is problematic and not pleasing to the eye. What Shen Santong values ​​is long-term profitability.

Make it into a high-quality product and sell reruns, with the focus on future online broadcasting rights.

Shen Santong attaches great importance to copyright.

The further back in time goes, the more valuable the copyright becomes.

Dongda TV dramas have a rule of no second review. The first review is the final form, so the first review must be done well. It would be best if the two episodes are combined into one, making it a 15-episode high-quality drama.

February passed and we entered March.

There is quite a bit of news in the society section in February.

Earlier this month, Sanlu went bankrupt.

In the second half of the month, Israel's BB, Netanyahu, was allowed to form a new cabinet.

Familiar characters reappear.

At the end of the month, the Information Office of the State Council published "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2008" in response to the "Country Human Rights Reports 25" released by the US State Department on the 2008th, which criticized the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions in the world, including the University of Tokyo.

Officially, it is quite neither humble nor arrogant.

Not as soft as I thought.

Then the Food Safety Law was passed to fill the loophole of melamine and improve the system from a legal perspective.

Shen Santong is busy building the "Lost in Thailand" team and is expected to go to Thailand for filming in mid-March.

It is also promoting the listing of Santong Entertainment and colluding interests with all parties.

Packaged as a whole, it is listed as the leader in the entertainment industry. The general direction has been determined. There are all kinds of little devils, but they are not that difficult to deal with.

On the other side of the ocean, almost a week after the 81st Academy Awards, some media are still wailing.

Mainland China's "Dream Building 2008", Hong Kong Island's "Painted Skin", and Taiwan Island's "Cape No. " were all eliminated, and Chinese-language films were completely wiped out in this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Shen Santong couldn't stand it and posted on social media: "What's so great about the Oscars?"

"Sean Penn wins Best Actor again for playing a gay activist."

"British actress Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award without any suspense for her role as Hannah, a German woman who was once a guard in a Nazi concentration camp in the film "The Reader."

“What’s the difference between this and the model operas?”

"Oh, there is a difference. It is an insult to the model operas."

"Model opera stories reflect the interests of the majority, while Oscar standards are meant to satisfy the interests of a minority."

"Some media don't need to be embarrassed about Chinese films. They also mentioned that "God of War" and "Perfect Life", which were shortlisted for the two major competition units in Venice, won nothing. They regard Venice as a lifeline for Chinese-language films."

"It is difficult for Chinese-language films that lack style to convince the judges. The failure is a reminder to Chinese films from the international film industry."

"This argument is really embarrassing. Our film market has the largest growth rate in the world and is showing unprecedented vitality."

“Some people are turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to this!”

"We don't need outsiders to give us a confirmation. This kind of thinking is quite despicable."

This article was published.

This immediately attracted the siege of Xinlang’s big Vs.

Xinlang Blog is still alive and has also transformed into a Weibo blog.

It's very magical, and that's why it's still alive.

Shen Santong does not accept crazy big Vs. Those who openly oppose him will be directly banned, and he also does not give any attention to current political topics.

It’s not that Dongtian Weibo has strict censorship, but that strange things are everywhere nowadays.

In this way, Ai Da Jin is considered good compared to some big Vs.

Xinlang has taken in this group of big Vs, and they still have fans in this era. Coupled with Xinlang’s own traffic, its momentum is good.

Some experts also left.

They brought up Chen Kaege and Zhang Yimou to pressure Shen Santong. These two seniors both respect the Oscars and pursue winning awards. What do you, Shen Santong, a kid, think of yourself?

The media that were hit were quibbling over the words, saying that they have been paying attention to the development of Dongda Film.

It was reported, but the page size was a little smaller.

On the contrary, they accused Shen Santong of being too extreme and too conservative.

3 month 2 day.

Shen Santong went to the crew of "Founding of a Republic" to make a guest appearance, and the filming started for more than a month.

Old man Han Sanping kept urging him, fearing that Shen Santong would stand him up.

Shen Santong brought some drinks and snacks over and said, "Master San, here I come! I'm Director Han's soldier. I'll go wherever you need me."

Upon hearing this, Han Sanping said angrily, "Go to hell, kid! Who knows what you're going to do to me behind my back!"

Shen Santong was speechless. Is it that obvious?
(End of this chapter)