From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

Ding Zhi's plays are a bit unconventional, first of all because they are "short".

In fact, with the development of domestic TV dramas, the length of dramas is usually becoming longer and longer.

From the 20 or 30 episodes at the beginning, to the 40 or 50 episodes later, and then to the later, there was not even 60 episodes that I was embarrassed to say that I was a "big production".

To the back, um, episodes 7-80.

And this trend was brought about by the palace fight dramas and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas many years ago.

After all, I don’t know if this thing smells bad or not, but it’s really long.

Ding Zhi's drama series is usually about 20 episodes.

But in episode 20 of a palace fighting drama, the heroine may not have entered the palace yet, and in episode 20 of a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drama, the first misunderstanding may not be solved yet.

After all, you and I are blackmailing each other, and the parents are short-lived, and they are better at writing than the author who beats the street.

However, although the number of episodes of Ding Zhi's drama is "short", on the other hand, the duration of each episode is exceptionally long.

Before Ding Zhi, in fact, many popular dramas basically kept each episode around 45 minutes.

This is actually a practice that has been followed for many years.

Because of early film reel capacity issues, 45 minutes is usually optimal.

In addition, there are clear regulations from above that commercials in any form are not allowed to be inserted in the middle of each episode (counted to 45 minutes) in star TV series.

So here is the issue involving advertising and investment promotion.

Therefore, Ding Zhi's "short" and "long" are inconsistent with convention to a certain extent.

Because the number of episodes of the series is too short, the "weight" of sponsors and advertisers is reduced, and the number of episodes of each episode is too long, so the number of commercial breaks is correspondingly shortened.

Each episode lasts for more than an hour, which is actually the length of a movie to a certain extent.

Therefore, Ding Zhi's dramas are often dubbed as having a "movie quality".

On the one hand, it is indeed well-made. Whether it is camera operation, lighting, color, or even the overall texture of the entire series, it all tends to have a movie-level sense.

The most obvious one is probably "The Hidden Corner" from early last year.

On the other hand, this is a bit of a cheating time issue for advertisers.

But this "maverick" gameplay is unexpectedly suitable for Ding Zhi's style of story.

It can only be said that Ding Zhi is not unaware of the problem, but he is making choices.

Moreover, his method is actually quite suitable for the paid channel model.

Just like the "Peeping" back then, it took an unprecedented more than an hour, an entire episode, to describe the grievances and resentments of the protagonist's parents, laying the foundation for all subsequent causes and the tragedy of the story.

The same goes for "The Flower of Evil".

And this time, "Flower of Evil" was directed by Cai, a well-known toolman whose debut film earned nearly 2 billion in box office, and Ding Zhi, an honest and sincere actor who has never been a drama tyrant.

The texture is still very obvious.

Some people may be able to tell that the first episode aired is different from the show-off long shots in "The Tuner". Maybe it's because this is a TV series, or maybe Ding Zhi wants to try other genres.

attempt.

In this drama, he used more various montage techniques for filming.

The most typical one is at the end of the first episode.

While "Bai Xi" played by Ding Zhi attacked the hapless reporter, the wife played by Zou Yutong was rushing home after finishing her wedding.

Here Ding Zhi performed a very classic time montage.

The camera keeps switching back and forth between Bai Xi, who is fighting a life and death struggle, and Che Yuan, who is rushing home.

At the same time, the music flowing from the record player that Bai Xi used as a cover-up filled the scene, creating an inexplicably chilling atmosphere.

However, the moment Che Yuan took out the key and opened the door, what she saw inside the door was Bai Xi playing with her daughter with great interest.

When Che Yuan, who was exhausted after finishing her work, saw the scene in front of her, she smiled happily.

Then the camera zoomed in on the happy family of three. The camera slowly shifted from the family of three to the empty studio, and stopped at a floor, zooming in.

Poke in through a gap.

This is a very secret basement!

The camera continued to pull down, and finally settled on a body lying limply on the ground, that is, the "corpse" of the head reporter Wu Zhen.

"Oh~"

Wu Zhen's eyes suddenly opened, full of panic and bloodshot eyes.

Then he found that his whole body was tied tightly, and even his mouth was sealed with tape. He could only flap like a big-headed fish stranded on the beach...

At this time, the camera began to pick up rapidly, and the scene was split into two. One part was frozen on the face of Bai Xi, who was holding his wife and child with a bright smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

One spot was fixed on Wu Zhen's eyes, which were full of fear and bloodshot eyes.

Episode one, end.

"Hiss~"

Lao Goose, who was sitting in front of the screen, stared blankly at the dark screen in front of him after reading it. He took a deep breath and suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Ding Zhi did not disappoint him.

Sure enough, it still tastes the same!

Nowadays, Ding Zhi's fans are increasing day by day. Unlike female fans who generally lick their faces, most of Ding Zhi's male fans are attracted by his works.

The same goes for Lao Goose, Ding Chui, the UP host.

He fell into the trap of "Peeping" in the first place, and that "Peeping" movie really touched his heart at that time.

In the past few years, when the male protagonist was the boss and the female protagonist was beautiful, strong and miserable, he was the first person in China who dared to risk the disapproval of the world and use the male protagonist as the villain. This interesting setting really poked fun at his suspense film.

Lost.

Among Ding Zhi's many subsequent works, Lao Gou has basically watched every one, whether it is a movie or a TV series, and has watched them all in their entirety.

It can be said that he is an "old fan" who has followed Ding Zhi's step-by-step journey to where he is today.

In this "Flower of Evil", he seems to smell the same temperament as in "Peeping" a few years ago.

Although it cannot be said that this is the most suitable setting for Ding Zhi, it is indeed the setting that can best poke people like Lao Goose.

but......

When Lao Goose thought of this, he temporarily suppressed his excitement. He started to turn on his mobile phone and read the reviews on various platforms.

As a professional UP host, he will collect information in detail every time he makes a video, whether it is a recommendation or a complaint.

You have to watch at least three to five episodes of a TV series to have a preliminary judgment on its context and story direction before officially outputting the content.

Although he was very satisfied after watching the first episode of "Flowers of Evil" and couldn't wait to recommend the video, this still did not affect his normal process.

The first is a certain flap.

Although the authoritativeness of a certain platform in rating film and television dramas has dropped a lot after several rounds of manipulation in recent years, it must be said that it is still a relatively reference-based rating platform for film and television dramas in China.

only.......

"Flower of Evil" has not yet been released...

Okay, Lao Goose laughed to himself, this is indeed too urgent. It has just been broadcast today, and it is common for the show to not be released yet.

Then he waited for a certain blog, but there was no hot search yet.

Well, although Ding Zhi is known as the annual user who is best at "free prostitution" at Zhalang in recent years, several hot searches have contributed to the "cleaning operation" on the heads of Zhalang programmers.

But after all, he is not a real annual VIP user like Sister Shuangzi back then. Therefore, although the premiere of Flower of Evil was well publicized, he was still not found in the top ten hot searches.

So Lao Goose finally found an entry about "Flowers of Evil" in about forty places on the hot search list.

But the good news is that as Lao Goose swiped his finger to refresh, the ranking of this entry instantly jumped up by a few digits. It seems that both the reading volume and the amount of discussion are increasing rapidly.

Under the "cold winter of film and television", even streaming media platforms as large as the five major platforms are actually beginning to be cautious about delisting.

And Ding Zhi has undoubtedly become a signature.

The publicity before the premiere of "Flower of Evil" was naturally very sufficient.

Whether they are "Ding Chui" like Lao Goose, or Ding Zhi's fans, or the drama fans he has gathered through his continuous output of high quality in the past three or four years, and even some of Ding Zhi's "enemies"

, all premiered in front of the computer to watch the show's quality.

According to statistics compiled by Goose Factory in the background, "Flower of Evil" had 189 million views on the day it premiered.

Some time ago, many online dramas were exposed to have serious airplay volume and were severely slapped in the face by top trending searches. At this stage, more online dramas have restrained themselves a lot.

There are many popular idols and sweet dramas. The original number of breaking 100 million on the first day has been greatly reduced, which makes the drama "Flower of Evil" stand out in particular.

But then, there are people like Lao Goose who like to hear and see, and there are also many different voices.

——"It looks good! It really smells like Ding Zhi! It feels even more flavorful than "The Beginning"!!!"

——"One thing to say, I watched the first episode and was a little disappointed. Although this drama seems to have the temperament of "Peeping" again, doesn't this mean it has gone back to the way it is? And I don't think Ding Zhi

Have you played too many villains? I'm a little tired of it.

To be honest, it's not even as good as "Peep 2" some time ago."

——"Are some people asking too much? Is it possible that "Flowers of Evil" is not good to watch? I can't wait to fast forward to tomorrow!"

——"Forget it, I don't know where the backlash came from. Didn't the last sentence reveal it? You pretended to be very disappointed, but in the end you couldn't find any black spots, so you insisted that someone had regressed? Don't say "

The first episode of "Flower of Evil" has just been released, and you compare that with Ding Zhi with that dog-tailed mink thing? Isn't that ridiculous?"

——"I find it strange that people are not allowed to raise their opinions if they have opinions? Ding Zhi's performance is good, but he can't cover his mouth! I think what that person said is right. How much does it cost for the male protagonist to be a villain?

It feels like a bit of a waste of time. Is it wrong to think that aesthetic fatigue is wrong?

You can’t say that Ding Zhi is politically correct!”

This kind of remarks led to a stalemate for a while.

In fact, things were developing normally at the beginning.

After all, some are discussing the plot, some are discussing the performance, and some are discussing whether it is "frivolous" or not.

In fact, Ding Zhi's drama series has always been rarely empty, because as Ding Zhi said, whether a work is good or not, the audience will vote with their feet.

For example, even though the popularity of "Spy 2" was so high before, the tide receded, and the embarrassing appearance without any pants was clearly visible.

After that, even the top little flower suffered a lot of negative impacts.

But later on, things started to go a little wrong.

First of all, the similarities in characters and opening plots between "Flower of Evil" and "Peeping" are used for comparison. The male protagonist adopts the villain character and is deceived by his "second face" from his girlfriend/wife, plus other

There are many kinds of things, including conjecture and speculation, but it seems to be something like that.

The other direction is to discuss whether Ding Zhi has recently started to "shoddy work" after becoming the boss.

Then some provocative remarks like "Can Ding Zhi not be criticized?" began to appear.

As a result, at the end of the day, the plot discussion of "Flower of Evil" had not yet become a trending search topic. As a result, the entry "Ding Zhi Is His Talent Exhausted" became a trending topic first.

This kind of highly directional hot search, without even thinking about it, must be controlled by someone behind the scenes. But this time, although the traces of this kind of manipulation are still very obvious, it has to be said that it has started to become a lot smarter.

The most obvious thing is that it puts Ding Zhi on the "opposition" of the public, and raises the question of "whether Ding Zhi cannot be criticized", which is first praised and then criticized.

In addition, there are many negative people who use all kinds of stupid remarks to "unconditionally support" Ding Zhi, and even insult and ridicule passers-by.

Suddenly, it actually started a wave of rhythm.

...

...

"Steady! Come down slowly! Yes! Be careful! Be careful!"

The director shouted loudly and commanded at the scene.

Ding Zhi, who was tied with a safety rope, turned over and jumped back into the room from hanging on the outer wall of the balcony.

"Let me take a look at this lens."

This is an extremely dangerous "high-altitude scene". When the male protagonist Bai Xi secretly broke into reporter Wu Zhen's residence to investigate the situation, he was blocked here by his wife, the detective, and his men.

In desperation, I could only hang and hide outside the balcony.

Cai Wen originally strongly suggested using a stunt double for this scene, but Ding Zhi refused.

Just kidding, when he was filming "The Greedy Wolf", those action scenes were much more difficult than this. Even in the prison scene, there were no safety ropes for people jumping up and down.

But he himself thought it was nothing, but all the staff on site were a little overwhelmed.

Especially Zou Yutong, who played Che Yuan, had several problems in this scene because her eyes would always subconsciously aim at the window sill.

I can't help it, that's really worrying.

As a result, today's scene was filmed four or five times before I finally passed the test of Ding Zhi.

Cai Wen stared at the resentful eyes of the heroine Zou Yutong, feeling helpless in his heart.

Don't look at me, I've thought about this scene a long time ago, but is it just me? It's obviously "Director Ding"!

"Brother Zhi! Call!"

During the break, Xiaopang, who was keeping things for Ding Zhi, handed over the phone again.

This is actually a common thing, because after Ding Zhi became independent and Jiuyao Media gradually moved on track, he gradually became busy.

In addition to filming, there are many final decisions on specific matters that require him, the real big boss, to decide the purpose.

Ding Zhi took the towel handed over by Zou Yutong and wiped his sweat. Facing Zou Yutong's displeased and slightly worried eyes, he smiled and pointed at his cell phone.

"Sister Qiong, what's the matter?"

"You are busy filming. To make a long story short, two things..."

Listening to Liang Qiong's description on the other end of the phone, the first of two things was the popularity of "Flower of Evil" on the Internet.

In fact, this is normal. As Ding Zhi takes bigger and bigger steps, his opponents will also upgrade accordingly.

Especially now that he has become a "golden sign" in the TV series, some people want to snatch this sign from him and support it, and naturally there are also people who want to destroy his "sign".

It's all due to profit. This wave is already relatively routine and gentle, and this is just the beginning.

Liang Qiong should have had some idea about this solution for a long time, and she just wanted to talk to him about it at this time.

What made Ding Zhi frown was actually another thing.

"The approval of "The God of Medicine" is stuck."