High ratings and high ratings, for many TV dramas, are like fish and bear's paw, and it is difficult to have both.
From 20 17 to now, in the name of people has been rated by 287,000 people, which has remained at 8.3.
In that year, the ratings of one broadcast 1.5% soared to the highest of 7.3% in a single episode, setting a new record for all ratings in the history of provincial TV stations and the total ratings of TV dramas in the past six years.
In the absence of a small flow of fresh meat and flowers, more than 40 senior actors in the industry were invited at a price lower than the market price 1/5, which finally created such a viewing myth.
How can such a large-scale content be tried? How did so many old actors join the league? What are the difficult and interesting stories behind the scenery of in the name of people?
Lu Li, one of the soul figures in in the name of people, is one of the directors and producers of the play.
At that time, Lu Li had already filmed three contemporary emotional dramas, The Happiness of the Boss, The Love of Hawthorn Tree and Bus No.88 Home, and was trying to seek transformation.
Just heard the news that screenwriter week is experiencing life for writing scripts. More than ten years ago, Lu Li invited him to play a play, and he never cooperated. Hearing such news, he seemed to see the direction of his transformation.
That day, Li went to Zhou's home and carried two bottles of 52-degree wine. I haven't seen you for a long time. Let's have a good drink first. Li see wine to drink about, began to speak:
"Eldest brother, you have to help me with this project."
After drinking too much, Zhou agreed.
The next day, Lu Li asked him to carry out specific matters. Monday looked stunned: "I promised you?"
Lu Li: "You did promise me at that time."
Zhou: "I'm afraid of this situation. Let's talk about it."
Lu Li: "If you give me this play, I may go to by going up one flight of stairs. If you don't give it to me, my life may be like this, and I will shoot more life dramas. You give it to me, and I will go all out. "
Later, I was glad that Zhou drank too much and agreed to this.
In the name of people sleeps no more than 4 hours a day from preparation to shooting to post-production.
However, the most tiring thing is not health, but anxiety caused by unsuccessful preparation.
The total investment of in the name of people is 65.438+0.2 billion yuan. At first, Zhou and he discussed this matter. As an artistic creator, he thinks it's better for them not to be investors at the same time. In this way, we can ensure a more pure focus on content creation without considering market returns.
But people are not as good as heaven.
It turns out that dozens of institutions have promised to invest. But what I didn't expect was that we met in the morning and signed the contract in the afternoon, so we couldn't find anyone at night. There are more than 40 people, and the same situation has occurred.
Lu Li finally mortgaged the house, but the funds were still insufficient.
Gao Yalin, another producer, initially contributed only a small amount, but in the face of this situation, Lu Li finally persuaded him to become the biggest investor.
How to get the money? I mortgaged the house without telling my family.
At that time, Gao Yalin went home every day and didn't even dare to sleep.
Whether such a large-scale drama can finally be played normally through the pilot broadcast is unknown to everyone.
It's just an actor's idealism to block all his money. Anyway, I don't want to miss a good theme and a good script.
Gao Yalin and Lu Li have cooperated for the third time, and this cooperation is purely accidental.
On 20 15, Gao Yalin finished filming in Nanjing and took the high-speed train back to Beijing, so he met a stranger in the carriage. During the chat, I heard that a new play is being prepared, which is a work that Zhou has admired for ten years.
Everything is ready except the money.
Based on the friendship with many cooperations and trust in Zhou, I made a decision: I will pay for the missing things.
I didn't expect this sentence, so I dug a big hole for myself. So, as mentioned above, in order to fill the vacancy of funds, even the house was mortgaged.
When it was broadcast, the ratings were higher than those of the World Cup. At that time, advertisers were afraid to go crazy with joy.
Gao Yalin, who was originally only the savior of the Jianghu, became the biggest winner.
The cast of in the name of people is shocking.
Just pick it out, it is the weight of a man and a woman: Lu Yi, Hu Jing, Zhao Ziqi, Michelle, Zhang Kaili, ZhangFeng yi, Zhang Zhijian, WU GANG, Xu Yajun ... are all powerful schools with many good works.
Someone combed and counted the actors in this play, including "national first-class actor" 15, "national second-class actor" 3 and "national third-class actor" 1 person, which is Zhang Zhijian who plays Gao. The reason is that he can't play drama for his original unit because he has been filming for many years, so he can't evaluate his professional title.
However, who will think that his acting skills are not good?
How did such an actor, who can be called an artist, get invited to this crew when his salary was extremely low and he might not be able to broadcast it?
Zhang Fengyi and Lu Li are old friends. One day, Lu Li called him and wanted to invite him to dinner to talk about the script.
On hearing his purpose, Zhang Fengyi immediately said on the phone, "Come to my house and open a beef shop here. Very delicious. "
Lu Li came straight to the point: "I have no money."
Although it is an investment of 65.438+0.2 billion yuan, the actor's budget is very small. Therefore, Lu Li can only tell the truth.
Unexpectedly, things went well. Zhang Fengyi agreed, and invited a meal that day.
Lu Li collapsed a little: "I have no money and my house is mortgaged."
WU GANG, who plays the secretary of Dakang, was "intercepted" into the group from the beginning.
On 20 15, WU GANG attended the Golden Rooster Award Ceremony and prepared to go home with a suitcase.
Lu Li regarded the actors as a whole and stopped people directly.
In fact, the shot of secretary Dakang in it is the least important, but it is the hottest.
There are two reasons for this.
One is the game between the director and the audience. WU GANG has played many remakes, so this time the director arranged a completely positive role for him, which gave the audience with inertia a big reversal.
The other is WU GANG's own design of this role, and the final effect is to leave a deep impression on the audience even though there are not many scenes.
It took three days just to decide on a hairstyle.
Most of the characters in the play are back or separated. However, WU GANG believes that the most typical feature of such people as Secretary Dakang is "fast pace".
Every time something happens, I go out quickly and vigorously. Such people have no time to comb their hair and wax. So he finally decided to use a haircut like "flat head".
Also reflecting the fast pace, in addition to his speaking habits and walking style, even the "1 16" factory incident, he arrived at the scene in three steps, climbed the scaffold and was agile.
He is sincere and open-minded, so he is superior and subordinate everywhere in the play and has always been justified.
Such a role was unexpectedly loved by the post-1995 audience, and the endless stream of expression packs made WU GANG, who was in his fifties, become a "new celebrity on the Internet" sweeping the whole network.
And Feng Lei, the actor of "bad guy" Zhao Ruilong. Even if it's that bad, so many actors like it.
Feng Lei hadn't filmed for a long time before receiving a phone call from the director Lu Li.
I was almost depressed after filming, but I stopped acting and changed careers.
Therefore, I was in a hurry when I took this role.
There is no need to talk about remuneration. As soon as the contract is settled, the producer will sign it. The day before joining the league, he was still busy with his business.
As a supporting role in the 18th Line, the crew didn't specially customize clothes. So, later, we saw that every time Zhao Gongzi appeared in the play, the clothes he wore were actually Feng Lei's private clothes.
As for the reward? Feng Lei said, equivalent to the installation fee.
After the filming, I was very happy. I also spend money to buy things for the crew to eat, and chat while watching everyone filming.
The most unexpected thing is that Chen did not appear in the play at all.
At the beginning, the director intended to invite Chen to play, but at that time, Chen was recording the CCTV program "Inheritor", and the schedule was in conflict.
As soon as he has time, he often goes to the shooting scene, not only giving on-site guidance, but also Chen Ye spares no effort to find suitable actors to play.
Many role actors were recruited by Chen.
Not only contribute, but also often deliver meals. Every time you visit a class, you should bring a gift.
Once I brought a few boxes of milk to the staff, but the next day it became a prop for the crew.
The investment is 65.438+200 million, and the total salary of 40 senior actors is only 48 million. Director Lu Li said, "most of them were moved by the script and paid the price of friendship."
Coincidentally, at the end of 20 17, a website made a survey and got a list of the top 20 "top 100". The pay of small fresh meat and flowers is surprisingly high, but their works also occupy the list of being spit out.
In the name of people was born on 20 17, which is undoubtedly a phenomenal work.
Originally targeted at middle-aged and elderly audiences, it was unexpectedly loved by audiences after 95, 00 and 10.
Zhou Zeng, the screenwriter of in the name of people, once said: "You can not tell the truth about some questions, but at least don't tell lies."
It is the efforts from the main creator to the actors that everyone does not give themselves a backward path, which has given the audience such a high reputation and triggered a nationwide discussion and viewing frenzy. It is indeed a fatal blow to the entertainment circle in recent years, but it will not improve the atmosphere of the actor's own career.
Should directors, screenwriters and actors who complain all day that "this audience can't do it" also find their own reasons and stop entertaining themselves, while artists like in the name of people should proceed from reality and strive for more elegant and popular works that are loved by the audience?
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