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Chapter 717: The People's and Heroic Perspectives of Historical Dramas

The crew of "Knowing Your Destiny" is very large. In the impression of Boss Wei, there are more people than "Joy of Life" and "Nirvana in Fire", and it is second only to "Chi Le Chuan".

Of course, this was just Wei Yang's illusion.

This is mainly related to the subject matter of "Knowing". There are many group portraits, and most of them are residential dramas.

There are often a large number of characters acting opposite each other, and the characters have to bring along maids, nannies, other extras and other background materials. The scene is filled up in an instant. If there are many "big scenes" being filmed on the day, the crew may even feel crowded.

Boss Wei also vaguely experienced the feeling that Chen Jianbin had when he was filming "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

When there are too many women, the scene becomes really noisy!

Although the characters in "Knowing Your Destiny" are not like the concubines in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", most of them have similar status and are relatively harmonious in daily life, and there are still certain hierarchical circles based on their fame.

But there are so many people in each circle that the young ladies may not chat with the maids, but the maids can chat with each other.

Wei Yang has been filming for two days on the set of "Knowing". Whenever there is a group scene, he would chatter non-stop as soon as the director called for cut.

In fact, the conversations of these actresses could not be considered noisy. After all, it was a large crew and there were rules to follow. With the big boss Wei in charge, the atmosphere tended to be more noisy.

But this is also quite annoying. Chen Jianbin may be the quacking of a duck, and Boss Wei is the buzzing of a fly.

But Boss Wei is better than Chen Jianbin in one respect, that is, there is only one emperor and a few eunuchs in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which often forces Chen to go to the next group to find people to play with.

Although there are fewer male actors than female actors in "Knowing Your Destiny", it is still no problem to get a group of people together to chat.

As a result, within three days after Boss Wei joined the crew, a small male circle of "Knowing or Not" was established with Boss Wei as the core. Boss Wei no longer had to worry about listening to the buzzing of these actresses and could go directly to his own "territory" to chat.

Wei Yang is not familiar with many of the male actors in "Knowing Your Destiny". Except for Hong Lang, the role of Sheng Changbai has not been changed, while the others have been replaced.

The role of Qi Heng is played by Chen Xingxu, who also played the male lead in "Eastern Palace" in his previous life.

It is said that the crew's initial candidate was still Zhu Yilong from his previous life, but Blue Whale's "Knowing or Not" started filming late.

In his previous life, Zhu Yilong starred in "Knowing Your Destiny" in 2017. He was not very popular at that time. After filming "Knowing Your Destiny", he became famous in 2018 with "Soul Land" before this drama was released.

Zhu Yilong in this time and space became famous last year with “Soul Land” before he even had the chance to film “The Story of Minglan”.

Of course, no matter how popular Zhu Yilong is, the scale of "Knowing Your Destiny" and Boss Wei are enough to attract him, and it is not shameful to play the second male lead to Wei Yang.

But after he became famous, he had many film offers and his schedule had already been confirmed, so I guess Zhiyou didn't have the time.

So the crew of "Knowing" chose someone else. At this time, Chen Xingxu finally won the favor of the director with his comprehensive advantages such as suitable appearance for ancient costumes + good looks + some noble and elegant temperament + acceptable acting skills.

When Wei Yang knew that he was the second male lead, he felt that fate was so strange.

Perhaps God was upset that he had snatched away the good fortune of "The East Palace", so he let Wei Yang give him a hand in "The Story of Minglan".

The actor who played Sheng Changfeng is not very well-known, at least Wei Yang has no impression of him. However, he is said to have graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and has been performing dramas in Beijing for many years, with excellent acting skills.

It can be seen that compared to the large group of young actresses with unlimited potential in "Knowing Your Destiny", the male actors' star power is much dimmer.

But it is hard to say whether there will be some talented people among these people in the future. The entertainment industry has never lacked lucky people who become popular with a drama, but it is also indispensable for some people who achieve success late in life.

Especially for male actors, they often become more popular as they get older.

It is not impossible to transform into a powerful actor or break into the uncle circle when you reach a certain age.

Wei Yang has been reborn for so many years. Although he prefers to rely on the golden finger to tap talents from the "known talent pool", many people are also affected by his butterfly tree effect.

For example, Zhang Binbin, the number one brother of Mi Xing, Mao Zijun, the number one brother of Bing Yang, Zhang Ruoyun, the number one brother of Shan Hu, Li Jiahang, the second brother of Blue Whale, and so on.

It’s all because Boss Wei changed the trajectory of his life and made his career even more brilliant and glorious.

Moreover, there were some stars in the circle that Wei Yang had never heard of in his previous life.

He initially thought that he was ignorant, but later realized that he was the “new artist” who rose to fame in this time and space because of his influence.

It is understandable if you think about it. Boss Wei has snatched so many high-quality projects from other companies. It is impossible that after Wei Yang has snatched all the projects, other companies will stop working.

Some of these companies will shoot sequels to the works shot in the previous life, while some projects are films and TV series that Wei Yang has never heard of in his previous life. Naturally, there will also be artists who will emerge or even become famous because of these "new dramas".

When facing these people, Boss Wei, who claims to be an encyclopedia of artists, would also show the same confusion and bewilderment that Wu Jing felt when he met EXO.

Who and who are these?!
Previously, at the celebration party for "The Wandering Earth", he met a popular young actress, who was said to have become famous with a youth drama and was very popular.

But Wei Yang had only seen her on the hot searches and didn't remember her face. When they met, he couldn't even match her face with her name. At that time, two actresses came together. If Boss Wei hadn't been steady out of habit, he would have almost recognized the wrong person.

This is what I hate the most. It is an open-book test, but I encounter questions I don’t recognize, and the question types change too quickly.

Fortunately, Boss Wei now has a solid foundation. Even if he doesn't cheat, he can handle most of the questions with his own strength...

When a group of men get together, their daily topics are always about sports, current affairs and history.

During a break in filming that day, someone started the conversation by changing the topic to the Ming Dynasty.

Wow, this discussion can’t be stopped!

In recent years, there are more and more Ming Dynasty-themed dramas in the entertainment industry, and the influence of Ming fans has also spread to the group of artists. You wouldn’t know until you talk about it, but once you find out, there are still a lot of Ming fans.

Especially the guy who played Sheng Changfeng, he talked about the Ming Dynasty with great enthusiasm.

I wish I could travel back in time and slaughter the entire Civil Service Group and Jin Qiang, then skin the wild boar, pull out its tendons, and cut it into pieces.

Because of that sense of substitution, Wei Yang once thought that his surname was Zhu, but it turned out that his surname was Chen. Considering that he was also from Hubei Province, he might be a relative of Chen Youliang.

But leaving this person aside, Wei Yang could also see that most of these so-called Ming fans had a favorable impression of this dynasty because of a few outstanding historical figures of the Ming Dynasty such as Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Yu Qian, as well as a general dislike for the Qing Dynasty.

Wei Yang probably takes the same approach!

He was really a fan of the Ming Dynasty in the past. His interest in the Ming Dynasty started with the drama "Things about the Ming Dynasty", and then he became a fan of many great emperors such as Hongwu and Yongle.

However, for various reasons, after I had a relatively detailed understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty, although I still had a good impression of it, the filter had become very weak.

In a word, there is nothing good about feudal dynasties!

Including the current "Knowing Your Destiny" or the previous "Chi Le Chuan", most of the beauty is based on the protagonist's identity as aristocrats and emperors.

If the protagonist was the maid who was beaten to death in "Knowing Your Destiny", or the soldier who followed Gao Huan to charge under Yubi City, the audience probably would not be "yearning for it".

Wei Yang likes "The Longest Day in Chang'an" because it focuses on the little people. Unfortunately, this little person is also a hero, and because of historical nihilism, the show stops at the right point, and finally makes Emperor Li Longji "wake up", which is essentially the same as "the emperor is good, but was deceived by treacherous officials", which is actually very helpless and aggrieved.

Wei Yang didn't want to film "Knowing Your Destiny" because he felt that the male lead was "cowardly". He had to clean up the mess for the royal family and was almost thrown away, but in the end he had to clean up the mess again.

No matter what, in "Chi Le Chuan", Gao Huan's "rebellion" was successful, and there was no one to suppress him from above. This is the plot that Boss Wei personally likes.

Therefore, Wei Yang has always wanted to shoot a "rebellion" drama, in which the peasants break the feudal shackles of the dynasty and let out the roar of the little people.

To put it more clearly, it means using the "people's historical perspective" to replace the most common "heroic historical perspective" in film and television dramas.

Wei Yang had previously conceived a play called "Yellow Turbans", which was about a rebellion. Boss Wei never forgot this play and revised the script several times.

However, Wei Yang found that the people's historical perspective is very difficult to shoot. If it is over-the-top, it will be quite sensitive and increase the difficulty of passing the review.

This is the rule. It’s okay if you sing praises to feudal emperors, but if you advocate rebellion or uprising, you have to be careful.

In addition, from the perspective of creation and shooting, many issues such as proportion, rhythm, and central point are not suitable for the pure people's history perspective. Even "The Great Battle", which is known as the top war film, cannot do without teachers and generals as the protagonists.

Likewise, it is impossible to film the Yellow Turban Rebellion without also filming the three Zhang Jue brothers, as well as some leaders and heroes of the Eastern Han court.

At present, Wei Yang still hasn't figured out how to solve it. At most, it is the people's historical perspective + the heroic historical perspective together, and the latter plays a more important role.

The other people in "The Story of Minglan" don't think as deeply as Boss Wei does. In fact, most of them are just joining in the fun.

Whether it is the people's historical view or the heroic historical view, what is important is that the story is interesting.

For example, the popular drama "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty" that everyone talked about just now, this drama is a typical heroic historical view. The protagonists are Zhu Di and his three grandfathers, and at most the two brothers of the King of Han and a few ministers.

It does have nothing to do with the common people, and it is true that feudal emperors and nobles are glorified, but we have to admit that this drama is indeed good to watch.

Most people watch TV dramas just for fun, there is no need to make a big deal about it.

Even though Wei Yang himself understood it, he still filmed "Chi Le Chuan" and "Knowing Your Destiny".

It’s just that Boss Wei hasn’t completely “degenerated” into a profit-driven person, and he still has certain pursuits of his own.

He can make money by selling boxed lunches and fast food to support his family, but that does not stop him from occasionally cooking delicious dishes when conditions permit, to let the audience know what a truly good dish is, and to let everyone know that he, Wei Yang, is not only good at cooking fast food.

But then again, "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty" is not actually a heroic historical perspective, but a Mary Sue historical perspective with a strong female protagonist.

In the initial script, "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty" was basically the same as "The Story of the Ming Palace" or "Story of Yanxi Palace", with the female lead being all show-offs and the generations of the Zhu family just serving as foils.

Assassinate the emperor, fall in love with the emperor's grandson, reach a reconciliation between the emperor and the former emperor, marry the emperor's grandson, fight against the evil empress dowager and the evil queen, and finally get the exclusive favor, support her son to ascend the throne, support her son when he gets into trouble, the empress dowager forcibly controls the situation, supports the dragon to defend the city, and finally falls in love and hate with her blackened son...

By the way, the heroine also has a standard Mary Sue character, a devoted second male lead who stays with her all her life.

However, as the filming went on, the heroine's halo and the logic of the plot could no longer support the entire drama, and the characters from the Zhu family were more and more outstanding, and they stole the limelight.

In this life, Blue Whale participated in the production of "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty", Wei Yang served as the editor, and decisively kicked out the crew.

Without a demon-like heroine, the main plot of "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty" becomes five dragons ruling the country, loving and hating each other.

The heroines are Hu Shanxiang and Empress Dowager Zhang. In order to make more scenes profitable, the CP of the King of Han and his wife was added. Sun also appeared, mainly to fight in the palace with the heroines.

The plot is still from the first-person perspective of Emperor Xuande, and the story ends when he dies.

To be honest, not many viewers want to watch a high-pressure plot like the Battle of Tumu.

The original version of "The Glory of Tang Dynasty" was purely to promote the heroine and create a so-called climax, but the audience did not buy it and the subsequent popularity plummeted. The audience who did not escape were all there for Zhang Yixing and Yu Qian who played the God of War of the Ming Dynasty.

However, because of this drama, Wei Yang or the Blue Whale screenwriter team was rarely criticized by the original author.

Over the years, there have been many Blue Whale novels and online articles adapted into film and television works, but it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

If there are too many adaptations, some fans of the original novel and the author will be dissatisfied. Most of them are just complaining, because judging from the performance and reputation of the film and television adaptations, it cannot be said that Blue Whale made any mistakes.

Wei Yang and Blue Whale are also among the few works whose film and television versions are recognized as being better than the originals.

But the original author of "The Ming Dynasty" couldn't help but criticize, probably because the drama version changed too much.

Apart from a few plots and character settings, it can almost be said that it has nothing to do with the original work...

The original work is called "Records of the Six Dynasties", and it is also called "Biography of Sun Ruowei, the Imperial Concubine of the Ming Dynasty".

Zhu Qizhen's mother, Empress Dowager Sun, is the undisputed first protagonist, but the female protagonist Sun in the drama does not have a strong presence, and her character even has a bit of a green tea bitch vixen feel.

The original author was naturally dissatisfied, as this was a blatant abuse of her "own daughter".

Faced with doubts, Blue Whale handled it in a relatively low-key manner. No matter how you put it, it is a bit unreasonable to modify the original work without authorization, and it is not in line with Blue Whale's philosophy of respecting the original author.

However, there was still one screenwriter who couldn't help but confront the original author.

She didn't say much, but just emphasized two points. One is that Blue Whale has the right to adapt, and the other is that the script is an adaptation based on the original work and based on historical premises.

The following sentence contains a lot of information - you said we made a magical change to the original work, and I said you made a magical change to history.

Not to mention anything else, the book almost ruins Empress Zhang of Emperor Hongxi, who was once comparable to Empress Ma and Empress Xu in the Ming Dynasty.

There was also Empress Hu, who was deposed due to Empress Sun's instigation. History books all spoke up for her, and Emperor Xuande himself felt a little regretful. The role she played in the book was also very bad.

On the contrary, the female protagonist, Empress Dowager Sun, actually received very average historical evaluation, and many people regarded her as a witch.

She was more or less responsible for the Battle of Tumu and the Battle of Duomen, but in the book she was transformed into a great hero.

With these plots, why doesn't Blue Whale change its career? Otherwise, it will be scolded by the audience, and people will think that their screenwriters don't understand history.

Originally, the onlookers thought that Blue Whale was really bullying its customers because of its size, but after the screenwriter's lecture, they finally understood what was going on.

You're afraid that someone is wiping your butt and you still complain about it?

A large number of netizens began to confront the original author, and also attracted a lot of Ming fans to help. The fighting power of these people was extremely high. The original author quickly deleted the Weibo and closed the comment area to admit defeat.

It was Blue Whale who stood up and hypocritically apologized to the original author.

He didn't say that the change was wrong, but rather said that it was caused by poor communication and that lessons should be learned in the future, etc., which attracted many netizens' consolation and affirmation.

As expected of a company founded by Boss Wei, it is full of tea and dirt...

(End of this chapter)