Golden Age 1990

Chapter 254: Is a play good or not? Who should I listen to? (4000 words)
As far as the current situation is concerned, once a TV series is filmed, it may not be broadcast immediately.

This is different from a few years ago. Just a few years ago, most TV dramas could be broadcast as soon as they were filmed, or the TV station would come over to urge the crew to finish filming quickly and then broadcast them.

This situation actually illustrates a problem.

The TV drama market is not active enough.

Yes, that's the truth. It looks like it can be broadcast once it's filmed. It seems quite appropriate, isn't it great?

But the actual truth is that the market is actually not active.

Or to put it more deeply, it is a problem of planned economy.

But things are different now. After these years of development, there are now more TV series being filmed.

It’s not like it can be broadcast on TV stations after filming. You still have to wait. It’s just a matter of queuing up.

This indeed shows that the TV drama market is now active.

This is really the truth.

However, from an active perspective, it has not actually reached a certain level.

That is, not prosperous enough.

So how can we call it prosperity?

Later, a TV series might have to wait for several years, or there might even be no chance to be aired at all.

There are so many TV series produced in a year that they cannot be broadcasted. Even with so many TV stations and so many platforms, they still cannot be broadcasted. This is called prosperity.

Of course, many people will definitely say that.

How can this be called prosperity?
Doesn't this indicate a waste of resources?

Yes, it can be said to be a waste of resources.

But that's what's behind the prosperity.

In fact, this is how human society has developed over thousands of years.

When you tighten your stomach, you are poor at that time.

And when you can choose what to eat, you can even throw it away if you don’t like it, which is waste, but this is called wealth.

It’s like, which country is the most wasteful in the world right now?
Right or wrong, the answer is very clear.

It's the United States.

Therefore, the United States is the richest country at the moment.

On the other hand, when the day comes when the United States stops wasting money, it will prove that the United States is really poor.

Bai Feng understands this truth. Of course he also knows that many people do not understand this truth.

In other words, many people must have heard this truth, but they do not know the actual situation.

Therefore, when many people see extravagance and waste, they will condemn and scold it.

But in fact, there is something behind it.

Of course, Bai Feng would not jump out and say when everyone was scolding:
You idiots simply made the wrong accusation and failed to see the prosperity behind it.

Only a fool would do such a thing.

Bai Feng will use this to master a lot of information, and then take advantage of the 'prosperity' behind it.

That's right.

Because of whether it is prosperous or not, Bai Feng can at most make some contributions, but in fact he cannot make a real impact.

Just like this TV drama market.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is indeed in an active stage, but it has not yet reached the level of prosperity.

However, one thing needs to be clear, that is, when it comes to filming TV series, the power still lies with the TV station.

If you want to make a TV series, you must cooperate with a TV station.

Although there are already many companies investing in TV series, in the end you still have to watch TV stations.

This is also the current economic situation. Public enterprises are at the helm, and then everyone in the private sector follows suit.

Well, this is called unleashing the vitality of private enterprises.

That's pretty much it this time.

CCTV is currently working on "Water Margin", and the filming of this drama has actually been completed.

This should be because of Bai Feng's intervention, and he changed the play. Otherwise, it seems that in memory, this "Water Margin" should have been broadcast in 98.

Being two years early is not a bad thing.

However, if CCTV plans to broadcast this TV series, what about the "Little Li Flying Knife" filmed by Bai Feng?

The current situation is that we have to cooperate with the TV station. Bai Feng was a hero before.

He is already registered with CCTV. Everyone who knows CCTV knows that Bai Feng is a powerful person and a capable person.

Anyway, Bai Feng's relationship with CCTV is quite good, and he got a lot of advertising time because of it.

But now there is a conflict between the two dramas, what should we do?
Moreover, this was agreed upon before.

"Little Li's Flying Knife" should actually be together with "The Swordsman". In other words, Bai Feng shot it too fast, too early.

So what should we do now?

Of course Bai Feng understood what this meant, it was just a 'change of mind'.

This kind of thing is normal. It can be said that in the business world, there are very few cases where the divination does not change.

In the business world, things basically change every day. It would be strange if things stay the same. But what are everyone busy with every day?

Just to deal with these 'changes'.

There's no way, that's just the way it is, that's how it works.

The underlying logic behind the change of heart is also very simple.

After Bai Feng returned to China, he immediately approached Zhang Dabeard to discuss the matter.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with everyone having a meal together.

Just about this matter, Zhang Dabeard also looked embarrassed.

"Brother Feng, you also know that, but now there are changes."

Good guy, what Brother Feng calls is really smooth.

Bai Feng roughly understood it as soon as he heard it. If the bearded man was called this, then there must be some inside story about it.

want to ask.

"Then no matter how many changes you make, you still have to be reasonable, right?"

Look, this is an excellent question.

I didn’t ask directly, but it was a very important question.

Zhang Bearded couldn't answer vaguely anymore, but in fact he could only answer vaguely.

"It's about internal reforms."

The translation of this saying is that there are changes on the top of the mountain.

Probably the leadership at the top is going to change.

Bai Feng actually understood it.

Currently, Bai Feng has a good relationship with Teacher Wang, and the important person he really relies on is Teacher Ren.

In terms of hierarchy, Teacher Ren is one or two levels higher than Wang Fulin. After all, Teacher Ren currently leads the filming of the entire TV series of the Four Great Classics.

The photography of these four masterpieces is very good. So far, one sentence is universally praised.

Well, actually, not all is said and done at the moment.

One thing must be clear, that is, there are more than one billion of us, and it is impossible for everyone to have the same opinion. Moreover, there are many people who like to find faults.

Generally, these people are called freelance writers, or film critics.

In our country...there are quite a few people like this.

The key is that if they don't curse a few words, it will be difficult to highlight themselves.

In fact, Bai Feng has seen this kind of thing a lot.

In our country, the film industry is actually the most scolded and criticized, and the most unique one among them is one person.

Zhang Yimou.

Scolding Zhang Yimou, this is really... trafficy!
Yes, scolding Zhang Yimou can make you famous, especially those who scold him early.

But to be honest, Lao Zhang's early films were actually pretty good.

Bai Feng felt that if he really wanted to scold Lao Zhang, to be fair...just scold him later.

Well, Bai Feng himself scolded him.

Lao Zhang, those movies you shot later, what the hell are they?

As for "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", isn't this a proper licking of foreigners? Isn't this a proper pandering to yellow fever?

The same goes for "The Great Wall", which is basically a routine.

And then... anyway, there were more people trolling him on the Internet.

You can look at it this way. In the 90s and before 2010, many of the people who trolled Lao Zhang were very professional people. Among them, the more outstanding ones even graduated from well-known universities.

After 2010, the main force trolling Lao Zhang became ordinary netizens.

In fact, before 2010, ordinary people or ordinary movie fans thought Lao Zhang's movies were pretty good.

Even his film "Happy Days" did not do well at the box office and was labeled as box office poison.

But this movie is actually very humanistic. If you really watch this movie, you will feel warm inside.

When it came to "Hero", this film was even more impressive, directly launching the era of blockbusters and having a great positive impact on Chinese films.We ordinary people actually have a good impression of Lao Zhang during this period, but later... we really didn't expect that this guy would become like this.

Should!It really deserves to be highlighted!
Such a critical phenomenon is also the same today.

At least many of us ordinary people think that these four masterpieces are very well shot and very outstanding, and we like to read them very much.

Even if some educated people think it is bad and judge it, it is harmless.

Okay, "Water Margin" hasn't been released yet, but this film is really good.

And what does this highlight?

People’s view of history!

Yes, it depends on people’s feedback?
Or look at the feedback from a small number of people?

Of course we all know that the people’s view of history is correct, and we should listen to the people’s voices.

However, this is not easy to do.

At least, it wasn't as simple as I thought.

Just take "Yun Gong Xun Yin" from "Journey to the West". This song has now become a classic.

But at the beginning, this song was going to be killed. Some people thought that this song was not good and could not be included in "Journey to the West".

Why?

Because this song uses electronic music.

How can electronic music be used in TV series adapted from Chinese classics?

There are good reasons for the superiors to decide whether they want this song. Besides, it’s hard to say that the superiors are evil-minded, right?
However, we really like this song. It would be such a pity if it was really killed.

Many things can be seen from this incident.

What about those who were killed?
Therefore, this job itself is not easy to do.

Whether people like it or not is really not easy to guess.

Now, the filming of the Four Great Classics has been completed. On the surface, Teacher Ren has made great contributions and has done a good job.

However, do superior leaders really think it is good?
There are those who find fault, and aren't there many people who say that the fighting scenes in "Three Kingdoms" are not good?
Are the opinions that superiors listen to more those who find fault, that is, they are probably experts and scholars in some fields?
Or do you listen more to the common people?

That's not good.

In addition, Teacher Ren is not young at this age, so he can retire directly now.

Therefore, Bai Feng has now analyzed that Teacher Ren is probably the one who has nothing to rely on.

Then you have to confirm one thing.

"In that case, the commercial breaks will also be affected?"

Bai Feng's question is more direct and involves his own interests.

Zhang Beard's answer was also very formal, "That's definitely no problem. In fact, the superior leaders are very satisfied with your advertising creativity, Brother Feng. Many of the ads have received good responses, and the manufacturers like it very much."

That's good, Bai Feng nodded, with a smile on his face.

Zhang Bearded was a little strange, "Brother Feng, do you have an idea?"

Bai Feng said: ""Xiao Li Flying Knife" can be passed on."

This sentence made Zhang Dabeard give a thumbs up, "Brother Feng, you are so stylish. I believe that as long as you tell the leaders this, the leaders will be very happy."

Bai Feng then said: "You can give in, but there are some things that I don't intend to give in to."

"This..." Zhang Dabeard was a little embarrassed. He knew that this was the key.

Bai Feng said more simply this time, "I have to participate in "The Swordsman" and I have to have the power."

These words made Zhang Dabeard let out a sigh of relief, "That's no problem, Brother Feng, I am in charge of this drama."

Bai Feng nodded, "Not bad, not bad."

However, Zhang Dabeard was still a little curious, "Brother Feng, can I ask if you have any specific solution?"

Bai Feng smiled and said, "It's easy. If CCTV doesn't give me a chance, then I'll find another TV station."

This sounds very simple, but in fact, it is very difficult. ,
But Zhang Beard couldn't say anything. After all, the root cause was CCTV itself, and Bai Feng was just dealing with it.

In fact, this is the only way he can deal with it.

It’s just that the difficulty lies with the TV station…

Zhang Bearded asked, "Brother Feng is planning to go to Liaotai?"

Yes, this is Bai Feng's hometown TV station, and there must be connections. Moreover, this TV station is very powerful, currently second only to CCTV.

Bai Feng nodded but shook his head, "It's best if you can broadcast it. It doesn't matter if you can't."

what?
Zhang Beard became even more curious, but he also understood that in terms of strength, the gap between himself and Bai Feng was not even a tiny bit.

Therefore, in terms of means, it is quite different.

He just became more curious, and inexplicably, Zhang Bearded really wanted Bai Feng to succeed.

Because the more successful Bai Feng is, the sooner he can leave CCTV with a big beard, which means he can make a lot of money faster.

Brother Feng, it's all up to you.

Zhang Dabeard didn't say this, but Bai Feng understood in his heart.

……

Regarding this change, Bai Feng doesn't think there is any problem.

Anyway, he has plan B.

But some people don't see it that way. Some people are very worried, but it's hard to say it outright.

For example, on his way back to the courtyard, Bai Feng met Xiao Qiao.

"Sister, why are you here this time?"

He Qing rolled his eyes at this guy, "What else can I do?"

"I don't know what's going on."

"You're still pretending!"

It must be said that a sister is a sister, and it was immediately obvious that Bai Feng was pretending.

But well...

"Tell me how to do it."

"What if I don't say it?"

He Qing really wants to know how this guy Bai Feng is going to deal with it.

After all, this time the opponent seems to be CCTV.

Well, of course not CCTV either.

However, if Bai Feng can operate successfully under such pressure.

It really explains a lot.

This can be said to be more difficult than CCTV.

In this way, Bai Feng's film and television company can reach a higher level in our mainland.

I have shot many works before and they were all good.

But those are just works.

What now?
Now this time it comes to 'power'.

To put it bluntly, this is how influential your Bai Feng Film and Television Company can be.

It's a little complicated, but that's what it means.

But Bai Feng didn't say anything.

What should I do?
Besides, as sisters, He Qingjia and Bai Feng were also very open-minded.

He reached out and pinched Bai Feng's thigh.

Good guy!
Bai Feng never expected that Sister He Qing could be so cool.

"You, what do you mean, pinch my crotch?"

What he said directly made He Qing laugh.

Of course He Qing didn't know that this was actually a folk song from a certain place.

However, it sounds very interesting.

Bai Feng saw her trembling with laughter, so he had to say something.

He said so.

"I actually heard early on that there is a TV station in the south that wants to strive for the top. One of its directors really wants to do something."

Which TV station is this in the south?
He Qing didn't understand a bit, but he roughly understood.

"Then you mean..."

"I'll go back to my hometown and try. My sister can help me go to the south and ask."

This arrangement is very good.

But right now...

"Then before I go..."

Before He Qing could finish her words, Bai Feng blocked hers with his mouth.

Of course, you have to do something you love before setting off...

　I really appreciate everyone’s support, thank you!
　　In fact, looking back, it was really difficult to start a business on Mango TV at that time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)