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Chapter 183 The four-time champion appears

Feast me?
Zhou Dingran’s eyes were strange. As the director of the program, Zuo Qiuliang must know his identity. Being able to say such words in public must have a great impression on him. Otherwise, how could he dare to speak on behalf of the program group or even the entire Zhejiang Satellite TV came to entertain me.

What does this mean?
It shows that the entire Zhejiang Satellite TV has a very good impression of me!
It seems that his performance in the show "The King of Masked Singer" is pretty good.

Zhou Dingran smiled and said: "Then I can't wait to be eliminated and revealed today. It would be an honor for me to receive a banquet from Director Zuo."

Zuo Qiuliang was extremely satisfied with Zhou Dingran's answer, but he shook his head repeatedly: "That won't work. I'm still waiting for you to win the five-time championship tonight and break the record. Don't let me down."

There was a peaceful and joyful atmosphere at the scene, regardless of the fact that there was a group of contestants waiting for the rehearsal behind.

However, small talk is still small talk, and the work process still needs to be carried out.

So Zhou Dingran stood on the stage, picked up the microphone, and began to rehearse the song to be sung tonight with the assistance of music director Lin Cheng over and over again.

The time soon came to seven o'clock in the evening.

Audiences began to line up one after another, and the director team quickly entered the final inspection state.

In the backstage lounge, Zhou Dingran was chatting on his mobile phone.

The whole mobile phone looked very "petite" under the fat-headed fish hood. In order to see the screen clearly, Zhou Dingran even held the phone close to the hood.

At this time, Lu Tao was sharing with him on WeChat the filming location for "Sword and Sword" that was being built in Hengdian.

The crew has been established for a week, and after the funds were in place, director Wang Sheng and deputy director Lu Tao brought together the entire crew. Not only did the location selection match the script settings, but also the ways of serving each character were further improved. With rigorous and meticulous work, the custom-made costumes for the actors, as well as the layout of the filming location, etc., all fit the script settings and satisfied Zhou Dingran's imagination for the drama "Sword".

"The investment of 8000 million is still of some use."

Zhou Dingran felt very satisfied after looking at the set pictures sent by Lu Tao. Although the investment in the previous "Sword" was said to exceed 8000 million, the funds were not raised overnight, but now the crew of "Sword" does not have to worry about funds at all. Nervous, at least before the TV series is completed, if special effects are not involved, [-] million is enough for the crew to spend.

Of course, the crew coordinator is not a prodigal, and every money is spent wisely. In addition to the 3000 million reserved for special effects, the remaining 5000 million is used to decorate the venue or serve the Tao. .

As for photography, radio, lighting and other equipment, they were all rented from Majen Film and Television. Because of Chen Daozhou, the price of these equipment was directly reduced, which was basically equivalent to free prostitution.

The scheduled filming time is not long, the initial booking is within four months, and it is expected to be completed before the year.

It takes four months to shoot 34 episodes of a TV series, which means an average of three to four days to shoot one episode. This speed is relatively fast.

Zhou Dingran, as the male lead and screenwriter, often discusses the details of the script with Lu Tao. Both of them agree that the entire drama will focus on the emotional line of Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er, and each episode should focus on some of the plot to give scenes to the male and female protagonists. superior.

"Director Wang is a realistic director."

Lu Tao sent a message: "Besides, he has always been making movies and has very high requirements for details. I don't know if he can adapt to the rhythm of making TV series. I am actually a little worried. And you know, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Although I agreed to be the assistant director , but after all, I also want to make some pictures I want.”

"Teacher Chen said that director Wang Sheng is in charge of the overall situation, but you are good at emotional scenes, so you will be the one to shoot this aspect." Zhou Dingran replied: "There is nothing to worry about. There will inevitably be friction when the crew is first established. Just get used to it and it’ll be fine.”

"I feel like your boy has more experience working on the crew than I do."

Lu Tao said with emotion: "You are right. It is true that there will be friction when the crew starts up, but I didn't expect that the friction would come so quickly. Director Wang just kicked out several actors I arranged. Do you think he is in the process?" Aimed at me?"

"I really don't know..."

Zhou Dingran was a little surprised, but not surprised. It is normal for the director or assistant director and other senior management of the production team to arrange for some familiar actors to come in. Even some top actors can use their own right to speak to insert familiar actors.

However, the director and assistant director had friction before the crew even opened the show. This was the first time Zhou Dingran had met.

In fact, the crew of "Fairy Sword" is really different from other crews. After all, the position of assistant director in other crews is basically a supervisory job. However, the assistant director of the crew of "Fairy Sword" is different. Lu Tao is really strong and capable. To assist the director in directing.

For example, in terms of emotional dramas, Lu Tao is definitely an expert and can definitely hit the audience's sweet spot.

In comparison, Wang Sheng, who is not so commercialized, may not be good at this aspect. Directors like Wang Sheng probably think more about rationality.

But the most exclusive thing about emotional drama is rationality.

Zhou Dingran chatted with Lu Tao for a while, and he could see the complaints in Lu Tao's heart. After thinking about it carefully, he finally had no choice but to move Teacher Chen Daozhou out and let Teacher Chen go and communicate with Wang Sheng about this matter.

After all, he is not familiar with Wang Sheng either!

The harmony of the crew is also very important.

Chen Daozhou happened to be free, so he got a reply quickly.

"Let me tell you some good news first." Chen Daozhou said: "The heroine of Fairy Sword has been decided, and she is Hong Shaorong who you recommended."

"Can she come?"

Zhou Dingran was really surprised now. After all, the entire entertainment industry knew about his grievances with Tianmang. Can Tianmang let his queen queen embryo come to help?
"If you can come, Xiong Zhenghua and I have personally negotiated several times."

Chen Daozhou said: "But there is a price for coming. In the drama "Sword of Immortality", in addition to the heroine Zhao Ling'er, Tianmang also has several other important roles, and this role happens to be introduced by Lu Tao , they were about to sign the contract, and now they are suddenly told that their role is no longer available, they will definitely complain."

"Ah this..."

Zhou Dingran was also confused.

"Characters such as Tang Jue and Wang Xiaohu were all assigned by you to Tao Chunsheng and Wang Ke. In addition, for roles such as Lin Yueru and Jiang Waner, Majin Film and Television and I also asked for a few. Wang Sheng You can’t kick out the roles that we people have decided to play, right? So we can only sacrifice the few roles assigned by Lu Tao.”

Chen Daozhou smiled: "Just let's talk about it. I didn't expect Lu Tao to have a close relationship with you. I will tell you this matter as soon as possible. Okay, don't worry about it. Leave this matter to me." Come and deal with it. After two days, you can report to the crew as soon as possible and get used to it. There are several new-generation actors on the crew who have great potential and it’s worth getting to know them."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Dingran put the phone away, and then saw Wang Xiu's eyes looking at him unblinkingly, and said, "Are you going to film a new movie?"

Zhou Dingran didn't shy away and nodded: "Yes, I'll report to the crew in two days." Wang Xiu's mind was racing. Although she was Zhou Dingran's assistant at the moment, she was actually one of the deputy directors of the program team and could keep up with them. She was right. She felt like the opportunity had come as soon as she heard Zhou Dingran's call.

"It's a TV series, right? That's great. I can talk to the station and buy the first-run broadcast rights of your show and broadcast it on Zhejiang Satellite TV. With the popularity you accumulated in "The King of Masked Singer", The ratings are absolutely hot, and through our Zhejiang Satellite TV, your character will be popular all over the country."

Wang Xiu was so excited that he quickly took a notebook and wrote it down. After the show, he went to Director Guo Zhiyuan to report the matter.

She knew how much Director Guo favored Zhou Dingran. If she learned that Zhou Dingran had a TV series that had not sold the rights, she would definitely buy the broadcast rights as soon as possible.

But what Wang Xiu didn't know was that after the ratings of "The King of Masked Singer" continued to rise because of Fat-Headed Fish, Guo Zhiyuan asked Zuo Qiuliang to find out the true identity of Fat-Headed Fish. At first, Zuo Qiuliang was still reserved, in compliance with the confidentiality regulations. Reason for not answering.

And Guo Zhiyuan didn't take it too seriously and cooperated with Zuo Qiuliang's performance.

But after the ratings of "The King of Masked Singer" exploded, Guo Zhiyuan didn't care about the bullshit confidentiality agreement and directly asked Zuo Qiuliang for the identity information of Fat Head Fish. When he learned that it was Zhou Dingran, Guo Zhiyuan was still a little confused. After all, He doesn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry.

But after a careful search, Guo Zhiyuan was truly in love with Zhou Dingran, so when the producer of "Fireworks in the World", a TV series full of bad drama atmosphere, came to the copyright purchasing department of Zhejiang TV, at first, Zhejiang TV Jiang TV didn't take it seriously at all. Even though the drama starred the popular actor Huang Junsheng, the price quoted was extremely low.

The crew of "Fireworks on Earth" later approached Hunan Satellite TV, Guangdong Satellite TV, and Peking Satellite TV, but only received very low quotes.

The crew of "Fireworks on Earth" was so angry that they even wanted to premiere it directly on Tianya.com. It was at this time that Guo Zhiyuan learned the identity of Fathead Fish, and then quickly acquired the first-round satellite TV broadcast rights of "Fireworks on Earth".

It is expected to air in a month.

A month later, the fifth season of "The King of Masked Singer" will come to an end. No matter whether the fat-headed fish is revealed in advance or directly wins the championship, it will not prevent Zhejiang TV from broadcasting "Fireworks in the World", which will reap a wave of Zhou Dingran. of traffic.

What is this called?
This is called information gap!

No one knows who the popular Fathead Fish is, not even the crew of "Fireworks on Earth", but Zhejiang TV knows, so they bought the show and just waited for the time to start broadcasting it.

Even if it's just a second male lead, it's Zhou Dingran's new drama after all, and Fat Head Fish's massive fans will definitely support it with their heads down.

Wang Xiu didn't know about "Fireworks in the World". Although she was Zhou Dingran's program assistant, she didn't know much about Zhou Dingran outside of the show, and she didn't even think about why she met Zhou Dingran in Hengdian.

But now she knows that Zhou Dingran is about to start filming a new drama, and it is a new drama that is strongly supported by his teacher Chen Daozhou.

"Don't worry, Zhejiang TV's copyright purchase price has always been one of the best in the industry. Ordinary satellite TV has no competitiveness at all."

Wang Xiu asked directly: "What's the name of your drama?"

"Uh, "Legend of Sword and Fairy"." Zhou Dingran answered truthfully.

Wang Xiu nodded and said: "Okay, I'll take note of it, and I'll ask the station to contact the producer of your crew later."

At this time, the "King of Masked Singer" program team has officially started recording, and the battle between the contestants has entered a fever pitch.

In the first round, eight contestants faced off, and four were eliminated directly.

Compared with the previous episodes, the strength of the contestants invited by the program team in this episode is not that high, but it is definitely not low. At least among the four eliminated contestants, all are four-star or above singers, and some are crossovers. singer.

In the second round of the showdown, the two eliminated contestants were all five-star singers. Even the new song just released by one of them is still in the top ten of the new song list, and its popularity is relatively good.

At this moment, the duel has reached the third round. The winner of this round will advance to the King of Singer Competition and directly face off against Fathead Fish.

The biggest highlight of this episode is not the eight new contestants, but whether the four-time champion can break the history of the show and successfully become the five-time champion.

Therefore, all the audiences and guests who came to the scene were a little absent-minded, waiting for the final singing competition to begin.

Soon, the third round of the showdown ended, and the contestant named "Confident Queen Mother" successfully advanced.

Confident Queen Mother, as her name suggests, a female singer, wearing a golden costume and a mask of the Queen Mother from Sichuan Opera on her face. The most eye-catching thing is the mark of a rose on her forehead and the necklace-shaped tassel gold hairpin. The person looks solemn and luxurious.

The reason why she is called the Queen Mother of Confidence is because she is quite confident. This confidence is reflected in her singing. It seems that no matter how high the note is, she can express it freely in her performance. It can be said that the high pitch talent is very amazing.

But Zhou Dingran felt that the Queen Mother had a fatal flaw, that is, she had no emotion in her singing.

It's like a high-pitched robot with no emotion.

Although the live performance is very explosive, the songs performed are really quite boring to listen to, to the point where you don't want to listen to it anymore after listening to it two or three times.

Zhou Dingran felt that he was stable.

"Confident Fathead Fish is ready to fight."

He stood up and strode toward the stage waiting area.

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" Wang Xiu followed and shouted excitedly.

Soon, the competition for the King of Singers began.

"Dear audience friends at the scene and in front of the TV, please use your warmest applause and craziest screams to welcome our four-time champion Fathead Fish to the stage!"

Meng Tai's voice seemed to have the power to inspire people, spreading throughout the audience at this moment.

Then everyone stood up directly.

At this moment, applause, screams, and cheers came one after another.

(End of this chapter)