Chapter 1253 Bai Suzhen(1/2)
Yang Ming could feel that Minister Guo and Mr. Tao were not as they appeared. They were confident of winning this "White Snake", known as one of China's four great love legends, but he did not speak to emphasize what to prove.
No one understands the energy contained in this TV series better than him.
This is a TV series that can remind generations of people from time to time.
In its previous life, "The Legend of White Snake" achieved too many successes to count.
This is a classic drama that is popular in China and a sensation in the Chinese world. It is the first musical in China. It premiered in Taiwan in 1992 and set a record for the highest ratings. In 1993, CCTV was introduced and became the annual ratings champion. It became popular in China and influenced hundreds of millions of Chinese.
Later, it was introduced to Japan, Vietnam and other Asian overseas countries, creating a ratings miracle. The drama ranked first in CCTV's top ten classic costume dramas. Its social effects and influence continue to this day and are enduring.
This play covers various fields of Chinese traditional opera, traditional Chinese medicine, religion, poetry, etc. The integration of classical culture and folk customs is one of the reasons for its long-lasting artistic vitality. It also makes this play like "spring snow, the sound of nature".
Countless Chinese people rushed to imitate Bai Suzhen's appearance in the play. It created a glorious era of mythological film and television dramas and established Zhao Yazhi's status as the first classical beauty. The play is based on "The Legend of Leifeng Pagoda" written by the owner of Yushan and the novel ""The Legend of Leifeng Pagoda" written by the owner of Menghuaguan.
Based on "The Complete Story of White Snake", it is the most poignant and romantic love myth in China.
There is no doubt about the success of "The Legend of White Snake" in its previous life.
Yang Ming remembers that every time it was summer vacation, several TV stations would take turns to show this TV series. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this TV series was his childhood.
Even in 2009, there were still six satellite TV groups rebroadcasting the show in turn; by 2013, Sichuan Satellite TV alone had rebroadcast it three times, and other provincial satellite TVs also predictably broadcast it one after another.
Twenty years have passed since the filming of this TV series.
A full twenty years.
This TV series has been replayed and screened countless times. It has endured for a long time and influenced the values, aesthetics and mate selection of entire generations. It has left many good memories for people of that era, including Yang Ming. "The Legend of White Snake" is
An indispensable part of the beautiful childhood memories.
In the previous life, this TV series could be seen broadcast in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even anywhere in the world where there are Chinese people.
Although it didn't really win any awards, and the few awards it received were won in Japan, it never hindered the influence and status of this TV series in its previous life.
During today's meeting, Yang Ming heard the speeches of Minister Guo and other senior officials of the Ministry of Culture, and he thought of "The Legend of the White Snake" in his mind.
Now when Minister Guo hopes that he can once again produce a film and television work that can promote Chinese culture, whether it is the TV series itself or its social impact, it cannot be worse than "Winter Sonata", he has decided in his heart to make this TV series from his previous life
Moved to this life.
Compared with the status of "The Legend of White Snake" in the hearts of Chinese people, "Winter Sonata" is still far behind even if it is very popular.
Moreover, today's East Asia is a Greater China cultural circle with Chinese as the core. Since the current government attaches great importance to film and television production with Chinese cultural propaganda, Yang Ming naturally has to come up with better scripts.
"The Legend of White Snake" has been favored by countless Chinese audiences since its first broadcast in the past 20 years since its filming. After 2010, after being replayed countless times, countless Chinese are still fascinated by it.
, it has even formed an indelible classical sentiment in the hearts of many viewers, and it can be said that they never tire of watching it.
What’s the explanation?
In Yang Ming's view, in addition to the outstanding performances of the actors, what is more important is the cultural charm formed by relying on the essence of the traditional "White Snake" and using profound Chinese studies and folk colors. The integration of classical culture and folk customs is an achievement.
The foundation of the artistic vitality of "The Legend of White Snake".
The content of the 50 episodes covers various fields of Chinese studies such as traditional Chinese opera, poetry, traditional Chinese medicine, religion, folk customs, etc. The screenwriters in the previous life took a serious attitude towards traditional culture and presented the folk legend "The Legend of the White Snake" authentically.
to us.
This is the charm of "The Legend of White Snake".
This is why when Yang Ming heard that high-level officials were paying more and more attention to the export of Chinese culture, he immediately thought of this TV series.
There may be other TV series that are better than "The Legend of White Snake", but Yang Ming believes that now is the best time to make "The Legend of White Snake".
After Yang Ming chatted for a few words with Minister Guo and Mr. Tao, he said goodbye and left. The reason was to write a script.
Before leaving, the two repeatedly told Yang Ming not to be stressed, just let things take their own course, and not to force things. This made Yang Ming dumbfounded, but he did not say anything more and let the facts prove everything.
He drove all the way home. Su Su took Tongtong out to go shopping with some girlfriends. He happened to be alone at home, and the quiet environment allowed him to think about how to make the "Legend of the White Snake" from his previous life.
》Copy it perfectly into this life.
In fact, there is not much that needs to be modified. The script hardly needs any modifications. The background is in ancient times. Unlike other modern classic films and TV shows, Yang Ming needs to make some modifications to the background when he moves to the present day.
The only thing that worries Yang Ming is that compared to the previous life, the influence of Peking Opera, the quintessence of Chinese culture, is much greater in this world.
"The Legend of White Snake" was a classic Huangmei rap in the previous life. Would it be a bit out of date if it were put into this world?
But Yang Ming thought about it and decided not to make any changes.
Or Huangmei rap.
Peking Opera, the quintessence of contemporary Chinese culture, is due to the emergence of great figures, and the government has protected this traditional Chinese culture very well. Even after nearly a hundred years of subtle influence, Peking Opera's status in China is comparable to Western opera.
It will never happen again like in the previous life, if you go to the opera, it will be elegant, if you go to the Peking Opera, it will be old-fashioned!
This idea has never had a market in this world.
At least Yang Ming witnessed it with his own eyes. Every Saturday and Sunday, when several large theaters in Yanjing have Peking Opera performances in the evening, they are almost always full.
Moreover, it is very common for adults to bring their children to see it, and for young couples to see it.
The reason why he is worried is that he is afraid that Peking Opera in this world will not decline like in the previous life. It has too many supporters and fans. If these people question why Yang Ming uses Huangmei Opera instead of Peking Opera, that will be really troublesome.
After all, this thing cannot be explained clearly.
However, this idea only flashed through Yang Ming's mind. He had no intention of changing this classic combination in his previous life.
What worries him now is the selection of the cast.
He plans to shoot this "The Legend of White Snake" himself, because no one knows better than him how to make this TV series perfect.
Susu!
Bai Suzhen!
Yang Ming's pen wrote these two names on the paper.
There is no doubt that he is going to give the role of Bai Suzhen to Su Su.
Although the 23-year-old Su Su is still inferior to Zhao Yazhi who played Bai Suzhen at her peak in her previous life, Yang Ming feels that Su Su is qualified for this role.
However, the acting skills are not much different.
After all, Su Su was not only born in a major, but also ranked among the best in school. After being tempered by Yang Ming in several films and TV shows, her acting skills were well received by celebrities in the industry. If it weren't for Su Su not wanting to take on other directors' films,
I guess she will definitely be soft-hearted when accepting roles.
Sister Zhu often complained about this.
There are two weirdos in Oriental DreamWorks.
One is Yang Ming. Not only is he the boss, but he can also write scripts, film, and sing. He is an absolutely phenomenal star in the Chinese entertainment industry.
If other celebrities were as popular as Yang Ming, they would probably be reluctant to accept advertising endorsements.
But Yang Ming has never accepted any official advertising endorsement so far.
And he doesn't really like giving interviews.
Sister Zhu hated this very much.
The second weirdo is Susu!
Four years ago, Su Su made her debut as Ren Yingying in "The Swordsman" directed and starred by Yang Ming. Her appearance was very stunning.
Ren Yingying's style is hailed as one of the young actresses whose costume looks are most in line with Chinese aesthetics in the past decade.
Su Su received such high praise from the industry for her first appearance, which shows how stunning her costume looks are.
Became famous overnight.
As long as she wants, she can immediately become the so-called jade-female head of the Chinese entertainment industry.
But what is shocking is that after Su Su filmed "The Swordsman", she concentrated on studying in school. Faced with countless drama appointments that came like snowflakes, she pushed them all aside.
Su Su's decision almost made Sister Zhu angry to death.
You must know that among these drama appointments at that time, there were many invitations from some famous directors. They were able to like Su Su and were willing to let Su Su be the female lead in their drama. In the eyes of most people in the entertainment industry, she was the most popular person in the world.
A good thing that falls short of the pie.
Even so, Su Su still refused them all.
At that time, Sister Zhu, who had just joined Oriental DreamWorks, had some guesses about the relationship between Su Su and Yang Ming, but she was not too familiar with it after all.
She tried her best to persuade Su Su, but Su Su was indifferent.
It was not until the end that Yang Ming came forward to tell Sister Zhu the reason.
If nothing else happens, basically Su Su will not take roles from anyone else except Yang Ming.
Sister Zhu was immediately stunned when she heard this result.
Yang Ming can also understand.
But he understands Susu better.
To be honest, according to Su Su's original intention, acting has never been her dream or her ideal.
If it weren't for the fact that Yang Ming's future paths could intersect and that he could get closer to Yang Ming in the future, Su Su would never have chosen the path of being an actor.
Yang Ming has memories of childhood sweethearts with Su Su from childhood, and no one understands Su Su's inner thoughts better than him.
To be continued...