Chapter 724 The downturn in the martial arts drama market
After having dinner with Hu Fei and several post-production staff, Li Fan replied that it was already 10 o'clock in the evening when he stayed in the hotel.
As soon as he entered the door, Su Qing came up and said softly: "I'm back."
Li Fan nodded, and the two hugged each other and kissed each other.
Afterwards, Li Fan said: "The matter in the Demon City has finally come to an end. Let's go back tomorrow."
Su Qing said "yes", she still has to go back to school.
It has been more than a month since Li Fan came to the Demon City this time. Now it’s time, he should go back.
Today is the 26th, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated in less than a month. The first year after he came to this world is finally here.
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The next morning, Li Fan checked the room, and Su Qing and each went to the Magic City Airport with simple salutes.
At the same time, Hu Fei was also heading to the Magic Capital Airport. He was about to fly to Hunan and have his last contact with Hunan Satellite TV about the broadcast of the TV series "The Sword of the Wild Sword".
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Xiangnan TV Station, Director's Office.
Director Chu Pingsheng laughed and said, "Director Hu, but I finally hope for you."
Hu Fei also smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, and Director Chu's style remains the same."
After the two shook hands, they sat down separately. They were old friends and had worked together many times.
Among them, the most successful collaboration was "Legend of Yue Fei", which is still popular on major TV stations.
When "Legend of Yue Fei" was premiered on Xiangnan Satellite TV, the average viewership rate was as high as 7.8.
Although there is still a certain gap compared to the highest ratings of CCTV's "Warring States Period" 9.8, it is enough to be proud of most TV series.
This time, the two worked together on a martial arts TV series "The Sword of the Yue Girl".
Before, the two had collaborated on a martial arts TV series, but that collaboration was not successful, with an average viewership rate of only 1.1.
In the previous life, if a TV series had a rating of 1.1, it would be considered good. But in this world, a rating of 1.1 can only be considered the lowest.
In this world, for a slightly better TV series, the ratings of 2 are basically no problem. If it is better, it is not a big problem to break 3, and it is not too difficult to break 4.
Of course, it is quite difficult to get higher. It can be said that the ratings of most TV series are between 1.0 and 5.0.
And TV series with more than 6.0 are considered top-notch.
As for TV series below 1.0, although there are not many, there are also some. What makes people tragically suffer is that most of these TV series below 1.0 are martial arts TV series.
So, the martial arts drama Hu Fei had previously collaborated with Xiangnan Satellite TV, with a 1.1 viewership rating, which is actually quite good in martial arts dramas.
It's just that all TV series are not successful.
However, although the TV series "The Sword of Yue" that will be collaborated on is also a martial arts drama, the two of them have very high expectations for it.
It is precisely because of this that Xiangnan Satellite TV is eager to get the source of the film.
In addition, there are two reasons why Xiangnan Satellite TV is so anxious. One is to promote and warm up as soon as possible, and the other is that it does not see the final effect of the film. Xiangnan Satellite TV's heart is always hanging.
Although they have 100% trust in Gu Yong and the pre-made makeup photos released by Qingyu Film and Television are also amazing enough, the overall sluggish market in the martial arts dramas has made their hearts unable to completely let go.
Therefore, when the two met, they were not polite. In addition, they were old friends, so Chu Pingsheng directly proposed to see the final effect of the film source first.
Hu Fei understood this very well and had no objection.
One hour later...
Chu Ping's life was filled with excitement, and said a few words "good", then laughed loudly and said, "It turns out that martial arts dramas can have such effects. This is a martial arts drama, this is a real martial arts drama!"
Chu Pingsheng's reaction was long as Hu Fei expected. He immediately smiled and asked, "Is Director Chu relieved now?"
Chu Pingsheng smiled and said, "It's not just about rest assured, it's much better than I imagined. I finally see the real martial arts drama that Mr. Gu Yong mentioned before."
Hu Fei said: "Mr. Gu Yong said that the audience group of martial arts dramas should not be just martial arts fans, and even martial arts fans account for a very small proportion. What do Director Chu thinks about this?"
"Oh?" Chu Pingsheng pondered for a moment and said, "I agree with Mr. Gu Yong's words very much. After all, there are very few people who like to read martial arts novels. It's just that the previous martial arts dramas were difficult to attract non-martial arts fans to like. However, "The Sword of Yue Girl" may be able to do it."
Hu Fei nodded and said, "I think so too. The previous martial arts dramas cannot attract those non-martial arts fans. It can be said that it is our responsibility that we directors did not make the martial arts dramas well. Of course, it has a lot to do with the lack of good scripts. However, these are all past tense. "The Sword of Yue" will break all this. This is the honor of Mr. Gu Yong and our honor. Therefore, I hope Director Chu can try his best to tilt resources towards "The Sword of Yue" and strive for the best result."
Chu Pingsheng nodded and said, "This is natural. Even if Director Hu doesn't say it, I plan to do it. My expectations for this drama are not less than Director Hu."
After hearing this, Hu Fei laughed and said, "It's so good! I believe this drama won't disappoint us."
Chu Pingsheng also smiled and said, "Yes, I don't know what the final ratings of this drama will be? I can't wait to know the answer."
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Qian Wen, a famous martial arts TV series director in China, has filmed more than a dozen martial arts TV series.
Among them, "Fengcheng Escort Bureau" set a record of martial arts TV series with a rating of 1.8, and was once rumored to be a good story, and Qian Wen himself was also proud of it.
Of course, it is indeed worthy of pride.
Qian Wen's other works also have ratings above 1.0.
There is no doubt that Qian Wen can be regarded as the number one director of a domestic martial arts TV series.
However, something that happened two or three months ago made Qian Wen feel unhappy and very unhappy.
It was at the press conference when the TV series "The Legend of Yue" was launched. Director Hu Fei said that "The Legend of Yue" will be the first martial arts drama in the true sense in Chinese history.
What does this mean? Isn’t this mean that other martial arts dramas in China are not true martial arts dramas?
This naturally also includes his Qian Wen's works.
Qian Wen is the first director of a martial arts TV series. He dares to say that his works are not a true martial arts drama.
It would be strange if Qian Wen felt happy after listening to it.
Therefore, he has always been very concerned about the crew of "The Legend of Yue" and wants to see Hu Fei, or "The Legend of Yue" and what qualifications are there to make such big talk?
Chapter completed!