Chapter 427 Feeling Sorry for Su Zhe and Hating Su Zhe
(with the plot of "The Silent Truth")
When "Infernal Affairs" caused a stir in the film industry, "The Silent Truth" was launched quietly.
In fact, "unknown" is not accurate. After all, it is a TV series written and performed by Su Zhe himself, so the popularity is naturally high.
Coupled with Su Zhe's hard work in publicity and the recent popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many people are very interested in his second crime filming.
And there is also the participation of the Chief Prosecutor. Zhang Hongwei contacted the other party, deeply participated in the filming of the TV series, and provided specific guidance (mainly for review).
So the Chief Prosecutor also contributed to the publicity.
This has kept the popularity of "The Silent Truth" high.
But compared with the popularity of Su's martial arts, it is far less than that.
Including the selling price, it has also been reduced a lot.
Generally speaking, the price of a single episode of a modern drama is around five million, which is far lower than that of a costume drama. This is the natural choice of the market.
There is no way, costume dramas are more popular.
Unless urban dramas can shoot popular plots like the crooked-mouthed dragon king and rebirth and revenge like some short dramas, they cannot compete with the ancient costume dramas with wild plots in terms of audience.
Relying on the high quality of "The Silent Truth" and Su Zhe's appeal, he raised the price to 9 million per episode and sold it to Orange Video, which is striving to create a high-rated reality theater.
By the way, relying on the face of the General Prosecutor, it was sold to CCTV-8 at 4 million per episode.
In fact, the network and TV stations add up, 13 million per episode is not a small amount, and it is even more sky-high for urban dramas.
But "The Silent Truth" has only 12 episodes, resulting in a total price of only 156 million.
If Su Zhe is paid 100 million for the film, this drama will really not make much profit for Long Aotian.
So even Su Zhe and Mary Su have low-key reduced their remuneration and replaced it with profit sharing, and by the way, set a new rule-
If the script quality is very high, comparable to "The Silent Truth", and it is difficult to recover the investment, he can also appropriately reduce the price and replace it with profit sharing.
So, Orange Video took the lead, followed by CCTV-8, and began to broadcast "The Silent Truth", continuing this summer season full of knives.
As soon as the TV series started, barrages appeared densely:
[When will Brother appear? ]
[Call the air command department, where will he be airdropped? ]
[I want to see Brother! I am obsessed with his Chen Yongren, who is vicissitudes and charming. I didn't expect him to be so handsome even when playing an uncle. ]
Facing fans, some people advised:
[It's only 12 episodes, don't airdrop, watch it seriously. ]
[Respect all actors, sugarcanes don't play the fan circle. Brother is now a powerful actor, and he can rely on Chen Yongren to win the Golden Dragon Film Emperor! ]
The barrage was mixed, but when the plot started, it immediately caught their attention-
A middle-aged man looked panicked, pushing a huge suitcase, with a panic expression, and actually broke into the subway station.
After attracting a large number of police, he actually claimed that there was a bomb in the box and he was going to detonate the subway station!
This caused the crowd to flee in panic, and a large number of reporters were attracted. The whole country began to pay attention to this subway bombing.
But after the police caught the middle-aged man, they did not find a bomb in the box, but found a body.
The body was the former prosecutor Jiang Yang, and the middle-aged man turned out to be his teacher, former vice president of Z Law School and senior lawyer Zhang Chao.
This ups and downs of the plot attracted all the attention of the audience, and some people suddenly realized:
[Wait, isn't Su Zhe playing Jiang Yang? How come he appeared as a corpse? ]
[Is he dead again? Like Chen Yongren? ]
The audience had a bad premonition, and in the plot, Zhang Chao confessed to the murder, but changed his confession at the trial and produced a perfect alibi.
This sudden turn made the 3.12 subway corpse case more touching and became the focus of the people across the country.
So far, the first episode ended, and Su Zhe did not appear again except for a glimpse in the suitcase.
However, fans and passersby were all very engaged:
[Su Zhe is obsessed with reasoning. Now he doesn't write martial arts, but only writes cases. ]
[It's confusing, and now Qin Feng needs to appear. ]
[Haha, Qin Feng appears and I see, hey, why does the deceased look like me? ]
It's a pity that Qin Feng is not there. They want to know the truth, so they can only click on the second episode impatiently.
In the second episode, the police started with the deceased Jiang Yang, began to investigate his social relations, and finally began to reveal the secret of his death.
In everyone's memory, Jiang Yang finally appeared.
At this time, he had just entered the Procuratorate and was promoted to the Chief of the Investigation Supervision Section.
He and his girlfriend Wu Aike are in a sweet relationship and are about to enter the marriage hall. His future father-in-law is the Deputy Chief of the Municipal Procuratorate.
It can be said that he has a successful career and love, a promising future, and is full of vigor and vitality.
It can be reflected from the language of the camera-
The sun shines on him, reflecting his warm smile and innocent eyes.
This scene is very ordinary, and the filter is similar to that of idol dramas, so the audience did not pay much attention to it, but just silently sighed "so handsome".
But the main creators of the crew knew that when the audience saw the later plot and thought of this scene, they would definitely burst into tears.
Even after watching the film many times, they couldn't help but feel sore in their eyes.
But when they thought of the audience's reaction, they became extremely excited and stared at the TV series--
As the police investigated, the case of Hou Guiping began to gradually surface.
It turned out that Hou Guiping died suddenly while teaching in a mountain village. The police said that he raped a woman, and because he refused to be arrested and fled, he accidentally fell into the river.
Li Jing, who loved him, couldn't believe it. She kept investigating and found that a girl in the school where Hou Guiping taught committed suicide after being raped, which made Hou Guiping report it many times until his death.
At this point in the TV series, the audience probably understood:
[Hou Guiping was wronged! ]
[Did Jiang Yang die to help him overturn the case? ]
[Why did Zhang Chao dump the body? I can't figure it out. ]
[Oh no, my scalp is itchy, I need to grow a brain. ]
However, when they wanted to continue chasing the drama and ripen their brains, they found that the third and fourth episodes were members who watched them in advance and they had to pay!
"Fuck! Damn Orange!"
"How can you stop at the critical moment?"
"Can't I give you money?"
It doesn't matter if you watch two more or two less episodes of a romance drama, it's all sweet and bloody anyway, and you can watch it happily even if the spoilers are revealed.
But a suspense drama is spoiled? That would instantly make people lose their passion for chasing dramas.
But in this era, unless you quit your phone and disconnect from the Internet, it is impossible not to be spoiled.
Damn big data, knowing that you are interested in Su Zhe, suspense, and "The Silent Truth", it will push relevant content directly to your face.
You are happily brushing the edge girl dancing, and with a swipe of your finger, you hear the AI voice:
"This man is called Xiao Shuai, and he was hunted down by Fobol (crossed out) Shanjia Group for investigating Xiao Hou's case..."
What's the point of watching it!
The audience cursed and recharged to buy memberships helplessly, just to catch up with the latest episode before being ruthlessly spoiled.
In the next two episodes, time and space intertwined, the current police and Jiang Yang of the year continued to investigate, gradually deepening the truth, and found clues to the Hou Guiping case.
It turned out that Hou Guiping had been investigating the case of a female student who committed suicide after being humiliated, and had discovered the mastermind behind it.
This eventually led to his death.
The case is not complicated, but the narration is very complicated-
Hou Guiping was investigating the female student's suicide case and eventually died;
Jiang Yang was investigating the Hou Guiping death case and eventually died;
The police (Yan Liang) were investigating the Jiang Yang's body dumping case, so they had to figure out the above two cases.
Through Yan Liang's investigation, the details of each case were pieced together step by step, which shocked the audience:
[Isn't Su Zhe's script so clever? There are many but not chaotic, and every case is clear. ]
[I have to take notes to explain 3 cases in such a short time. ]
[The atmosphere is too depressing, I am about to be suffocated by the darkness. ]
[I suggest you watch "Infernal Affairs", which is very healing and warm. ]
The audience was interested, but even members couldn't continue watching, so they could only wait until tomorrow.
-Chengzi considered whether to offer super members six episodes on demand on the basis of non-members watching two episodes for free and members watching four episodes in advance, so as to make two profits.
Su Zhe responded to this plan. Orange was greedy and he didn't want to take the blame.
Orange had previously done something ridiculous, such as not allowing ordinary members to cast screens or limiting the clarity. For viewers like Su Zhe who value audio-visual enjoyment and never use their phones to watch dramas, but only watch the screen, this was extremely disgusting.
So he took precautions and wrote it in the contract, no money scams!
The audience didn't get their money scammed, but they were "cheated" into paying attention, and they were discussing it enthusiastically on Weibo:
[The Silent Truth is so exciting! The first four episodes are explosive, you must watch it! ]
[Don't let it grow, there are 12 episodes in total, and it will be finished in a few days. ]
[I have to follow suspense dramas, I like the feeling of not knowing the truth and thinking hard with the characters in the drama. If I guess it right, it's even more exciting! ]
# "The Silent Truth" # was on the hot search.
Unfortunately, it didn't top the list, because the top hot search was # "Infernal Affairs" broke the record of Hong Kong films # .
Su Zhe proved that:
A person's biggest enemy is himself.
As "The Silent Truth" releases two episodes every day, the popularity is getting higher and higher.
But the focus of everyone's discussion is not reasoning.
Because this drama is not like "Detective Chinatown", it is not a traditional school that pursues intellectual confrontation; it is a typical social school, the purpose is to expose social contradictions and darkness.
There is no need to reason too much about several cases, most of the content is quite clear, the two biggest doubts are the truth of Hou Guiping and Jiang Yang's death, but there is a lack of key clues and it is impossible to reason.
The main content of the latter is not to reveal new truths, but to describe a group of people who pursue justice, torture their hearts under the oppression of darkness, and would rather give up everything and choose justice, walking alone in tossing and turning.
It is this group of respectable people that moved the audience:
[Hou Guiping and Jiang Yang make people cry to death, it's really too sharp. ]
[Especially Jiang Yang, from the high-spirited and sunny when he appeared, to the tortured and hunched after the investigation, the darkness left too many scars on him. 】
【Su Zhe's acting is so good that I can't recognize him. 】
【Throughout the show, everyone's acting is so good, but even among these veteran actors, Su Zhe is the most dazzling and eye-catching one. 】
【Same as Chen Yongren, who he played. 】
In fact, this does not mean that Su Zhe's acting is better than the veteran actors.
It's just because these two characters have twists and turns in the plot and are the focus of the show, so they are better played and more eye-catching.
Coupled with Su Zhe's charming acting style, the character's charm is overwhelming, making the audience pay special attention to him, and feel that his acting skills are superior.
Jiang Yang and Chen Yongren, a prosecutor who insists on justice, and a policeman who has been undercover for ten years, seem to be completely different, but they have the same characteristics:
Insisting on justice, experiencing vicissitudes, being misunderstood, and dying.
This is also the most distressing characteristic.
The audience watched two people who insisted on justice suffer endless harm, but could only die covered in mud and with the public's misunderstanding, and could not clear their grievances until they died.
They cried to death:
[I feel sorry for Jiang Yang! ]
[I feel sorry for Chen Yongren! ]
To sum it up, it is——
# I feel sorry for Su Zhe #
And the painful mood also made them hate the screenwriter who sent the knife——
# Hate Su Zhe #
The two hot searches were parallel, which fully reflected the audience's love and hate.
This hot summer season is full of tears.
It is also full of Su Zhe.
After the refreshing and relaxed Su-style martial arts and "Tang Detective", the audience finally remembered Su Zhe who used "Secret" and "Mr. Tumor" to make a move.
[I thought he had turned over a new leaf, but he was still the Su Zhe full of bad taste, just wanting to see the audience cry! ]
[Where is his address? I want to send him a razor blade! ]
Amidst the outcry, Su Zhe received a call from Mr. Niu, a local snake company that participated in the investment of "Infernal Affairs".
Because the box office of "Infernal Affairs" in Hong Kong Island exceeded 100 million, Mr. Niu invited him to hold a celebration banquet and smash the ice sculpture that broke 100 million.
Su Zhe joked:
"Ice sculpture that broke 100 million? I have never smashed such a shabby ice sculpture."
Mr. Niu said that he was impressed and smiled bitterly:
"The total box office has exceeded 2 billion, so we have to celebrate, right?"
Su Zhe continued to pretend:
"2 billion? Is this worth celebrating? I am not sure, after all, the lowest-grossing movie, the debut, has exceeded 2 billion."
This time, Mr. Niu was really impressed.
He has been running a company for decades and has experienced the golden age of Hong Kong films, but he has never produced a movie with a box office of more than 2 billion!
Su Zhe's words were like a whisper, which made Niu fall silent and laughed:
"Just kidding, I'm going to Hong Kong Island now! Niu, please make it more lively and invite more media and artist friends."
"Of course, don't worry." Niu was overjoyed, "They are all looking forward to your coming and have a good exchange!"
At this point, he couldn't help but try again:
"Su, can I arrange a project for you? They are all newcomers, clean and safe."
Su Zhe decisively refused.
Not to mention that he is not such a person, even if he is, he has his own top domestic agency, does he need Niu to arrange it?
Although Yan Xiling has a high bottom line after cooperating with him, she is not ignorant of this aspect, and she is really flexible in doing it.
Su Zhe smiled meaningfully:
"Don't bother, just prepare enough media."
After all, he has a big news to break.