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Chapter 137 The Legend of Sword and Fairy

February 1, the second day of the Chinese New Year.

The custom of Zhao Yan's family is to visit relatives on the first day of the new year, and because his relatives are relatively small and live in a concentrated place, relatives in other places do not visit each other so much.
On the second day of the new year, he was free.

Although this point is free, but if you really want to be here in my hometown, there is really no fun to go out except staying at home:

Supermarkets are still open, but many delicious, fun, and shopping stores are not open. After all, people have chosen to go home to celebrate the New Year by themselves, so there are not many entertainment options.

Movie theaters are one of them.

Therefore, the rise of the Spring Festival stalls is not without reason. During the Chinese New Year, there are many people, a lot of money, and there are not many external entertainment activities.

"It's really bad luck, I don't believe it."

It was only 7 pm, in the movie theater, after watching another movie, Zhao Yan complained in pain.

Yes, another movie means watching more than one movie.

It is said that after he packed up and left the house today, he couldn't wait to go to the cinema and watched "Journey to the West: The Demon" which he had already bought tickets for - this is a movie produced and written by Zhou Xingxing. Although it is not the most ideal director, it should not be far behind.

And then he's done.

emmm, how should I put it, it seems that there is a considerable gap with my expectations?

To be honest, Zhao Yan is not a standard Zhou Xingxing fan.Speaking of it, it's more like he rented Zhou Xingxing's movies from a disc store when he was a child, and then reviewed his various classic passer-by fans.

That's why he didn't have too many filters. After he chose someone as the leading role, he complained about why he chose him.

Facts have proved that Zhao Yan’s complaints are also correct.

What is it?

He didn't say anything after watching the theater, but he couldn't blow it either.

Instead, I lost ground and wanted to make up for it with another good movie: see what else, "Kung Fu Yoga", "Riding the Wind and Waves", "Havoc in Tianzhu", "Bear Infestation".
Rule out "Bear Infested".

It’s not that the quality of this movie is not good. It is said that this series of movies has been good in recent years. It’s just that when I went to watch it during the Spring Festival, the crowd of children was enough to drop the movie-watching experience by two levels.

As for "Riding the Wind and Waves", I am not interested in this subject matter.
For the Spring Festival, I just want to watch a comedy, so why not choose "Kung Fu Yoga", which happens to have a film schedule at this point?
Chen Long's comedy should be okay.

So one hour and 48 minutes later, Zhao Yan came out, silently, and looked up at the screen again:

I would have known that I had chosen Wang Baobao's "Havoc in Tianzhu".

Recently, he is also full of sadness. The family's troubles have been known to the whole country, and he has a green hat. But he is chosen, mainly because he thinks this drama is quite funny.

Then another hour, four and 10 minutes passed, and Zhao Yan, who had watched three shows in a row, walked out of the theater with a tired face.

It's not just tiring to watch three games in a row.

But this year is basically the competition between these five movies. He has already selected three movies, and they are still the three with the most movies scheduled and the most popular ones. Why is it like this?

Then it will be very clear if you look at it a few months later:
Because on Douban, the three movies he watched were ranked by scores: "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" 5.5, "Kung Fu Yoga" 5.0, and "Havoc in Tianzhu" 3.7
The more you look at it, the worse it gets, isn't it uncomfortable?

In fact, it was not just him, but no one expected that the three films with the most films scheduled for the Spring Festival this year and the most hype were all below the passing mark.

Amazing.

In fact, if a commercial film can actually get a passing score of 6 points, or even 5.5, it is barely okay.

But the only "Journey to the West" that meets this standard has the previous work and the director's reputation bonus. Everyone's expectations for it are more than that.

On the contrary, "Riding the Wind and Waves" and "Bear Infested" have a good reputation.

It's a pity that these two films together took almost 18% of the films, and the remaining 80% of the films belong to the above three films, and any one of them is higher than the two combined.

So it is conceivable that online public opinion is a bit overwhelming.

There was a lot of complaints.

Zhao Yan couldn't help complaining, but when he got home, he kept typing and communicating with his fingers:

Because he found that many people, like him, wanted to watch a movie this year and were unhappy, and they kept holding back their energy.There are even a lot of people who share the same illness with him, and feel dissatisfied after watching one, and then watch another one that vomits blood even more.
"Isn't there really someone who thinks this Spring Festival show is good?"

"I thought it was going to be a fight between a dragon and a tiger, but I didn't expect everyone to pull their crotches."

"Anyway, I'm in a bad mood, and I urgently need to watch something good to make up for it. Unfortunately, today's energy is limited, and I really can't watch the fourth movie."

So and so, endlessly.

"Okay, don't play for now, let's eat."

In the living room, Zhao Yan's mother saw him looking like this when he came back from a day out. She couldn't help but be speechless: "I've been watching movies all day, and I didn't even get home on time to eat. I also looked unhappy while watching."

"That's it."

Sister Zhao Lai also booed: "I sent you WeChat, but you didn't reply to me."

"I don't want to watch a movie, why should I reply to your WeChat?"

In the living room, Zhao Yan turned to the kitchen to fill a bowl of rice, then sat at the dining table and started eating.

I was planning to keep replying to the news, but the living room and the dining room of his house are actually not far away. When I looked up, I saw my younger sister staring at the fruit table advertisement, her face was fixed, and she couldn't help being a little funny: "Hey, you've seen all the advertisements like this Work hard? You are really"

He wanted to say that his sister likes to watch the fruit table, and it's not a day or two.

But watch the ads.

It's a bit too strange, what's so good about it?
"You don't know."

Zhao Lai stared at the screen without looking back, and said casually: "Brother Sheng has a new commercial recently, it should be broadcast here, I will see when it comes out. And after the broadcast, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will The first episode is almost over!"

""Legend of Sword and Fairy". Hey, I remember, I saw an advertisement for this movie in the theater!"

Zhao Yan remembered.

By the way, this TV series is really rich. Before each movie is broadcast, there will be a burst of commercials, right?Advertisements during the Spring Festival are undoubtedly very expensive, so movies are usually advertised at this time.

Correspondingly, the conversion rate is relatively high.

The only TV series advertised was "Sword and Sword", but speaking of it, the texture was not inferior to that of a movie. In other words, when he saw it for the first time, he really thought it was a movie.
But he only glanced at it twice, then looked down at his phone.

I can't help it, I'm tired, and I'm still busy reading everyone's comments on the movie, looking for a sense of identity.And, it is said that this drama seems to have been changed by magic
"Eh? You also saw the advertisement, isn't it like a movie!"

Zhao Lai was immediately excited: "This film was filmed at the full movie level. My Han Sheng is really suitable for acting in ancient costumes. He was very handsome when he played Sapindus last time, and this time it is even more so!"

Uh, Zhao Yan said that Sapin was really handsome last time.

But this time.
Even if he glanced at it roughly, he knew that this character didn't seem to be that kind of handsome, and his appearance didn't have the feeling of ecstasy like Sopin's.

In short, if it were normal, Zhao Yan would just say a few perfunctory fan sisters.

But today, he couldn't help but think of two words repeatedly in his mind: "Speaking of which, you said that this full-length movie level is not watery?"

Don't blame him for questioning.

He likes to read Qidian male-frequency popular novels, and he was also very happy when he said that he would shoot him.

The other party is also bragging, how many billions of investment, what movie-level special effects.As a result, a little notice was released, what are these things?The special effects from ten years ago, this is it, where did the money go?

"I don't think so."

At this time, my younger sister, who always liked to brag about her idol, suddenly became serious.

First, he turned down the sound of the advertisement, then turned his head, and began to analyze to him: "This drama, first of all, is an S-level production of Shanhai Century, and its own standard is guaranteed. And compared to other S-level productions, its number of episodes That's a lot less in itself, only 34 episodes."

Now there are some dramas that may invest 5 million and watch a lot of them, but they have filmed 80 episodes of content, so naturally not much is allocated on average.

Of course, there are more important things: "In addition to Han Sheng who is popular in this drama, but the film and television industry is also a newcomer, the salary will not be too high. The rest are mostly newcomers and seniors, and the salary is also not high, so I will not follow More than half of the others are spent on actors' remuneration.

Finally, this is also the first big drama for many actors here, and they will take it seriously. "

This statement is very reasonable.

It is true that if actors' remuneration does not account for the majority, then the chances of making a good movie must be higher, after all, it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice.

But what about actors?
He had learned enough lessons today and planned to keep his conservative views.

But it was obvious from his expression that Zhao Yan was moved.So he asked: "Okay, then I will follow you to see, when will this show start?"

"7:35, it should be right away... ah!"

Zhao Lai turned to look at the screen, turned down the volume just now, and after some discussion, the first episode has just started, she said in surprise: "I missed Brother Sheng's commercial! The opening song is gone!"

"Forget it, I can watch it in a while. Now let's watch the new drama first. I have been waiting for Brother Sheng's new drama for a long time. Hey, being an actor fan of Brother Sheng is much humbler than being a fan of singers. I hope he can do more this time. Attract some fans so that we can have some dialogue rights with the singer’s fans.”

In fact, a lot of people paid attention to the first episode of "Sword of Immortal". So many advertising and variety show interviews were not in vain.And after it started airing, it actually gave many people a different feeling.

It doesn't have an opening chapter, and it directly introduces the whole beginning from the perspective of the male protagonist or the female protagonist.

Instead, he started with a grand concept:
Ten years ago, in Nanzhao Kingdom, the witch queen was publicly tried.

Worshiping the moon to confuse people, saying that the witch queen is a demon girl. In order to force the witch queen to show her real body, she summoned water monsters to cause floods. In order to save the people, the witch queen showed her real body and bravely fought water monsters
Seeing this, if you don't understand it, you can't really see who is the important character in the whole play. After all, each character has such a personality and has a feeling of story to explore.

Not to mention, the various fights and special effects in this plot!

Really, the lack of funds compared to the original version was also limited by the technology at the time, and the special effects scenes that were a bit like playing house were produced.
It's 2017 now.

Various special effects companies have developed long ago. As long as you spend money, big online movies can have many good special effects.And here, the special effects presented by "Sword of Immortal Sword" are absolutely.
It can match the standard of movie level.

"Wow!!!"

"careful!"

"This trick is too cool!"

The sister's exclamations and cheers continued, while Zhao Yan was a little stunned: It's not that he has never seen better special effects than this, but this kind of special effects almost never appeared in domestic TV series. It's still a long time.

Look, the plot has now played the role played by Han Sheng, but the strange thing is that he seems to be very powerful at the beginning. After saving a little girl, he fights with a strange man in the sky. The cool one.

But what’s even more strange is that there is no money for this play, so it’s all spent on the opening chapter, right?
There won't be so many fights in the future?

emmm, I have to say that he is the truth in some respects.However, by doing this, the crew did attract his attention in the first place.

So much so that Li Xiaoyao fell from the sky, and when the camera turned again, he was already on the bed.
“It turned out to be a dream.”

Zhao Yan was thoughtful.

But spending so much time just for a dream, it shouldn't be a simple dream.

Or did Li Xiaoyao know this period of history, so he fantasized that he was the savior-like hero at that time?Still... I don’t know, anyway, besides the cool special effects at the beginning, the suspense also attracted him.

At least, he will want to continue watching.

But right now, the whole scene seems to have changed its style again.

There is no magic, no volley, just ordinary rooms.But the excitement still continued, because Li Xiaoyao woke up from a dream, got up directly, and according to his sister, had a quick fight with this Aunt Li.

When he had no Sapin before, his martial arts were considered wonderful.

Unexpectedly, this drama now has not only wonderful special effects, but also the character's martial arts:
"It's pretty good. Even without special effects, it looks good with the martial arts. What's more, there are special effects there just now, so it looks even better."

"Yeah, the current Xianxia is too short of these!"

Zhao Lai nodded repeatedly.

This is indeed the case. Not all fairy tale dramas nowadays are dull, there are also some with good special effects.

As a result, now a new problem arises:
In the past, the special effects were not enough and martial arts were used to make up for it. Each character had to do a cool martial arts move before releasing a spell or something.

Nowadays, special effects are so cool, but as a result, actors rely too much on special effects.

It is often just to stretch out two fingers, "biu", and then leave the rest to the special effects.

In both, something feels missing.

As for the opening chapter of "Sword of Immortal", in addition to the special effects, it also has exciting martial arts moves, which instantly scratched the audience's itch.

It's quite rare.

What's more, look at these costumes, props, characters, and stories
Yes, especially the stories!
In fact, whether it is a movie or a TV series, many times the previous things can be regarded as external factors.

The story is the most important thing. If the story is 9 points, it is still very exciting without bonus.

3 points for the story, 100% bonus, just 6 points is enough to pass.

then
When I opened the door, I saw three weird moon worshippers. The three of them stayed at Li's Inn, but they actually had another purpose.

They put Aunt Li into a coma. In order to save Aunt Li, Li Xiaoyao went to Fairy Island and met Zhao Linger by chance, but Zhao Linger and his grandmother said that they knew Li Xiaoyao ten years ago. Married to Zhao Linger.

"I'll go, this progress is too fast! It's exciting enough..."

"This plot, I like it."

The brothers and sisters kept talking about various things, and their minds were full of question marks, but these questions were also advancing one by one.

It can be said that everything in the drama version of "Sword" is indeed quite exciting for those who have never played the game and seen the background.Constantly throwing out contradictions, and then solving tasks, a typical game method, but added the part of the script, for example, some plots were modified by the screenwriter for this magic - it is difficult for the original party to accept, but for some people, it is also unstoppable .

"Eh???"

Then, the two made their voices at the same time.

It turned out that the first episode ended without knowing it.

"Ah, is this the end?"

"Oh, my mother, fortunately there is another episode today, otherwise I really want to watch it."

The two brothers and sisters also continued to express their feelings and rejoice.

Then, there is no doubt that the two of them had no time to watch online discussions during this commercial period, and they did not jump to the station:
Afraid to miss another second.

And this drama, two people with different types of favorites, actually reached a consensus: even if this drama is a little weaker in the back, it should at least be above the level of 8.5 points.

So rare, really.

In the heyday of TV dramas in the past, they were not considered weak.

What's more, in the current impetuous environment, the investment is getting bigger and bigger, the actors are getting more gorgeous, and the results are getting worse.What's even weirder is that this is not an accidental phenomenon, but is becoming more and more mainstream.

Indeed, it has to be said that the standard of domestic film and television works has been declining in recent years.

Then today, "Sword of Immortal Sword" was born.

It was like a ray of wind in the hustle and bustle, blowing to the river, blowing to the city, blowing to everyone's heart.Either it awakens many people's good memories of chasing dramas before, or it makes people who haven't watched it amazed
After all, it’s still the same sentence. In the past, "Sword of Heaven" can't be said to be particularly good, but it is certainly not bad.

What if we put it now?

Now it's a fairy tale drama every year, and those who can score more than 7 points are enough to be excellent.

So the brother and sister undoubtedly fell in love with this drama.

It's like Zhao Yan, unconsciously, has a good impression of Li Xiaoyao, and also has an impression of Han Sheng.

And this situation happened in every corner of the country.After further modification, Li Xiaoyao's charm became more attractive, not to mention the opening bonus and martial arts bonus.So this role must be good.

Many people also naturally appreciate the person who plays the role
Until many years later, they may mention Han Sheng again, and they will also think of this night.Or maybe I can't remember at all. Earlier, some people were still upset about this year's low-scoring movies.

But then again, back to the present?
The commercials also seemed to be getting fast, and on the screen, it didn't seem long before the second episode started.

The two of them immediately regained their composure and started watching. Then they heard Han Sheng arranged it, and the same excellent opening song slowly played along with the scene until the climax of the song:

"Born to prove

traces of love
A greater life after the fire burns"

　Thank you for the 100-point reward for writing this book and reading it yourself.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)