Behind the scenes of "The Right Way in the World is the Vicissitudes of Life": Sun Honglei "spoke fast", and the drama was banned
Zhang Li, an unavoidable name in the history of Chinese TV dramas.
He single-handedly created two major dramas: "Towards the Republic" and "Ming Dynasty 1566".
These two dramas have successively topped the domestic dramas with the highest ratings on Douban, and they are classics among the classics.
In addition, Zhang Li also served as the artistic consultant of "Yongzheng Dynasty", and also filmed a 9.2-point "The Right Way in the World is the Vicissitudes of Life", which can be called a peak of modern historical dramas and cannot be surpassed.
The drama starring Sun Honglei, Huang Zhizhong, Ke Lan and others, aired in 2009, is a TV series with a main theme and epic character.
After the broadcast, it caused a huge response, and then won the Golden Eagle Award, the Feitian Award, and the Magnolia three major TV awards.
Zhang Li's dramas have always been objective, there are no so-called good guys and bad guys in the episodes, they just have different positions and stand on opposite sides.
Each character in the series is very plump, everyone has their own beliefs, Lao Dong, Yang Tinghe, Fan Xiliang, Qu En, Lin E and other characters who sell flower cloth are deeply loved by the audience.
Some netizens commented: If you make friends, you have to make friends with Fan Xiliang, and if you marry, you will marry Dong Jianchang.
01. From the perspective of family, it shows the course of the two parties in the past few decades
Although this drama is a historical drama with the main theme, the time span is also very large, not only with many characters, but also covering many historical events, such as the Northern Expedition, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Long March, the Chongqing Negotiations, etc.
However, Zhang Li did not focus on these large-scale events, but focused on the small things, and used the intertwined and complex development of the Yang family to tell the development of history.
The story began in 1925, Yang Tinghe had three children: the eldest son Yang Liren (played by Huang Zhizhong), the daughter Yang Lihua (played by Zhang Heng) and the youngest son Yang Liqing (played by Sun Honglei).
However, there was no harmony between the two sons, and the conflict between the two was exacerbated by the secret assassination of important officials of the Beiyang government in Hunan.
Then the two went to Guangzhou to find their own future, and his elder brother Yang Liren became a staff instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy, and with the help of the resources of his old classmate Chu Cai, he became the intelligence chief of the Central Command in Shanghai.
On the other side, Yang Liqing was also admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy with his drawing skills (5 examiners, 2 of whom were his brother-in-law), met his mentor Qu En (played by Sun Chun), and fell in love with Qu En's sister Qu Xia (played by Ke Lan).
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, one of the two brothers was on the front line to kill the enemy, and the other was busy on the spy front, which was a rare harmonious scene; with the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the outbreak of the civil war, the two stood on the opposite side again.
In the end, with the founding of New China, the endings of the two were also different: Yang Liren fled with the "Guo Party", and Yang Liqing became a general.
This drama is based on the different situations, different statuses, and different development contexts of the two brothers of the Yang family, showing the story of the fate of the family and the country, brotherhood, partisan disputes and other multiple elements intertwined.
The characters in the play are distinct, the storyline is full of ups and downs, and the magnificent political history picture of the Anti-Japanese War period is vividly presented.
02, Sun Honglei took the initiative to ask to play the second male, and Huang Zhizhong "walked through the back door" to enter the group
After the script of this drama was determined, Zhang Li encountered some problems in casting.
Prior to this, Zhang Li and Huang Zhizhong met in "Ming Dynasty 1566", and Zhang Li admired Huang Zhizhong very much.
He not only has good acting skills, but also has a sense of awe for the role, in order to play the role of Hai Rui, he lost 16 pounds in a short time.
It is precisely for this reason that Zhang Li decided to let Huang Zhizhong "passively go through the back door" to play the actor Yang Liqing.
But something went wrong in the middle, and the producer insisted that the role of Yang Liqing be played by Sun Honglei, thinking that he could carry the drama.
In desperation, Huang Zhizhong became the second male, but he didn't think about it, Sun Honglei, who had read the script, was very interested in the role of Yang Liren and wanted to play a very controversial role, so he took the initiative to ask to play it.
Zhang Li was in a dilemma, and started the serial praise mode, telling Sun Honglei that he was a big name, and the whole drama had to rely on him to support him, so Sun Honglei happily accepted it.
After determining the role, Sun Honglei was not ambiguous, studied the script in advance, studied the role, and proposed revisions to more than 20 pages of the script during the filming process.
It is precisely because of this that Sun Honglei played this role alive, from the stubborn nature in the early stage, many troubles to the outstanding revolutionary soldiers in the later stage, every stage is so vivid.
03, because Sun Honglei was almost banned because of his "fast talk".
After months of filming and editing, this drama can finally meet the audience, but at this juncture, because of Sun Honglei's speech, it is facing the risk of being banned.
This drama was originally the opening drama of the prime time of the Central One in 2009, and it was publicized and distributed several times, but at the end of the year, it was withdrawn and replaced with "Go West".
It turned out that during the publicity and distribution of this TV series before the start of the broadcast, the leading actor Sun Honglei talked about the unspoken rules in the entertainment industry, and his words were a little sensitive, which led to the withdrawal of the show.
However, with the popularity of "Latent" starring Sun Honglei, CCTV also decided to strike while the iron was hot and broadcast the drama in June 2009.
The broadcast of this drama triggered a round of "righteous path" frenzy, with "three highs" in word-of-mouth, ratings, and ratings.
04, the crew suffered a lawsuit because of a role
After the broadcast of this drama, although it received high attention and overwhelming praise, the crew suffered a lawsuit and was claimed 3 million.
It turned out that in the TV series, there is a character named Tang Muyu, who is a character of the Guo Dang faction.
Coincidentally, Tang Muyu is a real figure in history, and he is a martyr.
According to relevant information, he was a native of Sichuan, a former student of the Whampoa Military Academy, participated in many battles such as the Northern Expedition, and finally died heroically in a war.
It is precisely because of this that when Tang Muyu's descendants saw this drama, they thought that it distorted Tang Muyu's image, so they sued the crew for infringing on the right to reputation and demanded 3 million in compensation.
In this regard, the crew also responded in a timely manner, saying that the name Tang Muyu in the play is fictitious, and the prototype is the Kuomintang general Tang Enbo, and he was introduced as a native of Henan, not Sichuan.
and changed the character's name to Tang Muyu, and reached a reconciliation with Tang Muyu's descendants.
Although "The Right Way in the World is the Vicissitudes of Life" is not as passionate as "Bright Sword", nor as tragic as "My Leader, My Group", it has the largest pattern.
The series has Zhang Li's distinctive personal style, which not only continues his principle of high-quality products, but also shows his understanding of history in a cinematic way.
This drama not only shows history, but also expresses historical feelings from the aspects of character beliefs and love views, which is a rare good drama. (Written by West Window Snow)