#Entertainment Focus #In the domestic feudal imperial drama, one of my favorites is "Yongzheng Dynasty", which I still watch with relish until now.
This drama is surging above the hall, the laughter between brothers hides the knife, the relationship between the monarch and the courtier is intricate, the plot ups and downs are not delayed, and it is really enjoyable when watching, which can be called an epic and landmark classic work.
There are many tidbits behind this drama, and finally under the coincidence of the director and multiple actors, a group of cast members who are about to create a classic work come together and stand together under the direction of director Hu Mei.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > there are 11 directors competing, and Hu Mei burns incense to make a wish</h1>
February River, a national first-class writer, wrote in the 1980s and 1990s the "Luoxia Trilogy" of the three emperors of the Qing Dynasty Kang Yongqian was enshrined in the literary world, and the annual royalty income at its peak was 12 million yuan.
It can be said that "there is a house of gold in the book".
The long-form TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" is adapted from February River's novel "Yongzheng Emperor", which can be called the pinnacle of contemporary works.
CCTV discerned the pearls, and saw that February River's works would be made into classics, so it had long released words, "at the expense of spending huge sums to create classic TV series", and stated that the total production cost of 25 million yuan could be in place at one time.
This big cake, so tempting! Don't forget that this is 25 million yuan in 1998, I drop a good look.
A good script was available, the shooting funds were available, and then the producer invited a big name to be the screenwriter.
Liu Heping, a national-level screenwriter, if you evaluate the level of screenwriters in that era, Liu Heping said that it was the second, no one dared to say first, I don't believe you can open his fame history to see, the title of national-level screenwriter is not a waste of fame.
Script, investment, screenwriter, in the case of these three are all top matching, it is necessary to invite a blockbuster director to appear, and there are 11 directors considered at that time, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Hu Mei.
It should be noted that The 40-year-old Hu Mei graduated from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy, but after she graduated, she has been bland and unremarkable, so she does not have an advantage among the 11 candidates, why did Hu Mei win in the end?
However, it is precisely because of her loneliness and namelessness that she has a strong desire to go to see Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and other well-known directors, and to put it bluntly, she hopes to get a chance to prove that she is from the class.
Besides, who wants to live this mediocre life?
As a result, Hu Mei twice introduced herself to the producer Mao Sui, expounding her self-advantages and deep understanding of the drama "Yongzheng Dynasty", and clearly stated that she did not consider the remuneration. In fact, Hu Mei has been working overtime to do her homework, hoping to get this opportunity to emerge.
When she introduced herself for the second time, without a clear reply from the producer, Hu Mei was a little depressed on the way home, and when she went to the Lama Temple, she actually ghostly walked in.
As we all know, the Lama Temple was the residence of the Yongzheng Emperor or the Fourth Master, and after Hu Mei went in, she put on a pillar of incense according to the wishes of the underworld, and when she held the incense in both hands, she made a wish:
If I had the chance, I would have lived up to my trust and would have done my best to make a masterpiece that would stand the test of time.
What she never expected was that the next day she received a call from the director of "Yongzheng Dynasty", and she almost jumped up in ecstasy, and it is said that someone used "fortune telling" to finally let her win.
The director, screenwriter, script, and investment are all set, and the rest is, of course, to select the main actors.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > Tang Guoqiang did not want to play the old eight, and was almost thrown away</h1>
The earliest yongzheng candidate was Zhang Fengyi, played by Tang Guoqiang, who played the eighth master of the "Eight Masters Party" who played a lot of drama in the play, that is, the eight masters of the "Eight Masters Party" who later changed Wang Yichun.
When Tang Guoqiang read the script, he was attracted by the super charm that Yongzheng had in the play, and this role had multiple personalities, was a lonely emperor, and played a relatively difficult role, so Tang Guoqiang had the desire to challenge the difficulty like a burning passion.
Therefore, he began to steal the scenes familiar with Yongzheng, working overtime at night to practice Yongzheng's calligraphy, imitating Yongzheng's appearance, and even began to memorize Yongzheng's lines, anyway, he was happy, obsessed, and wanted to challenge the new role.
After doing his homework, Tang Guoqiang successively found Hu Mei and the producer to explain the reason for playing Yongzheng by himself, although what he said was like a hanging river, the producer and Hu Mei did not let go, and repeatedly explained to Tang Guoqiang:
Because The Zhuge Liang portrayed by Tang Guoqiang in the 94th edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the roles of Zhuge Liang and The Eight Ye Yin Yu have many similarities, they all belong to the category of thoughtfulness and resourcefulness.
I have to say that what Hu Mei and the producer considered is not unreasonable, but Tang Guoqiang repeatedly asked to play Yongzheng, and finally Hu Mei really had no choice, so she and the producer invited Tang Guoqiang to dinner, hoping to persuade Tang Guoqiang to obey the crew's arrangement.
According to the preparation in advance, if Tang Guoqiang still insisted on playing Yongzheng by himself, then he was informed on the spot that he could leave, and even the role of Baye did not have his share, but did not expect that Tang Guoqiang did not insist on his opinion at dinner, but nodded his head and agreed to play Yin.
What everyone did not expect was that Zhang Fengyi did not come on the first day of the "Yongzheng Dynasty", but went to the scene where Director Chen Kaige filmed "Jingke Thorn Qin King", because Chen Kaige needed Zhang Fengyi to go to the rescue, which directly led to his refusal to play the role of Yongzheng.
Perhaps, thanks to Zhang Fengyi's refusal to perform, it finally achieved a classic work.
In the end, Tang Guoqiang smiled and took Over Yongzheng's dragon robe, and also recommended his friend Wang Yichun to Hu Mei to play Yin Yu. Such a toss not only achieved the classic Image of Yongzheng, but also created a new Eight Masters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > "Nian Tang Yao" wanted to strike</h1>
In the play, the two characters of Nian Qianyao and Li Wei are Yongzheng's house slaves, to put it bluntly, they are a family, or a wrapped slave of the master's family.
Therefore, in the play, when the Han ministers meet the emperor, they all call themselves "subjects, how", while Nian Qianyao and Li Wei must call themselves "slaves, how to", the two are not the same, the emperor often treats the slaves as if they were his own family members.
Because of this, when the later slave Nian Qianyao was arrogant and did not listen to the emperor's greetings, Yongzheng was more decisive in killing Nian Qianyao, more seriously than dealing with Han Chen, until he finally executed Fang fang to solve the hatred in his heart.
In the play, Li Wei and Nian Qianyao have a lot of scenes, if these two slaves are not portrayed well, it is easy to lower the overall image of Yongzheng, and it will affect the audience's viewing experience of the whole play, so these two actors are very important.
What people did not expect was that when it was decided that Du Zhiguo would play Nian Qianyao, he was filming in the distant Hailar, due to the inconvenience of communication at that time, the assistant director of the crew here took a lot of effort to find the landline phone of the hotel where Du Zhiguo lived, and Du Zhiguo said that he would return to Beijing after more than twenty days.
When Du Zhiguo returned to Beijing to read the script of "Yongzheng Dynasty", he directly told the assistant director that he could not act.
Du Zhiguo believes that his role is only 20 episodes, and he has to shoot a cycle of more than half a year, so he does not want to act psychologically, can he act well if he does not want to act?
In fact, Du Zhiguo did not say a word, in his heart this drama can not be fired at all, if he knew in advance that the drama would be as hot as today, even if it was filmed for a year, he would not have any opinions, and even if he did not want to pay him, he was willing to act upside down.
The same situation is Zhang Fengyi, if Zhang Fengyi knew that this drama would be popular all over China after it was broadcast, would he still go to shoot "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King"?
Of course, Zhang Fengyi wants to play Yongzheng, which is another ending, and it is estimated that it is much worse than the current result, because Zhang Fengyi plays a soldier and plays a tough guy, and he really wants him to play a complex Yongzheng, and it is estimated that he is not accurate.
As for the real purpose of Du Zhiguo's unwillingness to act, of course, it cannot escape the eyes of a group of people in the crew, and the producer Luo Hao said to Du Zhiguo on the spot:
"After filming this play, if the character of Nian Qianyao is not popular, you can call me every year on the Chinese New Year's Eve night!"
Du Zhiguo was a little touched when he heard it, and at the same time, his hesitant heart was also infected by Luo Hao's steadfastness, and he signed a contract to play Nian Qianyao on the spot, so he had this classic version of Nian Xiangyao six months later.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > Zhao Yi accidentally "picked up" the role of Li Wei</h1>
The success of this drama is a full range of brilliance, each character is portrayed in flesh and blood is very three-dimensional, whether it is the protagonist or supporting roles, red flowers or green leaves, they have given full play to their acting potential in their respective roles.
When the filming of "Yongzheng Dynasty" began, the role of Li Wei in the play had not yet been decided who would play it.
There are many things in this drama that are so fortuitous, starting from hu Mei director Shangxiang's wish, she wanted to be the director but "inexplicably" got it, Tang Guoqiang wanted to play Yongzheng and could not get it, and as a result, Zhang Fengyi refused to act and then let Tang Guoqiang get his wish, and the role of Li Wei was also "picked up" by Zhao Yi by chance.
One morning, Zhao Yi went to a filming scene to sign his own filming contract, but he did not expect that next to it was the filming venue of "Yongzheng Dynasty", and the result was that the production director zhao Yi wanted to see did not come to the set because of something at home.
Zhao Yi was idle, just waiting for the production director, while wandering around, at this time just saw the "Yongzheng Dynasty" crew screening actors, he signed up with the mentality of playing and trying.
Hu Mei first let Zhao Yi play a small eunuch, and the clear-eyed people saw that Zhao Yi had some acting skills at a glance, so he let Zhao Yi play a prince with more drama, and when Zhao Yi finished acting, director Hu Mei pushed the glasses and said:
"Okay, you'll come over again tomorrow morning."
Zhao Yi didn't take it seriously either, so he went home first. But he's about to be the luckiest of all the actors.
The next day, Zhao Yi came to the previous filming scene to find the production director, but the director did not come, and Zhao Yi wandered to the filming scene of director Hu Mei.
In the end, director Hu Mei made a bold decision to hand over the important role of Li Wei to Zhao Yi, an unknown newcomer, and we have to marvel at the unique insight and decision-making courage of director Hu Mei today.
Practice has proved that The Yongzheng that Tang Guoqiang fought so hard for, the Nian Tangyao who the producer "forced" Du Zhiguo to play, and the Li Wei that Zhao Yi accidentally "picked up" during his wanderings eventually became a very classic character image on the screen.