In China's more than 2,000 years of feudal history, more than 400 people have sat on the throne of the emperor, so domestic film and television works involving feudal emperors have emerged in an endless stream.
However, in many imperial series of film and television works, whether it is a correct solution or a joke, its production level and Douban score will not exceed the three works of "Daming Dynasty 1566", "Yongzheng Dynasty" and "Kangxi Dynasty".
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > "Yongzheng Dynasty" is an insurmountable mountain for "braid drama"</h1>
In 1999, after the 44-episode TV series "Yongzheng Dynasty" directed by Hu Mei became a hit, it quickly caused a ratings frenzy across the country. This historical drama, which can be called an epic and landmark classic masterpiece, has completely changed the inherent negative image of the Yongzheng Emperor in the hearts of the Chinese people, which is equivalent to giving all the Chinese people a vivid history education lesson.
This historical drama with a Douban score of 9.2 has a super high reputation among many middle-aged and elderly male friends who like history, because the drama pays special attention to the high restoration of history, so in order to pursue artistic value and ideological profundity, it has to sacrifice mass entertainment, making many female audiences dislike the seriousness of the play.
This popular TV series is adapted from "Yongzheng Emperor", one of the "Sunset Trilogy" of February River. At that time, these three novels were sold out of stock many times, and the highest annual royalty income of Teacher February River reached 12 million yuan, which did not include the sale of the rights to the TV series adaptation.
When "Yongzheng Dynasty" became the annual drama king, only two years later, another sister drama of "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Kangxi Emperor", came out again, first selling a 50-episode DVD version that year, and then deleting it to 46 episodes and renaming it "Kangxi Dynasty" to be broadcast on CCTV.
It is very coincidental that the Douban score of the two classic dramas is now 9.2, and it seems that the reputation in the hearts of the people is between Bo Zhong, not up or down, but many friends who are familiar with history and people who like to be entertained are not at all the same when evaluating the two dramas.
Although the dispute over the merits and disadvantages of these two dramas on the Internet has never been interrupted, and it is even said that this controversy has occurred in China's Taiwan Province, because the people on the island believe that "Kangxi Dynasty" is the most classic, and I guess it is the plot of Kangxi's recovery of Taiwan that has played a huge role.
Personally, I feel that the two dramas are not comparable at all, because the former is the screenwriter of February River, while the screenwriter of "Kangxi Dynasty" is not February River, so if you compare it from a serious point of view, the latter "Kangxi Dynasty" has more loopholes.
If you compare Jiao Huang and Chen Daoming who plays Kangxi more suitable for the character, that is, the benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise, because no one has ever seen Kangxi, then they can only rely on their own historical view or from the perspective of acting, from the perspective of "who is more like Kangxi" played by the two.
However, I prefer "Yongzheng Dynasty", first of all, I like Yongzheng played by Teacher Tang Guoqiang, the play plays Yongzheng's ambition to work hard to govern and eliminate maladministration, and the brothers are embarrassed after turning against each other, worried that their sons will kill each other for the throne, so even if it is a heart-rending heartache, they will execute their own sons.
Yongzheng played by Tang Guoqiang is very "like", even the emperor can not cover the sky with one hand, he has a feeling of powerlessness and loneliness and helplessness in the face of the mess left by the previous dynasty and many ills, Yongzheng in the play insists on not leaving a grain of rice when eating, and he is in tears when he kills his own son, and he is often in loneliness and desolation.
The style of "Kangxi Dynasty" is different, I feel that this drama is "Kangxi Personal Show", all kinds of hanging and fighting monster upgrades are omnipotent, like divine help, which is not in line with the original spirit of February River's novel.
Because the word "Sunset" in the "Sunset Trilogy" has a profound meaning, it is to expose the fate of Kang Yongqian's prosperity, and it seems that the powerful dynastic prosperity is only the last color in the sunset.
This is February River teacher standing at a higher height, with the vigorous development of the Western industrial revolution, compared with the closed Kang Yongqian three dynasties after the belief, the prosperity of the seemingly prosperous world will not be spared under the torrent of rigid iron of the historical trend, and the fate of the country and the nation is full of inevitable tragedies.
If you look at it from the spirit of the original work, you will feel that "Kangxi Dynasty" is slightly inferior. But as mentioned earlier, most ordinary people rarely like seriousness when watching historical dramas, and more like to have a natural liking for entertainment, because people who are willing to learn history through watching TV dramas are a minority.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > Jiang Wen became the "turning point" of the two classic plays</h1>
In my eyes, Teacher Jiang Wen is a geek, a person with a maverick personality and "whimsical" thinking ability, he is not an ordinary person, because I can't understand his movies, and once I can't understand them, I feel mysterious.
For example, who can tell me what the core of "The Devil is Coming" and "The Sun Also Rises", I watched it again and was confused and didn't understand it, and I didn't feel that there was any ornamentation, as for "Let the Bullets Fly" that was praised in the sky, I also watched it, and I still couldn't understand it.
Of course, I don't understand it does not mean that netizens can't understand it, because the Douban score of these movies is above 8 points, which is the standard of classic movies, and once it exceeds 9 points, it is the ceiling of the same genre.
Back to the theme, why is Jiang Wen said to be the "turning point" of the two dynastic dramas?
Because Jiang Wen and these two "braid dramas" have a direct or indirect relationship, the first one has achieved Tang Guoqiang's version of the "Yongzheng Dynasty" in disguise because of him, and the second part has achieved Chen Daoming's version of the "Kangxi Dynasty" because of his refusal to perform.
In 1999, when selecting the main actors of "Yongzheng Dynasty" directed by Ms. Hu Mei, the first consideration was that Zhang Fengyi played the Yongzheng Emperor, and Tang Guoqiang played the eight masters in the play, which was later played by Wang Yichun, which became a permanent classic.
Also this year, Chen Kaige was directing the movie "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King" starring Jiang Wen and Gong Li.
At that time, Jiang Wen had become a wrist, and he directed "Sunny Day" in 1993 and "The Devil Is Coming" in 1998, which was already recognized as a big name in the industry.
Therefore, during the filming, Jiang Wen put forward his own views on the line design in "Jing Ke Thorn Qin King", but don't forget that the director Chen Kaige was also a cattle man, so people continued to follow their own shooting ideas, and did not listen to Jiang Wen at all.
At that time, the 36-year-old Jiang Wen was the age of hormones and men's bloody taste, and he felt that his opinion was not respected by the director, so this stunned Qingqing patted his ass and left - directly strike!
Although Jiang Wen was the basic guarantee of the box office at that time, director Chen Da was also really anxious, "No matter how big your wrist is, you have to listen to the director!" So Chen Dao called his good friend Zhang Fengyi and asked him to come to the shooting site to save the scene.
In fact, Zhang Fengyi was going to report to the "Yongzheng Dynasty" crew the next day, and after signing the contract, he could continue to play Yongzheng, and when Chen Kaige invited him to star in the male protagonist of "JingKe's Thorn Qin King", he "married a daughter to a second husband".
At that time, Zhang Fengyi's idea was very "selfish", thinking that the filming time was short, the payment was small, and the income was high, the main reason was that director Hu Mei was lonely and unknown at that time, and Chen Kaige's fame was much greater than that of director Hu Mei, so Zhang Fengyi believed that following Director Chen Kaige had more box office guarantees.
At 7 o'clock in the morning the next day, when director Hu Mei was waiting for Zhang Fengyi to report to the crew, he received a call from Zhang Fengyi who refused to participate in Yongzheng, so director Hu Mei had to let Tang Guoqiang play Yongzheng, and Tang Guoqiang quickly found a friend Wang Yichun to play the eighth master Yinyu for him.
Fortunately, it was Jiang Wen's refusal to play Jing Ke that caused Zhang Fengyi's refusal to play Yongzheng, and finally turned around and left the opportunity to Tang Guoqiang, otherwise the "Yongzheng Dynasty" we saw was Zhang Fengyi's version.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > In order to prevent Jiao Huang from playing Kangxi, producer Liu Dayin did not hesitate to work with investors against Bo Gongtang, and finally It was Jiang Wen's refusal to perform, which made Chen Daoming's version of "Kangxi Dynasty"</h1>
In 2000, the second year of the "Yongzheng Dynasty" fire, the famous producer Mr. Liu Dayin felt with keen insight that the Qing Dynasty imperial drama must be on fire, so he quickly bought the adaptation rights of the novel "Kangxi Emperor".
Also in 2000, Liu Dayin successfully found an investor to shoot a TV series, but the investor signed a contract with Liu Dayin in advance, which stated that the investor had the right to decide who would finally be the lead actor, so the investor also paid a cooperation deposit of 2 million yuan to Liu Dayin.
After the two sides signed the contract, the investor initially decided that Jiao Huang would play the Kangxi Emperor, because Jiao Huang's role in "Yongzheng Dynasty" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many viewers directly issued an exclamation of "he is not playing Kangxi, he is Kangxi", so Jiao Huang playing Kangxi must have a rating guarantee.
However, Liu Dayin was firmly opposed to Jiao Huang playing Kangxi, he believed that Jiao Huang, who was already 74 years old at the time, was difficult to be qualified for the Kangxi of his youth, and the audience would play the play, and the "Yongzheng Dynasty" had already played Kangxi's later years, so the highlight of "Kangxi Dynasty" was Kangxi's youth and middle age.
I have to say that the two sides have their own opinions, and what they say also has some truth.
At this time, the investor took out the contract, claiming that Liu Dayin did not have the right to decide who was the lead actor, but Liu Dayin argued that he would not listen, and finally the investor sued Liu Dayin in court.
Because there was a contract first, Liu Dayin lost the lawsuit, not only returned the 2 million yuan deposit, but also compensated the investor with 5 million yuan in loss fees. In fact, at this time, the investor and Jiao Huang had discussed the script many times.
However, the producer would rather lose money, but also felt that it was inappropriate for Jiao Huang to play Kangxi, and eventually the two sides broke up unhappily.
Shortly thereafter, Liu Dayin decided to let Jiang Wen play the Kangxi Emperor of the new drama, but Jiang Wen directly refused after receiving the invitation, and the main reasons for refusal were three:
First, there was the pearl jade of "Yongzheng Dynasty" before, and its great success was a huge pressure on later TV dramas with the same theme, and it was too risky to shoot Qing Dynasty imperial dramas in such a short period of time.
Second, he doesn't like to make TV dramas.
Third, he doesn't like costume dramas.
In fact, the main reason for these three reasons is the first one, Jiang Wen is mainly worried about the street after participating in the performance, that will make the "feathers" on his body dim.
Finally, Liu Dayin found Chen Daoming again, and only then did he have the Chen Daoming version of "Kangxi Dynasty" that he saw today. If it is Jiao Huang's teacher starring, or Jiang Wen's version, then what we see is not today's version.