The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 756 Broadcast
"Okay, 'Cliff' is about to start airing. I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. You won't understand even if I tell you."

The wife paused and added: "Besides writing novels, what else can you do?"

Long Yi held his chin with his hand, glared at him when he heard this, and secretly complained, who on earth doesn't understand?

However, he only dared to complain in his heart, and quickly turned his gaze to the TV screen before his wife's eyes swept over him.

However, he did not expect that the first shot of "The Cliff" would overwhelm him with a cold and chilling sense of sadness, which shocked him deeply.

The camera uses a bird's-eye view, slowly moving down from a high altitude, and it is obvious that it was shot with the help of a helicopter.

The snowfield is endless, the snow covers the ground, dyeing everything silvery white, like a fairyland, and the branches of the trees are covered with ice crystals, forming crystal rime and snow.
With the sound of a whistle and rising white smoke, a steam train exuding wild mechanical beauty slowly passed through the woods.

In an instant, Long Yi felt as if he was brought into a dreamy world of ice and snow.

"Amazing!"

As the original author of "The Hidden Corner", no matter how it is analyzed and compared online, he always feels that in the field of spy war dramas, "The Hidden Corner" is an unshakable pinnacle work.

It is said that "Lost" has limited investment, low production standards, rough pictures, simple clothing of characters, traditional camera language, and often needs to rely on narration to explain the protagonist's psychological activities.

But he felt that this kind of rough beauty was more in line with that era.

But he had to admit that "The Cliff" was excellent. Before the plot unfolded, it had already shown a cinematic texture, making him feel as if he was in a cinema watching a commercial blockbuster.

"Wow, it's so beautiful. I wonder where this shot was taken in the Northeast. Lao Li, let's find time to travel to the Northeast in the future."

The wife muttered to herself and quickly dismissed the idea: "No, it's too cold over there, dozens of degrees below zero, I can't stand it, forget it."

Long Yi, whose real name is Li Peng, did not answer, but leaned against the sofa, his entire attention focused on the plot.

On November 1938, 11, on a train to Harbin, the radio reported that there was a growing trend of division within the Kuomintang.

Zhou Yi, played by Lu Yuan, appears in the camera.

In "The Disguiser", Yu Zecheng is low-key and gentle, and he walks cautiously among the enemies.

In "Before Dawn", Liu Xinjie doesn't care about anything and always acts in a cynical, casual and relaxed manner.

Compared with the first two, Zhou Yi played by Lu Yuan is a big change.

He has a reserved and calm temperament, a firm gaze, and an aura of authority that comes from not being angry. At first glance, he looks like a rock.

Zhou Yi wiped his sunglasses and looked at the man from Hong Kong sitting opposite him.

His eyes were as calm as water, and no one could tell that he had any emotional fluctuations.

The bespectacled man across the table sneered at Zhou Yi's spies and the name "Manchukuo".

Zhou Yi showed no emotion on his face. He only used an indifferent look and a slow tone to remind him that intellectuals must be careful with their words and actions.

Long Yi glanced to his side and saw that his wife was staring at him, and he felt sad.

He took out a tissue and joked, "Come on, wipe your saliva."

His wife subconsciously took it in her hand, raised her hand slightly, was stunned for a moment, and then rolled her eyes at him.

"I'm just a little girl in high school who's obsessed with sex."

"Why not? You will always be an eighteen-year-old girl in my heart." Long Yi imitated the words used on the Internet and flirted back.

His wife was stunned, and looked at him suspiciously for a few seconds, finally glancing at his lower body.

"Old Li, you are still eighteen in my heart, but... you only have one mouth left that can still speak."

"you!"

Long Yi cursed in his heart, could they just have a good chat? What does this mean to be a personal attack? At the same time, he felt a little depressed, as this was different from what the netizens said.

His wife ignored him and stared at Lu Yuan on the screen, admiring him sincerely.

"Zhou Yi's look is very good. He is quite different from the handsome one in My Love from the Star. It's not just his looks, but the kind of spy style that knows everything and hides his true colors, as well as an indescribable elegance. I think Zhou Yi may be another classic image in the field of spy war dramas."

Long Yi couldn't stand her nagging anymore and stood up suddenly.

"What?"

"It's too hot to squeeze with you, let's change seats." Long Yi said, striding to another sofa and sitting down.

The wife laughed and said, "Really? I thought you were going to the kitchen."

"What are you doing in the kitchen?"

"I smell something sour. Why don't you go to the kitchen and see if the lid of the vinegar bottle is not closed tightly."

"I don't want to bother with you." Long Yi looked at the TV screen again.

The scene changed and Gu Qiuyan, played by Song Jia, appeared.

She is accepting a new mission, assisting Zhou Yi in his undercover work as his wife.

Zhou Yi is a senior underground party worker who works in the Special Branch of the Harbin Metropolitan Police Department.

Now the organization urgently needs to add a radio station in Harbin, and Gu Qiuyan, who can send telegrams, becomes the best choice.

However, to be on the safe side, according to the information given by her superiors, Gu Qiuyan knew nothing about the mission target except that his name was Zhou Yi and he wore a pair of sunglasses, let alone a photo.

The two met at the train station as instructed.

On the train, the intellectual was captured by two of Zhou Yi's other spy colleagues. During the arrest, Zhou Yi's sunglasses were stepped on and broken.

When the train whistle sounded, Long Yi couldn't help but worry for the two of them.

The only thing used to identify identity is broken. How will the plot unfold next? There are spies everywhere. An unintentional movement or eye contact may expose each other's identity.

For Gu Qiuyan, who is Zhou Yi? What does he look like? She has no idea at all.

Although she is a spy, she is a technical person and has never been on the front line. She has very little experience in underground work. Standing next to old hands like Gao Bin, she is like a husky among a wolf pack.

Zhou Yi was also worried. If anything went wrong with Gu Qiuyan, he, as her "husband", would be implicated.

"Will he be discovered on the spot? Liu Xinjie's undercover identity in Before Dawn was exposed in the first episode."

The wife curled up her legs and pointed at the screen nervously: "And this spy chief Gao Bin, he squinted his eyes and looked at people with his peripheral vision all the time. It's obvious that he is a cunning and treacherous villain."

"Probably not." Long Yi thought for a moment, shook his head and smiled, "If we are really found out, how can we continue the performance? It is possible that Zhou Yi's identity will be suspected."

Things developed just as Long Yi expected.

Zhou Yi's sunglasses were stepped on and broken, so he couldn't wear them anymore and could only hold them in his hand.

After getting off the car, he watched Gu Qiuyan walk towards another colleague wearing sunglasses, and hurriedly called her to stop her, thus avoiding being exposed.

However, Gu Qiuyan's actions were seen by Gao Bin's wife, which naturally aroused Gao Bin's suspicion.

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In about two hours, the first two episodes of "Cliff" are over.

"call!"

Long Yi took off his glasses and rubbed his dry eyes.

The first two episodes of "The Cliff" have a slow narrative rhythm and the content is not complicated. The first episode focuses on the first meeting between Zhou Yi and Gu Qiuyan, and the reaction of the spy group headed by Gao Bin to the two.

The second episode is about the details of Zhou Yi and Gu Qiuyan's daily interactions, starting from when the two are as distant as strangers, and slowly unfolds.

Long Yi scratched his chin. In his opinion, "The Cliff" possessed an important element that destined the TV series' ratings to be bad: slow.

This is a spy drama with an extremely slow pace.

Compared with "Before Dawn" and "Insidious", the conflicts in the first two episodes of "The Cliff" are not strong enough and lack sufficient dramatic tension.

The advantage is that Jiang Wei took great pains with the camera.

For example, in the first episode, Zhou Yi and Gu Qiuyan, who had just met, were talking at home.

The first shot after entering the house is a wide panoramic shot. The picture lasts for about ten seconds, the camera is almost still, and then it slowly zooms in.

In the eyes of many viewers, there is no doubt that the director deliberately slowed down the pace and made up the running time.

But as a screenwriter, he is half an insider and knows very well that this is not the so-called slow pace.

Rather, it is the thankless and in-depth expression of camera language in the field of TV dramas.

A large panoramic view, and a distant view.

The relationship between the character and the environment is shown without reservation, creating a sense of distrust, insecurity and loneliness on Gu Qiuyan's part towards her surroundings.

Then, the camera moves forward very slowly, implying that the relationship between the two people goes from being distant at first to being very slowly getting closer.

There are many similar ones.

In the second episode, Zhou Yi noticed someone in the yard and went out to check.

At this time, the camera's perspective is not centered on Zhou Yi, but is presented from the perspective of the environment.

The lights came on first, and then Zhou Yi walked into the picture. He was the one who entered this environment, and the environment became the dominant one. He was observed by the camera, examined by the environment, and watched by the audience.

This wide panoramic view continued until he walked into the car and slowly lifted the trunk, and the camera gave a close-up of his hands.

The first two episodes had very few camera cuts and a very slow pace.

However, the mysterious and insecure environment, as well as the characters' vigilance and loneliness... are all vividly displayed through the language of the camera.

But because of this, Long Yi became more and more worried.

Because the audience does not understand these things, most of them are impetuous. They crave sensory stimulation and urgently need the plot to advance quickly.

In recent years, the ratings of shoddy and melodramatic dramas have continued to rise, which is more or less related to this.

Therefore, Long Yi felt from the bottom of his heart that Jiang Wei, Lu Yuan and others were very brave.

In the fast-paced TV drama market environment, do the opposite and shoot a slow-paced work.

There is no doubt that "The Cliff" is a good movie, but Long Yi still has some concerns.

Will the audience buy it?
"What's wrong with you?" His wife saw that he was frowning.

Long Yi answered truthfully.

"Huh? The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is." The wife laughed.

"I admit that what you said makes sense, but you are ignoring the most crucial point, the leading actor!"

Long Yi slapped his forehead fiercely: "Yes, if it was someone else starring, the audience might have lost patience long ago, but with Lu Yuan starring, the audience's tolerance will definitely be much higher."

He pondered for a few seconds, took out his cell phone and wanted to read the online reports about the drama.

Many people praised the film, saying that the images were exquisite, Lu Yuan's acting was superb, and Zhou Yi was the most stylish agent.

"I just finished watching the first two episodes of the TV series "Cliff". It's a well-made and good show, but I just want it to be faster. I really want to finish it all in one night."

"The snow scenery in Harbin is so beautiful. I have decided to travel to Harbin with my parents during the winter vacation!!"

"Oh my god, Zhou Yi is so charming. To be honest, I don't have much feeling for Yu Zecheng and Liu Xinjie, but I really like this one."

"Gu Qiuyan is an idiot and a pig teammate!"

Long Yi flipped through the pages silently, and as expected, he saw many doubts, especially about the rhythm.

“Oh my god, what did the first two episodes say?”

"I feel like this spy drama is going to be hard to watch."

Long Yi was not sure whether the Internet water army was deliberately stirring up trouble. After thinking about it, he also posted a blog post.

"There are two common types of spy dramas: one is the action-oriented spy drama with rumbling gunfire and walls and rooftops; the other is the Cold War-style spy drama where our side is tall and mighty while the enemy is insidious and stupid."

"In recent years, in order to attract more viewers and gain ratings, these two modes have become more and more melodramatic. We can't blindly blame the screenwriters. In today's world where melodrama brings ratings and ratings bring advertisements, everyone has no choice but to do this in order to make ends meet."

"I have criticized the cloning and melodrama in the TV industry many times, and have repeatedly expressed my disappointment with domestic spy war dramas in media interviews. But Cliff is different. It took a different path from the beginning. This is a kind of idealistic courage."

"Whether or not Mr. Lu is the lead actor, I sincerely hope that slow-paced dramas like "The Cliff" can be liked and accepted by more audiences. At least it can tell the television industry that innovation is still the hard truth, and making a good drama is not afraid of being buried."

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After Lu Yuan briefly browsed the news about "The Cliff" on the Internet, he turned off the screen of his phone.

There are good and bad things, he doesn't care. The data will be released tomorrow, and it's too early to say anything now.

Besides, there are only two episodes left, so it’s too early to draw any conclusions now.

In fact, when the script of "The Cliff" was still in the outline stage, Jiang Wei sought suggestions from well-known screenwriters in the circle.

Many people feel that this drama is very risky and it will either be a huge success or a huge failure.

But Lu Yuan and Jiang Wei didn't think so.

Jiang Wei firmly believes that this drama will be a success because not all audiences like cliches.

The audiences who like "Insidious" and "Before Dawn" are discerning.

Moreover, Jiang Wei felt that he had a certain responsibility to cultivate the audience's appreciation.

Lu Yuan’s idea is that he has acted in the drama “The Hidden Corner” which has a “cool” plot, and the drama “Before the Dawn” which has a fast-paced and strong conflict.

Asking him to repeat it again is too unchallenging.

It would be better to calm down and make a spy drama that is closer to reality.

If "Insidious" makes people eager to try it out and feel that they can do it, then the purpose of "The Cliff" is to make the audience feel afraid of that era.

As I closed my eyes and rested, the car slowly stopped.

He solemnly adjusted his black suit before opening the car door.

As soon as he landed, he saw Ning Hao rushing towards him in a hurry, with a bad look on his face.

Lu Yuan looked straight ahead and patted him on the shoulder. Something had happened to Mr. Li, the pony galloping.

(End of this chapter)