China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 488: Fight when it’s time to fight

Hu Ge’s current embarrassment lies in his lack of achievements.

The achievements here are different from those of the young actors and actresses.

As long as the TV series starring the young actors and actresses are popular and have good ratings, their fans will praise them to the sky.

Hugo’s goal doesn’t stop there.

He doesn't want to be an idol with only popularity, he wants to be a real talent.

His fans recognize his strength.

His fans praised his acting skills to the sky and gave him the title of artist.

However, whenever haters or people who don't like him ask his fans what outstanding achievements he has made as an artist, the scene becomes very awkward.

Forget about the Best Actor award, he hasn't even won the Best Actor award. He really doesn't have many "achievements" to brag about.

In the original time and space, he won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor for his role as Mei Changsu in "Nirvana in Fire".

Unfortunately, he met Huang Xiaoming in Li Yu's magical version of "Nirvana in Fire".

In a drama with two male protagonists, his performance was completely crushed by Huang Xiaoming.

Huang Xiaoming successfully won the Best Actor award, he only got a nomination.

This is Hugo’s current situation.

If he can really win the Best Actor award, it will definitely help his career as a talented actor.

"Director Li, are you serious? Do I have a chance to win Best Actor with "The Spy in the City"?"

There was longing and enthusiasm in Hugo's eyes.

He was so excited about the Best Actor award that he dreamed of taking home a Best Actor trophy.

"Of course, this TV King is not just any TV King, he is the Flying TV King.

You've been in the industry for so many years, you've become a veteran, you should know that serious dramas are all aiming for the Feitian Award, right?"

Li Yu added.

The three most prestigious awards in China's television field are Feitian, Magnolia and Golden Eagle.

The Magnolia Award, also known as the Magic City TV Festival Magnolia Award, is hosted by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

The Golden Eagle Awards are co-sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Television Artists Association.

Both awards have certain regional or interest biases.

For example, the Golden Eagle Awards are mostly presented in Xingcheng, Xiangnan.

Artists who have a good relationship with Xiangnan TV have a greater chance of winning awards at the Golden Eagle Awards ceremony.

Li Yu relied on his relationship with Xiangnantai to help Shi Shi become the first Golden Eagle Goddess.

The same goes for the Magnolia Awards. Artists in the Shanghai circle have a higher chance of winning the award.

The Feitian Award is different. It is a formal "government award" sponsored by the General Administration of Press, Publication, Optoelectronics and Technology.

The Feitian Award certificate has the national emblem printed on it, which is a privilege not available for the Golden Eagle Award or the Magnolia Award.

From this we can see that the Feitian Award is much more authoritative than the other two and is relatively fair.

The dramas that win awards at the Feitian Awards Ceremony are basically good dramas with good reputations, and the actors who win awards are basically talented actors.

For those who act in TV dramas and pursue art, who among them does not yearn for the Feitian Award?

"Who will be the director of this work? Director Li, will you direct it yourself?"

Hugo's tone became excited.

"If I have time, maybe."

Li Yu did not say that he would not direct this work.

Li Yu personally believes that the work "The Pretender" has great potential.

The original version is good enough on its own, but there is still room for improvement.

The original version is known as a combination of idol and drama.

In fact, we cannot use the word "idol" to disparage people. Many people are obsessed with appearance. Who doesn't like good-looking things?

There are two TV series currently on the air. The quality of the two TV series is similar, and the acting skills of the actors are not very different. The male and female protagonists of one TV series are a handsome man and a beautiful woman, while the male and female protagonists of the other TV series are of average appearance.

You don't even need to guess to know that the audience will choose the one with the handsome man and beautiful woman without a second thought.

Being handsome does not mean being bad. Many male actors in ancient costume dramas were ugly, but that did not prevent their acting skills from being poor.

The original version of "The Disguiser"'s attempt to combine idols and drama proved that this approach is feasible.

The results are the best proof. On the 6th day of broadcast, the ratings exceeded 2. On the 11th day of broadcast, the figure rose to 2.91, and the market share accounted for nearly 9%.

In an era when television stations are on the decline, such an achievement is already very good and can definitely be called the hottest drama of the year.

In addition to its success on television, the drama also performed well on the Internet.

Five days after its launch, its daily viewership easily exceeded 5 million, making it the first spy war TV series to have over million daily viewership on the Internet.

There are many advantages, but there are definitely some flaws.

For example, the female spies in the drama all look like they were cast in the same mold in terms of appearance, dress, and speech emphasis, for fear that others would not be able to tell that they are spies.

Also, the protagonist can complete various agent training in half a year.

Close combat, shooting, and all the skills necessary for agents are all full marks.

In short, this awesome setting gives people a feeling that the protagonist is very professional.

As a result, after the protagonist went on a mission, the serious party was dumbfounded, because they saw the protagonist, an all-round and very professional agent, having a gunfight with people on the street, and they were afraid that their identity as an agent would be exposed.

If it weren't for the halo of the protagonist, he would have been exposed ten times and died ten times earlier.

So much so that a small number of very demanding people commented that this is a high-quality and more upscale version of the anti-Japanese drama.

Overly stultifying the opponent and then deifying one's own team will indeed embarrass some demanding audiences.

Although it is called a spy war drama, the level of the spy war in the original version is not that high.

Overall, it is a good drama with more flaws than merits, but it is still a long way from being a masterpiece.

If this drama can be refined and polished, it has the potential to become a masterpiece.

Therefore, Li Yu was somewhat interested in this drama.

If he has time, he might consider filming the drama himself.

"If I'm not free at that time, I'll have to let Director Cao shoot it."

Li Yu then added another sentence.

He usually doesn't lie. He wouldn't trick Hu Ge into saying that he would shoot the drama himself and then make a temporary replacement when the time comes.

Hu Ge hesitated for a moment and replied: "Okay, then I will continue to act in Joy of Life."

If he could choose, Hu Ge would certainly choose Li Yu to be the director of that drama.

Unfortunately, he couldn't make a choice, and he had no right to require Li Yu to be the director.

Unless he is a wealthy man with hundreds of millions of dollars, and has so much money that he can beat Li Yu to his knees, then if one hundred million is not enough, then two hundred million will be enough, until Li Yu is convinced.

Sometimes he really envies Da Tiantian.

But he knew very well in his heart that there were so many celebrities in the circle who envied Da Tiantian that the list could not even fit on two A4 papers.

But there is only one beautiful and rich girl like Da Tiantian.

“I’ll arrange it for you for “The Spy in the Magic City”, you might be very busy at work.

After finishing filming "Joy of Life 2", I had not had much rest for many days before joining the crew of "The Spy in Beijing".

After finishing "The Spy in the City", "Joy of Life 3" may be coming again."

Li Yu reminded.

"It's okay, I can handle it."

Hugo's gaze was unusually firm.

If there is a chance to fight for the title of Flying Emperor, I would be willing to let him work 365 days a year.

Besides, he has rested for several years, and it's time to fight hard.

(End of this chapter)