Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 644 Bottom Line
"Dividing characters into camps allows the audience to easily know whether a character is positive or negative.

If it is positive, for example, Hou Liangping, he took Zhao Dehan away in the first two episodes, and the audience would feel happy while appreciating the acting skills of the two teachers; in the middle of the plot, Hou Liangping was isolated for investigation, and the audience would also feel nervous.

The same situation applies to the characters in "The Ming Dynasty 1566", for example, the Qingliu group, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng and others. You say they are positive characters, but when there was a food shortage in the south, what did they do?

In order to strike a blow against Yan's party, they decided to widen the food gap and let more people starve to death. When the matter became serious, they could reduce Yan Song's grace.

Could this kind of behavior be done by a positive character?
In addition, there is Shen Yishi, who tried every means to make money, dug ditches and destroyed farmland, but then gave away his own grain, which was eaten up by officials. Can you say that he is a villain in the true sense of the word?

Of course not.

Although the division into camps is a bit lazy in terms of character creation, it does tend to lower the threshold for watching. "

Zhou Mo briefly analyzed the differences between the two TV series, but only briefly. His ultimate goal was to talk about the "camp" issue.

Xiao Sa immediately understood what Zhou Mo meant.

"Director Zhou, you mean that the creators of the "Name" crew directly put Qi Tongwei in the villain camp when they were creating the characters."

"Of course, isn't this an obvious thing? As for the plot about Qi Tongwei, the TV series has almost made it clear from the beginning that Chen Hai's car accident was caused by Qi Tongwei.

So, there is no doubt that he is a serious villain, and this is recognized by me, Director Li, and the actor who plays Qi Tongwei, Teacher Xu Yajun."

Xiao Sa pretended to be surprised and said after a few seconds.

"I've also heard some news about your creation. To be honest, I thought you would position Qi Tongwei between black and white, similar to the gray area."

“If we have to pick a grey area character, it must be Li Dakang.

In fact, many of his actions were flawed, just like what Sun Liancheng said. Ding Yizhen had done so many illegal things. As Ding Yizhen's immediate superior, how could he not know anything about it?

For example, his wife Ouyang accepted bribes privately. As a husband, didn’t he feel anything at all?

The answer to these questions is of course no.

However, one thing about Li Dakang is that he has never personally come into contact with these things from beginning to end, and he has never actually done any practical work, so he is considered a person in the gray area.

As for Qi Tongwei, his position was completely determined when he started cooperating with Shanshui Group, sheltering criminals, and hiring killers. No matter what happened in his past, it could not cover up the fact that he had completely walked into darkness.

Of course, we must admit that this kind of contrast of Qi Tongwei will indeed make countless viewers feel heartbroken and uncomfortable.

This also proves from the side that we are really good at shaping characters.”

Xiao Sa nodded, changed the topic slightly, and threw it back to Li Lu.

"Director Li, I saw a discussion about Qi Tongwei online, saying that everything he did later was due to being forced back then. If it weren't for that, he might have taken another path and had a better future."

When Li Lu heard this, she smiled helplessly.

He looked at Xiao Sa and said something that surprised the latter.

"Teacher Sa, if I tell you that Qi Tongwei's popularity is beyond my initial guess, can you believe it?"

"Oh?"

The camera was turned to Xiao Sa, with a look of great interest on his face.

Li Lu continued, "When we first started portraying Qi Tongwei, apart from positioning him in the category of a negative character as Director Zhou said, we gave him all the other qualities he needed." "What does 'all enough' mean...?" Xiao Sa was puzzled.

"Even at Qi Tongwei's age, it is rare to reach his level, considering his own setting, background, etc.

If careful viewers can find out, Qi Tongwei in the play is not even 50 years old, which is even considered a middle-aged man in his age group.

Simply saying this may make some viewers feel that it is groundless, but combined with the programs that you, Mr. Sa, did some time ago, the examples you gave are real evidence.

Regarding Qi Tongwei, many viewers should have noticed that we actually made many deliberate comparisons in distance.

The most obvious ones are Hou Liangping, Li Dakang and Qi Tongwei.

Their life experiences actually have similarities.

Take the matter of seemingly completing the mission for example. Hou Liangping actually encountered a life-and-death crisis in the play, such as the time he went to Shanshui Group.

As for being suppressed despite having made contributions, Li Dakang has even more to say. He did not agree with Zhao Ruilong's plan back then, and was directly sent to Lincheng. His situation was not much better than Qi Tongwei's.

But the later situations of the two were completely different from Qi Tongwei's.

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This is also the reason why Qi Tongwei is classified as a villain.

I am not saying this to imply that the characters in the play must be perfect, just like Li Dakang is not like that.

We all know that reality is not a textbook. It won’t work like a textbook where you just follow the principles.

In addition, the drama has described time points in the past, and many developments and policies are timely.

But having a bottom line and insisting on this requirement is a constant truth for the characters in the play.

For example, the prosecutor played by Mr. Li Jianyi, Sun Liancheng, etc...."

Xiao Sa suddenly realized.

"That is to say, the two directors actually value one thing very much, that is the bottom line. The difference between Qi Tongwei and Li Dakang and Hou Liangping is that they have lost their bottom line."

The bottom line is actually the core of today’s interview.

This is what Zhou Mo and the others wanted to say after going through so much trouble.

In fact, to be honest, the character of Qi Tongwei is not only favored by the audience, but also by the main creators of the crew and Xiao Sa.

This was the information we had exchanged with each other when we were chatting off the stage.

But having a crush is one thing.

Whether to recognize it or not is another matter.

Take a question about Qi Tongwei on the Internet:
If you were an ordinary citizen, would you like someone like Qi Tongwei to be in charge of you?

The answer to this question can already reflect the true thoughts of many people.

(End of this chapter)