Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 850: For the throne, I can agree to anything

Lao Mouzi and Zhou Mo discussed the plan to audition Wang Lei and then left.

The main purpose of this test is to determine whether Wang Lei is suitable for the role of Sun Ce.

As for being a "drama tyrant", it is not a particularly big problem for him.

As a director, who hasn’t seen a few troublemakers?

When Zhang Yimou worked with Jiang Wen, Jiang Wen almost made him get so angry that he developed high blood pressure.

Later, Zhang Yimou won the Golden Bear Award for media, and Jiang Wen remembered him for a long time.

Now Wang Lei is just a young man. No matter how difficult it is, it won’t be that difficult.

noon.

Da Tiantian asked Zhou Mo during the meal: "If Sun Ce chooses Wang Lei, who will you choose, Da Qiao?"

"Teacher Bai...Oh, that is Liu Tao."

"I thought you would choose Da Meiyuan or Yuanquan and the others."

"The requirements for actors in the roles of Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao are not that high. Teacher Bai is well-known enough among the people, her acting skills are also good enough, and her traffic is not much worse than that of Empress Sun, so we just invite her.

If she doesn't want to act, then call Da Meiyuan, Yuan Quan and others."

"If you hadn't played Zhang Jiao before, would you still play Sun Ce if Director Zhang invited you this time?"

"Not playing Zhang Jiao?"

Zhou Mo thought about it and shook his head.

"I don't think so. Whether it's real history or the script of Three Kingdoms: Wu, the outcome of Sun Ce's life is not very good. I don't really want to play the role."

In Gao Xixi's version of "Three Kingdoms", Sun Ce was weakened and turned into a fool. First, he was said to be "Dad can be emperor now", and later he was used to set off the seven-year-old Sun Quan, becoming the real Sun Ben.

In Zhou Mo's impression, Sun Ce was a heroic and ambitious man. His only shortcoming was that he was rather irritable (his attitude towards Jiangdong was to kill) and a bit reckless (he went hunting alone and ran into Xu Gong), so he was eventually killed by an assassin.

Therefore, when he was writing the script of "Three Kingdoms·Wu", he not only described Sun Ce's ambition and military ability, but also highlighted his toughness.

Because of their strong fighting power, they are fearless;

Because he is fearless, he leads by example.

In the end, he single-handedly killed the immortal Yu Ji at the cost of his life.

Let’s finish talking about "The Three Kingdoms".

Zhou Mo also asked Da Tiantian about her experience on the set of "The Glory of the Tang Dynasty".

Da Tiantian said casually:
"Director Zhang is really good. He even asked me to express his gratitude to you on his behalf, saying that without the equipment from Shanhe Company, he wouldn't be able to shoot so many big scenes so smoothly."

"What about the contract?"

"Of course it went smoothly. We gave him whatever he wanted. The only price he paid was the final editing rights. He had no reason to refuse."

After finishing lunch, Da Tiantian suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "Come to think of it, I never knew that Teacher Liang Guanhua actually had a side that people didn't know about."

Zhou Mo was stunned.

"How to say?"

Da Tiantian explained: "I watched a scene that had already been filmed at Director Zhang's place, which was about the Ming Dynasty's god of war Li Jinglong leading his troops to besiege Peking, and Zhu Gaochi led his troops to defend the city and successfully resisted Li Jinglong's offensive.

In that scene, Mr. Liang was very agile and swift, which was totally different from his usual state. I was stunned when I saw it. "

Zhou Mo suddenly realized that this was the unknown thing.

"Have you seen the Flying Tigers and Eagles directed by Teacher Liang? It's the one where the main character is Yan Shuangying. Teacher Liang plays a villain named Duma in this drama. He has several fighting scenes with Yan Shuangying, and in the early stages, the two are evenly matched in terms of fighting ability, and it's hard to tell who will win."

Da Tiantian was surprised. She knew Yan Shuangying, but she didn't know "Flying Tiger".

“Is there a video?”

"Yes, wait a moment."

Zhou Mo found a few videos on the website. After Da Tiantian watched them, the shock in her eyes could not be dispelled for a long time.

In the video, Du Ma, played by Liang, and Yan Shuangying, played by Zhang Zijian, fight in a small room, on the stairs, and on a three-wheeled motorcycle.

“When was this play filmed?”

"About 10 years."

"Teacher Liang was forty years old at that time?"

"I'm in my forties, at least forty-five."

"Teacher Liang, with this body, must weigh 200 pounds?"

"More than that, more than two hundred or several dozen."

Da Tiantian blurted out: "What's going on? Is there a conflict between Mr. Liang and the director of "Flying Tiger Condor"?"

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "You are wrong this time. The role of Duma was specially requested by Teacher Liang. He felt that his original role did not have enough scenes, so he specially requested the role of Duma, a top killer, in order to have more rival scenes with Yan Shuangying."

Actively request?

Rivalry?
"Teacher Liang is really cheating. At this age and with this weight, he still requires more acting skills... Wow, he has really become a flexible fat man."

Before this, in Da Tianting's impression, there was only one fat person in the entertainment industry who could be called agile.

Hong Xinbao.

Hong Xinbao comes from a martial arts background and has practiced martial arts for decades, so it is normal for him to be agile.

Now, there is one more agile fat man.

……

March 7th.

It is the eighth day since the broadcast of "Zhu Lou". There are currently 32 episodes released in the TV series, and the plot has completed four chapters.

The emperor threw several princes into the six ministries and allowed them to expand their power under the pretext of competing for the throne.

This move will help the princes to divide the court and strip the power of an emperor.

Compared with the court officials who stay in the deep palace all year round, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures every day, the young and strong princes are more reliable and more worth looking forward to.

In addition, the emperor also began to implement his own reform policies.

Salt, iron, taxes, commerce, officials and gentry...

The world is big and there are many things that need to be changed.

The emperor was convinced that what he was about to do would do far more good than harm to the country.

At the same time, he also believes that the number of people who don't want him to do this is far greater than those who support him.

Therefore, he divided these tasks into several parts and assigned them to his princes, allowing the princes to implement these policies on their own.

Do you want to overthrow the prince?

Do you want to inherit the throne?
Do you want to gain supreme power?

Then work hard for me!

When Zhou Mo was writing the script of "Zhu Lou", in order to intensify the confrontation in the court, he deliberately portrayed several princes, including the Prince, as extraordinary people.

So when these people started competing for the throne, none of them performed badly.

For example, the third prince mentioned above, the fact that he was able to handle the salt tax in Jiangnan without bloodshed is enough to prove the character's advantage in being good at diplomacy.

This advantage is not only reflected in the solution to the salt tax problem, but also in the court. The third prince has enough supporters and is only a few steps away from the crown prince.

On the other hand, the Fourth Prince was good at martial arts. During the royal hunting session, he killed a tiger by himself, and his reputation for bravery was the best among all the princes.

As for the Prince, he himself has a good reputation. Since he often serves the retired emperor, he is praised by many people for being "filial".

In the feudal era, the word "filial piety" can be said to be one of the most fundamental rules for the operation of the dynasty. The word "filial piety" can make an emperor as ambitious as Emperor Wu of Han wait until his grandmother passed away before he could do what he wanted.

Before this, he tried many times to implement his own policies, but was stopped by his grandmother.

In the feudal era, an "unfilial" person would be condemned by everyone, or at least would have difficulty taking a single step.

The prince's "filial piety" made him famous among many royal relatives, like a white lotus.

Some of the people who had followed the former crown prince and those who were loyal to the retired emperor, stood up one after another to boost the prince's momentum after he became a director of the six ministries.

The prince is a man of both civil and military talents, but he has a very rigid character and is not easy to get along with.

The third prince is good at manipulating others, but he competes with the people for profit.

The fourth prince was knowledgeable in military affairs, but had a bad temper.

Only our prince is like a kindhearted son of the royal family. His moral character is simply the highest limit among all the royal relatives. Your Majesty should reward the prince generously to demonstrate the good moral character of the royal family. At the same time, it is also equivalent to setting an example for other royal relatives to learn from.

In the feudal dynasty era, it was actually quite common for ministers to ask the emperor to reward those royal relatives who performed well.

Especially the Ming Dynasty, which had a particularly large number of royal families.

After the ministers made their reports, the emperor “accepted the advice readily” and immediately rewarded the prince with a large amount of wealth.

For a while, the prince was the most popular and his influence even surpassed that of the crown prince.

But there is a saying that goes, walking fast is not a big deal, the one who walks far is the ultimate winner.

Although the influence of the prince continued to grow, neither the crown prince nor the advisers of the third and fourth princes cared much about it.

"As the saying goes, when oil dries up, the fire will go out. The prince is not your majesty's heir, and he was able to become a director of the six ministries thanks to the legacy of the former crown prince.

Now you are constantly boasting about your own power. Are you telling the whole world that the emperor's offspring is not as good as you, and that the emperor's ability to teach his sons is not as good as you, a fatherless prince?"

The prince's envoy had made the decision for the prince long ago.

that's the truth.

Since around the twentieth episode, the prince's reputation had become the most powerful among the royal relatives. However, after the death of the retired emperor in the thirty-second episode of the TV series, his reputation completely turned into nothing and soon disappeared.

On the eighth day after the death of the retired emperor, an imperial censor immediately reported to the emperor that the prince was too ostentatious and not law-abiding, and that His Majesty should issue an imperial decree to warn him.

After the censor finished speaking, he was immediately reprimanded by the emperor.

But after the court session ended, many court officials immediately came to praise the censor for his courage and character in "daring to speak out and make remonstrances."

Afterwards, the Crown Prince and the ministers from the Prince's Palace went to the Censor's house and presented him with gifts.

However, the censor refused all the gifts and strictly stated that everything he did was for the court and he had absolutely no selfish thoughts.

This incident only took up ten minutes in the plot, but it was an important node.

From then on, the prince had basically completely lost the possibility of ascending the throne.

When Liu Shishi saw this, many questions arose in her mind.

"A few questions."

"explain."

"First, since the former crown prince is dead, the emperor's position is still stable. Why does the prince still dare to participate in the fight for the throne?"

Zhou Mo glanced at Liu Shishi beside him.

"Did you miss the tenth episode?"

Liu Shishi nodded, coughed lightly and explained:

"I was promoting the show during those days, so I didn't have time to catch up. Is there an introduction in the tenth episode?"

Zhou Mo nodded and found the tenth episode.

This episode tells some stories about the current emperor before he ascended the throne.

The retired emperor and the former crown prince fought each other, and both sides suffered heavy losses. The former crown prince died directly. The retired emperor was so angry that he vomited blood and thought he would not live long.

So he planned to pass it on to the current emperor.

However, before passing the throne, he was afraid that the current emperor would immediately turn his knife against his brothers after he came to the throne, so he half-forced and half-inquired the current emperor to make a statement that he would never harm his brothers and would not deal with the prince's orphans.

"You got your position from your eldest brother. Your eldest brother has been very kind to you. You must treat his offspring well."

And the current emperor dares to say anything in order to succeed to the throne.

Not only did he say that he would treat his eldest brother's child as his own son, but he would also give him the same power as his own son.

Not for anything else, just to repay my elder brother for taking care of me back then!
After hearing this, the retired emperor immediately asked the historian to record it and let all the court officials know what the current emperor had said.

After reading this passage, Liu Shishi was a little bit unconvinced.

"Is there really a prince who would say that? Isn't this giving himself a handle that will be recorded in history books? If he fails to achieve his goal in the future, won't he be slapped in the face by history books?"

"For the throne, what's the point of making some empty promises? Anyway, the emperor can take on the responsibility first, and he can go back on his word if he wants. After all, he has already become the emperor." Zhou Mo said nonchalantly, "Besides, the emperor's actions were actually adapted by me based on real historical events."

Liu Shishi: ???

Real historical events?

There are actually people who do this.

"I don't study well, don't lie to me."

"It's true, I'm not lying to you."

Liu Shishi had a vague guess in his mind: "Is it one of those very short-lived and bloody dynasties?"

Zhou Mo shook his head.

"No, it was the Tang Dynasty, Li Tai, the son of Li Shimin, the fat man nicknamed Qingque.

Li Shimin's two sons, Li Chengqian and Li Tai, were competing for the throne. Li Chengqian's mutiny failed and he was discovered by Li Shimin. He lost his status as the crown prince and his qualification to inherit the throne.

Li Shimin intended to make Li Tai the crown prince, so he asked him what he planned to do in the future. Li Tai made a bold move and told his father:
If I become an emperor in the future, I will definitely treat my younger brother Li Zhi well so that he can also become an emperor.

Li Shimin asked Li Tai, if you let Li Zhi be the emperor, what about your children?

The first Liu Shishi felt that she had guessed the truth.

"So Li Tai said that his younger brother Li Zhi and his own children should have the same inheritance rights?"

"You are wrong. Li Tai is much more ruthless than you. He said directly, just kill my child. My brother must be the emperor anyway!"

After hearing this, some movie and TV drama clips suddenly popped up in Liu Shishi's mind.

It dawned on her.

"I know now. Is it Li Shimin played by Professor Ma Yue? He said he wanted to establish the Blue Bird, but the fat actor said he would kill his own son. It turns out he is Li Tai."

"Yes, that actor."

"Then in history, Li Shimin definitely didn't believe this."

Zhou Mo shook his head: "I don't know."

"Hmm??? What do you mean?" Liu Shishi was puzzled.

If these words, which look so fake at first glance, were said by a wise and powerful emperor like Li Shimin, wouldn't it be obvious at a glance that there was something wrong?

Zhou Mo was also very conflicted.

"How should I put it? The Old Book of Tang records that after Li Shimin heard Li Tai's statement, he happily repeated it to his ministers, saying that Li Tai could take good care of his brother and was very suitable to be the crown prince. Later, it was only after Chu Suiliang repeatedly reminded him that he realized something was wrong.

I don’t know whether Li Shimin’s actions really showed that he agreed with Li Tai’s opinion or he disagreed with Li Tai’s opinion and chose to let his ministers force him.

Because Li Shimin made too many messed-up operations in the matter of appointing the crown prince, and Li Shimin really doted on Li Tai, so much so that he gave him even higher treatment and standards than Li Chengqian.

However, it is precisely because of this wave of historical manipulation by Li Shimin and Li Tai that the plot of "Zhulou" can be written in a logical way. Otherwise, many viewers would probably find it unreliable. "

(End of this chapter)