Actor: Thank you.

The last highlight of Chinese sitcom should be "Wulin Waijia".

Although the popularity and revenue of "Love Apartment" were also very encouraging.

But whether in terms of performance, script or concept, "Love Apartment" is far inferior to "Wulin Waijia".

What's more, there are definite traces of "imitation" in "Love Apartment".

However, even as strong as "Wulin Waijia", it can only rank second at most in the history of Chinese sitcoms.

The first one must be the legendary work by many great artists, "I Love My Family".

Wang Shuo is still very capable, and as a screenwriter he has produced many god-level works.

After "I Love My Family" and "Wulin Waijia" took the first and second places.

When it comes to national popularity, the third place must be the childhood memories of countless people.

"Home with Kids"!
In terms of the highest ratings on satellite TV, it is definitely not as good as "I Love My Family".

It can't even compare to "The Story of the Kitchen Team" and "Wulin Waijia".

After all, the tone and age range of this film are relatively lower, and its appeal to older audiences is slightly weaker.

But just like the ending song of this movie... "Your childhood and my childhood, seem to be the same."

This movie is so popular among young audiences, especially teenagers!
If you control the children, you control the future.

If you have seen a Ferrari poster at the age of six, that red prancing horse will become your dream car for life.

When you were ten years old and saw the still photo of Shu-zhen Qiu in a red dress holding a card, that Hong Kong beauty would become your lifelong dream lover.

The same goes for TV dramas.

The TV series that are talked about with relish in later generations, apart from those extremely well-produced blockbusters, are the memories of the same year such as "Home with Kids", "Magic Phone", and "Balala the Fairies".

But when talking about this TV series, Song Xinxin did not show any expression of great pride, but her face was full of bitterness like "white cloud".

"Oh, Xiao Zhang, you don't know!"

“This movie is about me!”

"Except for working with him, it has never been so difficult." As Song Xunxun said this, he also CUE Zhao Benshan who had an innocent look on his face.

"Why do you always blame me!" Uncle Benshan spread his hands.

"In other crews, it's enough if I can act well."

"This 'Home with Kids' is different, there are three kids!"

Although she had a bitter face, Teacher Song Xinxin's bitter expression at this time was similar to that of a parent, mostly helpless, but also accompanied by a bit of pampering.

"Xiao Zi is a serious kid, but he doesn't have much talent."

"Slow to get into the role."

"But at least they are serious and need to teach well."

Zhang Yuan thought, when it comes to talent, it depends on how you say it and who you compare it with.

Yang Zi was considered to be relatively "miserable".

She started out as a child star, and the second film she participated in was "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", in which she played the role of Xiao Wanru.

At that time, the crew, director, and actors all said that this child had average talent.

Because she is not the only child star in the crew.

Another one is Shuchang.

Any child star who compares with Chang Chang will be doomed.

You have to throw it away when comparing things!
Shu Chang was precocious, smart, and a few years older than Yang Zi.

After being put in the same group, the contrast becomes even more obvious.

Then came her third work, "Home with Kids".

I met Zhang Yishan again, whose talent came particularly early.

"Yishan is the exact opposite of Xiaozi." Song Xunxun said, "There's no one as naughty as him."

"When we were filming the first movie, I told his mother a week into the production."

"Why don't you take your child to see if he has ADHD?"

"He may be a bit naughty, but he's smart. He understands everything once you tell him something, and he often has unexpected reactions and shining points."

"Haoran is a kid who never calms down and always makes trouble."

"He always likes to steal props, hide scripts, and hide clothes."

When talking about these three children, Song Xinxin knows them all by heart.

In fact, among these three, the one who became famous first was You Haoran, who did not make much waves in later generations.

When she was three and a half years old, she filmed the nationally famous "Washing Mom's Feet" public service advertisement.

When he was six or seven years old, he participated in the filming of "The Mansion Gate", playing the role of the director himself.

He is the adopted son of Bai Qiye, the old master of the Bai family. Director Guo Baochang himself was lucky enough to enter Tongrentang, the prototype of Baicao Hall, after being sold twice by his mother and third aunt.

In addition to these three, there is Song Xunxuan herself, and Teacher Lao Ai...that is, Gao Yalin.

The vivid performance of Zhao Ji by him and teacher Ning Jing is still vivid in Zhang Yuan’s mind.

The original setting of this film is that Xia Donghai returns from abroad with his son, and lives with his daughter who grew up in China, his remarried partner Liu Mei, and his son Liu Xing who she brought with her into the marriage.

This means that the three children grow up in completely different environments, with the conflicts and integrations between them being the main theme.

When Song Xinxin received the script, she didn't want to act at first.

Because while she was shining on the Spring Festival Gala stage, her main job, working in film and television, encountered a bottleneck.

Simply put, the image of Bai Yun in the sketch was very successful, but because it was too successful, it formed a stereotype and had a negative impact on her acting career.

Several TV series in a row have been lukewarm.

When this film found her, it was a comedy.

It was another comedy, and she was not happy when she saw it.

My work has already been affected by my comedy image, and now I have another one...

The second reason was one that she did not mention in person.

The pay is too low!
1000 yuan per episode. The first season had 100 episodes and it took half a year to shoot, but it only made 10 yuan.

For ordinary people, 10 yuan is a lot.

But for actors, there are really very few.

After repeatedly refusing, she was finally brought in because director Lin Cong was familiar with her.

The male lead Gao Yalin was proactive.

I agreed shortly after I got the script.

The pay is even lower than Song Xinxin's, but this guy doesn't care.

Because he has "suffered losses"!
"The Story of the Kitchen Team", he was originally among the main characters.

Shortly before filming began, director Shang Jinglin disliked his fatness.

It is said that no soldier has such a body shape.

And because they were very familiar with him, they just "kicked him away".

As a result, the film became a big hit!

Gao Yalin regretted it so much that he asked Shang Jing for several meals.

This time he saw a sitcom again, and he was the lead actor, so he had to catch it no matter what.

Just as he expected, the film became a hit as soon as it was broadcast!
Summer snow, summer rain, summer hail.

As a result, Xia Donghai and Liu Mei have become representative images of the Chinese family.

When filming the first part, Director Lin Cong stayed up late all day with screenwriter coordinator Li Jianhong and the main screenwriters, the two sisters of the Zang family.

I begged people around me to provide material so that I could have 100 episodes of stories.

As a result, after the first part was broadcast on Didu TV, it received a 5% audience rating, and the second round on Guangxi TV had a peak audience rating of 15%.

The copyrights of the island country, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries have all been sold, although the prices are not high.

But it is enough to prove the popularity of the film.

When it came to the preparation stage for the second part, this group of people no longer had to worry about the script.

Dozens of screenwriters and countless viewers sent letters and emails, providing a vast amount of material. The material was as much as the dandruff on the head of a college student who had been in an Internet cafe for a month and hadn't returned to school...

The first part was broadcast on the Imperial Capital TV station.

The second part was broadcast directly on CCTV14, which is the CCTV Children's Channel.

Just by looking at the platform where it was first broadcast, you can tell that this movie has reached a new level.

The second part was also very popular, and the two-wheeled, three-wheeled and four-wheeled ones were all sold out.

Since it’s so popular, please hurry up and make a third part!

There was only one year between the first and second parts, which basically fits the shooting schedule. After all, 100 episodes is already very rushed.

But there was a gap of more than two years between the second and third parts.

There are still 100 episodes of content, the film is more popular, there is more material, and a lot of TV stations are waiting.

Why did it become a difficult birth?
The problem goes back to the reason why Song Xinxin wanted to refuse in the first place.

money!
The first and second parts were a hit.

However, the treatment of the entire crew, from actors, directors to screenwriters, has hardly improved.

Compared with foreign sitcoms.

Take the most famous show, "Friends," for example.

In the first season, the actors who played the most famous characters, Ross and Rachel, received the highest salary, at $22,500 per episode.

The rest of the people get paid between several thousand and tens of thousands of dollars per episode.

After the movie became popular, the pay increase for the second season was not obvious.

So the two people with the highest pay took the lead in initiating negotiations and demanded a pay raise.

And six people have to receive equal pay!
The six of us are all lead actors, and we must have the same salary, otherwise we will go on strike.

This is very common if you are the one with the lowest pay.

But it is not easy for the two people with the highest pay to take the lead.

This also became a famous salary increase incident in the history of TV dramas in the Lighthouse Country, which started with the actors versus the investors, and in the end the weaker party won a great victory.

By the tenth season, each of the six actors was making $100 million per episode.

The tenth season was broadcast in 03.

One million US dollars per episode, look at the income, how can it not attract actors from all over the world to flock to it, and prefer to humble themselves and fight for it?
Who wouldn’t be jealous?

But the same thing was different when it came to the crew of "Home with Kids".

Producer Li Hong also took the lead and demanded a salary increase.

The result is……

Steamed buns, you don’t have a handle?
They symbolically and generously added a few hundred bucks to each episode, and the same went for the actors, screenwriters, producers, and directors.

The producers behind the scenes felt that they were magnanimous, but the people who did the work felt that they were insulted!

It would be fine if you didn't add this, but with this little bit, are you treating like a beggar?

We all know how much money the film makes.

You guys don't treat people as human beings!

This is not over yet.

As the film becomes popular, more investors will want to get in on the action.

When investors enter the market, there will be people with connections.

This is also the reason why Teacher Song Xinxin received the call just now.

The person who called was not her stepdaughter… not the stepdaughter in real life, but the stepdaughter in the film, Yang Zi.

The relationship has something to do with the protagonist!

"Xiao Zi called me and told me."

"The crew informed her that she didn't need to go."

"Tell her to study hard and don't fall behind in her lessons." When Song Xunxun repeated these words, her face was full of resentment.

He was kicked by someone, but he still asked them to study hard... He is really a hypocrite. Not only did he stab someone, but he also taught the class while stabbing him.

It's a bit disgusting indeed.

But Zhang Yuan felt that the person in the crew who notified Yang Zi probably didn't do it on purpose to disgust her.

He simply didn't take this little girl seriously.

"I asked the film's director and he felt aggrieved too."

“They said it was requested by the investors.”

"I have to let my own daughter play Xiaoxue."

"The producers have already made an agreement with the investors, there is nothing she can do."

Zhang Yuan nodded after listening to it. It was exactly what he thought.

This is the famous "Home with Kids" cast replacement incident.

Generally speaking, TV series are most afraid of changing cast members, especially replacing the leading actor, which is the biggest taboo among taboos!

I would rather let the character die or disappear than replace him easily.

It would be a pity to lose the audience.

There is a 99% chance that you will be scolded if you change people!
But even so, the mastermind behind this film still replaced the little girl without hesitation.

Zhang Yuan knew that it was not just that the other party "gave too much".

If you have a clear mind, you won't change people even if you are offered more.

"What's going on?" Song Xunxun's face was full of worry.

We have already filmed 200 episodes, and we say that we don’t want to act with children because it’s too tiring.

But there is emotion after all.

But I can't make the decision on this matter.

Song Xunxun is a straightforward person who always seems to take advantage of his seniority and is not careful with his words.

But the heart is not bad.

"I can't do anything about it. I can't give an explanation to the child. I can't help."

"Actors are actually very passive." When Song Xinxin said this, he glanced at Uncle Benshan again.

Zhao Benshan also smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Even he was still very passive when facing the Spring Festival Gala review team.

What is the rumor outside that Benshan's sketches are exempt from inspection?

That's all bullshit.

It does not mean that you are exempt from inspection, but you can skip the two rounds of preliminary examinations. You still cannot escape the subsequent rounds of re-examinations.

Seeing that both of them looked unhappy, Zhang Yuan perked up.

It's good to worry.

It’s even better when you encounter trouble!

Once you guys cause trouble, my chance will come!
Originally, he had no say in the already famous series like "Home with Kids".

Now is your chance!
"Sister Dandan, I have actually been investing in film and television as well."

“I love watching Home With Kids.”

"It's a pity that they changed the actress who plays Xiaoxue."

"At the end of the day, it's all about money."

"How about this, I'll pay for it as an investment."

"I will make up for whatever is lacking."

"Wouldn't it be nice to bring back the roles that were squeezed out by the investors?"

After telling her plan, Song Xun was slightly stunned, and then her face showed hesitation... (End of this chapter)