Chapter 236 Upper Beach Finale
Journey to the West has entered a tense shooting stage. The crew often goes out early and comes back late, and Zhang Duo is very busy. As for Qin Lan, she lived in Xixia City for five days and went home. During this period, Ning Daier has been learning acting skills from the teacher invited by Zhang Duo, and she has never met Qin Lan.
At Oriental Satellite TV, Shanghai, with only 25 episodes, played the finale on the 13th. After 12 days of broadcasting, the average rating of Shanghai Beach has reached 32 points, with a maximum of 39 points.
In the past, the highest audience rating in China was "Princess II", with an average national rating of 54 percent. This is the highest-rated TV series in Asia so far, but it has been 99 years. With more and more TV network entertainment programs, people have more and more choices, and the ratings of TV series are gradually decreasing. Like Shanghai, broadcast by Oriental Satellite TV, if it could achieve the highest rating of 40% in 2002, it would be a great achievement.
That night, just after seven o'clock, a night market in Shanghai was still full of people and tourists. Most of them walked in a blink of an eye, as if there were a large number of urban management teams.
Zheng Weiwei and Zheng Ruyi stood still in a dumbfounded way, looking at the messy streets and few vendors left.
"Hey, aunt, what are you running for?" Zheng Ruyi pulled an aunt who closed the stall and said.
"The finale of "Shang Beach" tonight. If you don't leave, you can't catch up with it. Dou Yuanli's descendant is so tone!" The aunt said as she packed up.
"As for it? I..." Zheng Weiwei just wanted to say that we had finished watching it on the stage, but Zheng Ruyi pulled it aside.
"Weiwei, your father has said that we won't publicize this!" Zheng Ruyi said.
Weiwei was a little disapproving, "What's the matter? Didn't many people in the TV station watch it in advance? Xu Wenqiang's death is really miserable! It's so pitiful that I still want to go to France, but no Frenchman assassinated me.
"Stop talking, it's not good to be heard and spread out!" Zheng Ruyi stamped her feet and said.
Shanghai, a city that does not sleep, has much less nightlife activities because of the popularity of Shanghai Beach. Many people hide at home to see the beach after work, which is also the place that contributes the most ratings in the national network.
In Xingshan City, Qin Lan, who returned home, sat on the sofa and told her mother about which places she had been to in Xixia City, while waiting for the broadcast of Shanghai Beach on TV.
In Bincheng, Zhou Yuzhen, Li Qingping and Zhang Xiaowan gathered at Zhang Xiaowan's home again to prepare to watch the finale together for a while.
Because he is still in the summer vacation, Jin Shuisheng's parents are not so strict with him. He can sit in a chair and wait for Shanghai to be broadcast.
In the capital, Dai Anmin stayed at home. Oriental Satellite TV was broadcasting advertisements on TV, but he looked straight ahead, looking a little absent-minded and obviously fell into meditation.
"Multi-talented and close demon! What a pity, what a pity!" Dai Anmin shook his head and sighed.
CCTV, Yang Hualong has been completely defangled like an eggplant beaten by frost. The "Wind and Clouds of Shanghai", which he strongly introduced, just broke ten points yesterday. Unfortunately, it broke down and reached 9.4%, which is a new low rating this year.
Just now, deputy director Yu Zeqing talked to him and asked him to go to Xixia City to talk to Zhang Duo and show his willingness to make up. After all, CCTV bought the premiere rights of Shanghai Beach, which means playing the stage. It doesn't matter if you play in the ring. The important thing is that you lost. Yu Ze reckoned after seeing Zhang Duo's ability and advised Yang Hualong and Zhang Duo to repair it.
"Minister, tonight's "Shanghai Beach Storm"..." Before his secretary finished speaking, Yang Hualong interrupted: "Don't mention it to me. Please book a round-trip flight ticket to Xixia City for me as soon as possible."
"Yes, Minister!"
In Shanghai, in Chu Guoliang's mansion, Chu Guoliang, sitting on the sofa, has completely lost the desire to fight with Zhang Duo. Instead, he watched the "Shanghai Beach" broadcast on TV and kept muttering, "Don't complain about losing!"
On TV, Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li unified the country of the French Concession, but Xu Wenqiang did not care about all this. He was bent on Cheng Cheng, and was also worried that one day he would not tolerate two tigers, causing his brothers to turn against each other. He planned to go to France to find Cheng Cheng, but the Frenchman shot him to death at the door of the nightclub.
When Xu Wenqiang struggled to say, "Ali, do you know where I'm going? I'm going to France!" The music of "Shang Beach" played by the violin sounded, and countless audiences cried for it.
Li Qingping and Zhang Xiaowan burst into tears, and Zhou Zhen just forced herself not to cry.
"Xu Wenqiang's death is so miserable. Brother Aduo is so bad. Why did he let Xu Wenqiang die? I'm going to call and scold him!" As Zhang Duo's earliest fans and Tang Tianhao's niece, Zhang Xiaowan has Zhang Duo's phone number. During the Spring Festival, she can also talk on the phone.
Zhou Wanzhen stopped Zhang Xiaowan, who wanted to call and said, "Xiaowan, don't be childish. Xing Zai has his own reason!"
"But why did he let Xu Wenqiang die! Whoo! Xu Wenqiang is so pitiful!" Zhang Xiaowan cried and said, but Zhou Yan didn't know how to persuade him.
Fortunately, the media answered his questions the next day, and the entertainment headline of Songjiang Morning Post the next day was the death of Xu Wenqiang.
"The death of Xu Wenqiang is the success of Shanghai Beach. It takes a little courage for a screenwriter who can put the first protagonist to death, and a director who dares to shoot like this is by no means an idle person.
Zhang Duo is such a bold screenwriter and such a capable director. It takes a lot of courage to let a little actor who has been running out as the protagonist of a big production, but Zhang Duo dares to do so. Boldly launched newcomers and achieved extraordinary success. Now that the TV series is finished, I believe that no one will doubt Zhang Duo's choice and Dou Yuanli's acting skills. Because we have seen the rise of a new star.
Xu Wenqiang's death should be regarded as one of the most wonderful clips of Shanghai. Dou Yuanli's acting here is superb. What can be compared with this is the church marriage! I think "Shanghai Beach" has surpassed most TV series. Today, when the TV series are broadcast explosively, the dramas that can make it inferior are also rare. From a deep perspective, even those plays that far exceed it in ratings may not be able to have the charm of Shanghai Beach.
When writing, American writer Hemingway followed a set of secrets he discovered, namely the principle of "iceberg". He said that the iceberg moves solemnly and magnificently in the sea, because only one-eighth of it is exposed to the water.
"Shanghai Beach" has been popular all over the country with just 25 episodes, which has caused widespread heated discussion. What is the reason? It can be explained by the "iceberg" principle. When Xu Wenqiang entered the audience's vision, he was already a young man with rich struggle experience. It can even be said that like steel, he had gone through the extraction process and became very sharp.
A top student from Yanjing University who led the student movement, during which his lover was killed and spent three years in prison. He can be described as a popular figure. For these experiences, he never mentioned them to anyone, and he was not happy to be asked by others. He was not allowed to mention them by his friend Fang Yanyun. Only through his memories flashed fragments, and the camera did not describe them in detail. This is exactly Director Zhang's cleverness. Especially after three years in prison, the camera never mentioned it, but everything in Xu Wenqiang's Shanghai was enough to tell the audience what kind of changes he had in prison. Therefore, "Shang Beach" has been half successful at the moment of starting up...
Songjiang Morning Post naturally highly praised Zhang Duo. In addition, major newspapers and magazines across the country have also written articles and comments.
East China Daily published a news on the front page: "Yesterday, the last episode of Shanghai, directed by Zhang Duo, was broadcast on Oriental Satellite TV. According to CCTV Sofrey's survey, the highest rating of Shanghai Beach reached 45.45, with an average rating of 3245, making it the highest-rated program since Oriental Satellite TV opened, and also the highest-rated program in China this year.
Yesterday was the finale. Even Zheng Anhe, who had always been calm, couldn't stay at home. He was stunned in the data monitoring room in the station and waited until the viewing results came out before returning home. When he got home, he was still a little dizzy.
As for Miao Fuping, he cried with joy at the moment of opening the champagne. Shanghai Beach is a good play, but director Zhang Duo is too tricky. The days of handing over the film have been delayed again and again, and I don't know how many criticisms and accusations he has received during this period. Now that the dust has settled and the work has been completed, Miao Fuping can finally gain a foothold in the position of film purchasing director.
Among other things, he alone tried his best to exclude public criticism and insist on buying Shanghai Beach, which is enough for him to leave a strong mark in the history of Oriental Satellite TV.
After learning the final data of Shanghai Beach, the leaders in the station were very excited and held another mobilization meeting. That is to launch an activity to promote Marshal Zhang, the king of Northeast China. In the future, after the broadcast of "The Legend of the Marshal", it can't be said anywhere else. If the audience share in Northeast China does not reach 90%, they will be negligent and will deduct half a year's bonus.
"The task in the station is heavy enough! Now there are more and more entertainment programs than before. In addition to Wanbang Film and Television Company, which company can guarantee that their scenes can pass 20% of the ratings? A woman from the selection propaganda group said.
"This station saw the success of Oriental Satellite TV and hoped to replicate their way! It's okay. We all respect the marshal very much. At that time, the audience share will not be low, and the bonus will not be deducted. But the man in the same group said with a flattering face.