Han Zhou lit a cigarette in the director's office and looked down at the street from the building.
Bright lights and feasting.
So prosperous.
The guy who was previously responsible for delivering ratings and always banged his head on the door was much more steady this time.
The young man smiled and thought to himself: This time, I must stay calm.
Director Ren saw him walk in calmly, and his heart skipped a beat: "The ratings dropped? How much did they drop?"
The young man handed over an A4 paper: "Director Ren, according to the TV network fax, the ratings for the first episode are confirmed to be 3.5, the highest rating in the middle is 4.7, and the average rating is 4.2!"
Director Ren's eyes widened and he craned his neck forward: "Huh?"
What kind of ratings are these!
In the past seven years, except for "The World's Number One", the highest ratings of all TV dramas were only 4.7.
Why did the premiere ratings of "Young Justice Bao" only reach 4.7 for the first episode?
The ratings for this show won’t exceed 6, or even 7? !
Are you serious?
Director Ren stood up and said, "Are you sure? It's the TV network's data?!"
Young man: "Yes, Director, it's the TV network's data!"
Director Ren: “Haha.”
Han Zhou: “???”
Director Ren: “Haha.”
“Hahahahaha, hahahaha, ahhahahaha!!!”
Han Zhou: “…”
Director Ren stood up, walked to Han Zhou, and grabbed Han Zhou's wrist: "Brother! Can the ratings be stabilized?"
Han Zhou: "Whether the ratings can be maintained depends on the second episode."
It is actually quite different from the original Shao Bao. Han Zhou made some changes to this version of Shao Bao.
Mainly in the previous life, Shao Bao was adapted from a historical drama.
In this world, it is a historical fiction drama.
Therefore, the political struggle that Shao Bao mentioned rather obscurely in his previous life is a little more obvious in this version.
Han Zhou is very confident that he has done everything he can.
The original Shao Bao achieved the best in almost all areas and can attract audiences of almost all ages.
It can meet the requirements of every type of TV drama audience.
That's why the ratings exploded.
Moreover, it is broadcast on CCTV-1, and with the bonus, Han Zhou really has no idea how high the ratings can be.
First, the opening is the appearance of Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce.
Gongsun Ce's appearance was extremely pretentious and talented.
In particular, everyone may be familiar with the couplets from the previous life, but in this world, no one knows them.
For example, the couplets of the Donglin Party include, "The sound of wind, rain and reading is pleasant to the ear" and "I care about the affairs of family, nation and the world."
In the past, there were more educated people who felt that it was not a good idea for the Song Dynasty to use couplets from the Ming Dynasty.
But in this world, anyone who knows a little about couplets is stunned by this couplet.
Do you need to be so cultured to be a TV drama screenwriter nowadays?
How was this couplet written? It is majestic, with the responsibility of a scholar, and has a structure and neat parallelism.
It's simply pretentiousness to the extreme.
Corresponding to Gongsun Ce's erudition is Bao Zheng's cleverness, low-keyness and justice.
The second part once had an official summary, which said that Luzhou has three treasures: dark reasoning, handsome erudition, and an invincible bald man.
It is not yet the turn of Zhan Zhao, the member of the trio, to appear on stage, so the first part currently is Bao Zheng’s solo show.
In this part, Gongsun Ce mainly competes with Bao Zheng for the title of the smartest man in Luzhou and the smartest man in the world.
And the first episode, next, is the official start of the first part "Famous".
The envoys from Goryeo arrived in the Song Dynasty and stayed in Luzhou.
The original version just mentioned it here, but didn't say how it came about.
As for Han Zhou's version, since the audience did not know the situation, he used a map to show it.
The Song Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, while the Liao Dynasty was huge and powerful and occupied the north.
Goryeo is on the peninsula, and the audience will understand at first glance, oh, it’s Korea!
The setting of the play is also clearly explained.
After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the military governors established the Liao Kingdom in Liao territory.
After several wars in the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty finally unified the south.
The Koreans admired the power and established Goryeo under the name of Goguryeo, and occupied the peninsula.
The Koreans actually came to Luzhou by sea.
Then it shows the abomination of Goryeo. The Goryeo crown prince forcibly abducted women, and there were constant open and covert struggles within the Goryeo delegation.
Also encountered an assassin.
At this time, Chu Chu, played by An Lan, also appeared and met Bao Zheng for the first time.
In the second episode, the plot continues to advance.
Soon, the Prince of Goryeo kidnapped Xiao Ai from Baizhulin and brought her back, and it turned out that the room was haunted.
Bao Zheng and others arrived together, and the prince was terrified and described a female ghost or something.
It was also pointed out that if it was a light skill, how could a person fly slowly? There is no such light skill in light skills.
Not long after everyone left, the Crown Prince of Goryeo died suddenly in the room. He was caught and killed by someone.
The Goryeo delegation was very angry and determined to catch the murderer, otherwise they would launch an attack on the Song Dynasty.
Then, the perspective shifted to the capital.
The Eighth Wise King, played by Zhang Yongce, and Grand Tutor Pang, played by another veteran actor, quarreled endlessly in front of the emperor.
Master Pang talked for a long time, and what he finally came up with was a core point.
Goryeo is a rubbish country, yet it dares to act rashly. We should just send our army to fight against it and destroy it and see what else it can say.
The meaning of the Eight Wise Kings can be extracted into a core point.
To the north, the Liao Dynasty is the enemy. The Liao Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses. If the Song Dynasty sends troops to attack Goryeo now, the northwest defense will be empty. What should we do if the Liao Dynasty takes advantage of the situation and invades?
Then he directly scolded Master Pang, asking if he had forgotten the existence of the Great Liao?
Then, in the form of a flashback, the Eighth Wise King is shown alone, suggesting that Grand Tutor Pang may have had contact with the Liao Dynasty, and advocated going to war with Goryeo, deliberately leaving room for the Liao Dynasty.
In fact, the original plot only expressed this point implicitly without stating it explicitly.
However, in this version, it has to be stated directly because the audience does not know the history, so it must be stated explicitly.
In the original version, not much was said about the political struggles among these characters.
In fact, the original meaning is very clear.
Want to solve a case? I'll just show two cases in the first episode, and then start solving complicated cases.
Want to be fancy? In the first part, just arrange a female ghost and then expose the tricks of ghosts and gods.
Want Kung Fu? In the first episode, Cui Shangshu and Daotou Shen Liang competed in martial arts.
Want handsome men and beautiful women? There are plenty.
The costumes, makeup, and props are all excellent.
The style is funny, which can meet the requirements of almost all TV viewers for TV dramas.
Once you take a look, it's hard not to keep chasing it.
The first episode also puts forward a lot of detective logic and the core logic of detective dramas.
For example, the dead can say more than the living.
For example, Aunt Bao said, "I am a doctor. I can only perform autopsies, not reasoning."
For example, the concept of a locked room murder case.
These things are so new to the audience who are new to them.
Even in the detective novel circle, some people would directly post promotional messages while watching TV series, saying that a serious detective drama had been filmed.
At the end of the second episode, the importance of solving this case was made clear through the memories of the Eighth Wise Kings.
If the case is solved, the truth is found out and an explanation is given to Gao Li within the specified time limit, then this matter will be over.
If the case is not resolved within the specified time limit, then the matter will be handed over to Master Pang to resolve.
The Song Dynasty was the orthodox dynasty in the Central Plains and was very self-confident. Even if the Crown Prince of Goryeo died in the Song Dynasty, it was actually the fault of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty would never admit its mistake.
If the problem really cannot be solved, then solving the person who raised the problem may be more convenient than solving the problem.
The Eighth Wise King was not really worried about what would happen to justice or Goryeo once a war broke out, but he was worried that once a war broke out, it would give the Liao Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage.
The upper class is fighting openly and secretly in this regard.
In fact, they don’t care about the truth of the case at all, they are just gambling on whether they can solve the problem.
And now, the audience knows that all the pressure falls on Bao Zheng.
If Bao Zheng can solve the case within the deadline, then the question of whether to fight or not will no longer exist and there will be no need to think about it.
In fact, the experience of young Justice Bao is far greater than the experience of the real Bao Zheng in history.
The importance of young Justice Bao's first case is more profound than the most meaningful case Bao Zheng has ever experienced in history.
But Bao Zheng didn't seem to care about all this.
Bao Zheng only cares about one thing, and that is the truth!
When the second episode started, many people who had only started watching halfway through the first episode watched the opening song.
"A blue sky above
A belief in my heart
Not young and ignorant
Just don’t be afraid of challenges…”
This opening song is truly one of the rare excellent theme songs of this era.
In this era, theme songs are basically promoted based on TV dramas. Not to mention that they have nothing to do with the TV dramas, it can only be said that they have nothing to do with the TV dramas at all.
There are even costume dramas that turn into urban love songs.
However, this theme song is tailor-made for detective dramas.
“Seek understanding in everything
It's hard to change one's nature
I can give you justice
Why wouldn’t I do it?”
And the chorus that follows captures the essence of detective dramas and detective novels!
"Some careless words
Clear my doubts
An inexplicable impulse
Tell me to keep searching
Your every move
I pay more attention
As long as the truth comes out
Everything is done with a clear conscience!"
In fact, the plot of Shao Bao was also filmed to fit the theme song.
In the second episode, there is a key point in solving the case, that is, in this yard, it seems that everyone has an alibi.
Except one person disappeared.
This person is Xiao Ai, the commoner girl who was kidnapped by the prince.
Finding Xiao Ai might provide us with some new clues, or even lead to catching the murderer.
And here, another trick appears.
Xiao Ai was lying on a piece of sand, in a coma.
But there are no footprints around!
Shen Liang, a martial arts master, also said personally that at such a long distance, there is no such thing as light skills to let someone go and then leave.
So, it really looks like it was done by a female ghost.
However, while Shen Liang was speaking, he pulled out a bamboo and flicked it.
These seemingly casual words and a casual gesture have already given the answer.
Afterwards, Bao Zheng saw children playing with slingshots and recalled the words of Dao Tou Shen Liang, and he quickly thought of the answer.
The person who put Xiao Ai here used the elasticity of the bamboo to put the person over, and then used the force to leave.
However, this is where the second episode comes to an abrupt end.
Bao Zheng just understood it, but he hasn't told anyone else about it.
There are new discoveries in the case and the audience is very anxious!
What's next?
What's next?
Next is "As Long as You".
“Who can tell me
Is there such a pen?
Can draw a pair of eyes without tears
Keep the fleeting time in the world
It will make all beauty never fade away..."
"From now on, there is no need to separate the heaven and earth of love
The moon and the sun can meet again in the same sky
As long as I have you in my life
Everything has changed.
Let all the shooting stars meet at any time!"
The audience was stunned.
What the hell, two episodes in a row, it's over? It's over already? Do you dare to air three episodes tomorrow?
Who can watch this!!!
Ahhhhhhhh! How did it end?
At the end of the second episode, many known and unknown mysteries were left, some with answers and some without.
The mystery of the murderous cross.
The mystery of the female ghost's slow takeoff.
The mystery of leaving no footprints in the snow.
There are also some small tricks on display, such as the "Lard and Copper Coin Case", "The Official's Concubine Case" and "The Black and White Gangster Scams".
There are some details that ordinary audiences don’t notice, but those who read and write detective novels notice them.
For example, Shen Liang reminded us that the answer to the mystery of leaving no footprints on the snow is the elasticity of bamboo.
For example, is Minister Cui who is dancing with a sword under the lamplight really Minister Cui?
There are also many gimmicks.
The war situation between Song and Liao, the outbreak of war among the Three Kingdoms, the suspicion of Grand Tutor Pang collaborating with the enemy, the steady and magnanimous Eighth Wise Kings, and the chaotic court situation.
Simply put, the Song Dynasty was facing internal and external troubles, and it needed good talents. The TV series has provided solutions so far. Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce seem to be the talents.
Moreover, in the first episode of Shao Bao, a detective mystery puzzle that does not exist in this world was created.
'Locked room murder mode'!
You know, this is the core of orthodox reasoning!
The so-called orthodox reasoning is a genre of detective fiction, which can also be called authentic, orthodox, classical or traditional.
It is mainly based on solving puzzles with logic as the top priority, which is in contrast to the social school that focuses on realism. Instead, it unfolds the plot through logical reasoning with thrilling and bizarre plots and intriguing tricks.
There are often tricks such as murder in a closed room or murder on an isolated island.
The orthodox school can satisfy readers who enjoy solving puzzles, and usually tries to put the reader and the detective on the same level as much as possible, with the same number of clues.
In fact, orthodox detective story is a challenge for readers and audiences. You see as much as the detective sees. Can you figure out the answer to the puzzle, find out the truth of the case, and catch the real murderer before the detective?
Therefore, emphasis on fairness and rational logic are the characteristics of this type of reasoning.
Before the emergence of the "locked room murder model", detective novels could be said to be something within a small group, but because they were not stimulating enough, it was difficult to go viral.
So far, no one has written about this type of reasoning.
And now, the concept of closed-room murder has been brought up for the first time in this world, in "Shao Bao".
This changed the previous pattern of reasoning which was mysterious and unclear, and finally gave the answer in a hasty manner.
After the second episode
The ratings of "Shao Bao" are so high that many people in this detective forum have paid attention to the detective drama "Shao Bao".
Almost one-third of the people are watching.
And now, everyone is dumbfounded!
"A closed room murder?"
“How is this done?”
"In this reasoning, we can regard the prince's room as a secret room. When Xiao Ai was still there, there were only Xiao Ai and the prince in the secret room. After Xiao Ai was taken away by the female ghost, only the Goryeo prince was left in the secret room, as well as the murderous cross left by the prince."
"And the entire courtyard is the secret room of the second circle. No one can enter it, but everyone in the second circle has an alibi."
"Was it really a female ghost who did it in the end?"
"How is it possible? Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce both swore that they didn't believe in ghosts and gods. They both said that there must be an answer to the question. With so many hints, there must be an answer. This is a detective drama, not a supernatural drama!"
Professionals talk about professional things.
Passerby: "Wow, this is so beautiful!"
"Hahaha, why does Bao Zheng have a moon on his forehead?"
There is no such idiom as "impartial and impartial" in this world, so no one knows what "black face" means.
Some people even discussed: "Oh, Lu Jin's acting is pretty good now, Gongsun Ce looks so bookish."
The scholar's elegance, nobility, arrogance, etiquette, and orderly thinking, as well as the inherent thinking that "all things are inferior except reading".
In just two episodes, Lu Jin acted it out.
Nonsense, Lu Jin specially studied for several months to practice how to play Gongsun Ce, and Han Zhou also taught him step by step during the filming in the later stage, which means it took a full half a year.
How many half years are there in a lifetime?
If the filming was not good, Han Zhou would have replaced him long ago, and it would not have been his turn to play Gongsun Ce.
"Speaking of this drama, how come An Lan is no longer in the play after a while?"
"If I'm not mistaken, An Lan is the female ghost, dog/jpg. After all, as the heroine, it's impossible for her to have nothing to do with the case."
Do you understand the wisdom of fans?
Detective fans are still at a loss, with no logical reasoning and no clues to follow.
Fans have already guessed that Chu Chu, played by An Lan, is a female ghost through the analysis of her appearance time...
At this time, among the directors.
"Did you see it?"
“I have.”
"What are you guys talking about?"
"What else can I have? Just pack less."
“Does anyone know the ratings of Shao Bao?”
"The first episode had a peak of 4.7, and the average rating was 4.2."
"Pfft! How much?!!!!!!!!!"
"The first episode had a peak viewership rating of 4.7. 4.7, you read that right, the first episode, the viewership rating broke the highest viewership record for a TV series for seven years, except for 'Number One Under Heaven'."
"I'm still fucking filming 'Second Under Heaven', why is Han Zhou doing detective martial arts again?"
“Can we film Young Justice Bao?”
"What the hell, it takes a really good screenwriter to write all these conspiracies and intrigues. It looks simple, but the structure is actually too complicated. A dumb person might not even understand the script."
"You don't understand this. It's normal that you can't understand Han Zhou's script. Actors just need to understand their parts and act accordingly."
"So, what are the ratings for the second episode? The average rating for the first episode was 4.2, and the second episode didn't even break 4.5?! Even if it's only 4.3, it's going to scare the hell out of me!"
"Fuck, with this rating, the advertisements on CCTV-1 at this time will be sold for more than 1 billion yuan!!"
There is a person who is mixed in with the group of directors and actually works as a part-time director and is also a senior executive of a local TV station, who was amazed.
Someone immediately reminded them: "Why don't you hurry up and buy the second round of broadcasting rights? TV series are not cartoons. CCTV1 can't just grab Shao Bao and keep rebroadcasting it. Damn, Boonie Bears has been rebroadcast for the third time, and its ratings are still higher than ours."
Someone reminded him, and he came to his senses and said, "Yes, hurry up and buy the second broadcast rights of "Shao Bao"!"
If the ratings keep getting higher, many people who haven’t watched the first episode will definitely be waiting to watch it.
After watching the first episode, I will watch it again out of habit, and the ratings of the rebroadcast will not be low!
Soon, more screenshots were posted in the group.
The whole group fell silent.
"Young Justice Bao", the second episode had an average viewership of 4.9, just one step away from breaking 5.
The second episode had a peak viewership of 5.4, breaking 5!
Market share, 10 percent! One out of every ten television sets turned on in the country is showing the show.
Of the 300 million television sets in the country, half were not turned on during the prime time of National Day, but the ratings of the parts that were turned on reached 10.
Of the 300 million television sets, 15 million were turned on to watch Shao Bao.
Watch it according to the TV viewing logic.
There are more than 30 million people watching "Sister Bao". This is the prime time, the prime time at night, when the average number of viewers in front of a TV is the highest.
During the day, when a TV is turned on, on average, only one person is watching it.
At this hour, for every TV that is turned on, there is an average of one person watching it!
Many people have already imagined it.
Open Weibo and take a look.
That's right.
#Black-faced Justice Bao Zheng#
#Han Zhou Bao Zheng#
#Young Justice Bao Han Zhou#
#Young Justice Bao Lu Jin#
#Lu Jin Gongsun Ce#
#An Lan Ling Chu Chu#
#Wu Li Shen Liang#
Wu Li only played a supporting role this time, just a supporting role, and it became a hot topic? !
The person who is currently the most searched is actually Zhang Ceyong.
#Zhang Ce Yong Ba Xian Wang#
Zhang Ceyong basically doesn’t post on Weibo. He didn’t post on Weibo for the past three years. The first time he posted on Weibo was because he reposted An Lan’s "Persistence".
This time Zhang Ceyong finally typed a post on Weibo: "In Young Justice Bao, I played the Eighth Wise King. I originally wanted to play Bao Zheng, but I'm in my thirties and almost forty. It's a pity that I didn't come across this script ten years ago. I told Han Zhou that I wanted to play the middle-aged Bao Zheng, but Han Zhou said that the middle-aged Bao Zheng was fat and refused to let me play it. Alas!"
Zhang Ceyong’s fans were crying below.
Damn, you finally remembered your Weibo account?
What? Why don't we let Yongge play Bao Zheng? Oh, Bao Zheng is indeed young and not suitable. Why can't we let him play the middle-aged Bao Zheng?
Someone suggested: "Brother Yong, drink more milk tea and stop playing basketball for a while. I think your weight will increase rapidly and you can play the role of middle-aged Bao Zheng."
"What a bad idea! I suggest Brother Yong play the middle-aged Gongsun Ce. After all, it has the word 'Ce' in it, and he has amazing literary talent and is a handsome young man. It suits Brother Yong."
"If I'm not mistaken, Gongsun Ce might become a dog-headed military strategist in the middle age. Dog-headed save your life/jpg"
Apart from these things.
Also, #Secret Room Murder Case#
This entry was actually pushed to the twelfth place by detective fans.
It almost made it into the top ten trending searches.
Among the top ten hot searches, eight are about "Shao Bao".
There are eleven items in the first twenty.
There are eighteen items in the first fifty.
Even Zhou Guoqing, the actor who played the veteran actor Pang Taishi, became a hot topic.
Netizens joked: "Last time Han Zhou actually dared to play your father, this time teach him a lesson and let him know who the father is."
In addition, the actors who played Gongsun Ce's father and Bao Zheng's mother, Aunt Bao, also became hot searches.
The popularity is skyrocketing!
CCTV-1 also announced the ratings on Weibo.
"Young Justice Bao, a suspense, detective, martial arts, patriotic drama, had a viewership rating of over 5 on the first day of its premiere, breaking the record for the highest viewership rating of a TV series in the past 14 years. Congratulations, @韩舟@安岚@陆晋@张策永@新世界..."
Certified by CCTV-1, breaking the ratings record in 14 years.
This news instantly topped the trending searches and netizens flocked to the topic.
"Fuck, it's me, I said this show is good, I didn't expect everyone is watching it!"
Everyone knows that if the show is not packed, the ratings will explode.
But there is also a doubt. Detective dramas are unit dramas. It is impossible to investigate one case for forty-five episodes, right?
If the first case ends, will the ratings of the second case decrease?
Major domestic media outlets were trying their best to contact people in order to interview Han Zhou.
But Han Zhou was not free at all.
After seeing the ratings, Director Ren decided to reward the entire crew, and Han Zhou decided to give bonuses to the behind-the-scenes team of "Shao Bao", and then, to start the second phase of the Song Ming Universe.
It is also the IP operation stage.
The first target is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which has already been updated.
The IP operation plan is the second step for Han Zhou to help Li Shanghong completely ascend to the top of Penguin Interactive Entertainment. It is also the first step to break the monopoly of TV stations and usher in a new era in the TV drama market.
Also, the third martial arts novel "The Return of the Condor Heroes" should be released as soon as possible, after which Kung Fu will be released. It would be bad if no one knows what the story of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu is by then.