Chapter 177: "The Substitute Prince" is super profitable!
It's already the last week of October.
Han Zhou got a lot of rest time during this period.
After a whole year, Han Zhou also got two weeks of vacation.
In the past two weeks, Han Zhou returned to Shudu and arranged for his family to live in Luhu, and then hid at home for two weeks.
Of course, it’s not that I didn’t go out.
This year, Comrade Lao Han passed the driving test, so Han Zhou went to buy a car for his father.
Han Zhou was not at home, so every time he sent money to his parents, they didn't use it and just kept it there.
Han Zhou suggested that the old man get a driver's license and then buy them a car so that the old man could take his mother on trips.
As for the store, find someone to look after it.
Two weeks later, Han Zhou did not return to Hengdian, but stayed in the animation department.
This time, "Naruto Sage" has started production.
The most important thing is that all the technical demonstrations, script demonstrations, character original paintings, and story style of "Nezha" have been finalized.
Now we are about to start the official production.
It took almost half a year to get all this done.
The formal production stage, on the contrary, does not take much time. If it goes well, it can be released in time for next summer vacation.
If it's slow, it can still catch up with next year's Spring Festival.
After finishing his work in the animation department, Han Zhou returned to Hengdian in a serious manner.
The broadcast of "Shao Bao" on CCTV-1's prime time has also come to an end.
This month, two episodes were broadcast simultaneously from Monday to Friday, except for two days when the show was not aired due to evening parties.
By the end of the month, it was still being broadcast until the last moment.
The audience can actually guess what happened as the plot unfolds.
But now, everyone has become accustomed to Bao Zheng calling everyone together and then starting to show off.
"Shao Bao" and "Fan Long Jie" are the world's version of "The Substitute Prince". They are from ancient classics and have been adapted through many generations, resulting in many different versions.
In "Three Heroes and Five Gallants", the story is different from that of "Shao Bao".
In "Three Heroes and Five Gallants", the Queen of Emperor Zhenzong of Song died, and at this time Concubine Liu and Concubine Li were both pregnant.
Because there was no empress, Song Zhenzong said at this time that whoever gave birth to a son first would be the empress, and this child would be the crown prince and the future emperor.
Concubine Liu teamed up with the palace eunuch chief Guo Huai and the midwife, and took advantage of Concubine Li's weakness after giving birth to replace the newborn prince with a skinned civet cat.
Concubine Liu ordered the palace maid Kou Zhu to strangle the real prince to death. Kou Zhu couldn't bear it, so she handed the prince over to the eunuch Chen Lin.
Chen Lin hid the prince in a food box and brought it to the Eighth Wise King.
When Emperor Zhenzong of Song saw that Concubine Li gave birth to a skinned civet cat, he thought that Concubine Li had given birth to a monster, so he banished her to the cold palace.
Not long after, Concubine Liu gave birth to a son. This child was made crown prince, and Concubine Liu became queen.
Who would have thought that six years later, the prince died of illness, and Song Zhenzong was left with no son, so he adopted the son of his elder brother, the Eighth Wise King, and made him the crown prince.
Of course, the so-called son of the Eighth Wise King is actually the real prince.
Not long after, the real prince accidentally walked into the cold palace and met his biological mother, Concubine Li. As a result, both of them cried without saying a word.
After Empress Liu found out, she tortured Kou Zhu, who fell onto the stairs and died without telling the truth.
Empress Liu slandered Concubine Li in front of Emperor Zhenzong, and he ordered the death of Concubine Li.
A young eunuch was willing to be a scapegoat and die in Concubine Li's place because she was very kind to him. The real Concubine Li escaped from the palace and hid herself.
Many years later, when Bao Zheng was distributing grain to disaster relief in Chenzhou, he met Concubine Li and learned about the situation.
At this time, Emperor Zhenzong of Song had already died and the prince had become emperor.
Bao Zheng found a way to arrange for Concubine Li to meet the Emperor, and the truth came to light.
This story is the original version of the story of the raccoon replacing the prince.
The trick of substituting a cat for a prince also became the first detective novel trick since ancient times.
However, in the "Shao Bao" version, the story was made to be more realistic.
The original version only pondered the issue of subterfuge and did not delve too much into the human heart, but in the Shao Bao version, this story can be said to be a killer hit!
In this version, Kou Zhu is seriously ill, but because Concubine Li once gave her a meal, she always remembers it.
Therefore, he secretly changed the imperial edict, lured the Eighth Wise Kings, committed suicide, and then insisted on stuffing the murder weapon into the hands of the unconscious Eighth Wise King before his death.
When the palace door opened and all the civil and military officials entered the hall, they were all stunned.
The Eighth Sage King, who was known for his wisdom, actually killed someone! And he killed someone in the palace!
If the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished just like the common people. So what about the prince?
Under pressure, the emperor invited Bao Zheng to investigate the case.
This is the smartest thing about Kouzhu, who has not received much education.
She knew that Bao Zheng was the smartest man in the world, and she also knew that the Eighth Wise Kings treated Bao Zheng very well and would eventually find out about Concubine Li. She wanted to use her life to make the truth come to light.
She was gambling. She was gambling that with Bao Zheng's character, he would tell everything after knowing the truth.
How clever was the Eighth Sage King? He soon figured this out.
Soon, Li Xiaodao, who assisted Bao Zheng in investigating the case, committed suicide, and everything was full of doubts.
When he committed suicide, he also deliberately framed Guo Huai.
In fact, all this was instigated by the Eight Wise Kings.
The Eighth Wise King knew that with Bao Zheng's intelligence, he would be able to quickly find out that Guo Huai was wrongly accused.
Then they would find out that Li Xiaodao committed suicide, and the matter would be led down another path.
Sure enough, Bao Zheng found out everything and got a false answer that was deliberately set up by the Eight Wise Kings.
[The Eighth Wise King had an affair with Concubine Li. In order to keep it secret, he killed the palace maid to silence her and made Li Xiaodao, who was investigating the case, commit suicide. Everything was done to cover up this crime.]
After getting this answer, Master Pang immediately asked the emperor to execute the Eighth Wise Kings. His words made it clear that if the Eighth Wise Kings were not executed, he would go crazy and rebel!
Unfortunately, Master Pang was too anxious!
Originally, the Eighth Wise King used his intelligence and power to complete a perfect crime.
A perfect crime that even Bao Zheng couldn't find.
But Master Pang was anxious to remove the obstacles, wanted the Eighth Wise King to die quickly, and wanted to kill Bao Zheng.
It was the assassin he sent who happened to knock over the wine when attacking Bao Zheng, and the wine spilled on a piece of yellow cloth that he had brought out from the Hermit Village.
After the yellow cloth was wetted by wine, words appeared.
At this time, Bao Zheng and the palace maid Kou Zhu became friends with Xiao Liu, the owner of the noodle shop where they often ate noodles, so they went to him to drink and talk about their problems.
When this matter was mentioned, Xiaoliu said that he also had a similar piece of yellow cloth.
Only after taking it out did I realize that it was different.
Bao Zheng's yellow cloth was torn in half on the left, and Xiao Liu's yellow cloth was torn in half on the right.
Bao Zheng took the wine that Xiaoliu bought and poured it on the yellow cloth, and saw the other half of the words written on it.
Xiaoliu couldn't read, and he felt very sad to see Bao Zheng wasting such good wine by spilling it on the cloth.
But Bao Zheng was at a loss and looked completely dumbfounded.
The mystery has been solved.
This is a horrible truth that, if told, will lead to your own death and will plunge this country into turmoil!
And in the end, everyone supported Bao Zheng.
Because Bao Zheng was not a politician, but just a detective.
Bao Zheng only did one thing in his life, and that was to find out the truth and make it known!
In the hall, Bao Zheng first said that the Eighth Wise Kings was not the murderer, and then said that the Eighth Wise Kings was the murderer.
The emperor was confused.
Then Bao Zheng said that Master Pang was also the murderer.
The Queen Mother is the murderer.
Your Majesty, you are also a murderer.
Bao Zheng narrated what happened that year word for word.
It turns out that Liuzi is the real prince.
Back then, the prince was replaced by a cat, and the sixth prince was handed over to the seven guards of Chongqing Palace, who were asked to kill the prince and then return to report.
Chongqing Qiying was not a fool. He knew that after killing the prince, he would report back and he would definitely be killed.
So, they let the real prince go, fled themselves, and lived in seclusion in a secluded village.
Among the seven people, Tang Er was frightened and wanted to give up his seclusion and go back to admit his mistake.
The other six killed him immediately.
All this also led to Zhuo Yun's revenge, which led to Bao Zheng's investigation of the case, and he finally took away the only evidence, the yellow cloth.
After Pang Feiyan came out of the Hermit Village, her whereabouts were clearly discovered, and Master Pang directly destroyed the Hermit Village.
Unfortunately, it’s too late.
The truth has been brought out in advance.
The sixth son is the crown prince.
In this incident, the queen forced many people to death, and the current emperor was the beneficiary.
In order to stabilize the political situation, the Eighth Wise King was willing to sacrifice his life and take the blame himself.
Master Pang killed countless people in this incident.
The truth is now revealed.
The audience never expected that the ending would be so exciting.
This is also the only time that there is a follow-up chapter after a case is concluded.
After all parties left, there was action.
Bao Zheng wanted to take everyone and his six sons away from this place of trouble as quickly as possible.
Master Pang led his troops to capture Liuzi.
The Eighth Wise King also came with his troops, also wanting the Sixth Son.
At this time, no one believed Bao Zheng.
Because Bao Zheng already understood.
In this world, we are the only ones who can pursue the truth regardless of everything.
At this time, the emperor arrived in person.
He wants to have a private chat with Liuzi.
No one expected that the Sixth Son didn't care about the throne at all.
Liuzi knew very well that he could not read a single word, so if he were to be the emperor, the country would be in dire straits.
The emperor was also very conflicted.
Logically, he should have killed the sixth son directly to stabilize the court, but the man in front of him was his brother, of royal blood. He should have been the crown prince and the emperor, but he turned out to be a noodle shop owner who couldn't even cook noodles.
The emperor sent people to investigate Liuzi.
I know that Liuzi doesn’t even have a method for cooking noodles, let alone governing a country.
He would never give up the throne.
And Liuzi never wanted the throne. He had been an orphan since childhood. Only later did he meet the palace maid Kouzhu by chance, who treated him very well.
Then I met Bao Zheng, who was willing to be friends with me.
Liuzi just wants to leave here with his biological mother, Concubine Li.
The emperor immediately said that he would make his sixth son rich and powerful.
Liuzi was not interested at all.
Can Liuzi, who doesn't even care about his business when cooking noodles, become rich and powerful?
Finally, Liuzi saw Concubine Li who had gone crazy in the cold palace, knelt on the ground from a distance, and then moved forward step by step on his knees.
Mother and son had nothing to say, only tears.
When things came to this point, it seemed that Bao Zheng could no longer stay in the court, so he spurred his horse and rode away with Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao.
【Finale】
When these three words light up.
When "As Long as You" sounded.
The audience felt lost.
A journey has come to an end!
The last case elevated "Shao Bao" to a new level.
The emperor's thoughtfulness made him worthy of being a benevolent monarch. He actually considered giving up the throne to his sixth son. Although after knowing about his sixth son's ridiculous behavior, he decisively and resolutely gave up this idea.
But, in essence, the emperor himself was the biggest murderer in this incident. You did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of you.
Empress Liu, in order to help her son ascend the throne, did such a rebellious and sensational thing. It can be said that she did the worst possible thing.
But strangely, she shielded the prince from all these things and trained him to be a good emperor.
The Eighth Wise King was known for his wisdom, but in the end, he became a murderer for the sake of political stability and ordered the chief constable Li Xiaodao to kill him.
Master Pang did all kinds of bad things and schemed all kinds of tricks, but because his desire for control was too strong, he eventually lost the opportunity to control everything. Because of his impatience, he missed the opportunity.
Bao Zheng couldn't do anything about these people.
The truth cannot even be made public, because once it is made public, the country will no longer exist.
Liuzi knew that he was not cut out for it. He had no interest in the throne or in becoming rich and powerful. He just wanted to regain his lost family affection.
Concubine Li, out of pity for a palace maid, gave her a bowl of rice. This small act of kindness finally gave her the opportunity to clear her name.
Kou Zhu, because of a bowl of rice, remembered it for the rest of her life, and finally repaid the meal with her own life.
These people have complex personalities.
The final plot direction was almost beyond the audience's expectations and completely unpredictable at every step.
And every step is reasonable.
The last case also reveals a truth, that is, power is above truth.
Also a detective in the Song Dynasty, Song Ci in "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" finally encountered almost the same situation as the young Bao Zheng.
Finally, Song Ci uncovered a shocking case in which many civil and military officials of the dynasty were involved.
In the end, the emperor could do nothing but burn the evidence.
Song Ci became disheartened and stayed away from the court.
"Shao Bao" was a high-spirited man who became famous all over the world, but in the end, the investigation led to the emperor's head.
Nothing can come of it.
Bao Zheng was a smart man. He knew that nothing would work, but he still told the truth in the end.
He is willing to risk his life to tell the truth.
The emperor did not kill him, but he also could not use him, as if everything was at a dead end.
In the first case, the country was facing internal and external troubles, and needed talented people to assist the emperor in governing the country.
Bao Zheng is that talented person.
In the last case, this talented person cannot be used.
This opening and this ending describe the country of Song very clearly.
Although the events in the Song Dynasty were not mentioned at all, this design makes people feel that if this event had happened, it should have happened in the Song Dynasty.
It is very much in line with the characteristics of this era.
If it were the Qin and Sui dynasties, there would be no Bao Zheng to take care of this trivial matter and investigate this case.
If it were the Han and Tang dynasties, the emperor would have killed Bao Zheng without hesitation, because there were many talented people in the Han and Tang dynasties and there was no shortage of this one. The emperor himself was the greatest talent and was responsible for the country. Anything that was detrimental to the country must be strangled, even if it was done with good intentions.
Only in Song Dynasty, everything is so special.
The court was in chaos and struggles continued.
However, he treated scholars well and seldom killed them, so much so that the emperor did not do anything to Bao Zheng, who knew so many secrets.
These complex things constitute the small-package core, which only a small number of people can understand.
But most people can understand the strangeness of the case, the brilliance of the revelation of the conspiracy, and the superb acting skills.
The finale, with a viewership rating of 7.83 percent, is proof of that!
CCTV-1 always compresses the ending theme and puts more advertisements to generate revenue.
But it's less packed and there's no compressed ending song.
That's when the subtitles start rolling.
[The 45th episode of Young Justice Bao, the ratings were 7.83. ]
As soon as the banner came out, the industry was shocked!
The viewership rating of 7.83 is so scary!
"Old Liu, your drama "Spring Shrine" just finished airing yesterday, what was the ratings?"
Old Liu: “???”
“Don’t CUE!”
"New World... Why are their TV series' ratings so high?"
"By the way, I think that little Zhan Zhao is pretty good. I'm going to write a play for him and let him play the leading role."
"Finally, it's the finale. My play can be broadcast on TV."
During the month when Shao Bao was aired, there was no way out in the television industry. No good TV series dared to be aired at all.
In the past month, many satellite TV stations have been rebroadcasting old TV series.
Spending money to buy TV series to be broadcast now is like throwing meat buns at a dog, it will never come back.
Now, it’s finally the finale! Many TV series are eager to try it out!
At this time, Yang Hong was the busiest person.
"The second round of rebroadcast rights, right? Four TV stations have bought it. Nanhe TV requires that it be broadcast fifteen minutes earlier. You can only start broadcasting at 8:15. Are you willing?"
"How much is it? One hundred and sixty million."
"Do you think the price of replay is too high? That's fine, Director Liu. I'm going to take a call from Border TV."
"Oh, 160 million is 160 million. OK, happy cooperation!"
Originally, before the show ended, three satellite TV stations had confirmed that they would rebroadcast the show for a second time, and they all spent a lot of money.
But as soon as the finale came out, many TV stations called and wanted to purchase the rights to rebroadcast it!
We are not fools. Do you think "Shao Bao" is just over?
If he gets a five, it’s really past time.
But now the ratings are 7.83!
This means that for the rerun, the one that aired it earliest is likely to get a viewership rating of more than three.
Other channels can also get half of the ratings.
The overall ratings for the second round of rebroadcasts might even exceed ten!
Sorry, October belongs to "Shao Bao" and November belongs to "Shao Bao" reruns!
Some directors don't have a good understanding of the ratings rules in the television industry and think that their dramas will be broadcast immediately.
As a result, I was notified that the station was going to put its own drama on hold and broadcast the second round of "Shao Bao" first.
I was so angry that I gritted my teeth.
Damn it, it never ends.
There are twelve months in a year. What does it mean that a TV series takes up two months?
There are thousands of TV dramas shot across the country every year. You play by yourself for two months, and we share the remaining ten months, right?
But there is no way, ratings are a hard indicator.
The audience's eyes are sharp.
"Hey, I want to ask you something. Is there any new TV series coming out in New World recently?"
"What? The second season of Boonie Bears is going to be released? Hahahaha, that's none of my business. Let the animation directors worry about it. My show will finally be released in December, right?"
"Hmm? Will Shao Bao broadcast the third round????"
"What the hell, they're going to broadcast it for the third time? Someone has already offered more than 50 million to buy the rights to broadcast it for the third time? What the hell!!!"
Their information was indeed correct.
The second round of "Shao Bao" sold a full 640 million!
The third round sold for 210 million.
Together with the central bank’s first round price of 100 million plus 10% of advertising revenue, the total is 240 million.
"Shao Bao" sold 1.09 billion just from the TV broadcast!
Although the tax rate is very high, the after-tax profit is at least 700 million!
Seven hundred million! What a concept. The highest share of the highest-grossing movie in the country is only six hundred million.
"Shao Bao" directly broke the record for the highest revenue of a single film in the film and television industry!!!
Of course, only insiders know that the profits are not actually that high.
In order to cooperate with the broadcast, New World spent more than 100 million yuan and promoted it frantically in every corner of the Internet.
Otherwise, even if "Shao Bao" is awesome, it is impossible for the ratings to exceed 7%, after all, it is not ten years ago.
But after deducting more than 100 million, the profit is still more than 500 million!
This is the power of a super hit TV series!
Almost all celebrities on the market are asking when the next TV series of New World will be filmed and what roles are needed.
Soon they got the news.
Next, New World has two TV series to be filmed.
A film called The Legend of the Condor Heroes began filming after the end of the year.
A film called "Bright Sword" will start shooting around March.
Everyone looked at it and thought, are these two new martial arts TV series? You are going to take everything and leave no room for others!
However, upon closer inquiry, I found out that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is an IP adaptation and a TV series produced by the ACE9 group.
"Drawing Sword" is an anti-Japanese war drama.
Han Zhou is unlikely to star in either of the two films.
An Lan will not participate either.
Not too many well-known actors will be invited to perform.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it’s not a new martial arts drama with Han Zhou as the protagonist!
"Han Zhou's movie Kung Fu has been submitted for review. Will it be released in the spring? It has an investment of 300 million yuan? Is New World going to play with movies?"
"Thank you so much, damn!"
"As expected, after making money, he will go and do something more profitable. He won't compete with us for these little things!"
"Haha, let the movie directors worry about it."
"By the way, this year can almost be called the year of martial arts. There's also a movie called Kung Fu coming out during the Spring Festival. Will it be a hit?"
Almost everyone, both inside and outside the industry, started paying attention to "Kung Fu" because of this incident.
You should know that Han Zhou’s two new martial arts TV series this year directly hit the market.
Each one is more explosive than the last.
And now, a movie is out, and it’s a kung fu movie, so shouldn’t we pay attention to it?
A large number of film critics and entertainment media have also begun to warm up for "Kung Fu", making many passers-by look forward to it.
The TV series is so beautiful and produced at the level of a movie, so it must be very successful, right?
However, within New World, apart from spending money on marketing and promoting "Kung Fu", no one paid special attention to "Kung Fu".
because.
"Diaosi Man" and "Never Expected That" started broadcasting almost simultaneously.
Moreover, the members of ACE9 all gave Zhang Die face and started promoting "Never Expected That", after all, Liu Yanzhou is the male lead of this short film.
Many celebrities who have participated in "Diaosi Man" have also begun to promote "Diaosi Man".
That’s how the entertainment industry works. You finish your performance and I take the stage…
Wait a minute? How come after your New World finished singing, New World came on stage again?
What the hell are you doing!!!