As we all know, Muye Zhang's series of ghost-blowing-lights novels are all the rage, which set off a wave of cultural exploration of ancient tombs and made readers interested in the profound geomantic culture of China. With the development of the times, the series of ghost blowing lamps has been gradually put on the screen and presented to the audience in a more intuitive and concrete form. At present, I have watched several movies and TV series of Ghost Blowing Lights: Chen Kun's "Searching for Dragons" and Mark Chao's "Nine-story Demon Tower". These four actors all play the leading role of Comrade Hu Bayi in the story "Ghost Blowing Lights", so why not play it directly by one person, but arrange it separately? The following are the reasons I understand.
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First, the cost of copyright is high and low. Take Chen Kun's Searching for Dragons as an example. The actors selected are basically the first-line big coffee in the movie. Besides charming Chen Kun, there are also goddesses Shu Qi, Liu Xiaoqing, powerful Yu Xia and Bo Huang. The appearance fee is naturally not a decimal. Although the performance of AB Big Baby is a little worse than the above, it is also a popular star, and the natural reward is not low. This is just the remuneration of several leading actors and the props prepared to highlight the scene, which are not small. The profit of film output should be linked to the cost. Natural investors hope that the lower the cost, the better. On the premise of ensuring the quality, just a story "Seeking the Dragon" is already a luxury lineup, not to mention the ghost blowing lamp series is more than this story. If all the stories are such a lineup, I'm afraid investors are a little at a loss. On the other hand, because there are many stories about ghost blowing lights, if there is only one regular performance, the fatigue of the audience will inevitably rise, the box office income will drop and the cost will remain high, which is not conducive to sustainable development. So if it is performed by different actors, it may have different effects. For example, in Mark Chao's "Nine-story Demon Tower", it is obvious that Mark Chao's coffee is not as good as Chen Kun's, but it can also explain the story of a ghost blowing a lamp.
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Second, the tension of the actor's performance creates the depth of characterization. At that time, Hu Bayi, played by Chen Kun, won unanimous praise, and Hu Bayi's unruly and erudition were vividly displayed, which seemed difficult to surpass and contrast. Jin Dong's "Jingjue Ancient City" was born at this time, and even won unanimous praise. This is not only the different forms of expression of movies and TV series, but also the different tension of actors in shaping Hu Bayi's image. Compared with Chen Kun, a young literary artist, Hu Bayi, played by Jin Dong, a veteran cadre, has a more stable feeling and is portrayed more closely, which brings us a different Hu Bayi at once, but it is not divorced from the shaping of the story characters, which also causes the problem of shaping different images of Hu Bayi in the hearts of the audience, arouses a good reputation, and also enhances the popularity of TV movies, which is beneficial to their input and output to a certain extent.
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Third, different tastes of the audience can create topics. They are all actors in Hu Bayi. Some people like Chen Kun's literary style, some people are keen on Jindong's veteran cadre style, and I am even more obsessed with Pan Yueming's street style. Implicit and restrained, ordinary in appearance and cherished in heart, this is the image of Hu Bayi that Pan Yueming gave me. Personally, I think it is the actor who is closest to the image of Hu Bayi among these actors. You see, the audience has different tastes and attitudes towards film and television works, so the topic of whether characterization is more delicate is on the paper, which is the best propaganda weapon for a film and television work. At the same time, investors can choose the best actor of the story characters through the audience's taste, and create better ghost stories for the audience. This is a mutually beneficial and win-win way, and it is also the general trend of the film and television circle.
To sum up, no matter who plays the characters in the ghost blowing lamp story series, it is unlikely that one person will play them all from beginning to end. In the film and television circle, topics represent more publicity and interests, so many people play more topical stories, which promotes the development of ghost blowing lights series movies.