"In this part, I want to delete the line 'what the hell' and change it to an expression to express this meaning. I think it will be more effective."Wen Minglan made a suggestion for one of her lines and immediately gave the expression she had expected.
Indeed, when she made this "what the hell" expression, the shock and disbelief it expressed was more effective than if she had said it out loud.
Lu Yanhe, who was sitting opposite, also laughed.
"If this line is deleted, it will be difficult for Yin Xincheng to follow up with his next line." Yan Liang suggested, "His next line is to explain why he suddenly wants to be a father."
Wen Minglan pondered for a moment.
Lu Yanhe suddenly thought of something and said, "Why not just change this paragraph?"
"Change it?" Everyone else looked at Lu Yanhe in shock.
"When I was writing the script, I also felt that the reaction of everyone in this part was not strong enough. At that time, I thought that everyone could make up for it through performance, but Minglan's opinion just now made me realize that this is actually a problem of rhythm."
Lu Yanhe said as he spoke, "First of all, this is the first episode of our return season. If we drop such a bombshell right at the beginning, the audience will only be more shocked than us. Of course, we also have to thank you for messing around with your relationship in the third season. Xincheng's becoming a father is not too sudden."
In "Friends", a very important plot is that the kind and honest Wen Fan, played by Yin Xincheng, becomes a father. His girlfriend, with whom he had a one-night stand, suddenly appears and tells him that she is pregnant. In this season, this incident is the core plot line of the character of Wen Fan.
In this plot line, Lu Yanhe retained this setting because he liked the original "Friends". In this plot line, every immature person tries his best to think about problems maturely and take corresponding responsibilities, showing the shining points of each of them.
Of course, the point that the girlfriend is a lesbian cannot be included and was deleted. In this script, Lu Yanhe made Wen Fan, a pregnant girlfriend who didn't want to marry him, into a very hardworking and independent woman.
They will raise the child together without getting married.
This is still a relatively serious and heavy topic compared to a sitcom, but Lu Yanhe still dealt with it in a comedic way as always. He downplayed the contradictions and conflicts, and just focused on the contradictions, troubles and problems to create different comedic effects, and finally let them reach a consensus and solve the problems one by one.
This also means that in this season, Wen Fan, played by Yin Xincheng, has become the core character among the six of them.
Of course, in terms of roles, the six people are always similar, and no one has obviously more than the other.
"Three reactions." Lu Yanhe proposed his own solution. "After Xincheng came in and announced that he might become a father, we were all talking about our own things, chatting and laughing, and ignored him. At this time, Minglan, you still looked at him and complained that he was dressed too rustically."
"Xincheng then stressed in a somewhat depressed tone that he was going to be a father. At this moment, our lively chat paused for a second, and we all looked at him in unison. Then, the next second, we didn't believe what he said at all, and returned to our previous chatting and laughing ways."
"Xincheng was even more anxious at this time. Seeing that we didn't believe him, he became extremely anxious and emphasized for the third time that he was going to be a father! He asked us why we didn't care at all about what he said." Lu Yanhe said, "At this time, everyone really listened to his words. It was like a pot of boiling water was boiling. Everyone had an expression on their face as if they had seen a ghost."
Lu Yanhe said: "We did this three times, and the shocking effect was almost achieved."
"From not believing it at the beginning to what the hell later." Wen Minglan nodded, "This is good, there is a transition, otherwise I think the reaction is too fast, and it is really hard to get into the mood."
"Yes." Yan Liang nodded, "This is a good effect."
Lu Yanhe held his notebook and said, "Take a break. Wait for me for ten minutes while I revise the script."
He was very fast and immediately typed out a paragraph based on what he had just said.
Print directly on site and send it to everyone.
Then make fine adjustments to the sentences based on each person's word flow.
……
Bai Jingnian looked at the scene in front of him, turned to Hu Siwei, smiled, and whispered: "It couldn't be easier for me to direct this drama. I don't have to worry about anything, they will take care of everything."
"How great! It saves a lot of trouble." Hu Siwei also laughed and said, "Look at them. When they were filming the first season, they didn't know what a sitcom was. Now they all know everything and are familiar with their roles and the rhythm. You just need to control the rhythm during the live filming."
Bai Jingnian nodded.
"Sometimes you have to admit that the same story, when written by different screenwriters, is different." Bai Jingnian said, "A young man is happy to be a father. This plot is not so melodramatic after Lu Yanhe wrote it like this. I am really impressed. When I first heard you tell me that there was such a plot in "Friends", I was still worried that it would be too melodramatic."
"Again, the audience summed it up very well. When Yan He wrote Friends, he never used melodrama as the main line of the plot development, but only used melodrama as the introduction. The main core is still everyone's reaction to this melodrama event. This is the essence of a sitcom. It's not like Gao Bohua, where everything turned into a mess and quarrel between the characters. At first, I didn't know how Lu Yan He was going to make it go smoothly. Fortunately, he is really smart. He didn't try to make it go smoothly at all. He used the return of his own character to force all the characters back on track."
In the first episode of "Friends", Lu Yanhe's character returns. No one wants Lu Yanhe to find out that so many changes have taken place after he left. So, each character has one minute, for a total of five minutes. They quickly cut the Gordian knot with the "enemies" left over from the previous season, and then gather at the station in the same way as when Lu Yanhe left, to welcome Lu Yanhe back.
This opening design also made Hu Siwei and Bai Jingnian give the thumbs up in amazement.
It was well-reasoned and logical, and it said goodbye to the nightmarish third season with one stroke.
Then, in the second episode, the plot line of Wen Fanxi becoming a father prevented these characters from being completely disconnected from the second and third seasons - well, it still left a very deep and far-reaching impact.
From the platform to the main creators, everyone was very satisfied with this plot arrangement.
To put it bluntly, Lu Yanhe is not trying to design a very reasonable logic to make this story complete.
Everyone knows that the third season of this story is already a disaster and cannot be reversed.
Therefore, it is enough for Lu Yanhe to give a proper reason to end the show five minutes after it was broadcast, so that these people can start a new story.
On this basis, Lu Yanhe extended another line and developed it into one of the main lines of this season, allowing the relationships between the six characters to become one again while forcing them to face new changes. This is almost an amazing "continuation" attitude.
Lu Yanhe thought to himself that he really wasn't writing a sequel.
Because the original version has the plot of "Ross becomes a father".
This is also a very crucial plot.
It just happens to be used here to solve some legacy problems.
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We are doing script reading and rehearsal together, and will officially start shooting on Thursday.
Lu Yanhe was very glad that he did not choose to squeeze time and shoot three episodes a week.
If we were in a hurry, the creation of this drama might not be changed to the way it is filmed now.
Judging from the on-site shooting, the effect is indeed much better.
The first two episodes were filmed this week and will officially start airing next Friday and Saturday.
On Friday night, after the filming was over, Hu Siwei arranged for everyone to go out for dinner and have a drink together.
"The shooting went more smoothly than expected." Hu Siwei smiled happily at the dinner table, "It takes the right people to do the right things together. I really didn't expect that we would get together again one day. It's great. Thank you all. After three years, we can still gather here without any difference."
"cheers!"
Everyone had a smile on their face.
Yin Xincheng was particularly excited.
"I really thought our show was doomed." His eyes were red. "On the day the third season ended, I dragged my friends out for drinks. We drank all night and felt so miserable. Do you understand how I felt? This was my first show and Wen Fan was my first role. But in the third season, they made him look like that. Brother Siwei, do you know how many times I argued with them about my role? They wrote Wen Fan as a playboy who messed around everywhere. I disagreed and they didn't care about my opinion at all."
Yan Liang put his arm around Yin Xincheng's shoulders and said, "It's okay. It's all over now. You see, we are back on track. 'Friends', this name is really good. It really is Friends."
Zhan Yun also smiled very happily.
Lu Yanhe looked at the smile on her face, that silly smile, which really looked a bit like Jennifer Aniston.
At that time, Lu Yanhe decided to use her to play the role of Li Lili because of her smile.
It's true. After several years, we've been going around in circles and finally gathered here again. It's a completely different situation from when we first met.
"No matter what, I believe this drama will become a masterpiece for each of us. It is unique," Lu Yanhe said. "We will continue to shoot this drama season after season, and it will become the memory of an era."
"Okay, but you can't leave halfway this time." Yin Xincheng was really drunk. He stood up, came behind Lu Yanhe, and leaned on his back. He hooked his neck and whispered in his ear, "You are Friends... No, Friends. It's called Friends. You are the key reason why each of us came back without hesitation after experiencing the trauma of the third season."
Lu Yanhe patted him with a smile and said, "I know. I won't do that this time."
This time, the contract he signed with the crew has put the initiative firmly in his hands, and things like before will not happen again.
Yin Xincheng stood up and staggered a few steps. Lu Yanhe thought he was going to fall because he couldn't stand steadily, so he went behind Bai Jingnian and leaned on him.
"Director, you are not allowed to leave again. Don't you know that Gao Bohua is really an idiot?" Yin Xincheng said loudly.
When Lu Yanhe saw Yin Xincheng like this, he knew that he must have drunk too much.
He stood up with a smile and helped Yin Xincheng up from the director.
"Xincheng, aren't you worried that you'll break the director's shoulders because you're so strong?"
Yin Xincheng was startled and straightened up.
"I'm sorry, Director!"
Bai Jingnian also stood up with a smile and patted Yin Xincheng on the face.
"Don't worry, I won't leave either."
Yin Xincheng smiled happily.
I don't know when Bai Jin took out his mobile phone and was recording a video.
Zhan Yun and Wen Minglan gathered around her, watching the footage recorded on their phones and laughing.
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"But you probably don't know that, right?"
During the break, Lu Yanhe and Zhan Yun met at the bathroom door, and Zhan Yun asked with a smile.
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, "What should I know?"
Zhan Yun: "Before Yin Xincheng came to film "Friends", he had a very unhappy relationship with his agent. His agency has suspended his work for almost two months."
Lu Yanhe couldn't help but frown.
"why is that?"
"They wanted to take away Yin Xincheng's social media account passwords and also wanted Yin Xincheng to break up with his girlfriend."
"Ah?" Lu Yanhe was shocked. "What era is this? How can such a thing still happen?"
"It's not that he wants to remain single, it's because they want Yin Xincheng to be on a dating show. To be on a dating show, he has to be single. The program crew offered a very high price, and the agent was very tempted, so they asked Yin Xincheng to break up first and get back together after the dating show." Zhan Yun laughed, "Have you never heard of such a thing? It's amazing?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
“It’s really quite breathtaking.”
"Friends Season 3 was a huge flop, and everyone thought there would be no sequel. Xin Cheng starred in other dramas, but they didn't make any splashes, so his agency wanted to make money quickly while he still had some fame and popularity." Zhan Yun sighed softly, "You guys coming back to reboot Friends means a lot to Xin Cheng, and he almost retired from the entertainment industry."
Lu Yanhe frowned.
"Such a big thing happened, why didn't he tell us? Did he only tell you?"
Lu Yanhe was sure that Yin Xincheng definitely hadn't told Yan Liang and Wen Minglan, otherwise, they would have told him.
Zhan Yun: "He didn't tell me, it was his girlfriend who told me. His girlfriend and I are friends, so I knew what kind of pressure he was facing some time ago. He has a very similar personality to Wen Fan, kind and honest. When he encountered this kind of thing, he never thought of seeking our help."
Although Yan Liang and Wen Minglan became more popular through other dramas besides this drama, in fact, the most popular character in the drama "Friends" is Li Lili played by Zhan Yun. Zhan Yun is also the actor who has reaped the most dividends from this drama.
The other dramas she starred in in recent years have all performed well. Even though they have not reached the heights of "Friends", they have all been broadcast well and are considered effective dramas. At the same time, she has participated in two commercial blockbusters with supporting roles, and both have performed well at the box office. Although she has few roles, she is a well-known female lead after all, so it is impossible to miss her when counting the box office.
What Zhan Yun meant was that if Yin Xincheng needed help, no matter who he asked for help, they would be able to help him.
Lu Yanhe was very happy to see the cast of "Friends" unite together.
He asked: "Has the conflict between him and his agency been resolved now?"
"After learning that Friends was rebooted and we all returned, his agency immediately changed his agent and apologized to him, saying that it was all his previous agent's fault and the company was not aware of it." Zhan Yun shrugged speechlessly, "Now you know how ridiculous this is."
The salary offered to Yin Xincheng for the series "Friends" for one season exceeded eight figures, not counting the two episodes that Lu Yanhe was going to join. It is not comparable to that of any other dating variety show.
This is the salary that a hit series and a leading actor can get.
Of course, if Yin Xincheng left the show "Friends", his salary would be reduced by one zero.
This is just like how some actors can only get extremely high pay when they act in a certain type of movie. For other types and themes, their pay is not just cut in half, but is directly reduced by a zero.
Therefore, Yin Xincheng quickly became the apple of his agency's eye.
As the leading actor of a hit TV series, as long as the influence of the series remains, the profits he brings to the company will be extremely considerable.
The reason why Yin Xincheng was suspended from work for two months because of his non-cooperation was that under the circumstances at the time, his suspension of work for two months would not cause any losses to the company.
Lu Yanhe said: "When the contract expires, I think Yin Xincheng should terminate the contract with his company and switch to another company."
Zhan Yun nodded.
"What about you? I heard you took on another romantic comedy movie?"
"Yes, 30 Days, a remake of a Korean movie." Zhan Yun said, "I think it's the type that suits me best."
Zhan Yun’s temperament is that of a beautiful and sweet girl who is a little naive.
She is indeed suitable for romantic comedies.
Lu Yanhe looked at the smile on her face and the name "Thirty Days", and a movie suddenly popped up in his mind.
Ah, how could he have forgotten this movie?!
"Love Is Not Blind" is a dark horse movie and the masterpiece that made Bai Jie famous.
There are not many classics in chick flicks and romantic comedies in Chinese-language films, but "Love Is Not Blind" can definitely be regarded as one of the pinnacles.
It has set a benchmark in this track by far.
Please ask Zhan Yun to act?
Not quite.
The energetic feeling of Huang Xiaoxian cannot be acted out by a silly and sweet girl.
Lu Yanhe suddenly thought that this movie was actually very suitable for Jiang Yuqian to act in.
Zhan Yun, who was standing opposite Lu Yanhe, looked at Lu Yanhe's eyes that suddenly lit up, and vaguely felt that something she seemed to be able to obtain no longer belonged to her.
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After the Friends crew finished their first week of filming, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The post-production editing of this drama is actually very simple and does not require too much effort.
Over the weekend, Bai Jingnian and Hu Siwei, along with the editor, edited the first and second episodes in the computer room. They still had the same style and tone as the first season.
Hu Siwei took a selfie with everyone in the computer room and posted it on his social media:
The editing of the first and second episodes of "Friends" has been completed, see you next week!
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"Your mode of filming and broadcasting at the same time is really cool." Huang Kairen said to Lu Yanhe on the phone, "I heard that your script is even adjusted at any time."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "This is how sitcoms are. Everything depends on the final effect on the scene. Sometimes, no matter how good my idea is when writing a script, it won't taste right when it's performed, and I have to make changes on the spot. We are very lucky here. Everyone is very familiar with the style of this show and their respective roles. When we sit together, we can come up with a lot of good ideas."
Huang Kairen: "I am looking forward to watching the reboot of "Friends". I hope my hotel room can receive Yuehu TV. Oh! Yanhe, believe me, there must be many people complaining about why you still insist on letting such a highly anticipated TV series be broadcasted exclusively on TV stations in such an Internet age, and give the TV stations a 24-hour exclusive window period."
Lu Yanhe: "The official statement is to maintain the fine tradition of the first season. In fact, first, the copyright of this drama was obtained by Yuehu TV, and we must give Yuehu TV such a window period. Second, to be honest, now everything can be done by one person online, but the opportunity to sit on the sofa and watch TV with the whole family seems to be getting fewer and fewer. Of course, I am not trying to promote the relationship between each family. I just want to challenge the difficulty. Let's see if the ratings of our drama can reproduce the glory of the first season in this era of declining TV stations."
Huang Kairen: "Well, you are qualified to say this."
Lu Yanhe: "Actually, there is one more thing."
"Ok?"
"Friends has a fast pace. I hope everyone can concentrate on this show. Moreover, the Internet now provides too many choices for everyone, such as bullet screen, double speed, fast forward... I am not saying that such choices are bad, but at least for Friends, I hope everyone can watch the show simply and purely."
Huang Kairen laughed.
“That’s the thing about television.”
"Brother Huang, how is the filming of 'Shooting the Bullet' going?"
"It's almost finished," Huang Kairen said. "From the shooting situation on site, I'm quite looking forward to this movie. Everyone is very serious. Just like you said, everyone can actually see that if this movie is shot well, it will be a very black comedy crime film."
Lu Yanhe: "Looking forward to this movie."
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On Sunday, Lu Yanhe appeared on Peng Zhixing's talk show.
"Do you know how many people are looking forward to the launch of this drama?" Peng Zhixing asked with a smile.
Lu Yanhe smiled and shook his hands, saying, "I can't imagine it. I have to be honest, Brother Zhixing, I don't know how many people are waiting for me to return to this drama after three years."
Peng Zhixing: "Oh my god, Lu Yanhe, the way you say this is so hypocritical."
The two men pointed at each other and laughed.
Everyone was laughing in the recording studio.
Peng Zhixing pressed his hand and said, "Okay, no more jokes, Yan He, I'm glad you're willing to put the first stop of the promotion of "Friends" on my show."
"You are so hypocritical. Almost all of my works, as long as they are promotional tours that I will participate in, are put on your show as the first stop." Lu Yanhe immediately counterattacked.
Peng Zhixing could only make a "begging for mercy" gesture, "Okay, okay, I am also hypocritical."
"Let's get back to the point." Peng Zhixing said, "I believe that many people have the same feelings as me. When I knew that you would really return to this story, I was excited, moved, and most importantly, incredible. Can you share with us why you chose to return to "Friends"? I know that you have a lot of projects in progress. You are obviously very busy, including many movies to shoot. In this case, you still choose to return. How did you consider this matter?"
"Because of this group of people." Lu Yanhe said without hesitation, "For me, if a project keeps going forward, I am also involved, such as "Young Days", "Friends", now called "Friends", and "The Seventeenth Floor", it must be because I like the people who are doing this together. So, I am willing to continue working with everyone."
"We all know that it's not a good time to return. I can't say you have to clean up a mess, but after all, three seasons have been filmed. Whether it's good or bad, it has already happened and is there. You can't turn a blind eye to it." Peng Zhixing said, "You want to draw a picture on a blank piece of paper, and you want to draw on a piece of paper that is already very sloppy. The difficulty is not the same."
"I dare not say that I have found a very good way to solve this problem, but from the discussions and reactions of all our main creators, I think everyone can watch the premiere to see how well we have solved this problem. I think we have solved it well." Lu Yanhe waved his hand immediately after he finished speaking, "But I am afraid to set a flag. In case everyone is dissatisfied, just pat it on the back. Anyway, I am very grateful that everyone is willing to continue to support and believe in this story created by our group of people."
"Will this be the last season of Friends, or a brand new beginning?" asked Peng Zhixing.
"It depends on whether our season satisfies the audience," Lu Yanhe said. "I can only say that we are a group of people who are deeply attached to this story and these people. Otherwise, we would not have reunited to film Friends."
"I heard that because "Friends" is being filmed and broadcast simultaneously this time, even though "Squidward" has been nominated for the Golden Globe Awards, you won't be able to attend?"
"Yes."
“This is somewhat regrettable.”
"Director Yao Yuanzhi, Sister Yuqian and Teacher Jiang Jun will all be present, so I won't regret it." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "I hope they can win the award."
"The nomination of Squidward Floyd for the Golden Globe Awards can be said to have created history for Chinese-language TV series."
"This can't really be called making history. On the one hand, Chinese-language TV series don't have the tradition or habit of applying for the Golden Globe Awards. The reason why Squidward Gamble got nominated this time is because Maxine applied for it. On the other hand, this is also due to the times. Before the rise of streaming media, there was relatively little communication between TV series from different countries, including film awards. It was also because of the rise of streaming media in recent years that TV series from different countries and languages suddenly competed on the same platform, so the various awards also made corresponding adjustments."
Lu Yanhe explained sincerely.
"The nomination of Squidward Floyd for the Golden Globe Awards is not a record-breaking event. It just became the first drama to stand at the forefront of the trend in this era." Lu Yanhe said, "Look, The Gold Rush is also very popular overseas, and there will be a sequel later. Maybe the sequel will be even more popular. With enough influence, it is also likely to enter the vision of the Golden Globe Awards and the Emmy Awards."
"Yan He, you don't seem to be shy about discussing these foreign awards. In fact, there is also a voice saying that those foreign awards are nothing, and we don't need to over-exaggerate their status and value. What do you think about this?"
"Whether an award is recognized or not, how authoritative it is, or whether it is actually very watery, it is not up to me or you to decide," Lu Yanhe said. "Of course I can't say that foreign awards are ordinary or watery, because I have to admit that there are many awards I want to win. If I want to win them and then say those awards are not good, then I am too hypocritical."
"But on the other hand, this statement does make sense. I know why this statement comes out. It's because many times, we place too much emphasis on foreign awards. In comparison, we feel that domestic awards are not as valuable. Of course, I don't think that foreign awards are more valuable than domestic ones. In fact, there are also many news reports, watered-down awards, and public relations operations. In fact, we all know that those awards are still mainly for local works. We all know this."
"But one thing is that domestic awards are actually only for domestic film and television works, but we must admit that some foreign awards, such as the Golden Globe Awards, Emmy Awards, Oscars, and awards from the four major international film festivals, especially in recent years, do have a global perspective and include works with a greater global influence."
"As a Chinese actor, I want to introduce my works to everyone in the world. Well, this work I starred in and wrote is very good. I really recommend you to watch it." Lu Yanhe smiled at Peng Zhixing, "Should I just stay in China and compete for domestic awards, or do I need to take them to compete for awards overseas?"
Peng Zhixing nodded and said, "Of course, I understand what you mean."
Lu Yanhe: "But we do need to emphasize that it is not the case that only Chinese TV dramas that have won those awards are the best, and those that have not won are not. That is not a standard system either."
"Just now you told us a lot about your views on foreign awards. In fact, I can totally feel that you have a lot of ideas about the international market. I'm curious, does this include "Friends"? "
"Including." Lu Yanhe nodded. "In fact, we also got a set of data from Maxine. Our Chinese drama has accumulated a lot of fans all over the world over the years. I also hope that the audience of "Friends" will increase around the world."
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After the recording of the program was completed, Peng Zhixing asked Lu Yanhe.
"Yan He, is there anything you said on the show that needs to be edited out?"
Lu Yanhe thought about it, shook his head, and said, "No, I don't think he said anything inappropriate. Brother Zhixing, just watch me cut it."
"Okay." Peng Zhixing nodded.
Peng Zhixing’s talk show will be a “Friends” series, and Lu Yanhe will be the first.
There will be separate interviews with other main creators later.
"The show will be online on Wednesday," said Peng Zhixing.
The show is recorded on Sunday, and all post-production needs to be completed and uploaded to the site on Wednesday. Even though this is an interview show that does not require a lot of post-production, the schedule is still really tight.
In addition to Peng Zhixing's talk show, Lu Yanhe and his team also participated in the recording of an indoor game program on Yuehu TV to warm up for the show.
The promotional videos are broadcast six times a day.
All major publicity channels are at the highest level of publicity, if for no other reason than the same publicity idea as the first season. The main focus is an exclusive broadcast on Yuehu TV at 8 o'clock, spreading the information to every corner like a virus.
This is also the opinion given by Chen Siqi and others.
For a series like "Friends" that has already gone through the first three seasons, there is no need for any new promotional methods.
All it needs is intensive and large-scale publicity to let its audience know when it will be broadcast. That's enough.
It has accumulated enough fans in the first three seasons.
If the third season hadn't received such bad reviews, the publicity costs of "Friends" could have been saved by even half, because the publicity wouldn't have to be so overwhelming.
On the Friday of the second week, everyone on "Friends" finished filming the third and fourth episodes and made an appointment to watch the premiere together.
At 6:30, everyone posted a photo of them gathered together and laughing happily, reminding everyone to watch the premiere at 8 o'clock.
The publicity strategy of this drama is "again and again", never getting tired of it, and spreading it virally.
Don't forget to watch.
Must see.
Be sure to watch this!
Finally, at eight o'clock, the show started on time.
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"Season 3 is so bad, it feels like I was fed a piece of shit."
As a former loyal fan of "Friends", 26-year-old Li Zhiang now hates the show deeply.
When a friend asked him if he would watch the first episode of "Friends", he swore that he would not.
Three years ago, after graduating from college and just starting to work, he happened to encounter the broadcast of "Friends".
At that time, he rented a house in Yuming by himself. Because he was not from Yuming and did not go to university in Yuming, he was basically alone after work in the first six months after he arrived.
It was during that period that Li Zhiang encountered the broadcast of "Friends".
To be honest, he himself couldn't remember how many times he had watched "Friends".
For a long time, "Friends" was not available on any online video platform and was only broadcast on Beijing and Taiwan. He almost kept the TV on all year round, leaving it on Beijing and Taiwan. Whenever "Friends" was broadcast, he would sit down and watch it for a while.
This feeling is actually quite bizarre.
Because this drama is not that exciting or full of ups and downs.
But when six people get together and talk about all kinds of things in their lives and work, there is chaos and confusion, but also the warmth of love and friendship.
Li Zhiang had to admit that he relied on this drama to relieve his loneliness for a long time.
When he watched the show, he had the illusion that he also had such friendship.
Who knew that in the second season, as soon as Lu Yanhe left and Chen Ziliang came, content that he didn't like so much suddenly appeared.
Actually, it’s okay. As long as he doesn’t watch the part where Chen Ziliang appears, he still likes watching the other parts.
He thought, at least in the third season, everyone will learn from their mistakes, right?
Even if Lu Yanhe doesn't come back, don't find an unsuitable actor or an unsuitable role and force it into this series, right?
However, who would have thought that the third season would be even worse.
It's not that there is a bad character shoved in, but almost every character has a magical development that makes you want to flip the table.
Especially seeing that a kind and gentle man like Wen Fan inexplicably turned into a playboy who was popular with women.
It is no exaggeration to say that Li Zhiang really felt disgusted as if he had eaten shit.
Disheartened.
Even though news came out later that Lu Yanhe would return, Bai Jingnian would return, and all the original cast would return, Li Zhiang didn't want to watch it anymore.
He has made up his mind that he doesn't want to suffer a second blow. Even if they praise it to the sky, he doesn't want to watch the show anymore. As a result, he can see news about the show everywhere on his way to work, in the office, on WeChat Moments, and even when he goes to the cinema to watch a movie.
On the one hand, Lu Yanhe has greater ambitions and prospects for this drama, and hopes that it can be liked by the whole world.
Then Bai Jingnian said that Lu Yanhe wrote an opening for the script that made all the creative staff applaud. It not only fixed the mess left by the third season, but also created a brand new beginning for "Friends".
Later, Yin Xincheng mentioned in an interview that he had a very big identity transformation in this season.
A little later, it was Zhan Yun who said that after she finished filming "Friends", she would join the crew of the romantic comedy movie "Thirty Days". She would focus more on filming movies in the future, and the TV series would only be left for the "Friends" series.
Everyone is trying to create promotional topics for "Friends" in various ways.
Li Zhiang had already made up his mind not to watch it no matter what.
But there is news about this drama every day, every day, and it never stops, just like there is a nagging and troublesome ghost, whispering in your ear every day:
——Take a look, it won’t hurt.
——Really not watching? You liked the first season so much, and now they are all back.
——Lu Yanhe has already said that this time he comes back, he will not leave unless the audience doesn’t like him.
——This is the only drama this year that is being filmed and broadcast at the same time. Don’t you want to see what it’s like?
——Lu Yanhe is the screenwriter, don’t you want to know how he completes this story?
……
So, at 8 o'clock on Friday night, Li Zhiang finally turned on the TV and subconsciously tuned to Beijing TV. What the hell was that? What was it broadcasting?
The next second, he realized, oh, the drama has been changed to be broadcast on Yuehu TV.
He was transferred to Yuehutai again.
The opening theme song just finished playing.
The first shot appears.
Lu Yanhe appeared on the screen. He was carrying a bag and had a suitcase beside him. He was standing at the station and sending a message on his mobile phone.
--I'm back.
Li Zhiang curled his lips and folded his hands over his chest.
This matter can't be settled just by your return.
He thought to himself, if he didn’t want to watch it anymore, he would just change the channel.
With this thought in mind, Li Zhiang watched the advertisement until ten minutes later.
Li Zhiang woke up as if from a dream.
Huh? The first half of the first episode has already been aired?
Li Zhiang: “…”
At this moment, he didn't want to admit it, but he looked inside again.
Especially when seeing those old characters learn that Lu Yanhe is coming back, they are all shocked. Their first reaction is to cover up the ridiculous things they did in the previous season. They all let go of their belongings, as if they suddenly woke up.
In particular, Wen Fan, played by Yin Xincheng, decided to break up with several of his ambiguous objects, and then there was a scene where he was splashed with water three times by three women in turn.
Li Zhiang felt that that scene was both necessary and funny.
Then, these people "turned over a new leaf" one by one, gathered at the station, waiting to pick up Lu Yanhe.
Li Zhiang didn't say how satisfied he was with this transition, but he did accept it in his heart.
Lu Yanhe did manage to make them work.
It is foreseeable that when the second half of the episode begins, a new chapter will begin. (End of this chapter)
