"News Queen" is still on TVB, and this Taiwanese celebration drama has lived up to expectations and has hit a new high in ratings.
Internet viewers in the mainland were the first to see the finale of the show. Full of anticipation for admission, the more I watched, the more anticlimactic I became, until I saw the end, some people couldn't sit still: "The News Queen" is unfinished!
Someone commented vividly on the play:
Go crazy high
Why is this so?
Climactic plot
More than 20 years ago, a scholar specializing in Hong Kong films wrote a book, and he gave an eight-word evaluation of Hong Kong films:
It's all overdone, it's all crazy
These eight words are the most appropriate evaluation of Hong Kong films. In fact, why not?
Today, we will start with the live broadcast of the "Uncle Sijue" injury incident in "News Queen".
The incident originated from a complaint from a neighbor who often quarreled for no reason. Such trivial little news, of course, should not be taken seriously.
Just at this time, SNK TV came to a rookie Xi reporter. So, this kind of errand that no one paid attention to fell on her. When she went for a second interview, she learned that a police officer had come to investigate the incident, and she walked into her uncle's room and suddenly found that the police officer had fallen in a pool of blood.
Thus, a live TV war began.
Because Wen Huixin has proposed to resign due to Liang Jingren's dissatisfaction with his promotion, he will talk about things within the TV station at this time. He first arranged for Zhang Jiayan to do a live broadcast, and Zhang said that of course he would go to the scene at this time, and he simply packed up the equipment and didn't go back.
At this time, there are two people who covet the anchor position, one is Wen Huixin's subordinate, who has been reversed by him, and Xu Xiaowei, who already has one leg;One is Xu Shiqing, an old subordinate who also wants to take the position.
Liang Jingren asked the two for their thoughts on the direction of the news.
Xu Xiaowei said that it is a "time bomb hidden in the community", which is mental health.
Xu Shiqing sneered, how boring this is. She has already investigated and learned that the uncle is the Internet celebrity "Uncle Sijue", and she is ready to do it from this perspective.
Unexpectedly, Liang Jingren gave the anchor position to Xu Xiaowei. Xu Shiqing was indignant, but he comforted her, my purpose is for you to do a live webcast, this guy's influence is not necessarily worse than that of the anchor. Then, he told Xu Shiqing that the doxxing experts of Sister Man, who had rebelled against him, had found out that the daughter of "Uncle Sijue" was a new star, and she was recently involved in a scandal with Xiaosan, and the recent deterioration of "Uncle Sijue's" condition may be related to this.
A simple opening, I already have a rough idea of the plot framework: the three factions fight the law. Under this framework, the core is the competition between Xu Xiaowei of the "Wen Army" and Xu Shiqing of the "George Party". Among them, it contains the favorite "playing balance" technique of the top management of "News Queen".
In this plot, there are conflicts, and there are characters. can show the skills under the mature system of Hong Kong dramas.
Next, let's take a look at the plot of just one episode, how "The Queen of News" constantly creates conflict and reversal.
Climax 1: Gun or suspected pistol-shaped object?
Soon after, the first climax was reached.
Wen Huixin suddenly "returned to the court", and everyone found that "Uncle Sijue" was suspected of having a gun on his waist. The line prompts "I photographed Uncle Sijue with a gun".
Wen Huixin immediately asked Xu Xiaowei to change it to "Speaking of pistol-type objects, you still don't know if the gun is real or fake."
Wen Huixin and Liang Jingren broke out into a fierce quarrel.
It can be seen in this conflict that Liang Jingren pays more attention to gimmicks in order to seek ratings, and in his opinion, even if he makes a mistake, it is;Wen Huixin, on the other hand, attaches more importance to the rigor of reporting.
During the quarrel, Xu Xiaowei's report was: "I found that the suspect was wearing a suspected pistol."
In this battle, Xu Xiaowei favored Liang Jingren and continued to backstab Sister Man.
Climax 2: Clues in **
The police plan to storm the "Uncle Think". Zhang Jiayan and rookie Xi examined and filmed ** and found that the police bleeding location was in the back of the head, and after analysis, it was believed that it should be the cause of the fall and hit the back of the head. In other words, "Uncle Sijue" is not a murderer.
This is an important clue that can allow the police to lower the level of protection against "Uncle Sense".
However, because Zhang Jiayan has no party or faction, no one wants to broadcast this **.
Draw the key points, and this is where the plot is not rigorous.
Even though some parties in the TV station were assigned, as the first person to enter the scene of the crime, no one cared about the experience of a rookie reporter, and no one understood what she saw and filmed, which was seriously inconsistent with reality.
What's more, at this moment, she is holding a hand of material, and no one is willing to broadcast it, and she wants Zhang Jiayan to join forces with her?
Climax 3: Webcast
It hasn't been long since he recovered from this orgasm. Another climax appeared, Xu Shiqing led a team to block people at the door of the mansion and find the daughter of "Uncle Sijue". After a drag racing scene earned enough eyeballs, Xu Shiqing gained the trust of the other party and entered the home of "Uncle Sijue" to broadcast live.
Wen Huixin, who was originally broadcasting expert interviews, also had to cut into this online live broadcast that attracted more viewers.
At this time, Zhang Jiayan said a word:
Journalism is a record, not an engagement.
As a prophecy, after the traffic exploded, Xu Shiqing was discovered by "Uncle Sijue", and she was also in danger.
In this paragraph, there is the importance of professionalism or ratings, and the degree to which journalists are involved in interviews. There is a plot, and there are points worth thinking about.
Climax 4: Twin swords
After the webcast was interrupted, the TV station was criticized.
Wen Huixin thought of another trick, he found Zhang Jiayan and said: "We will make the most successful live broadcast in the history of TV in the past ten years." ”
When we thought it was a big show. It turned out that they had found a group of experts to talk about the dangers of signal radiation. Emotions were out of control, and the "uncle of thoughts" who was about to have a seizure suddenly sobered up the moment he turned off the signal ......
Seeing this, I want to say, big brother, don't be so dramatic!
It's all over-the-top
This episode of TV can be said to be the best embodiment of the characteristics of Hong Kong dramas "everything is overheated and everything is crazy".
First, it brings together the various points of conflict that drive up ratings.
There is the confrontation and betrayal of the hostile camp, as well as the wrestling of the three classes, as well as lace elements such as rich stars. Within 10 minutes, there must be a small climax. The calculations and losses of the major characters are written on their faces. The anchor in reality will definitely not be so emotional, but it does have the point of looking good.
Secondly, its plot and characters do not stand up to scrutiny.
Why are the people who first entered the scene of the crime not taken seriously?
Uncle Sijue: "Why is it so easy to calm down?".
Because of the needs of the plot, these details are not taken seriously.
In fact, many Hong Kong dramas have similar characteristics. For example, my favorite "Heaven and Earth Boy", which can describe the character of Xu Youbang in detail, and can make the relationship between him and Huifang extremely detailed and moving. But at the end, the two classes of characters fought in the **, and Xu Youbang won in the end, relying on the unexpected ...... of the Japanese **
Looking at the bad ending of "News Queen" in this way, it is actually understandable. Generally, Hong Kong dramas have an outline first, and the screenwriter writes a few episodes of the script, and then writes while filming, and the actors often have to face the test of "Flying Paper Boy", that is, when they get to the scene, they only have one or two pages of temporarily written lines.
Charmaine Sheh said in an interview that what moved her to return to the nest to shoot was the script of the first six episodes. Based on this speculation, it is estimated that the script of the next fourteen episodes is still ...... in the screenwriter's womb
Due to the fast pace of life in Hong Kong, life is stressful, so the audience likes strong conflicts and fast-paced plots. Therefore, Hong Kong dramas often have the characteristics of plot patterning and facial performance, and they don't care much about the carving of details.
This is vividly reflected in "The Queen of News".
In fact, in the past Hong Kong dramas, there have also been cases of polishing the script very carefully. For example, Wei Jiahui's "Intolerable Love", Youkang's mother was wrongfully murdered, and it took three episodes to shoot three episodes, and the whole process was up and down.
After entering the millennium, there are more and more entertainment channels, and it is becoming more and more difficult for Hong Kong audiences to be couch potatoes. In the past, long dramas have been bought rarely, and the audience prefers the volume of about 20 episodes, the plot, don't foreshadow it too much, it's best to be cool to the end.
This background has created the status quo that although "News Queen" is innovative and valuable, it still has a lot of slots.