On the central axis, under the Bell and Drum Towers, traditional culture has been passed down from generation to generation.

The Beijing-style TV series "Outside the Drum Tower", written by Wang Zhili, is being broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV.

As a representative of Beijing-style creations, Wang Zhili has created many high-quality Beijing-style dramas such as "Love Full Courtyard", "Zhengyang Gate", "Little Woman under Zhengyang Gate" and "Silly Spring". The audience narrates those old rationales in Beijing.

A few days ago, Wang Zhili said in an interview with the media that Beijing-flavored operas are based on things, and they are about people, and what they watch is feelings.

"Beyond the Drum Tower" tells a simple truth through a Beijing story of "When is the time for revenge for injustices and grievances when we meet each other?"

　　On "Outside the Drum Tower"

　　If you don't take the right path, if you go astray, you will go astray

　　Beiqing Daily: This drama is called "Outside the Drum Tower", what's the special meaning?

　　Wang Zhili: What does outside the Drum Tower mean?

Outside the Drum Tower is the central axis, which is the central axis of Beijing's architecture. This is the right way. If you go astray, you will go astray.

This drama is called "Beyond the Drum Tower". It has a strong regional character. The carpenters in old Beijing are on the central axis, and they write the stories of old Beijing and tell the life of the people next to the Drum Tower.

　　Beiqing Daily: The core of "Outside the Drum Tower" is "harmony", and the theme concept conveyed is that people should treat each other sincerely and resolve conflicts.

　　Wang Zhili: Yes, Yu Zhongsheng went astray and went astray. After going through a lot of things, he finally came to his senses and reconciled with his younger brother and himself.

In the play, he was wronged and went to prison, and his girlfriend married Yin Dongyi.

After being released from prison, Yu Zhongsheng began to take revenge and fought with his enemy Yin Dongyi to the death, but in fact he was knocking himself, and he suffered both losses and entered a low point in his life.

The story behind is about the process of Yu Zhongsheng's release, and he understands that revenge is going astray.

Revenge, you revenge yourself.

It rains and slides down, and falls and climbs by itself.

You have brought down other people, but you have also brought down yourself.

　　talk about creation

　　Writing the script, every character I write lives in front of my eyes

　　Beiqing Daily: Is "Beyond the Drum Tower" your first time writing a novel?

　　Wang Zhili: I haven't written it before, but "Beyond the Drum Tower" is my first time.

Writing a screenplay and writing a novel are all about writing stories and characters, and you have to talk about things in a rational way.

As long as the characters in my play, I let them have a personality and be alive.

　　How do i do this?

It is to dig out the most essential things of the characters, treat yourself as a character in the story, and really put emotions and feelings into it.

The conflict in the drama, the emotional transformation of the characters, and how to deal with every detail so as not to make the audience feel uncomfortable, all must be done with their brains and hearts.

You are the protagonist in the story, you are every character, and you have to be them, to cry and bleed with them, to keep them there.

And the audience went in as soon as they saw it, and they couldn't run away because they found themselves in the play.

　　Beiqing Daily: What do you think is more difficult or challenging to write "Outside the Drum Tower"?

　　Wang Zhili: What is the challenge of screenwriting?

The screenwriter challenges the story, which is the logic of the story.

I write scripts, and every character I write lives in front of my eyes as if they were standing in front of me.

I have a picture in my mind of what he is doing.

When writing TV series, some have three main lines, and some have two main lines: one emotional line and one career line.

Among them, in addition to love, the emotional line has another big love, such as the love of relatives, the love of friends, and the love of comrades-in-arms.

　　Then remove the things on this general frame, and don't want any of the edges.

It has to explain the main frame, the hero and heroine, and write around this main line.

The difficulty of screenwriting is the story, the rationality and logic of the story, and your opinion on the story.

When you write and write in a crooked way, you are full of resentment. Is that positive energy?

An author cannot write his grievances in his work.

　　Beiqing Daily: After the broadcast of "Outside the Drum Tower", some viewers felt that it was unbelievable that a chair sold for millions or even tens of millions. Does this situation exist in reality?

　　Wang Zhili: Around 2000, the furniture market was the hottest at that time. Furniture was very valuable. A large wardrobe of huanghuali sold for 3 million.

How much is a chair worth?

The highest is a double-beaded official hat chair auctioned by Christie's, which fetched 24 million.

　　Talk about Beijing flavor

　　The old Beijing people are angry, follow the rules, and be reasonable

　　Beiqing Daily: You write stories about people in Beijing. From your observation, what kind of temperament do Beijing people have?

　　Wang Zhili: People in old Beijing are angry, follow the rules, and be reasonable.

The most important thing is to see if this person is upright or not. The real old Beijingers will not put their interests first. You only need to deceive others once, and you are finished. This is the rule in the alley.

In this era, the characteristic of Beijingers is inclusiveness.

　　Beiqing Daily: Although your works have a strong regional character, their ratings are outstanding. Why do you think these Beijing-style stories are recognized by audiences all over the country?

　　Wang Zhili: When "Love Full Courtyard" was broadcast, all the popular on the screen were "little fresh meat" and court dramas.

As a result, no one thought that "Love in the Siheyuan" would dominate the screen at once, and its ratings ranked first in the country.

At that time, the industry held seminars to discuss why "Love Full Courtyard" can defeat "Little Fresh Pork" and court dramas.

Later, my "We Were Young in Those Years" and "Little Women under Zhengyangmen" were broadcast and they were very successful. Everyone realized that this was not an accident.

　　Beiqing Daily: You are a well-known screenwriter who has created many classic works, but you rarely give interviews to the media. Why?

　　Wang Zhili: I don’t like to go anywhere. I rarely give interviews or walk the red carpet.

I don't know anyone outside, which is great.

I went to drink in a small shop. The boss and the waiter knew me, but they didn't know that I was a screenwriter. They only knew that this person was a greedy ghost and came to drink again.

In my opinion, why do you want to be so famous as a screenwriter?

Useless.

A person, your reputation is greater than your achievements, you are definitely finished.

　　Text / reporter Yang Wenjie

　　Coordination / Man Yi