On February 21st, "Hunting Ice" directed by Gao Qunshu and starring Zhang Songwen, Yao Anna and others was launched on Tencent Video. The popularity of the drama on Tencent Video Station has exceeded 28,000, which can be said to be a recent hot drama. However, with the popularity of the series, some viewers have criticized Yao Anna, who plays the lead role of Zhao Younan in the series. Because of her status as "Huawei's second princess", she was even questioned about her investment in the series.
Zhao Younan (played by Yao Anna)
On February 22, Gao Qunshu's real-name Weibo post "@He went back to the mental hospital" posted: It is indeed low-cost, just to make a simple drama. The most money-hungry drama in the past ten years. Worry about money every day. Now they are being criticized as being kidnapped by capital. What injustice.
On February 23, Gao Qunshu posted a long post on his Weibo in response to questions from various parties about the "Hunting Ice" series and its starring role, Anna Yao. To sum up, Gao Qunshu’s latest response has the following points:
1. Seven or eight years ago, I had the idea of doing an anti-drug theme, but the script took several years to take shape.
2. After the initial script came out, Gao Qunshu still felt that it was too rough and lacked a police line to solve the case, so he asked young director Gao Han to work on the revision together. Together, they set up a heroine who had been a soldier, had no experience in solving crimes, was reckless but dared Fighting police image.
Huang Zongwei (played by Zhang Songwen)
3. The original script was too rough and was not favored by major platforms. Gao Qunshu once thought about using non-professional actors to make a split-account drama. By chance, Zhang Songwen saw the script, liked the characters in the play, and proposed to cooperate with Gao Qunshu.
4. Yao Anna was recommended by the staff. Gao Qunshu had no idea who she was or where she came from. Because Yao Anna had not acted before, and Gao Qunshu preferred to use non-professional actors without acting training, he decided to meet her. He believes that Anna Yao is simple and her image and temperament are in line with the image of a fledgling police officer, "especially since she has not had any plastic surgery." All the actors never complained and worked hard. Anna Yao completed all her action scenes by herself.
5. The investment in "Hunting Ice" was less than 40 million yuan. Many actors were hired by Gao Qunshu to show his face, and the remuneration was pitiful. Some actors did not get paid at all. Most of the main creators have never filmed major movies, and Gao Qunshu also wanted to support young directors when he made this movie. Because of tight time and tight funds, the filming caused a lot of regrets.
6. Gao Qunshu said that he has resisted capital control for so many years, so all he did was low-cost dramas. "But it is the first time in more than 20 years that the price of "Ice Hunting" has been so low. What I didn't expect was that this drama was actually said to be bought by capital."
