Chapter 196 Mountain Monster
Then naturally came the bargaining stage.
So the two moved to a nearby small restaurant and started talking while eating.
Tian Youliang originally bought the rights to adapt this novel with the intention of writing and directing it himself. Even if the starring role is changed now, he has no intention of abdicating his role to make way for someone more talented.
Xu Kun agreed. Although Tian Youliang has never been a TV drama director, he has been a drama director for more than ten years. Coupled with his excellent screenwriting background, his directing ability should be trustworthy.
At worst, we can hire an experienced assistant director when the time comes, just to be prepared.
In addition, Tian Youliang hopes that the investment in this drama will be at least 15 million, and the specific funds used for filming should not be less than 12 million.
For a modern fashion drama with only 22 episodes, 15 million is not a small amount - that is, considering that there are many places to show off wealth and pretentiousness in the drama, otherwise 10 million would be enough.
Xu Kun readily agreed to this. In the beginning, he was able to get 20 million in investment for Tianjian. Now that he has become more famous and has more connections, 15 million is no longer a problem.
Finally, there is the issue of casting rights. The male lead must be Xu Kun, but Tian Youliang asked that the right to choose the female lead be left to himself.
Although he is not the original author of the novel, he put a lot of effort into adapting it into a script, so he hopes to choose a heroine that suits his own preferences.
Regarding this request, Xu Kun chose to argue with reason. Since he was the one who came forward to attract investment, he would definitely have to work part-time as a producer again. As a producer, he has no say in the selection of the heroine. This is really unreasonable. .
In the end, both parties made a compromise. Both parties have the right to recommend and veto. Only when they reach a consensus can they lock in the candidate for the heroine.
In addition to these three items, there are also issues such as crew composition, shooting schedule, etc. The two of them also roughly discussed a framework.
At 9:30 p.m., Xu Kun said goodbye to Tian Youliang and rode back to the Central Theater campus with a copy of the script.
Li Laoyuan saw a person guarding his A6. Xu Kun thought it was Wen Zhang and thought to himself that this guy really had good intentions. He was originally thinking about how to return the bike, but now it saves trouble.
As I got closer, I realized something was wrong. This man was obviously a head taller than Wen Zhang.
Upon closer inspection, it was clearly Zhu Yawen.
"Why is it you again? Aren't you from Beiying?"
Xu Kun got off the bicycle speechlessly. He had been blocked by Zhu Yawen several times recently, but he didn't expect that he could still catch up with him.
"Brother Kun!"
Zhu Yawen's spine bent downwards, and he said bitterly: "I really know that I was wrong. Please give me another chance, okay?!"
Last year's episode of "A Date with Lu Yu" had more or less negative impacts on the four guests on and off the court. However, the negative impact on the other three people was mainly outside the circle, while Zhu Yawen's backlash was within the circle.
Now his image as an ungrateful white-eyed wolf has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the industry - in fact, there are many actors who are ungrateful and white-eyed wolves, but who asked him to backstab the producer who brought in the investment?
Even the elementary school girl who took the initiative to pursue him was ordered by her family not to have much to do with him.
After more than half a year of struggle, Zhu Yawen has now completely recognized the reality. His only way out is to obtain Xu Kun's forgiveness and appear in the same frame with him again.
Only in this way can we have a chance to clear ourselves of the name of ungratefulness.
Seeing Xu Kun's impatient look, he gritted his teeth and took out a "confession" from his pocket, and handed it to Xu Kun with both hands.
Xu Kun used the lighting function of his mobile phone to scan through it and found that in this confession, he downplayed the affairs between himself and Jiang Yiyan. He mainly regretted that he should not have been so blinded by unrequited love that he made up nonsense on the TV show. Make random things.
Looking back now, everything Jiang Yiyan said was true, but his hypocritical arguments were extremely ridiculous. It was even more a clown's behavior to slander Jiang Yiyan for not returning home at night.
After Xu Kun read it, he shook his head at Zhu Yawen and asked, "Does this thing have any substantial benefits for me? I don't plan to open a brokerage company."
Zhu Yawen obviously had a good idea and immediately said: "This can at least clarify the scandal between Brother Kun and Jiang Yiyan..."
"Why should I clarify that stuff?"
Xu Kun interrupted him disdainfully. In his opinion, if a man is unmarried and a woman is unmarried, what's the big deal in having a scandal?
However, the scandal of Shuang Feiyan is still somewhat open. After a moment of hesitation, Xu Kun pointed to the bicycle lane next to him: "Go and return the car for me first - the owner is Qiao Shan from the 04 grade class."
"Okay~"
Zhu Yawen agreed excitedly and pushed the car a few steps away. Suddenly he paused and looked back hesitantly.
Xu Kun knew that he was worried that he would take the opportunity to leave, so he glared angrily and said, "What are you looking at? I just drank. Can I still drive on the road?"
Zhu Yawen felt relieved and hurriedly pushed the car towards the boys' dormitory building.
Students from Beijing Film Academy and China National Theater interact quite frequently, so he is no stranger to the situation at China National Theater.
Xu Kun started the car first, then opened the back door and got in, reading the script again with the help of the reading light above his head.
About seven or eight minutes later, Zhu Yawen ran back out of breath, leaned against the car window and said: "Brother Kun, the car has been returned!"
"Then drive me back."
Xu Kun lowered the car window a crack and said, "Anyway, you already know where the apartment I rent is."
Zhu Yawen laughed sarcastically and hurriedly got into the driver's seat.
Xu Kun didn't talk to him on the way and focused all his attention on the script.
When he read it for the first time, Xu Kun paid attention to the general context of the story and whether the character Meng Hao was outstanding and suitable for him.
Watching it for the second time, I found that although the most outstanding character in the play is the domineering president Meng Hao, the focus is actually around the heroine Lin Yuxin.
To put it bluntly, this is a Cinderella story.
The heroine’s first boyfriend, Hao Liang, was a talented, cheerful and handsome senior in the Chinese Department. He was the admirer of countless female classmates. However, in order to be with the heroine, he resolutely gave up the lucrative job he found. , chose to continue his postgraduate studies at his alma mater.
Later, although Hao Liang became a black man for a time, he was extremely regretful and had hallucinations because of recalling the beautiful past with the heroine, which eventually led to his death in a car accident.
The second suitor of the heroine, the male protagonist Meng Hao, is set to be a turtle who graduated from Stanford University. After returning to China, he started from scratch. In a few years, he became the chairman of a real estate company with his decisiveness and sharp business acumen. , has also become the diamond king that countless women are crazy about chasing.
But he disdains all women, and is only infatuated with the heroine. He is willing to sacrifice everything for the heroine, even putting himself on the line.
The heroine's third suitor is the famous elite lawyer Mu Bai. Because of an interview in a magazine, he became friends with the heroine and has taken care of him in every possible way since then. He can be called the heroine's confidant in adversity.
Mu Bai not only has a full elite style, but can also be gentle and tolerant of everything the heroine has to offer. Even though he lost to Meng Hao in the end, he still maintained a sufficient demeanor.
Three men, three outstanding men, three outstanding men with different identities and backgrounds, all fell under the heroine's pomegranate skirt, and they were addicted to it and couldn't extricate themselves.
Seeing this, Xu Kun finally understood.
No wonder the proper noun was derived, and no wonder it got a bad reputation later on. It turns out that "Boss Boss" was a bloody drama specially made to satisfy women's fantasies!
If a bitter drama is about letting women take the place of it, which has the effect of hurting others, then this drama is about letting women take the place of it and feel the fantasy bubble that does not belong to them at all.
The better the designs of the male characters are, the more attractive the fantasy bubble will be - seducing women.
Of course, if the male protagonist's role is filmed, some men will also look forward to playing the role of the domineering and arrogant Meng Hao.
But the main target of this drama is definitely the female audience.
Considering that female viewers have gradually become the main consumer of TV dramas at this stage, it is completely normal for this kind of drama to become popular for a time.
As for why the reputation was so bad later, Xu Kun can guess some reasons. If there are too many dramas with this kind of charming girl, it will definitely trigger a backlash from male viewers;
Secondly, the threshold for this thing is also low. You can just get a few cool vases to take pictures, so it is inevitable that there will be a large number of fake copies.
But that’s all for the future. What Xu has to do now is to become the founder and first person of the ‘Ba Zong Drama’, and reap the huge dividends of this ‘blue ocean’!
(End of chapter)