Chapter 165 The Legend of Chu Liuxiang
Shi Xiaolong asked first, "What new project?"
Chen Shantong replied, "The drama adapted from Gu Long's novel, "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang.""
Shi Xiaolong praised, "This is great. Some of Gu Long's most exciting characters are Li Xunhuan, Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng, and the Peerless Twins.
Basically all of them have been filmed in other mainland countries, but Chu Liuxiang is missing. ”
Chen Linfeng touched his chin, it turned out to be this drama.
I remember that this drama was played by Zhu Xiaotian in his previous life, and he became a fat version of Chu Liuxiang.
The screenwriter is still Yu Ma, the adaptation is very extensive, but the story is rarely good.
The female characters are the highlight, there are many beauties, which form a sharp contrast with the male protagonists.
Chen Shantong talked about the whole story of this project, still cooperating with Hua Central Television, but this time it was the film and television department, not the art department.
The drama he and Fang Hua set out to make has already acquired the rights to adapt it, and plans to launch it next year, and it is expected to be broadcast the year after that.
Chen Linfeng said directly, "It's best to start earlier, so that it can be broadcast next year. It will be too late the year after."
Chen Shantong was a little surprised, and he was preparing What's the hard part?
He stretched out his hand to interrupt, "Wait a minute, I'm not asking you to speed me up."
Then he expressed his concerns, as far as his own feelings were concerned , he was a little reluctant to continue doing costume martial arts dramas.
In recent years, there have been too many costumed martial arts dramas, and many of the scripts are shoddy and cannot stand up to scrutiny.
“Even the movies are all about ancient costume martial arts dramas, which reminds me of Hong Kong in the last century, so I’m wondering if I should take it easy.”
Chen Linfeng gave his father a heartfelt message. Thumbs up.
It’s no wonder that in recent years, in addition to some of the TV series he specified, most of the TV series Chen Shantong has invested in have also achieved good results. Relationships really have their own set of concepts.
Indeed, with the explosion of costumed martial arts dramas over the past few years, audiences will sooner or later get tired of this type of TV series.
And this time is not far away, just in 2007.
This year, in all provincial and municipal TV stations, except for a few places, in most areas, the ones at the top of the ratings list were mostly sad dramas.
Even other types of costume dramas are somewhat inadequate.
The most typical one is Ming Dynasty 1566. It is difficult to say whether the poor ratings of this drama are due to the problem of the broadcast platform or the year of broadcast.
That’s why Chen Linfeng suggested starting it as soon as possible, preferably in 2006.
Although judging from the situation in the previous life, even if this drama was broadcast in 2007, the performance was not bad.
But if the production quality is improved, the performance will definitely be more outstanding in 2006.
After this, it’s not that costumed martial arts dramas can’t be filmed, but they need to be in a different format.
What replaced it was the Xianxia drama, which was actually a costumed martial arts drama with fully upgraded martial arts special effects and stories.
After Chen Linfeng expressed his understanding, Shi Xiaolong was confused before Chen Shantong could react.
"No, according to what you two want, martial arts dramas will no longer work in the future, what should I do?"
For so many years, he has relied on costume martial arts dramas to make a living.
Shi Xiaolong was also heartbroken. When he was young, he was always warned by his younger brother that it would not be easy for child stars to transform in the future.
Now the transformation is about to be successful.
The result was that he was told that martial arts dramas would no longer work in the future.
Chen Shantong reassured, "Don't worry, I won't forget you. Xiaofeng suggested a drama to me. I originally planned to tell you during the Chinese New Year."
Shi Xiaolong asked hurriedly, "What kind of drama is it?"
Chen Linfeng explained, "Didn't you want to cooperate with Wang Baoqiang before? This time the opportunity has come. It is a modern military-themed TV drama."
This is of course "Soldier Assault".
Although the script of this drama has already been in the hands of Huayi in 2004.
But Huayi actually doesn't pay much attention to this drama. Now that it has received an investment and cooperation intention from Dragon and Qilin Company, of course it readily agreed. Shi Xiaolong didn't know what the show was like, but he always believed in his brother and father's vision.
Now that I know I have found a place, I won’t say anything more.
Chen Shantong continued to chat with Chen Linfeng about "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang".
“According to you, this project is good, and it is best to start the project as early as possible?”
Chen Linfeng nodded.
Chen Shantong thought for a while, "It's already November now. If you want to broadcast it in the second half of next year, excluding the production and review time, that means you have to start the preliminary preparations now."< br>
He said with a headache, "It's easy to talk about funds and personnel, and I can communicate better with Fang Hua. It's just that this script is difficult to complete and not so fast."
Chen Shantong paced back and forth. , thinking about how to solve this problem.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he turned to ask Chen Linfeng.
"Xiao Feng, I remember that you write scripts very quickly, how about you write it?"
Chen Linfeng has no objection, but now he still has a script in hand.
"That's it..."
Chen Shantong thought for a while and said, "Then I will find two screenwriters to help you, just like changing the script on the Lotus Lantern crew, you tell me the plot Let them fill in the content, so it won’t take up much of your time.”
This approach is not bad, Chen Linfeng agreed.
Now that it is confirmed to start the project, the first thing to consider is the selection of the director and the leading actor and actress.
Chen Shantong said that Chen Linfeng should also consider the director.
Chen Linfeng did not hesitate and directly recommended director Zhang Min.
Chen Shantong thought for a long time, but he didn't know who this person was.
“In his early years, he often served as Wang Jing’s assistant director and executive director, and he was not very famous here in the mainland.”
"Why did you choose such a person?"
Chen Linfeng couldn't explain it. This person was the director of the later Zhang Zhiyao version of "The New Story of Chu Liuxiang".
Judging from the effect of this version, its directorial style is very suitable for Gu Long drama.
Chen Linfeng also recommended the action director of this drama.
Chu Liuxiang’s Qinggong performance is one of the keys to the success of the TV series.
The Qinggong movements in "The New Story of Chu Liuxiang" are almost the top types in TV dramas he has ever seen, so it is best to invite Sun Mengfei.
Chen Shantong frowned and thought for a while, and decided to follow his son's wishes and contact these two people first.
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During this period, CCTV 6 had previously recorded it and broadcast it in the Yanying Semester Homework Exhibition. The ratings of this video were relatively average, but after someone posted it online , but it attracted a lot of attention from netizens.
Especially the part about Chen Linfeng.
"Am I right? Does Xiao Chen have such a high status? Can he sit down and discuss with several big directors?"
"From what director Chen Kaige said, Xiao Chen is a screenwriter. He is not just Have you edited "Baolian Lantern"? How can you be taken seriously because of this? "
"You don't understand this, Xiao Chen is doing well in Hollywood."
Yes. Those who knew the inside story even learned about Chen Linfeng’s past experiences.
“That’s no wonder. I thought Xiao Chen’s status in the film and television industry was average just because he wrote books.”
"There is a photo in front of him. Several first-line stars are surrounding Xiao Chen. I feel that he does have something."
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In mid-November, Shi Xiaolong joined the crew of Xue Rengui's Legend. This part He only has to play a supporting role and should be back in less than a month.
At this time, Tang Ren's Legend of Sword and Fairy has been broadcast on the star, and has been broadcast for some time.
(End of this chapter)