Chapter 284 National Business Card - The Three-Body Problem
“The script is pretty good, let’s shoot according to this, Xiangdong organizes the casting.”
Ye Xiangdong was stunned, he did everything I was prepared to be scolded, but I didn't expect it to pass.
He raised his head with a look of disbelief on his face. The others were also shocked.
After all, the script has logical problems at first glance, and all the characters have abnormal brains.
"Although it's a bit exaggerated, although my brain is not normal, although there is no logic, although the lines are confusing, but it doesn't require thinking, it's okay... We are creators, and the things we shoot are not for ourselves, but for the audience. "
"As long as the audience likes it."
"Director Li, do you think this is a bit insulting to the audience's intelligence..."
"What kind of market should you target, what kind of movie you should film. Wangda is an online movie, and it doesn't need such strong logic. The most important thing is to catch the audience's attention and keep them watching."
"Huh? Is that like Qidian Xiaobaiwen?"
"You think it's easy to write a short article! That's not what ordinary people can write... Failure is not terrible. What's terrible is that after failure, you don't know why you failed. Let me ask you a question, do you know Youku's click algorithm?"
A group of people shook their heads and didn't pay attention at all.
“The future is the Internet era. You must not only understand traditional filming, but also change the way of filming according to the rules and algorithms of the video platform... Forget it, I look at your confused faces. , I got angry, this script is good, whoever is responsible should write more and do more according to this idea."
A girl wearing glasses raised her hand and stood up, "Boss, can you? I am very happy to get your approval...but I copied this script, will there be any problems..."
"Just copy it, there is nothing to be afraid of."
"..."*N.
Li Mingyang picked up the script and said while turning over it: "There is something wrong with your line. It is very inconsistent with the Chinese way of thinking. Is it copied from an American drama? Or a Japanese drama."
"Both. "
"It's all pieced together, but it doesn't start until the end... Your level of copying is not even qualified to be a defendant. "
The girl with the eyes suddenly blushed.
"Don't think about the issue of plagiarism. At worst, the defendant will lose money directly. Anyway, the compensation is based on profit, and you can't make much money. The company can afford to pay. Your first purpose now is to capture the preferences of platform users, and the second is to make money. Don’t make money.”
“The last thing is to make your own stuff.”
“The most important thing in content creation is the core idea. Find the core idea and create around the core, get twice the result with half the effort. ?”
“Director Li is so right. After listening to your words, my thoughts suddenly became clear.” Ye Xiangdong rolled his eyes and said, “We are targeting online platforms, so isn’t it better to copy online novels? Okay! The groups overlap!"
"The idea is right, but novels are novels and movies and TV shows are two different things, but you can try to buy the copyright of a novel. Then open the book and start working.”
The people in the conference room are all young people, new members of the traffic era. They have experienced the bombardment of online games, online novels, forums, Weibo... and their minds are extremely active.
Putting aside the script, after chatting for more than half an hour, everyone’s minds have opened up and they have some ideas in their minds.
However, there is still a long way to go to put these ideas into web dramas.
Many directors are very confident before starting filming, feeling that they can produce a masterpiece this time.
However, as I was taking pictures, I didn’t know what I was taking.
If the actors interfere again and change the script, the director will be even more confused.
Any director who is willing to make amends is a good director.
However, most directors will just continue filming as if nothing has happened, and will not go to war at all.
Because he himself doesn’t know how to remedy it.
We can only hope for good results from bad movies,
If the reputation is poor and the results are not satisfactory, then blame it on the actor.
The director blames the actor, the big actor blames the young actor, the young actor blames the screenwriter...
If the movie is not well shot, the blame will be thrown away.
After the script meeting in the morning, I had a meal and took a rest.
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Changtian came to Mingyang Entertainment to discuss the issue of your name announcement with Li Mingyang.
Ticket compensation is ticket compensation, and announcement is announcement.
The two complement each other and are indispensable.
Vote subsidy is a general trend and a scourge that no one can stop.
Strong distributors and theater chains such as Shanghai Film, Wanda, Bernard, and Huayi have all been smashed by ticket subsidy. They have surrendered, but they have not yet surrendered.
We are all waiting for a reasonable and fair condition.
The mountain eagle never likes to talk about fairness with others, so there is no ticket replacement for all movies in September.
October is to be decided, November is also to be decided.
He wants to go to the movie market.
"By the way, Third Master is too messy..."
"This has just begun, don't you think he is in a hurry?" Wang Changtian came to a row of bookshelves and carried Start talking.
"I'm so anxious that I'm afraid, but if we put so much pressure on domestic films, someone will definitely complain. Who will take the blame this time?"
"Meituan."
"Wang Xin is willing?"
"He just stepped out of one platform. If he doesn't want to, he can find another platform." Li Mingyang nodded.
In today's entertainment industry, emerging capital cannot compete with established capital, especially state-owned established capital.
"You don't have a single director's book on your bookshelf, either comics, photography... or novels." Wang Changtian took out "Three-Body 2: Dark Forest" from the bookshelf.
"If you can become a director by reading books, then there will be no shortage of directors in the country." Li Mingyang said, snatching The Three-Body Problem 2 and inserting it into the bookshelf again.
Wang Changtian smiled, sat back on the sofa, picked up the tea cup, and took a sip of tea, "When are you going to do the three-body attack?"
"Now is not a good time to do the three-body attack. .”
Wang Changtian shook his head, "Both Shanghai Film and China Film and Television want to get the copyright of Three-Body Problem. If you haven't shown up yet, they may directly establish a project and force you to come out."
Li Mingyang was stunned, "So With the level of the domestic film industry, Three-Body Problem cannot be filmed at all. They have obtained the copyright, but they cannot film it.” "Wang Changtian said.
“What if we don’t make good principles?” Li Mingyang frowned slightly; “They probably want to take the copyright and engage in Sino-foreign co-production.”
“I don’t know the specific situation. ...But we must find out who owns the copyright of the Three-Body Problem. This is the original words of Zuoshandiao.”
"I don't want to cooperate with China Film Group." Li Mingyang said.
Wang Changtian said strangely: "China Film is the best choice. Who else can develop Three-Body Problem besides China Film? Shanghai Film? Shanghai Film has nothing but money. Lao Ren doesn't have the courage either. It's estimated that We have to bring China Film over."
Li Mingyang waved his hand, "I don't want to talk about the Three-Body problem anymore."
"You don't want to cooperate with an Internet company? It doesn’t matter if you don’t shoot the three-body movie. Once the shooting starts, you won’t be able to avoid China Film Group.”
That’s not necessarily the case...
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's get back to the topic and talk about the announcement of your name."
Wang Changtian smiled bitterly and shook his head. He really didn't understand what Li Mingyang was thinking. "Zhang Zhao is tight-lipped now and hasn't said anything, but there's no telling what will happen in the future..."
Li Mingyang raised his head and looked at the ceiling, thought for a moment and said: "I'm not going to do anything in the short term. Three-body, but you can make it public that the copyright of Three-body is in my hands... As for whether it is before the launch or after the launch, you decide."
...
Wang Changtian vs. San. The body cares a lot.
Although Trisolaris is a small minority, there are many big names among this small group of people.
Among them is a future No. 8 on the ladder!
Wang Changtian wants to use the Three-body copyright to raise funds and raise the stock price.
I want to please those above.
But now I can’t do three-body exercises.
At least it has to meet the standards of The Wandering Earth, or the standards of the Three-Body TV series, in order to satisfy the person above.
Otherwise, they will be killed directly.
The boss wants to turn the Three-Body Problem into a national business card!
In the previous life, the copyright of Three-Body Problem was in the hands of Zhang Fanfan and Song Chunyu.
After Liu Cixin gave up control, Zhang and Song completed the script and tried to pitch it to Chinese film production companies.
But they had trouble finding funding because they insisted on retaining full creative control over the writers and directors.
However, the two did not have any outstanding film results.
The only thing that is available is two low-budget suspense thrillers.
The two of them were not in a hurry, so they used the three-body copyright to attract investment.
As the popularity of Trisolaris increases, the appetite of the two people also grows.
In 2013, they went to the Film Bureau to approve the project for "The Three-Body Problem" and established a company, Baixingshe.
Science fiction films require large-scale production, and the capital strength of Baixing Club alone is simply not enough to complete it independently.
At that time, Zhang Fanfan and his wife met with almost all the leading companies in the film and television industry.
"The Three-Body Problem" was very popular in the Internet circle, so they also approached Internet company executives such as Xiao Ma Ge, Ding Lei, and Zhang Qiang, the then CEO of Alibaba Pictures.
The capital for negotiation is getting thicker and thicker as the popularity of "Three-Body" becomes higher and higher.
When going to various companies to discuss cooperation intentions, they all bring lawyers with them.
The posture is extremely strong. When they arrived at the other party's office, the two of them didn't talk for a while, and the lawyer spoke: "Can you accept Zhang Fanfan as the director and Song Chunyu as the screenwriter? If not, there is no need to talk about anything else."
No one is willing. promise.
In 2014, Baixingshe held a press conference.
Looking for investors for the "Three-Body" film project, well-known domestic film and television companies have been invited.
At the press conference, Zhang Fanfan and his wife, in addition to continuing to insist on leading the creation themselves, also proposed that the total investment in the film should be at least 200 million.
At that time, among the domestic films, films such as "Detective Dee: Dragon King" were the ones with the highest investment volume, with production costs of nearly 170 million.
Zhang Fanfan’s previous secret room series cost no more than 10 million at most. He has never participated in the creation of a movie with such a large investment.
Making a movie is a systematic job, and they have never proven that they have this scheduling ability.
As soon as the asking price was announced, half of the guests at the scene left immediately.
(End of this chapter)