Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 272
In Wang Jinhua's marketing today, when the enthusiasm for the relationship between Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi began to be transferred to "Zhu Xian", it aroused the curiosity and wait-and-see of many people in the industry.

Chief producer Zhang Jizhong?
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei co-produced?

From actor to producer, the span is not small.

But with the bright era behind, such a span seems understandable.

What interests them the most is that "Zhu Xian" is a large-scale fairy tale drama.

At the beginning of this year, "Legend of Sword", which had a hot ratings, is still vivid in their minds. Judging from the current market situation, it may be difficult to become the top three hit dramas of the year, but it should be no problem to rank in the top five.

Based on this achievement, some companies in the industry have developed a strong interest in the subject of Xianxia.

Although "Sword of the Immortal Sword" is popular, it has been criticized by the audience a lot, for example, the special effects are not good, the word "Xianxia" lacks a bit of "immortal" flavor; some plots have no logic and are too child's play, etc.

In the current market where the theme of Xianxia is too blank, it is normal for a new genre drama to have shortcomings, but it does not prevent "Sword" from being judged as an excellent work, after all, the ratings are enough to prove its excellence.

Combining the advantages and disadvantages of "Xianjian", what is Xianxia?How to be a Xianxia?What is the core of Xianxia?It is a topic that some companies have discussed from time to time in the past six months.

Aiming at this topic, the publicity of "Zhu Xian" suddenly appeared on the market, which immediately attracted the attention of various companies across the country.

After "Xianjian", is the second fairy tale drama coming?
Many people showed interest, but before they could get to know more about "Zhu Xian", an email about the project of "Zhu Xian" was sent to entertainment companies, film and television companies, and artist agencies in the three places across the country.

For a while, various companies in the circle caused quite a stir because of this email.

"Zhu Xian" has 5500 million investment?

This number surprised everyone in the company.

For most dramas in the current market, an investment of 3000 million yuan is enough, and a few million yuan is enough for small dramas. The last "Sword" only invested 2500 million yuan, and this time "Zhu Xian" invested 5500 million yuan, which surprised them at the same time. Also came higher interest.

With sufficient funds, it means the stability of the crew, and the quality of post-production is also guaranteed.

The card of "Zhu Xian" came up immediately.

However, what surprised them was that "Zhu Xian" made group portraits?

In their impression, there seem to be only three dramas in the group portrait, "Water Margin", "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Dragon and Babu".

Different from general dramas where only the main characters have a beginning and an end, basically every character in a group portrait drama follows the three-act drama structure, with a beginning and an end.

It was a bit difficult to shoot, and writing the script was even more difficult.

Glancing at the executive director: Zhao Jian, one of the directors of "Sky Dragon".

"No wonder he dared to take a group portrait. It turns out that he is the director." People from various companies nodded.

An experienced director is always reassuring.

I glanced at the assistant director on the scene: Wu Qingyuan, one of the directors of "Sword".

"One has taken group portraits, and the other has taken fairy tales. Brilliant Times will choose people." People from various companies praised them.

Take a look at the producer and performance director: Huang Lei, lecturer, actor, producer, and screenwriter of Beijing Film Academy.

Take a look at the chief screenwriter: Liu Yi, the chief screenwriter of "Sculpture of God".

"The lineup of this director team is fine." People from various companies agreed.

Look at the background of the story, the place names involved in the plot summary...

[Caomiao Village, Qingyun Mountain, the valley behind Dazhu Peak, Heyang City, Wanbat Ancient Cave, Necromancer Abyss, Dripping Blood Cave, Xiaochi Town, Black Stone Cave, Changhe City, Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, Death Swamp, Treasure House of Heavenly Emperor, Fenxiang Valley, Nanjiang, Tianshui Village, Qili Cave, Shiwanda Mountain, Huqi Mountain, Qingyunhou Mountain, Tianyin Temple, Manhuang Temple, Xiaoyaojian, Poisonous Snake Valley...]

"No wonder we have to take group portraits! The layout of this world is too big!" People from various companies suddenly realized.

They are all people in the industry. Once they see the long list of place names, the characteristics of each place and the characters who appear on the scene, they will know the reason for the group portrait.

If you rely on the protagonist group alone, it is absolutely impossible to shoot in so many places with only a few people, unless the show has no supporting roles, but how is this possible.

Therefore, it cannot show the complete world view of "Zhu Xian".

If you want to show a complete world view, the protagonist group can only be a participant, and then rely on different supporting roles to fill the world with side plots and lines, reflecting the charm and characteristics of each place.

"The intention is to show a world of celestial beings with a complete world view, and the details are so full. This "Zhu Xian" is better than "Xianjian"!" Many people have a clear idea.

"If "Zhu Xian" is successful, it will probably become a model for imitation of future fairy tales." People from various companies admire the ambition of the bright era, and at the same time endow "Zhu Xian" with a different meaning in their hearts.

And playing group portraits in the still-fresh Xianxia theme, I have to say that it is full of creativity, adding a freshness to the freshness.

At the same time, they also came with greater interest.

The group portrait means that apart from the protagonist group, every supporting role will also have a lot of roles, so the range of roles available to them is wider.

Continue to look down, does the investor have a mango platform? !
"This is scheduled for the first round of stars!" People from various companies exclaimed in admiration.

Since the end of last year, radio and television issued a new 4+X policy, that is, a TV series can be premiered on up to four satellite channels + N terrestrial channels at the same time. There is no worry about not being able to sell a TV series.

However, there are pros and cons.

With the development of the TV industry and the influx of capital, the quality of the dramas produced has become more and more uneven.

Because of this, those "superior" top-level satellite TVs are more picky about the choice of each drama.

Those big TV stations often screen TV dramas based on the script, TV production process, crew lineup, and cast.

Many dramas either have poor script quality, low TV production level, bad cast, or poor actors. Every year, 90.00% of five dramas fail to get stars.

And those who can go to the stars are basically popular.

"With the No. [-] Mango Channel in the region, coupled with the director team, sufficient funds, various channel resources of Bright Times, and Zhang Jizhong's TV production ability, it seems that it is difficult for "Zhu Xian" not to become popular." Estimates by people from each company.

What is still lacking in "Zhu Xian" is the good actors.

For this reason, people from some companies are very enthusiastic. Since "Zhu Xian" is expected to be popular, will they be taken away by inserting a few actors?
It's something to look forward to.

As for the second role document in the email, people from many companies are actively researching and analyzing it.

It takes time to figure out a role, and it also takes time to judge whether your own actors are suitable for the role, not to mention that there are forty or fifty roles in the document, it will take time even more.

While analyzing the roles of these companies, the marketing department of Brilliant Times also responded to Wang Jinhua's request before the business trip to stop reporting and marketing news related to Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi's love affair, and asked the cooperative news media all over the country to stop publishing related newspapers and periodicals and start again. A new round of news cooperation, instead began to vigorously promote "Zhu Xian".

Ten days have passed, and the popularity of "Zhu Xian" has soared. Due to the popularity of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, many viewers on the Internet have spontaneously learned about "Zhu Xian", and even drove the number of subscriptions to the online novel "Zhu Xian".

For a while, the attention on "Zhu Xian" on the Internet was not hot, but the occasional hot search also proved that its popularity was not low.

People from some companies also responded to emails one after another, recommending their own actors for a certain role.

However, almost everyone expressed the same view on the magical character of Xiaofan, the male advocate.

"If you act well, you may skyrocket, but if you don't act well, it will be mediocre. This role is a double-edged sword."

——Sheng Hai Tang Ren.

In the office, Cai Yinong held the printed character file, looked down and said, "Old Li, Hu Ge really isn't suitable for Zhang Xiaofan?"

Li Guoli sat opposite her, heard her words, and said: "If "Zhu Xian" is not a group portrait, maybe you can recommend it to try, but if "Zhu Xian" is a group portrait, if the protagonist's acting skills fail, he will disappear directly. Can't see him."

Cai Yinong frowned, shook his head and said, "Immediately after "Legend of Sword", the second fairy tale drama on the market, Wang Jinhua's marketing, Mango Channel's promotion, and the producers of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, "Zhu Xian "It is a sure thing that it will become popular before it is aired, and it is very likely to become popular after it is aired."

Cai Yinong looked up at him, and said: "The character Zhang Xiaofan is so attractive, it seems that this character design has never appeared on the market. A good script, a good story, the most fundamental carrier is the character, a novel character, an innovative Character design is easy to be remembered by the audience. Even if the performance is not very good, it will still be remembered by people."

Li Guoli nodded, and said: "But there is another possibility, if you don't perform well, you will be scolded by the audience."

Cai Yinong unscrewed the thermos cup, took a sip of tea, and said, "So, you still want Hu Ge to try Lin Jingyu?"

Li Guoli smiled slightly, got up from the sofa, took a document on the coffee table, and sat down again.

"To be honest, Hu Ge is currently the most suitable for Zeng Shushu. His image and cheerful personality are very similar to Zeng Shushu. But if he plays Zeng Shushu, there is no challenge. He can play the role of Lin Jingyu, and there is a certain challenge. For Zhang Xiaofan, His current ability is not enough." He analyzed.

Cai Yinong flipped through the character information and pondered for a while.

"Lin Jingyu, calm and steady, arrogant, chivalrous... If Hu Ge is to play this role, there will indeed be challenges." She said to herself.

Li Guoli leaned back on the sofa, read the documents, and said, "The most important thing is, let Hu Ge play Lin Jingyu, we have something in exchange. Let Hu Ge play Zhang Xiaofan, what can we exchange for a big brother?" main character?"

Cai Yinong raised his eyebrows to look at him, nodded slightly bitterly and said, "Yes."

Li Guoli smiled helplessly, "With a big production of 5500 million yuan, various lineups and channel resources are full, if you want to play Zhang Xiaofan, how much will you have to pay?"

He clasped his hands on the back of his head and said, "Thanks to the marketing channel provided by Wang Jinhua, "Legend of Sword and Sword 1" was a great success, which allowed us to prepare for "Legend of Sword and Sword 3" in advance. Currently, the characters have been designed, let Hu Ge play Lin Jing Yu, we have given up two important supporting roles, and when the project is approved, let Brilliant Times take a stake in "Legend of Sword and Sword 3" and provide us with some channels. I think this kind of replacement is very good."

Cai Yinong was startled, his eyes pondered for a while, and he said, "Which two supporting roles? Solanum nigrum? Tang Xuejian? Or Xu Changqing?"

Li Guoli shook his head and said, "Whatever. Last year you handed over the song "Immortal Sword" to Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi. Since you chose to make friends with Bright Times and give up the line of Huayi, then be decisive. The two important supporting roles will be replaced. An important supporting role, if Brilliant Times can help us bring "Chinese Paladin 3" to the fire, we will not lose money, and it will be a win-win situation, and the cooperation between the two parties will go further."

Cai Yinong lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then nodded slowly.

"Okay, let's do this, I will fly to the capital tomorrow."

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At the same time, Beijing Huayi.

In the office, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei were sitting on the sofa looking at documents, and an agent was sitting opposite.

"The market is very optimistic about "Zhu Xian." Wang Zhongjun raised his legs and smiled.

"With all-round resource channels, sufficient funds, and the correct lineup of directors, I have booked the Star Mango Channel. If the right actors are selected, then this drama is worth looking forward to." Wang Zhonglei said gently and authentically.

"The producers are Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi, two new film producers, don't worry about them screwing up?" Wang Zhongjun turned his head to look at Wang Zhonglei.

Wang Zhonglei adjusted a comfortable position on the sofa, and said, "With Chu Xuan here, I don't think it will be messed up."

Wang Zhongjun flipped through the information, nodded slowly, and said, "It's not easy for this kid to be able to create a micro-entertainment and a bright era. Let Wang Jinhua pick up the treasure."

Wang Zhonglei looked at the manager opposite, and said, "Dong Xuan is very suitable for Lu Xueqi."

"Yes, Mr. Wang." The manager nodded repeatedly, "No matter in terms of image, temperament, height, figure, including Dong Xuan who has also practiced martial arts in the film crew before, she is really suitable to play Lu Xueqi."

After Wang Jinhua left Huayi with Chu Xuan and the others, a large number of artists in the industry poured into Huayi under the olive branch thrown by these two presidents.

In addition to Huang Xiaoming and Zou Xun, there are also second-tier artists like Dong Xuan.

TV dramas are popular, and movies are popular.

A good TV series and a good character are undoubtedly very important to the current Huayi.

The two presidents Wang also wanted to seize the time to support the new artists, so as to make up for the loopholes left by Wang Jinhua after taking away Chu Xuan and his group of first-line artists.

"Dong Xuan is not bad, she has good potential." Wang Zhongjun's gaze stayed on the file without moving.

Hearing his words, the manager smiled happily.

Wang Zhonglei rubbed his chin and said: ""The Banquet" is about to start filming, and the actors have been settled. In terms of TV dramas, our company currently has no suitable dramas. The "Assembly Number" we are preparing now needs a group of actors. There are some suitable artists, what do you think?"

Wang Zhongjun glanced at him and said, "The protagonist is Zhang Hanyu."

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile: "I know. If a TV drama heroine asks me to replace a movie protagonist, do you think I'm stupid?"

Wang Zhongjun smiled and said nothing.

Wang Zhonglei said to his agent: "Go back first, I will go to Bright Times tomorrow."

The manager quickly got up, nodded slightly, then turned and left.

(End of this chapter)