Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

"The Longest Day in Chang'an" is a novel published by Ma Boyong in 2017. It has not been written yet, so it was intercepted by Gu Zhongyu.

Gu Zhongyu, who just debuted, was just an actor and had no choice. He filmed scripts given by others and had no say. Later, he became the boss of a company and had capital and strength, but for the sake of safety, he also chose to remake some TV series that had been proven by the market and could be popular in the past, such as "The Hidden" and "Struggle".

Now the company is completely on the right track and has enough spare money on hand. Now, just the shares of Penguin and Ali and some popular real estate invested before can bring him several small goals of income every year.

With enough capital, he really wants to shoot some themes he likes, and this drama is one of them.

Costume dramas in China have always been a signature cultural product. From the early martial arts dramas by Jin Yong in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the costume romance dramas by Qiong Yao, to the remakes of the four great classics in the mainland, the domestic costume drama market can be said to have always been very prosperous, and there are many types and a hundred flowers blooming.

The playful "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty", and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo"

The historical dramas "The Ming Dynasty 1566", "The Yongzheng Dynasty", and "Towards the Republic"

The early martial arts dramas included remakes of Jin Yong's "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" series, and the later "The World's Number One" became the last swan song of martial arts dramas.

These TV series are suitable for all ages and are the beautiful childhood memories of countless people born in the 80s and 90s!

However, in recent years, the market for traditional costume dramas has been constantly squeezed. Starting from the first part of Tangren's "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", ancient idol and fairy-tale type TV series began to seize the market, because the casting of handsome men and beautiful women and the stories of youthful romance are more likely to be loved by young audiences, especially female audiences.

The three Qing Dynasty dramas that became popular this year, "Palace Lock Heart Jade", "Startling by Each Step" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", have dealt a huge blow to the male-oriented costume drama genre!

The producers have finally seen how popular TV dramas with strong female protagonists are!

It turns out that making a TV drama only needs to please the female audience, and it doesn't matter what the men like to watch! So they changed their minds and started to shoot TV dramas that are completely female-oriented.

These years are also the darkest moment of the domestic costume drama market. It can be said that bad movies are frequently produced, and even the aesthetic vision and production level have not improved but regressed. When you turn on the TV series, you will see all kinds of dazzling costume colors, actresses with deathly Barbie pink on their lips, muscular and paralyzed male protagonists, bloody love stories, and special effects fighting that don't cost even 50 cents...

(I'm talking about you! Yu Zheng! Come out and get beaten!)

So now no one touches traditional serious or male-oriented costume dramas. There is also "Legend of Chu and Han" to be broadcast next year. This is considered the last domestic costume war drama, but it's a pity that it is also destined to flop! After this drama, no one is willing to please male audiences on TV screens.

The majority of male compatriots have gradually quit TV dramas passively and started to shift their energy and time to games, live broadcasts, and novels.

Oh! It cannot be said that there are no TV dramas for male compatriots. There are still many people watching those local anti-Japanese dramas, although they are all uncles and uncles.

The drama "The Twelve Hours in Chang'an" was jointly produced by Gu Zhongyu and CCTV. It applied for the national key film and television cultural industry support project. The main shooting location is not Hengdian, but the thousand-year-old ancient city of Xi'an. For this purpose, a small "Chang'an City" was specially built for shooting. In addition, there are local TV stations plus a bunch of tourist bases and cultural industry companies sponsoring, so the financial pressure on Zongheng Film and Television is not too great. The total investment is just over 200 million, and Gu Zhongyu only invested less than 100 million.

In 2011, the filming cost was already high. You know, the historical masterpiece "Legend of Chu and Han" starring Sung Do-myung and Ha Yoon-dong, which will be released next year, has a total investment of only 240 million.

The investment of "The Longest Day in Chang'an" is almost the same, and Gu Zhongyu does not intend to make a tight story long like in his previous life. This drama will not exceed 30 episodes at most, and the budget for each episode is very sufficient.

If Gu Zhongyu had not shamelessly lobbied his brother for help, and had relied on himself to make arrangements, this drama would definitely not have attracted so much investment and assistance.

In order to save money, Gu Zhongyu also brought many of his students and even seniors from Beijing Film Academy to participate in the show. These people basically paid a friendly price for his face, or even played for free!

The company's largest investment in film and television dramas is this project. "Ball Lightning" can be shot badly, anyway, this movie is completely invested by Gu Zhongyu personally, and I am happy to be responsible for my own profits and losses.

But "The Longest Day in Chang'an" is definitely not possible! If this drama fails, it will not only be a matter of losing money, but it may be difficult to negotiate cooperation with the Central Bank and those big companies with national and local names in the future. Even the big brother will have to give me a hard time.

It is difficult to explain to those friends who I invited at the cost of my reputation. We performed at a friendly price or even for free, but this is the effect after the broadcast?

The production cycle of this TV series will not be too long, and it will be completed in about three or four months.

However, if "Ball Lightning" and some projects that are still in the plan are taken into account, Gu Zhongyu will probably not have the leisure time he has now next year.

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Gu Zhongyu quickly scanned the cast. The male lead Zhang Xiaojing was naturally played by him. Li Mi asked his junior Zhu Yilong, who was also a contracted artist of Zongheng Entertainment. At present, Gu Zhongyu's company is still somewhat dominated by women. Apart from him, there are no very famous first-line male artists, which is not conducive to the future development of the company, so he has now begun to consciously help these seniors and juniors.

In addition to the two male protagonists, the role of the villain Long Bo is more important in the play "The Longest Day in Chang'an". Gu Zhongyu still asked Jia Qian Jushi, who was his teacher Zhou Yiwei at Beijing Film Academy, to play the role.

As for the black boss Ge Lao in the original work, Gu Zhongyu directly changed him into a Tang Dynasty person, played by the secretary of Tazhai Village, oh no, it was played by Teacher Wang Jinsong.

His identity also changed from a slave to a Confucian scholar, a scholar who failed the imperial examination many times and stayed in Chang'an City to mix with the society wholeheartedly!

There are many similar changes in the plot. After all, those who understand Ma Boyong's novels understand that they are all anticlimactic.

In fact, it is unreasonable to think about it. How can a bought Kunlun slave become the boss of the underground world in Chang'an City under the feet of the emperor? Isn't this too inspirational?

This is Chang'an City, not Gotham City!

It is the seventh century AD, not the twenty-first century. The time to introduce these "high-end talents" is too early!

Moreover, the Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty do not only refer to the current black people. In addition to the Negroes in Africa, there should be more Negritos, also known as pygmy blacks, belonging to the brown race in Southeast Asia.

Not to mention, Gu Zhongyu also hates Brother Ni very much!

In addition, Gu Zhongyu looks at other characters. Good guy, the ones currently missing are mainly female characters.

If you don't arrange some of your own fish to come in, is that reasonable?