Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

The news from the marketing department made Li Wei both embarrassed and annoyed. After all, although Li Wei had also been hidden in the snow, Li Wei's star road was not only a smooth road, but also a golden road.As long as it is a single or album released by Li Wei, which one does not make the record company make a lot of money?As long as it is a film and television drama starring Li Wei, it is either the ratings champion or the box office ace, so why worry about sponsors?Although Li Wei later went to direct films by himself, and rarely needed sponsors because they were literary films, the word-of-mouth of these films is there!The important thing is that the box office is not bad, why no one cares about the TV series I filmed myself?And I took the initiative to seek cooperation with these big advertisers, and they all declined one by one.

Because of this, Li Wei couldn't help complaining to Zhou Xiao, but Zhou Xiao said seriously: "If you come to me for investment, I will also refuse. Have you ever directed a TV series? No, you are just a screenwriter and producer. Have you ever directed a film and television drama with a cost of more than 1000 million? No, the works you directed are basically small and medium cost. Moreover, the theme of prison is not popular in the film and television drama market. Why is a newcomer who has not directed a large cost If the director comes to direct, I will sponsor you? Don’t be stupid, they also have an advertisement review system.”

Zhou Xiao's pouring of cold water made Li Wei calm down.Li Wei really felt that he had overestimated himself. Although he had gained a foothold in the director circle, he was still one of the more promising new directors.If you don't have a record of high-grossing films, who will trust you?Although I have my own independent production company, which is much higher than most directors, but this does not mean that I can completely ignore the relevant rules in the film and television industry.If I am the director Zhang Mouyi, even if I hit two films at the box office in a row, I still have capital willing to sponsor him, because he is the best director in China and the director who can sell the most box office.Since you are not Zhang Mouyi, then don't overestimate yourself.

"I think it's wrong. What am I in the director circle now? People don't want to go into details. I should." Li Wei smiled wryly, "I should play the game according to the rules of the film and television industry. After all, I don't have To the point where you can ignore the existence of the rules." Thinking of this, Li Wei decided to temporarily put aside the idea of ​​sponsorship, and then just think about filming well.

According to the production rules of weekly TV dramas in the TV circle, Li Wei should first produce the first three episodes by himself, and then bring the complete script and the contents of these three episodes to seek contracts with TV stations and advertisers.If you get the broadcast contract from the TV station, the TV station will sign the contract with you in three stages.In the first stage, the TV station will sign a broadcast contract for the pilot episode and a priority contract for the content of the first full season with the producer.If the ratings of the pilot episode meet the expectations of the TV station, then the TV station will activate the priority clause and sign the second phase contract with the producer.In the second phase of the contract, the TV station will buy out the full season or half of the season.As for the third-stage contract, it depends on the second-stage contract. If it is a buyout of the whole season, it will be signed after the end of the whole season; if it is a half-season contract, it will be signed after the end of the half-season.If the ratings meet expectations, the TV station will buy out the remaining broadcast episodes and the purchase priority of the second season content.

The TV station and the producer signed the contract in this way in order to reduce the broadcast risk of the TV station.For example, if the ratings of the pilot episode are unsatisfactory, the TV series will not be broadcast; and if the producer does not work hard enough after the buyout and the ratings of the later content are not satisfactory, the TV station can also return the TV series.Therefore, many TV dramas end inexplicably or even disappear after half of the broadcast.The schedule after the cut in half will be followed by the so-called advance dramas, which are generally mini-series.But if the ratings are good, the miniseries will also expand into regular series in the second season.

Li Wei gave up the idea of ​​finding a partner before filming the pilot episode, and started planning to film the pilot episode instead.The series that Li Wei is going to film this time is well-known on the Earth plane, "Prison Break".It's a pity that this TV series can be called the masterpiece of the dog-tailed sequel, and the seasons are not as good as the seasons. In the fourth season, the TV station couldn't bear to end it.The reason is that the original setting of this TV series can only support the content of two seasons at most, but the high ratings made the producer completely confused, dragging the content of the two seasons into four seasons, and making the content after the third season become inexplicable together.In order to save the ratings, the previously dead characters were "resurrected", and then the conspiracy theory settings became more and more confused.Obviously, the audience has seen the ending, but in order to continue to cheat the advertising fee, the producer treated the audience as mentally handicapped and stretched the plot line a thousand miles away.

Li Wei's version of "Prison Break" not only retains the essence of the American drama "Prison Break", but also deliberately incorporates another American crime drama "Blacklist" with a prison theme.Therefore, Li Wei's "Prison Break" has become a TV series with two male protagonists. The first male protagonist goes to jail to save his brother, and his story line is to change the fate of his brother's execution and catch the mastermind behind the scenes; The second is a criminal with a high IQ who has been wanted for several years. He was imprisoned in order to seek the cooperation of the police and kill the mastermind behind the scenes who might put himself and his family to death.Actor [-] and Actor [-] quickly reached a cooperation agreement. On the one hand, Actor [-] will find a way to help Actor [-] escape from prison, and seek opportunities for Actor [-] to avenge; Er cleared up some hidden dangers and protected the only daughter of the hero Er.At the same time, male protagonist [-] and male protagonist [-] will also cooperate to deal with their common enemy.

With the addition of the second male lead, the story line of "Prison Break" has become more full|full.Because the story can happen not only inside the prison, but also outside the prison.Of course, Li Wei also retained the representative features of the original "Prison Break", fast editing and sharp shooting style.Li Wei thought about it, and there are six most important characters in the whole TV series.Actor [-] and Actor [-] are the most important, one is a brave and resourceful IT practitioner; She is a middle-aged builder who is determined before acting and has a spirit of sacrifice; the other is a rookie policewoman who is a little confused but has a natural sense of solving crimes; besides, she is chasing the first male lead, but on the other hand she is convinced by the second male lead. The undoubted sheriff is an important character in the story, he will be the key figure leading the two storylines; and the behind-the-scenes man is the biggest villain of this series, he will be an old fox-like politician.

The casting director took the characteristics of the main characters set by Li Wei and began to go to the actors' union and major brokerage companies to select actors.In addition to setting six key roles, Li Wei also set important roles for the escape team, the police investigation team and the behind-the-scenes gang.And Li Wei also emphasized that all characters must not only have good looks, but also have a good figure.Especially for the characters in the jailbreak group, after taking off their clothes, they must have a perfect body that can be endorsed by a fitness company.As for several elderly actors, Li Wei also asked to choose senior actors with both good and evil temperaments.After all, according to Li Wei's setting, the man behind the scenes is just a party whip at this time, but will become the existence of the vice president in the future.If there is an actor who looks like a villain there, then the plot of the story will not be able to unfold.Although TV dramas do not need to portray the diversity of characters like movies, it is particularly uncomfortable to put characters who are too facial makeup in the crew.In the end, Li Wei also stipulated that neither Flow Xiaohua nor Xiao Xianrou can enter the group.

"Heh, this Li Wei studio is really interesting. I haven't filmed any TV dramas, but the contract is so impolite." A certain student took the audition invitation from Li Wei's studio and complained to his agent, "That's all. The remuneration and the content of the performance, are you embarrassed to find me? Moreover, it is stipulated that half a year's schedule must be vacated, and no awkward scenes are allowed during the filming period. Tsk tsk, but you dare to take Joe in our TV drama market after filming three literary films that are still somewhat influential Already? Go back and say I don’t have a schedule!”

"Do you want to think about it again?" The agent said rather awkwardly, "He is the owner of several cable TV stations such as Life TV and Entertainment Art TV. If you mess with him, we will suffer if they want to block us Besides, they also have online games and mobile games under their banner, haven't you always wanted to accept advertisements in this area? Why don't we try to save face for him."

"No, no!" Xiaosheng said irritably, "Can the boss of the cable station make me submit? I am the ace in the ratings of several major TV theaters on the wireless station! Besides, he is not the only one in the game company. Why just please him? The most important thing is, live-action shooting! You really asked me to go into the sewer! Look at my face, I maintain it with three masks every day. Go to the sewer for a few hours, even if it is A dozen bottles of essence can’t make up for it. Just say it, I won’t go!”

In fact, several agencies originally planned to arrange a few actors to come here out of the attitude of flattering the identity behind Li Wei, but after seeing the clause that no embarrassing scenes were allowed during the schedule, many actors were unwilling.Now is the prosperous era of TV dramas, and the salaries of most actors have risen. If we don't take advantage of this time to make money from awkward dramas, when will we wait?Besides, now that green screen technology and keying technology are so advanced, why do you need actors to stay on the set for a long time?There is also live-action shooting, which is too dangerous!If the actors can't appear on the screen beautifully, wouldn't it be a waste of the good looks of our actors?There are also body requirements, now we all require delicate male and female protagonists, who still trains their muscles?Because of these reasons, the casting director of the "Prison Break" crew of Li Wei's studio received almost no feedback of approval, and almost all of them declined with "no schedule".

"Don't go to the brokerage company to look for cooperation, but the actors who are still online may not be able to accept my request of 'no awkward scenes during filming'." After listening to the feedback from the casting director, Li Wei frowned and said, "You go to Qilin I don’t care about fame. As long as the image fits and I have some acting skills, we can cooperate. In addition, you can ask, are those old actors willing to sign? After all, we have many older actors. The roles are suitable for them. I know you are worried about the ratings and hope to attract some traffic or fresh meat. It doesn’t matter, as long as our script is good, the filming is good, and the actors are good, are you still worried about the ratings? The choice of actors, You hurry up. I can shoot the pilot episode as soon as possible, and then go to attract business or something."

Casting directors, who got exactly what they asked for, turned their attention this time to lesser-known actors or veterans who had passed.