Super Zoo

When Su Ming said he didn't want "labor fees", Jiaoshou couldn't help but get a little excited at first, but then he thought, no! There is absolutely no free lunch in this world.

As expected, the "but" that followed made Jiaoshou's heart skip a beat.

Those who don't want money are the ones who don't want money. Those who don't want money are the most difficult to deal with. It's like ordering food in a restaurant. Those who say "I don't care what I eat" are the most troublesome, because they have no idea how to satisfy her, and often they can only order one of everything in the end...

"Are you going to insert ads?" Jiaoshou asked tentatively. He never thought that there were indeed ads in the show, but they usually appeared in the form of jokes, and rarely in the form of serious ads like TV stations. If they did that, it would greatly affect the viewing experience.

Of course, Jiaoshou was unwilling to insert ads, but this was an acceptable condition.

He probably thought Su Ming was asking for help in promoting the zoo, and said, "Don't worry, we will definitely put subtitles at the beginning and end of the film to thank Yangchuan Zoo, and I will read the subtitles myself."

"No, no, no, you misunderstood me. I'm not going to insert a commercial, nor am I going to thank Yangchuan Zoo." Su Ming showed a somewhat dangerous smile.

"What do you want?" Jiaoshou frowned slightly. It seemed that the deputy director Su in front of him had big plans.

Su Ming smiled and said, "I'm not going to advertise, but to turn this episode into a completely unexpected promotional film!"

"Impossible!" Jiaoshou stood up suddenly in shock and blurted out without hesitation, shaking his head like a rattle, so that Su Ming was worried that he would throw his head off his neck.

As a commercial network sitcom, adding a little advertising is understandable, but from what Su Ming meant, it was not a product placement at all, but a whole episode, turned into a pure advertising film!

This fundamentally changed the nature of "I Can't Expect That" from an entertainment film to an advertisement. Not to mention that those viewers who have already become aesthetically fatigued will not hesitate to give up the show, even the real die-hard fans will complain and directly abandon this online drama.

According to the current situation of "I Can't Expect That", even if it loses viewers, it will be a slow decline, and it will not be a fatal blow to the program in a short period of time.

But if Jiaoshou agrees to Su Ming's request, it will be tantamount to digging his own grave and immediately burying "I Can't Expect That" with his own hands!

"Deputy Director Su, this request is absolutely impossible. Let's talk about money. I can pay as much as possible for the animal actors. We can also discuss the placement of advertisements in the film." Jiaoshou made some compromises.

Su Ming did not give in at all. He did not need the money, nor did he need the kind of meaningless placement advertisements. Just as Jiaoshou thought, it was just a joke and could not play a real promotional role.

Jiaoshou came with sincerity and really wanted to cooperate with the zoo. Su Ming was also sincere, but both parties had their own bottom line in the conditions of cooperation. Once this bottom line was broken, for each party, this cooperation would not only be meaningless, but might also have side effects.

Jiaoshou made some concessions, but Su Ming was determined not to change his original intention and insisted on making it into an advertisement.

The negotiations between the two sides were deadlocked.

"Deputy Director Su, if you insist, then we can't cooperate." Jiaoshou patted his head and sighed, "What a pity."

After that, he was ready to get up and say goodbye.

"Jiaoshou, I don't think you have to rush to refuse." Su Ming was confident and said, "Why don't we follow my ideas and shoot a sample first. I can even pay for this episode. After it is shot, it will not be put online for the time being. It will be screened internally first, and you will evaluate it to see how it works. If you are satisfied, it will be put online. If you are not satisfied, then follow your ideas."

This is a solution. It's nothing more than the crew members working overtime to shoot an episode.

"Okay." Jiaoshou shrugged: "But Deputy Director Su, forgive me for being blunt, we are probably wasting time. The audience will not like pure commercials."

"That's not necessarily true." Su Ming laughed: "I will give you a draft of the script as soon as possible. After you perfect it, we will start shooting."

...

The Yangchuan Dasheng Winery is built on a hillside deep in the back mountain. There is only one cement road leading to the bottom of the mountain. In order to facilitate the lives of employees, the not-so-large winery simply built a dormitory area in the factory area. Although working and living here is far away from the bustling city, it is backed by green mountains, surrounded by green water in front, and you can also overlook the Huating Reservoir at the foot of the mountain. The scenery is pleasant.

These days, the employees of Dasheng Wine Industry found that a group of "TV shooters" came outside the site. They set up various equipment early in the morning every day and worked until dark before they finished work. Every time it was lunch break and off work, the workers ran to watch curiously. A large group of workers squatted on the ground with bowls in their hands, eating while pointing at the shooting site not far away.

Three minutes on stage, ten years of hard work off stage. For an episode of a web drama, the audience only sees a short 20 to 30 minutes, but in actual shooting, a shot often needs several times, or even more than ten times, to achieve a satisfactory effect. There are also a series of professional work such as actor makeup, post-production editing, etc., which often takes dozens or even hundreds of times more time than on the TV screen.

A 100-minute movie, if well-made, may take several years to shoot. Of course, it is not necessary to be so meticulous, but the entire crew was busy for three whole days.

When he saw the winery for the first time, the beast was stunned for half a minute. Looking at the 'weird' building in front of him, he said with some disbelief: "This... this is not..."

"Hey, it's a counterfeit. It looks a bit like it. But it's actually different. Otherwise, it's an infringement." Su Ming said with a smile.

The last shot was taken in a large open room inside the winery. By the time the barking beast arrived with the crew, the place had been cleared, and several animals as actors were already waiting here neatly dressed.

"Power on!"

…

After another two days, the crew carried out intense post-production, and finally completed the episode "Unexpectedly" late one night.

Su Ming was woken up in the middle of the night and came to the zoo conference room to watch the internal premiere with the beast and several creative staff.

In just twenty minutes of the episode, the entire conference room was almost silent, and everyone's attention was focused on the large projection screen in front of them.

Since it was the first time to work with a large number of animals on a large scale, the creative staff involved in the premiere were very nervous when watching the samples. Although they personally participated in the filming and fully knew the direction of the plot, several of the main creative staff were still a little unsure that the scenes in front of them were really done by them and those living animals?

The special effects are still the kind of ridiculous special effects that can be edited directly using word, but the 'actors' are living animals. Humans, animals, and funny special effects come together to create a strong contrasting comedy effect.

Soon, the episode ends. The lights in the conference room came back on.

"It's shocking! It's surprising!" The beast was the first to stand up and clapped vigorously, but there was no smile on his face, instead he looked deadly serious.

"I think it must be OK!" the male lead Qi Ke shrugged and said, "If the audience doesn't buy it, I really don't know how else to satisfy them."

Several other creative staff communicated with each other with their eyes. It can be seen that everyone is relatively confident and the expressions on their faces are very relaxed.

The only one who kept a straight face, frowned, and held his hands in front of his chest in deep contemplation.

Su Ming turned to the beast: "Mingshou, why are you so serious? If it works, please tell me something." As the guest said, if this doesn't work, then I really don't know what to shoot.

Mingshou took a deep breath and said slowly: "If this episode is really broadcast, it will be a huge challenge for the crew. Maybe we can get surprises, but it is not ruled out that a large number of viewers will be lost. . This makes me very undecided. Should I broadcast it or not?"

Su Ming couldn't help but laugh when he saw the confused look on the beast's face.

He understands what Mingshou is struggling with. This episode can be said to be a subversive episode. Any innovation may cause the original user audience to become uncomfortable, let alone such a large-scale innovation? If the audience really can't accept it, it will bring a fatal blow to the crew.

When the audience was lost, Jingshou was worried that the show would go downhill and was anxious to add new elements. But now there are new elements, and Weibo is worried that the audience will not accept the new elements.

In the final analysis, it is not a question of whether this episode was filmed well or not, or even whether the audience can accept it. It is that the show "Beat You Can't Be Expected" is too heavily watched. I am afraid that the show will make mistakes, so I am a little concerned about gains and losses. .

This is just like parents caring about their children. Don't let them come into contact with society, for fear that they will be autistic and withdrawn, and be eliminated by society; let them come into contact with society, for fear that they will be bullied and learn bad things.

Every creator who rose to fame from the grassroots has a heart of glass, and Call the Beast is no exception. Su Ming walked up and patted Call the Beast on the shoulder, and said with a smile: " Call the Beast, this show is your hard work, so I respect you. The choice. You can decide to broadcast it or not.”

The beast nodded and said nothing, obviously still hesitating. Su Ming added: "We have worked together for the past few days, so we can be considered friends. Let me give you a suggestion. Programmers will inevitably receive various comments. You are just filming online dramas now. If you are a few A bad review will make you feel uneasy. How will you face those poisonous film critics when you make movies in the future? Brother, just be calm and concentrate on the content of the program. Otherwise, you will be defeated first by the comments and abandonment of the outside audience. ”

The beast stared at Su Ming for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "Play online!"

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PS: I have a party on May 1st, and I don’t know when I’ll be back tonight, so I’ll update twice today~~ I haven’t updated twice in a long time, and I’m a little embarrassed to say it~~

Dress number: 332352624. From May 1st to May 3rd, at 6pm every day, I will send out red envelopes in the group on time~~

Regarding the May Day extra update, do you think there is one?