The casting went very smoothly. The young and mature chubby Xie Minghe (Ah He), Xu Bochun (Erection), who has erections all day long, and Liao Yinghong (this side) who likes all the girls in the class were all selected one by one.
actor.
When the selection was announced, other people who came to the selection with eager expectations were naturally disappointed, but they also actively applied for the supporting roles.
Although the casting process went smoothly, Wang Shang was not too excited because he suddenly thought of an extremely serious problem. ""Those Years" was released in the previous time and space in 2011, and earned a total of 230 million yuan in Taiwan, mainland China, and Hong Kong.
, it can be said that the results are still brilliant, but this time and space is only in 2002. Can the audience here accept this kind of sour emotion in high school?"
Wang Shang was very worried.
The only thing Wang Shang can hope for is that in this time and space, China's economy has begun to recover since the 1960s, and the entertainment industry has been booming. The masses will receive education ten years earlier, the popularization of culture will be ten years earlier, network technology will be ten years earlier, and entertainment will be more advanced.
Development is ten years ahead of schedule...
Perhaps the entire era of China has been advanced by ten years...
Moreover, "Oldboy" was released ahead of schedule, and it didn't hit the streets. It still achieved a very high click-through rate...
But even though he thinks so, Wang Shang is still worried. What if after the hard work of filming, it goes out on the street? Not only will the sign be destroyed, but a large amount of money will be wasted...
"Is there any way to test the public's reaction?"
In the following days, the entire Tianwang Studio staff found that their boss Wang Shang seemed to be a little different. Sometimes he muttered to himself and felt that he was worried...
At a company meeting to discuss the launch of "Those Years", everyone was having a heated discussion.
"Ah!! I know what I should do!!" There was an explosion.
Wang Shang suddenly stood up inexplicably, looking very surprised.
The sudden cry instantly interrupted everyone's discussion.
Everyone turned to look at Wang Shang, curious and confused.
Wang Shang looked around and said happily: "Aren't there not many youth-themed movies now? And we are not very confident in this market. Now I have thought of a way to test this before the movie enters the market.
What’s the market like!!”
Wang Shangyue said that his idea was more and more correct.
What Wang Shang was thinking was what the crew had been thinking all this time. When they heard that Wang Shang had a good idea, everyone's eyes immediately turned to Wang Shang.
Everyone asked curiously: "How to do it?"
Wang Shang looked at everyone and said: "We can publish a novel, which is integrated with the movie, and release it to all readers to see their reactions!"
He Jiale, the leader of the filming team, said worriedly: "Publishing a novel? This is very difficult. Who can I find as a ghostwriter?"
Wang Shang is full of confidence: "If you leave this on me, it should be enough in four days! I have said before that this script was originally dictated by a Taiwanese. I remember it clearly now, and when I wrote the script
, I already have a rough idea, and it won’t be too difficult to write it now.”
"Write it in four days?" Everyone gave Wang Shang a thumbs up in their hearts: "You are awesome!!"
Wang Shang looked at their admiring eyes and snickered secretly: "Originally I couldn't write, but I can plagiarize. The movie "Those Years" was originally adapted from the novel of the same name. Although the novel is not famous,
But after the movie became popular, the novel also became popular."
Wang Shang thought as he continued: "After the novel is written, it will be quickly announced online without publishing it. At that time, the planning team will package and promote the novel to attract more people to watch it and make it famous. And by the way, the movie version of "Those Years" can be hyped in advance."
The crew members all nodded and expressed their agreement.
At this time, General Manager Bi Han proposed a plan: "If the book can be widely popular, then we can add another link - the school beauty character selection contest! The selection method allows them to perform a plot from the novel and upload it to the Internet. People commented, and finally the top ten were determined by online voting, and then an on-site selection was held to directly select the actor who played the heroine of the movie."
Everyone looked at each other and then applauded.
“This is a good plan!”
"Mr. Bi is awesome!!"
Wang Shang wondered: "If this happens, will it affect school classes? How to ensure the public fairness of online voting?"
There was another question he didn't mention. He had already decided to let Shen Yao participate in this role some time ago. After all, she has experience and the image is quite suitable. If he wants to hold this audition now, wouldn't he make his promise come true? ?
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang. I dare to say this and I am definitely confident. Regarding the first question, the college entrance examination is almost over and the winter vacation has almost begun, so our selection will not affect schools at the middle school level. Maybe Their schools are eager for us to do this, and the universities don’t have to worry.”
Bi Han took a sip of tea and continued to explain: "As for the fairness of online voting, the year before last, a professional online data review studio had appeared in China, specifically to screen employers for vote fraud."
"Is there such a thing?" Wang Shang once again felt ashamed of his knowledge. Although he had been in this time and space for almost two years, many of his knowledge still stayed in the previous time and space. As for the network data review studio, it was still Wang Shang could not have imagined the extent of the school's welcome/support for film and television.
"Put this plan aside for now and let me think about it!" Wang Shang considered Shen Yao and finally decided to wait.
"In four days, I will write out the manuscript. Now the planning team will make a publicity plan. The meeting is adjourned!" After finishing speaking, Wang Shang motioned to Bi Han to stay.
Although everyone in the crew was a little disappointed, in view of Wang Shang's performance, they also believed that Wang Shang had a gap in his heart and would not make a random decision.
After everyone else left the conference room, Wang Shang said to Bi Han: "I think this role selection is feasible, but now I have other considerations. You can arrange for the people below to make the plan first, but it must be kept confidential..."
"Okay!!" Bi Han was not stupid enough to ask Wang Shang directly what he was worried about, and agreed directly.
At this time, Shen Yao has already entered the examination room and officially started the first decisive battle in her life - the college entrance examination.
…
Four days later, Wang Shang finally came out of seclusion.
The novel version of "Those Years" has finally been 'written'. The novel is not long, only 160,000 words.
Wang Shang still uses Taiwanese places, characters, and backgrounds that contain the flavor of Taiwan's era. (Although Taiwan had good relations with the mainland at this time, they still could not be unified.)
In fact, Wang Shang could have changed the location of the story to a magical city, but he was afraid that his lack of writing skills would destroy the atmosphere of the environment and background, and ruin this originally touching novel.
For the same reason, when he wrote the script in 2001, Wang Shang did not adapt it to a magical city setting, but said it was adapted from a Taiwanese oral story.
After obtaining Wang Shang's text version of the novel, the Tianwang Studio planning team checked for typos and directly linked to the "Those Years" web page section opened separately under the studio's official website, and then began to promote the novel.
The planning copy has been prepared a long time ago, and now as soon as the novel is received, vigorous publicity begins.
At this time, it was already June 17, 2002.
Just at noon today, the data of CSN60 City was released again. The ratings of the finale of "Emperor of Han Dynasty" on June 10th ended at 4.988, failing to reach 5 points as fans expected.
But despite this, the towering ratings peak it created still makes other TV series despair.
Shen Yao had finished the college entrance examination at this time, but she kept looking miserable all day long, so she probably didn't do well in the exam.
Since elementary school, she knew that she was not good at studying, and her grades had always been at the bottom. In addition, she had been working with Wang Shang's crew throughout her senior year in high school, and she was too impetuous. Although she still persisted in her homework, her grades inevitably declined.
The planning plan for the heroine role audition is still kept secret, but it has been approved by Wang Shang, but it is not made public for the time being.