Chapter 214 'Celebrating More Than Years' Trilogy and Noon Sunshine
Chapter 214 "Celebrating More Than Years" Trilogy and the Noon Sunshine
Author: fatter
Chapter 214 "Celebrating More Than Years" Trilogy and the Noon Sunshine
Wei Yang has been calling for a big fight since last year, but due to manpower constraints, he has never done anything.
Now, Tang Ren's "Step by Step" is almost finished, which can free up some manpower. Blue Whale itself has also cultivated some new talents, so it finally doesn't have to be stretched.
So Blue Whale operates four projects at the same time.
"Chef Fang Carrying a Pot among Flowers", "Soul Ferry" and "Carat Lovers", as well as Wei Yang's most valued new drama "Celebrating More Than Years" starring him.
"Chef Fang Carrying a Pot Among the Flowers" is just to praise Xiao Zhao.
This novel was just published last year. It is not very popular, but the subject matter is good, and the copyright was obtained by Wei Yang's Orange Shell.
The heroine of this drama is smart, cute, smart and lively, which fits the sweet girl route set by Blue Whale for Xiao Zhao. Her character is also likeable and easy to win fans.
In fact, Wei Yang has thought about filming Xiao Zhao's masterpiece "A Thousand Bones of Flowers", but the time is not yet ripe.
It’s okay to talk about investment in special effects. The key point is that Red Shark’s game production capabilities haven’t caught up yet, and they haven’t developed a game. So launching this project rashly is not worth the gain.
He has always held the copyrights in his hands, so Wei Yang is not in a hurry. He will first film two dramas with sweet female protagonists or play other roles to enhance Xiao Zhao's popularity, and then film "A Thousand Bones".
"Chef Fang's Pot in the Flower Room" was originally scheduled for two seasons. Mainly because I was afraid that the effect would not be good, I decided to shoot one season to test the waters.
Now Blue Whale definitely doesn’t have this consideration, it’s just two-in-one, and the script is full, with a total of 36 episodes.
This drama is directed by Lin Yufen, who became famous after "East Palace". A large number of people are also from the "East Palace" team, so the configuration is quite good.
"Soul Ferry" is a project finally decided upon by Wei Yang and several senior executives after discussion.
As the first pure online drama, it still needs to be more eye-catching. "Soul Ferry" has suspense, supernatural mythology, reality and other elements. It is very suitable for making a name for itself and can also attract the audience to the maximum extent with a limited lineup.
After all, this kind of subject matter is difficult to see on TV stations. It can only be broadcast as an online drama, and a large number of viewers will come to "find excitement."
If we switch to other themes, it’s not that we can’t film, but the lineup will have to be relatively improved, otherwise the results and the selling price of the drama will not be guaranteed.
Even in "Soul Ferry", in addition to Li Jiahang, who was the male protagonist, Wei Yang also considered letting Naza join the cast. Later, Lei Chun refused to let him go, so he considered other candidates.
Since it is the first season, and the online drama market is still unclear at present, Blue Whale is more cautious in its approach, with only 20 episodes in the first season.
However, one difficulty currently is that the role of the more outstanding Zhao Li has not yet been confirmed, and the director currently has no suitable candidate.
"Carat Lovers" is relatively simple. It is a typical urban idol drama and is also Blue Whale's specialty. This kind of drama is just to entertain people and make money.
As mentioned before, the original cast for this drama was Hu Ge from the Tang Dynasty, and we wanted him to lead a group of artists from Blue Whale.
But Hu Ge himself is not very willing to play this kind of modern idol drama now. If Blue Whale and Tang Dynasty ask, he can also act, but the key is that now there is Qiao Zhenyu who participated in "Bu Bu Jing Xin".
If "Bu Bu Jing Xin" can achieve the results of the original time and space, the effect of having him act will be better than hiring Hu Ge, and he will be his own artist.
But now this drama is a collaboration between Blue Whale and Tang Dynasty. If the female lead, male lead, and second female lead are all from Blue Whale, Lao Cai will probably have objections, so we still need to negotiate.
The original version of the drama "Carat Lovers" was actually pretty good. It cannot be said to be a masterpiece, but it is definitely an idol drama of a higher standard.
The shortcoming is that the plot is too weak. In order to expand the number of episodes and make more money, they have gone to great lengths to make money, and even delayed the schedule of the male protagonist, so that the male and female protagonists broke up, and finally forced the second male lead to take the lead in the finale. It is really a shameful operation.
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Although Blue Whale also likes to make money, it still cares about its reputation. After all, the signboard is valuable.
So Wei Yang asked the screenwriter to refine the plot, removing nearly 20 episodes of the original version, and the final product was 50 episodes.
At the same time, the ending cannot be changed. The male and female protagonists love each other for dozens of episodes and end up with each other. Isn’t this just a walk in the park?
The director of "Carat Lovers" is Liu Junjie, the head director of Blue Whale. With his level and the quality of the team that Blue Whale has honed over the years, Wei Yang basically doesn't need to worry about this drama.
In contrast, Wei Yang's main focus later on was on "Celebrating More Than Years".
Wei Yang went to the starting point before and walked around to win the film and television rights of several dramas, one of which was "Celebrating More Than Years".
The influence of this book itself is not bad. At the current starting point, the historical classification belongs to the ceiling.
From 2008 to 2009, during the serialization of the novel "Celebrating More Than Years", it was once the third most popular novel in Qidian's monthly voting list. It was ranked above it by "The Devil's Law", which was in its peak period, and "Coiling Dragon" by Tomato.
However, the adaptation of these two novels was much more difficult than "Celebrating More Than Years", so Wei Yang chose the latter.
Adapting male-channel online novels has always been a difficult problem. The scenes of fantasy and fairy tales are too big, and there are too many minefields in urban themes. History is a relatively easy subject.
Mao Ni himself will not discuss it, but the advantage of his work style is the plot layout and character creation, and the world view is relatively less exaggerated, which are very suitable for film and television adaptations.
Therefore, compared to other male video masters, his works have been adapted into film and television the most times and have the best results.
Wei Yang attaches great importance to "Celebrating More Than Years". The TV series he has acted in before were basically idol dramas, many of which were from a female perspective.
Even though "East Palace" later increased the plot of the plot, the emotional line still plays a large role.
That's why Wei Yang is very good at praising female stars, because the core theme of many dramas is romance, and some of them can even be called heroine dramas.
"Celebrating More Than Years" is different. It takes the male protagonist Fan Xian as the core perspective and is a thoroughly male-led drama.
To a certain extent, it can be regarded as Wei Yang's semi-transformation, no longer obsessed with romance, but started to pursue a career.
The original novel "Celebrating More Than Years" has nearly 4 million words. It would be impossible to finish it in one drama, so it is planned to be divided into three parts.
The first season is similar to the original version, with Fan Xian’s birth + situation in Kyoto + his mission to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The plot of the second season is to go to Jiangnan to open a bank + the prince rebels, the battle of Dadong Mountain, the eldest princess and the four great masters all die.
The third season is about conquering Dongyi City, the death of Chen Pingping, the confrontation with Emperor Qing and his son, visiting the temple, finding out the truth, and killing Emperor Qing.
The script was written by Wei Yang, his two apprentices, and Wang Juan, who was supported by La Lai.
Of course, only the first season has been written, and the second two seasons are just planning and preparation. Whether it will be filmed or not will depend on the feedback from the first season. If it fails, Wei Yang will not throw money at it.
But if the plan goes well, these three dramas plus movies will be enough to keep Wei Yang busy for the next 2 to 3 years.
After the filming of "Shanshan Is Coming" was completed, "Celebrating More Than Years" has already started to prepare for the project. The script of the first season is 45 episodes, and the investment is expected to be much higher than that of "East Palace".
What is more difficult to decide now is the director and casting, especially the director. The casting delay for "Celebrating More Than Years" is partly because Wei Yang has never decided on the director.
The two leading directors of Blue Whale Forest and Liu did not have time and were not very good at this subject.
To be honest, many of the plotting scenes in "East Palace" were shot by Wei Yang, directed by Li Muge (former director of "East Palace") and several other executive directors. Lin Yufen was not very sensitive in this aspect.
And director Li Muge is a talented person. After filming "East Palace", Wei Yang also signed him to Blue Whale.
However, this guy's photography, lighting, styling, and location are first-rate. He is good at photographing beautiful men and beautiful scenery, but plot planning and rhythm control are not his strengths.
To put it bluntly, Li Muge is a technically auxiliary director. When filming "East Palace", Wei Yang made the request and then handed it over to him to shoot, using his strengths and avoiding weaknesses.
Wei Yang plans to still take Li Muge with him for the filming of "Celebrating More Than Years" this time, but his advantages and disadvantages are too obvious, and Wei Yang cannot follow him as a director every day.
In "East Palace" Wei Yang was only responsible for controlling the filming and plot, while Li Muge was responsible for the technology and execution, and Lin Yufen was there to back him up.
If it was all about Wei Yang alone, he would be able to endure it, and he didn't want to be so tired.
Therefore, Wei Yang planned to find another director to co-direct with Li Muge, so he pulled Zhang Yongxin out in advance.
This guy was later the director of "The Alliance of Military Advisors" and "The Age of Awakening". He is still at Shanying and is considered one of Kong Sheng's deputies.
Zhang Yongxin is good at plot and character creation, and he is also a director that Wei Yang admires very much. This time, he plans to recruit him and form a partner with Li Muge, making them a perfect match inside and outside.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Yongxin is Wei Yang's fellow Zaoshi fellow, and he is a little more confident about poaching Wei Yang.
In addition, Wei Yang also brought Sun Hao, the original director of "Celebrating More Than Years", to the directing team.
This guy is currently the most qualified of the three directors. He has been able to independently direct several star-rated TV series, but they are basically small-budget family dramas. A three-part production like "Celebrating More Than Years" is expected to invest hundreds of millions.
, it was a great temptation for him.
Even though it is expected to gather three "famous directors", Boss Wei, who has always been steady, is still a little worried.
After all, these three famous directors are still in their growth stage, so an investment of several hundred million cannot just be used to train them.
So Wei Yang is currently in contact with the newly established Noon Sunshine, hoping to borrow Kong Sheng for a few months to help film the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" and train several of his own directors.
By the time the first season is finished filming and several directors have grown up, Kong Sheng will be able to "retreat to the second line."
However, the Noon Sunshine side had just been established and pointed to Kong Sheng as the pillar. It was impossible to let go easily. Wei Yang's side promised a lot of conditions.
For example, a portion of "Qing Yu Nian" can be invested in Noon Sunshine. The project in Noon Sunshine is short of money. If the conditions are right, Wei Yang can also participate in the investment with Blue Whale or Jade Shrimp. Even Wei Yang himself can play a role.
A play about the noonday sun.
This is what the midday sun is waiting for!
Wei Yang basically doesn't take on outside projects now, but his popularity is so hot that everyone is coveted and trying their best to cooperate with him.
Kong Sheng is very important to Noon Sunshine, but if Wei Yang can be exchanged for the role, it will be of great significance to Noon Sunshine, which has just been established and intends to increase its commercial attributes.
Therefore, after consultation, Kong Sheng is expected to become the chief director of "Celebrating More Than Years", with Li Muge, Zhang Yongxin, and Sun Hao as directors.
Wei Yang himself owed Noonday Sunshine a big favor, but he didn't care.
Noon Sunshine takes a fancy to his popularity, and he also takes a fancy to Noon Sunshine’s team and high-quality projects. As long as it can make money, Wei Yang will not only hire people but also provide money.
