Li Tianyi took the script from Ling Yongzhi and read it carefully.
The script is not very long, only about 30,000 words. Li Tianyi read it very quickly, and it took him almost an hour to finish the 30,000 words.
After reading it, Li Tianyi nodded: "Ling Yongzhi, yes, this story is really well told! It seems that your career change has been relatively successful."
Ling Yongzhi smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, to tell you the truth, before I started my own company, I had been working as a screenwriter in other people's companies, and I was still an unsigned screenwriter. I have written two popular movies recently and a TV series script.
Basically, I personally planned the screenplays, but because I was hired by others, and the person who hired me was a relatively famous screenwriter, the authorship rights of those screenwriters all belong to those famous screenwriters, and we also signed a confidentiality agreement.
The agreement is that I cannot disclose to the outside world that those scripts were written by me. Therefore, I am still unknown in the screenwriting industry, but the quality of my works is absolutely no problem.
It’s just that I didn’t expect that the film and television industry is so chaotic. It took me more than 3 months to write the script and story structure of this big online movie, but now it has been misappropriated by that company in a very despicable way. Now I have no idea about the film and television industry.
I have lost confidence. I feel that there are not many good people in this film and television industry!"
Li Tianyi smiled and said: "Ling Yongzhi, if you say that, it's a bit extreme. Maybe you just met a rogue company!"
Ling Yongzhi sighed and shook his head and said: "Boss, you may not know. In fact, I only found out after this incident happened. In the film and television industry, many small film and television companies are playing tricks with empty hands. They first
Send cooperation invitations to new screenwriters and even novel authors, inviting them to provide these companies with script outlines, script ideas and even complete scripts, etc. After these new people provide these materials to these companies, they will provide them with various
The reason is to tell the new people that the project has not been negotiated, and then they will take the new people's scripts and modify them, or even directly use these original scripts and ideas to find other companies for cooperation, while looking for investors, and at the same time looking for directors, etc., and finally
Complete a film and television project.”
Li Tianyi's eyes suddenly widened: "Damn, this is too shameless, isn't it?"
Ling Yongzhi nodded: "Who says it's not the case? What I met this time is such a company. Boss, originally I came here to work with you and try to complete this big online movie, but
Now it seems that it may not be possible.”
Li Tianyi smiled slightly: "Not necessarily."
Ling Yongzhi's eyes immediately lit up: "Boss, what do you mean? Don't you have any new ideas?"
Li Tianyi smiled and nodded: "Ling Yongzhi, isn't your costume drama online movie set in the Ming Dynasty? The background of this era would have to be modified even if it was shot in our Ningkang County. Now since that
The company stole your idea, so we might as well just come up with a brand new idea."
Ling Yongzhi said: "Boss, are you kidding me? Do you think that ideas for film and television dramas come up as soon as you think of them?"
Li Tianyi smiled and said: "If you are on your own, it will definitely take time, but it may not take that long for the two of us to be together. Inspired by you, I have come up with a very good idea!"
"Oh? What creativity?" Ling Yongzhi immediately stared at Li Tianyi. He knew very well that although Li Tianyi was best at creativity and planning, he was always able to think about problems from an unexpected perspective. This is also
Why did he specifically find Liu Zhuang and ask him to tell Li Tianyi that he wanted to cooperate with Li Tianyi?
Li Tianyi tapped his fingers lightly on the table and said, "Ling Yongzhi, let me first tell you what I want to achieve by working with you."
"You don't need to say this, Liu Zhuang has already told me, don't you want to promote your tourism project in Daheishan Town, Ningkang County through our cooperation? I know this well," Ling Yongzhi said first.
"Okay, now that you know it, I won't say more. I'm thinking, our Daheishan Town has a very profound historical background. There once appeared a number one scholar and two straight men in Daheishan Town.
There are three Jinshi, and there is also a prince's mansion here, so from the perspective of scene preparation, there is no problem. If it is just a big online movie, it would be a bit of a waste. Then we might as well think about a costume drama
Although there are many TV dramas during the Qing Dynasty, they are usually about emperors, generals and the like. There are very few TV dramas that truly reflect the lives of the people in the Qing Dynasty. In particular, there are very few TV dramas that reflect the traditional Chinese medicine during the Qing Dynasty.
So let’s think along this direction. Can we make a sitcom that reflects Chinese medicine in the Qing Dynasty? Just like that, according to my observation, it is a phenomenal sitcom. Since the appearance of Wulin Gaiden, it has rarely appeared since then.
There are very few costume dramas with this kind of theme, especially those that reflect the theme of traditional Chinese medicine. So why can't we shoot a sitcom like this?"
After listening to this, Ling Yongzhi's eyes suddenly lit up. He patted Li Tianyi hard on the shoulder and said, "Holy shit, boss, you are simply amazing. This idea of yours is absolutely fine. Although filming a sitcom with a Chinese medicine theme is quite difficult.
It’s difficult, but it’s not without a market. Isn’t there a very popular doctor-themed TV series in the United States now? Doctor House tells the story of Western medicine. Although there are also TV series of this type in our country, to be honest, I don’t
Watching those dramas, I feel like they are not good enough!
If we can really shoot a sitcom based on the life of traditional Chinese medicine in the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time integrate some of our various concepts of traditional Chinese medicine and even some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine into the TV series, then we will not only gain a certain market, but also
Carry forward our traditional Chinese culture, and at the same time promote your Daheishan Town’s tourism projects.”
Li Tianyi smiled: "You are right, we can definitely shoot a version of traditional Chinese medicine in ancient costumes, carry forward our traditional Chinese medicine culture through the form of TV series, and combine the ancient Qing Dynasty buildings and beautiful scenery of our Daheishan Town.
Create a phenomenal TV series.”
Ling Yongzhi smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, although this idea is very good, I now have the idea of a screenwriter in my mind, but the most difficult thing now is the issue of funding and traditional Chinese medicine. The issue of funding is the key and difficult point. After all, if
If you want to shoot such a TV series, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete without tens of millions of funds."
Li Tianyi shook his head: "Ling Yongzhi, you are wrong. With our current conditions, it is very difficult to make this TV series that can be broadcast directly on various David TV channels, because I really can't solve the financial problem, but what?
, we can definitely shoot an online TV series first and let the TV series be broadcast online first. If the effect is very good after being broadcast online, then investors will definitely come to us to discuss cooperation in the later stage. And now popular online dramas
It is launched on a quarterly basis. One season is 12 episodes. If you shoot a 12-episode online drama, the cost should be around 5 million. As for the actors, we will definitely not hire those young talents. As for their acting skills
Let’s not talk about it. Their salary alone is beyond our reach. We can definitely invite some new actors to join our sitcom and make a lot of people famous. Can’t we?”
Ling Yongzhi was so excited by Li Tianyi's words that he nodded vigorously and said: "That's right, that's right, if you only shoot 12 episodes, there will be absolutely no problem. And if you shoot by season, you will be more careful when writing the script.
If it's appropriate, I can set the conflicts to be more focused and ensure that every episode is exciting!"
"Okay, I can rest assured that I will leave the script to you. I remember when we were in college, you were the most pretentious every time we played football!" Li Tianyi said with a smile.
"Hey, boss, you don't need to mention my glorious history. Now I want to create a super popular phenomenon-level online TV series for my dad and everyone to watch. I want to prove that I am
A person suitable for development in the film and television industry." Ling Yongzhi said with great ambition.
Li Tianyi smiled and said: "Didn't you just say that there are not many good people in the film and television industry? Why do you still want to be in the film and television industry?"
Ling Yongzhi said: "Because I want to inject a breath of fresh air into the film and television industry through my own efforts. I want to drive the film and television industry to become more cultural, civilized and regular!"
For more than two weeks, Ling Yongzhi simply lived in Li Tianyi's house, shutting himself in his room every day to prepare for the script! At the same time, he also took time to go to Daheishan Town twice to visit Daheishan Town.
I walked around every street and even every house, and got a relatively detailed understanding of the situation in the entire Daheishan Town.
In the past two weeks, Li Tianyi was also extremely busy and had no time to take care of Ling Yongzhi.
Because on the one hand, he has to implement the plan he made, and on the other hand, he also has to deal with the advertising companies recommended from various parties. These people are very jealous of the 5 million in Li Tianyi's hands. Li Tianyi received
He had a total of fifteen or six advertising plans. Although Li Tianyi had already told these people that he already had a partner, these people still came to talk to him persistently, hoping that Li Tianyi could change his mind.
The only thing that makes Li Tianyi feel more comfortable is that during this period, Wu Junhao has never made any small moves with him, whether it is about Li Tianyi's implementation of the plan or the use of the 5 million funds in his hands.
, Wu Junhao didn’t even reach out.
However, Li Tianyi did not know that the crisis was quietly approaching.