Chapter 256 Do you really have to use this time bomb?
Chihara Rinto settled in the TV station again and led the screenwriting team to start writing scripts. In addition to a scene script for shooting, there was also a literary script for the consultants to read!
After brainstorming, they divided the drama into three major stages based on Liangzi's life:
Ryoko, the six-feather girl, is the daily life of a daughter of a local wealthy family in the early Warring States Period.
At this time, Liangzi was still a happy little girl, full of love, filial to her parents, taking care of her younger siblings, and sympathetic to ordinary people living in poverty. She even voluntarily went to the altar to dance the rain prayer dance in the face of a severe drought after relying on human efforts to fight the drought.
She couldn't come down if it didn't rain. The sun was blazing and she would most likely die there.
Then, her fame spread far and wide, and countless people proposed to marry her. She was betrothed to the son of a retainer. She was happily preparing to be a bride and looking forward to being a good wife after marrying the one she loved. However, she immediately entered the second stage of her life and was
She was sent to the Takahashi family of Lord Oulu and became the lord's concubine.
From this moment on, she became Ryouhime, and in the TV series, this stage should be regarded as the daily life of local celebrities in the early Warring States Period.
In line with the principle of loyalty of a subordinate servant, and because she is an ancient woman, Ryouhime accepts her fate and abides by her duties as a concubine. She has the style of a Yamato Nadeshiko, trying hard to please the lecherous lord, and at the same time dealing with the disputes between concubines.
With the help of her loyal maids and servants, she cleverly dealt with the "war between women" in the lord's house, defeating the concubines who plotted against her. It was very refreshing, and Chihara Rinto and the others generally thought the audience would like it.
At this stage, she is still very optimistic and is very happy every day. She has a daughter and has found her happiness again.
However, because the lord was too useless, a "lower overcame the superior" occurred in the Takahashi family. She followed her husband and fled overnight, but was abandoned by her husband during the pursuit. Her daughter died as a result, but her loyalty remained unchanged. Through her beauty and her own
Wisdom once again led a coup, killed the rebels, and successfully brought back her husband.
Then, at a critical moment in her life, her loyalty was not rewarded, but she suffered great injustice.
Under a series of blows, she finally changed from a "beautiful queen" to a "witch queen". With her beauty and intelligence, she joined forces among various families, imprisoned her husband who betrayed her, and killed everyone in the Takahashi family.
The man tortured and killed all the concubines of the Takahashi family who had betrayed her, and set off a bloody storm in Oulu and the region. Anyone who had betrayed her or disobeyed her would be eradicated. And his ambition gradually grew, and he set his sights on Oulu.
Outside the mainland.
She found a new direction in life, but...
The tide of the times is rolling in. Olu is really a poor and broken place. The time for her to accumulate strength is too short. She has no resistance in the face of absolute power. When the main city was captured, she burned herself in the castle tower and died.
This is the drama structure drawn up by Chihara Rinto and several key writers under him. Thirty-six episodes are equally divided into three major stages. Whenever Ryoko feels that she has achieved happiness, the tide of the times will always make this happiness fleeting like a bubble.
I tried my best to capture the heaviness of the times and the dream-like Zen feeling of life.
As for things like praying for rain, winning the battle between concubines, and cleverly persuading the important ministers of the Takahashi family, these are all highlights, and they can be made to make a big fuss and make ordinary audiences happy.
The main structure and highlights were determined very smoothly. After all, it is based on respecting historical facts. There are not many places that can be changed, but how to deal with the content of each episode is another troublesome matter.
For example, how should the small climax of praying for rain be arranged and what should be connected before and after? Another example is how to make Liang Zi win happily in a secret fight between concubines. How should this part of the plot be designed? How can it be novel and reasonable at the same time? Another example is
, as a face-saving project, the Dahe drama must have a certain degree of science popularization and education. How to connect what happened in Olu with official history? Should it be in the form of narration or dialogue between characters?
All must be considered!
This is a complex and huge project. Chihara Rinto plunged into it and couldn't get out. For a moment, even Ningzi and Michiko were forgotten. He only focused on constantly exchanging opinions with his subordinates, constantly issuing instructions, and constantly reviewing manuscripts.
Constantly confirming or overturning a certain plot...
There is trouble on his side, and there is also trouble on Iori Murakami’s side.
Chihara Rinto has mobilized a group of key screenwriters from various production crews, but dramas such as "Love Stick", "Warm and Cold World", "Jumping Search Line" and other dramas are still being aired, and she herself has to recruit staff to form a working group, so she only
It took a lot of effort to coordinate the manpower of the various crews.
In addition, the preparation work for a big river drama is extremely troublesome.
What did people wear at that time? What did the poor wear? What did the rich wear? What did the lord wear, what utensils were used, what should be eaten, what should be drank, the etiquette requirements for holding banquets, should the lord's guards be equipped with a sword or a sword? If so, should they be equipped with a sword?
, what is the arc of lumbar return?
She has to worry about all of this, trying to be as bug-free as possible. She can only keep looking for consultants to confirm various details. She even has to supervise the prop team to make scene models, costumes and various equipment and weapons, and then show them to multiple consultants.
Let them find fault.
She was so busy that she couldn't even go back home. She felt almost nothing, and nearly three weeks had passed.
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"how do you feel?"
Chihara Rinto had a big blister on his lips. At the noon meeting, he finally submitted the first draft of "The Most Beautiful Princess in Oulu" to Murakami Iori, and Murakami Iori looked through it carefully and it seemed
It was a very simple script for people in the industry to read, and there were many parts that needed to be figured out. She read it for more than half an hour before she said happily: "It's really good. The more I read it, the more interesting it becomes. I can change it into a historical novel."
Chihara Rinto also thinks it’s good. Listening to the story of Ryoko’s life alone may seem like nothing, but by enriching the details and adding flesh and blood to the supporting characters, Ryoko’s whole person becomes alive, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in it and feel like they are experiencing another period of life.
This is the charm of film and television works or literary works!
But he is one of the creators, and he is afraid that his understanding of the work will be biased due to too much effort. Therefore, Murakami Iori is still very happy that Iori Murakami thinks it is good-looking. He couldn't help but smile and said: "It must be better than historical novels."
, Ordinary writers don’t have the conditions to use so many people to produce a work.”
For this draft of the script, he not only personally participated, but also used seven episode writers, sixteen screenwriting assistants, plus a number of auxiliary staff such as errands and handymen. In order to check the details, Murakami Iori hired two consultants alone.
More than ten, more than one hundred staff members were dispatched to make relevant prop models and follow-up contacts. In total, it lasted about three weeks. There were nearly two hundred people working around this pile of paper. Most writers really do not have such resources.
The condition is that Kanto United Television attaches great importance to a face-saving project, and he is the TV station's designated expert to tackle key problems. Otherwise, he would not be able to spend such a large amount of money on the preparation of a TV series, and the committee would have to eat him alive.
After listening to what he said, Murakami Iori read the script again. She especially liked the custom of praying for rain in the Olu region and the part about Ryoko dancing to pray for rain. Of course, it may be because this part is at the front and has been written in the most detail so far.
He was in Guan, so he looked particularly good-looking. He smiled and said, "You really should publish a book by the way."
Chihara Rinto has a special status at Kanto United Television. Now it seems that it means "buying horse bones for a thousand gold", so the contract he got is very unconventional. As long as he wants to adapt the script into a novel and publish it, all the royalties will belong to him. The TV station
He is the only one in the TV program production circle who doesn’t take a single yen.
He could indeed do it, but he didn't care about it for the time being. He wanted the TV series to become popular and said directly: "Let's talk about this in the future. Is there any new progress in the filming preparations?"
Murakami Iori immediately took out a small book and began to inform him of the situation: "Yesterday it was just confirmed that Beichen Itto-ryu is willing to participate in the filming as a swordsman instructor. This is a relationship in the station. Beichen Itto-ryu has always been a partner of the Metropolitan Police Department.
The station was invited through the Metropolitan Police Department..."
Qianyuan Rinto nodded, official martial arts, yes!
He asked casually: "Do they charge a high price?"
"Just take care of food, drink and accommodation, but the name of their school and gym must be marked at the end of the film, and an advertisement must be sent."
Chihara Rinto nodded and had no objection. The consultants were basically not here for money, it was considered a routine operation. Murakami Iori turned a page and continued: "The renovation progress of the castle tower and the village far exceeded expectations. NHK's side
They were very cooperative. Professors from the Archeology Department of Hanshin University were there to keep an eye on it, and other professors would come over to take a look from time to time."
Kanto United Television did not have a filming base for period dramas. Originally, they wanted to build one themselves, but Murakami Iori had a sudden idea and asked someone to test whether NHK would rent a filming base for them. As a result, NHK did not
Opinion, I really rented it to them and allowed them to make small-scale renovations. nhk is really a magical TV station. I don’t know if it’s because the scale is so large that each system does its own thing, or if it’s just a stupid thing, and the commercial station is willing to make a Dahe drama.
The people who educate the people support it, and they agree anyway.
Chihara Rinto was very satisfied, and Murakami Iori reported other trivial matters, and finally said with a smile: "It's almost done. As long as the actors are selected, we can officially start filming in early February. The script is basically finalized, and casting and auditions can be done."
Has it started?"
Qianhara Rinto thought for a while and felt that there seemed to be no problem, so he said directly: "We can start."
"What about the director? Tsumura has been bringing a few director assistants to help me. He will definitely join the director team and let him be in charge of shooting?"
Chihara Rinto shook his head: "It's up to me to do it. Let Tsumura and Miyawaki assist me. The other executive directors and assistant directors should be arranged according to your arrangement. They must all be senior and high-level."
Murakami Iori has no objection. Chihara Rinto is not a newbie, and since the station attaches so much importance to it, it would be better if Chihara Rinto is willing to take part in the battle in person.
They quickly discussed some things and made preliminary decisions, and when everything was said and done, it meant that the preparation work was really over. Murakami Iori looked at the script, and his tension rose to a higher level, and he sighed softly:
"It went better than expected, but I don't know what's going to happen next..."
Not counting bad movies, an ordinary TV series usually costs several million yen per episode, and a higher-end one costs about 10 million yen. The cast is more luxurious and the shooting is more elaborate. 20 million yen is also common, and Kanto United Television
The budget for "The Most Beautiful Girl in Oulu" is tentatively set at this standard. It does not include publicity and distribution expenses. In actual terms, if thirty-six episodes are shot, the investment alone will be more than 700 million yen, which is rare.
It's such a big deal, if it goes wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable.
After all, it’s not uncommon in this industry for the script to look good but turn out to be crappy!
Before the ratings came out, no one had any confidence. But when she was busy, it was okay. Once she had some leisure time, worries about the future would turn into a heavy pressure. Even if she had gone through the baptism of big winds and waves, she would not be able to do it easily.
Swollen like a pig's head, but still unable to calm down like waves.
Probably, no one in this industry can truly feel at peace!
Chihara Rinto is also nervous, or maybe this is the charm of this industry. You invest a lot of time and energy, but you never know whether you will get a slap in the face or flowers and applause next.
However, Murakami Iori can express worry, but he cannot!
His eyes were still firm and he said softly: "Don't worry, we can do it well!"
Yes, we can definitely do a good job and produce a good TV series that will be well received and have good ratings!
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The next day, the script continued to move forward, and the details of the previous episodes began to be enriched. The casting work also officially started. Murakami Iori filled the conference table with actor information. She, Chihara Rinto, and Miyawaki Yohito
, Haruki Tsumura and several executive directors confirmed the audition list.
They don't have to worry about small supporting roles that have low roles and only appear in a few episodes. Tsumura Haruki will also serve as the casting director, and will lead a few director assistants to find suitable candidates, and then review them. All they need to do is to confirm the main starring roles.
The lineup, that is, the actor who plays Ryoko the Six-feathered Girl, the actor who plays Ryoko’s fiancé, the actors who play several important male roles from the Takahashi family, several supporting female characters who play high-profile roles, including Ryoko’s maid, and several Takahashi family members.
concubine and so on.
It doesn't look too difficult, but I got stuck at the beginning.
The actor who plays Ryoko is the lead actor in this play, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the key factor that determines success or failure. However, she was only fourteen or fifteen years old when she appeared (when she was a child, she was played by a different actor), and at the end of the play, she was
She is only in her twenties, so the actor who plays her cannot be too old. It is best not to be over twenty years old. However, her acting skills must be good. She can act sixteen or twenty-two-three with makeup. She must also have a certain degree of popularity.
The key point is that this actor must have good looks, and besides good looks, he must also have a charming smile. Otherwise, why would he play the role of "the most beautiful girl in Austria"?
It’s not easy to find!
They looked at dozens of actresses of the right age, but none of them felt they were suitable. For example, Asami Arikawa, her looks, fame, and charm are enough, but she is 27 or 28 years old. You ask her to play a 14, 15 or 16-year-old
Girls... do they all rely on makeup artists?
It's not impossible, but it can only be used as an alternative.
Izumi Yuko has the support of some people. Although she is a little over the age of 22 or 3, she is sexy enough and makes people feel quite seductive. She is also famous for her acting skills. However, Chihara Rinto does not want to use her as a successor.
The pressure was so bad that she started to sleepwalk from time to time while acting. She was given the responsibility of such a big investment and such an important drama...
It’s really worrying, so it can only be considered as a backup option.
Everyone's opinions couldn't be unified, and in the end, the matter had to be left in the hands of Rinto Chihara, who could make the final decision. After all, he was the person in charge, and no one else had the right to speak. However, other roles were easily determined because he was not famous enough.
All can be eliminated directly. The remaining thing is to see if the actor's personal image can match the role and whether the actor's acting skills can bear the role.
At the end of the day, the overall progress was pretty good. The only thing was that the actor who would play "Ryoko" hadn't even decided on the audition list. After the meeting, Chihara Rinto returned to the office with the actor information, calmed down and started to think carefully.
It may be difficult to achieve perfection, so where should we compromise?
Is it possible that I really need to use Izumi Yuko’s time bomb?