After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 284 National Business Card - Three Body

"This script is pretty good, let's shoot it according to this. Xiangdong will organize the casting."

Ye Xiangdong was stunned. He was prepared to be scolded, but he didn't expect to pass.

He looked up with an expression of disbelief, and the others were the same, all quite shocked.

After all, the script has logical problems at first glance, and all the characters are mentally dysfunctional.

“Although it’s a bit exaggerated, although the brains are not quite right, although there is no logic, although the lines are confusing, but if you don’t use your brain, it’s okay... We are creators, and what we shoot is not for ourselves, but for the audience.”

“As long as the audience likes it, that’s fine.”

"Director Li, do audiences like to watch this kind of thing now? I feel like this is a bit of an insult to the audience's intelligence..."

"You have to make movies based on the market you are targeting. Online movies are online movies, so they don't require such strong logic. The most important thing is to create hype, catch the audience's attention, and keep them watching."

"Hmm? That's the kind of amateur writing that's on Qidian?"

"You think it's easy to write a simple article! It's not something that ordinary people can write... Failure is not scary. What's scary is that after failure, you don't know why you failed. Let me ask you a question. Do you know the click algorithm of Youku?"

A group of people shook their heads and didn't pay any attention.

"The future is the Internet age. You must not only understand traditional filming, but also change the way of filming according to the rules and algorithms of video platforms... Forget it, I get angry when I see you guys are so confused. This script is good. Whoever is responsible for it, please write more and do more according to this idea."

A girl wearing glasses raised her hand and stood up. "Boss, I'm very happy to have your approval... But I copied this script, will there be any problems..."

"Just copy it, there's nothing to be afraid of."

“…”*N.

Li Mingyang picked up the script and flipped through it while saying, "There's something wrong with your lines. They don't fit the Chinese way of thinking. Did you copy them from an American TV series? Or a Japanese TV series?"

"All."

"It's a patchwork, with a strong start but a weak finish... With the way you copied and the level of your copying, you don't even qualify as a defendant."

The girl with the eyes blushed immediately.

"Don't worry about plagiarism. At worst, you will be sued and the defendant will just pay compensation. Anyway, the compensation is based on profits, and the company won't make much money. Your primary goal now is to capture the preferences of platform users, and whether you make money is secondary."

“The last thing is to make your own thing.”

"The most important thing for content creation is the core idea. Find the core idea and create around it, and you will get twice the result with half the effort. Do you understand?"

"Director Li is absolutely right. After listening to your words, my thoughts are instantly clear." Ye Xiangdong said with a turn of his eyes, "We are targeting online platforms, so wouldn't it be better to copy online novels? The groups overlap!"

"The idea is right, but novels are novels, and movies are movies. They are two different things. But you can give it a try. Spend some money to buy the copyright of a novel, and then tear the book apart and start working on it."

The people in the conference room are all young people, the new force in the era of traffic, who have experienced the bombardment of online games, online novels, forums, and Weibo... their minds are extremely active.

Putting aside the script, after chatting for more than half an hour, everyone's minds were opened up and they all had some ideas in their minds.

However, there is still a long way to go before these ideas can be put into online dramas.

Many directors are full of confidence before filming begins, feeling that they can create a masterpiece this time.

However, as I was taking pictures, I no longer knew what I was taking pictures of.

If the actors interfere and change the script again, the director will be even more confused.

Directors who are willing to make amends are good directors.

However, most directors will just continue filming as if nothing has happened and will not make any fuss at all.

Because he himself didn't know how to remedy the situation.

We can only hope that bad movies will produce good results.

If the reputation is bad and the results are not ideal, just blame it on the actors.

The director blames the actors, the big actors blame the small actors, the small actors blame the screenwriters...

If the movie is not well made, everyone will blame it.

After the script meeting in the morning, I had a meal and took a break.

At around 1:00 p.m., Wang Changtian came to Mingyang Entertainment to discuss the issue of your name promotion with Li Mingyang.

Ticket subsidies are ticket subsidies, and publicity and promotion are publicity and promotion.

The two complement each other and are indispensable.

Ticket subsidies are an inevitable trend, a scourge that no one can stop.

Powerful distributors and cinema chains such as Shanghai Film Group, Wanda, Bona Film Group, and Huayi have been hit hard by ticket subsidies and have surrendered, but have not yet surrendered.

Everyone is waiting for reasonable and fair conditions.

Zuoshandiao never likes to talk about fairness with others, so there will be no ticket subsidies for all movies in September.

October is TBD, November is also TBD.

He wants to starve the film market.

"Speaking of which, Master San is too reckless..."

"This has just begun. Don't you think he is very anxious?" Wang Changtian came to a row of bookshelves and said with his hands behind his back.

"I'm so anxious that I'm almost mad at myself. But if we suppress domestic films like this, someone will definitely complain. Who will take the blame this time?"

"Meituan."

"Wang Xin is willing?"

"He just offered a platform. If you don't like it, you can find another platform." Li Mingyang nodded.

In today's entertainment industry, emerging capital is still no match for old-established capital, especially state-owned old-established capital.

"There is not a single book about directors on your bookshelf. They are either comics, photography... and novels." Wang Changtian took out "The Three-Body Problem 2: The Dark Forest" from the bookshelf.

“If one can become a director just by reading books, then there will be no shortage of directors in China.” Li Mingyang said as he snatched The Three-Body Problem 2 and put it back into the bookshelf.

Wang Changtian smiled, sat back on the sofa, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea. "When are you going to do the Three-Body Problem?"

"Now is not a good time to engage in the Three Body Problem."

Wang Changtian shook his head. "Shanghai Film Group and China Film Group both want to get the copyright of The Three-Body Problem. If you don't show up, they may directly approve the project and force you to come out."

Li Mingyang was stunned. "With the level of the domestic film industry, The Three-Body Problem cannot be filmed at all. They got the copyright, but they can't film it."

"Someone at the top is very interested in The Three-Body Problem, and China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group want to use The Three-Body Problem to please them," said Wang Changtian.

"What about not following good principles?" Li Mingyang frowned slightly. "They probably want to get the copyright and do a Sino-foreign co-production."

"I'm not sure about the specific situation...but we must find out who holds the copyright of the Three-Body Problem. These are Zuo Shandiao's original words."

"I don't want to cooperate with China Film Group," said Li Mingyang.

Wang Changtian was surprised and said, "China Film Group is the best choice. Who else can do The Three-Body Problem except China Film Group? Shanghai Film Group? Shanghai Film Group has nothing but money. Ren Zhengfei doesn't have the courage to do it. I guess we will have to pull China Film Group over when the time comes."

Li Mingyang waved his hand, "I don't want to talk about the Three Body problem anymore."

"You don't want to cooperate with an Internet company, do you? It's useless. Even if The Three-Body Problem is not filmed, once it starts filming, it will definitely involve China Film Group."

Not always……

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's get back to the point and talk about your name promotion."

Wang Changtian smiled bitterly and shook his head. He really didn't understand what Li Mingyang was thinking. "Zhang Zhao is tight-lipped now and hasn't said anything, but who knows what will happen in the future..."

Li Mingyang raised his head and looked at the ceiling. He thought for a moment and said, "I am not going to work on the Three-Body Problem in the short term, but you can make the copyright of the Three-Body Problem public by making it known to the public... As for whether to release it before or after the listing, it is up to you."

……

Wang Changtian cares a lot about the Three-Body Problem.

Although the Three-Body problem is a niche one, there are many bigwigs among this small group of people.

Among them is the future eighth on the ladder!

Wang Changtian wanted to use the copyright of The Three-Body Problem to raise funds and raise the stock price.

I want to please the higher-ups more.

But we can’t do the Three Body Problem now.

It has to at least be of the standard of The Wandering Earth or the Three-Body TV series to satisfy the person above.

Otherwise, just kill him directly.

The boss wants to make The Three-Body Problem a national business card!

In the previous life, the copyright of The Three-Body Problem was in the hands of Zhang Fanfan and Song Chunyu.

After Liu Cixin gave up control, the Zhangs and Songs finished writing the script and tried to pitch it to Chinese film production companies.

But they had trouble finding funding because they insisted on retaining full creative control over the writers and directors.

However, the two have not achieved any outstanding film results.

The only things that can be shown off are two low-budget suspense thrillers.

The two were not in a hurry and took the copyright of The Three-Body Problem to solicit investments everywhere.

As the popularity of the Three-Body Problem grew, the two men's appetites grew.

In 2013, they went to the Film Bureau to approve the project of "The Three-Body Problem" and established the company Baixing Society.

Science fiction films require large-scale productions, and Baixing Society’s capital strength alone is not enough to complete them independently.

At that time, Zhang Fanfan and his wife met with almost all the leading companies in the film and television industry.

"The Three-Body Problem" is very popular in the Internet circle, so they also contacted senior Internet company executives such as Pony Ma, Ding Lei, and Zhang Qiang, who was the CEO of Alibaba Pictures at the time.

The bargaining chips became stronger as the popularity of The Three-Body Problem grew.

When they went to various companies to discuss cooperation intentions, they all brought lawyers with them.

When they arrived at the other party's office, the two did not speak at first, and the lawyer spoke: "Can you accept Zhang Fanfan as the director and Song Chunyu as the screenwriter? If not, there is no need to discuss anything else."

No one was willing to agree.

In 2014, Baixing Society held a press conference.

In order to find investors for the "Three-Body" film project, all the well-known domestic film and television companies were invited.

At the press conference, Zhang Fanfan and his wife not only continued to insist on leading the creation, but also proposed that the total investment in the film must be at least 2 million yuan.

During that period, the domestic films with the highest investment were films like Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame, which cost nearly 1.7 million yuan to produce.

The cost of Zhang Fanfan’s previous chamber of secrets series did not exceed tens of millions at most, and he had never participated in the creation of a movie with such a large investment.

Filmmaking is a systematic endeavor, and they have not demonstrated that they have the ability to orchestrate it.

As soon as the price was asked, half of the guests left immediately.

(End of this chapter)