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Chapter 319 Screenwriting Rules and Liu Shishi's Version of "The Wind and Cloud in the Wood House"

"Celebrating More Than Years" Crew, Above the City Gate
Wei Yang was wearing armor, and Shi Shiran looked at the rebels below the city, as well as the leading prince and second prince, with a low tone.

"Prince, surrender."

In front of him were the queen mother, the queen and several other women. When the rebel army threatened the palace, Fan Xian, played by Wei Yang, decisively invited the biological mother of the prince and others and the queen mother to the city as hostages.

"Fan Xian, you are shameless!"

The prince and second prince under the city were very angry, Fan Xian didn't care, the villain next to him, the head of the Qin family, asked to shoot arrows to attack the city, but was stopped by the prince.

On the city wall, Fan Xian also used Fan Xian's mouth to tell the reason why the prince and others dared not do anything.

On the one hand, it must be caused by family affection. On the other hand, it is a taboo in human relations to publicly kill one's own mother, queen mother and grandmother, and it is worse than the so-called killing father and brother.

After all, there have been many cases of fighting for the throne in the past dynasties, and there have been many cases of cannibalism among the royal families, but this kind of grandiose killing of women, children, and mothers is too rare.

The crown prince and the second prince are not ordinary rebels, their purpose is for the throne, and killing their mother would be a waste of points.

Of course, the situation is critical, and if you are in a hurry, you may take action and find a fix later, but right now Fan Xian's purpose is to delay time, as long as possible.

"Okay, card."

When Wei Yang finishes his lines, today's shooting will be almost done, and after that it will be dark, there is no big night scene for this scene.

Wei Yang asked someone to remove his armor, and then checked the plot with Wang Juan, the screenwriter in the group.

Fan Xian in the original book is much more vicious, especially when he was sent to the Northern Qi Dynasty and various subsequent trainings. After realizing the undercurrent in Qing Kingdom, he did everything he could, and even used a lot of despicable means.

This is no problem for web novels. Fan Xian's character design is selfish and dark, but TV dramas are not.

As I said before, there is a big difference between TV dramas and web articles. They target a wide range of audiences and have great influence, so the scale should be smaller.

Many plots and character designs of web novels, especially the male and female protagonists, cannot be adapted according to the script, and cannot be too anti-social, and the settings must be "correct".

So in the first season, Fan Xian will stand up for the guards, dislike the feudal and aristocratic thinking, and respect and uphold the norms of modern people.

The setting itself is also passive, and personal ambition is limited. It has been gradually matured under the pressure of the enemy, and will make certain counterattacks and calculations. The bottom line is still positive.

Compared with the first season, Fan Xian's style in the second season is more aggressive, but he still holds on to the bottom line - self-preservation.

The fathers above, Chen Pingping, Fan Jian, and Emperor Qing each had their own schemes, and a large group of villains wanted to kill them quickly, so Fan Xian could only fight for the internal treasury, the Overwatch Council, and power.

If he wanted to survive and protect his family and friends, he had to kill all his enemies.

This is also blackened to a certain extent, but with an extra layer of "fig leaf", it can be understood and accepted by most audiences. It's not that Fan Xian is bad, but others forced him to be bad.

It looks a bit white lotus, even taking off your pants and farting, but you need this for TV dramas.

For example, in the previous "East Palace", this character is also omnipotent, very scheming, and even suspected of "father killing".

In the play, it is hinted that the male protagonist did something to his father, but the filming is very ambiguous, it is an indirect murder, and it is more about seizing power than killing his father.

At the same time, the hero's purpose is to serve the common people, and he has been working hard for it, while the father is a "villain", which weakens this ethical contradiction.

The same is true for "Celebrating More Than Years". If you want to be on the TV platform, then you have to deal with it in this way, and Wei Yang himself is actually conservative, and he can't write a plot that is too explosive, at least not on the protagonist or positive characters.

The above plot of kidnapping "women and children" has done a lot of foreshadowing before. It is just an introduction and has another purpose. It is not so bad on the surface, and the queen mother and queen have done a lot of bad things before, and they are villains.

Let's put it this way, even if Fan Xian killed these two old women, the audience might still feel very happy.

After discussing with the screenwriter Wang Juan for a while, after confirming that there were no logical loopholes and the plot would not cause disgust, Wei Yang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled wryly.

"It's said that it's easy to change web texts, but they don't know that it's better to change web texts into scripts. It's not as easy as writing a script directly."

"really."

Wang Juan nodded. He is one of the screenwriters of the "Celebrating More Than Years" series, and he also participated in the screenwriting of "The Chef Carrying the Pot in Huajian", so he has a deep understanding of the adaptation of web articles.

Especially the male channel, the scene is too big, too many words, how to delete unnecessary characters and plots, to ensure the selling point of the original, but also in line with the style of the TV series, this is knowledge.

To be honest, the current Wang Juan is still not experienced enough, and he has little experience in adapting web texts, and there is still a certain gap from the level of his previous life.

Fortunately, there is Wei Yang, who has a lifetime of experience and vision. The two of them cooperated and learned from each other's strengths, and they finally finished the "Celebrating More Than Years" series.

Even so, the two have to face each other from time to time, and even Wang Juan has been stationed in the group for a long time, which shows that he attaches great importance to the script of "Celebrating More Than Years".

Of course, Wang Juan was not at a disadvantage. The "Celebrating More Than Years" series made him famous, and he became a first-line screenwriter, and his manuscript fee soared.

"I heard that there is a project looking for you?"

Wei Yang and Wang Juan have a good relationship. After all, they often communicate with each other when working on scripts, and they are both colleagues, so they can get along well. If it wasn't for Wang Juan who didn't want to "stay under the fence", Wei Yang would have signed him into Blue Whale.

Even if they failed to become a family, Wei Yang intends to cooperate with Wang Juan for a long time.

The two parties have already signed a contract. After "Celebrating More Than Years", Wang Juan will provide or be responsible for adapting three scripts for Blue Whale, and the remuneration will be generous.

Of course, Wei Yang was not the only one staring at Wang Juan.

"Celebrating More Than Years" is so popular that the copyrights of online articles outside are crazy. After getting the copyright, they naturally want to change it into a script, and then film and broadcast it to make money.

The best screenwriter in the industry for adapting web articles is Wei Yang, and this one will definitely not be invited, so Wang Juan and several screenwriters under Blue Whale are worth a lot of money.

Wei Yang on Wang Juan's side only knew the news, his two apprentices Ma Jin and Zuo Le had already received the price.

It's just that these two are still loyal, and they know their own strengths and weaknesses, so they follow the master steadfastly.

Other screenwriters are different. They really want to run away, but the blue whale is not easy to mess with.

Wei Yang doesn't care about the artist leaving, but the creative staff is another matter.

Many of the company's core creative talents have participated in important projects, involved and understood some ideas and secrets. If such people let go, the company will suffer great losses, so they all signed non-disclosure agreements or even non-compete agreements.

If he is fired or resigns, Wei Yang can even give him a certain amount of financial compensation, but within the specified time, he is absolutely not allowed to engage in related occupations or disclose company information.

There is one thing to say, as a professional screenwriter, Wei Yang is unwilling to do this, but there is no way, the rules are not strict, that is to make wedding dresses for others.

Imagine that one day, a certain blue whale-born screenwriter took "his idea" and made "The Wandering Earth" and "Chinatown Detective" a big success, so Wei Yang would vomit to death.

But Wang Juan is not from Blue Whale, and Wei Yang will not stop him from cooperating with other people. At most, he cares about the market, and then don't delay Blue Whale's manuscript.

Wang Juan didn't hide it either: "A company got the copyright of "God's Tomb" and asked me to adapt it."

"How much?"

Wang Juan made a gesture, and Wei Yang curled his lips: "The price is too low, not as high as my apprentice."

A company approached Zuo Le before and offered 400 million yuan, which was the highest offer the Blue Whale Screenwriter Studio had received so far.

That's right, Blue Whale's screenwriters are strictly forbidden to accept private work, but if the bid is higher than the other party's and the conditions are right, the company can't stop employees from making money.

Therefore, accepting it in the name of the screenwriting studio under the company's name is regarded as a project business. When the time comes, the screenwriters will get the most of it, and the company will also get part of it.

Don't think that Wei Yang sucks blood. If Blue Whale takes care of it, the company will take care of everything from negotiation, legal affairs, and logistics.

Save worry and effort, and ensure that the screenwriter's interests are maximized, and there will be no future troubles.

This point is very important. I have said before that many screenwriters are high-level, but they do not know how to negotiate, do not understand contracts, and do not have enough control over their own interests.

This reason is also a key to Blue Whale's ability to retain screenwriters.

Management must be loose and well-spoken, it must be strict, and it must also have enough benefits, otherwise, just a high-pressure policy will go wrong sooner or later.

As far as Wang Juan was concerned, if he hadn't debuted for many years and had something to rely on, and he really didn't want to have multiple bosses on his head, otherwise he might have voted for Blue Whale.

"How many times has Zuo Le followed you, and I also became popular in "Celebrating More Than Years" once."

Wang Juan himself had a good attitude. Although Zuo Le and Ma Jin had their own disadvantages, they couldn't resist following Wei Yang for a long time, and they worked hard and worked hard.

The two of them have signed many projects of Blue Whale, and they are Wei Yang's apprentices, so their social status is naturally not low.

Although Wang Juan made his debut earlier and his qualifications are not low, but the most famous one has to be "Celebrating More Than Years".

But the first screenwriter of "Celebrating More Than Years" was Wei Yang, so Wang Juan's credit was more or less discounted by the outside world.

However, Wei Yang knew Wang Juan's talent, and felt that the other party's bid was too low, and this project was really worthless.

The difficulty of film and television adaptation of the online works of male authors varies from high to low.

Among them, Chen Dong, the author of "God's Tomb", is undoubtedly one of the most difficult film and television adaptation masters in Wei Yang's opinion.

Chen Dong's works have too many scenes, and the level of power is too high. Compared with other authors' online articles, the cost performance of film and television adaptations is very low.

If you are considering the times, the current film and television technology means cannot produce the ideal "Tomb of God", even if it is barely produced, the cost will be unimaginable.

Wei Yang can be sure that this project is either misappropriating money or unfinished. If Wang Juan participates, there is a high probability that he will not get the final payment.

This is not sensational. There were too many such situations in the previous life. When the copyright of online literature was hot, IPs were flying all over the sky, and the industry was also mixed. I don’t know how many screenwriters received similar jobs.

Wei Yang himself has encountered it twice, one time there is no ending line, and the other time the script is half written and Party A is gone.

"There are too many scammers, so be careful. Don't write without seeing the money. The other book of "Legend of Dance and Music" should be faster, waiting for the rice to cook."

After a friendly reminder, the latter is what Wei Yang cares most about. Now Blue Whale has no shortage of idol scripts, but there are few dramas like this kind of drama with exciting plots, so Wei Yang attaches so much importance to Wang Juan.

"Legend of Dance and Music" is not a well-known drama, but its quality is actually very high, with a score of 8.7 on Douban.

This drama is Wang Juan's masterpiece, a suspenseful reasoning drama based on the feelings of family and country, with strict logic and reversal everywhere, somewhat similar to the exotic version of "Da Song Juvenile Chronicles".

When Wei Yang first played "Celebrating More Than Years" with Wang Juan, the script was still in its infancy, so he had already been thinking about it.

In addition to "Legend of Dance and Music", Wei Yang also has his eyes on "The Wind and Cloud in the Wood House".

This drama has already been aired in the original time and space, and now because Wang Juan was abducted by Wei Yang to write the "Celebrating More Than Years" trilogy, the script has been postponed and is currently in the preparation stage.

It's just that this script is pre-determined by others, Wei Yang can't grab it by force, he can only discuss it slowly to see if it can be jointly developed and cooperated.

Not to mention "Legend of Dance and Music", Wei Yang wanted to win for Liu Shishi in "The Wind and Cloud in the Wood House".

This drama is a real drama and is expected to be broadcast on CCTV. The characters are pleasing, and the performance is not particularly difficult. It happens to be the kind of character Liu Shishi is good at, which is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, which is suitable for Liu Shishi's transformation.

After "Scary Step by Step" in her previous life, Tang Ren provided Liu Shi with very ordinary resources. Of course, there are also some of her own reasons.

But now with Wei Yang, there is no need to mess around with unnecessary scenes.

Historically legendary heroine dramas like "The Wind and Cloud of the Wooden House" have a high chance of being featured on CCTV, which will have more and better promotion effects on Liu Shishi's career.

In the previous life, the reason why many major heroines were rushed to act by female stars was naturally because of the huge bonus to them, and the cliff-like improvement in terms of celebrity status, fame, and commercial value.

It is not an exaggeration at all, Sun Niangniang is the best example, relying on several major female lead dramas, she became the queen of TV.

The original time and space "Mufu Fengyun" has a lot of influence. The reason why it didn't go out of the circle by a large margin is partly due to the platform, lineup and production team.

But if it is handed over to Blue Whale or Tang Ren to operate it, it will be different. Liu Shishi's popularity and exposure should not be underestimated. After playing it well, it will be a high-profile version of "Miyue Biography".

Wei Yang thought about Liu Shishi's future career plan before, and there are many ways out, but each has its flaws.

The main heroine of "The Wind and Cloud in the Wooden House" can be regarded as an attempt. If possible, she can also try the later "Legend of Dance and Music".

The heroine is smart and introverted, and plays a lot, which is also very suitable for Liu Shishi's acting style.

No matter what, it's better than playing "The Legend of the Female Doctor Ming Concubine", which is an old-fashioned plot of love between two brothers. This kind of plot is basically the same as "Scary Step by Step", and the quality is far worse... …

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