215 I have a hunch that this drama will be popular
In the ancient city restaurant, on the dining table with the characteristics of the Walled City, the atmosphere is very harmonious, everyone is talking and laughing.
Yang Bei took a glass of low-alcohol fruit wine and sat aside, saying nothing, just watching quietly, and no one disturbed him.
It wasn't that everyone was indifferent, but just now, almost everyone present had toasted Yang Bei. After so many glasses of wine, although he seemed relaxed on the surface, he was actually in a semi-drunk state.
While everyone was talking and laughing, they would occasionally glance at Yang Bei, with a bit of surprise in their expressions.
In fact, after spending this time together on the crew, everyone noticed the difference in the crew of "Sword and Fairy".
The film and television production mechanisms in China and Europe and the United States are different. European and American film and television production generally follow the producer-centered system.
A producer is the person or unit behind a film and television project who is responsible for attracting investment, forming a team, and selecting actors.
For a European and American film and television crew, the producer has the final say on everything from the script background to the actors' lines, and the director is just a laborer.
In China, it's just the opposite. The director is often the most powerful person in a production crew. The producer only needs to be responsible for attracting investment, handing the money to the director, and then acting as a mascot.
In the past, the most popular among directors were those coal bosses who didn't know how to spend the money they made. This was simply called "foolish people with too much money, so directors would come and take advantage of them".
Such two completely different systems have created two film and television industries with different environments.
In the past, there were frequent reports in China that a certain crew had their projects shelved or even disbanded due to lack of funds, but this rarely happened to crews in Europe and the United States.
Why is there this difference?
That’s because it’s the producer who makes the decision, not the director.
After all, directors have artistic pursuits, so they often seek a work regardless of the cost, while the producer's only goal is money, so he will use every penny carefully.
Closer to home, everyone on the "Sword and Fairy" crew feels that the current crew is a bit like the producer-centered structure in Europe and the United States.
First of all, the sponsor of the "Sword" crew is Beimang Entertainment, and Yang Bei is an executive of Beimang. It can be said that he is the natural producer of this show.
At the same time, Yang Bei himself is a big star with a wide network of contacts. Half of the actors present agreed to come and star because of his and Gao Mang's face.
And finally, the most important point is that Yang Bei is the screenwriter of "Sword of Immortality", and the entire story is written by him.
Therefore, during the filming, everyone was a little surprised to find that many times, it was not the director Zhang Chong who decided whether a clip could be used, but Yang Bei.
Even when his scenes are not being filmed, he will sit behind the camera and take the shots himself.
The actor outshone the director!
This phenomenon is really not used to actors who have been trained under Chinese directors.
But when Yang Bei picked up the script and was about to tell the actors about the scene, some people still felt uncomfortable.
After all, Yang Bei is just a newcomer who has just entered the film and television industry. How can he be qualified to tell people about dramas?
However, this discomfort did not last long. As time went on, the story line was revealed bit by bit, and Yang Bei's contribution in it was also noticed.
Everyone gradually became convinced, and no longer objected to listening to the actor's talk, and regarded it as a novel experience.
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When the crew of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was in full swing.
On the other side, at Beimang Company, Gao Mang was extremely busy with many things.
Some time ago, as Beimang became famous in the music circle, many music-related variety shows came to seek cooperation.
Mainly because of Yang Beimang's songs. Although the cover copyright of his songs is open, it is only for non-commercial use. And those variety shows obviously cannot be non-commercial, so I have to negotiate with Beimang about the singing copyright.
Not only the new songs since the creation of Beimang, but also the old songs written before in Zhengguang need to be discussed again.
This is a lot of money, and Gao Mang takes it very seriously.
After all, Beimang's finances had just been drained by the crew of "Sword and Fairy". The TV series was not filmed so quickly, and it has not been broadcast. No matter how confident it is, the day when the money will be returned is far away.
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After everything was settled, I finally had some free time.
The company was quite deserted, and many people followed Yang Bei and Zhang Chong out.
In the office, Gao Mang was in a daze holding a tea cup, feeling the warmth of the tea in her hands. She looked to the next door and couldn't help but think about Yang Bei, who was far away in southern Hunan.
After careful calculation, the two people who used to commute to get off work together every day have not seen each other for more than half a month.
Thinking of this, Gao Mang couldn't help but muttered: "It's been so long and I haven't even sent back any news. TV dramas are not about writing songs. I don't know if I can get results this time?"
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"I have a hunch that this show will be a hit."
In the screening room, Zhang Chong couldn't help but clenched his fists after watching the content he had just edited, and the anticipation in his heart couldn't stop pouring out.
Next to him, Yang Bei couldn't help but glance at him.
Yang Bei was unsure about the performance of this drama. He was a little nervous and a little hopeful. After all, the performance of "Sword and Fairy" in another world was a huge hit, and it even became a phenomenon-level TV series, affecting the youth of an entire generation.
Noticing Yang Bei's eyes, Zhang Chong smiled and continued nervously: "Teacher Yang, this drama has great potential. Do you think we are shooting too fast? Do you want to spend more time polishing it?"
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"Is it fast?" Yang Bei shook his head and continued: "I think it's just right. I also watched the episode just now and the quality is good."
After hearing this, Zhang Chong thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "That's right, I'm overthinking it."
Although he said this, looking at his expression, he was still a little worried.
Yang Bei can actually understand Zhang Chong's mentality. After all, he has been struggling for so many years and has never produced a work with decent results.
Now that I have finally seen a promising work, of course I want to perform as well as possible.
But understanding is understanding, and Yang Bei would not agree. As mentioned before, this is the difference between the producer-centered system and the director-centered system.
The crew has a large number of people, and the daily expenses are not small. Beimang is only a small company, so it naturally needs to complete the filming as soon as possible.
As for quality, with the finished product in Yang Bei's memory as a reference, there won't be any big problems.
Different from the previous "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Yang Bei's version of "Sword and Fairy" has some minor adjustments. Of course, he did not change the general plot, but only changed some details.
For example, in the TV series "Sword and Fairy", in addition to the male protagonist Li Xiaoyao, there are also two male supporting actors who play important roles, Liu Jinyuan and Tang Yu Xiaobao.
In Yang Bei's version, the most eye-catching male supporting actor is undoubtedly "cousin Liu Jinyuan", while the other "Tang Yu Xiaobao" who plays a very important role in the original version seems dispensable.
Originally, in the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy", there was no character Tang Yu Xiaobao.
Because the producers of The Original World are from Taiwan and followed their habits in Taiwan Province, they like to praise their fellow countrymen, so the screenwriter forcibly split many of the scenes that belonged to Li Xiaoyao in the original work and placed them on Tang Yu Xiaobao.
Even some of Tang Yu Xiaobao's plots aroused resentment among many viewers after they were broadcast.
When it comes to Yang Bei, the role of Tang Yu Xiaobao is still there, but his plot has been downplayed a lot. Among them, the part where Li Xiaoyao misunderstood Zhao Ling'er and Tang Yu Xiaobao was completely deleted.
Anyway, there is the contradiction of amnesia, the drama is enough, there is no need to add other unappetizing accessories.
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Time passed day by day, and soon it was one month later.
One group of people in the crew left and another group came, but only a few main characters remained unchanged.
Chu Shanshan, who was quite tanned, drove to the town and planned to choose a hotel as the venue for the wedding banquet.
That's right, with the shooting speed that Yang Bei compared with the finished product, this world's "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is about to reach its final scene!