With an invitation fee of 20 million, it would be hard for anyone not to be tempted.
not to mention,
Wang Aiye had never been invited to make a film or television work for anyone before, and had always been immersed in his own original world. It can be said that the money from Huanyin National Entertainment was entirely based on the reputation of Wang Aiye's previous works.
In this world,
Who would despise oneself and despise oneself for having too much money?
Wang Aiye nodded: "I refuse."
The next second.
Chen Ming and Xu Manke both took a deep breath.
to be honest,
It's really not easy to muster up the courage to refuse such a large amount of money.
and,
Considering how rich Huanyin National Entertainment is, if the follow-up film is good, there will definitely be additional bonuses.
Wang Aiye is very capable, and it is not difficult for him to make a movie where the revenue is higher than the cost.
It can be said,
This is a job for free.
But Wang Aiye still refused.
Chen Ming thought for a moment and said awkwardly: "Actually, Director Wang, you don't need to take into account my feelings. I had conflicts with Huanyin National Entertainment. That was all in the past."
Chen Ming felt that Wang Aiye might be afraid that he would be unhappy.
after all,
The feud between Huanyin National Entertainment and Chen Ming was a big deal in the industry. Everyone knew that Huanyin National Entertainment and Chen Ming were not getting along with each other.
Wang Aiye shook his head: "It's not because of this. Although Huanyin National Entertainment has given a sky-high invitation fee, I can't meet the requirements they put forward."
"They hope that I can direct and film a fairy tale drama to compete with "Legend of Sword and Fairy One" and achieve results that are not inferior to that TV series."
.........
To be fair, Wang Aiye also wanted to take the money. The invitation fee of 20 million was enough for him to shoot another low-cost movie.
But the problem is,
This requirement really cannot be met.
In addition to the coherence of the plot and the richness of the characters, the most important thing about the success of "Sword of Swords One" is the vastness and completeness of the worldview.
Asking Wang Aiye to benchmark "Sword and Sword One" and think of a similar world of immortals is to force others to do something difficult.
Wang Aiye didn't want to take on such tiring work, so he finally refused.
Chen Ming pondered slightly.
Huanyin National Entertainment must have seen the ratings of "Sword and Sword One" and became interested.
Wang Aiye's words reminded Chen Ming.
After the popularity of "Sword and Sword One", many directors and screenwriters began to develop in the direction of fairy tale dramas, and many fairy tale TV series have been spawned on the market.
What's more,
In the name of a new Xianxia, the world view of "Sword and Sword One" is copied.
Over time,
Audiences who like to watch "Sword and Sword One" will definitely be robbed of some of it.
In this way,
The income of "Sword of Sword One" will drop a lot.
As for those TV dramas on the market that are suspected of plagiarism, this is not something that Chen Ming should consider. Xingyu Entertainment headquarters must have a dedicated legal department keeping an eye on this aspect.
for a moment,
Chen Ming thought of many possibilities.
Huanyin National Entertainment did not invite Wang Aiye, so they will not give up and will probably find ways to invite others.
It seems,
"Sword and Sword III" cannot be delayed for too long.
Otherwise, the enthusiasm of the waiting audience will fade away, and some fans will definitely be lost.
At this moment,
Wang Aiye spoke again: "This is not the interesting thing I want to say."
Chen Ming and Xu Manke were stunned for a moment.
Wang Aiye said uncertainly: "After I refused, Huanyin National Entertainment made great efforts to find qualified directors and screenwriters in the Kyoto circle."
"But in the end, they only found a director who was willing to direct, not a screenwriter."
Directors and screenwriters complement each other.
Both are indispensable!
Speaking of which,
A trace of uncertainty appeared on Wang Aiye's face: "I heard that Huanyin National Entertainment has broken the pot and they don't plan to find a screenwriter."
What is this operation?
Chen Ming's curiosity increased greatly.
Xu Manke also had doubts in his beautiful eyes, expressing his confusion about the operation of Huanyin National Entertainment.
Without a screenwriter, there is no script.
Without a script, what can we shoot on location? How to shoot it?
"The barriers between the two continents, Central Continent and Western Continent, have been eliminated. Everyone knows that the novel industry in Western Continent is very developed, so it is said that they plan to find a great writer of fairy tales in Western Continent and directly buy the writer's novels and adapt them into TV series."
Chen Ming understood immediately.
Previous life.
Many film and television works around the world also use this kind of operation. This kind of adaptation saves time, effort, and more importantly, screenwriters.
certainly,
Even if it is an adaptation, some plots in the original work must still be changed. This is to make it easier to pass the review when it is submitted for review.
But the workload of changing the plot is very small.
Even an amateur screenwriter can complete it.
have to say,
Fantasy Sound National Entertainment has a lot of tricks.
Their first science fiction film hired a director and special effects team from Dongzhou, but the final box office was not very satisfactory and even suffered a slight loss.
This time, Huanyin National Entertainment has taken a novel path.
That is to buy the adaptation copyright of the novel from Xizhou.
Don't say,
Huanyin National Entertainment keeps up with current events and goes wherever there is a market.
Before this, neither the director nor the screenwriter of Zhongzhou thought about buying the rights to adapt Xizhou's novel.
Huanyin Guoyu should be the first example.
This kind of proactive move is a good thing for Huanyin National Entertainment.
This shows that there are still many capable people in Huanyin National Entertainment who have a strong sense of the overall situation.
At this moment,
Xu Manke questioned: "Although I have never read Xianxia novels, I heard that the number of words in such novels usually starts at one million words, and it would take hundreds of episodes at least to make a TV series."
There are hundreds of episodes of TV series, which are scary to listen to.
Chen Ming replied softly: "Sister Manke, it is impossible to film all the original novels when adapting a TV series. Generally speaking, we just choose a climax point in the early stage of the novel, and then use this climax point as the ending of the adaptation."
"If the adaptation does well, the next one can pick up the ending of the previous one and continue filming. If the adaptation does not do well, there will be no follow-up."
Wang Aiye glanced at Chen Ming in surprise.
Boy, you know it very well!
Chen Ming smiled shyly.
to be honest,
In this regard, it is already very common in China on earth. The entertainment industry is not divided into different families. Novels are adapted into TV series, novels are adapted into animations, novels are adapted into games... These are all very common things on earth.
But these are all novel to China.
before this,
Hua's adaptation rights basically come from remakes. For example, Chen Ming made a movie called "The Tuner". Someone bought the remake rights of "The Tuner", slightly modified the story background, and made a movie called "The Tuner".
division".
movie benchmark movie;
TV series versus TV series.
This is the mainstream in China.
Xu Manke was a little embarrassed, she really didn't know much about this aspect.
Suddenly,
Chen Ming asked curiously: "Which novel website in Xizhou is the fairy tale master that Huanyin Guoyu is looking for?"
"What does it seem to be called... Feichi Novel Network?"
Wang Aiye couldn't remember it clearly. After all, this was an interesting thing he heard in his spare time, so he didn't remember it carefully.