What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 206 A Reliable Solution

Mr. Fu is worthy of being an old filmmaker, and his judgment is very accurate. Some things cannot be foreseen by Yang Shu, a young man in his twenties, which requires a wealth of experience.

(Some things are hard for the author to foresee. The last chapter was blocked for six hours and passed after several revisions. It’s better to talk less about the three-body problem. Mr. Fu is right, this thing won’t make it into a big movie.)

Years later, Luo Xue helped Yang Shu find out the wind in many ways, and the situation was not optimistic, and the answers he got were similar: Director Yang, take it easy, what is not good to shoot, don't make trouble for everyone.

However, several online platforms welcomed it, and encouraged them one after another: Hurry up and shoot it for us, and take root in online film and television, and it will not be much worse than the big screen.

Yang Shu was a little annoyed, but he didn't have the obsession with the big screen. As long as he was doing what he liked, he could make the work, and it didn't matter where he presented it to the audience.

However, the income is different. The charging model of online movies is different from that of online series. Usually, one effective click for a large production of S-level movies can be divided into 4 to 6 yuan, which is almost half of the theater chain.

With the same investment, this income is not as good as that of serial dramas, and more people watch an online movie without having to buy more tickets. In addition to factors such as the convenience of piracy, in fact, the box office of online movies can reach one-fifth of the big screen. It is not bad. .

Yang Shu checked the data, and the highest box office of purely online movies is only tens of millions, and it has not exceeded [-] million.

In this way, if the cumulative investment of the six Three-Body Problem movies is 6 billion, it will not be a loss to grandma's family.

In addition to making online movies, another solution is to make online dramas. The six movies have been expanded into three-season series with 6 episodes per season.

In the world before Yang Shu, the three-body web drama was filmed in 2022, which also shows that this road works.

In addition, there is the successful experience of "The Beginning" for reference, and it is indeed a more reliable solution to make it into a web drama.

If the ratings can also reach the level of "The Beginning", then it is not a problem to invest [-] to [-] million per season, and the profit is still considerable, which will not be worse than the big screen movies.

George Martin is a friend of Da Liu. His "A Song of Ice and Fire" was adapted into the TV series "Game of Thrones", which was quite successful.

The capacity of "The Three-Body Problem" is far less than that of "A Song of Ice and Fire". Both the characters and the story are relatively simple, and the three seasons can basically be fully narrated.

The situation changed, and Yang Shu didn't want to dampen Da Liu's enthusiasm, but he had to inform him of the news. The script writing work had to be adjusted immediately, from the movie mode to the serial drama.

Da Liu was calm, he was well aware of the controversies surrounding his works, and he had probably imagined any kind of situation.

Instead, he thanked Yang Shu for his unremitting efforts: "It has been nine years since Three-Body has been filmed and filmed, and I still say that, we will succeed this time."

Changing to a series is also beneficial, as the capacity will be much larger. Some content that had to be painstakingly streamlined before the movie script can now be added back, and Liu can also take comfort in this point.

The adaptation work went smoothly, Yang Shu suggested that Liu continue to write all the way, and try to finish the scripts of the three seasons within this year.

Of course, the special effects work has to be adjusted accordingly. As the total amount of content increases, the number of special effects shots also increases, but the fineness decreases. The resolution used in movies and TV works is several times lower, and the price is also several times lower.

At this point, the special effects companies were quite disappointed, and a big deal shrank several times.

The production cost of "Game of Thrones" is as high as 6000 million U.S. dollars per season, which is about 4 million yuan. According to purchasing power parity, Yang Shu can produce "Three-Body Problem" with comparable quality within 3 million yuan. Confidence, as long as the money is in place, the special effects companies also have confidence.

At the beginning, Yang Shu bought "Three-Body Problem" without even thinking about it, and bragged to Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu that he would bravely venture into the world to challenge himself and abandon his old ways, but now he was thrown cold water head-on.

Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu didn't get used to him either, they waved their small hands: "Why bother, don't take photos like this and that, I don't think they should take photos at all, just pretend there is no such thing."

This is actually pampering and pampering him, and it doesn't matter if he loses money just to be happy.

Of course, it is also possible to give up. In fact, it will not lose money. If you sell the copyright after a few years, you may still make a lot of money.

Then Da Liu's "Three-Body Problem" is like some antiques in the market, which has been tossed and tossed, and the price has also risen, becoming a kind of futures.

Yang Shu refused to give up, but he didn't say much, just continued to advance his preparations in an orderly manner.

After the Chinese New Year, it will be the beginning of February. Liu returned to the capital to continue working with the screenwriting team.
Liu Man also confirmed that "The Devil's End Is Coming" will be launched on March 3, and related work is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

Yangshu's plan for this year is very simple. In the first half of the year, "The Last Days of the Devil" will be finished, and in the second half of the year, "Three-Body Problem" will be fully promoted, and the first season will be released during the summer vacation next year.

Although the script of The Three-Body Problem has not yet come out, he has roughly divided the roles of the first season, and confirmed the schedule with the protagonists early.

The hero of the first season is Wang Miao, a nanomaterial scientist who provided nanomaterials for the Guzheng operation and contributed to the eradication of the human rebel ETO organization.

The role of Yang Shu has been determined to be played by Brother Hu, and it has been negotiated.

The heroine of the first season is Ye Wenjie, an astrophysicist, with a kind and gentle personality, but a special experience made her lose confidence in human nature. She once worked at the Red Bank Base. Humans of the Dark Forest Theory.

She can be said to be the strongest person among the three bodies, and to some extent, she can handle the two earths and the three-body planet in the palm of her hand.

She first exposed the coordinates of the earth to Trisolaris, and then formed the Earth Trisolaris organization and served as the supreme commander, becoming a human traitor.

But in the end, she was the one who guided Luo Ji, the hero of the second season, to deduce the principle of the law of darkness, and finally drove back the Trisolaran, who is a combination of angels and demons.

In the unfinished version of Zhang Fanfan in 2015, this role was played by Zhang Jingchu. Although the film has not been released, everyone is still dissatisfied with this casting.

As for Yu Hewei's version of the web drama, this character is played by Wang Ziwen, and her resources continue after the "Ode to Joy" series.

But Yang Shu doesn't plan to use her, he doesn't feel that image for this role, although she can also be competent.

In Yang Shu's mind, this image should be a bit gloomy and depressing. The actor's appearance should easily arouse the audience's pity, and he should be willing to experience the unfair treatment she has received. His appearance should also have a sense of the times and not be too fashionable.

First of all, continue to use Liu Man or Jiang Shiyu, they are not suitable.

Sister Tao wanted to take this role, but he also rejected it. The reason is simple, lack of domineering, and her Mi Shu in "The Legend of Mi Yue" is not very lovable after being blackened.

There are two actors that Yang Shu is more optimistic about, one is Wan Qian and the other is Sun Li.

The appearance and temperament are both suitable for both of them, and they both fit Ye Wenjie's overall feeling, and the age is also the same, neither of them has an advantage.

In the end, Yang Shu chose Sun Li, because her empress in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and Miyue in "The Legend of Miyue" feel that she is the same kind of person as Ye Wenjie. It also has enough appeal. Although it is more expensive, it will get twice the result with half the effort.

The empress accepted Yang Shu's invitation very happily, and asked by the way: "Is there any suitable role for our family?"

"Yes, in the next season."

　The chapter posted today was blocked, it took a long time to revise and pass, the update time was messed up, sorry.

　　
　
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