director of the millennium

Chapter 145 Give Mainland Audiences a Shocking Idol Drama
"The Sky", this is a TV series that Wu Yuan left a deep impression on.

This TV series can be said to be the first campus youth idol drama in China.

It is different from the story of "Meteor Garden" where the domineering president falls in love with Cinderella.

Although the actors in "The Sky" are handsome men and beautiful women from Qing Yishui, even the teachers are handsome men and beautiful women, which has changed the stereotyped image of middle-aged people.

But the values ​​displayed in this drama, as well as the views on suppressing students' creativity in response to exam education, are still very good.

Although there are traces of imitating Japan's "GTO Spicy Teacher", in 2002, this TV series was really ahead of its time.

However, like "Sword and Fairy", this TV series is also difficult to sell after filming.

Half a step ahead is a genius, one step ahead is a madman.

No domestic TV station is optimistic about such a "deviant" TV series.

The filming was completed in 2002, and it was not until January 2004 that this TV series was launched on a local channel in Jiangxi, with almost no response.

In July next year, Mango Channel, which is boldly carrying out reforms to rejuvenate and entertain, dared to risk the world's disgrace, bought this drama, and broadcast it on the stars.

After that, the show became famous and was regarded by many young people as the best campus youth TV series in China.

Wu Yuan is still very interested in the director and producer of this TV series. If possible, he hopes to recruit this person to Light and Shadow Times to be in charge of the company's TV series department.

Without him, Wu Yuan wanted to make a few low-cost but easy-to-sell idol dramas to supplement the company's cash flow and prepare for making domestic blockbusters after 2010.

Such as "Princess Little Sister", "The Sheep-herding Star", "Smiling Best", "Fated to Love You", all of which can be filmed before Taiwan and Island.

These Taiwanese dramas dominated the mainland idol drama market from 2005 to 2010.

Of course, Wu Yuan was ashamed to sign his name as the screenwriter, he couldn't afford to lose this person.

Just how do I contact the director and producer of "17-year-old Sky"?
Wu Yuan put away his books, intending to go back and call to check the situation of the drama.

He really couldn't remember who specifically funded this show.

Just as he stood up to walk out, two girls who had just come in from the library door met him head-on.

"Brother, are you going back to school too?" Liu Yifei took Zhou Yang's hand and called out to Wu Yuan with surprise on his face.

He was lowering his head in deep thought, then raised his head to look at the girl and showed a faint smile: "Well, come back to class."

Liu Yifei frowned and smiled even brighter.

Doesn't this mean that senior brother will appear in school more often in the future, and she will have more chances to see senior brother.

"That's right." Wu Yuan's voice interrupted her reverie.

"The first round of broadcasts of "Sword and Fairy" has been sold out, and it will be broadcast on Mango Channel this summer vacation. By then, you should be promoting it with Hu Ge."

"Thanks for your hard work."

As one of the producers of "Sword of Heaven", Wu Yuan is very grateful to Liu Yifei for appearing in "Sword of Heaven".

Although from the perspective of later generations, it is the TV series "Sword of Heaven" that has made Liu Yifei.

But standing at the moment, almost no one likes this TV series, including the actors.

And Liu Yifei, who took over the show at that time, already had the heroine of the movie "Your Name" to play.

Originally, she had every reason to reject this TV series. After Liu Xiaoli confirmed that she was selected for "Your Name", she was also a little hesitant about the invitation for "Sword".

But after Liu Yifei heard from Cai Yinong that Wu Yuan also invested half of the drama, she agreed to play the heroine without hesitation and even convinced her mother.

Wu Yuan knew that the reason why Liu Yifei decisively accepted the drama was because of him.

Being enamored by a beautiful woman is really a happy trouble.

Wu Yuan couldn't help but reached out and touched Liu Yifei's head: "I have something else to do, so let's not talk about it for now."

"During the summer vacation, I want to make an award-winning movie. There is a small supporting role in it, who is the little granddaughter of the hero and heroine."

"If you don't dislike it, then come and play this role as a guest."

"There are not many scenes, and it can be done in three to five days of filming."

The movie "Love" was originally a French movie directed by Michael Haneke, and there is no role of the little granddaughter in it.

But Wu Yuan has added such a role, and the scenes are not much, only about five or six minutes in total.

It was not added specifically for Liu Yifei, but Wu Yuan felt that in the original plot, a part of the third generation was missing, and such a character was needed to make the story more complete, or more tragic
There is no doubt that this role is very suitable for Liu Yifei. Her age and temperament are suitable, and the role itself is not difficult to play, as long as she plays her true character.

Of course Wu Yuan would not deliberately not allow the little girl to act just because she liked him.

In his mind, movies are above all else.

"Yeah!" Liu Yifei's eyes were shining, and she nodded positively in agreement.

Zhou Yang on the side also looked at Liu Yifei with some envy: "Qi Qian, Director Wu is so kind to you."

She may have sighed unintentionally, but when these words were heard by someone with a heart, the effect would be different.

Liu Yifei's earlobes immediately became visibly red, and her cheeks turned bright red, "What are you talking about?"

Well, Wu Yuan couldn't go on with this topic, he waved his hand and left the library quickly.

Watching Wu Yuan's leaving figure, Liu Yifei punched Zhou Yang on the shoulder angrily: "It's all your fault. Before I even said a few words, my senior brother was scared away by you."

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault, which made our Princess Sissy unable to chat with my sweetheart for a while longer." Zhou Yang nodded Liu Yifei's little nose helplessly.

Wu Yuan is gone, she is not ashamed anymore, she smiled and put her waist: "That's it!"

The two girls laughed together and started fighting again.

Under the influence of Wu Yuan, Zhou Yang and Liu Yifei, who participated in drama rehearsal together and starred in "Your Name" together, became very close and became close friends in the boudoir.

Well, this is a good thing, at least Zhou Yang's character is much better than Jiang Yan's.

On the other side, Wu Yuan, who returned home, immediately called Director Han.

In China, if you want to ask about things in the circle, you can go to Han Dongbao. Whether it is the movie circle or the TV drama circle, Han Dong is very familiar with it, and there is nothing he does not know.

Then, Wu Yuan received a piece of news that surprised him.

Han Dong himself is one of the producers of "The Sky".

"No way, Director Han, you are the vice chairman of China Film Group, and you still work as a producer for TV series?" Wu Yuan said in surprise on the phone.

Director Han explained helplessly: "There is no way. In those few years, the movie industry was in a bad winter, but the TV drama industry was booming. How many people who work in movies are making TV dramas, and I am the only one left."

"Why do you ask this?" Han Dong also asked curiously.

"It's harmful." There was nothing to hide, so Wu Yuan replied openly: "It's not like watching the domestic TV drama industry booming, so I want to get involved."

"Since we want to be a film and television company, it's not enough to just make movies. Great people have said that only two legs can walk steadily!"

"You want to make a TV series?" This time it was Director Han's turn to be surprised.

"Yeah, can't you?" Wu Yuan didn't bother to explain too much, "Director Han, since you are the producer of "The Sky", you should know the director of this TV series, right?"

"Can you tell him for me that I want to invite him to come to our company to do a TV series."

"No problem at all……"

The two communicated again, and Wu Yuan finally learned that Li Jichang, the director of "The Sky", was originally a producer and director.

Even his main job is to be a producer, but this is his first time being a director.

It's no wonder that after "The Sky" was broadcast with good results, the director never made any other works.

"It would be even better if you were a producer."

Wu Yuan immediately agreed with Director Han and invited Mr. Li Jichang to meet at the Light and Shadow Times next week.

For a little director who is unknown and has filmed a TV series but has not been able to air it, facing a person of Wu Yuan's level, naturally there is no possibility of refusing the invitation.

Soon, Wu Yuan met Li Jichang in the general manager's office of Light and Shadow Times.

Li Jichang is not very old, he looks to be in his 30s, but his temperament is a bit literary and weak, he is also very thin, and he wears a pair of glasses. He looks more like a scholar than a director.

"Director Li Jichang, right?" Wu Yuan took the initiative to shake his hand and beckoned him to sit down.

There was no way, Li Jichang was too nervous.

When Director Han told him that Wu Yuan wanted to see him and invite him to join the Light and Shadow Era, Li Jichang's first reaction was that Director Han was talking nonsense.

But the person who said this was Director Han, so he had to believe it.

After believing it, Li Jichang's first thought was not joy, but fear.

How could a director like Wu Yuan, who sells more than a billion yuan in Asia for a movie and can easily earn hundreds of millions of dollars for a movie in Hollywood, know that he is the bottom of the circle?

And personally invited him to join [Era of Light and Shadow]?
With this incomprehension, apprehension, and fear, Li Jichang came to the Light and Shadow Era an hour earlier as agreed.

It wasn't until he actually saw Wu Yuan that he believed that Wu Yuan really knew him.

"Director Wu, hello!" Li Jichang shook Wu Yuan's hand excitedly: "I am you, oh no, you are my idol."

"I've seen every movie you've made, including Juno, and I love every movie!"

"You are a role model for our Chinese directors. I didn't expect that I would actually meet you."

"Okay." Wu Yuan interrupted his incoherent flattery with a smile, "There is no need to say more about these things."

"Director Li, I also know about you." Although Wu Yuan only learned about Li Jichang's situation from Director Han, he opened his mouth and said, "Your filming of "The Sky" was very good."

"There has never been such a youth campus idol drama in China before. You did a very bold thing."

"I admire you very much."

"I asked you to come to the company today because I also want to invite you to join our company's TV drama department. Next, our company has several idol dramas that we want to produce, and we need a director in charge of TV drama production."

"I think you are qualified for this position."

"Come and see, this is an idol drama I prepared for the company."

As he said that, Wu Yuan took out a script from the drawer, it didn't have much content, only the first six episodes, which he wrote in a hurry in the past few days.

On the cover of the script, there are seven big words written: "I am destined to love you!"

　There are some things today, the update is a little bit less, I will look at it tomorrow and add a thousand or two words to make it up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)