China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 509 This Director is Too Meticulous

There was a lot of controversy about "The Lost Tomb" in the week before its official launch.

Some people think that "The Lost Tomb" as the first film and television work in the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series to be adapted into a movie is very worth looking forward to.

Some people think that "The Lost Tomb" will ruin the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in everyone's mind.

“We don’t know how the show will turn out, but I personally think there is a big problem with the casting.

Pan Yueming has an elegant and reserved temperament, while Hu Bayi is bold, talkative and shrewd.

I believe in Pan Yueming's acting skills, but his temperament is too different from the Hu Bayi in the book, so I am not very optimistic about his performance as Hu Bayi."

"Isn't Shirley Yang a mixed race in the book? Why did they find Zhang Yuqi? This doesn't quite fit the novel."

"The fat actor does look quite fat, but I don't know how the performance will turn out."

There are both advantages and disadvantages to adapting novels into film and television works.

The advantage is that it comes with its own traffic and audience, and it is easier to become popular.

The downside is that some book fans have too high demands, especially those who are serious and meticulous.

Their requirement is that film and television works should restore the novel one-to-one, but the reality is that it is impossible to achieve a one-to-one restoration.

Because everyone imagines Hu Bayi differently, and everyone has their own preferences.

Similarly, Li Yu's casting cannot satisfy everyone.

He can only choose one from the successful cases that he thinks is suitable and has the best cost-effectiveness.

Pan Yueming has been too obscure in recent years and has even fallen to the point of acting in urban romance dramas.

For Li Yu, Pan Yueming is cheap and easy to use.

After noticing the polarized opinions among netizens, Cao Qing immediately reported it to Li Yu.

“Don’t pay too much attention to these things, we just need to do our best in the areas where we should work hard.

It is impossible to please all the fans of the original novel at the same time, so as long as you can satisfy most people, you will be considered successful. "

Li Yu has always seen these things very clearly.

Even if Li Yu follows the original author Ba Chang's idea and invites Jiang Wen, who is considered by Ba Chang to play the best candidate for Hu Bayi, there will still be people who argue with him.

They would say that Jiang Wen’s leadership qualities and heroism in films such as “Let the Bullets Fly” are so deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

If he plays Hu Bayi, just looking at his face will give you a sense of security. How can there be any atmosphere of horror and suspense?
"I think so too. Regardless of those people's arguments, the ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law. Whether our "The Lost Tomb" is a success or a failure, we will know next week."

Cao Qing said with anticipation.

Li Yu promised him that as long as he could finish filming the first four volumes of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, the performance of each part would meet the standards.

Then he will get a chance to independently direct a blockbuster film.

He wanted to make progress so much, and he wanted "The Lost Tomb" to be a success so much.

As long as "The Lost Tomb" was a success, he immediately found Zhang Yuqi, the actor who played Shirley Young, and asked Zhang Yuqi to sign a contract to star in multiple Ghost Blows Out the Light series, and immediately started the filming plan for the second volume.

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A week later, the first film in the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, "The Mysterious City", was officially aired.

Tang Yong is one of the many office workers in Shanghai.

He graduated from a very good university two years ago and now works in a company in Shanghai.

The company has a lot of overtime work, and his boss said that young people should work 996. If they don't work 996 when they are young, their physical condition won't allow them to do so when they get older.

Therefore, 996 is the exclusive blessing for young people.

As a highly educated person, Tang Yong scoffed at his boss's brainwashing. Fortunately, Tang Yong's boss was better than some Internet celebrity CEOs. Although the company required a lot of overtime, overtime pay was given.

So overtime is not unacceptable.

The situation today is rather special. There was a problem with the company's server, so he didn't need to work overtime in the evening, so he could only return to the rental house after seven o'clock.

After returning to the rental house, Tang Yong suddenly remembered that his favorite Ghost Blows Out the Light novel from high school and college seemed to have been made into a TV series, and it would premiere tonight.

Thinking of this, Tang Yong couldn't help but feel a little excited. He opened his laptop and searched for the name of Station A in the browser's search bar.

The moment he clicked into Station A, he saw the promotional poster of "The Lost Tomb" on the homepage.

The poster says that "The Lost Tomb" will premiere at 20:00 tonight, with four episodes updated on the first day.

Tang Yong thought the broadcast time was perfect as he could order some takeout.

By the time the takeaway arrives, it will be almost time to watch the premiere of “The Lost Tomb”.

Eating takeout without watching TV series or watching videos is soulless.

Similarly, watching a play is not enjoyable without food to entertain you.

More than half an hour later, the takeaway Tang Yong ordered arrived on time.

By the time he opened the door, took the takeaway from the delivery guy and returned to the screen, the time was 19:55, and there were only five minutes left before "The Lost Tomb: The Lost City" was updated.

Five minutes passed quickly, and Tang Yong refreshed the webpage. As expected, four episodes of "The Lost Tomb" had been updated.

After he clicked on the first episode, he decisively tapped the keyboard and sent a comment "One swipe".

Like many young people, he likes Station A because of the barrage.

He is now accustomed to turning on the barrage when watching TV series. It is not fun to watch TV series without the barrage.

Especially when watching some horror movies, a timid person like him, if there were no barrage protection and high-energy prompts in front of the barrage, wouldn’t he be scared to death?
After the first episode of "The Lost Tomb" began, Tang Yong discovered that the story of Hu Bayi's grandfather had been cut out.

The story starts directly from when Hu Bayi participated in the Southwest War. Because his comrades were killed, he could not suppress his anger and shot at the prisoners of war, so he was forced to transfer to the capital.

Tang Yong thinks there is nothing wrong with deleting the story of Hu Bayi’s grandfather. The protagonist of the novel is Hu Bayi, and it is normal for the TV series to start from Hu Bayi.

It would be strange if the TV series had only been filmed for several episodes before the real protagonist appeared. People who are not fans of the original novel might think that Hu Bayi’s grandfather is the male lead.

Tang Yong joined the casting quarrel a week ago.

He also thinks that Pan Yueming's image and temperament are different from Hu Bayi in the novel.

But when he really saw Pan Yueming playing Hu Bayi, he was stunned.

Pan Yueming's acting skills are very good. Although his appearance and temperament do not match the Hu Bayi in the novel, he can capture the characteristics of the character.

He portrayed Hu Bayi's mercenary nature, his righteousness, his calmness and decisiveness in dealing with problems, and his humor with a hint of frivolity.

Overall, the performance was pretty good.

At least Tang Yong, a fan of the original novel, didn't feel distracted by the show. On the contrary, he thought Pan Yueming acted very well.

If he were asked to give a score, he would give it eight points. The two points deducted were because his image and temperament did not match the role.

He also likes Shirley Yang played by Zhang Yuqi, but he finds that the Zhang Yuqi in "The Lost Tomb" seems to be different from the Zhang Yuqi he has in mind.

A barrage of comments passed by, and he realized that Zhang Yuqi used professional voice actors in "The Lost Tomb".

Now the case is solved, Tang Yong thought, that's right. He was wondering just now why Zhang Yuqi's dialogue skills have become so good. It turns out that she used a voice actor.

This made Tang Yong look forward to the drama "The Lost Tomb" even more. Before he even finished watching the first episode, he found that the director was a person who paid great attention to details.

The works produced by directors who pay attention to details are generally not bad.

(End of this chapter)