After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 122: Magical Spy Game

"Roughly the same……"

"You go on."

Li Mingyang gave the outlines of three more episodes, and Cai Yinong suddenly shook his head, "Your episode is just a small story, and the main plot is fictitious. TV dramas are not shot that way."

"This is the routine for loser men!"

"That's a web series, and the core is a vulgar borderline story. It doesn't require logic. You can't play that way when selling a TV series to a TV station. You have to have a main plot, a hook that attracts people to watch it, and a strong conflict that makes people not want to change the channel and keep watching."

"Maybe not……"

Li Mingyang actually doesn’t quite understand the details of how TV stations buy dramas.

He only knew that in this era, TV dramas could only make money if they were broadcast on satellite TV, and to be broadcast on satellite TV, they had to be tested on local TV stations first, which took a long time. From the preparation to the broadcast of a TV drama, it would take at least a year, and two or three years was normal.

At this time, online dramas do not need to be registered for filming.

All that is required is a "Program Production License" from the production team.

After going online, it is also subject to review by the video website, and does not require review by the General Administration. The speed is very fast and the profit is also fast.

When Li Mingyang entered the industry, it was the wild development period of online dramas.

Everyone is thinking about making money. Except for the big companies that go for TV stations, small companies are all going for online dramas and have never thought about TV stations.

"There are always exceptions. One episode, one story, is suitable for a sitcom about family matters, but not for the drama you've come up with. How can spies and assassins go about their daily lives?" Cai Yinong stretched out her hand to stop Li Mingyang from speaking, and continued, "Your idea is good for a movie, but not for a TV series."

"I plan to shoot the TV series first and then make a spin-off movie later."

Cai Yinong objected immediately, "Your idea is wrong. TV series and movies are two different things. If you confuse them, whoever shoots them will die."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

How come the Xiao Ri Zi you are talking about is not dead? The theater version of Xiao Ri Zi made a lot of money.

Marvel and DC made huge profits from movies and spin-off TV series, and almost killed Hollywood.

"For TV series and movies to be linked, first of all, there must be a well-known literary work with a wide audience. You can do whatever you want with the Four Great Classics. But where do you get the confidence to create something original?"

Li Mingyang scratched his head and thought, well, he was the only one who had seen the spy game.

Moreover, this IP took many years to be developed before the theatrical version was released.

Xiao Rizi has plenty of experience in this area. When a comic that is about to be scrapped is put in the hands of those excellent animation studios, as long as there is enough funding, they can turn it around and make the comic soar.

For example, Attack on Titan, originally a monthly comic, had a style similar to a rough draft at the beginning, which made Li Mingyang think that this comic would not last long...

Who knows who will be the winner once the anime comes out! It will blow up the world!
Also, there's One Punch Man!
The original words can't even be called a draft...

Cai Yinong saw Li Mingyang deep in thought and nodded secretly. It would be easy if he understood what he said. "And if you have a daughter, you and Shishi are the same age, so your daughter should be at least ten years old. And your classmates should be of the same age. Do you know how hard it is to find children with acting skills? You may not be able to find the one you like even after trying for a year or two."

This...is actually not difficult to find. Zhao Jingmai and Zhang Zifeng are both very young now.

Boys are easy to deal with, Wu Lei and Liu Haoran!

In fact, the most difficult thing to deal with is the dog!
Li Mingyang hates dogs. Just because his friend's movie had a dog, he went to help and was annoyed by the Labrador.

Animals are so hard to photograph...

Not only is it so tiring, but I am also being cyberbullied by the entire network.

The entire crew treats the dog as their ancestor.

Li Mingyang thought about it and felt that the shooting was becoming more and more difficult. When he didn't know what to do, he glanced at Liu Shishi who was standing there in a daze.

Their eyes met, Liu Shishi blinked and lowered her head shyly.

"How about changing it up a bit and making it into an ancient costume? Shishi would be suitable for it, too."

"Do I still need you to shoot costume dramas? I have more than a dozen good scripts in my hand, so I don't have to worry about not having costume dramas to shoot." Cai Yinong said domineeringly.

Li Mingyang felt that Cai Yinong came prepared today, and asked curiously: "Boss Cai, if you think I'm not capable, then forget it?"

"I didn't say you can't do it, I just want to tell you that you need to take it seriously. Success requires talent and even more hard work. How can you take good pictures if you don't pay attention every day?"

Cai Yinong changed the subject, "The characters of the male and female protagonists in Spy House are very interesting, and the background of the story is also novel. You should focus the plot on the male and female protagonists, rather than on the daughter. Don't deliberately make it funny, deliberately integrate plots, or deliberately sensationalize. You should focus on the male and female protagonists."

Li Mingyang was about to ask what to do when there was a knock on the door of the private room and the waiter pushed the door open.

Boss Zhao from Huace walked in with a smile, and with her walked in a man and a woman, both of them looked very literary.

Boss Zhao and Cai Yinong hugged each other warmly, then extended his hand to Li Mingyang and said, "Director Li, long time no see."

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"I heard that Mr. Cai wanted a script assistant. These two are the best screenwriters in Huace. You just need to give them a rough outline, and they can give you the dialogue and ideas you need."

……

The length of a TV series is more than ten times that of a movie, and the content of the script is also more than ten times that of a movie.

Li Mingyang had long wanted to find a screenwriter to do the job.

However, this kind of screenwriter is not a screenwriter in the usual sense.

Screenwriting is a complex system, and it has not yet been subdivided in China.

In Hollywood terms, that's a 'script doctor'.

Even scripts that are included in the filming plan may still need to be revised.

The revisions may be proposed by investors, production teams, or leading actors who have a say. In this case, the studio will usually hire a professional screenwriter to make the revisions.

These people are usually called "script doctors" and they are hired to "dress up" or "trim" the script, such as adding humor or other "lace". Script doctors are often called in just before a TV series is about to be filmed and have to play a fire-fighting role in a very short time.

This kind of screenwriter is rare nowadays.

After all, who has nothing to do? Why not help others put out fires? Write and edit the work yourself and get the right of authorship. Isn't that nice?
However, in the era of traffic, it became a trend to bring in money and screenwriters, and countless screenwriters who originally had dreams switched careers to become script doctors in order to survive.

Became a running dog in the traffic era...

At present, there is no such thing as a script doctor in China, but screenwriters who possess such strong professional abilities and do not care about being credited are rare. They are mainly concentrated in old film and television companies, professional adaptation companies, or are supported by national companies.

If Huace is willing to lend it, he will naturally accept it. As for stealing ideas, that doesn't exist...

There is no script registered in China that does not have similar ideas, and only a few can become film and television scripts, and even fewer can be filmed.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that if you say everything from beginning to end, others will be able to copy you.

Keep at least half.

It is even easier when there are multiple people assisting with the script. Each person is responsible for a little bit and does more to make it confusing.

Of course, in the end, you still have to control the overall situation yourself, delete, subtract, modify, and add...

Or just don’t do it and think about it later when shooting.

We have a script meeting today and start shooting tomorrow.

Many classic Hong Kong films were created under this passionate mode.

After dinner, Li Mingyang was no longer in the mood to play basketball, so he returned to Mingyang Entertainment and started working on "Spy Play House".

The characters of the male and female protagonists do not need to be changed.

The male lead role suits him very well.

Omnipotent, one in a million, and just being handsome is all that matters.

He is good at "face changing", which is so cool. I can find someone to play the role, which is so cool.

The heroine's character is very suitable for Liu Shishi, it's almost tailor-made for her.

The female killer Joel, when carrying out a mission, has extremely high combat effectiveness, is decisive in killing, and is extremely cold and beautiful.

But in daily life she is a naive, silly and stupid wife.

Very Liu Shishi...

Anya is the cutest and most adorable part, as well as her best friend who wants to be her mother, and her tsundere second son…it’s a bit troublesome to deal with!
Children grow fast and are not suited to long-term development.

And it's a bit out of place.

The background is in an urban area, but the heroine’s fighting power must also be reflected.

Movies are easy to make.

The TV series is too long and there is nothing outstanding about it.

There is nothing left to copy!

Li Mingyang was troubled for a few days and his head was about to explode. Then he took a nap and when he woke up, he denied all of Cai Yinong's teachings.

I decided to use the method I am best at, which is to use short plays to shoot the spy game.

Brainless + character + fighting.

The male and female protagonists belong to different departments. They temporarily form a family to complete a spy mission, and then fight side by side.

Target mission, daily character rendering, arrive at destination, start search, start battle, resolve battle, complete mission.

There is no need to delete the photo of my daughter. She has returned after the war and can just be cute and adorable in her daily life!

Abandoning complicated plots, the film uses brisk pace, interesting characters, and plenty of fighting as selling points.

Two episodes in a loop, infinite nesting dolls.

Since you can't copy, just solve it in the way you are best at.

After coming to an idea, Li Mingyang called two screenwriters to work on the script.

It only took Li Mingyang one week to complete the spy game script.

Hengdian, Guomao Building.

When Cai Yinong got the thin script, she wanted to complain on the spot. It’s been almost ten days, and two people helped you with the script, and this is all you have. Is there really ten pages of paper?

If someone showed her this kind of script at work, she would throw it into the trash can.

But out of trust in the talented director.

She put on her glasses and opened the script. The first page was the story outline and character settings.

Much better than the first edition, with lots of detail.

The female lead is exactly like Liu Shishi herself, there’s no need for her to even act.

The male protagonist’s character… used disguise to hide his shortcomings in acting.

When Cai Yinong turned to the second page, she was shocked. Everywhere she looked, it was non-stop fighting... After the male protagonist fought, the female protagonist fought, and after the female protagonist fought, the male protagonist fought.

Then there are daily funny dialogues, and then there is still fighting in the back. The scene changes from an office building to a train, and there is fighting... fighting until the train arrives at the destination...

(End of this chapter)