Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 168: Chu Liuxiang's Adaptation
Chen Linfeng rolled his eyes and looked at Shu Chang, "You say it."

"Of course it's Zhao Yanzi. Apart from the elderly, there aren't many people who don't know him."

Chen Linfeng spread his hands. "You may not know when Zhao Yanzi was at her most popular if you were not in China. My Fair Princess had a viewership rating of over 47% at the time. Almost half of the people who had a TV had watched My Fair Princess. Including reruns and people who watched a TV in a courtyard, at least half of the people in the country knew Zhao Yanzi.

If she were to retire from the screen, people in the future who look back on this era would definitely consider her a famous performing artist."

Shu Chang was dismantling his station, "But the current ratings are not even close to the level of those years. 10% is pretty good."

“Yes, there were about 10 shows with a 20% audience rating last year, but now the number of TV sets owned by urban and rural residents has been increasing, and more and more people have TV sets at home.

There are 1.25 million cable TV users, and if each household has at least three people, a 10% audience rate means 3600 million people are watching, a number that is far beyond the reach of moviegoers.”

Liu Qianqian was a little confused, "So do I have to keep acting in TV dramas to achieve my goal?"

"Of course not. The box office of domestic films has been increasing rapidly. It is estimated that in 5 to 8 years, the tenth-ranked box office will reach 2 to 3 million yuan. At this time, we can turn our full attention to the big screen.

Correspondingly, TV drama ratings are also declining year by year, and TV drama actors only have a few years of golden age left.

Maybe in 10 years, there will no longer be such an opportunity to act in a TV series that can be watched by millions of people.

Before that, my advice is that if you have the opportunity to star in a big director's movie, you can strive for it, but it is best to focus on TV dramas for the time being."

Liu Xiaoli, who was standing by, was somewhat touched by what she heard, but based on her inherent cognition, she still found it difficult to accept.

"Movies are more about artistry, and TV dramas are not as stylish as movies."

Chen Linfeng was not surprised that she said that. Most people believed that movie actors were superior to TV actors.

Even he himself would rather act in movies, and acting in TV series is just temporary.

Shu Chang doesn't care about style or not.

"Tang Guoqiang, Chen Baoguo and others also have a very high status in the circle."

Don't let the topic controlled by Chen Linfeng go off track.

“Artistic quality is indeed a problem. Many TV dramas have small investments and are poorly produced. TV dramas are not as sophisticated as movies overall.

But classic TV series are not inferior to movies at all. The reason why Shu Chang thinks that Mr. Tang and Mr. Chen have a high status in the industry is because they have played classic roles in classic TV series. "

Liu Xiaoli nodded. This was indeed true. As long as one had played excellent or classic roles, everyone would look up to him or her.

"The key I mentioned is not that acting in TV dramas can achieve Xixi's goal, but the key lies in the golden period of 6 to 8 years that I mentioned earlier. After this period of time, China's movie box office market will usher in a big explosion.

The growth rate of domestic movie box office has been high, probably maintaining at 30% or even more. According to the conservative annual growth rate, in eight years, China's box office market will reach 8 billion, and the box office of the top movie will be close to 200 billion.

We need to think ahead and prepare for this era.”

Liu Yifei took out a calculator and fiddled with it, and it really was nearly 200 billion, there was actually so much.

Chen Linfeng emphasized the number "200" and wrote 2013 behind it.

"Most moviegoers are people in their 20s and 30s. They have money and energy, and are more inclined to go to the cinema than older people, so we need to focus on the preferences of this group of people."

Liu Qianqian couldn't help but admire, "Your calculations are really detailed."

Liu Xiaoli became more and more serious and no longer regarded this as a child's game.

“How should we consider the preferences of these people?”

“算算他们的年龄就知道了，2013年的20~30岁，如今就是12~22岁。

These people are currently students, and most of them can only stay at home to watch TV. Excluding those historical dramas that are difficult to understand, period dramas that are difficult to empathize with, and sad dramas, they may like most other good TV dramas, and they may especially like martial arts, fairy tales, and idol dramas. "

Shu Chang looked a little strange, "Isn't this exactly the type of dramas that Xixi has been starring in?"

Chen Linfeng snapped his fingers. "That's right, so I think Xixi's box office appeal will reach its peak in eight years.

If she can star in a few more excellent TV series in the future, her peak period will last longer." Liu Qianqian realized it later.

"So I've been lucky enough to get lucky these past few years?"

Liu Xiaoli was somewhat delighted. She felt that this inference made sense and she also hoped that it could become a reality.

"So your opinion, Xiaofeng, is that Xixi shouldn't rush into filming a movie. Even if she gets a good movie opportunity, she shouldn't completely give up on TV dramas afterwards, right?"

"That's how I feel about myself, and that's also how I plan for myself."

Of course, for Chen Linfeng, filming a TV series does not affect his simultaneous film project.

Next year should be his last year focusing on TV series, and then he will start making movies.

Liu Xiaoli nodded in approval.

The conversation basically ends here.

Chen Linfeng and Shu Chang went back to their respective homes.

By December, Chen Linfeng was writing his own script while discussing the adaptation of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" with two screenwriters.

These two screenwriters are not famous in the industry, they were hired simply as writing tools.

Basically, all the changes were made according to Chen Linfeng's opinions, but people didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, Long Lin was willing to give them his credit, and they were working together with the famous writer and screenwriter Chen Linfeng, which was simply worth it.

Chen Linfeng's adaptation of Chu Liuxiang basically refers to the original novel, and he does not have the slightest intention of showing off his skills as a famous screenwriter.

The original story by Master Gu Long is very exciting in itself. In the past, it could be said that Gu Long’s description was too freehand and difficult to design the plot and fighting scenes, so changes had to be made.

However, Zhang Zhiyao's later version of "The New Adventures of Chor Liu-heung" has proved that it is possible to film a good film by referring to the original work.

"The New Adventures of Chor Liu-heung" can almost be said to be the most perfect Gu Long adaptation to date.

The only problem is that the screenwriter is too authentic to the original work, copying the dialogues and even the inner thoughts in the original work, which makes the pace a little slow and the dialogues a bit cumbersome.

Chen Linfeng only needs to delete some dialogues and speed up the pace on this basis.

In addition, Chen Linfeng also borrowed some changes from the new biography.

That is, many of Chu Liuxiang's sexual scenes in the original novel were deleted, leaving only the real female protagonist, and the others can only be considered confidantes, or the female characters like Chu Liuxiang.

The Legend of Chu Liuxiang is a unit drama, divided into the first 3 and the last 5, a total of 8 stories, which cannot be filmed in one go, so some choices have to be made.

Chen Linfeng selected six stories: "Fragrant Sea of ​​Blood", "The Great Desert", "The Thrush", "Legend of Ghost Love", "Legend of the Bat" and "Legend of Peach Blossom".

The last three stories are all in "The New Adventures of Chu Liuxiang", so Chen Linfeng can just copy them.

For the first three stories, he made few changes except for deleting some sex scenes.

In mid-December, Shi Xiaolong had just returned from filming and was browsing information online.

During this period, the pre-promotion of "The Promise" was overwhelming. After the movie was released, the word of mouth seemed to be good, and Shi Xiaolong couldn't help but pay attention to related information.

"Xiao Feng, in a few days, shall we go to the cinema to watch The Promise?"

Chen Linfeng shuddered violently, "I'm not going. If you want to go, go by yourself."

He had already been to the premiere and had seen it once in his previous life. He couldn't bear to eat it a third time because it was too disgusting.

Shi Xiaolong asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? This is Director Chen's new film!"

"I'm not worthy, and I won't understand it even if I go."

(End of this chapter)