Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 35 Adaptation is not random editing
Of course, after Reba finished dancing, her feet inevitably got dirty.

Producer Cheng had no choice but to clean it up for her with great difficulty.

Oh, I am such a good person, I sacrifice myself for others!
What, as for where did Reba’s rap go?

I heard it, but it was too late yesterday, so I didn’t tell you. Do you want to hear it?

Time goes by slowly, and in the blink of an eye, the bustling November is over.

As soon as December arrived, public opinion gave Cheng Xi and his team a big blow.

At this time, "Wan Wan" had just finished broadcasting the first episode of the extra episode.

After the extra episode is filmed, "Wan Wan" can be broadcast for another week.

With only two episodes left to go, the total number of clicks on Wanwan has reached 90 million.

In order to create the myth of breaking the 100 million mark, Youku spared no effort to promote "Wanwan" throughout the entire site.

At this point, in order to achieve listing and maintain industry records, they no longer cared about the money in the gambling agreement.

Boss Gu is a generous man after all!

At this time, the market is flooded with a large number of imitations, especially in the field of Tudou, where piracy, following trends and plagiarism are rampant.

Trying to fish in troubled waters during this wave of publicity traffic.

They don't even think about the title of their dramas, they just call them "Never Think of It", "One Hundred Thousand Unexpected Things", "I Can't Do It", "I Can't Do It at Night", etc.

There are even some called "Wanwan can't imagine", and all kinds of monsters and demons really come out.

Wang Xiaochui, Zhang Dachui, Li Erchui and others also flooded the Internet. In an instant, the entire Internet was filled with male protagonists with silly and cute faces.

It gave netizens a headache!

However, the production of these crews is much rougher than that of "Wan Wan", and the jokes in the lines are so vulgar that they have no bottom line, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of the public.

And now, public criticism has arrived.

It's just that at the beginning everyone was criticizing these shoddy imitations.

Later, a few public intellectuals saw the huge traffic and gradually criticized "Wanwan", calling it the instigator.

"'Never Expected' is crudely produced and vulgar in its content. Many of its jokes have hurt the public's feelings. Many young people are watching this drama, and their thinking is being greatly influenced. The references to eroticism and S&M in particular set a bad example and have caused concern among parents."

——A public figure on the Internet.

"The most terrifying thing about 'Never Expected' is its devaluation and vulgarization of Chinese culture. In this film, Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang love smoking, playing with bondage, and killing people at will; Guan Yu's bone scraping to treat poison has become a farce. As a inheritor of Chinese culture, I feel deeply saddened."

——A cultural blogger.

"Adaptation is not random fabrication, and parody is not nonsense. 'Wan Wan' is both random fabrication and nonsense!"

——A well-known artist.

The accusations from the public intellectuals immediately caused a huge uproar, and some people who had long been jealous of or disliked "Wanwan" came out to agree.

But the huge young group and fans of the drama "Wan Wan" disagreed and criticized these public intellectuals for not being able to distinguish between reality and film and television. According to this standard, the four great classics are all vulgar!
In this way, the two sides started a fierce battle on the Internet.

There is a lot of communication between the keyboard and the national treasure, it is so lively.

Although students and young people have the advantage in numbers, they are unable to control the mouthpiece of public opinion.

It seems that the criticisms from public intellectuals are much louder in some well-known magazines and websites.

Most of the people who support "Wan Wan" are on social networks dominated by young people, such as Tieba, forums and Renren.

Seeing this, Cheng Xi couldn't help but feel a headache.

Because he was the screenwriter, he and director Yi Xiaoxing were the ones who were criticized the most.

They were almost accused of destroying the flowers of the motherland.

For this reason, counselor Cao Jinnan called Cheng Xi to the office several times after class and asked if he wanted to help.

He really couldn't bear to see his star student being slandered by these public intellectuals who only had time to eat and do nothing.

Youku was also very angry because they not only scolded "Wanwan", but also scolded the platform.

Originally, Youku was hoping to let you criticize and even boost Wanwan's popularity, but recently, several public intellectuals have emphasized the need for stricter regulation, which has become a major issue. This is a threat to the very foundation of online video, and Tudou, Youku, Sohu, and LeTV have all become wary.

After all, once the tiger of public opinion is released, it is hard to say what kind of chaos it will cause.

As a result, some senior figures from Beijing Film Academy and major investors came out to defend "Wan Wan".

The public intellectuals who reacted quickly deleted the post and shut up immediately, but those who were slow to react and had no background were publicly executed.

All kinds of dark histories and past secrets were dug out and circulated on bulletin boards, forums, etc. in the name of unknown persons. Even some portals took the lead in exposing and criticizing them.

The public intellectuals were badly beaten in one fell swoop. In the past, they incited public sentiment to fight against some stragglers, and the effect was very good.

Now that the regular army is gone, they know how painful it is to be incited.

Those who deceive others will always be deceived.

With this combination of measures, the online war of words began to subside.

The public intellectuals were completely defeated!
Cheng Xi thought: This is the role of having a backer.

When you become useful, the Beijing Film Academy circle and stakeholders will naturally come forward to help you.

Otherwise, Cheng Xi would continue to be scolded, and his hard-earned reputation would be destroyed by them.

After the online war of words, regulators did discover the problem.

Therefore, they ordered the removal of those skits that were obviously too vulgar and some plagiarized skits.

The popularity of "Wan Wan" has risen again, and the number of clicks has finally exceeded 100 million.

The limelight is always there.

Of course, truly powerful companies in the industry are also very jealous of this wave of traffic, so after studying "Wan Wan", they also rushed to launch more well-produced short dramas.

Among them is Sohu Video.

"Hello, screenwriter Cheng, I'm Zeng Xiongjie from Sohu Video. We're planning to launch a short drama soon, and we'd like to invite you to be our screenwriting mentor."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zeng. I'm currently focusing on my studies and may not have time to participate in this project. I'm deeply sorry."

Cheng Xi looked at the unfamiliar phone number and politely declined.

"We're offering $50."

"Mr. Zeng, I'm very grateful for Sohu's trust, but this is not about money."

"100."

"Although I am very busy with my studies, participating in screenwriting guidance is also part of my academic practice. I believe the teachers in the college will understand."

It’s not that Cheng Xi fell to his knees quickly, but that he was not required to be the screenwriter throughout the whole process, only the screenwriter guidance.

And who wouldn’t be tempted by so much small amount of money?

When the time comes, you can just come up with a rough framework and ideas and let the screenwriters below write it. It’s not a big deal.

The credit must be his own, because asking Cheng Xi to go over and offering such a high price must be partly because of the reputation of "Zuibai", the screenwriter of "Wanwan".

No one will see the name of the screenwriter below, so when the promotion starts, just use the sign "New work by the screenwriter of "Wan Wan"", and you will also get a large number of fans and audiences.

After a brief chat and an appointment for a formal meeting, Cheng Xi hung up the phone.

At this time, Gao Chunyang called again.

"Xiao Cheng, Director Yi and the others said they're planning to make a new drama based on the popularity of the short play and have invited me to star in it. Do you think I should go?"

Cheng Xi: "What kind of drama is it? Is it similar to Wan Wan?"

"I don't know either, I just know it's called 'Report to the Boss'."

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Is this asking me to fight both sides?!
　I personally like Teacher Liu very much, but in this situation, Teacher Liu usually says a few words. I wrote it this way based on a more reasonable plot. No disrespect is meant.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)