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Chapter 579 "Fengshen" trilogy! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
The "Twelve Zodiac" box office flood is still raging on the Internet. Whether it is true or not, the matter has now begun to expand.

Now there is no distinction between true and false things on the Internet, whichever side of public opinion is right.

Conversely, if the public opinion is not on your side, even if you are right, you will become wrong.

This is an era where there is no distinction between right and wrong, black and white.

Huayi is still carrying out large-scale negative public relations, but various media, self-media, and marketing accounts that are afraid of chaos in the world have also followed up and reported in order to attract attention.

Seven or eight years ago, the mainstream media and medium-sized media would rarely follow up and report this kind of gossip without any substantive evidence.

At that time, the big media was still a bit reserved, that is, some tabloids didn't care that much.

But now, with the exception of the national prefix and some media directly under the Ministry of Propaganda, there is no such thing as restraint and morality at all, and they report on anything that has a topic.

Other film and television companies are also fanning the flames and adding insult to injury, eager to cause trouble for Huayi.

But they didn't go too far, and finally got into trouble.

The Internet is full of excitement, the Spring Festival is only three or four days away, and the promotion of the two movies has not been left behind.

In addition, the Spring Festival is also a good time for the release of popular TV dramas, and the popularity of entertainment industry news is getting higher and higher day by day.

The new year is coming soon, and Tang An also has a lot of things on his hands, and he needs to make up his mind on many projects.

For Chinese New Year, Wu Ershan also came to the company, he was going to make a new film.

The "Painted Skin" series and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series, four blockbuster films, have established Wu Ershan's status as a top director, and the domestic box office is second only to Tang An.

At the same time, he is also one of the few films in China that can shoot costumes and magical themes.

No, he came today for a brand new movie.

"Director Wu is going to remake "Feng Shen Yan Yi"?"

Tang An was a little surprised, Wu Ershan was not satisfied with two consecutive big productions with an investment of [-] million yuan, and now he wants to play a bigger one.

"Tang Dong, I have this idea. After the previous few movies, I think I should be able to control such a series and create our Chinese epic movies, just like Hollywood has their "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars" .”

Seeing that Tang An wasn't unhappy, Wu Ershan began to talk about his thoughts.

Although with his current achievements, even if he still has a movie contract with Han Tang for more than two years, as long as he wants to leave, any company will help him pay liquidated damages without hesitation.

However, Han Tang is already the largest film and television company in China, and Tang An single-handedly supported him.

Unless I go to open a studio by myself, but in that case I don’t have the money to invest in a blockbuster film worth hundreds of millions, so I still have to find someone else to invest.

"Longling Miku"'s remuneration, dividends, and investment income add up to more than 5000 million, and other companies can't give much more.

Furthermore, there are few people who are as generous as Tang An and spend more than [-] million yuan to make movies.

The only films that Huayi has invested more than [-] million yuan in are "The King of Kung Fu" and "[-]". The former has two international superstars, and the latter is a film by Feng Xiaogang.

Moreover, it is said that after Feng Xiaogang hit the street, he reluctantly went to make comedies again. Even Feng Xiaogang can't talk about absolute freedom, how good can others be treated.

Tang An didn't expect that Wu Ershan would still do "Fengshen Series", and he came up with this idea more than a year earlier than the original one.

He is also an ambitious person, but this ambition is different from Xu Zheng.

"Director Wu, tell me what you think."

Tang An nodded and didn't refuse. If you can't satisfy an ambitious person, he will leave without hesitation and find someone or a company that can satisfy his requirements.

Although he was a little surprised that Tang An agreed so readily, Wu Ershan didn't think too much, and began to tell Tang An about his idea.

"During this period of time, I took the time to watch all the series such as "Star Wars" and "Lord of the Rings". I think the themes of the movies should be the struggle between good and evil, the change of the times, and the growth of heroes."

"Just like Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings" and Luke in "Star Wars", the audience is targeted at the younger generation. Although this kind of universal theme is a bit cliché, it is indeed essential."

There is no problem with the theme, good and evil, dynasty changes, and character growth are enough to support a super big IP.

Tang An thought for a while and asked, "What is the main line of this series?"

Wu Ershan said, "I think the main line is the change of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the other side line is to explain the religious struggle between the two religions."

"That is to say, on the whole, it is still a struggle between the Shang and Zhou camps. Shang is evil and Zhou is good?"

"That's it for now."

"However, in the original work of "Fengshen Yanyi", the cause of the Conferred Gods War is explained, because the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chanjiao committed the red dust, and the whole Conferred Gods War looks like a fight between gods, and mortals suffer. "Zhou Wu's conquest of merchants" is just a stage for the gods to complete their own killings."

Tang An pointed out a key issue. Most of the two factions in the movie have good and evil factions, and some details should be used to explain why they are evil and what aspects of evil are reflected.

For this kind of super blockbuster, the world view and background must be shaped first, then the characters should be shaped, and then the plot.

In the genres of drama and comedy, the plot is the most important thing, and the plot promotes the characters, the background and the world view are not so important.

Tang An and Wu Ershan chatted a lot, and it was too difficult to make a movie like "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars".

A simple popcorn commercial movie is okay, the most important thing is to do a good job of special effects, the plot can be explained, and it can basically sell well.

But epic series, not so simple.

Wu Ershan also only has a rough idea, and he doesn't even have a perfect worldview.

As a movie adapted from a novel, the general background will not change.

But according to the original background, King Zhou wrote poems to blaspheme Nuwa, and because of this, Nuwa sent a thousand-year-old fox spirit to confuse King Zhou and destroy the world.

King Zhou made a mistake, and the people of the whole world suffered accordingly, and Nuwa's human design collapsed.

After all, Nuwa is the mother of the human race.

Even if you used some foreshadowing to tell how tyrannical King Zhou is, if you send the vixen down to confuse him, it will only make him more tyrannical and hurt more innocent people.

The ending of the nine-tailed fox in the novel is like this. Nuwa said: I made you ruin Yin Shou's world. Brush the heavens to benevolent.Today you are full of crimes, and it is reasonable to rectify the law.

In the end, Nuwa gave the vixen to death for the crime of harming thousands of people.

Nuwa refers to the messenger, and the Nine-Tailed Fox is also her subordinate!

In the end, Tang An and Wu Ershan communicated and gave a preliminary character design.

Tang An found a copy of "Zuo Zhuan" from the bookshelf, flipped out a few pages and spread it out in front of the two of them, "Director Wu, look at the description of Su Daji in "Zuo Zhuan". She is not the daughter of Marquis of Jizhou."

"In 1047 BC, King Zhou launched a large army to attack the Su tribe. Some Su tribes could not resist the attack of the merchant army. Between perishing and kneeling, some leaders of the Su tribe chose to bow their knees and sacrificed cattle, sheep, horses and beauties. Among them were There is Daji, the daughter of the Su clan, that is, Su Daji."

"My idea is that Su Daji was possessed by a nine-tailed fox on the way to Chaoge. The nine-tailed fox was not sent by Nuwa, but an ordinary nine-tailed demon fox. Xiao Wei in "Painted Skin 1" is innocent, ignorant of world affairs, doing things as he likes, and can't tell the difference between good and evil."

"The character design of King Zhou doesn't have to be fatuous and tyrannical at the beginning. The image is set as a heroic king at the beginning, so that the nine-tailed demon fox can fall in love with him. However, the character design should show his arrogance and arrogance in the details. The turning point will not be too blunt."

Wu Ershan thought carefully about Tang An's suggestion, and it made sense for a monster who knows no distinction between good and evil to do things like wine ponds, meat forests, cannonballs, and heart-digging, just like Xiao Wei in "Painted Skin 1".

The conceited and arrogant King Zhou indulged Daji in doing these things, although it was far-fetched, it made sense.

Wu Ershan nodded in response, expressing that he would consider this setting.

Not only Daji, there are too many characters in the novel that need to be adjusted.

The two teachings should also consider how to set up the image. No matter what the teachings do, they can’t just follow the old paper and follow the days. If you go against the sky, the old paper will kill you.

There is also the second-generation official, a wealthy son, whose father's surname is Li, who is well-known in the officialdom, and he drove fast without a license when he was young.

He has an arrogant temper and is nicknamed "Little Overlord with a Silver Spear".

Nezha was always a character he couldn't get around, practiced archery and accidentally shot him thousands of miles away, and shot Biyun Boy under Shiji's seat to death.

Then I thought: "Beat someone, but strike first. This is his lair, so it's inconvenient." Picking up the Qiankun ring, he hit the future at once.

Caiyun Tong'er was not on guard, clamped her neck around her neck and said "Hey", and fell to the ground.

When Shiji was looking for Taiyi's important person, Taiyi also said, "Nezha is the spirit pearl who came to the world, and he assisted Jiang Ziya to destroy it into Tang, and he was ordered by Yuanshi's teacher's talisman."Hurt your apprentice, but the number of days.How do you say all-encompassing, sooner or later soaring.It seems that you are carefree, without shame or honor, just to practice, why do you move around without a name, and hurt yourself.

It is roughly that Nezha was ordered by Yuanshi Tianzun to assist Jiang Ziya. It is fate to kill your apprentice, and you deserve it. Why are you so fussy and hurt yourself.

Just reading the novel, Nezha is a well-rounded second-generation villain with no brains. After killing one, he still wants to kill the other first. Readers can't wait for him to die.

However, in previous film and television works, Nezha has been portrayed as a positive role, and in the audience's impression, he is also a cute little gentleman who makes mistakes for a while.

You have to show what the audience's inherent impression is. If you shoot faithfully to the original, you will be scolded to death.

The two discussed in Tang An's office all morning, and they had a simple idea for the background, world view, main characters, and main line.

Wu Ershan had to go back and connect all these to make a simple outline, and the conflicts had to be changed, which could not be done overnight.

Major events also need to have main characters, such as Nezha, Yang Jian, Lei Zhenzi, Ji Fa, King Zhou, Daji, Jiang Ziya, etc. It is also a big problem to distinguish between primary and secondary, and integrate into the main plot without hindrance.

After all, this is a movie, not a TV series, and it doesn't have such a long length.

After sending Wu Ershan away, Tang An received Baidu Strategic Investment Vice President Tang Song in the afternoon, and the other party came to talk about the acquisition of UC.

Baidu was frustrated by other shareholders and the management headed by Yu Yongfu, so it wanted to take the 29.6% of the shares held by Tang An.

(End of this chapter)