empire superstar

Chapter 102 Signal
In the evening, when he returned to the hotel, Liao Yuan opened his notebook and began to write the script.

But before creating a script, you must first understand the current market environment. If a good movie is not released at the right time, it may cause a fatal blow to the entire work. For example, "No Man's Land", in addition to the sensitive subject matter, It also coincided with the political incidents of the year, and was born at an untimely time. As a result, he was directly banned by the authorities for four and a half years.

To put it simply, it is to examine Duodu, cater to the tastes of the audience, and find out the laws of the market, instead of blindly admiring the narcissism and pretending to be lofty to shoot some stories that no one cares about.

Of course, even if there is a good script, it will be difficult to attract a certain amount of investment if profitability cannot be guaranteed.

So, what type of movie is the most popular right now?

Liao Yuan opened the TV box office rankings, and he can see that most of the movies in recent years have been focusing on suspense and science fiction. Big scenes and large-scale CG special effects don’t need money, as long as there is a story of comparable quality , the general audience will buy it.

But the problem is that although this kind of production is very popular, because the domestic CG technology is not up to standard, most of the best-selling films are foreign films.

And this kind of movie, although the theme is popular, but because it is a foreign language translation, the box office is inherently limited, so it is rare to be able to ride the dust.

As a result, domestic films took a different approach and began to dig deep into suspenseful themes.

Over the past ten years, this category has become one of the most popular categories at the moment. Coupled with the relatively mature special effects technology, the combination of the two is basically a guarantee of box office.

But this also doubles the cost.

If the cost is not considered, "Looking for the Dragon", which had a box office of nearly 17 billion in the previous life, is definitely the best choice for Liao Yuan.

But the problem is that the investment in "Looking for the Dragon" is as high as 2.5 million yuan.

Not to mention Liao Yuan, even if Fu Yuntao was here, he wouldn't dare to pat his chest to guarantee such a high investment.

"What about web dramas?"

Liao Yuan remembered the suspense drama "White Night Chasing the Murder", so he clicked on the list of popular online dramas, and then he discovered a fact that surprised him.

All online dramas, including the ones on the stars, rarely have more than fifteen episodes, and most of them are less than twelve episodes, or even less than ten episodes.

This is because, in addition to CCTV, the four major TV stations have their own production companies. They dig scripts everywhere, produce TV programs and variety shows, and achieve complete self-broadcasting and self-selling.

In other words, if the ratings are not good and the word of mouth is poor, it is an inevitable choice for the TV station to stop.

If the response is good, the producer will consider continuing to film the second season of the series.

In this way, the existence of bad movies will be eliminated, and the entire market environment will be prosperous.

Recalling the weight of more than 30 episodes of "White Night Chase" and how to compress the plot, just thinking about it makes Liao Yuan's scalp tingle. "White Night Chase" is undoubtedly a good suspense drama, but the inertia of water injection It is also inevitable.

To put it simply, the current film and television drama market environment is somewhat similar to that of foreign countries in the previous life.

In addition, the remuneration of the actors is strictly controlled, so even if the film and television dramas are popular, the actors are not so easy to break the contract and change jobs. Unless the actor Paul died unexpectedly like "Fast and Furious 8", they will break away from the contract constraints.

But apart from "White Night Chasing the Murder", it is not uncommon to see short and concise scripts for film and television dramas in previous lives.

This kind of low-investment, high-return, and quality-shooting work is very much in line with Liao Yuan's taste.

"Then, suspense films..."

Liao Yuan looked at the blank computer document, gradually closed his eyes, and carefully recalled the details that were still in his memory.

He dug hard, pushing through the thick fog.

""Looking for the Dragon" is really full of disasters. It finally started shooting, but the budget of 1.8 million was not enough at all. Now the filming has stopped. It is said that the producer is introducing two other shares of investment, and the final budget will exceed 2.5 million yuan. Billion, ha, this has not counted the cost of publicity, the four words Tianxia Ba sing are really easy to use."

"Ah Yuan, have you read "Signal" with a Douban score of over nine points? It's a hit in various Asian countries, and many countries are already ready to move. Japan has already bought the copyright for the remake. Our company is negotiating with South Korea. If Now that you have the copyright, you are definitely suitable to play the leading role, haha!"

"The final box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" exceeded 33 billion. The right time, place and people, Chen Sicheng took it all!"

"Wu Jing turned around! The total box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" exceeded 50 billion..."

"A Yuan, the script of "Signal" has been sent to your mailbox. Have you read it? The famous screenwriter Chen Nunu personally wrote the script. There are two candidates for the director. Who do you like, Hu Feng or Liu Jianguo?"

"The release of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was postponed for one month and the box office exceeded 26 billion in 24 days... Huh! Who can tell me, what is the difference between this drama and the Shenhaowen on the Qidian Chinese website?"

"Ayuan, where are you? Come back quickly."

The tip of the nose is fishy.

pat.

Liquid dripped onto the back of the hand.

Liao Yuan opened his eyes suddenly, feeling a little short of breath.

He stood up, staggered and fell to the ground, and there were spots of blood on the white carpet. He struggled to get up, and ran to the bathroom to wash his face.

He raised his head and looked at the figure in the mirror, strange yet familiar.

"What the hell..."

Liao Yuan wiped the nosebleed that came out again. After cleaning it, he tore a tissue and stuffed it in. Then he returned to the computer with his head raised, "Signal? Did I take over this drama?"

Liao Yuan was a little confused by the plot and information about "Signal" that popped up in his mind.

[Zhao Bin, the psychological profiler of the long-term unclosed case team, is a heretic in the police force who is full of dissatisfaction and distrust of the police.

In order to make ends meet, Zhao Bin wasted his talents on investigating the privacy of celebrities and then selling them to the media, until a 10-year-old radio suddenly rang...

And Hu Haiquan, a detective who was active in the police circle in the 80s, is an upright man who can't play tricks, but can only rush forward.

When Zhao Bin started to communicate with Hu Haiquan across time and space by wireless, the truth of unsolved cases buried in the dust of history was revealed. 】

The TV series "Signal", which has been purchased by major copyright owners to remake the copyright of this Asian fire, was once rated as high as 9.5 points on Douban.com in the previous life. It was called the number one Korean drama of the year. Awarded the Best TV Drama Award and Best Screenplay Award in the TV Drama Department.

On the recommendation of his agent, Liao Yuan tried to watch a few episodes of "Signal".

However, due to his busy schedule, he finally let it go. It was not until the company purchased the copyright of the remake of this drama at a high price that Liao Yuan had the opportunity to get in touch with the final script of this drama.

To sum up, the suspense of the play is endless, and the plot is full of twists and turns. In those days, it was indeed a rare masterpiece.

The most important thing is that the production cost of this drama is low, and basically no special effects are needed. The whole drama is fully supported by the screenwriter's unrestrained script and story, and the episodes are about [-] episodes, which is in line with Liao Yuan's current goal.

It's just that Liao Yuan always felt that something was wrong, and he didn't seem to have the memory of filming "Signal" in his mind at all.
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ps: Even if I die and my soul melts in this soil, I still have to use my last strength to shout: Ask for a monthly ticket! ! !
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