Huayu started from the fairy sword

Chapter 531 Preparing for a large-scale web drama, the protagonist has been confirmed!

In Cao Jun's view, it is difficult for ordinary TV dramas or ordinary movies to make users willingly pay for membership.

Only online dramas like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Tomb Raider Notes" that have a large number of fans can make fans pay willingly.

Moreover, it is almost impossible for TV dramas based on novels such as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Tomb Raider Notes" to be broadcast on TV because they cannot pass the review.

Cao Jun can only pin his hopes on online dramas such as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Tomb Raider Notes".

Obviously, in addition to "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Tomb Raider Notes" will be one of the two major projects of Century Film and Television Company this year.

The first is "Tomb Raider Notes". The two leading actors, Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling, Cao Jun has already made up his mind, so he let Li Xian and Cheng Xiao play the roles.

Then there is the online drama "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Cao Jun intends to invite Liu Ye to play the role of Hu Bayi.

The reason why Cao Jun invited Liu Ye to play the role of Hu Bayi was mainly because he was influenced by the drama "Romance in Blood", just like the singer under heaven.

Back then, Tianxiabachang created the role of Hu Bayi after watching Zhong Yuemin starring Liu Ye in the movie "Blood Romance".

Hu Bayi's character design basically copied Zhong Yuemin.

This is not nonsense by Cao Jun. It was sung by Tian Tian Ba, the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and he personally confirmed it with Cao Jun. There is absolutely no falsehood.

The prototype of Hu Bayi was carefully shaped by Tianxiabachang according to the image of Zhong Yuemin played by Liu Ye in "Blood Romance".

Zhong Yuemin is the male number one in "Blood Romance", starring Liu Ye. The setting of this drama is around 1966. He is a typical youth representative in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a bloody man.

He is a righteous man with a broad heart and body.He is very optimistic in the face of any difficulties, and faces them with a smile. Even in the face of death, he does not shed tears.

It is this kind of image that inspired the creation of Tianxiabasing, and there is Hu Bayi who puts the word "dare" in his heart, and he goes forward bravely and never retreats.

Anyone who has watched the drama "Blood Romance" knows that Zhong Yuemin is a "child of the big courtyard", he has a good mouth, he has also served in the army, and his physical fitness is excellent. It is not a problem to hit a few.

Hu Bayi basically agrees.

So, what about Liu Ye's own physical characteristics?
He is neither fat nor thin, and Wikipedia shows that he is 186cm tall, which is considered tall compared to ordinary people.

To play Hu Bayi well, there is absolutely no problem with Liu Ye's image and temperament. As for acting skills, there are no major requirements. As long as Liu Ye follows Zhong Yuemin's acting method and asks for Hu Bayi, he can basically restore more than 90%.

The most important thing is that Liu Ye is also a fan of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern". It's not a day or two since this kid wants to play Hu Bayi.

In order to get the chance to star in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Liu Ye and Tianxia Bachang became friends who talked about everything.

In another time and space, Liu Ye wanted to play Zhong Yuemin even in his dreams, and Tianxiabachang also wanted Liu Ye to play Zhong Yuemin.

However, due to copyright issues, Liu Ye never got the chance to star in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and Hu Bayi from the beginning to the end.

Because of not being able to act as Zhong Yuemin, Liu Ye has always been brooding and very angry.

Because in Liu Ye's opinion, any cat or dog can play Hu Bayi, but he has never had the chance to play Hu Bayi.

For example, even Zhao Youting and Ruan Jingtian, two people from Taiwan, can play Hu Bayi, but Liu Ye, the golden horse actor, can't. It's a bit ironic to be true.

However, in order not to allow Liu Ye to sit on the ground and raise the price, and prevent him from playing big names, Cao Jun only revealed a little rumor, and never told the outside world that he wanted Liu Ye to play Hu Bayi in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

When Liu Ye learned that Century Film and Television Company was preparing for the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series of online dramas, he was also very anxious, and kept letting the world sing, helping him recommend himself to Cao Jun.

In order to allow himself to play the role of Hu Bayi smoothly, Liu Ye paid out of his own pocket to invite Cao Jun and Tianxia Bachang to dinner.

While toasting Cao Jun, Liu Ye said to Cao Jun: "Cao Dong, you must let me play Hu Bayi. If you don't let me play, I'm afraid I will regret it for the rest of my life. Please!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Ye drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

After debuting for so many years, Liu Ye seldom, or almost never, begged for a role in such a humble way.

This is the first time in his life, in order to play Hu Bayi, Liu Ye also worked hard this time.

Cao Jun asked unhurriedly: "Is that why you want to play Hu Bayi?"

Liu Ye nodded: "I think, especially, Mr. Cao, I'm not bragging, I really think that only the Hu Bayi I play is the authentic Hu Bayi!"

Seeing that Liu Ye's EQ is so poor, Cao Jun was also a little puzzled. He is quite energetic, so how can he speak so poorly?

Cao Jun decided to leave Liu Ye alone first, and said, "I have to think carefully about this matter. After all, you are the Golden Horse Best Actor. I'm afraid we won't be able to afford it!"

"Fortunately, I want to play "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". There are quite a few actors who want to play Hu Bayi, and the salary is very cheap..."

Hearing Cao Jun's words, Liu Ye became anxious for a moment, fearing that Cao Jun would turn around and give up the role of Hu Bayi to someone else, he hurriedly said: "Cao Dong, let me act, if you think my salary is expensive, I can lower the salary." ..."

In fact, there is no shortage of first-line actors like Liu Ye, whether it is movies or TV series, one after another.

Liu Ye's ability to lower his salary to star in an online drama is not just a simple concession, but a proper surrender of his status.

Because so far, there are very few serious actors who will voluntarily appear in online dramas, mainly because of the loss of credit and price. Most actors do not look down on online dramas, thinking that online dramas are small productions.

Moreover, the audience of online dramas is relatively limited, and audiences can only watch them online, unlike TV dramas, which can be broadcast on stars.

Liu Ye's manager, Chang Jihong, was also annoyed by him, so he agreed to act in the web drama "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Of course, Chang Jihong is not stupid. If it was an ordinary web drama, she would definitely not agree with Liu Ye to accept it.

But this web drama is the phenomenal "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and Chang Jihong also heard about it, so Liu Ye reluctantly got in touch with this drama.

After some discussions, Liu Ye finally took over the 10-episode web drama "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" at a price of 230 per episode and a total remuneration of 23 million yuan.

In order to be able to hit the brand of "Ghost Blowing Lantern", Cao Jun plans to spend 3000 million yuan to film this 23-episode network.

The production fee of 3000 million yuan is already at the ceiling level for online dramas. Even in TV dramas, it is not considered a small production, because it cannot be broadcast on stars, and the risk will be relatively high.

Because the cost of most TV dramas is about 3000 to [-] million, the key is to be able to broadcast on the stars, and basically make a profit without losing money, while web dramas can only be broadcast on the Internet, and there are a lot of channels missing.

ps. New January, new beginning, I wish you all a happy life.

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