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Chapter 115 One Less Chance to Pretend to Beep

The presence of the two protagonists is so strong that many people in the director's team were moved.

Forget about Shen Zhenyi, she exists throughout. To some extent, it can be said that this is her movie, and there is no need to dig into her story.

But Ouyang Ke, according to the script plan, his role will not exceed 10 to [-] minutes - such a strong appeal, such a short role, anyone would have to say "violent waste".

Naturally, between filming, Zhuang Geng, the assistant director who had already made up his mind, and He Xi, the head of Dunhuang's screenwriting team, joined hands to find Wang Wei.

"...We want to explore the potential of the character 'Hannibal', and even create a series, or make a series of spin-offs around Hannibal."

Well, Wang Wei should be happy that they proposed a sequel or spin-off before the movie was released or even completed.

——At least in their minds, the chance of success in "The Silence of the Lambs" is far greater than the chance of failure.The role of Hannibal is also classic enough to conquer most audiences.

After all, no one would consider taking a bad movie's characters or subplots and developing it into a series or movie on its own.

Wang Wei shrugged: "It's not that I haven't thought about it..."

"So you have a plan?" the two asked impatiently.

But Wang Wei shook his head: "It's not impossible to make a sequel or a spin-off by connecting the plot of "The Silence of the Lambs" and unfolding some vague plots in this movie."

"But from my perspective, it doesn't make a lot of sense."

Zhuang Geng didn't understand: "Why? Create derivative movies and derivative dramas based on the background of the original work. Firstly, the investment risk is small, and secondly, mutual promotion can maximize the benefits. How can it be meaningless?"

"Moreover, there are ready-made successful cases in Dunhuang." He Xi added.

——He was talking about the drama version of "Genius Gunner".

Wang Wei agreed to be the producer of this show. Although it was not purely a name, he didn't waste too much effort.

With the movie version as a reference, Wang Wei also gave the plot outline and checked the editing. The drama version of "Genius Gunner" did not fall into the curse of "remakes must be bad movies".

This mini-series with only [-] episodes has more delicate characterizations, more reasonable motivational twists, and more realistic storytelling, exposing the "unspeakable" of education. Make the audience reluctant to fast forward for a second.

Of course, the darker ending has also caused a lot of controversy-the four protagonists in the drama version are all grayscale, they are looking for anti-rules in the rules, embarked on a road of no return, and were eventually caught by another cheating The gunman reported and paid a heavy price.

Leveraging the popularity of the movie, the episode version of "Genius Gunner" became popular after it was broadcast, with an average audience rating of 8.8%.

That's a pretty good number for a miniseries.

At least, this ratings made the drama series sell well overseas, and Dunhuang made a lot of money just by selling TV series copyrights.

What's even better is that the role linkage between the episodes and the complementarity between the plots make movie fans often buy the movie version and the episode version together when buying DVDs, which has brought about a small peak in the sales of movie DVDs. .

It is conservatively estimated that the drama version of "Genius Gunner" can bring Dunhuang a long-term income of 1 million yuan, and it will also give Dunhuang a good start in the development of TV series.

Interestingly, because it is the first film and television work co-produced with an Indian sponsor, Lao Wang is having a headache how to reduce the profit of the drama version of "Genius Gunner" within a "reasonable" range.

Well, this can be regarded as the "pain" in the joy.

There are already successful examples, and the charm of "Hannibal" is even greater. Isn't it good to strike while the iron is hot?

——Although they are not yet "hot", their confidence is clearly leveraged.

Wang Wei agreed with their confidence, but not so much with their plan.

He explained: "Guess, you are actually taken by Mr. Ouyang's exaggerated acting skills and the exaggerated charm of Hannibal he played, forgetting that he is actually an extremely evil character in the movie .”

"Isn't his charm just about being evil? What's wrong with that?" Zhuang Geng still didn't understand.

"That's the problem, evil can never prevail!"

"???"

Zhuang Geng was in a daze, it was just making a movie, what does it have to do with good and evil?
"I seem to understand what the director means." He Xi, who is most familiar with story creation, reacted first, "You mean, Hannibal alone cannot support a complete storyline?"

"Not exactly, but it's almost the same." Wang Wei nodded.

"The so-called 'combining with the right and winning with the strange' is also a principle in making movies. A movie always needs normal, or positive characters."

"Just like in many stories, some supporting characters are more popular than the protagonist, but we can't simply think that there is no protagonist, only supporting characters are enough. After all, they are just supporting characters."

Speaking of this, Zhuang Geng also understood the meaning.

To put it bluntly, this is a question of the audience's perspective.

Hannibal, as well as other villains like him, are of course very charming, but I believe that not many viewers will think that they are evil, let's take his perspective.

Even if they are really bad guys, most of them like to substitute protagonists whose values ​​cannot be too biased.

And if you lose the perspective of substituting the story, you will naturally lose the sense of immersion. If your characters are more attractive, the appeal of the whole movie will be greatly reduced.

This is also the reason why in "The Silence of the Lambs", the whole story has been followed by the heroine - she is not only the perspective of the audience, but also plays a role in connecting the stories and highlighting the charm of Hannibal.

Wang Wei spread his hands: "So I think, if according to your vision, if you create a series with Hannibal as the main line and expand the plot, it will become more and more powerless."

Isn't that what the original Silence of the Lambs series was all about?
The first is a classic psychological suspense film, the second is a thriller and bloody film that can still be watched, and the latter two become crimes-a completely bloody sequel to the dog's tail, a three-dimensional and vivid Hannibal is unconsciously captured It was made into a big cake.

There is another point that Wang Wei didn't say, and that is the cultural background.

Although in the reality of the jungle of the jungle, there are always some people complaining that "people are bullied when they are kind", but the core values ​​of Chinese civilization are always for the good.

Well, looking around the world, "evil can never prevail against good" is the mainstream, and it can only be said that in China, this is especially important.

For an evil character like "Hannibal", it's okay to "try something new". If it really wants to be the main course of the series, it can't be said that there is no market at all in China, but there is definitely no big market.

Wang Wei smiled: "That's why I still have the same opinion. A sequel or spin-off series can be considered, but if Hannibal is the protagonist to create a series, the difficulty is too high, and the prospects are not good."

Then he made a joke: "However, it cannot be said that there is no solution at all. Good and bad are all determined by comparison. If you form a team of big villains and let demons more evil than Hannibal join in for comparison, the situation will open up." gone."

Wang Wei said casually that Zhuang Geng was fine, but He Xi, a veteran comic fan, had a flash of inspiration.

He excitedly said: "Didn't you say that evil can never prevail against good? Forming a team of villains is not as good as forming a team of heroes. Well, it should be said that it is a team of superheroes. If you gather superheroes, the situation will be more open?"

Wang Wei was stunned.

Superheroes, movie universes, Marvel Dafa... At this moment, these concepts emerged one after another.

He looked at He Xi who seemed to have opened a new door, and suddenly felt a slight sadness——

I just said it casually, can you open your mind?

Day oh, there is only one less chance to pretend to beep!
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　Everyone gave more feedback, emmm... I can only say that it is difficult to agree on everyone, let's try to absorb mainstream opinions, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, everyone forgive me~
　　
　
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