The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 102 "Signal"

At 2001 a.m. on August 8, 7, the weather in Yanjing area was gloomy, and it seemed that it was going to rain.

In the office of the general manager of Fenghua Film and Television Company in Liangmahe Building, Li Shengyao sat opposite Guo Xiaodong. He pushed the script of "Signal" to Guo Xiaodong, "You should take a good look at it during this period. We will shoot this movie in three months at the latest." The drama, that is, the criminal investigation drama I told you about."

Guo Xiaodong was a little excited to accept the script when he heard the words.

After "Funny Family" ended, he took over a TV series from another company, playing the lead role of an infatuated male lead, and then he was waiting for Li Shengyao's script.

He has seen the idol drama and sitcom written by Li Shengyao, and he believes that this criminal investigation drama must also be very good.

"Think carefully, I hope this drama can win awards, not only for excellent TV dramas, but also for actors."

"Signal" has two male protagonists, and the old policeman 15 years ago is better and easier to impress people.

It is set in the play that this old policeman should be in his early thirties at the beginning.

But Guo Xiaodong is old, so there is no problem in this regard.

The only question is whether he can play it well.

For this drama, Li Shengyao likes it very much. In his heart, this is the peninsula's first criminal investigation drama.

The domestic criminal investigation dramas that can surpass this drama are only "Innocent", "The Silent Truth", and "The Long Season".

The others might be good, but not as good as Signal.

The front part of "White Night Chasing the Murder" is super godly, but the back part is a lot of boasting. The part where the hero goes undercover is just like a child playing house.

If you don't have this part of the plot, you can compete with "Signal".

As for why not copy "Innocence", or "The Long Season".

Because these two dramas are not easy to sell, both of them are online dramas, and there is no specific ratings data for TV broadcasts.

But if you think about it carefully, you will understand, those uncles, aunts and housewives with remote controls, will they stop for these two dramas?
He made this drama not to make money, but to win awards and improve his status.

But there's no need to lose money.

"Signal" was very well completed, with ups and downs in the plot, and a very fast pace. It was a best seller in Southeast Asia that year.

Locally on the peninsula, "Signal" was not broadcast on the three major TV stations, but on pay TV stations. As a result, the highest audience rating was 15.00%.

That was the age of smartphones.

Before 2010, Peninsula’s audience ratings were 17.00-[-]%. After that, it dropped a lot, and the annual ratings of the three major TV stations were only [-]%.

In addition, the island country has always been very proud of its own reasoning drama, but the island country introduced "Signal" and purchased the copyright for reshoots.

This shows the charm of "Signal".

"Signal" tells the story of two generations of police officers working together to solve the case. There is no problem with the general direction, as long as the details are changed, it can be moved to the mainland.

Guo Xiaodong took the script and flipped through it. After reading it for a while, he couldn't help turning to the last page.

"Your character didn't die in the end, don't worry."

The Korean version of "Signal" has finally come to an end, and the villains have not yet been punished. The life and death of the old policeman is an open ending, and they are going to shoot the second season.

Of course this is not possible. Li Shengyao changed those big men into businessmen, and the veteran policemen were both wise and brave, and captured all the villains in one fell swoop.

Guo Xiaodong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and then he took the script and left excitedly.

Li Shengyao stood in front of the glass window, looking into the distance.

The sky in the north is very dark. It should have been raining heavily there, and it will rain in Yanjing soon.

But Haiyan can soar high in the rainstorm, so can he.

At this time, the domestic entertainment awards are still very authoritative, and there is no such thing as a queen.

It is more difficult to win an award than to make money. If he wants to win an award, he must make this drama well.

He wrote the script as early as when he was filming "Funny Family", but moving to the mainland is not a simple matter, and it took a long time to revise it before showing it to Guo Xiaodong.

But Lee Sing Yew still has no idea, because if calculated in 15, [-] years ago was [-], and he has no impression of that era.

In order not to make mistakes, he will take the script and go to Shanghai to visit several old policemen and ask for their help.

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In a rented room next to Yanjing Film Academy, Guo Xiaodong was flipping through the script given by Li Shengyao.

In the setting of "Signal", the two male protagonists can be connected through a walkie-talkie across time and space.

Guo Xiaodong looked a little dazed, he was a little confused.

Of course he could see that this was a good show.

At this moment, a boy wearing shorts and showing a big white belly walked by outside.

This boy was unattractive, with sly eyes, and he looked a little happy. This man was a student of Yanjing Film Academy's [-]th grade, and his name was Huang Haibo.

He just graduated and lived in such a small rental house when he had no money.

Guo Xiaodong has already filmed several films, all of which are the main actors, so he naturally made some money.

It is said that they will move out soon.

This made Huang Haibo very envious, and what was even more enviable was that it was said that Guo Xiaodong had already been confirmed as the leading male lead in the next drama of Fenghua Film and Television Company.

Many students from the acting department of the Film Academy were chatting, and everyone said that Guo Xiaodong's first play stole the limelight from Zhao Yang, and this time it should be popular.

Signing a company is different.

Huang Haibo pestered Guo Xiaodong to help introduce him, but Guo Xiaodong refused, saying that Li Shengyao's vision was difficult to figure out.

Li Shengyao didn't want He Lin in their class before.

At this time, seeing Guo Xiaodong leaning over his desk to read the script, Huang Haibo was so envious that he almost laughed.

He walked over, "Old Guo, what are you looking at?"

"New script."

"Can I see it?"

"Of course not."

Although he didn't sign a non-disclosure agreement, Guo Xiaodong still had this idea.

Huang Haibo pouted, "It can't be a bad script."

"What nonsense, this is a good book, the director said he wants to win an award."

If you want to win an award, it must be a good book.

Want to see.

Huang Haibo scratched his head, "Looking at you, you look like a monkey in a zoo. If you don't understand, let me help you."

Guo Xiaodong was taken aback for a moment, and then thought that although Huang Haibo was flamboyant, he was still reliable, and he probably wouldn't leak the script.

"Okay, help me take a look."

The setting of "Signal" does sound a bit mysterious in this era, but if you don't think about why it is such a setting and accept it easily, then it is easy to understand the script.

Huang Haibo's mind is quicker than Guo Xiaodong's, and he immediately understands what it means.

When it gets dark, it hurts my eyes.

Huang Hai turned on the light with a bang, only to realize that he had been looking at it for a long time.

This script is really good, no wonder it says it wants to win an award.

He looked at Guo Xiaodong enviously, "Old Guo, you must help me, let me act 15 years later, only one member of the unsolved case team will do."

"I'm not a director, how can I help you?"

"You can introduce me, tell me good things, and let Director Li know me."

He really likes "Signal", thinking that if he can act in such a play, even if he doesn't make money, it will be a kind of enjoyment.

"Help me, I'll give you the phone numbers of all the girls in our class."

(End of this chapter)