It is agreed that the 18th line will be top-notch?

The idea that sequels ruin the original is not a complete stereotype.

Of course, sometimes a sequel ends at the tail end, which is not the original intention of the creator, nor is it entirely because the creator's level has declined and his creativity has dried up.

In the first work, the audience was in the fog, following the creator's thoughts and plot bit by bit, slowly uncovering a world view of the world; using one thing at a time and the character's image and behavior to infer The personality of this character.

And among them, until the end of the story, the audience will always have a question buried in their hearts - is this character really what he is shown in the plot? Could it be hiding something?
It is not until the entire work is completed that a complete world view and vivid characters will become three-dimensional images and implanted in the minds of the audience.

Everyone's understanding of the plot and analysis of the logic behind the characters' actions are completely different.

Many people will even argue over this difference in understanding. No one can convince anyone who is right.

But such debates are limited to viewers and do not generally involve the creators.

Yang Ruoqian lay on the sofa and laughed: "But once it becomes a sequel, the audience will have a completely different mentality when watching a work with a complete world view and complete characters that have been implanted in their minds."

The sequel not only loses the sense of expectation of unveiling the world view and various secrets step by step, but it may also be because the author's shaping of various things in the sequel does not conform to the impressions and judgments in the audience's minds, resulting in a decline in reputation and sales. .

Because the creator's understanding of characters and things is not exactly the same as that of the audience.

Qi Mu: "?"

Mr. Yang, who has always been kind and people-oriented, sent a message to Qi Mu and muttered: "It would be better to call people over and discuss it together."

They banded together and turned their criticism against the creators, believing that it was because the creators wanted to make a quick buck that they forced sequels into being, thus ruining the original work.

Now, Yang Ruoqian will become such a person who will be criticized by thousands of people!
A sequel like "Black Robe 2" is not enough. After all, the director lineup and cast are too strong, and each of them has a certain base of die-hard fans.

These employees collect their own wages and work all day long to make money for the company. It is time for them to play a real role.

Yang Ruoqian went to bed with the problem until the end of the New Year's Day holiday. After returning to the company, he still couldn't find a suitable option among so many works.

In other words, there are too many suitable options, and Mr. Yang doesn’t know which one to choose.

The creator feels that it is reasonable for the character to do such a thing when things develop this way, but the audience who have already had a deep-rooted impression in the first work may not agree with it.

Yang Ruoqian turned a deaf ear: "Okay, I will approve a document for you later. After recruiting these four people into the company, they will be your direct subordinates. You can explain to the human resources department how to recruit these five people. I believe that with your ability, Managing six people is certainly not a problem.”

After experiencing what happened before, Yang Ruoqian felt that it was very possible for these people to prove their truth with their superb scripts and powerful acting skills to cover up all the problems.

"Which work should I choose to make a sequel..."

In less than a minute, Qi Mu, whose office was next to Yang Ruoqian's, quickly came to the office.

Nowadays, many things involve international business, and the process is very cumbersome. There are obviously more than one pile of documents piled up on the desk.

Judging from her steps, she was obviously in a hurry.

Of all the people in the company, Qi Mu has the largest workload. Although she enjoys it, there is a limit to her time. When things increase, no matter how powerful and energetic she is, she can't handle them all.

And with the current size of Kuaiguang Group, it does need a team of secretaries.

Yang Ruoqian watched the secretary walk in while drinking water, and asked the question he asked before: "Qi Mu, do you want to assign a team to you? It feels like your workload is indeed a bit heavy now."

This is a fact that is very difficult for any creator to avoid.

The group's business is becoming more and more complex, and the secretary has to deal with more and more things.

This time Qi Mu finally did not refuse. She nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, a team of about three people is almost enough at this stage."

But the second time, the audience's misunderstanding of the plot characters will not cause them to argue with each other.

Before the secretary could react, Yang Ruoqian, who was not pretending to be pretentious, quickly changed the subject and said: "Okay, let's talk about important things now... isn't our group going to develop IP now? I think it's best to maintain the popularity of IP The way is to make sequels and keep the work exposed in front of the audience.”

Before Qi Mu could react from her previous words, she nodded dully: "Yes, yes...Mr. Yang, do you have any ideas for this quarter?"

There was a slight deficit in last quarter's financial report, but the cash was simply replaced by assets, and the assets purchased have great room for appreciation and profit.

So she wasn't in a hurry.

Compared to this, he obviously only has three people, why did Mr. Yang become a team of six just by talking?

I didn’t miss anything...

Yang Ruoqian did not give Qi Mu a chance to recover, and continued: "I think just a "Black Robe Inspection Team 2" is not enough. Do you think that among the film and television dramas we have shot before, as well as the more popular text or picture works, Which ones deserve sequels?”

After the company established an IP creation plan, Kuaiguang Group relied on its many resources and IP operation brand to attract many well-known cartoonists and authors.

There have also been several hit works with adaptation value.

Many readers left messages in the comment area, hoping to see film and television adaptations of these works as soon as possible or hoping that the authors would continue to publish sequels.

These IP works with potential will naturally not be ignored by Qi Mu.

Of course... Kuaiguang Group adheres to a principle that all IP adaptations and copyright-related matters respect the opinions of the original author and are dominated by the opinions of the original author.

She ignored the incident and immediately got into work mode: "Mr. Yang, I will make a form for you. Please wait a moment."

With that said, she took out her mobile phone, opened the mobile version of office and started editing the content.

Being proficient in using various software to edit files on a mobile phone is one of Qi Mu's most basic skills.

Soon a form was transferred to Yang Ruoqian's computer.

Yang Ruoqian opened the form, briefly browsed it twice, and frowned.

"Isn't "The Wandering Blue Star" on this list? Isn't it worthy of a sequel?"

New Year's Day has passed, and last year's box office figures have been finalized. As expected, "The Wandering Blue Star" became the box office champion for the year. How could such a phenomenal work not be worthy of a sequel?

Qi Mu replied without thinking: "Mr. Yang, it has the value of a sequel, but the current problem with this IP is external."

"external?"

"Yes... the male lead of this movie is currently filming a TV series and a variety show, and he can't get away from it at all. The female lead, Shang Qianyu, is also busy with "Black Robe Inspection Team 2"." Qi Mu paused and continued, "I remember that half of the other important supporting roles are currently fully booked. If you are in a hurry, I don't recommend you start with this movie."

As long as it is a project proposed by Yang Ruoqian, construction will basically start within a quarter.

Qi Mu is reminding that if you want to start work in a short time, "Wandering Blue Star 2" is not a good choice.

However, in Yang Ruoqian's ears, the meaning of the secretary's words had completely changed.

Most of the leading actors are absent?
Does various preliminary preparations take time?

Is "Wandering Blue Star 2" not suitable as a sequel subject at this stage?
That's it!
Yang Ruoqian didn't even think for a moment and said directly: "It doesn't matter, it's just a small difficulty... You know what our slogan is? There are no difficulties, and we have to create difficulties! Now that difficulties are before us, how can we miss this great opportunity? Chance?"

"There is no need to choose anything else, this is it, "The Wandering Blue Star 2"! Our main target this quarter is this movie!"

Qi Mu was stunned for several seconds, and after a while he couldn't help but remind him: "But Mr. Yang, if the starring role is not in place, we can't make the movie..."

"It's okay." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand, "Are the original author and director Guo Fan free? As long as they are here, the movie can be filmed."

Seeing Yang Ruoqian being so determined and confident, Qi Mu immediately understood that he might have another plan.

It is no secret that Mr. Yang can always burst out with extraordinary creativity.

His thinking is different from ordinary people. He can always cater to the market just right, and can always accurately capture the audience's appetite... But how exactly these thoughts are born, and what the audience thinks, no one can yet respond. In conclusion.

But there is no need to summarize, as long as it is Mr. Yang's decision, it can be implemented without thinking.

Qi Mu took out his cell phone again and said: "Director Guo Fan has time. I don't know about the original author's affairs. I will ask you again. I will inform you if there is any news."

The last time he made a movie, Yang Ruoqian deliberately offered a very high price to the author to buy out the film and television operating rights of "The Wandering Blue Star". However, he did not expect that compared to the popularity and reputation of the movie, the copyright fee was still Give less.

When the box office was finally divided, Yang Ruoqian had no excuse for taking less money.

No matter what I say this time, I have to give a portion of the income to the author.

After Qi Mu finished speaking, he reported some more work, turned around, left the office, and returned to his room.

About thirty minutes later, Mr. Yang, who was playing a game, suddenly received the message.

The original author expressed great interest and even hoped to take time to come to Kuaiguang Group to discuss the specific matters of the film adaptation with the director, screenwriter and actors.

"Mr. Yang, what do you think?"

Yang Ruoqian took advantage of the break in the game and sent a reply to Qi Mu: "Okay, invite the author here to be a special guest screenwriter. If he has any opinions or suggestions about the film, he must bring it over as an important reference."

"Okay, I'll go notify you right away."

However, before Yang Ruoqian could put down his men, news from Director Guo arrived almost at the same time.

"Mr. Yang, I heard that you have plans to continue filming the sequel to "The Wandering Blue Star"?"

The last time he was filming a movie, he was sent to the hospital by Yang Ruoqian for a full-body checkup because of a broken skin. He still vividly remembered how he wished he could be admitted to the ICU.

As a result, after the filming of the film ended, he did not dare to contact the Kuaiguang Group for a long time.

But when he heard that Kuaiguang Group planned to invest in the filming of "The Wandering Blue Star" again, and that it planned to continue asking him to be the director, Guo Fan still couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.

The annual box office champion!
This work has long been his pride and is regarded as a treasure by him. Now that a sequel is about to be released, how can he not take it seriously?

"Yes." Yang Ruoqian quickly replied, "Preparatory work should start within these two weeks. Do you have time?"

Guo Fan answered quickly: "Yes, yes, I will be here the day after tomorrow at the latest..."

Seeing that more and more things were happening and the game was completely unplayable, Mr. Yang simply asked for his teammate’s Alipay account and then went offline and started working seriously.

Yang Ruoqian typed and replied: "Okay, but I won't interfere too much with the cast this time. Director Guo, you can make your own decision... That is, if there are some minor problems with details, such as an actor accidentally being late, etc., Director Guo doesn’t need to be too harsh.”

"Ah, okay..." Guo Fan typed a line first, then his eyes widened and he looked at the message from Yang Ruoqian with some disbelief, "Wait, what did you say? I'm looking for an actor?!"

What does it mean to find an actor?
In terms of plot, in the first part of "The Wandering Blue Star", important characters died, but it was not to the extent that the entire crew had to be replaced!

The protagonist, heroine, and a large number of important supporting roles are still there, why do we need to rearrange the cast?

"Mr. Yang, what do you mean by this? If you are filming a sequel, it would be better not to change the leading actors casually." Guo Fan thought for a while and expressed his opinion, "If the characters in the previous film If you have time for the actors, I suggest you stick to the original actors.”

Yang Ruoqian smiled and typed slowly: "Director Guo Fan, when I talk about making a sequel, I don't mean to follow the original story line and continue filming the follow-up to the first part."

Guo Fan was running out of brain power: "Huh? No follow-up?"

If you don't make a follow-up, what will you make? Does Kuangguang Group want its own original plot?
This can't be done!

Since the "Wandering Blue Star" movie became popular, every work of the original author has gained a lot of popularity.

If the plot is changed casually, it will easily arouse public outrage and lead to a collapse of reputation.

Yang Ruoqian continued: "We can move the story line forward and film the previous stories."

Guo Fan: "???" (End of chapter)