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Chapter 23 "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an"

"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" is a novel published by Ma Boyong in 2017. It has not been written at this point in time, so it was cut off by Gu Zhongyu.

Gu Zhongyu, who just debuted, is just an actor, he doesn't have any choice, all the photos are given by others, so he has no right to speak.Later, I became the owner of the company and had the capital and strength, but for the sake of safety, I also chose to remake some film and television dramas that have been proven by the market in my previous life and can be popular, such as "Latent" and "Struggle".

Now the company is completely on the right track, and there is enough spare money on hand. Now, just investing in the shares of Penguin and Ali and some popular real estate before can bring him several small goals of income every year.

With enough capital, he really wants to shoot some themes he likes, and this drama is one of them.

China's ancient costume dramas have always been signature cultural products. From the early Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts dramas of Jin Yong, Qiong Yao's ancient costume romance dramas, to the remakes of the four major classics in mainland China, the domestic costume drama market has always been very prosperous, and there are various types.

Joking "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", "The Son of Heaven" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo"

"Daming Dynasty 1566", "Yongzheng Dynasty" and "Towards a Republic" in historical dramas

In the early days of martial arts dramas, there were remakes of Jin Yong's "The Legend of Condor Heroes" and "Dragon and Babu" series, and later "No. [-] in the World" became the last swan song of martial arts dramas.

These TV series are suitable for all ages, and they are childhood memories of countless generations born in the 80s and 90s!

However, in recent years, the market for traditional costume dramas has been continuously squeezed. From the first part of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" by the Tang Dynasty, TV dramas of ancient puppet and fairy tale type have begun to seize the market, because the casting of handsome men and beautiful women, and youthful romance stories are more likely to be loved by young audiences, especially female audiences.

And this year's hit "Gong Suo Xin Jade", "Bu Bu Jing Xin" and "Zhen Huan Biography", the continuous crit of the three Qing palace dramas has dealt a huge blow to the male-oriented costume drama genre!
The producer has finally seen how popular TV dramas with heroines are!

It turns out that all you need to do to please female audiences is to make a TV series, and it doesn't matter what men like to watch!So they changed their minds one after another, and began to shoot film and television dramas that were completely female-oriented.

The past few years have also been the darkest moment in the domestic costume drama market. It can be said that bad movies are coming out frequently, and even the aesthetic vision and production level have not advanced but retreated. When you open the TV series, you will see all kinds of blinding costumes and color schemes, actresses with dead Barbie powder on their lips, male leading actors with muscle facial paralysis, bloody love stories, and special effects fights that don’t cost [-] cents...

(It’s you! Yu Zheng! Come out and get beaten!)
So now the traditional serious or masculine-oriented costume dramas are rarely touched by anyone. Next year there will be "Legend of Chu and Han" to be broadcast. This is the last domestic costume war drama, but unfortunately it is also a hit!After this show, no one is willing to please male audiences on TV.

The majority of male compatriots have gradually quit TV dramas passively, and began to shift their energy and time to games, live broadcasts, and novels.

oh!It can't be said that there are no TV series that are not for male compatriots at all. There are still many people watching those local anti-Japanese dramas, although they are all uncles.

"The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" was co-produced by Gu Zhongyu and Yang Ma. It has applied for the national key film and television cultural industry support project. The main filming location is not Hengdian, but in Xi'an, a thousand-year-old city. For this purpose, a small "Chang'an City" was specially built for filming.Moreover, there are local TV stations plus a bunch of sponsors from tourism bases and cultural industry companies, so the financial pressure on Zongheng Film and Television is not too great. The total investment is just over [-] million yuan, and Gu Zhongyu only paid less than [-] million yuan.

The cost of filming in 2011 was already high. You must know that the historical masterpiece "Legend of Chu and Han", which will be released next year starring Cheng Daoming and Ha Rundong, has a total investment of only 2.4 million.

The investment of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" is almost the same as it, and Gu Zhongyu didn't intend to shoot an already compact story like his previous life. This drama will not exceed 30 episodes, and the budget for each episode is very sufficient.

If it wasn't for Gu Zhongyu to lobby his brother for help with a dead skin and face, and only rely on himself to go around, this drama would definitely not be able to attract so much investment and assistance.

And in order to save money, Gu Zhongyu also brought many of his students from Nortel and even senior brothers and sisters to participate in the performance. For his sake, these people basically received friendship prices, or even cameo appearances with no pay at all!

The company's largest investment in film and television dramas is this project. "Ball Lightning" can be shot, anyway, this movie is completely invested by Gu Zhongyu himself, and I am happy to be responsible for my own profits and losses.

But "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" will definitely not work!If this show hits the street, it will not only be a matter of losing money, but it may be difficult to discuss cooperation with Yang Ma and those big bosses whose names start with Chinese characters and places. Even the big brother has to show his face.

It’s not easy to explain to those friends who I invited with my old face. We paid a friendship price or even appeared in a work for free, but after it was broadcast, it ended up with this effect?

The production cycle of this TV series will not be too long, and the filming can be completed in about three or four months.

However, if "Ball Lightning" and some projects still under planning are included, next year's Gu Zhongyu probably won't have the leisure time he has now.

……

Gu Zhongyu quickly scanned the cast list. The male advocated that Xiao Jing was naturally played by him, and Li Mi found his junior Zhu Yilong, who is also a signed artist of Zongheng Entertainment. At present, Gu Zhongyu's company is still a bit yin and yang. Apart from him, there are no very famous first-line male artists.

In addition to the two male protagonists in "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", the villain Long Bo is more important. Gu Zhongyu, like his previous life, found Jiaqian layman, his teacher Zhou Wei from Nortel.

As for the black boss Ge Lao in the original work, Gu Zhongyu directly changed it to a person from the Tang Dynasty, and was played by the secretary of Tazhai Village, oh no, Mr. Wang Jinsong.

His status has also changed from a slave to a Confucian scholar, a scholar who stayed in Chang'an City and devoted himself to mixing society because of repeated failures in the imperial examinations!

There are many similar changes in the plot. After all, Ma Boyong's novels are well understood, and they are all anticlimactic.

In fact, if you think about it, you will know that it is unreasonable. A bought Kunlun slave can actually become the boss of the underground world in Chang'an City at the foot of the emperor?This is too TM inspirational, right?

This is Chang'an City, not Gotham City!
Now is the seventh century AD, not the 21st century, the time to introduce these "high-end talents" is too early!

Moreover, the Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty did not only refer to the current black people. In addition to the Negroes in Africa, they should be more Negritos, also known as short blacks, belonging to the brown race in Southeast Asia.

Not to mention, Gu Zhongyu hates Brother Ni very, very much!

In addition, Gu Zhongyu looked at the other characters, good guys, some of the missing ones are mainly female characters.

Wouldn't it make sense if he didn't arrange for some of his own fish to come in?

(End of this chapter)