The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 114 The Pioneer of Science Fiction Drama

"Magic Phone", this is the script handed over by Li Gongda.

To be honest, after reading the rough outline of the story, Lu Yuan's initial thought was that it would be best to drop this drama.

The reason is that the plot is too spoofed, and it even feels crude and messy.

A mobile phone robot from 2060 travels back to the Tang Dynasty through time and space, and helps Monkey King subdue the Yellow-browed King who plots Tang Seng meat.

He was recalled urgently because the energy was about to run out, but the Yellow-Browed King dragged his phone and traveled through time and space.

The energy was exhausted during the shuttle, and the mobile phone fell into the modern society in 2006, and was picked up by the protagonist Lu Xiaoqian. At the same time, the mythical character Huang Mei came to the city.

As a result, a space-time war involving the present and the future, the future and the past, justice and evil has been launched.

The following plot also involves Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, Bull Demon King, and the elixir of life.

The euphemistic name is the combination of mythology and science fiction, but it can't change the ridiculous core of this show.

Lu Yuan couldn't even determine what kind of theme this drama belonged to.

The current mainstream TV series categories include history, legends, monsters, sitcoms, military, youth idols, urban life, children's dramas, action dramas, and period dramas.

He couldn't find a suitable category in a daze.

Li Gongda, the dog thief misled me!

He wanted to refuse directly, but after careful consideration, Lu Yuan felt that it was not easy to refuse.

Li Gongda has a strong background and is known as a gold medal producer.

"Lotus Lantern", "The Legend of the White Snake" and other popular dramas have his shadow behind them.

With Lu Yuan's current status in the circle, he really has no right to refuse the script handed over directly by the other party.

It stands to reason that with Li Gongda's reputation, he wouldn't be able to supervise such a bad film.

Is there a problem with my vision?

Having experienced the impact of Daming and Soldiers, Lu Yuan no longer has enough confidence in his choice of scripts.

But no matter how problematic the vision is, it can't change the fact that the plot of this drama is ridiculous.

Sad.

"Brother Li, are you really not worried that this show will be called a Lei drama by the audience?"

Putting down the script, Lu Yuan expressed his thoughts.

After returning to Beijing, he didn't have time to catch up with his sister's family, so he transferred to the National TV Drama Production Center non-stop, and found Li Gongda to express his concerns about "Magic Phone".

Compared with two years ago, the middle-aged Li Gongda has gained a lot of weight. He smiled and added some water to Lu Yuan's glass.

"Xiao Lu, I want to hear your reason first."

On the way here, Lu Yuan had already prepared a draft in his heart, and he didn't hide it. Since he decided to join this drama, he had to raise his doubts.

"There are too many elements, the idea is advanced, and a fairy tale is added rashly. The audience may not necessarily buy it, and may even feel that this is destroying the classics, especially for the audience of Journey to the West."

As we all know, fans of the four great classics, especially Journey to the West, can't be offended. Any changes are offensive to them.

"Then how do you feel after reading the script?" Li Gongda didn't answer directly.

What Wu Lang gave to Lu Yuan at first was only the outline of the story, and now he has seen the real script. After reading the whole story, he found the content quite interesting.

Although the idea is advanced, the logic is reasonable and justified. I have to admire the brain of the screenwriter for nine years.

After watching several episodes, Lu Yuan felt the urge to talk about the quintessence of Chinese culture.

Seeing that he did not make a sound for a long time, Li Gongda said to himself: "This drama has been positioned as a modern mythology science fiction comedy for nine years, but I think it should be called the pioneer of science fiction films."

"Before filming this drama, we did a lot of investigations in private, and in recent years, there have been a lot of big-budget movies on the stage one after another.

Films such as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" not only achieved good box office results in China, but also achieved relatively good returns overseas.

Limited by international recognition, these great directors are obsessed with a single martial arts theme.

Looking at China again, all kinds of blockbuster movies are bombarded one after another, but there is only a lack of big-budget sci-fi movies, and there are even no sci-fi-themed TV dramas.

The establishment of the "Magic Phone" project also captured this market gap. "

What Li Gongda said has some truth to it. In recent years, the movies and TV dramas that have topped the ratings and topped the box office are basically those types, military, period, urban, and comedy.

The shadow of science fiction is not seen at all.

But Lu Yuan thinks that he has overlooked the most crucial point, the cultural differences between the East and the West, and the growth environments of the audiences in the two places are not the same.

"Brother Li, for the audience of film and television dramas who have grown up in China, martial arts is the tradition, and Hong Kong martial arts dramas are the memories of a generation.

The post-80s and post-90s abroad all grew up watching science fiction and fantasy films, which is their growth culture.

Don't you worry that the climate will be unacceptable after the filming of this drama? "

Li Gongda stood up, pulled him to the window, and pointed at the bustling crowd downstairs: "Xiao Lu, do you think there is really no audience for science fiction films in China?"

The changes in the capital city in the past two years can be described as changing with each passing day, with high-rise buildings rising one after another, but Lu Yuan can't answer this question, because he himself has read very little science fiction.

Li Gongda shook his head and said with a smile: "You don't know, to be honest, I don't know either, that's why I call this show a pioneer, a pioneer, even if our generation is not keen on science fiction, there is still the next generation, That’s always going to change.”

"The TV drama center decided to shoot this drama, more to open up a new path, the current TV drama market is too crowded with themes, the past two years have only been family ethics dramas, as a film and television person, you have to pursue something!"

"And this is just a trial. Just like what Nine Years said, this drama is a mythological science fiction comedy, not entirely science fiction. It also adds comedy and mythology, so there will be no shortage of audiences."

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Yuan left the drama center in doubt.

What Li Gongda said had some truth, but he didn't believe it all.

What really touched him was to open up a new path for film and television dramas, and these words made him feel a little more inexplicably.

In the living room, the little guy was sitting on the sofa with his arms around the fat cat.

"The Adventures of Little Carp" is playing on TV.

Sneaking a sneaky look at the uncle at the side, seeing that he was still looking at the phone, Yaoyao pouted even higher.

She felt that her uncle had changed and no longer loved her.

In the past, every time I came back from filming, my uncle would take her out to play and buy her a lot of delicious food.

But now, my uncle doesn't go out after he comes back, he hugs his cell phone every day, and ignores her.

Mom said that uncle was looking for her aunt.

What is aunt, is it delicious, will you steal her snacks?

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She climbed off the sofa and stood in front of her uncle.

Lu Yuan was discussing with Hu Kan about the upcoming Condor Shooting and Propaganda, when he suddenly saw Yaoyao standing in front of him with a grievance, and quickly picked up the little guy.

"Yaoyao, whoever bullied you, tell uncle, uncle will help you vent your anger!"

"Uncle, don't want aunt, okay?"

(End of this chapter)