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Chapter 448: Potential to Become a Great Drama

About twenty days later, Liu Heping and several famous Tang history experts finished the initial version of the script.

They all knew that Li Yu had great ambitions this time.

Li Yu wants to create a Chinese version of "Game of Thrones".

They all attached great importance to this project, so none of them dared to be careless and everyone worked at full capacity.

Of course, the most important reason is that Li Yu is wealthy and the compensation he offers them is generous enough.

Money cannot solve all problems, but it can really solve most problems. The remaining problems that cannot be solved may be because there is not enough money.

After reading the initial version of the script, Li Yu praised it highly.

It is a script worthy of being written by a national first-class screenwriter, and it is assisted by several real experts with very strong professional levels.

Although this is only the first version of the script and still needs to be polished and revised, Li Yu feels that it can score 85 out of 100.

You have to know that this is a rush work that took more than 20 days to complete. It is amazing to achieve 85 points from nothing.

There is still some time before the launch.

Li Yu has always been very serious about filming historical costume dramas. This time, he is filming a historical drama from the end of the Sui Dynasty, so the costumes, armor, swords, spears, and other props must be restored as much as possible.

It takes time to do these things well.

If Liu Heping uses this time to carefully polish and perfect the details, then this script will definitely have the potential to become a masterpiece.

This is the first step in Li Yu's "Game of Thrones" plan. This step is crucial as it determines whether the subsequent sequels will have a chance to be released.

Li Yu certainly hopes that the first part of "Game of Thrones" will be a true masterpiece.

"Teacher Liu is indeed very skilled in writing historical political themes, and this script is very well written.

If you make any modifications later, all you can do is modify some of the plots and fill in some details. The main framework does not need to be adjusted at all.

If our plan is just to make an excellent historical drama, this script can be used without any changes, and we can make an excellent historical drama.

But this time our plan is more than just making a good historical drama.”

Li Yu highly praised Liu Heping's script.

"In fact, the script written by Director Li is no less good than this one."

Liu Heping also thinks that his script is well written, but he has to be humble.

As we chatted, the topic became more in-depth.

Liu Heping said: "The character of Yang Guang is the soul of this drama.

I restored the historical image of this person according to Director Li's request.

Historical records clearly state that this person was handsome, intelligent, and not very old when he died.

The actor must look handsome and younger, otherwise it won’t be realistic enough.

This is the problem. It is very hard to find actors who are young, handsome, and have acting skills that are at the level of an award-winning actor.”

Anyway, screenwriter Liu Heping is quite a headache.

When most screenwriters write about such an important role, they will even think about who is the best actor to play this role.

But Liu Heping really wanted to think of which male actor could play Yang Guang.

As for why he required an actor of the best actor level, Liu Heping gave sufficient reasons.

Liu Heping said that the early, middle and late stages of this character have great contrast and belong to three completely different states.

In the early days, his father Yang Jian was a powerful official who usurped the throne. To put it bluntly, he came to the throne in an illegitimate way.

Throughout history, emperors who have gained power illegitimately generally lack a sense of security and are very wary of their ministers and their own sons. They are afraid that the next one will appear.

As long as he realizes that someone may pose a threat to his throne, he would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go.

The same was true of Yang Jian in history. No matter if they were relatives in his family or meritorious officials who supported him to ascend the throne, he could turn a blind eye to their other mistakes.

As long as it involves treason, no matter whether it is a real treason or not, no matter whether the person is a relative or a meritorious follower of the emperor, he must die.

Growing up in such a suffocating environment, Yang Guang had to learn to hide his ambitions and package himself as a filial son.

Therefore, Yang Guang was very patient and restrained in the early days.

After he ascended the throne, he was ambitious and named his reign title "Da Ye", determined to accomplish something great that would shock the world.

At this stage, he was ambitious and very confident.

But after suffering a setback, he found that rebel forces were springing up all over the country.

He was not thinking about suppressing the rebellion. On the contrary, if anyone told him that there was a rebellion in a certain place, he would deal with that person.

He began to become decadent, and started to avoid reality and give up.

He didn't even want the two capital cities of Daxing and Dongdu Luoyang, and ran to Jiangdu to wait for death.

When looking in the mirror, I talked to myself, saying what a beautiful head it was, but I didn't know who would chop it off in the end.

Ordinary actors simply cannot handle these three very contrasting stages.

Liu Heping was definitely right in wanting to find an actor with acting skills worthy of an Oscar winner to play this role.

Only an actor with acting skills good enough to be called a god can interpret these three different states well.

After listening to Liu Heping's troubles, Li Yu wanted to laugh a little: "Teacher Liu, do we still need to find an actor for Yang Guang? There is a ready-made good actor right in front of us, don't you notice him?"

"Who?"

Liu Heping had a confused look on his face.

"Fu Dalong is young, has a good image, and his acting skills are absolutely at the level of an award-winning actor. If he plays the role of Yang Guang, he will surely stun the audience."

Li Yu chuckled.

As someone who has read the version answers, Li Yu clearly understands how vividly Fu Dalong’s performance as Yang Guang is.

He was clearly a villain in that version of "The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties", but the Yang Guang he played became the most impressive character in the entire drama, and countless netizens praised his superb acting skills.

If we want to film Yang Guang, Fu Dalong is definitely the best version.

Liu Heping recollected briefly and concluded that he must know Fu Dalong, as both "The Northern Dynasties" and "The Great Wall" were starred by Fu Dalong.

He and Fu Dalong met for the first time at the audition for "The Northern Dynasties".

Fu Dalong, who was not well-known at the time, defeated a group of famous and talented actors with his powerful and expressive acting skills, and finally got the opportunity to star in "The Kingdom of the Northern Dynasties".

"Fu Dalong is indeed a good choice. He can definitely play the role of Yang Guang in the middle period well."

Liu Heping thought seriously for a moment and finally said this.

He has not seen whether the performance is good in the early and later stages, so he cannot comment.

"Let him try it out during the audition and you'll know if he's capable. There are so many talented actors in the industry who want to take this role.

If Fu Dalong is not suitable, we will choose a suitable one from other actors."

Li Yu said this verbally, but in fact his heart was leaning towards Fu Dalong.

He felt that with Fu Dalong there, other actors didn't need to audition at all.

(End of this chapter)