Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 14 Time-travel drama is good
TV series version of "The Myth".

A "masterpiece" covering history, love, time travel and the city.

In terms of performance, this drama is very strong, extremely strong. Once it was broadcast, it took the lead among all the opening dramas of the year and even set a record for the ratings of CCTV-8.

In terms of content, this drama integrates the time-travel setting very well, setting a model for later time-travel dramas.

But in Zhou Mo's opinion, the TV version of "Myth" has one biggest problem -

The character creation of the protagonist Yi Xiaochuan.

The screenwriter seemed to want to portray Yi Xiaochuan as a loyal, upright and kind character, but due to multiple constraints, Yi Xiaochuan was eventually portrayed as a selfish playboy who did things without considering the consequences and betrayed his brothers.

Among them, the most outrageous is Yi Xiaochuan's love line.

As the general producer of the TV version of "The Myth", Cheng Long seemed to want to make up for his regrets in the movie version by asking the screenwriter to add multiple emotional lines for Yi Xiaochuan in the original setting.

But as the plot develops, due to the limitations of the film version's storyline, the debt of love that Yi Xiaochuan once owed becomes a stumbling block to the development of the story.

If these problems are not resolved, the TV series cannot be filmed.

what can we do about it?

The screenwriter came up with a good idea:
When it’s time to separate, separate. When it’s time to let down, let down. If that doesn’t work, just arrange a lonely ending.

In the eighth episode of the original drama, a good girl who was sincere to Yi Xiaochuan was directly killed in the act, and it was for the sake of saving Yi Xiaochuan.

All I can say is that audiences in the early years had strong endurance.

As for the character of Yi Xiaochuan, if it were to appear in ten years, he would be criticized to death by the audience.

It’s also fortunate that the role of Yi Xiaochuan was played by Hu Ge. If it were another character, such as Huang Xiaoming, he would probably be hit by bricks halfway through his journey.

From this point of view, "The Myth" does have a lot of room for improvement and is worth filming.

The characters and storyline were all completely changed.

But the problem is...

"Brother, I remember this drama was approved last year. Wasn't it said to be broadcast during the Spring Festival this year? Why has it been delayed until now?"

Cheng Long smiled bitterly: "Don't mention it, it's some technical reasons."

Zhou Mo understood instantly, "I understand."

"Brother Long, do you have a script?"

"Yes." Cheng Long took out the script directly from his briefcase.

It was obvious that he came prepared.

"Maybe he's not just looking for me, but casting a wide net, but no one is picking up the phone, so he'll go back and ask Tiantian what happened." Zhou Mo had a guess in his mind.

He flipped through a few pages and found that it was the story of time travel in his memory:
This is the story of Yi Xiaochuan and his friends Gao Yao and others who accidentally traveled back to the Qin Dynasty a thousand years ago. After experiencing various adventures and encounters, Yi Xiaochuan eventually transformed into the Qin Dynasty general Meng Yi.

"Brother Long, I have finished reading the script. It can definitely be filmed, but I am not very interested in this story. After all, I have already seen it in the movie. If I were to film it, I would definitely have to change the script. I wonder if you can accept that."

Cheng Long waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, the director has the final say over the script."

Zhou Mo became more and more certain of his guess.

Cheng Long must have encountered some problems during the filming process and was anxious to get rid of the script, otherwise he wouldn't be so easy to talk to.

"How about this, Brother Long? I have signed with Tiantian's company now. The company is also preparing a TV series. I will go back and take a look at the arrangements. If it is possible, I will contact you as soon as possible. What do you think?"

Cheng Long nodded, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Just at this time, Da Tiantian finished her beauty contest and came back.

"Good evening, Brother Long."

"Miss Jing."

The two men shook hands and exchanged a few words casually, then Cheng Long left first.

"Did you invite Cheng Long to come here?"

Da Tiantian took the initiative to explain: "Brother Long was interested in me making a movie before, and that's when we met."

Zhou Mo remembered: "Little Big Soldier?"

"Yes, I asked you, and you told me it was a bad movie, so I declined. But the relationship was preserved, so I invited him to come this time."

Zhou Mo nodded: "You made a very wise decision."

"Little Big Soldier" is also a movie this year. It was released in February and grossed 150 million yuan, which seems to be a pretty good result.

But this box office is entirely supported by the reputation of Cheng Long and Wang Lihong.

Da Tiantian was a little regretful: "After all, it's Big Brother's movie."

"No need, Tiantian. Chenglong's future achievements will become increasingly mediocre. There is no need to dwell on the glory they created in the past. You should embrace the new era."

"Yes, so I embraced you, the rising star, and you have to compensate me with a good movie."

Zhou Mo nodded at her twice: "Xiang Zhuang dances with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong, Tiantian, you have learned how to play the art of war."

"whee."

Da Tiantian smiled happily: "By the way, why did Big Brother Long ask you to come here?"

"Ask me to film a TV series, The Myth."

Da Tiantian also realized something was wrong: "Didn't the Mythology project start last year? They even approached me at that time, so why hasn't it been finished yet?"

"That's also the reason why I didn't agree to Cheng Long immediately." "What do you suspect is wrong with them?" Da Tiantian frowned.

"This is where you need to step in, Tiantian. Please ask your people to help me check and see what happened in this drama."

Da Tiantian is very happy that Zhou Mo relies on her.

But I really don’t like what Zhou Mo said.

"What do you mean by yours and mine? You are now a member of the company, don't make such clear distinctions." Da Tiantian corrected: "Then if everything is clear, do you want to take over this play?"

"Probably so."

Zhou Mo is still very interested in optimizing "The Myth". The protagonist of the original drama was too poorly portrayed, and he could make huge profits by just making some changes.

"Tiantian, if we're filming, would you like to participate?"

"No way." Da Tiantian crossed her arms and made a cross on her tablet. "I'm a movie star now. Going back to act in TV series or something like that would be too degrading."

Sure enough, Da Tiantian is still the same Da Tiantian.

I was willing to act in TV series before because it wasn’t popular yet.

Now that I have achieved some success, my nature can no longer be suppressed.

Zhou Mo explained to her: "It is precisely because you are now a 400 million actress. If you are willing to return to TV dramas, it will be a dimensionality reduction attack. A good TV drama can consolidate your popularity.

Look at Tianxian Liu. She has been in several TV series and has become famous. It is no exaggeration to call her the most popular actress in Chinese entertainment."

"But she didn't return to TV dramas after filming the movie." Da Tiantian argued.

Zhou Mo complained: "So she is about to be caught up by her former little sisters."

Da Tiantian just shook her head, tightened her mouth when she was anxious, and looked at Zhou Mo with her bright eyes.

Zhou Mo was helpless and stopped trying to persuade him.

Why learn from Miss An when there are so many people to learn from?

Miss An had the right time, right place and right people, and became the white moonlight in the hearts of a generation, which is why she has this much popularity.

Even before Zhou Mo traveled through time, he still remembered that the TV series "Dream of Splendor" was being broadcast, and the heroine was Miss An.

Da Tiantian, you can’t compare to his blood volume.

However, Zhou Mo didn't say anything more.

As children grow older, they have their own ideas.

When you suffer a loss or get beaten outside in the future, you will remember the good things about your home.

The next day, Zhou Mo signed a contract with Tiantian.

Da Tiantian also brought the news that Zhou Mo wanted.

"A certain actor in the crew of "The Myth" had a lot of problems and was involved in some bad things. He also made outrageous remarks on the Internet without any intention of covering up. As a result, the show could not be filmed anymore."

"So, Brother Cheng is now looking for a replacement, a crew that can finish filming the TV series?"

"Yes, that actor had a heavy role to play, so we couldn't do any reshoots. After applying several times and failing, the crew was disbanded."

The situation was almost exactly what Zhou Mo had guessed. Only this situation could cause Cheng Long to react like that.

However, this situation did not happen in the previous life. The filming of "The Myth" went smoothly and the results were very good.

Zhou Mo could only attribute all this to quantum mechanics.

He asked again: "Why don't you just stop filming? Why are you still insisting on it?"

There are so many failed works in the entertainment industry. Zhou Mo doesn't quite understand why Cheng Long is always looking for a new buyer.

"One is that Cheng Long wanted to shoot it himself, after all, it is an adaptation of The Myth. The other is that CCTV has given a lot of support before, and now CCTV must see a result no matter what."

Zhou Mo understood, she was the county magistrate’s wife.

No matter who makes the TV series, CCTV only wants one result.

"Are you still going to shoot?" Da Tiantian asked.

"Shoot, why not." Zhou Mo said without hesitation.

There are not enough time-travel dramas in Chinese entertainment TV dramas, and those that can achieve the same level of success as "The Myth" are even rarer.

Looking back, "A Step into the Past" and "Love Across Time and Space" were released in 01 and 02 respectively.

Looking back, one year after "The Myth", two time-travel dramas became popular on the market.

"Palace" and "Startling by Each Step".

It is hard not to say that the emergence of these two extremely popular time-travel dramas is the result of the market seeing the success of "The Myth" and investing funds in the field of time-travel dramas.

"Tiantian, call Brother Long and tell him that you can take the TV series, but the chief producer must be our company."

"Will he agree?"

"If he doesn't agree, we can just shoot it ourselves. I've already thought of the script, and I'll let him find someone to take over when the time comes."

"You are really bad."

Zhou Mo struck a classic pose of a cult leader, his tone full of grease: "Do you love me like this?"

(End of this chapter)