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Chapter 212: Playing a big game

Li Qiyi pressed his hand and said,”Taiwanese President Wu, let’s keep the celebration banquet for now. When the ratings break 3, we will hold a bigger celebration banquet.”

“Oh? So confident?”

“Of course, this is a program I made myself. If I don’t have confidence, wouldn’t I be unworthy of Mr. Wu’s trust?”

“Okay! I’ll listen to you. When the ratings break 3, I’ll personally host a banquet for you. Don’t refuse then.”

“Absolutely not!”

Wang Manting came forward and said,”Taiwanese Director Wu, Director Li, since we won’t be having the celebration banquet for now, why don’t we use tea instead of wine to see Director Li and the others off?”

“Yes, that’s a good idea. Make some tea.”

This time Li Qi did not refute, and came to the tea table, and while the water was boiling, he asked Wu Haixiong:”Has the broadcast time been decided?”

“It’s settled, it’ll be broadcast every Sunday night at 8:30″

Li Qi nodded:”This time slot is good, I have no objection, can we put the trailer on now?”

Wang Manting smiled and said,”Director Li is busy with work and doesn’t know that after you edited the first trailer a few days ago, Wu Tai ordered it to be released.”

“Oh? How was the response?”

“It’s pretty good. Some advertisers have already called to inquire about the sponsorship!”

“So fast?”

“Of course, Director Li, you are famous, and those advertisers are willing to bet heavily on you.”

Li Qi smiled bitterly. No wonder the response was so good. It turned out that he was borrowing his fame.

But this is understandable. The biggest gimmick of this show is itself. If it is not utilized, it will be difficult to set the pace in the early stage.

After chatting for a while, the water boiled and tea was made. Li Qi and Wu Haixiong clinked their glasses, which meant that the trip to Nanjing had come to a successful conclusion.

As for what kind of attitude he will take when visiting Jinling again in the future, it depends on what kind of results he achieves after the show is broadcast.

In mid-March, Li Qi returned to Beijing with a group of staff.

Why is Li Qi in such a hurry? The reason is simple. He exchanged the points in the system for three years of life at one time. The remaining available points are less than ten digits, so he must start filming the new drama as soon as possible. This time he wants to play a big game.

Li Qi is discussing the film and television project of The Return of the Condor Heroes with Zhang Jizhong

Although he has been a director for a while, Li Qi is still an actor.

So this time he didn’t plan to direct The Return of the Condor Heroes himself, as that would be too tiring. Zhang Jizhong was the director hand-picked by Li Qi.

Zhang Jizhong has previously remade several martial arts classics, and although they were generally criticized, the ratings were not low.

In the past two years, as martial arts dramas have become less and less popular, Zhang Jizhong’s reputation in the eyes of the audience has been getting higher and higher.

It’s really a good contrast with peers

Now Li Qi wants to adapt The Return of the Condor Heroes into a TV series, and Zhang Jizhong is the first choice for the director.

As long as Zhang Jizhong doesn’t cast Li Yapeng as the lead actor in his martial arts dramas, you can basically trust him.

It is impossible for Zhang Jizhong to go to Li Yapeng now.

Because Li Yapeng retired early and went into real estate

“Li Qi, what do you think about the adaptation of”The Return of the Condor Heroes” into a film or TV series?”

Zhang Jizhong respects Li Qi’s opinion

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He even carried a notebook with him. If Li Qi’s opinion was important, he would write it down in the notebook first so as not to forget it later.

When they met, Zhang Jizhong said he was a fan of Li Qi’s books, and he was not lying.

Martial arts are fairy tales for adults. Nowadays, young people don’t really like to watch martial arts, but middle-aged people like it very much.

Zhang Jizhong is one of those people who really likes it, and his degree is probably about the same as Ma Yun’s.

Li Qi thought about it and said seriously:”For the first version, it must be adapted according to the original work to attract the original fans to the greatest extent.”

“I think so too. Your novel is very well written, with rich visuals, and it is easy to adapt into a screenplay. Unlike Gu Long, it is impossible to adapt it to the screen without major changes to the plot.”Zhang Jizhong complained

Li Qi smiled

As a martial arts master, it is generally acknowledged that Gu Long is not as famous as Jin Yong. In addition to the gap in hard power, Gu Long’s martial arts are even worse in film and television adaptation.

Gu Long’s martial arts novels are too imaginary and difficult to be adapted into films. Jin Yong is different in this respect. Just follow the plot and the fans of the original novel will basically buy it as long as it can be filmed.

Gu Long’s martial arts novels can’t be filmed according to the original novels. The plot is too scattered, the fights are too fast, the environment is too dangerous, and the masters are at the highest level when they appear… This kind of plot is very fun to watch in the book, but once it is made into a TV movie, it will be very boring

The fight only takes a second to end, how can the audience be happy?

“Director Zhang, have you ever thought about shooting another version?” Li Qi asked.

Zhang Jizhong didn’t understand what Li Qi said:”One more version? What does that mean?”

“We will film a version based on the original novel, and it will be broadcast on CCTV if nothing goes wrong. We will also use the same cast to film an additional version that does not follow the original plot, and broadcast it online on Huaxing Video.”

After the last failure of CCTV, the deputy director was transferred to another position. The new one wanted to befriend Li Qi and had already reserved the first broadcast rights of”The Return of the Condor Heroes” in advance. Zhang Jizhong was the candidate jointly designated by both parties after consultation.

Zhang Jizhong is well-informed, but this is the first time he has seen Li Qi do this. He couldn’t understand what Li Qi meant for a while.

“What is the point of doing this?”[]

“Make money.” Li Qi certainly wouldn’t say that he was doing it to earn points for empathy, so he said calmly:”We will film it according to the original novel, broadcast it on TV, and satisfy the fans of the original novel. Then we will film another version of The Return of the Condor Heroes that makes up for the regrets of the original novel, attract these viewers to pay to watch it, and the revenue will be shared equally between Huaxing Video and the investors.”

Zhang Jizhong took a break, but his brain was still working:”Make up for the regrets of the original work? What regrets are there in the original work? Wait a minute.……”

Zhang Jizhong looked at Li Qi and asked in surprise,”You’re not saying that Yang Guo should take in all the female characters?”

《When The Return of the Condor Heroes was published, it was extremely popular and created many classic characters, especially female characters.

And these female characters all have ambiguous relationships with Yang Guo to a greater or lesser extent.

Many readers said that seeing Yang Guo ruined their lives, and Yang Guo was a scumbag who only flirted but never married.

There are even many readers who are Guo Xiang’s party and Gongsun Lu’e’s party.

Zhang Jizhong himself also had this regret when he read the original novel of The Return of the Condor Heroes.

There are so many excellent female characters, but Yang Guo gave up on them all in the end. It’s really a pity

But it’s just a pity

He didn’t plan to do anything.

But Li Qi obviously intends to do something

“Director Zhang, if you make a version of The Return of the Condor Heroes where Yang Guo takes all the female characters, would you pay to watch it?”

Zhang Jizhong hesitated for a moment and told the truth:”Yes.”

“How many men do you think are interested in this version of The Return of the Condor Heroes?”

Zhang Jizhong thought for a while and said:”A lot. There are only two kinds of men, lustful men and extremely lustful men.”