This Emperor is Only An Actor

Chapter 139 Occupation [800 subscriptions plus updates]

Wang Jing was exactly as Yue Guan expected.

Wang Jing didn't ask a question about appointing a heroine.

The Xiangcheng entertainment industry used to be much more chaotic than this, so this is where it is.

Relatively speaking, Gao Yuanyuan still has at least some acting skills and popularity. Even if she chooses an actor publicly, she would have considered it.

What Wang Jing focused on was the script.

Although he is known as the "King of Bad Movies", Wang Jing definitely didn't want to make a bad movie before he started shooting. Who wants to be scolded when he can be praised.

Yue Guan had already contacted him before, and passed on a first draft of the script to him. The first draft of the script, Yue Guan, was mainly based on the movie "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji: The Demon Cult Leader". Although there are many highlights, it is actually a bit rough.

Because the original version of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji: The Demon Cult Leader" was originally filmed by Wang Jing casually, and he didn't polish it at all.

The film was shot in only seven days, can you believe it?

This is the filming speed of the Xiangcheng entertainment industry back then. Things that seem incredible now were basic operations back then.

Afterwards, Yueguan polished the script again, deleted Zhu Yuanzhang's plot, and then adjusted Zhou Zhiruo's character design, which is obviously more mature than the previous plot.

After Wang Jing finished reading the new script Yue Guan handed him, it took him a full five minutes to digest it, and then he said slowly: "Yue Guan, if you are a screenwriter, you will definitely be very good."

Yue Guan smiled: "It's a pity that the screenwriter's status in the entertainment industry is too low, and he doesn't have much right to speak."

"Yes, but your script is really good." Wang Jing likes Yueguan's script very much, especially this new script: "It's very bold, even subversive. If it can achieve the expected effect, I dare not say it will become a classic. But it will definitely impress movie fans.”

"Actually, I feel the same way." Yue Guan was not modest.

There is Zhu Yuanzhang's plot in the original book "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", Zhu Yuanzhang was deleted in the movie version, and then Zhang Wuji was changed to the emperor. As long as the foreshadowing is in place, the ending will actually come naturally.

And the audience will also get a logical surprise.

However, the problem is not without.

Wang Jing, as a seasoned veteran in the director world, easily saw a problem: "Changing Zhang Wuji to Zhu Yuanzhang is absolutely amazing. It can at least increase the box office by tens of millions, but this script can't be finished in one film. Unless you want to shoot a movie for three hours."

Yue Guan shook his head: "Even if I am willing to shoot for three hours, the cinema won't let me play it."

Movie theaters often have requirements for movies.

If you think about it, you can know that the shorter the movie, the more times the theater can show it repeatedly, and the more opportunities to make money.

Therefore, the duration of a movie is generally controlled within two hours, and only blockbuster and immature directors will edit the finished movie to exceed two hours. The former is self-confidence, and the latter is ignorance.

The original version of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji: The Demon Sect Leader" only took one and a half hours in total.

"So you're going to make two movies?" Wang Jing reminded, "The risk will increase a lot, because no one knows whether the first movie will be successful or not."

"Director Wang."

"Just call me Brother Jing."

Wang Jing's impression of Yue Guan was getting better and better. At the beginning, a good relationship was formed at random, and it was not long before Yue Guan took the initiative to send money to him.

Compared with Zhou Xingchi, there are more things coming.

Yue Guan didn't hold it either, Wang Jing was a year older than him, so if he called him brother, he would call him brother.

"Brother Jing, do you think that if we shoot "The Legend of the Demon Cult" first, it will be successful at the box office?" Yue Guan asked proactively.

In terms of box office analysis, Wang Jing can still be trusted.

Wang Jing didn't answer Yue Guan's words right away, but thought seriously for a minute before saying, "It's really hard to say, your script and the setting of the original book are completely reversed, Zhang Wuji has become a belly boy." Dark careerists and avengers, audiences expecting chivalry are likely to be disappointed."

"But the logic is very smooth. Zhang Wuji's parents were forced to death in front of him by the heroes of the rivers and lakes. He grew up surrounded by the cynicism of the Wudang sect. It is normal for a child who grows up in this environment to have an extreme personality and determination to revenge. Instead, he is indecisive. Only the heart of a Bodhisattva will appear false."

Wang Jing nodded: "That's the reason. Compared with Zhang Wuji in the original work, I like Zhang Wuji in your script more. Now the audience is also evolving very fast. In theory, this change should be acceptable to the audience, and after all, Zhang Wuji He also insists on anti-Yuan. Although he is ambitious, he has nothing to lose."

This is an important point.

For those who want to be emperors, it is an insult to them to define them as simple good guys and bad guys.

In the general environment at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a hero who can stand up and give a shout-out, has nothing to lose in the big festival, but the small festival is not enough to discuss.

The good guy Zhang Wuji couldn't save the oppressed Han people at that time, but the hero Zhu Yuanzhang could.

"Analyzed in this way, the movie's box office actually depends on the popularity of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji". The more people know about this book, the higher the movie's box office will be."

Wang Jing looked at Yue Guan: "Then the release time of this movie cannot be before the TV version of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji"."

"Yes, but this is not a problem. TV series are filmed very quickly. Within this year, the TV series version of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" will be broadcast."

"I'm also very fast at making movies," Wang Jing said.

Yue Guan could not refute.

The filming of "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji: The Demon Cult Leader" was finished in seven days, and this is no longer a question of quick shooters, it must be a quick shooter.

Compared with Wang Jing, Zhang Jizhong is just a younger brother.

People say that making a movie requires meticulous attention to detail, and it must be slower than making a TV series. Wang Jing slowly raised a question mark.

The most amazing thing is that although Wang Jing is fast, the quality of the works he shoots is really not low.

In other words, the quality of the works he shoots has nothing to do with time.

Gao Yuanyuan interjected, "Are we going to shoot this movie in 3D?"

"Definitely, "Nine Suns Magic", "The Great Shift of the Universe" and "Tai Chi", including Xuanming God's Palm, all need to be displayed with 3D special effects. Martial arts movies have been in decline for a long time, and some new breakthroughs are needed to attract audiences. Some The big trend must be embraced.”

"In this case, the investment will be higher." Wang Jing looked at Yue Guan: "What is the budget for this drama?"

"Between 100 million and 200 million, most of the investment will be spent on post-production."

Wang Jing's eyes lit up: "Heroic, I'll take this job."

Because the current land area of ​​Dragon Kingdom covers the whole of Asia, the movie market of Dragon Kingdom has naturally expanded a lot compared to the same period in the previous life.

But at the same time, because of the relationship between national strength, the value of Longyuan is much higher than that of RMB.

An investment of 100 million dragon yuan is not considered the top investment in the current Longguo film industry, but it is definitely the first big production.

Wang Jing has never directed a blockbuster movie with an investment of more than 100 million yuan before, this is his first time.