Regarding the casting of "Bright Sword", Zuo Le is very cautious.

According to the previously scheduled development plan, if nothing else, next year, that is, in 2021, Zuo Le will take most of his energy out of the field of TV dramas and devote himself to the field of films.

For the whole of next year, and even part of 2022, Zuo Le is likely to only shoot the TV series "Bright Sword".

If "Bright Sword" smashes up.

Not to mention the decline in Zuo Le's prestige, it is likely that it will also greatly damage the development momentum of Shanhe.

In fact, before Zuo Le made certain achievements in the film field, there were actually great differences within Shanhe about Zuo Le's plan to switch to film, and there were many opposition voices at the middle and high levels.

After all, Zuo Le's prestige in the field of TV dramas is now in full swing.

Shoot one to earn one, TV stations and online platforms buy dramas with checkbooks, two works a year, and almost carry more than 60% of the revenue of mountains and rivers.

This is still in the context of Xue Jun and Kong Sheng's successive rise this year, and before that, Shanhe was almost supported by Zuo Le alone.

Therefore, for Shanhe, Zuo Le's reduction of TV drama output has a very big impact on the company's revenue.

With the current market in China, making movies actually doesn't make much money, because most of the box office has to be distributed to theaters and distributors, and the producers themselves get limited profits.

Unless it's the kind of blockbuster movie that is worth billions, the producer really can't afford to lose much money.

Of course, this statement may be too one-sided.

For ordinary entertainment companies, a movie can make a net profit of more than tens of millions, and if you can get hundreds of millions, the boss can go directly to the temple to repay his wishes.

But compared with the profits generated by Zuo Le's TV series, the box office share of less than 500 million is really not enough to watch.

Zuo Le has now faintly become the first domestic TV director, and the TV series he shoots, the copyright fees of TV and online platforms alone add up to more than 1 billion.

This profit, unless the box office of Zuole Movie can reach more than 5 billion, plus Sunward has its own distribution channels, and holds the copyright of the network and peripherals, it will be flat.

And the box office of 5 billion movies, Huaguo has not yet had one.

No matter how awesome Zuo Le is, the high-level officials of Shanhe dare not think that as soon as he enters the film industry, he will repeatedly win the box office myth.

Even if Zuo Le hangs up and kills all sides in the film industry, the speed of payment collection in the box office cycle of the movie is slow, how can he directly sell the drama and collect money.

Therefore, many high-level executives did not understand Zuo Le's choice, and President Yan Kui personally talked to Zuo Le once.

Zuo Le's answer is very simple, he is tired of filming TV series.

Zuo Le's words are half-true, of course he is not tired of filming TV series, but his desire to create has indeed weakened significantly.

At present, in the field of TV dramas, Zuo Le is almost sideways, creating a myth of breaking 5 ratings, with a word-of-mouth score of more than 9 points for many times, and the Golden Phoenix Award is even softer.

It's not enough to say that he has no pursuit in the field of TV dramas, but in a short period of time, Zuo Le really has a lonely mood of seeking defeat alone.

Because of this, Zuo Le will set his sights on movies, although making movies may not make money as making TV series, but movies are very high.

Zuo Le is now known as the first director in the field of TV dramas, but his status in the circle is really not as good as those top film directors.

Although Zuo Le scoffed at the so-called "making TV series is called entertainment, and making movies is called art", he also has to admit that the influence of this industry contempt chain is deeply rooted in the circle and the hearts of the public.

Zuo Le has no intention of breaking this chain of contempt.

Since he said that he couldn't make TV series, then he would go to make movies, and after his movies were also successful, then no one could force Lai Lai anymore.........

In addition, there is a small part of the reason, that is, the word-of-mouth turmoil caused by "Magic Mobile" this time has given Zuo Le a wake-up call.

He is so successful in the field of TV dramas now, the audience and the media are a little praised him as a "god".

However, Zuo Le is a human being, even if he has a golden finger, he does not dare to guarantee that he will not overturn in the future.

In order to reduce the probability of the collapse of the "undefeated golden body", Zuo Le decided to appropriately reduce the number of TV drama works, to ensure quantity and quality, and to "cool down" the audience media, don't stare at yourself every day like chicken blood.

It is a lot of pressure to be endowed with expectations by countless people......

As for the company's top management worried about the decline in revenue, Zuo Le is very indifferent.

First, he doesn't have the heart to be the richest man, and whether he earns more or less doesn't have a great impact on him.

Second, Kong Sheng, Xue Jun and others have grown up, and next year they will prepare a number of high-quality dramas, plus "Seven Swords", "Family with Children", "Six Groups of Serious Cases", "College Students' Stories", these mature IPs that have proven their achievements.

Even if Zuo Le's production is reduced, I believe that Kong Sheng and others will also support Shanhe's revenue.

Zuo Le, who has never fought unprepared battles, is by no means reckless and ready to transform as soon as his brain is hot.

Long before deciding on the plan to get involved in the film, he thought through all aspects of everything, trying to make the advantages outweigh the disadvantages as much as possible, and at the very least, balance the two.

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In this way, it is also understandable that Zuo Le attaches great importance to "Bright Sword".

As a "half-sealed work" before moving to movies, Zuo Le naturally hopes to shoot beautifully, and temporarily leave the field of TV dramas with his head held high.

During this period, the casting work related to the final quality of the TV series can be said to be the top priority, and Zuo Le personally went into battle to select the main characters one by one.

4 roles have been determined before, and all the actors have a high level of acting skills, even Wan Qian, who is the weakest, can be regarded as a well-known acting school in the circle, not to mention the old drama bones Zhang Bei and Li and Yan, the two emperors and queens.

For the remaining roles, Zuo Le also plans to give priority to powerful actors, such as the other two roles in the Iron Triangle in the northwest of Jin.

Kong Jie - Lin Yongjian.

Ding Wei - Fan Min.

Needless to say, the acting skills of the two of them may not be in line with the military temperament in terms of image, but in fact, Fan Min and Lin Yongjian are both serious military backgrounds, and the drama is dignified and harmonious.

It's just that in recent years, there have been more comedy roles, which has led to some "prejudice" among the audience, but to let them play the soldiers in the main drama, they must definitely hold the handle.

In addition, several important roles in "Bright Sword", Zhang Dabiao is quite suitable for Zhou Binbin, thick and fine, and his acting skills are no problem.

Monk Wei, Zuo Le originally wanted to find Wu Yue (Shuigen), but later felt that he was too handsome, and Wu Yue was injured before and couldn't shoot a fight scene with violent action.

After thinking about it later, Zuo Le found Wu Yue's junior brother Zhou Song, who was the one who played Daben in "Seven Swords", and the actor's image was a little reckless compared to the original version.

However, Monk Wei is set up as a straightforward and reckless guard with a bit of a chicken thief, which is not out of line.

Monk Wei found a "reckless man", and Duan Pengzuole, a second-generation guard, wanted to find a capable and ruthless actor.

After Wu Yue, who was enthusiastic about helping others, heard about this, he recommended a junior disciple to Zuo Le.

has a good resume, has won the national martial arts championship, can play well and is still spirited, and is also somewhat famous in the circle.

By the way, this person's surname is Wu .........