There are three phases to Plan N!

As of July 2025, the tasks of the first phase have been completed, and the second phase will be laid out.

It's also interesting!

The focus of the first phase of work is mainly to warm up for the follow-up film and TV series works of Plan N and lay a good fan base in advance.

Therefore, Meng Lang chose to start with "serialization" and "stage play".

And I made two preparations!

Two books, written by a traditional science fiction writer and an online literature god respectively. It is then adapted into a stage play based on the content and performed at the theater in PD Land.

This was the original plan......

Originally, Meng Lang thought that he would provide exposure and popularity through the adaptation of stage plays, and then further operate to feed back the follow-up movies and TV series.

Outcome!

Not long after the release, the adapted stage play was about to hold its first performance, and Ma Teng suddenly told him: Customization is on fire!

Meng Lang's whole person was confused.

Don't play according to the routine!

Isn't it all self-entertaining and popular things in the circle?

Curious, he took a look.

It turned out that he had misunderstood!

What suddenly became popular was not the customized version of the online god, but "Noah: Nostalgia" written by the traditional science fiction writer.

What's the reason for the fire......

No one may believe it when it is said, but the popularity of this book depends on the "preface" written by Yan Tao.

“...... Ultraman can have the glory and glory of the past, and Mr. Meng has contributed a lot. When I saw his departing back, I made up my mind that if I took over the flag, I must not make a mistake, and I would win the approval of the audience...... It is incumbent upon our generation to recast the glory of Ultra!"

——Yan Tao, Vice President of PD Film and Television and Director of Content Production Department.

The old middle school is sick!

Yan Tao likes to talk nonsense, which is not surprising.

But he is shy and shy, and no one knows about his sullen side, and this time he wrote such a bloody preface to "Noah: Nostalgia", which really surprised many people.

"It's quite hot-blooded......"

After reading the whole preface, Meng Lang couldn't help but laugh and said: "It seems that the public opinion of the outside world has still caused him a lot of pressure." ”

This is also normal!

Meng Lang personally created the world-class IP "Ultraman" series, but announced his resignation after the broadcast of "Ultraman Gaia".

Regarding Yan Tao's successor, fans have a "skeptical scrutiny" attitude.

Guess how much pressure Yan Tao has?

The eyes of the whole world converged on him, and everyone watched his every move, waiting for him to make a mistake......

If you were someone else, you would have been crushed a long time ago.

Yan Tao wrote this preface, which is not only a response to public opinion in the outside world, but also a roar to vent pressure.

It's so normal to get on fire!

Such a passionate speech by the middle two appeared in the critical period of the "Ultraman Dynasty Change", and fans will definitely feel their blood boiling.

"Noah: Nostalgia" is on fire!

The first batch of 300,000 copies printed by PD Printing and Publishing Group was sold out at a price of 29 yuan. Subsequently, it was reprinted many times, but it still could not meet the market demand.

"It is incumbent upon our generation to recast the glory of Ultra" has also become an Internet buzzword, and everyone has ridiculed that Yan Tao's sentence has the flavor of "filming for the rise of PD"!

Moved, teary-eyed, QAQ!

The revenue generated by the best-selling sales of "Noah: Nostalgia" is not just a small profit from publishing and distribution.

How many bucks can you make selling books?

If it weren't for the cost constraints, Meng Lang would love to give "Noah: Nostalgia" to everyone for free, and the more people who watch it, the better.

Fans were moved by Yan Tao's preface and paid for a copy of "Noah: Nostalgia".

I bought a book, but I can't look at it?

"Noah: Nostalgia" doesn't tell a wonderful story, but it popularizes a lot of setting and background information.

Through this book, everyone can clearly understand the difference between the "3N", that is, (Nexus) and Nexus, and the power contained in the pair of "Noah's wings" behind Noah.

The backdrop is naturally primeval times!

The stories of "Noah: Nostalgia" are mostly in the primeval period, and the bits and pieces of the "legendary warrior" Ultraman Noah guarded the peace of the universe.

In all fairness, it's pretty good.

Meng Lang himself also "bought" two books, one on the bookshelf, and the other for his son as a "bedtime story" collection.

After reading this book and going to PD Paradise to watch one or two "adapted stage plays", the "3N" heroes will definitely impress fans.

This is the first phase of Plan N!

Then the second stage is the TV series "Ultraman Nexus" and the movie "Ultraman Nexus".

Both turn on at the same time!

Yan Tao learned from the neon experience, merged the TV drama and the theatrical version into the same "crew", unified management and unified shooting, which greatly saved time and money.

Therefore, the director of the Nexus TV drama is Yan Tao, and the director of the Nexus movie is also Yan Tao.

He's dying!

Just got married, I thought that I would live a happy life of "wife and children hot kang head" from now on.

As a result, Mr. Meng waved his hand and said what nonsense of "the company has decided, you will be the person in charge of Ultraman", and he was so busy every day that his feet did not touch the ground......

His wife complains every day.

"The cattle in the production team are not as hard as you, just after getting married, can't he give you a leave?"

Meng Lang listened speechlessly outside the wall.

Didn't he approve the leave?

Obviously, Yan Tao took over the job himself, and he didn't force Yan Tao to work overtime, how could he blame him?

Forget it!

Not with women, especially pregnant women!

Yan Tao is very hard......

As the saying goes, every point of hard work is a point of harvest, and the fruits of hard work are naturally quite gratifying.

As everyone knows!

The original version of Nexus has a number of "fittestable", from war correspondent Himeya Jun to an American teenager, Rei Chiki, the son of Prometheus, to Nagi Saijo, the vice captain of the night raid team, and the team members Kazuki Lonely and Junichi Maki, etc.

Among these "fittestables", the most famous ones are Ji Yazhun and Lonely Door Ichiki.

Fans often quarrel over "Brother Prospective" and "Lonely Door". One is the "quasi-brother real man" with the most scenes and the most complete character portrayal, and the other is "Noah's transformer", and there are many fans on both sides.

As for Reim, Saijo and Maki Shunichi in the theater version, their popularity can't shake these two giants, and they belong to the crowd of onlookers who eat melons.

PD follows the "fittest" system.

Therefore, the arrangement of scenes between multiple "protagonists" has become an issue that the director and production team need to focus on.

Who is more important?

Who has more roles?

Copy the original, that will definitely not work!

The original Nexus was cut in half, with a total of only 38 episodes. If you go by the standard of "year-round drama", this is definitely an "incomplete" form.

The scenes between Kazuki Lonely Gate and Nagi Saijo are obviously compressed.

Even the scenes of Chiki Rei can see signs of compression. The only independent plot that can be called a complete "fittestable" may only be Brother Zhun.

This kind of "full of holes" plot arrangement obviously has no reference meaning, so Yan Tao needs to find another way out.

The scheme he gave was interesting.

The first fittest person is left aside because it is a theatrical version. Starting from the second fittestable, the scenes are 20 episodes, 15 episodes, 10 episodes, and 5 episodes decreasing!

"That's a good arrangement!"

Meng Lang likes this layout very much, thinking that this kind of "decreasing" adaptable plot can create a "sense of urgency" for the audience.

Do you want to......

The last fit person lived for 20 episodes, the last one lived for 15 episodes, and when it's your turn, you can only live 10 episodes, guess the audience will feel nervous?

However, in this way, the role of the prospective brother was compressed.

Although it is only compressed a little bit, the total role is still the most adaptable, but after all, the role is compressed, can Yan Tao still portray the character satisfactorily?

And, there's one more problem!

With the decreasing number of scenes, there are fewer and fewer plots left for the next few adaptable people, and how to portray a satisfactory character in a limited time has become the primary problem.

The name of the PD version has been changed.

Ji Ya Jun was changed to "Ji Zhun", and Chiki Rei changed her name because she was set to be an "American Neon Man".

Because of Mr. Meng's bad taste, Nagi Saijo changed his name to "Simon Nagi", and the homonym just corresponds to a German telecommunications equipment giant.

There's a reason for that!

The original Saijo Nagi, because the last word "Nagi" many people can't pronounce, and it becomes "Saijo Wind" when it is passed on.

Of course, "Nagi" does have the meaning of "wind" in Japanese, and it is reasonable to interpret it as "Saijo wind".

But PD can't do that!

You can pronounce it as you like, and the name is also to teach children how to pronounce and write "Nagi".

Can't read the word?

Do you know Siemens? You just read it according to Siemens, the flat tongue sound Ximen zizi, the warped tongue sound Ximen zhi 凪!

Although, it's not necessary either.

Nagi Saijo became Nagi Nishimon, Kazuki Gumen became "Gu Yihui", and Shunichi Maki in the theater version also became Jung Shun.

Corresponding to the name in turn.

Zheng Shun first became cannon fodder, and then Brother Zhun took the lead, first lived 20 episodes, followed by Qianshu Ren for 15 episodes, Ximen Nagi lived for 10 episodes, and Gu Yihui finally finished and completed the second phase of the N plan.

Five fittestables, all newcomers!

Yan Tao can also be regarded as inheriting the "legacy of Mr. Meng", and uses newcomer actors who have no fame and no masterpieces as much as possible in casting.

Newcomers, cheap and durable!

The only drawback is probably that the acting skills are not solid enough, and there is no popularity base.

However, these are all minor issues.

The "Ultraman" signboard itself does not need additional popularity blessings. Whether the actor is a newcomer or not has little impact on Ultraman.

Who wouldn't want to use a famous actor?

The problem is, they won't come!

Whether it is the Chinese entertainment industry, the neon entertainment industry, or even the European and American entertainment circles, everyone looks down on the actors who play "special dramas", and ridicules them as "children's dramas".

Actors who have pursuits will not touch special effects dramas.

An actor who has no pursuit, and refuses to reduce his salary, who is the director who can't play well with millions of dollars, looking for you, a big salted fish?

So it became like this.

In fact, the Chinese entertainment industry is better, although discrimination still exists. But the rise of Meng Tsai and PD has changed the situation of many tokusatsu actors.

On the neon side, discrimination is simply everywhere.

Hakura once mentioned one thing!

Before the filming of "Kamen Rider AgitΩ" began, he personally visited an artist office in Tokyo, hoping to invite one of their male stars to play the male lead.

As a result, the other party learned that Shirakura was from the "Kamen Rider" crew, and he didn't even read the script and threw it directly into the garbage basket......

"No matter how popular Kamen Rider is, what if he is popular? Can starring in AgitΩ make him win awards? Can he sign sky-high endorsements? Can he increase his salary?"

Can't, can't, still can't!

Facing the soul torture of the actor's agent, Bai Cang shook his head gloomily.

I really can't help it!

Starring in Kamen Rider, it's very popular!But what's the use?

can neither win awards, nor increase salaries, improve the status and income level in the circle, and don't even think about commercial endorsements.

There may be some stationery, toys and children's clothing manufacturers who are willing to invite tokusatsu actors to endorse, but how much money can these have?

Meng Lang also knows this problem.

Otherwise, do you think that Ultraman's human body has such a strange origin, and all of them are randomly selected?

He didn't have a choice!

A good actor, even if the salary is slightly higher, he can accept it.

The problem is that no one wants to come!

Anyway, the Ultraman series has enough influence, and the audience is used to new actors joining, so there is no big problem.

Among the five newcomers, only Gu Yihui signed a long-term contract, and the others did not.

That's what it should be!

After all, the fittest person is a "consumable", and if you use one less at a time, except for Gu Yihui, who can use it for a long time, no one else is important.

The actor is there, and the role is decided.

What about the core villain?

In "Ultraman Nexus", each fittest person will correspond to a core villain.

Dark Faust!

Dark Mephistopheles!

Fried chicken with black pepper...... Oh no, it's Dark Zaki!

It's only three. According to the fittest system, there is still a core villain against "Gu Yihui".

"Dark Lucifer!"

Dark Lucifer is a dark giant with a dark energy stronger than Dark Mephistopheles, and a dark giant that makes the soul tremble!

This is a stronger villain than Zaki.

But it's a pity that because of the cut in half of the TV drama, the story has not progressed to the appearance of the dark Lucifer, and it has already ended.

So, Zaki picked up a leak.

From Faust to Lucifer, the core villains correspond to the fittest ones one by one, and complete the entire plot layout in order.

This is the complete Nexus!

Yan Tao's results did not disappoint Meng Lang. All he gave Yan Tao was a blueprint, but Yan Tao turned the blueprint into reality.

After seeing the "Dark Lucifer" holster that caused respiratory arrest on the set, Meng Lang came to a conclusion.

"You're so fierce!"

With a thumbs up, Meng Lang praised: "How did you design it? I actually thought of using angels to portray demons!"

"Isn't he an angel?"

Yan Tao wondered: "I found someone to collect a lot of information, and it is mentioned in many classics that Lucifer himself is an angel, but he has just fallen. ”

This...... That's right!

Meng Lang didn't expect Yan Tao to understand it this way.