804. Fight (Happy Chinese New Year!)
When he heard that the series "Ghost Blows the Lantern" was also going to be made into a series, Lin Xiang and the employees of the online drama production department were all as if they had taken the best tonic in the world, and they were all very excited.
"Mr. Nie, are you saying that the adaptation of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" on the TV series will also be made into a series like a movie, right? Will there also be eight films?" Lin Xiang asked eagerly.
"That's not for sure, it depends on the response, but as long as the results are okay, it's not impossible to shoot all the stories of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Of course, Nie Wei couldn't give him an accurate answer, after all, this is something that Nie Wei can't say, after all, the series of movies also has merit considerations.
"You wrote so well, and the story you shot must be well received by the audience, and I think you will definitely be able to complete eight films. Lin Xiang's words are three points of sycophancy, seven points of sincerity, after all, this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a popular IP that was selected as one of the best works of the year in online literature that year, and has a very large readership.
Based on these readers, whether this work changes the movie or the TV series, as long as it is close to the original book, the results will definitely be good.
Of course, Lin Xiang said this is also a good wish of his own, after all, if they shoot eight films, their online drama production department will be equivalent to taking on a big project, and with such a popular IP to support, they will also feel much more confident.
When Lin Xiang was turning these little thoughts in his heart, Nie Wei had already said something else.
"Lin Xiang, and everyone, I have always said that your department is very special, this is not a fiction, although you and the TV drama production department are also doing serials, but because of the different broadcast platforms, many elements that the TV drama production department cannot produce, but your online drama production department can. ”
"For example, this time the ghost blows out the lamp, there are many elements in it that involve suspense and ghosts, which are destined to be cut in the TV station, but without these contents, will "Ghost Blow Out the Lamp" still be "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"? But it is different to hand it over to you, because the online video is much more relaxed than the TV station's policy, so you can give full play to your creation. ”
"Not only "Ghost Blows the Lantern", there are many themes that you can give full play to, and because of the broadcast platform, your drama review will be very convenient, which also gives you a great advantage over traditional TV drama production in terms of timeliness. ”
"Now our country has entered the era of the national network, and with the popularization of smart phones, online video has become a choice that many people are accustomed to, this is a budding market, but I am very optimistic about the future, so I hope you can overcome all obstacles and develop this market for the company as much as possible, and the company will certainly not forget your efforts." ”
"Mr. Nie, we promise to do our best and will definitely help the company to eat the biggest piece of cake. Lin Xiang assured loudly.
Nie Wei smiled and nodded, patted him on the shoulder again, and then offered his farewell.
He came to the online drama production department this time to clear up and tell these people what they can do and what they have to do, and at the same time give them a bright future outlook.
With the end of the meeting, all projects have been allocated, and each department has also begun active preparations, Nie Wei has also received many calls from friends these days who want to invite him to dinner or activities, but Nie Wei has refused.
Nie Wei couldn't give these people any promises, and naturally he wouldn't let them have the illusion of hope because of himself.
In addition, the Spring Festival is also approaching, and after the Spring Festival, Huayi Company will be officially listed on the Pearl Exchange, this day is also the day that everyone in Huayi is looking forward to, after all, this is the first domestic entertainment company to be listed, which is of great significance to this circle.
Of course, there are also many people who are concerned about how much the wealth of several big bosses will increase after listing, especially for Nie Wei, many people are speculating about how much Nie Wei's worth will rise.
You must know that Yang Huiyan, who crushed Nie Wei's head last year, not only did her wealth not increase this year, but also shrank a lot due to the impact of the financial turmoil in the United States, but compared with Nie Wei's wealth, she still maintained a very stable upward momentum.
Thanks to the financial turmoil in the United States, Nie Wei plundered nearly three billion dollars of wealth, although it was basically used to acquire AMC Cinemas in the end, but this part of the wealth has not shrunk much, plus the development of iFLYTEK and Apple in this year is still gratifying, Nie Wei's wealth has naturally increased a lot.
Coupled with the imminent listing of Huayi, this stock, which has been favored by the public, will inevitably usher in a wave of sharp rises at the opening, and Nie Wei's wealth will definitely continue to skyrocket.
Many people were shocked in the end, because although the Forbes list has not yet appeared, with Nie Wei's assets last year and his new assets and income this year, I am afraid that the throne of the richest man in China will be sat by this young man who is only twenty-five years old!
Thinking that Nie Wei would become the richest man in China at the age of twenty-five, countless people were frightened by the result of this prediction.
As some good things were released by the media, it was not Nie Wei who was harassed the most, but Nie Wei's wife Shu Chang.
Now as long as Shu Chang appears in the club, there will always be some celebrities and ladies who don't know to greet Shu Chang with an extremely warm attitude.
Fortunately, Shu Chang has also exercised a lot in the past two years, at least in the face of these hypocritical politeness, she will also put on the posture that Nie Wei taught her, that is, to keep a certain distance, not close or estranged.
Shu Chang is actually very disgusted with this kind of hypocritical interaction in her heart, but she also knows that marrying Nie Wei is destined to face everything, and her life circle is destined to expand into this circle, which is inevitable, if she is too remote, it will have a bad impact on Nie Wei.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Shu Chang is very beautiful, and he is hugged everywhere he goes.
Nie Wei was busy with the listing, and he didn't care about these blind guesses at all, even if he guessed correctly, but what could it be, the title of the richest man is really not uncommon for Nie Wei, after all, with this name, he has so much property, and there is no loss if he is gone, compared to him, he even hates this name a little, and thinks it is too high-profile.
Don't think that celebrities love to be in the limelight, the more big the star, the more they actually don't like others to spy on their wealth all the time, which is also a common problem of the rich, and the more wealth people have, the more insecure they are.
Especially the danger bred by this kind of peeping is even more vigilant for Nie Wei, after all, similar things have happened in the entertainment industry, Nie Wei naturally doesn't want his family to be hurt like this, so he moved his home around, and the defense force is constantly escalating.
Now there are more than 30 bodyguards stationed in Nie Wei's villa every day, and when the family travels, there will be at least two groups of bodyguards to cooperate with the covert protection.
The preparation progress of the three works is not the same, originally Nie Wei thought that the fastest would be the film preparation of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Exquisite Ancient City", after all, he had already given the outline of the other party's script, which was equivalent to taking the lead in helping them complete the most critical one, but what Nie Wei didn't expect was that the preparation of this movie was stuck in the director's point.
It's not that no one accepts it, on the contrary, it's because there are too many directors who want to make this movie, and everyone grabs it too much, which makes it difficult for people in the film department to make a decision for a while.
In the end, it was Nie Wei who made the decision and chose Chen Jiashang as the director to shoot this movie.
In Nie Wei's view, Chen Jiashang belongs to a very versatile type of director, and he can control comedy, action films, life films, etc., which is also the main reason why Nie Wei chose him.
Because "Ghost Blows the Lantern" cannot be made as a traditional suspense ghost movie, in Nie Wei's view, it is actually more like an adventure movie like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Tomb Raider", but it revolves around oriental strange elements.
At this point, the more versatile Chen Jiashang is undoubtedly very suitable for the style of this movie, and after talking to him a few times, Nie Wei feels that he can control the film elements that integrate "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".
After finally determining the director, the selection of actors has finally begun, and as the company's first big-budget film this year, the competition for each role is quite fierce.
The first confirmed character was chosen to everyone's surprise, it turned out to be Huang Bo, who has been cooperating with Ning Hao, the artist who debuted because of the theme song and interlude of "The Family of Gold Powder" created by Nie Wei, in the past few years of development, the music industry has gradually moved away, but the momentum in the film industry is very good.
Although Huang Bo is ugly, he is ugly, and this special ugliness also makes him very memorable, plus he is indeed very talented in acting, and the films he has starred in in the past few years are very good, which also allowed him to save a good reputation.
Huang Bo was appointed by Nie Wei and asked him to play the role of Wang Fatzi in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", for which Huang Bo had to solemnly weigh twenty pounds during the two-month preparation period, but for this rare opportunity, Huang Bo still agreed to this condition.
Regarding Huang Bo's ability to win the role of Wang Fatzi, many people think that it is because of the friendship between Huang Bo and Nie Wei that they took a shortcut, of course, people who think so only dare to say it in private, and they never dare to spread it.
However, half of their guesses are actually correct, Nie Wei's choice of Huang Bo is indeed because of the friendship that they had at the beginning, Nie Wei is not a saint, he often gives priority to his own people when arranging some roles, of course, all this is under the condition that the strength of both sides is about the same.
is like Huang Bo, Nie Wei chose him because of the original friendship, but also because Huang Bo's acting skills are really powerful, when he first saw the dragon hunt, Nie Wei felt that Huang Bo interpreted Wang Fat Man very well, the ruffian spirit on weekdays, and the ruthlessness in the face of danger, are very similar to the style of Wang Fatman.
And after the private audition, Nie Wei also believed that Huang Bo could perform this role very well.
Although the role of Wang Kaixuan is also one of the protagonists, the competition is far less fierce than that of Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang.
After all, the actors competing for the two main roles are all super big names in the company, such as Huang Xiaoming and Cheng Kun, or Fan Binbin and Zhou Xun.
How to choose, director Chen Jiashang can't decide, and the group of people in the film and television department can't decide, and the power of this decision is finally handed over to Nie Wei.
These actors Nie Wei are naturally very familiar with each other, except for Zhou Xun, the other three are even friends who have a good relationship with Nie Wei in private, but the more this is the case, the more fair he must be in Nie Wei's opinion, so he decided to hold an audition a year ago to determine the candidates for these two roles.
However, just before Nie Wei made this decision, an unexpected person found him.
Looking at the woman in front of him, who was about forty years old, Nie Wei looked at her slightly, from the beginning when the secretary reported that Nie Wei's agent came to him, Nie Wei was already quite surprised.
After all, in Huayi Company, the relationship between Nie Wei and Zhou Xun is really ordinary, they will say hello when they meet, and they will send a blessing text message during the holidays, but that's all.
But at this time, Zhouxun's agent came up, which is interesting.
"Mr. Nie, I'm really sorry, I'm still bothering you when you're so busy, but I do have something I want to tell you. The agent that Zhou Xun had been bringing with him put on a very low posture after entering the house, which made Nie Wei know that the other party had a request for him.
And recently, the only communication between himself and Zhou Xun is the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Exquisite Ancient City", which really surprised Nie Wei, but he didn't expect Zhou Xun to be so eager for the role of Shirley Yang, and he even sent an agent to his side to go through the back door.
In fact, Zhou Xun's agent is also very helpless, after knowing that Li Binbin stayed in the United States to film and would not participate in the competition for the heroine of this movie, Zhou Xun's opponent was actually Fan Binbin.
But the whole company knows that the relationship between Fan Binbin and Nie Wei is very good, when Nie Wei did not debut, there were scandals with Fan Binbin, and in the next few years, the two have also visited each other many times.
If it weren't for Nie Wei putting his girlfriend Shu Chang openly, I'm afraid many people would think that there was really some unusual relationship between Fan Binbin and Nie Wei.
This is also what Zhou Xun cares about, she is not afraid of fighting for her acting skills, but she is afraid that she will lose in other aspects.
And she is ready to break the boat, and now is a critical period, if she doesn't show her attitude at this time, when the dust settles, maybe it'll be too late.
So after discussing with the agent for a night, Zhou Xun decided to have a showdown with Nie Wei, the company's big boss, now.
However, in the face of Nie Wei, Zhou Xun's agent thought about his words for a long time but didn't know how to speak for a while, but was stared at by Nie Wei like this, she felt a huge pressure, coupled with what she wanted to say, for a while, a layer of fine cold sweat even oozed from her forehead.