The box office flooding of "Zodiac" is still boiling on the Internet, and whether it is true or not, it has now begun to expand.

Now things on the Internet have long been true and false, and where public opinion is, which side is right.

On the contrary, if public opinion is not on your side, you will be justified and wrong.

This is an era of no right or wrong, black and white.

Huayi is still carrying out large-scale negative public relations, but various media, self-media, and marketing accounts have also followed up and reported in order to attract attention.

Seven or eight years ago, the mainstream media and the media above the middle level rarely followed this kind of gossip without any substantive evidence.

At that time, the larger media were still a bit reserved, that is, some tabloids didn't care so much.

But now, apart from some media directly under the jurisdiction of the National Character and the Propaganda Department, there is nothing reserved and disciplined to speak of, and whatever there is a topic to report.

Other film and television companies are also fanning the flames and falling into the ground, hoping to make some trouble for Huayi.

But I didn't go too far, and finally got into trouble.

The Internet is lively, and there are only three or four days left for the Spring Festival, and the promotion of the two movies has not fallen.

In addition, the Spring Festival is also a good time for the release of popular TV series, and the popularity of entertainment industry news is getting higher and higher day by day.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Tang An also has a lot of things on his hands, and he needs to take ideas for many projects.

During the Chinese New Year, Wu Ershan also came to the company, and he was going to make a new film.

The "Painted Skin" series and the "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" series, four blockbusters, have established Wu Ershan's status as a top director, and the total domestic box office is second only to Tang An.

At the same time, he is also one of the few movies in China that can make ancient costumes and magical themes.

No, he's here today for a new genre of film.

"Director Wu wants to remake "Romance of the Gods"?"

Tang An was a little surprised, two consecutive big productions with an investment of 200 million yuan did not satisfy Wu Ershan, and now he has to play bigger.

"Tang Dong, I have this idea, after the first few movies, I think I should be able to control such a series and create our epic movies in China, just like Hollywood has their "Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars"......"

Seeing that Tang An did not mean to be unhappy, Wu Ershan began to tell his thoughts.

Although with his current results, even if he still has a contract with Han Tang for more than two years and a movie, as long as he wants to leave, any company will not hesitate to help him pay liquidated damages.

However, Hantang is already the largest film and television company in China, and he was supported by Tang An.

Unless you go to open a studio on your own, but in that case, you don't have the money to invest in a blockbuster with hundreds of millions, so you still have to find someone else to invest.

In "Longling Grotto", his salary, dividends, and investment income add up to more than 50 million, and other companies can't give much more.

Moreover, there are few people like Tang An who are so generous and take out more than 200 million or 200 million to make movies.

Huayi's only films with an investment of more than 200 million yuan are "The King of Kung Fu" and "1942", the former has two international superstars, and the latter is Feng Xiaogang's movie.

And it is said that Feng Xiaogang reluctantly went to make comedies again after hitting the street, even Feng Xiaogang can't talk about absolute freedom, how good treatment can others be.

Tang An didn't expect Wu Ershan to still engage in the "Fengshen Series", and he had this idea more than a year earlier than the original.

is also an ambitious person, but this ambition is different from Xu Zheng.

"Director Wu, tell me what you think. ”

Tang An nodded, and did not refuse, ambitious people, you can't satisfy him, he will leave without hesitation and find someone or company that can meet his requirements.

Although he was a little surprised that Tang An agreed so happily, Wu Ershan didn't think so much about it, and began to tell Tang An about his idea.

"During this time, I took the time to watch all the series "Star Wars" and "The Lord of the Rings", and I think the theme of the movie should be the struggle between good and evil, the change of the times, and the growth of heroes. ”

"Like Frodo in "The Lord of the Rings", Luke in "Star Wars" targets the younger generation, and this universal theme is a bit cliché, but it is indeed essential ......"

The theme is no problem, good and evil, change of dynasty, and character growth are enough to support a super big IP.

Tang An thought for a moment and asked, "What is the main line of this series?"

Wu Ershan said, "I think the main line is the change of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the other secondary line is to explain the religious struggle between the two religions. ”

"In other words, on the surface, the whole is still a struggle between the two camps of Shang and Zhou, Shang is evil, and Zhou is good?"

"For the time being. ”

"But in the original work of "The Romance of the Gods", the cause of the Great War of the Gods is explained, because the Twelve Golden Immortals committed the Red Dust Murder, and the entire Great War of the Gods looks like a fight between the gods and mortals. "Zhou Wu Var Shang" is just a stage for the immortals to complete their own killing. ”

Tang An pointed out a key issue, most of the two factions in the movie have good and evil, and it is necessary to explain why evil and what aspects of evil are embodied through some details.

For this kind of super blockbuster, you have to shape the world view, the background, then the characters, and then the plot.

In the genres of dramas and comedies, the plot is the most important, the plot drives the characters, and the background and world view are not so important.

Tang An and Wu Ershan talked a lot, and it was too difficult to make movies like "The Lord of the Rings" and "Star Wars".

It's okay for a simple popcorn commercial movie, the most important thing is to do a good job of special effects, and if the plot can be explained, it can basically be a big hit.

But an epic series, it's not that simple.

Wu Ershan only has a rough idea, and he has not even perfected his worldview.

As an adapted movie, the general background will not change.

But according to the original background, the inscription poem of the king of Su blasphemed Nuwa, and Nuwa sent a thousand-year-old fox spirit to bewitch the king because of this, destroying the world.

When the king made a mistake, the whole people of the world suffered, and Nuwa's personality collapsed.

After all, Nuwa is the mother of the human race.

Even if you tell him how tyrannical the King of the Ring is through some foreshadowing, if you send the vixen down to confuse him, it will only make him more tyrannical and hurt more innocent people.

The ending of the nine-tailed fox is like this, Nuwa said: I have made you lose the world, because I closed the number of the weather, how do you mean that you have created karma for no reason, thieves and creatures, slaughtered poisonous and loyal martyrs, and are miserable and abnormal, and you have been blessed with the benevolence of heaven. Today, you are full of sin, and it is reasonable for you to correct the Fa.

In the end, Nuwa gave the fox spirit to death for the crime of harming ten thousand people, which is absurd enough, doesn't Nuwa know what she has done for so many years, why didn't she appear earlier.

Nuwa refers to the messenger, and the nine-tailed fox is also her subordinate!

In the end, Tang An and Wu Ershan communicated and gave a preliminary character design.

Tang An took out a copy of "Zuo Chuan" from the bookshelf, turned out a few pages and spread it out in front of the two, "Director Wu, you see that there is a description of Su Daji in "Zuo Chuan", she is not the daughter of the Marquis of Jizhou. ”

"In 1047 B.C., King Su launched a large army to attack the Yousu tribe. Some Su tribes could not resist the attack of the merchant army, and between destruction and kneeling, the leaders of the Su tribe chose to bend their knees and sacrifice cattle, sheep, horses and beautiful women. Among them is Daji, the daughter of the Su tribe, that is, Su Daji. ”

"My idea is that Su Daji was possessed by a nine-tailed fox on the way to Chaoge, and the nine-tailed fox was not sent by Nuwa, but an ordinary nine-tailed demon fox, with a character similar to Xiao Wei in "Painted Skin 1", innocent, ignorant of the world, doing things according to preferences, and unable to distinguish between good and evil. ”

"The character of the king of Xuan does not need to be mediocre and tyrannical at the beginning, and the image at the beginning is set as a heroic king, so that the nine-tailed demon fox can fall in love, but the character must show his arrogance and arrogance in the details, and the later turn will not be too blunt. ”

Wu Ershan thought carefully about Tang An's suggestion, a demon who does not distinguish between good and evil made wine ponds, meat forests, cannon branding, and digging hearts in the past, just like Xiao Wei in "Painted Skin 1".

The arrogant and arrogant King Su allowed her to do this because he doted on her, although it was a bit far-fetched, but it also made sense.

Wu Ershan nodded in response, indicating that he would consider this setting.

It's not just Daji, there are too many characters in the romance that need to be adjusted.

Explain the two teachings should also consider how to set the image, you can't explain that no matter what you do, you will have an old paper to conform to the number of days, and if you go against the sky, the old paper will kill you.

There is also the second generation of officials, the son of a rich family, his father's surname is Li, he is a household name in the officialdom, and he drove without a license when he was a teenager.

He has an arrogant temper, nicknamed "the little overlord of the silver gun", and he hurts people when he disagrees, and he has repeatedly bullied people because of his family power to escape punishment......

Nezha, a character who always can't get around, accidentally shot thousands of miles away from practicing archery, and shot the Biyun boy under the stone rock seat to death.

Then I thought, "Hit someone first." This is his lair, but it is inconvenient. "Pick up the Qiankun circle and fight the future.

Caiyun Tong'er was not on guard, and made a circle around his neck: "Heh", and fell to the ground.

When Shi Ji was looking for Taiyi to ask for someone, Taiyi also said: Which Zha is the spirit bead in the next life, and the auxiliary ginger tooth is destroyed into soup, and it is the order of the Yuan Shi Zhangjiao. It is the number of days that you have hurt your disciples. How can you say that it is all-encompassing, and sooner or later you will soar. It seems that you are carefree, without humiliation or honor, and you are just practicing, why do you move lightly and namelessly, and hurt yourself and gracefully.

Basically, Nezha was ordered by Yuan Shi Tianzun to assist Jiang Ziya, killing your apprentice is fate, you deserve it, why are you so careful, hurt yourself.

Light, Nezha's proper brainless second-generation villain, killed one and thought about striking first and killing another one, readers wished he would die.

But in previous film and television works, Nezha has been portrayed as a positive character, and in the audience's impression, he is also a cute little Zhengtai who made mistakes for a while.

What is the audience's inherent impression, you have to show something, if you are loyal to the original work to shoot, you will be scolded to death.

The two discussed in Tang An's office for a morning, and they had a simple idea of the background, world view, main characters, and main line.

Wu Ershan had to go back and connect all of these together to make a simple outline, and the conflicting areas had to be changed, and they could not be solved overnight.

Major events also have main characters, Nezha, Yang Jian, Lei Zhenzi, Ji Fa, King Xu, Daji, Jiang Ziya, etc., it is also a big problem to distinguish the main and secondary and integrate into the main plot without obstacles.

After all, this is a movie, not a TV series, and it is not that long.

Sending Wu Ershan away, Tang An received Tang Song, vice president of Baidu's strategic investment, in the afternoon, who came to discuss the acquisition of UC.

Baidu was deflated by other shareholders and the management headed by Yu Yongfu, so he wanted to take 37% of Tang An's shares.