315, Dragon Snake Project
Regarding the interview, Wei Tingting mentioned it to Tang Shuang many times, but he refused every time.
This time, I brought it up again because the story of the weekly series was very popular, and I received many letters and phone calls from readers, all of whom were very curious about Tang Shuang and hoped to have an interview with him.
rejected Wei Tingting too many times, Tang Shuang was a little unbearable, and the current external environment was very different from before.
Popularity has gradually affected Tang Shuang's life, and he didn't go to school much!
"Hero" was exposed when he started filming, and when the movie entered the publicity stage, he had nowhere to hide.
"Hero" will be filmed within the year, and it will enter the stage of large-scale publicity in the first half of next year, and it will be necessary to stand in front of the stage to participate in the publicity at that time.
And now, the "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" project has also entered the start-up stage, and there are more and more situations where he needs to appear, and the film festival in the morning has been interviewed by many media reporters.
Tang Shuang took out this matter and asked Li Haonan and Yang Shangchao, but he asked the wrong person.
They must have thought that it was completely okay and that they should have been interviewed a long time ago.
Not only that, Yang Shangchao: "Xiaoshuang, since you are interviewed by "United Life Weekly", you can't favor one over the other, the company has already planned to give you an interview, this time is just right, you see how it is." ”
Tang Shuang knew that Starry Sky Literature had an interview column, and invited the great god author to talk about writing.
Look at Yang Shangchao, look at Li Haonan, both of them have a sincere smile on their faces, and then look at the other people around them, with a smirk.
Tang Shuang: "...... Okay. ”
If there are more lice, I am not afraid of itching.
A bald man suddenly said: "Editor-in-chief, the number of website views has suddenly skyrocketed, and the headquarters has asked us to make a plan for the next response." ”
Yang Shangchao said to the bald brother, "Just do it according to the plan", and said to a middle-aged woman in a black professional suit sitting at the other end, "The customer service team should do a good job of explaining and receiving work."
After saying this, Yang Shangchao explained to Tang Shuang that the bald brother is from the Ministry of Information, and the middle-aged woman is from the customer service department, what he just said means is that after the news release of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" authorized to the Black Forest, it has brought a huge number of visits to the website, and it is expected that there will be a lot of inquiries coming in next.
Tang Shuang looked at his watch, 14:00 had passed, and the news had been released.
Li Haonan hurriedly entered the group of book fans, and sure enough, it was boiling like a pot of boiling water.
The film and television rights of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" are sold, this is not much news, everyone knows that this is a matter of time or time, and what makes everyone hotly discuss is the buyer - Black Forest.
The Black Forest represents the originator of the aesthetics of violence, Jussen!
In other words, "The Romance of the Dragon and Snake" will be directed by Jude Sen??
It's exciting to think about, his violent aesthetics, combined with the grandeur and enthusiasm of the dragon and snake, there is nothing more compatible than them.
"If the dragon snake doesn't make a move, he will be Jussen as soon as he makes a move, there is really no more suitable director than him. ”
"I like Jude Sen's box-to-flesh martial arts design, and Dragon Snake needs this kind of hot-blooded and even brutal style, which shows the characteristics of this book to the fullest. ”
"And his dark style, insisting on a style from beginning to end, the dragon snake is suitable for this style, it's exciting to think about!"
"Oh my God, there are too many classic scenes in the dragon snake, which should be a happy annoyance for Jude, there is completely room for him to display his violent aesthetics, but if you shoot the essence of each martial arts scene, it is different, and it will especially test his skills. ”
"When it comes to classic scenes, which scene is the most memorable and what is the most looking forward to? Let me say first, I want to see the scene of the dynasty using the penny as a gun and fighting in the long alley, although the dynasty's kung fu was not deep at that time, but it is this kind of excitement that hovers on the edge of life and death, which is even more exciting. ”
"I want to see the scene of the battle between Wang Dynasty and Ba Liming in prison, the iron bars are torn apart, it's too terrifying and I want to see it. ”
"I don't know Qiu Sen's bullet time and Tang Zichen's danger and avoidance skills, who is better. ”
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These people almost clicked all the classic scenes in Dragon and Snake, and then asked, "Who is the main actor? Who do you want to play the dynasty the most?"
Among today's Chinese martial arts stars, he is the most suitable, and his temperament is also very suitable. ”
"Li Ying is old, otherwise he is very suitable. ”
"Li Ying is not old and not suitable, his temperament does not match the dynasty, Zhen Li actually does not match the temperament of the dynasty, he is too crazy, although the dynasty is also crazy, but the dynasty is free, and Zhen Li makes people feel that he is always a knife out of the sheath. ”
"What about Cao Jing? No one chose Cao Jing?"
"Cao Jing has a kung fu foundation, but his baby face destroys everything. ”
"There is no suitable one among the current stars, a newcomer should be chosen, and the newcomer can be shaped into a realistic version of the dynasty with a blank sheet of paper. ”
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"Didn't anyone push the author's imperial guard, I think he can do it completely, in terms of understanding the role, no one is more thorough than him, as for not knowing kung fu, it doesn't matter, Liang Qiao doesn't have kung fu either, it's not a residual sword!"
There was a pause in the group, but the speeches were flooding.
"That's it!"
"It's just him@Three swords of the Imperial Guard. ”
"It's just him@Three swords of the Imperial Guard. ”
"It's just him@Three swords of the Imperial Guard. ”
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Li Haonan was stunned for a moment, looked at Tang Shuang, who didn't know the situation yet, and thought to himself that you are too wishful thinking, with his understanding of Tang Shuang, this is impossible.
It is impossible for Tang Shuang to act, let alone star!
It was particularly difficult to ask him to be interviewed, and he was reluctant to show his face.
Although many people in the group also @him, hoping to convey everyone's opinions to the author, Li Haonan didn't know about it, so he didn't ask Tang Shuang, because he would be treated as an idiot by Tang Shuang.
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What makes everyone excited is not only this, the official announcement said that Black Forest got the film copyright and TV series copyright of "Romance of the Dragon and Snake"!
The TV series "Romance of the Dragon and Snake" will be the first to start filming! In the form of an online drama, it will be open to the whole network!
What the official announcement did not say is that during the negotiation, Tang Shuang, Qiu Sen and others specifically talked about the Dragon and Snake web drama, the whole film will be divided into 12 episodes, each episode is 45 minutes, although it is a TV series, but it must keep the plot tight and the rhythm bright.
And the dragon and snake web drama will be directed by Qiu Sen himself, which will be the first TV series he filmed.
The two sides agreed to shoot the Dragon and Snake TV series with the high standards of the film, and strive to set a new benchmark for Chinese TV dramas.
Another problem that arises from this, regarding the investment, is that the amount of money is not something that the two sides of Star Literature and Black Forest can afford.
It's not that you can't say that you can't make the money, but from the perspective of risk control, you must bring in third-party investors in order to reduce risks and balance returns and risks.
The two parties will package the film and television copyrights of Dragon Snake, including movies and TV series, as a large project, after external evaluation, financing, financing will account for no more than 30% of the project shares, and do not have voting rights, only supervision rights.
In other words, although the third party pays the money, it has no right to interfere with the filming of the film and TV series, only enjoys dividends, and has the right to monitor and raise doubts about the entire flow of funds.
The two sides have some hard conditions for the third party, not that they can buy shares if they have money, but they must have their own resources to support the project in other aspects and play a complementary role.
According to the analysis of the industrial chain, other investors can be media companies with media resources and platforms, distribution companies with strong channels in distribution, and related companies with film and television bases and excellent actor resources......
We complement each other's resources, leverage each other's strength, and work together to do a big project.
So, how much is its 30% stake in the Dragon Snake project worth?
This is not something that can be explained in a few words, and a third-party evaluation company must be invited to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the project, which is very heavy and even uncertain, because it involves the estimation of future box office and surrounding revenues, and may even involve a VAM agreement......
So this is also the reason why Star Literature and Black Forest did not hold a press conference, the two sides only signed a licensing agreement, and it is still early before the project starts, and there is a lot of work to be done.
After Tang Shuang discussed the distribution and publicity of the dragon snake with everyone, the next thing to discuss was the establishment of the dragon snake project working group.
Such a big project is something that Star Literature has never done, and a professional team must be set up and a special person must be arranged to promote it.
The team leader is the editor-in-chief of the Star Literature Headquarters, and the two deputy team leaders, Yang Shangchao and Tang Shuang.
In fact, the main work is done by Yang Shangchao, and the team leader is just a name, and Tang Shuang, to a greater extent, is equivalent to the supervisor of this project, who does not interfere in specific work, but has the right to supervise and participate in decision-making.
Under the deputy leader, there are 10 members, including Li Haonan.
Under the working group, 10 more groups were divided, and 10 members served as team leaders and were directly responsible to Yang Shangchao.
Black Forest has also set up a special docking team, the team leader is the company's deputy general manager, and Qiu Sen is the deputy team leader, in charge of the filming of movies and TV series. He has to concentrate on this, and as for financing, coordination, and other work, he will leave it to professionals.
The entire working group has come to Guangdong from Hong Kong and will be based in Yuezhou, where the place of work and rest is in the hotel, which is no more than 500 meters away from the Guangdong branch of Star Literature.
As soon as the agreement was signed and the news was announced, the two gangs of people were like a starting train, roaring and starting to rush forward, and the speed would get faster and faster.
Tang Shuang said to Yang Shangchao: "It's hard work Editor-in-Chief Yang, this project needs you to worry more." ”
Yang Shangchao smiled and waved his hand, except for his rich experience, no one else here really can't take it.
"Xiaoshuang, you'd better arrange for someone to come in from the legal affairs team. ”
Tang Shuang thought about it, Yang Shangchao was right, this is a multi-billion project, and there can be no sloppiness, let alone a sentence of "I trust you".
This is buddy righteousness, drinking can be had, but it is not the rule of doing business.
You trust me, but I don't trust you.
Taking all aspects into account and doing all aspects impeccably, it is responsible for both parties.
Tang Shuang nodded, this person must understand the law and be able to trust.
Seeing that Tang Shuang agreed, Yang Shangchao asked again if the finance team had also arranged for individuals to come in.
Tang Shuang shook his head and said no need.
Although the financial group involves money, it is the most assured, because this large project needs external financing, so every move will be open to the third party, open and transparent, first to accept the third-party company's thorough assessment, and then after the financing comes in, multiple parties will form a new financial group, and every money flow has nowhere to hide.
Doing something here is the riskiest and the stupidest.