"The outline still has the content of the first three episodes. ”

Meng Ke didn't hide it, and told the truth directly.

The script in Zhu Zuopeng's hand is the first part of "Returning the Pearl", with a total of 24 episodes and a word count of about 2 million.

Even if he has the content of the script of "Returning the Pearl" in his head, it is impossible to write these two million words in three days, and the first three episodes have already more than 100,000 words.

And this TV series is not like the last "Tangshan Earthquake" that completely lost the draft, the rest of the things are handled by Yu Entai, he has to prepare the music, theme song, soundtrack, etc.

That's it, now the budget and time of the entire script are all done with Shen Jiajia's help, otherwise it will be a waste of time to count these things.

The reason why he didn't give the script to Yu Entai this time, in addition to wanting to help his brother, the main reason was that Yu Entai was old and he didn't dare to toss.

After all, "Returning the Pearl" is not a movie, the whole episode adds up to more than 1,000 minutes, this is only a feature film, and it takes more time to shoot, even if it is not NG, it will take two or three months, during which you have to trek through mountains and rivers to shoot and so on, even if the old man is tough, it is estimated that he will not be able to bear it.

Fortunately, Yu Entai didn't ask for it this time, which saved him a lot of heart.

Otherwise, if he refuses an old man who values himself so much, although he will not say guilty in his heart, he will also feel uncomfortable.

"Hmm. ”

Zhu Zuopeng nodded, didn't give Meng Ke too much response, and focused all his attention on the script.

On the first page, there is the outline.

"Emperor Qianlong had a dewy marriage with a woman Xia Yuhe during his eastern tour, and gave birth to a daughter Xia Ziwei,

Many years later, Xia Yuhe died of illness, and Ziwei and the golden lock of the ring took the tokens left by Qianlong back then, and traveled thousands of miles from Jinan to Beijing to meet his long-lost father.

After the master and servant arrived in the capital, they couldn't enter the palace to face the saint, and when they were desperate, they met the female snitch Xiaoyanzi and became friends, Xiaoyanzi was enthusiastic to find a way for her to blend into the palace, but in the misfortune and Ziwei swapped identities and became the 'Huanzhu Gege' in the Qing Palace......"

For Qing court dramas, Zhu Zuopeng actually doesn't have much affection.

The reason is very simple, most of the Qing court dramas in the past two years have been copied by you and I will copy you, the routine is basically the same, and it is written casually in the overhead era.

Especially Liu Zheng, who is known as the originator of Qing palace opera, is even more a shameless model, even if he copies others, the most important thing is to fry cold rice, a few years ago, the film version of "The Legend of the Qing Palace" came out again to circle money, and the rules of the industry were all destroyed by him.

So when he heard that Meng Ke was going to film, Zhu Zuopeng was happy at first, but soon he knew from Weibo that Meng Ke was going to shoot a Qing palace drama, and suddenly the whole person was not good, but there were brothers, and it was not good to go back on his word again, so he rushed back to take a look.

Even if you can't shoot it, you can explain the three million things clearly.

But now he doesn't think so, because the outline at the beginning is a bit new to him.

There are a lot of dramas that swap identities, but if there is, what kind of prince is the protagonist, the son of a rich family, the reason is that when the matter is revealed, the screenwriter has a good room to play, and the protagonist will not be GG because of the well-known hard injury.

The Emperor's Family.

It's rare!

Curious, Zhu Zuopeng continued to watch.

"And crape myrtle was left with nothing, even the only evidence lost,

The emperor held a ceremony to reward the gods in order to celebrate the regain of his beloved daughter, and the honor guard marched through the street, and happened to be seen by crape myrtle and golden locks.

Excited, Ziwei fainted and was rescued by Faulkang, the son of the university scholar Fulun. Fufu took her in after knowing her life experience, Xiaoyanzi is not an unrighteous person, but it is difficult to ride a tiger, and the palace is not free everywhere, the struggle for power in the court, and the competition for favor in the three palaces and six courtyards make her miss the original free life......"

Nodding, Zhu Zuopeng continued to read.

The grilled fish came up, and the aroma was permeating.

But Zhu Zuopeng was unmoved, and continued to look down, Xiaoyanzi and Fifth Elder Brother Yongqi secretly had feelings, and Ziwei and Fuerkang also expressed their heartfelt feelings to each other, but all of this was accompanied by the process of recognizing his father.

"Tut, it's really the person who wrote "Tangshan Earthquake","

Closing the script temporarily, Zhu Zuopeng focused on Meng Ke and the grilled fish, picked a bite of the fish, and said, "If you don't say it, I think it's written by a girl, it's too hypocritical, this dear and lovely, Qianlong has nothing to do? ”

Men, the most important thing is logic.

Although there are bright spots, it is much worse to impress him.

"That's why I said, this is a bad movie," Meng Ke put the fish in his mouth, smashed it, smashed it, and spit out the thorns, "It's only three episodes, if it's a whole drama, I'm sure you can find more highlights, and you look at Faulkang, you have the potential to be a scheming boy from now on." ”

"You still let me shoot a bad movie?"

Zhu Zuopeng almost stuck the fish bone in his throat, he really convinced his brother.

Blatantly throw a bad movie to yourself, and even if it's a bad movie, then you can beautify and beautify it, at least take out the ratings and talk about it, although I'm a director who can't even hit the street, but I'm also a suitor and a good fighter, you hurt me a lot like this!

But after thinking about it, Zhu Zuopeng was relieved.

If Meng Ke was really like that, then he wouldn't be his brother, and he wouldn't have maintained a friendship with this thing for so long.

After complaining, Zhu Zuopeng continued, "Didn't you still say on the phone that the ratings are guaranteed to be 1? Are you sure about this kind of film? Don't blame me for not reminding you, although the Qing court opera market has a large audience base, the age is on the young side, and Liu Zheng's goods are golden signboards,

If you're going to fight him, you might lose the script. ”

Although he doesn't like Qing court dramas, Zhu Zuopeng is still sure of the current market.

Meng Ke is his brother, he also understood the events of that day, it is not easy to kill Liu Zheng, this product is not covered except for plagiarism acumen, not to mention that he has reached the pinnacle of life by copying, in terms of strength, Liu Zheng is still not to be underestimated.

There are highlights of this "Huanzhu Gege", but it's not enough to kill Liu Zheng, the ratings of 1 have indeed reached the point where he can take it out and brag about it, but when it comes to Liu Zheng, any Qing court drama can break the rating of 1.

As a brother, he didn't want Meng Ke to lose too ugly.

"No, to deal with Liu Zheng's kind of goods, this script is enough, no matter how much, I'm afraid that I won't have fun after slapping my face too hard. Meng Ke said with great confidence.

Zhu Zuopeng, "......"

If you don't brag, you can die!

How can Meng Ke not understand Zhu Zuopeng's thoughts, even if he doesn't understand the market, can he still understand his brother's intentions?

In all fairness, Zhu Zuopeng is right, the script of "Huanzhu Gege" is really old in the current Chinese market, a few years ago when the Qing court drama rose, Qianlong was already ridiculed, and in recent years, because of the rise of various IPs, it has been constantly traversing.

In a story like this, which has no highlights other than swapping identities, the audience may also find it a little boring.

But......

Whether a good drama can become a classic or not is definitely not only achieved by the script, which has the credit of the actors, the credit of the service, the credit of the director, the credit of the editor, and even the credit of flowers and grass, whether it is in or out of the camera.

"Returning the Pearl" can become a classic, not only because of the era in which it appeared, but also because of the director's intentions and the actors' meticulousness.

This is also why, after many years, Qiong Yao fried cold rice in exchange for another classic, but a complete collapse of her personality, resulting in the final, when the new Huanzhu was broadcast, she was basically sprayed with no skin, and the actors were even blackened into charcoal.

On the contrary, "The Legend of Zhen Huan", which is empty and old-fashioned, unexpectedly rose when the Qing court drama market was more intense.

The reason is also this, when everyone followed the trend to shoot cross-border or shoddy Qing palace dramas in an attempt to make money quickly, Zheng Xiaolong used his extremely professional and serious attitude to portray an epic palace fighting blockbuster, which opened the palace fighting mode of Qing palace dramas.

Today's Huaxia is actually no different from the previous Huaxia in the market.

After the Qing palace drama came out, many people were competing to imitate it, trying to plunder the market in a fast, simple and crude way, at the beginning, it was indeed very useful, and everyone's eyes lit up, but soon, the audience was tired, and everyone didn't buy it after watching the same routines and patterns.

As a result, those directors and screenwriters who only follow the trend or just want to grasp the market and make a lot of money are panicked, and they attribute all the blame to the fact that the play is not long enough.

As a result, the TV series with more than ten or twenty episodes in the early years disappeared, and turned into a super-long TV series with thirty or forty episodes to fifty or sixty episodes.

The routines are all those, and the audience won't watch them when they are bored.

And Liu Zheng has done a good job in this, he is very keen on market control, and has grasped the audience's highlights, as long as it is not what the audience likes, immediately modify the plan, and then remake what the audience likes to watch, basically four or five routines are circulated as a group, and when the first routine appears again, everyone still feels fresh.

Not only that, but his control of the audience is also very accurate, all of them are women from fifteen, sixteen to twenty-seven, eight.

In order to cater to the current market, he also deliberately amplified feminism in the film, basically men are supporting roles, and it is normal for the heroine to have a halo around her.

But this ...... Wasn't it all invented by Grandma Qiong Yao?

The first person in women's rights, it is not a later miscellaneous, but Qiong Yao, although the person in the grandmother's pen is Mary Sue, but she also has the halo of the protagonist everywhere.

Ziwei and Xiaoyanzi are also the originators of feminism, as long as they use a little effort in terms of actors and framing, they can completely bloom the previous effect, and even if ten thousand people are not empty, it will be enough to beat Liu Zheng and his protagonists.

Naturally, Meng Ke would not say this to Zhu Zuopeng.

If he did, it would be difficult for him to explain, even if he said that the markets of the two parallel planes were intertwined, no one would believe it, and it was easy to be sliced, so now, let's treat him as an arrogant person.

After taking a bite of the ingredients, Meng Ke asked straight to the point, "How about it?"

"Shoot! The film you gave is rotten, brother, I also support you!" Zhu Zuopeng hesitated for a second and then spoke, this time, he fought hard!