Wang Yang invited two main creators for "The Big Bang Theory", one is Graham Reinham, who was born in Dublin, Ireland on May 22, 1968, and is a well-known TV writer and director in the British television industry. The sitcom Father Ted, which he co-wrote and wrote, won the BAFTAs (British Academy Television Awards) for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) in 1996 and 1999 respectively, and was nominated for in 1997.

Father Ted also won the 1996 British Writers Guild Award for Television for Sitcom, and the first season of his Black Bookstore won the 2001 BAFTAs Sitcom Award.

For North American TV viewers, most people know that the producer of "Band of Brothers" is Steven Spielberg, and they know that "Prison Break" has Wang Yang, which is naturally due to the effect of publicity...... But when it comes to Graham Reinham, a powerful character in the British drama circle, everyone is almost clueless, HO?

After receiving Wang Yang's invitation before, Graham was also very confused, British dramas and American dramas are like two worlds. American dramas pay attention to "...... you have learned through this", pay attention to ridiculing each other, and there will be audiences at the filming site, recording their laughter, reaching more than 20 episodes in one season;

If you go to the United States, you will definitely have to create according to the American drama technique, Graham has no yearning for Hollywood, the industrial assembly line, and there is no aversion to it, there is a higher salary, more job opportunities and better future prospects, especially now the person who invited him is Wang Yang, Magic Yang.

He might have turned it down if it were someone else, but on the phone, he asked, "I'm not sure I can fit into an American sitcom, what do you think?"

"You're a very detailed and imaginative person, and you have a wonderful sense of humor in the use of scenes and props, and I need them. Wang Yang replied to him like this, it is also the idea in his heart, the cultural difference between British dramas and American dramas is not so big, according to the information in his mind, "Office", which appeared in 2001, will also be adapted into the American version by NBC in 05, and NBC also intends to adapt "IT Maniac" into an American drama.

Not to mention "The Big Bang Theory", which was produced from scratch, Wang Yang told Graham: "Because this drama will be more exaggerated than other dramas, the character settings will be more exaggerated, but they can exist." Graham understands this meaning, which is also a characteristic of American dramas, no matter how absurd it is, it will not abandon reality, at most it is just a group of weirdos.

Wang Yang also said: "The focus of the story is not on irony or education, but on creating characters. We arrange some events for them, and their personalities face these situations, and they behave how they should behave, which is naturally funny. Of course, this is also the reason why American sitcoms are closer to life, and at the same time, they are easy to become stereotyped, and there are too few unexpected places.

"Your main job in the team is not to conceive the characters, the main plot of the story, but to design the details of the story, to add some surprises to the scenes and props that don't have the sound of the lines, but you know that all roads lead to an end. ”

Wang Yang attaches great importance to these, compared to the usual mutual loss lines, "moving" is more hilarious and impressive, scientific details such as Leonard spinning an olive in a glass and explaining to Penny what centripetal force is, Sheldon and Leonard pushing a large box up the stairs, and the two arguing about what kind of inclined angle can be pushed up, and the use of props also reached its peak in the third season of Pinnacle, Kite, Green Lantern's green light, Lord of the Rings...... Whether it is scientific props, comic book movies and other geek props in this drama, there will be many, many things, and he hopes that the person in charge of this aspect in the team is Graham Reinham, because this kind of detail is the advantage that British dramas are good at, and "Black Bookstore" and "IT Maniac" have a lot of memorable arrangements.

"What I value is your ability to deal with details, and I know you're an active user of the blog, and you understand IT and computers quite well, and that's one of the main points of our show, and of course science. Wang Yang said this, but everyone knows that everyone who joins the team must do a good job of preparing and researching sufficient information, especially the Irish, who need to work hard to figure out these "specialties" of the United States.

Graham offered to think about it and then reply, if he went to Los Angeles and could fit into the team, it would be another world, and he could do "The Big Bang Theory" for five or ten years, and it would be an opportunity that he didn't know where it would lead.

Finally, after more than a week, Graham, who has the support of his family and is now light without a job, agreed to come to Los Angeles to change his environment and try something new.

The invitation of another creator is much simpler, he is none other than Bill Prady, one of the two creators of the original "The Big Bang Theory", and Chuck Lowry, the second creator of the original version, is now the editor-in-chief of "Two and a Half Heroes", so naturally he is not on the invitation list.

And Bill Prady, like Graham now, has no job and is very idle. Born on June 7, 1960, he is a well-known sitcom writer and TV producer in Hollywood, and he wrote 10 episodes of "Husband and Wife Don't Get Right" on ABC last year, which won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite TV Comedy Series" in 1998.

He was not surprised by Magical Young's invitation, but more excited, and agreed almost in one breath.

Prady is mainly responsible for the design of plot plots and lines, while Wang Yang is in charge of everything, leading the characters, plot, and lines...... Coupled with Graham Reinham and script consultant David Salzbao, the main creative team of "The Big Bang Theory" is very strong.

"Dude, remember that everything has to move! The characters have to be cute, you know it's not a beauty, it's a baby, it's a Puppy-Dog! That kind of feeling that makes you feel like pinching him, not the ass, give them something cute, especially this 'Sheldon Cooper'. ”

In the brightly lit office, 35-year-old Graham, 36-year-old David Salzbao, and 43-year-old Bill Prady sat around a round table of steel and wood, all of whom had signed non-disclosure contracts and preliminary contracts, and although they listened very carefully to Wang Yang's words from time to time.

The round table was full of papers, and the English and pictures on the paper were some of the episode settings and selected episodes that had already been made. These character settings and style settings are all mature products that have been explored by the original "The Big Bang Theory" and "IT Maniac" teams, and there is no need to go down the wrong path now. But there is a thing called "texture" and "three-dimensionality", even if it is now full of pictures and texts, with stories and lines to refine the character's character, Wang Yang still has to explain it well, how cute "cute" is and how hateful "hateful" is.

The sound of "da-da-da" sounded, and the letters on the whiteboard erected in front of the round table were increasing, and Wang Yang took a whiteboard marker and wrote next to "Sheldon Cooper": "Cute." ”

He turned to look at the three middle-aged men, all three of whom were easy to get along with, David Salzbao was a scholar who had no objections, and he would not have any objections, but only provided the team with knowledge needs in science and physics professors; Graham Reinham was in the run-in period, and the main task was a small idea, so the main discussants were Bill Prady and Wang Yang.

It is worth mentioning that Prady likes Chinese food very much and has a certain interest in Chinese culture, which is probably the reason why the original "The Big Bang Theory" has a bunch of Chinese elements, but obviously CBS and he have no intention of adding Chinese characters, only to let the two "Sichuan boys" show their faces. So Bill Prady has his own ideas about the Chinese elements and Chinese characters set by Wang Yang.

"This Sheldon doesn't have a nervous disorder, he doesn't have any autism, he's 100% healthy and normal anyway, it's normal for him!"

Listening to Wang Yang's words, Graham-Reinham nodded easily and understandably, the setting of this character is very weird, but what does it matter? Sheldon is such a person. Bill Prady was a little puzzled, not quite understanding this formed character that has been "explored by the future itself", he grabbed a pencil and looked at Salzbao, and asked curiously, "Excuse me, David, is there really such a nerd (NERD) in the scientific community?"

"Yes, I think there is. Salzibao thought for a while and nodded, and Wang Yang smiled and said, "Our professor is not." Salzbao looked at the familiar whiteboard, full of episode analysis rather than formulas, and the freshness in his heart swelled again, and he laughed, "NERD has a derogatory connotation, but I think it's probably the best word to describe people who are passionate about science and anime." ”

Looking at Prady, he continued: "These personalities are a bit exaggerated, but Sheldon and Leonard's personal preferences, habits and behaviors are like this in real life, and I met such guys when I was in graduate school. Prady nodded abruptly.

"Anyway! Sheldon doesn't see any temptation when facing a woman, and when he faces Penny, his attitude is to treat her as a ......," Wang Yang said and thought for a while, then turned around and drew a line between Sheldon and Penny on the whiteboard, and wrote: "An orangutan who has not fully evolved, would you be tempted by an orangutan? What he likes is not her appearance, in his eyes does not depend on her IQ whether a woman is beautiful or not! IQ is his chest, and the education trophy is his ass. ”

Everyone chuckled, Wang Yang also shrugged and smiled, he didn't know how many "shot" pilot episodes the original "The Big Bang Theory" had been "shot", anyway, there were two in his mind: the first Sheldon Cooper was set to be lustful and obscene, and had sex with Leonard's girlfriend, Penny is also a dark and scheming character, without Howard and Raj;

The second is closer to the official first episode, the two also completed sperm donation, but then they came back, this version of the scientist is still not so stupid, still eating a lot of "fireworks in the world"; and then the first episode of the first season (pilot episode) that aired later, the role and story positioning are still unclear, Sheldon still has a lot of normal men's performance, if it is Sheldon in the third season, he will never donate sperm, he won't even donate sperm when he gets an erection?

It stands to reason that the original nerdy world was broken into by the Sunshine Girl, and it should have become more and more human, more and more "man", but Sheldon was revised to become more and more stupid, and of course, more and more cute.

Now that the characters are all ultimate versions at the beginning, it is natural that the beginning will no longer be a sperm donation bridge, and the two doctors of physics will appear in other ways, and everything has matured and changed.

The original Sheldon Cooper is played by Jim Parsons, who was born in Houston in March 1973 and has a bachelor's degree in drama and dance from the University of Houston, a master's degree in theater from the University of San Diego, and a lot of theater performance experience. Now 30 years old, Parsons has not had any film acting experience, and has only played a role in "ED" on TV, so it can be said that it is a blank.

Wang Yang is ready to continue to find him to play Shelton, Parsons is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, he thinks there will definitely be no problem in the film appointment, Howard, Raj, Leonard The actors are also idle now, but Penny is in some trouble.

Compared with the academic Parsons, Leonard's actor Johnny Gelkechi was born as a child star and is famous. Born in 1975, he landed on the screen at the age of 12 with the TV movie "Murder Order", joined the sitcom "Rozanie" at the age of 17 and starred in five seasons and 92 episodes, and also performed on the screen such as "Mr. Bean's Catastrophe", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Vanilla Sky", etc., and has won four nominations and won one Young Artist Award.

originally had a bright future and would grow into the main actor of the new generation of Hollywood, if he was 10-20CM taller, because his height was only 165CM, the dazzling child star fell down.

"OK, let's talk about Penny first! This is a typical big-breasted and brainless girl, and her love life is a mess!" Wang Yang circled a big mess on the whiteboard, and under the gaze of the three of them, he wrote and said: "But she is sunny and kind, and sometimes takes advantage of some small advantages, but she is a principled person." I need her to quickly enter the lives and circles of geniuses and become good friends with each other. She doesn't have a sense of self-preservation, firstly, because of her personality, and secondly, she is not afraid of these nerds, if she fights, she thinks she can kick them to death with a few kicks, right?"

"Don't worry if there's no story to tell, we're aiming for 12 episodes in the first half of the season, and they're already big and very close friends. ”

There was an extra red 12 on the whiteboard, and Wang Yang saw that the three of them nodded, and analyzed and explained again. He wants to keep Bill Prady up with the rhythm of the mature version, instead of staying in the stage of "scientists are really that stupid?", "Sheldon is going to be too, right?", only when Bill Prady understands these mature and stable ideas, can he be released and give the work on the set to Bill, and "The Big Bang Theory" can start recording.

"Next, let's talk about the supporting roles. When the whiteboard was densely written, Wang Yang changed to a new one next to him, walked to the round table, took a sip of water, and continued to speak: "Let's talk about this Chinese mathematics professor at CIT first......

He has decided that the role of Chinese Americans will be tentatively set as a supporting role, a colleague of Sheldon and others. This is a very necessary role, not only because he wants to appear on the screen as a popular Chinese character, but also because he needs to use it to laugh at himself, otherwise sometimes he will make some light jokes about whites, Jews, Indians, even though everyone knows that this is a sitcom, but he doesn't make jokes all day long, and he becomes malicious without malice.

It's still the name that causes trouble, and now everyone associates "The Big Bang Theory" with Fantastic Young, and he's not the kind of unknown producer. Of course, people aren't that sensitive and can't joke yet, otherwise the crew of "South Park" would have been torn apart by 800 pieces, just joking with each other.

After a busy day of screenwriting meetings in the morning and editing in the afternoon, the sky in Los Angeles was already dark at night, and in the bright study, Wang Yang looked at the photo of Penny's actor Karee Cuoko on the computer screen, and frowned, not that the 18-year-old Kare-Cuoko did not match her appearance and temperament, or her acting skills were not good, but that she was now starring in the second season of the ABC sitcom "Eight Rules for Dating My Daughter".

According to the information in my mind, the third season of this series in 2004-2005 ended due to dismal results. If it hadn't been cut in half by ABC during this year's winter break, it would have been impossible to invite Karee Tsoko, who is under contract, to audition for a sitcom.

"Let's wait until the winter break. Wang Yang whispered to himself and closed the webpage, if Kare-Cuoko didn't have a schedule by then, he would have to invite others to audition for Penny. In addition to the continuing screenwriting meetings and phone calls, the pre-production of "The Big Bang Theory" is this, and the formal crew formation and cast selection will not be carried out until the winter break, and these tasks will be done by the executive producer, and of course he will also need to take care of it.

"Whew. Wang Yang stroked his forehead, feeling that his shoulders seemed to be lighter, he knocked on the keyboard a few times, opened the schedule and looked at it, and suddenly glared and shouted: "Oh my God!"

(To be continued)