"The Flying Thief" is a British drama, a unit drama about fraud, each episode is a classic deception, the whole story is reversed, the hardcore plot, and you can't guess the result until the end. A small group of scammers with all kinds of tricks formed a small group to attack the greedy, ill-gotten gains, and the rich, and the only principle was not to deceive the honest.

This group of guys is like a group of chivalrous thieves, and they are also like the ancient Chinese knights, except that they all live in modern times.

It seems that what they do is quite admired, deceive the villains, deceive those who are greedy and extravagant, and attack the evil forces.... But at the end of the day, they're not good people either.

It's the bad guys.

Even if they advocate the principle of not deceiving the people and not deceiving honest people, it still cannot change the fact that they are a group of liars.

Fraud, in itself, is a malicious act.

Lies may sometimes be divided into good intentions and malicious ones, but defrauding people out of their money and harming the interests of others is definitely not a white lie.

It's clear that you're a cheater.

Therefore, the three views of this drama are not so positive. But fortunately, the liars are deceiving people who are hated by ordinary people, which will invisibly make many viewers have a sense of substitution, and there is a feeling of fighting grievances and eliminating harm for the people.

However, British dramas and American dramas are like this, and the three views of many popular British and American dramas are not very positive.

Foreigners like to shoot these things, such as filming the growth history of a world-class drug lord, or filming the story of a chemistry professor who makes du products for money to sell, or filming a dark story of a group of politicians calling for wind and rain behind the scenes, and I don't mind adding some erotic things in the middle.

There is nothing that foreigners dare not shoot.

"The Flying Thief" is one of these "notorious" dramas, which can be regarded as a drama with "three views are very positive".

On the light and shadow network of Huaxia, there is a very strange phenomenon.

I don't know if the users on the light and shadow network are too admiring foreigners, and the scores of foreigners' TV dramas are very high, on the contrary, the ratings of domestic dramas are generally low, and there are also high-scoring dramas, but there are very few, there used to be quite a lot, and in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer. The three views of domestic dramas are very positive, just talk about love and love, don't sell drugs, don't shoot, don't kill people, and don't play politics. The foreigner's drama is bloody, murder and arson, and all kinds of black governments, the scale is super-large, yellow and violent.

However, many viewers just eat the foreigner's set, and they also watch it with relish if the three views are not correct, but they scoff at the domestic TV series with very positive three views, and they like to watch the island country even when they watch anime.

Is it true that these Chinese people worship the foreign world? Is it true that the air of foreign countries is sweeter?

"The three views are not correct?" Liu Pian looked at everyone present, and said with a headache, "I have also thought about this problem, the three views of "The Flying Thief" are indeed not the mainstream of today's China, and it is likely to cause some people to be disgusted. But we're not teaching people to cheat, but not to be deceived, right? The audience is not stupid, it's just a TV series, just watch it, and they won't really be liars when their brains are hot. ”

"Do you think Radio and Television will allow us to shoot this?" Yan Zhe asked.

"Yes. Liu Pian nodded firmly, "Now radio and television are not as strict as before." Don't look at hip-hop being made like this, in fact, it was all made by Pi Pi Lu, and what radio and television hate is a vulgar artist like Pi Pi Lu. Wait, hip-hop won't really be banned. TV dramas are the same, although domestic dramas are uneven now, they can be regarded as a hundred flowers blooming, and TV dramas with themes such as tomb robbing and ghosts and gods can be broadcast, why can't ours? As long as you don't get involved in political things, it should be fine. ”

In fact, there are also dramas involving the political level, such as corruption, but they are TV dramas made by radio and television and the government film and television center, and they are replaced by other people.

Secondly, TV series such as tomb robbery and ghosts and gods are all online dramas, and none of them are on the stars. This also made Liu Pian a little worried, he was not afraid that he would not pass the trial, he was afraid that radio and television would leave a hand and not let you go to the stars, so it could only be broadcast in the form of an online drama.

The review intensity of radio and television in star dramas and online dramas is different.

However, now that the network is so developed, whether you can get on the star is not as important as before. However, if you can be on the stars, the audience will be wider and the influence will be greater. After all, not everyone uses mobile phones and computers to catch up on dramas, and there are still many people who are willing to watch in front of the TV.

"Listen to what you mean, do you want to be on the star?" Ye Wenxuan asked.

"Of course, star dramas are a grade higher than online dramas, why don't you go on them?" Liu Pian said with a smile.

It's not that the quality should be a grade higher, but the forced quality brought by it is higher, it seems that it is not on the TV station, and it is more lo when I say it, and I subconsciously feel that the lineup of this drama is not good, the director is not good, the investment is not good, it is a small-cost production. A few years ago, "small-cost production" and online dramas were equated, but in recent years, they have improved a lot, and the "lo-forced" image that online dramas once brought to people has improved a lot, and even the lineup and investment of many online dramas are not inferior to star dramas.

"I still mean to cooperate with Mango Satellite TV, their TV station has enough viewers, and the ratings are very good, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV and Jinling Satellite TV are also OK. Of course, if CCTV is willing to accept our drama, it would be great. Liu Pian said.

"Will they buy it?" Liu Yi muttered, "If you shoot a drama like "Meteor Garden", Mango Satellite TV must be very willing to cooperate, as for dramas like "Flying Thieves".... Mango Satellite TV has never broadcast this kind of drama before, they only shoot youth idol dramas. ”

"Let me ask what Mango TV means first. Liu Pian smiled, "With us participating, "The Flying Thief" is not an idol drama?"

Everyone laughed.

It's not narcissism, just the appeal of Liu Pian and Ye Wenxuan is enough to support an idol drama.

"That's it, I'll ask Mango TV what it means first. You should take the script and think about each of your characters. Liu Pian said.

The crowd nodded.

There are a total of five main characters in the original show. A leader, a casino thousand-handed, a beauty, a jack-of-all-trades, and a young newcomer who has just joined.

Because it is a British drama, there are certain differences between the culture and the local Chinese culture, but the deception knows no borders, Liu Pian only needs to be "sinicized", and then integrate into the characteristic culture of China, such as adding some authentic Chinese street tricks.

But after all, it is a British drama, with a "British atmosphere" that cannot be washed clean, and a special temperament. Rot?

Didn't someone once summarize the characteristics of TV dramas in various countries, in general:

chasing the unclear consciousness of American dramas;

Fagots chasing British dramas are everywhere;

Those who chase Korean dramas can't get married;

the weakness of the waist and abdomen of the sun-chasing drama;

the special entry of Hong Kong dramas;

chasing Thai dramas like wanting to change sex;

the sullen girliness of chasing Taiwan dramas;

Chasing domestic dramas is worried about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

It's just a joke, but the joke comes from life, and it can't be said that it doesn't make sense.

The impression left by British dramas is.... Engage in base?

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In Liu Pian's arrangement, he plays the mastermind, Liu Yi plays the "talented" newcomer, Ye Wenxuan plays the casino veteran, Xiao Min plays the "beauty", and Yan Zhe plays the "jack of all trades". As for Ning Tongtong.... Liu Pian plans to arrange her in a cameo role, allowing her to play various inconsequential passerby roles throughout the film.

Her acting skills really give Liu Pian a headache, this drama looks like an idol drama, but it is actually a hardcore drama that requires actors with online acting skills. Acting as a liar, you can't even deceive the audience in front of the screen, how can you deceive those bad guys?

Ning Tongtong expressed her grievances about this arrangement, pouted and sullen, and finally played with everyone, but she didn't bring herself. But after hearing that there are scenes in every episode, she smiled happily.

It's also important to act as a passerby!

She comforted herself.

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Subsequently, the TV series began to be in full swing to prepare. The leading actors are all together, don't worry. There are also scripts, and there are directors, but the key is still the issue of funding.

Fortunately, Liu Pian is not short of money, in the United States, a witch and a chainsaw made him earn one or two hundred million dollars, which is completely enough to shoot "The Flying Thief".

The original Flying Thieves had a total of eight seasons, six episodes per season, a total of forty-eight episodes, and eight years of filming. However, the characters have changed in several seasons, and the people on the hustler team have changed a lot. This is not the reason for the script, but the reason for the actors themselves.

It's been too long, eight years, and it's inevitable that there will be some accidents and I can't participate in the performance.

But it's all a minor issue, and it's five people per season anyway.

Liu Pian didn't plan to change people, he planned to shoot to the end and finish it in one go. Forty-eight episodes, in fact, are not particularly many, they are very common in domestic star dramas, and there are more than this number of episodes.

In Liu Pian's budget, the initial investment is 100 million RMB.

Modern dramas don't need any special effects, the leading actors are all from their own families, the salaries are negotiable, and 100 million is completely enough.

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After that, after Liu Pian's initial preparations, he submitted an application for the project to radio and television.

But trouble also followed.