"Bell! bell!"

The melodious sound of chimes rang out in the screening room, and then the huqin played, the flute buzzed, and more instruments joined in.

Then, a loud and full female voice sang in the stereo: "Flowers bloom and fall, flowers bloom and fall, long years, long river." A myth is a wave. A myth is a teardrop ......"

Hearing the familiar ballad change into a new look, Tang Jiayi's face moved, and she turned her head to look at her husband beside her.

This "Legend of God" was originally the ending song of the "90 version" of Shanghai TV's "Fengshen List", which was composed by mainland musicians Liu Nianqian and Ma Youdao. Because it is the ending song of the TV series, the two academic musicians did not use traditional Western and ethnic instruments, but used rock instruments and pop music styles that were still relatively novel at the time, and achieved good results.

It's just that the mythological epic of using pop rock to interpret the story of "Fengshen" lacks some heavy flavor after all. This is a bottleneck caused by the number of instruments, after all, a rock band only has a few instruments and a few people, even if the synthesizer and effect equipment are full of firepower, there are times when the manpower is exhausted, and after all, it is impossible to compete with a symphony band with dozens of instruments.

Therefore, although Bee Shadow "New Fengshen List" also chose this song as the ending song, it gave up the rock arrangement and used the national symphony instead, which sounds really ebb.

Reading the surprise and appreciation in his wife's eyes, Atletico raised an eyebrow triumphantly, smiled and nodded in response.

Finally, the names of production companies such as Bee Pictures, Jiajing Film and Television, and Qujiang Film and Television crossed the screen one after another.

When the subtitles are finished, the music does not stop, but is replayed from the beginning, and the subtitles are restarted at the beginning.

"Huh?" Tang Jiayi just had doubts in her heart, and then her brows relaxed, but she heard Principal Tan's familiar singing.

The "90 version" used two top singers, Mao and Tan, to record the ending song at the same time, and the controversy among their respective fans has continued to this day. Although the Bee Film version changed the arrangement, it did not give up on any singer, and still invited the two to sing the ending song of one version respectively. Both of them are professional singers, and they are assisted by tuners, but they have dedicated a better singing than they did back then.

After the end of the second version, the lights came on.

Tang Jiayi finally threw out the question that she had been holding back for a long time, "This is just defeating the four generals of the Demon Family, Daji, Shen Gongbao, and Wen Taishi haven't appeared much, and Zhao Gongming and Wen Taishi haven't shown up, so it's over?"

"No way, the story is too long, so I have to divide it into three parts. The villain boss of the second part of Wen Taishi, the leader of the Tongtian Sect is the third part. ”

"The Romance of the Gods" is a book of 100 times, from the rebellion of the princes of Beihai 72 Road in the 7th year of King Zhou, to the 35th year of King Zhou, when the princes' alliance broke the court song, and Jiang Ziya returned to Xiqi to worship the gods of heaven, with a time span of 28 years. There are many characters in the book, and many of them have wonderful stories, and it is naturally unrealistic to cram them all into the movie. The current film only intercepts the plot of the 30th to 40th episodes, starting with Huang Feihu's anti-business in the 21st year of King Zhou, breaking five levels in a row and going to Xiqi, ending in the 23rd year of King Xu, Jiang Ziya froze Qishan, and Yang Jian went down the mountain to kill the four generals of the demon family.

"Okay, has the second part been made?"

"It is still in the early stages of preparation. ”

"Understood," Tang Jiayi nodded, "It depends on the box office results of this film, and then the remaining two films will be filmed in one go, right?"

"Lady Takami!"

"Hey, isn't the Fengshen crew not bad for money? Isn't it more cost-effective to shoot three films at once and then slowly do special effects?"

"I can't do it," Atletico shook his head, "The first part is still basically in the mortal stage, and the last two are completely cultivators singing the protagonists, the Ten Absolute Array, the Nine Yellow River Array, the Zhuxian Array, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Great Array, you can enjoy your imagination in the book, but the movie can't be completely copied." The bigger the scene, the more restored, and the higher the investment cost, we need to observe the market response of the first part and then decide which plan to use for shooting. ”

"If the box office is good, it will be bigger, and if the box office is bad, it will be saved, right?"

"Uh-huh," Atletico said, changing the subject, "By the way, what do you think of this ending song?"

"You really did what you said, you said that you used 'Legend of God', and you really used this song, how much did it cost to adapt it?"

She wasn't a professional and couldn't tell the size of the orchestra, but she could imagine with her toes how expensive it would be to invite a high-level orchestra.

"It's okay," Atletico waved his hand proudly, turned his head and asked, "Now that it's changed to a national symphony, doesn't it sound more grandiose?"

"It's okay," Tang Jiayi pursed her lips, "You changed it?"

Atletico shook his head flatly, "Although your husband and I are indeed versatile and can arrange music, it is still beyond my ability to make large-scale symphonies. Didn't you pay attention to the subtitles?"

Tang Jiayi rolled her eyes in annoyance, "The words are so small, who can see clearly except for a pervert like you?"

Hearing this, Atletico frowned slightly and replayed the film, and the subtitles reappeared on the screen.

Staying true to the tradition that has been carried over from the days of online dramas, Bee Shadow has stuffed the names of all participants into the end credits and the Bee Encyclopedia. Even if ordinary audiences don't pay attention to these, those low-level cast and crew members involved in the production of the film will definitely watch the screenshots carefully and keep them.

Even if only one-tenth of the plot is intercepted, there are still many characters who have appeared one after another, plus Huang Feihu breaks the five levels, Zhang Guifang Huaxiqi, Lu Xionghua Huaxiqi, and the four generals of the Demon Family Vaxiqi The number of cast and crew is a new high, so that the later team had to reduce the subtitle size again. The screen in the screening room is not too big, and it is normal for so many words to be densely swiped and not clear.

"Well," Atletico nodded, "the subtitles are so plain that it's easy to lose attention and lose focus." If you ask them to borrow some web designers from Bee Network to help you redo it, the effect should be much better. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at his wife, "Are there any other questions?"

What responded to him was the other party's frustration: "Wait, I haven't found a place yet!"

"Here," Atletico picked up the remote control, unlocked the laser pointer and pointed at one of the lines.

After his guidance, Tang Jiayi finally found the name she was looking for on the somewhat bleak screen, "Composer: Liu Nianqiao, Ma Youdao, Arranger: Liu Nianqiao, Zhao Jiping." Why did you bring Dean Zhao here?"

"Professor Liu is a Western musician, and Mr. Ma Youdao, who cooperated with him at the beginning, is proficient in folk music, but unfortunately he has passed away for ten years, and then Qujiang Film and Television recommended Dean Zhao. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, Dean Zhao stepped down two years ago, and now he is 72 years old, and this Professor Liu will not be young, plus 90-year-old Jiang Ziya, 67-year-old President Tan, 54-year-old Mao Tianhou, and 50-year-old Yang Jian, are you going to form a retiree alliance?"

"Jiang Ziya was 72 years old when he appeared, and he was 98 years old when he was a god at the end, and let the 90-year-old Mr. Lan play it, which must be more flavorful than the 63-year-old him. Anyway, he can still direct dramas and perform on stage now, and his acting skills and body are no problem. As for Yang Jian," Atletico shrugged, "this is the audience's choice, there is a makeup remedy, and it is not difficult to freeze your age." ”

Who doesn't know that Jiang Ziya of Lantian Ye and Yang Jian of Jiao Enjun are the most classic versions. Putting their avatars in the poster will definitely attract fans more than putting other people. ”

"What's the matter? It's better to come out and make our movie than to be rumored to die after acting in a drama with peace of mind? As for Jiao Enjun, it's better to make a movie than to appear at the film ceremony, right?"

"Then you can't all get a bunch of old actors, right?"

"What's wrong with the old actors? The characters are so old, and the casting of the crew is still very reliable. Besides, there are young actors in this drama, right?"

"Yes," Tang Jiayi nodded, thought for a while, and said, "This version of Nezha and Lei Zhenzi are not bad!"

"Hehe, this is the advantage of the times and the foil of peers, but it is nothing. ”

"I can understand that this Lei Zhenzi is indeed more handsome than last year," Tang Jiayi asked with a smile: "But what does the advantage of the times mean? Is it technological progress?"

"It's okay, in 'Romance of the Gods', it is said that Na Zha's face is like Fu powder, and his lips are like painted Zhu', and 'Journey to the West' says that he is 'more beautiful and clear', so many crews often find heroic girls to play this role, and replace them with boys, and if one is not good, it will make people play. ”

Tang Jiayi tilted her head, "This Nezha is also a girl, doesn't look like it." ”

"It's an actor, and the casting director has been looking for a long time, and finally found a guy who is both heroic, juvenile and neutral. ”

"Isn't it just a beautiful man, what are you doing with so much?" Tang Jiayi glanced at him, and then asked: "It's only finished now, the National Day file will definitely not be able to catch up, is it possible to wait for the Spring Festival file?"

"Well, the impact of last year's 'Legend of Lei Zhenzi' was too bad, and the main creative team unanimously decided to postpone it until the end of the year. But you don't have to wait for the Spring Festival, the New Year's file is enough. ”

"Romance of the Gods" belongs to a public IP, anyone can adapt it, and Bee Ying is not the only one who likes this theme. In August last year, the Beijing-Hong Kong co-production of the magic blockbuster "The Legend of Lei Zhenzi" was released strongly. In the end, this special effects film that gathered a large number of Chinese stars, convened special effects sound teams from many countries to join, and completely reconstructed Chinese mythology only received 280 million box office (less than 2 million in the mainland and Hong Kong Island), and the word-of-mouth evaluation was also miserable, and the planned sequel naturally had no follow-up.

Other people's losses have nothing to do with Bee Pictures, but considering the market's response to the theme of Fengshen, they had to take the initiative to change their plans and try to distance themselves so as not to harm the pond fish.

"There are only three days off on New Year's Day, why did you choose this schedule?"

"The Spring Festival stalls are long and the box office is high, but the competition is also big. Instead of fighting with a group of blockbusters, it is better to choose a schedule that is almost good to beat up children. ”

"Deliberately chose a second-tier schedule, this is to replicate the success of 'The Wandering Earth'?"

"Of course," Atletico nodded affirmatively, "'The Wandering Earth' has proven that long-term screenings on the second tier are completely feasible, and we naturally have to follow the prescription." ”

"Heh," Tang Jiayi nodded, "It's still surprising to think about it now, it actually brushed such a high domestic box office." This is not the limit, a 'wandering earth' is not enough, and there will be a 'Wolf Warrior 2' soon, and the work report of the relevant departments this year will definitely be much better. ”

Thanks to its global release, "The Wandering Earth" has a global box office of more than $900 million, ranking first in the history of domestic films. However, the first annual box office in the mainland was only held until the beginning of August, and then it was taken away by the strong outbreak of "Wolf Warrior 2". The latter almost equaled the record of the former by relying only on domestic theaters, and both entered the top 100 in global film history and found a place in the middle of the box office list.

What's even more interesting is that neither of these two films appeared on the recently announced Golden Horse Awards shortlist, but they became popular again.

"The number of screens in China is more than 45,000, and the crowd of moviegoers is larger than before, and the impact of popular schedules is not as great as in the past. In the past, movies always thought about squeezing into the popular schedule, and there was also the impact of piracy, and the high-definition original DVD would often flow out of the high-definition original DVD within a few days of screening, and the box office quickly fell off a cliff. Now that online video has squeezed the DVD industry to death, several giant websites have smashed small websites, and there is no downstream export, and the phenomenon of theater piracy has become less and less. ”

Bee Shadow's film was produced by itself throughout the whole process, and the reviewers also did not make any trouble, and the high-definition version was not leaked in these two links. Mainstream cinema chains have popularized encrypted digital movies and cinema watermarks, and the collusion between cinema managers and pirates has also been effectively curbed. Therefore, there has never been a pirated version of the high-definition original disc in the early stage of the release of "The Wandering Earth".

There are a lot of versions secretly filmed in theaters, but most of them are blurry and of poor quality, because the clear version has been specifically targeted, and the network supervisor has been blocked, the webmaster has been stolen, and the download data is wrong, etc., which obviously has the shadow of the bee group behind. As an online giant, they have the most popular P2P download software, and they can effectively curb the spread of piracy without using DDOS attacks and CC attacks.

It wasn't until the film harvested most of the market, transferred to the second round of screenings with record-breaking box office figures, and then successively logged on the TV on demand platform and the four major video websites, that there were more high-definition piracy, after all, the anti-piracy capabilities of these three channels were relatively poor, and they really couldn't be managed.

As soon as "Wandering" came out, not only did Yikuai special effects take the opportunity to make a name for themselves, but the copyright protection team of Bee was also favored by the film and television industry, and it has really taken over a lot of business recently.

"Hey!" Tang Jiayi stood up, "If this continues, pirated DVDs won't make a comeback, right?"

"No," Atletico said, turning off the device and standing up and walking out, "Users are so hungry for online video that it's impossible to go back and buy discs to play." However, the piracy of online dramas and webcasts cannot be curbed, even if BeeTV has developed an exclusive code, it can't stop people from posing for photos and stealing photos. ”

Online dramas and online movies must be played on the user side, and it is easier to crack piracy, which objectively plays a role in attracting firepower and protecting cinema movies.

(End of chapter)