Chapter 182: Burning the Heart with Fire
"Promotional video ads...... In what form? live-action or animation, or simply a video of the game as footage?"
Duan Shanshan paused for a moment, lit a cigar and thought for a few seconds before asking.
Speaking of this topic, it is naturally the domain of Liu Kewei, the level planner, and Duan Shanshan, the copywriter, Che Guanglong consciously crossed his hands on his chest and fell down on the back of the chair, making a gesture that you decided that I would not participate.
"Theoretically, yes. However, in terms of production cost and difficulty, it is naturally the most convenient to use game videos. Liu Kewei frowned and replied, "We can definitely handle the game video ourselves, and the animated version depends on whether the art department can eat it, if it is a live-action version...... We definitely can't take the costumes, makeup, props, shooting, actors, etc., so we have to find a professional team to do it. ”
"Who will pay for the production cost?" Che Guanglong asked calmly a key sentence.
Liu Kewei laughed: "The prosperous side will be reimbursed." Of course, it is a prerequisite that the proposal and cost estimate should be sent to the other side for review, as long as they approve it. ”
"They should use this advertisement during the closed beta test, I don't think there's any need to make too much fanfare, right?" asked Che Guanglong tentatively.
Naturally, he will not go to the kitchen to ask about the specific production plan, but it is his duty as a shareholder of the studio to provide some intentions in the general direction.
Liu Kewei nodded happily and agreed: "I think so too, so I'm going to do it ourselves, and just get the whole game video." Now the key is, what is this video going to show and what song is going to go with it?"
Between the Q&A between Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong, Duan Shanshan always had a contemplative expression with one hand on the table and his chin propped up, and quickly drew up several story plans in his mind, and then evaluated and measured them one by one......
"According to our plot setting, at the beginning of the birth of the Six Paths, the earliest cause was the dispute between Gonggong and Zhurong during the Yandi period. After the defeat of the Gonggong, he angrily crashed into Buzhou Mountain, causing the heavenly pillar to collapse and the earth to be destroyed, the northwest and the southeast to the southeast, and the heavens and the earth were either wildfires or floods everywhere. So Nuwa refined the five-colored stone to make up for the sky, and cut the giant ao with its four legs as a pillar, so that the heaven and earth were restored to the original stability. In order to prevent similar things from happening again, the six races of gods, immortals, Buddhas, humans, demons, and ghosts were completely separated, and they were the six realms. ”
Liu Kewei blinked his eyes and listened patiently for a long time, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "Uncle Duan, do you mean that the theme of this video is Nuwa mending the sky?"
Duan Shanshan took a deep breath, nodded and did not speak.
"It's not that you can't do it...... Gonggong, Nuwa, and Zhurong's art resources are all ready-made, and it is not too much trouble to add special effects such as water and fire to the scene map......" Liu Kewei babbled about the feasibility, and finally nodded, and involuntarily looked at Che Guanglong, "I think I can get it, what do you see about the car?"
"I'm okay with that. Che Guanglong smiled, "Of course, this kind of thing is mainly planned by you, and I will just listen to the soy sauce." ”
"But this background song is a big problem...... Duan Shanshan frowned and interjected, blowing away the relaxed mood of the two of them, "It must be the taste of Tianchao wind, classical style, and Xianxia style, because it is Nuwa, and it must also be a female voice." But it can't be a melody like lingering love, it's better to have a solemn, compassionate, and heroic flavor...... I don't think there's really a suitable solution. ”
This is very reasonable, for example, the famous "Heavenly Fairy" (Xie Yuxin's theme song of "Swordsman Love"), the heavenly style, classical style, and fairy style are all quite consistent, but can it be used as a background song in the story of Nuwa mending the sky?
Besides, it's already the theme song of other games, so it's impossible to get "Six Tribulations" to use it, right?
There are very few songs that originally met the three of the Heavenly Dynasty Style, Classical Style, and Xianxia Style, and most of them have been used in other games.
Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong looked at each other, the latter raised his eyebrows and was silently distracted, while the former patted his thigh depressedly, nodded and said: "Ah, Uncle Duan, as soon as you say it, think about it, it's really like this, this background song is really difficult to choose!"
Duan Shanshan pouted with a bitter face.
"Why don't you find someone to write a song?" Liu Kewei's eyes swirled around the two partners, and asked tentatively, "Anyway, it's not that the prosperous side can't afford to pay the money, and besides, we have saved them a lot of expenses in video production, and there should be no problem with the multiple creation fees of the song......
"This kind of song, I go to someone to write it on a temporary basis, and I tend not to be optimistic about the quality of ......"
Duan Shanshan disagreed.
"Isn't this a way out of the question!" Liu Kewei replied dissatisfiedly.
Duan Shanshan couldn't refute Liu Kewei's response, so he put on an expression of being willing to kill the thief and was powerless, and sat crookedly with his neck crooked.
In his opinion, finding someone to write songs specifically does not solve the problem, it just pushes the responsibility out.
At this moment, Che Guanglong, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised a finger and put it to his lips.
The meaning of this gesture is obvious, it is to tell them to shut up.
However, Liu Kewei and Duan Shanshan were not angry, but immediately kept silent, and each stared at him with an expectant expression.
After getting along for so long, there was no need to explain anything, and the two of them immediately understood that Che Guanglong must have an idea.
Even for fear of disturbing his sudden inspiration, the two didn't even dare to take a breath.
Che Guanglong maintained that posture, muttered for a few minutes, and suddenly nodded, as if affirming what he had in mind. He didn't speak, he took out his mobile phone directly, and clicked and operated for a while.
The first thing that came out was a very quiet, mysterious, ethereal percussion.
Like the sound of water droplets, like the sound of waves, and like the gentle ringing of bells in the wind.
This was followed by a thicker and more majestic percussion, like drums and cymbals.
It's just this short prelude that instantly gives people the illusion of passing through a thousand years of reincarnation.
However, when the two of them were attentive, Che Guanglong clicked on the screen of his mobile phone and paused the music.
"How?"
Liu Kewei frowned and recalled the short piece of music he heard just now, and slowly said, "It's a little interesting......
"That's what it tastes like. Duan Shanshan also expressed his approval.
Che Guanglong clicked the phone again, and the music continued, and a generous, mellow, and highly recognizable mezzo-soprano flowed out with the music.
"Burn my heart with fire, and let it burn me.
Burn my heart and sing the song of true love.
People don't care about themselves, let the infatuation put out the fire.
In the yellow earth, live the song of my true love.
Write my poems with strong affection, so that thousands of generations will know my heart.
Thousands of years also know your heart, and share blessings and misfortunes.
Burn my heart with fire, let love burn me with fire.
Burn my heart and bear all the consequences.
……”
- It's this song!
Duan Shanshan couldn't help but widen his eyes and covered his mouth.
Zhang Yimou and Gong Li starred in the theme song "Burning Heart with Fire" of "Ancient and Modern Wars Qin Figurines", the original song is Hong Kong singer Ye Qianwen, there are two versions in Chinese and Cantonese, but the difference between the two is not too big.
What Che Guanglong is playing now is the Cantonese version.
I think that back then, when this movie was released, I had just entered junior high school, although I didn't seem to understand the background story of Qin Shi Huang's quest for immortals in the film. But just the resolute and calm Meng Tianfang and the beautiful and infatuated Han Dong'er were enough for him to go to the cinema obsessively and watch it three times in a row.
To tell the truth, in Duan Shanshan's opinion. As a Hong Kong commercial film, the quality of this movie itself not only wronged the two leading actors Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, but also does not even deserve the theme song called "Burning Heart with Fire".
Who is the songwriter of this song? Huang Zhan and Gu Jiahui, the famous "Hui Huang" duo in the Hong Kong music scene.
What are the masterpieces of these two great gods?
It is "Shanghai Tang" of "Running Waves, Waves, Thousands of Miles of Waves and Rivers Never End......";
It is "Life is Meaningful" that "in the sea of people, I found you, everything has changed and ...... meaning";
It is "A Chinese Ghost Story" of "The Road of Life, a Beautiful Dream Like a Long Road, Wind and Frost in Dreams, Wind and Frost Blowing on the Face and ......";
……
In fact, there is no need to say anything else, as long as you know that it is one of the top ten golden songs in Hong Kong in 1990, and won the Best Composition Award and the Best Arrangement Award, it is enough.
However, Liu Kewei, who was sitting on the other side of the table and had completely listened to the stupid, was another matter.
"What kind of song is this? It's so good! How come I've never heard of it?"
Because he was too focused, the cigar in his hand burned quietly, and the long cigarette ash accidentally shook off the table, but he didn't bother to clean it up, but asked in a loud voice.
It's no wonder that when this movie was released, he was probably still crawling all over the ground, and it's not surprising that he hasn't heard of it.
So Duan Shanshan gave him a simple popular science in three words.
"I think this song is really suitable, Uncle Duan, what do you think?" asked Liu Kewei excitedly.
Duan Shanshan frowned and hesitated.
In terms of melody and charm, it is naturally very suitable, and there is no problem.
It's just that the key is ...... Speaking of which, the theme of this song is also to describe the love between men and women.
Singing quietly from memory, Duan Shanshan savored the meaning of the lyrics word by word.
If you want to understand the "love" in this song as Nuwa's "great love" for all living beings in heaven and earth, although it is a bit far-fetched, it can barely be explained, right?
Finally, under the expectant gazes of Liu Kewei and Che Guanglong, Duan Shanshan nodded slowly but resolutely.