"China's first alternate historical TV series is about to start filming!"

"Li Zhifan's new drama, written and directed by the historical theme!"

"A new attempt, the first time that the theme of alternate history has been brought to the screen!"

"The mainland TV drama market has suffered a large-scale ban crisis, Mango TV asked Li Zhifan to save the scene!"

"The strictest film and television restrictions in history are coming!Radio and television: we need to vigorously support our own film and television culture!"

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A few days later, there was news on the Internet that Li Zhifan was about to start filming a new drama, although the title of the play was not revealed yet, but the "ancient costume overhead historical theme" has been determined.

In fact, after the fantasy drama became popular, many film and television people aimed at works with alternate historical themes, compared with fantasy dramas, TV dramas with alternate historical themes are actually easier to produce, but the processing of background structure, adaptation of dramatic tension, adaptation of storyline design, etc., is a very deep knowledge.

Many overhead historical online literary IPs were coaxed by film and television companies, but they could only be hoarded.

There was even an overhead network that was adapted before, but the background of the era was replaced with real history, although the court and the era were downplayed, and the scenes related to the imperial power of the imperial court were also removed, and it was made into a film and television drama with the theme of wild history, but it was grabbed and sprayed by the original party for a long time.

As soon as this news came out, Hu Xiaolong's side began to sit still.

"What? Is he going to make a costume drama? Or is it an alternate historical theme?"

Hu Xiaolong smiled, "He can't shoot it, it's impossible for radio and television to give it to him, how many film and television companies have wanted to produce TV series with alternate historical themes over the years, and none of them can be reviewed, so he's waiting to plant a new head!"

"No wonder "Gun Dynasty" was changed to "Gun Heroes", and a historical background of the Ming Dynasty was inserted, it turned out to be this reason!"

Wu Kele echoed on the side, in fact, he knew all this, "Gun Dynasty" was also a very popular online IP back then, but unfortunately it was changed beyond recognition, the reason why he said this is completely to praise Hu Xiaolong.

"Haha, you don't know, right? Not many people know about this, because I also wanted to shoot it back then, but unfortunately it didn't work, and later I learned that this kind of alternate historical theme was restricted by radio and television!"

Hu Xiaolong smiled, "Mango TV is in such a hurry, it must have bought some IP and asked Li Zhifan to direct it temporarily, but they miscalculated, hahaha!"

"Director Hu, you have a clever plan, it must be like this!" Wu Kele echoed again.

……

Circle.

After learning that Li Zhifan was about to direct a new play, many actors contacted one after another and asked for the opportunity to cooperate in the performance.

The success of "Latent" has proven Li Zhifan's ability in the TV drama market, and this costume drama is still an overhead historical theme, and there must be many young actors needed, so those first- and second-tier small fresh meat actors have lowered their prices one by one and take the initiative to ask for help.

Because of the tight schedule, the casting process was carried out in three ways.

One aspect is the on-site audition, which will screen out three candidates for each role.

The second aspect is to select through video materials, some people who can't get out of the way to the audition site can send video materials, but after screening, only one place can be selected.

The third aspect is Li Zhifan's own invitation to the actor, but if he sends an invitation, it must be the one he thinks is suitable and can be played.

This time, Li Zhifan is not only the editor and director, but also the leading actor.

The role of Mei Changsu, he decided to go into battle in person, and throughout the entire entertainment industry, he was not at ease with anyone.

In this way, his workload has increased exponentially, and it will not be as easy as when filming "Latent".

……

A week later.

The ten-episode script is freshly baked.

After Li Zhifan wrote these ten episodes, he slept hard for a day and a night before he recovered his spirits.

This time he set himself a challenge task, not according to the normal filming process, after taking all the scenes of the drama in one scenic spot, and then changing to the next.

Instead, it is filmed at the same time according to the plot and scenes within ten episodes.

That is to say, only take the scenes of the first ten episodes in one scene, and then change the next scene, and when you wait for the second ten episodes, you will come back to shoot again.

This morning.

The casting work is not over yet, but a few leading actors and the supporting roles needed for the first ten episodes have been determined, and the start-up ceremony was urgently carried out.

"Zhifan, can you do this?"

Zhou Shilei, who was arranged to play Emperor Liang in the play, was speechless Li Zhifan's decision, "It's too hasty, isn't it?

"No way, but it's too urgent!"

Li Zhifan said, "But believe me, no problem!"

"I can't believe it!"

Zhou Shilei shook his head and said jokingly, "I shouldn't have promised you so hastily, I've never seen a director shoot like this!"

"It's not like that's it!"

Li Zhifan smiled, "Don't worry, I have a comprehensive plan!"

"Are you afraid that they won't give money?"

Zhou Shilei said, "If we don't give money, we can invest it ourselves? Let's get together, and we can still get one or two hundred million yuan, and besides, you have a thick family, do you still care about these money?"

"It's not about the money!"

Li Zhifan shook his head, "It's a lot of things that we have to do at the same time, I plan to hold a viewing party when the first 20 episodes are filmed, and sell the broadcast rights of the show.

In addition to Li Zhifan himself as Mei Changsu and Zhou Shilei as Emperor Liang, Wang Yue as Uncle Yanque, and Wang Ye as Xie Yu, Marquis of Ningguo, are all elders.

Among the younger generation, Li Zhifan invited several male actors in the circle, all of whom have starred in many TV series, and their acting skills are strong, but their fame is not obvious.

The actor who plays King Jing Xiao Jingyan is called Jiang Hai, and he has always acted in dramas, including costume dramas.

And the one who plays the commander Meng Zhi is called Liu Di, who has acted in many costume dramas, especially the main costume dramas of CCTV, he can basically be seen, and he starred in some martial arts dramas in the early years, but he was tepid, and his acting skills were not said.

Feiliu is looking for a very popular young actor in China, don't look at the small people, he is also an old drama bone, he started acting in children's dramas at the age of 6, and has been popular until now, as he grows older, his popularity does not fall but rises, which may have something to do with him becoming more and more handsome.

In addition, King Yu and the crown prince are the same, named Luo Qiang and Liu Yibai respectively.

In particular, Fu Biao and Sun Youbin are the two.

This time, Fu Biao was promoted to the assistant director of the play, and the role he was arranged to participate in was called Yan Yujin, who played Wang Yue as his son in the play, and Sun Youbin played Lin Chen, the young pavilion master of Langya Pavilion, this role is very suitable for him in terms of appearance and character design.

The arrangement of female characters is even more numerous.

The heroine is still Qi Feiling, and it is much easier to find her this time than when she was filming "Latent", because "Latent" is a challenge for her, because it is a drama, and when she heard that Li Zhifan was going to make a costume drama or play the county lord, she agreed without blinking.

Other actresses arrange their own people first, and then arrange the people who are selected.

Bai Qingqing, Wu Moli, and Zhou Ke were all arranged by Li Zhifan to play roles, and the main reason for using their own people to shoot is to bargain, and it is not verbose.

……

The first attraction is at the Qinwang Palace in Hengdian Film and Television City.

Although Li Zhifan asked Mango Terrace to rent it all here, it was not so easy to implement it, because there were other crews filming here, so they only rented the main palace and apse.

In filming, there are often two scenes in one room, half of which is the study and half is the bedroom.

The most important scene in this drama is Su Zhai.

The construction of Su's house is actually very time-consuming and laborious, although it is directly rented a house for reconstruction, but those organs and secret rooms are not easy, and Li Zhifan asked for real scenes, so the crew directly invited more than 100 people to build it 24 hours a day.

The first week.

Because there was a run-in period, only most of the first ten episodes were filmed in the palace of King Qin.

Entering the second week, everyone has almost run-in, and the pace of filming has gradually accelerated.

At the same time, Li Zhifan has begun to carry out post-production when everyone is resting at night.

At present, post-production can only be a simple editing, and it is impossible to score music and dub anything.

Including the first ten episodes that were produced and taken to Mango Channel, they are also "hairy" films that have only been edited but not post-produced, and will not be the final product.

This requires that the actor's lines must be fluent and clear, and cannot be replaced by numbers or nonsense.

Strict requirements and high standards can make high-quality films and convince the actors of him.

And Li Zhifan himself is everyone's "role model", he doesn't have to memorize his lines, blurts out, everything is in his head.

Even sometimes the lines of the actor who played opposite him forgot for a while, and he could directly prompt it.

This trick surprised all the actors.

Even if you are an editor or a director, can you memorize every line of dialogue in the whole script?

It is obviously impossible for the average person to do so, unless he forgets it!

But Li Zhifan just can, so he has another name in the crew that "never forgets the live script".

In three weeks, five scenes were played, and the first ten episodes were finally filmed.

In the past three weeks, Li Zhifan's script has also completed 20 episodes, and in view of the fact that it is a pity not to shoot in some places, about three more episodes were filmed.

"Lao Zhao, thank you for your hard work, call and ask the people from Mango Station to have a remote video conference, show them the first ten episodes of the film, if it's okay, let them pay for it, and say that we can't open the pot here!"

"The bargaining thing ......"

"You have full control, but you can't be lower than Hu Xiaolong!"

"Okay, I know!"

Zhao Yiduo turned his head and immediately arranged a conference call appointment with Mango Channel, and formed a powerful negotiation think tank, ready to have a hard battle on the price code of a single episode.

However, instead of a bitter battle, a particularly smooth negotiation was ushered in.

After watching the first ten episodes of Mango Channel, I couldn't help but promise to pay for the first ten episodes, and I also promised to pay all the purchase costs of the show at one time, but they put forward a request, that is, the advertising fees of the TV station and Mango TV, a one-size-fits-all buyout, and all the proceeds in the future will go to Mango Channel.

Zhao Yiduo couldn't be the master of this kind of thing alone, so he had to ask Li Zhifan for instructions.

As soon as he heard that Mango TV was willing to pay for the purchase of the entire play, Li Zhifan was stunned.

And he also hesitated about advertising expenses.

One of the disadvantages of costume dramas is that they are not as convenient for advertising placement as modern dramas, so if the advertisements of TV stations and Mango TV network platforms are bought out across the board, they will definitely make a lot less.

After thinking about it, Li Zhifan still agreed, but the price was raised to 20 million per episode.

Is it expensive?

Expensive indeed!

But is it worth it?

He thinks it's worth it, but he doesn't know what Mango Terrace thinks!

It is obviously impossible for the average person to do so, unless he forgets it!

But Li Zhifan just can, so he has another name in the crew that "never forgets the live script".

In three weeks, five scenes were played, and the first ten episodes were finally filmed.

In the past three weeks, Li Zhifan's script has also completed 20 episodes, and in view of the fact that it is a pity not to shoot in some places, about three more episodes were filmed.

"Lao Zhao, thank you for your hard work, call and ask the people from Mango Station to have a remote video conference, show them the first ten episodes of the film, if it's okay, let them pay for it, and say that we can't open the pot here!"

"The bargaining thing ......"

"You have full control, but you can't be lower than Hu Xiaolong!"

"Okay, I know!"

Zhao Yiduo turned his head and immediately arranged a conference call appointment with Mango Channel, and formed a powerful negotiation think tank, ready to have a hard battle on the price code of a single episode.

However, instead of a bitter battle, a particularly smooth negotiation was ushered in.

After watching the first ten episodes of Mango Channel, I couldn't help but promise to pay for the first ten episodes, and I also promised to pay all the purchase costs of the show at one time, but they put forward a request, that is, the advertising fees of the TV station and Mango TV, a one-size-fits-all buyout, and all the proceeds in the future will go to Mango Channel.

Zhao Yiduo couldn't be the master of this kind of thing alone, so he had to ask Li Zhifan for instructions.

As soon as he heard that Mango TV was willing to pay for the purchase of the entire play, Li Zhifan was stunned.

And he also hesitated about advertising expenses.

One of the disadvantages of costume dramas is that they are not as convenient for advertising placement as modern dramas, so if the advertisements of TV stations and Mango TV network platforms are bought out across the board, they will definitely make a lot less.

After thinking about it, Li Zhifan still agreed, but the price was raised to 20 million per episode.

Is it expensive?

Expensive indeed!

But is it worth it?

He thinks it's worth it, but he doesn't know what Mango Terrace thinks!

And he also hesitated about advertising expenses.

One of the disadvantages of costume dramas is that they are not as convenient for advertising placement as modern dramas, so if the advertisements of TV stations and Mango TV network platforms are bought out across the board, they will definitely make a lot less.

After thinking about it, Li Zhifan still agreed, but the price was raised to 20 million per episode.

Is it expensive?

Expensive indeed!

But is it worth it?

He thinks it's worth it, but he doesn't know what Mango Terrace thinks!