Chapter 529: Script Problem
"Everyone's proposals are very good, and at the moment, the problem of the script has become the biggest obstacle to our further development, and we have to solve this problem, and solve it fundamentally. Increasing the remuneration of screenwriters and collecting scripts heavily is a must, and in this regard, we have been well rewarded in the field of TV dramas. Not only that, but we also need to further enhance the status of screenwriters, the script is the foundation of a play, but in fact, our domestic screenwriters, especially film screenwriters, have not been given the status and respect they deserve. I have always believed that it is difficult for screenwriters, directors and actors to maintain stable quality compared to screenwriters, without a good script, no matter how good the director is, no matter how good the actors, they can't toss a good work, therefore, in the future production, we must give the screenwriters the right to participate in the whole process of production, and when promoting film and television dramas, we should also include screenwriters in our publicity focus, rather than just mentioning who the actors are, basically nothing to do with the screenwriters. ”
Lin Yuquan said slowly, his eyes swept over everyone present: "This is the first point, the second point, passively waiting for the script is an extremely dangerous thing, rather than passively waiting, you should take the initiative." In fact, some time ago, because I was deeply troubled by the script, I asked Chris to find a dedicated producer to be responsible for the script development of Summit Entertainment. In the past, although we had our own scripts, as Tsing Yi said, compared with Hollywood, our efforts to develop scripts were far from enough. Therefore, we need to set up a strong enough screenwriter and creative team as soon as possible, which costs 5 million, 10 million per year. 20 million is also at the expense. ”
Speaking of which. Lin Yuquan paused. looked at Xiao Ran: "Lao Xiao is right, we should indeed lay out online literature, instead of simply buying the copyright of online novels, or that sentence, if you don't do it, we have to do our best, Lao Xiao, since this proposal was made by you." The task of collecting materials will be left to you, without further ado, and you will arrange for someone to collect information on the current online literature landscape as soon as possible. ”
"Okay, boss." Xiao Ran nodded.
Lin Yuquan smiled slightly and looked at Qiu Qingyi: "Okay, Tsing Yi, you continue to introduce the TV series that is basically certain to be filmed next year." ”
"Okay, boss." Qiu Qingyi immediately handed the outline of the TV drama script to Lin Yuquan: "We have now confirmed that there are eight dramas to be filmed, namely "Borrowed Gun" by director Jiang Wei based on the novel by writer Long Tongming, directed by director Liu Jiang. "Snail House" written by Liuliu, directed by Liu Jiang. "The Beautiful Times of Daughter-in-law" written by Wang Liping, "New Three Kingdoms" directed by Gao Xixi, "Iron Pear Flower" directed by Guo Jingyu and co-written by Yan Geling, written by Zhu Sujin, "My Brother is Called Shunyu", which has not yet confirmed the director, and "Love Defense" and "Happiness Knocks on the Door", which we have independently developed and have not yet determined who will direct it. ”
"There are as many as eight, and there are also works written by Wang Liping, Yan Geling, and Zhu Sujin." Lin Yuquan looked quite surprised, such a number had exceeded his expectations.
"Yes, now that Shuguang is producing, it must be a high-quality product, which has been unanimously recognized by the industry and the audience, and we have always paid the screenwriters generously, so now more and more screenwriters are submitting scripts to us, hoping to cooperate with us, the overall situation of the TV drama screenwriter industry is much better than that of the movie, and therefore, our TV drama scripts have gradually become less nervous." Qiu Qingyi said with a smile.
"Yes, I hope our movie scripts will become less tense sooner." Lin Yuquan showed a happy smile on his face, and then gradually understood the situation of the script while reading the outline of the script and listening to Qiu Qingyi's introduction.
Like "Latent", "Borrowed Gun" is also a spy war drama, the difference is that the protagonist is no longer lurking in the enemy's "heart" to fight, but has to fight with the enemy after revealing his identity to complete an almost impossible task, Long Yi's excellent novel foundation, Jiang Wei's year-long script boiling, and Shuguang Film's spare no effort to invest, whether "Borrowed Gun" can create the glory of "Latent" is undoubtedly an extremely exciting thing.
"Snail House" is a work published by Liuliu last year, telling the emotional story of the house slave facing real life, the house slave has increasingly become a phenomenon in the current society, such a theme must arouse a strong resonance of many audiences with similar life experience, Liu Jiang and Liuliu, the new gold medal partner of Shuguang Film, after "double-sided tape", "Wang Gui and Anna" The third work of cooperation is naturally also exciting.
"The Beautiful Times of Daughter-in-law" is about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and sister-in-law composed of trivial family routines and various subtle relationships, no wonder Qiu Qingyi and others would like to be directed by Liu Jiang, Liu Jiang is indeed good at dealing with this kind of family drama. Compared with the script itself, Lin Yuquan is more concerned about being able to reach a long-term cooperation with Wang Liping, a gold medal screenwriter, through this series, and her prolific and stable level is what Dawning Films needs very much.
Needless to say, "New Three Kingdoms" has become the most anticipated masterpiece by the public, far surpassing the already filmed "Dream of Red Mansions" and "New Water Margin" in preparation.
"Iron Pear Flower" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Yan Geling's father Xiao Ma, telling the story of an ordinary folk woman who finally becomes a patriot after going through ups and downs, Guo Jingyu is not a first-line director in the current TV drama field, but he has made many excellent works including "I am not a hero", "Blade 1937", "High Latitude Trembling", etc., is a very good director, and is also a creative director who can write his own screenplays.
Speaking of which, Guo Jingyu invested his works in Shuguang Films, to a large extent, influenced by Huang Jianzhong, he himself is a disciple of Huangmen, and has followed Huang Jianzhong for five years as Huang Jianzhong's assistant director.
"My Brother is Shun Yo" is Zhu Sujin's work based on the inspiration of "Soldiers in the City", telling the story of an ordinary soldier from a civilian background in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression who grew up under the baptism of artillery.
The two self-developed scripts of "Love Defense" and "Happiness Knocks on the Door", the former is completely original and tells the love story of modern urban men and women, and the latter is adapted from Yan Geling's novel "Stepmother", which tells the story of a halfway couple in the eighties of the last century.
The overall situation of the script has already made Lin Yuquan feel satisfied, and what makes him even more satisfied is that the urban romance drama "Love Defense" is very suitable for Shi Shi to play, in fact, if you don't consider the negative image of the role, Guo Haizao, a female college graduate in "Snail House", is also quite suitable, but who makes this character have an eye-catching junior label, for him, he doesn't want to see the second daughter play any role with a negative image, but in this way, the plan in his heart is undoubtedly difficult to achieve.
Thinking of the plan in his heart, Lin Yuquan suddenly began to have a headache, but he personally said to the second daughter that he wanted them to become the box office kings and ratings queens of actors, not to mention Yifei, to make Shi Shi the ratings queen who dominated the screen, a "Love Defense War" is obviously not enough, it is better to have another costume drama to be weighty.
"In addition to these eight scripts, are there any costume martial arts scripts with outstanding quality?" After putting down the outline of the script, Lin Yuquan looked at Qiu Qingyi.
"No, due to the restrictions on costume dramas in the above policies, all the screenwriters who are now at a high level have rushed to family dramas, period dramas or spy war dramas, and the costume drama scripts we received are not only the least in quantity, but also the most unsatisfactory in quality." Qiu Qingyi suddenly smiled bitterly and shook his head, of course he hopes to have costume scripts that can be put into filming, although the production cost of costume dramas is much higher than that of urban dramas, but its selling price is also incomparable to urban dramas, but unfortunately there is no script with better quality, Lei Ren's scripts abound, and the reluctance to shoot does not meet the consistent boutique requirements of Shuguang Films.
"That's right, the quality of the scripts of costume dramas is too bad, the scripts of costume dramas are more difficult to write than other genres, and with the popularity of dramas such as "Latent", "Double-sided Tape", and "I Am Special Forces" produced by us, many screenwriters are following suit, and the current screen has been completely occupied by family dramas, spy wars, and period dramas." He Liwen said dissatisfied.
Lin Yuquan shook his head slightly, of course he understands the reason for this situation, in addition to policy reasons, to a large extent, this can be said to be determined by the market, as long as the audience loves to watch, the TV station will naturally choose the same type of drama as the popular drama because it feels that the ratings are guaranteed, and affected by this, the producers and screenwriters will naturally prefer those themes that have a market, in addition, costume dramas do have a bottleneck period in creation, and there are fewer and fewer themes available for filming, and it is becoming more and more difficult to write new ideas. Therefore, with the former first person in ancient costumes, Zhang Guoli completely withdrew from the rivers and lakes and entered the modern theme.
And after shaking his head, Lin Yuquan then felt a big headache, where should he go to find a script suitable for the second daughter to play in now? The promise of the promise is the debt, and he knows it well at this moment.
Until the end of the meeting, Lin Yuquan didn't think of a good idea, maybe in the eyes of fans and fans, he has created too many miracles, and the magic is incredible, but he is naturally not really omnipotent, at least he was completely stumped in this matter. (To be continued......)
PS: I'm stuck, it's the most troublesome thing to write a script or something, what should Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi play? If you have any good suggestions, please feel free to put them forward.