Chapter 419: Off the beaten path

Giving the specific details to the author in name is one of Shen Zhenghui's own ideas. He thinks that adapting an online novel into a TV series is not simply treating the original author of the online novel as the original author, buying the copyright from the author of the online novel and then continuing to follow the original routine. In fact, many domestic TV dramas continue to do this, and even ATV's TV series are like this - buy a book back, continue to find the original screenwriter to revise it, and then continue to use the original artist, director, etc., the things filmed, except for the different themes, are basically the same. It's like TVB's classic lines that have remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Shen Zhenghui felt the need to expand the field, and in a sense, he was establishing new standards and processes. Even if the power is nominally handed over to the author, it doesn't matter at all, because the staff responsible for assisting the author is sent by him, and all the calculations and plans made by the author, including the recruitment of personnel, ultimately need Shen Zhenghui's decision. On the contrary, using the author as a guise can sometimes form a favorable excuse, on the one hand, to reject those who want to be able to find a relationship, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as Shen Zhenghui setting a kind of benchmark.

In the film and television industry, with the development of film and television entertainment, in addition to actors, other talents are basically scarce, and sometimes high-quality actors are also scarce. With the rapid development of film and television technology in recent years, domestic talent training has simply not been able to keep up. Taking the TV series previously filmed by CCTV as an example, how much effort did it take to shoot classic film and television dramas such as "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? Invite nationally renowned red experts to train, take classes, and read the original works for the actors. is the classic confidence of the film, but from another point of view, they have not streamlined the entire shooting process. And because of this. When the growing material and cultural needs of the people contradicted the backward productive forces, the quality declined, so a large number of easy-to-copy TV dramas such as Qiong Yao films, anti-Japanese god films, and Yu Ma films were concocted one after another.

Therefore, Shen Zhenghui not only wants to make classic TV series according to his own taste, but he also has to work hard to explore the production method of this TV series in terms of program. In the face of the online information society, it is inevitable that it will be overstretched to rely on only a few professionals (directors, artists, costumes, props) to guide the whole film. Therefore, the shooting of new TV dramas requires more powerful productivity, and the productivity combined with the information society.

The demand for personnel in the entertainment industry will not simply expand the number of people in the original direction, it will also need different types of talents to expand the scope of the entertainment industry. This is what "Dominating the World" is tentatively looking for, not a film and television professional. But professionals related to this TV series.

In fact, in "Red Dawn" and "War 1938", Shen Zhenghui has begun to use a large number of supernumerary consultants, but these two TV series need more historians and military experts as consultants. Their time is not too far from the present. It is not difficult to maintain the impression of the world in line with the past, but on "Dominating the World", the problem is much more complicated, since Shen Zhenghui does not want this to be a simple and ordinary historical drama, and the protagonist is a time-traveler, to highlight the alienation and psychological advantages of modern people from ancient times, then it will take more and greater effort in the details.

The circle of readers and critics of online novels, and writers is actually quite large. But in a sense, according to the discourse of history, "it has not officially entered the stage of history". What Shen Zhenghui is doing now. In this way, he not only proves that online novels are a big gold mine, but also proves that the readers, writers and critics of online novels are also a big gold mine, and that the review circle of online novels and the film and television production circle can promote each other, integrate with each other, and form a new mode of production.

Sure enough, Godzilla's work on the Internet in the name of Shen Zhenghui had an effect, and the news he sent out through major forums, post bars and his own book station quickly made waves in the online literature circle. Those who hope that one day they will be able to run into such a big fortune themselves are shocked to find that Godzilla is not only a copyright seller, but also able to participate in the work of the TV series - he is one of the screenwriters of the TV series, and he begins to recruit on the Internet himself. It is very clear to find people who have studied the history of the Song Dynasty, Song Dynasty culture, Song Dynasty costumes, geography and other related content to join the crew, and do not require a hard academic degree, even if you are an amateur, if you really have material in your stomach, there is also the possibility of being recruited. This is equivalent to opening up a new fast lane on the road of hard work of online writers, Shen Zhenghui recruited these personnel in the name of his father's company, and the personnel who have passed the assessment serve as temporary workers in the crew, if during the filming of the film, those who feel that they have the potential to be trained can officially sign a contract to work in the entertainment industry.

What is it? This is to open up a new job search path for thousands of people with vanity, you know, tens of millions of people take the art exam every year, but how many people can be admitted to schools such as Beiying, Shangying, and Beiyi? Most people enter general art schools to learn it, but it is just a trick, a mixed scene, that is, Beiying, Beiyi, Shangying These schools, how many can become popular after they come out? But the glamorous appearance of the entertainment industry still attracts young people who seek fame and fortune. Now, Shen Zhenghui has opened another hole, although the people he recruits do not coincide with the people who aspire to become film and television stars, but as a hard-working writer, otaku, and history buff, this is also a new smooth road, and it also coincides with his interests and hobbies. All of a sudden, anyone who feels that he has a little bit of material can't help but want to try it, and he doesn't need money to sign up anyway. After the registration was passed, the interview fee for going to Pingjing was all paid by Shen Zhenghui.

All of a sudden, the announced recruitment mailboxes were filled with cover letters, and many of them were new master's and doctoral students in the Department of History, specializing in Song history. Godzilla benefited from this, and his novel "Domination of the World" became more and more popular. Those who want to find a job are also reading his novel, preparing to know in advance what kind of knowledge is needed to adapt it. So Godzilla painfully updated it again and again, and again and again he had to take time out to review the applicant's materials. Of course. This is already the audit after his assistant has screened it for him. On the forum, the netizens he knew in the forum also frequently posted and appeared, and what he said was nothing more than that I was also very level, please look at the same forum for the sake of mixing, and consider me more. Of course, there are also sour stomachs that think this is a hype, because it is accompanied by the spread of information on the Internet. Other media outlets such as portals, newspapers, and television stations were also quick to follow.

Many reports believe that Shen's style is a habit and tradition in the Japanese and Korean television circles, where the identity of the original author and screenwriter is indeed much more important. And it's not the first time Shen Zhenghui has done this. When "The Magic Apprentice" was filmed, Lanjing was one of the screenwriters on the subtitles, and the authors of "Red Dawn" and "War 1938" were also nominal screenwriters, and now it is "Dominating the World". Because it's a historical novel. It's more professional, and it's not outrageous to ask the original author to participate in the screenwriting work and do artistic checks in Japan and South Korea. The media felt that Shen Zhenghui was out of the ordinary by not looking for well-known historians, but looking for wild ways on the Internet. For his behavior, the media interviewed many well-known professors from well-known universities, including many history experts and professors who have been guiding film and television dramas all year round. Of course, the experts felt that Shen Zhenghui was doing something wrong, but they couldn't say it directly, so they could only euphemistically say that they didn't look for professional experts, and the shooting effect was not optimistic. Some people cite TV series or movies that they participated in filming as examples, and they are modest on the surface. In fact, he was boasting, so he almost patted his chest and asked Shen Zhenghui to invite himself. In addition, some people are a little annoyed and angry that Shen Zhenghui is reluctant to spend money, and they also taught Shen Zhenghui in an interview that hundreds of millions of yuan have been spent on the whole film, and there is no need to save these millions of yuan.

ignored all of these Shen Zhenghui, he was busy forming his own crew, assessing the consultants, and then started the preliminary preparations, so busy as hell.

So the reporters went to the original author Godzilla for an interview, Godzilla was also annoyed, and finally said, "Our theme, this story, is completely a new form and new content, not an explanation and repetition of history, but a change, therefore, in the purpose of looking for experts and consultants, we must first look for young people who are more familiar with and can accept this theme." ”

"But don't you need to go through the details of history?"

Research egg, have you ever seen that TV series that is exactly the same as history? Is it still profitable to make a TV series like this? For directors and screenwriters who shoot TV series: What I shoot (write) is history - Smecta.

"I don't think you need to worry about this, there are many professional historical researchers in our advisory group, and several of them are from Song history, and we will show a combination of wonderful stories and detailed historical backgrounds." Godzilla said perfunctorily to reporters.

"So you don't hire a well-known history professor as a consultant because you're short of money?"

We don't invite them because they're all old stubborns. Godzilla muttered in his heart, most of these people have not even read the original novel when they talk about this TV series, and a few of them have criticized the original book for talking nonsense and nonsense.

In the past, Penguin and Baidu tried to make the online novels and physical novels communicate with each other when they promoted their own online novel platforms, so they held an activity competition for the authors of physical novels to evaluate online novels. But in the middle of the process, there was a physical fiction author who refused to evaluate the novel he wanted to evaluate because of the "vulgar and ridiculous content", so the activity died in the middle of the event. Therefore, in the field of modern and ancient history research, which is known for all kinds of strange things, it is a great rebellion to want these professors to accept that they can cross through and use materialism to carry out capitalist or socialist transformation of the Song Dynasty. So at the beginning, don't talk about Shen Zhenghui, even Godzilla himself didn't think about going over to find a famous professor, which made waves in the Song Dynasty history world.

"Of course we're not short of money," Godzilla said, rightly speaking, "and we're just picking the right people for our own needs." ”

"Can you tell us the names and identities of the people you've picked?"

"This, in order to protect them, I can't tell you for the time being." Godzilla said, "But when the TV series comes out, their names will appear in the credits of the staff." ”

The reporters were finally sent away, and even Godzilla didn't bother to check how they wrote the report. The advisory group is very large, reaching more than 20 people. The leader is a staff member of CCTV, who has a professional background in the history of the Song Dynasty, is very young, has a lively brain, has a little background, and does some small projects in CCTV, this time he took this opportunity to recommend himself to the crew of "Ruling the World", this person Godzilla and Shen Zhenghui both know each other, and is a famous moderator of a military forum, and he is no stranger to online novels and history, and he is very familiar with it. Shen Zhenghui wants to use "Dominating the World" to explain the various backgrounds, professional terms, and slots of the current TV series involving the Song Dynasty after each episode of the TV series, similar to the doctoral lecture in "Slam Dunk", and hit it off with this little leader named Yang Chao, he is doing a popular science lecture program similar to "Logical Thinking", just taking advantage of this topic to practice and promote.

Among the rest of the consultants, there are also history majors, there are also self-taught experts in ancient military history, and there are also history lovers, who like to imitate various ancient weapons, armor, and ornaments, among which there are two sisters, one is an amateur researcher of harem history, and is familiar with the information and gossip of the harem concubines of various emperors; One focuses on food and clothing, and specializes in what the people of the Song Dynasty ate, wear, and decorate. The content of their research is to make professional historians stunned and amazed when they hear it, and they have to sigh: There are really masters among the people!

Of course, Shen Zhenghui's crew will never raise these people in vain to point fingers, these people will either join the screenwriting team according to the content they are responsible for, or join the art, props, and makeup teams, and then as an overall advisory group, they must constantly propose solutions to the problems found in the filming.

According to Shen Zhenghui's idea, after filming such a few TV series, these people can be trained into qualified crew members even if they have no professional expertise. In this way, it is equivalent to constantly injecting fresh blood into the film and television industry. (To be continued......)