Yanjing Renhuang Road, Qilin Golden Pavilion.

"Hello Mr. Xiao, please take a seat."

"Director Li is too polite."

This is the first time Xiao Ran has met Li Shengtian, in the past, he had only watched many movies and dramas he made, because TV series directors basically worked hard and rarely came out to meet people, so Xiao Ran had never seen him.

However, Li Shengtian's talent lies in the fact that he can be competent in the shooting of movies and TV series of any theme, and has a certain screenwriting ability, which can be regarded as a genius as a director, which is why Xiao Ran admires him.

After the two met, Li Shengtian was very excited and polite, and kept beckoning Xiao Ran to take a seat and urging the food to be served.

"Mr. Xiao, I heard that Second Master Yang here said that you often come here to eat, and your favorite is the abalone of the Qilin Golden Pavilion, so today I have prepared four heads of soft-boiled abalone for you, and the method is also made according to your usual taste."

Xiao Ran felt a little strange about Li Shengtian's politeness: "Director Li, we should just meet for the first time, you don't need to bother so much, right?" ”

Who knew that Li Shengtian was very excited: "It may be the first time to meet, but I know that Mr. Xiao takes great care of me, and it can even be said that it is my Bole, I have always been filming on Yanjing TV, although I have the heart to be a film director, but due to the downturn in the film industry, there are almost no film companies to play, so it has been difficult to achieve this idea." ”

Xiao Ran also said politely: "Director Li is a rare film talent, whether it is a TV series or a movie director, he has done a very good job. Sooner or later, there will be investors who will appreciate it, what kind of Bole am I? ”

"It turned out that when Encyclopedia asked me to come out to make a movie, I always thought that Mr. Huo Dongjun was in sight. I regarded him as my Bole, but I never thought that I only learned that Mr. Xiao recommended me to Boss Huo recently, so I really thank you from the bottom of my heart. ”

Xiao Ran smiled slightly: "If Director Li doesn't have talent and ability, then no matter how much I spend, it is impossible for Encyclopedia to reuse you, so I'm just doing my best......"

While speaking, the most famous Yang Er abalone banquet in the entire Yanjing has begun. The two chatted while eating, and Li Shengtian went directly to the topic: "Mr. Xiao seems to be starting to get involved in the TV industry now, I believe you have thought about filming a few martial arts classics written by yourself, right?" ”

Xiao Ran didn't know what Li Shengtian meant by this. Even if he really feels that he is his Bole, with Li Shengtian's current value, he may go back to make a TV series, so what is he bringing it up for?

Xiao Ran also responded directly to his thoughts: "Naturally, I thought about it, but I don't have a talent like Director Li to master it." For fear that his work will be ruined. So I have always had the idea of filming a martial arts drama, but I don't know where to start. ”

"In that case, I have someone to recommend to Mr. Xiao!"

The reason why Xiao Ran values Li Shengtian is precisely because of his talent and ability, and it can even be said that he is even more malleable than Xu Guangwen.

A capable person, in the circle that belongs to his own profession, will naturally have the vision to discover talents, Xiao Ran has just set foot in the TV circle after all. Naturally, it is impossible for every TV talent to know him, so Li Shengtian's words immediately aroused his interest: "Director Li, please speak." ”

"I don't know if Mr. Xiao has heard of Du Xinyu?"

I thought about it for a moment. The origin of this name suddenly appeared in my mind: "Du Xinyu should be the screenwriter of Director Li's masterpiece "Thorn Horse", right?" ”

Xiao Ran felt a little strange, why did you introduce a screenwriter to me?

You must know that Xiao Ran's martial arts novels have a complete story in themselves, and there is no need for a screenwriter at all, or he can solve the problem of screenwriting himself.

And this "Stabbing Horse" Xiao Ran has also seen it, in fact, the whole story is a TV series adapted and expanded from the folk wild history of Ma Xinyi's assassination, which can be regarded as a new drama combining history and martial arts, this is also the first TV series of Li Shengtian that Xiao Ran has watched, and the design of both martial arts and literary drama makes Xiao Ran applaud.

At this time, Li Shengtian explained: "In fact, the outside world only knows that Du Xinyu is my screenwriter, but they don't know that he is also very good at shooting martial arts dramas, just because he is from the Southern School, that is, he has not studied directing systematically, and he grew up on the set since he was a child, but he is very good at shooting a TV series, especially martial arts dramas."

was said by Li Shengtian, Xiao Ran also understood that Yanjing TV is still a TV station for northerners after all, so many TV people from the south come here to beg for a living, because they have no relative academic qualifications, so it is difficult to be reused, so they can only stay up from positions such as screenwriters or assistant directors.

Even when Xiao Jiaban, who was like his father, first came to Yanjing, he could only play tricks and be a dragon and tiger martial artist in the TV series.

"Mr. Xiao is my Bole, and Du Xinyu is also a friend I admire very much, I believe that he can shoot the effect that Mr. Xiao needs, so you may wish to consider him."

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Under the recommendation of Li Shengtian, Xiao Ran soon found Du Xinyu, because there are no works that can be done, so Du Xinyu is not valued on Yanjing TV, and even has always been a filmmaker and screenwriter.

But after the interview, Xiao Ran also began to know that Li Shengtian was indeed not introduced wrong, this Du Xinyu could have said that he had been on the set for the first half of his life, he was thirty-five years old this year, and it was when a man was the most mature in his thinking and most energetic in his work, so when he heard that Xiao Ran was willing to give him a chance, Du Xinyu resigned from Yanjing TV without hesitation.

In order to avoid the estrangement between Wen Zilun and Yanjing TV like the previous incident, Xiao Ran first arranged for Du Xinyu to serve as an assistant director to help a new director named Liu Zifeng shoot "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Although he is said to be the assistant director, the main shooting of the whole drama is handled and clapped by Du Xinyu, because Liu Zifeng himself has just graduated from film school and has no experience in officially shooting a feature-length TV series, so this young man is also happy that Xiao Ran can arrange it so that he can follow Du Xinyu to make a drama.

Of course, Xiao Ran is not the kind of mean director, so although he is holding the position of assistant director and getting the salary of an assistant director, Xiao Ran promised that after the release of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", a part of the money earned will be taken out as a share to Du Xinyu according to the ratings at that time.

As for Qi Xinyi, who is helping him shoot "Genesis 2: Heaven and Earth Love", Xiao Ran also adopted this method, that is, to reduce part of his salary, but to give them more after the sale of various copyrights.

This approach can play a certain incentive role, so that these directors will not get a certain salary after filming a TV series, regardless of the ratings!

Wen Zilun plays Guo Jing, Zhang Yaoyang plays Yang Kang, the beautiful bar owner in Nanyue was handpicked by Xiao Ran to play Huang Rong because of temperament, and Tang Jie, a former classmate of Xiao Ran, plays Mu Nianci, of course, he is not selfish, but he just feels that his temperament and characters are similar.

However, the two heroines are not from professional classes, and they have no acting experience, so they can only be taught by Du Xinyu on the spot.

Now there is no shortage of old actors on Xiao's side, so it is easy to find the five unique actors in the Condor Shooting, and the male actors are not too lacking at first, but there are still relatively few decent actresses, although they can sign people from other entertainment companies at any time, Xiao Ran is more inclined to cultivate them by himself.

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Time began to enter New Year's Day, and after more than 40 days of release, "East Becomes West" was painted along the way, and the final box office exceeded 830 million, even in Baodao and Xiangjiang, the box office also entered the top three of the year!

But it's a pity that this kind of funny martial arts movie has a very average box office in foreign markets......

On the other hand, following the end of "Tomb of God" on the annual total monthly ticket list of the origin Chinese network, Xiao Ran's second fantasy novel "Breaking the Sky" has also ushered in the finale: the battle of the two emperors!

Yan Emperor Xiao Yan fought against the Soul Emperor of the Soul Palace.

"The twenty-second on the list of different fires, the spiritual fire of ten thousand beasts, return to its place!"

"Twenty-first ,...... of the Strange Fire List"

“……”

"The nineteenth on the list of different fires, Qinglian Earth Heart Fire, return to its place!" A pale green flame erupted from Xiao Yan's body, and it also rushed into a stone pillar.

“……”

"Seventh on the list of different fires, Nine Shadows Golden Ancestral Fire, return to its place!"

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"The third on the list of different fires, the pure lotus demon fire, return to its place!"

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"No. 2 on the list of different fires, Void Devouring Flame, return to its place!"

In order to defeat the Soul Heavenly Emperor, Xiao Yan gathered all the different fires in the heavens and the earth and launched the strongest move: the Strange Fire Henggu Ruler!

"I turned into a strange fire, sealed you for thousands of lifetimes, Soul Heavenly Emperor, the catastrophe of the continent, this is the end!

Xiao Yan's body completely turned into a brilliant flame, and under this flame, the other strange fires in the strange fire square were all slightly dimmed, making a low humming sound, as if they had seen the emperor's courtiers.

As soon as the flames took shape, they swept into the last stone pillar, and suddenly, twenty-three pillars of fire gathered, directly forming an extremely mysterious formation on the Alien Fire Square.

And when he saw the flame formation, the Soul Heavenly Emperor turned pale, and from there, he felt the breath of death, and immediately hurriedly retreated.

"Whew!"

However, as soon as his figure retreated, the huge alien fire square pierced through the void and appeared directly below him, and with a sweep of the formation, it sucked the Soul Heavenly Emperor's into it.

"Boom!"

"My soul clan's thousand-year-old plan, defeated by you, Xiao Yan, I'm unwilling, unwilling!"

In the end, Xiao Yan turned into a strange fire and sealed the Soul Heavenly Emperor, and the entire Zhongzhou returned to calm, which is also a typical ending of many classic works, and there must be an earth-shattering battle in the end! (To be continued......)