Every director has the idea of making a historical series, it's just a pity that it doesn't necessarily have that much energy!

is born with pattern limitations, and Hong Kong directors are even more so, they passed five levels and cut six generals, and made "Mengde, Let's Break Up"...

Therefore, "Li Shimin" must not have any shadow of a Hong Kong director!

In addition, there must be a historian town building!

Fortunately, there are many people who study Tang history in China, and there are several in Peking University!

Wu Zongguo, Wang Xiaofu, Xue Zongzheng...

Of course, the latter two have been torn apart for half their lives (if you are interested, you can check it, these two tear up the rank is very high!) ）…

However, for a "Li Shimin" with an investment of more than 50 million US dollars and will be broadcast in the United States, both of them came, as experts...

There are a total of twelve screenwriters, and the chief screenwriter is Xiaobai...

He is responsible for controlling the trend of each episode - after all, there are only twenty-four episodes, and it is impossible to show all aspects of the entire Tang Dynasty!

Xiaobai found Matthew Wiener, who served as a consultant and was in charge of connecting the series.

After all, Xiaobai's taste is not very clear, and he needs a professional person to help control it.

Matthew, the masterpieces "The Sopranos" and "Mad Men", hung until the explosion, if it weren't for "One Flew Over the Asylum" by him as the producer, Xiaobai wouldn't have moved him at all!

As for the actors or something, there is no need to choose at all, and Chen Baoguo is directly decided...

According to Zhang Yimou's idea, it is Chen Daoming, but unfortunately, Xiaobai doesn't like him and thinks he is too good...

That's right, Zhang Yimou was also pulled over...

In the first pilot episode, he is the director!

The second episode is Brother Chen Kai!

Neither of them is being paid...

That's the case, all the directors invited didn't ask for a salary, including Xiaobai himself...

To put it very clearly, cultural exports...

If you make money, you will make up for the red envelope, and if you can't make money, it's cool, the first three episodes are all war dramas, and fifty percent of the investment is spent on the first three episodes.

As for Xiaobai, with so many directors, he should write the screenplay with peace of mind...

To tell the truth, apart from him, there is no screenwriter in China who can let so many directors shoot according to the set script...

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"The special effects must keep up, and the trial will be broadcast in March next year, I don't care what you do, anyway, we must ensure that it is completed on time and in quantity!"

Xiaobai found the heads of MORE VFX, Base FX, and Tiangong Colorful, and then said his requirements!

"Impossible! Director, you also know that it will be broadcast in March next year, and it will take us half a year to make special effects that are not inferior to "Game of Thrones"... You think too highly of us! ”

"Can't you do it together with so many of you?"

“… Director, let's not talk about anything else, it will take at least half a year to make the explosion scene you requested, first of all, we have to refer to the explosion in the real world, and make a fire model with various physical parameters as realistic as possible, specific to the details, the flame and gas tumbling situation is the basis, which defines the scale of the explosion and the speed of expansion. Then add more details on the basis of the explosive flames, which is much richer and more realistic, and you also want legendary effects, and you have to add them one by one when you compose them in the later stage, so that you can restore the effect that is realistic enough..."

"It takes time, and you don't want to make it like "Cutouts", do you?"

“… How long does it take to ensure quality and quantity? ”

Several people in charge discussed it, and then gave the exact time: "It will take at least a year and a half!" ”

“… A year and a half? The daylilies are cold! ”

"You have to know that Netflix is very sincere, but it is impossible for them to put such a drama that reflects foreign history in the autumn file!"

Xiaobai is a little speechless...

According to Netflix, "Li Shimin" can be put on a trial run in the spring to see how many people are interested.

Anyway, Chinese people are all over the world, and I believe that there are many countries that are willing to buy copyrights, and they may not be able to make money, but there is a great possibility of capital preservation!

But for Xiaobai, this is an opportunity for the studio to take another step!

It is also an opportunity to reverse the stereotype of Chinese in the world, and China's ancestors are not only Manchu adults with braids!

If "Li Shimin" sells well, maybe it can continue to shoot "Tang Minghuang", "Zhao Kuangyin" and the like...

"Director, special effects are not something that can be piled up by a bunch of people..."

"Okay, I'll discuss with the people from Netflix to see if I can extend the time, you guys also work hard, let's try to finish the special effects of the first episode within half a year, and I can also have some leverage to negotiate with them!"

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"Actually, we have no interest in history, and most of the American audience wants to see war and palace disputes, and it's better to bring some boudoir fun..."

Matthew said to Xiaobai.

“… This is normal, it's like when I watch "Rome" and I don't have much interest in their system or anything, I just want to watch war and bed scenes! ”

"However, I find your imperial examination system very interesting!"

"The imperial examination system?"

"Yes, we don't have a imperial examination system..."

"It's useless for you to ask for the imperial examination system, the countries of Europe are too small, it is enough to have religious canonization, we were all centralized in ancient times, and we need an upward ladder, if the scholars do not ascend the ladder, they will rebel!"

The imperial examination system was the only way for ordinary civilians to rise.

Although the filial piety system of the Han Dynasty contributed to the stability of the Han Dynasty at the beginning, its shortcomings were exposed later.

The Jiupin Zhongzheng system of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties directly blocked the way to rise, and those princelings seized power, so that ordinary people could not rise.

Truly talented people can only serve as advisers to the leaders of ethnic minorities, or directly incite rebellion.

In the era of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, out of consideration for cracking down on the Guanlong aristocracy, the imperial examination system was implemented. This system has given talented people at the bottom a way to rise and completely stabilized the grassroots.

Of course, because of the construction of the Grand Canal and the conquest of Goryeo, the collapse of the Yang family...

The benefits of the imperial examination Emperor Yang of Sui's cousin Li Yuan enjoyed: the entire Tang Dynasty has been stable at the grassroots level for a long time, the Anshi Rebellion was a rebellion by ethnic minorities, and the grassroots people still supported the Tang army.

More than 100 years after the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty completely lost control of the local area, and it was still not chaotic because of the imperial examination system.

As for the final downfall of Datang, it was rotten internally.

The aristocracy of the West has deprived many ordinary people of room for growth, and the grassroots level in the West is not stable in the East.

Of course, the greatest contribution should be the idea of great unification!

Every society has a class of intellectuals, and this class is especially large in China, who are the most dishonest, have many ideas, and even deceive the public. Like a time bomb that threatens the authority of the government and the stability of society at any time, the Chinese were the first to find a reasonable solution to it in the Sui and Tang dynasties, that is, the imperial examination system. Tang Taizong saw the candidates who walked into the examination room and said a word: The heroes of the world are all in my place!

What is a hero? Guan Yudian and Wei Lubu are not, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan are, they are all rebels.

Li Shimin's purpose is obvious, the heroes of the world are used by me, and you will not have any more chances to rebel.

In the past, the only way to get ahead was rebellion, especially those literati, but now you don't need to, you can pass the exam to enter the state power apparatus. If you don't get in, don't be discouraged, just keep taking the test, and the test will last a lifetime, and it will consume you to death.

The law of Chinese history: as long as the literati are honest, the society will be stable. is dedicated to the imperial examination, and has no heart to do things.

Of course, in the later Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial examination became almost a religious belief for Chinese literati.

When the mainstream thought of a society becomes a model and no other ideas are tolerated, it is obvious that the thinking of the whole group of people is rigid, and then the whole society is rigid, and philosophical thought, including literary creation, also stops. At the same time, intellectuals of all mainstream groups have become power-grabbing machines, not free-minded people, and with it all kinds of chaos, cheating, superstition, ignorance...

However, to this day, no matter where China Fever goes, it will elect 'scholars' as the leaders of the people, and then build Chinatowns...

This is also brought about by the imperial examination system!

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Regarding the news that Netflix and Bai Xiaofei jointly created a historical masterpiece, the company did not deliberately publicize it, but the industry still got the news!

Netflix's global layout has been obvious in recent years, and in South Korea, they have cooperated with tvN TV to jointly create dramas such as "Boyfriend" and "Mr. Sunshine".

Originally, they also wanted to cooperate with Ai Riding to simultaneously broadcast "Black Mirror", "Stranger Things", "Psychological Detective" and the "Bojack Horseman" series of anime, all of which signed a cooperation agreement, and then there was no play!

The 'Relevant Regulations on the Management of Overseas Film and Television Dramas' stipulate that many dramas cannot be broadcast online!

If you say you can't, you just can't!

The four principles of "quantity limit, content requirements, review before broadcasting, and unified registration" are not a joke!

So, it's useless for you to sign a cooperation agreement!

If Netflix wants to enter China, it can only cooperate in the development...

'Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Makeup, Li Shaohong, Huang Jianxin, Huo Jianqi, Zhou Xiaowen, Feng Xiaoning, Hu Mei...'

Eight directors collaborated on the first season of "Li Shimin"...

One episode per director!

On average, each episode costs more than $8 million to produce...

That's enough!

These conditions alone are enough to make people crazy!

A bunch of actors want to join in...

The casting director is Li Shaohong plus Bai Xiaofei...

This one blocked Huayi.