Gu Che wanted to shoot the TV series "The Legend of the White Snake", but he didn't think of it temporarily.

When he wrote the script of the stage play "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", he had already thought of the production of movies and TV dramas in the future, and created a whole industrial chain, named "White Snake Universe"!

This is in line with the style of big IP.

This is what Gu Che wants to do the most.

The energy behind a classic myth and legend is too great, with such a wide readership base and household name, the industrial chain that can be created is far more than a movie or a TV series.

"The Legend of the White Snake" is a very good IP in itself.

The adaptation of myths and legends from ancient classics is only the first part.

Gu Che is sure that he can play "The Legend of the White Snake" and adapt it one after another, just like the earth in his dreams.

How many times Jin Yong's martial arts drama has been filmed, it still doesn't have the same audience.

"The Legend of the White Snake" also has this potential.

Luo Mingli and the others looked at each other, and it was only at this time that they first got a glimpse of how big Gu Che's ambitions were.

But they didn't fully realize that Gu Che's ambition was not just a little bit he revealed, and time would prove how correct the decision they made today was.

In silence, Gu Che said slowly: "If we don't strike first, the fat big IP of "The Legend of the White Snake" will be adapted by other companies first, this is a classic myth and legend, there is no copyright ownership, everyone can adapt it." ”

Kong Ping frowned and said, "You mean, someone has already targeted "The Legend of the White Snake" and wants to adapt it into a TV series? ”

Gu Che affirmed: "It's not that someone has already taken aim at it, but I'm afraid someone has already made a move, and "The Legend of the White Snake" was not created by me, and they don't need our opinion if they want to adapt it." ”

Luo Mingli couldn't help but say: "But "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" is very popular for us, if they adapt it now, won't they copy us?" ”

Gu Che gave him a blank look, "We can make a "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", can't they make a "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", "The Legend of the White Snake: Origin", and "The Legend of the White Snake 123"?" ”

He Huanying suddenly said: "If someone really does this, it is clear that they want to rub the popularity of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love"!" ”

Luo Mingli reacted: "Yes, you can't rub it for nothing, it's a big loss, it's obvious that we have worked so hard to pick up this series!" ”

Gu Che said solemnly: "So I think that the filming of the "Legend of the White Snake" TV series is urgent, one step is slow, one step is slow, one step is slow, we cannot monopolize this IP, what we can do is to try our best to develop it and let the audience recognize us." ”

"The same goes for the advantages we have, after all, we already have a film and a stage play, so it's logical to go on with it."

Kong Ping's expression was slightly condensed, and he said slowly: "Xiao Che is right, we finally picked up this series, and we can't make clothes for others." ”

At this moment, Luo Mingli also knew what to do, and changed from confusion to excitement: "Then how to adapt and put the plot of the movie version into the TV series?" ”

The other three said in unison: "No! ”

Gu Che: "How long is the movie version, how long is the TV series, the script can't be exactly the same." ”

Luo Mingli asked hesitantly: "Then change it according to the general plot?" ”

Gu Che shook his head, "My idea is that we have to shoot another kind of plot in the TV series, in addition to the main plot remains the same, we can add more branches, and we can also be more ingenious in casting." ”

This made the other three people unable to say anything.

Ingenuity?

How ingenious could it be?

Kong Ping said cautiously: "So you're going to think of a brand new script?" ”

Gu Che nodded: "Yes, there is also a big change in casting, the movie can use the original cast of the stage play, but the TV series can't." ”

He Huanying suddenly said: "Is the TV series still in the form of Cantonese opera?" ”

Gu Che shook his head: "TV dramas will have a larger audience, for such a long time, it is impossible to use Cantonese opera to express, I plan to make a dual version of Cantonese and Chinese." ”

He Huanying pondered for a while, nodded and said, "I have no opinion." ”

In fact, she wants Cantonese opera to express TV dramas, but Gu Che is also right, Xia is very big, and it is not just Nanzhou.

The market for TV dramas is broader and easy to precipitate to the lower levels, if you still stubbornly want to use Cantonese opera to express TV dramas at this time, it will be a waste of such a good IP as "The Legend of the White Snake".

And TV series are different from movies and stage plays, TV series are too long.

Viewers can watch movies because they are fresh, but they don't necessarily have the patience to chase such a long TV series.

He Huanying has no opinion, and the other two have no opinion, and the plan is temporarily determined.

Gu Che took charge of the script adaptation, and said confidently: "You are ready to invest money, I will publish the script, but the director will let you choose by yourself!" ”

Kong Ping didn't know what he thought, and said with a smile: "I remember that Director Sun Zhengxin once mentioned to me that he is not unable to make TV series, and his graduation work is a short drama." ”

Luo Mingli's eyes rolled, and he said with a clear heart: "Yes, the director candidate is not ready-made!" ”

Although that time, director Sun Zhengxin said that if "The Legend of the White Snake" is going to make a TV series in the future, he can also help them shoot it.

But this person's mind is changing all the time.

The original team looked at Gu Che's meaning, it can no longer be used, and a new casting has to be used, but they all belong to the same IP, and Sun Zhengxin will be more handy when he shoots.

The "White Snake Universe", which was brought up by "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", has become popular.

At that time, when Sun Zhengxin was filming the movie, he was not sure whether the drama was popular or not.

Now that it has clearly exploded, if you go to Sun Zhengxin again, maybe people will not have the same idea as they originally thought.

How many directors can shoot a fire drama?

How many directors can shoot a drama that will be popular once it is broadcast?

Gu Che saw that the two of them were thoughtful, and he already had a plan in his heart, smiled, and said no more.

In terms of finding directors and filming candidates, he believes in his senior brother very much.

He is alone, and he can't catch everything, and if he has to catch everything, then he can't have the leisure to create.

I don't know how busy it is for a long time!

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As soon as it was decided to shoot a TV series, Kong Ping and Luo Mingli no longer hesitated, and set off to find Sun Zhengxin in Zhongzhou on the same day.

Sun Zhengxin is a director who has no fixed residence, and recently participated in a director exchange event in Zhongzhou, and by the way, he will live in Zhongzhou for a month.

Suddenly received a message that Kong Ping and Luo Mingli were coming over, he was a little surprised, but he didn't care much.

Although these two people are not in the entertainment industry, they are also serious Cantonese opera actors, and they may have come to Zhongzhou to communicate with Peking Opera.

Sun Zhengxin couldn't help but think of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", at the beginning of this film, if I remember correctly, these two also participated in the investment, and now the box office dividends of this film are estimated to have arrived one after another.

He couldn't help but be a little envious, the money he shared was enough for them to become a generous producer investor!

To make a film, there can't be only one investor.

As long as the current film has an investment of hundreds of millions of yuan, it can be regarded as a big production, and the investment of hundreds of millions of yuan is dispersed, and everyone only needs to invest tens of millions.

With the value of these two people, they may be able to vote for several dramas.

Anyway, it's more moisturizing than his filmmaking.

They can fail to invest, and they can continue to invest if they fail.

But filming a movie is different, if the movie fails one step, word of mouth will fall one step.

Don't look at his many invitations to shoot movies now, they are all for the sake of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", once his next film is a miserable box office, he will be beaten back to its original shape.

Sun Zhengxin sighed in his heart, and shook his head again, "No matter how you say it, it's better than no movie shooting in the past!" ”

He regretted it!

I knew that when Gu Che asked him if he wanted to invest in "The Legend of the White Snake", he should have taken out his savings for many years, and he would take up a few tenths of a percentage of the shares without saying a word!

A movie can make money for retirement!

Unlike now, I don't dare to retire because I am afraid that I will have no money.

The next day, Sun Zhengxin went to the airport, picked them up in person, and asked them what arrangements they had.

Kong Ping asked instead: "Director Sun, what about you, what arrangements do you have?" ”

Sun Zhengxin didn't think about him: "I have to participate in a film exchange in the afternoon, and a few producers have come to me to talk about my next film, and there will be nothing to do tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”

Kong Ping said: "You go to communicate first, and when you come back after the exchange, we will go to have a meal, and if we have time, we will go to play together. ”

Sun Zhengxin: "Okay! ”

In the afternoon, he went to talk to a few producers who were interested in making a film for him.

At first, the first communication was quite smooth, but from the second one, Sun Zhengxin found that something was wrong.

Why have you been talking about the production experience of the film "The Legend of the White Snake: Love"?

Sun Zhengxin kept an eye on his heart, and said calmly with a cautious face: "This drama, the biggest hero belongs to Gu Che, the script he took out is very good, I basically didn't change it much, I heard that the script was carefully crafted by him and his master, do you know who Gu Che's master is?" ”

The other producers didn't know this secret, so they hurriedly asked, "Who can be Gu Che's master?" ”

Sun Zhengxin smiled: "Gu Che's master is not simple, Gu Che's Cantonese opera was taught by that master, Ding Taiqi Ding in the Cantonese opera industry, is an honorary member of the Nanzhou Cantonese Opera Association, created a 'Ding dialect' with personal charm, dedicated his life to Cantonese opera, and is admired." ”

"Oh, by the way, his master is also a nationally recognized non-genetic inheritor, and he is also a nationally certified first-class artistic actor, and he can receive a state-subsidized allowance every month, which is the same level as Luo Gengsheng, the master of Peking Opera in Zhongzhou."

These people don't know Ding Taiqi, but they definitely know Luo Gengsheng.

Anyone who was born and raised in Middle-earth has definitely heard Luo Gengsheng's name.

This man is known as the "living legend of Peking Opera", and every student can see his name in textbooks.

Many people have passed away and have only been recorded in textbooks, but Luo Gengsheng is still alive, so he has such a nickname.

"No wonder the script of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" is so powerful, it turns out that there is such a master to help!"

"Gu Che is really blessed."

"I'll just say that Gu Che is so young, how can he be so omnipotent."

With such a reason, some producers who had a little ninety-nine in their hearts retreated.

After communicating with Sun Zhengxin for a while, they left.

Secretly, these people talked to each other and said—

"Just give up?"

"Otherwise, do you think you can poach Gu Che's teacher?"

"No, such an old artist, there is no shortage of fame or profit, it is very difficult to dig, not to mention that his disciple runs the IP of "The Legend of the White Snake" well, how can he help us turn our heads against his disciple?"

"You said that you can communicate with him first, not to mention what script you want to polish, and only say it after signing the contract."

"That's not good, such a master, if you don't explicitly say what is the reason for the visit, do you think he will give you face? It would be nice not to blow you out! ”

Some people retreated, but others struggled.

In the end, two people stayed by Sun Zhengxin's side and persevered to ask him about the filming of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love".

For example, how did the actors find them, who the special effects company looked for, and who were the assistants on the set at that time.

Sun Zhengxin has communicated with them for so long and understands.

Good guy, do you think you can't dig up the screenwriter of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love", and plan to dig up the important characters of the entire crew?

Sun Zhengxin was impatient in his heart, but on the surface, he was playing with them and making official statements, so he didn't let go.

Later, a producer opened the skylight and said something bright, saying: "In this way, we will pay twice the price for you to shoot another "The Legend of the White Snake", what do you think?" ”

Sun Zhengxin put away the smile on his face, "No, I've already filmed one, how can I shoot the second one?" Isn't that the same topic? ”

The producer said anxiously: "Where is the same film?" "The Legend of the White Snake" is a classic myth and legend, and "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" is just an adapted work. Gu Che can adapt "The Legend of the White Snake", and other people can also adapt it, "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" I think it's very good. ”

Sun Zhengxin said with a straight face: "No, it's not moral, I won't shoot it." ”

This exchange is destined to end unhappily.

In the evening, Sun Zhengxin went out to eat with Kong Ping and Luo Mingli, and after three rounds of drinking, he drunkenly mentioned the matter.

He said dissatisfiedly: "I look like such a person who sees money, saying that he is filming a brand new drama, but in fact he wants to dig me up and plagiarize!" It's all old foxes in the circle, who doesn't know what their idea is? ”

Sun Zhengxin: "I just starved to death, died outside, jumping from here, I won't be so ungrateful to shoot another "The Legend of the White Snake", when my old grandson is something!"

”

Kong Ping and Luo Mingli glanced at each other.

Kong Ping gave Luo Mingli a hint in his eyes.

Luo Mingli also gave Kong Ping a hint in his eyes.

In the end, the senior brother defeated the junior brother, and Luo Mingli stubbornly said, "That, Brother Sun, we have something to tell you." ”

"Do you want to come over and shoot Gu Che's adaptation of "The Legend of the White Snake"?"

Sun Zhengxin: ......