Chapter 56: I'm Sorry, I Love You
Fang Yihua has always been traditional and conservative, and he was a little unacceptable for a while.
She suddenly showed a fierce look in her eyes, and glared at Li Lecheng fiercely: "Okay...... Dogs that bite don't bark! I'm kind of a blind eye! You calculate your sixth uncle like this, you are not afraid of me......"
"Aunt Six, don't tease me. The relationship between the two of you is so good, since I dare to tell you, I am not afraid that the sixth uncle will know. ”
Li Lecheng interrupted her and smiled: "Moreover, this way, in fact, wireless can also be tried, but wireless should not dare to try, if the sixth aunt does it, even if the sixth uncle knows, he will let it go, and even provide a little support." In fact, movies are also a business, the cost is not too large, the risk is small, it doesn't hurt to do it, and you won't lose anything. ”
As for the intrigue in the middle, what does it have to do with him?
Fang Yihua mused: "It's really similar to the idea of making a movie, isn't it just financing and co-production, isn't it just looking for a filmmaker to sell the film before the screening...... But in this case, you must find a popular star to act.
By the way, how sure are you that those overseas TV stations, or rather, the richest island country TV stations, will be willing to invest in our drama projects? Do you want? How many gold medal drama producers do I dig up to come to Shaw Brothers? Or...... Shoot a big-scene theme that is loved by all of Asia? Three Kingdoms? ”
Li Lecheng shook his head: "It's too expensive, and those investors don't necessarily trust how much we are willing to give...... Let's start small and see if we can make money. I only know that women's tears are the best to earn ratings, and there must be a market for sadomasochistic bitter love dramas. ”
If you want ratings, save money, and ignore cultural differences, then this is the best.
This type of market is currently blank.
What age is it now, Qiong Yao drama only made a few movies in the 70s, and they have not begun to be made into TV series in large quantities to dominate the screen, let alone this kind of advanced variety.
He handed out a TV drama plan.
The title of the play is "I'm Sorry, I Love You".
He chose this drama purely by coincidence.
It's not that the wireless dramas of this era are not as good as this kind of drama, on the contrary, in recent years, there are many martial arts dramas, business war dramas, and period dramas that cannot be surpassed, and that kind of vision and pride are not possessed by later dramas, but ...... Compared with the heroes of this era, compared to their strengths, they are fools.
There are also a bunch of other options that can be made, all kinds of genres that are not available now, but sadomasochistic idol dramas may be the most accepted in the market at present, after all, Qiong Yao still has a good foundation for the Chinese-speaking market. He is not stupid, he can't throw Wang Fang out at the beginning, come here to test the water first, the degree is just right.
"This drama, the investment is not much, and the number of episodes is not much, but there is an overseas filming part, you can find actors from the partner to play some roles, shoot fashionable and beautiful, it is easy to have high ratings, we can also do advertising placement, don't position too high, small profits but quick turnover, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat. After all, the drama market has a wide range of radiation. "Li Le became enlightened.
Fang Yihua lowered his head and focused on looking at things: "Who do you think the heroine should give to?" It's pitiful, but it's not too straightforward to be beautiful, young and idolistic. Well-known film and television actors can't be invited, and the price won't be cheap, but they must be backed by a big market and popular enough, and they must be well-known in Asia, and they must be partners...... That one...... How about Akina Nakamori in the island country? ”
Fang Yihua raised his neck to look at him: "I won't treat you badly, you have merit in this matter, and the actor is still for you." ”
Li Lecheng was suffocated: "Sixth aunt, that, can you not let me act!" The producer doesn't have to look for me! Neither will I! You also said that making movies is worth a lot, and I am determined to make movies! I'll never act in a TV series again! ”
"That's it! Shaw Brothers doesn't have a better role than you! Your movie, normal start-up, who doesn't cooperate with me. This is a great opportunity to expand our visibility across Asia. Fang Yihua sighed now: "You let me out, immediately, immediately!" Otherwise, don't blame me for changing my mind! ”
Li Lecheng still wanted to fight with her, but he saw that Fang Yihua's eyes were already filled with tears.
It seems that I can't hold it anymore.
Is it so lethal?
He knew that now was not the best time to say this, so he had to leave unwillingly.
After Li Lecheng left, Fang Yihua took a tissue and began to wipe her tears, and after watching it for a long time, Rao is hard-hearted heart was also blocked in her heart, in a trance, her chest hurt so much that she couldn't seem to recover......
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Li Lecheng returned to the dormitory with a sad face, and when Lao Gui saw him like this, he and Du Kefeng came up: "What? No way? ”
"Okay! She's so supportive of our films! But she wants me to play the leading role! I don't want to act! Crying and crying is not for me. And let me be the producer, how can I! ”
In fact, the main reason was that he didn't want to meet Mingcai, and Li Lecheng resisted meeting her from the bottom of his heart.
But when they meet, he will be so happy!
This is not right!
"Who do you blame for your own idea?" Lao Gui listened to it and breathed a sigh of relief, he was very shocked when he heard Li Lecheng's thoughts, how did this person's brain grow!
Chu Yuan also came over and said with a smile: "Oh, it won't be fine, now many Shaw Brothers employees may change their fate because of this, everyone will definitely help you if they work together!" ”
Nan Hong realized later: "If Fang Yihua really does this, does it mean that Shaw Brothers can continue to work?" ”
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Two days later, Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua gathered the remaining employees and officially announced:
——Shaw Brothers is not discontinuing for the time being! Changed to a new type of TV series!
The head drama "I'm Sorry, I Love You".
If this shot is not successful, then they will be able to make a big layoff in December!
The TV drama business is independent of wireless, and it is a TV series with a high degree of freedom for the Chinese and Asian markets!
In addition, this also means that in the face of global Chinese, the drama will naturally not be able to speak Cantonese. It means that the external export version is all spoken in Chinese, and Shaw Brothers will return to the Chinese era, and actors who can't speak will be dubbed.
This bombshell has stirred up thousands of waves in the entire Chinese film and television industry!
It's not news that Shaw Brothers is down, but it's too surprising to turn into a TV series!
The media followed up and had a big discussion:
"Fall, or death? The end of the twilight of the movie giants! ”
"TV drama is the future? Ridiculous, it's just the Shaw Brothers branch of the TVK drama department! ”
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"No matter how bad it is, is it worse than shutting down?!"
"What does it mean to have discipline in making movies, is there less filming of Fengyue films Shaw Brothers?!"
Fang Yihua snorted, ignoring the hustle and bustle of the outside world, but secretly rejoiced in his heart:
Just for this news, their first TV series has no shortage of attention! How much investment does a sadomasochistic idol drama need, a small investment, a big return, it must be earned!
And TV series are not as risky as movies, they can make money while filming.
There are a lot of things that need to be done in the early stage of the series, and everything is difficult at the beginning, and in the end, Fang Yihua pulled five TV stations: China Television, KBS on the Peninsula, Fuji TV in the island country and Pak Guo TV.
After finalizing the intention to purchase the film, it is planned that after the Shaw Brothers advances funds to shoot the pilot episode, if the inspection is satisfactory, the four TV stations will pay according to the price negotiated before and obtain the first round of broadcast rights. If everything goes well, the TV series will be profitable when filming officially begins. This model is not mature, but after establishing a relationship, you will be able to sell dramas in a purely market-oriented model in the future.