The sense of presence of the two protagonists is so strong that many people in the director team are moved.

Shen Zhenyi doesn't care, her existence runs throughout, to a certain extent, it can be said that this is her movie, and there is no need to dig up her story.

But Ouyang Ke, according to the script plan, his role will not exceed twenty minutes - such a strong appeal, such a short scene, anyone has to say "tyrannical things".

Naturally, in between filming, Zhuang Geng, the assistant director who had already made his idea, and He Xi, the head of the screenwriting team in Dunhuang, jointly found Wang Wei.

“…… We wanted to tap into the potential of the character of 'Hannibal' and even make a series, or make a series of spin-offs around Hannibal's line. ”

Well, before the movie was released, or even before it was completed, they proposed a plan to make a sequel or spin-off, and Wang Wei should be happy.

- At least in their minds, the chances of success in The Silence of the Lambs are far greater than the chances of failure. And the character of Hannibal is also classic enough to conquer most of the audience.

After all, no one would consider taking a bad movie character or subplot and developing it into a series or movie independently.

Wang Wei shrugged: "It's not like I haven't thought about it......"

"So you have a plan?" The two asked impatiently.

But Wang Wei shook his head: "It is not impossible to connect the plot of "The Silence of the Lambs", unfold some of the faint plots in this one, and make a sequel or spin-off." ”

"But from my point of view, it doesn't mean much."

Zhuang Geng was a little puzzled: "Why? How can it be meaningless to create derivative movies and spin-offs under the background setting of the original work, firstly, the investment risk is small, and secondly, it is mutual promotion, which can maximize the benefits? ”

"Moreover, there are ready-made successful cases in Dunhuang." He Xi added.

- He said it, but it was the episode version of "Genius Gunman".

Wang Wei agreed to be the producer of this drama, although he was not purely famous, but he did not waste too much effort.

With the movie version as a reference, Wang Wei gave a synopsis of the plot again, and also checked the editing, and the drama version of "Genius Gunman" did not fall into the curse of "remakes must be bad movies".

This mini-series, which only has fifteen episodes, has more delicate character portrayals, more reasonable motivational turns, more realistic story interpretation, and exposes the "unspeakable" of education.

Of course, the darker ending also caused a lot of controversy - the four protagonists in the drama version are all grayscale, they look for anti-rules in the rules, go to the road of no return, and are finally reported by another cheating gunman, paying a terrible price.

With the help of the popularity of the movie, after the drama version of "Genius Gunman" was broadcast, it became a small hit, with an average rating of 8.8%.

For a miniseries, the numbers are already pretty good.

At least, this rating has made the drama version sell well overseas, and Dunhuang has made a lot of money just by selling TV series copyrights.

What's even better is that the character linkage between the episodes and the complementarity between the plots make fans often buy the movie version and the episode version together when they buy DVDs, which brings a wave of small sales peaks of the movie version of DVDs.

It is conservatively estimated that the drama version of "Genius Gunman" can bring 100 million yuan of long-term income to Dunhuang, and it also makes Dunhuang's development in the field of TV series a good start.

Interestingly, because it is the first film and television work co-produced with an Indian financier, Lao Wang is having a headache about how to reduce the profits of the drama version of "Genius Gunman" within a "reasonable" range.

Well, that's the "pain" of pleasure.

There are already successful examples in the past, and the charm of "Hannibal" is even greater, isn't it good to earn a vote while the iron is hot?

- Although it is not yet "hot", their confidence is clearly leveraged.

Wang Wei agrees with their confidence, but not so much with their plans.

He explained: "Guys, in fact, they were all bluffed by Mr. Ouyang's exaggerated acting skills and the exaggerated charm of Hannibal he played, forgetting that he was actually an extremely evil character in the movie. ”

"Isn't his charm in evil? What's wrong with that? Zhuang Geng still didn't understand.

"That's the problem, evil can't prevail!"

“？？？”

Zhuang Geng looked confused, just making a movie, what does it have to do with good and evil?

"I seem to understand what the director means." He Xi, who is most familiar with story creation, was the first to react, "You mean that Hannibal alone cannot support a complete storyline?" ”

"Not exactly, but it's pretty much it." Wang Wei nodded.

"The so-called 'winning with the right fit, winning with the odd', making movies is also a truth. A movie always needs normal, or positive, characters. ”

"Like in many stories, some supporting characters are more popular than the main character, but we can't simply think that there is no main character, only supporting characters are enough. At the end of the day, they're just supporting characters. ”

Speaking of this, Zhuang Geng also understood the meaning.

To put it bluntly, this is a question of the audience's perspective.

Hannibal, and the villain similar to him, is of course very charismatic, but I believe that not many viewers will think that they are evil, so let's put it in his perspective.

Even if they are really bad, most of them like to substitute for the protagonist whose values cannot be too biased.

If you lose the perspective of substituting the story, you will naturally lose the sense of immersion, your characters will be more attractive, and the attractiveness of the whole movie will be greatly reduced.

This is also the reason why in "The Silence of the Lambs", the whole story has been following the heroine - she is not only the perspective of the audience, but also plays the role of connecting the story and highlighting Hannibal's charm.

Wang Wei spread his hands: "So I think that if you follow your imagination and expand the plot with Hannibal as the main line to create a series, it will be more and more inadequate." ”

Isn't that what the original Silence of the Lambs series is?

The first is a classic psychological suspense film, the second is a thriller and gore film that can still be watched, and the last two become crimes - a completely bloody dog-tail sequel, a three-dimensional and vivid Hannibal is unwittingly filmed into a big pie.

There is another point that Wang Wei did not say, that is, the cultural background.

Although in the reality of the law of the jungle, there are always some people who complain that "people are good and are bullied by others", the core values of Chinese civilization are always good.

Well, looking at the whole world, "evil does not prevail over good" is the mainstream, and it can only be said that in China, this is especially important.

An evil character like "Hannibal", "try it out" is okay, if it really wants to be the main dish of the series, it can't be said that there is no market at all in China, but there is definitely not much market.

Wang Wei smiled: "So I still have that opinion, making a sequel or spin-off can be considered, but if Hannibal is the protagonist to create a series, it is too difficult, and the prospects are not easy to say." ”

Then he made a joke: "But it can't be said that there is no way at all, the good and the bad are all based on comparison, if you form a team of big villains, let the demons who are more evil than Hannibal add in for comparison, the pattern will be opened." ”

Wang Wei said casually, Zhuang Geng was just that, but He Xi, a veteran comic book fan, had a flash of inspiration.

He said excitedly: "Didn't you say that evil cannot prevail over good? It's better to form a team of villains than a team of heroes, well, it should be said that it is a team of superheroes, and the pattern is not more open when the superheroes are gathered? ”

Wang Wei was stunned.

Superheroes, Cinematic Universe, Marvel Dafa...... At this moment, these concepts emerge one after another.

He looked at He Xi, who seemed to have opened a new door, and suddenly felt a faint sadness-

I'll just say it casually, you can open your mind?

Oh my god, there is one less chance to beep!

……

Guys gave more feedback, emmm...... It can only be said that it is difficult to reconcile the mouths, let's try to absorb the mainstream opinions, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, everyone forgive me~

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