Chapter 635: Cultural Export
At the end of March, the finale of [Dear Love] confirmed his status as the first hit TV series in 2018 with absolute data.
Under the simulcast of the Taiwan network, not only the ratings of the webcast are both high, but its sweet and positive energy plot has also aroused extensive social discussions.
From the start of the broadcast to the finale, the official media issued praise three times.
Praise [Dear Love] shows the positive spirit of the young generation, especially those who have grown up in the era of rapid development of technology and the Internet, in the form of group portraits.
But this is not over, with the popularity of [Dear Love], under the long-tail effect, the number of online broadcasts will further increase, and after the premiere of Mango Channel, the broadcast rights of the second and third rounds will also be sold one after another.
"At present, the rights of Japan, South Korea and Wanwan have been sold, which are respectively Wanwan's China Television, Japan's BS TV and South Korea's SBS TV.
Copyright in some countries in Southeast Asia is still being discussed, but it is only a matter of time."
At noon, Gu Wei received a call from Yang Liwen in the crew of [Sito], reporting to him the overseas copyright transaction of [Dear Love] in the recent period.
China Television, BS TV and SBS TV are all old partners of [Wei Mingxia], and a few years ago they bought the overseas copyrights of [A Smile is Alluring] and [Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms].
In the end, the local playback data is good, and you can make money, and the cooperation in the future is naturally logical.
Now that [Dear Love] is so popular in China, they are willing to continue to cooperate.
These idol dramas, whether in ancient costumes or in modern times, are very popular in Asian countries.
From this point of view, if you want to export culture, you have to rely on idol dramas, and the domineering president falls in love with me regardless of country or nation, everyone loves to watch it.
As for the export of Chinese culture, it is also one of the purposes.
At least he used his own influence to export a lot of blockbuster film and television dramas to Asia.
Jing Tian listened with a look of curiosity.
"Speaking of which, the Japanese side bought the copyright and changed the name of [Dear Love], do you know how they translated?"
On the contrary, most of his blockbuster movies in China are not adapted to the local soil after going abroad, and the box office is limited, so he can only use Gu Wei's fame to attract the support of his local fans.
Gu Wei nodded, what Jing Tian said was right, he actually thought so too, making more money and earning less is secondary, expanding his fame is the most important thing.
I have to listen to me, I have a bad temper, and I like others to be respectful and polite to me.
In fact, although Gu Wei has not done anything earth-shattering since his rebirth, he has changed a lot unconsciously.
"Haha, this is very in line with the naming rules over there, very Japanese-style"
Japan, South Korea and Wanwan are better, everyone is in the Confucian cultural circle, and they are rich, and the copyright fee can be slightly higher.
The corners of Gu Wei's mouth rose slightly.
"Not really, I'm just making an analogy."
"The overseas rights of [dear love] were sold so quickly?" After chatting for a while, Gu Wei hung up the phone, and Da Tiantian, who was sitting opposite him for lunch, looked curious.
According to the director's request, this scene of him falling was filmed several times.
In the antique hotel, Gu Wei was tied to the ground by rattan, and Jing Tian was wearing a cheongsam and elegantly telling him the rules.
Gu Wei didn't carry her behind her back when he called, and Jing Tian could roughly hear the content of his phone.
The director's voice came, and Jing Tian, who was still a queen just now, immediately changed his demeanor and squatted down with a smile.
You laugh when you want to laugh, you don't laugh when you don't want to.
Just now, Yang Liwen told Gu Wei that the copyright price offered by Netflix to [Dear Love] is $10,000 per episode, which means that the total is only $410,000.
"If you are abroad, making money is still secondary, mainly to expand your influence, and this can be regarded as the export of Chinese culture." Da Tiantian thought for a while and said.
"It's amazing"
"So you mean, let me kneel for you?"
"Click! Very good, passed!"
I know what to do with a single look.
"Does it hurt to fall a few times?"
Gu Wei's idol dramas have contributed a lot.
"You have two choices, follow me or not.
In the scene between the two just now, Qin Fang, played by Gu Wei, was about to leave if he didn't say a word, Si Tou used a spell to manipulate the rattan to tie him up, and then Gu Wei fell straight to the ground.
This is a real fall, the room is a wooden floor without anything, bang a few times, Jingtian on the side looks at it and it hurts.
"Fortunately, I don't feel much about my rough skin and thick flesh," Gu Wei said, and a staff member came up to help him untie the vines tied to his body.
For example, I want to kneel.
"To be precise, it is the overseas copyright in Asia, and Netflix in North America is still in communication, and it may be sold in the future."
From the earliest [Ancient Sword Strange Tan], [Shanshan is Coming] to the later [Langya Bang], [A slight smile is very captivating], [Three Lives and Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms], [You Are My Glory].
Gu Wei is telling the truth, compared with the domestic copyright fees of hundreds of millions, many overseas copyrights can be regarded as cabbage prices.
"It's called [GO! GO! Cinderella's unrequited love]."
"What's amazing, it's just nice to say, in fact, the broadcast copyright of all overseas countries adds up to a little money, and it can't be compared with China, but fly legs are also meat, and you don't make money for nothing."
In recent years, the "Korean Wave" has long been unpopular, but the "Chinese Wave" has slowly become popular in East Asia.
Those small countries in Southeast Asia really can't afford to pay the price, while North America and Europe have different cultures and offer very low prices.
It doesn't matter if you really want to kneel, or if you are pressed by a knife to kneel, as long as you kneel, I am satisfied."
"You've been performing well recently, you've done a good job in terms of demeanor and temperament, it seems that you've opened your mind" After loosening the tie, Gu Wei stood up from the ground, patted his body and praised him.
"Hmph, I'm smart." Jing Tian said arrogantly, and then looked at Gu Wei.
"But it's also Teacher Gu who teaches well."
The crew adjusted the camera position and finished filming a few shots behind this scene.
Then everyone started filming the last scene of the night.
Si Tou found that his spell ability was disappearing, and accidentally set fire to the hotel he lived in during the test, and at this time, Qin Fang found that he rushed in and carried Si Tou out, who was stunned in place.
This scene is not difficult, Da Tiantian doesn't even have a single line.
Jing Tian put on makeup, his fair little face was painted with some black, showing that he was smoked in the fire, the camera was set up, Gu Wei rushed in and saw Jing Tian standing a little overwhelmed in the fire.
"What have you done!"
This is also the first time Qin Fang shouted at Si Tou after the two met.
After speaking, Gu Wei did not hesitate, rushed forward to a princess to pick up Jing Tian, and then ran out of the fire quickly.
"It's so unusual, can this fire be played casually?
Do you know how dangerous this fire will be if it burns out, and it will kill people! ”
Next to the fire truck outside, everyone was busy fighting the fire, and Gu Wei reprimanded Jing Tian with a serious face.
Speaking of which, there are some differences between this plot and the original book.
In the original book, the fire was deliberately set by Sito, in order to show Qin Fang that he was not human, so he was not bound by human laws and morals, and he was a strong man above the rules and could do whatever he wanted.
But TV series definitely can't be filmed like this.
The subject matter of [Sito] itself is a bit sensitive, and the demon of the original book has also been changed to a plant that has evolved by being infected by an alien spaceship, called the Kan (yi) family.
Intentional arson is even more misinformation, so it was changed to a fire caused by an accident of a test spell.
In fact, there are several similar changes in the script, such as the original tile house was eaten by Shen Yindeng, and the play was changed to be protected by rattan silk and escaped.
In order to prevent the potential danger of children imitating the bridge, the play was changed to Sito weaving a cocoon with vines and drawing nutrients from the land through vines.
These changes do weaken and reduce the "demonic nature" of the characters, but they do not affect the overall story structure, and they are more acceptable to the public.
The night breeze is blowing.
On the tree-lined path under the crew's hotel, Gu Wei and Jing Tian were strolling.
Tonight's night scene didn't shoot for too long, and after the crew finished work, Da Tiantian, who had nothing to do, asked Gu Wei to go out for a walk.
"It's a beautiful environment, full of green hills and trees, and the air is exceptionally fresh.
If nothing happens, it must be very comfortable to be able to stay here for a while."
Da Tiantian has changed out of a beautiful cheongsam, wearing a casual outfit, a gray sweater and a black leather jacket on the top, and dark blue jeans on the bottom, and the whole person has changed from an elegant queen to a modern fashion young woman.
Gu Wei raised his head slightly, the sky was full of stars, this kind of scenery is usually rare in the city.
"Yes, if you have time, you might as well come here for a vacation, and this shooting is a good step."
"Hee-hee, when I was filming [Fire King] before, I went to Iceland with the crew, and the scenery there was also very shocking, and it was another kind of beauty.
There are so many places I want to go, I don't know where to go if I'm free."
The two of them walked for a while until they stopped at the edge of a nearby stream, and the water was gurgling and rattling as the only sound in the quiet night.
"With my character, I really won't go anywhere when I really have time, so I just stay at home and sleep." Jing Tian took two quick steps, squatted to the side of the stream, and his slender little hands reached out into the water and paddled back and forth.
"Do you feel tired from filming?" Gu Wei walked to her side and looked at Da Tiantian who was playing happily in the water like a child.
"It's okay, it doesn't matter if I'm tired or not, I've gotten used to it for so many years.
And unlike the kind of actor who takes on many plays a year, although I debuted early, I don't have too many works, basically one drama is filmed after a period of rest and then another film, which is quite relaxed overall
Acting is not a burden for me, but I have been hacked by netizens over the years and am more depressed.
But it's much better now, and in the early years, I was more interested in the evaluation of major families, and now I have seen a lot more.
What others say is someone else's right, as long as you do your best, you can't change others, you can only change yourself."
As she spoke, Jing Tian turned her head to look at Gu Wei.
"Why did you want to be an actor in the first place?"
"Me?
Because I was playful and didn't study hard in middle school, my grades at that time were only enough to go to a second college.
Later, my parents didn't know what to think, so they arranged for me to go to an art class for two months, and I was admitted to Beiying during the art exam."
Gu Wei told the truth.
"Haha. You don't actually have to do anything with this look, when you go to that station during the art exam, the teacher will let you pass."
Jing Tian said with a grin.
"In this way, it was not your own will to learn acting in the first place, it was completely a request from your family.
Fortunately, uncles and aunts have a long-term vision, otherwise there would be one less superstar in the entertainment industry now."
"I'm a superstar, just an ordinary actor."
"If you are an ordinary actor, who would dare to say that you are a big star?" Jingtian pursed his lips.
"And then, after school, did you gradually like acting?"
Gu Wei glanced at Da Tiantian, thinking that your curiosity is quite heavy, but there is nothing that cannot be said.
He crouched down, picked up a straw stick on the ground and stirred up the water.
"Sort of, I didn't really feel much about what I was learning in school, and I was completely reading from the textbook, and the teacher told me to do what I wanted.
Later, by chance, I made my first movie [Embroidered Spring Knife], which was also the first time I really joined the group to shoot a scene.
I felt that playing a role was like experiencing a new life, novel and exciting, and then I gradually fell in love with acting."
"Serendipity? How did I hear that this coincidence of your expenses is very expensive?"
"Haha. It's all about art, and spending a little money is nothing."
"Do you know when I first knew you?"
"The first time we met was at the premiere of [Tang Detective 1] that year, I remember it was introduced by Mr. Zhang of Wanda"
Jing Tian shook his head.
"I knew about you before that, and I was curious about you"
Gu Wei turned his head slightly, waiting for her to explain.
"Before the release of [Tang Detective 1], you filmed three film and television dramas: [Embroidered Spring Knife], [Ancient Sword Strange Tan], and [Shanshan is Coming], all of which cooperated with popular actresses in the circle.
As a newcomer who has not yet graduated from Beiying, he is the male number one after entering the circle, and he has such top-level resources, and the media at that time called you "the biggest resource coffee in the entertainment industry".
Speaking of this, Jingtian paused.
"Stand alongside me."
"Hahaha" Gu Wei couldn't help laughing.
"So at that time, I was curious, what is this actor named Gu Wei like?"
"Then you weren't disappointed when you saw me later, did you?"
Jing Tian glanced at him.
"It's okay, the impression of the first meeting was not bad, especially in terms of appearance, which exceeded my expectations."
"Okay? That's not what you said when we first met. Gu Wei touched his chin.
"I remember that Tiantian was very enthusiastic about me at that time, so that I always thought that you admired me very much"
"Hmph, nothing." Jing Tian was very arrogant on his lips, but his eyes were a little evasive.
"Didn't you?
It seems that I am self-inflicted, a little sad," Gu Wei teased her with a smile.
"I just think you're a little bit good, just a little bit"
Da Tiantian stretched out a hand and gestured a little bit.
"And I'm Miss Sito now, Queen Fan, how can I worship you."
"Oh no, I knew that I would have found a script for a domineering president and a little wife to play with you.
It was so cute and sweet at the beginning, this is "vine transformation", after saying this, Gu Wei couldn't help laughing.
However, he thought of the meaning of the word "rattanization" in the future.
The night sky is clear, starlit, the nearby inns are lit up, and the mountains in the distance are silent.
The two talked and laughed, and they were very happy for a while.
The night breeze blows softly through the woods and valleys, bringing a chill.
Jing Tian shivered, stood up, and shook the water in his hands.
"It's so cool."
Gu Wei also stood up, threw away the straw stick in his hand, and rubbed his hands.
Seeing Da Tiantian holding his arms with his hands, he shook his head slightly, took off his dark brown woolen coat and draped it on the other party.
Jing Tian felt the clothes with body temperature, and there was a burst of warmth on his body.
"Give me your hand." After Gu Wei put on her clothes, he stretched out his hand again.
Da Tiantian blinked a pair of big round eyes, and obediently put her two hands on Gu Wei's hands.
"Good guy, you are really a jade hand, it's too cold" Gu Wei clasped his hands together and wrapped Jing Tian's two hands inside.
"The water is cold."
At this moment, Da Tiantian is like a good baby, letting her do whatever she wants, and she speaks softly, staring at Gu Wei tightly with a pair of big moist eyes.
"It's cold, let's go back, we have to film tomorrow, don't catch a cold" Gu Wei suggested.
"Okay," Da Tiantian agreed softly.
The two turned around, Gu Wei let go of his hands, but he still took one of Jing Tian's hands and walked back.
Da Tiantian also held the warm big hand tightly and followed forward.
(End of chapter)