Chapter 410 Hatred and whiplash, arrogance and slap in the face (1)
The promotional method of continuously maintaining the popularity of TV series topics with novel serialization is unprecedented in the film and television industry.
The novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is so popular that the filming process of its TV series with the same name is so low-key and mysterious. This conscious contrast arrangement is precisely to mobilize the curiosity of the audience bit by bit and gradually transform "readers" into "audiences".
Basically, all TV people understand the essence and purpose of this operation, but they can only wait and see at the moment. This publicity method has never been precedent and will involve many problems in the process. No one dares to guarantee that it will be 100% successful.
Continuous serialization can indeed maintain the popularity and attention of the story, but it also means that the story plot will be leaked in advance, unless you have the courage of Liu Jingting and the team behind it, and you are confident that after telling the story, the audience can still maintain their expectations for the TV series;
Then there is the issue of the transformation of scripts and novels. The TV series currently being made on the market are either adapted from existing novels or brand new scripts. There are only a few authors who dare to write scripts while serializing novels, and can ensure the popularity of novels.
Therefore, everyone regards this method as a way of thinking and a conditional idea.
It is this "conditional thinking" that has begun to make many people feel uneasy, such as Zheng Yu in "Wei Wu Was the Whip" and Shen Ning in "Emperor Wu of Han".
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is a story that has been re-edited and historically accepted by the government and the public. It was not surprising that the report was just a matter of vain. And from a certain justice standpoint, I did it once with the mentality of "what if I win".
In fact, at the beginning, everyone was simply afraid of Liu Jingting's personal influence. They were not optimistic about his so-called "romantics" that falsified history. They believed that his participation in the production of the drama this time was ultimately a paper tiger. When they were meetings and were trying to show a calm attitude, and a confident attitude that had already seen through the opponent's nature of being harsh and timid.
However, all this concept disappeared with the rise of the story of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and replaced by real worries. In other words, the originally hidden worries finally officially erupted.
Because if they put aside the opponent's position, they have to admit that the story is indeed more exciting and can better reflect the war in troubled times.
In fact, many screenwriters of Zheng Yu's team are already secretly chasing this story, becoming more and more desperate as they pursue it. They even suggested to Zheng Yu to learn from certain plots of Liu Jingting. This book is also a creative technique that Zheng Yu is good at.
Of course, this idea cannot be truly implemented. If Liu Jingting's team was secretly writing scripts and accidentally revealing certain plots, they could pretend not to know and use them directly. But now they are serializing stories publicly. Not to mention learning from scenes, even quoting lines will be besieged by the masses and have nowhere to escape.
For other teams, especially Zheng Yu, you can clearly feel the arrival of a sense of crisis. Shen Ning's "Emperor Wu of Han" was originally going to be a quiet dark horse, so that Liu Jingting and Zheng Yu could fight. Anyway, their fame is not as good as them, and it is normal to win it. Winning is glory. The most important thing is that there is no conflict in their subject matter, so there is no need to worry about the coverage of the ratings.
But now the situation has changed subtly. With the current development momentum of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", let alone competing with him for the "June 1st Project", if it encounters the schedule, it may be directly cannon fodder.
This is a matter of background. After reading the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", you will naturally understand this problem.
The core behind-the-scenes team of "Wei Wu Was the Whip" finally decided to officially hold a meeting on "How to deal with the Three Kingdoms of Liu Jingting".
"Tell everyone directly. Today I have received the above news and are asking questions about the schedule." Zheng Yu said solemnly.
In the initial arrangement, the dominant position of "Wei Wu Waves the Whip" is unquestionable. Whether it is Liu Jingting or Shen Ning, they can only be regarded as a cooperation with other TV stations. Although Shi Wei mediated it, the most important thing is that Zheng Yu's own influence and the strength shown in the script have won the eye of the leader.
But isn’t influence the most vulnerable and easiest to create in this era of information explosion?
"What schedule? Isn't this already decided?" a slightly fat middle-aged man asked in confusion.
"The TV has not been officially broadcast in one day. No, even if the TV is officially broadcast, temporary adjustments can be made, not to mention that the filming has just started to start for a while."
The atmosphere in the conference room became more and more depressing.
“How to adjust?”
Zheng Yu smiled helplessly and said, "Just change the priority and focus."
Everyone immediately understood the meaning of Zheng Yu's words. The above is to use Liu Jingting's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as the main work of this project, which is something that everyone has been worried about recently.
Depressed quiet.
"Do you want us to change the script now?" Someone said in a low voice.
"What?" Zheng Yu's face changed and he turned to find the person to speak.
"At worst, we can also change the script. Since history can be changed so much, we..."
"Okay," Zheng Yu waved his hand and interrupted, and the expression on his face began to become gloomy. "Doing this means completely surrendering. What do we use to fight Liu Jingting? Isn't it the weapon of 'Official History'? Now we have changed it, isn't it equivalent to admitting that his path is right and we follow the trend. In that case, what is the meaning of my existence? Why don't you forget it if you don't have it?"
This is the charm of the screenwriter and producer.
"There is no need to imitate them, but we can block his way in advance." A young female screenwriter said cautiously, officially, Yuan Sa, who wanted to settle beside Liu Jingting.
"How to block the road?"
After hearing this, Zheng Yu did not immediately express his opinion. It seemed that he had known that Yuan Sa would say so, and another producer asked.
"According to the content that has been released, it can be seen that Liu Jingting's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is to transfer and graft the stories of the Three Kingdoms era, trying to present the epic with legendary brushstrokes, mainly based on the Liu Bei group, and to revisit the history of the Three Kingdoms. We can grasp this and launch our own 'peripheral plot' first."
"That is to say we also write the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'?"
"Writing similar stories is to use novels to make up new stories in the original history. It seems difficult and it is easy to do it. And we can form a copywriting team to do this. Anyway, everyone is filming the Three Kingdoms, so we don't follow his story, but we can brainstorm his next story based on the main line of "Wei Wu Waving the Whip".
"Writing his story, leaving him with nothing to write?"
"It's this idea."
"But, I have to say, Liu Jingting's pen power..."
Zheng Yu finally spoke and said, "We don't use the kind of insignificant writing to write. We only tell stories. The purpose is to let everyone understand that Liu Jingting is not the only one who can play with history. We just disdain to blaspheme history."
Yuan Sa nodded and continued, "For example, he now writes about Zhuge Liang finally surrendering to Liu Bei. According to history, the Battle of Red Cliffs should be written next. According to his previous style, he will definitely make a big fuss in this Battle of Red Cliffs. If I guessed correctly, he will focus on the role of Zhuge Liang, because when Liu Bei visited the cottage three times, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were very dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang. This is actually the foreshadowing he used commonly. He first mocked people, and then the ridiculed people showed their supernatural powers, which convinced everyone."
"The question is, how will he reflect the role of Zhuge Liang? After all, Zhou Yu is the leader of the Battle of Red Cliff. He can't just erase the character Zhou Yu, right?"
Zheng Yu said: "Two ideas, one is to graft, add some deeds that do not belong to Zhuge Liang to him, and the other is to distort the historical facts themselves, rewrite the Battle of Red Cliff, increase the role of Liu Bei's side, and allow them to play a key role in the battle."
"That's the way of thinking, but the details..."
"So we need to form a copywriting team." Yuan Sa and Zheng Yu sang together and finally explained the main content of the meeting.
Write the Three Kingdoms in advance to block Liu Jingting!
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At this time, Liu Jingting was filming on the scene of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and told Tang Han an important drama: Zhuge Liang was talking about the confucians.
Chapter completed!