I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 543: Fighting the Olympics? (13)

The person who spoke was Yu Wanqing.

Yu Wanqing is the senior vice president of New Classics Media and president of New Classics Television.

She is also the producer of "Storm Chasers" and "Beginning"!
Yu Wanqing was previously the director of the Program Purchasing and Sales Center of Yunnan TV Station. During her tenure, she worked with Rong Guangjiao (producer Jiang Xiaorong + director Yu Rongguang + screenwriter Wang Juan) several times, including "Legend of Dance and Music", "Heroes of Nanqiao Mechanics" and "Unfortunate Fate"...

In 2015, he resigned and joined New Classics. With Yu Wanqing's help, Yu Rongguang and Jiang Xiaorong produced "Fights Break Sphere" and "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

Wang Juan directly became a contracted screenwriter for New Classics, and has participated in the adaptation of major head IPs such as "Celebrating Yu Nian", "Douluo Dalu", and "Snow Sword"...

That’s right, Yu Wanqing is the producer of these dramas.

Let’s put it this way, most of Shen Liang and Xinli’s dramas are produced by Yu Wanqing…

However, even though Yu Wanqing is very famous in the circle, Huang Wei... is not easy to deal with!

Huang Wei and Noon Sunshine broke down directly!
Noon sun!
If you say you're going to fall out, you're going to fall out.

"It's okay. We're producing Huang Wei's next drama, Northward!"

Shen Liang shook his head: "But we have discussed the shooting rhythm, lighting, color tone with Director Huang Wei..."

"Then we can't just sit there and wait!"

Director Yao Xiaofeng waved his hand: "...It's okay... Wait a month and see."

Yu Wanqing asked Shen Liang directly: "Do you have time in a month?"

“…maybe not…”

Yu Wanqing sighed: "What a mess!"

"Good things come to those who wait..."

……

The reason why Shen Liang disagreed was that, apart from the fact that he had already paid a 20% deposit to director Huang Wei for "The Beginning", the main reason was that "The Beginning" was a hit!

It's not easy for a director to come across a hit work in his lifetime.

Back to the topic, "Storm Chasers" was forced to stop filming, and Shen Liang didn't have much to say - the contract for this drama was signed in 2019, and he was not the investor.

In fact, he did not participate in the investment of the next few dramas...

Of course, the pay is high: 50 million per film...

In fact, with his status - the number one in the film industry, there is no need for him to shoot TV series!
But... there are too few good movie scripts.

"I also want to make movies and act in good dramas, but good dramas need good scripts... I am only 26 years old this year, and there are many roles that I cannot play. If there is a good TV drama script invitation, of course I will participate."

Shen Liang told the brothers in the live broadcast room the truth...

By the way, he talked about the suspension of filming of "Storm Chasers": "No one wants this to happen... I guess I will have to wait until next year before I have time to continue filming... The schedule for the rest is full, "The Beginning", "Kim's Secretary" and an ancient idol drama "The Devil"..."

"Why do you act in ancient puppet dramas... I was chatting with an old classmate before, and we talked about ancient puppet dramas and fairy-tale dramas. At the beginning, our topic was to complain about those brainless and saccharine ancient puppet dramas. Then he complained, how come these dramas hired such expensive actors, made such expensive sets, and spent so much effort, but in the end they ruined everything with such a bad script. Can they just hire a good screenwriter and write a good script?" "I replied, 'Who is willing to write a good script for him for an ancient puppet drama? The screenwriters who have aspirations want to write suspenseful and realistic dramas. This kind of industrial and saccharine ancient puppet drama for ordinary audiences is only worthy of a bad script written by a bad screenwriter.'"

"Then he asked me, 'Are ancient fantasy dramas not worthy of good scripts?'"

"I answered him, 'Since a bunch of idol fans can pay for a stinky and rotten plot, then who would spend the money to write a good plot? The more you can save, the better.'... And the cruel truth is: there are many screenwriters who want to have ambitions when writing ancient idol dramas, but these screenwriters will be scolded by the editors, platforms, and producers, who will think that they don't understand the audience..."

"This is a fact. Ancient idol dramas are the most commercially successful genre, so investors must be deeply involved. The plots that you think are stupid are not stupid in the eyes of investors. They just choose the plots and methods that can make money faster, just like fast food.

It’s not that there haven’t been good screenwriters involved in the adaptation of ancient puppet shows, but when their investors repeatedly modify the scripts with idiotic plots, they are too embarrassed to leave their names on the scripts.”

"The goal of ancient puppet shows is to make money and promote young actors. Their goal has never been art. How can you talk to them about pursuits?"

"He asked me to shoot a different kind of ancient idol drama, and I agreed!"

"At first, IQIYI approached me and wanted me to shoot a drama. I just told Senior Brother Deng Ke that I wanted to shoot a different ancient idol drama, and then I chose "The Devil" from a bunch of projects..."

"Deng Ke... the director of "The Son-in-Law", he is also from our Communication University of China..."

"…Ugly ancient man…What ugly ancient man?"

"Oh, you said there are more ugly men playing ancient idols...Now capital and personal connections are the key, and it's a cooperative relationship! The audience's aesthetic taste...is not important!"

"Moreover, most of these dramas are small-budget, split-revenue dramas with less than 30 episodes. Split-revenue dramas mean that after the video is released, the platform will extract funds from the membership fees based on the number of clicks and views and share them with the film company. For the platform and the film company, split-revenue dramas are likely to "win big with small". On the one hand, in order to save money, some actors with less fame will be selected. It doesn't matter if the actors are not handsome, anyway, everyone likes to watch sweet pets, so some artificial sweetness can be created. The advantage of ancient idol dramas is that they can be fictional and imaginative, which makes it easier to create sweetness..."

“On the other hand, the ugly sons of capitalists have entered the market… They bring their own investments…”

"Lotus Tower will be aired soon, so everyone should keep an eye out..."

"When will it be broadcast...it should be August 8th...after the Olympics..."

"Why did the Olympics end... Nonsense, who dares to fight the Olympics? Isn't this courting death?"

"…What? "You Are My Glory" will be released on July 7th… cough cough…then I was wrong, you treated me as if I didn't exist…"

"... Yang Yang + Rou Ba, two top stars, the ratings share is stable... I will definitely stay away from it... I can't do that, "Lotus Tower" is just a martial arts drama..."

……

That’s right, Tencent arranged for “You Are My Glory” to compete in the Tokyo Olympics!

This decision makes people wonder if Tencent has lost its mind.

Well, Shen Liang asked and found out that Tengxun Video was originally going to use "Lotus Tower" to fight against the Olympic...

They said, 'This year is different, people won't care about the Olympics'...

Fortunately, Dragon TV, Beijing TV and Jiangsu TV decided to start broadcasting on August 8, so Tencent did not force the broadcast of "Lotus Tower"...

This is the Olympics!
Convinced...

Anyway, Shen Liang doesn't dare to do that.

By the way, the filming of "Storm Chasers" was suspended, and Shen Liang happened to have time, so Chen Jiadong suggested that he find a variety show to appear on and promote "Life Events" at the same time!
(End of this chapter)