Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 777, "Remaining Sins," aired (34)

Shen Yan was telling the truth!
This year's TV dramas, especially those airing during the summer season, have generally performed poorly...

Hunan TV's four period fantasy dramas released at the beginning of the year—"Yun Zhi Fan," "Qin Shi Ming Yue," "Qing Qiu Hu Chuan Qi," and "Shan Hai Jing"—all achieved ratings below 1. The "IP + young idol + fantasy" dramas that were popular in previous years have performed poorly in terms of ratings this year.

In addition, among the other historical dramas adapted from IPs, such as "Chronicle of Life," "The Princess Weiyoung," and "God of War Zhao Yun," only "The Princess Weiyoung" achieved decent viewership ratings, but its critical reception was only average.

Then, the so-called big IP dramas failed in various ways. Dramas adapted from popular IPs, such as "The Legend of Chusen" and "Ice Fantasy", did not achieve the expected results, highlighting the problems of insufficient secondary creation by screenwriters and over-reliance on the popularity of the original work.

Last year, "The Disguiser" set a trend for spy dramas to appeal to younger audiences. This year, spy dramas such as "Double Thorn," "Sparrow," "Decipher," and "Rouge" have all followed the "idol + spy drama" model.

However, the stiff and awkward performances of the young idols failed to capture the image of underground workers walking in darkness and on the edge of a knife.

Furthermore, during the broadcast of "Sparrow", lead actor Li Yifeng was accused of abusing stunt doubles, even requiring a stunt double for dialogue scenes during filming.

This has sparked public discussion about the professional ethics of popular celebrities.

Then it made "Yu Zui" stand out!
This drama series, with a total investment of 8000 million yuan, was exclusively broadcast on Tencent Video. During its broadcast, it directly brought Tencent more than 1200 million paid VIPs, setting a new record for new user acquisition!
The process of acquiring new users continues...

The two seasons of "Yu Zui" have garnered nearly 30 billion views!

30 billion views is truly a new record for web series, a milestone...

To be honest, "Yu Zui" is only so-so, but Zhang Yishan's acting was quite good...

Of course, back in 2016, Zhang Yishan's performance in "Yu Zui" could be described as: "I'm not targeting anyone in particular, but I'm saying that all the so-called young heartthrobs here are trash."

That's right, among a bunch of students who scored 20 or 30 points, Zhang Yishan scored at least 75 points!
Occasionally, they will even score over 90 points.

And then it was highlighted by the contrast!
Moreover, the second uncle hired screenwriters Mou Xincen and Gu Xiaobai, with only one requirement: fast-paced, and any plot that could be told in ten episodes would not be dragged out to eleven...

Mu Xincen is the old strategist; she later directed "The Beginning" and "The Story of the Borderlands"...

Then, two seasons were filmed back-to-back, totaling only 36 episodes...

Most of the actors are newcomers.

In short, "Yu Zui" became a huge hit!
This also solidified Tencent Video's online drama strategy...

They directly invested 1.5 million yuan in Spark Studio to create a new version of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer"...

So, they're not short of money at all!
The reason for disbanding the group was simple: such changes were not allowed!

It's really not allowed...

The copyrights to Jin Yong's works are currently mostly held by Huaxia Audiovisual and Mr. Pu Shulin.

Jin Yong would have some requirements for the adaptation.

In "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," you can't portray Ren Yingying as a great demon...

As an aside, the copyright for Tsui Hark's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was actually obtained from Jin Yong's family—after Jin Yong passed away, the adaptation rights to his works were revoked, and then... the highest bidder won!

They don't care how the work is changed...

As long as you pay me!
However, this time Tencent directly acquired the adaptation rights to three books: *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer*, *The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber*, and *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*.

The adaptation of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" was entrusted to Spark Studio.

Let's see how it goes. If it does well, then "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" will be the next project.

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber... ruined Yang Buhui!
Zhang Wuji's father was a righteous man and his mother was a heretic; Yang Buhui's mother was a righteous man and her father was a heretic.

This is an excellent example of symmetry in works of art.

However, Zhou Zhiruo is also portrayed as an evil character, which overlaps with Yang Buhui's character.

Furthermore, the plot repetition stems from the fact that both characters need to reunite after many years of separation. Coincidentally, Liang Yusheng's novel *The Jade Bow and the Cloud Sea*, currently being serialized next door, is a huge hit, leading to consideration of changing the female lead's character. Zhou Zhiruo, who has already reappeared, will be retained, but Yang Buhui, who hasn't yet appeared, will have to be replaced…

They arranged for a sixth-ranking officer's wife to be cast, but she was immediately removed from the scene…

The character design of Yang Buhui, from her name to her background, was very well done. Although Ji Xiaofu's storyline was touching, it didn't have much practical use for the protagonist Zhang Wuji's storyline, except for introducing Yang Buhui.

One of the major events after Yang Buhui's appearance is Zhang Wuji's long journey to deliver her. The story uses a lot of detail to describe the arduous process, highlighting Zhang Wuji's commitment to keeping his promises and his noble character. The two have a deep childhood bond, and they should be very affectionate when they meet again later. However, when they meet again as adults, there is little interaction between them. Yang then inexplicably falls in love with Yin Liuxia and then fades out of the picture.

Then, Zhang Wuji was entangled by the two wicked women, Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo…

He loves it.

Furthermore, Zhang Wuji's personality has been changed a lot...

During the serialization, Zhang Wuji's personality was more like that of the young Yang Guo, a scheming, ruthless, and unscrupulous person. Zhang Cuishan and Zhang Sanfeng were both frightened by the boy's lying and unscrupulous nature, and then patiently taught him to be a good person.

In the later Sanlian edition, Jin Yong removed his cunning and ruthless side, but he retained it. The story of sending Yang Buhui away from afar is a typical example of this.

It's unclear whether it was because Zhang Wuji's martial arts were so high after the battle at Bright Peak that he had to have his intelligence reduced to increase the sense of crisis, or whether Jin Yong felt he should create a perfect, upright, and innocent character. So, he embarked on a path of intellectual degradation, drastically suppressing Zhang Wuji's intelligence and turning him into a kind-hearted old man.

They even took Xiao Zhao away...

In the novel "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre", if Xiao Zhao hadn't left, neither Zhao Min nor Zhou Zhiruo would have had a chance at all!

However, if we adapt it...

Opening it from Song Qingshu's perspective?

No, this is too frustrating!
He's supposed to be from a prestigious family, the foremost figure of the third generation of Wudang, yet he's turned out awful: hypocritical, ambitious but incompetent, and a pathetic sycophant...

He married a wife, but they never consummated their marriage?
What's wrong? Don't you have the ability?

Other characters…

That's not a good solution!
Compared to "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is much easier to adapt—simply set the protagonist as Murong Fu and tell the story from Murong Fu's perspective...

……

The crew of "The Rebel".

Ji Xiang came over, partly to visit Shen Yan on set, and partly to inspect the work—he's also one of the producers of "The Rebel"...

When I was chatting with Shen Yan, we talked about "Yu Zui".

What do you think of Zhang Yishan?

Shen Yan glanced at him and then said, "Sign if you want, just don't ask me for resources!"

"...You don't like him?"

Shen Yan was speechless: "This has nothing to do with whether I like it or not... I was just saying!"

Ji Xiang sighed: "I'm lacking a male celebrity who can establish a brand for me!"

"Isn't Li Xian good enough?"

"I'm talking about newcomers, newcomers born in the 90s!"

Shen Yan asked curiously, "What's wrong? You want to become a traffic magnet too?"

"Who doesn't want to generate traffic... Look at Lu Han, she earned over 100 million yuan for Yang Siwei in just one year... and that's just from advertising endorsement bonuses."

"Then I suggest you choose one of the three members from TF-boys to train."

(End of this chapter)