Chapter 157: Honghuang's IP Conspiracy and Superb Acting
Liu Tiantan really couldn't bear it anymore and asked Han Zhou this question anyway.
"Boss, why don't you publish these stories, but keep them for internal circulation?"
Han Zhou: “It’s very simple, because the movie will be made based on this, but it won’t be filmed exactly like this.”
There is actually only one answer to this question, and that is fan backlash.
Han Zhou has seen too many adapted dramas.
For every adaptation, there are only two consequences.
First, the adaptation is so good that it makes people forget that there is an original work.
For example, The Legend of Zhen Huan, The Journey of Flower, and Nirvana in Fire.
It’s better for a drama like Nirvana in Fire where the original author also serves as the screenwriter, but for the other two, passers-by wouldn’t even know they were adaptations.
Few passers-by know that 10 years later, nine of the top ten TV series were adapted from novels.
The second consequence is being criticized by fans of the original novel for making erroneous changes to the original novel.
Representative works include "Fighting Spirit Turns into Horse" and "Soul Ring Continent".
When fans of the original novel see it, they are like, what the hell did you change?
There is no such thing as the legendary example of a high degree of restoration and particularly good filming.
Is Journey to the West good? A heavy adaptation.
"Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils"? TVB's version of Jin Yong's dramas, all of them are drastic changes!
The reason why Han Zhou wrote all of Jin Yong's novels is because he had the CCTV edition as a foundation.
But there are also examples of major changes in the CCTV version, such as "Swordsman", which was really filmed according to the original novel. It is not worth watching at all. Who wants to watch an ungrateful and perverted protagonist? He must be changed to a hero.
Many people don’t realize one thing: writing and taking pictures are different.
With one sentence, Mount Tai collapsed and the sky turned upside down.
The cost of typing it out is less than a penny, which is just the electricity bill.
But if you make this movie without 100 million yuan, don't expect the audience to praise you for good special effects.
Just like in the original Journey to the West, Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen soared to a height of 30,000 meters. If this were filmed, would it be cost-effective?
Also, there are sometimes more obscure things in the original work that are not suitable for filming.
For example, Journey to the West describes the terrain of Wuzangmiao in many places. The mountain road is hundreds of miles long and is covered with poop. How will it look when filmed?
The shooting is definitely different from the original system outline.
However, the original background story is very important.
Of all the background stories that Han Zhou disliked the most in his previous life, the one that ranked first was the League of Legends background story.
Changing the background story after becoming famous? What kind of cerebral palsy behavior?
Therefore, this background story is actually a general outline, and you should be pretty close if you follow it.
And the background story can also be shown to the audience.
However, the background story is the background story, the movie universe is the movie universe, the anime universe is the anime universe, and the TV series universe is the TV series universe.
Everyone plays their own game.
Han Zhou created a new world not to show what’s in his head to the audience.
It is to bring out the essence of these things, and then combine them with the Earth world to complete localization.
Therefore, this model can liberate the screenwriter's freedom to the greatest extent.
For example, in the animated version, the plot can be shortened.
The anime version can be more humorous.
The TV series version can be more detailed.
The movie version, on the other hand, can be more cool.
Han Zhou said bluntly: "These things can be handed over to the screenwriters for secondary creation, or to the fans for secondary creation."
"As long as we follow this general direction, everyone can create their own unique world."
On the contrary, because of the provision of "Honghuang" as a carrier, this series will become completely legendary.
This is a big stage in the ancient times, come if you have the courage.
If you have the ability to use the "Honghuang" platform and write a book with 100,000 orders, then you are awesome.
Even a large number of fans can make a living by relying on "Honghuang".
Write novels, draw original paintings, modify original paintings, use them to write songs, create music, and use them to design personal works and cosplay works.
When there are 10,000 people in this world who rely on "Honghuang" for their livelihood, the series will be a huge success.
When there are 100,000 people in this world who rely on "Honghuang" for their lives, this series is world-class.
When there are one million people in this world who rely on "Honghuang" for their livelihood, Chinese culture will have completed its comprehensive promotion to the world.
Han Zhou has to do this thing since he has this opportunity.
In the past, these things were open to copyright, so the quality of the products varied greatly. Every year, when people couldn’t think of what movie to shoot, they would just go and make Journey to the West.
Journey to the West has been ripped out.
In this world, commercial copyright belongs to Han Zhou, and Han Zhou can exercise fine control over the production of works.
And we will open up the surrounding additional industries.
With such strong vitality, refined control over the works and the opening up of additional industries, it can definitely become a global hit.
Something like Harry Potter is popular all over the world. Is it because it is well ?
No, it’s the dominance of European and American culture.
"Harry Potter" was rejected more than a dozen times, and magic was limited to a small part of the later arcane system, and hitting and attacking was just a sentence.
To put it simply, Harry Potter replaced the gun with a wand.
There's nothing magical about it.
It's simply that when Hollywood movies were popular all over the world, this one was selected from a large number of similar works, and then it was liked by countless people.
This kind of strength, or the birth of a huge number of fans, is not because the original work itself is so excellent.
It’s because a certain culture is popular.
And "Honghuang" itself is of world-historical level of excellence.
With the same operating methods, is it too much to say that it is ten times more than "Harry Potter"?
Of course it is not an exaggeration. In fact, to put it bluntly, Han Zhou wants to operate "Honghuang" as "Star Wars" + "Marvel".
At the beginning, Han Zhou wrote books partly to make money and partly for experimentation.
How widespread is the experiment?
But the results show that although "Tian Long" and "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" were successfully pushed to the top, they were still the top within a small circle. After changing to another circle, no one knew about it at all.
However, the quality of "The World's Number One" is far inferior to "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", but it easily became popular.
This experiment also told Han Zhou the answer to how copyright works.
Many people think that domestic copyright operations should learn from foreign countries.
In foreign countries, comics come first, then live-action movies and TV series are released, and then the comics are fed back.
This logic doesn’t work in the country.
Because the most basic in China is novels, then novels adapted into comics, and then comics adapted into live-action.
This process is so lengthy that it is very prone to errors.
The most typical example is that when a Chinese online article writes about a certain idea today, a Japanese or Korean TV series will copy it tomorrow.
Then there are the brainless fans: "Look at how imaginative other people's TV is."
No matter how sophisticated your operation process is, it cannot be defeated by the word "shameless".
The most critical issue in copyright operations in China now is the lack of screenwriters, and excellent screenwriters.
The crew of "Fighting Qi Turns into Horse" also had its own frustrations.
If "Fights Break Sphere" is really adapted into a TV series, wouldn't it have to be 600 episodes?
Your TV series has instantly turned into a soap opera, and a high-investment soap opera at that.
There's no way anyone could have adapted it like this.
So it needs to be shortened.
Now the question is , how can a screenwriter with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan do a good job of revising a novel written by an author with a monthly fee of 30 million yuan? How can he do a good job?
Why do you think that the plot level of a screenwriter who earns 3,000 yuan a month is on the same level as that of an author who earns 30 million yuan in royalties?
Even if someone really has the ability to do a good job, why do you think that someone with this ability would work as a screenwriter for a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan? Are they stupid? Don't they know how to write their own stuff?
Therefore, the creative circle has been blocked. Haven’t you seen that authors with an average subscription of 100 on Longdian Chinese website were pulled to write scripts for 50,000 yuan each?
How big is the gap between authors with an average of 100 subscriptions on Longdian Chinese website and authors with an average of 100,000 subscriptions?
Ultimately, it is because screenwriters have low incomes and status that the screenwriting industry is not doing well, which leads to poor content of their works, and ultimately to poor film and television works.
Therefore, Han Zhou’s release of "Honghuang" now actually kills three birds with one stone.
First, open up copyright and cultivate fans.
Second, directly complete the registration of the myth system to avoid any infringement or plagiarism of the party’s film and television works, and all those who plagiarize will be held accountable.
Third, cultivate your own screenwriters, elevate the importance of screenwriters in this process, and form a virtuous circle of cultivating screenwriters.
When Han Zhou described his idea to Liu Tiantan, Liu Tiantan was completely stunned.
I was confused for the whole day.
Therefore, the Ming series and the Song series are actually experimental products, a way for New World to complete its early accumulation.
"Honghuang" is the real business plan for the future of New World? !
Even if New World shoots many different works in the future, the "Honghuang" series will definitely remain unchanged in the business plan!
And now, Honghuang reached the animation department first and then fell into my hands first?
Liu Tiantan was lying in bed at night and suddenly woke up.
"First there was Hongjun and then there was heaven, and I, Liu Saner, was even in front!"
Liu Tiantan finally understood that Han Zhou proposed this plan not for any other purpose, and even making money was secondary.
The most important thing is to strive to turn Chinese culture into a strong popular culture.
Once this is done, in the new world of the future you won't have to do anything, just sit back and collect money.
In the future, countless authors and painters will launch works with the copyright of "Honghuang". They can create works without paying copyright fees, but all film and television copyrights will belong to New World.
In the future, countless fans will devote themselves to this creation after falling in love with the "Honghuang" series.
Allow it more and more room to grow, until eventually tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people will jointly lift it to the highest position.
Today’s big foreign companies are powerful, but they are no match for so many people.
Blocking the financial path of so many people is undoubtedly an act of seeking death.
And they have no way to learn this practice.
Because they don't have someone with such strong creative ability who can design such a complex system with so many elements and such a complete core basic structure of the story.
This is a conspiracy that can crush all opponents to death!
In fact, Han Zhou had many main references when he was conceiving this plan.
For example, the promotion model was based on the S Foundation.
The business model was modeled after Marvel.
The fan cultivation method is inspired by Star Wars.
The way the background story is set is based on games such as World of Warcraft and League of Legends.
The profit model is based on Marvel and Disney.
Do you know how many parks and how many children take photos with Sun Wukong across the country? Do you know how many people make money from this?
And when the copyright of these things is held by the same company.
In the future, when the film, TV series, animation, comics, secondary creation, and cosplay circles all reach their peak, we will build a New World Park based on Disney’s development trajectory.
How much commercial benefit will there be?
Among all the copyrights of previous works, Pokémon is the most valuable, with a value of 50 billion US dollars, and Marvel, which is ranked ninth in value, is more than 20 billion US dollars.
Han Zhou's plan is to replace at least five of the top ten IPs with his own things, and then combine them into the same IP.
In fact, the IP with the greatest commercial value in the past was Journey to the West, which was far superior to Pokemon, but Journey to the West itself is an open IP.
The second ranked IP is Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but Romance of the Three Kingdoms is also an open IP.
Haven’t you seen how many Japanese and Americans make these things?
Now that these things have finally come into Han Zhou's hands, it would be a shame if Han Zhou didn't manage them well.
Liu Tiantan was smoking a cigarette, looking out the window at the rainy night in Shudu, and recalled the first draft of the animation script that Han Zhou gave him.
When Lian He thought about it, his whole soul trembled.
According to Liu Tiantan's idea, the final box office of that animation should be over 1 billion, but it is hard to calculate how high it can reach.
And this character is just a small role among the thousands of characters in "Honghuang".
this……
Liu Tiantan believed it, believed that Han Zhou’s plan would succeed!
Liu Tiantan now only wants to do one thing, which is to be the first to leave his name in the "Honghuang" IP.
A most amazing work, starting the film and television adaptation of this IP!
Become the first director of this series!
Liu Tiantan sent a message to the group.
Some people are still asleep, while others are already asleep.
Everyone in the screenwriter group was confused.
"Boss, aren't you going to sleep?"
Liu Tiantan: "How can you sleep at this age?!"
"You don't want to buy a house? You don't want a car? You don't want to marry a beautiful wife?"
…
The crew of "Shao Bao".
There are countless reporters here.
After "Number One Under Heaven" became a huge hit, no one has interviewed Han Zhou.
Therefore, these people came to interview Han Zhou, An Lan, and Lu Jin.
Han Zhou had no time to pay attention to them now, as he had to shoot the scene where Bao Zheng and Pang Feiyan were poisoned by the rain of pear blossom needles and then LSP.
Then we filmed the scene where everyone finally got together to solve the mystery.
The span is quite large.
Bao Zheng, played by Han Zhou, grabbed the wrists of Pang Feiyan, played by Shan Koukou, and pushed them back with a lewd look: "Hey, hey hey!" The tone of each "hey" went up.
Shan Koko was shocked.
What is Director Han like in normal times? He is very serious.
The character of Bao Zheng is usually serious and only smiles sometimes when joking, but he definitely does not show any of the qualities of a villain.
And now, when acting in this drama, Han Zhou doesn't look like he is acting at all, he looks like a real pervert!
However, it is very suitable for the plot that Shan Koko was frightened, but, she forgot the words!
"Words, say words."
With the camera on his back, Han Zhou was distracted and reminded to say his lines.
Shan Koukou came to her senses and was about to speak.
Then Han Zhou got back into the role and continued to cooperate.
When Shan Kokoo saw Han Zhou’s face, she felt that her innocence was at risk today!
But if it's Han Zhou, it's not bad.
Han Zhou was out of character again, with a puzzled look on his face: "What's with that expression of enjoyment you have!"
“Crack!”
"Do it again!"
Shan Koukou’s face turned red like a monkey’s butt, and she kept apologizing: “I’m sorry, Director Han, I… I was scared.”
Zhang Ceyong: "It's normal to be scared. I can't continue the role."
“This happens a lot when you’re filming.”
His acting prowess scared the co-actor, who couldn't act anymore. This is very normal when filming a movie.
But filming a TV series is not normal.
Generally speaking, TV dramas do not require such sophisticated performances, and if you can get by, then get by. If you always overshadow your opponent when acting as an antagonist, making it impossible for him to perform, it will slow down the filming process.
But this play is different. "Young Justice Bao" requires exceptionally good acting skills to perform well.
Of course, the other moments are fine, but the revealing moment requires good acting skills.
Because among the Shao Baos, most of the murderers were made to commit suicide by Bao Zheng's persuasion.
If the emotions are not there, the plot will not stand.
However, this LSP scene is an exception, and it must be performed well enough and have enough contrast.
Because this scene is the only place where Bao Zheng and Pang Feiyan differ from the overall character setting in the whole play.
It needs to be fully expressed, otherwise there will be nothing special in the whole play that requires acting skills.
Han Zhou asked everyone to rest for three minutes: "Come again!"
This time, Han Zhou thought of a way. He wrote the lines on sticky notes. After the front shot was finished, he stuck the sticky notes on the shoulder blade of the clothes that only Dan Kokoo could see.
Shan Koukou was still frightened this time and a little terrified, but she finally said the words.
"Okay, next is episode 18, scene 17! Get ready!"
This time, it was Zhuo Yun's turn to express hatred after being exposed, and then tell his own story.
Just one shot.
Han Zhou said directly: "Click!"
Since Han Zhou was performing, it should have been assistant director Zhang Jiuqun who called out "Cut".
But this time, Han Zhou shouted directly.
"Xiao Meng, this part of your voice is not right. It's not powerful enough. A loud voice doesn't mean it's powerful. It's not contagious enough. Don't let your eyes be empty. If they are even a little empty, it will be useless."
Each murderer is actually a small group of people with very good acting skills.
Otherwise, the revealing moment cannot be acted out.
The role of Zhuo Yun requires great acting skills, so the actor who plays him is Xiao Meng, who has the best acting skills among the newcomers recruited by Han Zhou this time.
Xiao Meng was a little embarrassed: "I'll do it again."
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
“Crack!”
Seven times in a row. Generally speaking, a TV series would not waste so many shots.
But the emotions here really need to be right to support the shot.
Han Zhou: "Just watch me, I'll act it out."
Sometimes, whether an actor's performance is good or not depends on the director's teaching. If the director's teaching is not good, then it will really be bad.
Why are some actors so good in some scenes, but seem out of place in others?
It’s just that the director is not good enough.
Han Zhou doesn't have many other methods, he only knows one thing, which is to act himself and let the actors learn.
Han Zhou didn't even take the props of the Rain of Pear Blossom Needles. His face was painted black and there was a crescent moon mark on it.
However, when Han Zhou's face showed a hint of hatred and a sense of grievance, the onlookers were shocked.
This is clearly Zhuo Yun!
As he spoke, his chin moved slightly, which made people feel that his hatred was three times stronger.
"It has come to this! I am not afraid to speak out! My grandfather... is not from Southern Tang at all."
"He is their sworn brother, you should call him Uncle Tang!"
Tears kept falling from Han Zhou's eyes .
The actor who played Li Si was subconsciously angry: "Shut up!"
"Don't move!" Han Zhou turned around. Although he was crying, the determination and hatred on his face increased countless times compared to when he was talking to Chu Chu: "Are you afraid that I will reveal what happened between you two?"
At this point, Han Zhou said, "Just act like this."
People around applauded.
Xiao Meng took a deep breath and thought to himself: When will I be able to act like this, even if I become successful in this industry!
"Director Han, let me give it a try."
Han Zhou smiled: "No need to try, just turn it on."
The machine was turned on, and Han Zhou signaled to start acting.
Xiao Meng's performance this time was only about three or five points on the level of Han Zhou's just now, but according to the requirements of acting in a TV drama, it was already a wonderful shot.
The emotions are full, the emotional changes are very intuitive, and the subtle body movements are all done well.
In fact, this was not acted out by him, but Xiao Meng wanted to imitate Han Zhou's performance after watching it. Some of the movements were automatic changes of the body, and he himself was not aware of it.
But it’s these little details that make the performance just right.
Expression and micro-expression are always a very important indicator in acting.
These consecutive shots were shot in one go, with the cameras on both sides shooting crosswise.
This scene was shot in just three takes, but it took up half an episode to be edited.
The other episodes will take at least one or two days to shoot.
Therefore, the location for this shot is the most difficult to arrange and also the most difficult to succeed in one go.
If it can't be done in one day, the entire progress will be delayed.
Although Xiao Meng is a young actor, he still achieved the effect Han Zhou wanted.
Zhang Ceyong smiled and clapped: "Good."
"Xiao Meng, not bad, talented, and has a promising future."
Zhang Ceyong said this, Xiao Meng felt flattered: "Brother Yong, I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it."
Zhang Ceyong laughed: "Sure, now you have another difficult scene, which is the mother blocking the rain of pear blossom needles, and then entrusting Han Zhou with the aftermath, and finally committing suicide. This scene does not need to be performed, right?"
Stagehand: “Is this tomorrow’s shot?”
Han Zhou: "I also think Xiao Meng is in good shape today. This episode mainly depends on his performance. Let's just finish the filming and go to the filming studio tomorrow to start filming the scientific expedition unit."
"It may take me ten minutes to shoot this part today, but if I can't find the right state tomorrow, I'll have to wait another day."
A stagehand smiled bitterly, saying it was already one o'clock in the morning.
But in this line of work, there’s no other way.
Han Zhou: "After we finish filming this scene, I'll give everyone half a day off tomorrow."
Liu Jianxi called me before and said it would be best if I could accept an interview or even participate in a talk show.
Han Zhou decided to give everyone half a day off. Tomorrow afternoon, the crew will go to shoot empty shots (shots without characters), and he and a few others will go to participate in the talk show.
A group of young people who don’t have much acting experience and are exhausted this time are very excited because they finally have a half-day holiday!
"Xiao Meng, it's up to you!"
"Xiao Meng, don't make any mistakes!"
"Dad Xiao, the holiday depends on you!"
In fact, this was adding pressure to Xiao Meng, but that was because Han Zhou needed to promote someone in the future, and Xiao Meng was a good choice. He was handsome and had good acting skills. If he couldn't withstand the pressure, it meant he wasn't destined to do so, so Han Zhou didn't stop others from putting pressure on him.