Finally, Han Zhou couldn't stand Yang Hong's force and took out the manuscript.
As a gold medal agent with certain experience, he has managed several movie emperors.
Yang Hong felt that she only needed to read one chapter to sentence this book to death.
After reading one chapter, Yang Hong felt that she had to read another chapter.
After reading the second chapter, Yang Hong raised her head and said, "No matter what the story is, your writing style is doomed."
"Really?" Han Zhou smiled and said, "Do you really think I didn't investigate the market?"
Recently, there was a book on Longdian Chinese website, which was a fan fiction about a famous ancient novel called "Three Swords Collection" in this world. The name of the book was "Traveling Through the Three Swords Collection". It relied on the female characters to arouse expectations and actually got an average subscription of over 6,000.
And it's growing well.
In terms of the fluency of reading or the difficulty of reading for ordinary readers, it is similar to "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".
Regarding the story plot, if we use the three-point anchoring method.
If Journey to the West gets a full score of 10, and Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils gets an excellent score of 9, then The Three Swordsmen is at most 4 points, which is failing.
When it comes to writing about women, if "A Dream of Red Mansions" is ten points and "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" is nine points, then "The Three Swords" is at most five points, barely passing.
But "The Three Swords Collection" also has two major advantages. The first is that readers in this world have all read the novels or watched movies and TV series of "The Three Swords Collection", which is a natural advantage of fan fiction.
The second is that "The Collection of Three Swords of Shuttle" will give readers the feeling of collecting beauties and famous generals, which is also a natural advantage brought by fan fiction.
What Han Zhou is betting on is that there is a foundation of online literature with a similar writing style in this world, so he can break through with the quality advantage of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".
What's more, there are no dragons in this world itself, so the martial arts are old-school martial arts, while online novels skip certain links and go directly to the system flow stage, so other combat novels are mostly system upgrade novels.
The missing 'traditional golden finger' section in the middle is the big selling point.
It is hard to say whether "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" has a chance to carve out a path among them.
Tian Long starts with three tricks, the female characters are very well written, and there is also the golden finger that comes out cracklingly.
This model is far superior to classical martial arts and old martial arts. It is similar to system literature but more logical, and should be able to capture the hearts of a large number of readers.
in addition.
There is also a popular discussion in this world. Some people are discussing whether the author of the ancient masterpiece "Three Swords Collection" can travel to the modern time and write a book of the same quality and succeed in being published in Dragon Point Killer.
Some people are also discussing whether Zhuge Danlong, an old-school martial arts writer from sixty years ago, will fail in his current role as Long Dianlai.
This discussion has been going on for a long time.
The vast majority of readers think that it is a sure thing.
A small number of readers believe that a masterpiece is still a masterpiece and a god is a god.
So, in fact, the mainstream consensus is that these great people will fail in the era of online literature.
But they forgot one thing.
There has never been any online article that can convert 100% of its readers into paying readers.
Subscribing to the most powerful online articles can only attract less than 1% of the readers of the entire website to subscribe.
And "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" does not need to attract all readers. It only needs to attract all readers who can read this style, and it will surpass the online novel with the highest average subscription on Longdian Chinese website.
What we really need to consider is not whether the majority of readers can finish reading "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", but whether "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" has the quality to attract all the readers who can understand it.
Han Zhou knew the answer to this question.
Not to mention catching all of them in one fell swoop, catching 60% of them would be easy.
It’s not a big problem if we catch 80% of them in one fell swoop.
After Han Zhou told Yang Hong his ideas, Yang Hong was a little surprised.
It seems that writing a book may be similar to promoting a celebrity in some aspects.
When the market becomes bigger, you need to think carefully about whether to take the mass route or the niche route.
Of course, quality is the first link. Without quality, everything is useless...
That's not right. It should be said that only with quality can one gain a reputation, but without quality, it is still possible to cheat people and make money purely by hype.
Yang Hong continued reading "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". With her reading speed, she soon reached the sixth chapter.
Yang Hong looked up at Han Zhou frequently.
I didn't realize that you, a talented man, are quite reserved and reserved, as written in this way.
What's that? You are the first man to see my face. What's that? The portrait of the naked fairy sister. You are quite playful.
However, after reading Chapter 7, Yang Hong's mind was full of question marks.
How come... Mu Wanqing is also Duan Yu's sister? !
This Duan Yu must have committed heinous crimes in his previous life!
Are all lovers in the world brothers and sisters?
"How come the protagonist Duan Yu meets a beautiful girl who is his biological sister? Are you still Duan Yu? Just let Duan Zhengchun be the protagonist!"
Han Zhou: “???”
"You said this kind of book is not the right place to publish it. We need to publish it on another website."
"Besides, who told you that the protagonist is Duan Yu?"
Yang Hong: “???”
Duan Yu is just a war correspondent.
Whether readers, TV drama viewers or movie viewers, they all think that Qiao Feng is the main character.
Of course, if you study it, you will find that both Duan Yu, Xu Zhu and Qiao Feng have their own separate chapters, and even You Tanzhi has one.
Even Murong Fu is the protagonist, isn’t he?
It’s just that the whole book describes what Duan Yu sees and hears from his perspective.
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a typical ensemble novel.
However, Han Zhou couldn't wait for Sister Hong to taste the food leisurely, so he turned around and chatted with Lu Xiaosheng for a few words. After explaining the general operation of "Dala Bangba", he hurriedly set off for the airport again.
Han Zhou didn't have time to go back to the company before the New Year.
This time I came back, I just showed up at the company, and then I had to set off to Yanjing again.
…
At the airport, Wang Xiya personally picked up Han Zhou.
At the back of the business car, Wang Xiya closed the curtain and handed Han Zhou a piece of information.
Han Zhou was surprised when he saw the information: "Why are you giving me the information of the Spring Festival Gala director?"
Wang Xiya: "This director will definitely ask you to meet him, so be careful."
Han Zhou was a little confused: "The chief director of the Spring Festival Gala wants to meet with me?? Funny!"
What is Han Zhou now? A newly debuted talent show singer.
You say you have talent, but how many people in and out of the circle pay attention to this?
Han Zhou's popularity is just that of a second-tier star, and his actual status is just that of a third-tier singer.
If it weren't for An Lan's efforts, Han Zhou wouldn't have been able to get into the studio.
When he heard that the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala might look for him, Han Zhou didn't believe it.
Wang Xiya reminded: "This chief director is called Liu Cheng, from Shu Province. He will definitely look for you to meet."
Han Zhou reacted.
Han Zhou has been in the entertainment industry for a few months now and has heard some basic things about it.
For example...circles.
Currently, the entertainment circles include Beijing circle, Shanghai circle, Northwest circle, Hong Kong and Taiwan circle, etc.
But there is no Shu circle.
However, one thing that needs to be noted is that anyone who has reached the top of the entertainment industry can be called a "Shuquanren".
The reason is simple. During the Second World War, the entire country retreated to the rear and a large number of schools were opened in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.
At that time, there was only one school related to film and television, and it was located in Shu Province.
This led to the fact that most of the second-generation directors had lived in Shu Province, and those were the most unforgettable years of their lives.
The entire third generation of directors all studied and grew up in Sichuan Province.
When they promote people, they are more or less biased.
But it is precisely because of this that the so-called Shu circle cannot be formed. As the saying goes, there is competition before there is a martial arts world. There can't be only one sect in the whole martial arts world, right? What's the point of fighting then? In every circle or group in the entertainment industry, there must be people from Shu Province.
But on the other hand, this also greatly reduces the difficulty for people from Shu Province or practitioners who grew up in Shu Province to develop in this industry.
Physical mentoring is an inevitable and objective existence in reality.
Therefore, Wang Xiya is certain that Liu Cheng, the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, will definitely meet with Han Zhou specifically.
Because Han Zhou is not only a singer, not only an actor, but also a director. He currently has two works, one is "Hello Mr. Tree" and the other is "This Man From Earth".
Moreover, it was not that Liu Cheng wanted to meet Han Zhou. To be precise, whether Han Zhou could get a certain degree of official support on his path as a director depended on this meeting.
If Liu Cheng met Han Zhou and thought Han Zhou was good, then Han Zhou would naturally get the opportunity to meet Han Sisheng.
Among the new generation of directors, there are too few directors from Shu, and Han Zhou will definitely get a chance.
Han·Chairman of Huaying Group·Director of Huaguo Film Studio·De facto founder of the Magnolia Award·Pioneer of the Lunar New Year movie season·Head of the cinema film review team·Leader of the team of film qualification review specialists·Si Sheng.
In the past ten years, all film projects in China were initiated by him.
He is the producer of almost all the well-known theater movies that have won awards or not, been praised or criticized, and that have been seen by the public in the past ten years.
Isn't the United States a country that has three powers separated? If the film industry also has three powers separated, then the president is Han Sisheng, the Supreme Court Justice is Han Sisheng, and the speaker of the National Assembly is also Han Sisheng. The three powers are concentrated in him alone.
Of course, this so-called opportunity to meet Han Sisheng is an opportunity to pay New Year's greetings.
But some senior executives of major entertainment companies have yet to get such an opportunity.
If Han Zhou had any golden fingers, it was that he was born in Shu Province, which was a natural advantage.
…
Han Zhou carefully read the resume of Spring Festival Gala director Liu Cheng and found that nothing is easy in this world.
Liu Cheng worked in the variety show department of CCTV in his early years.
I have participated in various large-scale evening parties fifteen years ago, including folk dance parties and so on.
In 2010, he became the deputy director of the Spring Festival Gala.
At this time, he was only one step away from becoming the director of the Spring Festival Gala.
In 2012, he bid for the director position of the Spring Festival Gala but failed.
According to Wang Xiya's information, it is unclear what happened to him.
Anyway, he hit a wall.
Since then, I have never participated in any evening parties or actual program productions.
And so he never got the chance to make a comeback.
It was not until two years ago in 2020 that Han Sisheng assigned Liu Cheng to a team of new directors and asked them to be the executive director to make a variety show called "Amazing Challenge".
This variety show has already been filmed for two seasons, and its ratings are not high.
After Liu Cheng became the executive director, the score soared to 8.5 points.
It was this time that Liu Cheng seized the opportunity to make a comeback.
Last year, Liu Cheng became the deputy of CCTV's variety show department.
This year, Liu Cheng became the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala.
After years of hard work, he is already fifty years old.
Han Zhou finished reading the information and said, "I understand. The person he offended back then died, and Fourth Uncle Han brought him back."
Wang Xiya covered Han Zhou's mouth with her hand: "Misfortune comes from the mouth..."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
In this case, telling the truth is equivalent to talking nonsense.
Han Zhou smiled: "I'm not stupid."
This sentence made Wang Xiya feel puzzled.
Han Zhou's words are equivalent to saying: I only speak like this in front of you, do you think I'm stupid enough to say this in front of outsiders?
It is also equivalent to saying: Xia, I treat you as one of my own.
Soon, we arrived at the Central Bank Building.
"Today is the last rehearsal, but we will also be recording the show live, so we must not cause trouble here." Wang Xiya reminded: "We will record a backup disc today."
"If there is a problem with the live broadcast, the backup disc will be played, so for the station, there is no difference in the specifications between today and when it goes live on New Year's Eve."
Han Zhou nodded calmly: "I understand."
Wang Xiya and Han Zhou walked in with the sign and soon saw some familiar names.
For example, Chen Feng and Liu Yiling, they both have their own lounge.
Han Zhou poked his head out of the door to look at Chen Feng: "Hello?"
Chen Feng saw Han Zhou in the mirror and said with a smile, "Makeup teacher, give me ten seconds. I'm going to beat someone up."
Han Zhou hurriedly said: "Slip away~"
Soon, Han Zhou saw An Lan's lounge.
There were two people at the door.
One of them: "For a newcomer like this, there is a special lounge? How many years have I been in the industry? Do I have one?"
Another: "Keep your voice down, is your father called Liu Jianxi? Is your mother called An Shengnan? Is your grandmother called Huang Yi?"
Han Zhou looked at the two men, smiled, and then went to knock on the door.
When the two men saw Han Zhou knocking on An Lan's door, they felt something was wrong and slipped away.
Wang Xiya came over from the other side and whispered, "Liu Cheng is coming, please be careful."
At this time, the door also opened.
An Lan saw Han Zhou at the door and smiled. Then she saw Wang Xiya there too. She laughed out loud and took Wang Xiya's hand: "Sister Yaya, let's go shopping tomorrow."
Wang Xiya calculated the time: "Tomorrow? Sure."
Just as she was about to speak, Wang Xiya saw Liu Cheng coming over with the director's sign, so she smiled and said hello: "Director Liu, Happy New Year!"
Liu Cheng laughed out loud: "Hello, Mr. Wang, hello, Happy New Year, please think of me when you have work next year."
Wang Xiya was delighted: "You are the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, and you still need to find work? When our Tianle has trouble with Director Liu, you must show your favor."
Liu Cheng laughed, then looked at An Lan: "This look is great. On the night of the 30th, every household will definitely remember you. You are worthy of being called the little queen."
An Lan smiled: "It's all thanks to Director Liu."
Liu Cheng looked down at Han Zhou's nameplate and smiled, "Han Zhou, nice to meet you. You're quite a handsome man."
Familiar local accent.
Han Zhou also said in Shudu dialect: "Director Liu, happy new year, may you be prosperous in the new year, give me the red envelope."
Han Zhou said this, and Liu Cheng took out a red envelope from his pocket: "Here."
Han Zhou was stunned. Is it true?
Liu Cheng: "The red envelopes for the Spring Festival Gala are not that big, not even enough for a taxi fare. The red envelopes for the rehearsal are even smaller, only six yuan."
"By the way, let me ask you something."
Liu Cheng said as he walked into the house.
Wang Xiya looked at An Lan and signaled her not to go in.
Liu Cheng and Han Zhou entered the house alone.
It came out in less than a minute.
Then Liu Cheng smiled and left.
Han Zhou smiled and said, "Director Liu, take care."
Wang Xiya and An Lan pulled Han Zhou into the house. Wang Xiya asked, "What did you say?"
Han Zhou scratched his head: "I didn't say anything, but he mentioned three things."
An Lan was curious: "What's the matter?"
Han Zhou: "The first thing was to let me be a stand-in in a crosstalk show, and just hold up a couplet I wrote to wish a happy new year. I read a poem, and he thought it was very good, so he chose it."
"The second thing is to tell my fourth uncle Han that he wants me to go to his house at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon."
"The third thing is to tell me that Fourth Uncle Han likes to eat noodles."
Wang Xiya took out her cell phone and made a call.
The call was answered within seconds.
Wang Xiya: "You ask someone to buy some noodles from Wangcang County, Shu Province, and add some local bacon and preserved food. No packaging, simple but clean. It must be delivered to me before tomorrow morning. Do you understand?"
As Wang Xiya was talking, An Lan pulled Wang Xiya and shook her head: "Don't buy the ones from Wangcang County, buy the ones from Zhongjiang."
"Forget it... Let's not buy it. My dad's company should have some ready-made. I'll have someone pick it up."
Wang Xiya was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood that buying from Wangcang County was too deliberate.
So he turned around and continued talking to the person on the other end of the phone.
Han Zhou spread his hands: "Isn't it necessary? I can just go to the supermarket and buy one."
An Lan glared at Han Zhou and said, "You're a loser, you know that? I have a can of Wangcang high mountain tea stored at home. Bring it over tomorrow."
Han Zhou reacted belatedly.
Why did Han Sisheng let Han Zhou go over now instead of after the New Year?
Now the film "He is a Dragon", a joint venture between Hanzhou Company and Tianle, is being scheduled everywhere. How could Han Sisheng not know about this?
Han Sisheng asking Han Zhou to meet him before the New Year was a signal.
No matter what this signal represents, the result is that major theaters must allocate an additional 5% of their first-day screening schedule to "He is a Dragon" based on psychological expectations.
Although it was only the first day of the new year, it was very important to Han Zhou.
As for the future screening schedule, it will depend on the actual box office results. No matter how effective Han Sisheng's words are, he will not let the theaters lose money to give him face because of unofficial matters.
As for what I'm going to discuss with the cinema tomorrow, there's no need to talk about it.
Because no one in this group dared to let Han Zhou visit them first and then visit Han Sisheng.
This was the status that Han Sisheng had worked his entire life to achieve. Han Zhou wanted to know how many years it would take him to reach this point.