Chapter 248 The Dilemma of the Scumbag

Unlike the previous dramas, the leading actors of "White Night Chase" were basically determined from the beginning.

As early as when "The Forbidden City" was just finished, Meng Bai gave the script to Pan Yueming.

At first, the other party thought it was a "dual personality" setting, until he saw the script and realized that there were really two male protagonists.

In comparison, the difficulty of interpretation has undoubtedly increased a lot.

But for a real actor, the more difficult the play is, the more interested he is.

So after reading the script, Pan Yueming agreed to it before he even had time to discuss the pay.

In the past few months, he has been studying the script almost every day. He

also wrote two "role notes" specifically for the different personalities of the two brothers in the play, and designed two different sets of small movements by himself.

Even Wang Wei said that it was so comfortable to work with such a mature actor, and strongly requested that he should not be given any more green hands in the future.

In addition to Pan Yueming, another leading actor who was determined early was Wang Taling.

The reason is very simple. His role in this drama is the same as in "Psychological Crime", still "Tai Wei".

"Well, let me ask you something."

Wang Tazheng raised his hand and looked at Meng Bai: "Is this "Day and Night Chase" a follow-up story of "Psychological Crime"? "

"From the timeline, it is like this." Meng Bai explained: "But in terms of the plot, except for your character, there is basically no connection between it and "Psychological Crime."

The timeline of "Psychological Crime 1" is from 1998 to 2002. The second part is from 2003 to 2007.

The timeline of "Day and Night Chase" is set in 2018, which is ten years after the story of "Psychological Crime".

Wang Longzheng flipped through the script: "I read the script of "Psychological Crime 2" some time ago. Wasn't I already in the Green Vine City Bureau in 2007? How come ten years later, I went to Binhai District?"

"Because after that, you committed serious violations of discipline, so you were demoted to Binhai District and became a partner with Captain Guan."

These are obviously the overall settings behind the entire "Green Vine Series", but they are still in the undisclosed stage.

Wang Longzheng thought about it and asked a key question: "Then, where is Fang Mu?"

"..."

Meng Bai smiled, but he didn't answer again this time, just vaguely said: "Where Fang Mu went, we will have to wait for the movie version of "Psychological Crime" to see."

Wang Longzheng's heart trembled.

Although it was not stated explicitly, for a policeman like Tai Wei to give up his "old partner", there must be something unexpected.

Combined with the "serious violation of discipline" mentioned earlier, it can be expected that Fang Mu's ending should not be too good.

His junior brother must have buried a huge pit in the movie version.

Seeing Wang Longzheng's suspicious and speculative expression, Meng Bai couldn't help but laugh.

Even the actors themselves were confused, so you can imagine what the audience was thinking.

He had already planned that when the show was broadcast, he would first broadcast "Psychological Crime 2" and then "Day and Night Chase".

When the audience all began to be curious about Fang Mu's ending, he would take out "City Lights" and give everyone a "hard blow"!

Alas, in order to give the audience the best viewing experience, he was really too hard.

After praising himself in his heart, Meng Bai retracted his thoughts, knocked on the table, and drew everyone's attention back.

"I emphasize that although this drama is the first time that the entire "Green Ivy Detective Universe" has a common character, no matter in shooting or post-production, don't hold the idea of ​​"linking" or "playing with memes". Just treat it as a separate film and television project."

Although the concept of "Green Ivy Detective Universe" was proposed by Meng Bai when he first filmed "Psychological Crime" two years ago. But until now, each story is a completely independent plot.

There is basically no connection between the projects except the name "Green Ivy City".

This is not Meng Bai "selling dog meat under the guise of sheep", but he has made great "restraint" in the story line in order to ensure the success of the entire project.

Arclight is not Marvel, there is no generation of fans accumulated over decades, everything starts from scratch.

As a start-up IP, the key to success is not how grand the overall framework is, or how exciting the intersection between the story lines is.

On the contrary, the bigger these things are at the beginning, the more dissuading the audience.

Because there is no standing character, no attractive story, simply engaging in linkage is pure self-entertainment.

Even if Marvel wants to make an MCU film and television universe, it still has to start with a single hero like "Iron Man".

Even the entire "Iron Man" trilogy is all Tony's one-man show, and other content about "Avengers" only appears in the easter eggs.

Similarly, each individual project of the "Green Ivy Series" is also an independent storyline.

Only when the audience is interested in a single protagonist will they think about watching the "collection".

After stressing the core of creation to the main creative team and leading actors present, Meng Bai then began to discuss other preparations for the project.

"Brother Jun, has Golden Shield responded?"

"We contacted them a few days ago. After reading the script, they felt that there was no problem with the overall plot, and only raised some individual opinions on some small details." Liu Jun said.

"Okay, then I'll talk to them later."

This time, in addition to Arclight, Qiyi TV and Huace, the producers of "White Night Chase" also specially introduced the Golden Shield Film and Television Center of the Ministry of Public Security to provide review and guarantee.

There is no way. The previous projects were all outside the system, and "Forensic Qin Ming" was also a relatively less prominent technical work.

But this time is different. "White Night Chase" is completely based on the police and the police as the main perspective, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of review.

So after Meng Bai and his friends discussed it, they pulled in the regular army of Golden Shield to help support the scene.

This is directly under the Ministry of Public Security. When the review is asked later, Arclight can directly slap the brand in the other party's face.

People think there is no problem, why are you still here?

Just thinking about it makes me feel refreshed.

Although the budget is not as good as "The Forbidden City", the production cost of 2.5 million per episode is already "S+" level for an urban criminal investigation drama.

The total cost of 32 episodes is 80 million. Qiyi TV is also straightforward. Although it is not as rich as Penguin, it still took over half of the investment quota in one go.

Not only that, Dai Ying also told Meng Bai that although suspense themes are not very popular in the traditional film and television field, they are absolutely the trend in the online drama market.

Qiyi TV plans to open a "Qi Suspense Theater" next year, focusing on suspense themes. This "White Night Chase" will be the first drama to be broadcast on the theater channel.

It has to be said that after reaching a cooperation with Arclight, Qiyi TV has given extremely generous treatment.

Give money, people, and resources.

It's like an honest man who has been licking for many years and finally got the favor of a cold goddess.

For Qiyi TV, the hard work has paid off. At least the goddess will give him several "children" in the future.

But the bad news is that this goddess is a sea king. In addition to him, there are many other children outside.

Otherwise, it is easy for a company to be tainted by the personal style of the founder.

However, the founder is currently in a distressing situation.

The premiere of "Detective Chinatown" is imminent. According to convention, the main creators will invite their celebrity friends as guests to attend, which can be regarded as a kind of publicity.

I don't know who Chen Sicheng and others have found, but Meng Bai has a few headache targets.

It's called "several", but there are actually two main ones.

One is Li Qin. Meng Bai went to the premiere of "Youth 2" last time, and she should come this time.

In fact, before Meng Bai's invitation was sent, Teacher Li had already called to ask about the date of the premiere.

He didn't care at first and told the other party the time directly.

But the next day, he received a call from Li Yitong, who also asked about the time of the premiere.

Meng Bai's face was full of painful mask expression when he heard it, but the key was that he couldn't refuse.

Anyway, even if he didn't invite her, she had also cooperated with Liu Haoran in "Star Detective", so she still had a reason to come.

Even Ni Ni called him and said that she wanted to go to the premiere to support him.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Song Zhi was filming recently and really had no time, otherwise the situation would be even more chaotic.

Meng Bai thought about it and felt that he still had to do something behind the scenes.

Adjust the order of the red carpet entrance of several people, and then separate the positions on the scene, and it should be able to support the whole scene.

After all, they are all artists, and there are so many cameras on the scene, it is impossible to stroll around casually.

As long as they don't meet and can't chat, everything will be fine.

He is still a single person now, and he has no specific relationship with any girl, so there won't be any scenes that are too difficult to deal with.

By the way, should I add another insurance and call Meng Ziyi.

This is my "niece" in broad daylight, and I am right no matter where I say it. And with her around, it's easy to find excuses for many things.

Tsk, I never thought that this girl would be useful one day.

(End of this chapter)