Chapter 76 Plagiarism Outline Li Daohua is ready to take on...
The outline of Li Daohua is ready, and the next step is to fill in the details.
When they heard that Li Daohua was going to write a costume novel for them to film, both Silver Metropolis Television and ATV were very surprised.
Li Daohua has never written this kind of novel. It's not that everyone doubts it, but there is actually a generation gap between the two.
It's not that I don't trust people anymore. Li Daohua feels that he must show some strength to make them quiet down.
After more than a month of seclusion, Li Daohua wrote this legend, which consists of six volumes. The first volume is about the heroine who traveled from modern times to ancient times, struggled in the palace, and first met Wu Zetian.
The second volume is about the heroine and Wu Zetian, who are both teachers and friends, and they also reveal many secrets of the imperial palace.
In the third volume, the heroine and Wu Zetian drifted further and further apart, and the story ended with the heroine's death and Wu Zetian summoning the historical Shangguan Wan'er into the palace.
In the fourth volume, the heroine faked her own death and escaped, becoming like a bird out of a cage, dominating the world.
In the fifth volume, a great disaster struck, and local officials from top to bottom protected each other. The heroine led the victims to resist and save themselves, and traveled back to the modern times when the nine stars were aligned.
"I'm not some white lotus saint. I saved you because I couldn't stand those people who protected each other and oppressed the people."
"In my hometown, all the people have enough food to eat, enough clothes to wear, and they live and work in peace and contentment..."
After the heroine traveled back to the modern era, some of the common people rescued by the heroine formed the White Lotus Sect. Their original purpose was to save the people of the world and create a White Lotus hometown where people could live and work in peace and contentment. Unfortunately, it was completely distorted after one generation.
The sixth volume is about the heroine returning to the present day and looking through history books. Not only can she not find any trace of herself, but history has not changed either.
Before she traveled back to the modern era, Princess Taiping successfully became the new empress. After the unremitting efforts of two generations of empresses, women were also able to take part in the imperial examinations. After she traveled back to the modern era, Princess Taiping in history books was still killed in a coup.
"This is impossible. In the first year of Shenlong, Taiping had clearly ascended to the throne. How could this happen?"
After consulting many university professors and making judgments based on astronomy, geography and other aspects, the heroine discovered that she did not simply travel back to ancient times.
She traveled to an ancient timeline from another timeline. The most direct proof of this is that she was able to travel back to the modern era through the Nine Stars Conjunction during the Shenlong period.
According to scientific research, the astronomical phenomenon of Nine Planets in Conjunction occurs approximately once every six thousand years, with the most recent one being in 1149, which was the Southern Song Dynasty in the heroine's original timeline.
The timeline the heroine travels through is one dynasty slower than the historical progress of her original timeline. According to the situation when she travels back, this timeline will slow down again.
"In theory, time travel is impossible. Once you travel through time, all timelines will change. People cannot step into the same river of history twice."
This sentence woke the heroine up. So, did she travel back through time, or did she travel to another modern era?
"Wait a minute, my mind is a little confused, so, did the heroine go home or not?"
"Yes." Li Daohua answered affirmatively.
"It's not what you said, but is the judgment method mentioned in the novel true?"
"Of course it's true. Human history can be easily changed, but looking at the entire universe, many astronomical phenomena require a long period of evolution to appear, and they cannot be changed by human power. If you traveled through time, you can also use this method to judge."
"So is it really possible to travel through time?" Zhang Xinyan had a bold idea.
"In theory, when your speed exceeds the speed of light, you can travel through time, forward or backward."
Zhang Xinyan, who didn't know much about the difficulty of exceeding the speed of light, suddenly felt that it might not be impossible to give it a try.
"It looks like a costume drama on the surface, but it's essentially a science fiction drama." Everyone was shocked. This thing could be forcibly pulled into her familiar area to carry out a dimensionality reduction attack.
"Wait a minute, then why don't you continue writing?"
The whole novel is not long, only about 300,000 words. The first and last volumes mostly talk about modern events, and the ancient part only accounts for more than 200,000 words.
Compared to TVB's long-running TV series, this novel's adaptation into a TV series is short and concise no matter how much they delay.
"I've thought it all out for you. The modern times that the heroine traveled to are not her real hometown. If the timeline is changed, the heroine can use her knowledge to accumulate wealth in other fields in advance. After she becomes successful, she can travel again to the Republic of China and lead the country..."
At this point, Li Daohua and the cultural exchange group stared at him and said, "Go on, why don't you say anything?"
"Ahem, anyway, we can continue writing. This novel will definitely be a hit if it's adapted into a TV series. How can such a short novel be enough? We can also make it into a long novel that can be broadcast for many years, traveling through every dynasty and also including prehistoric civilizations..."
Li Daohua felt that Zhang Xinyan had a very broad imagination. He could draw inferences about other situations by analogy and master the infinite flow and quick penetration flow without any guidance.
But she didn't want to do that. Not only would it be time-consuming and laborious, but it would also drag down the entire show in the later stages.
It is not uncommon to see TV series that are a masterpiece in the first part but shit in the second part. It is always best to quit while you are ahead.
Long-form novels have their own audiences, and melodramatic family dramas, from the grandfather's generation to the grandchildren's generation, as long as they are melodramatic enough, people will watch them.
Such TV series are usually made for older people who don't have much work and want to kill time.
As for time-travel dramas, they are mostly for young people to watch, while older people just find them counterproductive.
"Let alone anything else, this drama will definitely be the best drama of the year once it is released." Zhang Xinyan is happy.
He was the director of the previous hit drama, and he is going to be the director of this hit drama too. So, if you add it up, his status in the directing world will soon be greatly doubled.
"We must keep it confidential. The novel was not released in advance in order to give them a surprise attack. The concept of time travel must not be leaked."
"Travel through time? What does that mean?"
“It’s just a modern person who travels back to ancient times and completely crushes the ancient people with his familiarity with history and modern knowledge.
The one Li Daohua wrote was about traveling back in time to the Tang Dynasty, becoming Shangguan Wan'er and helping Wu Zetian ascend the throne."
Because I was not familiar with history and had only sneaked a peek at the first half, I didn't know that this Shangguan Wan'er was not that Shangguan Wan'er.
"As expected of a Nebula Award winner, you are quite capable. However, this brush is mine now."
As one of the leading film and television companies in Hong Kong, Maoye Film and Television is proactive. It found out the content of Li Daohua's new novel on the same day, launched the project on the same day, and cast the director and actors in place all at once.
The screenwriter adapted a new script overnight based on the information brought back by the insider, which integrated the story of time-travel love.
The male protagonist traveled back to the Tang Dynasty and became a fake eunuch like Wei Xiaobao. While helping Wu Zetian ascend to the throne, he also developed an unclear relationship with Wu Zetian, and even not only Wu Zetian, but also other female historical celebrities from the Tang Dynasty.
"What's so interesting about two women as the protagonists? It would be interesting only if a man was the protagonist."
The next day, Maoye held a press conference to inform everyone that their new TV series, "A Step into the Tang Dynasty", is a brand new theme that travels through time and space and is a shocking hit.
"What a bunch of despicable people! It was obviously written by Teacher Daohua first!"
Li Daohua knew that given Yindu’s current situation, any talk of keeping it confidential was just verbal.
Both times she came, people from the right had infiltrated, but Yin was always slow.
"What should we do now?"
"What can we do? We can rely on our strength. Since they have Wu Zetian, we can write about Yang Yuhuan. The heroine will be directly transformed into Yang Yuhuan. She doesn't want to enter the palace, but in the end she has to. Even if she has modern thinking, she is powerless under the pressure of the environment.
The moment the crime of bringing disaster to the country was pinned on her, she had no choice but to die.
The power of an individual is insignificant. Even if you have many ideas, you must unite with the masses to achieve victory."
The exchange group felt relieved when the value suddenly increased, while those in Yindu looked at each other in bewilderment.
The Legend of Shangguan Wan'er written by Li Daohua is very much in line with the film and television trend in Hong Kong. It makes subversive adaptations of history and classics, and everyone loves to watch it.
The reason why everyone was so angry about Maoye taking action in advance was because this novel was too suitable for Hong Kong Island. In their opinion, there was no more suitable one.
The new Yang Yuhuan is obviously more in line with the inland values, especially the final sublimation, which is a blatant ulterior motive.
"I know you're worried that this drama isn't suitable for Hong Kong Island. That's okay. It's just an outline now. Wait for me to fill it in with details. After I'm done, you can decide whether it's suitable or not."
"But we can't wait. Maoye is holding a press conference this morning and the opening ceremony will be held in the afternoon. Why don't we just shoot as planned?"
Li Daohua leaned back in her chair and said, "Then they filmed two dramas that looked almost identical, and everyone started to argue over who copied whom?"
The people in Yindu lowered their heads. They really thought so, and besides, pulling hair flowers was also a kind of advertisement.
"You guys should get started too. I'll try to write the new script as soon as possible. This time, I definitely can't be too late."
Silver Capital announced that the original crew behind “On the Rooftop” will go to Chang’an inland to film “The Legend of Yang Yuhuan”.
Maoye filmed "A Step into the Tang Dynasty" at a film and television studio in Hong Kong Island. There is a special film and television studio in Hong Kong Island for shooting costume dramas. Although it is not big, it is sufficient.
At least it has been enough before. The space is not large, and there are ways to shoot in a small space. As long as there are fewer panoramas and more close-ups, and you pay more attention when setting up the scene, you can still make people forget the cramped feeling of space.
The opening ceremony was simple, with only behind-the-scenes workers involved. The actors and so on had not yet been selected, and they first had to find a suitable Yang Yuhuan.
Li Daohua already had an idea of the candidate for Yang Yuhuan, and that was 19-year-old Lin Fangbing.
"I want to go in and worship." Many people in Hong Kong believe in religion. Regardless of whether they are true believers or false ones, at least they act very well on the surface.
When the Hong Kong people who came to the inland with us saw the temple in Chang'an, they insisted on going in to pay their respects.
There are still many scenic spots and historical sites in Chang'an, which can be used as real-life shooting locations, including Huaqing Hot Spring, the ancient city wall and the like.
While shooting, Zhang Xinyan kept sighing that the texture of such real-scene shooting was completely different from that of simply constructed scenes.
The dressing of the characters in the play was also checked by professionals, and Li Daohua also provided a lot of suggestions. After all, he is someone who has experienced the era of Hanfu revival and has watched all kinds of videos.
The method of time travel chosen is technological time travel, which uses instruments to surpass the speed of light to achieve time travel.
The way to travel through time to Wu Zetian's place is to have a car accident. Li Daohua thought that it was not appropriate to travel through time through a car accident. What if there really was a fool who wanted to try to see if he could travel through time in this way?
Since it has already been changed, why not change it here too.
The instrument is a replica of the armillary sphere, which, after being magnified, can be used as a time-travel instrument.
"I can't keep up with this speed."
"You can just edit it when the time comes. Who can really make an instrument that can exceed the speed of light?"
Yang Yuhuan, who had just traveled from the modern times to the past, was innocent, lively and smart, and had no class concept. When she met Prince Shou Li Mao, Li Mao was attracted to her, and the two young people fell in love and got married.
Having read too many poems and watched too many TV shows praising the love story of Yang Yuhuan and Li Longji, she thought that the historical Yang Yuhuan was eager to abandon Li Mao.
She thought that as long as she remained firm in her beliefs, history would not repeat itself and she would live out her life as Princess Shou.
Until that day really came, she finally understood what the supremacy of imperial power meant. Yang Yuhuan in history must have been as helpless as her.
When they were filming the scene where Yang Yuhuan enters the palace in the inland, news came from Hong Kong Island that "A Step into the Past" had been completed and officially released. The ratings on the first day reached a staggering 60%, which was definitely the treatment of a TV drama king.
Many people in their crew began to worry that their Yang Yuhuan would not be as good as that in “A Step into the Past”.
The mainland did not introduce A Step into the Tang Dynasty at the same time, so they had no way to see what the TV series would be like for a while, and had no way to compare it. They could only elevate the other one according to their own imagination.
"Don't worry, we'll do this after our TV series airs..."
Li Daohua whispered a few words to Zhang Xinyan.
"Can you do it?"
"Take away the ?, I'm better at marketing than you."
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