Chapter 351 Actresses Should Not Get Close to Dangai After finishing
their meal, it was almost time for afternoon practice, so they said goodbye to each other at the door.
Yang Chaoyue held Meng Ziyi and was reluctant to leave for a long time. After finishing, she said hello to Meng Bai who was waiting on the side, and then finally went back with the three teammates.
"It's not a life-and-death separation, why are you so excited?" Meng Bai said as he walked.
Meng Ziyi glanced at him and said, "If Chaoyue is selected, it will take three or four months to record the show, and we won't see her for a long time."
"That's not certain. Maybe she will be eliminated in the first round of the show and then come back."
"Tsk, I think Chaoyue will definitely be fine."
Meng Ziyi said confidently, but then he looked at Meng Bai again: "Uncle, do you think she can make it?"
"How should I know?" Meng Bai said, "If it's based on her ability, then she definitely can't make it. But whether she is popular or not, it actually depends on luck. Those singers have talent shows every year, but few of them are champions."
At this point, he sighed and said, "I have to say that Xiao Yang is a girl with some luck and talent."
Meng Ziyi thought about it and it seemed to be true. She
won a year-end bonus of 100,000 yuan just after working for less than a year. She was selected by the director to act in a movie just because she worked honestly at the front desk. She wanted to be an artist and there happened to be a girl group talent show.
"Actually, it's not just good luck. I think Chaoyue has many advantages. She is beautiful, smart, sincere and straightforward, and she has good relationships with people. I just heard from a few other people that during her time in Ji Chuang Yinli, many girls from other groups also have a good relationship with her."
Meng Bai glanced at Meng Ziyi: "I thought you were going to say that she has good vision, so she has you as a friend."
"How can I praise myself?" Meng Ziyi said: "Besides, everyone can see that I am excellent, there is no need to praise me again."
"...Okay, I've finished watching, I'll take you back."
"By the way, uncle, I have something else I want to consult you about."
After getting in the car, Meng Ziyi fastened his seat belt, and then took out his mobile phone: "I recently received a script, and I don't know if it is suitable, so I thought of asking you."
"What script?"
"It's a project adapted from an ancient style BL novel... uh, you know BL novels? It's the kind of female-oriented dual male lead..."
"I know." Meng Bai interrupted her explanation.
Meng Ziyi suddenly realized that her uncle was a top producer in the field of online dramas, so how could he not have heard of the theme of Danmei?
She smiled sweetly at Meng Bai and then introduced: "The original novel is called "The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation", and now Tencent Video wants to adapt it into an online drama..."
Meng Bai drove the car and pondered for a few seconds: "Your drama is called "The Untamed", right?"
"Ah? Yes." Meng Ziyi said in surprise: "Uncle, you also know this project?"
"I have heard of it."
Penguin Pictures has been slowly merging with Tencent Video since last year, so Fang Fang is now also responsible for the film and television projects on the platform. She is the chief producer of this drama, and Meng Bai mentioned this project when he talked to her before.
Although Meng Bai is a standard straight male orientation, as a film and television practitioner, he has also learned about the market of Danmei dramas.
"Male-male CP" has existed for more than ten years, mainly due to the increase in the consumption power of the female market, and then the female audience group is getting wider and wider.
After all, most fans are "girlfriend fans" and "wife fans", which can not only avoid the dissatisfaction caused by "women getting close to their idols", but also satisfy the girls' preference for "CP", which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
In the film and television field of domestic entertainment, the first to try to take advantage of this wave of "Dangai dividends" was "Addicted" which was very popular in 2015.
This low-cost, small-scale web drama had hundreds of millions of views in the first week of its launch, attracted many fans, and directly made the two male protagonists Xu Weizhou and Huang Jingyu famous.
However, the web drama market was just starting at that time, and everyone was not clear about the boundaries of review. This drama was too straightforward when it was adapted, resulting in the whole drama being asked to be removed from the shelves for rectification before it was finished, and then it was directly banned.
Despite this, the film and television industry has seen the huge potential behind the length of "Dangai dramas" and has been trying it out in recent years.
For example, the popular "Go Princess Go" a few years ago was a bit of a borderline.
And the "Chen Qing Ling" project launched by Tencent Video this time is obviously the same. The fictional ancient costume background, coupled with the skin of martial arts, can completely explain the original plot connotation in the name of "brotherhood in the rivers and lakes".
"I remember that the two male protagonists of this drama have been decided, right?" Meng Bai asked.
Meng Ziyi nodded: "Yes, the crew is now talking about the two male protagonists, one is Xiao Zhan and the other is Wang Yi Bo."
After speaking, seeing that Meng Bai seemed to have never heard of these two names, he introduced them to him: "Xiao Zhan is a member of a group under Wajijiwa, and he also debuted through a talent show. He is currently a popular idol in the domestic entertainment industry. Wang Yi Bo is a member of a Sino-Korean cooperative group under Lehua, and a returned idol who is inferior to Lu Han and Wu Fan." "
Two idols, one domestically produced, and the other exported for domestic sales?" Meng Bai summarized after listening.
Meng Ziyi smiled and nodded. This evaluation was very concise and vivid.
"There are two male protagonists, so who will you play?"
"The role I got is the female role with the most lines besides the two male protagonists."
"Ah, a tool for review."
"Well - not entirely, there is also this role in the original novel."
"What do you think?" Meng Bai asked.
"I think this drama should be very popular, but fans and audiences should only pay attention to the two male protagonists. I don't know if it is necessary for me to take this role."
The popularity of a drama does not necessarily mean that the characters will be popular, and the popularity of a character does not mean that every character will be popular.
Meng Bai thought for a while: "In your current situation, there is no need to consider the role ranking. Having a popular work will not only increase your popularity, but it will also be of great help in getting future roles. But..."
"But what?"
"There is a saying in the industry, 'Actresses should not get close to gay dramas, or they will become unfortunate.' If your role is not handled well in the plot, it is easy to get scolded."
Fans and audiences come to watch gay dramas because there is "no female lead". Female characters with too many roles will naturally attract hatred. But if the roles are too few, it will have little value to the actors, and it is difficult to grasp the right balance.
So even though everyone knows that gay dramas are easy to become popular, many actresses are still unwilling to take them.
"Being scolded..."
Meng Ziyi turned her head: "It should be okay, I don't think there are too many plots for my role. Besides, it's just a few scoldings from the male lead's fans, and it will only be during the broadcast period, which can help increase my popularity."
"You have to make your own choice."
"Okay, then I'll ask my agent to agree to the crew when I go back." Meng Ziyi said affirmatively.
Meng Bai glanced at her: "If you really get scolded, don't come to me to cry."
"Tsk, you're the one crying."
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Meng Ziyi went back and found her agent, saying she wanted to take over the script.
Seeing that she agreed, the agent was relieved. After all, from the perspective of traffic and popularity, this resource is really good.
As for being scolded, which popular artist is not scolded.
On the contrary, the more people scold, the more it shows that an artist is popular.
If it were another artist, the agent would definitely ask to take it over even if they don't like it.
It's just that although Meng Ziyi's qualifications are not deep and her status is not high, everyone knows that she has Arc Light behind her, so she has more freedom.
Originally, the agent was still thinking about how to convince her when he heard the girl say that she would think about it again. Unexpectedly, she agreed after going out for a circle, which naturally made everyone happy.
The agent team quickly replied to the crew, and it happened that the preparations there were almost done, so Meng Ziyi rushed to join the crew of "The Untamed" before the end of the month.
On the other hand, Meng Bai received a call from director Bai Shan, asking him to go and see the first version of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan".
[…
Those who are in love are not afraid of life, death, or separation.
Of all things in the world, only love is immortal, which is immortality.
If I miss you, you will never come back;
the eight hundred Yellow Springs will bury my longing.]
Thousands of lanterns with the names of people in love floated up from the Yellow Springs and rose into the air. Only one soul of "Eternal Life" was left, accompanied by a red spider lily beside him, looking at the eight hundred miles of Yellow Springs.
With the unique narration of the "Pendulum Series", the picture returned to darkness.
The lights came on, and the post-production studio suddenly became bright. Meng Bai looked at the screen that began to show the list of actors and production staff and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Any comments?" Bai Shan asked on the side.
"Nothing, it's good." Meng Bai said.
He was there almost all the time during the filming, and he also cared about it every now and then during the post-production, so he actually had a rough idea of the final effect.
Speaking of which, although "Soul Ferry: Yellow Spring" is just a web movie, whether it is the color of the picture or the texture of the makeup, there is no feeling of shoddy.
Especially the lighting effects and filters of this film. When making it, Bai Shan did not make it into the kind of dim picture commonly seen in horror films because of the theme of "Yellow Spring".
On the contrary, the whole film, whether in color or lighting, is dominated by warm tones of red and yellow, which looks very comfortable.
"There are a few scenes that I see still have green screens. Is it not finished yet?" Meng Bai asked.
"Oh, when we watched the final film, we found some mistakes in those shots, so we found other shots to replace them. Some of the materials need to be re-rendered, so they have not been replaced yet."
Bai Shan explained: "But don't worry, it will be done this week, and it will not affect the broadcast."
The online movie does not need to communicate with the theater to schedule, and the demand for the schedule is not very high. Basically, it can be launched as soon as it is completed.
Arc Light has already been scheduled with Qiyi TV, with a promotion period of one month in advance, and then it will be broadcast directly at the beginning of the summer vacation in June.
As for the revenue-sharing model, it adopts a combination of "member playback times" and "single-film purchase".
For Qiyi TV members, they can watch it directly. At the same time, for every additional "member effective viewing volume", Arclight can get 2.5 yuan in revenue.
This playback volume is different from the billions of data of online dramas, but only real accounts can be counted.
As for "single-film purchase", it is for ordinary users who do not have Qiyi TV membership. They can spend 3 yuan to buy this film separately, and the revenue will be divided into 70% and 30% between Arclight and Qiyi TV.
Although the unit price is relatively low, after all, there are many users on the video platform.
Qiyi TV currently has nearly 70 million member users. Even if only one-tenth of them will watch it, the total shared box office will be more than 20 million.
Converted, it is almost equivalent to a theater movie with a box office of over 100 million.
With the influence and number of fans of the IP "Soul Ferry", this result is not difficult to achieve. After all, whether it is a member or a single purchase, it is much cheaper than a movie ticket.
Although the development of online movies is slower than that of online dramas, the market has gradually grown in recent years. The current single-film shared box office results have reached a record high of 40 million.
The cost of most films is only about 10 million.
Even for cinema movies, few can achieve such a high return on investment.
"Okay, let the post-production team hurry up to render. When the complete film is finished, I will arrange to watch it with the platform." Meng Bai said.
"Okay."
After leaving Bai Shan, Meng Bai thought about it and went to Guo Fan's studio again.
If the special effects workload of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is a pond, then the special effects workload of "The Wandering Earth" is a vast ocean.
It has been eight or nine months since the wrap-up, and the post-production progress has only reached two-thirds. It is estimated that it will take another half a year.
If you want to release it, the earliest will be the Spring Festival next year.
Compared with the previous time in the crew, Guo Fan is now thinner. After shooting the entire "The Wandering Earth", let's not talk about other achievements, the effect of his weight loss can be said to be very obvious.
"Brother Guo, how is the situation now?"
"It's okay. The biggest problem is that the efficiency of special effects rendering is too low, which has slowed down the overall progress a lot." Guo Fan said.
The entire "The Wandering Earth" used three domestic special effects companies and more than 3,000 post-production staff.
Because the workload was too heavy and the equipment computing power was insufficient, many people had to work overtime all night.
Some special effects artists couldn't stand the long-term overtime and finally chose to change jobs. Unexpectedly, the first task I received after joining the new company was the "The Wandering Earth" project.
"Fuck, is this true?" Meng Bai couldn't help but asked with a smile after listening to Guo Fan's description.
"It's true! It happened just two days ago. I told Gong Geer that the special effects guy changed from the previous 'Dungeon Project Team' to the 'Space Station Project Team', which can be considered an upgrade, haha." Guo Fan said, and he also laughed.
After laughing for a while, he stopped and sighed: "I don't know how the performance of this movie will be, I just hope it will live up to the efforts of so many people."
Meng Bai patted him on the shoulder and said confidently: "Don't worry, it will definitely succeed. Just like what they said in the movie, we choose hope."
(End of this chapter)
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