Chapter 180
If he really wanted to write, Jiang Ning certainly had countless topics in his mind, but after always writing about ancient martial arts and fairy tales, Jiang Ning wanted to change his taste.
Even if she changed to a romantic sweet novel, it would not be suitable for serialization in "Wuxia". She would need to find a new publisher to cooperate with, but no one could guarantee that the new publisher would have the thousand words that "Wuxia" gave her. A thousand words were directly related to the mortgage she had to pay every month. In addition, the plot of a sweet novel was destined to be short, and it would be completed at a maximum of 200,000 or 300,000 words.
Moreover, there are too many similar works in the market, and there are many better ones than hers.
What she is good at has always been the plot and layout. As for the emotion, from "The Song Dynasty" to "White Snake" to the current "Jin Yi Wei", there is actually no description of emotion, and almost all of them are based on the plot.
But after spending some time with Song Peifeng, Jiang Ning, who was originally bad at writing love lines, suddenly felt that she might be able to write one.
At the beginning, readers all thought that the heroine's CP was the Crown Prince, and they were all looking forward to the heroine growing up to be stunningly beautiful and have a deep relationship with the Crown Prince, who would treat the harem as nothing for her.
As a result, Ning Meng's main storyline is all about her career. Because she traveled through time, she knew too well the status of women in ancient times. After experiencing it personally, she hated it so much that she directly eliminated any idea that might expose her identity as a woman. In addition, she grew up with the Crown Prince since childhood. Rather than being the Crown Prince's companion, she is actually his teacher and friend. Since childhood, after gaining the Crown Prince's trust, she has been cautious, little by little, by his side, using her own values to influence his cognition of the world, including the formation and establishment of his three views.
Even among friends, when they spend a long time together, many values and habits will influence each other. What's more, the heroine is the most trusted companion of the Crown Prince and the one he has spent the longest time with. During this period of more than ten years, although the Crown Prince was also influenced by the surrounding environment and people, he was definitely the one who was influenced the most by the heroine. In particular, through practical actions, the heroine first paid attention to and improved gunpowder and artillery, and carried out scientific planting and breeding of grain, achieving increased production. Although not as good as modern hybridization technology, compared to this era, even if the yield per mu increased by 100 kilograms, it was extremely exciting news for both the people and the court. She also went overseas to look for new high-yield crops, discovered a large number of silver mines on the outer islands, and led people to attack, occupy and excavate them.
These tangible benefits alone have made the Crown Prince have a strong interest in and attention to science and technology. More importantly, the heroine has been working hard to improve the status of women.
This is certainly not something that can be achieved by just talking or engaging in verbal battles with people in the court. It cannot even be reflected in her daily words and deeds. She has to achieve her goal by using the indirect method of boiling a frog in warm water.
For example, among the Jinyiwei she leads, half are women with superb martial arts skills. As for why their martial arts skills are so high, of course it is because the heroine has a golden finger.
She accumulated a large amount of money, established orphanages and baby girl towers all over the country, adopted and raised baby girls, but these were not achieved overnight.
Of course, she did not write this specifically in the article, and even glossed over it. For many things, she just gave an order and her mother did it for her. However, her mother believed that it would be more appropriate and safer for her daughter to have a girl serving her.
Also because she was surrounded by beautiful women, the heroine even had a reputation for being amorous and lustful at a young age. She had been in poor health since childhood and had always attached great importance to health preservation. In order to make the crown prince stronger, before he grew up, the crown princess strictly forbade the palace maids to have affairs with him and ruin his body. The crown prince was so clean that there was not even a kitten around him, and he kept himself clean.
This made some readers who like to read romantic novels scream with joy, thinking that the author set up such a plot so that the Crown Prince would remain chaste for the heroine.
The result, shit!
Not only is the author not a human being, she is also not in love.
The Crown Prince's wife has nothing to do with love. It is entirely based on political considerations. In addition, the Crown Prince's wife has her own personal qualities. She is to be trained as the future queen, so naturally she has excellent conditions in all aspects. More importantly, the Crown Prince's wife must also have a certain level of political literacy and vision, rather than a love-minded woman with only love in her mind.
Jiang Ning focuses directly on the larger national situation, rather than being obsessed with petty love affairs, and arranges the plot clearly.
On the day when the Crown Prince got married, the CP fans who were originally looking for sweets among the broken glass almost blew up the hotline of "Wuxia" magazine, all of whom strongly requested Ningmeng to change the plot.
But not everyone likes to watch love-brained plots. Many rational readers follow the plot and focus on the overall layout, and think that the plot arrangement is correct at all.
The heroine doesn't want to be the future commander of the Imperial Guard, who is second to none in the world, and instead runs off to be a concubine in the harem? Once the heroine's identity as a man is exposed, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor. In serious cases, the whole family would be executed, while in minor cases, the property would be confiscated and the person would be exiled!
Is it the heroine who is crazy, or is it you who are crazy?
There are quarrels offline and online.
At that time, there was no chat software or chat rooms, so people just argued on online forums.
But no matter how netizens and readers argue, Ningmeng just won't change the plot and will continue to write it as it is supposed to be. CP fans are so angry that they curse while watching the show. The marriage of the crown prince has to be based on political considerations, and if the heroine can't become the queen, then she can just be the white moonlight or the cinnabar mole.
As a result, Ningmeng also arranged a cool operation, and the heroine got engaged when she was 20 years old.
It’s so cruel!
In particular, there are too many plots about the Crown Prince in the early stage of the work, which leads to the fact that they can always find shadows of sugar between the heroine and the Crown Prince.
Fortunately, even without the crown prince, there are still loyal subordinates, and the sweet moments between the heroine and her loyal subordinates are also very satisfying.
The current serialized plot has reached the point where the heroine has already completed her layout of the major sects in the martial arts world. The prince, the emperor, is also old, and he has damaged his foundation by following Emperor Taizu in battles when he was young. Although he has the heroine's spiritual spring water to repair his hidden injuries, he is the prince, and everything he takes in is strictly supervised and controlled. The heroine has very few opportunities to seize, so he decides to abdicate and become the emperor, and the prince ascends the throne.
As soon as the prince ascended the throne and became emperor, he appointed the heroine as one of his right-hand men and the commander of the powerful Jinyiwei.
The heroine is still young at this time, riding on a tall horse, with fluttering clothes, and full of vigor and vitality!
This can be said to be the climax of the entire article.
Wake up and take control of the world!
Not to mention that male readers are excited when reading this, aren’t there many ambitious female readers?
Among the current works with love in mind, there suddenly appears a clear-headed character who is only focused on her career and even the Crown Prince is a tool to realize her ideal. Her desire for power suddenly reaches its peak!
Many career-minded readers who see this just think, screw your white moonlight and cinnabar mole, the heroine is so handsome and cool!
When Jiang Ning called Wang Yong and told him that "Jin Yiwei Commander" was about to end, Wang Yong, who was also following the series, almost went crazy and couldn't believe it at all.
"Isn't 'Jin Yi Wei' the most exciting part? I think you still have at least 500 chapters to write, why is it ending? Become the commander of Jin Yi Wei, and then what? Go and stir up the martial arts world, let the martial arts world see the majesty of our commander of Jin Yi Wei!"
Jiang Ning: "Isn't the layout complete? Various secret agents have been inserted into the major sects and forces in the martial arts world, and they are just waiting to close the net and it will be complete!"
Wang Yong didn't listen at all: "No, you can't end it like this. If you end it here, readers will send razor blades to the magazine. Isn't your name "My Years as the Commander of the Imperial Guards"? What about those years? You haven't written about those years yet, and you're ending it right after you became the Commander of the Imperial Guards. Are you worthy of the name you chose?"
"Then we need to structure the story into small units like Lu Xiaofeng did, and the outline needs to be rewritten."
Wang Yong: "You write it! You rewrite it!"
Jiang Ning currently only has a vague idea about the new article and does not have a definite outline yet.
After Wang Yong's persuasion, it is indeed not a good idea to finish the article "Jin Yi Wei" here. The main reason is that if Jiang Ning really wants to write it, it is not impossible for him to continue writing, but he just needs to re-write the outline.
If I continue writing like this, it won't be as easy as before, because in order to connect all the major plot lines of the small units, I have to set up various foreshadowings. This is very similar to "The Song Dynasty", but the writing method is different.
"The Great Song Dynasty" focuses on the case itself, while "The Imperial Guards" is indeed about the ups and downs of the underworld, so you can't just write about the heroine, you have to write a group portrait, highlighting the wonderful personalities of your subordinates. For example, the personalities of the spies Gui Hai Yidao, Haitang, etc. in "The World's Number One" are very full.
After becoming the commander of the Jinyiwei, the first major case the heroine took on was the murder of a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan. The heroine sent her loyal subordinates and several Jinyiwei to investigate the case, but naturally, they never returned.
At this time, the heroine has been secretly training an army of orphans for more than ten years. After numerous selections, she selected the five best subordinates. They are young and energetic, and because of their different backgrounds, experiences, and personalities, although these people have outstanding abilities, they lack practical experience. It just so happens that the heroine takes them with her to investigate the case personally.
Since it is a group portrait, Jiang Ning decided to add some funny plots, create a funny person, and focus on the cute contrast.
She felt she could write another million words.
The main reason is that she herself wants to change the subject. It is now 1998, and there are still two years until the millennium. She is thinking about whether she should write an article about future technology, about the next thirty years or even longer, about lithography machines, chip sanctions, various foreign sanctions between countries, and trade war policies. While she still has some fame, she can write about her own agenda and let more people across the country see it, which may have some beneficial impact on the future. Of course, it may also have a worse impact.
However, she is afraid that such articles will be censored.
The last official article was harmonized.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Ning slowly typed a title on the computer: "The Years I Driving a Mecha in the Interstellar Space"
Yes, Jiang Ning decided to expel both of them.
Her current speed is as low as 6,000 and can reach over 8,000. She is still just an auditor in the school. Even though she is interested in all the classes and wants to learn, she can still spare one or two hours every day to type.
"The Commander of the Imperial Guards" was too long. When she thought of finishing it, she felt tired of writing it. She wanted to change her style, change her mood, and give her brain a rest.
However, she did not plan to publish the article "Star Mecha" immediately, but wanted to save it first, and mainly focus on "The Imperial Guards".
The TV rights for "The Imperial Guards" were bought when the article had been serialized for several months. However, those who bought the TV and film rights for this article at that time were actually attracted by the high ratings of "Bao Er" and "Bao San", which were adaptations of "The Great Song Dynasty". The beginning of "The Imperial Guards" seemed somewhat similar to "The Great Song Dynasty". After seeing the ratings of the adapted version of "The Great Song Dynasty", they quickly bought the TV rights for "The Imperial Guards" before the subsequent plot was fully unfolded.
The TV drama copyright of "The King's Guards" was approved early on, but before the later plots were released, it was difficult for them to write the script. Now that most of the plots have come out, they have begun to work on finalizing the script.
The truth is, this script needs to be polished and there are too many parts that need to be adapted.
First of all, the love line cannot be the same as written in the work. The crown prince and the heroine have each married a wife. Although the heroine married a fake wife, this is definitely a big thunder point in the TV series and must be changed. They decided to change the several CP lines that readers are currently supporting into male one, male two, male three, and male four. In short, the heroine is a Mary Sue who is loved by everyone.
There is also a plot about the female supporting role. Didn’t the heroine in the novel get married? The wife he married was his cousin who had been broken off for many years, whose parents had passed away, and who was almost unable to survive due to the world and her family. It just so happened that the cousin was related to the heroine's family, so she was taken to live with the heroine. She accidentally learned the heroine's true identity, and when she was almost killed by the heroine, she took the initiative to express her desire to marry the heroine. On the one hand, she wanted to seek a shelter for herself, and on the other hand, she saw another different way of life for women in this world, and wanted to take the initiative to protect the heroine's secret and help cover for her.
The screenwriters thought that the wife here could be changed into a supporting female character and have a love line arranged for her.
On the other hand, the film copyright of "The King's Guards", which had not been approved before, had a rising box office during the Chinese New Year period. After the winter vacation, although the box office of "White Snake" began to decline gradually, it was still the most popular movie among several movies in the winter vacation New Year's Day box office, together with "Party A and B".
"Party A and B" was also taken off the screen after the winter vacation. During the entire winter vacation and New Year's Day box office, it grossed 30 million yuan. In Beijing alone, it grossed 10 million yuan.
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of "White Snake" which took away too much of the box office of the Lunar New Year movies, the box office performance of "Party A and B" might have been even higher.
The final box office of the movie "White Snake" when it was released was as high as 42 million, making it the highest-grossing movie of the year, 500,000 higher than the second-ranked "Storm Warriors".
It accounted for 10 percent of the total box office for the year.
In this round, "White Snake" can be said to have won.
With an investment of 7 million, the box office exceeded 40 million. In this era, it is even faster than robbing money.
Of course, "Party A and Party B" is equally impressive. It had an investment of six million and grossed thirty million at the box office. However, such an outstanding result is slightly inferior to "White Snake". For a time, the two most popular movies at the beginning of this year were "White Snake" and "Party A and Party B".
The reason why these two films are mentioned together is that, in addition to the fact that both films were released during the winter vacation and New Year's Day, both films were nominated for the "Popular Film Wanhua Award Film Festival" that year.
The Wanhua Film Festival is held every two years, and this year happens to be the year of the Wanhua Film Festival.
Obviously, these two films are strong contenders for this year's Wanhua Awards. Now it depends on which work the judges like better.
The crew of "The King's Guards", which had originally bought the film rights to "The King's Guards" but had not yet started the project, quickly started the project after seeing the box office of "White Snake" and began emergency adaptation of the script and casting. They wanted to take advantage of the popularity of "White Snake" and use the name of the adaptation of another Lemon Studio work to ride on the popularity.
The script hasn't come out yet, but we can get a general idea of which roles will be chosen by watching the work. The first thing they need to confirm is the main cast.
The first thing they thought of was the heroine of the TV series "White Snake" which became very popular during the Chinese New Year, and the actor who played the role of Mingyue.
Not to mention the heroine of "White Snake", after the movie was released, although she didn't become completely famous, at least her value increased and she had plenty of film offers. The actress who played Mingyue's appearance is not only outstanding, but also very recognizable, and very positive, not evil.
With his looks, he received invitations from both the TV version of "The King's Guards" and the movie version of "The King's Guards".
Of course, they are not the protagonists, but they can definitely be ranked as the third or fourth male roles.
When Jiang Bai left the crew of "White Snake", he left his number. Apart from anything else, he is Ning Meng's brother. Is it possible that they will cooperate in the future? So she must have left the phone number of Ning Meng's store. Plus, Ning Meng hadn't gone to Beijing at that time and didn't have a landline in Beijing, so the phone number she left was naturally the store's phone number, which was also the phone number that could be used to contact Jiang Bai.
The crew of the TV series "The King's Guards" also contacted Jiang Bai through the crew of "White Snake".
They are all from the same circle and are all in Beijing. Even if they are not very familiar with each other, they all know each other. It is easy to get an actor's number, especially from the director of the "White Snake" crew. When he heard that the actor who played "Ming Yue" was the author Ning Meng's brother, he immediately decided that except for the male lead, as long as Jiang Bai can play the main role, he must reserve a number for him!
People in the entertainment industry are superstitious. Each work written by Ning Meng is more popular than the other, and each one makes more money than the other.
Not to mention the two "Justice Bao" adaptations from "The Song Dynasty", which had high ratings, the box office of "White Snake" alone directly ranked first in the whole year!
Of course, they don’t know yet that this is the number one of the year, after all, it only started in 1998, but 42 million?
Moreover, his three books have sold millions of copies each. Driven by the popularity of White Snake during the Chinese New Year, the sales of Song Dynasty are about to exceed 10 million. And it has only been published for a few years? The sales volume is about to exceed 10 million. Even though novels of this era often sell millions of copies, 10 million and 1 million are completely different orders of magnitude.
But they know how popular Ning Meng is now. It can be said that the readers of Ning Meng herself can contribute a lot of box office to the movie. With the gimmick of Ning Meng, the original author, this movie has basically won at the starting line before it is released. As long as the movie doesn’t turn out to be too bad in the end, it will definitely not lose money!
They all think that Ning Meng has a hot destiny!
Ning Meng has a lucky star in her destiny, so her brother must be a lucky star as well, destined to bring wealth, otherwise how could his first movie have grossed over 40 million? Can't this be considered as fortune?
Invite him! He must be invited!
Jiang Bai is a typical person who can't do two things at the same time.
He has a very strong concentration. When he is studying, he studies seriously and concentrates on mechanics. Especially since his teacher is a senior engineer who retired from a machinery factory. He is completely different from the auto mechanic master in his previous life who was secretive, wary of him, never really taught them skills, and only asked them to do odd jobs. After discovering his talent, this old engineer devoted himself to cultivating this disciple, and taught Jiang Bai everything he knew.
Jiang Bai is not busy, but his life is very regular. Except for the time he goes to the store to deliver meals to Grandpa Jiang every day and sells clothes in the store, he spends all his other time on studying, and he is immersed in various machines every day.
So Jiang Bai’s first reaction when he received the call was not to go.
However, he thought of his good friend Tong Jingang who loved acting, so he did not say anything definite. Instead, he said that he was still a student, the school management was strict, and he would not be given leave during his studies.
The crew immediately said, "It's okay, it's okay. The official casting will take some time. The script is still being polished. After the script is polished, we need to ask Teacher Ning Meng to give us some advice. After the script is finished and the casting is over, it will probably take a few months for the official filming to start. When the time comes, you can come and audition for a role!"
Jiang Bai thought of Tong Jingang, asked the other party to leave his phone number, and agreed.
If it was a holiday, he would have worked. Most of his classmates' summer jobs were internships in various machinery factories, but they didn't have to do it. Some could only serve dishes and hand out flyers.
There is no one in school during the summer vacation, and the store has no business. If he doesn't shoot a movie, he has to find another job, and the salary of the job he finds may not be as high as the salary from shooting a movie.
He also called Tong Jingang to tell him about this, "They only invited me, not you, but you can go with them when the time comes to see if there are any roles to play, just like last year, we can play minor roles and earn some living expenses."
"Brother! You are my real brother!" If it weren't for the phone call, Tong Jingang would have wanted to jump up, jump on his back and run a few laps excitedly.
After Jiang Bai confirmed it, the crew called Jiang Ning again, wanting to invite her to the crew as a screenwriter. They knew very well that the main plot and outline of the movie "White Snake" were written by Ning Meng, and the framework and tone of the entire movie were set by Ning Meng.
More importantly, Ning Meng is a student of Beijing University. They are in Beijing now, so it is very convenient to find Ning Meng.
Of course, in order to invite the great writer Ning Meng, they offered a high screenwriting fee. However, Jiang Ning rejected the proposal considering that he had to go to school, attend classes, and write "The Imperial Guards" and "Starcraft". They immediately expressed their desire to invite Ning Meng to be their screenwriting consultant. After all, the person who knew Ning Meng's works best was Ning Meng herself.
Although he couldn't be a screenwriter, the fee for being a screenwriter consultant was not small. Even though Jiang Ning was not short of money now, they paid too much, so of course Jiang Ning would go!
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