The idea that sequels ruin the original is not entirely a stereotype.
Of course, sometimes the poor imitation of a sequel is not the original intention of the creator, and it is not entirely because the creator's level has declined or his creativity has run out.
In the first work, the audience is in a fog, following the creator's ideas, following the story plot little by little, slowly uncovering the worldview of a world; using one thing after another, using the character's image and behavior, to infer the character's personality.
In the process, until the end of the story, the audience will always have a question in their mind - is this character really the way it is shown in the plot? Is it hiding something? Only when the whole work is finished and a complete world view is formed, those vivid characters will become three-dimensional images and be implanted in the minds of the audience.
Everyone's understanding of the plot and analysis of the logic behind the characters' behavior are completely different.
Many people will even argue over this difference in understanding, and everyone will think who is right and no one can convince anyone else.
But such debates are limited to the audience and generally do not involve the creators.
Yang Ruoqian lay on the sofa and laughed: "But once it becomes a sequel, the audience will watch the work with a complete world view and complete character settings already implanted in their minds, and their mentality will be completely different."
Not only does the sequel lose the sense of anticipation of gradually unveiling the world and various secrets, but it may also lead to a decline in reputation and sales because the author's portrayal of various things in the sequel does not conform to the audience's previous impressions and judgments.
Because the creator's understanding of characters and things is not exactly the same as that of the audience.
This is a fact that is very difficult for any creator to avoid.
The creators feel that the way things developed and the characters doing such things are reasonable, but the audience, who have already formed a deep-rooted impression from the first work, may not agree.
But the second time, the audience's deviation in understanding of the characters in the plot will not lead to arguments between them.
They banded together and turned their criticism against the creators, believing that it was because the creators wanted to make a quick buck that they forced sequels into being, thus ruining the original work.
Now, Yang Ruoqian will be such a person who is criticized by thousands of people! "The Black Robe Inspection Team 2" is not enough as a sequel. After all, the director lineup and the cast lineup are too strong, and each of them has a certain number of die-hard fans.
After what happened before, Yang Ruoqian felt that it was very likely that this group of people would use force to prove their truth, and use superb scripts and strong acting skills to cover up all problems.
"Which work should I choose to make a sequel..."
Yang Ruoqian went to bed with the problem until the end of the New Year's Day holiday. After returning to the company, he still couldn't find a suitable option among so many works.
In other words, there are too many suitable options and Mr. Yang doesn’t know which one to choose.
Mr. Yang, who has always been a people-oriented person, sent a message to Qi Mu and muttered, "It would be better to call him over and discuss it together."
These employees collect their own salaries but spend their days doing nothing but making money for the company. It's time for them to play a real role.
In less than a minute, Qi Mu, whose office was next to Yang Ruoqian's, hurried into the office.
Judging from her steps, she was obviously in a hurry.
As the group's business becomes more and more numerous and complex, the secretary naturally has to deal with more and more things.
Nowadays, many things involve international business, and the procedures are very cumbersome. The documents piled up on the desk are obviously more than one pile high.
Yang Ruoqian watched the secretary walk in while drinking water, and asked the same question as before: "Qi Mu, do you want a team to be assigned to you? It seems that your current workload is indeed a bit heavy."
In the entire company, Qi Mu has the heaviest workload. Although she enjoys it, a person's time is limited. When things become too much, no matter how capable or energetic she is, she will not be able to handle them all.
Moreover, given the current size of the Kuiguang Group, it does need a secretarial team.
This time Qi Mu finally did not refuse. She nodded and smiled, "Boss Yang, a team of about three people is enough at this stage."
Yang Ruoqian ignored him and said, "Okay, I'll approve a document for you later. After they are recruited into the company, these four people will be your direct subordinates. You can talk to the HR department about how to recruit these five people. I believe that with your ability, managing six people will definitely not be a problem."
Qi Mu: “?”
Before the secretary could react, Yang Ruoqian quickly changed the subject and said, "Okay, let's talk about the important things now... Isn't our group going to develop IPs now? I think the best way to maintain the popularity of IPs is to release sequels and keep the works in front of the audience."
Qi Mu hadn't reacted to what she had said before. She nodded slowly, "Yes, yes... Mr. Yang, do you have any ideas for this quarter?"
There was a small deficit in last quarter's financial report, but the cash was simply exchanged for assets, and the purchased assets have great room for appreciation and profit.
So she was not in a hurry.
Compared to this, I clearly only need three people, so how come Mr. Yang turned it into a team of six?
I didn't miss anything...
Yang Ruoqian didn't give Qi Mu a chance to come back to his senses, and continued: "I think just one "Black Robe Inspection Team 2" is not enough. Which of our previous TV series, movies, and popular text or picture works do you think are worthy of a sequel?"
After the company established the IP creation plan, Kuiguang Group attracted many well-known cartoonists and authors with its numerous resources and IP operation brand.
There are also several popular works that are worthy of adaptation.
Many readers left messages in the comment section, hoping to see film and television adaptations of these works as soon as possible or hoping that the authors would continue to publish sequels.
These IP works with potential will naturally not be ignored by Qi Mu.
Of course... Kuiguang Group adheres to a principle that all IP adaptations and copyright-related matters respect the opinions of the original authors and are guided by the opinions of the original authors.
She ignored the incident and immediately got back to work: "Boss Yang, I'll make a form for you. Please wait a moment."
As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone, opened the mobile version of Office and started editing the content.
Being proficient in using various software to edit files on mobile phones is one of Qi Mu’s most basic skills.
Soon a form was transferred to Yang Ruoqian's computer.
Yang Ruoqian opened the form, glanced through it twice, and frowned.
“Is “The Wandering Blue Planet” not on this list? Is it not worthy of a sequel?”
New Year's Day has passed, and last year's total box office data has been settled. As expected, "The Wandering Blue Planet" became the box office champion of the whole year.
How could such a phenomenal work not be worthy of a sequel?
Qi Mu answered without hesitation: "Mr. Yang, it is worthy of a sequel, but the problem with this IP now lies externally."
"external?"
"Yes... The male lead of this movie is currently filming a TV series and a variety show, and he is completely unable to spare the time. The female lead, Shang Qianyu, is also busy with "The Boys 2." Qi Mu paused and continued, "I remember that half of the other important supporting roles are also fully scheduled. If you are in a hurry, I don't recommend that you start with this movie."
Any project proposed by Yang Ruoqian would basically start construction within a quarter.
Qi Mu is reminding that if you want to start work in a short time, "Wandering Blue Planet 2" is not a good choice.
However, in Yang Ruoqian's ears, the secretary's words had completely changed their meaning.
Most of the main actors are absent? All kinds of preparatory work take a lot of time?
"Wandering Blue Star 2" is not suitable as a sequel theme at this stage? That's it! Yang Ruoqian didn't even think for a moment, and said directly: "It doesn't matter, it's just a small difficulty... You know what our slogan is? If there is no difficulty, we will create difficulties and go! Now that difficulties are in front of us, how can we miss this great opportunity?"
"No need to choose anything else, this is it, Wandering Blue Planet 2! Our main goal this quarter is this movie!"
Qi Mu was stunned for several seconds, and after a while he could not help but remind him: "But Mr. Yang, the leading actor cannot be in place, so we can't shoot the movie..."
"It's okay." Yang Ruoqian waved his hand. "Whether the original author and Director Guo Fan are available, as long as they are there, the film can go on."
Seeing Yang Ruoqian so determined and confident, Qi Mu immediately understood that he might have some new plan.
It’s no secret that Yang can always burst out with extraordinary creativity.
His thinking is different from that of ordinary people. He can always cater to the market just right and capture the audience's appetite accurately...but no one has yet been able to summarize how these thoughts were born and what the audience thinks.
But there is no need to summarize, as long as it is Mr. Yang’s decision, just execute it without thinking.
Qi Mu took out his phone again and said, "Director Guo Fan is available. I don't know what's going on with the original author. I'll ask for you and let you know if there's any news."
The last time he made a movie, Yang Ruoqian deliberately offered a very high price to the author to buy out the film and television operation rights of "The Wandering Blue Planet", but he didn't expect that compared to the popularity and reputation of the movie, the copyright fee was actually less.
When the box office was finally divided, Yang Ruoqian had no excuse to take less money.
No matter what is said this time, a portion of the income will have to be shared with the author.
After Qi Mu finished speaking, he reported some more work, then turned around and left the office and returned to his room.
About thirty minutes later, Mr. Yang, who was playing games, suddenly received the message.
The author of the original novel expressed great interest and even hoped to take some time to come to Kuiguang Group to discuss the specific matters of the film adaptation with the director, screenwriter and actors.
"Mr. Yang, what do you think?"
Yang Ruoqian took advantage of the break in the game to send a reply to Qi Mu: "Sure, invite the author to come as a special guest screenwriter. If he has any opinions and suggestions on the film, they must be taken as important references."
"Okay, I'll let them know right away."
However, before Yang Ruoqian put down his men, news from Director Guo arrived almost at the same time.
"Boss Yang, I heard that you are planning to continue filming the sequel of "Wandering Blue Planet"?"
The last time he was filming a movie, he had a skin break and was sent to the hospital by Yang Ruoqian for a full body check-up. He still remembers vividly how he wanted to be admitted to the ICU.
As a result, after the filming of the movie was completed, he did not dare to contact the Kuiguang Group for a long time.
But when he heard that Kuiguang Group was going to invest again in the filming of "The Wandering Blue Star" and was going to continue to invite him to be the director, Guo Fan couldn't suppress his excitement.
The annual box office champion! This work has long been his pride and he regards it as a treasure. Now that a sequel is coming out, how can he not take it seriously?
"Yes." Yang Ruoqian quickly replied, "The preliminary preparations should begin within the next two weeks. Do you have time?"
Guo Fan answered quickly: "Yes, yes, I will be here the day after tomorrow at the latest..."
Seeing that things were getting more and more complicated and the game could not be played at all, Mr. Yang simply asked for his teammates' Alipay accounts, logged off, and started to deal with his work seriously.
Yang Ruoqian typed a reply, "Okay, but I won't interfere too much with the cast this time. Director Guo, you can make the decision yourself... That is, if there are some minor problems with the details, such as an actor being late by accident, Director Guo doesn't have to be too harsh."
"Ah, OK..." Guo Fan typed a line of words first, then widened his eyes and looked at the message sent by Yang Ruoqian in disbelief, "Wait, what did you say? I'm here to find an actor?!"
What does it mean to find actors? In the plot, an important character died in the first part of Wandering Blue Planet, but it was not to the extent that the entire crew had to be replaced!
The protagonist, the heroine, and a large number of important supporting roles are still there, so why do we need to reconfigure the cast?
"Mr. Yang, what do you mean by that? If we are going to shoot a sequel, it would be better not to change the lead actors casually." Guo Fan thought about it and expressed his opinion, "If the actors of the previous roles have time, I suggest you use the original cast."
Yang Ruoqian smiled and typed slowly: "Director Guo Fan, when I say make a sequel, I don't mean to continue filming the sequel of the first part according to the original story line."
Guo Fan's brain was almost running out of energy: "Ah? No follow-up?"
If they don't shoot a sequel, what else can they shoot? Does Kuiguang Group want to create its own original plot? That's impossible!
Ever since the movie "The Wandering Blue Planet" became a hit, every work by the original author has gained a lot of popularity.
If the plot is changed casually, it will easily arouse public anger and cause a collapse in reputation.
Yang Ruoqian continued: "We can move the story line forward and film the previous stories."
Guo Fan: “???” (End of this chapter)
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