Chapter 121 Film and Television Adaptation
"It's a pity that R...AMD, who we had high hopes for, finally lost in the quarter-finals of the Cooler Master Cup..."
"What a shocking upset!"
Chen Ba, who was contacting the outsourced art team, was a little surprised when he heard the noise coming from Yang Dong's phone.
AMD collapsed?
No way! A team that performed so well in the GAL League went to participate in a cup competition and ended up being eliminated in the quarterfinals?
“They didn’t play the main force.”
Yang Dong explained: "The hardware configuration is not high, and we didn't take this cup competition seriously at all."
There's really no need to take it seriously.
The Cooler Master Cup is a "Star Emperor" cup competition sponsored and organized by a well-known PC cooling brand.
Teams from all major GAL leagues, anchor teams from live streaming platforms, and college teams were invited to participate.
To put it bluntly, the gold content is very low.
The Cooler Master Cup is mainly to give those non-professional teams a chance to show themselves. The consoles they DIY themselves are not that great, at most they are just for fun.
None of the main players of the professional teams participated in this competition, and even the participating hosts were of "commercially available" configuration similar to that of ordinary teams.
In this case, rollover is normal.
I guess AMD is eager to be eliminated as soon as possible as they still have to prepare for the next GAL race.
"Intel is really excited!"
Yang Dong couldn't help laughing and said, "They probably know that they have no chance of winning the league championship, but if they win the Cooler Master Cup, it won't be a complete failure this year."
So a strange scene appeared.
Nvidia and AMD, both of which have no main players, are eager to be eliminated as soon as possible to avoid wasting time playing in such small cup competitions.
Intel is firing on all cylinders!
They vented all the anger and grievances they suffered in the GAL League on these anchor teams and college teams, focusing on being a professional fish fry.
"They are really good..."
Chen Ba rolled his eyes and said, "Let's use our full lineup to play against the anchor team and the college team. It won't be a shame to win the championship."
"It won't work if we don't use the main force!"
Yang Dong explained with a smile: "The anchor team and the university team are actually quite strong. Most of them use 4090Ti graphics cards, and if you are not careful, you may really fail."
Intel is also anxious.
They want to win a championship so much, no matter if it is a league championship or a cup championship, winning the championship is more important than anything else.
Otherwise, when people ask you "What champion are you?", you really won't be able to answer...
What champion are you? The Cooler Master Cup champion! Who says the Cooler Master champion doesn't count as a champion?
"Forget it, it's good to win a championship."
Chen Ba shook his head and felt that Intel's behavior was understandable. After all, if they didn't win a championship to stabilize the morale of the team, the team would really disband next year.
After talking about the Cooler Master Cup, Yang Dong went on to talk about another thing that seemed to have nothing to do with the gaming industry, but was actually closely related.
A film and television company has taken a fancy to the two games "Study Simulator" and "Living under Someone's Fence Simulator" and plans to adapt them into a TV series...
"Film and TV adaptation?"
Chen Ba almost dropped the pen in his hand and thought he had misheard.
It was not until Yang Dong recounted what had happened that he realized that he had not heard it wrong, nor had he understood it wrongly. Someone really was planning to adapt the game under Tianba Studio.
Haitian Films.
A giant in the film and television industry with a market value of barely over 10 billion yuan heard about Tianba Studio's games from somewhere and wanted to adapt them into a film or TV series.
"I agree, why not!"
This was a good thing, and Chen Ba had no reason to refuse. After all, why not sell the copyright if you can? Keeping it in your hands won't produce any offspring.
But having said that.
Although in principle he is not opposed to film and television adaptations, he also does not want to see the game plot being drastically changed and ultimately become unrecognizable.
"Their first choice was 'Living with Others' Simulator', which was the script they sent me earlier..."
Yang Dong handed over a printed script.
Chen Ba looked down.
The title of the drama is "Sojourner", which does not use the name of the game and is more concise and direct.
There are four main characters.
The male lead, Chen Wei, has the same background and character settings as the protagonist of the game.
The leading actress, Chen Xiuying, is Chen Wei’s aunt. She is a gentle and virtuous woman who is good at managing the household.
The second female lead, Wang Ya, is Chen Xiuying’s daughter and Chen Wei’s cousin. She is a very willful and capricious high school girl.
The second male lead, Wang Zhiqiang, is Chen Xiuying's husband, Wang Ya's father, and Chen Wei's uncle...
Because it is an adaptation, the plot does not follow the main storyline of the game. Apart from the basic character settings, other changes are quite big.
For example, the uncle Wang Zhiqiang did not cheat on his wife in the game, but in the script, he not only cheated on his wife but also committed domestic violence. He lost all the family savings and his daughter's college tuition because of gambling. He is a complete bad guy.
The experience of the male protagonist Chen Wei, perhaps in order to create a strong dramatic conflict, makes his life more miserable and pitiful in the script than in the game.
The plot revolves around a family. There are also some original "neighbors" and "classmates" characters in the script, all of whom are tools to create conflicts.
"It's like this again..."
After quickly turning the script to the ending page, Chen Ba couldn't help but sigh.
As expected.
The ending is a "family-friendly" film that is enjoyed by men, women, young and old.
The uncle turned over a new leaf, turned over a new leaf and remarried the aunt. The cousin regretted and cried, and was forgiven by Chen Wei. The family reconciled and decided to take a family photo.
As a result, just before leaving, Chen Wei received an admission letter from Peking University and Tsinghua University, and the whole family hugged each other and cried with joy.
This is the end of the script.
The process is quite bloody, and the ending is a bit deliberate to please the audience and the censors, but it must be admitted that this kind of drama is indeed very marketable.
Housewives and middle-aged and elderly people love to watch this kind of drama! If it is really filmed according to the main plot of the game, it will probably not work...
Therefore, Chen Ba expressed his acceptance of this adaptation plan.
"That's good!"
Yang Dong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In fact, I also think that this adaptation is a bit deliberate. But they said that our game's main storyline really can't be filmed, and it will be difficult to pass the review if we film it."
"really……"
Chen Ba nodded.
The game's plot was fine in the early stages, but in the later stages it started to demonize the uncle and cousin. And the end of the plot was also a complete tragedy.
After some modification, it’s pretty good now.
Although the family-friendly ending is not one of Chen Ba's favorite endings, he also admitted that the screenwriter did his best and the show might not have been able to be broadcast if it hadn't been changed in this way.
"Where's the hard-working study simulator?"
"That hasn't been decided yet..."
Yang Dong shook his head and said, "What they meant was that we should first select the actors and shoot "The Sojourner" and then think about it later."
"An actor?"
Chen Ba was somewhat curious, and pointed at the core characters in the script and asked, "Have the casts for these main roles been finalized?"
"The actor who will play the uncle has been confirmed. He is a veteran actor who often plays villains. The actor who will play the aunt has also been confirmed. He is a female actress who is known as the national daughter-in-law."
Yang Dong smiled and said, "The rest haven't been decided yet, because they are also waiting for our news. If we don't agree, how can we find all the actors in advance?"
"Okay, go ahead and contact them."
Chen Ba had no objection. From the choice of the two actors, aunt and uncle, it can be seen that Hai Tian really wants to make this drama well.
Just no fresh meat.
He is still looking forward to the play starring the veteran actor and the national daughter-in-law. If a reliable young actor is chosen to play the leading role Chen Wei, the drama "The Sojourner" will most likely be a success.
“Tsk tsk!”
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Thinking of this, Chen Ba couldn't help but sigh, "Adapting a game into a TV series? There shouldn't be many such cases, right?"
“It’s still a lot.”
"It's just that previous game-adapted TV series were mostly about ancient costumes, fairy tales, romances, etc."
Yang Dong explained: "For example, The Legend of Sword and Fairy, Legend of Sword and Fairy, Xuanyuan Sword and so on."
There are many adaptations of fairy-tale games, and after the TV series were made, they became quite famous and attracted many people.
But in fact, there is another type of game that has received quite a few adaptations, but they are less well-known and few people know that they are adapted games.
"Orange Light Game!"
Without Yang Dong's introduction, Chen Ba had also heard of the name of Orange Light Games.
There are indeed many TV series adapted from Orange Light games, and there are also many successful cases. However, in terms of fame, they are not as famous as "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Gu Jian" and "Xuanyuan Sword".
It was a bit unexpected that "Living with Other People" was picked up by the film company and planned to be adapted into a TV series.
Since this is not a popular subject for traditional "game adaptations", shouldn't everyone be chasing after themes such as fairy tales, fantasy, romance, and fictional heroines?
“I find it strange, too.”
"But I asked them, and they said that fantasy dramas require a lot of investment, and audiences are tired of romance dramas, so it's a good time to change their taste and do some family ethics dramas," Yang Dong explained with a smile.
That's understandable.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ba couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "You know what, "Living Under Someone's Fence Simulator" and "Studying Hard Simulator" are quite suitable for broadcasting at 8 o'clock in the evening."
Housewives and middle-aged and elderly people should like TV dramas with this kind of topic, which is guaranteed to make them cry.
You have to cry your eyes out! Aren’t all the 8 o’clock evening dramas based on this kind of routine and script, stirring up emotions and conflicts to trick the audience into crying?
“When will it start airing?”
“I don’t know, maybe next year!”
Yang Dong shook his head and said, "If we start filming now, it will probably be aired in the summer at the earliest. But if we can't find a schedule, it won't be aired until the end of the year."
"Okay, let's send a notification on the official website."
Chen Ba thought about it and felt that this was a happy event and he could publicize it through the official website and official WeChat so that the players would also know about it.
By the way, I would like to take this opportunity to test other film and television companies to see if there are any "daring" ones who would adapt "Star Emperor" or "Shennong Continent"? Let's not talk about "Shennong Continent" for now.
This thing is actually more suitable for anime, and there are so many Shennong animations that it doesn’t matter whether the main character is adapted or not.
But "Star Emperor" is feasible!
The Legend of Sword and Fairy: Ancient Sword and Xuanyuan Sword can all be adapted, and they are both fantasy themes, so why can't Star Emperor be adapted? "Forget it!"
Yang Dong rolled his eyes and said, "This kind of fairy tale drama can easily cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in. Do you really think you can just shoot it if you want to?"
"For a popular Xianxia drama, the bulk of the money should be paid for the film. I think the special effects are really not worth much."
Chen Ba said indifferently: "I sincerely think that "Star Emperor" can be adapted and tried, even if we don't charge copyright fees."
Let’s see who has the courage.
As long as someone dares to ask, as long as someone dares to shoot, Chen Ba can refuse to charge copyright fees and only ask for a proper adaptation.
It’s not that he is very generous.
The main reason is that the adaptation of "Star Emperor" is very difficult, and this is a win-win situation. If there is a lack of investment, Tianba Studio can even invest a little.
“This is not easy…”
Yang Dong was still not optimistic, after all, one’s own family knows one’s own business.
Does "Star Emperor" have a plot? Yes! But the plot is just a random one, and he and Chen Ba didn't really design the plot at all.
So this thing was adapted, and apart from the basic characters and story background, the rest of the plot is almost purely original.
Few people are happy with it.
And most importantly, there are too many grand scenes in Star Emperor. The special effects in the game are so gorgeous, if you make a live-action drama, the special effects can't be worse than the game, right? How much money would it cost?
Just thinking about it, Yang Dong had a feeling that if he wanted to achieve the desired effect, the money spent would definitely be higher than that of TV series like "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", and much higher.
The Legend of Sword and Fairy series doesn't have so many big scenes, and even if there are, they are not shown in the game itself, so the audience can't see anything unusual.
Can "Star Emperor" do it?
Every big scene is basically reflected in the game itself, which uses the Dream Building 5 engine and has the industry's top game CG quality.
How come your TV series isn't as polished as the actual game graphics?
"Too……"
Chen Ba thought about it and felt that what Dong Ge said made sense.
The most difficult part of the film and television adaptation of "Star Emperor" is actually to "surpass" the original game.
This is very difficult to hold! After working so hard to make a drama, people commented that it was not as shocking as the game itself. It can be said that few directors can stand it.
"That's it, then."
"Go and inform the players first. It would be best if someone asks about Star Emperor. But it's okay if no one asks."
Chen Ba thought about it, then said: "No one wants to adapt it. When we make a lot of money in the future, we can shoot it ourselves..."
wrong!
If no one is willing to invest in "Star Emperor", can we call on good brothers like NVIDIA and AMD to raise funds to make a movie?
The high stock price of Lao Huang and Su Ma's company is partly due to Xiao Chen's contribution. Since Xiao Chen works so hard, it's no problem to sponsor him.
But there is no rush.
Let’s promote the drama “Sojourn” first and see if anyone is interested in other games from Tianba Studio.
What if someone is really interested? Don’t underestimate the Chinese people’s enthusiasm for Xianxia dramas. There is a reason why the “Legend of Sword and Fairy” series has been popular for so many years and has made so many stars famous.
It’s not surprising if a sucker really comes. After all, "Star Emperor" is not much worse than the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series.
The latest sequel of the famous Legend of Sword and Fairy series has only sold a few hundred thousand copies.
Not even 1 million copies...
(End of this chapter)