The crew of Joy of Life, dressing room

Wei Yang was holding a book in his hand, reading while waiting for the makeup artist to do his makeup. Li Jiahang came wandering in and sat down next to him.

"I just saw a few reporters, they seem to be from CCTV, looking for you?"

"I came here for Shishi. I want an interview."

Li Jiahang understood that the only people in the entire crew who could make CCTV people make the trip in person were very few, such as Wei Yang and Chen Baoguo, and now there was one more, Liu Shishi.

"What are you looking at?"

Without further discussion on this issue, Li Jiahang tilted his head and looked at the cover of the book in Wei Yang's hand.

"Three Kingdoms... Shit, you want to film the Three Kingdoms?"

Li Jiahang was excited. As a man, who doesn't have a dream of the Three Kingdoms with its wars and battles? The Four Great Classics are a super IP, and Wei Yang is a top screenwriter. Who in the circle would not be excited to hear this?

"Don't get excited, I'm just killing time."

Wei Yang closed the book, but was not surprised by other people's associations. His identity was too sensitive, and no matter what book he was reading and was discovered, his imagination would immediately run wild.

Wei Yang posted a photo on Weibo before. It was originally a photo of his daily work life, but in the corner there was a mystery novel that he used to kill time.

Later, it was discovered by Leeuwenhoek's fans, who then directly told him to develop the novel as a new project, which greatly increased the sales of the novel. If Wei Yang had not clarified it quickly, the film and television copyright would have been acquired by someone else.

This is the appeal of the industry's top screenwriter + adapter! In the eyes of the outside world, Wei Yang is a man who has directly leveraged the development of the entire online literature industry with his own efforts.

After dramas such as "Joy of Life" and "The East Palace" became popular, the market value of companies such as Shanda Literature and Jinjiang Literature skyrocketed, the price of online literature copyrights doubled, and Mao Ni and Fei Wo Si Cun jumped to the top of the list of richest writers, even causing Internet giants such as Penguin and Baidu to take action.

According to industry rumors, Penguin will soon launch its own online fiction website, and Baidu has confirmed that it will soon acquire Zongheng Chinese Network, which is owned by Perfect World.

To be honest, Wei Yang is somewhat to blame for this matter.

The entertainment industry is developing rapidly, and the giants have already had ideas. Even if Wei Yang had not appeared, the two original time and space companies would have taken action in the past few years. It's just that because of Wei Yang, it's slightly advanced.

But no matter what, the online literature industry has indeed undergone tremendous changes because of Wei Yang, and even many people in the industry think so.

One drama has leveraged an entire industry, and the projects he has on hand are worth hundreds of millions. In the eyes of some people, Wei Yang is now equivalent to the God of Wealth, and everyone cannot help but pay attention to him.

An ordinary mystery novel can cause such a big stir. If Wei Yang said that he wanted to film the big IP of Three Kingdoms, I wonder how many calls he would have received.

"I was so excited for nothing. I thought I could get a role for Zhao Yun."

Li Jiahang was a little disappointed, and Wei Yang was so angry that he laughed: "Playing Zhao Yun? Why didn't you say you wanted to play Diao Chan? Even if I really filmed the Three Kingdoms, you would be Yu She."

"Yu She, who is that?"

Li Jiahang was confused as he had never heard of this person. Wei Yang flipped through a few pages and showed them to him.

"He was the extra who was hacked to death by Hua Xiong. Have you seen the New Three Kingdoms? He was the fierce general Liu Sandao from my army."

Li Jiahang: “…”

However, Li Jiahang was still curious about how Wei Yang could read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Although Wei Yang read a variety of books, this kind of "old book" was rare.

"I read an online article about the Three Kingdoms while I was on the plane. I thought it was quite interesting and had some ideas, so I flipped through the book."

“What an idea.”

Li Jiahang's eyes lit up and he asked curiously. Wei Yang glanced at the makeup artist, who was considered a veteran of the company. Plus, it was just an inspiration, so he didn't hide it and shared it.

The Three Kingdoms novel he had read before was not a traditional Three Kingdoms online novel, but a high-level martial arts novel, about a strategist who could call the wind and rain, and a general who could fight against a thousand enemies alone.

The writing quality was actually average, but it reminded Wei Yang of "Mythical Three Kingdoms", and he began to wonder whether he could do a similar film and television project.

Facts have proved that domestic classical mythology and history are still very attractive to domestic audiences.

This is also the reason why themes such as Journey to the West and Three Kingdoms emerge in an endless stream, and why mythological stories such as Fengshen are so popular in the market.

But because of this, copyright is unclear, everyone can make movies, and it is impossible to form their own IP barrier advantage.

So Wei Yang started to wonder if he could make some changes to it.

For example, a high-level martial arts version of the Three Kingdoms could be created to form a unique world background, different from ordinary Three Kingdoms themes. This would not only capitalize on the popularity of the IP, but also prevent others from easily following suit and imitating it.

This trick is actually not new. There have been too many magical changes to the Journey to the West theme, and each series has its own unique background, but few people have touched the Three Kingdoms.

The reason is naturally very simple. The Three Kingdoms is a historical theme with a different basic foundation. If you forcibly integrate mythological and high-level martial arts elements, you may end up making things worse.

At that time, fans of the Three Kingdoms will come and watch happily, wanting to see the legendary story of the Three Kingdoms with its battles of wits and courage.

It turns out that Lu Bu was invincible in mowing the field, and was able to fight against Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with their ultimate skills. Zhuge Liang transformed into a great fire magician, and his fighting power crushed the five best generals. It would be strange if those who couldn't accept this didn't curse in public.

So Wei Yang just had an idea, just for fun.

Wei Yang was just chatting casually and didn't take it seriously. There were too many similar situations. Which mature screenwriter doesn't have dozens of inspirations and ideas? Let alone establishing a project, only one in ten can be turned into a script or even an outline.

However, Li Jiahang likes this setting very much: "If this can be filmed, I will definitely go to see it. It's so creative."

He also had a serious discussion, which made Wei Yang figure out a lot of settings.

"The Five Tiger Generals have a gold, wood, water, fire, earth and weapon beast setting. Guan Yu is a blue dragon of wood, Zhang Fei is a snake of fire, Zhao Yun is a water white dragon, Huang Zhong is an earth tiger, and Ma Chao is a golden phoenix."

"Shu Han has the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams, Cao Wei has the Constellations, and Dong Wu... is tentative."

"Lü Bu has the blood of a demon, so he is invincible, but at the same time he is not tolerated by the world. Isn't this a bit like Director Chen's story?"

"Fatalism, here comes the fate of the Han Dynasty divided into three parts, the opening is the Yellow Turbans burying the Han Dynasty, poor Taoist Zhang Jiao, invites the Han Dynasty to die."

“…”

Wei Yang's imagination runs wild, and he comes up with whatever he wants. Some of his ideas are reliable, while some are pure nonsense. However, when it comes to the Yellow Turbans and Zhang Jue, he suddenly becomes thoughtful.

It is very risky for the audience to find it difficult to accept the familiar historical figures of the Three Kingdoms performing high-level martial arts.

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But Zhang Jiao was born a Taoist priest, so he has a certain mysterious aura. If we make certain improvements to his martial arts, the public will probably accept it very well.

So can we use this character as the opening of the Gaowu Three Kingdoms to test the waters? If the audience accepts it and it becomes famous, we can directly use the node of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and then shoot it according to the plot.

Besides, even if there is no high-level martial arts Three Kingdoms series, the character of Zhang Jue is actually quite suitable for a movie.

Wei Yang recalled his previous life. Due to some online literary settings, this character had a strong color of pleading for the people. It was also a key node between the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, so it was very popular.

Whether it is the setting of the Taoist priest destroying the destiny in Gaowu Three Kingdoms or in terms of history itself.

A man who was born into a moderately wealthy family, became a Taoist monk, traveled all over the world, cast talismans to save people, spread his faith, gathered millions of people, and his call was responded to by the whole world. He abruptly destroyed the 400-year destiny of the Han Dynasty and opened the curtain of the Three Kingdoms.

This character is no less legendary than those famous figures from the Three Kingdoms period. In fact, due to its shorter length, it is more suitable for film adaptation.

As an excellent screenwriter, when he thought of making a movie with Zhang Jue as the protagonist, combined with some other settings, the general plot outline was already clear.

Regardless of whether it is high-level martial arts or history, according to the three-part script, the beginning is the background setting.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court was persecuting factions and the people suffered from disasters. A Taoist named Zhang became an apprentice and learned skills. Later, feeling the hardships of people's lives and the suffering of the people, he cast talismans to save people and even went into the epidemic area alone.

However, learning Taoism could not save the Han Dynasty. When Zhang Jue realized that the court was corrupt, the aristocratic families were causing trouble, and they treated the people and the people as pigs and dogs, he decided to change and preach peace.

However, due to betrayal by a traitor, they were forced to revolt, and the Yellow Turbans caused chaos in the world. Finally, due to various reasons, it had a tragic ending.

But although the Yellow Turbans were dead, the imperial court that had been causing trouble would not last long, the gentry was severely weakened, and everyone knew that the people, who were regarded as pigs and dogs, would bite when they were cornered.

A tragic heroic character who sacrificed himself for the people + the big IP of the Three Kingdoms, the character arc, plot line and climax are all clear.

Wei Yang really thinks this project is promising.

What is the high-level Three Kingdoms series? To be honest, there are too many things involved, too many things to consider, and the prospects are unclear. Wei Yang prefers to talk big.

But he can still take care of this personal film of Zhang Jiao, and can afford the losses even if it fails.

Wei Yang is a plagiarist. He never hides this fact and never thinks of giving up this advantage.

But as a professional screenwriter, deep down he still wants to make a successful original work of his own.

To be honest, Wei Yang felt a little guilty about writing a completely original story. It's not that he couldn't write it, but he was afraid that the quality would be low and would damage his brand.

But it is not completely original. Wei Yang is still confident that he can make modifications and optimizations based on the original story. After all, he has been doing this for many years and has extremely rich experience and excellent ideas.

Wei Yang was so inspired that he even took two hours off and stayed in the dressing room to record many ideas about the movie.

Yellow Turban

Wei Yang wrote down the tentative title of the movie, intending to go back and dig up more information and slowly enrich the script.

Wei Yang is not determined to start filming this project, but he is very interested in it. It is hard to say when the project will be launched, but there is no need to think about it in the short term.

Regardless of whether high-level martial arts elements are included or not, the production cost will definitely not be low if you want to film a high-quality version of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

At this stage, Wei Yang is still a newcomer in the film industry. Whether as the leading actor or producer, his appeal is not enough to support a film of this size.

So even if the script is written, Wei Yang has to wait until a relatively appropriate time before promoting this project.

Wei Yang has high expectations for the project "Yellow Turbans". As a man of two generations, this is his first original film script that is expected to be released in theaters.

No matter how good other projects are, they are all adopted or stolen, this is the real biological son...

(End of this chapter)