315, Dragon Snake Project
Regarding the interview, Wei Tingting mentioned it to Tang Shuang many times, but was rejected by him every time.
This time I mentioned it again, the reason is that the weekly serialized stories are very popular, and I have received many letters and phone calls from readers, all of whom are very curious about Tang Shuang and hope to have an exclusive interview with him.
Tang Shuang couldn't bear to reject Wei Tingting too many times, and the current external environment was very different from before.
The popularity has gradually affected Tang Shuang's life. He rarely goes to school unless he goes to school!
He was exposed as soon as the filming of "Hero" started, and when the movie entered the promotion stage, he had nowhere to hide.
"Hero" will be filmed within the year and will enter a large-scale publicity stage in the first half of next year. By then, we must stand in front of the stage and participate in the publicity.
And now, the "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" project has also entered the start-up stage, and he needs to appear more and more frequently. In the morning of the film festival, he accepted many interviews from media reporters. The first time was gone, and the second time was gone.
The first and third meetings are coming one after another, and I can't refuse, so why not just be a favor and agree to Wei Tingting.
Tang Shuang brought this matter up and asked Li Haonan and Yang Shangchao, but he asked the wrong people.
They must have thought it was perfectly fine and that they should have been interviewed a long time ago.
Not only that, Yang Shangchao said: "Xiaoshuang, since you accepted the interview with "United Life Weekly", you can't favor one over the other. The company has already planned to give you an interview. This time is just right. What do you think?"
Tang Shuang knew that Starry Sky Literature had an interview column and invited great authors to talk about writing.
Look at Yang Shangchao and Li Haonan, both of them have sincere and charming smiles on their faces, and then look at the other people around them with silly smiles on their faces.
Tang Shuang: "...Okay."
If you have too many lice, you won't be itchy.
A bald man suddenly said: "Chief Editor, the number of website views suddenly increased sharply, and the headquarters asked us to make a plan for the next response."
Yang Shangchao said to the bald man, "Just follow the plan," and then said to a middle-aged woman in a black business suit sitting on the other side, "The customer service team should do a good job of explaining and receiving."
After saying this, Yang Shangchao explained to Tang Shuang that the bald man was from the information department and the middle-aged woman was from the customer service department. What he just meant was that after the news about "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" being authorized to Black Forest was released, it was brought to the website
Due to the huge number of visits, it is expected that there will be many inquiry calls coming in in the future.
Tang Shuang looked at her watch and saw that 14:00 had passed and the news had been released.
Li Haonan quickly entered the book fans group, and sure enough, it was boiling like a pot of boiling water.
The film and television rights of "The Legend of Dragon and Snake" were sold. This is not big news. Everyone knows that it will happen sooner or later. What everyone is talking about is the buyer - Black Forest.
Black Forest represents Qiu Sen, the originator of violent aesthetics!
In other words, "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" will be directed by Qiu Sen??
It's exciting just thinking about it. His violent aesthetics, combined with Dragon Snake's majesty and passion, there is no better match between them.
"If Dragon Snake doesn't make a move, then it will be. If he does, it will be Qiu Sen. There is really no director more suitable than him."
"I like Qiu Sen's punchy and physical martial arts design. Dragon Snake needs this passionate and even cruel style to fully express the characteristics of this book."
"And his dark style, he sticks to one style from beginning to end. Dragon Snake is suitable for this style. It makes me excited just thinking about it!"
"Oh my god, there are so many classic scenes in Dragon and Snake. This should be a happy trouble for Qiu Sen. There is absolutely room for him to display the aesthetics of violence. But if every fighting scene is shot to its essence and is different, it will be a special test.
His skills."
"Speaking of classic scenes, which one is the most unforgettable and most anticipated for everyone? Let me start by saying that I most want to see the scene where the Dynasty uses the pole as a gun and fights bloody battles in the long alley. Although the Dynasty's kung fu was not deep at that time, it was this scene
The excitement of being on the edge of life and death is even more exciting."
"What I most want to see is the scene where Chaoyang and Ba Liming fight in the prison. The iron bars are torn apart casually. It's so scary and I want to see it."
"I don't know who is better, Qiu Sen's bullet time or Tang Zichen's magical ability to avoid danger."
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These people clicked through almost all the classic scenes in Dragon and Snake, and then asked: "Who is the leading actor? Who do you most want to play Dynasty?"
"It must be Zhen Li! Among the current Chinese martial arts stars, he is the most suitable, and his temperament is particularly suitable."
"Li Ying is old, otherwise he would be very suitable."
"Li Ying is neither old nor suitable. His temperament does not match the temperament of the Dynasty. In fact, Zhen Li does not match the temperament of the Dynasty. He is too crazy. Although the Dynasty is also crazy, the Dynasty can control it freely, and Zhen Li makes people feel that he is always
It’s an unsheathed knife.”
"Where's Cao Jing? No one chooses Cao Jing?"
"Cao Jing has good kung fu skills, but his baby face ruins everything."
"There are no suitable stars among the current stars. We should choose a newcomer. The newcomer can completely shape a real-life dynasty with a blank sheet of paper."
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"Isn't there anyone who recommends the author as the Imperial Guard? I think he is totally capable. In terms of understanding of the character, no one knows the character better than him. As for not knowing kung fu, it doesn't matter. Liang Qiao doesn't have kung fu either, so he's not playing Can Sword!
"
There was a pause in the group, but there was a rush of comments.
"It's him!"
"It's just him@皇卫三剑."
"It's just him@皇卫三剑."
"It's just him@皇卫三剑."
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Li Haonan was stunned and looked at Tang Shuang, who didn't know the situation yet. He thought that you were too wishful thinking. Based on his understanding of Tang Shuang, this was impossible.
It's impossible for Tang Shuang to act, let alone star!
It was extremely difficult for him to be interviewed and he didn't want to show his face.
Although many people in the group also @ him, hoping to convey everyone's opinions to the author, Li Haonan pretended not to know and did not ask Tang Shuang, because Tang Shuang would treat him as an idiot.
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What makes everyone excited is not just that, the official announcement said that Black Forest has obtained the film rights and TV series rights of "The Romance of Dragon and Snake"!
The TV series "The Romance of Dragon and Snake" will be the first to start filming! In the form of a web drama, it will be open to the entire network!
What the official announcement did not say is that during the negotiation process, Tang Shuang, Qiu Sen and others specifically talked about the Dragon Snake web drama. The entire film will be divided into 12 episodes, each episode is 45 minutes. Although it is a TV series, the plot must be kept compact.
and a lively rhythm.
Moreover, the Dragon Snake web drama will be directed by Qiu Sen himself, and this will be his first TV series.
Both parties agreed to shoot the Dragon and Snake TV series with high film standards and strive to set a new benchmark for Chinese TV dramas.
Another problem brought about by this is regarding investment. The amount of investment is so large that both Star Literature and Black Forest cannot afford it.
It’s not that the money cannot be said, but from a risk control perspective, third-party investors must be introduced in order to reduce risks and balance returns and risks.
The two parties will package Dragon Snake's film and television rights, including movies and TV series, as a large project. After external evaluation, financing will be carried out. The financing will not account for more than 30% of the project shares, and will not have voting rights, only supervision rights.
In other words, although a third party contributed money, it has no right to interfere with the filming of movies and TV series. It only enjoys dividends and has the right to monitor and raise questions about the entire flow of funds.
Both parties have some hard conditions for third parties. They do not have to have money to invest in the shares. They must have their own resources and provide project support in other aspects to play a supplementary role.
For example, Star Literature provides creativity and projects, while Black Forest provides filming and production. According to the analysis of industry chain links, other investors can be media companies with media resources and platforms, or distribution companies with strong distribution channels.
, it can be a related company with film and television bases and excellent actor resources...
We have complementary resources and leverage each other's strength to work together on the big dragon and snake projects.
So, how much is the 30% stake in the Dragon and Snake project worth?
This cannot be explained in a few words. A third-party evaluation company must be hired to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the project. The workload is very large and there are even many uncertain factors, because it involves the estimation of future box office and peripheral income, and even
It may also involve a gambling agreement...
Therefore, this is also the reason why Star Literature and Black Forest did not hold a press conference. The two parties only signed a licensing agreement. It is still early for the project to start and there is a lot of work to be done.
After Tang Shuang discussed the distribution and promotion of Dragon Snake with everyone, the next thing to discuss was the establishment of the Dragon Snake major project working group.
Such a large project is something that Starry Sky Literature has never done before. It is necessary to set up a professional team and arrange dedicated people to promote it.
The team leader is the editor-in-chief of Star Literature Headquarters, and there are two deputy team leaders, Yang Shangchao and Tang Shuang.
In fact, the main work is done by Yang Shangchao, and the team leader is just a name. Tang Shuang, to a greater extent, is equivalent to the supervisor of this project. He does not intervene in the specific work, but has the right to supervise and participate in decision-making.
Under the deputy leader, there are 10 members, including Li Haonan.
Under the working group, 10 groups were divided, with 10 members serving as group leaders and reporting directly to Yang Shangchao.
Black Forest has also set up a special docking group. The group leader is the deputy general manager of the company. Qiu Sen serves as the deputy group leader and is in charge of the filming of movies and TV series. He wants to focus on this. As for financing, coordination and other matters
Leave the work to professionals.
The entire working team has come to Guangdong from Hong Kong and will be stationed in Guangdong. The working place and resting place are in the hotel. This hotel is not more than 500 meters away from the Guangdong branch of Star Literature.
As soon as the agreement is signed and the news is announced, the two groups of people are like a starting train, roaring and rushing forward, and the speed will become faster and faster.
Tang Shuang said to Yang Shangchao: "Thank you for your hard work, Chief Editor Yang. This project requires you to put more effort into it."
Yang Shangchao smiled and waved his hand. Apart from his rich experience, no one else here could really take over.
"Xiaoshuang, you'd better arrange for someone from the legal affairs team to come in."
Tang Shuang thought about it and realized that Yang Shangchao was right. This was a multi-billion-dollar project and there could be no carelessness, let alone just saying "I trust you".
This is the loyalty of buddies. It is okay to talk nonsense while drinking, but it is not the rule of doing business.
You trust me, but I still don't trust you.
Taking all aspects into consideration and making every link impeccable is the responsibility of both parties.
Tang Shuang nodded. This person must understand the law and be trustworthy.
Seeing that Tang Shuang agreed, Yang Shangchao asked again if the finance team would also arrange for someone to come in.
Tang Shuang shook his head and said no.
Although money is involved, the finance team is the most at ease, because this large project requires external financing, so every move will be open to third parties, open and transparent. It must first accept a thorough evaluation by a third-party company, and then after financing comes in,
Multiple parties will form a new financial group, and there will be nowhere to hide every flow of money.
Chapter completed!