Chapter 132 New Project
Chapter 132 New Project (1)
"Okay, that's about the main content of this meeting."
In the conference room, seeing that the clock on the wall was about to point to 12 o'clock, Wang Hao decisively ended the morning meeting and led everyone downstairs for lunch.
When he was studying in his previous life, he hated teachers who kept students after class. Later, when he started working, he also hated leaders who held meetings. So he understood the principle of not doing to others what you do not want others do to you.
After having a free meal, everyone regained their energy.
After returning to the conference room, the first thing Wang Hao did was to take out four new documents.
"This morning we talked about the big event of the creation of the entire Three-Body series, but it is a long-term and large project that requires meticulous work.
During this period, the company also needs experience, and the film universe must be reasonably connected, and it is best not to be interrupted, so I have first created four film and television scripts related to the "Three-Body" series. You can take a look at them first and discuss how these projects should be developed. "
As he spoke, Wang Hao first picked up the first file, and at the same time asked Liu Wenwen to distribute copies to everyone present.
"This first project is called Lost on Journey, which is about a funny story that happened to Ma Chenggong, the protagonist of The Call. It can be considered a prequel and a low-budget commercial comedy."
Following Wang Hao's explanation, everyone present opened the document, looked at it for a while, and soon understood the general situation of "Lost on Journey".
This story is set against the backdrop of the Spring Festival travel rush and tells the story of Ma Chenggong, played by Xu Zheng, who is on his way back to Changsha from Shanghai to celebrate the New Year when he runs into Tang Ren, a migrant worker who is going to Changsha to collect debts. This leads to a series of troubles caused by coincidences, and a hilarious story unfolds on the way home.
"A simple road comedy."
After reading the script, Li Qian was the first to express her opinion.
“The plot is simple and straightforward, and incorporates realistic elements of the Spring Festival travel rush, so the performance should be good.
The key is who to play the role. Xu Zheng plays Ma Chenggong, and he has a good talent for comedy. The other one is Tang Ren..."
"Tang Ren should look for Wang Baoqiang." Wang Hao gave a direct answer. "His simplicity and honesty and Xu Zheng's shrewdness and mercenary nature can form a strong contrast, which can provide a lot of comedy effects."
At this time, Wang Baoqiang had already become a little famous in the film and television industry for his 04 movie "A World Without Thieves".
When Li Qian heard this, she couldn't help but think of Wang Baoqiang's image of Sha Gen in "A World Without Thieves". Then she put him together with Ma Chenggong in "Fatal Call", and she immediately burst out laughing.
On the other side, Zhang Yang looked at the script and asked, "So should we shoot this in our next movie? Isn't it a bit too shabby?"
Wang Hao shook his head.
“There is no rush to shoot Lost on Journey, after all it is a comedy and it involves the Spring Festival travel rush, so I plan to schedule it for release during this year’s Spring Festival.
There is still a long time in between, and considering the difficulty of this script, it will probably be completed soon.
Besides, this movie was not made for me. In the future, as the sci-fi movie universe expands, the number of film and television projects that Galaxy Entertainment is involved in will gradually increase. I am too busy to be the director alone.”
He looked at everyone present, especially Li Qian and Li Kui.
“So what I mean is that the low-budget comedy Lost on Journey will be made by newcomers in our company.
Li Qian, Li Kui, you two have also filmed two or three movies with me. How are you doing? Do you have any ideas? "The two were stunned when they heard this and felt very surprised.
They also didn't expect that Wang Hao actually intended to let them direct this new movie.
It would be a lie to say that the two of them were not moved. After all, who doesn’t dream of becoming a director behind the scenes?
Photographers can be directors, art directors can be directors, so why can't they?
However, after reading the script carefully, Li Kui was the first to shake his head.
"Forget it for me. I'm planning to continue my studies in photography with Director Zhou. I'll give this opportunity to Li Qian."
Li Qian looked at Li Kui with gratitude. As a professional director, she certainly wanted this opportunity.
Just as Wang Hao said, this is itself a low-budget comedy, and with the fame of "Fatal Call", Xu Zheng has also worked with her before. For her, the filming pressure is not that great, and it is just right for a new director like her to practice.
So when Li Kui announced his withdrawal, Li Qian immediately expressed her willingness to be the director of "Lost on Journey".
Wang Hao nodded in agreement.
However, as Wang Hao said, there is still a long time before this movie is released, so Li Qian does not need to rush for the time being. She just needs to do the preliminary work first.
Maybe she can help Wang Hao finish filming his new movie before starting the filming of "Lost on Journey".
After arranging the first project, Wang Hao picked up the second file, but it was not a script, but a book with a red cover titled "Leave the Last Bullet to Me".
"This is a military novel that I came across by chance. It tells the story of Xiaozhuang, a 17-year-old college student who temporarily dropped out of school to join the army in order to follow his first girlfriend, and thus had an unusual experience in the green military camp.
The whole story is well written, revolving around family love, comradeship, brotherhood, and father-son love, and truly records the mental journey of the growth of the Chinese Army Special Forces.
So I bought the rights to its film and television adaptation, and planned to adapt the book into a TV series to introduce the force leader of our "Three-Body" series - Leng Feng."
When others heard this, they were all very surprised, even more surprised than when they heard about the project "Lost on Journey".
After all, it was just a low-budget comedy, and a story about a minor supporting character in the science fiction movie universe, and its status was insignificant.
However, "Leng Feng" is different. He is the force leader of the righteous team and a super soldier. At least he should be made into a movie. But a TV series... this is really a joke.
Although no one spoke, the silence itself was the clearest response, so Wang Hao looked at everyone and explained:
“I know what everyone is thinking. They think Leng Feng is a major character after all, and it’s too shabby for him to just be in a TV series.
Of course Leng Feng wants to make his own movie, but in today's Chinese market, military-themed movies, especially those with personal characters as the protagonists, still carry great risks.
After all, if you want to make this kind of movie well, you must have big scenes, and a lot of military weapons and equipment must be used. The investment is large, but the returns are uncontrollable.
And if Leng Feng's personal movie has problems and the performance is not ideal, it will inevitably be a huge blow to the "Three-Body" series which has just started.
That’s why I decided to shoot a TV series first to test the waters and cultivate the corresponding audience.”
(End of this chapter)