Chapter 804 804. Fight (Happy Chinese New Year!)
When they heard that the TV series of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" would also be made into a series, Lin Xiang and all the employees of the online drama production department were all as excited as if they had taken the best tonic in the world.
"Mr. Nie, are you saying that the adaptation of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in the TV series will also be made into a series like the movie? Will it also be made into eight parts?" Lin Xiang asked anxiously.
"That's hard to say. It depends on the response. But as long as the performance is good, it is not impossible to film all the stories of "Ghost Blows Out the Light." Of course, Nie Wei couldn't give him an accurate answer. After all, this was something that Nie Wei couldn't say for sure. After all, the series of movies also had performance considerations.
"Your novel is so well written, and the stories you filmed will definitely be popular with the audience. I think you can definitely arrange eight parts." Lin Xiang's words were three parts flattery and seven parts sincerity. After all, this "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was selected as one of the best works of the year in online literature, and it has a very large readership.
Based on these readership groups, whether this work is adapted into a movie or a TV series, as long as it is close to the original, it will definitely perform well.
Of course, Lin Xiang's words are also a good wish of his own. After all, if they shoot all eight episodes, their web drama production department will be equivalent to taking on a big project. With such a popular IP to support them, they will feel more confident.
When Lin Xiang was thinking about these little thoughts, Nie Wei had already talked about another thing.
"Lin Xiang, and everyone, I have always said that your department is very special. This is not a false statement. Although you and the TV drama production department are both making serial dramas, because of the different broadcasting platforms, many elements that the TV drama production department cannot produce can be produced by your web drama production department."
"For example, this time's Ghost Blowing Lamp, there are many elements involving suspense and ghosts, which are destined to be cut on TV stations, But without these contents, will "Ghost Blows Out the Light" still be "Ghost Blows Out the Light"? But it will be different if it is handed over to you, because the policy of online video is much more relaxed than that of TV stations, so you can give full play to your creativity in many things. "
"Not only "Ghost Blows Out the Light", there are many other themes where you can give full play to your ideas, and because of the broadcasting platform, your series review will be very convenient, which also gives you a great advantage in timeliness over traditional TV series production. "
"Now our country has entered the era of universal Internet, and with the popularity of smart phones, online video has become a habitual choice for many people nowadays. This is a market that has just emerged, but I am optimistic about the future, so I hope you can overcome all difficulties and develop this market for the company as much as possible. At that time, the company will certainly not forget your efforts. "
"Mr. Nie, we promise to do our best and will definitely help the company to eat the biggest piece of the cake. "Lin Xiang promised loudly.
Nie Wei smiled and nodded, patted his shoulder again, and then said goodbye.
This time he came to the web drama production department to clearly tell these people what they can and should do, and at the same time give them a bright future prospect.
With the end of the meeting, all projects were assigned, and each department began active preparations. Nie Wei also received many calls from friends who wanted to invite him to dinner or activities, but they were all rejected by Nie Wei.
Nie Wei could not give these people any promises, and naturally he would not let them have the illusion of hope because of himself.
In addition, the Spring Festival is approaching, and after the Spring Festival, Huayi Company will be officially listed on the Pearl Exchange. This day is also a day that everyone in Huayi is looking forward to. After all, this is the first entertainment company in China to be listed, which is of great significance to this circle.
Of course, many people are also concerned about how much the wealth of several big bosses will increase after the listing, especially for Nie Wei. Many people are speculating how much Nie Wei's worth will increase.
You must know that Yang Huiyan, who suppressed Nie Wei last year, not only did not increase her wealth this year, but also shrunk a lot due to the impact of the US financial crisis. In comparison, Nie Wei's wealth still maintains a very stable upward trend.
Thanks to the US financial crisis, Nie Wei plundered nearly 3 billion US dollars of wealth. Although it was basically used to acquire AMC Cinema Line, this part of wealth did not shrink much. In addition, the development of iFlytek and Apple in the past year is still gratifying, and Nie Wei's wealth has naturally increased a lot.
In addition, Huayi is about to go public. This stock that has been favored by the public will inevitably usher in a wave of surges at the opening, and Nie Wei's wealth will definitely continue to surge.
Many people calculated this way and were shocked in the end, because although the Forbes rankings have not yet appeared, with Nie Wei's assets last year plus his new assets and income in the past year, I am afraid that the throne of China's richest man will be taken by this young man who is only 25 years old!
When I thought that Nie Wei would become China's richest man at the age of 25, countless people were shocked by the result of this prediction.
As some gossipy media released this prediction, it was not Nie Wei who was harassed the most, but Nie Wei's wife Shu Chang.
Now, whenever Shu Chang appears in the club, there will always be some unfamiliar socialites and ladies who greet Shu Chang with extreme enthusiasm.
Fortunately, Shu Chang has also trained a lot in the past two years. At least when facing these hypocritical courtesies, she will also adopt the attitude that Nie Wei taught her, that is, to keep a certain distance, neither close nor distant.
Shu Chang actually dislikes this kind of hypocritical communication, but she also knows that she is destined to face everything after marrying Nie Wei, and her circle of life is destined to expand into this circle. This is inevitable. If she is too unconventional, it will bring a bad influence to Nie Wei.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Shu Chang is very glorious, and she is surrounded by people wherever she goes.
Nie Wei is busy with the listing, and he doesn't care about these random news. Even if it guesses right, what can he do? The title of the richest man is really not rare for Nie Wei. After all, with this title, his property is so much, and there is no loss if it is gone. In comparison, he even hates this title a little, thinking it is too high-profile.
Don't think that celebrities love to be in the limelight. The bigger the star, the less they like others to spy on their wealth all the time. This is also a common problem among the rich. The more wealth a person has, the less secure he feels.
Especially the dangers bred by this kind of peeping are what Nie Wei is wary of. After all, similar things have happened in the entertainment industry. Nie Wei naturally doesn't want his family to be hurt in this way, so he moved his home from place to place and upgraded his security force.
Now there are more than 30 bodyguards stationed in Nie Wei's villa every day, and when his family travels, there will be at least two groups of bodyguards to cooperate and protect them secretly.
The preparation progress of the three works is different. Originally, Nie Wei thought that the fastest one would be the preparation of the movie "Ghost Blowing Light: Jingjue Ancient City". After all, he had given the other party the outline of the script, which was equivalent to helping them complete the most critical one first. However, what Nie Wei didn't expect was that the preparation link of this movie was actually stuck at the director.
It's not that no one accepted it. On the contrary, it was because there were too many directors who wanted to make this movie, and everyone was vying too hard, which made it difficult for the people in the film department to make a decision for a while.
In the end, it was Nie Wei who made the decision and chose Chen Jiashang as the director to shoot this movie.
In Nie Wei's opinion, Chen Jiashang is a very versatile director. He can handle comedies, action movies, life movies, etc. This is also the main reason why Nie Wei chose him.
Because "Ghost Blows Out the Light" cannot be produced as a traditional suspenseful ghost movie. In Nie Wei's opinion, it is actually more like an adventure movie like "Indiana Jones" and "Tomb Raider", but it is centered around oriental exotic elements.
At this point, the more versatile Chen Jiashang is undoubtedly very suitable for the style of this movie. After talking with him several times, Nie Wei felt that he was able to handle the film elements that integrate "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
After finally confirming the director, the selection of actors finally began. As the company's first big-budget movie this year, the competition for each role is quite fierce.
The first confirmed role was unexpected to everyone. It turned out to be Huang Bo, who had been working with Ning Hao. This artist, who debuted because of the theme song and interlude of "Golden Age" created by Nie Wei, has gradually moved away from the music circle in the past few years, but has a good momentum in the film circle.
Although Huang Bo is ugly, his ugliness is unique, and this special ugliness also makes him very memorable. In addition, he is indeed very talented in acting, and the films he has starred in in recent years are very good, which also makes him accumulate a good reputation.
Huang Bo was chosen by Nie Wei to play the role of Wang Pangzi in "Ghost Blowing Light". For this reason, Huang Bo must be solemn and 20 kilograms in the two-month preparation period. However, for this rare opportunity, Huang Bo agreed to this condition.
As for Huang Bo's ability to win the role of Wang Pangzi, many people think that it was because of the friendship between Huang Bo and Nie Wei that he took a shortcut. Of course, those who think so only dare to say it privately, and they dare not spread it.
But their guess was half correct. Nie Wei chose Huang Bo because of their friendship. Nie Wei is not a saint. When he arranges some roles, he often gives priority to his own people. Of course, all this is when the strength of both parties is similar.
Just like Huang Bo, Nie Wei chose him because of their friendship, and also because Huang Bo's acting skills are really good. When he watched the Lost Tomb, Nie Wei felt that Huang Bo interpreted Wang Pangzi very well. His usual ruffian spirit and his ruthlessness when facing danger are very similar to Wang Pangzi in the novel.
After a private audition, Nie Wei also believed that Huang Bo could perform this role very well.
Although the role of Wang Kaixuan is also one of the protagonists, the competition is actually far less fierce than that of Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang.
After all, the actors competing for the two main roles are all super names in the company, such as Huang Xiaoming and Cheng Kun, or Fan Binbin and Zhou Xun.
Director Chen Jiashang couldn't decide how to choose, and the group of people in the film and television department couldn't decide either. The power of decision was finally handed over to Nie Wei.
Nie Wei was naturally familiar with these actors. Except for Zhou Xun, the other three were even good friends of Nie Wei in private. However, the more so, the more fair Nie Wei thought he had to be, so he decided to hold an audition before the New Year to determine the candidates for these two roles.
However, just before Nie Wei made this decision and hadn't announced it, an unexpected person came to him.
Looking at the woman in front of him, who was about 40 years old, Nie Wei took a quick look at her. From the beginning, when the secretary reported to Nie Wei that Zhou Xun's agent came to see him, Nie Wei was already quite surprised.
After all, in Huayi Company, the relationship between Nie Wei and Zhou Xun was really ordinary. They would say hello when they met and send a blessing text message during the holidays, but that was all.
But at this time, Zhou Xun's agent came up, which was interesting.
"Mr. Nie, I'm so sorry that I still bother you when you are so busy, but I do have something to tell you." The agent that Zhou Xun had always brought with him put on a very humble attitude after entering the room, which made Nie Wei know at a glance that the other party had something to ask of him.
And the only communication between him and Zhou Xun recently was probably the movie "Ghost Blowing Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue", which really surprised Nie Wei. He didn't expect Zhou Xun to be so eager for the role of Shirley Yang that he even sent his agent to him through the back door.
In fact, Zhou Xun's agent was also helpless. After knowing that Li Binbin stayed in the United States to film and would not participate in the competition for the heroine of this movie, Zhou Xun's opponent was actually Fan Binbin.
But the whole company knew that Fan Binbin and Nie Wei had a good relationship. Before Nie Wei debuted, there were rumors about Fan Binbin. In the following years, the two had visited each other many times. In the company, the two always joked with each other when they met, and their relationship was very relaxed and harmonious.
If Nie Wei had not openly put his girlfriend Shu Chang out, I am afraid that many people would think that there was really an unusual relationship between Fan Binbin and Nie Wei.
This is also a point that Zhou Xun cares about. She is not afraid of competing in acting skills, but she is afraid that she will lose in other aspects.
Moreover, she has made preparations for a desperate battle, and now is the critical period. If she does not express her attitude at this time, when everything is settled, it may be too late.
So after discussing with her agent for a night, Zhou Xun decided to confront Nie Wei, the big boss of the company.
However, facing Nie Wei, Zhou Xun's agent had been thinking for a long time but didn't know how to start. Instead, she felt a huge pressure when Nie Wei stared at her. In addition to what she wanted to say, she even had a layer of fine cold sweat on her forehead.
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