Chapter 324 Wei Yang's Original Movie Script "Yellow Turban"

Chapter 324 Wei Yang’s original movie script - "Yellow Turban"

"Celebrating More Than Years" crew, dressing room

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

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

"Coming to Shi Shi for an exclusive interview."

Li Jiahang knew that if someone from CCTV could make a trip in person, there were only a handful of people in the entire crew, including Wei Yang and Chen Baoguo, and now there was Liu Shishi.

"What are you looking at?"

Without talking much about this issue, Li Jiahang tilted his head and looked at the cover of the book in Wei Yang's hand.

"Three Kingdoms... Damn it, you want to film Three Kingdoms?"

Li Jiahang was excited. Man, who doesn’t have the dream of the Three Kingdoms? The Four Great Classics are super IPs, and Wei Yang is a top screenwriter. Who in the industry wouldn’t be excited to hear this?

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

Wei Yang closed the book and was not surprised by other people's associations. His identity was too sensitive. No matter what book he was reading and someone discovered it, he would immediately start thinking.

Wei Yang posted a photo on Weibo before. It was originally a photo of his daily work life, but it turned out that there was a mystery novel in the corner for him to pass the time.

Later, fans of Leeuwenhoek discovered it, and it was directly passed down that he wanted to develop the novel as a new project, which increased the sales of the novel a lot. If Wei Yang hadn't clarified quickly, someone would have won the film and television rights.

This is the appeal of the top screenwriters + adapters in the industry!

In the eyes of the outside world, Wei Yang is a man who has single-handedly promoted the development of the entire online literature industry.

After dramas such as "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Eastern Palace" became popular, the market values ​​of companies such as Shanda Literature and Jinjiang Literature skyrocketed, and the price of online copyrights doubled. Mao Ni and Bandit Wo Si Cun jumped to the top of the list of richest writers, and even triggered the rise of Penguin, Baidu, etc. The fate of Internet giants.

According to industry rumors, Penguin has recently launched its own online novel website, and Baidu has confirmed that it will acquire Zongheng Chinese website owned by Perfect World.

One thing to say is that Wei Yang was somewhat "taking the blame" for this matter.

The entertainment industry is developing rapidly, and various giants have already had ideas. Even without Wei Yang, the original space and time companies would have taken action in the past few years, but now it is slightly ahead of schedule because of Wei Yang.

But no matter what, the online literature industry has indeed changed a lot because of Wei Yang, and even many people in the industry think so.

One drama has shaken up an industry, and the projects at hand are often worth hundreds of millions. Wei Yang is now equivalent to the God of Wealth in the eyes of some people, so everyone cannot help but ignore him.

Ordinary mystery novels can make such a big splash. If Wei Yang wants to make a big IP like Three Kingdoms, he will have to make many phone calls.

"Bai was so excited, I thought I could get a Zhao Yunyan,"

Li Jiahang was a little disappointed, and Wei Yang even laughed angrily: "Play 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 it?"

Li Jiahang was confused. He had never heard of this person. Wei Yang turned over a few pages and showed them to him.

"That's the sidekick who was hacked to death by Hua Xiong. Have you seen "The New Three Kingdoms"? It's our hero Liu Sandao."

Li Jiahang: "..."

However, Li Jiahang was still curious about how Wei Yang looked at the Three Kingdoms. Although Wei Yang usually read miscellaneous books, such "old books" were rare.

"While I was on a plane, I read an online article about the Three Kingdoms. I thought it was quite interesting and gave me some ideas. Let me read the book."

"What an idea."

Li Jiahang's eyes lit up and he asked curiously. Wei Yang glanced at the makeup artist. He was considered an old man in the company, and he had an inspiration. He didn't hide it, so he shared it.

The Three Kingdoms novel he read before was not a traditional Three Kingdoms online novel, but a high-level martial arts novel. It was probably the kind where a counselor can control the wind and rain, and a general can defeat a thousand.

The writing quality was actually average, but it reminded Wei Yang of "The Mythical Three Kingdoms", and he wondered whether he could work on a similar film and television project.

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

This is why themes such as Journey to the West and the Three Kingdoms emerge in endlessly, and mythological stories such as Conferring Gods have a huge market.

But also because of this, the copyright is unclear, everyone can take pictures, and it is impossible to form its own IP barrier advantage.

So Wei Yang wondered if he could change it magically.

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

This trick is actually not new. There have been too many magical changes to the Journey to the West theme. Each series has its own unique background, but Three Kingdoms is still rarely used.

The reason is naturally very simple. The Three Kingdoms is a historical theme with different fundamentals. Forcibly integrating mythology and martial arts elements may be self-defeating.

At that time, fans of the Three Kingdoms came over happily to watch, wanting to see the legendary story of the battle of wits and courage.

It turned out that Lu Bu was unparalleled in mowing the grass, fighting with Liu Guan and Zhang's big moves, and Zhuge Liang transformed into a great fire magician, and his fighting power crushed the five good generals. It would be strange not to scold him if he couldn't accept it.

So Wei Yang was just an idea, just a casual chat.

If the project is really set up for filming, it will be difficult to make a magic version, the investment will be high, and the market prospects cannot be guaranteed, and it may be necessary to overturn the situation.

Wei Yang chatted casually and didn't take it seriously. There were too many similar situations. Which mature screenwriter didn't have dozens of inspirations and ideas, let alone project approval, only one out of ten could 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 discussed it in a serious manner, which made Wei Yang figure out a lot of settings.

"The Five Tiger Generals have a setting of gold, wood, water, fire, earth + weapons and beasts. Guan Yu is a green dragon belonging to wood, Zhang Fei is a snake belonging to fire, Zhao Yun is a water white dragon, Huang Zhong is a tiger of earth, and Ma Chao is a golden phoenix."

"Shu Han is the five elements and eight trigrams, Cao Wei has a constellation of the heavens, and Dongwu... is tentative."

"Lv Bu has a demon bloodline, so he is invincible in the world, but at the same time he is not tolerated by the world. Isn't this a bit like Director Chen's."

"Fatalism, let's have a Han destiny divided into three, and the opening is the Yellow Turban burying the Han, and the poor Taoist Zhang Jiao invites the Han to die."

"..."

Wei Yang's imagination is unconstrained, and he comes up with whatever he wants. Some of his ideas are reliable, and some are pure nonsense, but when it comes to the Yellow Turban and Zhang Jiao, he suddenly seems to be thinking about something.

It is easy for the audience to not accept the familiar historical figures of the Three Kingdoms, and the risk is very high.

But Zhang Jiao was born as a Taoist priest, and he has a certain mysterious color. If we make some high-level martial arts improvements on him, the public should be very receptive.

So can we try this character as the opening of the Three Kingdoms of High Martial Arts?

If the audience accepts it well and it becomes famous, we can directly use the node of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and then shoot it along the plot.

Moreover, even if there is no Three Kingdoms of High Martial Arts series, the character Zhang Jiao is actually quite suitable for a movie.

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

Whether it is the setting of the Taoist priest destroying the destiny of the Three Kingdoms of High Martial Arts, or in terms of history itself.

A man born in a small wealthy family, became a monk and became a Taoist, spread all over the world, cast spells to save people, spread faith, gathered millions of people, and responded to the call. He ruined the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty and opened the curtain of the Three Kingdoms.

This character is no less legendary than those celebrities in the Three Kingdoms, and even because of its short length, it is more suitable for film adaptation.

As an excellent screenwriter, when thinking of making a movie with Zhang Jiao as the protagonist, combined with some other settings, a general plot context is already clear.

Regardless of whether it is high 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 in a party imprisonment and the people suffered from many disasters. The Taoist Zhang became a disciple to learn art, and then felt the hardships of the people's livelihood and the hardship of the people, cast spells to save people, and even went into the epidemic area alone.

However, learning Taoism could not save the Han Dynasty. When he realized that the court was corrupt, the nobles and the powerful were the disaster, and regarded the world and the people as pigs and dogs, Zhang Jiao was determined 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. In the end, for various reasons, they had a tragic ending.

Although the Yellow Turbans died, the court that had caused trouble would not live long, and the gentry was seriously injured. It also let everyone know that the people who were regarded as pigs and dogs would bite people when they were pushed to the edge.

The tragic hero who sacrificed for the people + the big IP of the Three Kingdoms, the character arc, the plot and the climax are all clear.

Wei Yang really thinks this project is worth doing.

What Gaowu Three Kingdoms series, to be honest, involves too many things, and there are too many things to consider. The prospects are unclear, and Wei Yang prefers to talk big.

But he can still eat this personal movie of Zhang Jiao, and he can afford to pay if it fails.

Wei Yang is a plagiarist, he never avoids this point, and he has never thought of giving up this advantage.

But as a professional screenwriter, he still wants to make a successful personal original work from the bottom of his heart.

To be honest, Wei Yang is a little guilty about a completely original story. It's not that he can't write it, but he is afraid that the quality is not high and the brand will be damaged.

But it is not completely original. Wei Yang is still very confident that he can make changes 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 inspired and even took a two-hour leave. He stayed in the dressing room and recorded many ideas about this movie.

"Yellow Turban"

Wei Yang wrote down the tentative name of the movie and planned to go back and dig up the information and slowly enrich the script.

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

Whether it is mixed with high-level martial arts elements or not, if you want to shoot a Yellow Turban Uprising of a high level, the production cost will never be low.

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

So even if the script is written, Wei Yang has to wait for a relatively suitable time to promote this project.

Wei Yang has high expectations for the "Yellow Turban" project. After two generations, this is his first original movie 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...