Chapter 145: Give Mainland Audiences some Idol Drama Shock

"The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", this is a TV series that Wu Yuan was deeply impressed with.

This TV series can be said to be the first campus youth idol drama in China.

It is different from the story of "Meteor Garden" where a domineering president falls in love with Cinderella.

Although the actors of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old" are all handsome men and beautiful women, even the teachers are handsome men and beautiful women, which is a change from the stereotyped image of middle-aged people.

But the values ​​​​shown in this drama and the view that exam-oriented education suppresses students' creativity are still very good.

Although there are traces of imitating Japan's "GTO Spicy Teacher", in 2002, this TV series is really ahead of its time.

However, like "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", this TV series is also difficult to sell after it is filmed.

A half step ahead is a genius, and a step ahead is a madman.

No domestic TV station is optimistic about such a "rebellious" TV series.

After filming in 2002, it was not until January 2004 that this TV series was broadcast on a local channel in Jiangxi, and there was almost no response.

In July next year, Mango TV, which boldly carried out the reform of youth and entertainment, dared to buy this drama and broadcast it on satellite TV.

After that, this drama began to become famous and was regarded by many young people as the best campus youth TV series in China.

Wu Yuan was still very interested in the director and producer of this TV series. If possible, he hoped to dig this person to Guangying Times to be in charge of the company's TV series department.

Wu Yuan wanted to make a few idol dramas with low cost but good sales to supplement the company's cash flow and prepare for the filming of domestic blockbusters after 2010.

What "Princess Little Sister", "The Star of Sheep", "Smiling Blockbuster" and "Fated to Love You" can all be shot in Taiwan first.

These Taiwanese dramas dominated the idol drama market in the mainland from 2005 to 2010.

Of course, Wu Yuan was too embarrassed to sign his own screenwriter, and he couldn't afford to lose this person.

But how to contact the director and producer of "The Sky of Seventeen"?

Wu Yuan put away the books and planned to go back and call to check the situation of this drama.

He really didn't remember who invested in the filming of this drama.

Just as he stood up and was about to go out, two girls who had just come in from the library door met him head-on.

"Brother, are you back to school too?" Liu Yifei took Zhou Yang's hand and called Wu Yuan with a look of surprise.

He was thinking with his head down, raised his head and glanced at the girl, revealing a faint smile: "Well, back to class."

Liu Yifei's eyebrows curved and smiled more brightly.

Doesn't this mean that the brother will often appear in school in the future, and she will have more opportunities to see the brother.

"By the way." Wu Yuan's voice interrupted her reverie.

"The first round of broadcasts of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been sold, and it will be broadcast on Mango TV this summer. At that time, you should run publicity with Hu Ge."

"Thank you for your hard work."

As one of the producers of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Wu Yuan is still quite grateful to Liu Yifei for starring in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Although from the perspective of later generations, it was the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" that made Liu Yifei famous.

But at the moment, almost no one is optimistic about this TV series, including the actors.

At that time, Liu Yifei, who took on this drama, already had the heroine of the movie "Your Name" to play.

Originally, she had every reason to refuse this TV series. After Liu Xiaoli confirmed that she was selected for "Your Name", she was a little hesitant about the invitation of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But when Liu Yifei heard Cai Yinong say that Wu Yuan also invested half of the money in this drama, she agreed to play the heroine without hesitation and persuaded her mother.

Wu Yuan knew that the reason why Liu Yifei decisively took on this drama was because of him.

Being attracted by a beautiful woman is really a happy trouble.

Wu Yuan couldn't help but reach out and touch Liu Yifei's head again: "I have something else to do, let's not talk about it for now."

"During the summer vacation, I will shoot a movie that will win awards. There is a small supporting role in it, which is the granddaughter of the hero and heroine."

"If you don't mind, you can come to play this role at that time."

"It's not a big part, it can be done in three to five days.

The original version of the movie "Love" is a French movie directed by Michael Haneke, and there is no role of a granddaughter in it.

But Wu Yuan added such a role, with a small part, only five or six minutes in total.

It's not added specifically for Liu Yifei, but Wu Yuan felt that the original plot lacked a third generation part, and such a role was needed to make the story more complete, or more tragic.

There is no doubt that this role is very suitable for Liu Yifei. Her age and temperament are suitable, and the role itself is not difficult to play. She can just play it in her true colors.

Of course, Wu Yuan would not deliberately prevent the little girl from playing because she likes him.

In his heart, movies are above everything else.

"Yeah! "Liu Yifei's eyes sparkled, and she nodded her head actively in agreement.

Zhou Yang on the side also looked at Liu Yifei with some envy: "Xixi, Director Wu is so good to you."

She might have sighed unintentionally, but the effect was different when it was heard by someone who cared.

Liu Yifei's earlobes immediately turned red, and her cheeks also turned red. "What nonsense are you talking about."

Well, Wu Yuan couldn't continue this topic. He waved his hand and left the library quickly.

Looking at Wu Yuan's departing back, Liu Yifei angrily hit Zhou Yang's shoulder: "It's all your fault. You scared my senior brother away before we even said a few words."

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. Our Princess Sissi couldn't chat with her lover for a while." Zhou Yang helplessly tapped Liu Yifei's nose.

Wu Yuan was gone, and she was no longer shy. She giggled and put her hands on her hips: "That's it!"

The two girls laughed and started playing again.

Under Wu Yuan's influence, Zhou Yang and Liu Yifei, who participated in the drama rehearsal together and starred in "Your Name" together, became very close and became close friends.

Well, this is a good thing. At least Zhou Yang's character is much better than Jiang Yan's.

On the other hand, Wu Yuan, who returned home, called Han Dong as soon as possible.

In China, if you want to ask about things in the circle, it's safe to ask Han Dong. Whether it's the movie circle or the TV circle, Han Dong is very familiar with it. There is nothing he doesn't know.

Then, Wu Yuan got a piece of news that surprised him.

Mr. Han himself was one of the producers of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old".

"No way, Mr. Han, you are the vice chairman of China Film Group, and you are going to be a producer for TV series?" Wu Yuan said in surprise on the phone.

Mr. Han explained helplessly: "There is no way. In those years when the film industry was in the cold winter, the TV industry was booming again. Many people who made movies made TV series. I am not a big deal."

"Why are you asking this?" Mr. Han asked curiously.

"Oh." There was nothing to hide, Wu Yuan answered openly: "I see that the domestic TV industry is booming, and I want to get involved."

"Since you want to be a film and television company, it is not enough to just make movies. The great man said that you can only walk steadily if you walk on two legs!"

"You want to make a TV series?" This time it was Mr. Han's turn to be surprised.

"Yeah, isn't it?" Wu Yuan was too lazy to explain too much, "Boss Han, since you are the producer of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", you should know the director of this TV series, right?"

"Can you tell him for me? I want to invite him to our company to make a TV series."

"Of course no problem..."

The two of them talked for a while, and Wu Yuan knew that Li Jichang, the director of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old", was originally a producer and director.

In fact, his main job is to be a producer, and it is his first time to be a director.

No wonder that after the broadcast of "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old" was good, this director never made other works again.

"It would be better if he is a producer."

Wu Yuan immediately agreed with Boss Han to invite Mr. Li Jichang to meet at Light and Shadow Times next week.

A little director who was unknown and had made a TV series that had not been broadcast, facing someone of Wu Yuan's level, naturally had no possibility of refusing the invitation.

Soon, Wu Yuan met Li Jichang in the general manager's office of Light and Shadow Times.

Li Jichang is not very old, he looks to be in his thirties, but he has a somewhat frail temperament, is very thin, and wears a pair of glasses. He looks more like a scholar than a director.

"Director Li Jichang, right?" Wu Yuan took the initiative to shake his hand and asked him to sit down.

There was no way, Li Jichang was too nervous.

When Director Han told him that Wu Yuan wanted to meet him and invite him to join the Light and Shadow Era, Li Jichang's first reaction was that Director Han was talking nonsense.

But the person who said this was Director Han, so he had to believe it.

After believing it, Li Jichang's first thought was not joy, but fear.

How could a big director like Wu Yuan, whose movies sold more than 1 billion yuan in Asia and whose movies in Hollywood easily made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, know about him, a low-level person in the circle?

And personally invited him to join [Light and Shadow Era]?

With this confusion, uneasiness and fear, Li Jichang came to the Light and Shadow Era an hour in advance as agreed.

It was not until he really met Wu Yuan that he believed that Wu Yuan actually knew him.

"Director Wu, hello!" Li Jichang excitedly shook Wu Yuan's hand: "I am you, oh no, you are my idol."

"I have seen every movie you have made, including "Juno", and I like every movie very much!"

"You are a role model for our Chinese directors. I didn't expect that I could actually meet you."

"Okay." Wu Yuan smiled and interrupted his incoherent flattery, "There is no need to say more about these words."

"Director Li, I also know you." Although Wu Yuan just learned about Li Jichang from Mr. Han, he opened his mouth and said: "The Sky of Eighteen Years Old that you shot is very good. Very good. "

"There has never been such a youth campus idol drama in China before. You did a very bold thing."

"I admire you very much."

"I invited you to the company today to invite you to join our company's TV drama department. Next, our company wants to produce several idol dramas and needs a director in charge of TV drama production."

"I think you can be qualified for this position."

"Come, take a look. This is an idol drama I prepared for the company."

As he said, Wu Yuan took out a script from the drawer. There was not much content, only the first six episodes, which he wrote in a hurry in the past few days.

On the cover of the script, there were seven big words: "I am destined to love you!"

Something happened today, so the update was a little less. I will add one or two thousand words tomorrow.