Chapter 411 The Idea of the Series, the Peak of Influence
The success of "Tang Detective" has brought Su Zhe's reputation in the industry to its peak.
Although in recent years, TV drama actors have taken advantage of the east wind and made a lot of money.
But in traditional concepts, movies are still believed to be the pearl of the entertainment industry.
The status of movie stars is higher than that of TV drama stars and even higher than variety show stars.
Although it is possible that earning power is the other way around.
As for Su Zhe, "Tang Detective" reached the top, and he gained huge reputation as the starring, screenwriter and boss.
Whether it's money or status, they all earn enough.
When he was invited to be a guest on a variety show, the host heckled and asked him to find a small role for one of the new generation of female idols present.
Su Zhe randomly clicked on the most photogenic one, and actually excited the somewhat famous female idol until her legs went weak, as if she had been hit by a grand prize.
(Reality really happened, I won’t name names, a certain female idol has a very powerful fan)
This female idol didn't care that the variety show was still being recorded. She wished she could stick to Su Zhe right now and serve him all the time.
Even the female idol fans who were supporting her at the scene felt that Su Zhe only needed to hook up... No, no need to hook up, as long as he didn't refuse, they would be able to enjoy their idol tonight.
Just so unabashed.
Because compared to the fans' injuries, Su Zhe's green eyes are more important!
So if this female idol’s performance could be described in one note, it would be——
456! Everyone knows simplified musical notation.
The host was convinced:
"It's like this even if there is a camera, but you are not allowed to take off without a camera?"
Of course it's impossible.
Although she doesn't care about face, Su Zhe does!
In addition to Su Zhe, other actors also benefited a lot.
Needless to say, Li Daoqiang is the dual protagonist and one of the most important members of the IP.
Those comedians were also seen with their acting skills.
The one who received the most praise was Yu Xiangxiu. Although she didn't have many roles, the twist at the end was so amazing that her reputation as a small actor was deeply rooted in people's hearts.
This allowed her to successfully transition from being a child star to playing teenage roles.
The most unexpected thing is You Mengli. She has very few roles, but in this movie that is full of monsters and monsters, and the paintings are all weird and weird, she and Su Zhe are the only ones responsible for good looks.
In contrast, she is intoxicatingly beautiful.
——She is beautiful to begin with, but in a movie with a box office of more than 4 billion, it is another thing to let everyone see her beauty.
From very beautiful to "recognized as a great beauty".
[In heaven and on earth, Mengli is the most beautiful. 】
[As expected of Su Zhe, he still knows how to make his girlfriend the most beautiful. 】
[I envy Su Zhe, if there is a girl like this, I would like to lose three years of my life! 】
[It’s only been three years, who do you look down on? 】
This is how a movie with explosive results benefits everyone.
In the excitement of every actor, the single-day box office of "Tang Detective" finally gradually decreased with the release, leaving only tens of millions or several million per day, but the total box office gradually approached 4.8 billion.
Today, every step of "Tang Detective" is a new record for Chinese movies.
Therefore, Long Aotian easily applied for the secret key extension, and "Tang Detective" can continue to be released and continue to push the record.
Everyone knows that this is to make "Tang Detective" exceed 5 billion and become the first domestic film to exceed 5 billion.
This is an exciting and good thing for Chinese movies.
Because before this, breaking 1 billion, breaking 2 billion, breaking 3 billion, breaking 4 billion were all accomplished by Hollywood movies.
Although "Tang Detective" has topped the list, those past records do not belong to Chinese movies.
Now, "Tang Detective" wants to win 5 billion!
In order to help "Tang Detective" break the record, Su Zhe immediately took time out to write a new "Tang Detective 2" script that combined the original "Tang Detective 2" and the copied "Two Eyes".
Many of the more exquisite designs and explanations in "Twin Eyes" can be used directly in the new script without any need to hide them. If you want to copy them, you can only copy half of them, which is very fragmented.
This makes the new "Tang Detective 2" script even better, and he boldly announced it:
"The script of "Tang Detective 2" has been written and will be shot in New York. The scenes have been upgraded and the case is still exciting. Casting will be carried out in the near future."
This makes Tang Tan fans extremely excited. They did not expect that just after watching the first part, the filming of the second part will begin.
The circle is even more shocked. Even if it's a supporting role, who doesn't want to join the "Tang Detective" series?
Even Zhou Jiamin contacted Su Zhe and wanted to play a supporting role. It didn't matter if she had a small role, as long as she could be photographed as beautiful as You Mengli.
Unfortunately, Su Zhe knew that although Zhou Jiamin was a veteran, his reputation among passers-by was too bad.
If it's a low-budget or even shoddily made bad movie, you can hire her, and no matter how bad it is, you can still get hundreds of millions at the box office;
But if a big production hires her, it will cost at least one billion in box office.
It’s so awesome!
Although Su Zhe's impression of her has changed, it is impossible to lose a billion for her, so he declined politely:
"To make you as beautiful as Meng Li? Sorry, I can't do it because my Meng Li is the most beautiful in the world."
Meng Li in his arms smiled happily.
Zhou Jiamin:......
Not tactful at all!
Zhou Jiamin even recommended himself, not to mention the other artists, who were simply crazy.
When Su Zhe saw this, his heart moved:
"The script of "Tang Detective 3" is too bad. Why not recruit a screenwriter to rewrite it while everyone wants to participate?"
He doesn't want to copy the 5-point original work, so why not find a screenwriter from this world to rewrite it, maybe he can write a better one?
Chen Gou is also a human being. Is there no screenwriter in this world who can compare with him?
Su Zhe thought about it and found that the plot part was actually not difficult to write, nor was the comedy baggage.
The most important and difficult part is the core trick, which is the core of the original reasoning.
If an excellent core plot can be designed and other parts are mediocre, it will be an excellent mystery work.
Some fans of the genre even made outrageous comments, believing that the reason why mystery novels developed into the social genre was because the core conspiracies had been written down by predecessors, and a good genre fan would make it impossible for readers to guess the plot.
Su Zhe recalled the core plot of the "Tang Detective" trilogy -
"Tang Detective 1" is a combination of gold robbery and secret room murder;
"Tang Detective 2" is a five-element murder ("Two Eyes"), and is used by the real murderer to kill people along the way;
As for "Tang Detective 3", it is still a secret room, but the core plot is too ridiculous and fake.
Su Zhe needs to find a new core plot for "Tang Detective 3".
"The core conspiracy..."
Su Zhe's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered the core conspiracy of Juwei——
After killing 5 people, he used their bodies to create 6 mutilated corpses, allowing one person to fake death and escape tracking.
This is the core conspiracy created by Shoji Shimada, known as the "God of Japanese Mystery Novels", and it emerged in his debut work "Astrology Killing Magic".
(I have finished reading this book. The characters and plot are not interesting. It is a lot of nonsense. The most awesome thing is the core conspiracy. However, I knew it when I was a child watching "Shaobao"...)
This trick was so awesome that it was later used in the "Ijinkan Village Murder Incident" in "Kindaichi Boy's Incident Book".
The "Mystery of the Hermitage Village" in "Young Boy Bao Qingtian" was also used (not only the core trick was used, but the specific process was directly copied from Kindaichi).
Su Zhe thought for a while:
""Astrology" cannot be used directly. After all, DNA can also be checked by dismembering a body. "Tang Detective" is in the modern era and is not in the same period as "Astrology", so let's use "Kindianichi" ("Shaobao")."
"Kindaichi" redesigned the plot. The dismemberment was a case many years ago and was used as an auxiliary plot.
I won’t go into details here. In short, it is more exciting than "Astrology".
After figuring out the trick, Su Zhe trembled:
"This core conspiracy has never appeared in this world. In this case, "Tang Detective 3" will not become a classic in the history of mystery, right?"
He feels that for this core plot alone, "Tang Detective 3" deserves a rating of 9 or above, turning it from a shame of the series to a highlight of the series.
"I (Shōji Shimada) am really awesome."
Su Zhe was very proud. After figuring out the core plot, he immediately sought cooperation from outside:
"The script of "Tang Detective 3" is also in the process of being created. The core plot has been created. I am very satisfied with it. It may become a classic in the history of mystery. But I don't have time to polish the script. I have to recruit a team of screenwriters who are familiar with mystery and drama to develop the script. Polished.”
The casting news for "Tang Detective 2" made the actors crazy; the recruitment of screenwriters for "Tang Detective 3" made the screenwriters extremely excited.
Even mystery novel authors, Internet article authors, comedy screenwriters, talk show actors, etc. all want to join. After all, what Su Zhe needs is a team of screenwriters.
Everyone was excited.
But perhaps the most excited ones are the bosses in the industry.
They calculated with their fingers that "Tang Detective 1" was about to exceed 5 billion, which was overwhelming for other movies of the same period.
Needless to say, "Tang Detective 2" will be released during the Spring Festival next year, and it will definitely be another box office bomb.
Even Su Zhe has started writing "Tang Detective 3". He himself said that the script is awesome and will become a classic.
Everyone in the industry knows that Su Zhe's self-evaluation is very accurate. He never brags and says that he will be the first at the box office.
So for the next two years of co-writing, the Spring Festival schedule will be covered by him?
With a box office of 5 billion per year, has he turned the Spring Festival stalls into his own gold mine?
Which film company can bear it? For three consecutive years, the most important Spring Festival show in China has been wrapped up by Long Aotian?
Even if 1, 2, and 3 are all popular, how can we not continue to release 4?
With Su Zhe's creative ability, who knows how many years he can keep the circle?
Panic.
The bosses in the industry were panicked.
Even the stock prices of some listed companies have begun to fall.
Funds and stock investors don't understand movies, but they have more confidence in Su Zhe.
This has also become a wonder:
Su Zhe's album broke records, and all music stocks rose; but his movie broke records, and all movie stocks fell.
No way, his music cooperates with major platforms, but his movies are almost independent and do not need collaborators at all.
Even his previous collaborator, Light and Shadow Media, who had released his debut album "Secret", parted ways because Long Aotian gradually mastered the distribution capabilities.
——5 billion box office, even if there is only 4% distribution share, that is still 200 million yuan.
Why not earn it yourself?
This also made the financial circle jokingly call Su Zhe a barometer of the entertainment sector.
There are also financial circles who have contacted Su Zhe and want to promote Long Aotian's listing.
But the purpose of going public is to make money and use financing to promote development. But Long Aotian is like a cash cow, and it is impossible to blindly expand production capacity (number of shots). Why go public?
Unless the entertainment company plans to develop into a media giant and spend money to invest in television stations and other media channels, Su Zhe is not optimistic about the consequences of blindly expanding production.
After all, this is an industry that relies on inspiration and talent. Talent is more important than capital. Blindly expanding production after getting money is easy to fail; and spending money to build a media group is not allowed by domestic policies.
So Su Zhe simply refused and did not get carried away by the listing.
In short, the news about the second and third parts of "Tang Detective" has caused quite a stir both inside and outside the industry, as well as in the stock market.
The most intuitive thing is that "Tang Detective 1" finally broke through the 5 billion box office with great difficulty, etching its name forever in the history of Chinese movies.
And indirectly, flowing in the dark.
The storm is gathering strength, and other film companies are not soft persimmons and will not sit back and let their stock prices fall.
There are two ways to defeat Su Zhe——
One is to do better than him and make better movies.
This is the kingly way and an ideal state of healthy competition, which can allow Chinese films to continue to develop and improve quality through mutual production.
But unfortunately, this is also the hardest road.
——Unlike joining the Warriors, this is really the hardest road.
So they wanted to use the second method - to defeat Su Zhe!
In fact, there has always been a force behind the scenes targeting Su Zhe. They have tried to sow discord between him and veteran actors, his artists (Gong Man, etc.), and the government, etc., in order to make him alienate.
However, even in the most successful moments, Su Zhe did not let his mind wander. Through decisive handling, he never let the mastermind behind the scenes get his wish.
But at the moment when the "Tang Detective" series stepped onto the throne, there was no need for provocation from the mastermind behind the scenes, and a big net against Su Zhe was automatically formed.
Su Zhe's dirty stuff has almost sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Some of the dirty stuff about big names and other things is obviously taken out of context and is just nonsense.
What attracts the most attention is the trivial matter between men and women.
There is no airtight wall in the world, especially when the powerful people in the circle are targeting Su Zhe, his past with Liu Heluo and Wu Peipei cannot be completely kept secret.
After all, there are so many people in the crews of variety shows and TV series, and we can’t expect them all to be Star Wars players (blind people).
In fact, Su Zhe was single at the time and was at most a playboy, not morally corrupt.
In the eyes of those in the industry, Su Zhe is even considered to be flawless.
But don’t compare the moral standards of those in the circle with those outside the circle. This will inevitably have some negative effects.
Yan Xiling quickly went to Su Zhe to discuss countermeasures.
Su Zhe was very calm:
"At most I'll be scolded a few times, Su Gou. Don't worry, this little thing won't have much impact on me."
Yan Xiling breathed a sigh of relief:
"As long as you don't feel disappointed."
Many people who care about reputation generally have higher moral standards than ordinary people. However, once their reputation is damaged, they will be extremely disappointed and even become incompetent and furious.
She was worried that Su Zhe was such a person and would make irrational responses, which would make it easier for him to attract trouble.
Fortunately, Su Zhe was used to being scolded by his leaders in his previous life and had a very good psychological quality. How could he break through his defenses so easily?
The two were discussing public relations strategies when Yan Xiling suddenly received a tip from a friend in the media: Ding Yizhi wanted to expose Su Zhe's "fraudulent donation"!