Chapter 420: You Guys, the First Batch of Players, Are Really Not Good People.

Guo Fan, who was originally very interested and had already sketched out a rough idea in his mind, was immediately shocked by Yang Ruoqian's words. He put his fingers on the keyboard, but couldn't type a word for a long time.

Instead of continuing the previous story, shoot a prequel?

"Wandering Blue Star" probably says that the sun is about to have a helium flash, and humans will start the planetary engine to push the earth out of the solar system.

The story of the first part ends in the process of leaving the solar system.

Many viewers bought the original novel directly after watching the first part. They couldn't wait to read the next story and were very interested in how to film the follow-up.

The story of the journey is certainly exciting, but what accidents will be encountered on the way, what events will happen, and what changes in the mood of the humans living underground will happen during the wandering process are all the story content that everyone is looking forward to.

As a director, Guo Fan has naturally memorized the entire original novel by heart, and already has a rough structure for the sequel in his mind. If the previous cast and crew are all in place, he is confident that he can make a film that will satisfy most people. ’s sequel.

Even the most picky so-called "originalists" can't find any faults.

What does it mean to have a prequel? !

Guo Fan thought for a while and finally did not type. Instead, he pressed the voice call button and made a WeChat call to Yang Ruoqian.

The older generation's typing speed is too slow. They really have too much to say and don't know where to start. It is easier to make a phone call.

Soon, the call was connected, and the somewhat casual young male voice who had forced himself to the ICU came: "Hey, Director Guo, long time no see, when are you coming for a meal?"

"Uh, Mr. Yang, you can eat anytime." Guo Fan knew that Yang Ruoqian was not being polite, so he immediately declined and chose to go straight to the point, "It's about this movie, are you sure you want to make a prequel, not a sequel? "

Yang Ruoqian's tone immediately became serious: "Of course... Director Guo, our Kuaiguang Group must be different from others even in the sequel."

"Wouldn't this go against the audience's expectations?" Guo Fan knew Yang Ruoqian's ability, but his tone was still consulting, "Does the audience want to see a prequel or a sequel?"

If it were his actors or someone else who talked to him about this topic, Guo Fan would not give the other party any chance to argue. It would definitely be him, the director, who made the final decision on what to film.

But the person in front of me is Yang Ruoqian. He was able to film "The Wandering Blue Star" so smoothly and is still respected by all people in the industry. The contribution of Kuaiguang Group in this is self-evident.

Unexpectedly, a very confident voice came from Yang Ruoqian over there: "From our research, of course the audience wants to watch the follow-up plot."

Director Guo was a little strange: "What? Why does Mr. Yang want to make a prequel?"

Now that the market is so clear, just start shooting according to the market.

As a director, Guo Fan does not have that unpleasant sour smell, and he does not reject the behavior of catering to the market at all.

In his opinion, a work can completely take into account the market and the value that the creator wants to output.

He has always scorned the saying that "my movies are not popular not because they are not good to watch, but because this audience is not good enough."

There has never been a conflict or contradictory relationship between good works and blockbusters.

The audience wants to see the follow-up, so Guo Fan has a way to make the follow-up look good, and he also has a way to output his own emotional value in the story.

What's more, the person I'm talking to is the Kuaiguang Group, the employer...

The employer is the kind of person who doesn't pay much attention to output and only pays attention to personal interests, right?

Why does Mr. Yang behave and speak strangely?

As a film directly funded by Kuai Guang Group, "The Wandering Blue Star" cannot be selected for the Cornerstone Award. However, this award generously provides resources and repays debts. This is not a secret in the industry, and Guo Fan has heard about it for a long time.

Yang Ruoqian coughed lightly and said, "As I said before, the audience may not know what they want to watch. The simplest example is "Black Robe Inspection Team"."

The research conducted before the filming of "Black Robe Inspection Team" was not widely spread among the audience, but for the creators, it was tantamount to a major education.

"The audience may not know what they like or what they don't like", which made many creators suddenly realize.

Some people have obviously made targeted movies based on market research, but the box office is still lackluster. Maybe this is the reason.

Guo Fan was just fooled and half-brained, and there was a hint of doubt in his voice: "You want to say that filming a follow-up story based on the original work may not necessarily have such a great response in the market? Do you believe in the prequel? Is the story more attractive?”

"Yes."

"Then I understand..." Guo Fan is familiar with the entire novel and does not need to waste more time getting familiar with the content. He only needs to change his mind. "Since this is your judgment, Mr. Yang, I believe you."

"What about the crew? All the actors have to be found again?"

He still didn't understand why the prequel was better than the sequel, but he understood that this was Yang Ruoqian's judgment.

Perhaps he is better in terms of content creation, but when it comes to market judgment, how can he, a director, be a rival to the boss of such a large company?

Just choose to trust Yang Ruoqian's judgment.

"Yes, except for those few recurring roles, it's up to you how the actors choose Director Guo."

Guo Fan was silent again and said: "Except for the character who died in the first part, the other characters don't seem to be that important..."

Previously, Director Guo thought that except for this character who was offline due to plot reasons, the rest of the crew would use the original cast.

It can not only maintain the popularity, but also has sufficient guarantees in terms of acting and coordination.

Kill two birds with one stone.

As long as there are no problems with the content, although Guo Fan cannot guarantee that the box office will reach a new high, he can firmly maintain the basic base and maintain a box office of at least 1.5 billion or more.

Two consecutive movies, one with more than 2 billion and the other with more than 1.5 billion, for a director, it can be described as "Guangzongyaozu".

As a result, now it has become a completely different challenge.

Except for the character who died in the first work, all other cast members will undergo major changes!

"Okay...Mr. Yang." Guo Fan thought for a while and agreed, "When do you plan to start the preliminary preparations?"

"The sooner the better." Yang Ruoqian was very vigorous and resolute in his work. "Everything is ready on my side. The set where you filmed your first movie has been completely preserved. As long as the personnel are in place, filming can start immediately."

"...Mr. Yang, I can go there quickly, but it will still take a certain amount of time to adapt the novel into a script due to various prop budgets, actors' salaries and other expenses."

"It doesn't matter. Just tell me a rough figure and I'll approve the budget first. Then I'll just make up for the excess and the less."

More supplement and less supplement?

Isn’t it more refund and less supplement?

Director Guo was confused and said, "Mr. Yang, isn't this bad?"

"There's nothing wrong with it." Yang Ruoqian has already made his decision, "By the way, I've also called the author of the original work here, and then I'll arrange for him to meet with the crew."

Director Guo said nothing more and nodded: "Okay... then it all depends on Mr. Yang's arrangement."

Although Yang Ruoqian talked so much and made so many arrangements, he actually didn't have much involvement in the specific affairs of the crew. All he talked about was related to logistics support.

All I can say is, it’s so thoughtful!

Before Yang Ruoqian hung up the phone, he reminded me as if he was remembering something: "By the way, Director Guo must pay attention to your health this time. You were injured so badly last time and you still insisted on making a movie, which made me so embarrassed. If you feel unwell, you must tell me in time. Our company’s medical assistance is always humane and free.”

Guo Fan said haha: "Okay, Mr. Yang, we will meet again in Jinhai City."

Haha, if he feels unwell, he must endure it and must not let anyone in the Kuaiguang Group know!

"Okay, bye."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Ruoqian yawned.

In the new year, the preliminary work preparations for the first quarter are almost complete.

After all, this quarter also coincides with the Spring Festival, and there are many holidays and activities. We cannot be free to do a lot of projects like in previous quarters.

Even "The Almighty Trainer", which has a very long time span, had to temporarily stop airing during the Spring Festival.

Last year during the Spring Festival, the company didn’t seem to do enough, so maybe it can give out more benefits this year.

"Other people's Spring Festival welfare is like a leader calling employees to the office, first making some sincere words and drawing some cakes, and then taking out a box of New Year's goods from under the table. Finally, the employees thank you profusely and leave the office happily with the gifts... We must learn Want to learn? It doesn’t feel good, it’s a bit too old-fashioned.”

Yang Ruoqian frowned, feeling that this was a bit unoriginal.

"How about making a slight change, changing the location, changing the place where New Year's goods are collected from an office to a warehouse? Changing the unit of New Year's goods from boxes to piles?"

"This is pretty good." Yang Ruoqian thought about the scene at that time and couldn't help but look forward to it. "Besides, the company has two branches and employees come from all over the world. We have to customize different New Year gifts for each person."

"This will waste a lot of manpower."

Counting the preferences of each employee is a laborious task that cannot be slacked off.

After making arrangements for the movie and the Spring Festival, Mr. Yang took out his mobile phone, opened the Leopard app, and flipped to the page about the theme park.

New Year's Day is the second trial operation of Kuangguang Theme Park. It is the second version that has been improved after collecting a lot of opinions from the first batch of players.

After this version, the group will collect suggestions again, and subsequent openings will be regular openings.

New Year's Day has passed, and all tourists must have felt a different and unique happiness in their own abstract amusement park, right?

Yang Ruoqian clicked on the relevant discussion post and began to browse the content above with great anticipation.

The first post is just a high-definition photo with a title written in bold text: "Everyone must be wary of this kind of situation happening!"

Is it so exciting when you first come up?

Mr. Yang immediately clicked on the post details and looked down.

In the picture, there is a large group of people standing at the entrance of the amusement park, some squatting, some standing, looking in expectantly.

The poster's words followed the picture: "Have you seen people like this? You must be careful about them!"

"Why? Who are they? Are they the killers sent by Boss Yang to hunt us?"

The poster quickly replied: "No, they are scalpers."

"Scalper? What scalper."

"The first and second batch of tourists who visit the amusement park can buy the out-of-print souvenirs of the closed beta version. They are here to buy these souvenirs. You must be vigilant and pay attention to the prices they give, and don't lose money. ! This is my hard-earned lesson. On New Year’s Day, as soon as I left the amusement park, several people surrounded me and tried to buy the souvenirs I had at 10 times the price.”

"Then, did the landlord sell it?"

"I sold it, and I also sold the ticket receipt together. That thing is a certificate of authenticity... But the next day, the very next day, I saw that thing on Xianyu, and the price was 15 times higher! And it shows that it has been sold, can you believe it?”

"It's nothing. Where in the world can you buy at the lowest position and sell at the highest position? It's great to be able to make money in one session."

"No, it doesn't matter if it's just like this... I clicked on the product details page out of curiosity, and guess what, the ticket receipt sold with the souvenir actually had my name written on it, my name! Damn it! !”

"Hahahahaha!"

"Shenjin, it made me laugh!"

"What do you mean? It's just that you make less money. It's not a big problem." One of the posters couldn't help but complained, "I come to the amusement park to have fun...it's a pity that I'm riding a roller coaster. You can’t take pictures of those who are rushing into the rapids, otherwise I will give you a set of photos.”

"It's bad. There's nothing to photograph these things. We all know what the tricks are."

"No, you definitely don't know what their tricks are. It's useless for me to say it here. Once you go there, you will understand."

"Compared to these projects, bro, haven't you gone to play in their haunted house? I think this is a perfect match between heaven and the underworld. The person who designed this thing has a dark psychology."

"I played it, and I played it against the guide. I knew that the Kuaiguang Group would not have any good intentions, and I had made full preparations... But I still didn't expect that the enemy would appear within us, and there were bad guys among us. !”

"Hahaha! I also played according to the guide, and I was tricked to death! I'm so angry! You guys, the first batch of players, stood up and spoke. You are really not human. You actually made fake guides to harm us, right?"

"Wait, don't rush to scold me, which guide are you reading?"

"That's it, I'll give you a screenshot [picture]."

"I made this guide! Isn't it right for you to play with it?!"