Chapter 529 The Script of "Yongzheng Dynasty"

Afterwards, Akina Nakamori began to think about how to sing "Fireworks" well. Zhou Yan did not accompany her, and she stayed in the recording studio alone.

On the afternoon of March 10, Zhou Yan took time to go to the recording studio to see how Akina Nakamori was practicing. As soon as he returned to the office, he heard the phone ring.

Zhou Yan walked over and answered the phone, "Who is this?"

"Mr. Zhou, it's me, Liu Wenwu." A steady voice came from the other end of the phone.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, is there any progress on the project?"

He was asking about the "Yongzheng Dynasty" project. Zhou Yan had been watching this project at the end of last year, but there has been no news.

Liu Wenwu sighed slightly, "There is progress, but it is not a good progress. After discussion, CCTV decided not to take this project."

In fact, Liu Xinwu originally did this project personally.

From purchasing the film and television adaptation rights of the novel to finding a screenwriter later, he not only paid for it himself, but also did everything himself.

After more than two years of preparation, he contacted CCTV through Wu Zhaolong in the team and wanted to make this project a CCTV project.

Wu Zhaolong is an editor of CCTV and joined the creation of "Yongzheng Dynasty" as an individual.

Originally, everything went smoothly, but CCTV went through a series of processes and finally decided to give up because it was considered that the project was risky.

The so-called risk is that it is not known whether the play can be broadcast in the end. If the play cannot be broadcast in the end, then the money will be wasted.

Zhou Yan was not worried when he heard Liu Wenwu say this, but was very happy, because it would be easier for their studio to participate in this project.

"CCTV decided not to cooperate, it seems that they have their own plans, so what are your plans now, Mr. Liu?" Zhou Yan asked.

"I plan to follow the original plan and raise money to do it myself." Liu Wenwu said.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, can't the two of us solve the money problem?"

Liu Wenwu was quite surprised to hear Zhou Yan say this, "Mr. Zhou, are you still willing to cooperate with me?"

"Why not? I said that I am very optimistic about this project."

"But now CCTV has stopped taking this project."

Liu Wenwu believes that the reason why Zhou Yan is interested in this project is related to CCTV.

At that time, Zhou Yan contacted him after they discussed cooperation with CCTV.

Now that CCTV has decided not to take this project, Zhou Yan seems to have no need to cooperate with him.

"No, no, no, I took this project, and it has nothing to do with CCTV. Now that CCTV doesn't take it, our cooperation will be easier."

"Mr. Zhou, you have to think it over. CCTV didn't take this project because it may not be broadcast. In other words, even if we shoot the TV series, there may be no TV station that can broadcast it at that time."

If CCTV can't broadcast it, other TV stations may also be in a difficult situation.

The key is that there are only a few TV stations that can broadcast such a large TV series.

Liu Wenwu sighed just now because of this.

Zhou Yan smiled and thought that Liu Wenwu was quite honest and willing to say ugly things in advance.

If it were someone else, it might be possible to retreat because of Liu Wenwu's words, but Zhou Yan would not at all.

Even if it was because of the butterfly effect, Zhou Yan didn't care if "Yongzheng Dynasty" was not broadcast in this life, or was not broadcast on CCTV.

Because he cares about the project itself, it is very important for the TV series department to participate in the project itself.

"Mr. Liu, don't worry about this. Even if no one wants to broadcast the TV series after it is filmed, I have no complaints."

Liu Wenwu pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, it would be petty for me to say anything more discouraging. Let's talk about how to cooperate in detail after we finalize the script. What do you think, Mr. Zhou?"

"Has the script not been finalized yet?"

"Well, there are still some unsatisfactory parts. Liu Heping and I are revising them. It shouldn't take long."

"You have a long preparation time." Zhou Yan sighed.

It has been nearly three years since Liu Wenwu bought the film and television adaptation rights. The script has not been completed yet. It is indeed very slow.

Liu Wenwu thought Zhou Yan was worried about the production cycle, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, these are all minor problems, and they will definitely be solved within ten days. I'm already looking for a suitable director here, and the two-way process will not delay the production cycle."

Zhou Yan thought about it and asked, "Is it convenient for me to go and have a look?"

Hearing this, Liu Wenwu did not hesitate at all, and even said with a little excitement, "Of course no problem, you are welcome at any time."

"Where are you?"

"We are in a guesthouse in Xiaoxitian."

"What is the specific location and the name of the guesthouse?"

"Ruiqi Guesthouse, just opposite Xinghuo Primary School, south of Wenhuiyuan Road."

Zhou Yan looked at his watch and it was three o'clock, so he said, "Okay, I'll go there now."

The main thing is that this location is not far from the studio, only a few kilometers, so it is very convenient to go there.

"Okay, it happens that I'm here at the guesthouse now, room number is 202." Liu Wenwu said.

...

Then Zhou Yan did not waste time and directly asked the driver to take him to the place Liu Wenwu said.

The location is easy to find. Just turn from Xinjiekou Street toward Wenhuiyuan Road and it’s only about three or four hundred meters away, you will see the Ruiqi Guesthouse that Liu Wenwu mentioned.

Zhou Yan asked the driver to go back first, and he went into the guesthouse alone.

The conditions of the guesthouse were average, and it looked shabby outside and simple inside.

Zhou Yan went straight to the second floor, found room 202, and knocked on the door.

As soon as the door was knocked, a voice came, "I'm here."

Soon, the door was opened from the inside.

The man who opened the door was a man in his forties, short and unkempt.

Zhou Yan recognized this man, it was Liu Heping.

But before he could speak, Liu Heping spoke first, "Teacher Zhou, nice to meet you."

At this time, Liu Wenwu also came over from behind, "Mr. Zhou, I'm Liu Wenwu, this is Liu Heping."

He was afraid that Zhou Yan didn't know them, so he took the initiative to introduce himself.

Zhou Yan smiled and shook hands with each of them, "I've heard a lot about you. I'm sorry to bother you with my sudden visit."

"No, no, it's just that our environment is simple. I hope Mr. Zhou won't mind."

The environment is indeed simple. The room is not big. There are two 1.2-meter-wide beds. The whole room is messy. There are all kinds of books and documents everywhere. There is not even much room to step.

The key is that they smoke. There is a smell of old smokers in the room. It's really uncomfortable when I first came in.

Liu Wenwu found a chair for Zhou Yan, and then poured him a cup of tea, "The conditions are simple, there is no good tea."

Zhou Yan took the cup and smiled, "I can see that you have been here for a long time."

"It's mainly him. He has lived here for several months. He almost didn't go back during the Chinese New Year. The rest of us don't live here usually."

After Liu Wenwu finished speaking, he took out a box of cigarettes and gave it to Zhou Yan first. Zhou Yan waved his hand to indicate that he didn't smoke, and he threw another one to Liu Heping.

Soon, the two began to smoke.

Liu Heping smiled and said, "Fortunately, it went very smoothly overall."

"It was indeed very smooth."

In fact, the script had been written for 27 episodes before Liu Heping came to Yanjing, but Liu Wenwu felt that the structure of the script needed to be improved.

Therefore, Liu Wenwu specially brought Liu Heping to Yanjing, and then formed a planning team to assist Liu Heping in completing the script creation.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

"Teacher Zhou, do you want to see the script?" Liu Wenwu took the initiative to ask Zhou Yan to see the script.

Before this, Zhou Yan had only seen one version of the planning plan and had not seen the complete script, after all, the script had not been released before.

"Of course." Zhou Yan smiled, this was also the purpose of his trip.

Liu Wenwu had prepared a script in advance and sent it to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan took the script and said with a smile, "Then I will read the script first."

"Mr. Zhou, look, don't worry about us."

Zhou Yan nodded and began to read the script seriously.

While Zhou Yan was reading the script, Liu Wenwu and Liu Heping were smoking and observing Zhou Yan.

They had seen Zhou Yan on TV before, and when they met him in person this time, they were amazed at how handsome he was, as if he had walked out of the TV.

Liu Wenwu is 34 years old this year, only seven years younger than Zhou Yan, but when they stand together, they give people the feeling that they are more than a dozen years apart.

And such a handsome young man is actually a well-known director, musician, and even a well-known writer at home and abroad.

Although the two of them did not have time to read Zhou Yan's new book because of the script, they knew how popular "Don't Let Me Go" was recently.

Several other people in the planning team mentioned this book when they chatted these days.

Liu Wenwu had read Zhou Yan's "Tree Hole". At that time, he didn't know Zhou Yan and thought that the author "Zhou Chan" was at least a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. Unexpectedly, he was a young man in his twenties.

Calculated, when Zhou Yan wrote "Tree Hole", he was at most 21 years old, or even younger.

After all, the publication of a novel must be later than the time of writing. As for how much time difference, it is unknown. Maybe Zhou Yan was not even 20 years old when he wrote "Tree Hole".

Liu Heping has also seen "Tree Hole". He has not only seen "Tree Hole", but also studied the movie "Tree Hole". He studied it in a real way, studying the movie "Tree Hole" section by section, and also studying its script.

Now that Zhou Yan came to see the script, Liu Heping was also very curious about how Zhou Yan would evaluate their script.

Zhou Yan read the script very quickly, so fast that Liu Heping and Liu Wenwu were surprised.

They both work in writing, and Liu Wenwu used to be an editor. His reading speed is faster than that of ordinary people, but Zhou Yan's reading speed still makes him feel ashamed.

When encountering a place with few words, Zhou Yan simply glanced at it and turned the page.

The speed is so fast that people doubt whether he has read the script clearly.

The reason why Zhou Yan read so fast is that, on the one hand, he has a faster reading speed than ordinary people, and on the other hand, he has watched "Yongzheng Dynasty" and knows the plot. The script he has in his hand now is not much different from the final TV series.

It is normal to have different parts. There is no TV series script in the world that is exactly the same as the final film. There will definitely be modifications during filming.

Zhou Yan reads faster when there are similarities, and slows down a little when there are differences.

Of these differences, Zhou Yan thought some of them were better in the previous life, and some of them were better in this version. During the reading process, he wrote down the parts that he thought were better in the previous life.

It was not yet six o'clock when Zhou Yan finished reading the script.

After reading it, Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Heping and Liu Wenwu beside him looked over.

Meeting their eyes, Zhou Yan exclaimed, "This script is very good."

Hearing Zhou Yan's praise, the two seemed to have taken a reassurance pill and continued to look at Zhou Yan with expectant eyes.

But after Zhou Yan said this, he didn't say anything else.

Liu Wenwu was stunned, "No more?"

Zhou Yan smiled, "This script has too many advantages, I can't tell you one by one for a while, and you two don't want to hear those compliments from me today, right?"

Now Liu Wenwu came back to his senses, Zhou Yan had some opinions about the script.

He didn't mind listening to other people's opinions, so he asked again, "Does Mr. Zhou have any opinions?"

Since Liu Wenwu asked, Zhou Yan didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "There are indeed a few places..."

As he said that, he opened the script, pointed to one place, and said, "Other places are just minor problems, this one is really a bit long-winded."

The two of them stretched their heads to look at it, and then looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

The reason they were surprised was because the problem they had discussed in the past few days was right here.

The original plot in the book was that Liu Molin had to pass three levels to meet Su Shunqing and play the piano to show his talent. The novel was written in great detail and with a sense of picture, but the effect of the script was not good.

They thought of many tricks together, but they all felt that they were not good, and they were at a loss.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan saw that there was a problem with such a long script at a glance.

But from another angle, the problem here is indeed serious, so that people can see it at a glance.

"I don't know what the problem is here. What suggestions do you have, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I suggest that this paragraph be simplified directly."

"This..." Liu Wenwu was reluctant to do so, because the original book was well written here.

Zhou Yan smiled and said nothing. He didn't have to convince Liu Wenwu.

He turned to another page, "This place..."

Seeing that Zhou Yan directly skipped the previous part, Liu Wenwu suddenly became anxious and grabbed Zhou Yan's hand, "Mr. Zhou, can't this part be changed?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Anyway, I don't have any good ideas. The final decision still depends on you. I am only responsible for raising questions, not solving them."

After hearing what Zhou Yan said, Liu Wenwu sighed, "Okay." (End of this chapter)