Chapter 183 Top Secret Xu Kun still underestimated Jia Yueting's current mentality. He didn't take Wang Wei's Tudou seriously at all. The reason why he looked for Xu Kun was mainly because Cai Yinong proposed to co-produce "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" with LeTV. "This drama was actually supposed to start filming at the end of September." Jia Yueting took out a box of special supplies for Zhongnanhai and threw it to Xu Kun across the table: "But Cai Yinong invested a lot of resources to create the gimmick of eight provinces broadcasting together, so she postponed this drama. As a result, in October, she used all the money in her account to invest in our , so she had to postpone this drama to after the New Year. With this delay, the original cast had to be changed. It was easy to adjust in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but there were some problems in the mainland, so that woman set her sights on you and Tian Jian, and planned to use the gimmick of "double swords combined" again." "Why, she wants to sell laundry detergent too?" Xu Kun told a cold joke, and then asked curiously: "Who was originally booked?" "Huang Xiaoming." "Oh, that's normal."
Huang Xiaoming and Nie Yuan almost had a fight throughout 04 over "The Return of the Condor Heroes". Nie Yuan even had his bones shaved to play the role of Yang. But in the end, Huang Xiaoming had the last laugh. Compared with Zhang Da Huzi's "Yang Guo", the male protagonist of the unit drama in "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is not worth mentioning at all. "Which unit does Tangren want me to act in?" At first I thought it was just a bad idea that Hu Ge came up with on the spur of the moment, but I didn't expect that Cai Yinong actually adopted it. "Except for Xiao Qian, you can pick any one." Jia Yueting said frankly: "Originally, I didn't plan to lobby for Tangren, but Cai Yinong promised to give Gan Wei a female lead role, so..." Xu Kun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what benefit can I get?" "Of course I'm recommending the heroine. There are a lot of heroines in a unit drama." Wouldn't that mean Jiang Yiyan will get a bargain again? After all, Huo Siyan has already accepted the role in "Eight Heroes" and will join the crew with Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing next month. [In the original time and space, Huo Siyan and Zeng Lai each starred in a unit of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", but due to the influence of Xu Kun, Huo Siyan is now more famous than in the original time and space. In addition, she got the news in advance from Xu Kun, so Huo Siyan squeezed into the crew of "Eight Heroes" and replaced Dong Xuan to play the female doctor "Bian Suwen". Zeng Lai is currently working on the set of "Legendary Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang" due to schedule changes, so he will not be able to appear in "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Xu Kun thought about it and realized that LeTV was so popular right now, Cai Yinong would definitely not dare to fall out with him at this time, so it was not impossible for him to take the role. "Let me take a look at the script first." As Xu Kun was talking, he casually said to Jia Yueting: "If you want to promote Gan Wei, you might as well make a self-made web drama." "Homemade web series?" Jia Yueting immediately became interested: "I can understand the literal meaning, can you elaborate on it?" "Is this..."
Xu Kun just mentioned it casually. If he was asked to explain it in detail, he really didn't know where to start. After pondering for a long time, he said, "You have seen the data over the past two months. A drama with a high online viewing volume may not be popular in real life, and vice versa." Seeing Jia Yueting nod, Xu Kun continued: "So can we specifically target the tastes of netizens and produce some TV series or variety shows that are only broadcast on video websites? Think about it, the public opinion online is much more relaxed than offline, and there are not so many rules and regulations..." "I told you you're a genius!" Jia Yueting slammed the table in excitement, walked around the table and paced back and forth in the office for a few times, but suddenly shook his head and said, "No, not now." "why?" "Our actual total investment is only 1500 million, which is not enough to run the website. If we want to make our own web series, we have to raise funds elsewhere. And since it is broadcast on the website, we can basically forget about making a profit." Jia Yueting said, holding up two fingers: "This involves two questions. Does this money count as an investment in the website? If not, how can we convince others to spend money to buy traffic for the website?" "You Shanxi coal bosses, don't you dare to throw money in just to support your mistress?" "They want fame. If you say it can only be broadcast on the website, even if the coal boss is willing, the mistresses will not be happy." "Then make a low-budget web series with a lot of hype, like Gangsters or something like that." "The gangster story is a good subject. Since the TV station won't broadcast it, we can just use it as a gimmick!" Jia Yueting first affirmed Xu Kun's proposal, and then said, "But since we want to make a name for ourselves, it's better to make a high-quality drama." He turned around twice more and said to Xu Kun seriously, "Kun'er, this self-made web series is the top secret of our LeTV. You must not tell anyone else. I plan to wait until the first round of financing to throw out this gimmick. At that time, we will use the company's own money to promote the company, and it will be easier for us to operate." "alright." Xu Kun didn't expect that what he casually said would become LeTV's top secret. This is actually not surprising. After all, the first truly self-made web drama of "Original Sky" appeared in 2010. Now that it was brought up by Xu Kun six years in advance, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a killer that transcends the times. Moreover, Internet control is more relaxed these days. In addition, the radio, film and television authorities have just banned the broadcast of crime films during prime time this year. If a large-scale gangster film were to be produced in the next two years, it would definitely become a hit on the Internet. Of course, it is also likely to become out of print. However, Jia Yueting wanted to raise the reputation of LeTV, not to make money, so being banned might not be a bad thing, as it might even lead to a wave of reverse publicity. Although Jia Yueting forbade Xu Kun to disclose the information to the public, he was very uneasy about the hype of this self-made drama. He even wrote a simple plan himself, preparing to find someone to collect scripts or real stories in this regard. He has even chosen the director. When it comes to crime films in the past two years, Gao Qunshu is definitely the one that comes to mind. As for the lead actor... Who else could it be besides Xu? "I'm afraid Director Gao is not suitable." Xu Kun objected to these two candidates: "He is still being watched by the higher-ups. If we really want him to be the director, I'm afraid we'll have to call in the radio and television people as soon as the project is launched." Then he spread his hands again: "I was also on the list at that time. Although it's not as serious as Director Gao's, it's better to avoid this pit - don't let me be banned in the end." "This……" Jia Yueting started walking around the office again until he heard a knock on the door. He stopped impatiently and said, "Come in." Gan Wei walked in and looked at the two people's faces first, then asked cautiously: "Dear, are you in any trouble?" Seeing that it was his girlfriend, Jia Yueting's attitude softened a little: "It's not a problem, it's just that Kun'er gave me another good idea, and I was just worrying about how to realize it."
Gan Wei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then said, "The performance is about to begin, you see..." "Push it back another ten minutes." Jia Yueting gave the order without question. After Gan Wei left, he circled around like a donkey pulling a millstone for a few more times. Suddenly, as if he had thought of a good idea, he said with shining eyes, "Why don't you just be the director?" "This……" Xu Kun was speechless: "Anyone can be a director. If I had this ability, I would have directed and acted in "Heavenly Sword Heroes" myself!" Jia Yueting excitedly waved his hands and said, "You may not be able to shoot Heavenly Sword, but you are familiar with the underworld, and you know exactly how to act! You don't have to worry about the specific shooting when the time comes, just make sure the story looks the right way!" Xu Kun was speechless: "How can this be called a director? Isn't this still the job of a producer?" "Producer is producer. Anyway, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll just raise enough money for you to shoot the web series!" "That's fine." Xu Kun has been a producer before, and although he was a hands-off boss before, this time he has to be a real producer. Fortunately, he is very familiar with the business, so he should have no problem grasping the general direction. (End of this chapter)