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Chapter 249 248. Idol dramas can be made on any subject

Wei Wu picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Guo Jinyu and said:

"Jin Yu, when I recruited you, I promised to invest in at least two TV series for you within three years.

"Now that we've finished filming this movie, it's almost time to fulfill our promise. Do you have any ideas?"

For more than two months, Guo Jinyu has acted as Wei Wu's right-hand man, doing his duty every day, even if there is no credit, there is still hard work.

He has directed several dramas independently before, last year and this year with "Blade 1937" (Douban 8.2) and "High Altitude Tremor" (Douban 8.6) respectively -

Received consecutive Magnolia Best Director nominations. You are not defecting to Wei Wu just to attack him!

And since he was the first TV drama director to defect to Wei Wu, Wei Wu would of course have to spend a lot of money to buy horse bones!

Guo Jinyu scratched his head and said embarrassedly:

"Well, I don't have any ideas there yet. Previously, Media Media was planning to invest in me to shoot a period drama. I hadn't finished writing the script, and then they came over to us."

Wei Wu asked casually: "What's your name? What are you talking about?"

Guo Jinyu replied: "The name of the script is "Beautiful Life", and it mainly tells the story of a drama troupe in the 1980s, where a sudden car accident tragically broke up three families.

"The story of four people who experienced changes and formed a special family, and eventually became a harmonious family."

Wei Wu had no memory of the name of this TV series, but he seemed to have a vague impression of the plot he was talking about. This TV series seemed to be starring Li Xuejian.

The reputation is good, but the ratings are quite average, and it doesn't even seem to be a star.

Then this drama definitely cannot be launched as Guo Jinyu's first drama after joining Wei Guo Group.

They say you can buy horse bones with a thousand pieces of gold, but you have to let people hear the noise!

Before he joined Wei Wu, he was nominated for Best Director for Magnolia for two consecutive years. As a result, his first drama after joining Wei Wu's company had problems even getting a star. Where does this put Wei Wu's face?

So Wei Wu said bluntly: "I have no doubt about your level. Once I heard it, I knew it must be a good script, but this kind of subject matter can easily be ignored!"

As mentioned before, Guo Jinyu is not the kind of aloof director. He still values ​​the performance of his works.

He even values ​​ratings results more than word-of-mouth or anything like that!

He can accept that his TV series are criticized as bad dramas, but he can't accept that no one will watch his TV series.

In fact, he himself felt that the script "Life is Beautiful" was not interesting and he did not put a lot of thought into it. I wrote this script mainly to cope with errands.

Since Wei Wu said so, of course he didn't hesitate for a second and just discarded it like a pair of worn-out shoes!

So Guo Jinyu immediately filled Wei Wu's glass of wine and said in a flattering tone:

"Boss, I have no idea now. Could you please give me some advice?"

So Wei Wu said: "In 1984, there was a very popular TV series on CCTV called "Harbin at Night". Have you heard of it?"

Guo Jinyu nodded: "Not only have I heard of it, I also watched it when I was a child! The New Year's Day party was not held that year, but this TV series was shown. I still remember it to this day.

"Boss, you don't want to remake this TV series, do you?"

Wei Wu nodded and said, "Yes, I have obtained the rights to remake this drama. Do you think it's a good idea?"

To be honest, Guo Jinyu doesn't know if the remake of this drama will be successful, but he trusts Wei Wu's sense of smell and judgment.

Moreover, spy dramas have been very popular in the past two years. This drama itself has a certain influence. If it is remade, the ratings should be good.

Thinking of this, Guo Jinyu earnestly pleaded:

"If you, boss, are willing to believe me, just leave this show to me. I will definitely not let you down."

Don't worry, Wei Wu must be relieved. After all, Guo Jinyu is best at period dramas and spy dramas.

Seventy or eighty percent of the dramas he shoots are about these two themes. This is his specialty, there's no reason why he can't cook it well.

Wei Wu nodded and said: "If you are willing to take it, that would be the best. But I have to give you a few words of advice. The quality of the old version of "Harbin Under Night" is already very good.

"If you say that you are simply reproducing it, I'm afraid the audience will dislike our lack of sincerity, and naturally they won't buy it."

Guo Jinyu pricked up his ears and listened carefully, knowing that Wei Wu was going to talk about the solution next. Sure enough, he heard Wei Wu continue:

"You have been filming "Snow Leopard" with me during this period, and you must have noticed something. I filmed our drama as an idol drama.

"You can call it a war idol drama, or an anti-war idol drama, but it all means the same thing."

Wei Wu paused deliberately when he said this. Guo Jinyu understood immediately and continued to guess:

"So what you're saying is that you want me to remake "Harbin at Night" as an idol drama?"

The reason why Wei Wu emphasized this sentence was naturally because he was worried that Guo Jinyu would give the male lead of this drama to his younger brother Yang Zhigang.

If it were a general spy drama, Yang Zhigang could play it, but certainly not in this drama.

After all, Yang Zhigang's appearance is difficult to classify as an idol actor.

Wei Wu nodded and said, "Yes, spy idol dramas can be called spy puppet dramas for short.

"In fact, in a few years, you will find that any subject can be used to make idol dramas, and everything can be idolized."

In fact, the idea of ​​making "Harbin Under the Night" into an idol drama was not Wei Wu's own idea.

Zhao Baogang did this in his previous life. He chose Lu Yi + Li Xiaoran as the male and female protagonists. The second male Zhou Jie, the second female Sui Junbo, and the third female Xu Huanhuan are also handsome and beautiful.

This drama can be said to have completely inherited Zhao Baogang's consistent aesthetic and dreamy idol style.

Not only are the costumes and scenery carefully designed, and the pursuit of excellence in formal beauty, but the emotional line also occupies a large part of the drama.

Although the drama has been criticized after it was broadcast, the Douban score of 7.1 is not particularly high.

Some people even say that this is an idol drama in the name of the War of Resistance. The male and female protagonists are in love and drive away the devils and become enlightened!

Having said that, the audience still buys it. The ratings of this drama in the previous life were as high as 4.7, ranking fifth among the top ten popular dramas in mainland China in 2008.

How exaggerated is this rating? Let me put it this way, CCTV also had a magical drama that more people may know, that is the famous "Magic Phone".

The average rating of "Magic Phone" is 4, and "Harbin Under the Night" is much higher than it.

After listening to Wei Wu's words, Guo Jinyu thought for a while, then nodded and said:

"No problem, I know how to shoot it."