Who are you calling powerful?

"Yes, it's "Snow Swordsman"."

Wei Yang stuck a chicken wing with two iron sticks and nodded.

Penguin owns a certain point and has most of the high-quality male IPs, but it doesn't mean that Wei Yang can only shoot female IPs.

Not to mention that he has accumulated some copyrights and the market is also circulating. Even if Penguin monopolizes a certain point, there are other online literature websites.

"Snow Swordsman" is an IP that is not serialized on a certain point, but its influence is even greater than many of the popular online novels on a certain point.

And this IP was also acquired by Boss Wei, who opened the "Sky Eye" when it was still serialized.

Last year, this online novel was officially completed, and its influence is also fermenting. Although it has not reached its peak, it can also be developed.

After all, an online novel of this size cannot be finished. The TV series drives the novel, and the novel then feeds back to the TV series, which is a mature linkage.

This point was not done very well in "Celebrating Yu Nian" at the beginning.

On the one hand, the era of short videos did not come when the TV series was popular, lacking the most powerful communication channels. On the other hand, there are too few "famous scenes" in "Celebrating Yu Nian" itself, and the content is story-oriented, which is not suitable for fragmented publicity.

Hu Ge has not read the book, or even heard of it, and looked at Li Jiahang: "How is the book?"

"It's very popular and good-looking."

Li Jiahang briefly talked about the plot of "Snow Swordsman", and finally couldn't help looking at Boss Wei and said something.

"In fact, this drama also has online casting, and the most popular male lead Xu Fengnian is Lao Wei."

He also didn't say one sentence, that is, Li Jiahang is the most popular for Xu Fengnian's good brother Wen Hua.

Some fans even compared the two with the characters in the book, and there are many similarities. It is suspected that the author used Wei and Li as reference when writing the two.

Li Jiahang is half a fan of "Snow Swordsman", so he also thought about the future film and television adaptation. Wei Yang plays Xu Fengnian and he plays Wen Hua, which is a perfect match.

Now Wei Yang intends to let Hu Ge play this drama, and he is more or less not in favor of it.

Hu Ge also looked at Wei Yang when he heard it: "Everyone chooses you, why don't you play it?"

In front of his own people, Wei Yang said whatever he wanted: "I don't really like the character of Xu Fengnian."

When Wei Yang was filming, even when he had no choice in the early days, he would try his best to pick a role that he liked.

Now, for him, the proportion of utilitarian ideas in filming is getting smaller and smaller.

The roles and plays he chose must be those he likes or approves of. If he doesn't feel or even dislikes them, he will definitely not torture himself.

Wei Yang doesn't hate the book "Snow Sword", and even likes some related famous scenes.

But he doesn't comment on some of the plots and protagonists in the book.

How to say it, with a kind of hypocritical frustration!

Wei Yang doesn't disagree with tragedy. In "Chi Le Chuan", Gao Huan finally became a hero in his twilight years, and even fell in a small town, which seems to be more aggrieved.

But this is real history, Wei Yang can't do anything if he doesn't accept it, but "Snow Sword" is a novel.

This gives people a completely different feeling. The former is the absurdity and unwillingness of history, while the latter makes people feel that it is a forced plot killing.

Of course, Wei Yang knows that this is a creative arrangement, and the author conceived it this way, but it does not prevent him, as a reader and actor, from not liking this kind of plot and characters.

Dislike is one reason, and the large volume is another reason.

"Snow Sword" has 4.5 million words, which is too long. The trilogy may not be completed. Wei Yang already has the "Chinatown Detective" series and does not want to tie up another long-term project.

In addition, this play has a lot of fighting scenes, which is also a major reason for Boss Wei, who is not good at this.

For Boss Wei, these reasons are enough for him to refuse to play "Snow Sword".

As for the high voice of book fans?

It's not Boss Wei's boasting. After "My Love from the Star", "Shan Shan Comes", "Eastern Palace", "Celebrating Yu Nian" and "Nirvana in Fire", Wei Yang's nickname is [Walking Online Male Protagonist].

Whether it is male or female, urban romance or historical fantasy, it may be a bit too much for Boss Wei to match all of them, but for more than 50% of the male protagonist castings in online novels, he is the first choice, and at least one of the favorites.

If Wei Yang accepts all of them, he will not be able to finish filming even if he is reborn for two lifetimes...

But no matter what, "Snow Sword" is a good IP, and it should be filmed.

Putting aside Wei Yang, the most popular candidates for the role of Xu Fengnian are Hu Ge and Chen Kun.

Chen Kun has a higher voice, but Wei Yang has no friendship with him, and he is older and is no longer suitable for this role.

In fact, Hu Ge is a bit older, but relatively okay. To put it bluntly, it is too difficult to find an actor of the same age as Xu Fengnian in the book.

The temperament, acting skills, and experience of male actors all need time to polish, and young male actors are unlikely to be able to support the role.

When Zhang Ruoyun took this role in her previous life, she was also in her 30s. Hu Ge is 35 years old now, which is not old.

Although Hu Ge got older later, as the plot changed, Xu Fengnian became more mature and experienced, which was understandable.

As for Zhang Ruoyun, Wei Yang thought that he did not play this role successfully in his previous life, which was far worse than Fan Xian, so it was better to choose Chen Yao than him.

However, Chen Yao was the man of the dead girl, and Boss Wei would not support the enemy.

As for Hu Ge, they have always been close, and Liu Shishi also has shares in Tangren, so they have always been considered his own people.

Moreover, Wei Yang robbed Hu Ge's most famous masterpiece "Nirvana in Fire", so he should also give him a good resource.

"I'll go back and read a book and think about it."

Hu Ge didn't agree directly, not because he didn't trust Boss Wei, but because he wanted to make sure whether the role was suitable for him. Agreeing hastily would be a trap for others.

After threading the skewers, Wu Jing and Hu Ge went to the shore to see the catch. Li Jiahang, who had been silent just now, couldn't hold it back.

"I think Hu Ge is not suitable for Xu Fengnian?"

Wei Yang asked back: "Who is suitable?"

"you."

"I won't act!"

Wei Yang reiterated it again, and then said: "Now you can choose an actor whose reputation, acting skills, temperament, age are all suitable, and who can be used by me."

Li Jiahang was silent, while Wei Yang put the meat skewers into categories and said in a calm voice: "I'm not a book fan, I'm a businessman. Book fans look at whether the role is suitable. If not, they would rather not film it. I'm not that simple. My purpose is to make money." "

Wei Yang has adapted quite a few online novels, but none of them can satisfy everyone with their casting choices.

Forget about him, even if the author himself came, it would be useless.

Taking "Celebrating More Than Years" as an example, Mao Ni is based on Lin Waner written by Ariel Ariel, while Begonia Duoduo's image is more like a village girl.

But not many people will support Lin Yichen as the heroine, especially after Liu Shishi's version appeared. If Wei Yang really found a village girl to replace Tang Yan as Begonia Duoduo, I don't know how many viewers would yell at her.

In the same way, if you bring "The Warlords" to cast for "Swordsman in the Snow", many people will still not recognize it.

Even, it is said that Zhang Ruoyun was appointed by Fenghuo in his previous life. This does not rule out that it was just a pretentious comment, but he did express his approval, but book fans should still resist.

Therefore, Boss Wei will not torture himself and choose to strive for relative rather than absolute.

Of course he knew that Hu Ge was not the most suitable actor for Xu Fengnian, but the key was that no one could turn him into a vivid Northern Liang prince.

He bought the copyright, started preparations for the project, and even planned the subsequent layout. He couldn't just leave it alone.

Li Jiahang remained silent. Although Hu Ge did not meet his imagination, at least it was produced by Blue Whale and the quality was guaranteed. At least it was much better than other IPs that had been wasted.

Mao Ni's "Zhetian Ji" just started airing some time ago, starring Yang Yang and Sister Shuangzi.

Although it's not like I couldn't tell who the heroine was in my previous life, the filming is still bad enough.

The data is not bad, but the reputation has been criticized. The Douban score is 4.5 points, and fans don't even want to mention it. It has become a major waterloo for the male video IP film and television.

It also reminds everyone that the success of "Celebrating More Than Years" is not because of Mao Ni, but because of Boss Wei.

Adapting web articles is a technical job, and not just any company can do it well, especially for male videos. Except for Blue Whale, no other company has succeeded yet.

After thinking about it this way, Li Jiahang felt much better, and Wei Yang suddenly became enlightened after knowing his thoughts.

He had completely forgotten about these colleagues who were "happy to help others".

It doesn't matter if there are some flaws in "Swordsman in the Snow", as long as it is above the standard, and other colleagues in the industry perform such saucy operations as entangling their own mothers, turning their fighting spirit into horses, etc., it will immediately be hailed as a masterpiece, and the author can't wait to give him a thumbs up... …

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While grilling skewers, Wei Yang smiled and looked at the child who was being chased by Xie Nan not far away.

That is the son of Wu Jing and Xie Nan. He is less than 3 years old now, and his nickname is Wu So-called.

Wei Yang was also about to be a father. He was happy when he saw the child. After grilling the skewers, he was the first to ask the child to come over and eat.

"What did you call me?"

Wei Yang was teasing the child with a skewer. The child looked up at his father and screamed at his reminder.

"Wei...Uncle Wei."

"Be good, eat."

After taking off the meat skewers and blowing them to cool down, Wei Yang gave them to the child. The child chewed them very well. After eating two skewers, he chased after Wei Yang's buttocks to get new ones.

In the distance, Xie Nan looked at Boss Wei who was having fun with his son, and smiled at Liu Shi.

"I think your family really likes children."

Liu Shishi touched his belly and shared with his best friend: "The child is obsessed with me. He will lie next to my belly and listen to the noise when there is nothing wrong. If there is any noise, he will be as happy as a fool."

Liu Yan, who was listening for a while, couldn't help but glance at Boss Wei with a strange expression.

She really couldn't imagine what it would be like for this super rich man and entertainment overlord to giggle?

Xie Nan looked around and lowered his voice: "Have you checked the boy or girl?"

Liu Shishi hesitated for a moment, then nodded to prevent his best friend from overthinking, and also explained.

"I didn't want to check at first, but my parents kept thinking about it, and he and I couldn't help it, so we finally checked."

According to regulations, hospitals are not allowed to check the gender of the unborn fetus and inform the family members, but if you want to know, there are ways, let alone a rich man like Boss Wei.

Xie Nan asked again: "How to say?"

Liu Shishi made a gesture, and Xie Nan's face immediately became happy: "Good boy, good boy, it can save you a lot of trouble."

Again, it is said that boys and girls are the same, and the young couple may think so, but when it comes to the ideas of the older generation and the special situation of Wei Yang, it is safer to have a son.

Liu Shishi thought the same way. With this son, she was completely stable.

If you want a daughter, you can have another baby in the future!

Xie Nan looked at Liu Shishi's belly and felt that it was a little bigger than when he was pregnant. He was probably a strong boy. Liu Shishi, the mother, would probably suffer.

"Pre-production period is when?"

"In June, it should be mid to late June."

Xie Nan counted on his fingers and it was about two and a half months, not much longer.

"It's so fast, I didn't feel it, but you're almost giving birth."

Li Sheng was a little emotional. She was one of the first to know that Liu Shishi was pregnant. At that time, she was worried about how to hide it from her. In a blink of an eye, the due date is almost here.

Liu Yan asked: "How long will it take for you to return to work after giving birth?"

Others don't care about Liu Shishi's work, but she is still the second female lead in "Witch", so she has to have an idea in her mind.

"I don't know, at the earliest I have to finish the confinement, but my family means that I may not film this year, at most I can participate in some activities."

Although the child was born, there is still time to recover, and the child is still young, so it's still a bit far to join the crew to film.

"In this case, Sister Shishi may not be able to hide it."

The youngest Guo Xiaoting is considered a younger sister in front of everyone. She doesn't say much, but she gets to the point.

"It can't be hidden anymore."

Since Liu Yan is related to Liu Shishi's return to work, she has paid more attention to her news. Since she hasn't appeared in public for half a year, relevant speculations have been flying all over the sky, and pregnancy is one of the mainstream speculations.

Some people even broke the news that they saw Liu Shishi in the hospital, and some people said that she is now in Singapore waiting for delivery.

Liu Shishi smiled bitterly when she heard this. In fact, the situation is even "worse" than the outside world, and many fans already know it.

After all, many so-called big fans and iron fans are in contact with the company. Liu Shishi has been late to come out, and she was injured before. How could fans not ask about it?

It's not easy to lie about this matter. In the early stage, you can use the injury to prevaricate, but in the later stage, you can only remain silent.

Fans naturally understand what's going on!

According to Lao Cai's investigation, although there are people who quit being fans in anger, most fans are actually prepared for this matter, but they are dissatisfied with the pregnancy before marriage.

Resentment is inevitable, but the main firepower has been absorbed by Boss Wei.

Now in Liu Shishi's forum and fan group, Wei Yang is equivalent to all negative words.

Wei Yang also knew about this, but he was quite calm. He had already asked his idol or goddess to give birth to a child, so what was he afraid of being scolded?

Liu Shishi had no other choice now, and could only hope that she would not make a big fuss before she gave birth.

When she gave birth and was able to appear in public, she would be able to suppress many rumors, and then cooperate with Boss Wei's public opinion operation to reduce the influence.

The picnic began, and everyone gathered together to chat and talk, having a great time.

After eating the barbecue, Liu Shishi was prone to fatigue and sleepiness during pregnancy, so Wei Yang took her to the RV to rest.

He had someone drive this car specifically to prevent Liu Shishi from getting tired. In fact, they brought carpets, folding beds, tents, and there were also rest houses in the fish pond, but considering her delicate body and hygiene issues, Boss Wei still used the RV.

Liu Shishi slept, and other women and children also took a nap. Wei Yang and several other men relaxed, fishing and playing cards on the shore.

Winning or losing was a gamble. If you lose, you run from the shore to the parking position, which is about four or five hundred meters back and forth.

Originally, he was going to run with his wife on his back. Now most women are taking a nap. Liu Yan didn't sleep, but Wu Jing and Li Jiahang had the guts but no courage.

Of course, Boss Wei had the guts, but Liu Yan didn't dare. Only Hu Ge didn't have to worry about it. He didn't want to carry Liu Yan.

Boss Wei had good luck today. He lost less and won more. The same was true for Li Jiahang. Hu and Wu suspected that they had secretly joined forces.

I hope he will admit his defeat. He has to run. Wu Jing is a martial artist. This amount of exercise is not difficult for him. Hu Ge was miserable. He almost couldn't breathe after running.

Fortunately, he didn't carry Liu Yan, otherwise he would have collapsed halfway through the run. The gravel road in the fish pond would have broken his face again...

In addition to playing cards, Wei Yang also talked about business with Wu Jing, mainly preparing for the release of "Wolf Warrior 2" in the summer.

The first "Wolf Warrior" made money, but not much.

After all, the box office was only over 500 million, and the box office share was even less. After deducting costs, expenses, taxes, etc., the remaining profits may be a pleasant surprise to Wu Jing, but it is not worth mentioning to Boss Wei.

When "Wolf Warrior 2" was first made, Wu Jing was afraid that Boss Wei would not be interested.

After all, the profit was too little, and he could not raise his enthusiasm, so he naturally would not give too much support.

But unexpectedly, Boss Wei was very straightforward at the time and gave the green light. The support was not only greater than the first one, but also beyond Wu Jing's imagination.

Apart from other things, Wu Jing wanted to gain traffic exposure and got a rich second-generation male supporting role. Wei Yang sent him Lu Han, the most popular top-tier actor in the Blue Whale series.

He stayed in Africa for nearly two months. When he returned to China, his face was tanned, and his salary was also the internal price.

Because it was filmed abroad and there were a lot of gun battles, the budget of "Wolf Warrior 2" increased again and again, from the initial 80 million to 120 million, and later to 200 million, and that was not counting publicity and promotion.

However, these budget changes were almost all based on how much he wanted and how much Wei Yang approved. If other investors were unwilling, Boss Wei would invest on his own.

In addition, because the filming was going abroad, many procedures and scopes also relied on Wei Yang.

Even the plot involved sensitive elements such as diplomacy, military affairs and international rescue, and the review was relatively strict, so Boss Wei still came forward to mediate.

When Wu Jing returned to China and faced an interview with reporters, he said that without Wei Yang, there would be no "Wolf Warrior 2", and he was extremely grateful for Boss Wei's help.

However, Boss Wei was not greedy for credit, and he knew very well why he helped "Wolf Warrior 2" so much.

Just kidding, if this movie can still achieve the results of his previous life, he can earn at least tens of billions.

Let alone helping with these things, he dared to slam the table at the Film Bureau. He now thinks Wu Jing is no different from a human-shaped gold ingot.

Even today, calling the three of them to a party was also a little thoughtful, which was a kind of hint of winning over, showing that everyone was close to each other.

The effect of this party before the release of "Wolf Warrior 2" and after the invincible performance was very different.

After all, Wu Jing's status will be different in the future. I am afraid that many people will come to poach him, and Boss Wei has to pay attention to it.

Wei Yang has never treated the other party unfairly in terms of fame and wealth, and it will be the same in the future. He can also give what others give, and add a layer of emotional cards as a bond. If Wu Jing doesn't pay attention, his wife Xie Nan will not be able to get through.

"I am really despicable."

Wei Yang sighed in his heart, and then hugged Wu Suowei who had just woken up, thinking about whether to take another insurance and let Liu Shishi recognize him as a godson...