Xu Rong spent a week carefully reading the original work of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from beginning to end, and then turned to look at the outline and the first ten episodes of "The New Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Gao Xixi sent to him.

But after reading it, a series of question marks appeared in his mind.

Gao Xixi is also a big liar, the core character of the fart, and the scenes of Sun Quan, if we concentrated on filming, it would be completed in less than ten days.

This was not something he cared about, because after Gao Xixi revealed some information to him, he was already mentally prepared. If it was really a core role, Gao Xixi would not have given it to him so easily.

What puzzled him the most was the shortcomings in the plot. Even though "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not official history, many of the plots were written like child's play like an ancient puppet show.

In addition, it is called "New Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and the lines are even more straightforward than those in idol dramas. I am afraid even elementary school students can understand it.

This is not consistent with the original work.

But primary school students can understand it.

Some plots are a bit bizarre or even outrageous, such as the Soochow plot he focused on, which is basically completely original or even nonsense.

But it is undeniable that it is tortuous enough for the general public, especially the younger generation, who do not understand the Three Kingdoms.

What's even more peculiar is that the stance of "New Three Kingdoms" is different from that of the original work. The original work is obviously from the perspective of Shu, while "New Three Kingdoms" is leaning towards Wei.

Probably also to highlight the word "new" in the name.

Xu Rong roughly went through the outline of the script, and combined with Gao Xixi's previous complaints and some rumors, he roughly understood the reason.

Is there really a problem with the quality of the screenwriter?

After all, he was the screenwriter of "Kangxi Dynasty", and New Three Kingdoms was not written by one person, but was jointly written by four or five screenwriters.

It’s impossible for them not to consider the original work, and it’s impossible not to consider the official history.

But among the 1.3 billion Chinese people, how many people have read the original work of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and how many people understand "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

The root of the problem still lies in catering to the market. The dialogue design of "The Ming Dynasty" is exquisite enough, but it is so high-spirited and low-key that latecomers cannot and dare not learn lessons.

Why can family ethics such as "Country Love" and "Golden Wedding" become popular dramas?

Because compared to the few viewers who pursue exquisiteness, more people like to watch this kind of twists and turns. This is caused by the advancement of urbanization, the improvement of general material life, and the rapid increase in the base of middle- and low-income people.

The most important thing is, can Gao Xixi make the decision?

Xu Rong thought of some rumors and couldn't help but be silent.

At the beginning of last year, "New Three Kingdoms" kicked off with great fanfare and was officially put into production with a total investment of 60 million. It will be directed by Chen Jialin, who has worked with him twice and is not familiar with it.

Xu Rong knew about this because Li Youbin once considered vying for the role of Cao Cao, but there was no chance at all.

Also competing for this role were Jiang Wen and Chen Baoguo.

In the end, Chen Jialin made the decision to cast Jiang Wen as Cao Cao. Although Chen Baoguo didn't get what he wanted, he still got the role of Sima Yi.

In addition, Emperor is one of the investors, and related artists have also joined the cast, such as Jackie Chan as Sun Jian, Son Rent as Cao Zhi, Nicholas Tse as Lu Bu, and his wife Zhang Baizhi who is now deeply involved in "a certain caretaker" as Diao Chan, and others include Kou Shixun and Gui Ya.

Lei, Jin Chengwu and so on.

But within two months, Chen Jialin was forced to resign because he was too old to cope with the huge workload of "New Three Kingdoms", and all the casts he had planned were overturned.

It seems like a joke, but the reason of "advanced age" has left a fig leaf for major employers.

After Chen Jialin stepped down, the young and middle-aged director Yan Jiangang took over. In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes and gain more say, Yan Jiangang brought 30 million yuan into the group, and the total investment in "New Three Kingdoms" increased to 90 million yuan.

But he was not immune to Chen Jialin's sad resignation. Within two months, Yan Jiangang resigned and divested his capital at the same time. Compared to Chen Jialin's silence, the slightly younger Yan Jiangang was more radical. After his resignation, he issued a statement explaining the reasons.

, in short, the management is too knowledgeable.

"Due to a variety of complex reasons that are not suitable to be explained at the moment, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" cannot meet the most basic creative conditions."

“It is difficult to reach an agreement at the operational level with individual investors.”

"Literary scripts created by screenwriters should not undergo subversive, non-professional, non-television transformations."

The source of the contradiction is obvious.

Chen Jialin was the first to eat a hedgehog and was pricked in the mouth. He was still excusable. Yan Jiangang saw something was wrong and specially changed into a pair of steel mouth and iron teeth before using the chopsticks, but he still could not escape the end of leaving sadly.

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The investors of "New Three Kingdoms" were too "professional" and too market-oriented, which seriously interfered with the normal creation of the work.

Could it be that Gao Xixi didn't see the problem that everyone could see?

Xu Rong felt that he knew it very well.

Just like Gao Xixi once wanted Jia Yiping to play Zhuge Liang, but although he was the director, he could not decide on the actor for the main role.

Not everyone is Jia Zhangke.

During the filming of "Once Upon a Time in China" a while ago, director Zhang Li had some trouble with his male lead Zhang Guoli over whether he wanted to pursue the ultimate shooting effect. Zhang Li wanted to take the filming slowly and polish it carefully to produce a good work, but the crew was in trouble.

In one day, hundreds of thousands were spent like water, which Zhang Guoli, as a producer, could not accept.

What the employer pursues is nothing more than to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. To increase revenue, the work must be bizarre enough to attract the audience and satisfy their curiosity. To reduce expenditure, of course, it means to find ways to save money.

Sun Quan is also pretty good.

After thinking this, Xu Rong closed the computer and sent a text message to Gao Xixi.

Next, he prepared "Latent" while waiting for the script. This time, he didn't intend to follow suit and went to Li Xuejian to rehearse the play. With an A- overall evaluation, there was no problem in supporting a play.

And what Tong Zirong said is not unreasonable. He must form his own expression style instead of imitating others intentionally or unintentionally.

That would limit yourself.

Although Song Jia had various worries, he temporarily put them behind him. He was famous for his spy wars and could not ruin his reputation in the spy wars. This was the basis for his survival.

Even if the transformation fails in the future and he returns, he will still be the leader and the front line in spy dramas.

In addition to preparing for "Latent" and observing all kinds of people, in the rest of his free time, he also dragged classmate Xiao Zhang to look at the decoration and furniture.

"Teacher Xu, why did you buy such a big bed?" In the furniture store, Xiao Zhang looked at the extra large double bed that Xu Rong picked and asked strangely.

Xu Rong glanced at classmate Xiao Zhang, leaned down slightly, and whispered in her ear: "This is how you can sleep well."

Classmate Xiao Zhang became more and more confused: "But you don't need such a big one for sleeping, right? I feel like this one can sleep six of me."

"That's rest you're talking about." Xu Rong rolled her eyes at classmate Xiao Zhang and said with a smile, "Sleeping is a matter for two people."

"Oh." Xiao Zhang's ears turned slightly red. She understood what Teacher Xu meant.

Bah, Teacher Xu is so shameless!

The two of them walked around the furniture store for a long time. When they returned to school, Xiao Zhang seemed to have remembered something. He opened the zipper of his crossbody bag and put his hand in, but did not take it out. Instead, he raised his chin and head and asked.

Said: "Teacher Xu, do you want to have some ice cream?"

Seeing Xu Rong's brows slightly furrowed, as if he was about to start preaching again, classmate Xiao Zhang looked at him very seriously and exaggeratedly, and said eagerly: "It's so hot today, don't you really want to eat ice cream?"

Xu Rong glared at her and said helplessly: "If you use your obsession with ice cream and milk tea in your studies, I can guarantee that you will be admitted to the graduate school of Chinese opera."

Now that spring has just begun, the weather is a little warmer today, and the two of them have walked a lot. It is a bit hot, but not to the point of "so hot" as Xiao Zhang said. She is just greedy.

Xiao Zhang shook his head hurriedly, took out his bag, and patted his belly: "I really don't want to eat at all, it is what he wants to eat. He just told me that he has been there for more than a month.

No ice cream."

Xu Rong smiled and rubbed her head and said, "Okay, let's agree first that we will eat it once a month and no more."

"Hey, Teacher Xu, you're so kind." Xiao Zhang quickly took out his recharge card from his bag, paused and said, "Wait for me, I'll go back to the dormitory to get my schoolbag first, and then

Let’s go to the library again.”

"Wait a minute, give me the card and I'll buy it." He called to her and reached out to take the card, "Strawberry flavored?"

"Yeah, okay." Classmate Xiao Zhang nodded, "There are still three dollars in the card. Don't buy expensive ones. I won't be happy if you spend them all."

"Huh?" Xu Rong raised his eyebrows. He knew that classmate Xiao Zhang wanted to be a monster again.

As the two of them got along for a longer time and their relationship became closer, Xiao Zhang gradually began to reveal a side that was not common in the past. He always liked to act, and he became more and more energetic in acting.

But in his opinion, it was just acting like a monster.

Classmate Xiao Zhang opened his eyes wide and asked, "What, is that too much?"

Xu Rong spread his hands and said, "Yes, there are too many. I can't even bear to spend them."

Classmate Xiao Zhang snorted, pouted and said, "You are a petty person. You have to learn to adapt to being my man."

"Haha... goose goose goose."

After saying that, she didn't care about Xu Rong and ran towards the dormitory.

The two of them planned to go to the library to study for a while and then go out to eat after dinner time. However, after buying ice cream and a solemn ice cream handover ceremony, Xu Rong's phone rang.

Xu Rong took out his cell phone and took a look. It was from Gao Mantang.

He has collaborated with him before. Gao Mantang is the screenwriter of "Crossing the Guandong". He has previously worked on "Family with Nine Phoenixes", "The Great Craftsman" and other works, and is one of the famous screenwriters in the industry.

"Hey, Xu Rong, are you busy?"

"Hey, Teacher Gao, no, I'm at school. What's the matter?"

"I'm telling you, that book is really a good book. Please think about it carefully."

When Xu Rong heard Gao Mantang's words, he didn't react for a while. After a while, he said: "Teacher Gao, have you made a mistake? I don't remember pushing your book. If I did, I would definitely call you first."
To be continued...