Throughout October 2004, the popularity of the TV series "Sword and Sword" and Zhang Jin's speech at the press conference were like a meteorite falling into the ocean, setting off a huge wave in the entire Chinese film and television industry!

In this era when TV dramas are still based on actors' acting skills and plots as the main selling points, the TV series "Xianjian" came out. It uses young and handsome men and beauties who are close to the characters, majestic and beautiful animation special effects to complete a harvest of popularity and eyeballs!

To be fair, most of the starring actors in Fairy Sword are immature in their acting skills and have a simple plot, but it is such a seemingly ordinary combination that has achieved results beyond everyone's imagination!

Faced with such hot ratings results, insiders have conducted various analyzes and dissections of the show.

Seniors in the Chinese film and television industry have seen that not only fashion dramas can be used to make idol dramas, but costume dramas can also be used to make idol dramas.

Compared with fashion idol dramas, which can easily lead to money worship in society, costume idol dramas do not have this concern, and the age range of the target audience is wider than that of fashion idol dramas, making them more likely to be welcomed by the market.

Of course, strictly speaking, the TV series Fairy Sword is not an idol drama, because the core of the plot and story is not the model and scope of an idol drama, and the large number of martial arts scenes and advanced special effects shots are not something idol dramas can have.

However, if we classify it based on the appearance of the protagonists and actors, then the Fairy Sword TV series must be a proper idol drama!

The National Day finale of the TV series Fairy Sword has been a hot topic. Many satellite TV stations came to discuss their intention to purchase the film with the distribution company, and quoted a high price. Everyone wanted to grab the second round of premiere or broadcast.

Exclusive broadcast rights.

After all, the ratings are here, and the popularity is here. Those viewers who haven't had time to watch it for the first time, or who haven't watched it from beginning to end due to delays due to various things, or who still want to watch it again, are all

It is a huge viewing group, and the ratings it provides will definitely be more, not less.

After some negotiations, and with Zhang Jin's signature, the company signed a second-round broadcast rights agreement with the five satellite TV stations with higher ratings and the largest audience.

The five satellite TV stations are Mango Channel, Tomato Channel, Lychee Channel, Blueberry Channel and Taishan Channel.

Since it is broadcast by five satellite TV stations at the same time, the price is naturally not high, but it is still much more profitable than the first broadcast rights.

Zhang Jin doesn't care about this. The five satellite TV stations want the Fairy Sword TV series to increase ratings, and he needs them to promote and build momentum for the Fairy Sword IP. Even if the other party doesn't take the initiative to negotiate for the broadcast rights, he will ask the company to take the initiative to give them to him.

Right to play.

After completing the production and broadcast of the Fairy Sword TV series and launching the first Fairy Sword IP, Zhang Jin’s energy turned to another major life event—his and Qiu Ya’s wedding!

When she was watching the Olympic Games in Athens before, Qiu Ya said that if she wanted to get married, she had to arrange a romantic proposal first.

So Zhang Jin made a romantic proposal one night during the storm. The high-intensity exercise made Qiu Ya, who was half asleep, finally reluctant to refuse and accept the proposal, but she was embarrassed and angry and agreed.

The result was that although the proposal was successful, Zhang Jin had to look at Qiu Ya several times a day for the next week and could only sleep on the sofa in the living room and was not even allowed to enter the bedroom.

Regarding this, Zhang Jin had an indifferent attitude and just let the other party have a good rest and not to overtax his body.

After the proposal is successful, the next step is naturally to prepare for the wedding.

We first picked a date, and after discussing it with my father-in-law and mother-in-law, we decided on February 25th next year as the wedding day.

In the words of the master, the Wuyin month and Gengchen day of the Yiyou year are Wuji, which is suitable for getting married, moving into a house, getting a certificate, traveling, raising a bride, traveling, seeking an heir, and breaking ground. It is an excellent and auspicious day!

Because it was just after the Spring Festival in February, the weather in Xihong City in early spring was still cold as late winter, so after Zhang Jin discussed with Qiu Ya, they decided to hold the wedding in Bali, Indonesia.

The climate is warm and the scenery is beautiful, making it perfect for weddings and honeymoons, and most importantly, it is fashionable and private enough.

Although Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya are not big celebrities in China, they are also famous in their respective fields.

Not to mention Qiu Ya, a young Steinway artist, her status as the boss of Zhang Jin Group alone has considerable influence in Xihong's municipal and commercial circles. Moreover, the two of them also have star classmates such as Xia Luo, Ma Dongmei, and Wang Duoyu.

Friends, these people bring a lot of media attention.

Both Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya are the kind of people who distinguish between public and private affairs. Life is life and career is career. They need the spotlight in their careers but not in their lives. Therefore, they attach great importance to the privacy of their wedding.

They planned to invite some friends, classmates, and relatives for this wedding, which would be simple but not simple.

Time flies by like a flash, and the last two months of 2004 passed quickly.

Listening to the sound of Charlotte singing from the New Year's Eve party on TV, 2005 arrived as scheduled.

During the Spring Festival Gala in 2005, Charlotte declined the invitation and did not continue to sing on stage. Instead, she stayed at home to spend the New Year with her mother.

Without Xia Luo, a super popular singer in China, the Spring Festival Gala program team took a different approach and brought in last year's most popular TV series, the creators of the Fairy Sword trio.

Three good-looking young actors, Hu Ge, Liu Yifei, and An Yixuan, performed two Fairy Sword songs on the stage.

Zhang Jin, who was at the dinner table, almost burst out laughing at the food in his mouth after seeing the show crew's saucy stunt.

To talk about the showmanship, you still have to watch the Spring Festival Gala program. After the Xiaoyao Ling'er group sang "June Rain", they then asked Lin Yueru to sing "Always Quiet" solo. This is really causing trouble!

It is said that the Spring Festival Gala basically consists of lip-synching in order to ensure the program's effectiveness.

So when Zhang Jin watched An Yixuan singing "Always Quiet" the whole time, I always felt that she couldn't help laughing several times under the cover of the microphone.

But it has to be said that although the Spring Festival Gala was suspected of causing trouble, this wave of manipulation still aroused heated discussions among the young audience. The amount of discussion about this program quickly rose to the first place on the Internet, and several interesting skits were

They were all squeezed in.

The reason why the Fairy Sword trio in the Spring Festival Gala has received such high attention is mainly because during the winter vacation, five satellite TV stations broadcast the Fairy Sword TV series at the same time. Except for one satellite TV, which chose to broadcast it in the noon time slot, the other four all competed with each other for ratings during the prime time slot.

When gods fight, little devils suffer.

Satellite TV is already very strong in variety shows, but with the added attraction of popular drama series, many local channels and satellite TV that did not get the second-round broadcast rights of the Fairy Sword TV series suffered a huge impact on their ratings.

Even CCTV's ratings during prime time periods can only be ranked third, being outshone by Mango Channel and Tomato Channel.

The entire period from late January to mid-February was a carnival for Fairy Sword fans. Not only was the discussion about the Fairy Sword TV series unabated, but it also drove the popularity of stand-alone games. Both genuine sales and pirated downloads ushered in a short peak.

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In this atmosphere, Channel Tomato reported news from the Soft Development Team that the preliminary preparations for the fourth part of Legend of Sword and Fairy had been completed and were about to enter the formal development stage.

Combined with a previous interview with a domestic game magazine, Fairy Sword IV will use a foreign engine and receive sufficient capital injection. This generation of games will be completely different from the previous three generations and will show players a brand new world of Fairy Sword.

The report came in a timely manner, and the topic was quickly pushed to the hot discussion list among players. Sword and Sword IV had already received sufficient expectations before it was officially developed, making the development team members feel both motivated and pressured.

Eighty percent of the sufficient development funds that Sword and Sword IV received came from investment from Zhang Jin's company, and he also allowed his company to take advantage of this opportunity to acquire various copyrights.

As the largest investor in the Sword and Sword IV project, Zhang Jin has the right to put forward his own requirements for game development and production. Just when the main creator of the project team was worried that his proposal would destroy all previous preparations, at the development meeting held two years ago, his

His speech made everyone sigh in relief.

Only now did the main creators realize that this was not an outsider leading an expert, but a game enthusiast who had extremely high requirements for game quality.

Zhang Jin did not interfere with the core content of RPG games such as plot and character design, but made rich and specific suggestions on how to play the game and the construction of the game world.

For example, a completely open super-large map, richer side plots and fully interactive NPCs. Killing NPCs will affect certain tasks.

Enrich turn-based strategies in battles with various mobs and bosses, allowing players to have more optional combinations for combat.

His original plan was to directly change from a turn-based system to instant action, but it was estimated that the technology and staff reserves were insufficient. In order to stabilize the reputation of Sword and Sword IV and ensure the development progress, he had to give up in the end.

After all, you can’t become a fat man in one bite, and you need to accumulate experience and skills. At the worst, we can wait until a real-time action role-playing version of Sword and Sword IV is released in the future. Based on the original version, we will strengthen the main line and branch plots, improve the graphics, and enhance the openness of the game world, striving for

Make a domestic fairy tale stand-alone masterpiece comparable to "The Witcher 3".

Of course, turn-based games also have the advantages of turn-based games, which are more casual and more attractive to female players and handicapped players.

In addition to general suggestions, there are also many small technical requirements, such as character movements, expressions, stiff clothing dynamics, mediocre skill special effects, ugly maze modeling, single types of mobs and bosses, etc.

Pay attention to perfection.

After listening to Zhang Jin’s lengthy suggestions, everyone in the project team was a little confused!

Laughing Dog scratched his hair and said with a wry smile: "I can tell, this one is always prepared. I was a little confused after hearing so many suggestions. I felt like I was not a producer, he was more like a producer.

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The foreman drank most of the mineral water, his eyes bright: "I think Mr. Zhang's suggestions are very interesting. Many of his ideas coincide with mine. They are in line with the development of current games and the development trend of future games.

I think by modifying and refining it according to his suggestions, we will definitely be able to make a better game than the previous plan!"

"If we follow Mr. Zhang's suggestion, except for the main plot remaining unchanged, we will almost overturn the entire early planning and preparations and make a new game. Moreover, the open world requires a large number of side plots to support it, and I estimate that at least more writing will be required.

There are tens or millions of words of copywriting." A certain tree next to me and the stomach demon looked at each other.

Call me Lao K and laugh: "It's okay to write copywriting. I think the worst thing is Ku J. If we really want to make this kind of open world where NPCs can be killed at will and the plot of the mission is also affected, their programmers are the most guilty.

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Ku J glanced at him and said calmly: "The programming team has decided to expand. As long as we recruit enough people and experts, we are not actually too tired."

"Hey, hey, your programming team is expanding its recruitment, why doesn't our copywriting team have more recruitment? This is unfair!" Moushu couldn't help but said.

The Stomach Demon also protested: "If you put it this way, our art team also needs to expand its recruitment, and we need to be creative and draw backgrounds. How can we have so much time and hands? I am not Sun Wukong!"

When Foreman Jun and Laughing Dog heard the team's discussion, they both had uncontrollable smiles on their faces.

Although everyone is complaining on the surface, in fact everyone's enthusiasm for the development of the Sword and Sword IV project is unquestionable. Now that there are sufficient funds, who is not striving to make a better stand-alone game?

This development meeting lasted for two days. Zhang Jin and the various main creators had in-depth discussions on the details of the suggestions and agreed on the project development plan for Sword and Sword IV.

As a result, a new Fairy Sword IV project based on the original plot to create an open Fairy Sword world was officially established.

Except for the ancestral turn-based system, the new version of Sword and Sword IV will be completely different from the previous generations of games, so the difficulty of development has doubled, and the development team has also begun to recruit people to expand its strength.

From early preparation, team running, to developing the main body of the game, releasing a trial version for testing, and finally releasing the official version, it is conservatively estimated to take two to three years.

Zhang Jin told them not to hurry up and work hard, but to perfect the game before releasing it for sale, lest players become more disappointed with their expectations and eventually cause negative effects. Just like a certain cyber bug 2077, in which case the gains outweigh the losses.

Zhang Jin knows that only by maintaining a good reputation can he continue to make money on this IP. Even if it is cutting leeks, players and fans are willing to cut them. One party has fun and the other party is happy to make money, the best of both worlds!

This can only be described in one word - win-win!

After the Spring Festival, Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya's wedding has entered the countdown stage of preparations. After spending a lot of money to find a famous domestic wedding planning company, they don't need to worry too much about anything. They just need to live their lives normally and wait until the wedding day.

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February 20th, there are still five days until the wedding.

Under the arrangement of the wedding company, Zhang Jin and Qiu Ya flew to Bali first and started taking photos.

In Bali in February, the temperature is suitable and the scenery is beautiful. Many couples come here to hold weddings and honeymoons.

During the photo shoot, Zhang Jin met several couples from Korea and Japan.

The two spent three days taking photos. After taking the photos, they notified their relatives and friends to come to Bali to attend the wedding. Naturally, they paid for all travel expenses, food and accommodation, and they were not short of money anyway.

The parents of both parties were the first to arrive, followed by old classmates, relatives of both parties, business friends and subordinates, everyone gathered together.
Chapter completed!