The press conference ended, and major entertainment media rushed to report on the content of this press conference of Ark Culture and Wandou Video.

Not only entertainment media, but also economic channels are reporting on it.

For a time, Ark Culture and Wandou Video were all over the internet.

[Ark Culture’s investment in Wandou Video, will it change the current pattern of the online video industry?]

[Ark Culture and Penguin Video broke up? Why did you invest in Wandou Video?]

[Wandou Video has become one of the three major video websites due to its excellent quality of self-made content. Will joining forces with Ark Culture bring self-made film and television dramas to a higher level? 】

[Does the rumored gambling agreement exist? What kind of gambling conditions made Ark Culture and Wandou Video join forces?]

[After Wandou Video acquires shares from Ark Culture, will it pose a threat to Penguin Video? 】

There is a lot of news on the economic channel about the two companies.

However, relatively speaking, there are relatively few netizens who pay attention to economic news, so although the popularity of these economic news is not low, it is basically not in the top ten hot searches.

Entertainment news is different.

Immediately after the press conference, entertainment news about Ark Culture’s new drama hit the hot searches, and within three hours it topped the list of hot searches.

[Ark Culture released a new drama plan, Fang Xing will play two roles. 】

[Combined with the "Mist Theater" opened by Wandou Video, Fang Xing's new drama should be a suspense type. ]

[Fang Xing’s new drama is confirmed to be a suspense genre, is it another "The Beginning"? 】

[Although "The Beginning" is popular, the performance of the male and female protagonists is not eye-catching. Fang Xing's new drama plays two roles. Can it become a high-end version of "The Beginning"? 】

[After a year, Fang Xing’s new drama has started filming. Can he continue to write the myth? Or will he fall off the altar? 】

Under these gossips, people who enjoy themselves, passers-by, netizens, and anti-fans are all discussing it.

[I finally started filming a drama. I was idle for a whole year and watched "Nirvana in Fire" three times. 】

[I can finally stop watching "Wulin Gaiden"? Now I can dream about Qixia Town.]

[It’s a suspense genre, I’m really looking forward to it. However, the male and female protagonists should be more eye-catching than “The Beginning”. Although “The Beginning” is popular, the most eye-catching ones are all the supporting roles.]

[It doesn’t feel like it’s in the genre of “The Beginning”. Since it’s going to be a “fog theater”, it should be a more orthodox suspenseful criminal investigation drama. After all, the style of “fog theater” needs to be set. 】

[Indeed, I also feel that it should be a suspenseful criminal investigation, or a similar police and gangster film. If the first drama of "Mist Theater" is too biased, it will not fit the tone of this theater. ]

[Can’t you sing well? How long has it been since you released a new song? 】

[I like the song, I also like the drama, can’t I have both? 】

[Although Lu Xiang'er won the prize in the competition to bring glory to the country, but Fang Xing went on strike for more than half a year, which is too outrageous.]

…

The day after the press conference ended.

Ark Culture has been holding meetings non-stop to establish projects and start preparing for new dramas.

"The crew started preparations and contacted various teams. The filming will start in two weeks. The casting director will work overtime today and send audition invitations to the Screen Actors Guild. The list of assistant directors..."

Fang Xing announced the list of crew members vigorously and resolutely, but in the end Zhang Yigao was omitted.

After everyone on the directing team had called their names, Zhang Yi raised his hand: "Mr. Fang, I... forgot about me."

He has always been the assistant director for Fang Xing, so Zhang Yigao thought he would be the assistant director this time.

Fang Xing smiled lightly and said, "You won't join my crew this time."

"do not."

Zhang Yigao immediately felt the crisis and hurriedly explained: "Some time ago, a producer from another company did invite me to dinner. He was a former schoolmate. I have known him for more than ten years. It was just a normal meal, nothing else."

Fang Xing laughed and said: "Who cares who you eat with? This time we are going to open the 'Mist Theater' on Wandou Video. One drama is not enough.

"I discussed with Mr. Zhou from Pea Films and we will come up with another script and you will use the crew of Pea Films to make a suspense drama.

"I've seen a few MVs you directed, and you really like to use suspense shots. I'll give you a chance to try them."

When Zhang Yigao heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Really? Did Mr. Fang personally write the script?"

Fang Xing nodded and affirmed: "Yes, I will produce the script. The two crews will shoot together, and then the crew resources can be coordinated. I have already said hello to the team at Pea Films. You can bring the script to them in a few days.

Touch it.

"However, one thing I want to remind you is that I am the producer of this drama you are filming, so I will supervise the production when the time comes.

"I will not allow this drama to be bad. If I think it cannot meet my standards, I may choose to stop filming and wait until I finish filming the drama at hand before I take over."

When Zhang Yigao heard this, he immediately felt pressured, but he was also excited inside.

This is an opportunity to be a director again, but once the filming is not good, there may be no chance in the future.

This industry is like this, if you don’t have the ability, you won’t be able to film.

Zhang Yigao once fell into the underestimation and had no movies to shoot, so he could only do odd jobs on the set.

It was Fang Xing who fished him out.

After following Fang Xing in six hit dramas, he finally got the opportunity to direct alone at the beginning of this year and filmed "The Elegance of the Tang Dynasty".

From the perspective of an ordinary director, "The Legend of the Tang Dynasty" was actually a success, but it just wasn't a big hit.

However, in his heart, Zhang Yigao actually didn’t want to shoot ancient puppets, but wanted to shoot some more challenging subjects.

Suspense dramas are undoubtedly a more challenging type of drama.

Of course, being more challenging means it’s more difficult to shoot well.

Suspense dramas are not like idol dramas. The plots of idol dramas are poor. Fans can still watch the drama while licking the screen for the sake of the appearance of the lead actors.

However, suspense dramas are different.

For the sake of realism, suspense dramas tend to be realistic, and even the makeup of the leading actors is very rough.

Moreover, the selection of actors will tend towards the acting school rather than the idol school.

This means that once the plot of a suspense drama is bad, it will be bad to the end, and there will be no fans to follow the show.

This is also the reason why Fang Xing asked Zhang Yigao to shoot well.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Yigao took a deep breath and promised: "Don't worry, Mr. Fang, I will do my best."

actually.

Zhang Yigao has been working at Ark Culture for the past few years and is already in his fourth year. He is very generous to Fang Xing, but when he vouched for Fang Xing, he was very much like a student vouching for his teacher.

Fang Xing took out a script printed on A4 paper from his briefcase, handed it over, and said, "This is the script. You should read it when you go back. Someone from Pea Films will contact you then."

Zhang Yigao took the script, turned it around nervously, and looked at the title of the script on the cover: "The Dark One."

Fang Xing added: "There is an analysis of the characters in the script. Try to choose actors according to the roles. It doesn't matter whether they are handsome or not. What matters is their acting skills."

Zhang Yigao assured: "I understand! After working with Mr. Fang for so many years, I understand the importance of acting skills."

Fang Xing then added: "I will consider turning this "Dark One" script into a series. Of course, the premise is that the first part is successful. If the first part is completed, there will be a second part.

Even the third one."

Zhang Yigao was suddenly stunned and his eyes widened.

His heart was beating wildly if this drama was really made into a series.

That means that he has a TV series as his masterpiece, and he is not the assistant director, but the director.

"Thank you, Mr. Fang, I will definitely take the photo."

Zhang Yigao knew that this might be the most important opportunity in his life.

He once filmed a small popular online drama, and then he started to let himself go and made several movies in a row. After that, no film and television company was willing to invest in him.

More than ten years have passed.

He is no longer as frivolous as before, he is much calmer, and his views on TV series have also changed.

In addition, in the past few years, Fang Xing has filmed so many hit dramas, and many ideas have gradually matured.

After this year, he will be forty years old.

Although to a director, forty is not considered old, but an opportunity like this that affects his life will probably never happen again.

Therefore, he knew how important this script was.

"Mr. Fang, then I will go back and read the script first."

Zhang Yigao couldn't wait any longer and wanted to go back and read the script now.

"Can you also ask about the investment amount?" Fang Xing said with a smile.

"Um, that's right. How much investment does this drama cost?" Zhang Yigao asked hurriedly.

"The plan is for A-level investment. Our company will lead half of the investment, and the other half will be divided between Wandou Video and other film and television investment companies." Fang Xing replied.

Class A investment means investing between 40 million and 90 million.

Usually if you invest hundreds of millions, it will be classified as S-class.
To be continued...