741 【New Drama】
When Zhang Mingkai saw that the first creativity was adopted by Liang Shuyi, he was very happy, and then he told two more stories.
One is "Bruce Lee" adapted from Shangguan Xiaobao's comics. In mid-July, the twenty-episode "Criminal Investigation Archives" had been played, and then the broadcast was "Dragon and Tiger Gate" adapted from Huang Yulang's famous comics.
This drama is co-starred by He Jiajin, Lin Di'an, Qian Xiaohao, Li Saifeng and others, and co-stars such as Luo Lelin, Jiang David, Shao Yinyin, and Yue Hua. It can be said that the lineup of the performance is also very good.
"Dragon and Tiger Gate" tells the story of Wang Xiaohu coming to Xiangjiang to find his uncle Wang Jianglong, and making friends with bald star, Hei Zaijie, Siyanming, One-eyed Dragon and other good partners.
At the Changzhou Fireworks Conference, Wang Xiaohu overcame all the heroes and grabbed the largest fireworks, but he did not expect that it contained the Rakshasa token of the Japanese Rakshasa Sect, and the Rakshasa token was related to the drug trading rights of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, for a moment, the black road in Xiangjiang moved and wanted to grab the Rakshasa card in Wang Xiaohu's hand...
With the help of a number of good friends, Wang Xiaohu defeated many opponents, found his half-brother and like-minded friend Ishi Heilong. With the help of his uncle Wang Jianlong, he created the Dragon and Tiger Sect and became a force that Xiangjiang righteous path should not be underestimated. Later, the Dragon and Tiger Sect even entered South Korea, Japan, and competed with the White Lotus Sect, Rakshasa Sect and others.
The comic "Dragon and Tiger Gate" has been serialized since 1970s. It has been serialized for twelve years and has more than 600 issues. The story is very rich and the accumulated popularity is also very high. It is known as the four major comics together with "Drunk Fist", "Tathagata's Palm" and "Bruce Lee".
ATV's TV version of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" is adapted from the comics. In order to facilitate the adaptation, there are certain cuts compared to the comics.
As a comic work, the original work "Dragon and Tiger Gate" has a relatively exaggerated artistic effect. Regardless of the character's costumes, speech, and behavior, they are contrary to daily life. Especially the martial arts moves are even more gorgeous. When you take action, you will shine, and when you stomp your feet, you will break the ground and collapse the land.
However, it is precisely because of this exaggeration that the comics are so popular among the audience.
After all, only a small number of people in Xiangjiang have college degrees, while the vast majority of them are at the level of middle schools, elementary schools and even illiterate levels. Especially for middle and lower classes in society, there are many people with lower secondary schools and below.
Such an educational level makes their aesthetic taste simple and direct. Therefore, compared with literary works with rigorous settings and meticulous logic, they prefer this kind of comic with strong intuitiveness and exaggerated effects.
It is precisely because of this that when adapting the comic "Dragon and Tiger Gate" into a TV series, ATV also exaggerated its visual effects. For this reason, ATV also specially invited the special effects team of "Mask Superman" from Japan to produce special effects for "Dragon and Tiger Gate".
The joining of the Japanese special effects team has made the visual effect of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" very good, and the ratings have been good since it was launched, even better than the wireless Jin Yong drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
In view of this, the planning department, which tasted the sweetness, is preparing to bring the classic comic "Bruce Lee" under Yulang International to the screen.
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The comic "Bruce Lee" was founded in 1972. At that time, Bruce Lee was popular in Xiangjiang with movies such as "Brother Tangshan" and "Jingwumen".
So the cartoonist Shangguan Xiaobao took advantage of his popularity and began to write a comic called "Bruce Lee", telling the story of the protagonist Bruce Lee's heroic righteousness in Hong Kong.
Because of the banner of [Bruce Lee] and the popularity of Bruce Lee, the comics achieved very good sales. And because the rules of the law were not strict at that time, this practice of riding on popularity was not prohibited.
For example, Huang Yulang blatantly borrowed Jin Yong's works in his comics. In his comics, there are many proprietary terms such as "Nine Yin Sutra", "Nine Yang Divine Arts", "Eighteen Palms of Dragon Subduing", Xiaoyao School, Xingsu School and other proprietary terms. If he followed the rules of later generations, his approach was obviously infringement.
Of course, Shangguan Xiaobao did not just take advantage of the popularity of [Bruce Lee], otherwise it would not have been serialized for ten years. In fact, Shangguan Xiaobao is a very outstanding cartoonist. Not only is he excellent in painting skills, but he is also very capable of making stories, which is almost comparable to Huang Yulang.
The comic "Bruce Lee" was written by him. In the 1970s, there were already 50,000 copies sold per issue, and now it has increased to about 100,000 copies per issue. It is a best-selling comic that is on par with "Dragon and Tiger Gate". The reason why the planning department wanted to adapt this work was because it was attracted by this.
Liang Shuyi also affirmed the creativity of the planning department.
There is a precedent for the popular movies and TV series adapted from "Dragon and Tiger Gate" comics. As long as "Bruce Lee", the comic adaptation can ensure quality, and I believe the ratings should be good.
"Manager Guo, when cooperating with Yulang International, remember to sign a priority cooperation contract with him." Liang Shuyi instructed again.
The success of the film and television adaptation of the comic "Dragon and Tiger Gate" proves that the adaptation of comics is still very promising. It is precisely because of this that ATV must firmly grasp the film and television adaptation rights of these well-known comics. Otherwise, wireless is likely to take advantage of the situation.
At that time, the themes that ATV spent a lot of money to make a hit may be picked away by wireless, so it has to be taken care of.
When Guo Mingkai heard this, he nodded immediately.
He did ignore this matter. When he adapted "Dragon and Tiger Gate" before, he didn't know whether this kind of subject would be popular, so he had never considered future matters.
Now, as soon as Liang Shuyi reminded him, he immediately realized his negligence.
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The third creativity Zhang Mingkai came up with was "The Flying Tigers" written in imitation of the well-known American drama "Mission: Impossible".
The Flying Tigers in Hong Kong were founded in 1973. Its creation originated from the Philippine passenger plane hijacking incident in 1971. At that time, a group of aircraft hijacking Philippine Airlines came to Hong Kong. After the efforts of the Hong Kong government and the police, the crisis was successfully resolved.
However, in order to avoid similar incidents in the future, the police set up a special mission company to deal with similar crises. Because they are based on special forces, and are relatively high-end in training, strategies, weapons and equipment. After they are established, they dispatched many times to arrest bandits, rescue hostages, and deal with emergencies, and have made many great achievements. Therefore, they are affectionately called the [Flying Tigers] by the citizens.
However, the functions and abilities of the "Flying Tigers" written by Zhang Mingkai are much stronger than those of the Flying Tigers in reality.
The Flying Tigers he wrote, like the IF organization in Mission: Impossible, not only have advanced equipment, deep background and strong strength, but also deal with major events that endanger peace in Hong Kong and even East Asia.
For example, Southeast Asian drug lords, community tycoons, arms smugglers, international snake heads, terrorists, etc., are all extremely dangerous people.
Therefore, the story will be extremely thrilling, and the scenes will be very hot. Large scenes such as explosions, gunfights, speeding, etc. can be seen everywhere. They even need to be filmed overseas, and even rented helicopters, large ships, etc. In short, it is a work with huge investment, which is estimated to cost at least tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
After hearing this idea, Liang Shuyi couldn't help but take a breath.
To be honest, this idea is really good.
Chapter completed!