After the divorce, I became a rich girl

The dozen or so screenwriters sitting in the company looked at each other, their eyes full of caution and hesitation. In the past, the company's top management did not value screenwriters at all.

Especially Wang Han and Wang Zhe, the two senior executives, never organized a separate meeting with the screenwriters. Every time a project was launched, they just asked the secretary to assign tasks and asked the screenwriters to create the script according to the director and actors' wishes, and rarely listened to their opinions.

No matter how many unreasonable demands the director and actors make, the screenwriter can only suppress his dissatisfaction and modify the script according to their requirements, resulting in the final script being often inconsistent and illogical.

However, in the Chinese entertainment industry, in this era where traffic is paramount, it seems that as long as the script is not too stupid and the project is full of handsome men and beautiful women, there will be no shortage of markets and audiences.

Seeing that all the screenwriters were silent, Li Jiawei said, "You don't need to worry. Now that I have taken over the company, it is different from before. I believe that the script is the most important thing to start a successful project. If there is no high-quality script as the foundation, no matter how much money is invested, the film produced in the end will be nothing but worthless industrial waste."

After hearing what Li Jiawei said, the editors present raised their heads and looked at her, while they continued to flip through the IP lists. Although the lists were all popular IPs and they had seen many of them, there were actually very few scripts that could be called excellent. If some scripts were to be adapted into film and television works, major revisions were essential.

But the thought of making changes made the editors look gloomy, because fans of the original book might accuse them of disrespecting the original. But these fans don’t know that if the content of the novel is adapted to the screen intact, it will be terrible in most cases.

Unless it is an extremely outstanding novel, its author has superb writing skills and character portrayal skills, but such authors are rare.

There is a saying in the film and television industry: third-rate novels can often give birth to hit TV series. This is because the fan base of third-rate novels is relatively small, and editors have more creative space in the adaptation process. They can deeply reshape the characters and boldly re-arrange the plot of the novel, making it easier to create works that meet the tastes of film and television audiences and market needs.

After a moment, a slightly short and fat man broke the silence first: "Mr. Li, I want to know how many projects the company plans to launch in the near future?" He knew very well that it was impossible to promote the development of so many IP resources at the same time, and there would inevitably be a distinction between priority and urgency.

Li Jiawei's eyes fell on the man. She was familiar with this person. His name was Xie Xu. He had made great achievements in the field of fairy tale script writing and had his own creative style.

Xiao Yi once participated in a fantasy drama that he created and adapted, but at that time Xiao Yi had just entered the entertainment industry and had just gained a little fame. He played the fourth male role in the drama.

Li Jiawei paused for a moment, then said, "The company's current plan is to develop three projects: a movie, an idol drama, and a reality-themed work."

In fact, Li Jiawei decided on these three project directions after careful consideration. The box office performance of the movie can directly demonstrate the company's strong strength and influence in the film and television industry; idol dramas are an effective way to quickly create traffic stars and attract the attention of fan groups; and realistic works are aimed at mainstream awards, hoping to gain honors and recognition in the industry's authoritative selection and enhance the company's overall image and reputation.

Li Jiawei was planning a three-pronged strategy in her mind. She did not expect every project to achieve the desired results. As long as she could achieve half of the results she expected, she would be satisfied.

Xie Xu, a screenwriter who once had a certain reputation in the field of fantasy script writing, has not had his works adapted to the screen for a long time.

The reason is that he is a person who sticks to his own creative philosophy and is unwilling to make large-scale changes to his scripts. Every character he writes has a soul and not everyone can desecrate it.

Because of this, he missed the golden period of development. When his career was about to begin to flourish, he suddenly disappeared, losing many precious opportunities. There were even rumors that he had run out of ideas and talent.

However, Xie Xu has not been idle in these years. He spent four years carefully crafting a script. However, looking at the list of companies that purchased IPs provided by Li Jiawei, he couldn't help but feel doubtful, unsure whether the style and creativity of his script can still cater to the preferences and tastes of young people today.

But his inner persistence and love for his work still prompted him to muster up the courage to say, "Mr. Li, I have a book on hand, a fairy-tale theme, which was finally completed last month."

Li Jiawei heard Xie Xu say this, an original Xianxia script? A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she quickly asked, "Pure Xianxia?" Because she really didn't like it. Nowadays, the screen is full of TV dramas about love in the guise of Xianxia, ​​and they destroy the three realms for love at every turn. Did the people in the three realms dig up their ancestral graves?

Xie Xu nodded slightly: "That's right!"

Li Jiawei immediately said, "After the meeting, please organize the outline of the book and send it to my office. I will take a closer look."

Xie Xu quickly responded: "Okay!"

Li Jiawei and the editor had a meeting for an entire afternoon, discussing a lot of topics, but when it came to original scripts, only Xie Xu was prepared. To be honest, Li Jiawei was still very eager to have more original scripts.

However, she also knew that the fault could not be entirely attributed to the editors. When Wang Han was in charge of the company, he was extremely indifferent to the creative wishes of the editors. The company's filming strategy was completely to follow the market. Whatever themes were popular, Universal Pictures would rush to shoot them.

This approach can certainly ensure that the project has a certain level of popularity and does not incur losses, but the serious consequence of ignoring the quality of the script is that many film and television works produced by Universal Pictures have received unsatisfactory ratings and have found it difficult to gain high recognition from audiences and critics.

Therefore, the popularity was only at that time. Once the series was over, the popularity faded and there were very few UP hosts who made secondary creations for related film and television works.

In fact, doing so is a drain on the actors and a waste of resources.

Today's audiences have higher and higher requirements for film and television works. Therefore, the requirements for scripts are also getting higher and higher. Therefore, the quality of the script has become the top priority and the core of a project. However, many film and television practitioners now confuse traffic and quality.