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There is a very interesting coincidence!

Yanglang, which was purchased by TBS and is scheduled to be broadcast in the late night slot, will premiere on the same day as Armor Warrior Nava.

the difference is……

Yalang is a weekly drama, with one episode aired every week. Nava is a daily drama, scheduled in the early morning.

To be honest, both shows are pretty miserable.

Needless to say, the late-night slot of Yarang is not much better, and the morning slot of Nava is not much better. After all, neon housewife dramas are very popular.

TBS is not optimistic about Yalang and has not invested too much publicity resources. Although ANB has invested resources in publicity, it is also not optimistic about Nava's viewing prospects.

There's nothing we can do about it!

Although Yarang is a local production, its large scale is not conducive to ratings. Although Nava is a work for all ages, the background of the story takes place abroad...

Innate deficiencies!

Putting aside the long sighs between ANB and TBS, Meng Lang, who was just about to board the flight back to China, saw a surprising piece of news on Neon Network.

Thunder Puppet turned out to be a hit!

To be precise, this drama became popular on Neon? Neon people, who are deeply influenced by Chinese culture, seem to like the theme of puppet show and puppet show very much.

Initially, a neon variety show introduced Thunder Puppet, which aroused the curiosity of many viewers.

Then with the help of Zhengyi Weifang, Neon netizens saw the dubbed drama. Not only did I get to know each of the puppets, I also learned how to pronounce poems!

On Neon’s largest ACGN forum [Inner World], discussions about “Thunder Puppet” can be seen everywhere.

They even knew that the production team was acquired by PD and that the new work was going to be based on shadow puppetry.

To this end, the search volume of the keyword shadow puppet show on Yahoo has also been increased!

This made Meng Lang sigh with emotion.

Although the Thunder Puppet series gained a group of die-hard fans and was praised as a masterpiece by word of mouth, it really did not make any money.

When PD invests in this drama, he just wants to spend money to buy some reputation. It's best if he can make money. It doesn't matter if he doesn't make money.

Never imagined!

This series actually has an audience overseas? And according to his observation, this audience group is quite large, and the enthusiasm is even worse.

Can I take advantage of it?

Although I don’t expect to make money from this series, it is a good profit to enter overseas markets and earn a wave of word-of-mouth.

I'll give it a try when I get back!

After learning Mr. Meng's idea, Chen Huan said with joy: European and American Neon will invest several million each to promote it. If it is really effective, then we will consider the next step of IP development!

Then leave it to you!

That's right! Nothing happened to the crew during the two days I was gone, right? Yan Tao sent me an email, what on earth is going on?

Everything is normal with the crew!

Chen Huan smiled and said: Director Yan is looking for you for the wedding next week. I hope you can be there.

Finally got the certificate?

Meng Lang asked curiously: When did it happen? Why didn't you tell me in advance?

Ahem...

Chen Huan looked strange. After checking that no one was eavesdropping, he muttered in a low voice: I'm getting married!

Good guy!

Meng Lang called him an expert!

This method of getting on the bus first and then paying for the ticket is exactly the same as him. Yan Tao is worthy of being the second director of PD, and he has perfectly inherited the style of the first director.

What a good thing! Double happiness!

Meng Lang said with a smile: What about the other person? Hurry and ask him to come to my office, and I will seal him a big red envelope!

It should be in the prop factory. Seven's OV was screwed up by him, and now he is holding his breath and planning to prove himself!

Screwed up?

Hearing this, Meng Lang suddenly lost his composure. After bidding farewell to Chen Huan in a hurry, he drove to the prop factory in the suburbs and asked Yan Tao about the situation.

how to say……

Yan Tao scratched his head and explained: The Trilogy of Commemoration is coming to an end. Considering the special nature of this OV series, I changed the theme song in the last work Betrayal of the Sun.

As a result, I was sprayed miserably!

The original theme song of UItra Savin has been sung for many years and has become a common memory among Savin fans. Yan Tao's rash change of theme song was undoubtedly a failure in their view.

So why should we change such a classic song?

Fans strongly requested that Yan Tao change back to the original theme song, otherwise they would stop watching and buying the DVD.

For the Seven OV series, the ratings are not important, nor are the peripheral derivatives. The main profit point is the fans' collector's edition DVD set.

For a simple theme song to offend fans and cause the DVD set to be cancelled, Yan Tao's operation was indeed a failure.

Lost Memories and Older Than Earth have made a good start, and commemorating the last work of the trilogy Betrayal of the Sun can be said to be a top priority.

Done well, this trilogy will surely become a masterpiece and be regarded as a classic by countless fans. Years later, some people will still buy DVDs to collect or watch.

If you don't do it well, you will be scolded for trivial matters, which will affect the completion and reputation of the entire Memorial Trilogy. That would be terrible!

Change it back!

Meng Lang suggested: Seven has been broadcast for many years, and sentiment is something we must pay attention to. Since they like the old theme song, then use the previous version and don't go against the audience.

Okay, I'll make arrangements right away.

Yan Tao is not a stubborn person. Since Mr. Meng said so, he might as well change it back.

Betrayal of the Sun tells a story about negative energy as a clue.

A large amount of gold suddenly appeared in a village, and the villagers fought for the gold, causing many ugly scenes. A strange eyeball floating in the air sucked something from the bodies of these villagers, and then Zhu Xingtuan came here...

As the last work in Seven's OV commemorative trilogy and the conclusion of the trilogy, Betrayal of the Sun introduces the concept of negative energy in the Ultraman Eddie TV plot and explores human beings' negative thinking about greed, selfishness and so on. The pros and cons, the quality is absolutely up to par.

And PD is more generous than Tsuburaya!

When Tsuburaya filmed the Seven OV series, he was given a small budget. It can be seen from the poor special effects and sets that the crew really had no money, and the OV was entirely supported by the plot.

But Meng Zai approved a large sum of money for Yan Tao, enough to allow him to produce elaborate special effects and improve the deficiencies in details.

This also leads to...

From Meng Lang's viewing experience, the completion quality of the PD version of Commemorative Trilogy is obviously better than the original version.

The grades are better too!

The commemorative trilogy, which has not been released in theaters, will all be broadcast by Big Bird TV. As a TV special aired at noon, the average ratings reached 3.11%!

On Big Bird Video, the cumulative views of the trilogy exceeded 100 million. Among them, the playback count of Lost Memory exceeded 50 million!

Cumulative DVD sales of the trilogy have exceeded one million copies. Based on the collection price of 88 yuan, this part of the revenue is tens of millions.

all in all!

Although it cost a lot of money to complete the filming of this trilogy, we did not lose any money and even made a small profit.

This also strengthened Meng Lang's confidence to continue filming and complete the Six Finale Parts and the Five Parts of Evolution.

However, this is a matter for the future.

The commemorative trilogy has just been completed, and the final six parts will not be produced so soon. As for your next work focus, you can focus on the PD incredible comedy series!

Okay! I'm fine!

Yan Tao nodded in agreement and said, The results of Robot 8 and Robot Madoka are pretty good. Do you want to continue to use robots as the theme of your new work?

Forget about robots...

No matter how fragrant the pork head meat is, you will get tired of it if you eat too much. In recent years, robot works have been released frequently. Even if the audience is not tired of watching them, Meng Zai is tired of them.

Let’s play with other themes!

Any magical girl, gourmet food, super detective, or Pretty Girl Mask will do it!

Anyway, the original route of the Incredible Comedy series is spoof. As long as it can make the audience happy and earn a certain ratings, any subject matter can be included.

By the way, have you arranged a honeymoon trip?

No!

Yan Tao shook his head and looked at Mr. Meng curiously, wondering why he cared about this.

That'll be easy!

Since there is no honeymoon, you should have plenty of time, so be it! Don't make any TV series, just make a movie!

Meng Lang smiled and said, How about the movie version of Ultraman Gaia? Does it suit your taste?

Yan Tao: ???

The Ultraman Gaia TV series hasn't even been aired yet, so are you considering a theatrical version?

Mr. Meng, isn't this bad?

Although Yan Tao is very interested in this movie, he feels that there is something wrong with Mr. Meng’s approach!

It is also a pillar-level IP!

As for Kamen Rider, there are no plans for a theatrical version of Kuuga Ryuki Akita, but Ultraman has already made several movies in a row. Is this fair?

Who says Kamen Rider doesn't have one?

Meng Lang said speechlessly: Before, Bai Cang couldn't handle the work alone, so all the theater version plans proposed by President Ono were shelved.

But now there is Omori!

I have already told him that we will first make a movie version of Yajituo's G4 Project, and then make a Dragon Knight movie version of The Last Incident. The 555 movie version of The Lost Paradise is also on the list of plans. …”

So much? !

Yan Tao was slightly relieved when he learned that Mr. Meng had made arrangements.

Since Mr. Meng has considered everything, and Ultraman is his favorite subject, why not take it up?

Gaia has two theatrical versions.

In chronological order, they are The Great Battle of Time and Space and The Reappearance of Gaia.

Gaia Reappears tells the story after the ending of Gaia TV, which is not suitable for filming now.

Therefore, the draft plan that Meng Lang handed over to Yan Tao could only be The Great Battle of Time and Space!

Interesting to say...

Many people have seen this movie and know that the movie's promotional slogan is The gathering of three heroes that cannot be seen on TV!

but!

How many people know that the full name of this movie is Ultraman Tiga \u0026 Ultraman Dyna \u0026 Ultraman Gaia, The Final Battle in Time and Space?

This name is really long...

The full name of Ultraman the Movie is usually relatively long, and the nickname used by fans is usually the abbreviation.

For example, Super Eight!

This is Armageddon! The abbreviation of Eight Ultra Ultra Brothers! Starlight Warrior is the abbreviation of Ultraman Tiga \u0026 Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light.

Tsuburaya has a bad habit!

When they name big movies, they like to add the names of each of the protagonists. For example, the style of Ultraman xx \u0026 Ultraman xx: xxx Final Battle.

It’s not that this doesn’t work!

Neon tokusatsu movies, especially TV drama spin-off movies, all like to have such stinky and long shit titles, and proudly print them on posters to promote them.

The reason for doing this is that they hope to attract fans and passers-by to buy tickets and watch the movie by prefixing the character's name.

Take the Super Dimension Battle as an example!

The title of the film comes with the three names of Ultraman Tiga, Dana Gaia. As soon as the uninformed audience saw it, they were immediately attracted.

This is a great approach!

But Meng Lang doesn't like it!

He feels that IP movies of the level of Ultraman \u0026 Kamen Rider no longer need to use this method to attract attention.

On the contrary, the film title is concise, elegant, and catchy, which is more in line with his expectations for IP works such as Ultraman and Kamen Rider.

The final holy war!

The ultimate battle in time and space!

The Eight Ultra Ultra Brothers!

Without adding any prefixes, as long as Ultraman starring is posted on the movie poster, fans will naturally buy it.

Why all the bells and whistles? There is a group photo of the Three Heroes of Heisei on the poster, so the audience naturally knows that this film is a Gathering of the Three Heroes of Heisei film.

This is Meng Lang's opinion!

Yan Tao thinks it makes sense, and he also supports the approach of reducing the film title. The title is too long and too difficult to pronounce, completely unnecessary.

Just make sure it’s catchy!

In the final analysis, the success or failure of a movie is determined by its content. Instead of making a fuss about the title, it’s better to polish the script carefully.

The planning of Super Dimension Battle includes part of the script outline.

After Yan Tao looked at it carefully, he nodded to Meng Lang and said that he had no problem and was completely qualified for the job.

Of course, he also had doubts.

Judging from the project plan, Super Dimension Battle should be a movie of great significance. Why didn’t Mr. Meng take the photo himself instead of entrusting it to him?

I have something else to do!

In this regard, Meng Lang explained: After Gaia is completed, I will probably make a big movie set in M78 to give fans a reassurance and save them from making noises all day long.

I see……

Yan Tao nodded thoughtfully.

The broadcast of Tiga, Dyna and Gaia made many old Ultraman fans unable to sit still.

What about the M78 universe?

What about the Kingdom of Light?

They are very worried, fearing that the fires of Degardina and Gaia will lead the Ultraman series to continuously open up parallel worlds and completely abandon the M78 universe.

For them, this is a hard thing to accept!

Although the parallel world is good and Tiga Dana also performs well, deep down in their hearts, they still prefer Ultraman from the main universe of M78.

This is also normal!

After all, from the first generation to Eddie, the M78 universe has laid an unshakable foundation in the minds of the audience through multiple works.

Even if the subsequent U40 galaxy and Didai Universe are very good, they still cannot replace the status of the M78 main universe.

The audience's current thinking is: Without M78 and the Kingdom of Light, Ultraman always feels that something is missing...

There will be another chapter later