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Plan N is divided into three phases!

As of July 2025, all tasks in the first phase have been completed, and the second phase is about to be laid out.

It’s interesting to say!

The focus of the first phase of work is mainly to warm up the follow-up movies and TV series of N Plan and build a fan base in advance.

Therefore, Meng Lang chose serial novels and stage plays as his starting point.

And he also made two preparations!

The two novels were written by a traditional science fiction writer and an internet writer respectively. Then it was adapted into a stage play based on the content of the novel and performed in the theater in PD Park.

This was the original plan...

Meng Lang originally thought of providing exposure and popularity to the novel through the stage play adaptation, and then further operating the novel to feed subsequent movies and TV series.

result!

Not long after the novel was released, the adapted stage play was preparing for its first performance. Ma Teng suddenly told him: Customized novels are popular!

Meng Lang was completely confused.

Don't play by the rules!

Aren’t the novels that you spend money on custom-made just for your own entertainment and popularity? It can still become popular, why?

Out of curiosity, he took a look.

It turned out that he had misunderstood!

The novel that suddenly became popular was not a customized version by a great online writer, but Noah: Nostalgia written by the traditional science fiction writer.

The reason why it became so popular...

No one may believe it, but this book became popular only because of the preface written by Yan Tao.

...Mr. Meng is indispensable for Ultraman's past glory and splendor. When I saw his sadly leaving figure, I made up my mind. If I were to take over this banner, I would never make any mistakes. , I want to win the recognition of the audience... It is our duty to rebuild Ultra's glory!

——Yan Tao, Vice President of PD Film and Television and Director of Content Production Department.

The middle-aged man is sick!

Yan Tao likes to talk dirty, there is nothing surprising about this.

However, he is shy and no one knows about his sultry side. This time he wrote such a passionate preface for Noah: Nostalgia, which really surprised many people.

The treatment is quite passionate...

After reading the entire preface, Meng Lang couldn't help but laugh and cry: It seems that the public opinion from the outside world has still put a lot of pressure on him.

This is normal!

Meng Lang personally created the world-class IP Ultraman series, but announced his resignation after the broadcast of Ultraman Gaia.

Regarding Yan Tao's successor, fans have a skeptical and scrutinizing attitude.

How much pressure do you think Yan Tao is under?

The eyes of the whole world were focused on him, and everyone was staring at his every move, waiting for him to make a mistake...

Anyone else would have been crushed long ago.

Yan Tao wrote this preface not only as a response to external public opinion, but also as a roar to release pressure.

It’s so normal to get angry!

Such a passionate speech from Chuuni appears in today's critical period of Ultraman Dynasty Change, and fans will definitely feel excited.

Noah: Nostalgia is a hit!

The first batch of 300,000 copies printed by PD Printing and Publishing Group, priced at 29 yuan, were sold out immediately. Subsequently, it was printed many times, but still could not meet the market demand.

It is our duty to recast the glory of Ultra has also become a popular saying on the Internet, and everyone has ridiculed it. Yan Tao's words have the flavor of filming for the rise of PD!

Touched, tearful, QAQ!

The revenue generated by the sales of Noah: Nostalgia is not just the small amount of publishing profit.

How much money can you make selling books?

If it weren't for cost constraints, Meng Lang would be happy to give Noah: Nostalgia to everyone for free. The more people who watch it, the better.

Fans were moved by Yan Tao's preface and bought a copy of Noah: Nostalgia.

I bought the book, but I’m not allowed to take a look at it?

The story told in Noah: Nostalgia is not exciting, but it popularizes a lot of settings and background information.

Through this book, everyone can clearly understand the 3N, that is, the difference between Noa (Noah), Next (Next) and Nexus (Nexus), as well as the pair of Noah behind Noah The power contained in Wings.

The background is naturally the ancient times!

Most of the stories in Noah: Nostalgia are about the legendary warrior Ultraman Noah protecting the peace of the universe in the ancient times.

To be fair, it's pretty good-looking.

Meng Lang also bought two books himself, putting one on the bookshelf and giving the other to his son as a bedtime story collection.

After reading this book, and then going to PD Paradise to watch one or two adapted stage plays, the 3N heroes will definitely leave a deep impression on fans.

This is the first phase of Plan N!

The second stage that followed was the TV series Ultraman Nexus and the movie Ultraman Nexus.

Turn on both at the same time!

Yan Tao learned from Neon's experience and merged the TV drama and the theatrical version into the same crew for unified management and unified shooting, which greatly saved time and money.

Therefore, the director of the Nexus TV series is Yan Tao, and the director of the Nexus movie is also Yan Tao.

He is almost too busy!

I had just gotten married, and I thought I would live a happy life with a wife and children on the hot bed from now on.

As a result, Mr. Meng waved his hand and said nonsense like the company has decided that you will be the person in charge of Ultraman, and he was so busy every day...

His wife complained every day.

The cows in the production team haven't worked as hard as you. Can't he give you a leave just after you get married?

Meng Lang was speechless as he listened outside the wall.

Didn't he approve the leave?

It was obviously Yan Tao's job that he took over, and he didn't force Yan Tao to work overtime. How could he blame him?

Forget it!

I don’t understand women in general, especially pregnant women!

Yan Tao works very hard...

As the saying goes, no pain, no gain, the results of hard work are naturally quite gratifying.

As we all know!

The original version of Nexus has many competent people, from war reporter Hime Jun to the American boy Rei Chiju, the son of Prometheus, to the deputy captain of the Night Raid team Nagi Saijo, team members Ikki Gumon and Maki Shun Yi waits.

Among these competent people, the most famous ones are Jun Hime and Ikki Komon.

Fans often quarrel around Brother quasi and Gumen. One is the quasi-brother and real man who has the most scenes and the most complete characterization, and the other is the Noah Transformer. Both parties have many fans.

As for Rei, Saijo, and Shunichi Maki in the theatrical version, their popularity cannot shake these two giants, and they belong to the crowd of onlookers.

PD follows the fit person system.

Therefore, the arrangement of scenes between multiple protagonists has become an issue that the director and production team need to consider.

Who is more important?

Who has more roles?

Copying the original version will definitely not work!

The original Nexus was cut in half, with a total of only 38 episodes. According to the standard of year-round drama, this is definitely an incomplete form.

The scenes between Ikki Gumon and Nagi Saijo were obviously compressed.

Even Chisuki Rei's scenes show signs of being compressed. The only independent plot that can be called a complete fit person is probably Brother Zhun.

This kind of riddled with holes plot arrangement obviously has no reference significance. Therefore, Yan Tao needs to find another way out.

The solution he gave was interesting.

The first Suitable One is a theatrical version, so I won’t mention it. Starting from the second competent person, the roles are 20 episodes, 15 episodes, 10 episodes, and 5 episodes in descending order!

This arrangement is great!

Meng Lang likes this layout very much and believes that this decreasing plot of the fittest can create a sense of urgency for the audience.

What do you think...

The last fit person lived for 20 episodes, the last one lived for 15 episodes, and when it is your turn, you can only live for 10 episodes. Do you think the audience will feel nervous?

But in this way, Brother Quan's role is compressed.

Although it has only been compressed a little bit, the total number of scenes is still the most for the able-bodied. But after all the scenes have been compressed, can Yan Tao still portray the character satisfactorily?

And, there is one more question!

As the number of roles decreases, there are fewer and fewer plots left for the next few capable actors. How to portray perfect characters within a limited time has become the primary problem.

The name of the PD version has been changed.

Ji Yajun was changed to Ji Jun, and Chisuki Rei's name remained unchanged because he was set as an American Neon man.

Because of Mr. Meng's bad taste, Saijo Nagi changed his name to Ximen Nagi, and the homophonic sound corresponds to a certain German telecommunications equipment giant.

There is a reason for this change!

The original Saijo Nagi, because many people can't pronounce the last word Nagi, so it became Saijiao style as it was passed from person to person.

Of course, Nagi, as a Japanese kanji, does have the meaning of wind in Japanese, and it is reasonable to interpret it as Sijiao wind.

But PD can’t do this!

You can pronounce it however you want. This name was also chosen to teach children the pronunciation and writing of Nagi.

Can't read this word?

Does Siemens know? You can just read it like Siemens, with a flat tongue pronounced as Ximen zizi and a raised tongue pronounced as Ximen zhizhi!

Although, this is not necessary.

Saijo Nagi became Ximon Nagi, Gumon Ikki became Tani Ikki, and Maki Shunichi in the theater version also became Zheng Shun.

According to the name, correspond in order.

Zheng Shun first served as cannon fodder, and then Brother Zhun took the lead, surviving 20 episodes first, followed by Rei Chishu for 15 episodes, Ximen Nagi for 10 episodes, and Gu Yihui finally finished the show and completed the second phase of the N plan.

Five capable people, all newbies!

Yan Tao can be regarded as inheriting Mr. Meng's legacy and try his best to use new actors who are not famous and have no masterpieces when casting.

Newbie, cheap and durable!

The only shortcoming is probably that the acting skills are not solid enough and there is no basis for popularity.

However, these are minor issues.

The brand name Ultraman itself does not need additional popularity support. Whether the actor is a newcomer or not has little impact on Ultraman.

Who doesn’t want to use famous actors?

The problem is, they refuse to come!

Whether it is the Chinese entertainment industry, the neon entertainment industry, or even the European and American entertainment circles, everyone looks down on the actors who play tokusatsu dramas and laughs at them as children's dramas.

Actors who are ambitious will not touch tokusatsu dramas.

There is no actor to pursue, and the director refuses to reduce the salary. The director spends millions and tens of millions to find someone who can't act well, but you, a big salted fish?

So it became like this.

In fact, the Chinese entertainment industry is doing better, although discrimination still exists. But the rise of Mengzi and PD has changed the situation of many special photography actors.

On the other hand, over there in Neon, discrimination is everywhere.

Bai Cang once mentioned one thing!

Before the filming of Kamen Rider AgitΩ started, he personally visited an artist agency in Tokyo, hoping to invite one of their A-list male stars to play the male lead.

As a result, the other party learned that Shirakura was from the Kamen Rider crew, and without even reading the script, he threw it directly into the trash can...

No matter how popular Kamen Rider is, so what? Can starring in AgitΩ get him an award? Can it get him to sign a sky-high endorsement deal? Can it get him a salary increase?

Can't, can't, still can't!

Facing the soul torture from the actor's agent, Bai Cang shook his head sadly.

There really is no way!

He starred in Kamen Rider and became extremely popular! But what's the use?

You can neither win awards nor increase your salary, improve your status and income level in the industry, and you can't even think about commercial endorsements.

Maybe some stationery, toys and children's clothing manufacturers are willing to invite tokusatsu actors to endorse them, but how much money can these make?

Meng Lang also knew this problem.

Otherwise, do you think that the origins of Ultraman’s human body are so weird, and that some male model, courier, rural teacher’s corpse professional are all randomly selected?

He has no choice!

For a good actor, even if the salary is slightly higher, he can accept it.

The problem is no one wants to come!

Just be new! Anyway, the Ultraman series has enough influence, and the audience is used to the addition of new actors, so there is no big problem.

Among the five newcomers, only Gu Yihui signed a long-term contract, while the others did not.

This is what it should be!

After all, the fit ones are consumables. If you use one less at a time, except for Gu Yihui who can use it longer, no one else is important.

The actors are there and the roles are decided.

What about the core villain?

In Ultraman Nexus, every capable person will correspond to a core villain.

Dark Faust!

Dark Mephistopheles!

Black pepper fried chicken...oh no, it's Dark Zacky!

After all the calculations, these are only three. According to the system of the fittest, there is still one core villain to face Gu Yihui.

Dark Lucifer!

Dark Lucifer is Dark Lucifer, a dark giant with stronger dark energy than Dark Mephistopheles who makes the soul tremble!

This is a stronger villain than Zaki.

But it's a pity that because the TV series was cut in half, the story ended before Dark Lucifer appeared.

Therefore, Zaki made a mistake.

From Faust to Lucifer, the core villains correspond to the capable ones one by one, completing the entire plot layout in order.

This is the complete Nexus!

Yan Tao's results did not disappoint Meng Lang. What he handed to Yan Tao was just a blueprint, but Yan Tao turned the blueprint into reality.

Meng Lang came to a conclusion after seeing the breathtaking Dark Lucifer holster on the set.

You are so fierce!

Giving a thumbs up, Meng Lang praised: How did you design it? You actually thought of using angels to depict demons!

Isn't he an angel?

Yan Tao wondered: I found someone to collect a lot of information. It is mentioned in many classics that Lucifer himself is an angel, but he has fallen.

This... is correct!

Meng Lang didn't expect that Yan Tao would understand it this way.

There will be a chapter later