TV Drama Trading Fair (1)

  On March 12th, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was finally completed.

  The TV series was shot for six months, spanning three seasons, and filmed in over a dozen locations across the country. The crew consisted of more than 300 people, including staff and temporary actors.

  Each of these numbers is a milestone on Ye Su's directing journey.

  Directing such a large crew also gave Ye Sumang profound training, from the initial chaos to gradually becoming more confident and skilled in his directing.

  The entire crew finally completed the filming of the TV series under Ye Su-mang's scheduling.

  The crew's wrap-up dinner wasn't particularly luxurious, considering that most of the people left in the crew were staff members. Cai Yinan directly booked a medium-sized self-service barbecue restaurant in Zhou Shan City, so everyone could eat affordably and relax.

  After this dinner party, most of the crew members can take a long vacation with ease, but some people still have to continue to be busy, including Ye Sumang, Ning Hao and Cai Yinniang.

  As a director, Ye Sumang must also participate in the subsequent editing work. Ning Hao, as his golden camera, will naturally follow Ye Sumang together.

  In addition to the soundtrack, Ye Sumang will also participate in person, while Cai Yinan will work on promoting and publicizing the TV series for its final push, as well as preparing it for review, with the goal of finding a good buyer at the June TV drama trading conference, so that they can catch the tail end of the summer vacation golden period.

  In this busy state, Ye Sumang didn't even rush back to Kyoto, and instead stationed himself at the headquarters of Tangren Company in Mingzhu City, living a life of small black rooms every day.

  In early April, the final editing version of the TV series was finally completed, with a total of 42 episodes. Although it can be considered a long TV series in ancient costume dramas, things are far from over. Next, special effects companies need to add special effects that have already been produced to the entire TV series, as well as music for the TV series, etc. It is expected to end by the end of April to early May.

  So the time left for Ye Sumang and others is not much, a few people are also working overtime, in order to seize every minute, complete as soon as possible.

  For the music work, Cai Yinan relied on his connections and also invited Mr. Mai Zhenhong, a famous film composer from Hongkou.

  His arrival was a great help to the music work. Under his guidance, Ye Su Meng not only mastered more types of instruments and broadened her horizons, but also had an outburst of inspiration, creating three classic soundtracks: "Xian Jian Wen Qing", "Yu Jian Jiang Hu" and "Lun Hui · Su Ming".

  It happened that Yao Zhuoxian came to visit the class on the same day, and heard Ye Sumeng's performance of these three songs. He immediately decided to use them as the game music for the upcoming "The Legend of Sword and Fairy II".

  After another two months of hard work, on May 10th, the TV series "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was finally completed.

  On the day the TV series was completed, Cai Yi Nong immediately sent it to the State Administration of Radio and Television for review.

  The entire TV series was shot by Ye Su Meng with a pure, beautiful and sunny tone.

  The 42-episode drama contains no violent scenes, nor is it filled with eroticism. There isn't even a single real kissing scene. Except for some minor controversy over the subject matter, the TV series is very pure overall, so it quickly passed the censorship review.

  During this period, Ye Su Mang spent two more days editing a three-minute trailer, showcasing the tenderness and chivalry of The Legend of Sword and Fairy to perfection.

  While Tangren Media and Huan Yu Entertainment Group also posted the trailer video on their company's website homepage at the same time, they also released many behind-the-scenes photos and stills taken during filming, starting to prepare for the upcoming TV drama trade fair.

  June 2nd, just after Children's Day, the TV drama trading conference kicked off.

  The TV drama trading fair is held twice a year and can be said to be the largest event in the television industry, where hundreds of TV dramas are traded every year as broadcast resources for various provincial stations and local stations.

  This is also a blessed place for many talented but underappreciated directors and screenwriters, perhaps some TV station's talent scout will discover their strengths and buy out their works.

  "Jian Xia Qing Yuan" can be said to have been popular before it was even broadcast, and topics related to it have been constantly emerging during the filming process. Therefore, it has also become one of the star works of this TV drama trading conference, and even the promotional video for the opening ceremony took a 15-second wonderful clip from "Jian Xia".

  The conference adopts the "business suite" trading model, where TV series producers only need to wait in their hotel rooms. If a TV station is interested in purchasing the show, they will send someone to negotiate with the producer in their room.

  "Cai Jie, don't go back and forth, what's meant to come will come." Ye Sumang, who was attending the TV drama trading conference for the first time, was reclining on the sofa in the living room at this moment, with a lazy smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of calmness.

  Cai Yinan, who had attended many such conferences on the side, walked back and forth with some anxiety, looking very impatient.

  "Can't you hurry up? It's been an hour, how come no one has come to represent yet? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this, our TV series has already been promoted."

  "After all, it's a brand new subject matter, I reckon those TV stations are all waiting to see what happens..." Ye Sumeng thought for a moment before speaking out her own opinion.

  Ye Su Mang's words were right on point.

  At this time, many TV station representatives have already seen the TV series "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", most people are very interested in it, but due to its high price and new theme, all TV station representatives are hesitant.

  After all, it's a TV series that was bought back at a high price, if the ratings can't be broadcast, wouldn't it be a loss?

  Although the TV station is state-owned, after all, its annual revenue will also be considered nationwide, which is both a political achievement for the station's leadership and a matter of face for dozens of provinces.

  So these TV stations that come to purchase works are also very cautious in their attitude, not seeking merit but avoiding fault.

  In a corner of the trading hall, a middle-aged man with a stern face was constantly looking at a work, accompanied by a woman who was not very good-looking but had an excellent temperament. Looking at the intimate attitude of the two, it was obviously a couple.

  "Evergreen, how is it? Have you found a satisfactory work?" The woman didn't quite understand these TV dramas, but she was very curious, so she kept asking her husband beside her.

  "Hmm..." After a moment of contemplation, the man named Chang Qing said: "There are two alternatives. One of them looks very impressive to me, but it's a type that has never appeared in the TV circle before. The other one is currently the most popular type, and the filming is also pretty good. These two plays have made me hesitant now, what do you think?"

  "Why ask me? I don't understand TV dramas..." The woman said with a faint smile, somewhat embarrassed.

  "You don't have to understand it to give an opinion, which one do you think is better?"

  "Hmm..." The woman thought for a moment before saying, "I don't really understand TV dramas, you know I'm in finance. But in the stock market, if you only have a conservative attitude and believe in your own judgment, focusing on potential stocks that others haven't discovered yet, then you might be able to make a lot of money. If you just seek stability, you can only develop steadily, without any major breakthroughs. As they say, 'A horse won't get fat if it doesn't eat at night, and a person won't get rich without unexpected wealth.' It all depends on your courage and vision."

  The woman's words made Chang Qing fall into deep thought.

  Suddenly, the man bit his lip and clenched his fist tightly, saying to the woman beside him: "Let's go, come with me to see what this Tianxia Ying Shi and Tang Ren company is all about..."