Time entered September, Tang An finished handling some things and began to devote himself to the creation of the script.
That military film is of course "Operation Red Sea".
As one of the best modern military films in China, "Operation Red Sea" is no worse than "Wolf Warrior 2" in terms of quality.
They are just two different genres. When it was released later, there was a lot of controversy between fans of both sides.
One is individual heroism, the other is more team-oriented. They are both doing very well in their respective directions, but their emphasis is different.
Fans of "Operation Red Sea" complained that "Wolf Warrior 2" was illogical and fake. In fact, both movies were illogical and fake.
Any movie, especially a commercial movie, can find a lot of loopholes in it.
It is a movie just to attract the audience's attention, but it cannot be truly real.
Exaggeration is a way of expression.
The audience doesn't care whether it's true or not. Sometimes if you insist on writing about the truth, not only will it be less enjoyable to watch, but most viewers who don't understand it will think it's untrue.
I am writing a novel in which the protagonist fails to go to college after graduating from high school. He starts from a second-rate job and fakes his way to a high-ranking ministerial level official.
Is it true?
Most people definitely think it's untrue.
But it happened, it happened to real people!
The reality is like this, you never know how weird things will happen.
It is impossible to pursue reality in a man-made movie. As long as there are no major flaws and it can be justified and the story is told well, then the plot of the movie will be qualified.
"Operation Red Sea" also has many loopholes. In fact, the more popular the movie, the more loopholes it has because too many people have watched it.
"Wolf Warrior 2" is even more unrealistic in order to exaggerate personal heroism, but this movie cannot be realistic, otherwise it might not be so enjoyable.
In comparison, "Operation Red Sea" is real enough.
After finally rescuing the hostages, the team leader still had to grab yellow cakes (this is very unrealistic in terms of the discipline of the nuclear material team.
But that private action is just a very correct and even successful plot design for a commercial movie.
As a commercial film, it must take care of the audience's emotions.
After a team of 8 people sacrificed two disabled people, as the captain, under the banner of "We can't ignore the yellow cake", it is normal logic to lead the team to avenge the teammates.
Aren't you angry when your teammates sacrifice their lives?
Don't you want revenge?
But the mission has been completed, how to take revenge?
That's against discipline!
However, to take a sidestep and use "anti-nuclear" as an excuse to seek revenge,
This is very logical and normal thinking.
Discipline is dead, but the captain is a living person, a living person of flesh and blood.
In "Bright Sword", Li Yunlong destroyed Heiyun Village for the monk, and in "Shun Liu" Shun Liu finally shot.
On the other hand, if the plot ends when the mission is completed and two people are sacrificed, would a normal audience accept it?
Why can terrorists be so arrogant and still get away with it?
What about the promise that "anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away"?
It’s so unpleasant to leave two martyrs who died and return home!
If the audience is unhappy, it’s the director’s fault!
So we must take revenge!
The villain must die!
In the most classic domestic undercover movie "The Legend of Dragons and Tigers", Zhou Runfa died, but the villain Zhang Yaoyang was still alive, and most of the audience died of frustration in the end.
In "A Better Tomorrow", Zhou Yunfa also died, but the audience would not feel aggrieved because the villain Li Zhixiong also died. They would only feel tragic and sad.
The role of the reporter has also been criticized.
In terms of rhythm, it is completely different from "Wolf Warrior 2". To put it simply, it's a beat throughout the whole process.
"Wolf Warrior 2" has a standard commercial movie rhythm. The protagonist encounters threats one after another, which is dizzying. Especially at the end, Leng Feng kneels to send the heroine to the plane, but the plane is bombed in the blink of an eye. This plot is well designed.
Songs and movies all pay attention to cadence, high and low, fast and slow, closing and releasing, foreshadowing and ending.
Even the primitive behaviors of human beings still pay attention to rhythm and cannot be done in a hurry.
But "Operation Red Sea" is not like this. It always has a 10-20 minute battle scene, and the whole process is full of excitement, which will also cause visual fatigue.
However, there are also some emotional expressions in the gaps, which can give the audience a breather.
Another one is too bloody.
The first version of the script does not need to be very detailed. It will also be reviewed by the Optoelectronics, Junwei, Foreign Education Department and other departments. Write a book first and submit it. Anyway, it will be changed later.
Besides, the book is one thing, but taking it out may cause trouble and it's another thing, and you'll have to walk under big scissors.
The script of nearly 100,000 words took Tang An more than half a month. Although it is not the final version, there are so many departments to review and it cannot be dealt with casually.
Finally, I read the entire article twice and found nothing wrong, so I copied it to a USB flash drive.
After leaving the office, he threw it to one of the secretaries in the secretary's office.
"Go through this script once, print it out and send it to the production department for review."
You don’t have to correct typos, grammatical errors, etc. yourself.
Zhou Li came over and asked, "Chairman, do you want to go out?"
"No, please ask Mr. Zhang and Mr. Xu to come to the office in half an hour. I'll go for a walk."
Tang An waved his hands and continued to write for more than half a month. He was really uncomfortable.
Walking around the company, looking through the screenwriter's library in the production department, and looking in the editing room.
All the way to the screening room, where the distribution department was watching a movie. It looked like a period film, so Tang An opened the door and went in.
However, after watching it for two minutes, Tang An felt something was wrong.
Isn't this just a money-cheating movie?
"Stop, stop, stop."
Tang An immediately interrupted their viewing.
A manager from the distribution department of Hantang Media who was sitting in the front row immediately turned around and glared angrily.
If you dare to yell in the screening room, you are an idiot in that department.
However, as soon as I turned my head and opened my mouth, I had already prepared a national curse, but I couldn't say it.
Tang An stood quietly in the back row, so frightened that his 180-pound body jumped up from the chair in an instant, and he was more agile than ever when turning.
The huge body stood opposite Tang An with his head lowered, somewhat confused.
"Chairman Dong, why are you here?"
"Manager Zhang, what movie are you watching?" Tang An said and glanced at the film dealer in the front row.
"Oh, Chairman, you are talking about this, "The Fairy Tale", starring Miss Sun Li, Ekin Cheng, and Cai Shaofen."
Fatty Zhang replied quickly, thought for a while and then said, "I have invested 100 million in a costume blockbuster and want us to distribute it. The conditions are very good."
At this time, the film producer also came over and extended his right hand respectfully.
"Hello, Mr. Tang, I am Zhao Qing, general manager of Integrity Culture."
However, Tang An didn't even look at him and looked at Manager Zhang coldly.
"Manager Zhang, I remember you are not short-sighted."
"Ah, I'm not nearsighted."
The fat man shook his head quickly.
"You are not nearsighted yet. You have watched most of the movies. I think you are blind. You dare to accept this kind of movie. It will ruin the reputation of the group. You can't even watch it."
Tang An pointed at the fat man's nose and scolded him. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a terrible thing once in a while.
The film producer next to him had a somewhat ugly face, but he still smiled and said, "Dr. Tang, what you said is that there is something wrong with our film. Sun Li is also an actor under your banner."
Tang An glanced at him, "Which company are you from?"
The business owner almost choked because he had just reported his home and was ignored.
But I still said honestly, "I am Zhao Qing, general manager of Integrity Culture."
Fatty added, "A subsidiary of Scholar Co., Ltd. specializes in investing in movies in the mainland."
"Scholar shares?"
Tang An thought for a while, this was the scholar movie from Baodao in the 1980s.
It monopolizes nearly half of the theaters in Baodao, and at its peak, it accounted for more than half of Baodao's film production.
In Baodao, in the 1980s, except for three companies in Xiangjiang, namely Xinyi City, Jiahe, and Debao, 80% of them had scholars’ funds stationed there.
The top film company in Xiangjiang Island back then is now doing this business.
Tang An shook his head, "Go tell Cai Songlin that if you want to make a movie, just do it well and don't make such a mess."
This "The Fairy Tale" is being praised as a bad movie, but it doesn't deserve to be called a movie at all.
Three years ago, several investors made a movie called "The Legend of God". Halfway through the filming, they ran out of money, so the project was considered a failure.
But three years later, Sun Li and Cai Shaofen are now popular, and the original supporting actor Lin Gengxin is also popular. With this culture of integrity, they want to continue filming.
But the contract period has expired, and neither the director nor the actors want to continue filming.
This company was also amazing. They found an art director who was on the crew at the time to be the director, and they set up a temporary crew and finished shooting the film in less than a week.
There is only half of a 90-minute movie left. How can you shoot it without a director or actors?
This is not a problem. All the actors were stand-ins, and the stand-ins performed the remaining half of the scenes. The production was completed in a few days.
Not only was the back view used, but the long shots were also done with a stand-in, and the front was also a stand-in. Half of the movie was shot with several other actors. When watching the movie, you feel like you suddenly changed as a person.
Moreover, the stand-in is really fake. Sun Li's stand-in is so big and round that the back doesn't even look like her.
The film was released later, but there was no meeting, offline promotion, or premiere because neither the lead actor nor the director attended. However, the poster was still there.
The posters also used Sun Li's name to promote the movie. The director and creators were still the same people three years ago, but none of the stars mentioned the movie.
No matter which company picked it up, Tang An would definitely not pick it up. Even if it was just for distribution, he might be scolded miserably.
It’s worse than a bad movie, and there’s no limit to the cutout. It can be said to be the weirdest movie in history.
"Next time there is a film like this that damages the reputation of the group, get out of here. This time, a quarterly bonus will be deducted."
Tang An didn't pay much attention to them, and left without saying a word.
The film producer watched Tang An leave like that, then looked at the fat man, "This is the boss."
"Get out of here, didn't you say it was kept confidential? Director Tang could see it at a glance. Take your copy and get out of here."
The fat man's anger could only be directed at the film producer. Without saying a word, he quickly chased after Tang An with all his flesh. This was related to his own job.
It's so bad. Tang An came out with a dark face, and all departments took a look, making all the employees he targeted felt a little uncomfortable and their work felt a little unnatural.