Chapter 142 New Script and Tool Man (2 in 1 5200 words)
Wu Dingguo was thoughtful.
Both scripts seemed interesting to him, but as for the final result...
He thought there might be no chance.
It's not because he's not experienced enough, it's just that he has never seen this type of movie before.
Why are movies categorized by photo subgenre? Because it sets the tone.
For example, war movies, science fiction movies, martial arts movies, suspense movies, etc.
But what are these two parts?
"Idol Legend", you say it is a youth idol musical...
It has a bit of a suspenseful horror element at the beginning.
Later, it was turned into a zombie movie, and the result was a comedy style.
Then I'll give you a serious song and dance performance.
In the end, you thought it was over?
It starts to arouse you again.
Sensational and passionate.
Then there is "Sword Rain Xiaoxiang".
Is this a martial arts movie?
Yes.
But not entirely.
There is suspense and reasoning in it, and it looks like a suspense mystery drama dressed in martial arts skin.
But they give you a martial arts-style fight, and there’s a special mark saying that the special effects must be maxed out.
Although it doesn't have a theme, it does have a "martial arts" flavor to it.
As a result, another series of undercover agents came from Shaolin Temple.
The most important thing is that the overall style is extremely sand sculpture.
He has never seen this type of movie.
In other words, these two scripts do not belong to the same genre at all.
"Idol Legend" He is not worried.
After all, it was a TV movie shown on a movie channel, and the movie channel didn't care about ratings.
In fact, the movie channel is on the same level as the entire CCTV.
Everyone who understands understands.
What he is worried about is "Sword Rain Xiaoxiang".
I'm not worried that there's something wrong with this film, but I'm worried that if the film hits the streets, Zhang Hong's self-confidence will be damaged.
But it's obvious that Zhang Hong is quite confident now.
He smiled and said, "It's okay. This drama will be a success once it's launched. At worst, I'll be rich if I take on a few more variety shows."
Then we can continue filming new dramas.
With his talent, he can always succeed if he tries a few more times!
Having said that, he was indeed worried.
After all, he has never been on the street.
This is my first time making a movie, if it's so casual...
Wu Dingguo looked at him deeply and said, "Since you have already made your decision, I won't say anything more. The money will be credited to your account in the next few days. But how do you plan to shoot these two films at the same time?"
"That's easy to say." Zhang Hong smiled slightly, "I have to find a few people first. But before that...Uncle Wu, do you think this martial arts movie is really useless?"
"It's okay for a TV series. I can even say that this script and various foreshadowings will definitely be worth turning into a TV series." Wu Dingguo told the truth, "But if it is a movie, the probability of being rejected is as high as 90%.
First, your drama has no theme at all. Whether it is the superficial plot theme or the things you want to portray, your script has nothing.
Second, the style changes too quickly. You must know that movies have a main tone. Unlike TV series, they are a one-time deal. So it is impossible to give you the opportunity to change your style back and forth. This is basically equivalent to jumping on the street.
If you really want to make it, I suggest you put this film on the movie channel to practice, and the idol film should be shown in theaters. At least the drama has a theme and can echo it back and forth."
Wu Dingguo is definitely speaking from the perspective of a senior in the industry.
Zhang Hong was silent.
He actually didn't think the script was bad.
But now that Wu Dingguo has said this, it is true that this script seems to have no theme and has dug a lot of holes. It is not suitable for making a movie.
Could it be that because he has filmed several TV series, his thinking has entered a misunderstanding?
He began to think about his purpose.
What is his purpose in making movies?
Is it to express your own ideas?
Of course not, he just does it to make money.
And according to what Uncle Wu said, if this script is turned into a movie, it will be finished, so basically the tens of millions spent on it will be in vain.
So......
Raising his head, he made a decision, "Everyone, rest first and wait for me for a few hours."
He dove into the temporary conference room and locked himself inside.
............
A few hours later, he came out of the house.
Although his face was tired, it was full of excitement.
He figured it out!
He carefully thought about the major elements of the movie mentioned by Wu Dingguo, and finally decided to overturn the script.
It’s not that we didn’t film it, but that the script was reserved for Li Hua and others to make TV series in the future, and he re-wrote a set of martial arts scripts himself.
I couldn't wait to print out several copies, and then I found Wu Dingguo and each of them and sent one copy to each other, "How about you guys take a look at this script again?"
Wu Dingguo and the others looked at each other without saying anything, and started reading the script carefully.
Sun Zheng and the others are used to it.
After all, this is not the first time Zhang Hong has overturned the script.
When filming "Mobile Suit" and "Flags of Our Fathers" before, he overturned his own scripts.
It's probably the same this time.
When they opened the script, they found that the title of the work had changed.
"Tired of Victory".
This is the new script name.
Wu Dingguo raised his eyebrows, does this mean...a costume fantasy drama?
He continued to look back.
At the beginning of the story, it was a major event that affected the entire world.
It turns out that there are demons in the rivers and lakes recently that are seducing people's souls, making people all over the world panic.
The imperial court sent the protagonist, the Jin Yiwei, to investigate.
The protagonist then went to Ningluo Town, where the monster first appeared, to investigate the inside story of the matter.
After arriving in Ningluo Town, he went directly to the local county government office to ask the magistrate for questioning.
The magistrate said that this incident indeed happened here. There was a local wealthy man named Ximen who bullied men and women and did all kinds of evil. However, because there were people in the court, the county government did not dare to take care of him.
But this time he kicked the iron plate.
A few months ago, a Taoist priest came to Ningluo Town.
The Taoist priest quickly accumulated a reputation by telling fortunes and fishing for copper coins in his oil pan.
Moreover, he was good at charity, and most of the local people followed him and believed in Taoism.
A month ago, member of the west gate saw a beautiful woman's wife outside, so he took possession of her.
The suffering owner complained that Tiantian should not respond, so he went to the Taoist priest for help.
The Taoist priest then said that he knew the art of hating victory, and that he could even perform this art without any magic power.
Just use scissors to cut out a small paper figure, no matter how rough it is.
Then just write the target's name on the paper figure, and then use scissors to cut off the paper figure's head, thus cutting off the target's three souls and seven souls.
Within seven days, the target will definitely get sick or even die.
The sufferer did as he was told, and seven days later, Ximenwai really bled from all his orifices and died.
This matter was reported and reached the ears of Ximen's backer.
He then applied for someone to be sent to arrest him.
When the victim was caught, he honestly confessed everything.
But when the county government was about to arrest the Taoist priest, he had already disappeared.
After learning what happened, the protagonist first asked to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy.
After the coffin is opened, the protagonist investigates in person.
Although he was a master, the man had been dead for more than a month after all, and the cause of death could not be seen from the remaining corpses.
It can only be seen that the bones have not suffered any trauma and did not die from poisoning.
The protagonist then began to trace the Taoist priest's traces.
According to his knowledge, the Taoist priest must also use the technique of hating victory in other places.
Sure enough, in a nearby village, he discovered someone using the paper man's victory-hating technique to curse others.
But after some investigation, it was found that the person who used the art of hating victory was not the Taoist priest.
No Taoist priest has even been to this village.
The person who uses the art of aversion to victory here is a monk - the protagonist found a pile of white paper, a pair of scissors, several brushes and a box of ink from his luggage.
After a fight, he subdued the monk who wanted to escape.
But no matter how he asked, the monk refused to admit that he knew the Taoist priest. He only said that he learned the method of hating victory from his senior brother.
Zhang Hong handed him over to the Yamen, and then continued to trace the clues about the Taoist priest.
But the Taoist priest seemed to be completely lost and disappeared from this world.
There is no other way, so the protagonist has no choice but to go back and investigate what happened to the monk.
After this investigation, he found the head of Faruo Temple.
Faruo Temple is not an ordinary temple, it is a martial arts sect, and it is a particularly strong one.
The protagonist came to investigate, but they naturally refused.
But the protagonist was so powerful that he forced his way into the temple and injured the monk.
But because there were so many people on the other side, he ran away.
This time he poked a hornet's nest.
Faruo Temple has a very high status in the world and naturally has many friends.
The black and white gangs then issued a pursuit order for the protagonist.
Because he concealed his identity to investigate the case, the protagonist was naturally unable to speak out. He had no choice but to hide and even kill the intruder while continuing to hunt the monk.
After countless battles along the way, he finally caught up with the monk.
But there are already countless martial arts people lurking here.
After a bloody battle, although the protagonist was seriously injured, he managed to defeat the group of masters and capture the monk.
After escorting him back to the county government office, the protagonist relaxed and began to recover from his injuries.
But there was still a thorn in his heart.
The Taoist priest in Ningluo Town has never been seen again.
Even if the protagonist uses Jin Yiwei's privileges to investigate, he can't find any trace of the Taoist priest, and he doesn't even know whether he exists.
Within a month, he was summoned back by the court.
The imperial court commended him because the monk finally did it and admitted that he had indeed used the art of hating victory.
He was scheduled to be executed three days later.
Before dying, he wanted to see the protagonist one last time.
The protagonist agreed.
When he came to the prison, he saw the monk who had no limbs and was covered with bruises and was on the verge of death.
After the monk saw him, he smiled and said: "Do you think that if you catch me, the matter will be over? Let me tell you, it is because I am not good at learning, and other people are different. They come and go without a trace, and everyone will become invisible.
You will never be able to catch them."
After that, he laughed three times and died.
Although the protagonist was still worried about the Taoist priest whose whereabouts could not be traced, he did not pay much attention to what the monk said.
He could tell that the other party was just saying vindictive and angry words before he died.
I thought that with the death of this monk, things would come to an end temporarily.
But what happened next was completely beyond the protagonist's expectations.
The Winning Method incident has not subsided. Even in the emperor's harem, it was discovered that a concubine used the Paper Man Wearing Method to curse the Queen and the Crown Prince.
The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, but still could not find out the reason.
So the imperial court ordered that if anyone in the world uses the method of losing victory, those who find it can go to the Yamen to inspect the tools.
But after a few months, the aversion to victory not only did not disappear, but intensified. Almost everywhere in the world, people cursed others with the aversion to victory.
The thorn in the protagonist's heart pierced deeper and deeper at this moment, so he applied to continue tracing the Taoist priest.
The court agreed.
This time he went directly to Faruo Temple, and after frightening the monks with force, he finally got some useful news from the abbot.
In fact, this method of hating victory was not invented by Horuoji Temple.
This was invented by a Taoist temple called Yulan Temple next door and then improved by their Faruo Temple.
Because they are in the same mountain range, the Buddhist and Taoist families compete fiercely for incense.
Yulanguan's incense was not as prosperous as that of Faruo Temple, so she made up a rumor that the monks of Faruo Temple were good at using magic, and they would use their magic to absorb the spirits of pilgrims.
Horuoji simply took advantage of the trick and further invented the art of paper figurines to sell them.
Because they say it is a temple, but it is actually a martial arts sect.
Therefore, after the paper figurines are sold to pilgrims, they will write the name of the person they want to curse on each other and then quietly remove the target, thereby proving the authenticity of the art of aversion to victory.
As time went by, the incense of Faruo Temple became more and more prosperous.
As for the art of saying that the paper man is tired of winning... There is no such thing as the art of being tired of winning in this world.
The protagonist hurriedly went to the Taoist temple next door to check.
After some physical persuasion, the Taoist temple allowed him to view the information.
But they insist that they know nothing about winning.
Then the protagonist had an idea and went to check the identity of the Taoist priest.
Then he discovered something.
The county magistrate of the county where Ningluo Town is located is a Taoist priest who came down from the Magnolia Temple to return to secular life!
A flash of inspiration flashed, and the protagonist returned to Ningluo Town and went straight to find the county magistrate.
After arriving, he found that the county magistrate was staying at home leisurely, as if he had been waiting for him.
After a fight, the county magistrate was seriously injured.
On his deathbed, he told the whole truth.
It turns out that there are no Taoist priests at all.
It's just that he had long been displeased with the bullying of men and women, but because of the backer behind him, he had no choice but to do anything to him.
A chivalrous man used martial arts to break the ban. As a county magistrate, he naturally could not rely on his martial arts to kill people - besides, he did not want to give up his official status, which he finally obtained through the imperial examination.
So he borrowed the "teaching technique of hating victory" that he had heard mentioned by others when he was at the Taoist temple, and disguised himself as an old Taoist priest to plan the murder.
After saying that, he pulled the neck and killed him.
The protagonist lets him go and has no intention of reporting the matter.
Because when all of this was put together, he discovered something extremely terrifying.
This "win-hating technique case" has no source or criminal.
In other words, those are no longer important.
After the imperial court personally stepped down to express its strong crackdown on the "win-weary art", the "win-weary art" has spread throughout the world.
This seems to have become a tool, or it really has become a "spell".
If at the beginning, the people were just suspicious and fearful of this matter, then after the imperial court seriously started the crackdown, things got out of hand.
Ordinary people have practiced "spells" that they have never learned before.
For example, Zhang San had a grudge against Li Si, so he prepared paper figures with his names and scissors in advance and buried them in the corner of Li Si's house, and then went to the government to report...
Li Si owed Zhang San money and failed to pay it back. Zhang came to collect the debt every day and cursed him every day. Li Si was resentful and resorted to such tricks to frame Zhang San...
In this world, ordinary people who don't know martial arts seem to have suddenly learned "spells".
For those who have been oppressed, "spells" provide an opportunity for revenge.
Spells provide a shield for those who fear harm.
For those with evil intentions, the "spell" provides rewards.
The protagonist suddenly broke into cold sweat and soaked his clothes on his back.
Because he finally understood - in this dynasty where power and advanced martial arts are out of reach for ordinary people, it seems that everyone can achieve their own goals by reporting the "win-weary technique" to slander others.
Practicing..."the art of hating victory".
............
After closing the script, Wu Dingguo breathed a sigh of relief.
He lit a cigarette and smoked silently.
For a long time, after everyone else had finished reading, everyone remained silent and seemed to be still immersed in the script.
Zhang Hong looked forward to it, "How is the script this time?"
Don’t we need depth?
There you have it!
It needs suspense and suspense! It needs fighting and fighting! It needs story and story! It needs depth and depth!
And the story is complete and echoes back and forth!
This is a script he wrote with reference to the witch hunts in the medieval West and the "Soul Calling Case" of the "Qing Dynasty" in his previous life!
After finishing a cigarette, Wu Dingguo put it out in the ashtray, raised his head and said: "This script... is very good."
Lin Muqing's eyes were almost filled with Zhang Hong's.
Zhang Hong’s talent no longer needs any redundant words to describe.
Liu and Sun looked at each other and wanted to say something but didn't.
Zhang Hong smiled slightly: "Uncle Liu, Uncle Sun, can you help me with this drama?"
Liu Yishou and Sun Zheng nodded, and Quan agreed.
They've been fine recently, and...
Moreover, Zhang Hong actually saw that these two people also had some ideas about the movie, but they were too embarrassed to speak out.
Then he directly invited the two of them to continue to be assistant directors - mainly because the previous cooperation was very good, and he basically made the TV series without doing anything.
The cast can roughly use the same set of people, and the crew will be directed by Liu Yishou and Sun Zheng!
Plus Zhang Hong's own team.
He thought it was no problem for three teams to work together to make two movies!
You must know that including himself and Uncle Liu and Sun, the three of them together can be said to account for two-thirds of the current TV drama industry.
With a director and a crew of this level, they are three-in-one. Coupled with the images in his mind, as long as this movie can achieve the effect he wants, it will definitely not be much different.
But the first part is to find a few tool men first.
He already has a goal.
............
In a high-end community in Shanghai, Li Xinran was sitting in the living room watching TV with an expressionless face.
Someone else edited "Zhang Hong vs. Li Xinran" on TV, and what was shown was the song competition between the two of them on that variety show.
Of course, the result was that Li Xinran was completely defeated.
With so many songs, he never won once.
Li Xinran just watched and listened over and over again, listening to Zhang Hong's songs, and then listening to his own songs.
After a long while, he sighed and turned off the TV.
No comparison.
Although he was very dissatisfied, there was really no comparison.
His agent sighed: "What, you still feel unconvinced?"
"I'm definitely not convinced. If I'm convinced, how can I make progress?" Li Xinran retorted, but then declined, "But these songs of his...are indeed better than mine."
The agent wanted to persuade her again, but her cell phone suddenly rang.
He answered the phone.
Then without saying a few words, he covered the phone receiver and whispered to Li Xinran, who was looking inquiringly, "It's Teacher Zhang Hong calling."
Li Xinran's eyes widened.
ps: The previously scrapped scripts will be used to film TV series in the future (perhaps not by the protagonist himself).