Jiang Wei is from Shandong. He graduated from Qufu Normal University and was admitted to the Nortel Directing Department as a graduate student.
Qufu, as we all know, is the hometown of Confucius, the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor, the former capital of Shennong, the homeland of the Shang and Yin Dynasties, and the capital of Zhou, Han and Lu. It is an important birthplace of oriental culture.
Sometimes geographical determinism does have some truth. Jiang Wei, who looks very elegant on the outside, is one of the few idealists of this era, with his own toughness, persistence and integrity!
A typical traditional scholar!
The dramas he writes are all very exciting, with strong suspense, tense and gripping plots, and artistic lines. Of course, there are inevitably some private expressions. Therefore, his works are basically dramas involving crimes. Without him, dramas involving crimes are the best.
The theme of carrying private goods.
It's a pity that the devil is as high as the road.
Not allowed to be photographed.
There is no end to the road, and the popularity of "The Conspiracy" last year allowed these TV people who originally worked on suspense themes to suddenly find a way out.
Suspense themes and spy wars are also quite matched. And spy war dramas also seem to be able to contain private goods, which seem to be more secretive. Look at the works of the so-called "father of espionage wars" in later generations. More or less, they can always be used by those in power.
There are traces of modernity in it.
So Jiang Wei fell in love with "Latent".
Why "Latent"?
What is the charm of this novel of more than 10,000 words?
First of all, the characters are very distinctive. The husband and wife, Yu Zecheng is a gentle scholar, and Cuiping is a wild and rude country woman who also smokes cigarettes. There must be something interesting for the two of them together. This is a typical environment.
Typical person.
Cuiping described in the novel has yellow teeth and a short pipe in his mouth. The thick smoke he spits out is like a locomotive. The thing at his feet that is used as an ashtray is a Duan inkstone he just bought...
Elegance and roughness are at odds with each other. The characters are so different, but they have to live under the same roof, pretend to have an intimate relationship, and perform tasks together. There are so many stories to tell!
After reading the novel, the natural attributes of the screenwriter were activated, and he immediately thought of how to enrich these two people. In the original work, Yu Zechen himself is one of our personnel. This is not good. He must be given an opportunity to change his identity...
Cuiping, with such qualities, he is definitely not suitable for underground work. Why should he be arranged to lurk with Yu Zecheng?
The original book didn't say it, but Jiang Wei came up with a few ideas. For example, the organization originally planned to let her sister lurk, but unfortunately her sister was killed, so she had no choice but to arrange for Cuiping, who looked similar, to come over...
There is also an opponent, Lao Ma, who seems to be a bit single. It may be necessary to arrange a few different opponents. At the same time, it would be better if the opponents conflict with each other...
The more Lao Jiang thought about it, the more excited he became. He quickly contacted the author to buy the film and television adaptation rights, and was told that the rights had already been bought. The person who bought them was Xinhao Studio, which is Xinhao Media, which is now very popular for producing "The Stone"
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Because "Latent" is only a novel of more than 10,000 words, Jiang Wei initially thought they were going to adapt it into a movie, but when he inquired about it, he discovered that Xinhao Media had purchased the film and television rights of two novels at the same time, and one of them had already been adapted into a project.
It's even about to start, but there's no movement on the other one.
Coincidentally, the screenwriter and director of "A Tale of Two Donkeys" is my friend Diao Yinan. Although Diao Yinan came from a Chinese drama background, he and he both belong to the same type of people.
To paraphrase a certain Hong Kong porn king: In this circle, there are many temptations and all kinds of bad things, but you must maintain your original intention and work hard to do what you should do.
There is a saying: But when doing good things, don’t ask about the future; there is a bright road ahead, so don’t forget your original intention!
Jiang Wei and Diao Yinan have always claimed to be such people.
They probably have similar odors.
So Jiang Wei asked his good friends to tell Xinhao Media that it would be best if the copyright could be transferred, but if the copyright could not be transferred, they could still cooperate.
The reply given by the other party was simply that the copyright is not for sale, but we can talk about cooperation.
Jiang Wei happily accepted the invitation.
"Teacher Jiang, this is an outline I wrote myself. In addition, I added a few more characters according to the plot. Please take a look."
Although He Xin kept his posture very low and spoke very politely, Jiang Wei was very disapproving and even a little disgusted. He studied liberal arts in university and received a master's degree from Nortel's directing department. As a screenwriter and director, he especially valued
As for the script, I am particularly disgusted by the bad behavior of some big-name actors nowadays who change their lyrics at every turn.
From his point of view, a first-rate actor is not as good as a third-rate screenwriter. He has to specialize in the art. Just because you are good at acting, does not mean you can be a screenwriter. Why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf?
When he received the script outline from He Xin, he had even begun to think about how to use tactful words to evaluate the so-called outline in his hand. After all, the copyright is now in someone else's hands, so if the words are inappropriate,
, maybe the cooperation will be ruined.
Yu Zecheng, 28 years old, graduated from the military youth training class. He has a steady personality and pursues intellectual pursuits...
Jiang Wei opened the outline, and at the beginning was the introduction of the protagonist Yu Zecheng, but his eyes lit up when he saw the first line. Having graduated from the history department of a university, he was very familiar with this period of history.
The so-called Juntong Youth Training Class was created during the Songhu War of Resistance. Dai Li organized the Anti-Japanese Rangers in Qingpu, a suburb of Shanghai. However, in the process of development, he found that many of the grassroots Rangers were out of school and unemployed educated youths. These valuable educated youths were allowed to serve as
What a pity for ordinary combatants.
Considering long-term development, Dai Li decided to train his own strength in it. So Dai Li personally served as the class teacher and opened the "Qingpu Special Training Class", referred to as the "Youth Training Class", to establish his own direct line strength. The daily work of the special training class was handled by the deputy director
Hosted by Yu Lexing.
The story of "Latent" takes place after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Yu Zecheng is 28 years old, which is very suitable for an intellectual youth who was out of school in his early twenties.
Jiang Wei didn't think this was just a simple coincidence. On the contrary, he was a little impressed with He Xin. He at least understood some history and was not some random fabrication.
But the more he read, the more surprise appeared on his face.
For example, in the original work, Yu Zecheng himself was a member of our side, which he thought was too simple. However, He Xin's description in the outline was that Yu Zecheng fell in love with a member of our side during the Anti-Japanese War, and fully expected that if he won, he would be able to escape.
He put on his military uniform and lived with his beloved. But reality and love made him move from his initial sympathy for our party to moving closer to our party, and finally became an excellent lurker.
For example, Cuiping was originally not suitable for above-ground work, but the setting in the outline was almost exactly the same as what he had imagined. The organization originally planned to let her sister lurk, but unfortunately her sister was killed, so they had no choice but to arrange for Cuiping, who looked similar, to come over...
In addition, the opponent Lao Ma seems to be a bit single-minded. In the outline, it is divided into three characters: Ma Kui, Lu Qiaoshan, and Li Ya. Moreover, each character has a very different personality and background, which destined the three to have different ways of doing things.
The most important thing is that the settings of these characters are very reasonable. For example, Ma Kui is an action agent, assassinating both traitors and our personnel during the Anti-Japanese War, and has an impulsive personality; Lu Qiaoshan is an intelligence agent and is insidious; Li Ya, since he can dare to lurk
Yan'an, and refused to surrender after being arrested, destined him to be an opponent with extremely rigorous work and persistent beliefs.
There were even many things that he had not thought of, such as the character Zuo Lan, who played a leading role in Yu Zecheng's transformation, and Zuo Lan's sacrifices, including the previous sacrifices of Chief Lu and others, added to the tragic color.
Let the character of Yu Zecheng become more and more clear and determined, completing several stages of growth.
There are also subplots about Wan Qiu and Xie Ruolin, etc.
"call--"
After reading it in one breath, Jiang Wei let out a long breath and couldn't restrain the surprise on his face: "Xiao He, your outline is great! To be honest, many of your ideas are exactly what I imagined before.
It just coincides with it! It's even more exciting and clever than I imagined. It's so interlocking that I can basically find any loopholes. It's very convincing."
As he said this, he was inevitably a little confused and said: "I think the current outline, as long as I find a few screenwriters to fill it in, is completely ready for filming. Why do you still want to ask me to cooperate?"
In fact, with Jiang Wei talking about this, and combined with the style of his previous works, He Xin has already determined that the screenwriter and director of the original "Latent" should be the one in front of him.
He also suppressed the secret joy in his heart and pretended to be modest on the surface: "Teacher Jiang, to tell you the truth, my level is limited. At present, I can only present some of the plots and characters I imagined in the form of an outline.
To be honest, I’m not sure yet, so I just want to find an expert to take a look. I’ve read all of your previous works, and I think this spy-war type theme is particularly suitable for the wonderful suspense style in your previous works.
.”
"Haha, Xiao He, you are too polite. But I always believe that the most important thing to create a good work is imagination. This outline of yours is very imaginative!"
"Teacher Jiang, in this case, what do you think of our cooperation?" He Xin hurriedly followed the trend.
"Well……"
Jiang Wei didn't realize it for a moment. He really liked the subject of "Latent". He originally came to ask for help, and they already had such a good outline. It just touched his heart, and even a lot of him
The characters and plot structure that were still being imagined have all been revealed.
As a result, the other party offered to cooperate, and it seemed that happiness came suddenly.
He Xin thought Jiang Wei was hesitant, so he hurriedly said: "Teacher Jiang, don't worry, we will cooperate, the screenwriter and director are all yours, and our company will be responsible for the investment..."
Jiang Wei had the aloofness of a traditional intellectual and hurriedly interrupted: "No, no, no, the first screenwriter's signature must be you."
"This... seems a bit inappropriate, doesn't it?" He Xin still wanted to refuse.
But Jiang Wei said resolutely: "Xiao He, you don't have to refuse this. I just said that in a good work, imagination is often the most important thing. You see, your outline has already laid out the skeleton of the whole play.
Everything has been set up, and the next work is just to fill in the flesh and blood, which is not worth mentioning."
After hearing this, He Xin changed his mind and thought about it. After all, there are still many movies he wants to make in the future. Now that he has this signature screenwriter, he can follow the same pattern in the future without looking out of place.
But on the surface, he still nodded reluctantly and said: "Then since you said that, I will be disrespectful. By the way, Teacher Jiang, let's cooperate, you see..."
Jiang Wei didn't have any hesitation at this time. He already had the script outline and investment, and the key people agreed to let him write the screenplay. The director grabbed it and nodded hurriedly: "I will take this movie."
When He Xin heard this, he was delighted and said hurriedly: "Teacher Jiang, we only have two conditions here."
"you say."
"I particularly like the character Yu Zecheng. When I bought the film and television adaptation rights of this drama, I just wanted to play the character Yu Zecheng. In addition, regarding the role of Zuo Lan, to be honest, I originally modeled it on my girlfriend Cheng
It’s a good template to write.”
As soon as He Xin finished speaking, Jiang Wei looked surprised and said, "Xiao He, do you mean that you and Cheng Hao are both going to join this drama?"
"of course."
"Very good!"
Jiang Wei slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Xiao He, I'm going to put my words here for you now. With this outline, and with you and Cheng Hao joining, there is absolutely no reason for this drama to fail."
"Then I will be even more relieved!" He Xin said with a smile, "Teacher Jiang, I will ask someone from the company to discuss your remuneration with you later. If you have any ideas, you can also put them forward."
"Oh, Xiao He, you just said there are two conditions, so this is it?"
Jiang Wei looked surprised. He seemed to feel that happiness came even more suddenly.