Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 623 The True Color of the Criminal Policeman and the Love Song of Xingyue

Su Tong was busy when he received Yu Dong's call, but when he heard that Yu Dong wanted to read Zhang Chenggong's script, he immediately put down his work and contacted Zhang Chenggong for him.

Zhang Chenggong is from Xu County, Anhui Province, and now works in the local public security system. He heard that Yu Dong wanted to read his manuscript, so he said he would go there by himself. After discussing it with the two parties, they finally set a meeting time for July [-]rd.

On July [-]rd, Yu Dong waited for Zhang Chenggong in the office all day, and there was no one until six o'clock in the evening.

Looking at the sky outside, the sun was about to set, so Yu Dong sighed, got up and prepared to go home and have a meal before waiting.

He also called Su Tong in the middle and asked about Zhang Chenggong's situation, but Su Tong said he didn't know either.

Communication is not very convenient now, if Zhang Chenggong is on the road, it is not easy to contact him.

But as soon as Yu Dong left the government building, he saw Uncle Zhou leading a tall, tough-looking man over.

"Teacher Yu, someone is looking for you."

Although Yu Dong had never met Zhang Chenggong himself, he guessed that he should be the one who arrived, so he walked over with a smile, "Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Chenggong took a few steps quickly, and held Yu Dong's hand, "Mr. Yu, I'm really sorry, something was delayed on the way, and I kept you waiting."

"It's okay." Yu Dong smiled: "It's never too late for a good meal, and it's never too late for a distinguished guest. And I didn't wait too long, I just want to work in the office."

Uncle Zhou sent people to him, and said with a smile: "You guys have a good chat, I'm going to get off work too."

"Thank you, big brother." Zhang Chenggong thanked with a smile.

"You're welcome." Uncle Zhou waved his hand, then turned his head and left.

After Uncle Zhou left, Yu Dong smiled and said to Zhang Chenggong, "Mr. Zhang, go to my office and sit for a while."

"Okay, Teacher Yu."

Yu Dong took Zhang Chenggong back to the office. On the way back, he called Cheng Yanqiu and told her that he would not go back for dinner tonight.

When he arrived at the office, Yu Dong made tea for him and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang is exhausted from the journey, why don't I take you to have dinner first."

"I don't care, it mainly depends on your time, teacher."

"Then let's read the script first." Yu Dong nodded.

"OK, all right."

Zhang Chenggong took the teacup from Yu Dong, and then found a file bag from his backpack and handed it to Yu Dong.

Just as Yu Dong took the file bag, Zhang Chenggong handed over another book.

"This is?"

Zhang Chenggong said with a smile: "Actually, the script I wrote is based on the book I wrote."

Yu Dong nodded and took the book again.

The title of the book is quite long, it is called "The Kingdom of Abundance, Demon and Tao", and it was published in January of this year.

The cover is not exquisite, giving people a very cheap feeling, the main color is black and red, there is a skull on it, and a dark city.

There is a line above the title of the book: 90s major and important case detection documentary series.

There is also a line of words under the title of the book: The Neijiang criminal gang's extremely serious shooting murder case is solved.

The style of the whole book is like the kind of "yellow and black" reading materials that can be seen everywhere on the street stalls.

"I'll accept it first, and I'll read it after the script is finished."

Yu Dong said something with a smile, then opened the file bag and took out the script script inside.

Zhang Chenggong was holding a cup beside him, staring at Yu Dong as he opened the file bag with piercing eyes, with hope and anxiety on his face.

Speaking of which, although he has been working in the public security system, he is also an old writer. He even came out a few years earlier than Yu Dong, and he has won some miscellaneous literary awards.

Moreover, his previous novel "Swimming in the Sea of ​​Bitterness" was also adapted into the movie "Heavenly Adversary", and he has some experience in film and television adaptation.

But Yu Dong's literary status and market vision are hard to come by.

Zhang Chenggong attached great importance to his script this time, so he hoped to get Yu Dong's support, otherwise, this script could have been filmed a few months ago.

Yu Dong opened the script, only read the first few pages, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He is very familiar with this script, which is obviously "The True Colors of a Criminal Police".

Audiences who like criminal investigation dramas should be familiar with the TV series "The True Colors of Criminal Police". Let alone the story, you can feel the temperament of this drama just by looking at the cast.

Wang Zhiwen, Li Youbing, Duan Yihong, Chang Rong, Li Chen, Liu Wei...

Although Yu Dong knew about the show, he continued to watch it calmly.

Yu Dong read the script very quickly. Although Zhang Chenggong's handwriting was a bit scribbled, Yu Dong still finished the whole script in just over an hour.

After reading it, Yu Dong didn't speak immediately, but tapped the script lightly with his fingers.

Although this script is somewhat different from the TV series "The True Colors of the Criminal Police" that Yu Dong watched later, the general direction is basically the same.

"The True Colors of a Criminal Police" is a good drama, and the script is naturally a good script, otherwise it wouldn't be welcomed by so many people.

Criminal investigation dramas are different from reasoning dramas. They do not rely entirely on solving puzzles to promote the development of the plot, but put the audience in an omniscient perspective, use interlocking stories to shape the characters, and use this to promote the climax. "True Color" has done a very good job in this regard.

However, this story also has some problems, and that is the rhythm.

As a criminal investigation drama, it contains too much content about internal meetings, which immediately slows down the rhythm of the entire TV series. It is precisely because of these "off-track" content that some small things that should have existed Suspense and small stories are lost, making the already complicated relationship between characters even more confusing to the audience.

Yu Dong knows that even if these shortcomings remain unchanged, this will still become a classic criminal investigation drama, but Yu Dong still hopes that it can go further.

Thinking of this, Yu Dong looked up at Zhang Chenggong: "As a criminal investigation drama, if the full score is [-] points, I will give this script [-] points."

Zhang Chenggong raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, and said modestly, "Teacher Yu is too flattering."

"It's not a flattery, it deserves so many points. There are many reasons why it got ninety points. Maybe I can't finish talking about it tomorrow morning, so I want to talk about why it is missing ten points in my heart."

Zhang Chenggong nodded. He understood the meaning of Yu Dong's words, which meant that Yu Dong would talk about the shortcomings of this script next.

"I know there are many plots in this, such as the meeting in the bureau, you may have experienced it yourself, Mr. Zhang, so you think this experience should be included. But as a reader, an audience, I think, I don't want to See these things. There can be such plots, but not too many, otherwise it will affect the rhythm of my watching."

"Teacher Yu, you continue."

Yu Dong nodded, and continued: "Second point, the big clue of this story has been well done, and the logical line is also complete, but there is a lack of small suspense, so the shaping of the characters will be lacking. For example Mei Li, in my opinion..."

Originally, Yu Dong just wanted to say a few questions, but he couldn't stop once he started talking, so he went through Zhang Chenggong's script from beginning to end.

At the end, Yu Dong smiled and said: "These things are all my personal opinions, for reference only. As long as you want, I can call Yu Yu now and ask him to sign a contract with you, and then we can find the director , find actors to shoot this TV."

Hearing what Yu Dong said, Zhang Chenggong quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't, don't, Teacher Yu, these things you said are very pertinent. In fact, I know my advantages, and I also know my shortcomings. What you just mentioned Many of these are shortcomings that I can be aware of myself, but they can't be pierced through. Your comment has opened my mind. There are also some that I didn't realize myself. I have to think about it too.”

"I can't even talk about shortcomings. This is also determined by your professional characteristics, Mr. Zhang. There is nothing wrong with it. If you showed me a literary work today, I would not say these points at all, because it is Your perspective is what you want to express. But it is a TV drama script, and while expressing ourselves, we must also consider the audience."

Zhang Chenggong nodded sincerely and said: "Teacher, after I go back, I will seriously think about what you said, Teacher Yu, and then make some adjustments."

In fact, in addition to being grateful, Zhang Chenggong was also very surprised by Dong's performance.

Although he was mentally prepared before coming here, Yu Dong's talent still exceeded his expectations.

After reading a script so quickly, and then being able to point out the problem sharply, before this, Zhang Chenggong has never seen such a quick-witted person.

If Yu Dong knew what Zhang Chenggong was thinking, he would definitely be ashamed. The reason why he could react so quickly was because he had watched "The True Colors of the Criminal Police" before. He remembered many plots in the TV series, so he didn't need to be very careful when reading the script.

Moreover, some of the points he mentioned to Zhang Chenggong just now were not something he came up with on the spur of the moment, but the idea of ​​watching "The True Colors of Criminal Police" before, but now he rearranged them and said them to Zhang Chenggong.

Yu Dong handed the script back to Zhang Chenggong, then looked at his watch, it was almost eight o'clock.

"Mr. Zhang, it's getting late, let's have a light meal together and chat while eating."

Zhang Chenggong smiled and touched his stomach: "I'm really hungry."

……

After having dinner with Zhang Chenggong, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening.

At the dinner table, Yu Dong and Zhang Chenggong chatted a lot about criminal investigation dramas.

Deep Space Company has been making TV series in the past few years, and criminal investigation drama must be a part of it, so Yu Dong is very interested in Zhang Chenggong.

Moreover, Shenkong has not cooperated with Wang Zhiwen and Li Youbing so far, so Yu Dong also hopes to take this opportunity to draw these two people to Shenkong.

After arranging where Zhang Chenggong lived, Yu Dong went home.

The light in the room was still on, Yu Dong gently opened the door, and saw that Cheng Yanqiu had fallen asleep on the sofa, and the TV was still on.

Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, then ran over and picked up Cheng Yanqiu, and sent her to the room to sleep.

He himself went to take a shower, and then all sleepiness disappeared, and he had nothing to do, so he took out the similarly written "Da Vinci Code" before, and prepared to make another round of revisions.

Although this novel was plagiarized, it took him a lot of time, even more time than conceiving a novel by himself. The main reason is that he has not had much contact with semiotics before, and he does not have an extraordinary memory. The original text of "The Odd Code" was written down verbatim, so he spent a lot of time supplementing the knowledge of semiotics.

Fortunately, these things are almost done, and if there is no accident, he will be able to hand over the manuscript to Yuyou next month.

It wasn't until after two o'clock that Yu Dong went to sleep in a daze.

……

Early the next morning, while Yu Dong was still dreaming, he heard Cheng Yanqiu calling him: "Teacher Yu, wake up soon, Nie Yuan and the others are here."

What Yu Dong had was a sweet dream. In the dream, with the efforts of their deep space company, the domestic education problem has been comprehensively improved...

Halfway through, he was woken up.

"What are you doing here so early in the morning?"

Yu Dong got up and walked out of the room muttering, seeing Nie Yuan and Chen Hao sitting on the sofa, he couldn't help rolling his eyes, "What are you two doing here?"

When Nie Yuan and Chen Hao saw Yu Dong coming out, they quickly stood up from the sofa.

"Teacher Yu, we're about to go to Shanghai to shoot "Xingyue Love Song"."

"Oh, I'm leaving." Yu Dong patted his head: "Then you go, why are you looking for me?"

Nie Yuan and Chen Hao looked at each other, and then Nie Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Cui asked us to ask, what do you want to explain, Mr. Yu."

Yu Dong secretly smiled, what can he say, the screenwriter and director are Li Hong, in this drama, he is an investor, and he can't act, so he can't give Nie Yuan and the others any advice, Director Cui will really find him a job.

But seeing the expectant faces of the two children, Yu Dong said: "Act well, don't have any psychological burden. Director Li Hong can choose the two of you, which proves that you have the shining points that she likes in you."

These words are actually not nutritious at all, but Nie Yuan and Chen Hao seemed very happy when they heard it.

"Thank you Teacher Yu, we will work hard and will not disappoint your expectations."

Yu Dong nodded with a smile: "Since you are going to set off, don't waste time with me, let's go."

……

After Yu Dong sent them away, Cheng Yanqiu said with a smile: "The name "Xingyue Love Song" is quite interesting. I heard it is an urban romantic drama?"

"That's it."

"What is considered?"

"It's hard to explain, you'll know after you read it."

Cheng Yanqiu curled his lips: "Then when will we have to wait?"

"It won't be too long, you should be able to see it this winter."

"That's a long time."

Yu Dong smiled, this is already pretty fast, and no surprises, this TV series will be broadcast in other countries and regions early next year.

Li Hong came up with the name "Xingyue Love Song" because the protagonist's name has "star" and "moon" respectively. At that time, Li Hong asked Yu Dong for his opinion. Yu Dong thought the name was good, at least simple and clear.

(End of this chapter)