What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 31 The Unusual Beauty Tax

Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu often go to Yang Shu's room to discuss work together at night, and Lao Li will leave when they come, otherwise they will not be free to smoke.

This is not very good, people who can't sleep well, don't make them homeless and wander around at night.

So when we talked about things later, Yang Shu took them downstairs to find a corner in the coffee shop in the lobby to sit and talk, and they could drink something.

Both Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu praised him as a good young man who is considerate, gentle and considerate, but then changed the topic: "Why isn't your excellent quality reflected in girls?"

Every time Yang Shu orders black American coffee, because this is the cheapest, and he has a fast metabolism so he doesn’t have to worry about being unable to sleep at night.

He didn't take their accusations seriously, he felt that his performance in Jiang Shiyu's family was not bad, and he was not gay, so he didn't pay attention to girls for no reason, but took good care of an uncle who smelled like cigarettes.

It must be that the two beauties are used to being pampered and feel that he is not strong enough. It seems that it is imperative to levy a beauty tax.

For several days, the three mainly discussed the scripts written by Yang Shu, planning to choose three of them.

The funds of 45 yuan are enough to shoot three stories, so first plan to shoot three stories, and then adjust flexibly according to the specific situation.

Yang Shu had already written a lot of scripts before coming to the crew of "The Legend of Miyue", and he continued to write in his spare time. There are currently [-] scripts, which made it difficult for the three to choose to a certain extent.

Before choosing the script, the first thing is to determine the style of the first season of "Wonderful World Events".

There is no objection in this regard. Of course, wonderful events are just some weird stories, and the themes should be diversified to meet the needs of various audiences.

However, Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu's understanding of so-called diversification and audience needs is somewhat different from Yang Shu's.

The first choice was "Beauty Tax". The three of them agreed without disagreement, and they basically chose it for Jiang Shiyu.

This drama must be starred by recognized beauties to be able to carry the plot. Liu Man said: "Shishi is very suitable, she is so beautiful that everyone loves it. I feel that this script was created for her from the beginning."

In fact, Yang Shu wrote this script when he was on the crew of "Langya Bang", and he didn't know Jiang Shiyu at that time.

Everyone has read the script before, but Yang Shu thinks it is necessary to unfold the plot for them in detail and explain the spiritual core thoroughly. Don't just treat it as a satirical comedy, a deep understanding will help subsequent creation.

In order to solve financial difficulties, one day the government suddenly issued a law that beautiful people have to pay beauty tax, which applies to men and women.

Moreover, the law stipulates that the appearance is directly proportional to the tax, that is, the beauty with the highest score pays 30.00% tax, the second pays 20.00%, and so on.

There are no people higher than 20.00% around the heroine, so as a twenty-point beauty, she was complacent at the beginning of the tax collection.

But since she was a child, she has enjoyed all kinds of preferential treatment because of her beauty, but now she wants to pay real money for it, and she soon began to resist.

To make matters worse, the heroine's mother left a large amount of bad inheritance after her death. After calculating and deducting income tax, inheritance tax, beauty tax and other taxes, not only will there be no money, but she may also bear huge debts.

The heroine took the risk of pretending to be ugly to evade taxes, but was reported and sent to prison.

During the two years in prison, she kept introspecting, and finally came to a conclusion: only the beauty of the soul is the real beauty.

However, this drama is not chicken soup for the soul, but anti-chicken soup. After the heroine is released from prison, she is surprised to find that she has become an ugly girl in everyone's mouth. The two years in prison are considered useless.

It turned out that the authorities found that beauties were a minority, and most of them were relatively ordinary. In order to collect more taxes, they changed the standard of beauty and ugliness, distorted the aesthetics of the whole society, and began to collect taxes from those ugly women.

The plot of this drama is relaxed and humorous, and at first glance it may seem a bit spoof, but in fact, it is quite profound when you think about it carefully.

Yang Shu analyzed the plot for the two girls: "The most attractive plot is that people's attitude towards the beauty tax has changed several times, and we must grasp the emotional transition during each change.

At first, the heroine felt that the beauty tax policy was unfair, and went to the tax department to protest with other beauties.

However, the tax officer told her that being levied beauty tax is the society's recognition of you. To be levied such a high tax is simply a top-notch beauty.

The heroine was successfully brainwashed, taking her beauty tax of up to 20.00% as a capital to show off.

Under the guidance of overwhelming public opinion, the social atmosphere changed quickly, and it seemed that everyone began to think that it was a very honorable thing to be levied a beauty tax.

The heroine even took the initiative to go to beauty treatment, exercise, and diet in order to surpass her colleagues who were taxed 20.00%, and successfully raised her tax rate to 30.00%.

However, the beauty tax has also led to many negative consequences. Beautiful women have to pay so much tax that men are afraid to marry them.

The heroine was also fired because the high tax rate of 30.00% caused trouble to the company.

The plot continued to reverse, and finally multiple factors led to the heroine being arrested and imprisoned for tax evasion.

You can watch this play in any way you want. If you don’t want to bother your brains, you can watch it as a comedy. Audiences who like to think critically can see the ubiquitous vanity of human beings.

Those who are willing to think at a deeper level can then see in the story the inequality of the world, the random formulation of standards, the brainwashing of cognition by the general environment, and the irony of stupid and proud leeks. "

Liu Man was a little ashamed after hearing Yang Shu's plot analysis: "I really didn't understand it so deeply. A good work is a work that can meet the needs of all levels. This kind of story is not easy to write."

"I didn't understand it thoroughly," Jiang Shiyu said more modestly, "Is it really okay for me to play the leading role? Don't let the audience say that such a look is also taxed at 30.00%. Is the finances crazy?"

Yang Shu insisted on having her as the starring role. He remembered that on the night when he first arrived in the capital, Liu Man had recommended Jiang Shiyu to star in "Lovers at the Table". He disagreed and said at the time that "Beauty Tax" was more suitable.

After analyzing the plot, Yang Shu assigned the roles by the way: "Manman will also take part in this drama, and she will play the role of a new colleague who is set at a 20.00% five-tax rate in the drama. Sensation, in order to catch up with active beauty, exercise, diet, and finally reached a 30.00% tax rate.”

The two were quite satisfied with his arrangement, and shrugged each other with a smile: "This competition sounds so silly."

In order to save the actor's expenses, Yang Shu himself will also play the role of the tax collector who fools the heroine in the play.

In addition, the plot at the beginning of the film is that the boss of the company read a report that was written in a wrong way, and lost his temper and asked whose report it was.

At this time, the beautiful heroine walked over and whispered that she wrote it by herself. The boss suddenly lost his temper and praised her for her good writing with a smile on his face.

Yang Shu suggested that Guo Minkai play this role as a cameo. The boss appears several times in the play, which is also very important.

Jiang Shiyu agreed with this arrangement very much, and promised to be responsible for persuading Deputy Director Guo to participate in the performance. This time it was the price of a real acquaintance, and the role of the role was also light, so it shouldn't cost much.

The play is decided in this way, and then we can start to write the storyboard and shooting plan.

But when choosing the other two plays, everyone's opinions were divided.

(End of this chapter)