supergiant age

Chapter 777 Perfecting the Script
In the studio screenwriter's room.

Yi Shuihan, Lu Cheng and others are concentrating on creating.

After the script of "Legend of Sword and Fairy II" was completed, the entire screenwriting department was working hard to overcome the script of "Infernal Affairs II", carefully considering every word and every sentence.

If they just want to complete an ordinary police and gangster movie, then they don't have to spend so much effort and energy on the script.

It's just that Yi Shuihan has greater ambitions for this script. He not only wants to hit the box office, but also wants to create a classic movie that can leave a name!
Although the title of this script is "Infernal Affairs 2", it actually tells the story before "Infernal Affairs 1", that is, the prequel.

As a prequel, it is often reduced to a mediocre work with no suspense, no development, and no characteristics due to the storyline and character of the first episode. Therefore, it is not an easy task to write this script well. , although Yi Shuihan already had the main line and context in his mind.

"Infernal Affairs 2" naturally tells the previous stories of the four protagonists Han Chen, Huang Zhicheng, Liu Jianming, and Chen Yongren, but when explaining how they made their fortunes, went undercover and changed their personalities in order to connect with the first episode, there are many things that can be played. How to fill this part in a real, reasonable and wonderful way is the difficulty of their writing.

Lu Cheng carefully looked at the main line and context given by Yi Shuihan. He had to admit that some things really required talent. Even if he was given a long time, he might not be able to come up with such a shocking and wonderful plot.

If the plot of "Infernal Affairs 1" mainly focuses on the battle of wits between police and gangsters, and the undercover confrontation between the two sides, then "Infernal Affairs 2" is obviously much more ambitious: Although it is still a battle of wits between police and gangsters, the police have almost always been at a disadvantage. It is the battle within the gangster that is heavily colored and colorful, which is the most interesting. It is not so much a gangster movie as it is a gangster movie, and compared with the first one, the plot of "Infernal Affairs 2" is more compact and exciting.

I just don't know why, but when he looked at the original manuscript written by Zhan Zhan, he still felt that it was not as good as the first one...

First of all, the lines are undoubtedly one of the aspects. You must know that there are too many classic lines in "Infernal Affairs 1", and there are still many lines that movie fans love to talk about until now.

For example, Chen Yongren said in the play, "I'm sorry, I'm a policeman." Another example is Liu Jianming's sentence, "I didn't have a choice before, but now I want to be a good person." Looking at your words, he is a policeman." They are all impressive.

And "Infernal Affairs 2", which is in its infancy, is obviously still far behind, and this is what they are currently trying to do.

But apart from the lines... Lu Cheng watched intently, and gradually discovered a problem.

"Ahan... Are there too many characters?" Lu Cheng asked after a moment of pondering.

Yi Shuihan froze for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "Where?"

"I've been thinking about a question just now. The plot of this script is very compact, and the plot is also very densely arranged. Why doesn't it feel as tense as the first one..." Lu Cheng frowned and said, "At first I thought it was because There is a problem with the plot, but after watching it many times, I found that it is not the case... The main reason for this situation is that too many characters appeared at the beginning, and they all appeared on the stage like a revolving lantern at the beginning. It's a bit messy, it's hard to get people into the show, that's the first point."

"Second point, most of the characters appearing on the stage are evenly drawn, which also makes "Infernal Affairs 2" unable to be as intense and concentrated as the first part, and the space for character creation is also very limited..." Lu Cheng said in a deep voice, his thoughts became clearer.

Listening to Lu Cheng's statement, Yi Shuihan also fell into deep thought...

I didn't notice it before, but now that I think about it carefully, Lu Cheng is definitely not aimless, this problem exists objectively, even in the original works, this problem still exists.

And how did the original work solve or downplay this kind of disadvantage, Yi Shuihan closed his eyes and thought about it carefully.

As an excellent actor, he naturally has a very strong ability to discriminate, and soon he knew how the original screenwriter handled it.

They described each character in the play more deeply: Ni Yongxiao looks gentle and vicious, but attaches great importance to family affection; Han Chen was originally loyal, but after his wife died and he was hunted down, he finally became cunning He is ruthless; Huang Zhicheng knows that Ni Kun is about to be killed, but he does not report it, and the ambiguous relationship with Han Chen's wife is short-lived, but it is meaningful; Liu Jianming is obsessed with Han Chen's wife Mary. To tell the truth so cruelly that she died tragically...

In this way, the character image appears real and complex, and it also shapes the character and characteristics of the character to the greatest extent, and also increases the audience's sense of substitution.

It's just that the characterization of these details still takes a lot of effort.

As Yi Shuihan thought about it, his thoughts became clearer.In addition, the average of the scenes in the early stage is also a problem, at least there should be some weight in the portrayal, and then make up for it in the later stage...

Yi Shuihan was discussing with Lu Cheng and others, and Zheng Liaoyuan sent someone to look for him.

"Old Zheng, what do you want from me?" Yi Shuihan walked into Zheng Liaoyuan's office and asked suspiciously.

"It's a matter of "Sword and Sword II", I need to discuss it with you." Zheng Liaoyuan said concisely.

"Well, tell me." Yi Shuihan went to pour himself a glass of water, and asked after sitting down.

"About the investment in this TV series, what are your thoughts? Is it a sole proprietorship or a cooperation with other film and television groups?" Zheng Liaoyuan asked with a smile.

Yi Shuihan understood immediately: "Someone came to us?"

Zheng Liaoyuan laughed and said, "That's for sure. With your previous achievements, it's no wonder they will be eyeing this cake."

This is a very normal thing. With the emergence of capital in the Chinese film and television market, powerful capital likes to chase and invest in big IP dramas starring fresh meat stars. Some costume dramas have become capital arenas.

Yi Shuihan's investment vision, the reputation of Yi Shuihan's studio, and the traffic of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are all the reasons why they chose to invest in this TV series!

"Haha, if someone wants to invest, it means that they are optimistic about our TV series. It seems that our TV series became popular before it was filmed!" Yi Shuihan said with a smile, "What do you think?"

"Actually, the biggest reason why we cooperated with Shanying Group to shoot "Conquer" was to let them bear the pressure from above for us. If you want to get stuck with us, at most it's just a matter of deleting some clips, it's not a big problem... Now we have to consider the issue of risk allocation and liquidity." Zheng Liaoyuan said after a moment of pondering.

Yi Shuihan nodded and said: "Risk... don't worry about this issue, even if the results of "Legend of Sword and Sword II" won't be at a loss again, as for the issue of funds... let alone the funds that have not been recovered, the working capital of the studio is very important." Enough to support this TV series!"

(End of this chapter)