My Entertainment Festival

Chapter 36 Metaphor
March 21, Sunday, is a day of leisure for most people. Some people choose to stay at home and sleep until they wake up naturally, and some people choose to go out and play for a day.Bai Xiaocong, who is used to working at sunset and resting at sunrise, is currently being corrected for this abnormal biological clock.

"Boss, you can't talk to me about work another day." In Guanmang Company, Bai Xiaocong showed weakness to Jiang Quan with a flattering smile, with a trace of uneasiness in his show of weakness.

"I think so too, but it's a pity that I have too many trivial matters recently, so I can only discuss with you today." Facing Bai Xiaocong's flattery, Jiang Quan showed that he refused to give up any ground.

"Of course, you have your own right to choose. You can do other things immediately. I will never interfere. I will only inform your mother of your schedule today."

"Don't! Don't! We talk about work, we talk about work."

After Bai Xiaocong signed the contract with the company, his mother came to Guanmang in person, and asked Bai Xiaocong how he was, and took out a red envelope to beg Jiang Quan to take extra care of Bai Xiaocong.Knowing about Bai Xiaocong's family situation and his own talent, Jiang Quan directly promised that as long as Bai Xiaocong was in his company, he would not go astray.

Jiang Quan directly accepted the red envelope from Bai Xiaocong's mother, and as soon as Bai's mother left, he turned around and handed the red envelope to Bai Xiaocong.And told him that if Bai Xiaocong didn't want to make his mother sad, he should do less to shorten his life.

As soon as Bai Xiaocong remembered his mother's expectations, he directly called and rejected all his entertainment, and then seriously read the few scripts that Jiang Quan had won.Jiang Quan directly picked up the fruit knife and peeled the apples on the fruit plate.While looking at the phone, he started eating on his own.

The corners of Bai Xiaocong's eyes suddenly twitched. Although he is just an employee, is it really okay for the boss to fish in front of the employees?
For a while, the office was extremely quiet, with occasional rustling sounds of flipping through the script, and the crackling sound of biting off the flesh of an apple.

"Boss, in fact, I have long been attracted by the unfinished script in your office, can I have a look?"

Jiang Quan glanced at Bai Xiaocong who was already holding the discarded script in his hand: "Whatever, this is a script I wrote before, and I have directly discarded it."

Without further ado, Bai Xiaocong read the mysterious script.

The general content of the plot is: In the second year of the Republic of China, a young man named Zhou Qi returned to his hometown from the East, but found that his hometown had long been changed, and his family had already died in the former rebellion.After paying homage to his family, a few Faxiao approached Zhou Qi and proposed to do a mining and iron business. Zhou Qi, who was still confused, naturally declined the invitation of the Faxiaos. He just wrote and wrote articles at home alone, and lived a leisurely life. day.

Later, the Fa Xiaomen were intercepted and killed on the business road, and only one of them survived because of being late.

It turns out that the three major families in the city control the three major industries respectively.Seeing that their interests were touched by others, they naturally chose to kill to silence them.At this time, Zhou Qi naively chose to reason with the three major families, but in the end, the three major families used nine people to death, compensated nine silver coins and sent them away directly.

Zhou Qi, who was furious, knew that he was powerless to fight against the three big families. Looking at the three tower-like attics in the city, Zhou Qi dared not speak out, and was once depressed.

The disheartened Zhou Qi was encouraged by his childhood sweetheart and cheered up again.Start looking for people who have the same hatred for the three major families as yourself.

In the restaurant, Zhou Qi met An Lian, the son of the nobleman from the former dynasty who was already down and out.An Lian is no longer the playboy he was back then. He believes that the former dynasty no longer exists, so the three great families that were once glorious together with the former dynasty should also not exist.The replacement must be thorough. Under An Lian's introduction, Zhou Qi met Hu Dalong, who had studied in the West, and Sun Guangdao, who was born in a local farmer.

Zhou Qi and several others shared the same hatred and launched a plan to destroy the three major families.

First exchange the assets of the Anlian family for food and weapons, and release food on a large scale in winter when the three major families are collecting taxes.The three greedy families immediately took the opportunity to raise taxes. Zhou Qi and Sun Guangdao deliberately caused conflicts with the tax collectors, which aroused the dissatisfied crowd to watch. When Zhou Qi killed the tax collectors, the backlog of anger broke out completely , the hometown eventually became a battlefield.

After a week of fierce melee, two of the three major families have been purged. Hu Dalong died of stray bullets on the battlefield, and An Lian and a group of vanguard people were destroyed by the collapsed building when they destroyed one of the attics of the three major families. Ruins smashed to death.With An Lian's death, the people began to withdraw.Zhou Qi took his blood as an alliance, promising the people that after the three major families were destroyed, there would be no more unspeakable evils in their hometown, and everyone's fighting spirit was once again excited.

On the eve of the attack on the last attic, two people approached Zhou Qi in front of the ruins of the perishing family, trying to make Zhou Qi justice.Unexpectedly, the other party was actually a traitor bribed by the three major families. Zhou Qi was caught off guard and was directly stabbed in the heart by the other party's dagger.The last patriarch of the three major families came with his subordinates and laughed at Zhou Qi. He worked hard for these poor people, but he bought them with a little money and killed him.

Zhou Qi responded with a sneer: You are only afraid now, it is too late.

In fact, Zhou Tuo had been waiting for the opportunity to meet the last Patriarch, and now the opportunity finally came.Zhou Tu took out the pistol he had hidden since he had just returned home and shot at the Patriarch, who was killed by a single shot.The town itself was closed, and the power of the pistol had never been seen. In addition, when the head of the family died, the others scattered like birds and beasts.

On his deathbed, Zhou Qi hallucinated that he was doing business with his friends, chatting with An Lian and others by the lake, and he and Qing Mei finally got married.

At the end of the plot, Sun Guangdao, who was alone, placed the weapons of his comrades in front of the tombstone, and then rushed from the cemetery to the last attic with a big knife in his hand.More and more people followed Sun Guang, and finally became an unstoppable trend. At the end, the last tower collapsed.

After reading the incomplete script, Bai Xiaocong tried his best to ignore the three neatly placed fruit cores on the coffee table and said, "Boss, I don't understand why the protagonist died in the end?"

Bai Xiaocong put the fourth fruit core neatly on the tea table and said: "It's very simple, because the protagonist represents not only the pioneer of the new era, but also the remnants of the old era. With such a dual identity, in the torrent of the great era, Death is his best destination before the world is completely reformed."

Bai Xiaocong pinched his lips unconsciously: "Then why did the protagonist die in such a disgraceful assassination, wouldn't it be more appropriate for such a person to die in battle?"

Jiang Quan smiled vaguely and said, "Do you think the death of the protagonist is disgraceful? I don't think so. Before he died, he killed the real shady man. And he also cleared away the half-life obsession, which can be regarded as seeking benevolence. Besides, how could people in that era have the right to choose how they would die, this kind of accidental death, which was so realistic that there was no warning, only appeared in the protagonist's bizarre story that his life was a legend."

"I understand, but boss, don't you think you have added too many metaphors in the script, and the audience won't be able to understand it?" Bai Xiaocong carefully flipped through the script, and asked what he thought was the most important question.

"That's why I discarded the script."

Jiang Quan's script was formed in his mind a long time ago.The script implicitly hints at domestic modern historical events and his own understanding of historical philosophy. This script is also Jiang Quan's first original script.However, Jiang Quan never expected that this script could be adapted into a movie.

"This script has to be shot according to the content in it, um, it's very difficult." Jiang Quan knew that the script's metaphors were obscure, so he reminded Bai Xiaocong not to get entangled.

"There are problems with the plot of the script itself, and if it is actually filmed, don't expect the audience to know the meaning immediately. Boss, have you ever thought about changing the script?" Bai Xiaocong asked curiously.

"It doesn't matter. Some writing is like a diary. You can't see people when you write it. If you don't write it, you feel uncomfortable. Write it for peace of mind." Jiang Quan explained very easily.

After Bai Xiaocong listened, he stopped reading the discarded scripts, but continued to read the other scripts that Jiang Quan had given him.But Bai Xiaocong still couldn't help muttering in his heart: Is fame and fortune really the ultimate goal of writing this kind of script?
(End of this chapter)