Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 612 Chapter 611 Just give it to Tsui Hark to shoot

Fang Minghua smiled after hearing this.

"Don't like it? Tangtang, write out the story outline you just wrote and number it."

"What?" Song Tangtang said, but still opened a new document and briefly listed what he had just said.

Fang Minghua was sitting next to her, holding a teacup in her hand, looking at the screen and talking.

"Okay, rewrite the script in the order I told you to: 5, 3, 6, 7, 1, 8, 2, 4, 9. Just this order. Don't make any mistakes."

Fang Minghua said it again.

Song Tangtang didn't understand, but still shuffled the text content as Fang Minghua said.

"Okay, now read the script again according to this outline."

Song Tangtang had no choice but to read it again. At first, her eyes were confused and it seemed that the more she read, the more confused she became, but slowly her eyes became brighter.

Finally, he smiled and said, "Well, if you change it like this, isn't it a perfect stream of consciousness in literature?"

"Doesn't it become more high-end all of a sudden? How can Wong Kar-wai not like it?" Fang Minghua asked with a smile.

"Yeah." Song Tangtang nodded: "But there is another problem."

"what is the problem?"

"The film is difficult to understand due to the disorganized time and space and the non-linear and fragmented narrative. Moreover, some narrative lines are inserted into different sections in the form of flashbacks. For example, the third section of the Waking of Insects appears in the fifth section of the narrative line in the form of flashbacks, which makes it difficult for the audience to understand."

“我不是在5、6、7、8、9五個段落，用了不同节气加以标注了吗？节气寓意时间的流逝和顺序。”方明华解释道。

Song Tangtang listened carefully and found that it was true. These paragraphs did include the four seasons: Jingzhe, Lichun, Xiazhi, and Bailu! "

"Oh my god. How could the audience notice this detail?!" Song Tangtang couldn't help but exclaimed, "It may be artistic but the box office will be terrible if it's filmed like this."

"Then I won't care. I am only responsible for writing the script. As for how he wants to shoot it, that is Wong Kar-wai's business." Fang Minghua said slowly.

The next morning, Fang Minghua called Liu Zhenwei and asked him to read the written script.

Liu Zhenwei read it carefully and his result was the same as Song Tangtang's original idea.

It is a magical adaptation of Jin Yong's novel, and the text and lines are quite wonderful.

But isn’t the plot a bit bland?
Wong Kar-wai likes this guy who pretends to be cool. Does he like him?
Forget it, leave it to Wong Kar-wai and let him decide for himself.

Liu Zhenwei expressed his gratitude and asked someone to buy a 3.5-inch disc and mail it directly back to Hong Kong.

Everything in Yinchuan had been done. Fang Minghua said goodbye to Liu Zhenwei, Stephen Chow, Zhang Xianliang and others and prepared to go home.

Song Tangtang will stay for a while. In addition to looking at the accounts of the crew, more importantly, she will also have to look at the accounts of the film and television city company.

So Fang Minghua went home alone.

It was already the end of September when he returned home, and National Day was just around the corner, so Fang Minghua took his two children back from his mother-in-law's house and took them out for a walk, always fulfilling his responsibilities as a father.

It is convenient to go out with a car. Fang Minghua took her two children and her parents to visit the zoo, Xingqing Park, and Yuguantai.
It's a holiday, so we should be happy.

While Fang Minghua's family was happily on vacation, Wong Kar-wai, who was far away in Hong Kong, was very unhappy.

The headquarters building of Zedong Film Company on Causeway Bay Road, Hong Kong.

At this time, Wong Kar-wai was sitting in his office, staring at the computer screen on his boss's desk.

Zedong Films is a film company jointly established by Wong Kar-wai and Stephen Chow. Although it was not long since its establishment, Wong Kar-wai signed up many popular stars such as Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, and Carina Lau, and was ready to make a big splash and get rid of the bad reputation of "box office poison" that he had gained after filming Days of Being Wild, which was a box office failure.

Then let's make martial arts films. They are very popular in Hong Kong.

He bought the film adaptation rights of the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" specifically from Mr. Jin. He had planned to write the script himself, but he couldn't find the right state of mind. When he saw the script of "A Chinese Odyssey" written by Fang Minghua for Stephen Chow, he suddenly felt that

Let him try it?
Because he really appreciated the script.

In addition to the funny lines tailor-made for Stephen Chow, the structure of the script completely subverts the original work.

What’s more important is that you think the film is nonsense, but it’s actually about love.

You think you see love, but actually you are talking about human nature.

That's the tune he likes.

Through Liu Zhenwei, who was filming in mainland China, Fang Minghua was contacted. The other party agreed and sent the script soon.

For this purpose, Wong Kar-wai also specially hired someone to translate it into traditional Chinese characters to facilitate reading.

But after he read the script carefully several times, there were only two words in his mind: disappointment.

It is indeed a subversion of the original work, and the lines are also written in a very literary way, but the plot.

A murder of passion, revenge and a love triangle, it's such a bloody drama!
If Liu Zhenwei took it, he might treasure it as a treasure, but who am I, Wong Kar-wai?

I would rather lose all my money than make such a cheesy movie!

Disappointed, really disappointed.

Let’s go back?
This is a slap in the face to others and is inappropriate.

Just give it to Tsui Hark to shoot.

His favorite thing to do is to make martial arts films.

Wong Kar-wai picked up the mobile phone on the boss's desk.

"Brother Xu, I'm Jiawei. I have a martial arts script in my hand. It was written by Minghua, a famous mainland writer and screenwriter. It's very well written. Do you want to shoot it?"

"Why don't I shoot it? You know, I don't shoot martial arts films."

An hour later, Tsui Hark rushed to the headquarters building of Zedong Film Company and entered Wong Kar-wai's office.

The two of them were familiar with each other, so there was no need for formalities. Wong Kar-wai gave up his boss chair to let Tsui Hark look at the computer.

Tsui Hark read the script carefully and said, "The plot is OK, it's quite compact, but the dialogue is too literary. Kar-wai, did you write it for me? You're the only Hong Kong director who likes this tone."

Wong Kar-wai laughed awkwardly twice: "Brother Xu, to be honest, it was indeed written for me, but I feel it does not suit my taste, mainly because of the plot. I heard that Minghua is a very famous writer in the mainland, very good at deconstructionism and stream of consciousness writing, but his script has a wonderful plot, but it is too straightforward and boring."

After saying this, Wong Kar-wai shook his head.

"Stream of consciousness? Deconstructionism? Are those vague and ambiguous things you like?" Tsui Hark said, and read the script carefully again, and suddenly discovered something.

"Jiawei, actually, if the time sequence of this script is adjusted, it might as well be what you call stream of consciousness."

"Look, if this paragraph is placed at the end, and this paragraph is placed at the front, and this paragraph is inserted between these two paragraphs, it will be a mess. I don't like it."

Tsui Hark then said to Wong Kar-wai: "I've taken the script. It's quite good without all the flowery words. Please ask Ming Wah for me and tell me how much he wants." After saying that, he was about to close the document.

"Wait!" Wong Kar-wai suddenly yelled, startling Tsui Hark. Turning his head, he saw Wong Kar-wai staring at the computer screen, muttering, "So, so that's it, that's it"

(End of this chapter)