Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 41 New Movie Script

ps: For movies like New World and John Wick, the backgrounds are basically set outdoors. Don't worry, the author is very cautious.

three days later.

Starry.

office.

Zhou Mo sat at his desk with a tired look on his face, but he looked a little excited.

Three days ago, when he heard Sun Li talking about Zhuang Wenqiang, Hong Kong's gold medal screenwriter, who wrote a god-level script like "Infernal Affairs", he suddenly knew what kind of movie he wanted to make -

"New World".

A movie that was derived from "Infernal Affairs", but the content is completely different from the former.

Therefore, Zhou Mo decisively invited this person to participate in the writing of the script of "New World".

Zhuang Wenqiang has always wanted to develop inland areas.

So, when Zhou Mo approached him and explained his intention, Zhuang Wenqiang immediately agreed to the invitation to collaborate. The two hit it off and started writing the script right away.

To show his sincerity, Zhuang Wenqiang even temporarily put aside the post-production of "Guan Yunchang" and handed it over to another director Mai Zhaohui to be responsible for the entire process.

And he accompanied Zhou Mo to revise the script.

In its previous life, "New World" was one of the representative works of the provincial film industry, and the script was undoubtedly extremely excellent.

But the markets in the two places are different after all, and the cultural differences mean that after Zhou Mo writes his script, he still needs to spend a lot of time adjusting the content.

For the past three days, the two of them had spent almost all their time studying the script except for eating and sleeping.

"Zhou Mo, are you okay?"

On the sofa, Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo's red eyes and felt a little distressed: "Be moderate in your work and don't overwork yourself."

Zhou Mo took out the script: "I'm fine... take a look at this script first."

Da Tiantian knew early on that Zhou Mo was busy writing a new script.

After all, two days ago she went to see Zhou Mo again. After changing her clothes and getting rid of her agent, she arrived at Zhou Mo's house, but found that Zhou Mo didn't even look at her. Instead, he just said a few words and coaxed her away.

Da Tiantian is still sensible.

Know when to be petty and when to take action.

Seeing that Zhou Mo put all his energy into the movie, Da Tiantian patiently started reading the script.

After half an hour.

"A bit similar, it does look a bit similar." Da Tiantian murmured to herself.

"It looks like it, right? If not, then Director Zhuang's and I's efforts would have been wasted." Zhou Mo said with satisfaction.

Although the original script of "New World" referred to "Infernal Affairs" to a certain extent, after the adaptation, it is actually very different from "Infernal Affairs".

But Zhou Mo changed the difference back a little bit.

The success of "The Myth" has already made him taste the sweetness of sentiment, so he plans to intensify his efforts this time.

"Infernal Affairs" is a very good sentimental object.

On the other side, Zhuang Wenqiang said: "Actually, they are quite different. The plot of Infernal Affairs is a bit depressing, while in New World, Li Zicheng turns evil directly, from an undercover agent to a gangster boss. This ending is much more violent and extreme."

As a top screenwriter, he clearly knows the difference between "New World" and "Infernal Affairs" -

black.

In "Infernal Affairs", while the black and white factions are confronting each other and sabotaging each other, the bosses of each side treat the spies they send out with a warm side and care about their safety.

It's like a touch of white in black.

And "New World" is dark from beginning to end.

The White side suppressed, deceived, and sent people to monitor the spies they sent out. The gangs also used all kinds of means during internal competition, including assassination and gang beatings.

Including the later part of "New World", when the male protagonist Li Zicheng turned evil and launched revenge, his methods were also very dark, and he directly hired someone to kill someone.

Soon, Da Tiantian also discovered this difference, "Compared with Infernal Affairs, the artistic quality of New World is a little worse."

Zhou Mo nodded: "Of course, Infernal Affairs has some flavor of an art film, but I plan to shoot New World as a complete commercial film."

"In this case, can New World perform particularly well?"

Zhou Mo: "It depends on how you understand it. In terms of character creation and artistry, Infernal Affairs is superior to New World in all aspects. It can be said that it is suppressed in all aspects. But New World has another advantage."

"what?"

“It’s awesome. After Li Zicheng turned evil in the middle of New World, the plot started to accelerate. The more miserable the early part was, the more awesome the later part was. Li Zicheng made everyone who abused him in the early part pay the price. This kind of awesomeness may reduce the artistic quality of the film, but it will also greatly increase the box office.

After all, when audiences go to the cinema to watch commercial films, they definitely want to see more exciting plots.”

When Da Tiantian heard this, her eyes lit up: "Zhou Mo, what you mean is that this movie will have a high box office? Can it break the box office record?" Zhou Mo was happy.

"Tiantian, what are you thinking about?

"Let the Bullets Fly" can only achieve such great results because of the combination of heaven, earth and people.

And "New World" is, after all, a genre film, and it is also a Hong Kong film. How could it possibly break the 700 million box office record of "Bullet"? "

"Oh, I see." Da Tiantian felt a little regretful.

Zhou Mo added: "However, relying on the sentimentality and the extremely contrasting plot, it should be no problem to break through the 600 million box office."

Da Tiantian was very happy when she heard this and immediately said, "Zhou Mo, I want it, I want it."

Zhou Mo coughed lightly: "There are guests here, let's talk about this in private."

Da Tiantian: ...

"Go to hell." She blushed and punched Zhou Mo.

“I’m saying I’m going to make this movie.”

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it, Tiantian, there is no role suitable for you in this movie. It will be of no use to you if you shoot it."

"New World" can be said to be a completely male-oriented movie, and the entire story revolves around the struggle between a group of men.

There are only two female characters in the movie, one is Li Zicheng's wife, and the other is the contact person between Li Zicheng and Bai Fang.

Neither character is outstanding.

Da Tiantian thought about it and listened to Zhou Mo's advice.

It's just a pity.

"That's 600 million at the box office."

Zhou Mo comforted him: "It doesn't matter, there will always be a chance."

Zhuang Wenqiang was feeling somewhat complicated at the moment.

As a screenwriter, he is actually a bit literary.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t always add some tragic elements to my works.

Whether it is the death of Chen Yongren in "Infernal Affairs" or the tragedy of Liang Junyi in "Overheard" which he filmed later, his style can be seen.

At this moment, Zhou Mo's statement that "the artistic quality can be moderately reduced for the sake of box office" made him think of someone.

Wang Jing.

Fatty Wang is the kind of person who, as long as he can make money, will sacrifice not only the artistry, but even the logic of the plot and the ranking of the actors.

"If it's that guy, he and Director Zhou must have a lot in common," he thought silently.

Then, he asked a question: "If "New World" is filmed according to the script, can it be released smoothly?"

He had some doubts about this.

Although "Infernal Affairs" was broadcast in mainland China that year, there were some controversies due to the material problems. For this reason, the crew also filmed another ending as a backup.

And "New World" is even more cruel than "Infernal Affairs".

Except for the indestructible friendship between Ding Qing and Li Zicheng, the rest of the people in the whole play, whether good or bad, are just a bunch of insects.

Can such a setting pass the review?

Hearing this, Zhou Mo smiled and said, "Don't worry, Director Zhuang. Since I am willing to shoot, I must have asked in advance."

Not to mention that the background of "New World" is still set in Tou Province, and all the plots take place in Tou Province.

The key point is that he still has a reward for "someone behind him" that he hasn't used yet.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Mo's cell phone rang.

He checked the caller ID:

Han Sanping.

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(End of this chapter)