It is normal for this essay information to cause a sensation in China, after all, whether it is a distant game, a starting point, or Tencent, they are all very famous large companies in China. And the bonuses of various grades are honestly very good, it can be said that it is very attractive, if you can take this opportunity to develop, it may not be possible to let life into another better start.

But the same bonus of 100,000 soft sister coins, if converted to US dollars, is also more than 10,000 US dollars, ...... abroad Well, more than 10,000 US dollars is also very attractive, but after all, Zhou Fangyuan has no foundation abroad, there is only one Blizzard and one Altos Virtue, to be honest, when Altos Virtue and Blizzard promoted this essay information at the same time, there were many people in the group who couldn't understand it, they didn't understand why Zhou Fangyuan did this, and what was the benefit of doing it?

Of course, Zhou Fangyuan will not say that he received a call from Meyersy half a month ago, and he will not say that he has a secret conversation with Mike, in short, he will not say anything, even the people closest to him do not know some of his more hidden plans. Of course, these plans are known to Zhou's parents and Zhou's parents, but they just know, they won't say anything, let alone ask anything, anyway, the development of the industry in the family has reached today, which is beyond their control, what they can do now is to help Zhou Fangyuan in the back, and then stand up in front to help him withstand the storm when Zhou Fangyuan needs it, that's all.

Although Zhou Fangyuan himself didn't think that his parents were suitable for doing these things, he felt that his parents could do more, but that's what his parents thought, and sometimes Zhou Fangyuan couldn't stop them.

In short, Blizzard and Altos Virtue sent out a call for essays at the same time, and in Nanxian, it makes sense to call for essays. After all, the culture of Nanxian is generally born out of Chinese civilization, and the two sides are in the same line, many customs and cultural thinking, there is not much difference between the two countries, so about the creation, the excellent direct sinicization of Nanxian is also no problem at all, and the Chinese people are acceptable.

As for the United States, the reason on the surface is that Mike has to plan for their own plans, and although the film project has now begun to kick in, the creation of the script is not easy, and can even be described as difficult. Because the plot of Warcraft is too huge, as the creator of this series of plots, Blizzard also has internal differences, some people want the big movie to start with the first war of humans and beasts, some people want to start directly with the Lich King, and some people want to start from the ancient Illidan period, in short, it is difficult to unify opinions. Even if it was Zhou Fangyuan, it was not good to force them to choose a certain plot, because he himself was not sure which plot was the most suitable.

And now there is another problem, the script and the plot are two concepts. The plot engineer can make it up, anyway, it's a rough flow line, and the richer content in it can also be filled in by professionals. But the creation of the script, this is not easy, not only to take into account the development of the entire plot, but also to take into account a lot of different content.

For example, one of the most important points is to distinguish the difference between script writing and writing, after all, the two are basically different, and the creation of the script is mainly to use words to express a series of pictures, so that people who read the script can instantly associate a picture when they see the text, and bring them to the world of animation. In addition to the image, it also includes lyrical sentences, rhetorical devices, and psychological descriptions of the characters. These figures of speech are not supposed to be in the script.

In addition, if it is not required by the plot, there should not be too many dialogues in the script, otherwise the whole story will become incoherent, making the lack of action, and it will look like listening to an audiobook to the audience, which is boring, resulting in the play becoming a "soap opera". Know that it is written in the language of film, not literature. A script that is only suitable for reading but not for reading is not a good script. Therefore, for an excellent movie script, the less dialogue, the stronger the sense of picture and the greater the impact. For example, if you want to write about a person on the phone, it's best not to let him sit at the phone and just talk. If the plot requires it, you can ask him to stand up, or take a few steps with the phone, or add some actions that people usually do when making a call, and try to avoid the dullness and monotony of the picture.

In the case where the plot is outside the main line, it is not appropriate to arrange too many subplots, nor should it arrange more than three main lines, and when there is more than one main line, it is necessary to reduce the corresponding subplots. For example, the classic 03 version of "Dragon Babu", which was most recognized by Mr. Jin Yong in later generations, is the closest to the original work, which uses three main lines to alternate, without secondary lines, but adds secondary lines in turn in the main line to carry out the plot, and finally chooses a big main line to end the plot. In the creation of the script, if there are too many subparagraphs, there are many characters in the subparagraphs, and there are many scenes interspersed, which complicates the story, the audience may not understand and not know what theme the author wants to express. If there are many important characters in a movie at the same time, and there are many stories between the characters, the audience will not be able to distinguish the storyline of each character in a short period of time.

And this last point is where the Warcraft script is not easy to write. Warcraft because of the huge plot, there are many characters in it, just talk about a history of Warcraft, there may be more than a few main characters in it, but each of these characters has a very rich life, which person can be the protagonist of a story, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts between them.

Professional screenwriters may not be able to figure out these rules and regulations in the Warcraft plot, and Blizzard's engineers, even if they are specifically responsible for the plot, can't say which one can choose which one should be abandoned, so Mike gave the choice directly to the player. Choose a person from among the players who has strong writing skills and good storytelling, and let him join the story discussion group, since Blizzard's internal staff and hired professional writers have their own opinions, and both parties are not willing to back down, then join a third party and let the third party upset the balance to help Mike make a more accurate choice.

This essay is ostensibly to help distant games, but in fact, Mike's plan is to help himself find this suitable person. Therefore, in the essay contest launched by Blizzard, the "length" is directly limited to "short story".

Short stories are a type of story that is characterized by short length, concise plot, concentrated characters, and exquisite structure. It often selects and depicts typical pieces of life, focuses on portraying the character traits of the main characters, and reflects a certain aspect of life, so that readers can "get a glimpse of the whole leopard". The number of words is also a factor that distinguishes long, medium, and short stories, and of course it is not the only factor. However, people usually call a few thousand to 30,000 words a short story, a 30,000 to 100,000 words a novella, and a long story with more than 100,000 words. This is only in terms of the number of words, in fact, the difference between long, medium and short stories is mainly determined by the scope of life reflected by the work and the capacity of the work. The long story has the largest capacity, the broadest, and the length is relatively long, with a more complex structure, and it generally expresses social life through more characters and complicated events, such as "Dream of Red Mansions". Although the scope of the novella is not as broad as the long story, it can also reflect a certain breadth of life, and the number of its characters and the complexity of the plot are between the long and short stories, such as "People to Middle Age". Short stories are characterized by being compact and short and concise, and they often write only one or a few characters, describing a fragment or episode of life. Although the life reflected in the short stories is not as broad as the long and medium stories, they are also complete, and some of them have profound and rich social significance.

This is an adaptation made by Mike, a short story, which can not only participate in the essay collection, if the article is indeed good, it can also bring new ideas and ideas to Zhou Fangyuan's side, but at the same time, the short story is equivalent to a short life, from looking at people, you can tell how well a person can capture stories and tell stories. Legend is a game with no too complicated plot, and Warcraft is of course incomparable, if even such a simple plot can find the shining point, then Mike has no reason not to believe that this person can't find the shining point from Warcraft.

Of course, there are many shining points of Warcraft, but because there are too many, it is difficult to choose. What Mike has to do now is to ask the winner of the first prize at the end of the essay contest to help him find the shining point that belongs to the player.

The sparkle of a game company, the sparkle of a professional screenwriter, the sparkle of a gamer...... If the three are one, I don't believe that I can't get a qualified script out.

Mike's reason is somewhat tenable, so when an interview video about Mike appeared on the Internet and watched his remarks, the opposition within the group gradually disappeared.

In fact, everyone is not really opposed, but I just think that this is a domestic matter after all, although Mike and Blizzard are also in the scope of the group, but after all, they are different from the group's descendant industries, and a large part of Blizzard's shares are not in Zhou Fangyuan's hands, and he is now only on par with Xiao Li's shares, if Zhou Fangyuan owns 80% of the shares, then there is no opposition within the group. It's all their own family, what are they against? But aren't there outsiders now? Because there are outsiders, Blizzard can't be completely unscrupulous within the group. If you can't count within the group, then you are not a member of the group. Not part of it...... So what else did you say?

Zhou Fangyuan is also very helpless, but many of his plans can't be said yet, and if he does, it is easy to have problems, so he can only endure it, and wait for the future, people who doubt themselves must know what the reason for what they do.

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The opening of the essay contest has triggered a wave of enthusiasm in China.

In today's China, online literature is not a favored type of literature.

The traditional literary circles believe that online literature is the scum of the literary world, because of the low threshold, poor standards, lack of rigor, and lack of connotation, so many people in the literary world openly and secretly reject online literature. They seem to have forgotten that when many of them first entered this circle, they were not from an orthodox literary department, but now after all, there is a matter of interests involved, so there is some hostility towards each other, which is normal.

It's just how to say it, the previous online literature was to make trouble on the Internet, so although the traditional literary world doesn't look down on online literature, it is just lip service, and it doesn't say anything unpleasant in the media or in public, and everyone can still get along with each other. However, with the development of the essay contest, the tentacles of online literature began to extend unconsciously.

First of all, the threshold continues to be lowered, it is really national literature, and anyone, as long as you are willing to use your brain and your "pen", you can join it. And the income is still very good, the first prize is directly a 100,000 bonus, and there is a 100,000 guaranteed contract, you must know that many so-called literary people can't earn 200,000 a year now. After all, traditional literary writing is not like online literature, which can be serialized in a single day, and if you write well, you can serialize it in newspapers and publications, and if you are relatively inferior, you can only write it at home.

So there are many times, after working for half a year to write things but not being recognized, many people's lives are not satisfactory and not easy, and now this essay contest is out, and all of a sudden it provides opportunities for people who are not as good as them to become famous and make money.

And the most important thing is the issue of threshold.

Literature has always given people a mysterious and high-end image, and I feel that the title of writer or author is very high. But now, online literature is tantamount to completely shattering their altar, and a person can be called an author, so the contradictions between the two sides have accumulated a lot. Many people immediately moved to the front of the stage, and began to criticize this essay contest in the media and newspapers. Of course, they don't dare to say that this is smashing their jobs, they can only say that the essay contest at the beginning of this time is polluting the literary world, making the originally clean literary world full of copper smell, and making literature a tool to make money.

But is there anything wrong with this? Will anyone write literature that can't make money? If you can't make money, are writers drinking the northwest wind?

So although many people shouted very happily, Zhou Fangyuan didn't pay attention to it, because it was just the sad cry of a few negative dogs, and the really awesome literary masters didn't jump out and say anything, and the mainstream media didn't say anything, which shows that neither the high-level of the literary world nor the high-level of the country took this matter seriously, so what else did Zhou Fangyuan have to be afraid of? He not only advertised on the Internet, but also directly put the advertisement offline, and even those media that published "opposition" remarks, Zhou Fangyuan was also full of malice to spend money on advertising.

Hmph, let you speak ill of me, I'll hit the ad in your face directly!