Three kilometers away from the Star Building, where DreamWorks Pictures is located, in the conference room on the 37th floor of the China Film Group Building, adjacent to CCTV, a closed-door meeting began at 10 a.m. and ended at more than 2 p.m.

The conference room was filled with smoke, and although the exhaust system was already working at full strength, it couldn't stand the smoke of a dozen old smoking guns, and there was a choking smell in the air, which made the clerk in charge of the meeting minutes secretly complain.

But she definitely didn't dare to have the slightest opinion, because at this moment, in addition to several leaders of China Film, there were also senior executives from Hongqi Film and Television and Jiandun Film and Television, as well as many famous directors, producers, writers, screenwriters, etc.

Together, they were discussing, or more accurately, reviewing the script adaptation of "100 Hours!—2016 North African Evacuation Documentary."

The solicitation of the adapted script of "North African Evacuee" actually began more than two months ago, out of the importance of this film production project, Hongqi Film and Television joined forces with China Film and Jiandun to send invitations to a number of well-known domestic film and television companies.

Now there are as many as 27 scripts in their hands, and it takes a long time to read them all.

Among them is Luo Kai's share.

In fact, in terms of the script review of "North African Evacuee", Luo Kai's judgment was wrong, he submitted the script for review at the latest, and the members of the review team of China Film had already read most of the script drafts before him.

Therefore, the completion time of the review work is undoubtedly much earlier than he expected.

Hongqi Film and Television can no longer delay, for them, the film project "North African Evacuation" belongs to the category of political tasks, and it is expected to be released on August 1 next year, and it is already November.

Considering the difficulty of filming this movie, it is estimated that it will not be released in time for next summer.

After the review of the judging panel, 22 of the 27 scripts have been eliminated, and these scripts have various problems, which are not as good as the remaining 5 carefully selected.

In the end, only one winner.

"Let's talk about our thoughts, we don't have much time..."

Cheng Jun said in a deep voice: "We must select one and send it to it in the afternoon, if it can't be passed, we still have to continue to work, I hope everyone will work together to complete this important task." ”

As a representative of Hongqi Film and Television, although he has a considerable right to speak in the script, it is precisely in this way that he cannot easily make a decision, and needs to achieve a satisfactory result in all aspects, otherwise there is no need for this review team to be established.

This project requires multi-party cooperation to complete, and there is also a lot of pressure on Hongqi Film and Television.

Caution has to be taken.

"Ahem!"

At this time, the bald man sitting opposite him coughed and said: "I recommend this book "The Great Evacuation of Overseas Chinese", the script refines the content of the original book very well, and the theme is very distinct. ”

As soon as his words fell, someone immediately retorted: "But I feel that the plot of "The Great Evacuation" is too vague and lacks the elements of a commercial film, and it may be difficult to make great achievements at the box office." ”

"We can't think too much about the box office, right? The main thing is to show our great country temperament..."

"The theme must be grasped, and the box office must also be taken into account, otherwise no one will watch it when it is filmed, and it will be discussed. ”

"How can there be no audience when filming a big scene and shooting wonderfully, think about the war movies we made in the past, the number of audiences is very large!"

"It used to be, and now it is now, and I think the script of "72 Hours of Rescue" is better. ”

"I think..."

The members of the judging panel quickly got into an argument, each with their own support, and it was clear that they could not immediately reach a unified opinion.

Cheng Jun had a headache when he heard this, so he turned his gaze to a middle-aged man sitting at the end of the left side: "Chairman Zhang, you also talk about your own opinions, after all, this is your work." ”

This middle-aged man is Zhang Weihua, the author of "100 Hours of Victory!—A Documentary of the 2016 North African Evacuation Operation", a well-known military writer and vice president of the Beijing Writers Association.

Everyone was discussing hotly just now, but Zhang Weihua never said anything, and seemed to be thinking about something seriously.

Of course, Cheng Jun did not allow him to stay out of the matter, and the opinion of the original author is still very important.

Everyone's eyes looked at Zhang Weihua in unison.

Zhang Weihua pondered for a while and said: "I think what everyone said is very reasonable, I have read all these scripts, and the quality is very good..."

Cheng Jun was very disappointed - what is the difference between these words and not saying them?

However, at the next moment, Zhang Weihua said: "If I choose the best of the best and let me choose, I think "National Power" and "Thunder Action" are more in line with my requirements." ”

"National Power" and "Operation Thunder"?

Everyone was stunned.

"National Power" is the script submitted by Tianhai Pictures for review, and "Thunder Action" is submitted by DreamWorks Pictures for review, of course, everyone has read these two scripts, but they are not very optimistic.

"National Power is not bad..."

The bald man who supported "The Great Evacuation of Overseas Chinese" just now frowned and said: "The adaptation of "Thunder Action" is too big, putting the main plot on a special squad, too much to promote personal heroism, and it doesn't quite meet the requirements of the theme of the film, right?"

For his words, many people present nodded.

is also an adaptation, and the script of "Thunder Action" submitted by DreamWorks Pictures for review is undoubtedly the largest adaptation of the original book, but everyone didn't expect the original author to choose it.

In contrast, "National Power" is more in line with the theme style of the original book.

Zhang Weihua smiled and said: "I mainly look at this script from the perspective of audience appreciation, it is more like a Hollywood war movie, personal heroism is not contrary to national honor and national will, of course, this is just my personal opinion, let me give you a reference." ”

He knows very well that although he is the original author, he has very little say on the issue of script adaptation, let alone the right to make decisions.

But Zhang Weihua also understands very well that among these 5 scripts, the box office potential of "Thunder Action" should be the largest, and the adapted story is much more exciting than the other 4 scripts.

The most important thing is that Zhang Weihua knows who wrote "Thunder Operation".

The screenwriter, director and starring in the movie has just won more than 2 billion box office in China, and the audience's reputation is very good.

With such successful examples, it was not difficult for him to make a choice.

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