The story of "Chasing the Murderer" takes place at the end of the nineties of the last century.

On the eve of New Year's Day, on Shijing Street in the Changshan District of Gaoyi City, Shandong Province, a little girl who was only 8 years old fell forever in a pool of blood, and it was never possible to see the sunshine of the new century again.

After receiving the alarm from the masses, it was Su Zheng, a police officer from the local police station, who rushed to the scene as soon as possible.

Su Zheng just graduated from the police academy this year, and it was his first time in contact with a homicide case, and the scene at that time left him with memories that he will never forget.

The case is actually not complicated, the little girl's parents are migrant workers, and they are busy working overtime on New Year's Eve, so they left her alone in the rental house.

At about 9 o'clock in the evening, a gangster sneaked into the house and tried to steal, but was found by the little girl, who killed her in a panic and then fled with the murder weapon.

The circumstances of the crime were accurately deduced by the experienced criminal police of the city bureau based on the situation at the scene.

But the problem is that although there is a preliminary judgment on the gender, height, weight, etc. of the suspect based on footprints and other traces, because the incident happened very suddenly, there are not many cameras on Shijing Street, and some of them do not capture the suspect's picture, so the case quickly reached a deadlock.

Gaoyi City is a prefecture-level city, with a population of millions, and a tourist city, with a very large number of foreign populations, and it is difficult to find a murderer who has not left much evidence of crime in the vast sea of people.

The case became unsolved.

But Su Zheng did not forget the scene when he broke into the rental house, and the little girl's painful and desperate expression before death kept appearing in his dreams.

And the grief-stricken cries of his parents echoed in his ears all the time.

So Su Zheng secretly swore that he would make every effort to find the real murderer and bring the murderer to justice to comfort the deceased.

That's a full fourteen years!

Fourteen years ago, Su Zheng was a young and handsome new policeman, and fourteen years later, Su Zheng was not confused by the vicissitudes of life, and his original black hair was a little gray.

In the past 14 years, Su Zheng has never forgotten the bloody case on Shijing Street, he has paid countless efforts and efforts to track down the real culprit, and even neglected his family and daughter because of this, and has experienced a lot of ups and downs.

But no matter what kind of difficulties he encountered, Su Zheng gritted his teeth and persevered, until the dawn of the case appeared...

It's a good story.

Luo Kai didn't finish reading the entire content of the script, but after reading more than half of it, he knew it in his heart.

The story of "Chasing the Murderer" is not twisty and bizarre, and the plot does not have climaxes, but it has a shocking power, and the tenacity and strength displayed in the protagonist shine with the brilliance of humanity.

For actors, it is by no means easy to play this role well, the age span is very large, and if you want to show the inner struggle, tenacity and persistence of the protagonist, you can't control it without strong enough acting skills.

Lu Hong asked him to be the leading actor, which is also big enough.

"How do you feel about this script?"

Seeing Luo Kai cover the script, Lu Hong couldn't wait to ask.

The script of "Chasing the Murderer" was written by Lu Hong himself, and it took more than a year to go back and forth, which can be said to be carefully carved and polished repeatedly, of course he himself is very satisfied, and he also hopes to be recognized by others.

Lu Hong found out that Luo Kai was very accidental, when he was chatting with others in the Feixun group, a female classmate posted a dynamic picture, although it was only a few seconds of content, but it caught his attention.

Because the people in the picture are very much in line with the image of the male protagonist in his story.

Then Lu Hong knew that there was such a person as Luo Kai, he deliberately listened to all of Luo Kai's songs, and watched Luo Kai's cameo "This World is So Beautiful", and finally found Li Mengru's relationship, and then met Luo Kai himself.

As a director who has just entered the industry, Lu Hong has not yet stood in the position of looking down on the artist, so he is completely with an attitude of equal communication, hoping to get Luo Kai's recognition and support.

Luo Kai hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Director Lu, are you planning to make this movie into a literary film?"

He noticed a big problem in the script, that is, the screenwriter and director Lu Hong deliberately downplayed the content of the storyline, used a lot of pen and ink or shots to portray and describe the characters' personalities, excavated the inner world of the characters, and the conflict between emotion and reality was extremely intense, and even exaggerated the facts.

This makes the atmosphere of the whole story very depressing and heavy, at least Luo Kai finished reading all the parts, the disappointment again and again makes people despair, and the heavy pressure on the protagonist is suffocating.

is a typical composition of literary films.

"Yes!"

Lu Hong replied without thinking, he was a little excited: "What is lacking in China now is excellent literary films, and the audience is brainwashed by all kinds of bad movies and Hollywood blockbusters, and they only know how to pursue low-level jokes and so-called visual enjoyment, ignoring that the expression of human nature is the foundation of film art." ”

Luo Kai understood.

Don't look at Lu Hong in his thirties, he is still a hot-blooded and angry young man in his bones, he is full of enthusiasm to change the status quo of domestic films, I have to say that this ideal is too great.

Luo Kai does not laugh at Lu Hong, on the contrary, Luo Kai admires those who are rational and persistent, and he also appreciates Lu Hong's talent in screenwriting, but this does not mean that Luo Kai will be enthusiastic about it.

After thinking about it, Luo Kai said: "Director Lu, I like this story very much and am willing to play the role of Su Zheng, but I hope that "Chasing the Murderer" is a commercial film that can be released in theaters, not a literary film. ”

In terms of the current domestic film market environment, the only way out for literary films is to go through foreign film festivals and awards, and then sell the copyright to return to the original cost.

Even if it is a literary film shot by a famous director, it is difficult to appear in the theater market, let alone the works of new directors.

As for the awards at foreign film festivals, it may be quite tempting for other star artists, but Luo Kai doesn't need to use those awards to prove himself at all.

The most important thing is that the road of literary films will be very tiring, so why should he embarrass himself?

Lu Hong's face instantly turned red: "What's wrong with literary films..."

"Director Lu!"

Luo Kai hurriedly interrupted his rebuttal: "I'm not saying that literary films are bad, but I don't want to make literary films, I hope you can understand, in addition..."

Luo Kai looked at him and said very sincerely: "If you are willing to revise the script, then I am willing to convert the salary into an investment, and invest another part of the capital into the stock to make this movie better and more exciting." ”

"What do you think?"

Lu Hong's face was black - he was hit in the soft underbelly.

Luo Kai is not the first to see the script of "Chasing the Murderer", he previously printed a full 10 scripts to find investors in order to attract funds for filming, but the result was very disappointing.

No one wants to invest in a literary film.

In fact, according to Lu Hong's calculations, the cost of filming "Chasing the Murderer" can be controlled within 5 million, and if he can't attract investment, he can mortgage his house and find someone to borrow money.

Originally, Luo Kai was willing to convert his salary into an investment and add additional funds to invest in shares, which is undoubtedly an excellent result.

But to turn "Chasing the Murderer" into a commercial film...

He snatched the script from Luo Kai's hand, got up and left without saying a word.

When he opened the office door, Lu Hong turned his head sharply and shouted in a voice and tone that was almost screaming: "Art should not be defiled!"

After yelling, he ran away.

Luo Kai and Li Mengru were left looking at each other.

Luo Kai really couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't expect that he would become a sinner who tarnished the art of film.

He helplessly spread his hands at Li Mengru.

Li Mengru, hehehe.

After laughing, the general manager of Dream Media showed a thoughtful look: "Do you think this movie can still be made and has box office potential?"

"Of course..."

Luo Kai replied with certainty: "But the premise is to change the script and change the director." ”

Luo Kai didn't think that Lu Hong would agree to such outrageous conditions for him, so he just said it casually.

Li Mengru touched her chin, bit her lip and nodded.

Those who are familiar with Li Mengru know that once she shows such a look, she must be calculating something.

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