Chapter 610 The script is difficult to change

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Xia and the entire screenwriting team held a meeting in the conference room. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Novels.23txt.

Jiang Xia divided the script of "The Saint of Gambling", and everyone had a copy.

"This is the script of the second part of the God of Gamblers series I wrote, the creativity should not be passed on, the script needs to be modified, and it is a large number of revisions, but the style of the script should not change, and the position and style of the jokes should not be changed. Jiang Xia said.

Zhong Xinying and Qin Lan took the script and looked at it first, but Feng Bowen asked Jiang Xia with great interest: "Director Jiang, today is the day of your album release, right? ”

"Work first, you want an album, I'll give you a copy later. Jiang Xia said to him.

Xia Yunjie said with a smile: "Director Jiang can't favor one over the other, how can you have one for each person, right?"

"It has to be signed. Chu Yi also said.

"No problem, 10 tickets per person. Jiangxia said.

"Okay, I'm welcome, Director Jiang, I really have to ask you for an album, my daughter heard that you and I are colleagues, and she is clamoring for you to sign an autograph, and I also have a headache. Zhong Xinying said.

Jiang Xia said: "It's no problem to sign as many as you want, anyway, during the holiday now, it's okay to call her over to play." ”

"That's not good, the place of work, what's the matter with shouting that the child is coming, just give her two signed albums. Zhong Xinying waved her hand and said, "Okay, let's not discuss this yet, hurry up and read the script, now it's overtime." ”

As the oldest in the screenwriting team, Zhong Xinying does perform more leadership than Jiang Xia in many cases. What she says, the entire screenwriting team will also listen, this is the qualifications.

After laughing for a while, they all started to read the script, Qin Lan and Liu Yun were the first to start reading it, and they didn't talk to them, they started to read it when they got the script, they read the script relatively quickly, because they still had to revise and discuss, the main thing is to look at the plot direction and style of the script, so as to have a general understanding.

Stephen Chow's "The Saint of Gambling" needs to be modified too much, just the identity has to think about it, the initial joke was to satirize the situation in the mainland at that time, and it is definitely inappropriate to put it now. The identity of coming to Xiangjiang from the mainland to join relatives is also not suitable for the current environment.

Now that Zhan Xun in the mainland, if he really wants to join his relatives, he will not come to Xiangjiang, and he will definitely go to find someone in the capital to join his relatives, after all, a house in the capital can support a foreign relative for a lifetime.

From identity to laughter, they all have to be modified from scratch, which is much more difficult to modify than "God of Gamblers". "God of Gamblers" as a whole only changed a few details, which is different from "The Saint of Gambling", which has to be changed in almost the entire film.

"God of Gamblers" took a week to revise the script, and this "Gambling Saint" made Jiang Xia say that it would be very fast to complete the revision in a month.

In fact, during this time, when Jiang Xia was idle, he also considered how to revise the script of "The Saint of Gambling", but he didn't have a clue, and it was too difficult to change it in line with the current situation.

"Director Jiang, this script ......" After Liu Yun read the script, she didn't know how to evaluate it.

While speaking, Qin Lan also finished reading the script, closed the script and said, "Director Jiang, this script is a continuation of the original script of the God of Gamblers?"

"Yes, the timeline is the same. It was an early idea, and I was very busy and wrote it according to the original idea. Now I have to change a lot of things, including Zuo Songxing's identity and some jokes, all of which have to be changed. Jiang Xia said.

After reading the script, Xia Yunjie and Chu Yi glanced at each other, and their eyes were shocked.

The two of them followed the script of "God of Gamblers", and they thought that the gambling film was like this, and the success factor of "God of Gamblers" was the first gambling film plus Fang Ye's acting skills, in fact, the essence of the movie was still the old-fashioned Xiangjiang movie, and they were very good at these things, so they cooperated to write a script for a gambling film.

Jiang Xia wants to make the second part of "God of Gamblers", they are not worried, they believe in the quality of their scripts, and they don't think that their scripts will be worse than the second part of "God of Gamblers", and they may even feel better.

However, when they saw Jiang Xia's script of "The Saint of Gambling" today, the two were shocked, it turned out that gambling movies can still be played like this? special functions? What the hell is that......

Feng Bowen said: "Cool, special function, yes, Director Jiang is amazing, there are a lot of gambling scripts in the General Administration in the past two days, but it is estimated that they are all from the mode of the God of Gamblers, as soon as our gambling saint comes out, we can definitely let them know what despair is." ”

"The creativity is very good, but this script ......" Zhong Xinying is not easy to describe.

"Isn't the comedy effect too heavy?" asked Xia Yunjie after adjusting his emotions.

Jiang Xia said: "This is originally a comedy, in fact, the God of Gamblers can also be regarded as a comedy, but the effect is not as strong as this comedy, and the laughter is not so intensive." ”

"Isn't the grade and pattern of this movie a bit low?" Qin Lan said, "The laughter is also a bit vulgar, right?

"The audience is very inclusive, any kind of movie is acceptable, and this is a comedy, not an impact on the Chinese New Year, but a summer vacation. Now this is not a problem, that is the initial script, now it needs to be revised, the form and density of the jokes, to follow the script, the background of the characters needs to be redesigned, except for the main story line, it is no different from a new script, and we only have a month. Jiang Xia said.

There is no need to think about any problems with this original script, because the script requires major surgery, and there is no way to modify this script.

After listening to Jiang Xia's words, Qin Lan also nodded, since it is to be modified, the level of laughter can be changed, but how to modify it, there must be a charter and plan.

"Director Jiang, do you have any ideas? Chu Yi asked.

Jiang Xia said: "There is a little idea, but it is only a general idea, first of all, the main plot cannot be moved, this line cannot be touched, and the identity of the main supporting characters cannot be moved, this is a movie about small people, all of them are low-level characters, so in terms of modification, this point must be fully considered." ”

"That's right, their status is a little low, and they have to pay attention to their lines in line with their identity. Zhong Xinying also nodded.

Jiang Xia continued: "As for the arrangement of the jokes, we must first determine the background of the characters, Zuo Songxing originally arranged for the mainland to join his relatives, but now it is not suitable, he needs to be rearranged with an identity, it must be low, it must be different from Xiangjiang, there must be laughter, and the audience's understanding of the laughter needs to be considered." ”

"Is there anything else?" Qin Lan asked when he saw that Jiang Xia had stopped.

Jiang Xia shook his head and said: "There is nothing else, now the main thing is to design the initial character image first, that is, Zuo Songxing's character background, he is the most difficult, get him done first, and the rest will be easy to do." ”

"Then set up the character image of Zuo Songxing first. Zhong Xinying said, "First come." ”

Jiang Xia said: "Zuo Songxing came to join his relatives, let's think about it first, who will go to his relatives now? Especially a person with special functions, what reason does he have to join his relatives?"

"A family member died unexpectedly?" Feng Bowen hypothetical.

"No, I can't. Xia Yunjie denied, "In the comedy style, it's best not to have this situation, now let's set where he is from, is he a mainlander, or an overseas Chinese?"

"Mainlanders, mainlanders are more in line with the situation, and it is a little simple to write. Liu Yun suggested.

Chu Yi nodded and said, "I agree, just the mainlanders." At the beginning of the script, Zuo Songxing was not familiar with modern facilities, could he be arranged to come out of the unreachable area?"

"That's fine. Jiang Xia nodded and said, "It can be written as a person in a poor country, and he has never seen much of the world." ”

"Then the geographical location is more important, is it written as Guangdong Province or other provinces?" Liu Yun asked.

Xia Yunjie said: "In Guangdong Province, there are also many small mountain villages in poor and remote areas, from Guangdong Province, at least there will be no problems in terms of language, and some bugs can be reduced." ”

"Moreover, Guangdong Province is also relatively close to this side, and it is normal to have relatives. Zhong Xinying agreed.

"Okay, then it's confirmed, Zuo Songxing is from a small mountain village in Guangdong Province, and the specific location doesn't need to be detailed. Then, there is the background of the next step, what he is doing in Guangdong Province. Jiang Xia decided.

The discussion of the script went on little by little, from the background of the characters to the relationship between the characters, to the way they spoke, a little bit of plumping up the characters, and it took a whole day to completely plump up the roles of Zuo Songxing and Uncle Da.

After getting off work in the evening, Jiang Xia did not go home, but made an appointment with Tom and Lisa to have dinner together.

Foreigners don't have the concept of the Spring Festival, it's rare to spend a Spring Festival in China, Tom and Lisa also feel very novel, everywhere is decorated with lights, lion and dragon dances, very interesting.

"I didn't expect the Chinese New Year to be so interesting. Lisa said.

She also wore a red cheongsam as if she was a local, but foreigners always feel so weird when they wear cheongsam, even if she has a good figure and looks good, it doesn't work, the taste is not right. The cheongsam is something that can only be worn by Orientals with that kind of classical flavor.

However, Jiang Xia didn't say it, and he was still very happy that foreigners could integrate and accept Chinese culture in this way.

"It's quite interesting, you're still in Xiangjiang, and when you go to the countryside, you can feel the flavor of the Chinese New Year, which is much better than the Western New Year, and there are a lot of interesting traditions. Jiangxia said.

Tom said, "The history of China is the most magnificent treasure. My team once had the idea of opening up a treasure of Chinese history, but China's history was too vast for us to know what to do, so it has been delayed until now. ”

"Haha, if you stay in China for two more years, you'll know how to start. Jiang Xia said with a smile.

Lisa said: "I haven't congratulated Mr. Jiang on your movie being a big hit, it has exceeded 1.1 billion box office, and I hope that our animated film will come out and have such a box office." ”

"And if it's dollars. Jiang Xia said with a smile.

Tom smiled: "Don't you dare to be dollars, that's too exaggerated, our movie can finally have a box office of 200 million dollars, which is already very powerful." ”

"We have to have a goal, don't we? We are making a series of movies, and the box office of the first movie is poor, and we don't have the face to make a second movie. Strive to move towards 500 million, and it is best to get 500 million, and if you can't get 500 million, 200 million is acceptable. Jiang Xia said with a smile.

Lisa said: "Maybe it can be achieved, now that my work can be a little more leisurely, how is the character confirmed?"

"It's basically done, but it hasn't been entered yet, and the physical condition of the characters has changed, and it has to be shown from the image, and the image has also changed. Tom said.

"I would like to thank Ms. Lisa and Mr. Tom, as well as the entire Layton Motion staff, for helping to establish the basic character and team style so quickly, and I salute you. Jiang Xia raised the juice in his hand and said.

Lisa said: "There is still a lot of work to be done, and the results of the major leagues have not yet been determined, and it will take some time to determine. ”

"It's up to you, I have other work to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to help for a while. Jiangxia said.

"No problem, Mr. Jiang will be busy if he has something, but he must also keep in touch at least once a week, so as not to go in the same direction as your side. Tom said.

"That's for sure. Jiang Xia said with a smile.

Lisa asked, "I heard that Mr. Jiang is also a famous singer?"

"It's a singer, but it's not necessarily famous. Jiang Xia said modestly.

"I've listened to Mr. Jiang's songs, and I can't understand the previous songs, but I can still hear the melody very good, and the nunchucks album, even if I can't understand it, I can feel good. Lisa said, "Mr. Jiang also has an album to distribute today, right?

"Yo, do you know I'm going to have an album?" Jiang Xia said in surprise, "As for the style, I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, the style of this album is a love song that shakes slowly." ”

"My Chinese is not good, I don't understand what your love song means, but some of them still feel good." Maybe when I get better at Chinese, I will be able to understand it. Lisa said.

"Ms. Lisa is learning Chinese?" Jiang Xia asked, "How are you learning?"

"It's about the same as me. Tom said, "We still don't understand much when we learn together, and Chinese is too complicated." ”

"It's very complicated, and there are few words that need to be memorized, but the different combinations of each word will have different meanings, which requires careful study and a long time to understand. Jiang Xia nodded and said, "Come on, I'm optimistic about you." ”

"Hopefully, what is Mr. Jiang going to do next?" asked Tom.

"The results of the God of Gamblers are very good, and the second part should be launched in a few months, and I have been working on the script recently. Jiangxia said.

"Isn't it a little too fast to launch a second installment so soon?" said Tom.

Generally, sequels are launched, one a year, and it is normal for big productions to be produced for two years, three years, or even four or five years, and it is a bit too anxious to launch a sequel in half a year.

"There's no way, I have a contract with the company, let's finish filming first, and when will it be released after filming, I'll talk about it then. Jiang Xia shrugged.

Lisa said, "Then when do you think our movie will be released?"

"I'll have to ask Mr. Tom. Jiang Xia looked at Tom.

Tom said, "If all goes well, the production will be completed by the end of next year, and it will be released the year after." ”

"Very good, I wish you all the best. Jiang Xia lifted the juice.

"All the best!"