"Paul, I'm not quite sure if I want to make a second season of 'Prison Break'. ”

The sky is sunset, the evening sun is everywhere, in the garden where the leaves of the plane trees are falling in the wind, a white Labrador is sniffing on the lawn, Jessica is sitting on a rattan sun lounger, looking at a bridal magazine "ModernBride" on the table attentively, the corners of her mouth are upturned from time to time, a pretty smile of expectation, and Wang Yang who is chatting with her mobile phone over there.

Hearing his words, Paul Joneston, who was far away in New York, was startled, the production was not very sure? What are you kidding! It has only been less than two days since the start of the hot broadcast! He hurriedly asked: "What do you mean?" only to hear Wang Yang's chuckle a little confused: "Michael Schofield, after they escaped from prison, the story seems to be uninteresting." Paul Jones was distressed, "Oh no, you can't! You can't think like that, absolutely not." ”

Who is the most important person behind a TV series? A good movie is the director, and a good TV series is the main writer, and now often this person is the main creator and top leader (such as Joss Wheddon), and sometimes he will be the director of several episodes himself. The main screenwriter led the entire screenwriting team to complete the script, and "Prison Break" has 6 screenwriters in addition to Magic Young, each with different tasks and division of labor.

Some people are responsible for designing the plot details of the story, some people are responsible for designing the characters, including the background and dialogue, some people write the outline of the scenes, and some people write the storyboard script. In order to be more professional and not make mistakes about loopholes, the team will also invite experts in related fields to act as consultants and script doctors. In the end, the complete script written in accordance with the main screenwriter's idea and intention was returned to the main screenwriter for unified revision and polishing.

At the beginning, the script of "Prison Break" was an almost complete prototype, and he saw that Magic Yang seriously asked and encouraged a group of screenwriters on the spot: "We can't have any water! Any 'almost' idea, we have to occupy the audience's brain! Follow me to change their thinking structure!" Then he pointed out that an episode of 42 minutes is divided into 6-minute units, and each unit is separated from each other to solve the crisis and the crisis (suspense), and there must be an exciting detail that the audience will change the channel between the commercials, and they will never forget to change it back.

As it turned out, the team did, and then the filming of this perfect script began, and during the filming period, in addition to playing the duties of the top producer, Magic Young also had to watch the set remotely. All the main screenwriters will be like this, TV episodes are different movies, and if the episode director wants to change a line of the script or change a detail, he has to call the main screenwriter and ask the screenwriter for approval.

So no matter how many days "Prison Break" was filmed, Magic Young's mobile phone would ring about 10 times a day to solve the directors' questions and decide the intentions of each scene and shot.

His extraordinary, profound analysis and grasp of the story of the script, and his strong ability to communicate and encourage are the keys to the success of "Prison Break". If Fantastic Young insists on quitting the second season of "Prison Break", he doesn't sign a long-term contract, so NBC can't do anything about him.

Even if NBC insists on continuing to order a new season of "Prison Break" from the Flame Company, it will lose its meaning, and if the lead writer and top person are changed, how much quality will there be in the second season? What will be said during the promotion? What will the audience think? If there is no second season of "Prison Break", what is there to talk about lobbying Magic Young to make a new sitcom?

CBS, ABC, and other television stations took the opportunity to poach him, and if Amazing Young secretly attacked NBC on the grounds of "different creative ideas," most of the audience would only scold NBC, not Amazing Young; when NBC clarified that "it was Amazing Young who quit by himself," it would turn into a soap opera.

Of course, there is also a high probability that NBC endured and continued the production of the second season of "Prison Break" but maintained a good relationship with Fantastic Young, accompanied him to be scolded by the audience, and persuaded him to start a new show, provided that there was a clause in the contract for at least three seasons.

It's just that in any case, the big surprise of the first two days will turn into a big annoyance, and he, the production manager, is even more in trouble. Thinking of this, Paul Jones suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, his breathing was a little fast, and his tone of urgent request was almost a little pleading: "Young, you can't do this, 'Prison Break' needs you! You should be joking with me, right?"

"Yes, it's just a joke! But I wanted the second season to be called Prison Break: Escape. Wang Yang laughed and walked towards Danny on the withered yellow leaves. In fact, he did have this consideration a few days ago, and the focus of the theme of "Prison Break" will inevitably change after it leaves prison, so how can it still be called prison escape? How to maintain its charm? But immediately thought, if you give up when you encounter difficulties, what is the point? How did it come to this day? The first season has already ended.

"Oh my God! what a funny magical Jan!" Paul Jones had the feeling of riding a roller coaster, between hell and heaven! Maybe there really is no one who can fry an egg roll without breaking the egg, the fifth season of "Law & Order: Special Victims", which began broadcasting yesterday Tuesday, only had 12.72 million viewers, and the 9/12 ratings fell by more than 2 million viewers compared to the previous season, and now NBC is counting on "Prison Break" to become the new trump card.

He wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and gave birth to some dissatisfied belly slander, and said with a smile: "Yang, you have been making too many jokes recently, and I am an unscrupulous person." I almost fainted just now, you know how much we take Prison Break, it's so charming!"

Wang Yang laughed, snapped his fingers at Danny, patted his thigh and made a "follow-up" command gesture, Danny glanced at the treasure hunt and ignored it, he said to the phone: "Yes, I know and thank you very much, don't worry, Paul, I will try my best to make the second season of "Prison Break". ”

He's already figured out what to do. Although the plot lines and details of the first seasons of the two "Prison Break" are not identical, compared with the original version, the current version almost only retains T-Bag, a prisoner, because T-Bag is the most convincing criminal character in the original "Prison Break", and Robert Knepp, who played in the two versions of T-Bag, also performed very well. The roles of other prisoners have changed, which is more reasonable and convincing.

But the problem faced by the second season is the same, the whole story is no longer set in prison. The original version chose to play the family card, touching cards and water injection, trying to "overturn the case" for each prisoner, but the lack of connection between the characters led to the scattering of the plot, and too much deliberate family affection consumed the tension and excitement. While filming and broadcasting, in the end, the third season ran back to a Panamanian prison, and the plot did not advance but retreated, and the ratings naturally did not advance but retreated.

Now the first season has reduced the number of people involved in the escape, one of the reasons is not to let the plot of the second season be scattered, Wang Yang understands that "tense suspense", "smart and cool" are the biggest charm and core of dramas like "Prison Break".

Just unite the characters, carefully design the escape itself, stop making the mistake of playing the family card and pouring water, and add more new genius characters to engage in persuasive wits with Michael Schofield, whether it's a "villain" FBI cop like "Alexander Mahon" or a new addition to the fugitive team outside of prison...... Only by maintaining a breathless rhythm can we maintain the exuberant vitality of "Prison Break". This is one of the creative ideas he wants to convey to the writers' team for the second season.

"Thank you for saying that, I'm relieved!" Paul Jones laughed with relief, and then asked tentatively, "What about creating a sitcom?"

"Paul, I need some time to think about it. Wang Yang didn't refuse immediately, otherwise it would seem too insincere, and he was really considering this invitation. After chatting a few more words, the two ended the call, and Wang Yang walked towards Jessica, but before he could take a few steps, the phone rang again. He muttered "Telephone life!" and picked up the call: "Hello, this is Jan." ”

Rachel's rushing voice came from the phone: "Jan, I can't help it! I have many, many questions about Prison Break, but I just need you to answer me one, toes!"

It's too important to be more than just suspense, if Michael Schofield gets his toe cut off, he'll need to be healed, the gangsters might be punished, and if not, who's going to stop it? What will be the outcome? Different outcomes will make the whole plot go in a different direction! Rachel repeats again in a quick voice: "Toes! a chance!"

Uhhh Rachel's tone was very savage: "Please! I won't say it, it's been haunting my brain for the past two days, and I'm annoyed to death! Tell me, ELL, ELL! I'm addicted, I just can't stand this kind of TV series, maybe it's part of the fun!"

"Haha!" Rachel laughed softly to herself after going crazy, and her voice softened back, and asked in a negotiating tone, "You hint at it, just take it as if I guessed, how about giving me a movie line?"

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what's next. Wang Yang blurted out a movie line to her, and Rachel suddenly let out a rough "woo" sound like a trapped beast. Wang Yang said with a smile: "Let the suspense be maintained, it's not much." I don't even know if I want to do a second season. Rachel was shocked, "What, you want to die? I'll kill you." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's just a joke, but the plot really can't be revealed, no exceptions can be made, there will be a second time if there is a first time." Let's go on your toes, understand?"

RACHEL SMILED SUDDENLY, "OH, I-SEE, I-SEE!" Hearing her laughter and the beep of her mobile phone, Wang Yang frowned in a daze, what did she misunderstand?

Whether the second season of "Prison Break" is done or not, how well it is done is a matter of the future, and now the first season of "Prison Break" has received countless praises while the ratings are hot and the response is enthusiastic.

There are not many users who rate TV episodes on IMDB, and there are only tens of thousands of votes for popular dramas, but almost all of them are veteran drama fans. With two episodes of Prison Break, it received a 9.3 (8,651 users) rating and broke into the top 10 of IMDB's American drama charts, tied for seventh place with Freaks & Nerds and South Park. This result naturally has a certain amount of fan moisture, but it also shows the popularity of "Prison Break".

Yahoo Entertainment gave it an A+ rating on its premiere performance, while Metacritic has a 90 overall score and 9.5 positive reviews (out of 10) from users, and it tentatively includes 12 reviews from TV critics, 12 positive, and 0 mixed and negative.

Matthew Gilbert of the Boston Globe scored 100, commenting, "If it can maintain the grip of its premiere, this will be an irresistible new monster in the prime time of screen." Maureen Ryan, a veteran female reporter for the Chicago Tribune, also scored 100, writing in her column: "Super new, unique, thrilling! It's the perfect series that won't disappoint you in the slightest." ”

"It's too early to have to watch only one episode of Prison Break a week and evaluate it. But if it's a special two-hour premiere, then the principle is to grab your attention from the first scene and then keep the gripping suspense going until the end. —95 points, Robert Bianco, USA Today; There are a lot of good, good things about Prison Break, but the best thing is that we've never seen a series like this before. —95 points, Heather-Havrilesky, "Salon."

"It's super easy to forget about the little absurdities of the plot, and you'll have a lot of fun with the suspense and tension. —90 points, Dorothy Rabinowitz, Wall Street Journal; The only unfortunate thing is that Wang Yang's profound humor is not played here, and he lacks wonderful lines, but his cleverness is incisive. —85 points, Aaron Byrne-Hart, Kansas City Star...... In the more than 100 user rating comments, the audience was more excited and direct, expressing their emotions strongly, which also showed the great potential of "Prison Break" to become the "Most Popular New TV Series Award" of the 2003 People's Choice Awards.

Looking at the 10-point users who were almost all in the green circle, DanM said, "From now on, it's the best show on TV!" ACS said, "I can't describe it in words, it's the best TV show ever to come across!" CeriO said: "This show is amazing!thrilling and funny!My favorite character right now is T-Bag!" FraserC said, "It's a better show (episode) on TV!! Everyone should watch it!"

Not only do you have a hunk [Hunk, slang: strong, handsome, and sexy man] (Wentworth Miller) to watch, but like a great book, it's a great show! [Hooked, hooked, addicted, obsessed]"

KylieA said: "I didn't miss a second, and this is definitely going to be my favorite show. ("24", I'm sorry.) Yes, it's incredible. There are some false premises, but this should be like a superhero comic book, not a realistic reality, please don't complain about Superman's incredible ability to fly. You just take it and enjoy it, it's so entertaining and thrilling!Thank you Young, but "24" is still my second favorite show. ”

"'Prison Break' is the best TV show I've seen in the last 10 years or so. "My only complaint is, why are we waiting for the next episode to be SOOOOOOOOOOOOO long?" —deborahh; "I think 'Prison Break' is the most unmissable meal that will keep you hooked. If you don't have a TV, you'll have to buy one. "The best TV show since the invention of the automobile!" - RomuloJ...... However, there are some yellow circles that have lowered the rating by 4 or 5, and Brandonb, who scored a 4, said: "If you have basic knowledge about prison, you know how terrible it is, and it is impossible for prisoners to move freely like that! NateG, who gave it a score of 1, said, "I hate this show, I want them to end the first season and help criminals escape from prison? Ralph Gorgious, who has a score of 5, said: "The suspense is surprising and uncontrollable. But when the show stopped, its mistakes made me unable to let go, love it, be hurt by it, and have a bad feeling of being toyed with. ”…… With the first two episodes, "Prison Break" seems to set off a new ratings storm, and countless viewers across the United States are crazy about this "unprecedented" series, and multiple TV forums are full of discussions about it, discussing plot details, discussing Wang Yang, discussing Wentworth Miller, Evangeline Lilly...... Dramas such as "Everyone Loves Raymond" and "Two and a Half Heroes", which were broadcast on the same day, were inevitably left out in the cold.

In Chinese mainland, the "young subtitle group" was the first to release resources, and on the afternoon of the 17th Beijing time, the first two episodes of the perfect subtitle version in Chinese and English were released. For a while, netizens and fans who couldn't wait for a long time downloaded and watched one after another, and then it seemed to have entered a new world, and I don't know how many people scolded excitedly: "Damn, there is still such a TV series!?"

"Task downloading, 1%, 20%...... 30%……”

With the arrival of 100% download completion, the computer's speaker made a crisp "ding" sound, and immediately, the speaker sounded "bang bang bang" gunshots and screams.

“Previously-on-Prison-Break。 ”

(To be continued)