Chapter 4: I Can See the "Ghost"

It's early summer in June, and the temperature inside is gradually changing from the warmth of spring to the heat. Mu Ming in front of the desk, because he was emotional, there were already beads of sweat on his face, but he was completely unconscious at this time. The fluorescent reflection of the monitor illuminated the thoughts on his face and the slightest frenzy in his eyes.

The white paper on the table was densely covered with handwriting at this time. These are the names of film and television works that Mu Ming can still remember the general plot or the main plot. As a lazy person who doesn't have any outdoor hobbies, Mu Ming really hasn't watched these movies and TV series or something.

Langya Bang, Tomb Robbery Notes, Detective Chinatown, La La Land, Wolf Warrior, Avengers...... The famous names of the previous life jumped on the paper under Mu Ming's pen. Just the name of the work is already written on most of the paper.

"Whew-" Mu Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, this was all the film and television works he had watched that he could think of in a short time. Domestic, foreign, movies, TV series, positive and negative reviews, all of them are listed one by one.

"That's it for now. If there is anything missing, I will add it when I think of it later. Mu Ming moved her somewhat stiff neck, looked at the names on the paper, and said secretly in her heart: "Next, we will start sorting and deleting." ”

Not all written works are suitable for film and television adaptation, and in the same way, not all film and television series are suitable for adaptation into words. Forced adaptation will only ruin the original good work. Therefore, Mu Ming must selectively delete some unsuitable items.

First of all, there are the works that already exist. For example, the two "Tomb Robbery Notes" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", which are known as the strongest IPs in online literature, and "Those Years" and "To Youth", which are known as the "initiators" of youth movies. These are all works that already exist, and even film and television adaptations have begun to be established.

Secondly, there are works that do not match Mu Ming's own style or experience.

Mu Ming's IQ is only at the level of a normal person, and she has no unforgettable talent. Because many works are separated by a long time, except for the main plot or some more representative episodes, he has forgotten most of the details.

The lack of memory requires Mu Ming to complete the blank part outside the main plot by herself. Therefore, it is necessary to choose those works whose original main style is not much different from Mu Ming's own writing style.

As for the suitability of the experience, it is even more important.

For example, in Mu Ming's previous life, a TV series supervised by the Supreme Commission for Discipline Inspection and produced by the Supreme Commission for Discipline Inspection - "In the Name of the People", his screenwriter and original author is the famous officialdom novel writer Zhou Mason.

This great god has written a series of high-quality officialdom novels such as "The Right Way in the World", "Made in the State", and "Absolute Power" in the nineties to the zeros. Therefore, he was able to write a novel like "In the Name of the People", which was full of political consciousness and the rules of officialdom, and everyone was convinced.

But what if the author of this book is a teenager who is not yet 18 years old, has just graduated from high school with the college entrance examination, and does not have a public official in his family?

Don't be funny, what is there to read in a novel about officialdom written by a child.

What?well written?

It must have been copied! or someone ghostwrote.

For a young man like Mu Ming, it makes sense for him to write a fantasy, ideological novel, and even a story that takes place in other countries. But a novel that requires rich life experience and personal experience, no one will believe that he can complete it.

Exclude what already exists, exclude what is not suitable, exclude what is not of high quality, and then exclude what is plagiarism itself. The pen in Mu Ming's hand drew one diagonal line after another on the paper, and the originally dense list was now only a dozen or so names left. Mu Ming clasped his hands together to support his chin, frowning at the remaining works in front of him, he wanted to choose one of them as his first novel.

"The subject matter must have a certain particularity and be eye-catching; it must be popular, it cannot be too literary and artistic, and it cannot have no connotation at all; it must be adaptable, and it can be expanded and abbreviated......" One by one, the requirements crossed Mu Ming's mind, and the list was also shrinking step by step. Finally, a smile tugged at the corner of Mu Ming's mouth, and he found the work he wanted.

I got up and went to the bathroom, poured myself a glass of water, and sat down in front of the computer again. Mu Ming shook the mouse and activated the display screen that had entered the screensaver state because it had not been used for a long time. I created a new Word document on my desktop, opened it, and began to meditate.

After a long time, Mu Ming opened her eyes, obviously having finished her belly. Tapping his fingers on the keyboard, he slowly wrote his first work.

"Do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?"

"Whether you believe it or not, I'm going to tell you, 'I can see ghosts!'"

"My name is Xia Dongqing, I am 22 years old this year, and I am a senior who is preparing for graduate school entrance examination. I was an orphan and grew up in a welfare home. So from the beginning of college, I had to rely on part-time jobs to support myself. ”

"Today is my first day in this new job, working as a night salesperson at a convenience store called '444'. In other words, why would someone use such an unlucky name as their store name? ”

“……”

This is the first work Mu Ming chose - "Soul Ferry", a work that was quite excellent in terms of clicks, topicality and quality in the previous life.

"Soul Ferry" is a self-made online drama launched by Aiqiyi during the Spring Festival in 14 years, although both the modeling and the scene are relatively rough due to lack of funds, but relying on the fascinating plot, the satire of real events and the seriousness of the leading actor and the main creative team, it has won more than 2 billion hits and a rare high score of 8.1 on Douban.

More than 2 billion hits are naturally far from those works with "40 billion hits" in 17 years, but in the 14 years when online dramas have just emerged, they are really popular dramas.

The key is that as a domestic, supernatural-themed and small-scale online drama, it can get more than eight points on Douban (key points), which is enough to show that this work is a model of win-win traffic quality.

The theme of the supernatural is eye-catching enough and is also in line with the brain hole of Mu Ming's young people; the plot of both joy and seriousness ensures that the story has a certain connotation, and also conforms to Mu Ming's own writing style; the form of the unit drama ensures that the story can be expanded or abbreviated, which meets the special publishing platform planned by Mu Ming......

In short, no matter from which point of view, this is a work that is very suitable for Mu Ming.

"A small house, with an archway in front of it, isn't this an urn?" ”

"Go and see, that kid, is it still there?"

I took a deep breath and slowly looked towards the seating area behind the shelves. There was only a steaming oden cup on the empty table, and there was no child!"

Writing this, Mu Ming stopped. He didn't plan to write the first story in one sitting, but split it into three paragraphs. When you get to the point where you stop writing, it's the end of the first paragraph.

Mu Ming glanced at the few 400 or so words in the document, opened the format conversion software, and converted the document into pictures. Then he opened the webpage and uploaded this freshly baked little story to the Weibo account he had just applied for.