Chapter 12: The Script
Ning Hao put the big book he had been holding on the coffee table and handed it to Lin Yuhang, he said: "There are two scripted stories here, one is called Xianghuo, and the other is called Beipiao Girl. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"Okay, I'll take a look."
Lin Yuhang took over the big book, and he began to read the script of "Incense" that Ning Hao said.
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The Buddha statue in the small temple collapsed, and the only monk in the temple ran around in order to raise money for reconstruction, the first thing he thought of was to ask the local municipal government for money, and the head of the religious department prevaricated that there was no money, so he asked him to go to the cultural relics department next door, and when the monk went out, he clearly heard the section chief say that he wanted to build a new church.
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In desperation, I found Xiao An of the Cultural Relics Section, and as soon as he explained his intentions, he was rejected, saying that this kind of thing is not under the control of the Cultural Relics Section, and the current task of the Cultural Relics Section is to rehearse literary and artistic programs and recycle old window frames. The monk had no choice but to turn back and ask his brother for help, who persuaded him to give up the plan to make a statue and invest in his own temple, but the monk stubbornly refused.
The desperate monk thought of a way to raise money.
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The monk went door-to-door in the small town to make a relationship, and finally turned it into 1,500 yuan, which is only half of the cost of repairing the Buddha statue, unfortunately, at this time, the police station caught the monk and confiscated all his income from illegal yuan.
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During his short stay at the police station, the monk met several prostitutes who were prostitutes, and the prostitutes offered to do good deeds to raise money for the monks, but the monks repeatedly said that it was inappropriate.
The monk who was released was pulled by a young man on the street, in order to let him pretend to tell fortunes for himself and his girlfriend and paid him, the monk was inspired, so he bought a book of numerology at a street stall, and became a fortune teller, but one day his income was eventually robbed by hooligans. The monk was bored and slept in the square all night.
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On the monk's way home, he met a driver who drove a small three-wheeler, and the driver respected the monk very much and asked the monk to treat his neighbor's wife.
The monk agreed, go home with the driver, the driver's neighbor's wife has been paralyzed for many years, the monk took out the small Buddha statue bought for 12 yuan on the street, saying that it was the master of Wutai Mountain, which could cure his wife's illness, and finally sold the Buddha statue for 3,000 yuan, raising enough money for the statue.
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The monk happily returned to the temple, finally repaired the Buddha statue, and was holding a grand consecration ceremony, unfortunately, people from the county came to say that the small temple was on the roadbed of the planned "road to prosperity", and it would be demolished immediately in the coming year. Looking at the big word "demolition" on the wall, the sound of "Amitabha Buddha" came from the loudspeaker, and the monk could only forget the sky speechlessly.
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This story is undoubtedly Ning Hao's debut novel "Incense".
A relatively mature script, and the story expressed is also very direct.
"Incense" is a drama film that tells the story of a broken temple with twists and turns.
This movie can be regarded as a literary film, and this movie has also brought Ning Hao many awards.
But the award can't be eaten.
From an artistic point of view, the movie "Incense" is indeed a very successful feature film, but from a commercial point of view, the script still needs to be revised.
Lin Yuhang didn't rush to conclusions, he continued to read the script of "The North Drifting Girl"-
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A girl named Fangfang in Shancheng came to Yanjing, she had a dream of becoming a star, but on the first day of Yanjing, she got into the car of the criminal gang.
Fangfang was taken to a rural compound, where there were young men and women her age, all of whom had been tricked by a criminal gang.
The thug Qiangzi confiscated Fangfang's ID card and tricked her into handing over a lot of deposits.
The boy was taught a lesson by the thugs in the courtyard, and Fang Fang saw that someone tried to escape from the compound, but was beaten half to death.
Fangfang spent half a month in fear, and the criminal gang gave them one or two steamed buns every day, so that they could not starve to death, but it was very uncomfortable.
One day, Brother Tiger took Fangfang's sisters out, and when they came back, they were all dressed in beautiful clothes and wearing heavy makeup.
The second time, Fangfang also went out, and it turned out that Brother Tiger asked them to be the escort lady.
There was also a young man Dongzi who got into the car with Fangfang who was deceived, and he reluctantly joined the criminal gang.
When the two met for the first time in the car, they fell in love with each other.
Dongzi is going farther and farther on the road of crime, while Fangfang knows more and more rich people with her beauty.
Until one day, Fangfang was raped by a boss, and Dongzi also stabbed someone to death.
At the end of the story, Fangfang chooses forbearance and revenge, while Dongzi lives a life of fugitive.
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After Lin Yuhang finished reading these two scripted stories, he was actually more inclined to the second "North Drifting Girl".
If the first "Incense" is to satirize the real society, then "The North Drifter Girl" is a very realistic account of the activities of the evil forces in Yanjing.
Either way, if these two stories are filmed like this, then it is 100% impossible to be released.
However, if "Incense" can be modified and more actors and stories are added, it will be easy to be released.
In 2000, the film market was actually very sluggish, whether it was in Xiangjiang or the mainland, only a handful of films were released every year, and the box office was very low.
There's a lot of stuff involved.
Lin Yuhang didn't want to hit Ning Hao, he felt that these two scripts were good, and someone would definitely want them in ten years, but now, even if he broke his leg, no one would want these two scripts.
"Ning Hao, the story of these two scripts is good, otherwise, you go back and think about revising and modifying, I recommend it to a friend, and then we will talk about how to cooperate."
This time, Lin Yuhang also knew that he had eased up, and he was not in a hurry to buy Ning Hao's script, anyway, he would invest in supporting him to shoot it.
As long as Ning Hao can be pulled into Tianma Film and Television Company, it doesn't matter if he pays a little money.
A ghost director like Ning Hao, he still has a lot of room for growth, and it takes some time to sharpen and accumulate.
"Oh, okay." Ning Hao nodded, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart, after all, these two scripts were things that changed the current situation of his and Aina's lives, and the works were not strongly affirmed by Lin Yuhang, so he naturally thought that what Lin Yuhang had just said was polite words.