The biggest problem with "Di Gong's Case" written by an unknown writer in the late Qing Dynasty is that the story has no logic, there are too many unreasonable things in the plot, and there are too many things in it that can't stand scrutiny. … Top Novel,

This novel is not written at all to solve the case, but the author is just using the reason of Di Renjie's case to promote his anti-Qing and Ming restoration thoughts, you can understand by looking at the synopsis of the novel, after the Tang Dynasty famous minister Di Renjie was demoted to a county order, because of his meritorious investigation of the case, he was recommended by Yan Liben and fought with Wu Sansi and others to finally restore the king of Luling.

What period did Di Renjie live in, during the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian, after the death of Gaozong Li Zhi, Wu Zetian himself became the emperor and founded the country as the Great Zhou, isn't this the overthrow of the old Li family?

Who is the King of Luling? He is the son of Wu Zetian, the future Zhongzong Li Xian. Later, Zhang Cambodia and Huan Yanfan, Jinghui and others took advantage of Wu Zetian's illness to launch a coup d'état, Wu Zetian came to power, Li Xian succeeded to the throne, and the Tang Dynasty was restored.

What does this have to do with the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty? The relationship is big, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government was cowardly to the extreme, cutting land and paying compensation externally, and brutally exploiting the people internally; Who were the de facto rulers of China in the late Qing Dynasty? The old Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Guangxu is just a puppet. Do you see if this is a bit similar to the Wu Zetian period?

Looking at the people again, in the late Qing Dynasty, the national power was declining, and there were constant rebellions in various places, first the bandits and the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom rebellion, and then the White Lotus Sect and the Boxer Rebellion, among these large and small rebel forces, the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty were the most violent forces in the Chinese people, so the book reflected a lot of the dark reality of the society at that time.

Combine these points and look at it again, what kind of detective novel is this, is it a political struggle novel under the guise of solving a case from beginning to end? Wu Zetian is alluding to Cixi, restoring Li Tang orthodoxy, and alluding to the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, the author's purpose in writing this book is to tell everyone that we must unite to overthrow the Empress Dowager Cixi and let the new monarch be in power.

This is also the reason why the author does not leave a name, does he dare to leave a name, from the standpoint of the Manchu government, this novel is full of reactionary remarks, and the author dares to leave a name.

If Ling Shizhe guessed correctly, this novel should have been born during the Wuxu Reform, when the struggle between Guangxu and the Empress Dowager Cixi had reached a white-hot situation, and the author was likely to be one of the six gentlemen of Wuxu, and the purpose of writing this book was to build momentum for Guangxu among the people to attract votes.

"No, Ling Shao, it's just a novel, what political struggle can it have to do with it? Isn't that too dark? After listening to Ling Shizhe's reasoning, all the people at the table were stupid, they have been in the entertainment industry for many years and have seen countless imaginative directors and screenwriters, but today they feel that Ling Shizhe is even more imaginative.

Seeing that they didn't believe it, Ling Shizhe smiled and said, "I know you don't believe it, but apart from this explanation, I really can't find a more suitable reason, why didn't he disclose his name, this is worth our doubt." ”

At this time, Zhao Xiaoyun said: "So you are not optimistic about the movie version of "Di Gong's Case"? ”

Seeing Ling Shizhe nodding, Zhao Xiaoyun continued: "It doesn't matter if white people can't understand it, let's take a picture of the Chinese, isn't Wanda Cinema Line targeting the North American Chinese market?" It doesn't matter if they look at it or not. ”

Ling Shizhe knew that Li Hanxiang could give up the director of "The God of Cooking" and shoot the movie version of "Di Gong's Case", he must have Zhao Xiaoyun's permission, so he had to convince her, and he patiently explained to everyone: "The late Qing version of "Di Gong's Case" is suitable for making a TV series, and then it will be broadcast on RTHK's TV station, but the movie is not suitable.

First of all, Gao Luopei's version of "Di Gong's Case" has a high reputation in the West, they don't know that there is another version of "Di Gong's Case", if we directly shoot the late Qing Dynasty version of "Di Gong's Case", it will definitely attract the attention of Gao Luopei's fans in the early stage, and then they go into the cinema and find that they don't understand the story told by the movie at all, and the plot of the case is inexplicable, and there is no logic at all, they will feel that they have been deceived, so that the reputation that DreamWorks has accumulated with great difficulty will be ruined. ”

Zhao Xiaoyun and Li Hanxiang were silent, Ling Shizhe said it is not unreasonable, now the whole world knows that DreamWorks bought the copyright of "Di Gong's Case" and comics, otherwise it would be impossible to launch comics, now novels and comics have achieved great success in the West, once DreamWorks announces the filming of "Di Gong's Case", it will attract the attention of the world, and when the time comes, they will find that it is not the same thing as "Di Gong's Case" in their minds, what do you think in their hearts? Will they think that DreamWorks is cheating on them?

It's entirely possible, faithful to the original, although everyone already knows the answer, the box office will not be very good, but everyone will not say you, but you do another set, and it is all things that Westerners can't understand, then it's hard to say, and it's very likely that the East and the West won't please at that time.

This is also the sadness of the film company's filming of world masterpieces, your faithful original ticket may not be very good, but you will not be infamy, but if you change the story beyond recognition, it is very likely to attract infamy, especially in a very special novel like "Di Gong's Case", the gap between the two versions is too big, according to the late Qing version, it may be welcomed in Southeast Asia, but in the mainstream market in the West, it will die very ugly.

"Is the script ready?"

"Not yet, just an outline." Li Hanxiang opened the briefcase and took out the outline, after just waking up, Li Hanxiang has understood that he thinks things too simply, the two versions of "Di Gong Case" reflect the two different cultures of the East and the West, Westerners see it as their version, Easterners, especially Chinese, see it as the Oriental version, these two versions are not compatible with each other at all, if it is filmed like this, Li Hanxiang's directorial career is likely to encounter Waterloo.

This will be a heavy blow to Li Hanxiang who has just gained a foothold in Hollywood, so as soon as Ling Shizhe asked, he took out the outline of the script, and he now needs Ling Shizhe's opinion very much to give him guidance on the direction.

"As I expected, the logic is messy, this outline is completely unworkable!" The outline is only more than 600 words in total, Ling Shizhe read it quickly, the script chose a small paragraph in the late Qing Dynasty version to adapt, about a girl rape/murder/case in a county in China, the county commander Di Renjie found in the process of investigation that there is a huge conspiracy hidden behind this case, and this conspiracy is to frame Li Xian, the king of Luling, and prevent him from ascending to the throne......

It's a mess, this is a detective film, not "Spy", such a nondescript thing, what do you call those Westerners to think? And Li Xian is a prince, and the girl who was raped/killed is just an ordinary village girl, the identity gap between the two is huge, and the rod can't be beaten, how can it be related, the logical explanation of the story is too far-fetched.

If you talk about his ancient spy films, the whole plot is a very common murder case, and it has nothing to do with agents, such a film is not only not recognized by Westerners, but also will not be recognized even if it is put in Japan.

Detective films are very popular in Europe and the United States, and detective movies are also very popular in Japan, if this kind of film wants to be popular with them, first of all, your story structure must be rigorous and reasonable, and the logic is so loose, how can everyone like it.

"Follow the structure of Western Sherlock Holmes and rewrite the script." Ling Shizhe sighed and said.

Zhao Xiaoyun said: "Is it really that bad? ”

"It's not bad, it's bad." If it is in the 21st century, the script can be compensated for by computer special effects, but in the 70s, the movie special effects, the script has become the key to the success of the movie.

After thinking about it again, Ling Shizhe said: "Director Li, don't worry, you plan to shoot next year, I have a full year to polish the script, and the time is very generous." In this way, Xiaoyun, you will show the two versions of the novel "Di Gong's Case" to the screenwriting department tomorrow, and let them try to write a script to read, and we will discuss it at that time. ”

Zhao Xiaoyun nodded, it seems that this is the case for now, and then Ling Shizhe said: "Give this outline to them too, although the story lacks logic, there are also a lot of merits, let them change it." ”