One of the things that Hollywood can succeed in is "punishing evil and promoting good": good people will live happily in the end, while evil people will suffer extremely harsh and tragic endings in the end, even if they do a little bad thing.

And this biochemical apocalypse is a very cruel competition for survival, a world in which human life is like a mustard and morality is degraded. There should be a lot of bad guys in it.

And in order to cater to the audience, the protagonist must be a 'good guy' who is opposed to the 'bad guy'.

How do you define this 'good guy'?

What should be used to show that he is 'good'?

Just then, the villa's doorbell rang.

"Who was that early?"

"Wangwang~~~" The fat round pug 'Xiaoha' left by the old professor barked.

Wang Shang got up and went out to have a look, but before he could recognize who it was, he heard a shout: "Ah Shang, your land is really hard to find!" Wang Shang heard who this voice was, and when he walked in, it was indeed Liu Tianwang.

Wang Shang greeted him with a smile: "Brother Hua, why are you so early?" ”

The pug Xiaoha looked a little unhappy when he saw Wang Shang welcoming this stranger in, and then directly skimmed his right hind leg and sprinkled it on Liu Tianwang's shiny leather shoes as soon as he soaked his urine~~

Liu Tianwang: "......"

Wang Shang was embarrassed, and was about to kick it, but it escaped smartly, and when he turned around, he couldn't help barking at Liu Tianwang a few times.

Wang Shang hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, this guy is like this to newcomers, I have also been urinated, and I am used to peeing, peeing." ”

"......" Liu Tianwang was embarrassed.

At this time, the queen mother walked out with a plate of fruit, scratched Xiao Ha intimately, and scratched Xiao Ha comfortably and squinted. When he saw Liu Tianwang, he warmly entertained: "You are Andy, right?" Welcome, welcome!! ”

After Liu Tianwang changed a pair of shoes and a pair of pants, after touring around the villa, he began to formally discuss the script with Wang Shang.

The reason why Liu Tianwang came this time was because Wang Shang invited him to discuss the script together, and he naturally had strong confidence in this script, so he naturally pushed down other work and hurried over.

He can't wait to see this movie script come to life.

At this time, he was more excited than ever, even if he won the Hong Kong Film Awards before, he had never been so excited.

In his opinion, this will be a movie that can help him open the door to Hollywood, a movie that can help him reach a higher stage. Although he was a little annoyed at first because of "Iron Man", now, there is no more, more gratitude.

"Mayan prophecy? In 2012? After Liu Tianwang read the beginning, he was a little puzzled.

"Yes, the end of the world is coming, I need to give it a reason to come, and I don't want the end of the world to appear out of thin air. So I thought of the ancient and mysterious Mayan prophecy. ”

"I think that after everyone sees this movie, they can't help but study the Mayan prophecy, and then make them believe that 2012 is indeed the end of the world, and then have a sense of fear for 2012 a few years later, and finally better substitute it into this movie. This is a way for fans to be curious, which is conducive to the promotion of our films. Wang Shang explained.

After Liu Tianwang heard Wang Shang's explanation, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This idea is really amazing!" ”

But what he didn't know was that it was just a superficial reason. When the time comes, when the movie is released, ** scientists will study the Mayan calendar, it will definitely shock people around the world - the Mayan calendar really predicts that 2012 will enter the end of the world!!

It is estimated that at that time, the box office will soar again......

Maybe this movie can go down in film history......

Wang Shang, who successfully fooled Liu Tianwang, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and continued to discuss the plot.

Wang Shang dictated: "When the end came, a meteorite fell from outside the sky, carrying a deadly virus. Overnight, the virus broke out, and countless people, animals, and plants mutated. ”

"The unsuccessful mutation has become zombie people, animals, and plants carrying the virus; Those who successfully mutate have a virus-resistant constitution, and become more powerful and stronger, and can appear with various abilities. ”

"After the end of the world, electronics and industry collapsed in all directions, and there was a shortage of food, clothing, and various materials......"

Liu Tianwang listened quietly.

"I want to portray the protagonist as a 'good guy', but there is no way for a simple 'good guy' to survive in the last days, because you have to eat, you have to wear clothes, and you have to compete with others for resources, so you have to do bad things."

"Now the problem is, I hope that the audience still thinks that the protagonist is a 'good person' after seeing all kinds of 'bad things'. This is a contradiction, how to break? "This is a problem that Wang Shang has never thought of a solution.

Liu Tianwang listened to Wang Shang's question and also fell into deep thought.

Soon, he looked up and replied, "I can assign the protagonist a person he must protect, such as parents, wife, children, and then use relatives to arouse the audience's sympathy." As long as the audience's sympathy rises and hates the other bad guys, the protagonist rises up to resist, and that's right. ”

After Wang Shang listened, his eyes lit up, and he slapped his head and scolded himself for being stupid, during this time, he watched too many novels in which the protagonist's family died in the last days through the Internet in his head, and then upgraded on a stand-alone basis, and he forgot that the movie can add a supporting role to the protagonist.

Novels and movies are really different.

Thinking of this, Wang Shang thought of "World War", which had just been released, and had a conclusion in his heart. However, he still asked Liu Tianwang: "Then the one you want you to protect is your parents?" Wife? Son? Daughter? ”

Liu Tianwang thought for a while and said, "I choose my daughter!" I just thought of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds", in which the protagonist is taking his daughter through all kinds of dangers. ”

Wang Shang listened to it and smiled: "I think so too." The child represents a new vitality that can bring a breath of life to the dead end times. And it is better to choose a daughter than a son, because the daughter is weaker, more in need of someone to take care of, and more hopes to arouse the kind of protection in people's hearts. ”

The two of them thought of going together!

Look at each other and smile.

Liu Tianwang said happily: "It is estimated that the screenwriter of the "War of the Worlds" movie also thought so at that time. ”

At this moment, the pug Xiaoha ran over with a fat belly, and then looked at the plate of fruit on the stone table with a cute face, obviously wanting to eat it.

Liu Tianwang was obviously wary of this guy, and his feet hurriedly dodged to the side.

Who knows, but in exchange for the contempt of 'Xiaoha'.

Wang Shang picked up a piece of apple and handed it to it, thoughtfully, and then pointed to Xiaoha, a pug who was happily nibbling on the apple, and said to Liu Tianwang: "You say, how about adding another partner to your father and daughter?" ”

"Just this dog?" Liu Tianwang looked at the 'bad' dog and looked constipated.

"Well, how? Two people and a dog go to the end of the world, and you can set this dog to mutate and become stronger because of the virus, and at the same time be loyal to the Lord. At the same time, set your daughter to like this dog very much, and in the unsafe end times, only you and this dog can make your daughter feel safe. Think about it, in a dark age without order, how difficult an experience it is for a loyal dog to be a loyal dog, which is sure to make fans happy. ”

Liu Tianwang looked at the 'Xiaoha' who was rolling around and begging to be fed without any skin, and then thought about it just now that it had urinated on his pants, and suddenly his face was black: "Let it be my partner in the end of the world?" ”

Wang Shang was happy when he saw Liu Tianwang like that: "Haha, don't worry, its IQ is very high." ”

Although Liu Tianwang was 10,000 unhappy in his heart, he thought that Wang Shang was indeed right, having a dog can indeed bring more warmth to the cruel last days. After all, this is a science fiction movie, not a horror movie.

"Okay!" Liu Tianwang finally pinched his nose and confessed.

But he still looked at this pug with disdain.

As if sensing Liu Tianwang's contempt, the pug Xiaoha dodged, raised his right hind foot, and a water arrow sprayed towards Liu Tianwang's location......

Wang Shang gloated and laughed: "It's said that its IQ is very high, don't despise it......"

"......" Liu Tianwang looked at his feet that were soaked again, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

After Liu Tianwang changed his pants again, he continued to discuss the plot with Wang Shang.

The next thing to talk about is the monster model, and in order to give the audience a sense of a new world, many monsters must give people a sense of novelty.

"The first is to set up zombies. The word zombie comes from the Voodoo belief, which is a living person without self-consciousness. We want to distinguish zombies from zombies. Zombies are afraid of light, but zombies are not afraid. Zombies move faster and zombies move slowly, but when zombies see the flesh of a living person, they go crazy and become extremely hungry. ”

"But zombies are just the most ordinary monsters, they are slow, and they can be done by knocking their heads off."

"Then there are zombie dogs and zombie cats, these monsters will be extremely dangerous and difficult for ordinary people to deal with."

"And the Licker, a more advanced evolutionary creature with a long, retractable tongue, sharp claws, super-fast speed, and a strong, hard, self-repairing powerful body......"

"Man-eating flowers, evolved from pitcher plants, emit drugs that cause stun in animals, trap prey......"

"Devil vine, evolved from ordinary rattan, has crazy vines, likes animal flesh, can grow spikes on the outside of the rattan, sucking blood and meat......"

"Zombie Bird ......"

"Giant Spiders, Snakes, ......"

Wang Shang said as he drew on the manuscript paper and drew these monster models in his imagination.

As a director, drawing is a skill that needs to be mastered, because when communicating, drawing can be more direct than words, and it is easier for others to understand the director's intentions......

Liu Tianwang's eyes widened wider and wider.......

(To be continued.) )