As soon as he came up, Kevin's momentum was suppressed, and he was already a head weaker from his personal visit, this is the territory of Endeavor Elite Agency; To meet Mark, Columbia Pictures' ruin must not be a community; and then to Hugo's absence, Rick's direct attack. Kevin had no idea of such a situation.

As a co-writer, Roland couldn't help but sit up straight, looked at Rick and asked rhetorically with a little dissatisfaction, "What's wrong with my script?" We've made changes as you requested, is there any dissatisfaction? ”

The first time the script was picked, it was a part of the plan, and a few days ago they submitted a second revised script to Rick, but now Rick was still full of mocking rhetorical questions, which really made Roland very excited, and felt that he had been insulted.

But Rick was not stunned at all, he still had that gentle and friendly smile on his face, and raised his hand to make a stop movement, "Don't get excited, I have no malicious intent." The smiling words calmed the mood in the conference room a little, "I mean, it's a commercial production, right?" It is the visual effects and the war scenes that occupy the main role, and for this part, I believe in your professionalism, and I also believe in the taste of the audience. ”

Rick's words were an endorsement of the script, which made Roland calm down a little, "However, the characters are already supporting roles, and on the basis of the supporting roles, you have arranged so many characters to share the time, and almost every character's appearance time is very limited, even after modification, it still hasn't changed much." So, why does Hugo need to play such a role? I don't think Hugo would be a great vase, and I don't think Hugo would be a good puppet character to fill the appearance time. ”

As soon as Rick's words changed, the whole tone became sharp and harsh, which made the anger on Roland's face swell in an instant, but then he was stunned, and found that he couldn't find the words to refute it, this stunned look reminded Roland of the second plan that Kevin said, he had to control himself, and then straightened his back again, avoiding Rick's gaze.

It all happened in an instant, and the brief exchange between Rick and Roland ended before they could react. Rick, who is well prepared, completely catches Roland and Kevin off guard. However, this little reaction time made Kevin immediately calm down, as the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox, he needed to be smart and not clever.

"Rick, I think I know what you mean......" Kevin tried to lighten the mood, but apparently the other party was unwilling.

Joseph shook his head and continued, "No, Mr. Burns, you don't know. ”

"Please call me Kevin." Joseph's words were interrupted, which made Joseph pause, he saw the insistence in Kevin's eyes, so he nodded his chin, "Kevin, you don't know what Hugo meant, otherwise the script wouldn't have been revised and it would still be like this." Hugo is not averse to commercial films, but you have taken such a simple script, I can summarize it in one sentence: aliens attacked Earth, and due to the protective shield of their spaceship, our attacks were ineffective, and they collapsed one after another, and finally relied on a ...... Uh, inexplicable...... What shall I say, Doctor? A doctor's opinion, implanting a virus on the spaceship, and then the Americans went on a rampage and defeated the aliens. ”

After Joseph finished speaking, he deliberately paused and looked at the few people in front of him.

Roland opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything, while Dean, who was sitting on the side, muttered a little unwillingly, "He's a computer expert." ”

"Sorry, my bad, a computer expert." Joseph knew that his mistakes could be corrected, and he simply admitted his mistakes neatly, which made Dean stunned and ashamed. "The simple plot with the bloated character setting makes the story seem even more incomprehensible, and the visual effects are the only highlights, so as an actor, what is the significance of Hugo's role?" Joseph made himself fully expressed, and then he stopped talking, but sat where he was, and handed the scene to Rick.

As Joseph said, Roland and Dean were not masters at writing scripts in the first place, they gave Independence Day a huge worldview, and then arranged the plot according to the typical story direction of Hollywood genre films, and that's it. In fact, the three male protagonists in the movie are all very vague.

The role setting of the so-called computer expert David is simply untenable, and the direct relationship between him and his ex-wife is also very redundant, which does not promote the plot at all; Air Force pilot Steve is just a puppet, in short, he is a "pilot", except for flying a plane, he has not contributed anything, as for the character setting, it is even more pale and powerless, and the part of saving his girlfriend and proposing does not increase the warmth of the movie; In the end, the relatively full president is actually just showing his warmth as a person, and his decision as a president has no effect at all in the face of alien attacks.

On the contrary, the character of the veteran soldier who sacrificed himself to crash into the spaceship with a fighter jet is more vivid - not full, but relatively vivid.

The reason why the "Independence Day" script has been criticized is that the simple plot is only part of the story - compared to "Terminator 2" and "True Lies", the story is indeed too simple, but more because there are too many characters in the script, but there is no real core character, that is, there is no core focus to connect all the stories. To put it simply, it is the lack of the lone hero who turned the tide.

At the end of Independence Day, the veterans sacrificed themselves to finish off the spaceship, the president himself went into battle to incite everyone to join the fight, the computer experts identified the weak points of the spacecraft, and the pilots were only responsible for flying the plane. In other words, it relies on many different characters to end the story, which makes the whole plot too scattered.

Instead of portraying a large number of masked characters without any depth, it is better to focus on depicting one or two characters, for example, there are only four main characters in "Terminator 2", the future savior John, John's biological mother Sarah, T-800, and T-1000, but these four characters are connected to a huge world view, and T-800 shoulders the burden of the entire rescue mission. Although the script of "Terminator 2" has also been picked on by countless film critics, it is enough to become a classic of action movies.

The same goes for Independence Day. The revised script has been improved, but there is still no essential change. And after getting Hugo's approval, Rick began to show his strength, he wanted Hugo to become the first actor of "Independence Day", the absolute hero.

Kevin sighed inwardly, although he had long known that Hugo was strict with the script, and after the meeting of the "Love is the One" crew, he asked Roland and Dean to revise the script. But now it seems that their revisions still miss the point.

But it's normal to think about it, Hugo has always been picky about scripts and characters, which is well known, even the scripts Steven took out were picked by Hugo, and Hugo himself is an excellent screenwriter, so it is normal for him to have a lot of ideas about the script.

"So, what do you think should be done?" Kevin knew that he really couldn't take the initiative in the matter of script, and if he wanted to impress Hugo, he had to have an excellent script. And Kevin knows the meaning of character weight more clearly than Rick and Joseph.

Having Hugo play the lead role in a production, but not in sufficient weight, is not only a waste, but also does not fit their premise for a commercial film. In Kevin's opinion, he is absolutely in favor of giving Hugo more weight, allowing Hugo to pick up the weight of the entire script and maximize Hugo's influence.

What's more, they are at a disadvantage in every link today, and it can be seen that Rick is bound to win the script. So, Kevin simply handed over the initiative and let Rick speak.

Rick was not surprised at all by this situation, he and Joseph dared to be so firepowered, he knew that Kevin would not disagree with them in the script, "I think you should cancel the role of David and focus the storyline of this character on Steve, so that the whole storyline is clearly clear." ”

Hearing Rick's lion's big words, Kevin and Alan didn't react, but Roland and Dean gasped, Roland didn't suppress it this time, and said directly, "Don't you know that the clues on David are very important?" It was because of David's existence that they learned about the alien attack plan, and the president left the White House in time; It was also because of David's knowledge that they came up with a plan to break the protective shield of the alien spacecraft! ”

In the face of Roland's excitement, Rick was not in a hurry at all, and still looked calm, "I know what you mean, but you don't understand what I mean." David is not a character that cannot be missing, maybe we can leave this character and let him know about the alien attack plan, but the relationship between David and his ex-wife can be completely canceled, and more ink can be given to the relationship between the president and Steve; And in the end, David's computer knowledge can be completely installed on Steve......"

Halfway through his words, Rick himself raised his hands to show his modesty, "I'm not a professional, I don't know how the script should be written, but I mean, you give too much weight to the role of David, but it doesn't really turn the tide of the battle." Rather than this, it is better to spread David's storyline among the other characters, and then let the other characters add weight. Of course, on the flip side, it doesn't matter to me to remove the role of Steve and divide Steve's story between David and the president. ”

Roland couldn't help but freeze in place, and he only understood what Rick meant at this time, which was actually to reduce the characters, make the story line more focused and compact, and increase the weight of the characters. Not only does this give the characters more room to play, but the story also becomes more fluid.

Roland and Dean looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say, but Kevin was silent, because he knew that if the script was revised in this way, it would definitely be a huge project, and the entire script would almost have to be overturned and rewritten, which was not in line with his plan - this project has been working on computer special effects since April this year, and if filming does not start before January next year, it will not be able to catch up with next summer.

"Okay, no problem!" Suddenly, a voice interjected, breaking the silence of the conference room, and everyone was stunned, it was actually Allen who spoke!