A famous war photographer once said, "If you don't take good enough photos, it's because you're not close enough to the fire!" Expanding to the screenwriting industry, Lin Mu's understanding of this sentence is that if the script is not well written, then it is because the screenwriter himself is not close enough to the life depicted in the script. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info In order to write a good script for a gang/gang movie, Lin Mu must first walk into that chaotic and disorderly life, and only by seeing clearly the depravity, struggle, and helplessness in it, Lin Mu feels that he can write a real gang/gang classic.

Accompanied by several bodyguards, Lin Mu went deep into the most chaotic slums in New York to experience that kind of life. He had been to noisy street bars and witnessed street bloodshed. Bloody violence, chatting with street girls with AIDS, and generously inviting a few half-grown black teenagers to drink beer. In this area surrounded by steel and concrete, Lin Mu feels two completely different lives, poverty is the best breeding ground for sin, and it flaunts the law. In the United States, where the system is sound, Lin Mu deeply felt the dark side of this country for the first time.

Most of the people who live here are blacks, there is bloodshed here every day, crime has even become a blatant act, and all the systems that humanity is proud of have lost their function here. Chaos filled every corner of the place, and in the eyes of many black children, Lin Mu saw only confusion.

This chaotic chaos is in stark contrast to Lin Mu's calmness in the face of those gang/gang leaders in prison, and the two states of life seem almost contradictory, but they are inextricably linked. Just like the two sides of a coin, they don't seem to have any intersection, but they are actually connected in essence. This kind of contradictory conflict has become the main line of Lin Mu's script.

After determining the theme to be expressed in the script, Lin Mu began to create, but the construction of the plot gave him a big problem, he only had a vague direction for the writing of the script, although he collected a lot of materials, but he did not have a suitable story to connect the materials he collected.

Lin Mu is an expert at making up stories, but this time he found that this story is not easy to make up. This is not fantasy, what is needed is rigorous logic rather than exaggerated romantic imagination. He needed a representative story, one that was true but also a little legendary. None of the people he consciously approached could provide him with such a thing.

The creation of the script was at an impasse, which made Lin Mu very distressed. finally had a holiday, and Lin Mu sat in front of the computer but couldn't type a word. He decided to take a break in the garden, and his relaxed state might find some inspiration for him.

The pleasing flowers and plants did not help Lin Mu much, but in the garden, Lin Mu met Lao Mu, and he was still as humble as Lin Mu first saw him. was full of thoughts about the script, Lin Mu just said hello to him, but he didn't go far, Lin Mu suddenly turned back.

"Lao Mu, I remember that you are the mainland liberation. Coming to the United States when you put it? Lin Mu asked thoughtlessly.

"Yes, Continental Solution. After putting, the country. People. Party. Retreat to the table. b, my father was reluctant to stay in Taiwan. b, so the family moved to the United States. Lao Mu was stunned when he heard this, "Why did Mr. Lin suddenly remember to ask this?" ”

"I happened to be writing a script, so I was thinking too much. Learn a little bit about this. Lin Mu didn't directly tell Lao Mu that he was going to write a gang/gang movie script, but Lao Mu's life experience gave Lin Mu an inspiration. Chinese make up a large proportion of the American population, so do Chinese Americans have gangs/gangs? With such a question in his heart, Lin Mu suddenly decided to want Lao Mu to inquire about the news in this regard. "At that time, there should have been a lot of Chinese in the United States, as far as you know, were there any underworld organizations like the Italian mafia among the Chinese in the United States at that time?"

"Are you referring to the Chinese gangsters in the United States?"

"I only know the old ones. The blue of the sea. Bang and incense. The black of the port. Society, I want to know. Is there a similar organization in the Chinese American community? Lin Mu really hoped to get the exact news from Lao Mu's mouth. If it really exists, then he uses the Chinese gang/gang in the United States as the main line of the script, which can also be regarded as unusual, and the Chinese gang/gang organization is definitely a group with both Eastern and Western cultural backgrounds. It is very likely that they worship Guan Erye and believe in Jesus at the same time, which is the product of the harmony of Chinese and Western cultures, which must be very interesting to write.

"Yes, yes, but that's a long way off!" Lao Mu's answer. It made Lin Mu excited, looking at Lao Mu's appearance, it seemed that he not only knew that such an organization existed, but also seemed to know some information.

"Mr. Lin is very interested in Chinese gangs?" Lao Mu used a weird. looked at Lin Mu, as if in his opinion, Lin Mu, a figure in American high society, should not be interested in those old things.

"You forgot I still. A screenwriter, in fact I am working on a film about the development of Chinese gangs, these days I have come into contact with a lot of gangsters from different sources, and I have gotten some bits and pieces of ideas from them, but I am still missing a thread. I need a story about the Chinese gang, preferably the experience of a Chinese gang/gang leader growing up, and I need to allude to the living conditions of the Chinese people in that era and the struggle of the entire Chinese in the United States from him and his story! Lin Mu said all his thoughts in one breath.

"Are you sure I know such a story?" Lao Mu asked very strangely.

"Although I don't know anything about your past, based on my instinct as a screenwriter, I decided that your previous life experience must be rich!" Lin Mu never thought of investigating Lao Mu's identity, although after breaking up with Julia Roberts, Lin Mu already knew that Lao Mu's identity was definitely not just a gardener, but he instinctively felt that Lao Mu had no other intentions for him. Every time he saw Lao Mu, Lin Mu could see a feeling called sincerity in his eyes. Everyone has their own secrets, and Lin Mu is no exception, and he is not a person who likes to get to the bottom of things.

"I'm sure you're a man with a story!" Lin Mu must have said.

"A lot of times intuition isn't necessarily reliable!" Lao Mu said noncommittally, "I do have a story here, but it's definitely not what Mr. Lin needs, and the protagonist of the story is a complete loser!" ”

"There is something honorable about losers." Even though Lin Mu knew that this was most likely not what he wanted, he decided to listen to the story.

The story takes place in the United States in the mid-50s, when the United States brought the first post-war economic boom, but most of the Chinese in the United States did not enjoy the benefits of this prosperity. In that era of rampant racial discrimination, the situation of Chinese people was no different from that of black people. Except for a few wealthy families, many Chinese in the United States are struggling with poverty. Communities inhabited by Chinese people are often harassed by racists, and some black gangs are formed by Chinese people, who have become the main targets. Compared with now, the situation of the Chinese in the United States at that time can be described as miserable. ”

"Didn't the Chinese resist?" Lin Mu couldn't help but ask, he didn't know much about that period of history, in his memory, although the number of Chinese in the United States could not be compared with blacks, their status and influence were not necessarily weaker than blacks, and in terms of the quality of life and social status of ordinary people, Chinese were generally better than blacks. It is hard to imagine that more than 30 years ago, the two races were in the same predicament.

"The brothers were insulted by the wall, and the Chinese who left their homeland chose to unite when they were bullied, and under the leadership of several martial arts halls, the Chinese in New York established a secret organization called the 'Self-improvement Association'. The organization's approach to countering violence with violence, coupled with the scheming of its leaders, has grown into an influential organization in New York in just a few years. In the years when the race was actually very loud, it was precisely because of the protection of the 'Self-Improvement Association' that the Chinese in New York were rarely violated, even during the period when the Ku Klux Klan killed blacks, the Chinese were rarely affected. The Ku Klux Klan, which is rampant across the United States, also had to be restrained in New York. ”

"But as the influence of the 'Self-Improvement Association' grew, the ambitions of this leader also began to swell. He knew that relying only on the strength of the Chinese, the foundation of this organization was not solid. Therefore, while infiltrating the Chinese people in the United States, he began to recruit black and other colored groups to join the 'Self-Improvement Association' and constantly expand his own strength. The continuous expansion of this organization has finally attracted the attention of the US government. The 'Self-Improvement Society' and American politics. The game of the government has officially begun! ”

When I heard Lao Mu say that "self-improvement will" go to politics with the United States. The position of the house game, Lin Mu couldn't help but frown. He often attends some gatherings of Chinese in the United States, but he has never heard of the 'Self-Improvement Association', which makes him think of the outcome of this game.

Lao Mu seemed to see his thoughts, "and a strong American government." The confrontation seems to be doomed to failure, but that time it was the 'Self-Improvement Association' that finally won! Despite the painful price and sacrifice of many elites in the organization, the U.S. government finally made concessions and the anti-racial discrimination law was driven by the 'Self-Improvement Association'. You may not believe it, but Martin Luther King, Jr., who advocated racial equality, was actually a member of the Self-Improvement Association, and one of the core members. ”

Lin Mu didn't expect that the vigorous race movement in the United States back then, the driving force behind it was the Chinese gang/gang, but he immediately thought of another question, if what Lao Mu said was true, then the ability of this 'Self-improvement Association' is unimaginable, such an organization, according to common sense, it is impossible to be nameless, but Lin Mu has never heard of the organization 'Self-Improvement Association' in the United States.

"This time and the U.S. politics. The government's head-on confrontation has greatly damaged the vitality of the 'Self-Improvement Association', and at the same time, the leaders of the 'Self-Improvement Association' have seen the unwisdom of confronting the government head-on. Under pressure from the government and several monopoly chaebols, the 'Self-Improvement Association' was actually completely disbanded in the 70s! And all the activities of this organization have gone underground, and now, except for the records of the FBI's archives about the 'Self-Improvement Association', few people still remember the organization back then. When Lao Mu said this, he couldn't help sighing, "Only people like me, who are already half buried in the soil, still have some vague impressions of what happened back then." ”

"To be able to lead such an organization, even to the level of peace. The government fought against the court, and finally promoted the process of the racial equality movement in the United States, and to be able to do this, that leader can be said to be a genius, although defeated, he is still glorious! Lin Mu can only listen to such a story by himself, and if it is put on the screen, it is estimated that most American audiences will not be able to accept it.

"When I say this, you must think that the 'Self-Improvement Association' is a very good organization!" Lao Mu suddenly changed his words, "But in fact, it's still a gang/gang, gambling." Bo, sex/emotion, high profit. Loans, robberies. Rob, kill. People, traffickers. Poison, almost all of this organization is involved, after knowing this, you may not feel how noble the actions of the 'Self-Improvement Association' are, aside from those high-sounding reasons, everything is for profit and survival! ”

"You seem to know a lot about the Self-Improvement Society?" Lin Mu began to feel more and more that Lao Mu's identity was not simple, and the person who could know so much inside information would definitely not be an unknown gardener. Lin Mu seemed to have grasped something in his mind, but he was still a little unsure.

"I like your adaptation of Forrest Gump very much, but unlike Forrest Gump, he helps others cut grass purely as a hobby, and I just do it for a living. This story is not a secret, and all Chinese who have lived in the United States for more than 30 years should know these things. It's just an old thing, and many people don't want to mention it anymore. Lao Mu smiled and shook his head, but this deepened Lin Mu's doubts even more.

"I'm curious to know the story of the leader of the Self-Improvement Association." Lin Mu looked at Lao Mu with burning eyes, "I don't think this story is over, and even the later story may be the main thing!" ”

"Why are you so sure?" Lao Mu asked rhetorically.

"How could such a genius be willing to be lonely?" Lin Mu said with certainty.

"Maybe you're the same kind of people, so you'll feel the same way!" Lao Mu's reaction to Lin Mu was not surprising, the person he knew was originally a figure as dazzling as a comet. Even on Lin Mu's body, Lao Mu could still see the shadow of that person. "You're smart, so you guessed that the story is far from over, but unfortunately I can't tell you about the ending. Knowing the truth is sometimes not a beautiful thing! (To be continued.) )