This year's winter seems to have been particularly cold.

Even Zhou Yang, who was wearing warm shoes, still couldn't resist the chill that seeped in from the floor.

His feet shrank slightly, and he hesitated slightly, but finally he didn't look at things on the bed as usual.

I can read things in bed, but it is even more inconvenient to write and take notes.

The lamp illuminated the old broken wooden table, and the script of "The Crow" was spread out under the light, and Zhou Yang read the content of the script word by word.

Characters, dialogues, formats, scenes, ......

Every time he read a place that he felt he could learn, Zhou Yang would slowly record it in another notebook and fall into deep thought.

will even pick up the script of "Mine Bottom" and start comparing it very seriously.

Although the crew of "Mine Bottom" was written by Zhou Yang, the format of the script is really unprofessional compared to "The Crow", in addition, some key scene changes, character dialogue polishing, is not as clear as "The Crow" is written at a glance......

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and at this moment Zhou Yang realized that his script for "Mine Bottom" was too naïve.

He closed his eyes and imagined that if he simply threw away the known plot of "Blind Well" and let himself write a script with a similar story independently, Zhou Yang felt that he would write in a mess and couldn't grasp the central point......

A good script in the real sense, such as the "Crow" script in front of me, its overall story is written around a point, and then this point is rendered and expanded from the dialogue in various forms, and finally summarized and sublimated, with a beginning and an end.

People and stories revolve around the theme and unhurriedly unfold.

Compared with "The Crow", the script of "Mine Bottom" written by himself before was a bit thin, if he hadn't watched the movie "Blind Well" and then used the plot in the movie to analyze and compare, he wouldn't even be able to make up a story.

"Whew!"

He let out a long sigh of relief, opened his eyes, put "Mine Bottom" aside, and then immersed himself in the script of "The Crow" again, and began to ponder the story of the script itself.

This is the story of a college student named Qin Fangfang who was abducted and trafficked to a remote mountainous area, and then tried every means to escape.

When he read this script for the first time, Zhou Yang suddenly felt that this story was somewhat familiar......

How so?

There was a sense of déjà vu, as if I had seen it somewhere.

After watching it for the second time and starting to ponder the characters, Zhou Yang suddenly realized!

This script is very similar to a movie I have heard of before......

That movie is director Li Yang's second film "Blind Mountain" after "Blind Well".

However, Zhou Yang has seen "Blind Well", but Zhou Yang has only watched the movie commentary posted by some netizens on video websites, and only knows the approximate plot and ending of the movie.

As for other details, Zhou Yang really couldn't think of it.

Of course, he is no stranger to the abduction of women, there was an extremely sensational incident in Zhou Yang's hometown in the original world, and Zhou Yang has experienced it semi-personally!

It was when Zhou Yang was seven years old, a Sunday morning, after more than a week of imprisonment for a girl who had been abducted...... Hanging from a big tree on the edge of the pond, he died there with his eyes and biting his tongue......

I heard that the death was very terrifying, with bruised tendons all over his body, tattered clothes, and a bare foot.

The incident alarmed the local government, and in those days, the police would go door-to-door almost every day to ask for confessions.

Later, both the buyer and the seller were arrested, and it seems that they were sentenced later, appeared on TV, and carried out a series of detection activities in the follow-up!

"Although the sun is shining, there will always be a dark side that does not shine......"

Looking back on the bits and pieces of that time, when he read the script of "Crow" again, he felt very immersed.

Even!

It's a shocking, soul-deep depression that makes people breathless.

But then, he began to think about the meaning of the existence of this type of film.

It's a warning, it's an exposé!

"Every character in this, even if it's a one-sentence supporting character, I have to write a short backstory for them......"

“……”

Zhou Yang tried his best to recall the commentary of "Blind Well" he had watched, and he didn't miss even a single detail.

After he couldn't think of anything, he began to recall what he had seen and heard when he was seven years old.

Ultimately......

He made such a decision!

………………………………

"This part, cut with a jump cut!"

"Characters, characters! Focus on the characters, this is the story of the characters, not a fairy tale......"

"This story is cruel, and there is clearly something wrong with this lighting!"

“……”

The next day.

Wang Shuai did not wait for Zhou Yang.

Not only did he not wait for Zhou Yang, but even when "Mine Bottom" was edited, Zhou Yang did not come.

Staying in the editing room, looking at the staff's expressions of fear and shock, Wang Shuai said a lot about his requirements for the post-production of the film with an expressionless face.

His requirements are almost harsh, and even in addition to the requirements for editing, Wang Shuai will unconsciously criticize the lighting techniques during the filming of the film, as well as the smoothness of the switching of the lens......

Qian Wei, the person in charge of the crew, was scolded so much that in less than a day, he began to doubt his life.

He felt like a piece of trash!

Evening.

Chinese New Year's Eve!

The post-editing staff didn't even have a mouthful of hot Chinese New Year's Eve to eat, and they were all tossed by Wang Shuai in the editing room like livestock......

Gala?

Don't even think about the Spring Festival Gala!

Looking at Wang Shuai's angry eyes, if they don't finish editing and processing the film as required in the past two days, it is impossible for him to let them go home to sleep!

Zhang Lei feels like he is living in hell!

finally got rid of Zhou Yang, the master, and waited for Wang Shuai, the great director!

Zhou Yang is unprofessional in many places, and he still can't see anything that is blurry, but this director Wang Da is almost cut frame by frame!

Chinese New Year's Eve......

They did stay up all night!

During this period, An Xiao personally came over to deliver supper and chatted with Wang Shuai for a few words.

And Zhou Yang?

Not to mention coming to deliver supper, there is not even a phone call!

Wang Shuai was extremely unhappy at first, and there was a feeling of being tricked.

But some nests are on fire, but they can't get out.

In all fairness, he really didn't want the movie "Mine Bottom" to be ruined like this.

But......

On the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The anger in Wang Shuai's heart has dropped a lot.

"Uncle Wang, when filming this "Mine Bottom", all the filming equipment was broken......"

"At first, we all thought that Zhou Yang had broken the equipment, but a few days ago, I just got some clues from the seller from the public security department, and it turned out that the pile of machines themselves was broken......

"Those two crooks themselves bought bad machines to fill up the numbers, and pretended to pull the crew ......"

"And Zhou Yang, from beginning to end, was kept in the dark, with no responsibility at all......"

“……”

When Wang Shuai heard this, he was shocked and didn't know what to say!

He could imagine how difficult it would have been for the young lad to fix the camera little by little and make the film in that situation.

……………………

February 9, the evening of the second day of the Lunar New Year.

"Mine Bottom" was finally officially cut in a period of pain.

Duration!

Zhou Yang has never been here once.

It was as if the world had evaporated, not only did it not come, but it did not even have a phone call.

Wang Shuai once again generated a burst of unprovoked smoldering!

However, after handing over the finished movie to An Xiao, Wang Shuai finally suppressed the anger in his heart and made a phone call to Berlin.

This year, there are a lot of participating films in Huaxia.

The difficulty of being shortlisted is higher than in previous years, and Huaxing alone has two films to participate in......

"The Bottom of the Mine", which has no publicity and no background, is likely to be brushed down without even watching it.

This is highly likely.

After making the phone call, Wang Shuai became more and more aware of the huge number of Chinese films that have signed up for the Berlin International Film Festival this year.

It's incredible.

"This time, the Huaxia film gang is all busy and reckless, trying to win by quantity......"

Wang Shuai shook his head.

Just as he was feeling emotional, he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Director Wang, I've finished reading the script......"

The door opened.

Wang Shuai saw Zhou Yang holding the script and walked in honestly.

He hung his head.

"Heh, read the script for three days......" Wang Shuai couldn't help but shake his head after seeing Zhou Yang, but he still took the script and suppressed his anger: "Forget it, you can talk about it." ”

"What do you say?"

"After reading the script, you can say what you are best at."

"Oh, then I'll start with the background......" Zhou Yang raised his head slightly, holding a stack of copies.

"What is this?"

"This is the side story of the characters who appeared in the script, as well as their upbringing, family background, ......"

“……”

Wang Xiaoshuai looked at the contents of the stack of copies in shock, and his eyes widened.

This guy ......

What exactly was done?

"That, I'm sorry, Director Wang, I'm scribbling in the script again, I can't control myself." Zhou Yang lowered his head, his voice full of self-blame.

Then he inadvertently glanced at the script, and he saw a dense variety of modification symbols.