Chapter 51: A Fruitful Harvest
TV series are different from movies, TV drama scripts, experienced people can see good or bad at a glance.
How can you tell if it's good or bad?
Genre positioning, subject matter, character building, character relationship, plot setting, lines, frame structure, rhythm, innovation, policy review risk and value orientation expression...
And most importantly, the last point!
Policy Review Risks and Values Orientation...
If something goes wrong, no matter how exciting it is, it's useless!
"The Best Family" is no problem!
The theme, the script idea comes from "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance"...
Then why don't you do the TV series version of "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance"?
That... It's too difficult, it's basically impossible to surpass the movie version...
Although Zhuang Liqi didn't read the script, she felt that it was funny when she heard it...
It's a pity that this script was written for Ciwen!
However, Zhuang Liqi is more interested in Shen Xudong's Tianmei Studio: "How many screenwriters does your company have?" ”
"Now there are only five..."
"Five... It's that efficient? ”
Is this efficient?
It took two months to write three scripts...
If Shen Xudong works overtime, he can do it alone!
Of course, he didn't say that directly, but said, "Let's set the outline..."
“… I wonder if you have any new ideas? ”
"Not for the time being," Shen Xudong added, "But we often discuss what the post-80s generation will experience in society after leaving campus..."
Chen Hao interjected: "What else can I do?" Life! ”
"Finding a job, making money, getting married, having children... Suppose a college man of the year enters society and finds that his dream is far away from him... So is he still going to fight for it? ”
"So, the theme is struggle?"
"Almost... At present, there is only one idea, and when I finish the novel in hand, I will free up time to write it! ”
"I'm looking forward to... Our company wants this script! ”
"Thank you... But in this case, I should write a novel first, and then adapt it into a screenplay..."
"That's better, the novel warms up..."
After thinking about it, Zhuang Liqi said: "You really should write a novel with a realistic theme!" ”
“… Why? ”
"If you want to continue to develop in the literary world, it's not enough to just write martial arts, I heard that Guo Jingming is writing something about realistic themes!"
“… I know. ”
"How much do you know about the flowers in your dreams"...
Therefore, "How Much Do You Know About the Flowers in Your Dreams" is an outlier in Guo Jingming's works, and there are many BJ words in it, including the words "Chai Heniu" and "Ya", which have never been seen in other books before.
A Sichuan kid who just came to Shanghai to study and has never lived in BJ.
Where did he learn such an authentic BJ way of speaking?
In the phantom city, the small era, the ruins, and various essays in the front and back, the metaphors of cumulus clouds, torrential rains, plants, and steel forests that appear again and again have almost become the marks that he himself is accustomed to in the text, and the transition is necessary and distinctive.
But in "Dreams", there is no such metaphorical text.
The reason is quite simple, because the style is so different, he can't integrate the language he is most accustomed to...
Of course, it is also possible that he is in a hurry to prove himself ...
Not only can I write fantasy, but I am also good at writing realistic stories...
After all, although Han Han's "Triple Gate" label is a campus novel, it is a bit of a realistic pure literature...
Guo couldn't write it, he didn't know how, he saw "Inside and Outside the Circle", so he copied it, and he also made some decorations...
……
Of course, Shen Xudong is talking about "Struggle"...
The theme of "Struggle" is not actually struggle, but the young people who are full of confusion, not knowing what they want to do, and not knowing whether the work they do is worthwhile.
The post-80s generation was born in the era of China's most rapid economic development, and the impact of new moral concepts, the abundance of material foundations and the diversity of opportunities for leapfrogging were born.
This makes the life pursuit of the post-80s generation very different from that of the previous generation, who struggle between love and career, and collide between ideal reality.
The story takes place in 2006-2007, when college students are no longer a scarce resource, and there are news reports everywhere that "the monthly salary of fresh college students entering the industry is as low as 1,000 yuan" and "zero starting salary for graduates".
The protagonists also suffered from employment problems because of this: Gao Qiang's job search was frustrated, Charlene graduated from college and could only find nightclub models, record company odd jobs...
In fact, plot aside, the protagonists of "Struggle" do represent a generation that disdains to enter the immutable system, sees their parents accumulating wealth from scratch, and wants to build a career themselves.
Every young man has big ambitions when he graduates, and after being hit on the head, he finds that in a city like BJ, there seem to be job opportunities everywhere, but none of them are suitable for him.
Well, in fact, "Struggle" is relatively popular, and it just so happens that Shen Xudong can remember this drama!
……
"Senior sister, this is the phone number of the screenwriter of "Golden Branches", her name is Qin Wen... I'm only responsible for writing outlines, character biographies... She is responsible for perfecting the specific character design... If you have any doubts, you can find her! ”
“… You don't write it yourself? ”
"My ability to control women's psychology is still a bit poor, and I can't write emotional dramas well, Qin Wen is different..."
The dinner was almost over, and Shen Xudong gave Qin Wen's contact information to Chen Hao...
Chen Hao was a little dissatisfied...
She always thought that the screenwriter of "Golden Branches" was Shen Xudong.
"Didn't you say you prepared this script for me?"
“… yes, or I wouldn't have called you just to get creative..."
Having said that, Chen Hao is still a little dissatisfied, but she herself can't say what she is not satisfied with...
Maybe it was because she thought Shen Xudong was trying to lick her, and suddenly found out that this was just a deal...
Shen Xudong... It doesn't matter, he has collected all the money, and he will continue to cooperate next time!
He didn't believe that Chen Hao could resist "Beauty Scheming"...
Sure enough, Shen Xudong mentioned "Beauty Scheming" slightly: "The theme of "Golden Branch Desire" is that there is no winner in the battle of the harem, and everyone loses, but I want to write another girl from a humble background step by step to the peak of power!" ”
Chen Hao immediately answered: "Wu Zetian? ”
"No, Wu Zetian's story is too familiar to the audience, and it is difficult to play it again, Dou Yifang!"
"Who is Dou Yifang?"
"Emperor Wen's wife, the third queen of the Western Han Dynasty, she was originally just a small palace maid in the palace of the Western Han Dynasty, serving the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, and then magically became the concubine and queen of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and then became the empress dowager and the empress dowager... I think this character is very interesting..."
“… You write it first, and then give it to me when it's done! ”
"Hmm..."
Look, that's it...
To be talented is to be able to do whatever you want!