Chapter 102 The Devotion of Suspect X
The home projector slowly stopped spinning, and Liu Hongmin and Chen Yu walked out of the screening room. After getting used to the sunlight for a while, Liu Hongmin walked towards the study while thinking.
After watching the movie for a few days, Liu Hongmin gave up the idea of wearing a Japanese vest. If you haven't lived there, it's difficult to imitate their living conditions.
So, Liu Hongmin decided to set the background of the story in Xiangjiang.
"The Devotion of Suspect X" filmed by Su Youpeng basically followed the plot of the original work except for changing the name and background. This reduces the difficulty for Liu Hongmin to adapt the novel. As long as he can grasp the rhythm of the story, the book will not be too bad.
Xiangjiang is an international metropolis, and the Japanese are no strangers to Xiangjiang. Xiangjiang movies are often shown on the Japanese side, and people who have seen the movies will have some impression of Xiangjiang.
Liu Hongmin has stayed in Xiangjiang for half a year and already knows the current Xiangjiang very well.
The story revolves around Tang Chuan, a physics professor at the Criminal Police Academy, and Shi Hong, a middle school mathematics teacher. The two have been friends for many years. However, Shi Hong was dragged into the police investigation because Chen Jing, Shi Hong’s neighbor, was investigated by the police. The eyeliner forced Shi Hong to stand on the opposite side of Tang Chuan. Friends fight against each other, forming a two-hero situation. This is a very favorite routine in Hong Kong movies.
The same is true for Tang Chuan and Shi Hong. The two sides launched a very exciting reasoning battle.
Liu Hongmin strengthened the reasoning in the movie. After all, this is what the Japanese like to watch.
As for the human warmth contained in the original work, Liu Hongmin did not add it back. He has never read the original work and doesn't know what a plump character Keigo Higashino is. I don’t think it’s necessary, after all, the Japanese society now is different from the Japanese society when the novel was published.
In the 1990s, the Japanese economy was stagnant and the society was indifferent. However, at this time, something was advancing and rising, and that was female consciousness. Women in this period have changed a lot compared to before. They are no longer dependent on men in life or spirit, and have become independent social beings. In life, people are required to be equal to men.
It is precisely because of this appeal that it has created new difficulties for women's survival and has been strongly opposed by the male society. The novel was published in 2005. Keigo Higashino attributes the root cause of female crime to male society.
So, the descriptions in the book have a kind of feminine gentleness.
But today's devils, the economy is doing great, and the entire society is in a kind of blind arrogance. At this time, adding female warmth into the novel is purely a dance for the blind. Not only will it not increase sales, but it will probably also attract jokes from macho devils.
On the contrary, confrontation and competition are what the devils like to see during this period. They believe that their economic prosperity comes from their competition in the world forest.
After setting the tone, Liu Hongmin began to write the outline.
During this period, except for being called by Professor Tao to discuss his graduation thesis, he devoted his whole body and soul to this novel that was used to make money.
Moreover, he also has a group of the best readers, and that is the crew of "New Wulongyuan".
At the end of May, Liu Hongmin kicked out "The Devotion of Suspect X" before the filming of "New Oolong Yuan" was completed.
On June 5, when "New Wulongyuan" returned to the capital, Liu Hongmin was waiting in the courtyard with copies of the novels.
Lan Jieying ignored everyone's eyes and threw herself directly into Liu Hongmin's arms, "Hani, I miss you so much."
Everyone was helpless for a while, but they did not dare to say anything. After all, these were the boss and his wife. Although they were fed a mouthful of dog food, they could only swallow it.
Liu Hongmin patted Lan Jieying on the back and said to everyone: "I have prepared gifts for you."
Everyone suddenly became excited. They all knew that Liu Hongmin had collected many good things. . Zhou Xingxing couldn't wait to ask: "Liu Sheng, what kind of gift is it?"
Liu Hongmin patted the box on the table, and Chen Yu immediately opened the box and took out the contents inside. The novel was distributed to everyone.
"What is this...suspect X's sacrifice?"
Looking at the copied notebook in his hand, Zhou Xingxing was dumbfounded.
Others were also stunned. Why give them a notebook?
Only Xu Xiaoming thought of something. He quickly opened the novel and read it carefully. Although the simplified Chinese characters are a bit uncomfortable to read, it does not affect Xu Xiaoming's understanding of the story in the novel.
The crew has been in the mainland for more than a month and is no stranger to simplified Chinese characters.
Seeing Xu Xiaoming’s seriousness, others couldn’t help but start reading. People who like to read novels read them very seriously. People who don't like reading novels will put it down after reading it for a few times.
Lan Jieying was very curious, "What is this? They read it very seriously."
"My new novel."
Liu Hongmin pulled Lan Jieying Walking up to the rooftop, "Let them watch first, let's go up and talk."
The two sat on chairs, Liu Hongmin picked up the tea set and made tea. Liu's father likes to drink tea, so Liu Hongmin helped him buy some tea sets, which gave the father and son a lot more topics to talk about.
Lan Jieying talked about some interesting things about the crew. The filming of "New Oolong Courtyard" was very joyful. Xu Xiaoming specially shot a lot of behind-the-scenes footage to be included at the end of the film.
This is Liu Hongmin's request. Cheng Long likes to put action highlights at the end of the film to tell the audience how dangerous it is during filming. Many viewers will watch the movie twice and three times to see the footage of Cheng Long jumping off a building, which has increased the box office a lot. With this simple method, Cheng Long gained a large number of fans, laying the foundation for him to become an international superstar.
This method will be used in many movies in the future, and Liu Hongmin is just one step ahead. From now on, Tomorrow Film Company will focus on comedies, and the extras can add a lot of joy, which is good for the box office.
"The scenery in the mainland is also very good, with beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful people."
Liu Hongmin said proudly: "That's because our country is vast, rich in resources, and has outstanding people. Of course, everything is beautiful."
The two were talking when Xu Xiaoming hurriedly walked up. He sat down on the chair, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip.
"Brother Liu, your book is very good!" Xu Xiaoming said, "I want to make it into a movie after reading it."
Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "It would also be possible to make it into a movie. It's not impossible."
Xu Xiaoming shook his head, "Let's forget it! The investment in this movie is too large, and it is not suitable for our company's strategy."
Lan Jieying was curious. Asked: "Is the writing really that good?"
"Anyway, I think it's pretty good, no worse than Shaobao!" Xu Xiaoming said: "I don't know if it's popular with the Japanese. But it should be very popular in Xiangjiang, and Sanlian Publishing House will make a lot of money this time.”
(End of this chapter)