Chapter 148 Creating "Changing Faces"
Liu Hongmin sealed the ancient book and asked Ma Weidu to take it back to the capital and give it to Ge Chaoguang and others for study.
Zou Shifang was still writing the script, and Liu Hongmin was a little idle, sitting in the office with nothing to do. Thinking of Yang Guiren's words, he decided to write another profitable novel.
The first choice was naturally a suspense novel. After some screening, Liu Hongmin chose a movie to adapt.
"Face", an action movie directed by Wu Yushen and starring Cage and Travolta. The terrorist played by Cage wanted to kill the agent played by Travolta, but ended up killing Travolta's son by mistake. As a result, the two formed a mortal feud. Travolta arrested Cage, but he didn't expect that Cage had installed a gas bomb in a crowded place. In order to find out the whereabouts of the angry bomb, Travolta changed faces with Cage and approached Cage's brother.
Unexpectedly, when Cage woke up, he found that his face had been changed. So he escaped from prison, killed everyone who knew about it, and lived as Travolta.
In the final showdown of the film, the two people, whose identities were swapped, raised their pistols in front of the mirror. In the mirror is both himself and his sworn enemy, which makes the duel between the two full of a sense of fate.
The entire film is filled with a lot of Wu's violent aesthetics, which can be described as brilliant. However, how to describe these wonderful scenes in words is a huge challenge.
Liu Hongmin found the joy of creation after a long absence. He went through the entire movie in his mind and then created the outline. The background of the story is still in Hong Kong. The character played by Travolta is called Sean, the captain of the Flying Tigers.
The character played by Cage is named Conse, who is set to be a ruthless gangster coming from the Yue Monkey. The Yue Monkey Gang is very famous in Xiangjiang. They are basically veterans who have returned from the battlefield. Their behavior style can be described as crazy.
Others don’t need to be changed much, they are basically available in Xiangjiang. The only thing that's a bit inconsistent is that plastic surgery seems a bit science fiction. However, this can be regarded as an attempt. If readers can accept this style, Liu Hongmin will continue to write science fiction novels in the future.
Zou Shifang encountered difficulties again and came over with the manuscript. He glanced at Liu Hongmin's manuscript and couldn't help but ask: "Are you writing a new novel?"
"Yes, a crime novel."
"Changing faces?" Zou Shifang frowned. , I don’t quite understand the name, “The name is a bit weird.”
“In the novel, the good and the bad turned into each other through plastic surgery.”
Zou Shifang opened his mouth, “Also Is this possible? "
He cast an admiring glance at Liu Hongmin. No wonder Liu Hongmin became a great writer! His mind is full of ideas, and any one he picks out can make people amazed.
Liu Hongmin put down the manuscript and took it from Zou Shifang, "What's the problem again."
Zou Shifang quickly explained his problem, seeing that "Bao Qingtian 7" was about to be filmed It was done, and he was so anxious! If the script cannot be produced, it may delay filming and affect the company's plans. He holds 10% of the company's shares, and the dividends have exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars in the past two years. After the yen appreciates, the benefits will be even greater, and any dividends can amount to tens of millions.
It has only been a short time since he came to Xiangjiang, and now he has become a young rich man. In another ten or eight years, maybe he can buy a villa to live in in Repulse Bay.
The creation of "Face Changing" was a bit difficult, but Liu Hongmin never tired of it. When he returns to the villa, facing the young and beautiful Li Lizhen, he sometimes gets distracted.
Li Lizhen is more knowledgeable than Lan Jieying. She knows that Liu Hongmin is busy writing novels, so she doesn't bother him. When I have a job, I go to work. When I don’t have a job, I go shopping with my best friends to go shopping and watch movies. She also didn't go to places like nightclubs. She knew Liu Hongmin's thoughts very well.
Men are all the same. They think about other people’s things, but they don’t allow others to touch their own things. They typically eat what’s in their bowls and look at what’s in other people’s bowls.
Li Lizhen is very good at positioning herself. She usually makes small fuss, acts coquettishly and makes excessive demands. But when it comes to issues of principle, we must not touch them.
If she loses Liu Hongmin's support, she may live a miserable life in the future. After trying the life of a rich person, Li Lizhen could not accept becoming poor again. Just like how she tested Liu Hongmin before, if Liu Hongmin really wanted to find another woman, she would endure it silently.
Fortunately, Liu Hongmin kept her word and never looked for flowers except for her.
Yang Guiren heard that Liu Hongmin was writing a new novel and came to visit him happily.
“I haven’t written it yet!” Liu Hongmin said speechlessly.
Yang Guiren insisted on reading the manuscript, so Liu Hongmin could only show him what was written. The word count of "Face Changing" is not very large, probably 100,000 words. Liu Hongmin has only written about 30,000 words, and has just written about Kang Si's escape from prison.
"Change your face?" Yang Guiren was pleasantly surprised, "This is a great idea. Brother Liu, you are planning to change your style!"
"Not really, there are still a lot of suspense elements in it. Liu Hongmin said: "Suspense, crime, and detective novels have many similarities, but the emphasis is different."
Yang Guiren put down the manuscript and eagerly took out the contract of intent from his bag.
“Come again?” Liu Hongmin asked in confusion: “Does Sanlian want to promote it in advance again?”
“That’s right!” Yang Guiren said: “Because the return time has been confirmed , Xiangjiang is a bit turbulent. Many writers have left, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to receive manuscripts, so President Zou wants to do a promotion like last time to let people see that writing books can make money, so as to attract new writers." >
Liu Hongmin nodded, understanding the situation of Sanlian Publishing House.
“Why don’t you look for books from the mainland?”
Yang Guiren spread his hands and said, “The mainland mainly focuses on serious literature, and some of it is not suitable for the market in Hong Kong. If we want to publish, we will It needs to be carefully selected. President Zou has already started selecting people and is preparing to screen the novels published in various magazines. "This workload is not small. There are hundreds of magazines in the mainland." br>“There’s nothing we can do about it, we don’t know much about the cultural circles in the mainland.”
"You can set up an office in Beijing, just like Tomorrow Film Company. As long as you attend parties regularly, you should be able to find suitable works easily."
"Isn't it more money to spend this way?"
Liu Hongmin spread his hands and said, "How about you hire a few mainland literati. As long as they understand the selection standards, it should be easy for them to select suitable works."
"This is a way!"
Yang Guiren said: "How about you help us choose some?"
Liu Hongmin waved his hand, "No, although I write novels, I don't read them very much. You might as well find me. Lao Zou, he used to be an editor and is much better than me. In this way, I will recommend a few people to you, all of whom are engaged in literary work. As long as you recommend a book, you can give me 1,000 Hong Kong dollars.”
< br>"I'll go back and discuss it with President Zou."
(End of this chapter)