In the small office, Zhang Yuan spoke steadily.
“I have only one idea about the book "The Secret of the City"."
""The Count of Monte Cristo"!"
Speaking of it, "The Secret of the City" "There are actually two sources of inspiration for this book.
One is an old long-term worker from Jin’s hometown, named Hesheng.
This family used to run a tofu shop. Not only was it rich, but it also provided sufficient food and clothing.
But just when he set the betrothal gift and was about to get married.
The rich man in the city invited him to his house, planned to frame him for stealing property, secretly communicated with the government, and sent him to prison.
After being imprisoned for two years, He Sheng was released.
But at this time, his parents were angry to death, and his fiancée married the rich man's son as a concubine.
The common man was innocent of the crime of harboring the jade. It turned out that the rich man was just eyeing his fiancée.
After that, Hesheng assassinated the rich young master in the street to take revenge, but the other man was only seriously injured, and he became a death row prisoner.
Fortunately, Mr. Jin's grandfather came here to be an official. After checking the files, he found something strange, so he spared He Sheng's life and took him away with him after resigning. He became a long-term employee of their family.
Just because of the rich man's lust, he can frame others at will, causing other people's families to be destroyed, but he does not feel any guilt at all.
And He Sheng's revenge did not succeed, and the rich young man also survived.
This is the origin of the idea of Jin Laojie's book.
As Keigo Higashino said, there are only two things in this world that cannot be looked at directly, one is the sun and the other is the human heart.
What "Liancheng Jue" writes about is the human heart that is difficult to look directly at.
The protagonist Di Yun, like Na Hesheng, did not complete his revenge in the end.
Those big villains all died on the Lianchengjue treasure, and Mr. Jin gave such an ideal ending.
In the early stage of the story, the male protagonist Di Yun and his junior sister Qi Fang came to the Wan family as guests. As a result, Qi Fang was attracted by Wan Gui, the young master of the Wan family, and designed to frame Di Yun. This plot comes from the story of He Sheng.
As for the specific way of writing this paragraph, Jin Lao referred to the section in "Water Margin" where "Wu Song's blood splashes on the Yuanyang Tower".
After Di Yun was imprisoned, the plot in prison clearly borrowed from the prison scenes in "The Count of Monte Cristo".
This is not surprising, after all, Mr. Jin is a loyal supporter of Alexandre Dumas, so it is not a bad idea to pay tribute to his idol.
Even the later "Shawshank Redemption" actually paid tribute to the content of "The Count of Monte Cristo".
It can even be said that all the prison escape scenes in later TV series and movies borrowed from "The Count of Monte Cristo".
After all, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is known as the "ancestor of cool literature"!
Goldfinger, grandpa, trumpet playing, scheming... all the elements in later generations of cool novels can be found in this work that was written nearly two hundred years ago.
And its author Alexandre Dumas is known as the king of popular novels, no one else.
Last year, that is, in 2002, the French government dug up Alexandre Dumas's grave. Of course, they did not do this to fight.
Instead, please take out this man's coffin and move it to the Pantheon in France for resting.
Before this, the writers in the Pantheon included Voltaire, Rousseau, Hugo, Zola... Alexandre Dumas seemed out of place among this group of people.
People like Lu Xun, Ba Jin, Lao She, Mao Dun, Cao Yu, Shen Congwen and others were sitting in a row, and suddenly a person called "Eagle Eats Chicken" appeared...
Write popular novels This was the only person who entered the Panthéon.
If you switch to China, it would be equivalent to writing a cool article and writing yourself into the "Ten Philosophers of the Confucian Temple".
But after Wang Xinming heard Zhang Yuan's answer, he showed a look of disdain.
"It seems that he doesn't have much ability..."
The matter of "Plagiarism" of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in "The Legend of the City" is nothing new in the literary world.
It seems that this guy is only half a bucket of water. He dares to speak so brazenly after reading a few novels!
When Wang Xinming heard this, he felt that he was trying to please others and talking in layman's terms.
"Could it be that Director Feng is blind? Why would he ask him to be a consultant?"
Literati look down on each other and artists look down on each other. Director Wang's first reaction was not that Zhang Yuan was outstanding, but that Director Feng was not good enough. .
Come together, that’s it.
"Uh...Zhang Yuan, if you have read "The Count of Monte Cristo", you should understand that "The Secret of the City" is not the same as the core of this book." Wang Xinming still gave Shu a good reputation. Said angrily.
"I know, so what I mean is that Mr. Jin has already borrowed some parts of "The Count of Monte Cristo" anyway, so why not just borrow more!" Zhang Yuan leaned over and said in detail .
"The TV station thinks your script is not good. The main reason is that it is afraid that the audience will not like it, right."
Wang Xinming nodded.
“But you feel that if you change too much, you will lose the charm and core of the story of "The Legend of Liancheng"."
"So the key to the problem is to find a balance between innovation and The anchor point of the original work. "
"And I think this anchor point is two words."
"Revenge!"
Director Wang frowned and let him continue.
"Look, in "The Condor", Yang Kang was finally injured by Huang Rong's soft hedgehog armor and died in the hands of the two protagonists. Guo Jing and Wang Rong stayed and flew together."
" In "The Divine Condor", Gongsun Zhi was defeated by Xiao Longnu, and King Jinlun was defeated by Yang Guo with the Palm of Ecstasy. Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu stayed together many years later. "
"In "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Zhang Wuji was deposed. Xuan Ming's martial arts masters, Cheng Kun was blinded, his martial arts was abolished, and he was imprisoned for life. Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min lived together."
"The ending of all these popular adaptations is that the protagonist takes revenge and spends the rest of his life with his lover."
"Of course the audience loves to watch it."
"But in "The Secret of the City" Here, the ending is that Di Yun sees through the world of mortals and returns to the Snow Valley with his junior sister's daughter Kangkongcai. Although Shui Sheng is waiting for him, none of the many enemies he hates is killed by him, and they are all killed by Liancheng Jue Treasure. He was poisoned to death."
"The audience was already depressed after seeing Di Yun suffer repeatedly, but in the end, they had not yet completed their revenge. Wouldn't they vomit blood?"
"After reading this, they would definitely have one reaction: Not relieved! ”
"People watch TV after dinner, and the more they think about it, the more angry they become. They are so angry that they can't even sleep, and they will definitely have to curse."
"And the remaining "The Condor", "The Condor", " In dramas such as "Yi Tian", people can put themselves into the hero and heroine and fall asleep peacefully after watching it. It is naturally popular."
Wang Xinming lowered his head and thought.
Seeing Zhang Yuan analyze the shortcomings of the script based on the audience's feelings made him feel a little looser in his heart as he originally stuck to the original work.
"But if we let Di Yun kill his enemies, the bottom line of the story is that Tianning Temple's treasure poisoned everyone, and the story falls on the greed of human nature, we can't do it." Wang Xinming calmly said said.
Zhang Yuan has already thought of a way to deal with it: "So, we have to change, but not all of them."
"There are thousands of people who have harmed the male protagonist Di Yun, and we can pick out a few of the most hateful ones. Come on, let Di Yun do it, and leave the rest to kill each other for the treasure."
Zhang Yuan smiled evilly and picked up the white paper on the table: "Director Wang, it's better to do this."< br>
"You and I each write down the enemy in the story who should be killed by Di Yun most, and see if our ideas can match."
"Hey" Wang Xinming suddenly found it interesting. Then he smiled and picked up the pen and paper.
The two of them scribbled a few words and hid them in front of them after writing them down.
"How about we spread it out together?" Zhang Yuan suggested.
The two of them opened their palms and looked at each other's note.
There are five big characters on each side. "Wan Gui, Hua Tiegan"
Wang Xinming was surprised to find that Zhang Yuan was exactly the same as what he wrote. After looking up at each other, the two laughed loudly together.
At this time, Director Wang felt that he was Zhuge Liang, and Zhang Yuan was Zhou Yu!
Zhang Yuan deliberately organized such a "small program", not to liven up the atmosphere.
He has met many experienced directors, but Wang Xinming is different from other directors.
Li Dawei is young and has a good temper. Yang Tao has had dinner with him several times, and Li Dawei is in the middle to provide them with advice. It is a matter of course and without risk.
But Wang Xinming and I are not familiar with each other, and we have never had dinner or drinks together. Today is the first time we meet.
Then the relationship between the two is purely that of director and actor.
The status of a director is inherently higher than that of an actor.
As an actor, even if what you say is right, if others put on airs, they may not accept it, and it may even cause the other party to feel embarrassed and unhappy.
In this world, it doesn’t mean that what you say is right or what you do is right.
It also depends on how to say it and how to do it.
The two of them spread their palms together, and the same characters appeared. At this moment, Director Wang had a different idea.
This became his idea, Zhang Yuan just agreed with him!
Zhang Yuan and Director Wang instantly aligned their granularity...
"Then tell me why it is Hua Tiegan and Wan Gui." Wang Xinming changed his previous sluggish attitude. Attitude, interest suddenly arose.
"Wan Gui coveted the beauty of the protagonist's junior sister Qi Fang, so he framed and killed Di Yun. All the suffering Di Yun suffered in the early stage was caused by his own hands."
"He is the prototype of Jin Lao's story. The rich young man who framed Hesheng and robbed someone else of his fiancée. "Okay!" Director Wang nodded in agreement, "What about Hua Tiegan?" The master of martial arts in the book is one of the Four Wonders of the South, "Luo Hua Liu Shui"."
"Logically speaking, he should be equivalent to the characters of the Southern Emperor and the Northern Beggar, Eastern Evil and Western Poison."
"But after the three brothers tried their best to die together with the Blood Knife Ancestor, he didn't even dare to step forward, and he was so frightened."
"Not only did he kneel down to beg for mercy, but he also killed the three sworn brothers. The corpse was roasted and eaten."
"In order to take the reputation of killing the Blood Knife Ancestor on his own head, he accused Di Yun of committing adultery at Shuisheng."
"This is what happened. A treacherous and evil person who always wears the skin of a hero is more hateful than the real villain!"
Bah bang bang... Wang Xinming clapped his hands and said, "Yes, I hate it the most! , also flower iron stem. ”
In the book "City Linking", the main villain on the surface is the Blood Knife Ancestor, the fourth generation leader of the Blood Knife Sect. This man commits adultery, robbery, and commits all kinds of evil.
After reading the entire book, all readers will think that the Blood Knife Ancestor is evil, but his evil is pure.
Compared with the three brothers Wan Zhenshan, Yan Daping and Qi Changfa, as well as the prefect Ling Tuisi and Zhongping Invincible Hua Tiegan, he can even make people feel somewhat favorably.
At least he was serious about something. He mistakenly thought that Di Yun was the queen of the Blood Knife Sect.
The world of martial arts is all about loyalty, but half of the loyalty in the entire book "The Secret of the City" is actually on the head of the number one villain.
I really echo what Teacher Fan Wei said: "There are bad people among the masses!"
The great evil is written on the face, but you can still hide it.
But the cold stabs from those superficially benevolent and moral guys are the most difficult to guard against.
“Now that they have been chosen, how should we adapt it?” Wang Xinming asked, he was now completely energetic.
“So I say that the key to adaptation is “The Count of Monte Cristo”.”
“In this book, the male protagonist Edmund’s revenge methods are extremely wonderful.”
“If you are greedy for money, then you will be penniless.”
“If you are greedy for fame, then you will be penniless. You die in front of everyone.”
“If you are greedy for power, you will lose the foundation of your power.”
“The most satisfying thing is killing someone.”
"The audience loves to watch this."
Wang Xinming lowered his head, thoughtfully.
"It turns out that this is what he meant by "The Count of Monte Cristo", but I misunderstood it."
It is indeed as Zhang Yuan said, picking out a few enemies to kill people, the audience Only then can you watch it happily.
The original work of "The Secret of the City" is too realistic and full of regrets, leaving people feeling empty after reading it.
"Then what do you think, how should we arrange the deaths of Hua Tiegan and Wan Gui?"
"Wan Gui is narrow-minded. He admires his father the most and looks down on Di Yun, who came from the countryside."
“So Di Yun, a country boy whom he looked down upon, should be allowed to kill him in front of his father Wan Zhenshan.”
“Not only did his father not dare to fight back to save him, he also Turn around and run away, abandoning him."
"In this way, Wan Gui will experience despair that is more painful than death."
"Wonderful!" Wang Xinming took out a piece of paper and recorded these contents in detail.
"What about Hua Tiegan?"
"Director Wang, what do you think Hua Tiegan is most greedy about?" Zhang Yuan asked.
“Name!”
“Name!”
Then, the two of them answered in unison, aligning the granularity again.
Wang Xinming directly called the expert, this guy can do it, and his thoughts are highly synchronized with mine.
"Then we have to start with the name, and we have to further reflect the hypocrisy and evil of Hua Tiegan."
"In Jin Lao's book, Hua Tiegan and Shuisheng's nephew There is very little description of the content after the two left. They only wrote in the final reply that Hua Tiegan was poisoned and Shui Sheng was waiting for Di Yun in the Snow Valley. "
"There is a long blank space from the Snow Valley to the ending. , we can make some articles here.”
"Why bring Shui Sheng?" Director Wang asked doubtfully.
Because Shu Chang helped me, I wanted to add some drama to her... Of course Zhang Yuan couldn't say that, he just said: "Because besides Di Yun, only Shui Sheng knew that Hua Tiegan surrendered in the snow valley The enemy also ate his three sworn brothers."
"So according to Hua Tiegan's character, he should want to silence Shui Sheng after leaving the valley to protect his 'innocence'." br>
Wang Xinming felt justified, but he also raised doubts.
"If this is the case, Hua Tiegan wanted to kill Shui Sheng, and Di Yun came to save him. In this way, the plot is indeed good, but it feels less dramatic."
"If you want to be dramatic..." Zhang Yuan suddenly showed an evil smile.
"You think it would be dramatic if we killed the heroine directly?"
Wang Xinming stared angrily.
How can you be dramatic?
It’s obviously a blind change!
Zhang Yuan saw what he was thinking and thought to himself, then you don't know something. There was another director who changed "The Two Proud Heroes" beyond recognition, and only the two male protagonists were killed in the whole drama.
Where am I?
"Don't be anxious, Director Wang, just listen to me..." (End of Chapter)