Chapter 352 Script Killing Movie

"Did Xiao Yang make it to the finals?"

"Yes. When the selection started, the program crew was quite impressed with her, but later she was eliminated due to lack of strength. Unexpectedly, an individual contestant withdrew from the competition, leaving a vacancy, so they let her take over."

"That's fine!"

Listening to Yang Ming's explanation on the phone, Meng Bai's face was full of "black question mark.jpg" expression: "What did she do to impress the program crew?"

"The program crew asked her why she wanted to be a girl group idol, and she said because she was paid 2,000 yuan a month and provided food and accommodation..."

"..."

Both sides of the phone were silent at the same time.

How to say this answer... Anyway, it is indeed the truth.

"You told me that this girl was lucky, but I didn't believe it." Yang Ming sighed: "Now I find that this thing is sometimes really hard not to believe."

Meng Bai heard this and thought to himself, Yang Chaoyue is more than just lucky, it's almost like she has a destiny.

"What about the other three?" After all, they had a meal together, so Meng Bai also showed concern.

"They were relatively smooth and passed the final selection directly. They have already gone to Xiaoshan to gather with the program team, and the official recording should begin before the end of the month."

Although the selection process of the program team is very complicated, the standards are not strict.

There is no way. Although the 101 places for contestants may seem small, there are fewer people to choose from.

Tencent Video recently broadcast a selection documentary called "Girl Group", which counted the number of girl groups in the entire domestic entertainment industry.

Even if those underground idols who are not even considered 18th-tier idols are included, the total number is less than 3,000, and a considerable number of them are "48 series".

If those who are skirting the line or selling dog meat under the guise of sheep are excluded, there will be even fewer people left.

So this time, in addition to those girl groups or trainees, "Produce 101" also has a large number of new singers, new actors and Internet celebrity anchors.

In comparison, the TCG that Taiyang Chuanhe put together temporarily at least trained intensively for more than half a year.

So except that Yang Chaoyue's selection process was a bit outrageous, the other three girls were completely fine.

After hanging up the phone, Meng Bai still couldn't help but sigh for a while.

If I had known that I shouldn't have let this girl become an idol, I should have kept her in Arclight as a mascot or something.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh.

Whether a drama or an artist can become popular often involves some metaphysical elements. The entertainment industry is a concentration camp for science and engineering illiterates, so it believes in things like fate more than other industries.

If it were some traditional companies, they might really rather offer this girl a high salary and keep her without her having to work.

If nothing else, just for good luck.

Of course, Meng Bai just thought so. As a member of the "Flying Pasta God Cult", he simply had fun with metaphysics.

What's more, although Yang Chaoyue is gone, Arclight still has a new "special prize winner".

"Mr. Meng, this is the inspiration for the story I mentioned before."

He Yihe handed a not-so-thick script to Meng Bai, and then waited nervously.

Living in a single-parent family and living with his mother since childhood, He Yihe was always the kind of "other people's child" who was very obedient when he was a child.

Because his father is a doctor of literature from the Chinese Academy of Drama, he was a standard science student until high school, and his grades were very good. He was admitted to the science experimental class of No. 101 Middle School and participated in various science and engineering competitions.

But perhaps because of his talent, he is actually more interested in text stories. So after the college entrance examination, he made up his mind to persuade his mother to let him give up science and pursue literature.

After working as a freelance creator for several years, he joined Arclight Film and Television under the introduction of his biological father and became a new screenwriter.

As soon as he joined Arclight, he found that he was in the right place. Suspense and reasoning works are based on logic, which is a tailor-made opportunity for He Yihe, who was born in science

and engineering. It didn't take long for him to show his strength in the screenwriter department. He was first promoted to a sitting screenwriter, and then he was responsible for part of the script of the second season of "Star Detective".

By the third season, he directly became the main screenwriter of a single episode.

As one of the most talented people in the Arclight screenwriter department, he, like other colleagues, has his biggest idol as his boss "Meng Bai".

I thought that with slow development, maybe in a few years, I would have the opportunity to work with my boss. Unexpectedly, a sudden "Special Prize at the Annual Meeting" directly brought his wish forward.

When he first knew that he had won the prize, he was surprised at first, but then he began to worry.

He had a story idea that he thought was very wonderful, but it was still in the brewing stage and had not taken shape. I originally thought that after everything was perfected, I would find a chance to show it to the big boss.

Now that the opportunity has come, his story is still in the inspiration stage, which is embarrassing.

Fortunately, the boss told me at the time that there is no need to rush, and I can show it to him after he is sure.

In the past few months, in addition to his normal work, He Yihe has spent the rest of his time perfecting his story. Until recently, he finally completed a first draft.

Although it is only an outline framework, it is at least a complete story.

After hesitating for a few days, he finally gritted his teeth and found the big boss and expressed his ideas.

"Is this the story about script killing that you talked about before?"

Meng Bai took the script and looked at the blank cover: "No title?"

He Yihe's face tightened, and he said embarrassedly: "I haven't thought about it yet."

Damn, I was only thinking about the content during this period and forgot the name.

Will the boss think I am fooling him?

Meng Bai didn't care. The project name may be modified more than a dozen times during the entire production process, so it doesn't matter whether it exists now.

What he cares more about is the content of the story. Meng Bai

has some impression of this He Yihe. The two most highly rated episodes of the third season of "Star Detective" were the scripts he was mainly responsible for.

Now he has another story with the theme of "script killing", which he is really interested in.

Flipping through the script in his hand - in fact, it can't be considered a script - Meng Bai read it carefully.

[During the Republic of China, a shocking bloody case occurred in Shanghai. The richest man in the city was killed in a hotel room, and the whereabouts of the murderer remained a mystery.

One night, a group of newcomers came to the original site of the hotel that was abandoned due to the bloody case. An unsuccessful screenwriter, an outdated female star, a third-rate director, an action actor, a resigned detective, and a wealthy businessman, six people gathered together, hoping to reproduce the bloody case into a movie and become famous.

In order to make the plot more realistic and attract the audience, they need to infer the most reasonable truth of the murder. However, in the process of discussion, they gradually discovered that the murderer was among several people. Not only that, there are more stories buried under this shocking bloody case...】

Because it is just a literary story narrative, the volume is not long, only a dozen pages. It didn't take a long time for Meng Bai to read it roughly.

"You really deserve to be the screenwriter of "Ming Detective." Meng Bai joked: "Whatever story you write, six characters play the whole scene, right?"

He Yihe was stunned when he heard it, and then his face turned pale.

Perhaps because the theme of "script killing" is indeed too similar to the form of "Star Detective", he didn't think much when he wrote it, and just completed it in a convenient way.

Now that Meng Bai pointed it out, he suddenly reacted. It's not like the show has a limit on the number of guests, so why must it be completed according to the structure of a six-person group?

"It seems that you have thought of it too." Meng Bai said: "In order to limit the story to these few people, each character has too many tasks. Not only does it make the character image too complicated, but many plot twists are also very abrupt."

No wonder, He Yihe suddenly realized why he felt more and more uncomfortable as he wrote, because each character has a lot of functions, which makes the core of the whole story smaller and smaller.

If you abandon the mental constraints on the number of characters and split the characters... He suddenly felt that he had burst out with many new ideas.

Thinking of this, he looked at the big boss sitting opposite with admiration.

He had also shown this story to his familiar friends before, and everyone praised him for being able to tell a very complicated story with such a small scene, and he was also complacent about it.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Meng only read it once and got to the core of the problem, pointing out the flaws that he was proud of but were actually full of loopholes.

"Also, I can see that you consciously used small stories in the plot to allude to big changes. But in the end, you attributed the main theme to pure revenge. From the perspective of reasoning, it does form a logically complete closed loop, but it lowers the overall pattern of the play."

"In addition, the portrayal of the murderer is indeed full of multifacetedness, but the other characters have become tools, and the previous professional backgrounds and the like are all meaningless."

"..."

Meng Bai pointed out several flaws in the story one after another, and He Yihe's face became paler and paler.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Mr. Meng."

Finally, He Yihe said ashamedly: "I finished this story a little hastily, and I'll go back and start over."

"That's not necessary." Meng Bai looked at the story in his hand, "What I just said were just some flaws. The theme of this book and the story itself are still very exciting."

As he said that, he expressed his thoughts on the story and some new ideas.

He Yihe was still listening carefully at first, but soon he took out a pen and paper and started to record. While writing, his heart was filled with shock.

Mr. Meng only read the story that he had been thinking about for a long time once, and immediately had a lot of more exciting inspirations and settings.

Especially at the end, the truth of the whole story was changed from a definite ending to a developmental ending, which deepened the theme a lot.

I thought my talent was already very good, but today I experienced it myself and knew what a crushing gap was.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being Mr. Meng!

Meng Bai finished his thoughts and revision opinions in one breath, and then finally said: "These are some of my ideas. After all, this story is still your creation, you can pick and choose."

He Yihe looked at the densely packed records in his hands and smiled bitterly in his heart.

Every suggestion of Mr. Meng was much more exciting and appropriate than his own ideas. No matter how he changed it, he felt that he was destroying it. It’s better to use it directly.

But in this case, can this still be considered his own script?

Perhaps knowing what he was thinking, Meng Bai continued, "So, when you go back, you can find two helpers you want, form a separate group together, and try to come up with a complete script. If the project can be established at that time, you will be the first to sign it, after all, the original idea of ​​this story was proposed by you."

Upon hearing this, He Yihe said excitedly, "Okay, President Meng, I will start as soon as I get back."

Watching the young man leave happily, Meng Bai couldn't help but sigh that Arclight's screenwriter department is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Without paying attention, a talented seedling pops up.

He is still very happy to train these young screenwriters. After all, he has more and more things to do, and it is impossible for him to be the screenwriter for every Arclight project in the future.

But then again, Meng Bai stroked his chin. The first annual meeting's special prize went to a "mascot", and the second time it went to a talented young screenwriter.

This special prize is actually selective.

(End of this chapter)