"Is this screenwriter Fusheng?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

At that moment, several celebrities sat in the back row of the screening room, exchanging conversations and whispering among themselves.

"The opening concept of this variety show is quite good."

"Although it is similar to some movies that introduce the protagonist's background at the beginning, this approach is not boring. On the contrary, it is humorous and can instantly arouse the audience's curiosity."

“I agree with that. Although this kind of flashback is quite common, forcing the audience to watch it is completely different from making the audience watch it with anticipation.”

“I was surprised by Fusheng’s understanding of the script.”

…

Just as these celebrities were exchanging ideas, a scream suddenly erupted from the screening room.

On camera, Lin Rui appears disheveled and unkempt, being questioned by Han Lai, the second male lead, in a detention room.

The actor who plays Han Lai is Zhao Wenyao.

"Alright, Han Lai, let's go back to Xiazhou."

As Lin Rui's exhausted words faded, the camera shifted.

Lin Rui, wearing a school uniform, appeared in front of the camera.

At this moment, he is attending a grand event with his parents. From the plot, we can see that the protagonist Lan Wei, played by Lin Rui, was born into a wealthy family.

Villas, luxury cars—it has everything.

Lan Wei is a typical rich second-generation.

However, the life of a rich second generation did not last long. Banks refused to lend money, the factory's cash flow broke down, and with assets exceeding liabilities, the Lan family declared bankruptcy.

The villa where they used to live and the luxury cars they used have also become the property of their creditors.

The family of three had to move into an old apartment. Although they were able to make ends meet, their former extravagant lifestyle was gone.

Lan Wei, played by Lin Rui, even left the prestigious school he previously attended and transferred to an ordinary middle school.

Upon arriving at school, I was immediately provoked by the school bully.

Are you selling encyclopedias?

"He looks like a substitute teacher."

Even after entering the classroom, the school bully continued to provoke Lin Rui.

Little did he know that these words would give rise to different thoughts in Lin Rui.

Seeing the school bully sitting smugly in his chair, Lin Rui suddenly walked to the podium, thought for only a moment, picked up the chalk, and wrote the two characters "Lan Wei" on the blackboard.

Holy crap!

"Wow, that serious expression and authoritative tone, if I hadn't watched the previous episodes, I would have almost thought that Fu Shen was playing a teacher instead of a student."

The audience burst into laughter.

The audience was delighted to see the school bully who had previously harassed Lin Rui being reprimanded and rendered unable to move.

Wearing a well-tailored uniform and putting on a serious demeanor, Lin Rui successfully fooled all the students present!

"Even the real substitute teachers were completely baffled by Fu Shen, hahaha!"

Many industry professionals who watched the premiere looked serious.

Whether a movie is good or bad can be judged by whether its opening scene can attract the audience.

First, it sparks the audience's anticipation for the protagonist's experiences, and then it creates humor that is not vulgar but rather profound. This alone speaks volumes about the quality of the film!

This continued for a week until the school finally discovered that Lin Rui was impersonating a substitute teacher and summoned his parents for a meeting.

The mother was worried, but the father didn't care, because he saw it as a sign of his son's intelligence.

Intelligent people can thrive anywhere.

Life continued to create obstacles for Lanwei. Just as he was gradually adapting to the rhythm of school, his mother, unable to bear the poverty and hardship, chose to divorce his father.

Sixteen-year-old Lanwei faces a choice: stay with his father or his mother?

In the end, Lanwei made a surprising decision: he didn't want anyone and chose to run away from home.

He used the checkbook that Lao Lan had given him to buy a plane ticket to Taizhou.

"This phase is a bit dull, but this part of the story cannot be cut because it represents a turning point."

"Yes, family reasons led the protagonist to take a different path in life, which can be seen as the environment changing people."

"The protagonist's psychological journey is handled very well. His parents' divorce changed his original life trajectory. With the groundwork laid by his previous impersonation of a substitute teacher, what follows is how the protagonist gradually becomes a fraudster."

Industry insiders were whispering amongst themselves, giving high praise to the film's handling of this scene.

The quality of a movie is not solely determined by its plot; the vividness of its characters also plays a significant role.

The reasons why a character becomes this way require plot development, and this development needs to be well-founded and plausible.

Unfortunately, most movies nowadays neglect this aspect, starting with flat, two-dimensional character cards that are both empty and uninteresting.

After arriving in Taizhou, Lin Rui quickly spent all the money in his bank account. With no relatives or friends in Taizhou, he was kicked out by the hotel owner. Penniless, he did not choose to support himself with his own hands, but instead started to think about using checks.

"Altering the check?"

"Can this work?"

The audience eagerly awaited what would happen next, their minds filled with all sorts of speculation.

"Fu Shen is overthinking things. He wants to cheat people out of cash by altering checks and bribe bank employees with a necklace. This method is simply not going to work. Banks have strict rules and procedures, even though the film is set more than forty years ago."

The vast majority of people share similar thoughts.

The facts proved their conjecture. Even more than forty years ago, banks were still very strict in their audits, and the attempt to cheat money by altering checks was simply not going to work.

With nowhere else to turn, Lin Rui left the bank, where he saw a pilot on the street.

In those days, being a pilot was a high-paying job with a very high social status.

With his neatly ironed uniform and gleaming pilot medals, he's the brightest star on the street!

"Old Liu, we've all come from that era. Do you think that if you cash a check under the guise of a pilot, the bank might lower its scrutiny?"

In a screening room, two veteran screenwriters began to talk.

They didn't need to watch the subsequent plot; with their discerning eye, they had already grasped the design concept of this part of the script.

Naturally, my old habit kicked in, and I started scrutinizing whether the logic of the plot design was rigorous.

"Back then, we didn't even have any money on us, and we'd never even seen what a check looked like. Only the bank could probably answer that question."

After a pause, Lao Liu continued, "However, given the social status of pilots at the time, if someone were to take out a fake check and cash it at a bank, and the amount being cashed was not large, then some bank employees might actually approve it."

"After all, pilots in those days had pretty good salaries and benefits; it was definitely a high-paying job."

"I don't think it's that simple. Let's continue. But what's certain is that this part about life isn't purely speculative; it seems to have some basis in reality."

At this moment, Lin Rui, disguised as a student reporter, used the guise of an interview to extract basic knowledge about pilots and some industry information from the manager of Taizhou Airlines.

Using this information, they customized pilot uniforms. When Lin Rui wore the uniform and walked down the street, he instantly became the absolute focus of attention.

Upon returning to the bank, the bank president personally greeted him. After all, such a young pilot had a promising future and was worth befriending!

Using this identity, Lin Rui easily cashed five hundred yuan with a forged check that had been altered.

Holy crap!

"Wow, that's impressive!"

"Not content with swindling 500 yuan with fake checks, they also used their pilot status to book rooms at luxury hotels, and then pinned the debt on Taizhou Airlines, the sucker. Are pilots really that sought-after?"

"I would call Lanwei the ancestor of the freebie world!"