Wei Yang and Zhao Liying stayed at home for two days before joining the crew of "Criminal Police".
The preparation speed of this drama was extremely fast. It started filming just a few months after getting the script.
However, Wei Yang heard from Xiao Zhao that there was some inside story. It seemed that the film crew originally planned to shoot a criminal investigation drama, so they did a lot of preliminary preparations. Later, for some unknown reason, they abandoned the original script and replaced it with "Criminal Police Storm".
Since the subject matter and story background are consistent, a lot of preparatory work can be carried out almost seamlessly, so the filming can start so quickly.
Xiao Zhao had actually joined the crew before, but considering that if Wei Yang stayed at the crew hotel, it would not be convenient for the two to interact publicly.
So she simply calculated the time and asked for leave to go home and wait for Wei Yang. She didn't have many scenes in the crew and the notices were limited, so it was easy to ask for leave, and she was able to enjoy a moment of time alone.
Zhao Liying played a minor supporting role and not many people paid attention to her coming and going. However, the joining of screenwriter Wei Yang still attracted the attention of the "Criminal Police Storm" crew.
The producer and director Li Lu came out to greet us personally, which was very respectful.
"Haha, you've written such a brilliant script at such a young age. You're really promising. I'll definitely give you more suggestions later."
"Director Li, you don't know that Xiao Wei is a best-selling author. I saw in the news that he is a 'pioneering rising star in the mystery novel world'. How can this script not be well written?"
"You two are flattering me. I still need to learn more from you."
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When meeting for the first time, there is bound to be some pleasantries and business compliments, and each other also leaves a general first impression.
I don’t know the producer Wei Yang, and I have never heard of him in my previous life, but his attitude is quite enthusiastic. Xiao Zhao said that he has a good reputation in the crew.
Director Li Lu Wei Yang is no stranger to us. He is a famous director in the field of television in later generations. His representative works include "The People's Righteousness" and "The World".
Moreover, Li Lu is not just a director. In fact, he is the producer, supervisor and even the lead producer of many projects. He has held positions in Jinling Film Studio, Jiangsu Satellite TV and Jiangsu Propaganda Department, many of which are important positions. He is considered a semi-official big shot.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to shoot many mainstream works such as "In the Name of People", and the drama "The World" he directed and produced became CCTV's opening drama of the year.
The producer of "Criminal Police Storm" this time is a company in Shenzhen, but the co-producing units include Beijing TV and Jinling TV.
The latter is most likely related to Li Lu. If this drama can be successfully broadcast on satellite TV, it will most likely be broadcast on the two satellite TV stations in Beijing and Jiangsu Province.
Wei Yang was interested in getting to know Li Lu, as he had a lot of connections in Jiangsu Province, which might come in handy someday.
Li Lu was also willing to chat more with Wei Yang. He really liked the script of "Criminal Police Storm". When the crew changed the script before, he was one of the main promoters.
The two chatted for a while, and Li Lu took Wei Yang to meet several main actors of the crew.
The style of the drama "Criminal Police" is more like that of later web dramas, with realistic criminal investigation + reasoning and suspense going hand in hand.
The main plot is to capture a serial killer who has been committing crimes for nearly ten years. Six side cases are arranged, which are relatively independent but more or less related to the main plot.
The core character of the whole drama is the male protagonist Li Zhengfeng, who is set to be the deputy captain of the criminal police. He is in his thirties, capable, shrewd and meticulous.
The first case Li Zhengfeng dealt with as a policeman was the first crime committed by a villain. To some extent, the two sides had been fighting for nearly ten years.
During this period, the murderer committed crimes many times, but Li Zhengfeng and his colleagues never caught him and were clearly at a disadvantage.
Therefore, it has always been a knot in his heart, and he vowed to catch the murderer, wash away the shame of the city's criminal police brigade, and give an explanation to all the victims and their families.
The actor who plays the male lead Li Zhengfeng is He Bing, one of the mainstays of the People's Art Theatre.
It is said that the crew wanted to invite Hu Jun at first, but he was busy with his schedule, so they recommended an old classmate.
He Bing just turned 40 this year, and it is just right for him to play a weathered policeman in his thirties. His acting skills and fame are also no problem.
Moreover, his representative work "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" also proved that he was very suitable for this kind of upright and intelligent role. The crew thought he was good and reached an agreement after some contact.
He Bing is the core of the whole drama. In the police team, there is also an old policeman who is about to retire and a new male policeman who have a lot of roles and are considered the second and third male characters.
There is also the female lead, a female forensic doctor who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, played by actress Chen Su, who is the male lead’s right-hand man in the play.
In addition, there are a few characters such as Xiao Zhao, the police station leader, and several supporting police officers who are permanent characters from beginning to end, and most other characters appear according to the unit plot line.
"Teacher He, I have read your "The Judge Advocate of the Song Dynasty" more than ten times."
"Teacher Chen, I was deeply impressed by Huang Yiyi in "The Secret Calculation"."
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Wei Yang greeted several main creators one by one. When he passed by Xiao Zhao, the latter was wearing a female police uniform and had a bun on her hair. She looked fresh and cute, and she winked at him playfully.
"Hello, Teacher Wei."
Wei Yang stretched out his hand and shook hers. He felt Zhao Liying's little finger scratching his palm and laughed in his heart.
This girl was a shy and timid little girl in the beginning, but now that they have been together for a long time, she has become bolder and bolder, and even dares to tease him secretly in public.
But you have to admit, Wei Yang is quite fond of her style, it gives him a different kind of stimulation.
It was equivalent to a meeting between the main creators of "Criminal Police Storm" and after making the screenwriter's presence felt, Wei Yang followed the makeup team.
This time he came not only to visit the set, but also to make a guest appearance.
One of the six major subplots in the play is about a case in which a graduating college student killed three roommates, and Wei Yang played the murderer Yang Lu.
This case actually has a prototype, but compared to the original case, Wei Yang made a lot of changes to it.
Yang Lu in the play is a left-behind child. His parents are divorced and don't care about him at all. He depended on his grandmother when he was young. His grandmother passed away when he was twelve or thirteen years old. He lived alone and suffered a lot.
Such a family environment made Yang Lu feel inferior and withdrawn. He was not sociable since he was a child, and his personality was somewhat extreme and vengeful.
The drama uses a plot from Yang Lu's childhood to reveal his character. Once he had an argument with a peer and the two sides fought. Yang Lu suffered a loss, so he smashed the other person's dog to death, skinned it and hung it at the other person's door as revenge.
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This character trait also laid the groundwork for his later tragedy.
Yang Lu came from a poor family, but he was a good student and was admitted to a key university in the province, where he also met three roommates.
Among my three roommates, one is a playboy and a rich second-generation, one is a chatterbox, and the other is just a decent person.
Yang Lu, who had character flaws, was destined to be unpopular in collective life, and inevitably had conflicts with several roommates. Except for the last one who was quite well-behaved and treated Yang Lu well, the other two turned against him.
This situation continued until after graduation from college, when Yang Lu, holding a grudge, took revenge and killed his three roommates in different ways.
This kind of case with a strong purpose is actually not difficult to solve, so Wei Yang designed a little trick.
He let Yang Lu "die" first! After graduating from university, Yang Lu chose to escape death. Taking advantage of some loopholes in the unit, he not only issued a death certificate, but also had a cemetery for his ashes.
So this greatly misled the police and the audience. They even thought that Yang Lu was the first roommate to be killed, but it was faked as suicide, so they focused their attention on other roommates and even other classmates who had a grudge against them.
It was not until the male protagonist later noticed some clues and discovered the truth through verification and comparison. The plot took a big turn and Yang Lu was arrested.
Although he is an important villain in the supporting story, the main perspective of the plot is still the police investigating the case, and Wei Yang does not have many scenes.
The story basically revolves around the memories and grudges of several roommates, how Yang Lu killed people, and how he was finally caught and interrogated.
The actual total appearance time may be only more than 20 minutes, or even less, so it can only be said to be a guest appearance.
However, Wei Yang was still quite serious. Apart from the "villain" Chonglou, the Demon Lord, who was about to infiltrate the protagonist group, this should be the first time that he truly played a pure villain role. He had few scenes, but the setting was exciting enough.
When I got this role, I did a lot of preparation. The character demo alone cost more than 20,000 words. The character settings of the entire main group were not as many words as this demo.
I don’t know if it was intentional, but as soon as Wei Yang joined the crew, he was directly assigned to the highlight, which was the scene where Yang Lu was arrested and interrogated.
In the afternoon, Wei Yang, wearing a blue vest and with an untidy beard, sat on a chair in the interrogation room. He was acting opposite He Bing and the third male rookie police officer.
The executive director shouted "start filming", Wei Yang drooped his eyelids, leaned back in his chair, and nonchalantly narrated his psychological process and methods of killing.
"That Zhao Qing is a playboy. He relies on his family's wealth to look down on this and that, and plays with and abuses the girls in school.
I don’t care if he messes with other people, but he knew I liked the class beauty, but he still deliberately chased her and then deliberately abandoned her to mock me, so I trapped him in the room and burned him to death…”
"And there's Sun Guode, Zhao Qing's lackey. He acts like a dog himself and bullies others. He spread rumors and accused me of stealing things, and asked all my classmates to isolate me.
Isn’t he good at speaking? I’ll knock out his teeth one by one and pull out his tongue, and see what he can say…”
"And Wang Zhong..."
Speaking of the only roommate who was kind to him, Wei Yang's emotions paused for a moment, but his eyes were still filled with indifference and occasional malice.
"He's a fence-sitter. He thinks he's just pretending to be a good guy, so I'm thankful for him. People like him deserve to die..."
Li Zhengfeng, played by He Bing, looked at him and revealed a piece of news: "Do you know that after you faked your death, Wang Zhong was the only one who went to the cemetery to see you, and he also sent a sum of money to your parents in exchange for your loyalty."
Wei Yang was silent for a moment, his body slightly hunched, and he forced the corners of his mouth, his voice hoarse.
"Whatever. We're all going to die anyway."
(End of this chapter)