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Chapter 4 Writing a Script

First of all, the film needs to have a good shot.

It would be best if most of the scenery can be found in or around Shanghai.

It saves you from running around, and the travel expenses alone are not a small amount.

Nowadays, no matter how popular a movie is, a studio can only get a fixed income from China Film Corporation. If the cost is too high, the studio will not agree to shoot the movie.

Besides, you are from Shanghai, and you came up with something like "Red Sorghum", but why does it feel so out of place?

Secondly, the plot of this film has to be good enough and it has to conform to the values ​​of people of this era, so that the production company will have the urge to make the film after seeing it. The director can no longer be counted on, but no matter what, shouldn’t the screenwriter be assigned the position of assistant director?

Finally, this film needs to be easy to spread and its ideas should be accepted all over the world, at least in Europe. It won’t be long before Chinese films start to frequently appear at the three major film festivals.

This is the general trend, and we can follow the trend.

Although it seems to be a little ahead of the trend.

This is not important.

The key is to become famous there.

If the film becomes famous, my own fame will also rise.

Well, we can include one or two classic English songs.

Songs spread faster than movies. Plus, the great famine in Africa is getting worse, so it would be best to make an English song that focuses on children and war.

Taking advantage of this favorable situation, maybe I can become famous quickly.

Isn’t it better to earn US dollars?
Besides, as long as "Tomorrow Will Be Better" can bring profits to the studio, there is a great possibility that Shanghai Film Studio will invest in and produce such a film that can sell songs!

I don't want the script to be stuck in the script library.

The sooner you take the picture, the better.

Thinking about it.

Huang Ze picked up the pen and wrote the outline of the story on the paper.

In 83, a musician who had already achieved success returned to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. That night, a man came to his house and said he was an old classmate of his.

After meeting, the other party asked him if he still remembered his original teacher, Mr. Zhou Shu?
he died.

I'm leaving a diary for you.

Look through the diary.

The two people's memories went back several decades.

In 46, there was a boarding school in the suburbs of Shanghai, which was specially set up for children with problems who were too naughty.

In Shanghai and surrounding cities, parents who have difficulty disciplining their children will spend money to send their children there to be disciplined by the strict teachers.

Strict, really strict.

It can simply be called prison-like management.

Zhou Shu, an ordinary-looking English and music teacher, offended people because of some ideological trends and was demoted here to teach everyone English and music. He discovered that one of them had a high musical talent.

Then I began to teach them English, music and lead them in singing.

Compared to other teachers who seem strict but have actually given up on these students, he wants to blaze a new trail.

The original film was about a choir, but different places have different people, and here, it is more about teaching music, letting them sing together, cultivating students' interest and exploring their potential.

This also makes it convenient for Huang Ze to copy songs without having to limit the songs to one type.

Even Chinese and English songs can make sense.

Time flies. Once, the principal had to go out for a day and let Teacher Zhou Shu be in charge of the school. He took the students out for an outing to experience the scenery of nature.

It was during this period that the students who had been wrongly accused and expelled by the principal set fire to the school in order to retaliate against it.

The principal came back furious and drove Teacher Zhou Shu away, not allowing him to see his students for the last time.

Teacher Zhou Shu had no choice but to leave the school like this.

Passing by the classroom, I looked back and saw countless paper planes flying out of the window. On the window were students waving their hands, and the most beautiful music from nature. Everyone sang together to see the teacher off.

Having written this, Huang Ze has already thought of which song to choose for the students to sing together when they see their teacher off.

"Farewell" by Li Shutong of the Republic of China.

"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky."

"The evening wind blows the willow flute and the sound of the willow flute fades, and the sun sets outside the mountains."

"At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, there are only a few close friends."

"A pot of muddy wine to end my remaining joy, don't dream of the cold tonight..."

In the "Farewell" of a group of children, Teacher Zhou Shu quietly walked away, and behind him, there was a little boy running after Teacher Zhou Shu. The boy's parents died in the war a few years ago, and he didn't know who paid the tuition. He wanted to follow Teacher Zhou Shu.

After hesitating for a while, Zhou Shu took his hand.

After writing the story outline and turning to the first page, Huang Ze paused as he was thinking about what the film should be called.

This was adapted by Huang Ze based on the 04 French film "The Chorus" from his previous life.

However, "the class for the poor" is a term used in Taiwan and it is not easy to use it directly.

The original film was called "Members of the Chorus", but Huang Ze didn't like it, so he simply wrote "Spring of the Underachievers" on a piece of paper.

So be it.

Nodding, Huang Ze began to carefully write the formal script of the film.

……

Huang Ze had performed this kind of classic film many times in his previous life.

Plus, I have a good memory, so the images in my mind are very clear.

It can be said that he writes as if inspired by god.

Being so immersed in the work, Huang Ze didn't even feel the passage of time.

Until there was a knock on the door, and my mother's voice came, "Son, are you still writing? What are you writing? Are you writing a love letter to some little girl?"

Instant time.

Three black lines appeared on Huang Ze’s forehead.

How did my mother know that I wrote a love letter?
Yes, after traveling through time, Huang Ze saw a beautiful woman and couldn't help himself. He copied a few classic love letters from the Internet in his previous life and gave them to the woman to see if he could find a way to get rid of being single first.

But that's all in the past.

It’s different in the past.

He has adapted to his situation, has a goal, and has something to pursue. He is not in the mood to pursue some bullshit romantic love story. He just wants to make money. What's the point of envying others? We have to take action ourselves and become richer than others!
"No, I'm writing a script. Okay, I'll go to bed right away!"

Looking at the watch, it was already twelve o'clock and he had to go to work tomorrow, so Huang Ze put the script in the desk drawer, locked it, turned off the lights, and went back to bed to sleep.

……

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Riding a 28-inch bicycle, whistling the Odebia Banana March, and turning a drain ditch with one hand, not knowing who his opponent was, Huang Ze was in a pretty good mood.

Until I got slapped on the shoulder.

"who is it?"

Huang Ze held the handle with his right hand and was about to fight back with his left hand.

Turning my head, I saw a man and a woman riding a bicycle.

The man has a long face and a high hairline, and the woman has short hair.

We are old acquaintances.

The woman is Zhang Yu, the heroine of the nationally popular "Lush Mountain Love".

The man's name is Zhang Jianya. He is from the class of 78 at Beijing Film Academy, just like me. The only difference is that he is from the directing department while I am from the photography department.

Speaking of which, Huang Ze had also watched quite a few TV dramas and movies directed by him in his previous life.

"Sanmao's Military Life" in 92.

"The Zhenguan Reign" in 06.

And "Love Call Transfer" in 07.

This man and woman are currently in the dating stage.

Coincidentally, Zhang Yu and the male lead of "Lush Mountain Love" Guo Kaimin did not fall in love because of the drama. They were just more than friends but less than lovers. Guo Kaimin introduced her to Zhang Jianya, and the two quickly became passionate. It is said that they are even discussing marriage.

"I'm happy to see you? Is it done?" Zhang Jianya raised his eyebrows at Huang Ze with a look that every man could understand.

"Yes! Where are the love letters? Great talent, let me deliver them for you!" Zhang Yu said excitedly, "You write really well! I think if there are a few more, no woman can handle it!"

"By the way, can you let me take a look at it and learn from it? Although I haven't seen it, just from what Zhang Yu said, I think this love letter is not simple!"

That's not...

After all, it is the crystallization of the wisdom of more than one billion netizens!
I was standing on a giant's head!
Huang Ze complained in his heart and looked at Zhang Jianya with a smile, "My love letters are only for women to read."

"Hmm?" Zhang Jianya had a bad guess in his mind, "I understand, but what do you mean by showing it to my girlfriend?"

(End of this chapter)