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Zhang Yimou was puzzled: "Isn't this the same as Zhou Yu's fight against Huang Gai—one who is willing to fight and one who is willing to suffer? The arrow shot by Pei Wang Peiliang in the palace is Zhou Yu's bitter trick against Huang Gai. It is difficult to understand?"

"It's not difficult for me to understand, but for some audiences, they can't think so far. Director Zhang, watching a movie, but also asking the audience to connect with historical events, is too demanding for the audience." Yue Guan said .

Zhang Yimou thought about it, but was persuaded by Yue Guan: "Then change it, and point it out at the end of the play."

It is indeed important to point out.

If you don't point it out, the logic of Tian Zhan's line is not smooth, and the character design of Pei Wang Peiliang is not perfect.

Since the forbearing Lord of Langya Bang (lyb) like Pei Wang Peiliang is not incompetent and stupid, of course it is impossible to have no followers.

After all, he is orthodox.

Therefore, Tian Zhan is the most die-hard royalist.

After pointing out all these, Tian Zhan and Pei Wang Peiliang both stood still.

This change does not involve other people, so everyone basically has no opinion.

Zhang Yimou looked at Yueguan again: "Is there any more?"

"Yes." Yue Guan gave an affirmative answer.

"The final ending of "Shadow" is too blank, leaving too much room for the audience's imagination, but it is not shocking enough. In fact, it can be more shocking."

"For example?" Zhang Yimou became interested.

The other actors also looked at Yue Guan.

The ending of "Shadow" seems very clever to them.

Jingzhou City was breached under Ziyu's plan, and the strength of Pei Kingdom increased greatly.

But after Jingzhou City was forced, Pei Wang Peiliang used his bow to hide, and sent killers to kill Zi Yu who was already seriously injured.

Unexpectedly, Zi Yu killed the assassin instead, and even touched the palace, preparing to assassinate the king and become King Pei himself.

At a critical moment, Jing Zhou, who was also hidden by Zi Yu, jumped out and killed his rightful master, Zi Yu.

After Jingzhou killed Zi Yu, he killed King Pei.

Prepare yourself to be the King of Pei.

The entire logical line is smooth.

The shadows have everything in the end.

But actually it doesn't work.

Because this is not the end.

Tian Zhan is a hard-core royalist, he was almost hacked to death by Yang Ping in order to save the eldest princess Qingping, Peiliang's younger sister.

His loyalty is unquestionable.

If Zi Yu killed King Pei, Tian Zhan might still be loyal to Zi Yu, because Zi Yu is the idol of all Pei people, and also his idol. In order to save Zi Yu, he once fought a dozen bandits .

But the lord died, and so did Zi Yu.

It is impossible for Tian Zhan to be loyal to a shadow anyway.

Jingzhou killed Ziyu and Queen Pei in succession, but he couldn't become King Pei smoothly, at least Tian Zhan would not let him go.

After Zi Yu's death, Tian Zhan became the No. 1 in Pei Guo's military.

If Tian Zhan refuses to accept, it means that the military refuses to accept.

Jingzhou's throne is not secure.

Unless the person who walked out of the Blood Sea Palace is not Jingzhou.

Yue Guan asked Zhang Yimou a word: "Zi Yu is the governor of the Pei Kingdom, so he has the shadow he cultivated since he was a child. The status of Pei Liang, the king of Pei, is more noble. Where is his shadow?"

Zhang Yimou did not speak.

And other actors seem to have opened a window.

"Jingzhou killed only the shadow of King Pei, and then King Pei killed Jingzhou?" Wang Qianyuan's eyes lit up.

He likes the ending.

After all, the Tian Zhan he played is a hardcore royalist.

Yue Guan said indifferently: "There is no need to clarify whether the last surviving Pei Wang is the shadow Pei Wang or the real Pei Wang. This point can be left blank and let the audience guess for themselves, which is better than leaving blank."

Yue Guan's proposal is actually a bit selfish, after all, he is playing King Pei, while Jingzhou is played by Deng Chao.

Of course he didn't want to lose to Deng Chao himself.

However, from the perspective of plot reversal, this arrangement is actually more logical.

And the audience can see it more clearly.

It also fits the name "Shadow" more closely.

The most important thing is that in this way, King Pei's character is completely established.

Zhang Yimou considered for a moment, then nodded: "According to what you said, do you have any other ideas?"

Yue Guan smiled: "There is one more important thought."

"You said."

"The story background of "Shadow" has prototypes, which are taken from the Three Kingdoms. The prototype of Yang Cang is Guan Yu, the prototype of Zi Yu is Zhou Yu, and the prototype of King Pei is Sun Quan."

Yue Guan's words did not arouse the shock of others.

After all, they had also studied the script, and it was not difficult to find this.

But Yue Guan's next sentence shocked the audience.

"Although there are prototypes, I have to say that the characters portrayed in the script of "Shadow" are all low-profile versions, and they don't have half the charm of the original version."

Yue Guan looked around and sighed softly: "Everyone, the Three Kingdoms is an era of gold and iron horses, and it is also an era where heroes are born in large numbers. There are not only conspiracies and tricks in the Three Kingdoms, but those who left a deeper impression on us. Familiar heroes. It's a pity that in the script of "Shadow", except for Yang Cang who has a bit of heroism, the other characters are all just playing tricks."

No one can refute.

Yue Guan looked solemn, and said seriously: "Since you want to use the Three Kingdoms as the prototype, don't be so petty. Director Zhang, I believe you don't want to be told that the Three Kingdoms you photographed are all about conspiracy and tricks, right?"

Zhang Yimou's face also became serious.

Of course he doesn't want to.

He thought about the script of "Shadow" carefully, and found that it was indeed as Yue Guan said.

"How much do you need to change?" Zhang Yimou asked.

Yue Guan's answer was very decisive: "Basically everything has to be changed, because the current script is too petty. King Pei should have the world in mind, and his personality is relatively good. As an important minister of the two dynasties, he is both civil and military. Is it just a skinny pervert? The reason why he regained Jingzhou was because he was hacked? The king and the world, the subjects and the people, and the governor should have it in their hearts. Where is the heroic spirit? The governor portrayed in the script is just a pervert who peeps at his wife and has an ambiguous affair with a substitute, without the slightest heroism.

Also, "Shadow" is a historical drama, and the fighting should have the charm it should have in the era of cold weapons.The fight between the general and the general should be a life-and-death struggle.Director Zhang, don't be obsessed with yin and yang aesthetics. The battlefield does not talk about yin and yang, but only masculinity.

The historical prototype of "Shadow" is the Three Kingdoms era. What era is the Three Kingdoms?During the Three Kingdoms era, with the remaining prestige of the great Han, Cao Cao was still able to attack Wuhuan in the north, and the Gongsun family was still able to defeat Xianbei; Sun Quan conquered Yizhou with Baiyue;This is the spirit that the Three Kingdoms era should have, the reckless China, the iron horse, the golden weapon, and the heroic spirit.Director Zhang, believe me, this is how historical dramas should be filmed.Don't be obsessed with shooting conspiracies and calculations. The audience may like to watch conspiracies and conspiracies, but they will always prefer heroes and heroes.Our history is grand enough, so we need to shoot grandiose and intense, not coy. "

Looking at Yue Guan who made an impassioned speech in the field, everyone present understood the meaning of a word.

That word is called - pattern!

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Chapter 683 Drastically Changing the Script [6400 Monthly Ticket Plus Change]

Hearing Yue Guan's words, Zhang Yimou was also agitated.

One thing to say, he really likes the script of "Shadow", especially the conspiracy and calculations in the script of "Shadow". It is very enjoyable and has a very high IQ.

But he is also a senior director at any rate, and his level has always been there.

After hearing Yue Guan's words, he immediately realized his mistake: the script of "Shadow" was indeed above IQ, but it was too petty.

If he's going to make a historical film of small people in a small format, there's nothing to say, it's definitely a good movie.

But what he wanted to shoot was the Warring States Period.

It is to win the world.

That's just conspiracy and calculation, and it doesn't match the background.

To resolve this contradiction, there are two ways:

First, change the background;

Second, change the characters and plot.

Of course Zhang Yimou chose the second option.

Because he himself knows very well that if he really shoots those historical films of small characters in a small format, it will become a literary film again.

As for literary films, there is no box office.

He wants box office.

Therefore, he cannot be willful.

And he also knew in his heart that after being named by Yue Guan, modifying according to the direction given by Yue Guan would definitely be more in line with the movie-watching preferences of ordinary audiences.

"Yueguan, you're not authentic." Zhang Yimou pointed at Yueguan and scolded with a smile, "You're not authentic."

Yue Guan: "??? Why am I not authentic?"

In order to revise the script of "Shadow" for you, I was thinking about three o'clock in the morning yesterday.

Do you really think you can figure it out with a snap of your head?

Actually said that I am not authentic and can't bear it.

Zhang Yimou explained: "You knew that "Shadow" has so many problems, why didn't you point it out earlier? Isn't this script yours?"

Yue Guan Tanshou: "Director Zhang, the script of "Shadow" is really not mine, it is a script submitted by a screenwriter bought out by our company. In terms of the quality of the script itself, it is indeed very good. My targeted adaptation is actually What is improved is not the quality of the script itself, but the changes made to the audience. Simply put, the plot I adapted will increase the box office of this drama, but it may not necessarily improve the reputation of this drama.”

Take Tian Zhan's point as an example. In the eyes of many viewers who like to pretend, leaving blank is far better than explaining clearly.

There is also the ending, the blank space in the original script left all kinds of divergent thinking possibilities, but after being changed by Yueguan, the ending is basically fixed, which is a deduction in the eyes of many big Vs.

Including improving the structure of a film, no longer letting "Shadow" see the big from the small, but really telling a grand story and proposition, in fact, it is not loved by film critics.

Otherwise, Zhang Yimou would not like the tone of "Shadow".

But what Yueguan can confirm is that after he made such a change, the audience will definitely like it more.

Because as Yue Guan has always said, audiences go to the movies to relax, not to move their heads.As for historical movies, when audiences go to the cinema to watch them, they definitely don’t just want to see shadows, assassinations, love jade, tear X...

But the big directors in our country seem to be able to see only these things. Although there are so many magnificent stories in our history, they aim at plots, love affairs, assassinations, and tearing X, which are not on the stage.

If "Heroes" was filming the story of King Qin sweeping Liuhe, wouldn't it be more interesting than filming a few assassins?

If "Legend of the Demon Cat" is about the story of all nations coming to court in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, wouldn't it be more attractive to the audience than the story of Concubine Yang Gui?

"The Promise", "Night Banquet"...

A good historical movie, but the audience is left with endless slots.

In fact, it can be made better. If audiences who watch historical movies see love, love, conspiracy and tricks, wouldn't it be good to watch urban movies?Go to see police and gangster movies, aren't they good?Why look at history?

Zhang Yimou has been a director for decades, so he can understand Yueguan's words very clearly.

He nodded: "It is indeed as you said. If you change it like this, it will be more straightforward, and your reputation may not be better."

Deng Chao couldn't hold back, and interjected: "Director Zhang, I think the box office is more important, and there are many kinds of word-of-mouth. It doesn't matter whether you listen to the word-of-mouth of those experts, as long as the audience likes it."

He has 1 support for Yueguan's proposal.

Because Yueguan is an example given by the governor Ziyu.

Zi Yu was played by him.

Originally, he played two roles by himself, and the governor Ziyu and Ziyu's shadow stood in for Jingzhou, and the role of Jingzhou crushed Ziyu.

Judging from the highlights, Jingzhou also crushed Ziyu.

After Zi Yu was defeated by Yang Cang, he was trapped in a cave. The living people were neither human nor ghost, skinny, and his mind was full of revenge and revenge. He knew that his wife and the shadow double got together, so he didn't know what to do. Only dare to look out the window.

It would be amazing if such a character could attract fans.

Originally, Deng Chao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After all, he still has the role of Jingzhou, and Jingzhou is still very bright.

But hearing what Yue Guan said, he felt it made sense.