After the summer vacation officially started, more and more people came to the park.
On the second day, Han Dong, Gu Qian and Su Tong also came. After that, Su Tong left, but Han Dong and Gu Qian stayed.
Yu Hua and the others usually either study in Wangqiu Pavilion or get together to play cards... Of course, they spend more time playing cards.
Yu Dong would chat with them and play cards with them during the day, and after dinner, he would start writing the script for "Infernal Affairs".
He didn't think about making many adaptations to the original plot. He basically just copied it, so it didn't take much effort to write.
On July 10th, Liu Weiqiang came to Luoyuan. Before he could get over the shock that Luoyuan gave him, he was shocked again by the script that Yu Dong handed him.
Liu Weiqiang took over the script: "Mr. Yu, have you finished writing it?"
"I worked overtime." Yu Dong smiled.
Liu Weiqiang was dubious and wrote a movie script in more than a week, which was extremely efficient.
Will there be any problems with quality?
This idea was dismissed by Liu Weiqiang himself just as it emerged in his mind.
What kind of person is Yu Dong?
Will he fool people with inferior things?
"You take a look first." Yu Dong said with a smile.
He could see Liu Weiqiang's doubts, and he could understand it, after all, it had only been ten days.
Liu Weiqiang nodded and began to read the script.
This is a police movie, and the script sets the tone from the beginning.
When he saw it was a police movie, Liu Weiqiang actually had a complicated mood.
Before he came, he was wondering what the idea in Yu Dong's mouth was and why Yu Dong said it was suitable for him. Now that he saw it was a police movie, he understood why.
But what surprised him was why Yu Dong would write a police film. Yu Dong had no such writing experience before.
The only film that has anything to do with police and gangsters is probably "Golden Dreams", but "Golden Dreams" has almost no previous relationship with police and gangster movies.
Continuing to read on, Liu Weiqiang discovered what is special about this movie.
In the past, police and gangster films, or in other words, Hong Kong police and gangster films in the past, usually relied on the appearance of heroes and exciting action designs to attract the audience.
However, this movie avoids these things and instead focuses on describing the complex relationship between the police and criminals. It depicts the psychology of the characters more than ordinary police and criminal movies.
But it is obviously not a literary film. The plot design is also full of various dramatic conflicts, and these conflicts are expressed in ups and downs.
Another biggest difference is that the good guys die and the bad guys stay, breaking the usual Dzogchen model of police and gangster movies in which justice will eventually defeat evil.
Liu Weiqiang was particularly surprised when he saw the ending and revealed that Big B was also an undercover agent.
Although this script attracts readers with a sense of guessing from beginning to end, Yu Dong does not seem to have thought about using the information gap between the screenwriter and the audience to create suspense. The only one is the identity of Big B.
Liu Weiqiang thinks this setting is quite good. It’s like a dish that tastes good but not too heavy. At the end of the meal, you suddenly bite into a chili pepper. It’s unexpected, exciting, and even surprising.
From all aspects, this script is very good, but...
Liu Weiqiang closed the script and looked up at Yu Dong: "Mr. Yu, there is no doubt that this is a very good script. However, the gangsters are too strong in it. The situation in Xiangjiang is not so exaggerated."
Yu Dong looked at Liu Weiqiang with interest, "Director Liu, you have played "Young and Dangerous"."
Hearing this, Liu Weiqiang smiled, and yes, his doubt was indeed unreasonable at all.
After rubbing his hands, Liu Weiqiang said again: "Mr. Yu, this script..."
Yu Dong raised his hand, "Director Liu, in this matter, I am just a screenwriter. If you think this script is good and have the idea of ​​cooperation, you can contact Deep Space Company."
Liu Weiqiang nodded to express his understanding.
Now everyone knows that Yu Dong is the boss of Deep Space, but this does not mean that the boss has to take care of business matters.
Probably, this is why Yu Dong has been able to maintain his creative passion.
"I understand. I will contact Mr. Yuliang Yu shortly."
In fact, what Liu Weiqiang thought was that it would be best to buy the script directly and then take it back to their best partner production company to shoot it themselves, so that they can take the initiative.
But this idea is obviously unrealistic, and Deep Space Company will definitely not agree to sell only the script.
Knowing that there was no way to discuss the outcome with Yu Dong, Liu Weiqiang didn't stay much longer and rushed to the Deep Space Company after having lunch in Luoyuan.
However, Liu Weiqiang did not have the margin to get the result.
Yu Liang told Liu Weiqiang that he could not decide this matter and needed Jimmy's nod.
If it is someone else's work, Yiliang, as the general manager of Deep Space China, certainly has the right to make the final decision.
But Jimmy had already made up his mind. As long as it was related to Yu Dong, unless Yu Dong made the decision himself, he had to ask him first.
As for the script of "Infernal Affairs", Jimmy hasn't even read it yet, so he can't decide on it yet.
Although Liu Weiqiang was a little disappointed when he didn't get the result, he was not in a hurry.
In any case, now that I have seen Yu Dong's script, even if Shen Kong does not choose to cooperate with the best partner in the follow-up, he will most likely take over the film as the director.
…
After Jimmy read the script of "Infernal Affairs", he immediately called Yu Dong.
After the call was connected, his first words were, "Holy shit, are you really going to give "Infernal Affairs" to Liu Weiqiang to film?"
Yu Dong was originally revising the manuscript of "The Da Vinci Code". When he heard Jimmy's words, he smiled and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Ji, do you have any good suggestions?"
"I think this script can be taken directly to Hollywood. Compared with the domestic market, this type of film is more popular in Europe and the United States."
"Jimmy, maybe you can make more money in the United States, but the country needs this movie more now."
Jimmy on the other end of the phone paused, and then said: "I understand what you mean, I just... That's okay. If "Infernal Affairs" doesn't perform well in China, we can still get it to be adapted in Hollywood.
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Yu Dong laughed and said, "Look at what you said, does it mean it can't be adapted again because it performed well in China?"
"It's not impossible, but remakes are afraid of people's preconceptions, and remakes are not popular at the Oscars."
"You think about it a lot. You're even thinking about Oscar."
Chapter completed!