As soon as he got up, Kevin's momentum was suppressed. He had already weakened since his personal visit. This was the territory of the elite agency; when he met Mark, Columbia Pictures's destruction was absolutely not allowed to go to the community; when he was Hugo's absence, Rick's direct attack. Kevin did not expect such a situation at all.

As a co-screenwriter, Roland couldn't help but sit up straight, looking at Rick with a little dissatisfaction and asked, "What's wrong with my script? We have modified it according to your requirements. Are there any dissatisfaction?"

The first time the script was criticized was a part of the plan. A few days ago, they submitted the second modified script to Rick, but now Rick still asked a sarcastic tone, which really made Roland very excited and felt that he was insulted.

But Rick was not afraid at all. He still had that gentle and friendly smile on his face, and raised his hand to stop it. "Don't be excited, I have no malice." These words with a smile made the atmosphere in the conference room slightly calmer, "I mean, this is a commercial work, right? The protagonist is the visual effects and the war scene. For this part, I believe in your profession, and I also believe in the taste of the audience."

Rick's words were considered to be a recognition of the script, which calmed Roland a little, "But the characters are already supporting roles. On the basis of supporting roles, you have arranged so many roles to share time. Almost every role's appearance time is very limited, and even after modification, there is still not much change. So, why do such a role need Hugo to play? I don't think Hugo will be an excellent vase, nor do I think Hugo will be suitable for puppet characters who fill their appearance time."

Rick's words turned, and the whole tone became sharp and harsh, which made the anger on Roland's face surge, but then he was stunned and found that he could not find any words to refute. This moment of confusion reminded Roland of the second plan Kevin said. He had to control himself, and then straightened his back awkwardly again to avoid Rick's sight.

All this happened in an instant. The brief confrontation between Rick and Roland ended before he could react. Rick, who was well prepared, caught Roland and Kevin completely off guard. However, this little reaction time immediately calmed down. As the CEO of 20th Century Fox, the wisdom he needed was not cleverness.

"Rick, I think I know what you mean..." Kevin tried to ease the atmosphere, but obviously the other party was unwilling.

Joseph shook his head and continued, "No, Mr. Pence, you don't know."

"Please call me Kevin." Joseph's words were interrupted, which made Joseph pause. He saw the persistence in Kevin's eyes, so he clicked his chin. "Kevin, you don't know what Hugo means, otherwise the script would not be modified. Hugo is not opposed to commercial movies, but you took such a simple script. I can summarize it in one sentence: aliens attacked the earth. Because of their spaceship's protective cover, our attacks were invalid and defeated step by step. Finally, relying on a...uh, inexplicably...What should I say, Doctor? A doctor's opinion, implanted viruses on the spaceship, and then Americans showed great power to defeat the aliens."

After Joseph finished speaking, he deliberately paused and looked at the people in front of him.

Roland opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything, while Dean, who was sitting beside him, muttered unwillingly, "He is a computer expert."

"Sorry, my fault, a computer expert." Joseph knew that he could correct his mistake, so he admitted his mistake simply and neatly. This made Dean stunned and looked ashamed. "The simple plot and bloated character settings make the story even more ignorant. Visual effects are the only highlights. So as an actor, what is the meaning of Hugo's performance?" Joseph expressed his meaning completely, and then stopped talking, just sat in place and handed the scene to Rick.

As Joseph said, Roland and Dean were not masters of script writing. They gave "Independence Day" a huge worldview, and then arranged the plot according to the typical story direction of Hollywood genre films, that's all. In fact, the settings of the three male protagonists in the movie are very vague.

The so-called computer expert David's character setting is not tenable at all, and the direct love line between him and his ex-wife is also very redundant and has no effect on the plot at all. Air Force pilot Steve is just a puppet. Simply put, he is a "pilot". He has not contributed any strength except flying the plane. As for the character setting, it is even more pale and powerless. The part of saving his girlfriend and proposing does not increase the warmth of the movie. In the end, the relatively full president actually shows his warmth as a person, and his decision as a president has no effect in the face of alien attacks.

On the contrary, the role of the veteran who sacrificed himself to hit the spaceship with a fighter plane was more vivid than plump, but was only relatively vivid.

The reason why the script of "Independence Day" has been criticized is that the plot is simple only part of it. Compared with "Terminator 2", "Real Lies" is indeed too simple, but it is more because there are too many characters in the script, but there is no real core character, which means that there is no core focus that connects all the stories. Simply put, it is the lack of the lone hero who turns the tide.

At the end of "Independence Day", the veterans sacrificed themselves to end the spaceship. The president personally took action to incite everyone to join the battle. Computer experts found the weakness of the spaceship, and the pilot was only responsible for flying the plane. In other words, this was the end of the story with many different characters, which made the whole plot too distracted.

Instead of portraying a bunch of masked characters without any depth, it is better to concentrate on portraying one or two characters. For example, there are only four main characters in "Terminator 2", the future savior John, John's biological mother Sarah, t-800 and t-1000. However, these four characters connect a huge worldview and shoulder the burden of the entire rescue mission by t-800. Although the script of "Terminator 2" has also been criticized by countless film critics, it is enough to become a classic work of action movies.

The same is true for "Independence Day". The revised script has been improved, but there is still no essential change. After getting Hugo's approval, Rick began to show his strengths and wanted to make Hugo the number one male lead in "Independence Day" and definitely the male lead.

Kevin sighed lightly in his heart. Although he had known that Hugo had strict requirements on the script and after the "Love is the Only" crew meeting, he asked Roland and Dean to modify the script. But now it seems that their modifications still did not grasp the key points.

But it's normal to think about it. Hugo has always been picky about scripts and characters, which is well known. Even the scripts Steven brought out were also criticized by Hugo. Moreover, Hugo himself is an excellent screenwriter, so it's normal for him to have many ideas about scripts.

"So, what do you think should?" Kevin knew that he really couldn't take the initiative in the script. If he wanted to impress Hugo, he had to have an excellent script. Moreover, Kevin knew more clearly the meaning of the character's weight than Rick and Joseph.

Letting Hugo play the protagonist of a work, but the weight is not enough. This is not just a waste, but it does not conform to their commercial film settings. In Kevin's opinion, he absolutely supports giving Hugo more weight, allowing Hugo to pick up the weight of the entire script and maximize Hugo's influence.

What's more, they are at a disadvantage in every link today, and it can be seen that Rick and the others are determined to win the script. So, Kevin simply handed over the initiative and asked Rick to speak.

Rick was not surprised at all about this situation. He and Joseph dared to be so full of fire, but he was fearless. He knew that Kevin would not have the opposite opinion of them in the script. "I think you should cancel David's role and focus the storyline of this character on Steve, so that the whole storyline will be obviously clear."

Hearing Rick's lion's words, Kevin and Allen did not react, but Roland and Dean took a breath. Roland never suppressed this time and said directly, "Don't you know that the clues on David are very important? It is precisely because of David's existence that they learned the alien's attack plan and the president left the White House in time; it is also because of David's knowledge that they came up with a plan to break the protection cover of the alien spacecraft!"

Faced with Roland's excitement, Rick was not in a hurry at all, and still looked calm, "I know what you mean, but you don't understand what I mean. David is not an indispensable role. Maybe we can keep this role and let him know the alien attack plan, but the relationship line between David and his ex-wife can be completely cancelled, and more writing can be given to the relationship line between the president and Steve; and in the end, David's computer knowledge can be fully installed on Steve..."

Halfway through, Rick raised his hands and expressed his modesty, "I'm not a professional, I don't know how the script should be written, but I mean, you give too much weight to the character David, but there is no real function to turn the situation around. Instead of doing this, it's better to spread David's storyline to other characters and then add weight to other characters. Of course, on the other hand, I don't care if I cancel the character Steve and share Steve's story to David and the president."

Roland couldn't help but be stunned. Only then did he understand what Rick meant, in fact, it was to reduce the character, make the storyline more concentrated and compact, and at the same time increase the weight of the character. This not only allowed the character to have more space to play, but the story would also become smoother.

Roland and Dean looked at each other, but didn't know what to say. Kevin was silent because he knew that if the script was modified like this, it would be a huge project, and the entire script would almost be overturned and rewritten, which was not in line with his plan. This project has started computer special effects production since April this year. If filming before January next year, it would not be up to next year's summer schedule.
Chapter completed!