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After Chen Fei returned from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, he started the filming preparations for "Fuse".

The first thing he has to do is write and perfect the script.

In the original world, the movie "Fuse" had a box office of only more than 20 million in the first week after its release. It was actually a very failure, which was very different from the expected big shot, and it made many people's glasses.

Although the original action scenes were well shot and the storyliness was greatly improved, in general, the plot was still a little thin and did not have enough attractiveness to capture the audience.

Some critics commented on "Fuse" this way: a story script for a muscular action performance.

This evaluation is ruthless, but it is not all about insults and insults.

"Fuse" is an action movie, and the action should occupy the main position, but having actions does not mean you have to fight, make a fuss or show it.

We hope that good people will defeat bad people, but the premise is that bad people will arouse enough malice. We think that this person is really bad enough and should be beaten. Then we hope that another good person can deal with him. If he is so bad that he often uses hard to kill people, then the good people will use hard to subdue him.

For example, Wu Jing in "The True Color of a Man" is bad enough. Although they have something to understand, his various behaviors have already made us hate him. However, we have not seen them badly in "The Fuse" as the three brothers.

Maybe in fact, it was done evil, but the movie didn't show it.

Apart from killing a few people quickly and chopping off one of them, there was nothing left. This made Comrade Donnie Yen's beating so illogical...

In short, "Fuse" is already the third action film that director Ye Weixin and Donnie Yen collaborated on. The two have also collaborated on "Shad Wolf" and "Dragon and Tiger Sect".

Judging from the dramas the two have worked together in before, they all have one common feature, that is, the martial arts dramas are highly praised by the audience, while the literary dramas are all criticized.

So at the beginning of the filming, I saw news that Donnie Yen and Ye Weixin were going to work hard on literary dramas this time, and found a screenwriter Situ Jinyuan to write scripts for the film, trying to change the audience's view of the two movies.

The main narrative of the film revolves around the battle between the policeman Donnie Yen, undercover Louis Koo and the underworld Vietnam-Nan brothers, and then it is supplemented by many divisions such as love, family, and friendship.

Among them is the conflict between Donnie Yen, a policeman who likes to fight violence with violence, and Xu Qing, who is the representative of the police force system;

There is also the inner fear of Louis Koo, who is an undercover agent, and his love with beer girl Fan Bingbing;

The three brothers Lui Liangwei fight against the rights and interests of the old gang forces;

Donnie Yen, the three brothers and their mothers, and the feelings between Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, the police boss, Cheng Zeshi and his brothers...

Logically speaking, a movie can be regarded as a complex story with ups and downs, but the narrative of the story "Fuse" is superficial and simplified, and the character portrayal cannot be considered in depth. In some paragraphs that could have been heavy ink, they always click to stop, which makes people feel extremely depressed.

The only thing that excelled in this drama is that the supporting roles are all excellent actors. They greatly enhanced the viewability of the literary drama with their outstanding performances. The performances of the eldest brother played by Lui Liangwei, the police boss played by Zheng Zeshi, and the mothers of the three Vietnamese brothers played by Xia Ping are remarkable. As supporting roles, their glory is sometimes even better than the protagonists who fight for the sake of fighting.

The love, family, friendship and other divisions involved in the film seem to be too service-oriented and purposeful. All stories are intended to bring out and assist in the appearance of those fighting scenes in the main line. This will inevitably weaken the rationality and viewability of the story, and even some plot settings that make people feel inexplicable and start-and-error.

What is the purpose of setting the character Xu Qing?

Her relationship with Donnie Yen is the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and the relationship between obedience and execution. In fact, if you discuss in depth, the police can treat the suspects in a way when performing a mission. When Donnie Yen repeatedly collided with his boss and violated his orders and punished the prisoners by violent punishment, the existence of the character Xu Qing did not fundamentally control and changed Donnie Yen's way of acting. He used a few appearances like a tacit attitude to fulfill Donnie Yen's personal heroism plot, and he would not explain it later;

Furthermore, as an undercover Louis Koo, the creators of the movie, did not show too much the complex inner world of his confusion and fear as an undercover agent. His love relationship with beer girl Fan Bingbing is obviously too pale, and the scene setting about Songhua River has become a laughing stock for the audience.

After the final fight ended, the two of them were no longer introduced. From this point of view, all the characters in the film were actually just a few pieces in a chess game. Their task was to provoke each other to create dramatic conflicts. After igniting the fuse quickly, we could go there. Then we just need to wait and watch the ultimate showdown between Lao Wang on both sides. At this time, there is no need to discuss any nature of the small pieces.

Obviously, this is an unsuccessful chess game, and the creators ignore the audience's ability to think while watching the chess pieces fight.

So, overall, the plot compilation of this drama failed.

So this time, Chen Fei needs to work hard on the plot.

However, this time Chen Fei did not plan to take everything alone. He did not plan to work behind closed doors and create all the scripts of "Fuse".

It’s not because he doesn’t have this ability. In terms of script creation, he should be one of the top gold medal screenwriters in China today. In the previous "Top Gun", "The First Blood" and "Wolf Warrior 2", a large part of the script was recreated by himself. He eliminated the original shortcomings and problems and re-optimized them. The final box office also proved that his creation was correct, perfect, and impeccable.

So, at this time, even if he gives him a movie he has never seen before, he can write a good script.

But now Chen Fei is no longer just a filmmaker, he is also the leader of Chinese filmmakers. Therefore, he has another important task, which is to set an example, take himself as the leader, and lead the Chinese filmmakers to grow and grow together.

There is no doubt that screenwriters are the most important part of the entire film industry. Therefore, strengthening the role of screenwriters, enhancing the status of screenwriters, and improving the level of screenwriters has become Chen Fei’s next focus.

In order to do a good job in this area, Chen Fei has signaled the screenwriters to establish a screenwriter association.

He wanted to learn from the experience of the Americans in his previous life to develop the level of the film industry development in China.

In the last life, American movies and TV series were not only an art, but also an engineering.

Every American drama has undergone careful steps, and every step is strictly checked.

The beginning of the entire ecological chain is the screenwriter.

That's why American dramas back then were so powerful, sweeping the whole world, becoming famous all over the world, and winning so many loyal fans. The screenwriter made an indelible contribution to this.

The filming of American dramas started with the screenwriter.

The chief screenwriter first had a concept of script, and then they brought their own story outlines and sold it to major TV networks at the same time.

Once these outlines are accepted, the TV network will pay the screenwriters a fee to buy out priority.

Each TV network generally buys out about 500 new scripts every year.

Next, the TV network will select about 70 copies of them to purchase the complete script.

Because there are professionals in the TV station to review these scripts over and over again, the whole process will last for several months.

Soon, the next year, we will buy about 20 scripts from it, and then the TV network and American drama production companies will invest in the shooting of the pilot drama, which is what is often called 0 seasons and 0 episodes.

For example, in the 2014 pilot season, the total number of pilot episode orders signed by the four major American television networks was 87.

The TV station will decide whether to order official TV series based on the ratings of the pilot series and the evaluations of all parties. Major TV networks will order 4 to 5 new TV series every year. It can be said that the elimination rate of the entire process is as high as 99%. Every American drama we see now comes from excellent dramas that break through the siege through strict screening.

Then the filming process was in full swing. The chief screenwriter convened a screenwriter team, often working together in one office and using a large desk for intense discussions and debates.

A TV series with 45 minutes per episode and 12 episodes a year usually recruits 6 to 8 people to form a screenwriter team. Some popular dramas even have more than a dozen or twenty screenwriters teams, such as "Game of Thrones" that have 17 screenwriters.

Each member of the team has a different division of labor, namely, compiling stories, building structures, writing characters, and engaging in language, and is responsible for a certain person who is best at certain items.

Of course, there are no leaders in the American drama screenwriter team. There are always one or two "screenwriters and writers" in the screenwriter team. They not only earn the highest income, but also command, lead, coordinate and adjust the team, and take the power of life and death in their hands.

Some screenwriters who are on the front line will even serve as producers, participate in dividend distribution and have absolute decision-making rights on the series.

Not only that, American drama screenwriters also have special unions to protect their rights. From workplace relations to salary formulation, we can find obvious standards in the industry. Now the association has 12,000 members.

We cannot underestimate their power. If the screenwriter stops writing, it will be a fatal blow to the entire industry. For example, from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2008, American screenwriters conducted a general strike for more than three months due to dissatisfaction with their own income. This not only caused many popular American dramas to be suspended, but they could not stop the broadcast, but the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony was also forced to be cancelled.

What made drama fans even more complained is that the entire entertainment industry and surrounding industries have been greatly affected. According to statistics from relevant U.S. departments, this unprecedented screenwriter strike caused Los Angeles to lose 3.2 billion US dollars in 14 weeks.

Of course, after years of struggle by trade unions, American screenwriters can now be considered one of the best in the world. Generally speaking, screenwriters’ weekly salary is between 3,000 and 6,000 US dollars. Some famous screenwriters have even higher salaries. Many American screenwriters also have their own agents responsible for handling economic issues.

Now, Chen Fei plans to imitate the Americans, start with the screenwriter, and learn from other people's advanced experiences and excellent practices in all aspects.

Therefore, he did not plan to do the screenwriter work alone in the movie "Fuse". He wanted to try out the team approach, that is, he was the editor-in-chief and convened a team, and the people below performed their duties and improved the script together.

The plot of the drama "Fuse" is indeed a little weak. If it can be improved with the strength of a team, it may have unexpected results.

After thinking for a while, Chen Fei knew who he should be the editor-in-chief.

A person soon came to his mind, Ye Wei.

Ye Wei, male, 32 years old, graduated from the Chinese Department of Capital University, is considered a top student. After graduation, he entered the film and television industry and has been working hard for several years. He has achieved some results, but there are many failure cases.

He has a good reputation and knows many people in the circle and has a certain influence. If he is asked to be the editor-in-chief, he should be able to quickly establish his own team.

Moreover, he is a person with responsibility and courage, and dares to make decisions, and should be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of screenwriter of "Fuse".

But he is not a sign-in screenwriter of Yuhe Entertainment.

Several gold medal screenwriters of Yuhe Entertainment have other tasks at this time, so Chen Fei could only look at other places.

Of course, this is also his usual pursuit, that is, not eating alone, and everyone will share the benefits.

Chen Fei asked Xu Yun to call him and call him.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

Xu Yun knocked on the door and reported with a smile: "Brother Fei, Mr. Ye is here."

"Please come in!"

Chen Fei hurriedly put down his work, stood up and greeted him.

The one who appeared in front of him was a thin young man, quiet and a little introverted, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, not very talkative, and it felt like a top Chinese student.

Because it was the first time he met Chen Fei, he was a little restrained.

"Brother Fei, hello, I am Ye Wei!"

He stretched out his hand from afar.

Chen Fei shook hands with him, exchanged greetings for a few words, then went straight to the point and said his thoughts and requirements.

"My movie, called "Fuse", was inspired by a real case in the Municipal Public Security Bureau..."

Chen Fei roughly explained the plot of the original drama "Fuse" and then put forward his own request: "I want you to be the editor-in-chief. You will then convene a team. You can choose the members of the team yourself, but different people must have different divisions of labor. Let's improve the script of this movie. I have only one requirement. The story of this movie should be full, the characters should have a distinct personality, the story logic should be reasonable, the plot should be ups and downs, and the audience should feel like they are substituted..."

Finally, Chen Fei raised his head and looked at Ye Wei: "This should be my attempt, so I hope it will succeed. I took the list yesterday and turned it over all day. Finally, I think you should be good, how about it, are you confident?"

Ye Wei stood up suddenly: "Brother Fei, if you really hand over this job to me, I will promise you now that you will never let you down!"

Chen Fei also stood up with a smile: "I will never treat you badly in terms of salary, because this time it is equivalent to a demonstration project. I hope we can set a benchmark for the screenwriter industry.

So I also hope that you can continue to try in practice, and finally summarize a feasible process, and then promote it later. In the future, our Chinese filmmakers, whether they are making movies or TV series, follow this process. What do you think?"

"Brother Fei, I think it's very good, and I agree very much."
Chapter completed!