Su Tong was busy when he received the call from Yu Dong, but after hearing Yu Dong say that he wanted to read Zhang Chenggong's script, he immediately put down the work at hand and contacted Zhang Chenggong for him.
Zhang Chenggong is from Xuxian County, Anhui Province, and now works in the local public security system. Hearing that Yu Dong wanted to read his manuscript, he said he would make a trip himself. After some discussion, the meeting was finally scheduled for July 3rd.
On July 3rd, Yu Dong waited for Zhang Chenggong in the office all day, and no one was there until six o'clock in the evening.
Looking at the sky outside, the sun was about to set. Yu Dong sighed and got up to go home and have a meal first before waiting.
In the meantime, he also called Su Tong and asked about Zhang Chenggong's situation, but Su Tong said he didn't know either.
Communication is not very convenient now. If Zhang Chenggong is on the road, it will not be easy to contact him.
But as soon as Yu Dong left the government building, he saw Uncle Zhou leading a tall, tough-looking man over.
"Teacher Yu, someone is looking for you."
Although Yu Dong had never seen Zhang Chenggong in person, he guessed that it was him who came, so he walked over with a smile, "Teacher Zhang."
Zhang Chenggong walked a few steps quickly and held Yu Dong's hand, "Teacher Yu, I'm really sorry. Something delayed me on the way and I kept you waiting for a long time."
"It doesn't matter." Yu Dong smiled: "It's never too late for a good meal, and it's never too late for a distinguished guest. And I didn't wait too long. I have to work in the office."
Uncle Zhou sent the people there and said with a smile: "You guys have a good chat, I have to get off work too."
"Thank you very much, big brother." Zhang Chenggong said gratefully with a smile.
"You're welcome." Uncle Zhou waved his hand, then turned and left.
After Uncle Zhou left, Yu Dong smiled and said to Zhang Chenggong: "Teacher Zhang, please go to my office and sit for a while."
"Okay, Teacher Yu."
Yu Dong took Zhang Chenggong back to the office. On the way back, he called Cheng Yanqiu and told her that he would not go back for dinner that evening.
When they arrived at the office, Yu Dong made tea for him and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is tired from the journey. How about I take you to have dinner first?"
"It doesn't matter to me. It mainly depends on your time, teacher."
"Then let's read the script first." Yu Dong nodded.
"OK, all right."
Zhang Chenggong took the tea cup from Yu Dong's hand, then found a document bag from his backpack and handed it to Yu Dong.
Just as Yu Dong took the document bag, Zhang Chenggong handed over another book.
"This is?"
Zhang Chenggong said with a smile: "Actually, the script I wrote is based on the book I wrote myself."
Yu Dong nodded and took the book again.
The title of the book is quite long, it is called "The Kingdom of Heaven, Demons and Tao", and it was published in January this year.
The cover is not exquisite and gives people a very cheap feeling. The main color is black and red, with a skull and a dark city on it.
There is a line above the title of the book: A series of documentary records on the detection of major and important cases in the 1990s.
There is also a line under the title of the book: A record of the investigation of the Neijiang criminal gang’s massive shooting case.
The style of the whole book is like the kind of "yellow and black" reading materials that can be seen everywhere on street stalls.
"I'll accept it first, and then I'll read it after I finish the script."
Yu Dong said with a smile, then opened the document bag and took out the script manuscript inside.
Zhang Chenggong was holding a cup next to him and stared at Yu Dong opening the document bag with a look of hope and anxiety on his face.
Speaking of which, although he has been working in the public security system, he is also an old writer. He even came out a few years earlier than Yu Dong, and he has also won some miscellaneous literary awards.
Moreover, his previous novel "Swimming in the Sea of ​​Misery" was adapted into the movie "Heavenly Rebel", so he has some experience in film and television adaptation.
But Yu Dong is unmatched in both his literary status and his market vision.
Zhang Chenggong attaches great importance to his script this time, so he hopes to get Yu Dong's support. Otherwise, he would have found someone to film the script a few months ago.
Yu Dong opened the script and only read the first few pages before a smile appeared on his lips.
This script was very familiar to him, it was obviously "The True Colors of a Detective".
Audiences who like criminal investigation dramas should be familiar with the TV series "The Detective". Let's not talk about the story. You can feel the temperament of this drama just by looking at the cast lineup.
Wang Zhiwen, Li Youbing, Duan Yihong, Chang Rong, Li Chen, Liu Wei...
Although Yu Dong knew about this drama, he still continued to watch it calmly.
Yu Dong read the script very quickly. Although Zhang Chenggong's handwriting was a bit sloppy, it still only took Yu Dong more than an hour to read the entire script.
After reading it, Yu Dong did not speak immediately, but gently tapped the script with his fingers.
Although this script is slightly different from the TV series "A Better Tomb" that Yu Dong later watched, they are basically similar in general direction.
"A Better Day" is a good drama, and the script is naturally a good one, otherwise it wouldn't be popular with so many people.
Criminal investigation dramas are different from mystery dramas. They do not rely entirely on solving puzzles to promote plot development. Instead, they place the audience in an omniscient perspective and use interlocking stories to shape the characters and promote the climax. However, "Interpol"
"True Colors" does a very good job in this regard.
However, there are some problems with this story, and that is the pacing.
As a criminal investigation drama, it contains too much content about intra-bureau meetings, which suddenly slows down the rhythm of the entire drama. It is precisely because of these "off-track" content that some small plots that should have been lost are lost.
The suspense and short stories are lost, making the already complex character relationships even more confusing to the audience.
Yu Dong knows that even if these shortcomings are not corrected, this will still become a classic criminal investigation drama, but Yu Dong still hopes that it can go further.
Thinking of this, Yu Dong raised his head and looked at Zhang Chenggong: "As a criminal investigation drama, if the perfect score is 100 points, I would give this script 90 points."
Zhang Chenggong raised his eyebrows in surprise and said modestly, "Teacher Yu is too flattering."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It's not a compliment, it deserves so many points. There are many reasons why it gets these ninety points, and I may not be able to finish them until tomorrow morning, so
I want to talk about why it is missing ten points in my heart."
Zhang Chenggong nodded. He understood the meaning of Yu Dong's words, which meant that Yu Dong would talk about the shortcomings of this script.
"I know there are many plots in it, such as the meeting within the bureau, which may have been personally experienced by Mr. Zhang, so you think this experience should be written in. But as a reader and an audience, I don't think so.
Seeing these things. There can be such plots, but not too many, otherwise it will affect my rhythm of watching."
"Teacher Yu, please continue."
Yu Dong nodded and continued: "Second point, the big clues of this story are well done and the logical line is complete, but there is a lack of small suspense, which will result in a lack of character creation. For example
In my opinion, Meili is..."
Originally, Yu Dong just wanted to briefly talk about a few questions, but once he started talking, he couldn't stop and went through Zhang Chenggong's script from beginning to end.
At the end, Yu Dong smiled and said: "These are my personal opinions and are for reference only. As long as you are willing, I can call Yuliang now and ask him to sign a contract with you, and then we can find a director
, find actors to make this TV show.”
Hearing what Yu Dong said, Zhang Chenggong quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, no, teacher Yu, these things you said are very pertinent. In fact, I know my advantages and I also know my shortcomings. What you just mentioned
Many of these are shortcomings that I am aware of myself, but they are vague and vague. Your comments have opened up my thinking. There are also some shortcomings that I myself have not realized.
I also need to think carefully."
"There are no shortcomings. This is also determined by your professional characteristics, Mr. Zhang. There is nothing wrong in itself. If what you showed me today was a literary work, I would not mention these points at all, because it is
Your perspective is what you want to express. But it is a TV drama script. While we express ourselves, we must also consider the audience."
Zhang Chenggong nodded very sincerely and said: "Be taught, after I go back I will seriously think about what you said, Teacher Yu, and then make some adjustments."
In fact, besides being grateful, Zhang Chenggong was also very surprised by Dong's performance.
Although he was mentally prepared before coming, Yu Dong's talent still exceeded his expectations.
He could read a script so quickly and point out the problems to the point. Before this, Zhang Chenggong had never seen anyone with such quick thinking.
If Yu Dong knew what Zhang Chenggong was thinking, he would definitely be ashamed. The main reason why he could react so quickly was because he had watched "A Better Day" before. He remembered many plots in the TV series, so he didn't need to be particularly careful when reading the script.
Moreover, some of the points he mentioned to Zhang Chenggong just now were not what he came up with on the spur of the moment, but were ideas he had before watching "The True Colors of a Detective", but now he rearranged them and told them to Zhang Chenggong.
Yu Dong handed the script back to Zhang Chenggong, and then looked at his watch. It was almost eight o'clock.
"Teacher Zhang, it's getting late. Let's go have a casual dinner together and chat while eating."
Zhang Chenggong smiled and touched his stomach: "I'm really a little hungry."
…
After having dinner with Zhang Chenggong, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening.
At the dinner table, Yu Dong and Zhang Chenggong talked about a lot of things related to criminal investigation dramas.
Deep Space Company will be making TV series in the next few years, and criminal investigation dramas will definitely be part of it, so Yu Dong is very interested in Zhang Chenggong.
Moreover, Deep Space has not yet cooperated with Wang Zhiwen and Li Youbing, so Yu Dong also hopes to take this opportunity to drag these two people to Deep Space. Even if Wang Zhiwen cannot, he will drag Li Youbing over.
After arranging the place where Zhang Chenggong lived, Yu Dong returned home.
The lights in the room were still on. Yu Dong gently opened the door and saw that Cheng Yanqiu had fallen asleep on the sofa and the TV was still on.
Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, then ran over to pick up Cheng Yanqiu and sent her to her room to sleep.
He himself went to take a bath, and then his sleepiness disappeared and he was fine, so he took out the "The Da Vinci Code" that was almost the same as before and prepared to make another round of revisions.
Although this novel was copied, it took him a lot of time, even more time than it took him to conceive a novel by himself. The main reason was that he had not had much contact with semiotics before, and he did not have extraordinary memory to be able to write "Da Vinci"
The original text of "The Strange Code" was memorized verbatim, so he had to spend a lot of time to supplement his knowledge of semiotics.
Fortunately, these things are almost done, and if nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to hand over the manuscript to the rest next month.
It wasn't until after two o'clock that Yu Dong ran to sleep in a daze.
…
Early the next morning, while Yu Dong was still dreaming, he heard Cheng Yanqiu calling him: "Teacher Yu, get up quickly, Nie Yuan and the others are here."
Yu Dong had a sweet dream. In the dream, with the efforts of their deep space company, domestic education problems were comprehensively improved...
Halfway through, I was woken up.
"What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
Yu Dong got up and walked out of the room muttering. When he saw Nie Yuan and Chen Hao sitting on the sofa, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "What are you two doing here?"
When Nie Yuan and Chen Hao saw Yu Dong coming out, they quickly stood up from the sofa.
"Teacher Yu, we are about to leave for Shanghai to film "Love Song of Stars and Moon"."
"Oh, I have to leave." Yu Dong patted his head: "Then you go, why are you looking for me?"
Nie Yuan and Chen Hao looked at each other, and then Nie Yuan smiled and said: "Teacher Cui asked us to ask, Teacher Yu, what do you have to explain."
Yu Dong smiled secretly. What could he have to say? The screenwriter and director are both Li Hong. In this drama, he is an investor, and he can't act, so he can't give Nie Yuan and the others any advice.
This Director Cui will really find trouble for him.
However, seeing the expectant looks on the two children's faces, Yu Dong said: "Play well and don't have any psychological burden. Director Li Hong can choose you two, which proves that you have the shining points that she likes."
In fact, these words were not nutritious at all, but Nie Yuan and Chen Hao seemed very happy after hearing them.
"Thank you, Teacher Yu. We will definitely work hard and live up to your expectations."
Yu Dong smiled and nodded: "Since you are about to leave, don't waste time with me. Let's go quickly."
…
After Yu Dong sent the two away, Cheng Yanqiu smiled and said: "The name "Love Song of Stars and Moon" is quite interesting. I heard it is an urban love drama?"
"That's right."
"What does it mean?"
"It's hard to explain. You'll understand after you see it."
Cheng Yanqiu curled his lips: "How long do we have to wait?"
"It won't take long, you should be able to see it this winter."
"That's quite a long time."
Yu Dong smiled, this is already very fast, and as expected, this TV series will be broadcast in other countries and regions early next year.
Chapter completed!