Back to 80: My Literary Life

Fang Minghua smiled after hearing this.

"Don't like it? Tangtang, write down the story outline you just sorted out and mark it with serial numbers."

"What for?" Song Tangtang said, but she still opened a new document and briefly listed what she just said.

Fang Minghua sat next to her, holding a teacup in her hand, looking at the screen and said.

"Okay, you re-arrange the script content according to the order I said: 5, 3, 6, 7, 1, 8, 2, 4, 9, just this order, don't make mistakes."

Fang Minghua said it again.

Song Tangtang didn't understand, but still shuffled the text content according to Fang Minghua's instructions.

"Okay, now you read the script again according to this outline."

Song Tangtang had to read it again, and his eyes were confused at first, and it seemed that he was getting more and more confused the more he read, but slowly his eyes became brighter.

Finally, he smiled and said, "Hey, if you change it like this, isn't it a stream of consciousness in literature?"

"Isn't it so high-end all of a sudden? How can Wong Kar-wai not like it?" Fang Minghua asked back with a smile.

"Yeah." Song Tangtang nodded: "But there is another problem."

"What problem?"

"Your scattered time and space, non-linear and fragmented narrative make the film obscure and difficult to understand. Moreover, some narrative lines are inserted into different paragraphs in the form of flashbacks. For example, the third paragraph of Jingzhe appears in the narrative line of the fifth paragraph in the form of flashbacks, which makes it difficult for the audience to understand."

"Didn't I use different solar terms to mark the five paragraphs 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9? The solar terms imply the passage and order of time." Fang Minghua explained.

Song Tangtang listened carefully and looked at it carefully. It was true. These paragraphs did have Jingzhe, Lichun, Xiazhi, Bailu, four seasons! "

"Oh my God. How could the audience notice this detail? ! "Song Tangtang couldn't help but exclaimed: "If it's shot like this, it's artistic, but the box office will definitely be terrible."

"Then I don't care. I'm only responsible for writing the script. As for how he wants to shoot it, that's Wong Kar-wai's business. "Fang Minghua said leisurely.

The next morning, Fang Minghua called Liu Zhenwei to read the script.

Liu Zhenwei read it carefully and the result was the same as Song Tangtang's original idea.

The novel of Jin Yong was modified, and the text and lines were quite exciting.

But is the plot content a bit bland?

Wong Kar-wai likes this "pretentious" guy, can he like it?

Forget it, leave it to Wong Kar-wai and let him decide for himself.

Liu Zhenwei expressed his gratitude and asked someone to buy a 3.5-inch disc and sent it directly back to Hong Kong.

All the things in Yinchuan have been done. Fang Minghua said goodbye to Liu Zhenwei, Stephen Chow, Zhang Xianliang and others and prepared to go home.

Song Tangtang will stay for a while. In addition to checking the accounts of the crew, more importantly, he has to check the accounts of the film and television city company.

So Fang Minghua went home alone.

Back It was already the end of September, and the National Day was coming soon. Fang Minghua took the two children back from his mother-in-law's house and took them out for a walk, always fulfilling his responsibilities as a father.

It was convenient to go out with a car. Fang Minghua took the two children and picked up his parents to visit the zoo, Xingqing Park, and Yuguantai.

You have to be happy during the holidays.

Just when Fang Minghua's family was happily on vacation, Wong Kar-wai, who was far away in Hong Kong, was very unhappy.

The headquarters building of Zedong Film Company on Causeway Bay Road in Hong Kong.

At this time, Wong Kar-wai was sitting in the office, staring at the computer screen on the boss's desk.

Zedong Film Company was jointly established by Wong Kar-wai and Liu Zhenwei. It was not long since it was established, but Wong Kar-wai signed popular stars such as Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, and Carina Lau in one go, ready to do a big job. Get rid of the filming of "Being Wild" The Legend of the Condor Heroes was a box office failure and earned the notoriety of "box office poison".

Then let's make martial arts films.

It's very popular in Hong Kong.

He bought the film adaptation rights of the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" from Mr. Jin. He originally planned to write a script himself, but he couldn't find the state. When he saw the script of "A Chinese Odyssey" written by Fang Minghua for Stephen Chow, he suddenly felt.

Let him give it a try?

Because he admired the script very much.

In addition to the funny lines tailored for Stephen Chow, the structure of the script is simply a subversion of the original.

More importantly, you think you are shooting nonsense, but it is actually about love.

You think you see love, but it is actually about human nature.

This is the tone he likes.

Through Liu Zhenwei, who was filming in the mainland, he contacted Fang Minghua, who agreed and sent the script soon.

For this , Wong Kar-wai even asked someone to translate it into traditional Chinese characters to facilitate reading.

But after he read the script carefully several times, there were only two words in his mind: disappointment.

It is indeed a subversion of the original work, and the lines are also very literary, but the plot.

There is love killing, revenge, and a love triangle, a bloody stroke!

If Liu Zhenwei took it, he might treasure it, but who am I, Wong Kar-wai?

I would rather lose my pants than make such a tacky movie!

Disappointment, really disappointment.

Should I return it?

It's not right to slap someone in the face.

Just give it to Tsui Hark to shoot.

He likes to shoot martial arts movies the most.

Wong Kar-wai picked up the mobile phone on the boss's desk.

"Brother Xu, I'm Kar-wai. I have a martial arts script in my hand. It was written by Minghua, a famous mainland writer and screenwriter. It's very well written. Do you want to shoot it?"

"Why don't I shoot it? You know, I don't shoot martial arts films."

An hour later, Tsui Hark rushed to the headquarters building of Zedong Film Company and entered Wong Kar-wai's office.

The two were familiar with each other, so there was no need to be polite. Wong Kar-wai gave up his boss chair and let Tsui Hark look at the computer.

Tsui Hark carefully read the script and said, "The plot is okay, it's compact, but the lines are too literary. Kar-wai, is it written for you? Among Hong Kong directors, you are the only one who likes this tone."

Wong Kar-wai laughed awkwardly twice: "Brother Xu, to be honest, it was indeed written for me, but I don't think it suits my taste, mainly because of the plot. I heard that Minghua is a very famous writer in the mainland, who is very good at deconstructionism and stream of consciousness writing, but his script has a wonderful plot, but it is too straightforward and boring."

After speaking, Wong Kar-wai shook his head.

"Stream of consciousness? Deconstructionism? Is it those vague things you like?" Tsui Hark said, and carefully read the script again, and suddenly found something.

"Kar-wai, in fact, if the time sequence of this script is adjusted, it may be what you call stream of consciousness."

"Look, if this paragraph is placed at the end, and this paragraph is placed at the beginning, and this paragraph is inserted between these two paragraphs, but this change is messy, I don't like it."

Tsui Hark said to Wong Kar-wai again: "I took the script away. It's quite good to remove those flowery words. Please ask Minghua for me and tell me how much it costs." After saying that, he was about to close the document.

"Wait!" Wong Kar-wai suddenly yelled, scaring Tsui Hark. He turned his head and saw Wong Kar-wai staring at the computer screen, muttering: "So, so, it's like this"