Chapter 195: Screenwriter's Dawn (Fifth Update!)

It took 16 days for Huang Boming to revise the script of "Owl and Dumbo" to Yin Jun's satisfaction.

This includes the plot script and the shot script.

The plot script is relatively easy, but Huang Boming is not used to it when it comes to the scene script.

For filming in Xiangjiang, to a large extent, they like to let the actors and directors play freely. If they are too restricted, they will feel very awkward.

Huang Boming also specifically asked Yin Jun why he did this so rigidly.

Yin Jun told him that to make a good script, the split-shot script is to help directors and actors better understand their own roles and plot development, and it is not something that restricts them. They can freely, without violating the central point. The play, but can not deviate from the main line.

Otherwise, the movie will look very scattered and boring to watch.

Whether a movie will look good or not depends on the promotion of the storyline.

Once the plot is messy and the performances are random, then this movie will make many people baffled, and then they will feel fooled when they go out.

This is how everyone felt after 2010, when the mainland box office market soared, and the Hong Kong movies flocked to them.

If they took out those movies from the 80s and 90s, they would definitely sell very well, but after 20 or 30 years, they still haven’t made any progress. On the contrary, they are becoming more and more insincere, which makes people feel uncomfortable. .

Rote, patchwork, self-righteous, extremely boring... etc., are the evaluations of most Xiangjiang movies by mature mainland movie fans.

When it comes to the deepest reason, it is that they don't have a good story at all, and they take it for granted to make a movie, and of course they won't be bought.

A typical example is Huang Boming, who was recruited by Yin Juncai to help write the screenplay.

For so many years, he has come to a New Year's film of the same type every year. Not only the audience in the mainland are disgusted by watching it, but the local people in Xiangjiang also shout that they can't bear it.

You must have sincerity in doing things. If you don't have sincerity, you will naturally be abandoned by the market.

Now Yin Jun asks Huang Boming to write the storyboard script of "Owl and Dumbo", because he wants him to understand the whole story in his heart, so that with a complete story system, no matter how the director and actors play it, they will not go beyond the frame. will fall apart.

After listening to Yin Jun's explanation, Huang Boming didn't say anything, but Yin Jun knew that he thought it was too troublesome.

However, Huang Boming is now studying with Yin Jun, so of course he will not go against Yin Jun's intention.

But Huang Boming would never know how powerful the subtle power is.

In the future, when Xiangjiang's countless scripts written by Yin Jun make the movie a hit, he will involuntarily learn from Yin Jun and learn from this successful experience.

After finishing "Owl and Dumbo", Yin Jun turned to give Huang Boming the outline of the script of "The Prodigal Boy".

Huang Boming is also a person who can endure hardships. He didn't take a break, so he came up with another script to fill in and expand. He didn't even complain, and he took it back and started working.

Hong Jinbao here has been waiting for his eyes for a long time. He watched Yin Jun bring the notebook and couldn't wait to read it for a day. He handed over a cash check of 1 million with both hands, and there was another one that was not very big. The official contract stated that Yin Jun could enjoy 10% of the profits from "Owl and Dumbo".

Of course, the 10% profit is only limited to the part that Hong Jinbao can get.

Hong Jinbao's vision is very good. Although he also has his own limitations, his ability is definitely among the stars of the same age.

As the saying goes, when the waves are gone, it is time for a hero to show his true colors.

Hong Jinbao can still play roles on the screen in 2020, and his acting career has continued for nearly 50 years. This is a remarkable performance.

Therefore, as soon as he saw Yin Jun's script, he knew it was very distinctive and very creative.

It was as if it was tailor-made for him and Mecca.

Urban stories are close to life.

The plot of the thief makes people can't help but explore.

The suspense setting makes people want to think further.

Thrilling fights will make people watch heartily.

Love stories also lift the mood.

Abandoning evil and pursuing good is in line with the eternal theme.

...

When the links are added together, they are not filled indiscriminately, but are arranged reasonably and brilliantly. This is a great test of the skills of a screenwriter.

Hong Jinbao himself believed that if he did it, he would at most make a difference in terms of humor, but in terms of plot arrangement, he must have done so-so, especially compared with Yin Jun's script, it is simply weak.

Even people like Mecca who disapproved of buying high-priced scripts could not help but say to Hong Jinbao after reading the scripts and scene scripts over and over again, "If Jun can't make his mark in the future, God will be blind. "

Hong Jinbao got the script. With the way they work in Xiangjiang, the crew must be prepared in three to five days, and the film is usually filmed and released in one month.

With Yin Jun's good script, Hong Jinbao and Mecca will definitely have to polish it, but at most it will not be released for more than two months.

Hong Jinbao was preparing to make a movie with great fanfare, but Wu Siyuan had never heard from Yin Jun. He was a little panicked, so he simply invited Yin Jun to a friend's party, and wanted to urge him by the way.

Originally, Yin Jun didn't like to attend any dinner party, but Wu Siyuan pleaded vigorously, Yin Jun couldn't shirk it, so he came to Hongde Restaurant where he had reserved a banquet according to the agreed time.

Before 37 years, most of the restaurants in Xiangjiang were relocated from eastern Guangdong. Later, with the progress of the Anti-Japanese War, many well-known restaurants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang also came to relatively stable Xiangjiang in order to escape the war.

Therefore, the restaurants in Xiangjiang are the same as those in Baodao. Basically, a hundred flowers are blooming. Many century-old restaurants have opened up here, and they have gained a good reputation and fortune.

Hongde Restaurant is not well-known in eastern Guangdong, but their main Shunde dishes are good, light and delicious, and have attracted the favor of many customers.

When Yin Jun arrived, the first thing he saw was the square-faced man with curly hair and a bushy beard. Holding his arm was a beautiful girl with a big mouth, but she was a little thin.

Next to him was an ordinary-looking man with glasses, about twenty years old.

"Come on, Young Master Jun, let me introduce you." Wu Siyuan stood up with them and said with a smile, "These two are Xu Ke and Shi Lansheng. You must have heard their names before, right? One is also a screenwriter of Jiashi, named Shu Qi!"

"Hello!"

Yin Jun reached out to shake hands with them all, and everyone sat down after greeting warmly.

Originally, Shu Qi was a little worried about Yin Jun's arrogance and rebelliousness, but he didn't expect him to be such a gentle and even shy young man.

Shu Qi couldn't help sighing because of this. He really can't be judged by his appearance. Who would have known that such a 16-year-old boy was invincible all over the world, making all the screenwriters in Xiangjiang bow their heads in front of him?

However, everyone will be somewhat grateful to Yin Jun.

Because before Yin Jun, screenwriters were worthless. In TV stations, the status of screenwriters was very low. Everyone felt that the success of the TV series was due to the producer and the leading actor, and the screenwriter’s script was the same thing.

This includes movies as well.

As a result, after Yin Jun was born, Jiashi, a faltering TV station, was propped up by his two scripts - "Bao Qingtian" and "Wulin Biography", which swept all TV stations in Asia, even in Japan. Han Duo is highly sought after.

People are more than that.

Before writing "Bao Qingtian" and "Wulin Biography", "Seven Days of Wrong Love" made the former actor who had declined shine again, not to mention breaking Xiangjiang's box office record, and the box office in Asia also reached more than 60 million. Second only to Li Xiaolong, it shocked all Xiangjiang filmmakers.

Just after that, Yin Jun adapted "Chu Liuxiang" for Li's TV station. This novel was originally only famous in Baodao. After being polished and written by Yin Jun, and then performed by Zheng Shaoqiu and Zhao Yazhi, All of a sudden, "Bao Qingtian" and "Wulin Biography" have not been able to create a crazy record that the average audience rating of all Asian TV stations exceeds 80%!

Even Gu Long, the original author of "Chu Liuxiang", couldn't help saying sourly, people only know that Chu Xiangshuai is Zheng Shaoqiu, and they think "Chu Liuxiang" is Yin Jun's work, which is really depressing.

Not only the ratings are impressive, Yin Jun's income is even more impressive.

In the past, when I made TV series and movies, I only heard that the filming was good, the box office and ratings were high, and the TV station gave red envelopes to actors and producers, but I never heard of red envelopes to screenwriters.

Screenwriters not only have very little income, but also have a very irregular schedule. Usually, when a task comes, they have to hold on to complete the task, so it is not a nine-to-five job, but an all-nighter.

Everyone knows that staying up late is not good.

But for this job, which screenwriter dares to say that he didn't stay up all night? ——Oh, I'm afraid Yin Jun is the only one who hasn't stayed up all night writing.

With so much effort and so little income, the screenwriters have always been very depressed.

But Yin Jun is different. He can earn hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars from a single script. After several TV series and movies, he seems to earn more than any star!

This suddenly brought bright power to the screenwriters, and let everyone know that, in fact, screenwriters can be brilliant and make a lot of money.

The suffering they are suffering now is only because they are not as good as Yin Jun. As long as they can learn from Yin Jun and constantly surpass themselves, they will definitely be able to succeed!

That's what Huang Boming thought, so once he had the opportunity to accept Yin Jun's guidance, he quit his job and came to follow Yin Jun without saying a word.

Moreover, the benefits that Yin Jun brings to the screenwriters are not only for them to see a bright future, but also substantial benefits.

For example, the three major TV stations have gradually increased the remuneration for screenwriters, with an average salary increase of more than 30%. The script comes.

The same goes for movie companies.

Such a stingy company like Shaw Brothers is now asking for good scripts at high prices everywhere, causing many underappreciated editors to submit their scripts one after another.

Shu Qi is a screenwriter in Jiayi TV.

He has a good imagination. After several years of experience in Jiashi, he was entrusted with the important task this year. As the main creator of "The Love History of Celebrities", he wrote this TV series that is of great significance to Jiashi.

At that time, what Jiashi thought was whether it could make a good turnaround, relying on "The Love History of Celebrities" to play the leading role.

Shu Qi and a group of partners are also gearing up to save their TV station from danger.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he appeared on the stage, he encountered TVB's annual drama "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji". The TV series performed by Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Minquan, Zhao Yazhi and other superstars chased after him fiercely, and the ratings were simply crushed.

If Yin Jun's "Bao Qingtian" hadn't been born, "The Love History of Celebrities" would have been the last pillar of shame, nailed to the records of Jiashi, a short-lived TV station.

Shu Qi was not convinced at first, he didn't think "Bao Qingtian" was so good.

But seeing that "Bao Qingtian" beat "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" almost in half, and it created such a good ratings and copyright income in other cities, Shu Qi realized how big the gap between himself and Yin Jun was - Xiang Jiang People are blind, and hundreds of millions of viewers in other countries are also blind.

Then there is "Wulin Biography". Shu Qi is completely indifferent to such a playful TV series. He thinks that Yin Jun is completely nonsense, and he is a person who gets carried away when he succeeds.

At the beginning, the ratings on Jiashi seemed to confirm Shu Qi's opinion.

But what he didn't expect was that in less than a week, "Wulin Biography" suddenly exploded, advancing by leaps and bounds, beheading all the heroes at 7 o'clock in one breath, and getting an unrivaled ratings.

Similarly, "Wulin Biography" is not inferior to "Bao Qingtian" in terms of ratings and buyouts in other cities, even in the eyes of young people, "Bao Qingtian" is not comparable to "Wulin Biography"—— This point can be seen from the popularity of the stars in "Wulin Biography".

Whether it is Lao Bai, Tong Xiangyu, Xiucai, Guo Furong, Wushuang Junior Sister, or Mo Damo, they are all very popular with advertisers. Even Zhu Wushuang, who is not the protagonist, has a higher advertising fee than Bao Qingtian. This is really impressive. Jaw-dropping!

And a large group of stars created through "Wulin Biography" have each embarked on their own star journey, which made countless unsatisfactory actors keep their eyes on Yin Jun.

If it weren't for the fact that Yin Jun was so rare to get close to and kept a low profile and rarely attended any private dinners, there might have been beauties who were willing to dedicate their lives in order to gain a chance to be in the position.

Through Yin Jun's two successes, Shu Qi has already convinced Yin Jun.

As for the later "Chu Liuxiang" which was amazingly talented, Shu Qi was no longer surprised.

Everyone even thinks that it is normal for Yin Jun to be successful, and it is not normal for him to be unsuccessful.

With such a change of mind, Shu Qi now admires Yin Jun very much. Today, when he heard his good friend Xu Ke say that he wanted to have dinner with Yin Jun, he followed him shamelessly, just wanting to meet Yin Jun.

Among those present, Wu Siyuan is the boss of a film company, Xu Ke is a cutting-edge producer of a famous TV series, Shi Lansheng is the producer of "Millionaire", not to mention Yin Jun, a genius screenwriter.

The only one left, Shu Qi, is a very low-class person.

But Yin Jun did not despise him because of this. Instead, after sitting down, he exchanged some views on the form and method of screenwriting with him, and explained some of Shu Qi's problems in detail.

Xu Ke looked very satisfied. Yin Jun's approachable attitude showed that he was just like the rumors, a gentle gentleman, not as impetuous as ordinary Xiangjiang people.

Xu Ke came from Vietnam, and he didn't have a deep sense of identification with Xiangjiang. On the contrary, he felt more affectionate towards people from the mainland.

Shi Lansheng smiled and watched Yin Jun and Shu Qi talking. She and Yin Jun had a good relationship. They had discussed the production plan of "Millionaire" several times together. They were also the person who knew Yin Jun best and knew Yin Jun's character well. It's that good.

Wu Siyuan was a little anxious, because Yin Jun didn't even tell him about the latest developments in the script, and when will he be able to write it and bring it over.

These people don't know that in the future, among them, the most unknown young man with glasses is the most famous person in the academic world.

He has successively served as the founder and chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the dean of the School of Film and Television of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and has a very high reputation in the Hong Kong entertainment circle.

If he wanted to praise any actor, he would have already taken the lead in terms of favor.

But from the beginning to the end, it was never heard that the father of the Academy Award had any acts of favoritism and fraud.

It's just that, with the decline of Xiangjiang Films, the Golden Image Award has become a tasteless thing, inferior to Taiwan's Golden Horse Award. This is probably something that Shu Qi never thought about when it was founded, right?

Historically, next year, Shu Qi will create the source of evaluation for the Hong Kong Film Awards - "Film Biweekly".

In another three years, "Film Biweekly" will start to establish the Hong Kong Film Awards and present the awards for the first time.

In another year or two, with the continuous prosperity and influence of Hong Kong films, the Hong Kong Film Awards will also continue to expand their influence, becoming the first award in the Chinese film industry, and the limelight is unparalleled for a while.

It is a pity that the Hong Kong Film Awards are too narrow, and the selection objects of the awards are placed in Xiangjiang, a city with a population of just over 5 million. How can there be any good and competitive works in this way?

Only in the decade or so when Xiangjiang’s movies were booming abnormally did the Academy Awards become worthwhile. After that, there were only 20 or 30 films released in Xiangjiang a year, and the ones selected were all rubbish. What else is there for the Academy Awards? Take a look, what authority is there?

Although some of Heung Kong’s movies were invested and shot in the mainland, compared to the hundreds of movies released and hundreds of excellent works appearing in the mainland every year, the evaluation base of Heungkong is like a child’s play, and it’s not good at all.

Yin Jun has a clear step-by-step arrangement for his future career plan.

As for the Golden Statue Award, Yin Jun has already regarded it as his own.

Even if he couldn't catch up with the founding of "Film Biweekly", Yin Jun's influence would definitely have allowed him to win the Academy Award in advance before 1982.

Shu Qi in front of him, in Yin Jun's heart, is actually the most trusted person in charge of the Golden Statue Awards.

However, it is rumored that Shu Qi is very stubborn and thinks that the Hong Kong Film Awards should only be for Hong Kong films to be eligible to participate in the selection. This is also an important reason why the Hong Kong Film Awards were quickly excluded from mainstream Chinese films.

If this is the case, Yin Jun will not hesitate to let Shu Qi go away and choose a new manager for the Golden Statue Award.

For example, that cute little fat man Wen Jun is a good candidate!