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Chapter 7: To be a screenwriter?

After staying at home for three days, Li Xuechu left the house with a refreshed spirit. In the past three days, except for eating, sleeping and occasionally reading newspapers, the only thing Li Xuechu did was to revise the manuscript and write the new chapter he had just opened.

With the first experience and ready-made stories, the new chapter is written very quickly. Four days later, when Xu Fei came, he saw that there was another new story in addition to the boss of the little kid. I'm afraid he would be surprised?

In writing, the advantages of time travel are clear at a glance. This novel adapted from the Hollywood comedy Hangover filmed in 2009 was not inconsistent when it was released in 1980. The plot about mobile phones was changed to phone contact, Las Vegas was changed to Omen, and some Americans were also removed when they looked funny while Chinese people were looking at the feeling of feeling, and the wretched Asians in the original work were replaced by ghosts.

Since Hollywood has existed, the Chinese or all the yellow people in Hollywood movies have basically played negative roles, either gangsters, clowns with slutty images, or vulgar groups who are timid and waiting for heroes to rescue them.

Even Li Lianjie and Fa Ge, who are already famous in China, could only find some villains when they entered Hollywood in the 1990s, and they were all villains of the gangster or clown nature, and were crushed by white heroes in various ways.

This situation did not begin to change until almost 2005. After all, the Asian market, especially the domestic market, is increasingly unnecessarily ignored. If he wants money, he cannot arouse the disgust of Chinese people. In the later generations of Li Xuechu who traveled through time, the so-called "Chinese elements" in Hollywood have appeared more and more frequently in major films, such as temples, Chinese Kung Fu, and sometimes some Chinese movie stars will come in to make guest appearances and make them look good.

However, these "Chinese elements" are relatively neutral, basically do not involve things like culture and values, and have no connection or conflict with the main plot of the movie, and are similar to advertising implantation.

Li Xuechu wandered around the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang, going to the radio to see if there were any familiar celebrity faces. He found that most of the popular celebrities now do not recognize them. Fa Ge became a household name in Xiangjiang with the Shanghai Beach broadcast in the first half of the year. He probably has begun to try to develop on the big screen now. However, if you remember correctly, it seems that he has been a frustrated for a long time, and he is struggling hard with the sign of "box office**". It was not until his heroic character played by Xiao Ma Ge in 1986 that he began to turn over and become a superstar in the movies of Xiangjiang.

There is also Sister Zhi, who is also famous for her role as Feng Chengcheng. However, what impressed Li Xuechu was even more deeply the "New Legend of White Snake" that was popular all over the country more than ten years later. This drama started to ratings as soon as it was released, and the ratings were still prosperous. Together with Journey to the West, it became a must-play drama every year. Sister Zhi played White Snake also became the best sample for traditional types of good wife and mother. Not long before Li Xuechu traveled through time, she was replayed from time to time on local satellite TV stations. It is estimated that in addition to Journey to the West, he had the most replays.

What Li Xuechu expected was that Volkswagen ** in the 1990s turned out to be debuted in 1973. Then there was Zhen Shaoqiu. Qiuguan was an evergreen in the entertainment industry that was well-known in the Chinese circle. He debuted in the 1960s and became popular in the 1970s and 1980s until after the new century. It was only in the first few years when Li Xuechu traveled through time that he slowly disappeared and became popular for nearly half a century.

Unfortunately, none of these people met, but even if I met them, I was embarrassed to come forward and approach him and ask for autographs or something. I guess they were busy at this time, not like I was having a free time wandering around the world.

No. 77 Broadcast Road is the Wireless Building. This year is an important year in wireless history. Former chairman of the board of directors, Li Xiaohe, passed away two months ago. The person who took over the board of directors was Shao Yifu, who is now 73 years old. This is a big figure with an important position in the Chinese film and television industry.

Shaw Yifu and his family members began to enter the film and television industry as early as 1924. With the changes of the times, they moved from Shanghai to Nanyang, and then from Nanyang to Xiangjiang. The theaters of which are located are all over Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia. The Shaw brothers and current TVB have almost supported half of the Chinese film and television industry in half a century, making a group of film and television superstars that are still familiar even in later generations. Almost half of the big-name stars in Xiangjiang and even Taiwan have been staying at TVB or Shaw.

Another thing that is talked about is Shao Yifu's longevity. At the age of 73, many people began to speculate on who the next chairman of the wireless will be. Some said it was the descendant of the Li family or the Shao family, and some said it was other shareholders. But Li Xuechu knew that if anyone was coveting this position, he would probably have to wait. Shao Laoliu stayed at the position of the head of the wireless for 31 years. He did not step down in 2011 and officially retired at the age of 104. He died safely at the beginning of the year when Li Xuechu traveled over, at the age of 107.

Li Xuechu was deeply interested in the cradle of the superstars of Hong Kong, especially the famous wireless artist training class. He did not want to be a star, but wanted to see what this training class is like that of a production line every year. However, what Li Xuechu, a member of the training class in 1980s, only Huang Rihua and Miu Qiaowei, such as Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingxing, and Wu Zhenyu, who became famous in Xiangjiang and the Chinese world, would have to debut in one or two years.

After swaying around in front of the wireless building, he was not embarrassed to go in, for fear of being kicked out. After all, the thin-skinned Li Xuechu is not a teenager like he looks. It is still a shame for adults who are almost thirty years old.

Next to the wireless is Li, which was later renamed ATV. The two TV stations stood together, which was quite like McDonald's and KFC's had to face to face when they compete. However, Li seemed to be pressed by Wireless from beginning to end, and occasionally punched one or two times, and most of the time, she only had to hold her head and get beaten.

Li Xuechu is quite interested in film and television screenwriters. His novels he writes now and plans to write in the future are basically adapted from film and television dramas. From the beginning, he was a calculation that he was attracted by the director or film and television company to write and release the script. It would be great if he could directly turn it into a movie and TV series. After all, he had already watched the original drama. If the classics of his previous life were made into bad movies, it would be very uncomfortable to watch, and it would be more cost-effective to calculate the economic accounts. Movies are now and in the future, and the closer they are to this industry, the more benefits they get.

Being a director is a technical job. I have never even seen how to shoot movies. At least in the short term, it will not work. The difficulty of screenwriters is much smaller. As long as you have good creativity, your writing requirements are lower than that of novels, and it is concise and clear.

Unfortunately, whether it is wireless or Li, they are basically self-produced and sold. Unless they enter it as a screenwriter or write novels that are popular in Xiangjiang, they let them come to discuss and write scripts and arrange TV. If they simply submit scripts, they are basically unresponsible. Even if they are attracted by it and plan to shoot, they will receive very little rewards, which is not as much as the money they earn for writing novels.

The Xiangjiang film and television industry has always ignored screenwriters. Screenwriters have a relatively low status in both personal income and industry. Except for a small number of them are considered to be more valued, they are basically migrant workers in film and television companies. This situation has led to the inability to retain talents in the screenwriter industry, either changing to a director, writing and filming by themselves, or leaving the film industry directly.

The same is true in the mainland in later generations. This is also a major source of the lack of subject matter in the Chinese film and television industry. It is always trapped in the quagmire of plagiarism and following the trend, and has been criticized for a long time. Although it is clearly lacking in screenwriter talents, it is disdainful of screenwriter talents and would rather plagiarize, which leads to the work getting worse and worse.

Therefore, a more feasible method is to open a film company yourself, invest yourself, write a script and ask the director to shoot it into a movie. By the way, you can also secretly learn how to shoot the movie, and then you can make a living by yourself. After all, only you have watched the original work yourself, which is very convenient for shooting, and only professional knowledge is lacking.

The 1980s were still an era of grassroots heroes, and the entry threshold was relatively low at this time. After the new century, talents who were not from professional colleges should basically not think about it. But this would be complicated, so let it be left to the future. Now I can only think about it.

The environment is good. It is a noble residential area on Xiangjiang Radio Road, which is a place where middle-class and middle-class people gather together. There are many entertainment and leisure places nearby, and public security is good.
Chapter completed!
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