At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 84 Are you interested in writing a palace fight?
Two weeks, forty scripted episodes?

Even if they copied it, it wasn't so fast!

Seeing Shen Xudong's refusal, Wang Jing was a little unhappy: "I used to be at Shaw Brothers, and they asked me to write a script for 20 episodes, and they gave me two days!"

"That's TVB. When you wrote the script, there were only three TV stations in Hong Kong...We have hundreds of TV stations in the Mainland, and our production mode is to have the script first, then shoot..."

It's a little rude...

Wang Jing didn't care, he already understood Shen Xudong's meaning - refuse!
Since he refused, then Shen Xudong is no longer his subordinate...

A passerby!
Ma Zhongjun was very interested, so he interjected, "...which drama did you take?"

"The novel I wrote myself, "No. [-] in the World"..."

"Oh, who is the producer?"

"It's Mr. Zhuang Liqi..."

"He..." Ma Zhongjun nodded, seeing that Wang Jing was puzzled, he immediately popularized science, probably talking about the novel "No. [-] in the World"...

"The heat is so high, why don't you buy it?"

"...it's too late!"

"Is the mainland the hottest?" Wang Jing looked at Shen Xudong: "Can you tell me the general plot?"

Shen Changlin briefly talked about the plot of "No. [-] in the World", and then said: "This drama will start in August..."

After listening to the outline of the story, Wang Jing had a weird expression on his face, and couldn't help but said, "You're pretty good, have you borrowed characters from Gu Long and Jin Yong?"

"Um…

What Wang Jing thinks is not important, Ma Zhongjun is important...

After all, Ma Zhongjun was the one who gave the deposit!
He didn't take it back, but invited Shen Xudong to write another work, not limited to the subject matter...

"I don't just do martial arts, I have worked with the screenwriters of your Chinese drama "Star Making" before..."

"You also made "Star Making"?"

"Yes, I'm with Fan Xiaotian..."

"Made in Stars" is very famous, and there is a song in it that you may be familiar with: "So Proud" by Jin Haixin is the theme song of "Made in Stars"...

"I also made a family ethics film..."

"Then shall we write casually?"

"Well, write whatever you want..." After thinking for a while, Ma Zhongjun added: "An ancient costume is best!"

……

After the two left, Shen Xudong took out the envelope from his pocket and pulled out half of it...

After thinking about it, I put back another third, about 3500 left, and handed it to Qin Wen: "Here, this is the follow-up funds for "Peerless Two Pride"..."

"...Didn't you stop writing?"

"That doesn't make you work for two weeks in vain."

"I do not want!"

Qin Wen waved her hand: "The script is not even used, I have no reason to charge money, besides, you gave me 2000 yuan before!"

"That's an advance payment..."

"That's right, the script is used, and the rest is paid..."

Shen Xudong was a little speechless, don't even want money?
If it's him, I don't even think about it, I'll collect the money first—after all, there is hard work without credit!
Qin Wen...

Maybe he really didn't want to accept the money, so Shen Xudong just put the money back in his pocket.

"I didn't expect you to reject Wang Jing..."

"He made it clear that he doesn't like us, why should he go up to him?"

"...The new script that Mr. Ma mentioned, do you have any ideas?"

Shen Xudong scratched his head: "No... My mind is full of "No. [-] Under Heaven" now... Do you have any ideas?"

"Me neither..." Qin Wen hesitated: "Actually, I quite like Wang Shuo's novels!"

"You want to adapt Wang Shuo's work?"

"...can't you?"

Shen Xudong asked back: "Can't he write it himself? If we write scripts, we have to write what we are good at, either urban youth themes, or..."

"Mr. Ma talked about ancient costumes!"

"Then you said Wang Shuo just now?"

"I just mentioned it casually!"

"Why do you, a Shanghai girl, like Wang Shuo?"

"Shanghai girls can't like Wang Shuo?"

"...No... I'm just curious...By the way, does "Number One Under Heaven" need my help?"

"...That's unnecessary, I've already found a co-writer..."

"Zhao Linhai from your dormitory?"

"Yes... and Zhao Xin..."

Hearing this, Qin Wen frowned: "Why is there no Liao Gaoxiang?"

"...He doesn't really want to take on screenwriting jobs recently..."

"Still falling in love?"

Shen Xudong was surprised: "How do you know?"

"... Who in the class doesn't know?"

I really didn't expect that the reputation of the second lovelorn little master has spread!

"Okay, I'm going back to the dormitory... If you have any new ideas, remember to tell me."

"Um…"

……

Shen Xudong didn't go to the dormitory, but went directly to the library.

He needs to determine the type, subject matter...

The money has been collected...

The popular themes of ancient costumes at this stage are either joking about celebrities, or investigating crimes, adding some action scenes...

"Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", "Detective Di Renjie", "Iron Teeth Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" are all like this.

By the way, there are also martial arts, historical interpretation, etc...

He wrote the subject on the paper...

Then... I suddenly thought of Wang Jing's words, the original words were: 'What elements are the audience interested in?Jianghu vendettas, court infighting, family grievances... What we have to do is to show these as much as possible in the series! '

That's right, court fighting...why not do palace fighting theme?
This theme is well done.

Isn't palace fighting more interesting than feudal small family house fighting?
Wilde once said that everything in life is about sex, only sex itself is about power.

Gongdouju is a form of drama that best combines sex and power, allowing us to see the reality that is closest to the truth under the extreme power structure!
"Daming Palace Ci" and "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang" can only be regarded as court dramas, not palace fights!
Shen Xudong immediately wrote down the words "Golden Branch Desire", and then called Qin Wen...

……

"Golden Branch Desire", Shen Xudong doesn't remember much, only remembers the general plot...

That's enough, the four heroines are clearly set up, and then the plot revolves around the characters, this is what the screenwriter is good at!
When Qin Wen arrived at the library, Shen Xudong had already written the characters and backgrounds of the four heroines.

"..."Golden Branch Desire"? What a good name!"

Qin Wen took the notebook and looked at the general story - just a line of small characters: the story of Ruyue, Yuying, Erchun and other concubines fighting for favor...

Qin Wen's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help exclaiming: "Compete for favor?"

"...lower your voice!"

"...how did you come up with this?"

Shen Xudong now made up a reason: "I saw "Kangxi Dynasty" on the bookshelf, and I was thinking that the best part of "Kangxi Dynasty" was the story of Kowloon's seizure of the throne. Since it is interesting for men to fight for the throne, it must be interesting for women to fight for power... "

Qin Wen nodded: "...It's really interesting, and we don't seem to have filmed this type of drama in China?"

"Yes, just be the first one to do it... Do you think it's a trick?"

"there must be…"

Seeing that she also agreed, Shen Xudong continued, "Success, I'll leave this script to you!"

"Me? Why don't you write?"

"How do I understand this? Writing this requires a good understanding of women... I don't know much about women!"

"Then... let me read the historical materials of the harem of the Qing Dynasty first, and look up some materials..."

"First write an outline of the script, the key plot points... Finish it, leave it to me, I'll go find Ma Zhongjun..." Speaking of this, Shen Xudong suddenly thought of something: "I'd better send it to Senior Sister Chen Hao first!"

(End of this chapter)