A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 178 The birth of "The Crucible"! Speak for the disadvantaged! This is the meaning of realistic literature!
Everyone knows that "The Crucible" is a movie, but few people know that before "The Crucible" was remade into a movie -

Is the novel itself already very popular?

Jiang Hai frantically searched for relevant information on the Internet and found the real adaptation case of "The Crucible" [the teacher at Renhua School in Gwangju, South Korea sexually assaulted a disabled student]. He could still find relevant news reports on the Internet, but there was no news about the novel or the movie "The Crucible" -

That's not the case at all.

"Whether it's a novel or a movie, The Crucible doesn't exist in this world?" Jiang Hai searched for relevant information on the Internet and immediately fell into deep thought, "If that's the case."

"Well, don't blame me for being a plagiarist."

If you want to describe the entire story of "The Crucible" in one sentence, it should be this:
[A teacher at a school for the deaf and dumb accidentally discovered that students had been sexually assaulted and abused by the principal and teachers for a long time. In order to rescue the children from the clutches of the evil, and to bring the evildoers to justice, he fought against the evil forces to the end.]

Of course, describing it in just one sentence cannot fully reflect the complexity and twists and turns of the story of "The Crucible".

The story contains many sensitive factors, including but not limited to:

Loopholes in the law to protect minors, dereliction of duty by police officers, and abuse of public power.
A careful analysis of the story of "The Crucible" reveals many of the ideas that the work wants to express:
“Is justice delayed still justice?”

"If evil people are bound to be punished, then why don't good people live long, but bad people can die of old age?"

"We fight all the way, not to change the world, but to not be changed by this world"

If you watched the movie "The Crucible" ten years ago, you should still remember the feeling of anger, depression and heartache.

Ten years later, when you read the original novel "The Crucible" again, even if you have prepared yourself mentally in advance, you will still find it difficult to hide the grief in your heart.

Different from other justice-oriented movies.

In fact, the ending of "The Crucible" is very dark, so dark that it is still unforgettable:
"The kind and upright teacher was ill and, after experiencing all kinds of inhumane experiences, he finally died on the road of pursuing justice."

"The principal, who has committed so many evil things and lost all humanity, has the last laugh."

"The deaf-mute children, who are already a disadvantaged group, did not welcome the dawn that belonged to them. The teacher who originally wanted to protect them was like a bright meteor that streaked across their world. After briefly illuminating their originally dark world, their lives fell into darkness again."

Recalling the silent and desperate scenes in the movie.

While Jiang Hai felt sympathy for the deaf-mute children, he couldn't help but sigh:
"If we talk about depression."

"If you want to talk about knifemen."

"Looking at the domestic film industry, there are few films that can compare to The Crucible."

Sometimes, Jiang Hai Dao Ren does not just do it to satisfy his own bad taste.

If we can, while stabbing people, inspire this society to pay more attention to and protect the vulnerable groups——

Perhaps this is the meaning of realistic literature existing in this world?

After being sure of this.

Jiang Hai immediately started chatting with the Korean film and television company "Movie World Co., Ltd."

"Not just "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", if I want to submit some scripts that are also realistic tragedies to you, will you ask me to revise the manuscript?"

"Will you let me change some of the darker plots in the original book?"

The person in charge of the film and television company [Eiwa World Co., Ltd.] gave Jiang Hai a concise and direct response:
“Don’t worry, we will not interfere with any of your creative processes. We respect all your rights as a creator.”

Given the different national conditions of both parties.

If a tragic film like "The Crucible" were shot in China, its final ending would definitely be that the bad guys were brought to justice, the vulnerable groups were finally saved, and the teacher who represented justice and kindness would not fall on the road to pursuing justice. The final ending would be -

It must be a happy family with full of positive energy.

But this is obviously inconsistent with reality!
If it is really adapted like this, "The Crucible" will lose its original meaning!

If a movie originally about tragedy is eventually adapted into something that is neither here nor there, and a depressing ending is forcibly adapted into a warm and happy ending.
How can such a script be considered a masterpiece?
Jiang Hai couldn't accept it at all!

Therefore, realistic scripts such as "The Crucible" must not be led by domestic film and television companies. They can only be led by foreign film and television companies, that is, South Korea. After all, when it comes to South Korea's entertainment industry-

Its main feature is that you dare to shoot!
After considering this, Jiang Hai also directly pointed out his purpose:

"I can hand over the film and television copyright of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" to you, Film World Co., Ltd., but I have a request. I must participate in the creation of the film and television script of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", and as the author of the original work, you must let me take the lead. Is there any problem with this?"

"no problem."

"In addition, I actually have more than one novel suitable for adaptation, "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood". I also have other scripts of the same type. If I write the script and you think it's suitable, can you help me find a reliable company in Korea to help me adapt it for film and television?"

After hearing Jiang Hai's words, the copyright director from [Movie World Co., Ltd.] immediately recommended himself:

"In fact, our Film World Co., Ltd. is a very reliable film company."

In fact, the speed of script production varies from person to person.

Some people are naturally slow at writing scripts. They like to revise as they write, and like to carefully carve out every word in the script and figure out every tone of the characters' speech.
For this reason, some screenwriters may even take up to half a year to write a 30,000-word movie script.

But this situation is actually rare.

Generally speaking, the creation cycle of a commercial film script is between one to three months, which is a relatively normal creation speed.

However, nothing is absolute!
In the screenwriting industry, there are also quite a number of screenwriters who are known as "industry quick shooters".

How fast is their script creation cycle?

Three to five days at the fastest, one to two weeks at the slowest!
"There is actually not much correlation between the speed of writing and the quality of the script." Jiang Hai was typing on the keyboard with full concentration, and he muttered to himself thoughtfully, "It doesn't mean that the faster the speed, the worse the quality of the script, and the slower the speed, the better the quality of the script."

“The saying that slow work produces fine results does not apply to every industry”

For example, the masterpiece "Kill Bill" by the famous Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino. Although the filming of "Kill Bill" took two years, few people know that the first version of the script of "Kill Bill" was actually written in two years from the project establishment to the beginning of writing.

It actually only took three days?
For example, in Hong Kong in the 90s, the average shooting time for a Young and Dangerous movie was one month. The shooting time for a whole movie was only one month in total. Where would you get so much time to carefully polish the script?

Most of the time, the director asks the screenwriter to wait on the scene and think about the next scene while filming.
Of course, Jiang Hai certainly can't be so exaggerated. You want him to think about how to shoot the next scene while filming on the set?
It would be better to just kill him.

He thought he didn't have such flexible and changeable talents.

However, Jiang Hai also has an advantage that ordinary people cannot achieve——

It's a plagiarist!
To put it simply, he opened it!
"The length of a movie script is about 30,000 to 50,000 words." Jiang Hai sat at his desk and leisurely lit a cigarette. "If you ask me to write 30,000 to 50,000 words, it may be a bit strenuous, but if you ask me to copy 30,000 to 50,000 words."

“If you can’t even copy 30,000 words in a week, how can you still be a plagiarist?” The movie script of “Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale” is a secondary creation, which means that before the original author Kaneto Shindo passed away, he had completed one third of the entire script, which is about 15,000 words.

This script has a total of 40,000 words. Jiang Hai actually copied the remaining two-thirds, or 25,000 words of the plot, in just two days.

However, in order to prevent people from being too surprised at his speed in writing the script, although he finished copying the entire book of "Hachiko" in two days, Jiang Hai still endured a full week.

Only then did he send the entire book "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" to the email address of Zhang Chengye, chairman of the Writers Association.

【Hello, Chairman Zhang Chengye! 】

[Please check the completed manuscript of "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale"]

In fact, a warm and healing movie like "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" is very suitable for a comeback in China. It is a warm and healing movie.

Although there are no big scenes in the whole story, the point that makes people want to cry is that it moistens things silently.
This is like——

When a loved one passes away, most people don’t feel sad at first. Looking at the body of a loved one lying in the coffin, they may just feel that she is asleep and don’t have any urge to cry. It seems that she will open her eyes at any time and play with you as usual.
The real sadness comes from when you return home after your loved one is buried and see the bowl she ate from, the bed she slept on, the chair she often sat on, and the half jar of pickled garlic she carefully pickled for you in the refrigerator. Only then will you realize -

This person really can't come back.

"The most painful thing about losing a loved one is not the moment of loss, but every moment of thinking about her afterwards."

Although it is not stated explicitly, the movie "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" explains this theme to the audience almost all the time.

A stray dog ​​wandering outside, because of a kind act of rescuer, spends the rest of its life waiting for a person who has long died and will never come back.
Only by watching this story in person can you truly appreciate how much of an aftereffect this story has on the audience.
"So fast?" When Zhang Chengye received the finished manuscript from Jiang Hai, he was a little surprised. "You said it would take a week, but it really only took a week?"

"Wait a moment, I'll send the script to the investors right away."

Standing behind Jiang Hai was not alone.

But there are thousands and thousands of excellent creators existing in another world.

Unsurprisingly, when the script was sent out, the script of Hachiko, written by Jiang Hai, received unanimous praise from the producers:

"This is the 'Hachiko: A Dog' that we want to see!"

When the investment side announces to the public——

The film and television script written by Jiang Hai was officially approved and went directly to the film and television studio to start shooting.

The netizens who were still questioning Jiang Hai were completely shocked:

"It's only been a week since the plagiarism scandal, and Jiang Hai has already written another script?"

"And it's a cross-field film and television script?"

"Isn't this speed a bit too fast?"

Facing everyone's doubts, Jiang Hai's answer was simple and direct:
“Why are you writing so fast?”

“Because I copied it.”

When it comes to writing scripts, there's no need to be too fast or too slow. Basically, you can just keep producing one a week or so.

If I write too slowly, people will question me and I will have to say that I will seek help from others.

Writing too fast is not appropriate, if outsiders knew that he wrote a script in two days.
Wouldn't this scare people to death?

Comrades working in the cultural center all know that a young man has recently come to the Organization Department.

No one actually knows Jiang Hai's background, they only know that this new young man -

Looks like a writer?

In fact, in this day and age, writers are rare, and young writers like Jiang Hai are even rarer.

The work at the cultural center is already leisurely.

Out of curiosity about Jiang Hai, many people secretly ran to the Organization Department office during working hours and asked their colleagues through the window:
“Is this the new writer?”

"It seems... not quite the same as I imagined?"

Everyone imagines that writers should be elegant and gentle.

In contrast, Jiang Hai is a man who never puts down his cigarette. He smokes one cigarette after another. Sometimes, even when typing on the computer, he would let out a strange laugh like "Hehehe".

The mental state is
Far ahead?

However, due to Jiang Hai's fame as a writer, there are still some young people in the cultural center who admire literature and find Jiang Hai with great admiration:
"Brother Jiang Hai, can you help me appreciate this poem? How is it?"

“What thoughts and feelings does this poem express?”

Jiang Hai looked up and found that the poem in the young man's hand was from a small poem called "Cucumber" written by the "second generation of writers" Jia Qianqian. The poem contained roughly three lines:

【Cucumbers are not just for eating. 】

【When I feel lonely.】

【Cucumbers are undoubtedly the best in the world. 】

When Jiang Hai saw this "poem", he immediately fell into deep thought:
“What thoughts and emotions does the author express?”

Thought for a long time.

Jiang Hai slowly uttered a sentence:
"If I'm not mistaken, this poem should express the author's homesickness."

When you are undecided, you feel homesick.

When there is an article or poem that you don't understand and need to appreciate, homesickness will be solved anyway.
Jiang Hai's life during this period was relatively easy. He would slack off at work during the day to write scripts and novels, and when he was bored at night, he would go back to the dormitory to play games.

The young people who came to appreciate literature were sent away.

Jiang Hai was thinking about whether he should continue writing the novel and script of "The Crucible" before getting off work.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned on his computer, he saw a complaint message from Fenghui magazine:

"The magazine has been reported."

(End of this chapter)