After the filming was completed, I awakened my superpowers.

Chapter 135 I Designed Skill Cards for the System
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Sheng Yixia has encountered quite a few B-level extraordinary people and extraordinary creatures during this period. After careful observation and comparison, he has a rough judgement of his own strength.

His spiritual power should be stuck at the peak of C-level, just a step away from B-level.

According to the various data and intelligence provided by the National Non-Government Affairs Bureau, it is quite a hurdle for a peak C-level player to be promoted to B-level.

He really didn't expect that relying on the advancement of the Divine Mind Card, he could reach this step so easily.

He wanted to try out how powerful his spiritual power would be after the upgrade, but he was in a meeting and had to give up. However, his consciousness was already uncontrollably observing the new purple entry - [Storm].

The specific description of the entry emerged in his mind.

[After long-term and unremitting practice, you have possessed a spiritual power as powerful as substance. You can mobilize this huge energy to generate a mental storm, and carry out a covering mental impact on a single or multiple targets around you, causing effects including but not limited to shock, delay, pain, fear, dementia, confusion, and sudden death. Note: The higher the grade and star rating of this card, the stronger the effect of this item. ]

Offensive terms?
Sheng Yixia was slightly delighted. After brushing the entries until now, this seemed to be the first violent offensive entry.

Although he could use his spiritual thoughts to condense into needles to pierce the enemy's mind, or form a mental shock to cause mental damage or shock the enemy, these were all his explorations and uses of the functions of his spiritual thoughts themselves.

Perhaps, with his current spiritual power, he could also do as described in the entry, triggering a mental storm to attack multiple enemies around him.

However, after drawing cards so many times, he already understood that having terms and not having terms are two completely different things. Each term is extremely special, and has a huge blessing on the function, or it is simply a new function.

He believed that a proper purple entry must have a good effect, especially since it was a [Divine Mind] card.

This made Sheng Yixia want to try out the effect of [Storm], but unfortunately he was in a meeting and couldn't leave in the middle of it. Most importantly, even if he left, there was no place for him to spawn a wave of monsters.

I could only suppress my excitement and continue the meeting.

"Mr. Sheng, what do you think?" Ning Tianyi, who is in his forties, slightly bald and looks like a typical male screenwriter, asked, adjusting the frame of his glasses.

Sheng Laodeng coughed subconsciously and was about to express his opinion, but he heard his son speak first: "I took a look at the story outline. Overall, it is much more complete than the Legend of the King of Traffic, but I always feel that it is a little thin."

Sheng Laodeng quickly retracted his posture and leaned back slightly embarrassedly.

I almost forgot that this is not his home ground at all. The "Mr. Sheng" that people call him is his own son...

Fortunately, everyone else's attention was on Sheng Yixia, and no one noticed his embarrassment.

Ning Tianyi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "President Sheng, please elaborate."

"Let's not talk about the story framework first. My main opinion is that the protagonist Ah Xing's abilities are not clear enough." Sheng Yixia coughed twice and said, "The perspective and the ability to change cards seem to work sometimes and sometimes not. So I want to ask the screenwriter, where does his ability come from and what is the specific principle? What is his skill list!?"

It is very obvious that Sheng Yixia is preparing to use the protagonist Axing's skills.

The two screenwriters brought by Zhou Shuyue were both stunned.

They have been in this business for quite some time and have seen all kinds of investors and actors in their lives. Even if investors or actors had made suggestions in the past, they were often directed at the plot, character setting, worldview, or even lines, etc. What the hell is the principle of power and the skill list?

Besides, this film is a tribute to early Hong Kong films and never explores the origins of super powers.

The two looked at each other, not knowing how to start for a moment.

"The function and principle of the ability should be shown in the early stage of the plot. You can't just have a deus ex machina at the end, right?" Sheng Yixia said, "It's just like playing cards. You have to explain clearly what cards you have and what combinations they can form. In the end, you can win by calculation and reversal, but all of this needs to be within the rules."

"If the plot is reversed by relying on rules that the audience is unaware of, or by using a great intelligence-reducing technique, the plot will not be convincing enough."

The two screenwriters nodded and asked, "Mr. Sheng, do you have any ideas?"

"I think we should set Ah Xing up as an urban cultivator. On the surface, he appears to be a person with unstable superpowers, but in fact he is a cultivator who hides his real strength and plays with the world." Sheng Yixia took a sip of water and said leisurely.

The office fell silent in an instant.

Even Sheng Laodeng, an outsider, looked at his son as if he were a fool.

Zhou Shuyue's two screenwriters looked at each other, full of complaints, but they were so intimidated by Sheng Yixia's "reputation" that they stammered and were unable to speak.

In fact, they don’t have to do anything.

Ning Tianyi jumped out to object: "Boss, have you been possessed by Zhao San? If you really follow your design, then what dilemma will this film have? What fun will it have if the dilemma is solved?"

Zheng Baokun also frowned and looked at his boss with complicated eyes.

Not really. My boss is a person of high IQ. He had a thorough understanding and analysis of the script of the previous movie. He would not make such an outrageous suggestion. However, he suggested it anyway. Is there any follow-up plan?
As Ning Tianyi was the first to raise an objection, the two original screenwriters also quickly spoke out in opposition. They all felt that Sheng Yixia's proposal was too outrageous and a good movie would be ruined in an instant.

Under the earnest persuasion of a group of people.

Sheng Yixia began to make the next best choice and said, "Since everyone is against the setting of a cultivator, then what do you think of the spiritual power of will? Judging from Ah Xing's performance, his superpower is more like a special energy from the mind's will that interferes with reality. For example, he can constantly use the mind's will to change the cards when shuffling them, and even when the mind's will is impure, it only turns into half a card."

"We can categorize all these manifestations as [Psychic Power of Will], a super-physical idealistic ability. As long as the power of the mind reaches a certain level, it can achieve an effect similar to saying something and then having it come true."

This was Sheng Yixia's real purpose. He knew that if he raised this point directly, he would definitely be opposed. However, he first brought up the idea of ​​a cultivator, which was equivalent to proposing to overturn the roof, so naturally everyone would oppose it fiercely.

So if we talk about willpower and spiritual power again at this time, although it still sounds outrageous, everyone will be more accepting of it. After all, they are also quite afraid that Sheng Yixia will insist on the setting of urban cultivation.

"Mr. Sheng, isn't it a bit absurd to say what you mean?" The original screenwriter said weakly, "According to the drama theory you just mentioned, isn't this just like getting a trump card, four twos, and four aces in a card game? Even if you encounter a dilemma, you won't feel any pressure, and you won't feel satisfied when you solve the dilemma."

"My words are just examples. Besides, Ah Xing is still young, and his [spiritual will] is still in its infancy. He needs strong external pressure to strengthen his will to exert it." Sheng Yixia said, "Maybe when Ah Xing continues to explore and train his superpowers, he will be able to slowly get closer to the state of speaking and making it come true?
After this was said, the two original screenwriters secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were just afraid that Sheng Yixia would come up with something too outrageous. As for Ah Xing becoming more mature and then doing what he says, what does that have to do with them?

As long as the setting is within the time frame of the film and is not outrageous and conforms to the logic of the plot, it will be fine.

Ning Tianyi frowned and thought, "We still have to add some restrictions. The reason why the willpower can work depends on the firmness of Ah Xing's true will. He can only interfere with some small things with his mind. Only when the villains force him hard enough and put him in a desperate situation, and gather the justice hopes of many people, will the true power of his mind and will be stimulated."

"In this case, at least we can still refer to Saint Seiya..."

The other two screenwriters also nodded in agreement.

Although Sheng Yixia wanted to object, he thought that even if Ning Tianyi did not impose any restrictions, the system would impose restrictions on his cards. The system would definitely not let him draw a card that could go against the will of heaven and make the Lord of Dusk die.

For example, his divination skills are very useful and powerful, but they have many limitations.

Ning Tianyi's suggestion, on the contrary, made the setting of Axing's [Psychic Will] more realistic and more in line with the plot.

With Sheng Yixia's understanding of the system, instead of letting it randomly cut cards when drawing them, it would be better for him to take the initiative to rationalize the card abilities.

Therefore, he did not refute Ning Tianyi's setting, but just said: "In addition to this, we have to give Ah Xing some special personality settings, such as he is not actually good at gambling, but relies on his natural talent [will power] and the derived [card control] ability to be invincible in the gambling world. We also have to give him some shortcomings, such as lack of interest in learning anything, not good at driving, music, literature... and so on."

"Uh..." Ning Tianyi was confused. "Mr. Sheng, designing some small flaws for the hero can make the hero more down-to-earth, more approachable, more labeled and easier to remember. I understand and agree with it very much, but you can't do anything except gambling. Isn't it a bit too much?"

"Then his other abilities are mediocre, at the average person's level. For example, he can drive, but he's not very proficient at it. He can sing, but that's at the level of an average karaoke singer." Sheng Yixia began to settle for the second best again.

This is Sheng Yixia's strategy to cut off some branches and vines and purify Axing's skill pool.

There are two ways to purify the skill pool. The first is to summarize, grouping miscellaneous abilities such as clairvoyance and card changing into the specific manifestation of [Psionic Will]. The second is to plug the loopholes in the settings and eliminate some messy skills that Ah Xing may have.

In this way, you can ensure that you will draw a talent card or a character card with a high probability.

"Well, I think... okay, it's also a bit interesting." Although Ning Tianyi felt that Mr. Sheng's request was a bit weird, such a character setting was not unacceptable. It might not be a bad thing to focus the audience's attention on his strengths.

The most important thing is that Sheng Yixia is his boss, and he hopes that everyone can ascend together.

The two screenwriters brought by Zhou Shuyue naturally nodded repeatedly to show their agreement. In fact, before they came to the meeting, they had been severely warned by Zhou Shuyue to fully respect the opinions of Sheng Yixia and Ning Tianyi.

Especially Sheng Yixia, even if he proposed to break up the story framework and reorganize it, they had to help him smash the hammer.

Just kidding, Sheng Yixia has earned a nickname in the online movie circle, called "Little God of Wealth." He has been able to turn the tables every time since "The King of Gambling," and has made money in every movie.

Even the generally acknowledged bad movie "Sword Immortal Conquers the Demons" announced the day before yesterday that the profit sharing has covered the cost, which is commonly known as payback. It can still be sold slowly in the future. Every time Sheng Yixia's movie becomes popular, it can drive a wave of sales for the film, which is definitely pure profit.

The reason why the final investment amount of "The King of Traffic Jams 2" organized by Zhou Shuyue was able to reach 25 million was naturally because there were too many people who wanted to invest, even though she had rejected many people.

But there were always some investors who could not be refused, or who could bring in additional rich resources. So after careful selection, she finally accepted a total investment of 15 million, which included the 2 million she invested under the title of producer.

The remaining 10 million investment quota was given to Sheng Yixia. It was up to him how he wanted to allocate this investment.

If she could open up investment, Zhou Shuyue would definitely sell everything she had and bet all the money she had earned, but unfortunately... she couldn't! Not only would other investors disagree, but even Sheng Yixia wouldn't let her play.

But Sheng Yixia didn't pay attention to these things. What he cared about most was drawing cards and what cards he could draw.

Secondly, he cares about the quality of the film. He has already experienced the pain of poor quality films and does not want to see a situation similar to "Sword Immortal Conquers the Demons" again.

As for the story.

In fact, the new screenwriter recruited by Zhou Shuyue this time is quite capable and better than the one in the first part.

The story begins about three years after the end of the previous film.

In the previous part, the protagonist Ahua married the heroine and she became pregnant.

When their life was going well, the villain from the previous movie, Brother Jie, who had been dormant for three years, came back to seek revenge after practicing the blocking technique.

He took advantage of the opportunity of the upcoming Global Traffic King Competition held every five years, hoping to avenge his previous shame. He secretly captured Ahua's pregnant wife and forced him to participate in the Traffic King Competition. Whoever could get the title of the new Traffic King would be the winner.

The losing party will have to pay the price with their life.

This year's King of Traffic Contest was on a grand scale. It was held on a luxury cruise ship named "Isa". It was convened and supervised by the King of Traffic Contest, William Chen, who has won the title of the third-level King of Traffic Contest for two consecutive years.

It is said that this competition has invited famous regional gambling kings from all over the world, and many celebrities and wealthy people from the world will come to watch the game.

Chen William also contacted Ahua privately, hoping that Ahua could participate in the competition, and was willing to notarize the grudge between Ahua and the villain Jie Ge. As long as Ahua could win, Chen William would definitely give him justice.

Of course Ahua couldn't not go, but Axing had to go in his place.

The two sides were in a stalemate, so Axing and Ahua intervened.

Ah Xing won easily with his growing supernatural powers. The two sides agreed to participate in the King of Blocking Competition together, and Ah Hua would assist Ah Xing and ensure that Ah Xing would win.

The two got on the cruise ship.

When they met Chen William, he scolded Ajie for his reckless behavior, but gently assured Axing and Ahua that no matter whether they won or lost, nothing would happen to Ahua's wife, and asked them to have a good game and not have any psychological burden.

What followed was a lively cocktail party before the preliminary round.

At the cocktail party, Ah Xing met the hostess Zhang Meili. Zhang Meili was a prominent figure as she was the only daughter of Zhang Tianci, the richest man in the Dai country. She came as a guest to join in the fun and watch the game.

Ah Xing developed a liking for her and used his magical skills to arouse Zhang Meili's curiosity. After some operations, the two of them hooked up.

At the same time, the competition officially began.

Ah Xing and Ah Hua swept through the preliminaries, winning in all kinds of fancy ways. Even some well-known masters could not stop them from moving forward, and they both quickly made it to the semi-finals. Here, the screenwriter also noted that the conception of the camera sense here can refer to the preliminaries of the first martial arts tournament in Dragon Ball.

At this stage, there were only four contestants left.

Afterwards, Ah Hua lost to the villain Ah Jie due to his lack of skills, while Ah Xing easily defeated Murata Mei, the daughter of Japan's old traffic king Murata, and even teased Mei in the process.

After the betting match, Yamei was not convinced and went to find Ah Xing again. After a struggle, Yamei admitted defeat again. Before leaving, she secretly warned Ah Xing to be careful in tomorrow's decisive battle, as this matter was not that simple.

really.

Before the final battle between the two sides, A Xing's new girlfriend Zhang Meili suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only a letter with the words "A Xing save me" written on it, and an earring.

This put Ah Xing in a dilemma.

On one side is his brother. If he gives up the competition, Ahua will be dead. On the other side is his new girlfriend, whose life or death is uncertain.

Ah Xing was in a dilemma. After a fierce psychological struggle, he decided to stay and fight the villain Jie Ge, and then kill him.

After a fierce battle of gambling.

The two sides entered the final crucial round.

Just when the winner was about to be decided, Brother Jie took out Zhang Meili's other earring and placed a bet. There was no doubt that this was a warning that as long as A Xing dared to win, Zhang Meili would be dead.

Ah Xing was very angry, but seemed to have lost the courage to make another decision, and his whole face became gloomy.

The villain Brother Jie then revealed his cards as if he had won the game, which turned out to be a deck of four Aces.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Ah Xing.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he suddenly revealed his cards, and it turned out to be a straight flush.

He won the comeback.

The villain Jie Ge was immediately furious and stared at Ah Xing in disbelief.

how dare you? !

At this moment, Yamei, Ahua and Zhang Meili came back. It turned out that Axing had been prepared for this trick of the villain Ajie. He secretly stuffed a playing card in Zhang Meili's underwear. Relying on his special ability to sense his playing card, he found the missing Zhang Meili last night.

But in order to avoid alerting the enemy and prevent him from taking more radical actions, he simply played along and kept pretending to deceive him, and only delivered the fatal blow when he thought he had won.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the villain Ajie panicked and tried to struggle to fight back, but the three-time traffic king Chen William stepped forward to uphold justice, stopped Ajie, and announced that Axing had won and became the new traffic king. He had the gunman kill Ajie and throw him into the sea.

Chen William praised Ah Xing and thought that he was better than he was back then. His blocking skills were not only limited to blocking on the table, but he also used the opponent's strategy to defeat Ah Jie, which was very exciting.

At this point, Ahua and his pregnant wife were successfully reunited.

A Xing also got together with Zhang Meili.

So much for the happy ending.

The story framework is quite complete.

After reading the detailed synopsis, Sheng Yixia reviewed the content in her mind and felt that it was quite good, with a beginning and an end, many jokes and highlights, as well as plot twists and plots where the enemy's plot was thwarted.

However, he always felt as if something was missing.

"Teacher Ning." After expressing his own views, Sheng Yixia said politely to Ning Tianyi, "Teacher Ning, from your professional level, do you think something is missing?"

Ning Tianyi thought for a moment and then said, "It's a bit thin."

"thin?"

Everyone looked at him, even Sheng Yixia frowned slightly, as if he didn't quite understand what was said.

"Admittedly, the second part of the script is more neat and exciting than the first part, but the overall concept is still inseparable from the word gambling, and this wave of reversals is also completely focused on the final ending. Compared with the first part, it is only optimized, but not sublimated in essence." Ning Tianyi said carefully, "It gives me a sense of reason and expectation."

"Correct!"

Sheng Yixia slapped her thigh, as if she had found a soulmate: "That's right. After reading the synopsis, I always felt like it tickled my itch, but it didn't completely make me feel comfortable. In short, it didn't feel enough."

"In addition, three-time traffic kings Chen William and Zhang Meili also seem to be too much of a tool, and not enough can be found in them." Ning Tian said as he thought, "How about this, the original ending part becomes the starting point of the next wave of storms, and then a big climax."

"Chen William?" Sheng Yixia was somewhat excited. "You mean, Chen William, who seems to be fair, is the mastermind behind the whole thing? Then, what is his purpose?"

"A three-time gambling king who has reached the pinnacle of the global gambling world, what do you think he would seek?" Ning Tianyi answered without asking, "And don't forget that Chen William is also a very famous businessman in Dai Country. He has connections in both the black and white worlds and holds a lot of assets."

"Power!" Sheng Yixia said immediately, "or even greater wealth!"

"Or both!"

"Why is Zhang Meili on the boat?"

"Because she is the daughter of the richest man in the Dai Kingdom."

"Does he want to murder the richest man in Dai? No, that doesn't fit his character. Chen William is a three-time gambling king, good at operations and calculations, and he likes to bankrupt his opponents at the gambling table."

"In the narrow sense, no matter how big the gambling is, it is limited. He said a line before that gambling is not just limited to gambling on the table."

"A bigger bottleneck? Could it be the financial stock market?"

"It's not big enough, and we have to add politics. Don't worry, this Dai country is fictional anyway, and it doesn't represent any real country."

"If it were me, I would join forces with some international financial giants to short the Dai stock market, reap huge profits, and call on local funds to fight against Dai state-owned funds. Although there would be losses in the end, we would successfully withstand the financial storm, and then we would make a lot of money and gain huge political capital."

"It's not that simple. When the financial giants took action, Zhang Meili's father, Zhang Tianci, stepped forward and replaced Chen William first, calling on funds to resist the financial giants' short selling."

"How could William Chen tolerate such a thing? But Zhang Tianci must have been prepared for assassination and was protected by layers of defense."

"Chen William knew that Ah Xing had supernatural powers, and deliberately created opportunities for him to hook up with Zhang Meili. He needed to use both kindness and force to get Zhang Meili to bring her boyfriend Ah Xing to see Zhang Tianci, and then use supernatural powers to secretly deal with Zhang Tianci."

"After Zhang Tianci's death, Heliu Capital was leaderless and could not resist the short selling of financial tycoons. Chen William stepped forward to save the situation and pretended to be a national hero. Everything was so perfect."

The two of them talked back and forth and actually deduced and completed Chen William's behind-the-scenes plan.

And it is precisely because of these background stories that Chen William used the villain Ajie to set up a blocking competition to lure Axing and Ahua. If Axing agreed to participate in the plan, everyone would be happy. If he disagreed, he could use the lives of Ahua and his wife to threaten Axing to agree.

After saying all this, the two looked at each other with mutual admiration, and sparks flew in the air.

Sheng Yixia was secretly excited.

Ning Tianyi is indeed worthy of being my talented young talent. He has a strong ability to conceive stories.

Ning Tianyi was also filled with excitement, and his eyes when he looked at Sheng Yixia were surprisingly bright.

Sheng Yixia is indeed the lord I fell in love with at first sight~
With the appreciation and respect of this wise master, I, Ning Tianyi, will surely become the world's number one screenwriter.

The two of them were secretly excited, but everyone in the conference room was silent after listening to their conversation.

Everyone was immersed in the larger conspiracy of this story.

"Okay." A moment later, even Sheng Laodeng, who had very high requirements for movies, couldn't help but shout "Okay" after digesting the story outline and continued, and said excitedly, "I've invested in this movie. How much money do you still need?"

"Uh..." Sheng Yixia looked at his father and said, "Dad, we are not short of money. In fact, we are seriously overfunded now. We have declined more than 20 investors."

“……” Sheng Laodeng fell into silence and couldn’t calm down for a long time.

Previously, he was reluctant for his son to enter the entertainment industry, thinking that the industry was too glitzy and chaotic. Unexpectedly, he could actually make a name for himself and develop to this point in just two months.

Right now, his son couldn’t even ask him for money if he wanted to, let alone give him money.

My mother on the other side saw this scene and couldn't stop laughing. He is indeed my son, he is more promising than Lao Deng at home.

Let’s get back to the topic.

The script was modified according to the previous ideas, but Sheng Yixia did not participate in the substantive script adaptation work. Instead, he appointed Ning Tianyi to lead the other two screenwriters to modify and expand the script. The length of the whole film is not a problem at all, anyway, the profit is basically divided according to the effective broadcast time.

After the meeting.

The second part of The King of Traffic quickly entered the intense preparation stage for filming.

The next day.

In the conference room of a five-star hotel.

Sheng Yixia sat in the middle of a row of three referee seats in the conference room.

The rest seats not far in front were filled with young actors from all over the country, including many beautiful actresses.

Everyone came here for this online movie with an investment of 30 million. That's right, it added 5 million in investment, which came from the 5 million that Sheng Yixia returned to her mother!

It is not the case that the bigger the investment in a movie, the better. An additional investment of five million will bring certain pressure on the return on investment, but there is no need to worry too much. As long as the money is spent wisely, there will be no major problem.

In online movies, a project with an investment of 30 million is already a top-level investment, which is even more impressive than the "The Republic of China Thieves" which caused quite a stir in the circle some time ago.

In addition, Sheng Yixia is now very famous in the online movie circle, so many outstanding actresses have come to compete for the role of the female lead, including some well-known second-tier actresses.

Under all kinds of pressure, the crew adhered to the principle of not offending anyone and simply followed the example of the Thieves and held an open casting.

The decision on casting naturally lies in Sheng Yixia's hands.

At this moment in the conference room, a bunch of beauties' eyes were almost all fixed on Sheng Yixia who was sitting in the chairman's seat, with fiery looks in their eyes.

That's right.

Today, Sheng Yixia is going to choose his heroine from among this large group of beautiful girls.

This reminded him of the open casting for The Thieves not long ago, when he, Sheng Yixia, was the one chosen from the audience.

In a short period of time, he was moved to the podium and became the one with the most say.

It's really sad.

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(End of this chapter)