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Chapter 208 Cat and Mouse Game Adaptation
After Zheng Jing filled in the three words "Zhang Wuji" on the blank silver card, the card became blurry and a young man in ancient costume began to appear on it.

He is not very handsome, but he looks kind and easy to talk to.

[Silver character card: Zhang Wuji, the protagonist of the martial arts novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.]

Zhang Wuji's silver character card has a total of 1 talent and 3 skills.

[Talent: Turn danger into fortune. Zhang Wuji is blessed with good fortune. Whenever he encounters a dangerous situation, he can always turn danger into fortune and gain opportunities and benefits in the crisis.]

[The Great Shift of the Universe: The divine skill of the Ming Cult, which can stimulate the potential of the human body, accumulate energy, and gather the methods of moving energy in the world.]

[Dragon Claw Hand: One of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills, the true meaning of Shaolin Temple's secret finger skills.]

[Tai Chi: The founder of Wudang Sect, Zhang Sanfeng, created this boxing style, which combines yin and yang and can be both hard and soft.]

Seeing Zhang Wuji's talent and skills, Zheng Jing was a little disappointed.

On the one hand, he has no talent for physical enhancement, and on the other hand, Zhang Wuji's three skills include neither medical skills nor his strongest Nine Yang Divine Art.

As for the effects of skills such as Qiankun Great Shift, Dragon Claw Hand, and Tai Chi, and whether they will be useless in reality, we will have to wait until the script is revised and we enter the script world to study to find out.

Fortunately, the character of Zhang Wuji can still be developed.

After The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber is broadcast and you upgrade to a gold character card, you will have the hope of gaining new skills.

And the talent of "turning misfortune into good fortune" is also very good.

This is equivalent to giving Zheng Jing an additional life-saving golden medal in metaphysics.

"Hubby, why are you in a daze? What are you thinking about?"

Gao Yuanyuan, who had just come out of the shower, saw Zheng Jing sitting in a chair in a daze, and asked in a coquettish manner.

Zheng Jing picked up Gao Yuanyuan and said with a smile: "I was thinking about how to make you crazy tonight."

"I will always be your round cake, you can be as crazy as you want~"

"Hold me and let's go to the next room."

"Why are you going next door?"

"Li Binbin is next door, how could I not know what you are thinking?"

"Husband, you understand me best. Why do I feel like your strength has changed again~"

With the talent of domineering body, Zheng Jing's strength increased, and he was as light as a feather while holding Gao Yuanyuan.

Looking at Gao Yuanyuan's beautiful face from the front, Zheng Jing liked her more and more.

Since the broadcast of Full House, Gao Yuanyuan has been busy for more than half a year, and now she can finally take some time off.

After she went home to stay with her parents for two days, she ran to the crew of Breaking the Cauldrons to visit Zheng Jing.

After some communication, Gao Yuanyuan lay in Zheng Jing's arms and said in a hoarse voice: "Honey, the company has arranged another play for me, but I don't want to film this year."

Hearing Gao Yuanyuan's words, Li Binbin felt both envious and disdainful.

I envy Gao Yuanyuan for being favored by Zheng Jing. She can choose not to film if she wants and has the capital to be willful.

What is despicable is that Gao Yuanyuan has no ambition and doesn't know how to strike while the iron is hot and act in more dramas to consolidate her popularity.

Zheng Jing stretched out his fingers and casually stroked Gao Yuanyuan's smooth back, and asked, "What play has the company arranged for you?"

"Turn Left, Turn Right is a TV series adapted from a comic book by Taiwanese writer Jimmy. Sister Hong said that my image is suitable for playing the female lead.

But the work this year is too tiring and I really want to take some time off.”

Gao Yuanyuan is not very career-oriented, she just treats being an actor as a job.

Hearing this, Li Binbin smiled and said, "Walk Left, Walk Right is the company's key project this year. Everyone wants to act in it. Yuanyuan, you are not grateful for what you have."

"Turn Left, Turn Right" is a well-known comic by Taiwanese writer Jimmy Liao. It has been translated into multiple languages and is a best-seller in more than a dozen countries.

In the future, this comic was made into a movie by Johnnie To, and a TV series of the same name was also made in mainland China, starring Lu Yi and Jia Jingwen.

Du Wei implemented Zheng Jing's development strategy. On the one hand, she spent money to purchase the copyrights of novels, comics, games and songs. On the other hand, she selected suitable ones from the purchased works and adapted them into film and television dramas.

"Turn Left, Turn Right" tells a love story with a literary and fresh style, which is suitable for adaptation into an idol drama, so it was approved as a project by Western Film and Television.

Zheng Jing understood what Gao Yuanyuan meant.

She is now the most popular female artist in the company, so the company naturally has to make full use of her.

If "Turn Left, Turn Right" can be starred by the popular Gao Yuanyuan, the ratings will be guaranteed.

Gao Yuanyuan understood this logic, so she did not directly reject the company, but came to Zheng Jing to plead.

Zheng Jing thought for a moment and said, "If you don't want to act, then let Huo Siyan act. I just said before that I would give her a drama.

Take a good vacation, and I will film a TV series with you next year."

"Thank you, husband! You are the best to me~"

Gao Yuanyuan was very happy and kissed Zheng Jing twice to express her gratitude.

Zheng Jing not only agreed to let her take a vacation, but also promised to film another TV series with her next year.

This kind of favor is also the first level.

Looking at Li Binbin's jealous expression, Gao Yuanyuan felt the happiness that came from the contrast.

She stayed in the crew for 3 days, repaying Zheng Jing well, and left reluctantly until her period came. After Gao Yuanyuan left, Li Binbin also left the crew.

The filming of Julu Ancient City was mostly war scenes, and Li Binbin had relatively few parts. After the filming, he went to do other things.

Zheng Jing is not lonely even though he is "alone in an empty room".

It just so happened that Amanda acted quickly and helped Zheng Jing buy the copyright of the autobiography "Cat and Mouse Game".

Zheng Jing plans to adapt this autobiography.

In fact, the "Cat and Mouse Game" and Frank's experience are particularly suitable for adaptation into a commercial film.

Because it's cool enough.

The success of a scam is essentially a way of getting something for nothing, and the feedback is very immediate, so scammers can usually get huge benefits in a very short period of time.

This feeling of pleasure is very strong.

What's more, Frank's fraud turned him from a poor boy into a university professor, pilot, doctor, and lawyer, all of which are elite professions that ordinary people can only dream of.

In terms of wealth, he took advantage of loopholes in the financial system to forge checks and defrauded millions of dollars from banks.

In the 1960s and 1970s, this was a huge fortune.

What’s more, the banks they cheated are the ones that ordinary people hate.

In this case, it’s even more exciting.

As long as a movie packages Frank's experience well and films it for the audience, the box office will not be bad.

But the bad thing about this story is that it was adapted and filmed by Spielberg.

Spielberg is a successful director. In addition to commercial box office, he also wants to demonstrate his style and artistic pursuits.

Therefore, in the "Cat and Mouse Game" he filmed, he intentionally weakened the excitement of the story, weakened Franca's experience, and focused on family, friendship and character growth.

Through the interaction between Frank and Agent Carl, the growth of Frank's character is shown, thus achieving educational significance.

Spielberg's way of shooting is certainly one direction.

But Zheng Jing felt that it lacked flavor, as it was still telling the same old clichéd story of "a genius who rebelled because of his parents' divorce, met a life mentor for guidance, and finally turned over a new leaf."

It’s neither exciting enough nor realistic enough, and the artistic quality is average.

that's the truth.

The movie about cat and mouse game is directed by Spielberg and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The prototype character of the story, Frank, is also very famous in the United States.

Such a configuration can be said to be extremely luxurious and is highly anticipated.

However, the film's final box office barely reached 3 million US dollars, and it won few awards, so it cannot be considered a success.

In fact, Frank himself said in the book "Cat and Mouse Game" that the real world is far more hypocritical than his scams.

Zheng Jing's adaptation also grasps this theme.

He set the protagonist Frank as an American with half Chinese ancestry.

His father went bankrupt due to a tax scam, and his mother, who was vain, abandoned him and his son and remarried.

After witnessing the changes in his family, Frank realized the injustice and cruelty of society.

After Frank became poor, he was bullied by his classmates at school.

He pretended to be a teacher and taught his classmates a lesson, thus starting his life as a con man.

Under official pursuit, Frank cheated all the way, committing all kinds of frauds and having a great time.

But Frank knew that he couldn't live like this for long, and Carl's appearance gave Frank an idea.

He began to plan and plot a scam to whitewash his identity.

This time, he wants to deceive everyone and become the final winner.

Carl is a righteous detective and he vows to bring Frank to justice.

The competition between the two began from then on.

In the script adapted by Zheng Jing, Frank's abilities were strengthened.

Since he can find loopholes in financial regulations and forge checks to withdraw money, he can also find loopholes in other social rules and even in human nature.

With Carl's "help", Frank used the SFA system and public opinion offensive to portray himself as a positive character, gaining both fame and fortune, and even becoming a leader.

The righteous Carl has to accept Frank as his boss because of the so-called social rules.

Through this contrast and irony, the film criticizes society more deeply than the original film.

Moreover, Frank, the protagonist who is both good and evil, wins the final victory, which also enhances the excitement of the movie.

Zheng Jing was very satisfied with the script he adapted.

But this puts very high demands on the director.

We must find a director who is a good storyteller to make this story even more exciting.

(End of this chapter)