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Chapter 956
Speaking of it, some of the things mentioned in "Life-saving "Fake" Medicines are still very serious and very spirited by the rule of law.

People not only talked about the Lu Yong incident from the positive sense of society, but also talked about the relationship between law and human relations from the other side of the legal system.

This is similar to some concepts in the script, and naturally it helps the creators to understand the deep thinking of the script more comprehensively.

After all, "Today's Statement" is a serious legal program, not as misrepresented and rumored on the Internet, what's behind all this, is it the distortion of human nature or the loss of morality?Is it a sexual outburst or the helplessness of hunger and thirst...'

These things are actually some propaganda slogans broadcast by some programs of "Moral Observation" on Yangma Twelve Channel. It sounds related to the legal system.

What: Why did the [-]-year-old lady die naked on the street?Why are hundreds of female donkeys screaming in the middle of the night?Why are the condoms in the commissary repeatedly hacked?Why are girls' dormitory panties frequently stolen?Who is responsible for the serial rape of sows?The door of the old nun is knocked every night, is it a human or a ghost?What is hidden behind the accidental deaths of hundreds of little bitches...

No gossip.

After watching this program, Zhou Xia was also very touched.

He hadn't watched this show in that time and space. When he wrote the script before, he mainly reproduced the story based on the original movie and some collected materials.

An important issue was mentioned in the program just now. Lu Yong really should not be imprisoned and sentenced, but his behavior is indeed a violation of the law.

This is very different from the movie.

Because Lu Yong never made any money from buying medicines, and he was very successful in reality. He opened a knitwear limited company as a small boss.

It's not as muddled as Cheng Yong in the movie at the beginning, who was forced to sell drugs in order to make money.

And Lu Yong himself is a leukemia patient.

But if you do it in a documentary way, like this show, it's kind of like "Dallas Buyers Club," and it's going to be heavy.

The subject matter is already heavy, if you don't add some black humor elements to make the movie lighter, then I am afraid that many people will not go to the cinema to watch the movie, and the impact will be out of the question.

Now this script is written according to the pattern and routine of Hollywood hero blockbusters. It has more dramatic tension, more storytelling, and adds black humor and realistic elements, which is indeed more palatable to the audience.

Otherwise, this story involves leukemia patients, life and death, so it must be very depressing.

After this change, the movie will be more realistic and rational, and the protagonist will be imprisoned in the end, and the audience will be able to bear it.

In addition, "Huang Mao", Peng Hao, the priest, and the dancing single mother Liu Sihui, these characters are all needed for the story, and some real characters are processed, and the characters are more attractive and the image is more prominent.

And the role of "priest" played by Yang Xinming is completely 'created'.

This role has a "salvation" effect on some patients, and it is not completely a religious image description, and can "contract" some jokes.

Although the movie script has the routines and templates of Hollywood hero blockbusters, in fact, the protagonist Cheng Yong is not portrayed like those heroes in the traditional sense.

The movie also did not deliberately highlight the character of the protagonist "Cheng Yong" who grew up with the unfolding of the plot.

The word "growth" is primarily a positive development, indicating that things are improving.

But this is not the case for Cheng Yong in the movie. He simply grows up and becomes better and becomes a hero.

Human beings are very complicated creatures. It doesn't mean that if you become better, you won't become worse. In other words, there is no simple description of good and bad.

The same person, when faced with certain things, the attitude and method of handling, sometimes the good side of the heart is in charge, and sometimes the dark side in the heart is in charge.

So everyone, or specifically the role of Cheng Yong, has a double side, half of which is good and half is bad.

At the beginning, Cheng Yong was a "little bastard" in Shanghai. The image of a frustrated middle-aged man was even a bit annoying.

He beat his wife, bullied the weak and feared the strong, and was terrified when his ex-wife's younger brother Cao Bin rushed over at the police station. He also sold Indian oil and other useless things to deceive people.

But apart from these problems, he has always had a kind side in his heart, and he is willing to take the risk of selling drugs for his relatives.

Later, he was able to help others, and under the stimulation of the outside world, he gradually inspired his greater kindness.

Many may be just the opposite.

They can show a kind side in some things that don't have much temptation, but if they involve huge interests, they may not be able to do so.

Faced with such a high profit and high risk of selling counterfeit medicines, Cheng Yong was able to sell medicines at a low price and once at a loss.

This shows the good side of his character.

But in the middle of the movie, facing the threat and persecution of counterfeit drug dealer Zhang Changlin, he was afraid of being exposed and going to jail. In the end, he gave up the channel of purchasing drugs for personal safety, family, etc., and changed his career to become the owner of a clothing factory.

It can be said that the whole movie does not treat Cheng Yong as a "hero" to develop and become better, and to portray the growth slowly, highlighting the true side of people and human nature.

Moreover, no one is beautified, nor is anyone vilified, nor is anyone criticized in the movie. The narrative angle and perspective are very objective.

Many people think that the drug agent played by Jia Naiwen is too templated, but in fact most of these people are like this.

For the interests of their master, for their own interests and responsibilities, they are doing things to the extent that their interests are damaged, and they are always trying their best to protect their interests, and they do not hesitate to use all their energy for this.

In the movie, Indian generic drugs cannot be sold to foreign countries, and finally the pharmaceutical factory was forced to close down, all of which were done by mainland agents.

This is actually not in line with reality, and has some black humor and irony.

Of course, this is also related to the special emphasis on the 'law' side when the screenwriters write the story.

In the movie, the emphasis is on law over emotion, and the police chief is portrayed very rigidly, almost as if he is doing things for rights and big pharmaceutical companies, not like a good person.

But in fact, there are two meanings in this aspect, mainly to show the awe of the law.

'Yellow Hair' escaped the police by car, but was hit and killed by a truck.

This is actually expressing this meaning in a providential way.

This is the profound and humanistic side of screenwriters with academic backgrounds, as well as their naive and ideal side.

In real society, the real situation is not the case.

In China, Cheng Yong was quickly acquitted, and the judges did not punish him.

In India, the Indian government simply ignored the multiple complaints made by the Swiss Greening factory about drug patents. As early as 2013, it publicly supported the imitation of this sky-high priced drug so that their patients could take the drug.

Zhou Xia didn't want to dabble too much, and used this movie to discuss such profound things as law and human relationship.

Of course, the law cannot be broken at will. If an exception is made for one person today, there will be more examples that will be broken.

For vulnerable groups and ordinary people, it will be a greater harm, and the powerful are the ultimate beneficiaries.

But sometimes the law is nothing more than human.

Even in Western countries that flaunt the rule of law, don't the law of the sea systems often use previous cases as the standard for judgment?
This is actually the human side.

Zhou Xia can now be considered a typical academic background, and he still agrees with the original screenwriter's attitude that art is higher than life.

At least one side of the law must be shown in the movie. If you break the law, you will be punished, and if you do good deeds, you should also be rewarded and tolerated.

You can't blindly use "the law is nothing more than human feelings" to generalize. Being objective or ideal can be regarded as his academic insistence.

Otherwise, take a happy ending.

Cheng Yong was released without charge, and countless people lined the road to welcome him out. The media and everyone regarded him as the god of medicine.

Wouldn't that be more in line with the routine of a Hollywood hero blockbuster?
Wouldn't it be more popular with the audience and get a higher movie box office?

But this is not what Zhou Xia likes, he still has a little pursuit.

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The shooting in the afternoon was really smooth.

In the next few days of filming, the main actors seemed to feel more responsible and stricter on themselves.

After shooting every day, they not only get together to discuss the script as before, play against each other, and seriously prepare for the next day's shooting.

Sometimes I waited until Zhou Xia finished editing the film, and invited him to analyze and explain the whole scene of the next day, sorting out the behavior and language of the characters.

They are so serious and focused on creation, which also moved and infected Zhou Xia, and devoted themselves to the shooting.

In this way, the daily shooting was very fulfilling, and a week passed in a blink of an eye.

Zhou Xia had to leave the crew again because of the Oscar star and attending the awards ceremony.

(End of this chapter)