Poseidon in Tomorrow's Ark

"As for the salary." After seeing someone pick up his conversation, Nian looked at Croissant decisively, "40000 a day? If it's not enough, we can talk about it~"

"How much?! Longmen coins?" Croissant was a little surprised when he heard the remuneration offered by Nian. He then looked at Kong beside him and said, "Is this how actors make money?"

"I don't really know." Sora shook her head. She wasn't an actress, so how could she know this? "But I think I can go and have a look."

When the Angel of Power heard the salary offer, he raised his hand decisively: "I think it's OK. As long as there is a suitable role, I can do it."

There was no way. As an angel of the Moonlight Clan, she really couldn't refuse the 40,000 yuan a day salary offered by Nian. Besides, she also wanted to buy a gift for Xiyue. It was impossible for her to borrow money to buy a gift.

But they are really idle recently, without even any small orders. If they want to earn extra money, they have no way to do it. From a certain perspective, the appearance of Nian is like a timely help for the Angels!

"And me, you can take me with you too." Croissant immediately raised his hand to sign up. The salary was really generous, and for a money-grubber like Croissant, there was no reason to refuse.

Nian nodded: "Of course it's Longmen Coin."

Xiyue looked at the excited Exia and Croissant in front of her with a smile. She probably understood why someone was willing to take the role even though the script was so bad.

"What is Miss Nian's script like?" Texas on the side was also interested. It's not that he was short of money, but he was really bored recently, and the compensation offered by the other party was really nothing to talk about.

"Let me see." Nian took out a notebook from somewhere and said, "Let me ask first, how many people are participating?"

Hearing your question, Croissant and Angel raised their hands online. Texas also raised his hand slightly, and Ghost Shark on the side raised his hand with the idea of ​​making some money.

Muirseth shook her head. She had no interest in taking part in any acting competition. She didn't have the time, nor was she short of money. Seeing that most people had gone, Xiyue also wanted to join in the fun, so she raised her hand.

Seeing that her mother had also gone to join in the fun, Hong quickly raised her hand as well. Kong was also tempted to go as most people had gone, but was still hesitant considering the company's situation.

Nian looked at Xiyue who raised her hand and nodded happily. His main goal was achieved. Then he looked at Kong and said, "If Miss Kong has any ideas, I can also go to your company to discuss it."

"Well, if that's the case." Kong Jiannian said so, and nodded, "I'll join in, too."

"Well, in that case, let me take a look." Nian flipped through his little notebook, looking for a script with a starring role that matched the current number of cast members.

"Got it." After flipping through the pages for a while, Nian found the script he wanted. "Ahem, the story is roughly like this. First of all, we need a heroine."

"This heroine must first be tall, gentle, and have a loving heart."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Xiyue. No one else could match this description.

"Let's put the casting aside for now, Miss Nian." Xiyue waved her hand, "Let's talk about the script first. We can talk about the roles later."

"Oh, that's true."

Chapter 120: A "Fantastic" Script

"Yes, the script is the key." Croissant realized that whether a movie is good or not depends on the script, in addition to the special effects and props.

However, Croissant is still confident about Nian's script. After all, with such a high salary, it should not be bad relatively speaking. Even if Nian, the great director, is not good enough, he should be able to hire a good screenwriter to write the script.

"First of all, the heroine is a detective, and a famous detective. She is very popular in the Longmen area."

"It's a suspenseful work. It feels like it's going to end badly." Xiyue smiled as she listened to Nian's story, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

This suspense work is no different from other works. The literary drama is the top priority. It can be said that the quality of a suspense work almost depends on the literary drama.

"At the beginning of the story, the heroine and the hero are dating in an amusement park."

"Wait, we don't have any boys here." Angel raised his hand, his eyes seemed to be questioning, "Are you going to find someone else?"

If that's really the case, Angel Exia doesn't want to agree to it. Among them, Xiyue was the only one who was described as the heroine that year.

If someone really wants to force a boy in, and say it's a date, even if it's just in a play, Angel will be the first one to say no.

"It can be changed~" Nian waved his hand, not caring at all, "It can be changed to the second female lead and the female lead having fun in the amusement park, it's just an excuse anyway~"

"As for the relationship, it's not bad to change it to best friends."

"Is it really okay to change the script so casually?" Angel touched her head. She didn't know much about making a movie, but logically speaking, the script couldn't be changed so casually, even if the filming hadn't started.

"It doesn't matter, the filming hasn't started yet anyway~" Nian waved his hands. It was just a small matter. It wasn't about changing the plot, just changing one person.

"The next thing is that the heroine discovered a gangster ring conducting a secret transaction in a dark corner of the playground, and then the heroine followed them."

"Hmm?" Xiyue raised her eyebrows. This opening sounded familiar.

"Afterwards, unfortunately, the heroine was discovered by the gangsters and was knocked unconscious on the spot. Then, to make sure the heroine was dead or alive, they stabbed him in the chest again."

"Silk..." The more Xiyue listened to Nian's story, the more familiar it sounded.

"But what they didn't expect was that the heroine's heart was on the left side, so their finishing blow didn't kill her."

"After a while, the heroine woke up. She knew that if she showed up again, she would be hunted down by the gangsters again, and even her family would be in danger."

"Oh, and then the heroine puts on makeup and lurks in secret to crack down on the gangsters, right?" When Angel heard this, he immediately thought of some similar gangster suspense movies he had seen before.

"Why are you butting in?" Nian glanced at the Angel of Power, "I haven't finished speaking yet, just listen to me."

"Oh, go ahead and tell me." The Angel sat back down obediently.

"Then the protagonist discussed the matter with her best friend, the second female lead. In order to protect the protagonist, the second female lead brought the heroine back to the detective agency."

"This detective agency was originally opened by the protagonist and the second female lead. However, unlike the protagonist, the second female lead's detective ability is quite poor and she is unknown in the industry."

Hearing this, Xiyue held her forehead speechlessly. She had already understood that this script was definitely a replica of a certain elementary school student of the God of Death.

However, the pill was not shrunk, and his identity and situation were confessed at the beginning. The venue was limited to Longmen, and the purpose was to eliminate the gangs. Compared with the Death God Elementary School Student who had been there for 20 consecutive years, it was much simpler.

Of course, it may also be because this is just a movie, not an animation or a TV series, so there is no need for unnecessary foreshadowing to expand the scale, and a movie does not need such a heavy scale.

At least for now, the script is still reasonable. As long as there are no unexpected problems in the subsequent plot related to solving the case, at least this movie should be watchable.

Well, just don't do anything weird.

"But there is a problem before the two of them. The detective agency is having trouble making ends meet without the protagonist..."

"Wait a minute, I have a question." Croissant looked at Nian in surprise, "Weren't the two of them playing together in the amusement park earlier? How come they suddenly became unable to make ends meet? Don't these two have the habit of saving money?"

"They are all small details, small details!" Nian slapped the table. "At worst, the whole screen will be black, and it will say something like, 'It's been a long time, and nothing has been found.'"

"Well, the black screen transition is reasonable."

"In short, in order to make money, the hostess had to reopen the detective agency. But because the hostess couldn't show up, she asked a friend she knew well to get them a miniature camera and miniature headset."

"The female lead sits in the office and uses a camera and headset to help the second female lead solve the scene and the murder."

"Well, that makes sense. Since I've confessed my identity, I don't need an anesthetic needle, so I can just use the headset." Xiyue nodded to indicate that it was reasonable and acceptable.

"Because the detective agency run by the heroine is very famous, people soon came to them after they reopened." Nian flipped through the book, "And this first case is the most classic locked room murder case."

"Oh, a murder case in a closed room." Angel Exia nodded slightly. This is the most popular plot in suspense works.

It looks like a secret room, so there must be some hidden mechanism, or the murderer used some clever method to throw the key inside, making the room look like a secret room. This can be said to be the most classic plot in suspense works.

"I won't talk about the process and details of the case. You'll know when we start filming~" Nian shook out the fan, covering his face, and looked at everyone in a mysterious manner.

"In short, the process is that the female protagonist judged through observation of the scene that the murderer killed the deceased who hung the alarm clock back on the wall by hitting the wall, so he did not need to enter the room to commit the crime."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent. Everyone stared at Nian with wide eyes, and everyone shouted something at this moment.

"what?"

"How is it? A perfect method of committing a crime, right?" Nian looked at everyone proudly, "As long as you don't enter the room, there won't be any evidence left in the room. As long as there is no evidence, it is the most perfect secret room."

Xiyue shook her head helplessly. She probably understood why the movies of the year were so bad. With such a plot, which audience would be willing to buy it?

"What's wrong? No one is talking. Are you surprised?" Nian looked at everyone proudly, but all he got were looks of loss of interest and aversion. "Why, what's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Angel collapsed on the sofa and waved at Nian, "It's just that I suddenly don't really want to participate."

"I agree." Croissant looked up at the ceiling. "This plot is too bad to complain about. I have absolutely no interest in participating."

Sora nodded. "I feel like if I participate in the filming of a movie like this and it's broadcast, my idol career will be affected."

"…" Texas touched the red tail beside him. He took out a pocky from his pocket and put it in his mouth. "I don't have the slightest desire to watch this movie."

"Why is it like this?" Nian looked at everyone and slapped his hands on the table. "Why do you seem to have lost confidence all of a sudden?"

"Nian." Xiyue looked at Nian helplessly, "Do you know that there is an unwritten rule in suspense works?"

"Hmm?" Nian thought about it but wasn't sure what Xiyue was referring to, "What unwritten rule?"

"It's very simple." Xiyue looked at Nian, crossed her hands and made a cross sign, "First of all, the methods used by the murderer in the plot must not have super powers such as shooting a bull from a distance or killing people through walls."

"Oh, you mean that. I know." Nian nodded. "So what?"

"So this is the reason." Xiyue looked at Nian helplessly, "You know there is also love? Why did you make this mistake?"

"So what?" Nian stood up and looked at Xiyue with his hands on his hips. "If you want to be a good director, how can you follow those old rules?"

"Well, you said it very well." Xiyue nodded with a smile, and then changed the subject, "But a movie that cannot be recognized by the audience is meaningless."

"The reason why these unwritten rules can become rules is that they are selected by the audience and recognized by the public."

"If you don't dare to challenge this rule, how can you become a great director?" Nian stiffened his neck and looked at Xiyue, "And how do you know that this won't succeed?"

Xiyue looked at Nian and held her face speechlessly: "Nian, let me ask you, what do you think a suspense movie should be about?"

After thinking for a while, Nian looked at Xiyue and asked, "Excellent reasoning?"

Xiyue nodded: "Yes, that's right. The murderer's sophisticated method of committing the crime and the detective's brilliant deduction are the most important parts of a suspense movie that make the audience talk about it with relish."

"It's like a clever math problem. The murderer gives the problem and leaves the clues. The detective leads the audience to unravel the problem step by step and identify the murderer."

"This is the essence of suspense movies. What everyone is looking for is the unsolved mystery, the perfect murder method, and the refreshing feeling of the truth being revealed."

Finally, Xiyue seemed to be very disappointed with her. She slapped the table and said, "And you gave us a murder case in a closed room. When everyone was wondering how the murderer killed people in this perfect closed room, you told us that the murderer killed the victim from a distance by using the method of shooting the bull from a distance."

"No need to read on, some people will slam the door and walk out after seeing this." Xiyue looked at Nian who turned his face away, "In the end, there is only one ending waiting for you, Nian. It is another super bad movie in the history of suspense movies."

“Is it really that bad?” Nian turned his head away and muttered twice, “It should be okay, not that bad…”

The sound of the New Year is getting smaller and smaller, so I think there will still be people who will go to watch it.

"Ah, maybe some people will go to watch it when it airs." Sora thought for a moment and then said, "After the first wave of people have watched it, I guess there will be no one left."

The Angel touched his chin and said, "It's hard to say. Maybe some people like to watch bad movies and go to see just how bad they are."

At this moment, Nian leaned back in his chair, covering his chest, as if he could not bear the successive blows.

Xiyue looked at Nian and shook her head helplessly: "Nian, if you want to make a good film, you can't make it like this. Challenging the public's perception is not a good idea."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Muir Saisi, who was sitting next to him, thought for a moment and then said, "To be honest, if Miss Nian is really not good at literary drama, then there is no need for you to challenge suspense movies. You can just go and make action movies."

"As long as the film is exciting, the fighting scenes are good, and there are no major problems with the writing, people will still come to watch it."

"An action movie?" Nian touched his chin thoughtfully, but shook his head after thinking about it. "But if that's the case, wouldn't the martial arts director completely steal the show?"

"Huh?" Muerseth looked at Nian in surprise, "Why did the martial arts director steal the show?"

"You said that as long as the fighting scenes are exciting enough, the literary scenes don't need to be taken seriously." Nian looked at Muir Seth, "If that's the case, who would care about the script I worked so hard to write?"

"Ah, Yuan, so you care about this?" Muirseth looked at Nian, "Then think about it from another angle. It's your ability as a director to be able to pull that martial arts director over here."

Nian still shook his head: "Well, no, no, I must not let anyone steal my limelight."

"I still have this script, but it's not working. Let's try another one." Nian flipped through the book, "Let's take a look at this..."

"No, Miss Nian, we're no longer interested." Everyone waved their hands to stop Nian's actions. They didn't want them to lose confidence in the movie.

They finally understood that Nian was obviously just a loser, and the other party seemed to have failed many times. He probably didn't care anymore, or he had become accustomed to his own movies failing at the box office.

But they can't do that. They don't want their first acting career to fail directly in such a bad movie. When they participate in and finish the movie and release it.

No matter how you look at it, Penguin Logistics is considered a big name in Longmen, but after this movie is released, people might say to them, "Oh, they are the ones who made that terrible movie."

They really can't afford to lose face at that time, and they won't be able to survive in Longmen anymore. So in order to continue living in Longmen, they are determined not to participate in the movie.

"Hey, why is this happening?" Nian looked at everyone in surprise, "You guys were so excited just now."

"No, we just offended you, we are very sorry." Croissant bowed to Nian, "Master, please find someone else, we really can't afford your script."

"Come on, I have other scripts here."

Chapter 121: Years

In the end, no one was able to stop Nian from telling her imaginative scripts. Fortunately, after listening to it once or twice, everyone got used to it and started to participate in another thing with great interest.

Of course, I'm definitely not referring to the filming. They really can't afford to lose face, but every time you point out something flawed, several people will start discussing it.

For example, what are the flaws in this plot, what regulations it violates, and the many unreasonable parts in the plot.

Even the originally confident young man was slumped in his chair after being hit and killed repeatedly. He leaned against the back of the chair, looked up at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.

"Alright, alright." Xiyue stood up and patted Nian's head, "Don't lie here anymore, get up and eat."

"Hmm." Hearing about the meal, Nian sat up all of a sudden, took a look at the hot pot on the table, and with a smile, took out a small bag of something from somewhere and handed it to Xiyue, "Your hot pot is not good, add this to make it better."