Xu Jie left his unit and came to Forbidden Film Company. According to the location Song Wen said, he found the teahouse with the "Seven Leaves" sign across the street.

He pushed the door and walked in. Although the outside looked very simple and even a bit dull, the inside was decorated very exquisitely, with some essence and luxury in the simplicity. It was surrounded by small bridges and flowing water and green plants, as if he was in a paradise, making people forget all the troubles and vulgar things and enjoy this leisure with peace of mind.

"Is it Mr. Xu Jie, right?" A beautiful woman wearing a Su-style cheongsam walked forward. The light green color and exquisite embroidery made the beauty look unique.

"It's me." Xu Jie responded.

"Mr. Song has arrived, please follow me." The beauty bowed slightly and then led the way in front.

When Xu Jie heard this, he thought to himself: It seems that Song Wen is a regular visitor here.

So he followed the beauty to the second floor.

The beauty finally stopped outside a private room, reached out and knocked on the door three times, and then pushed the door open.

"Mr. Song, your guest is here." The beauty said with a smile, then turned sideways and made a gesture to Xu Jie to invite him in.

Xu Jie nodded politely to the other party and walked into the private room.

The house is very big, with tea on one side and guqin on the other side.

In addition to Song Wen, director Zhang Weiqiang also came in the private room. The two of them watched the tea art performance while listening to the guqin playing, which looked so leisurely.

"Director Zhang, Teacher Song, I'm here." Xu Jie looked at the two of them and said hello.

"Writer Xu, please sit down." Song Wen pointed to a chair next to him, and then signaled the tea artist and the piano master to leave.

Xu Jie sat down and asked straight to the point: "I don't know what details in the script need to be modified?"

"Screenwriter Xu is a decisive person at first sight. Don't worry, take a sip of tea." Song Wen took the teapot and poured a cup of tea and put it in front of Xu Jie.

The period of time in late July and early August should be the hottest time in Beijing, and the stewed food in the sky is like a steamer.

Xu Jie took a sip with a teacup. Although the tea was hot, it felt very comfortable to drink it in his mouth.

Song Wen said at this time: "I read your script three times. There is no big problem overall and there is no need to modify anything. However, I think some stories need to be added in terms of details, especially in highlighting the multifaceted nature of the characters."

"For example?" Xu Jie asked.

"For example, emotional dramas, adding more scenes to the heroine in this aspect can not only reflect the heroine's tender side, but also make the characters more full." Song Wen said.

After hearing this, Xu Jie couldn't help frowning.

A love drama?

If he does not understand it wrongly, the feelings the other party talks about should be the feelings between men and women.

But what is the relationship between Mulan's joining the army and her relationship with her men and women?

When Song Wen saw the young man's expression, he couldn't help but ask: "Why, Screenwriter Xu has different ideas?"

Xu Jie thought for a while and said, "I think the movie tells the story of Mulan disguising herself as a man to join the army to fight against foreign invasion. It should focus on her loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness, courage and fearlessness, and defending the country. So I don't understand why emotional scenes are added to such a movie that will make people excited after watching it. Don't you think that mother-in-law and mother will drag down the whole plot?"

In fact, Xu Jie considered this issue when writing the script. Today's film and television dramas will more or less intersperse some emotional scenes, even if they are not the main line, they will be used as embellishments. However, after some serious thinking, he still denied this idea.

"I understand, but I think that as long as I master the rhythm, it will not only not drag down the plot, but also add charm to the characters." Song Wen said after listening.

"In other movies, emotional scenes may add luster to the protagonist, but if emotional scenes appear in Mulan, it will only reduce personal charm. Why is Mulan joining the army for her father? She is to resist foreign enemies and defend her country, not to fall in love." Xu Jie said seriously.

"Writer Xu, the plot doesn't have to be so serious. Our goal is to make a movie that the audience likes. The audience likes to watch emotional scenes. Do you understand?" Song Wen said with a smile.

The subtext is: You don’t understand movies!

"Teacher Song, how do you know that the audience likes to watch Mulan's emotional scenes? Have you done a survey?" Xu Jie asked curiously.

Song Wen was immediately stunned by the question.

He has indeed not done any investigation.

The reason why I say this is entirely due to his years of experience as a screenwriter, he has written war films, martial arts films, fantasy films, adventure films, and some emotional scenes are interspersed in the stories.

"Writer Xu, are you a little quarrel about this? What kind of plot does the screenwriter write? Do you still have to conduct market research first?" Song Wen asked back.

"It's not arguing." Xu Jie said after hearing this: "Maybe I'm shooting short dramas, so when I write scripts, I usually only consider one thing, that is, to maximize the character traits of the protagonist. Having evil likes to hate evil likes to hate, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, integrity, righteousness, loyalty, filial piety, integrity, righteousness, and other things. In my opinion, there is no need for all, why bother to add to it and do it extravagantly? Moreover, the starting point of my script is to tell the story of Mulan joining the army well. It's not that I write what the audience likes, and I'm not a fortune teller."

"This is a movie!" Song Wen emphasized again.

"I know it's a movie or not a TV series. For this matter, I have also deliberately investigated it. Looking at the movies with high box office in recent years, most of them have no emotional scenes. I have watched a lot of movies during this period. To be honest, it's already difficult to make a story well. Don't intersperse so many trivial things." Xu Jie said.

"you……"

Song Wen raised his waist and looked at the other person with wide eyes. A small TV director dared to say such words in front of a big director and a big screenwriter. It was simply overestimating his ability!

Too crazy!

Who do you look down on?

He felt that he could not convince the young man in front of him, so he turned to look at Zhang Weiqiang beside him, hoping that the other party could come forward.

Zhang Weiqiang stared at Xu Jie with his eyes fixed on his face, and after a while, he asked: "I have a question. Do you think the audience will buy it if there is no emotional scene?"

Xu Jie replied in a humble and arrogant manner: "What audiences like is wonderful movies, not love-loving movies. Don't think so badly about the audience, just like paparazzi. As long as the story is wonderful, the audience will also like it."

Song Wen twitched his lips. Is he saying he looks like a paparazzi?

"So, do you still stick to your own point of view?" Zhang Weiqiang asked.

"Yes." Xu Jie nodded.

His attitude is very clear. If you want to add, you can add it yourself when you go back, but I won’t add it anyway.

He is a screenwriter, not a Party B. You should know that he writes this script for free and is not under anyone's command.

The first time I took on this job was to let Guo Chuan invest in the movie directed by Xu Shenghua, indirectly postponed the start-up time of Xu Shenghua's movie, and to gain enough time for Su Yun to film the movie "Mulan".

Besides, he would not do it if he asked him to add a plot he didn't like to his script.

After hearing this, Zhang Weiqiang picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and then said, "I just heard your thoughts, but in fact, I also think the relationship scene seems to be unnecessary."

When Song Wen heard this, he was immediately anxious.

"Director Zhang..."

Song Wen thought to himself: Why didn’t the old partner help him and even betrayed?

Zhang Weiqiang raised his hand, interrupted his old partner, and continued: "There are too many commercial movies, and I always want to add some emotional scenes to the movies to use them as a selling point to attract more audiences and get higher box offices. You just said that touched me a lot. It is already rare to be able to shoot a story well. Indeed, many movies that are popular with audiences often talk about are very simple, and there is no complicated thing in it..."

Xu Jie nodded and said, "Yes, we are not romance films or suspense films, so it is best to be simple, crude and straightforward..."

"What do you think is something that is not reflected in your script?"

"The scene of war must be big and magnificent. On the one hand, it can show the cruelty of war, and on the other hand, it can also show the bravery of Mulan."

“Where should the focus of the whole show be?”

"The changes in Mulan are from a rookie who enters and leaves the battlefield to a general who has experienced many battles. This process is very important!"

“…”

Song Wen looked at his old partner who had already discussed with the young man, and was confused and his eyes were full of confusion.

The other party said before that his idea was good, but now why do you say that this young man’s idea is right?

This feeling is like... Xiao Tiantian in the eyes of her partner just now, but now she has become Mrs. Niu in the eyes of the other party.

You should know that "Mulan" is a big heroine movie. If the big heroine movie does not have emotional scenes, wouldn't it mean that there is a missing highlight?

I really don't know what the old partner thinks.

Xu Jie didn't expect that he had been arguing with Song Wen for a long time, but Zhang Weiqiang was on the side. He thought that the most difficult thing to deal with would be Zhang Weiqiang, and planned to convince Song Wen first, and then Zhang Weiqiang to pass the level one by one. Unexpectedly, the soldiers were not killed and directly captured the boss. However, it was a coincidence.

Xu Jie and Zhang Weiqiang talked a lot, but Song Wen became an outsider instead.

The discussion was not over twelve o'clock noon.

Before Xu Jie left, Zhang Weiqiang invited him to attend the opening ceremony held for a while. Xu Jie also agreed that he would attend as long as he had time.

The door was closed, and only Zhang Weiqiang and Song Wen were left in the private room.

"Director Zhang, why have you changed your mind?" Song Wen couldn't help asking.

Zhang Weiqiang said: "I have recently read books and realized a truth. The truth is simple. A good movie should be simple and clear. Disclaimer things are actually useless. What distinguishes movies from TV dramas is its refinement. It can tell a wonderful story clearly in just 90 minutes. Since there is nothing wrong with his script, then we don't need to add anything to it."

"What do he know, a newcomer in the film industry?" Song Wen said with a lip silence, obviously a little dissatisfied.

Zhang Weiqiang poured a cup of tea for his old partner and said with a smile: "Didn't Mr. Guo ask us to respect this screenwriter Xu? I think Mr. Guo would ask him to write this movie script, and there must be his reason. As long as there is no big problem, let's do it."

"snort!"

Song Wen snorted coldly.

"Okay, just follow his script to shoot. I want to see how many box offices it can have!"
Chapter completed!