Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 244 Nomination

Chapter 244 Nominations (4/4)

Seeing that Shen Yan still had no reaction, Ji Xiang couldn't help but ask: "Do you think there is any point?"

Shen Yan asked in return: "Do they want to create a classic or do they simply want to capitalize on the "Police Story" IP?"

"What's the difference?"

"To create a classic, you have to reboot it. Jackie Chan's character is set to take a backseat and become a mentor in the police force, training a new generation of police officers, creating a narrative tension of "the alternation of the old and the new"..."

Ji Xiang shook his head: "That's definitely not possible. What's the point of taking a back seat?"

"Then just spend it?"

"Correct!"

"That's much simpler. Create a rebellious daughter... and then reconcile the father and daughter... and go for the family-friendly route!"

"How to reconcile?"

Shen Yan thought for a moment, then said, "Let's see if you want to play with depth..."

“What if you don’t play with depth?”

"The kidnappers kidnapped my daughter..."

Shen Yan talked about the plot of "Police Story 2013"...

Police Story 2013…

In fact, the story itself is passable.

Liu Ye plays the villain, who has a beautiful sister. However, one day, this beautiful sister dies. He wants to avenge her. And so, the core plot of the film begins. The brother wants to avenge his sister, but he doesn't know who killed her, so he finds a way to bring together all the relevant people, including Jackie Chan and his daughter...

This villain setting is a bit brainless and boring~
Most importantly, director Ding Sheng's skills are too poor. The narrative rhythm is dragged out in various ways, especially the first half, which is a bit boring and feels like pure water length...

"What if we go deeper?"

"It's simple. The villains are set up as evil forces. Jackie Chan leads his team to destroy their entire village. They want revenge on Jackie Chan, kidnap his daughter, and use live broadcast to reveal his 'true' side... Try a few trolley problems... For example, set up two explosives, one to blow up his daughter, the other to blow up innocent people..."

"Ah... this is too cruel!"

Shen Yan didn't care: "As for the villain... we must make things difficult, otherwise, it would be boring... The most important thing is that we can't shoot something that reflects social problems... bureaucracy, judicial loopholes, etc..."

"That's right... That's why I said it's quite difficult to make police and gangster films in mainland China."

"When the villain's setting can only remain on the surface, the movie can't touch the depths..." After a pause, Shen Yan said: "So, what I mean is that it's best not to accept it!"

"Can't we continue the style of 'Police Story'?"

Shen Yan asked back, "Do you know the background of the first "Police Story"?

"…have no idea…"

"When filming Police Story, Jackie Chan was actually holding back a lot of anger.

Because before this, he had twice ventured into Hollywood but hadn't been given much space to showcase his talents. First, when he was filming "The Trench," American directors' understanding of action scenes was all about one-on-one punch-and-punch fighting, lacking fluidity and visual appeal. Jackie Chan had wanted to add some of his own style, but was rejected. When the film was released, the box office was very disappointing.

A few years later, Jackie Chan returned to Hollywood to film "Back to the Future." This time, many scenes were shot in Hong Kong, but the film was still very short on action scenes, and the fighting style was still very stiff. After the film was released in the United States, it was a dismal box office success.

In fact, Jackie Chan had his own understanding of action movies at that time, but Hollywood production companies and directors ignored him at all. They just asked Jackie Chan to shoot according to their understanding of tough guys and action scenes, and naturally they couldn't shoot in Jackie Chan's style.

In order to make a truly tough cop movie, Jackie Chan decided to do it himself: not only did he direct and star in the film, he also participated in the screenwriting process, and together with the martial arts instructors from the "Jackie Chan Stunt Team", he made "Police Story"...

Therefore, in "Police Story," Chan Ka-kui demonstrated the justice and bravery of a police officer in a way that almost risked his life. He was desperately trying to prove himself!

At this point, Shen Yan asked, "Do you think Jackie Chan has such determination now? Even if he does, can he still risk his life?"

“…It’s a bit difficult!” Ji Xiang scratched his head: “Then write something without depth?”

"...No, why do you always persuade me to write scripts for Jackie Chan?"

"They offered 500 million!"

"What's the matter?"

"Script fee!"

"Ahem..." Shen Yan was shocked. "500 million for the script? Doesn't that include anything else?"

"Not included!"

“…I’ll take this case!”

"You don't reject it anymore?"

"What's there to reject?" Shen Yan said frankly: "It's just writing a script, something that can be done in one night..."

After the seminar, Shen Yan returned to the hotel...

There will be a drinking party in the evening.

I heard from Ji Xiang that he is from the New Film Association...

He didn't really want to participate...

Then I didn’t go.

He is now past the stage of needing to rely on others!
I might as well start thinking about rebooting "Police Story".

Firstly, it's impossible to use the role of Chen Jiaju, so we have to use Lao Zhong, Zhong Wen. His character setting is that he loves the police career, has fought countless bad guys in his life, is upright and old-fashioned, and can give up everything to be a good policeman. Therefore, he is bound to ignore the existence of his family, which is bound to cause all kinds of family conflicts...

There is nothing wrong with this character, otherwise, Jackie Chan would not have accepted it;
The villain needs to be modified...

The events of the original version were not shocking at all.

Liu Ye's character is actually quite pitiful...

This is terrible for a cop movie!

Since there is no bad guy, the audience's emotional investment has no place to go, and it feels empty. They can't help but shout, "Why are you two still fighting?"

For an action movie, this is deadly.

So, it must be a real villain...

Let’s learn from a certain Xiaoguo.

The reason why he kidnapped Zhong Wen’s daughter was to prove that he was out!

"You're quite good, you actually recognized me!"

"Yes, I was sentenced to life imprisonment, but I was released after three years. What can you do? I have changed my name now. My name is not Chen Xiaoguo, but Li Lin!"

"You're the model police officer? Come on, let me give you a choice. There are two people here, both with explosives... I have two buttons in my hand. Who do you think I'll blow up?"

While writing the script...

While thinking about how to arrange the action scenes reasonably...

Since Jackie Chan is here, we must fight!

Otherwise, why would the audience buy tickets?
Interspersed with fighting scenes...

The villain is set to be a little crazy...

Well, let’s set up a round-robin battle…

The villain's three men took turns fighting him, and if he won, he would let one of them go...

I was writing the script when Yang Siwei called.

"Golden Rooster Award?"

“…Yes, our film received five nominations!”

…Five nominations? Let me see!”

Shen Yan opened his computer and searched for the Golden Rooster Awards...