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In the private compartment of the teahouse, Fan Zhe continued to talk to Du Zhengde about the content idea of ​​"Martial Arts Master: War".

"The story will be set after the protagonist participates in the battle for the title of 'Grandmaster' and the eternal battle with 'Zhan Shen Knife' is over."

"The content of this part is in the main drama. At that time, we will cut a little clip and put it at the beginning of the film as a pre-existing summary-of course, this must be re-produced to ensure that it can It fits with the movie itself."

"After the main character, Lou Cheng, finished the 'Grandmaster' title battle, he received a message that Lin Que, one of his best friends and his girlfriend's cousin, disappeared in the war-torn area."

"Disappearing in a war-torn area, there is a high probability that it can be equated with 'death', but the protagonist has become a master of foreign gangs, and the art is bold, so he decided to find someone."

"The so-called war-torn areas, in the setting, are collectively referred to by many countries. The east reaches the ocean, the north reaches the south of China, the west faces the Nile across the strait, and the south is approaching the poles. There are dozens of countries. The regime there is unstable. After today, there may not be tomorrow. The chaos was initially caused by regional hegemony and resource plunder. The powerful countries and the powerful will naturally find a peaceful solution. Unfortunately, the United States, By Europe, by Dongpu, and by major forces, the chaos lasted for decades."

"Lin Que is tracking down an international human trafficking group rooted in the war-torn area 'Tallinn', and has broken up many of their transactions, causing great losses to the other party. But it is precisely because of this that he disappeared."

"Actually, this human trafficking group is still doing some human body transformation experiments. They use special technology to transform warriors into a state similar to artificial humans and robots, and completely control them. After Lin Que was arrested, he ready to be remodeled."

"The protagonist came to 'Tallinn' and began to investigate Lin Que's whereabouts from various clues, and traced the past all the way. With Lin Que's grandparents, two top powerhouses of the older generation, they found the enemy's headquarters. Many artificial human masters overthrew this evil group that made artificial humans."

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"That's about the plot."

After listening to Fan Zhe's introduction, Du Zhengde frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "The setting of the war-torn area is more interesting, and it can also rely on a certain patriotism... But, listen to what you said, Including what I have seen from the script, I always feel that the plot is a bit too simple."

"Yes." Fan Zhe said, "However, it was only after our research that we decided to choose such a story. One of the most important reasons is that it is very simple."

"For commercial films and action films, we still try our best to pursue simple and clear stories, stimulating and refreshing action fights, plus our strong technical strength for special effects. Here, we need a story that is clear and smooth enough for the plot, and we don't need to make too much of it. There are so many strange things, and there is no need for a complicated story, which is not good."

"I agree with you." It's not that Du Zhengde doesn't understand these things. There are various successes and failures in various Western Hollywood blockbusters. For a movie like this kind of action fighting and visual effects, it is not a good thing to have a complicated story. On the contrary, this is likely to become a factor that drags down the quality of the movie.

However, Du Zhengde obviously has some other views: "The plot is smooth and clear, which is inevitable, but the current script, I think, is a bit too thin. From the emotional point of view of the characters, from the beginning to the end of the story, this is the case. .”

"This part of the original book is not written much," Fan Zhe said.

"It doesn't matter." Du Zhengde said, "We are doing film adaptations. It is good to follow the original in some places, but in some places, some adaptations are unavoidable."

"We must be cautious in this regard." Fan Zhe said, "We believe that it is very important to follow the original work on the premise of excellent original works for film adaptation."

"Well, don't worry, I understand this. I won't change the big story line, but I will add a little bit more polish to some of the transitions and characters' emotions, and then look at the rhythm of the film and add a few more battles to it. Including the script mentioned in the script The story with the 'old friend' Veigar can be expanded a little bit."

Fan Zhe thought for a while and said, "Okay, the adaptation of the script was written by one of our screenwriters, a screenwriter named Li Qingzhao. You should still have an impression of this girl, right?"

"Yes, didn't she also write the script adaptation of "Fantasy Three Kingdoms"?"

"Yes, you can communicate more at that time, but in the final script, I will definitely have to review it again."

"No problem, you are satisfied."

After solving the problem of the script, Fan Zhe talked about the style of the film again: "Old Du, we have not cooperated once or twice. The style of this film, I hope it can be a little tougher."

"When I was filming the TV series "Martial Arts Master", the whole action design was also going this way, but it was mainly because there were many youth campus scenes, and the main battle was still in the group arena, so the implementation was not good. Very thorough. But this film, the entire background is in the so-called 'war-torn area', we can make the film more realistic, fierce, and hardcore."

While talking, Fan Zhe also took out a tablet, called up some pictures, and put them in front of Du Zhengde.

These are some conceptual design drawings, all drawn by Fan Zhe himself.

Du Zhengde has watched the "Martial Arts Master" TV series, so he can more clearly understand that the style of the conceptual design drawings he sees is different from the TV series.

When he was thinking about the style of the film, Fan Zhe continued: "Also, I have a request, which is very important."

"You say."

Fan Zhe said: ""The Grandmaster of Martial Art: War" is a movie derived from a novel and a TV series. It is true, but our target audience is not limited to TV series audiences or novel readers. We want to achieve better results , It’s not enough for us to please fans of the original book. We must keep in mind that this is a movie, a complete and independent work.”

After a pause, he continued: "In other words, what we want to do is not a carnival for fans, but a commercial movie. We have to consider the feelings and experiences of all movie viewers. We must ensure that even if it is A person who knows nothing about the story of "The Grandmaster of Martial Arts" will not understand anything in this movie."

"I understand, and that's my goal."