Life in the Light and Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 0060: A Month of Seclusion for Creative Work



Chapter 0060: A Month of Seclusion for Creative Work

Looking back on the past few days, Wu Yang could only describe it as a dream!

First, accompanied by Director Wang, we met with the leaders of the planning department, and then we all sat down and had lunch.

In the afternoon, Wu Yang received the cooperation agreement for the "Shunyi Film and Television City Renovation Plan", with the Shunyi Branch holding a 49% stake.

The Shunyi branch will provide 300 acres of land in the industrial park, a separate bus stop, a police station, a fire station, a community hospital, and a kindergarten.

Wu Yang, representing Aifei Film and Television Production Management Company, holds a 51% stake and is required to transform the industrial park into a film and television base.

After the film and television base is officially established, the industrial land can be converted into commercial land. The design and construction of the film and television base will be funded and managed by Wu Yang's film and television company.

The Shunyi branch will not interfere with operations and management; it will only send accountants to audit the accounts and distribute profits at the end of the year.

To put it bluntly, Wu Yang provided the money, and the Shunyi branch provided the personnel and land, but not the money.

The police station, fire station, community hospital, and kindergarten only provide staff positions; all the supporting buildings need to be funded and constructed by Wu Yang's side.

Moreover, there was a note in the contract that was very favorable to Wu Yang.

That's a film and television base; dividends will only be distributed after all investment costs have been recovered.

This directly relieved Wu Yang of his worries!

Furthermore, this project has been designated as a pilot project, and if successful, it will benefit all industrial parks of all sizes within the capital.

When Wu Yang returned home with the agreement and the construction plans for the 300-acre industrial park.

There's still a sense of unreality; I originally just wanted to find an office space for the company.

But in the end, it didn't turn into owning a film and television base.

Don't be fooled by the dilapidated state of this industrial park; once you truly become its owner...

Wu Yang immediately recalled many apocalyptic movies, and even the details of those movies became clear.

Afraid of forgetting it later, Wu Yang quickly picked up the keyboard and began typing it down as text.

At dinner time, Liu Yifei waited and waited but Wu Yang did not appear.

So, slightly annoyed, I went upstairs, but before I even entered the study, I heard the sound of keyboards being typed.

Liu Yifei, who had intended to play a prank on Wu Yang, quietly approached and saw the computer screen.

She recognized each line of text, but when put together, she couldn't quite understand it.

Liu Yifei certainly couldn't understand these memories buried deep in her mind, unless triggered by a "touching scene" or similar conditions.

Before Wu Yang transmigrated, he had almost completely forgotten about it.

Now, what comes to mind isn't just one movie, but many movies, some of which have already been released, and some that haven't been released yet.

Some could only remember one line of dialogue, some could recall the plot summary, and some could only remember a few character names.

Therefore, when it is written down, it appears disjointed and incoherent.

Apart from Wu Yang, even other time travelers wouldn't understand it for a while.

This can be considered Wu Yang's unique encryption method, but it's a bit too much for his wife.

After watching for less than 5 minutes, Liu Yifei felt dizzy.

Seeing that Wu Yang was indeed busy, Liu Yifei did not disturb him, but came and went quietly.

He simply instructed the nanny to prepare a separate dinner for Wu Yang.

After Wu Yang had written down as many of the images he could recall as possible,

It was already 9 p.m., and when Wu Yang opened the keyboard, he realized that the joints in his hands were a little stiff.

Moreover, I was extremely hungry, and even my vision was starting to blur.

Closing his notebook, Wu Yang staggered to his feet and, after a while, went downstairs to find something to eat.

After eating and drinking my fill, I regained some energy, but I was still a bit mentally exhausted from overworking my brain.

When they returned to the bedroom, Liu Yifei was already preparing for the battle, but Wu Yang could only hang up the white flag tonight.

Seeing Wu Yang's tired appearance, Liu Yifei didn't force him, but gently complained that he shouldn't work so hard.

Then the two of them fell asleep in each other's arms and slept soundly until dawn!

"Oh, so this movie has already been released. Wait, this one's been released too? I don't remember seeing it."

Wu Yang browsed the information on the external website, then returned to the document and deleted the information about the movies that were showing.

After checking repeatedly, I removed movies that had already been released and those plots that I simply couldn't recall.

Finally, I pieced together two complete movie synopses and parts of the plot: one is "Train to Busan," and the other is "Snowpiercer."

The former is a zombie film that is not allowed to be filmed in China, but it can be modified. If zombies are not allowed, then it can be changed to fairies.

Since the filming of "Painted Skin 2" was approved, it's likely that filming an urban version of "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" would also be approved.

The zombies in "Train to Busan" were directly adapted into a story where the Peng Clan Demon King, while guarding the gate to the Demon Realm, accidentally opened the seal due to unrequited love, causing demonic energy to leak out and leading to the collective demonization of the demon race.

They emerged from the entrance connecting the demon realm and the human world—the sewers of the industrial park—and took over the human world.

Led by a group of old celestial masters, the main characters, with the help of modern military forces and some benevolent demons, eliminate these invading monsters.

Interspersed with a cross-species romance between a human and a demon, similar to Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid," it ends with a happy ending.

Since it's about a demon invasion, both the movie title and the main storyline are completely different from "Train to Busan".

Wu Yang wasn't one to work for nothing. He planned to refine the script a bit, then have Peter register the global rights in Hollywood and sell them to Korean directors to make a profit!

After noting down his thought process for the changes in a document on the computer, Wu Yang began to search for the latter.

The information was about "Snowpiercer," but I discovered that there was also a comic book of the same name.

It was written in 1982, four years older than Wu Yang, and was published as a standalone book in the year 4.

Now that the script was written and there was no news of it being adapted into a movie on the internet, Wu Yang picked up the phone.

He called his agent, Peter, and told him not to secretly buy the film and television adaptation rights to the comic under Wu Yang's name.

Regardless of how you look at it, Wu Yang is now a director with a certain international reputation.

If the author or other industry professionals knew that Wu Yang had purchased the item, aside from the possibility of wasting money, at least it would prevent someone else from getting there first.

For the next month, Wu Yang stayed home and wrote scripts in seclusion.

First, he spent 20 days writing "Journey to the West: The Allure of a Fallen City," a film script adapted from "Train to Busan" in the style of a modern ghost story.

The reason for this name is that Wu Yang thought of the various monster designs in the TV series "Journey to the West".

If these designs are used as models to create more realistic and lifelike 3D characters, their deeply memorable character images will surely resonate with the audience.


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