A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 175: Simple foul mouth, the ultimate enjoyment! A healing masterpiece that will make millions of people cry! (5k)

In fact, Jiang Hai was a little puzzled. Why would a film script find a new screenwriter like him who also wrote plays to revise the manuscript?

The reason Zhang Chengye gave him was very simple:
"I advise the God to shake himself up and send down talents in all kinds of ways."

“We shouldn’t judge creators by their age. Talent and inspiration have nothing to do with age.”

In fact, through "Butterfly Lovers" and "The Injustice of Dou E" written by Jiang Hai, Zhang Chengye can feel that this is a very talented young man who has a great ability to grasp the emotions of the audience.

Even someone like him, who is over 40 and has long seen through the so-called love, after watching "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" -

It also means that you cannot calm down for a long time.

"Your love story is very touching. As it happens, we need a screenwriter like you who is good at controlling the audience's emotions."

In fact, the script that Chairman Zhang Chengye gave to Jiang Hai was not called "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale". Its original name was "Hachiko Monogatari". This was a semi-finished script written by the famous Japanese screenwriter Kaneto Shindo in 1987. What is different from the previous life is that -

When the creation of "Hachiko Monogatari" was halfway through, the screenwriter Kaneto Shindo died of illness at his home in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

The filming of "The Tale of Hachiko", which was originally planned to cost 20 billion yen, was temporarily shelved due to the death of Kaneto Shindo.

Since the 1980s, the filming of "ハチ公物语" has been delayed for various reasons, such as a broken funding chain or an imperfect script. In the end, the plan to film "ハチ公物语" was completely stopped and eventually came to nothing.
Until three years ago, the unfinished script "Hachiko Monogatari" written by the late Kaneto Shindo was once again put on the agenda by investors. However, this time, the filming and production company was not from Japan, but from a Chinese film and television company.

It was based on this situation that Jiang Hai flipped through the "ハチ公物语" in his hand and recognized it at a glance:
"Isn't this the story of Hachiko?"

The plot of "Hachiko Monogatari" is roughly as follows:

[An Akita dog named Hachi had a deep affection for his owner. For nine years after his owner died, the dog went to the station every day to wait for his owner to return, day after day, through the cold and hot seasons, until he finally died of old age on the street]

This is a high-scoring masterpiece that is warm, healing, tear-jerking and touching.

In its previous life, this movie was translated into various languages ​​including Chinese, Japanese, English, French, etc., and was broadcast in more than 30 countries around the world.

Even Douban netizens, who are always picky, gave a rare high evaluation when evaluating Hachiko:
"In my mind, looking at the history of world cinema, the only films that can rival Hachiko are The Shawshank Redemption and The Legend of 1900."

It tells not only the story of friendship between humans and animals, but also shows the world what true loyalty is through the life of the autumn dog Ah Ba.
If you're talking about other movies, it's okay if Jiang Hai doesn't know them.

But if a movie like Hachiko, which is recognized by millions of fans around the world,

Jiang Hai has never heard of the movie "The Best Tear-Jerking Masterpiece of the Year". Doesn't that mean he is a little ignorant?
"Hachiko." Jiang Hai flipped through the book "The Tale of Hachiko" and found the man looked more and more familiar. He even said with a little excitement, "Isn't this the loyal dog Hachiko?"

“It’s incredible that Hachiko has not been adapted into a movie.”

Seeing the excitement in Jiang Hai's eyes, Zhang Chengye suddenly felt puzzled:
"Why, you've heard of this half-broken script before?"

"More than just heard of it?" Jiang Hai's hands trembled slightly as he flipped through "The Tale of Hachi-kun". "I just love it too much, okay?"

He didn't care about the surprised looks of others.

Jiang Hai sat on the ground and began to carefully read the book "The Tale of Hachi Ko" in his hand right at the entrance of Chenghai Grand Theater.

After reading it carefully, Jiang Hai discovered that there were certain reasons why the famous "The Tale of Hachiko" in the previous life could not be adapted into a movie.

It turns out that the script of "Hachiko Monogatari" is not complete, and many plots have not been completed at all. It is only one-third of the original plot.
"No wonder such a classic script has not been adapted into a movie?"

In fact, no one cares whether Kaneto Shindo's "Hachiko Monogatari" is a classic or not. The reason why the film and television companies are willing to adapt "Hachiko Monogatari" is completely because they were attracted by Kaneto Shindo's reputation as one of the pioneers of Japanese independent films.

This is how the world is. When a person has achieved success and fame, and has reached a certain status in a certain field, even if it is a posthumous work that he failed to complete in the first half of his life -

It can also attract the interest of quite a number of investors.

"Huayi's marketing department estimates that there are still a considerable number of audiences in the Asian market who are willing to pay for warm and healing movies like 'Hachi Komonogatari'." Zhang Chengye looked at Jiang Hai with a kind face, "However, because the original script of 'Hachi Komonogatari' is only half, this has discouraged many film and television companies that wanted to come and invest."

"Our city writers' association invited a group of scriptwriters with mature creative experience to write the sequel to "The Tale of Hachi-kun", but without exception, all of them were rejected by the evaluation department of the investors, including your Chengxi Academy's lifetime honorary professor, Professor Ye Jingming."

Jiang Hai knew Teacher Ye Jingming, who was a good friend of Teacher Tao Chunfang for many years.

In the field of film, television and drama.

Teacher Ye Jingming is an authority among authorities.

Whether it is "The Secret Visits of Kangxi", "White Deer Plain", or the popular "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", these classic film and television drama scripts on the screen are all written by Mr. Ye Jingming.

"So." Jiang Hai slowly closed the script in his hand, raised his head and looked directly at him, "You also want me to try to continue writing this posthumous work of Shindo Kaneto, right?"

"I'm just a newcomer in the field of screenwriting. Why do you think that a newcomer like me can finish a story that even Mr. Ye Jingming couldn't continue?"

Zhang Chengye's eyes were bright, and his answer was simple and direct:
"Because I see an unprecedented aura in you."

Whether it is literary creation or script arrangement, aura is extremely important.

Sometimes, an idea that happens to pop into the mind of a screenwriter or on-site executive director may become a classic in film history.

For example, in "The King of Comedy", there are two lines of dialogue between Stephen Chow and Cecilia Cheung at the end of the film -

"If I don't work, will you support me?"

"I'll support you."

These two lines were not included in the script, but were an idea that accidentally popped into director Stephen Chow's mind during the on-site filming:

"Will shouting two lines like this help to better highlight the character's personality?"

This created a comedy classic of a generation.

Although scriptwriters like Ye Jingming have very mature experience, overly mature experience often restricts their creation. Blindly pursuing dramatic contradictions and conflicts can only make the originally healing and warm "Hachi Komonogatari" go further and further away in the process of adaptation.

“The Tale of Hachiko tells the story of a dog. In other words, the dog is the protagonist throughout the entire movie.”

"A movie that doesn't focus on the human perspective, but instead treats a dog as the protagonist?"

"This is something I have never heard of or seen before."

At this point, Zhang Chengye, chairman of the Writers Association, paused for a moment and looked at Jiang Hai with an extremely serious look:

"If you ask some veteran screenwriters to write this kind of script, which has no experience in the market, it may not produce any good results."

"And if we let some new screenwriters participate in the creation, maybe we can get some amazing results?"

"And I see that you, Jiang Hai, seem to have a close relationship with dogs."

Why is he speaking in such a sarcastic tone?
For a moment, Jiang Hai couldn't even tell whether Zhang Chengye was scolding him or praising him?

"Do all scholars speak in such a literary way?"

If you ask Jiang Hai to write other movie scripts, he might not be interested?
After all, his goal from the beginning to the end was just to delve deeper into the field of literature and not to waste time on other things.

However, if the script he was asked to adapt was a tear-jerking masterpiece like "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale", then
That’s another story!

Firstly, the story of "Hachiko: A Dog's Story" is really tear-jerking. It is not just talk that this tear-jerking masterpiece has made millions of people cry.

Secondly, the story of "Hachiko" is warm and healing enough.
This coincides exactly with Jiang Hai's writing philosophy?

"Don't give up every step of the knife easily"

Adhering to the principle that writing a play is writing, writing a script is also writing, after a brief exchange,
Jiang Hai decisively agreed to Zhang Chengye's request:
"When is the deadline for submission?"

Zhang Chengye was stunned, as if he had not expected Jiang Hai to agree so quickly.
"We will see the first draft of the script within a week, as for the final draft..."

"One month at the latest?"

Jiang Hai didn't hesitate after receiving the reply. He just walked away:

"See you in a week."

Somehow, looking at Jiang Hai's thin back as he left, a line suddenly popped up in Zhang Chengye's mind:
"Look at that man, he looks like a dog"

"Let a dog write about a dog?" "Wouldn't this become a classic?"

Jiang Hai took a bus all the way back from Chenghai Grand Theater, and it was already very late when he arrived at the dormitory.

As soon as I returned to the dormitory, I saw Fatty sitting at the desk, staring at the computer screen with a nervous look on his face:

"This thing is really a bit difficult to deal with"

Jiang Hai originally thought that the fat guy was studying, and was about to praise him:
"Not bad, Fatty, you now know how to read."

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, he hurriedly covered the screen with his hands as soon as he passed by the fat man:
"Don't look, Brother Hai, don't look."

"What kind of movie is so mysterious that even I can't watch it?" Seeing this, Jiang Hai suddenly laughed, "Is it from Europe, America, or Japan and Korea? The black and white combination doesn't look good!"

"Let me see what good stuff you are hiding"

When Jiang Hai pulled away the fat man's right hand that was blocking his way and saw the characters on his computer screen clearly, he was stunned.

A scarlet and glaring title suddenly appeared before my eyes:
[I report it with my real name! Jiang Hai, the winner of the 25th Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, is suspected of plagiarism and ghostwriting]

The moment he saw the news, he was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The fat man was also somewhat helpless:

"Look, I told you not to look"

Jiang Hai frowned and read the post and article carefully. He found that the post questioning his plagiarism was posted by a professor at Tsinghua University named Huo Xuehai. This professor at Tsinghua University is an old scholar in the field of drama and is quite authoritative and influential in the field of contemporary drama.

In this post, this old scholar from Tsinghua University issued three complaints to the public:

First, questioning Jiang Hai’s academic misconduct!
"How did a student who had been exposed to drama for less than two months write such masterpieces as The Butterfly Lovers and The Injustice of Dou E? The choice of words and the use of allusions in these plays are definitely not something a student can possess."

"Instead of believing that Jiang Hai is a genius, it is better to believe that Jiang Hai's mentor Tao Chunfang has put in a lot of effort behind the scenes! He gave his students the hard work of his many years of research, just to continue the myth of your Chenghai Drama Academy's god-making? Professor Tao Chunfang, you are so generous!"

Second, questioning Jiang Hai’s plagiarism!
“The dramatic structures of The Butterfly Lovers and Romeo and Juliet overlap in many aspects, whether it is the characters created by the two works, or the expression of the two works in artistic form, or even the ending of the two people, the two works have a high degree of overlap in content.”

"How can such a plagiarized work win the Cao Yu Drama Literature Award? This is simply ridiculous."

Third, we question whether Chenghai Drama Academy has shielded Jiang Hai and condoned his plagiarism!
“Chenghai Drama Academy is one of the top three schools in the field of [drama] in China! There are also many excellent drama creators in Chenghai Drama Academy. I deeply admire this!”

"Could it be that so many knowledgeable and experienced teachers in Chengxi Opera can't see that Jiang Hai is actually plagiarizing? This is impossible! The reason why they knew that Jiang Hai was plagiarizing but still allowed him to participate in the competition and win awards is nothing more than to forcibly create a god for the honor of the school."

"This year's Cao Yu Drama Literature Award is a carefully designed scam from beginning to end"

This post comes from Professor Huo Xuehai, an authority in the field of drama at Tsinghua University, who published it under his real name:

From Jiang Hai himself, to Jiang Hai's mentor, and even the Chenghai Drama Academy where Jiang Hai is studying.
They all gave a comprehensive denial!

There are only two points discussed in the whole article:

First, plagiarism!
Second, Jiang Hai’s instructor and the Chenghai Drama Academy where Jiang Hai studied helped the plagiarist conceal the truth!

In order to prove the authenticity of his words, Professor Huo Xuehai from Tsinghua University also published an article:

"A study on the similarities between "The Butterfly Lovers" and "Romeo and Juliet" in terms of dramatic structure, plot framework, and character settings"

This article, with 35,000 words, covers many aspects and dimensions:

Proves Jiang Hai’s plagiarism!

From rivers and seas.

To the teacher of Jianghai.

Then to the entire Chenghai Drama Academy.

They were all severely criticized!
When this article was published, it immediately set off an unprecedented wave of heated discussions on the Internet, and many netizens expressed their views and opinions on the Internet:

"I was wondering, a 20-year-old student can win the Cao Prize? This is ridiculous! I was wondering how this is possible. Even if a person is a genius, he can't study drama for two months and then win the prize directly, right? This is the Cao Prize! One of the four major domestic literary awards."

"I've known for a long time that something was wrong! Look at the five people who received the award. They are all top talents in their respective fields. How can a rookie like Honorary Professor Jiang Hai be on par with these big names? This is obviously not right!"

"Look, I told you so! Let the bullets fly for a while, I really waited for it! What genius? A plagiarizing genius! If I were to ask you, this teacher at Jiang Hai is really not a human being. He gave his own play to others to publish, just to make the school a god and increase the school's enrollment rate? What kind of mediocre teacher can really do that."

"I really didn't expect that Chengxi would be such a Chengxi? It even covered up plagiarism? Its reputation of many years was ruined in an instant! What a pity, what a pity."

After public opinion begins to ferment, the truth may seem less important?
For a time, Jiang Hai, who was still being praised as a talented young man a few days ago, had his reputation reversed and fell into unprecedented criticism.

"Are you okay?" Seeing that Jiang Hai was in a bad mood, the fat man stepped forward to comfort him, "Don't listen to these people's nonsense. Don't we know whether you copied it or not?"

“You’re not that kind of person”

As if he was afraid that Jiang Hai might be upset, Chu Tianjiao also came up to comfort him:

"Yeah, don't listen to their bullshit."

To be honest, if Professor Huo Xuehai was only targeting himself, then Jiang Hai might not even bother to care about such a thing?

After all, there are so many people scolding me online, and I have to queue up if I want to scold myself.
Who does he think he is?

However, this matter not only involves himself, but also his teacher Tao Chunfang and even the reputation of the entire Chenghai Drama Academy.

This kind of thing——

If you ignore him, the public will assume that you admit to plagiarism.

But if you pay attention to him, it will be very troublesome and laborious to prove that you did not plagiarize.
Just as Jiang Hai was thinking about how to deal with this matter.

Professor Huo Xuehai from Tsinghua University sent another message to the public, this time directly addressing Jiang Hai:
[Jiang Hai, do you dare to answer my question directly! ]

Even a clay man can get angry, why are you trying to bite me?

When he saw these words, Jiang Hai suddenly felt like he couldn't help himself.

"Brother Hai, it's not worth it to bother with such a person." The fat man tried to persuade Jiang Hai, "There's no need to confront him face to face at this time."

"Just ignore it, it will be over in two days."

“But if I don’t reply.” Chu Tianjiao was also a little hesitant, “Isn’t it like yellow mud falling into my crotch? It’s shit, right?”

"Once you don't respond, once the heat of this matter has died down, the plagiarism will be confirmed."

If you are not passionate, what are you called a young person?

It is obviously not Jiang Hai's character to treat things coldly.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Hai decisively logged into his main account, edited a message, and decisively @Huo Xuehai and chose to send it:
【Your mom died. 】

The moment the message is sent.

The fat man and Chu Tianjiao felt dumbfounded at once.

"Brother Hai, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

“No matter how ordinary he is, he is still a professor at Tsinghua University.”

Jiang Hai thought about it and found that what he was doing seemed a little inappropriate?
When cultural people communicate with each other, they should indeed be polite.

Jiang Hai deleted the message he had just sent and edited another message that was relatively polite.

This time, he even used honorifics:
【Your mother is dead.】

Then choose Send.
(End of this chapter)