Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

If we keep going like this, the Wolf Warrior script will become unusable. (Chapter 337)
Enjoying Wu Jing's gaze, Lu Yang chuckled and said, "Brother Jing, about the siege and reinforcement part."

"Is there a problem with the plot design of this part?"

Wu Jing quickly recalled the relevant script and plot in his mind, and asked in confusion, "What's the problem?"

He participated in the creation of this storyline, and he felt there were no problems with it.

"This is a huge problem!" Lu Yang said speechlessly, "What does Leng Feng mean by 'the enemy is not within range of fire'?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing subconsciously scratched his head.

Qi Hui also turned around and looked.

This refers to mercenaries using landmines to take down a PLA captain, then encircling the enemy and attacking reinforcements. Leng Feng and his men then counterattacked, only to find that their rifles were out of range.

Their sniper rifles have a long range, so assault rifles can't hit them.

It looks plausible, but... it actually has many flaws.

"You mean to say that sniper rifles have a longer range than assault rifles, right?" Lu Yang asked.
"Sniper rifles do shoot farther than assault rifles."

"However, sniper rifles use effective range, while assault rifles use maximum range."

Lu Yang glared at him and said irritably, "The maximum range of an assault rifle is at least one or two thousand meters, right? Within one or two thousand meters, assault rifle bullets still have lethality!"

"But for a sniper rifle to fire accurately, it has to be within its effective range, right?"

"The effective range is at most seven or eight hundred meters, that's completely wrong!"

Hearing Lu Yang's complaints, Wu Jing stammered, "This...this..."

Lu Yang said speechlessly, "Even someone like me who doesn't handle guns much knows what's going on. You've been in the army for so long, how come you didn't even consider this?"

"It's not that we didn't consider it, it's just that we sacrificed some realism for the sake of the plot..." Wu Jing muttered softly, his voice lacking confidence.

Upon hearing this, Qi Hui was speechless for a moment: "Then why don't you consider using a smokescreen?"

"Even kids know to use smoke grenades when looting in video games. Don't you ever consider that?"

"Then there isn't one, is there?" Wu Jing muttered again in a low voice, even softer than before.

"What? There's nothing?" Lu Yang's eyes widened.
"I can buy one of those things online without any problem, and you're telling me the special forces don't have them?"

Wu Jing: "..."

Can smoke grenades be purchased online?

He didn't know about this!
"Hahahaha..." Guo Fan was immediately amused; Lu Yang's question was too sharp.

Qi Hui also found it amusing. After clearing his throat, he returned to the main topic: "Lu Yang is right, there are serious problems with your battle plan."

"In modern warfare, the strategy of besieging a point and attacking reinforcements is simply unrealistic... Let alone modern warfare, it was already unrealistic during the Vietnam War."

"I remember the Americans were sniped by Vietnamese snipers in the base, and then the Americans immediately pulled out 105mm howitzers, did ballistic analysis, and fired a bunch of shells at that spot."

"Forget about the person, that sniper rifle is probably just scrap metal by now!"

Lu Yang nodded repeatedly: "That's right. Our Volunteer Army's sniping and blitzkrieg tactics all require firing one shot and then moving to another location."

"Who can stay in one place and take sniper shots without any problems?"

Guo Fan chuckled strangely: "Yes, the Trisolarans!"

"Shut up!" Wu Jing's lips twitched; he was almost driven to the brink of losing confidence by these people.

"I'm done speaking." Lu Yang picked up his beer, took a sip, sighed contentedly, and said, "Old Guo, it's your turn."

Wu Jing's eyelids twitched, and she felt an urge to run away.

His script, which he was so confident about, was criticized like this, and now he even has the urge to run away.

"Don't be nervous." Old Guo waved his hand and said, "I'm different from the other two. I'll just say a few words."

Wu Jing became even more nervous. "Just a few words... Is it really just a few words?"

"Ahem... Brother Jing, I won't go into the mistakes in your script, Lao Qi and Lao Lu have already discussed them. I'll offer a different perspective, from the viewpoint of story design." Guo Fan cleared his throat and then spoke slowly.

"Story design?" Wu Jing asked, puzzled. "Is there a problem with my story design?" "A little," Guo Fan replied without mincing words, nodding firmly.

"First of all, look, the fact that the deputy captain Yu Fei was killed by foreign mercenaries has already pushed the audience's emotions to the limit."

"According to the logic of the story design, in this situation, it should directly reach the climax, and the audience should be given a satisfying release of emotions."

"But what did you do?" Guo Fan countered. "Instead of letting the audience release their emotions, you set up an underwater bounding mine, causing the special forces to suffer another loss."

"This is really wrong! Who designs a story like this?"

"The audience will only feel more and more uncomfortable as they watch. If this were in a novel, it would be considered torture for the protagonist!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing scratched his head and said, "I can't just wipe out the entire enemy force with one shot, can I? There has to be some logic to it, right?"

"What do you mean by 'log'?" Qi Hui asked in a deep voice.

"Shut up!" ×2
"Cough cough cough..." Qi Hui coughed repeatedly and said, "Brother Jing, I think there's something wrong with the selling point of your movie."

"Is my selling point wrong?" Wu Jing felt even more aches and pains. If this continued, the movie script would be unusable!
Qi Hui said, "The selling point of your movie is hardcore military action + patriotism, right?"

"Yes!" Wu Jing nodded.
"The latter is fine. It's normal for Hollywood to use those American mainstream themes. Captain America used them extensively."

"But the former has a problem; your hardcore military operations focus on the actions themselves."

"It was focused on tactical maneuvers and military technology."

Wu Jing asked, puzzled, "Isn't this wrong?"

“That’s right, no problem.” Guo Fan continued, “But the audience won’t understand it!”

"Hey~, Lao Guo is right, isn't he? I think so too." Qi Hui slapped his thigh:
"Many viewers don't understand those tactical details, and even if they do, the impact and shock they feel are not significant."

"This doesn't fit your target audience at all!"

"These kinds of tactical details are only liked by military enthusiasts; it's a small circle, a small group of people."

“Then…then I should…” Wu Jing scratched his head.

"We should focus on the military," Qi Hui said. "We should focus on military equipment."

"What's the big deal about carrying a few assault rifles? You should be carrying a 40mm or a 120mm rifle to fight foreign mercenaries."

"Start bombarding the enemy directly. If you see something you don't like, just fire a 40mm rocket or a 120mm rocket."

"Regardless of whether it hits or not, even if it does dent, it'll still be bigger than the crater made by a bullet, right?"

Wu Jing's lips twitched. Outrageous!
Qi Hui continued, "Moreover, with this approach, the story design issue that Lao Guo just mentioned is no longer a problem."

"Think about it, when comrades are killed, soldiers change their equipment, replacing rifles with rocket launchers, and then start chasing the enemy. As soon as they see a figure, they don't care about anything else and just start firing."

"Isn't that kind of overwhelming bombardment just the right way to release the audience's emotions?"

Wu Jing said speechlessly, "But this doesn't make sense!"

Qi Hui glared at him: "Who says it doesn't meet the requirements? It's the 21st century, which of our soldiers doesn't carry one or two individual rocket launchers during training?"

"An infantry squad is equipped with either light or heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, or grenade launchers."

"A rifle? A whole squad basically only carries one of those!"

“This…” Wu Jing broke out in a cold sweat.

That's very true, but following that line of thinking, he'd have to revise the entire script from beginning to end.

"I'll think about it when I get back... I'll take your suggestions into consideration." Wu Jing said weakly, feeling a bit discouraged.

Qi Hui patted him on the shoulder: "Relax, your original script was also good."

"Whether it's changed or not, I've already voted. I will not break my promise."

Wu Jing took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)