Chapter 386 Behind the romance is horror! [2-in-1]

Author: Pindao is very handsome

Chapter 386 Behind the romance is horror! [2-in-1]

It is said that when Gao Fei decided to set up a separate online drama department, if anyone from Zhouyi Film and Television was happiest, it would undoubtedly be the screenwriting department.

You must know that they have been holding back ideas but cannot publish them.

Why?

Because they know that even if they write out the script, the company won't take pictures of it. After all, even if they take pictures, they won't be able to pass the review.

But now it's better. After the "review zone" of online dramas, the writers of Zhouyi suddenly seemed to be out of the cage, and it was such a joy to play.

Gao Fei had just set up the administrative framework, and the writing team couldn't wait to come to him with two notebooks.

To be honest, Gao Fei has never seen employees who are so active in their work.

Looking at their expectant eyes, even Gao Fei, who had always been thick-skinned and dark-hearted, felt a little embarrassed.

So without saying anything, I opened the file and started reading.

But after reading the two online drama scripts carefully prepared by the writing team, Gao Fei felt a bit toothache!

Because these two thick notebooks seem to tell different stories, but in Gao Fei's eyes, they both mean the same thing.

And this meaning is condensed into one word, that is - ghost!

…

Due to some well-known reasons, ghosts have rarely appeared in domestic film and television dramas. Even if they did, it was only in ancient times.

For example, the Liao Zhai series that Tang Ren has filmed many times is a TV series that follows this route.

It’s just that after the writers of Zhouyi watched the small-budget online drama "Mao Liar" that premiered on Youku last June, they suddenly felt a little bit ready to make a move.

Because this drama is very bold compared to traditional TV dramas.

The content of this drama is almost all the current social pain points, basically the things that TV stations are not allowed to broadcast.

It even has the meaning of an urban version of a gangster.

You must know that in the past, this concept was basically impossible to appear in modern dramas with urban settings. After all, the people are now the masters of the country. How can it be compared with the previous dynasty!

You think so? (No other meaning!)

After seeing that themes like "Mao Liar" could be broadcast online, Zhou Yi's writing team carefully explored the forbidden area of ​​"urban supernatural".

In fact, some things are just like that.

The more you ban something, the more the audience will want to see it, and the more the author will want to write about it.

For example, the group of masters in the Zhouyi Screenwriting Department who are crazy about stepping on the line on the verge of review belong to this type of people seeking death.

Thus, the book "Soul Ferry" was born.

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It is said that "Soul Ferry" is mainly about a place called "Convenience Store No. 444" in a corner of the city.

It is said that there will be ghosts after 12 midnight every night, and Xia Dongqing, the night clerk here, has a pair of yin and yang eyes since he was a child, and he can see "things" that others cannot see, that is, ghosts!

As for the convenience store owner Zhao Li, he calls himself the "soul ferryman."

The daily job is to welcome and send ghosts between the Yin and Yang worlds, and guide the ghosts to the world they should go to.

Based on this background setting, this book can be said to be composed of urban ghost stories.

In other words, only the three characters of convenience store owner Zhao Li, employee Xia Dongqing, and customer Wang Xiaoya can run through the entire drama.

I have to say that this story design is very smart.

Because this is equivalent to splitting a long TV series into short plays.

This gives the producers great freedom in terms of actor schedules and role selection.

The low-budget comedy "Wulin Gaiden" uses this model.

At the beginning, Shang Jing relied on his connections to attract guest stars from all over the world, which made the entire TV series complete.

Of course, the Book of Changes would not be so shabby nowadays.

The idea for the book "Soul Ferry" actually came from a new recruit from the Zhouyi Screenwriting Department who liked to have long hair.

According to the cultural atmosphere of the screenwriting department, this little brother also gave himself the pen name "Xiao Jixiangtian".

At this moment, looking at the long-haired little brother who was introduced by the screenwriters, Gao Fei pondered for a moment and finally asked with some tangle:

"Why...why do you want to write this kind of story?"

After all, there are different levels of seeking death, so why do you have to dance in a minefield?

What are you picturing? Just to enjoy the excitement?

When faced with questions from his boss's boss, Ji Xiangtian, a newbie in the workplace, felt a little timid for a while.

Seeing this situation, Gao Fei didn't rush him, so after a while, Xiao Ji Xiangtian said softly and embarrassedly:

"Because... I feel that only by writing about ghosts can we write about people better!"

As soon as these words came out, Gao Fei couldn't help but nodded slightly.

To write about ghosts in order to write about people? This is a good angle.

Judging from the content of the script, he indeed followed this idea.

For example, in the third episode "Lust and Caution", it tells the story of an urban girl named Xiaoxue who sells herself for beauty and gradually becomes a drug addict.

Obviously, this story satirizes those people who are addicted to plastic surgery in today's society.

And in episode 4, the article "Ghost in Bed" seems romantic, but in fact it is praising the love that is inseparable from life and death - the wife died unexpectedly without knowing it, thinking that her husband was raising a ghost daughter, so she asked Xia Dongqing for help.

But she didn't want to find out in the end that the female ghost her husband raised was herself.

In this story, the screenwriter obviously drew on the legend of rhinoceros horn incense in ancient my country.

After all, as early as the Tang Dynasty, ancient people once said:

Don't dare to burn raw rhinoceros. If you burn it, it will smell strange and stick to your clothes and belts. People can communicate with ghosts.

And after reading the entire script, Gao Fei had to admit that some newcomers were simply monsters.

Because in the 20 episodes of "Soul Ferry", Xiao Jixiangtian tells a wonderful story in almost every episode.

And even though the length is limited, he still manages to create suspense and a long lasting aftertaste.

For example, in the article "The Hanging Sword", he satirized the keyboard warrior;

In the story "The Evil Spirit in the Dormitory: Senior Sister in Red", he reached out to the campus and actually touched on the theme of teacher-student love.

It can be said that he can and cannot write, he almost touched them all in the book "Soul Ferry".

Otherwise, Gao Fei wouldn't have such a toothache.

You must know that these themes have been restricted for creation in the past. If traditional TV dramas were involved, they might be removed from the shelves accidentally.

It's just...

If Gao Fei were to reject this book, he would be reluctant to do so.

Because this book is really well written!

Especially the later piece "The Curse of the Weaver Girl" is the most exquisite in Gao Fei's opinion.

You must know that the story of "Cowherd and Weaver Girl" took shape as early as the Han Dynasty.

Otherwise, Yuefu poems such as "Altair is far away and Han women are on the bright river" would not have spread.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that the story of the "Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" took shape.

After all, it was during this period that the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother were paired up by the common people.

However, due to the inertia of his thinking, Gao Fei had never thought about the deep meaning behind the story of "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl".

But this time, Xiao Jixiangtian obviously had another opinion on this ancient myth.

In his writing, when the Weaver Girl was accidentally injured and fell into a village, the villagers rescued the Weaver Girl. In order to repay the kindness, the Weaver Girl used her magic power to make the bankers have a bumper harvest. Unexpectedly, the villagers became greedy, and they built a maze to trap them.

He lives with the Weaver Girl and forces the Weaver Girl to have sex with men in the village and give birth to the Weaver Girl's children.

Because in this way, the village will always have a bumper harvest.

The sadness of this story is that in the end, the Weaver Girl had no offspring, so the villagers randomly selected the "Weaver Girl".

The last generation of Weaver Girl accepted people's worship, but she had no magic power and could not bring benefits to people. So after being insulted by the whole village, she was trapped in the underground palace and suffocated to death, and her soul was trapped in the maze forever.

Hence the so-called "Curse of the Weaver Girl".

Of course, from an objective perspective, Gao Fei can point out many flaws and loopholes in this story at a glance.

For example, the Weaver Girl is obviously a god, so how could she be trapped by a mortal?

But when Gao Fei was about to speak, his mind changed and he thought about it one more level.
To be continued...