Chapter 456 Your Wedding, the Crucial Point of Contradiction Reconstructed (Ch 456)

Seeing the absent-minded Li Xigen, he picked up a large piece of yellow mustard as if it were grilled cheese and put it in his mouth.

Before Li Zhien could open her mouth to remind him,

Li Xigen’s eyes suddenly widened, his eye sockets instantly turned red and warm, tears came out in an instant.

He was about to cough, but when he saw Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan frowning and reading the script seriously,

Li Xigen quickly covered his mouth to stifle his cough. Even though his facial features were distorted with pain, he refused to make a sound.

Lee Ji-eun dismissed the teacup without a second thought and handed him the teapot.

Looking at Lee Xigen who was holding the teapot and gulping down tea, Lee Ji-eun’s eyes were full of sympathy.

More than half an hour had passed since Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan took out the script, but they remained silent, except for the occasional page-turning.

She almost thought that the two of them were under a spell of immobilization. She wanted to ask about it, but Li Xigen wouldn’t let her, saying that they couldn’t be disturbed.

After more than ten minutes, the atmosphere in the room became quieter.

In order to avoid disturbing the two from reading the script, Li Xigen even forbade Li Zhien and Chen Ge to use chopsticks to pick up food.

Because Han Guo’s chopsticks are made of stainless steel and are flat, they can easily make noise if you are not careful.

Chen Ge couldn’t stand it anymore when he saw the plastic spoon Li Xigen handed to him.

Although she didn’t read it carefully, she took a quick look.

I didn’t think there was anything wrong with the plot, so I asked directly,

“You’ve been watching for more than half an hour, can you please give me a word?”

The sound broke the eerie atmosphere in the room.

Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan suddenly came back to their senses from the script. When they looked at their phones, they realized that so much time had passed.

“Let’s talk about the script first. If you don’t, Director Li Xigen will be so anxious that he will become a eunuch.” Chen Ge waved his hand to stop the two people from apologizing and asked directly,

“Mr. Chen, did you mention my name just now?” Li Xigen asked Li Zhien,

Li Zhien was a little embarrassed. Although she felt that Chen Ge’s analogy was appropriate, she couldn’t really translate it completely, right?

After all, Li Xigen didn’t know Chinese, so it was difficult for him to understand the meaning of the sentence “The emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is.”

Fortunately, Qi Jia spoke at this time. As soon as he spoke, Li Xigen’s attention was immediately attracted.

He pricked up his ears seriously, as if he suddenly understood Chinese.

“Apart from some details that needed to be revised, we felt that the adapted script was just forced to be perfect, without doing a good job of reconstructing the core contradictions.”

Hearing this answer, Li Xigen’s pupils widened and he looked shocked.

Qi Jia’s last sentence really touched his heart. He had revised the emotional conflict between the male and female protagonists several times but was still not satisfied.

But in order to cater to Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan’s preferences, he could only change the ending to,

The male protagonist came to the wedding scene to grab the bride, and the female protagonist ran away with the male protagonist without hesitation. This cliché plot made the ending forced to be perfect. I didn’t expect that the two of them could see through it at first glance.

“Mr. Qi, how do you think we should change it?”

After being shocked, Li Xigen respectfully handed over the pen with both hands and asked excitedly,

There was no need for translation. Qi Jia understood what the other party meant by looking at the actions. He took the pen without hesitation, circled a paragraph, and said,

“First, the film is set in 2006, and in the script the male protagonist works as a clerk in a fried chicken shop after graduating from high school. This setting does not match the situation in our country.

Because our country is not like China where there are fried chicken restaurants everywhere, it is better to work as a network administrator in an Internet cafe, which is more localized and can resonate with the audience. “

Chen Ge nodded and said,

“Yes, yes, localization is crucial. Don’t worry about this. Director Li Xigen is only responsible for changing the general direction. I will arrange for people to revise these details.”

After listening to the translation, Li Xigen did not object, after all, he didn’t have to do anything.

“And here.” Zhang Ruonan took the pen and circled a spot, saying, “The scene in college where the heroine washes her boyfriend’s underwear should also be deleted…”

“And here… here…”

The two of them talked back and forth, picking out a lot of passages from the script. In addition to the plot setting, there were also problems with the lines.

For example, the explicit line in the original script, “Let’s have sex”, was changed by Qi Jia to “Let’s go to the woods after school”. Zhang Ruonan suggested,

It would be better to simply change it to “The Grove” being actually a barbecue restaurant. Otherwise, if there is a hint that the hero and heroine had a relationship in high school, it will definitely be required to be deleted by the censors.

Looking at the colorfully circled script, Li Xigen was delighted but also confused.

The more questions there are, the more they prove that they like the script, but these are all details, and the key [reconstruction of the core conflict points] has not yet been discussed.

“I completely agree with all of this. Can you please tell me how to reconstruct the core contradiction?” Li Xigen asked impatiently.

Chen Ge and Li Zhien were also full of curiosity and anticipation when they heard this.

Qi Jia did not speak immediately, but picked up the script and discussed it quietly with Zhang Ruonan for a while before saying,

“The so-called reconstruction of the core contradiction can be understood as going from [missing] to [crossing].”

“From missing to crossing?”

After listening to IU’s translation, Li Xigen repeated these two words over and over again. He felt his head itchy, as if he had a little more idea, but he couldn’t grasp it.

After he started, Qi Jia’s logic became clearer and clearer. He spoke quickly and clearly,

“First, we must make it clear that the typhoon, injuries, and unemployment were only external factors that led to the tragic ending.

The male protagonist’s [immaturity] and the female protagonist’s [lack of security] are the real reasons!

So when adapting the story, we need to shift the key to resolving the tragedy from an external accidental event to the two people helping each other and breaking through their inner knots.”

“Instant Sting~ you continue.” Chen Ge’s eyes were terribly bright, and he urged impatiently.

Qi Jia stretched out two fingers and said slowly,

“And the key to breaking through the inner knot between the two lies in the reconstruction of the two turning points of fate.”

“First, the typhoon incident,

In the original script, Zhou Xiaoqi was injured while saving You Yongci, which ended his swimming career. This was the first turning point in their fate towards tragedy.

Chen Ge nodded thoughtfully and said,

“That’s true. How should we modify this paragraph? We can’t just delete it, right?”

“Of course not.” Qi Jia shook his head and said, “Although the typhoon was a turning point in the tragedy, it was also a catalyst for the breakthrough in their relationship, so it cannot be deleted.”

Hiss~ There was a sound of inhalation in the room.

Except for Zhang Ruonan, the other three frowned tightly, especially Li Xigen, who was the screenwriter and director.

He understood Qi Jia’s meaning very well, but it was too difficult to let the typhoon incident serve as a catalyst for the two of them to be together, but not to let it become the cause of future tragedy.

“Being hurt is not necessarily a bad thing, because being hurt can make people grow.”

Without giving the three people a chance to interrupt, Qi Jia spoke out his and Zhang Ruonan’s thoughts all at once.

“Zhou Xiaoqi undoubtedly loves You Yongci, so we can take advantage of this typhoon incident.

Let him become like You Yongci and become [lack of security], only true empathy can

Only then could he understand what You Yongci had been wanting all these years?

Only in this way can we reconstruct the second key node and allow the two of us to break through our inner knot together…”

After listening to Qi Jia’s analysis, Chen Ge nodded.

With this modification, the male protagonist’s growth path is indeed much clearer.

From being immature and carefree, to becoming anxious and restless due to various setbacks after being injured, always wanting someone to accompany him, not daring to do things alone, just like You Yongci, who lacks a sense of security.

So I began to understand You Yongci’s inner knot. Only when the two of them understood each other could they resolve the subsequent conflicts.

“What is the second key point?” Chen Ge asked.