Chapter 102 Suspect X's Devotion
The home projector slowly stopped, and Liu Hongmin and Chen Yu walked out of the projection room. After getting used to the sunlight, Liu Hongmin walked towards the study while thinking.
After watching movies for a few days, Liu Hongmin gave up the idea of wearing a Japanese vest. It is difficult to imitate their living conditions without living there.
Therefore, Liu Hongmin decided to set the story in Hong Kong.
Su Youpeng's "The Devotion of Suspect X" basically follows the original plot except for the name and background changes. This reduces the difficulty for Liu Hongmin to adapt it back to the novel. As long as he can grasp the rhythm of the story, the book will definitely not be too bad.
Hong Kong is an international metropolis, and the Japanese are no strangers to it. Hong Kong movies are often shown in Japan, and those who have seen the movies will have some impression of Hong Kong.
Liu Hongmin has been in Hong Kong for about half a year and has a good understanding of Hong Kong today.
The story revolves around Tang Chuan, a physics professor at the Criminal Police Academy, and Shi Hong, a middle school mathematics teacher. The two have been friends for many years, but because Shi Hong's neighbor Chen Jing was investigated by the police, Shi Hong was pulled into the police's sight, forcing Shi Hong to stand on the opposite side of Tang Chuan. The fight between friends formed a two-hero situation, which is a very popular routine in Hong Kong movies.
The same was true for Tang Chuan and Shi Hong. The two sides engaged in a very exciting battle of reasoning.
Liu Hongmin strengthened the reasoning in the movie. After all, this is what the Japanese like to watch.
As for the human warmth in the original novel, Liu Hongmin did not add it back. He has not read the original novel and does not know how Keigo Higashino made the characters more vivid. He also feels that it is unnecessary, after all, the Japanese society today is different from the Japanese society when the novel was published.
In the 20s, the Japanese economy was stagnant and society was indifferent, but something was advancing and rising at that time, that is, women's consciousness. Women in this period have changed a lot compared with the past. They are no longer dependent on men in life or spirit, and have become independent social people. They demand to be equal to men in husband-wife relationships, family status and social life.
It is precisely because of this appeal that new difficulties have been created for women's survival, which has been strongly opposed by the male society. The novel was published in 2005, and Keigo Higashino attributed the root cause of female crime to the male society.
Therefore, the descriptions in the book have a feminine gentleness.
But now the Japanese economy is booming, and the whole society is in a state of blind arrogance. Adding some female warmth to the novel at this time is purely dancing for the blind. Not only will it not increase sales, but it will probably also be laughed at by the male chauvinists.
On the contrary, confrontation and competition are what the Japanese like to see during this period. They believe that their economic prosperity is due to their competition in the world.
After setting the tone, Liu Hongmin began to write the outline.
During this period, except for being called by Professor Tao to discuss his graduation thesis, he devoted all his energy to this novel that was written to make money.
Moreover, he has a group of the best readers, namely the crew of "New Shaolin Temple".
At the end of May, Liu Hongmin took advantage of the fact that the filming of "New Shaolin Temple" had not yet been completed and rushed out "The Devotion of Suspect X".
On June 6, when "New Shaolin Temple" returned to Beijing, Liu Hongmin was waiting in the courtyard with copies of the novel.
Lan Jieying ignored everyone's gaze and threw herself into Liu Hongmin's arms, "Honey, I miss you so much."
Everyone was helpless, but they didn't dare to say anything. After all, these were the boss and his wife, and even though they were fed a mouthful of dog food, they could only swallow it.
Liu Hongmin patted Lan Jieying on the back and said to everyone, "I have prepared gifts for you."
Everyone immediately became excited, as they all knew that Liu Hongmin had collected a lot of good things. Zhou Xingxing couldn't wait to ask, "Mr. Liu, what's the gift?"
Liu Hongmin patted the box on the table, and Chen Yu immediately opened the box and distributed the novels inside to everyone.
"What is this... Suspect X's dedication?"
Looking at the photocopied book in his hand, Zhou Xingxing was dumbfounded.
The others were also stunned. Why were they given a notebook?
Only Xu Xiaoming thought of something, he quickly opened the novel and read it carefully. Although the simplified Chinese characters were a bit uncomfortable to read, it did not affect Xu Xiaoming's understanding of the story in the novel.
The crew stayed in the mainland for more than a month and were no strangers to simplified Chinese characters.
Seeing how seriously Xu Xiaoming was reading, the others couldn't help but flip through the book. People who liked reading novels read very seriously. People who didn't like reading novels just read a few times and put it down.
Lan Jieying was very curious, "What is this? They are watching it so seriously."
"My new novel."
Liu Hongmin took Lan Jieying to the rooftop and said, "Let them watch first, and we'll go upstairs and talk."
The two sat on the chairs, and Liu Hongmin picked up the tea set to make tea. Liu's father liked to drink tea, so Liu Hongmin helped him buy a few sets of tea sets, and the father and son had a lot more topics to talk about.
Lan Jieying talked about some interesting stories of the crew. The filming of "New Shaolin Temple" was very joyful, and Xu Xiaoming specially shot a lot of behind-the-scenes footage to be put at the end of the film.
This was Liu Hongmin's request. Jackie Chan likes to put the action footage at the end of the film to tell the audience how dangerous it was during the filming. Many viewers would watch the footage of Jackie Chan jumping off the building twice or three times, which increased the box office. With this simple method, Jackie Chan also gained a large number of fans, laying the foundation for him to become an international superstar.
This method will be used by many movies in the future, and Liu Hongmin is just one step ahead. In the future, Tomorrow's film companies will focus on comedies, and the tidbits can add a lot of joy and benefit the box office.
"The scenery in the mainland is also very beautiful, with beautiful mountains, beautiful waters and beautiful people."
Liu Hongmin said proudly: "Of course, our country is vast and rich in resources, with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. Of course, everything is beautiful."
As the two were talking, Xu Xiaoming came up in a hurry. He sat down on a chair, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip.
"Brother Liu, your book is well written!" Xu Xiaoming said, "I want to make a movie out of it."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "It's not impossible to make it into a movie."
Xu Xiaoming shook his head, "Forget it! The investment in this movie is too big, and according to our company's strategy, it is not suitable for filming."
Lan Jieying asked curiously, "Is it really that good?"
"Anyway, I think it's pretty good, not worse than Shao Bao!" Xu Xiaoming said, "I don't know if it's popular over there, but it should be very popular in Hong Kong. Sanlian Publishing House will make a fortune this time."
(End of this chapter)
