Chapter 179 Preliminary Work in Progress

There is no doubt that Wang Hao's magical changes to the original "Source Code" plot will inevitably make the film have fewer conflicts and contradictions in the later stages, changing the original three-party intrigue to a two-party confrontation between good and evil.

Moreover, without the urgent crisis faced by the male protagonist, the tension of the story will be greatly reduced.

After all, as soon as the story begins, Chinese audiences can roughly guess that the hero will definitely have a good ending at the end of the movie, and the Chinese military will never let the hero bleed and cry.

In this case, the conflict that the movie lacks must be made up for elsewhere.

In addition, the core logic of the love line in the original "Source Code" is also not suitable for the more implicit Chinese culture, and also needs certain modifications.

Of course, Wang Hao did not personally think about the above issues.

He simply provided a rough draft of the story in the form of a script outline to the screenwriter department of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment, and then asked Wen Pengcheng to lead several newly recruited screenwriters to form a working group to brainstorm and improve and supplement the script of "Source Code".

After all, the company employs so many people and wants to industrialize the film industry, so the Hollywood model of screenwriters dividing the work and creating together must be established first, right?

Moreover, after the "Source Code" project is completed, the screenwriter team, including interns, will have the right to attribution. In this regard, Galaxy Interactive Entertainment can be said to be very conscientious.

The version of the script that Wang Hao is reading now is the fifth version written with the efforts of Wen Pengcheng and others. Many of the problems in it have been filled in and improved.

At least in his opinion, this is a mature enough script.

"Not bad, thank you for your hard work."

Wang Hao read the script carefully and did not immediately offer any opinions. Instead, he nodded to Wen Pengcheng and praised him gently.

“The script is very good. Of course, there are definitely some problems. However, there is no perfect script in the world, especially with a brain-burning storyline like this, there will definitely be some bugs.

But being able to perfect the script to this extent is enough to show that our screenwriting department has matured to a certain extent."

When Wen Pengcheng heard what Wang Hao said, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, but Wang Hao immediately asked:
"By the way, are you used to the complete production software system we purchased after our last visit to Columbia?"

After visiting and studying in Hollywood, Wang Hao immediately spent a high price of 160 million US dollars to order a complete set of the latest production software system from "The Foundry" software company.

The software company "The Foundry" also arranged special technical personnel to go to Galaxy Interactive Entertainment to provide them with hands-on guidance and help the screenwriter, photography, special effects and other production departments learn and use this series of software.

During this process, Wang Hao did learn for a few days, but he was too busy at work and had too many things to do. Later, he went to inspect "Lost on Journey" and "I Am a Special Forces Soldier", and put this matter aside.

"It's very useful! It's very useful!" Wen Pengcheng replied immediately: "This fifth version of the script was written by us using this new screenwriting software. It is really convenient."

"As long as it works."

Wang Hao smiled with satisfaction when he heard this, and then said:

“Now that the script for Source Code has been completed, your department should take this opportunity to rest for a few days and give those guys a holiday.

The company will have new projects in the future, and you may be busy again then."

"New project?" Wen Pengcheng almost instantly picked up the key point in Wang Hao's words, "Is it still a project in the Three-Body series? So soon?"

When he asked this question, there was some joy in his tone. After all, in addition to the basic salary, the screenwriter department of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment can also receive a performance bonus for each project they complete.

So the more projects they have, the happier they are. They are young, why would they want to rest? Why would they want to rest? They just want to make money!

"They are several spin-off movies. The specific project plans need to be discussed in another meeting. You will know then." Wang Hao did not elaborate. He simply said a few words to Wen Pengcheng and let him leave.

Afterwards, he asked his assistant to call Li Kui, Zhang Yang and the company's financial director Ma Ke over and inquired about the use of the new production software by various departments of their company.

The three of them praised the new software highly.

The development of science and technology is meant to free humans from busy work. The emergence of production software not only saves communication costs, but also standardizes the work process. As long as they adapt to this software, their work efficiency is indeed greatly improved.

After talking about the production software, they held a small meeting in the office to discuss the project establishment of "Source Code" based on the new version of the script submitted by the screenwriting department.

Wang Hao had already made arrangements for this matter before leaving Beijing.

Now when asked, several people immediately told the progress of their work.

"There's nothing wrong with the prop model!"

Zhang Yang was the first to speak and said:

"We have already contacted CSR Sifang through Huaying, and they are willing to provide us with technical support.

I have asked Jian Yongchang to take some people there first. When he comes back, I think we can build a model of the high-speed train in the studio."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hao nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with the progress of the special effects team.

In the movie "Source Code", perhaps the most important story scene is the high-speed train that exploded.

Regarding this scene, Wang Hao’s idea was to use props for real shooting.

This required them to build a realistic, 1:1 high-speed train model in the studio.

This method of shooting with a train model is not without precedent in domestic films.

This is how Feng Dapao's "A World Without Thieves" was originally filmed. For this reason, Wang Hao even specifically asked him for information about this.

It’s just that the protagonists in "A World Without Thieves" rode on a green train, and as a science fiction film, "Source Code" naturally has to reflect a stronger science fiction texture through the important prop of the train.

Therefore, long before the "Source Code" project was launched, Wang Hao had already hand-painted China's future national treasure - the high-speed rail - in advance according to his memories of his previous life, and handed it over to the special effects props department of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment.

The employees of the special effects department were amazed by Wang Hao's hand-drawn high-speed rail appearance and internal layout design.

But after being amazed, they encountered a problem.

After all, the technical content of this high-speed rail model is so high that the guy in the props department really doesn’t know how to start.

The key is that Wang Hao required a 1:1 model. If it was a small exterior model, they could still make one based on Wang Hao's manuscript, but when it came to the internal structure, that was a difficult task.

Jian Yongchang, the only one who has some ability in model making, originally studied spacecraft design, which is a gap between him and high-speed rail.

Because of this, the special effects department of Galaxy Interactive Entertainment had to seek help from CSR Sifang, a leader in this field in China.

(End of this chapter)

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