screenwriter mystery

Chapter 15 Try Again

Screenplay 2: "Strange Bar"

Plot overview: Day and night seem to be separated by two completely different worlds.

In Los Angeles, the atmosphere of Thanksgiving filled the entire city.

Even the chaotic neighborhoods of Compton seem to have a tinge of joy.

However, ordinary humans are not alone in being affected by the festival.

At night, a loud and brightly lit bar suddenly appeared at the corner of an unknown street in Compton, and the signboard of burning bones came to life.

A few men and women who were drunk and looking for fun found the bar and entered it...

……

"It's finally done."

Compared with the "Circulation" created in a hurry before.

Zhao Yuan obviously put more thought into the creation of this new script.

After compiling all the details about the bar in the script into the system, Zhao Yuan heaved a sigh of relief and rubbed his slightly sore forehead.

I looked up and double-checked the script on the system panel, and there was nothing missing.

Resolutely pressed the [Generate] button under [Script Evolution].

"Ding! Please put in the match..."

With the previous experience of "Circulation", Zhao Yuan didn't show the slightest surprise when he saw the prompt that popped up on the broken panel of the system.

Instead, he had expected to put in the [materials] he had prepared.

[Material 1]: wine glass - 1000 [story value] (found in the house)
[Material 2]: Red suit——100 [Story Value] (found in a thrift store)
[Material 3]: Leftover fried chicken bones - 50 [Story value] (Dinner yesterday)

[Material 4]: Abandoned dolls (multiple) - 150 [Story value] (left by the former tenant)

If we say that "Circulation" created by Zhao Yuan before is a one-act play with a simple overall structure.

Then, the new script "Strange Bar" to be evolved this time is a complete group drama. Although every character involved in the play may not be eye-catching, it is crucial to the composition of the whole script. important.And with the increase of materials, the [plot value] required by the script has also increased a lot.

[Story value]: 1620
"I hope the harvest of [Story Value] this time can be worthy of the expenditure."

Looking back from the [Story Value] at the top of the data panel, Zhao Yuan more or less understood the director's feelings at this moment.

There are only so many budgetary costs that can be spent, and the entire film must be shot as perfect as possible within a limited cost. It is no wonder that so many directors are asking for help because of funding problems.

I don't know when, I don't need to care about [story value] consuming the evolution script at all.

With good expectations in my heart.

However, Zhao Yuan is very clear that such expectations may never be realized.

After all, even in Hollywood, even a big director like James Cameron still suffers from financial problems.

Although, from a certain point of view, this great director is indeed talented in spending money.

When filming "Titanic", the constant additional budget almost forced Fox into bankruptcy.

Shaking his head, he restrained the complicated thoughts in his heart.

Zhao Yuan returned his attention to the [Script Evolution] of the system in front of him.

"Also choose the evolution location!"

"Choose the evolution location - the streets and alleys of Compton!"

"Ding! The evolution location is confirmed. The evolution of this script requires a total of 1500 [plot value] points. Do you want to evolve it!"

Completed a series of operations on the system step by step, and looked at the last query on the data panel, Zhao Yuan decisively confirmed it.

【Evolution begins】

At this point, the last remaining 120 points of spare [story value] on the system panel are removed.

Zhao Yuan has put all the [plot value] obtained from his previous two scripts of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Circulation" into the evolution of the new script.

……

Under the fluctuation of invisible force.

In an unknown alley in the Compton block, a brightly lit bar suddenly appeared there, and noisy noises came from the bar.

A burning bone hangs from a neon sign at the entrance of the bar.

There was a pungent burning smell in the air.

On the street, several drunken men and women appeared there staggeringly.

"... Fu** you, Ian, don't think I don't know what you're thinking!"

Stepping on high heels, walking on the road with a posture of falling but not falling, a blond woman with heavy makeup among the crowd shook off the man's arm with one hand and shouted loudly.

"You're drunk, Cathy..."

Facing the blond woman's accusation, Ian, who was also full of drunkenness, opened his drunk eyes and replied with a smirk.

"I'm not drunk, don't try to fool me with this kind of sophistry, I know you've always wanted to fuck me, Ian..."

The entire face was flushed with drunkenness, but the blond girl Cassie still spoke firmly.

"I reckon you're drunk, Cathy, lol."

"That's right, otherwise, why would you say such drunken words, and forget that Ian is gay, and he likes men just like you, so why would he fuck you? It's almost as good if you let him be fucked by Bert."

"That's right, hahahaha."

"Hey, why are you getting involved with me, I'm not GAY."

Hearing the drunken babbling of the blond girl Cassie, everyone burst into laughter, propped their bodies crookedly, and said with a big laugh.

"You're disgusting, Cathy."

And as another party involved in the whole incident, Ian.

But with a look of disgust on his face, he made a gesture of disgust towards Cassie.

Undoubtedly, Ian's reaction made the men and women around him laugh even more.

A few drunken drunks were playing drunk like no one else in the uninhabited neighborhood of Compton.

Such a reckless approach is obviously to show off his status as a fat sheep to be slaughtered for those guys in Compton who are eyeing him.

Under normal circumstances.

They will have a high probability of encountering the warm 'hospitality' from those guys in Compton. Whether it's Cassie who likes men, or Ian who likes men, they will be penniless the next morning. Waking up disheveled from some garbage dump.

If you are unlucky, you may not even have the chance to see the sun the next day.

However, oddly enough.

In the past, the group of guys who wandered around the Compton neighborhood like wild dogs, wandered around, worked hard to 'subsidize' their families, and couldn't be driven away.

Tonight, it was surprisingly quiet.

It was as if they had been homeless for a long time, and they all found a home all of a sudden.

And it's at one end of this quiet to weird neighborhood.

Under the reflection of the old street lamp, a tall figure with a height of two meters, dragging a long shadow, walked towards Cassie and the others stiffly.

　The new book seeks all kinds of support~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)