Title: The plot modification of "Yi Nian Guan Mountain" triggered a storm of screenwriters' rights protection: creation should not be reduced to a puppet
In today's era where content is king, the preciousness of original scripts speaks for itself. However, the plot modification of the work "Yi Nian Guan Mountain" is like a resounding slap in the face, hitting all people who respect originality and advocate culture and art. Screenwriter Zhang Wei's anger and helplessness are like the tip of the iceberg, revealing the indifference of China's domestic entertainment industry to the rights and interests of screenwriters.
Let's analyze in detail what kind of changes have been made to "Yi Nian Guan Mountain". According to the news that broke out, the male protagonist has added a lot of scenes, and even changed the original character direction, while the female protagonist has been reduced from a vivid and three-dimensional character image to a foil. Such a casual revision is undoubtedly the greatest disrespect to the original script.
Zhang Wei revealed in an interview: "From the moment I handed over the script, it was like losing my child. How many screenwriters are sad and powerless behind this sentence? The works they have worked so hard to conceive and plan are quietly distorted and deformed on the eve of broadcasting.
But "Yi Nian Guan Mountain" is not an isolated case, and many screenwriters in China, such as Zhao Dongling and Gao Qunshu, have also publicly expressed similar experiences. Together, they face a real problem: screenwriters lack enough say in the production process of TV dramas.
If we turn our attention to the Korean entertainment industry, we will find that writers and directors enjoy a higher status there. The audience pays more attention to the story itself and the quality of the performance, rather than simply chasing stars. This environment has created excellent works such as "Ghosts" and "Stairway to Heaven", and behind it is the respect and protection of the screenwriting industry.
Returning to "Yi Nian Guan Mountain", a detailed analysis of its modified plot can find that every small change may cause the character's personality to deviate from the preset track, which in turn affects the entire story line and the audience's feelings. Not to mention the sense of loss that fans and viewers feel when they are deceived by a tampered story, the mere act of tampering with the fruits of other people's labor is shocking enough.
Therefore, there is a strong need for the screenwriting profession to unite! Only through collective strength can we effectively safeguard our legitimate rights and interests. At a time when copyright protection is becoming more and more important today, and when intellectual property protection is being advocated around the world, the incident is not a wake-up call that we should reflect on and promote the healthy development of the industry.
In short, the "Yi Nian Guan Mountain" incident not only exposes the problems existing in the domestic entertainment industry chain, but also provides a direction for thinking and action: how to balance the interests of all parties, respect and protect original work, and hope to see more excellent original works get due respect in the future, and every creator can display their talents in a fair and reasonable environment.