【Original】 Short story "Film Critics' Interest" Renzhongma - Chen Xuanyan

This man has spent half his time writing no less than 10,000 film reviews, but despite this, he has not been able to present himself as a film critic. His film reviews are shoddily crafted, like his personal chaotic life. Relying on the cheap fees he received from film critics, he struggled to maintain his monotonous life of watching movies and writing. One day, he had a sudden idea, he wanted to get out of this strange circle. He wanted to try to jump out of the monotonous and tedious text set, he wanted to write a script that was only his own.

He looked at Hollywood's usual blockbusters, and he didn't even have to think about it to guess the plot behind it. "Oh, yes, the kiss scene is followed by slaughter, and the adulterer's enemy has long been ambushed in the narrative before the heroine's divorce and moving, and the killing tool must be the first revolver product of Colt, that is, the one in the tv screen in the opening half of the advertisement." That's right, once in a TV commercial, and once in a casual mention in a study conversation, meaningless things don't appear twice in a 2-hour movie, never! This takes 3 minutes to lay the groundwork, which can be $100,000 in production costs. No director would be stupid enough to go this far. There are also modus operandi, the arrangement is very good, but unfortunately the suspense is set too late, if it is advanced, the plot is still a bit interesting. This is ruined, and everyone knows who the murderer is! Failed works! O'Pinchkin shook his head and muttered to himself as he watched the film. Sometimes that's the case, shoddiness is worse than a random stream of consciousness! Onegin couldn't watch it anymore, and he turned off the TV. Many times, the work of film critics is to put the kind of disgusting food that is produced in a complicated mass production but with different names, and then again and again. It is not that it is too late to taste, but that there is no need to taste at all, which is consistent with the risk of the connoisseur of food, except that one bears it with the stomach of the flesh and the other with the stomach of the spirit.

Onegin made several phone calls to the editor-in-chief of a film critic magazine, but no one answered. When the nap was over, the editor's ear that stretched out his lazy arm and lifted the earpiece exploded: "Hey, I heard no." Don't assign me tasks in the future, don't send me your self-righteous list, it's all plagiarism, uncreative stuff, a bunch of you know? Let me write about these films, it is better to kill me, this is a chronic suicide understand? I don't have time to watch those bullshit plots, put away your arrogance, or, I choose my own film to submit, that's it. Good bye! The editor didn't know why, but he could tell it was Onegin growling—a monthly mass-produced, never-docile copywriter who only paid a few hundred dollars a month for an unknown soap bubble manufacturer. Although the reprimanding remarks somewhat irritated the editor, he calmed down and felt that there was no need to call back to Onegin, which even undermined his consistent principles of purity.

In this way, Onegin called several impurities or newspapers that he often contributed, and some of them were more relaxed, and this was only for the reason of preference. He thought that if he didn't, people would think he was just writing about cheap guys, and he also thought that even as a diligent and half-working employee in a job, it was time for him to complain a few times. However, the whole day passed, a week passed, and there was not a single call back. They didn't even bother to call back to scold the arrogant and conceited contributor. Some editors-in-chief don't even know who he is, maybe he's a lunatic, And God knows.

Onegin was a little lost. He knew that his reputation could not stand up to the lifting of these big editors, but in terms of his familiarity with these editors, he should at least have a comforting kiss, or even a loud slap. But no, nothing happened. He was like a weak thatch, and even if he whipped hard, he could not make a sound. Walking into a café, he still rummaged through his phone as usual, looking for a catalog of valuable writings from the latest video library. He has learned to be clever, no longer through the tedious search and movie-watching procedures to check the quality of the film one by one, he will occasionally go to see the film on a whim, it is only a time of idle panic, or rather, just watching a film as a leisure entertainment. He was convinced that such a profession would be appetizing if a foodie was also a big belly, otherwise pure self-destruction would be no different from chronic suicide. Just by reading the film's synopsis, he can roughly guess the depth and thickness of the film. As for who the director is, it doesn't really matter that much. He never reads documentaries or historical films, which are nothing more than "real history", and even if it is adapted, no matter how well adapted, it is only polishing a "stone" that already exists in the world, and it is also a "dead thing". He needs that kind of "living script", different inspiration and plot, even if it is "flea becomes God", it is more interesting and innovative than "God is an alien astronaut".

He rummaged through and began another day of stiff, tedious and boring inspection work. He drank Blue Mountain coffee over and over again, while trying to find as valuable works as possible from the film catalog. As for those titles such as: "Lacey the GreyHound", "Lady Lady", "Troy", "King Kong" and so on, just ignore it. This kind of subject that does not win with the plot, or the historical biography, or the old pot of new wine, even if you write a review, it is just a compliment to the exploration of the film's picture, sound effects or emotional value, and the old-fashioned professional neuralgia, can't afford it, can't afford it? In this way, Onegin carefully sifted through a large list of the latest films, and others, he could only read the film briefs and then judge. For example, "Valentine's Day of Horror" – a story about the revenge of the miner survivors. The killing element, the revenge theme, the paving is obvious. Shot! "Interview with the Vampire" - A vampire named Louis in a talk show tells the story of his process of becoming a vampire and gaining power, and finally the interviewer is selected by the vampire to become a vampire because of his desire to gain Louis's power. Some meanings, but still stay at the level of the special ability setting, and there is a suspicion of dog tail sable. Shot! "Mechanic 2" - a series of secret agent activities, uncreative pursuit and counter-pursuit, the eternal hero mighty of the enemy and the strong enemy, the protagonist's immortal mode. Shot! "Invasion of Brain Cells" - invades the dreams of young patients through advanced technology and heals their mental scars. By invading the brain of a child-killer pervert and investigating the location of the victim's burial, a journey of danger is more terrifying than imagined. Good idea, but unfortunately copied "Inception", a mediocre move. In short, dream experiments are a class. C-class works, reference use, do not do film reviews. "Lucky Tiger" - a search for many animals escorted on a merchant ship to a circus, and a chimpanzee slipped out of its cage and opened the cage of all the animals... For a time, the merchant ship was occupied by hundreds of beasts, and the gorilla became the owner of a ship, with the market value and the tiger strolling idly on the deck. In the face of the ambitious animals, all the crew members, including the captain, were helpless, and while they were trembling, a young woman appeared in front of everyone in the form of a life-saving straw. The plot is simple, absurd but reasonable, and what kind of "divine power" the young woman uses to resolve this crisis is really a point of view. It belongs to the crisis setting category of the plot, and the breakthrough of the difficulty is the biggest selling point and point of the film. Class B works, worth writing. However, we will have to wait until the whole drama is complete. "Shudder Space" – A woman divorces her husband and takes her daughter to an old house: a hidden room with 16 cameras, 8 monitors, a telephone line that does not make sense with the outside world, and an indestructible door. On the first day of the house, uninvited guests visited, the builder of the house, the grandson of the former owner and accomplices. Their purpose is for the huge inheritance of the original homeowner. As they approached the secret room where the mother and daughter were hiding, a game of wits and courage began. Chamber of Secrets. Due to the "ancient house snatching" category of the previous classic film "Bat", the overall plot setting of this film is still the old routine, but the specific props and plot settings can be innovated, and it is different from the usual ancient house ghosts or trapped fights. The script sets the characters as two women, which increases the difficulty of the struggle and has a breakthrough in a certain sense. Class B+, worth writing. In short, Onegin spent a day and failed to find a "completely creative" script. However, I finally found a few scripts worth writing, and the busyness of the day was not in vain.

Onegin lamented that in the commercialized film and television environment, there are too few good works. It is not plagiarism in the full sense, or it is copied according to the Hollywood script model, and even the basic environmental settings are too lazy to change, which is the value orientation of business. Onegin looked back on his half life and wrote countless garbage film reviews, but none of them won an award. He laughs at himself: "Picking up the most valuable garbage in a pile of garbage and then naming it is like insisting on describing pigeon dung as a health product." Pigeon manure is pigeon dung, which at best nourishes the dirt that emerges after rain or provides a solid and reliable reason to clean your car. ”

As Onegin walked home from the café, he couldn't stop thinking about the bowl of fine coffee that had just been steaming hot. Perhaps he will spend his whole life engaged in that frustrating literary work. But he will change his mind, extract more valuable things from that mediocre work, and use his unique vision to create a new script rule.

On May 9, 2017, it was completed at 2 p.m. at Caihe's home