He was quite happy during that time. Firstly, it was confirmed that Shiina had never met the male protagonist in the original work in high school, thus confirming that this world is more inclined towards anime characters to reality. Secondly, his love affair with Kasumigaoka Shiina also gave him an emotional anchor in this world. Ping Qingshan no longer regards this world as a fantasy. After all, in fantasy, it is impossible to imagine so many details of French kissing, nor to simulate the feeling of adrenaline rush. However, their relationship was not going smoothly. It all started when Ping Qingshan followed his father to a dinner party within the entertainment industry. During the banquet, several young stars who were not yet famous deliberately approached him. They toasted, held hands, and acted very intimately. This was a very normal thing. Given his status and handsome appearance, it was normal for him to be surrounded by beautiful women in that kind of occasion. But, what a coincidence.
A female friend of Kasumigaoka Utaha also attended the party. I don't know why that friend sent these photos to Kasumigaoka Utaha. At first, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't care about these things. But this incident also reminded the girl. Ping Qingshan's family is not an ordinary family. Just as Hira Kiyosugi gradually understood what the son of a Dentsu director meant in the entertainment industry, Kasumigaoka Utaha also gradually understood that her boyfriend was essentially like Tang Monk in the Kingdom of Women in the entertainment industry. Some things cannot be dwelled on. Some photos cannot be viewed all the time. So it was on the third day after Ping Qingshan attended the entertainment industry dinner. After much thought, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally found an opportunity to talk frankly with Heian Qingshan about this matter. During the discussion, Kasumigaoka Utaha made a lot of strange requests, such as not attending or attending less frequently entertainment industry dinners, and not bringing other women home. Ping Qingshan can understand all of this. But there was only one last request that he could not accept. There was no way he would give up his dream of becoming a director for Utaha Kasumigaoka. In the end, the two broke up peacefully. Let’s talk about Kasumigaoka Utaha and Hirasugi Hirasugi. Both of them are very career-oriented people. The difference is that Ping Qingshan really released it when he said so. But after letting her go, Utaha Kasumigaoka soon regretted it.
During this year, Kasumigaoka Utaha has been observing Hira Kiyohima. As she observed him for a longer time, she began to regret it. Hira Kiyosugi's words "Will you give up writing novels for me?" It also began to echo in her mind. So a year later, when she saw Taira Kiyohime recruiting scriptwriters, Kasumigaoka Utaha took the initiative to apply. Originally, in Kasumigaoka Utaha's imagination, her appearance in front of Heike Seisan should have been a very touching scene. A relationship should reach a new high, just like the ending of a TV series. But in fact. Ping Qingshan, this guy, hired her into the studio just to let her perfect the script he wrote!!! She was really asked to come to work!!! It's as if the feelings we had back then no longer exist. It can be said that the offensive and defensive situations are different. Now, Kasumigaoka Utaha has become the anxious one, while Ping Qingshan has become the passive one. Chapter 11 Battle Royale The scenery on both sides was receding rapidly and the car was very quiet. Although Ping Qingshan's thoughts were complicated, they only lasted for a few seconds. Putting aside the memories of the past, he focused on the script. In fact, at the beginning, Ping Qingshan planned to write the script himself. But after actually looking at the format of the script, he gave up. A script and a novel are two different things. Novels often have a clear timeline, which conforms to human reading habits. As for scripts, there is no need to worry about the readers' preferences. To put it bluntly, scripts are meant to be used, not read. There is no character interpretation, no psychological activities, and no long background explanations. It's completely based on the lines. Even the surrounding environment is only briefly mentioned, describing which things interact with the characters in the play and what the general background looks like. Ping Qingshan could write a good story outline based on his memory, but he could never write a script. Firstly, he is not Japanese, and the Chinese speaking style is already fixed in his mind. This also resulted in the dialogues he wrote seeming normal at first glance, but always seeming weird upon closer inspection.
Secondly, it takes too much time to change the script. This was his first time directing a movie, and with so many things to do, he really had no time to polish the script. So Ping Qingshan started recruiting screenwriters in his own studio. As for why he ended up letting his ex-girlfriend do the job. It is purely because of Kasumigaoka Utaha's strong ability. Over the past three years, Ping Qingshan has discovered something very interesting. That is, it seems that the characters that appear in anime have higher working abilities than ordinary people in real life. So, why not? Open the script of Utaha Kasumigaoka. The first impression it gives people is regularity. A good movie. The script must be the soul of it. Specifically in the movie "Battle Royale", the role of the script is even greater. The original Battle Royale. The plot is not complicated. Every year, the Japanese government randomly selects a class from schools across the country, sends them to a deserted island, provides them with weapons and supplies, and lets them kill each other. The only one who survives can leave. This movie laid many foundations for battle royale-type works, such as random weapons, partner betrayal, restricted areas (shrinking circle mechanism), etc. The original movie was very well-known all over the world in its previous life. Various unorthodox settings, mutual betrayal, massacre, naked display of violence, and the contrast between students and violence make many people sneer at it as perverted. However, youth and violence are highly related, so when the film was released in Japan that year, it was a great success in both word-of-mouth and box office. But in Hira Kiyosugi's script. Many changes have been made to the original plot. As a movie about a battle royale, Ping Qingshan has two routes to choose from at the beginning. If you want to make it more popcorn-y, then dig deep into the aesthetics of violence. If you want to make it more artistic, then dig into the humanity beneath the violence. The battle royale movies of the past were more inclined towards the latter. The Pingqingshan is more inclined to the former. This choice was made based on two points. One is that the current time is 2010, not 2000 when the original movie was released. The entire film market environment is becoming more and more market-oriented.
If you want to be successful, you have to keep up with the times. Of course, choosing commercialization does not mean giving up the human aspect of the film. In fact, these parts are also the reason why the movie Battle Royale has lasted so long. Don’t you see, even after ten or twenty years, there are still plenty of people in the past who analyze the experiences, mentality, and events of the characters in the movies. Therefore in Hira Kiyosugi's script. Except for some details, the first act is almost the same as the original. Or it shows the daily life of the school before the battle royale game. At this time, the audience has just sat down, and a plot is needed to calm the audience down and slowly bring them into the world of the movie. Secondly, the daily school life in the early stage can also serve as a contrast for the subsequent battle royale. After the foreshadowing, the classic scene of the battle royale comes. A group of students were surrounded by a group of armed soldiers in an abandoned classroom. A teacher stood on the podium and cheerfully explained the rules of the battle royale in a tone that was completely different from the atmosphere on the scene. Then, a student shouted "Bagana!" and rushed forward, but was shot in the head by the smiling teacher. The plot unfolds from here. 3 days. 42 students. Do you choose to kill, escape, hide or be killed? Two people died instantly at the beginning. One was a boy who shouted "Impossible!" and was shot dead by the teacher. The second one was a girl who did not believe in the "rules of the game". After escaping from the classroom, she left the "safe zone" and was killed by an explosive device in front of her neck. Then the climax of the battle royale officially began. Everyone took the weapons distributed by the organizers, including binoculars, pot lids, submachine guns, arrows, sickles, axes, pistols, etc. These plots will naturally bring the audience into the plot. What would we do if we were in a battle royale ourselves? Or even if we were in a battle royale with someone we loved? After being immersed in the plot, the feeling will be stronger when you look at the characters in the play. In this battle royale, some people picked up weapons and attacked others in a completely dazed state, while others chased and hacked people with axes in their hands, muttering that they must go to college. What a huge contrast! Among the countless side quests, Ping Qingshan reorganized a main questline, which was also the biggest change he made based on the original version. He changed the protagonist. In the original movie, the storyline between the male lead Nanahara Akiya and the female lead Nakagawa was actually not very impressive. The core of the two people in the movie is to express kindness. But the problem is, just like a cute girl will never say that she is a cute girl, Ping Qingshan feels that in order to express the core of kindness, it is not necessary to have a kind protagonist.
Throughout the entire movie, the male protagonist plays the role of a good guy. This kind of setting is fine in everyday dramas, but in this battle royale drama, it feels a bit out of place. Qi Yuanqiu was therefore considered by netizens to be the "cowardly" boy in the film and was not very likable. Ping Qingshan's solution to this problem is also very simple, which is to change the perspective. This perspective is the second male lead in the original movie. 【Kawada Shogo】
