screenwriter mystery

Chapter 20 Reflection

"What's the matter?"

At the end of an alley in the chaotic neighborhood of Compton, the police car stopped there with annoying sirens.

The door was opened, and a paunchy white patrolman got out of the car.

Reaching out to touch the pistol at his waist, he asked his colleagues who were investigating in the alley.

"It's nothing."

Hearing the question from the white patrolman, the policeman who arrived first shrugged his shoulders, turned his head to look at the few people who were still in shock behind him, and shook his head.

"I just ran into a group of drunks who reported false police reports."

"yes."

Hearing his colleague's reply, the tense expression on the white policeman's face suddenly eased a little. While he was relieved, he still did not let go of the palm on his waist.

After all, this is a high-risk area with one of the highest crime rates in the entire city of Los Angeles, and it is also one of the areas with the highest police death rate. Walking in such a dangerous neighborhood, especially a white policeman like him, may rush out of the roadside at any time. People of color who are 'discriminated against' shoot at each other, and under the exaggeration of the TV media, they become kind-hearted citizens who are 'diligent' and work hard.

And they, the police who actually protect the safety of citizens, have become the culprits of everything.

Obviously, these policemen are the biggest guarantee for the safety of the entire city.

Even if they occasionally shoot and spray pepper spray on unarmed children in order to stop people who commit suicide, they selectively enforce the law.

But can it be their fault?

They just want to make this country safer.

……

"You have to believe me, there really is a bar here!"

Hearing the conversation between the policemen, Burt, the nose-nail man, immediately shouted with excitement.

"It's true. I'm not lying. In fact, I'm not the only one who entered the bar. My friends are just like me..."

"Yes, yes, a bar full of monsters."

Nodding perfunctorily, looking at Bert, whose face was flushed and smelled of alcohol,

The patrolman obviously didn't believe what he said.

"Halloween is already over, Mr. Burt."

After recording the alarm record, the patrolman closed the booklet in his hand, and looked up at the wall in the alley. Except for the random graffiti, he couldn't see the appearance of the bar at all, and then he said to Burt.

"Now, because Mr. Burt, you lied to the police and caused unnecessary waste of human resources for the police. You need to pay a fine of five hundred dollars for this."

"Fine, why?!"

"Everything I said is true, and I didn't report a false alarm!"

Hearing that the police thought he had made a false report, especially because he needed to pay a fine, the expression on Bert's face became a little more excited.

To this, however, the police response was no less skilful.

In the alley, the two policemen looked at each other silently, and then quickly drew their guns, warned, and detained Bert with ease.

"The target resisted and has now been arrested."

Controlling the agitated Burt, the policeman glanced at the remaining four people in front of him, and interrogated them sternly.

"Perhaps any of you have been in that bar like Mr. Burt?"

"..."

Facing the oppressive eyes of the police and the heavy fine of five hundred dollars, Cassie and the others quickly shook their heads in denial.

"No, Mr. Police, we never saw a bar, never—"

……

[Story value]: 3513
And here, just as Bert, the man with the nose nail, and others suffered because of the incident in the bar.

On the other side, in the apartment room.

Zhao Yuan looked at the [Story Value] displayed on the broken panel of the system, but shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Generally speaking, although Zhao Yuan put a lot of thought into the scene of the script "Strange Bar", the actual finished product is not as dramatic as he thought before, or because the characters in the script Because of being too scattered, many scenes conceived in his mind were obviously not as expected when they turned into real scenes.

Even some of the plot effects in Zhao Yuan's eyes are not much different from the five-cent special effects in B-level movies.

If it weren't for the bar scene that cost 1000 [plot value] as a supporting rendering, the finished product of the entire script might not even meet the most basic requirements.

"Sure enough, the common problem of newcomers is that they think too much."

Whether it is a new director or a screenwriter, they often endow their works with various disproportionate ideas and meanings, and the result of this is often to make an original simple story that no one can understand.

There is no doubt that Zhao Yuan also fell into such a trap.

After the script of "Circulation" was evolved through the system, I couldn't wait to try a group drama "Strange Bar", which was several times more complicated than the previous script.

However, compared to those guys who only gained infamy in the end.

The lucky thing for Zhao Yuan is that his script evolved in the real world through the system. With the help of the system, even though the story of the whole script is mediocre, with the addition of reality, he still completed his final stage. The basic requirements helped him obtain enough [plot value].

"Perhaps, I should try to create a story that I am familiar with and that exists in the real world, rather than a script that I fabricated out of thin air."

Looking at the [Story Value] on the broken panel of the system, Zhao Yuan thought silently.

After a few seconds, he restrained his thoughts, and once again set his sights on another page of the panel.

Reflection is reflection, and the operation that should be performed cannot be forgotten.

After all, whether you are satisfied or not, the script of "Strange Bar" has finished its evolution. Instead of caring about the unsatisfactory parts of the script, it is better to see that the system has converted some items in the script into commodities that can be exchanged.

……

[****system &...*background ****history...record...&%￥convert...&*exchange&*seller...]

[Script 2]: "Strange Bar"

【World Evolution Rate】: 0.02%
[Story props - inferior wine of eternal life] (300/exchange)

[Effect: Eternal Life]

[Introduction: This is a cup of inferior wine of eternal life, you will gain weak vitality after drinking it. 】

[Remark 1: Trust me, you will never want to know what is added to the materials that make it! 】

[Remark 2: Eternal life is not a blessing, but a cruel curse. 】

……

[Story Scene Card - Burning Bones Bar (2/2)] (500)

[Card Level: Black Iron]

[Introduction: You can arbitrarily insert the scenes in the card into a script without consuming extra [Story Value] points. 】

[Remarks: This is a weird bar, and there seems to be some kind of unknown secret hidden in the owner of the bar. 】

(End of this chapter)