Divine Lucky Star
Chapter 277 - Chapter 277 Chapter 277 Do you know whose book this is

Chapter 277: Chapter 277 Do you know whose book this is? Chapter 277: Chapter 277 Do you know whose book this is? Wang Hao said as he tore off the first page of the script, “Hey, that’s not how you create animosity, okay? Your opening sentence is just plagiarizing someone else’s work. And if you’re going to plagiarize, at least do it well! In ‘Break the Heavens’, the protagonist is ridiculed at the beginning, which creates animosity, but the point is to hint that the protagonist was once a genius, leaving hope for the audience that he can rise up! What is this you’ve written? The protagonist is a loser right from the start, and not just any loser, but a dumb loser! A person without backbone, strength or brains, a ‘triple-nothing’ person–can such a person be the protagonist?”

Upon hearing Wang Hao mention ‘Break the Heavens’, Lan Zihuang’s eyes immediately lit up, “Go on, keep talking!”

She had absolutely loved ‘Break the Heavens’ recently, but she couldn’t quite pinpoint why. Now, as she listened to Wang Hao’s analysis, she found herself in wholehearted agreement–completely convinced!

The other attendees were also discussing animatedly–

“Really, when you think about it, it makes a lot of sense!”

“Yes, yes, exactly! I felt something was off with this part, but I couldn’t figure out why. Now I understand!”

“What’s wrong with being a loser?” Meng Zenan argued. “This is a trope! The loser is there to make people more curious about how he’ll rise up. What’s so wrong about that?”

“That’s why I say you didn’t even plagiarize the right parts!” Wang Hao crumpled up the page from the script and threw it to the ground, then glanced at the script and tore off another page: “Look at this part–after being ridiculed, the protagonist gets hot-headed and goes to confront the mocker, and then gets beaten up. Your protagonist lacks everything and goes looking for a fight on his own, and even getting into a fight, he gets thrashed. That’s not creating anticipation; that’s being brainless, you get me? When he was just being mocked, it was only frustrating. But as soon as he actively starts the fight, it’s not just frustration anymore–his body gets damaged, too! With no strength and still humiliating himself, can the audience even continue to watch after this?”

“Yes, exactly, it’s so poorly written here!” Lan Zihuang said anxiously: “Then what should be done here?”

“Today I’m going to talk to you about what pacing really is!” Wang Hao said as he crumpled the second page. “What is pacing? It’s when the plot advances with highs and lows. There’s a saying, ‘In literature, as in viewing mountains, flatness is unappealing.’ Plain writing is uninteresting, right? So, for the opening pace, you first need to show the protagonist being humiliated, then hint at an opportunity for his rise. But that’s not enough, you need to deepen the audience’s anticipation–which is why in ‘Break the Heavens’, Xiao Xun’er appears! And then afterwards, the protagonist’s rise follows logically and defies all odds! But what about your arrangement?”

Wang Hao tore off the third page, “Yes, characters are set, but what’s with this identity you’ve set up? A servant’s daughter, the protagonist’s childhood sweetheart–oh right, I forgot to mention, your protagonist is also a servant’s son. So after the protagonist is beaten black and blue, because people see him as an easy target, his childhood sweetheart is assaulted and the protagonist is powerless to do anything. Isn’t that sick?”

At this point, the entire conference room burst into laughter–

“Ha ha ha, that setup really is just too… ha ha!”

“This plot is just ridiculous; I can’t help but laugh!”

“Right, looking at it this way, the protagonist definitely has a few screws loose. With no strength, he actively seeks out beatings and just keeps getting pummeled. It’s simply miserable!”

With a snort, Lan Zihuang couldn’t hold back her laughter either, “I knew there was something off about this part when I read it before, but I couldn’t articulate what exactly. Now that you’ve explained it, I get it. Keep going, keep talking!”

With a face as dark as thunder, Meng Zenan huffed, “That’s foreshadowing. Kids who haven’t seen the world, just because they’ve had one successful film, think too highly of themselves!”

“And then comes the next part,” Wang Hao ignored him, flipped through a few pages of the script, and tore off another: “The three-year promise at the start of ‘Break the Heavens’ is to establish a goal to strive for. What’s this in your script? The protagonist trains during the day and night, hunts beasts outside during the day, and comes back home to eat in the evening. After relentlessly training for three years he goes to cause trouble, which is bad enough, but your protagonist also fails to get his revenge and gets beaten to a pulp, another instance of him actively seeking humiliation!”

The people listening were astounded! What they had initially felt was an odd plot was being dissected by Wang Hao, and indeed, it was making sense!

Fuming, Meng Zenan snorted again, “Then tell me how to change it?”

“How can you change this?” Wang Hao tore off another page, “To fix the overall structure problems, you have to start all over! Let’s not even talk about this part; just look at what comes after. In ‘Break the Heavens,’ the protagonist has an old grandpa in a ring who helps him show off, smack faces, steal advantages, and quickly level up in his martial arts training! Throughout the story, the protagonist is incredibly cool and awesome! But what have you arranged here? Some old fellow who’s been practicing for sixty years, and he’s disabled to boot! He can barely manage to eat, requiring the protagonist to take care of him. Taking care of him is one thing, but when the enemies come knocking, after he shows off and angers them, he just lies there while the protagonist gets beaten again! A great Golden Finger and you wrote him to be a loser!”

After Wang Hao finished his critique, the people in the room erupted into laughter again–

“Hahaha, this is just too funny, it’s like everything is in reverse!”

“Yeah, the protagonist in other stories has it easy, dropping husks from the sky. But this protagonist, he’s all kinds of miserable, no wonder Miss Lan refuses to shoot it!”

“I…” Meng Zenan’s eyes shifted as he said, “I did this on purpose to create comedic moments! Do you even know what comedic moments are?!”

“What you have isn’t called comedic moments, okay?” Wang Hao crumpled the paper in his hand and threw it away, continuing his critique, “And then after your protagonist gets beaten up, he starts to practice again, and the old grandpa continues to play dead–speaking of which, couldn’t you come up with something better for the old grandpa?”

“I had no choice!” Meng Zenan roared, “Break the Heavens is a fantasy genre, we are supposed to shoot Martial Heroes. Can we have a grandpa inside a ring in a martial arts genre?!”

“That’s a good point!” Wang Hao snapped off another page, “Honestly, regardless of the genre, it’s just a change of soup, not medicine! If you can’t have a grandpa in a ring, can’t you have a mysterious old grandpa come and teach the protagonist martial arts every night?!”

In the end, Wang Hao simply tore the script to shreds, saying, “The way you’ve connected these events is just a direct copy of Break the Heavens, and not even a clear one at that! The protagonist of Break the Heavens is a genius by nature; he literally has the potential to rise again! Not only that, his fall from genius to trash is all because of the grandpa in the ring. When that grandpa finally gets revived, he starts to help the protagonist rise again–now that’s the proper formula! But you, you’re just doing the opposite. Where Break the Heavens has exhilarating moments, yours are just toxic! If this film is made following your formula, it is bound to flop. You should be thankful that Miss Lan hasn’t been filming lately, otherwise, the losses wouldn’t just be a mere one or two million!”

As expected, Lan Zihuang, who had previously been regal, was nearly stunned silly by the conversation, looking just like a little kitten, completely overwhelmed!

“My script!” Meng Zenan saw his script torn to pieces and suddenly stood up, shivering with anger, pointing at Wang Hao, he yelled, “You just tear up my script like that?! You have to compensate me! You must!”

“I’ll compensate for nothing!” Wang Hao was furious and stood up with a start, saying angrily, “It would be one thing if your story was entirely copied, but you couldn’t even copy it right! Do you know who Break the Heavens belongs to?!”

“Whose is Break the Heavens?” Everyone present looked at each other in perplexity. Wasn’t that an obvious question? Of course, it belonged to the author, Tiancan Dou!

“Whose is it?” Meng Zenan sneered, “Could it be yours?”

“You actually got it right!” Wang Hao pointed to his own nose, “This book is mine! You have the audacity to plagiarize my work, and that’s bad enough, but you can’t even plagiarize properly, and now you’re asking me to compensate you for the script?!”

As soon as Wang Hao finished speaking, the room first fell silent, then utterly exploded into chaos.

“Holy shit, Break the Heavens is his book?!”

“This… this is too incredible, isn’t it?! Hahaha, this is too amusing; the plagiarist is actually asking the original author to compensate for the script.”

“I can’t handle this; real life is indeed stranger than fiction, hahaha! Such an unexpected twist!”

The crowd below buzzed with discussion, while on the other side, Lan Zihuang looked at Wang Hao, her eyes filled with nothing but stars!

Could it be… Wang Hao is the author of Break the Heavens?

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