Chapter 52 Isn't it completely normal for a novelist to write screenplays?

Qi Yunming was truly not being sarcastic. The show Beyond the Class often made corresponding adaptations when remaking classic film and television works.

Can a remake be made without adaptation?

Making unauthorized changes to the plot is undoubtedly ruining a classic, but refining the dialogue to be more modern poses no problem at all, and such changes can be considered keeping pace with the times.

The adaptation method Yu Wei mentioned was indeed very interesting, which was why he asked the other person to give it a try.

Well, mainly because making changes like this would be much easier, and Qi Yunming wanted to be a bit lazy...

Yu Wei belatedly took the pen. Was he really supposed to rewrite it? This old Qi seemed a bit unreliable; who on earth entrusts someone with such an important task on their first meeting?

Seeing this, the other artists quietly gathered around. Hearing what the director meant, it seemed like this kind of adaptation actually made sense?

They wanted to see how Yu Wei, an outsider, was going to rewrite the script.

"Let's make the changes over here."

Chi Leying did not understand what strange tacit understanding these two had reached, but she quickly selected a small table and stools provided for the lead actors nearby and sat down first to occupy a favorable spot.

Yu Wei did not waste any breath. He smoothly sat down, grabbed the tool, and began marking. Change it if they wanted a change; other plays might not be clear in his memory, but this iconic scene was already engraved into his DNA.

It was at the level where he could recite it even without a system.

The opening of this scene from Unfaithful had a lot of nonsense. The male lead returned to the room, saw the mistress, and still had to feign surprise and hesitate for a moment. Yu Wei crossed all of that out directly and changed it to a single line: "Why are you wearing her clothes?"

What is the meaning of this?

All those dramatic performances with emotional fluctuations were simply gone, replaced by this sentence...

Although it looked awkward no matter how one saw it, where did this sudden sense of visual imagery come from? The mistress wearing the female lead's clothes to seduce the male lead—just thinking about it was exciting; no, thinking about it created strong dramatic conflict.

Amid the suspicious and uncertain gazes of the crowd, Yu Wei gave a grand wave of his hand and crossed out the mistress's seductive dialogue as well, writing in return: "Since we are chasing thrills, we might as well go all the way."

Wait, wasn't this a bit too thrilling?

Although it was just a single line, they could already picture the mistress's arrogant and overbearing expression of absolute certainty. Since she took the initiative to seduce him, she obviously knew what kind of person the male lead was long ago.

It actually seemed quite reasonable and matched the character's persona, yet the dialogue had become much more refined and the visual imagery was stronger.

Was this the strength of a professional writer?

That wasn't right. Several of them were readers of web novels. Didn't web novel authors like this love to pad their word counts? How could they possibly refine dialogue on their own...

Given the exact same plot, they would definitely prefer the version filled with fluff.

Qi Yunming watched Yu Wei's alterations the entire time. These two modifications could be called ingenious; not only did they shorten the length as much as possible while keeping the original film's plot intact, but they also made the characters' images more vivid.

In fact, many film and television clips suffered from a common problem: only people who had watched the original film knew what the characters were doing, while casual viewers could completely fail to understand.

Someone who didn't know the context would look and wonder what all the gibberish was about.

Because they couldn't get more information from the fragmented, intercepted plot, it inevitably felt a bit taken out of context.

Yet with Yu Wei's revision, even someone who had never seen the original film could tell what kind of personalities the two characters had. That showed genuine skill.

He was curious to see how this kid would continue modifying it next. The higher the standard of the preceding dialogue, the harder it would be to sustain the lines that followed.

What could the male lead possibly say to firmly catch the performance and kick off the "bed scene" segment?

Yu Wei fell silent for a moment, and as expected, he deleted the male lead's sanctimonious justifications for cheating, simply writing down four bold characters:

"You are so loose!"

These simple four words vividly embodied the scumbag protagonist's "clear-headed absurdity." While knowing full well that this behavior was a moral degradation, he bluntly commented with "You are so loose," laying bare the contradictory mentality of "knowingly committing adultery."

The surrounding artists let out involuntary exclamations of shock. They didn't understand acting that deeply, but this dialogue was still a bit too evocative. No one could write lines like this without ten years of experience cheating...

If Yu Wei didn't currently have a clean slate across the internet, they would almost think this was inspired by real life and adapted from personal experience.

What a brilliant continuation! Qi Yunming watched with growing amazement. Three sentences directly bridged half the length of the original film, and the visual imagery was even better than the original. This kid was simply born to be a screenwriter.

It was just that these lines were perhaps a bit too vivid. His first two songs were both love songs; Yu Wei might actually be a true scumbag, and there was no telling how many girls would fall victim to his poison in the future...

The king of wild boars had arrived, and another prized cabbage was about to fall.

Actually, the lines Yu Wei modified were not necessarily better than the original film. The reason Unfaithful was a classic in film history was primarily because it brilliantly portrayed the psychological conflict of disillusionment with love in order to achieve self-redemption.

By comparison, this affair scene was merely a side dish, and the original film did not heavily emphasize it.

Yu Wei's revision was not entirely flawless either; it sacrificed some of the slow-simmering emotional buildup, opting instead for a full-blast blaze right from the start.

Inserting this adaptation into the original film would seem somewhat out of place, but as a standalone snippet, a segment with intense dramatic conflict clearly held the advantage.

It wasn't about being better; it was about being more suitable.

Yu Wei knew he was taking a shortcut, but the others didn't. In their eyes, an outsider who played with music actually understood the script this well—could this possibly be professional talent?

Writing novels really paid off!

The accompanying cameraman recorded this scene clearly. Although their show couldn't possibly live stream, they would release short video clips on their official account every few days.

If they posted this segment of Yu Wei rewriting the script, wouldn't the number of reservations for this episode exceed ten million?

The show's post-production team had already started working overtime to edit, but Yu Wei still planned to visit the other three production crews. A person shouldn't hang themselves from a single tree.

Chi Leying had originally been quite drawn to the female lead of this play, but after much thought, she still followed Yu Wei. Compared to a single role, she was far more curious about what other trouble Yu Wei could stir up.

Several other artists also unconsciously followed along. Since the competition here was too cutthroat anyway, taking a detour to check out other sets wasn't a bad idea.

For the rest of the half day, Yu Wei basically wandered among several production crews. The other three plays were a court drama, a spy thriller, and a contemporary realistic theme. Unfortunately, none of these featured the blind characters he excelled at.

He hadn't decided which set to audition for yet, but there was really no rush. Today was only the first day, and most actors were still taking a wait-and-see approach.

That evening, Beyond the Class finally released the first clip of the episode at eight o'clock, which included the entrances of several temporary guest contractees.

They had spent half a day editing a clip of just one minute and twenty seconds, which showed how absurd the idea of simultaneous broadcasting was.

Not many viewers continuously followed the show's vlogs; mostly, it was hardcore audiences and fans of the resident guests. Everyone just watched casually while looking for guests they happened to favor.

They were watching half-heartedly until Yu Wei walked onto the screen.

Wasn't this brother a singer?

Yu Wei had become so popular recently that even non-fans couldn't possibly be unaware of him. As a singer-songwriter, what on earth was he doing meddling in an acting show?

Yet even greater surprises awaited the viewers. The final few seconds of the video actually showed Yu Wei drastically rewriting the script, his hand moving swiftly and decisively to cross out large sections.

The visual impact of this scene was far too strong, carrying even a hint of effortless mastery, much like a seasoned teacher grading papers without any hesitation.

The clip ended abruptly, leaving the bewildered audience hanging. They didn't know what specific changes were made, but judging by the scale of the actions, the alterations must have been substantial.

Anyone unaware would have thought Yu Wei was a tyrannical actor throwing his weight around on set, casually rewriting the script right from the beginning.

It was one thing to appear on an acting variety show, but how could you possibly rewrite the script?

The clip spread rapidly and soon appeared in the main fan communities and book club forums. Yu Wei's fans were equally baffled upon seeing it—when on earth had this kid acquired this skill...

"Even so, don't you guys think an author writing a script is far more reasonable than an author writing songs?"

At least the former still involved textual work, whereas the latter crossed entirely different industries. Yu Wei had already done things much more outrageous than this, so a little more didn't matter.

Besides, it wasn't like he hadn't written scripts in his novels. With the outside world buzzing with gossip, Yu Wei's fans only felt that they were making a fuss over nothing.

"Same feeling. Isn't it completely normal for a novel writer to write scripts?"

Making a fuss over nothing; once you've stanned him long enough, you get used to it.