Yuansuo

(Microfilm literary script)

Screenwriter Di Di

Firecrackers crackled.

(The scene of setting off firecrackers freezes. The music starts. On the frozen background, the credits are shown in sequence.) Voice-over: In the Hetao area of ??Inner Mongolia, a child's twelfth birthday is particularly grand, commonly known as "round lock" ".

With the voice-over, the title of the film is slowly introduced: Round Lock

The scene gradually appears

1 Interior scene - living room - night

Jiangnan, a thirty-six-year-old man, tall, with black hair and fair face.

Wearing a pair of myopic glasses, a white shirt and a gray vest. , was leaning over the coffee table writing invitations.

His wife Su Qin, thirty-four years old, has a slim figure, a handsome face, and her newly permed hair is shiny. She sat next to her husband and tilted her head to watch him write.

There is a stack of red invitations with gold letters on the coffee table.

As Jiang Nan was writing, he asked: "Well, tell me, who else can I invite?"

Su Qin thought about it and said, "Please..."

2 Interior - Bedroom - Night

Yuanyuan, a 12-year-old boy with a tiger-like head and a cute manner, is sitting at the desk on the side of the bed

While doing her homework, she flipped through the textbook and found a photo. Yuanyuan picked it up and looked at it.

The photo shows a man in his thirties.

Yuanyuan looked at the photo with clear and affectionate eyes. Gradually, tears filled his eyes and he softly called out: "Dad!"

3 Interior scene ——Living Room——Evening

Jiang Nan closed the invitations he had written, opened another one, glanced at his wife, and asked, "What else is there?"

Su Qin smiled. Then, she pushed her husband and said angrily: "Just ask me! Think about it, who else should we invite?"

At this time, the bedroom door opened silently, and Yuanyuan appeared. At the door, he looked over and hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Mom!" Then he lowered his head and picked his fingers.

Su Qin and Jiang Nan looked up at the same time, looking at the child with some surprise. Su Qin stood up and asked with concern: "What's the matter, Yuanyuan? Are you encountering a problem?"

Yuanyuan shook her head, rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, and walked towards her mother. Su Qin leaned down, looked into the child's eyes and asked, "Yuanyuan, what's wrong with you?"

Yuanyuan looked at Jiangnan, raised her head and called out softly: "Mom!... He lowered his head, plucked his fingers and murmured: "We should invite...Dad!" Su Qin said "Ah" unexpectedly and looked back at her husband. Jiang Nan was also stunned for a moment.

4 Interior view - Office of the director of a bank office - daytime

Lin Kai, director of the bank office (the person in the previous photo), thirty-six years old, burly , face slightly darker, handsome, wearing a crisp suit. He was sitting in front of his desk on the phone: "It's me. (On the phone: Director Lin, has the money arrived in your bank account?) It's here. (On the phone: Okay, bye!) Goodbye!"

Just as he put down the phone, his cell phone rang. He took it out of his trouser pocket, looked at it, and immediately stood up from the chair, with a smile on his face, and asked with concern: "Oh? Yuanyuan? Are you there? Where are you? "

5 Exterior scene - under the bus stop sign - daytime

Yuanyuan is carrying her schoolbag and waiting for the bus. When she is free, he My father made a phone call, and his voice sounded a little low: "Dad!..."

On the phone, Lin Kai's voice said: "Yuanyuan, what's the matter? Tell me quickly! Dad is so worried. !"

6 Interior - Lin Kai's Office - Daytime

Lin Kai stood on the ground, looking at the phone and asked anxiously: "Yuanyuan, tell Dad! Aren't you wronged? Or have you spent all the living expenses dad gave you?" On the phone, Yuanyuan's voice still sounded low and hesitant: "Dad! I'm celebrating my twelfth birthday. "..." Lin Kai said "Oh" in realization, patted his head, walked up, and said apologetically to the phone: "Oh! I'm sorry, Dad is at work!" If you're busy, just forget about this!"

On the phone, Yuanyuan said: "Mom wants to give me... a round lock,..."

Lin Kai nodded again. "Oh" he said, thought for a moment, and asked loudly: "So Yuanyuan..., hello? Yuanyuan?..."

There was no sound on the phone. Lin Kai sighed and said to himself He said: "Hang up!" He returned to his desk and sat down, looking in front of him thoughtfully, his face getting more and more gloomy.

7 Exterior scene - street, inside car - daytime

There are constant vehicles and pedestrians coming and going.

A car drives smoothly forward. Jiang Nan held the steering wheel, and Su Qin sat next to him. They walked and talked.

Jiang Nan: "There has been a flu epidemic these days, and there are a lot of people seeing doctors. A doctor in our department has gone to Beijing to study, and there are few manpower. Oh my, I am a chief physician, and I am really busy. ”

Su Qin: “We are about to take the final exam, and we are very nervous about reviewing, and we are also very busy. No, we don’t even care about our child’s birthday! , I haven’t booked a hotel yet! ...Hey, Jiangnan, I want to discuss something with you while Yuanyuan is not around.

Didn't the child propose that his father come to the birthday celebration that day? What is your opinion? "

Jiang Nan looked ahead expressionlessly. He didn't say anything for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "It's up to you to see this matter! ”