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When a apathetic policeman's new-born son is kidnapped he will do everything in his power to expose a corrupted Chinese state and it?s network of child traffickers to get his son back.
Two possible routes for this story. In one version, the policeman is young, naive and straight out of training. His son is kidnapped. His goal is to find his son and in the process of trying to get help he is confronted with apathetic superiors and a corrupted system. The logline for this would be:Read more
Two possible routes for this story.
In one version, the policeman is young, naive and straight out of training. His son is kidnapped. His goal is to find his son and in the process of trying to get help he is confronted with apathetic superiors and a corrupted system. The logline for this would be:
When child-traffickers kidnap his new-born son, a naive Chinese policeman will fight apathetic superiors and a corrupt system to get his son back.
In the second version, the policeman is older, and has been part of the corruption himself for a long time – he’s turned a blind eye to it in order to survive.
When child-traffickers kidnap his new-born son, a world-weary Chinese policeman will struggle with corrupted, apathetic peers before taking things into his own hands to find his son.
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dpg, thanks for the positive feedback. Yes you are correct, the policeman is Chinese and the story is set in China. The child traffickers operate because the system is corrupt in general. The police don't directly run the child trafficking, but they do turn a blind eye to it. To keep international wRead more
dpg, thanks for the positive feedback. Yes you are correct, the policeman is Chinese and the story is set in China.
The child traffickers operate because the system is corrupt in general. The police don’t directly run the child trafficking, but they do turn a blind eye to it. To keep international watch dogs off their backs, they’ll occasionally do raids on child trafficking networks but it’s all just a show so groups like UNICEF shut up.
See lessWhen a apathetic policeman's new-born son is kidnapped he will do everything in his power to expose a corrupted Chinese state and it?s network of child traffickers to get his son back.
The flaw of apathy was something I struggled with. What I was trying to communicate was that this policeman had a practiced apathy for the reasons of self-preservation. Corruption amongst police officers and the State is rampant in China and always has been. So is Child trafficking. The hero of my sRead more
The flaw of apathy was something I struggled with. What I was trying to communicate was that this policeman had a practiced apathy for the reasons of self-preservation. Corruption amongst police officers and the State is rampant in China and always has been. So is Child trafficking.
The hero of my story has, despite being morally uncomfortable, taken money from his peers and turned a blind eye to their crimes to fit in, get along and remain a police officer. He’s sacrificed his high moral standards just to keep his job. He’s the opposite of Serpico – where Serpico was faced with corruption he took it head on. In a way, the hero of my story has been hiding. And the moment his son is taken, it forces him to confront the issues head on.
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