1980 My literary era

After asking for leave, Lin Weimin went home and told Han Zhuangzhuang, and boarded the southbound train the next morning.

Renyi helped buy the train tickets. Lin Weimin was a friendly helper this time, so he specifically told someone to book a soft sleeper for him. Lin Weimin also enjoyed department-level treatment. The last time he enjoyed this kind of treatment was with Teacher Jinshan. When going to Harbin.

These days, ordinary people suffer the most when traveling long distances by train. They can only buy station tickets or hard-seat tickets.

With a certain level and treatment, you can buy hard sleeper tickets, so you don’t suffer much, and it feels like a normal business trip.

When you get the soft sleeper ticket, you can enjoy the benefits only available to the deputy director or above, and you can enjoy it much more when you are away from home.

The train swayed on the tracks for more than a day. When Lin Weimin got off the train, his legs were a little weak.

After adapting to a few steps, the large group prepared to leave the station.

At this time, the sky in Hangzhou was gloomy and it was raining. August is the rainy season, and there is a lot of rain in Hangzhou, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Lin Weimin didn't bring an umbrella, and the distance from the platform to the exit was completely chilled.

When I arrived at the exit, I saw people from the Zhijiang Repertory Theater holding signs among the crowd in Wuyang Wuyang.

"Hello, I'm Lin Weimin."

Two people came to pick him up. One was a middle-aged man named Tong Tingmiao, a screenwriter of the theater troupe. A young man named Zhang Qiang is a stage dancer in the troupe. Both of them are staff members of the "Untouchable" crew, and Zhang Qiang is responsible for driving.

Tong Tingmiao shook hands with Lin Weimin enthusiastically, and after getting to know each other, she pulled Lin Weimin out of the train station.

"Let's go quickly. Teacher Lin's clothes are all wet. Let's go to the guest house to change our clothes first."

Tong Tingmiao's accent has a Jiangnan temperament, which reminds Lin Weimin of Teacher Jin Jin from the Institute of Literary Studies.

A Yanjing jeep came to pick up Lin Weimin. Zhang Qiang was responsible for driving. Lin Weimin chatted with the two of them along the way. In about 20 minutes, the car arrived at the guest house.

Along the way, Lin Weimin felt that the reception from Zhijiang Repertory Theater was very attentive. He changed his clothes in the guest house room.

It was already evening, and the repertory troupe had prepared a reception banquet. The person in charge of the reception was a deputy director of the troupe. Lin Weimin also met Cheng Weijia, the director of "The Intouchables". Such a lineup fully reflected his expectation for Lin Weimin's arrival. of attention.

After a night's rest, Lin Weimin came to Hushu South Road where Zhijiang Repertory Theater is located.

In this era, Zhijiang Repertory Theater is considered a relatively strong theater troupe nationwide. Lin Weimin met all the front and backstage staff of "The Intouchables" in the rehearsal venue, including Tong Tingmiao and Zhang Qiang, who had been hosting him before.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

Although Lin Weimin looks smaller than almost everyone in the crew, no one dared to ignore him.

Not to mention the works that he has created in the past two years that are familiar to literature lovers across the country, just because his scripts have become the main play of Yanjing People's Art for two consecutive years, Lin Weimin is already a being that everyone looks up to.

As for those who said that Lin Weimin relied on his teacher, Mr. Wan, some people in Zhijiang Repertory Theater also spread the word, but it was just a rumor.

They have not seen the performance of "Farewell My Concubine", but everyone has seen the script of "The Intouchables".

People rely on their real skills.

The director of Zhijiang Repertory Theater's version of "Untouchable" is Cheng Weijia, a national first-level director who graduated from the National College of Drama, the predecessor of the Chinese Opera. He is a veteran of Zhijiang Repertory Theater. Just now, he has directed the dramas "King Li Chuang", "Red Storm", "Red Rock" and other representative works of Zhijiang Repertory Theater.

Cheng Weijia kept calling "Teacher Lin". Faced with such seniority, Lin Weimin kept his attitude low.

Arriving at the rehearsal venue, Cheng Weijia naturally wanted all the actors to show off in front of Lin Weimin, the original screenwriter.

The basic skills of actors in this era are very solid. At least Lin Weimin doesn't think these actors are much worse than the actors of Yanjing People's Art.

As for whether the image is in line with his imagination as the original screenwriter, it doesn't matter. Now the Zhijiang Repertory Theater is rehearsing "The Intouchables", and this is their home venue.

After watching it for a long time, the whole rehearsal place seemed harmonious.

Next comes the issue of discussing the script, which is not something the actors are involved in.

Cheng Weijia called several main creators of the crew over and asked everyone to listen to Lin Weimin share his original intention and experience when creating "The Intouchable" and Yanjing People's Art Theater's experience in rehearsing this play. This is important for everyone to understand. The script and subsequent creation have great benefits.

Lin Weimin did not shy away from it. Renjia Zhijiang Repertory Theater paid 300 yuan for the use of the script of "The Intouchables". He also received the same treatment as Yanjing People's Art when he was traveling here, with a daily subsidy of 5 yuan. , the two sides add up to ten yuan a day, which is three hundred yuan a month. In this era, it is definitely a high salary among high salaries.

Of course, the business trip subsidy was much higher than the salary. What's more, Lin Weimin came to Zhijiang under the entrustment of both parties and received double subsidy. He was not short of this amount of money, and all he wanted was respect.

Not to mention that if "The Intouchables" is performed in the future, Zhijiang Repertory Theater will also give Lin Weimin a share of each performance.

Therefore, Lin Weimin must do his best in re-creating and rehearsing other people's scripts.

It took a week to finally explain all the problems of the script to the crew. Lin Weimin's work was mostly completed.

Next is a rough rehearsal by the cast and crew, and then the screenwriter Tong Tingmiao will lead everyone to revise the script until a final script is finally produced.

Lin Weimin would definitely not be able to see this finalized script before he left. Cheng Weijia discussed it with him. In the past few days, there was no need for Lin Weimin to do the rough rehearsal of the actors, and Zhang Qiang from the crew was asked to accompany him to various scenic spots in Hangzhou. Play around, this is an indispensable procedure for business trips these days.

There is heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Since ancient times, Hangzhou has been a world-famous city with countless beautiful scenery. The West Lake alone has attracted countless masterpieces by literati.

Zhang Qiang specially borrowed the camera from the troupe, "Teacher Lin, we can shoot whatever we want today. Don't worry about the film. I'll report it to the troupe."

Lin Weimin repeatedly refused, "No, I just want to walk around and take a look. There is no need to take pictures."

He didn't know if other men were like this, but he didn't like taking pictures anyway.

The West Lake in the early 1980s was far from the crowded scene of later generations.

The day Lin Weimin came was a working day, and it was a rare sunny day in Hangzhou.

The weather is very hot and there are fewer people coming out to play.

Lin Weimin stood by the West Lake. There were only a few small boats playing on the lake.

Looking at the breathtaking scenery in front of him, he couldn't help but feel some romantic feelings.

“There is no day by the lake that lacks the spring breeze, and the splendid towers and decks are the same.

White birds are accustomed to follow the boat up and down, and draw bridges to divide the water from west to east.

A hundred years of happiness are floating in the clouds, but a period of sadness is shining through.

The lotus flowers are now several times red. "

Zhang Qiang had a camera hanging around his neck, his face full of admiration, and he applauded: "What a poem! Teacher Lin, you are so talented!"

Lin Weimin felt a little embarrassed by this kid's support. He looked around, but fortunately there were not many people.

He waved his hand towards Zhang Qiang and said: "This is "Roading on the West Lake" written by Zhou Deng of the Song Dynasty. It's not that I'm talented, it's that others are talented!"

Zhang Qiang wasn't even proficient in writing, and he didn't know who Zhou Deng was, but Teacher Lin could speak clearly just by looking at the scenery, and he truly admired him.

No wonder he is a great writer!

The two were chatting and walking by the West Lake. Seeing that Lin Weimin didn't need him to take pictures, Zhang Qiang took advantage of it himself. He would raise his camera from time to time to capture the beautiful scenery he liked in the lens of the camera.

"Thanks to you, Teacher Lin, I can come to the West Lake today." Zhang Qiang said excitedly.

"I borrowed your light. With you by my side, I won't have a black eye!"

Zhang Qiang was happy because he was a well-educated person who spoke well.

The two of them walked to the pier and happened to see tourists disembarking from the boat after paddling. Zhang Qiang was surprised when he saw it: "He's actually a foreigner!"

Foreigners are not common at this time, so Zhang Qiang’s curiosity is understandable.

Lin Weimin didn't pay attention. Just as he was about to walk by, a strange-looking young man walked towards him. He looked like he was fifteen or sixteen years old. He grinned and smiled extremely brightly.

"David, Susan, how are you? I'm not lying to you. Boating on the West Lake is the best way to experience the West Lake." The young man spoke very authentic English.

The person the young man was talking to was a young man and woman who had just gotten off the boat.

"Yun, you're absolutely right! It's a great experience to visit the West Lake on a boat." The blond boy said loudly and excitedly.

While the two were talking, Lin Weimin stopped.

Zhang Qiang asked: "Teacher Lin, what's wrong?"

Lin Weimin looked at the strange boy, hesitated, and said, "Nothing, that little guy looks very special."

Zhang Qiang had noticed the boy's strange appearance just now, but he didn't pay attention at the moment and said naturally: "He's ugly enough!"

Lin Weimin glanced at Zhang Qiang helplessly, Brother, don't misinterpret my meaning!

Besides, can we not speak ill of others so loudly?

"It can't be said that we can't decide what we look like. Moreover, beauty and ugliness are only relative terms. There is no absolute beauty or absolute ugliness. People just look very special, but it does not mean they are ugly. .”

Zhang Qiang did not expect that his casual words would attract criticism from Teacher Lin. He felt a little unhappy because he felt that the boy was indeed ugly.

But at the same time, he felt that Teacher Lin was really powerful and what he said made sense. He said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Teacher Lin, it's my fault that I don't speak well."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "You shouldn't say sorry to me..."

As he said this, he looked at the little guy the two of them were discussing just now.

There was a bit of anger in the little guy's eyes, and it was obvious that he heard Zhang Qiang's unscrupulous speech just now.

"Yun, what's wrong? Are they talking about you?" The blond boy next to the little guy obviously noticed his emotional changes. Seeing that his eyes were fixed on Lin Weimin and the two of them, he couldn't help but ask.

The little guy spoke English and muttered a few words to the blond boy. The blond boy looked at Lin Weimin and the two with a bit of anger in his eyes.

It would be embarrassing to be caught saying bad things.

Lin Weimin showed a kind smile and said, "Comrade, I'm really sorry. We both made a mistake."

Being called a comrade by Lin Weimin, the anger on the little guy's face calmed down a bit. He has always been younger than his peers, but in fact he is already eighteen years old this year and has just taken the college entrance examination.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, I heard it all." The little guy said and looked at Zhang Qiang who was aside.

Zhang Qiang could only bite the bullet and walk out at this time, "Comrade...comrade, I'm really sorry just now. I just have a bad mouth. Please forgive me for my rashness."

The little guy has been called ugly a lot since he was a child, and he doesn't really care about it. But what Zhang Qiang said just now was too unscrupulous, and he thought that there were foreign friends around him, and he didn't want this person who said bad things about him to It's not that difficult to apologize to yourself.

Zhang Qiang's apology was quite sincere. The little guy also used the donkey to pretend to be generous and said: "Since you have apologized, forget it. Be careful in the future, but not everyone is as easy to talk to as me."

Zhang Qiang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I'm really sorry."

Zhang Qiang's attitude gave the little guy a lot of face. He felt that he should show his gentlemanly demeanor in front of foreign friends, so he extended his hand to Zhang Qiang.

"Forget it, we don't know each other until now. Let me meet you, my name is Ma Yun."

Zhang Qiang stretched out his hand, "My name is Zhang Qiang, and I am an employee of Zhijiang Repertory Theater."

As he spoke, he introduced Lin Weimin again, "This is teacher Lin Weimin, a writer. Do you know him?"

Ma Yun's eyes suddenly lit up, Lin Weimin? Great writer?

"Hello, Teacher Lin!" Ma Yun stretched out his hand to Lin Weimin.