1980 My literary era

Lin Weimin looked at the photos picked out by Bertolucci and felt relieved that he had lived up to Comrade Lao Teng's expectations.

Bertolucci held the photo in his hand and said to Zunlong: "John, I'm sorry, you may have to work hard!"

Zunlong smiled. He looked at the photo and fully understood what Bertolucci meant.

Gong Li was chosen to play the role of Wanrong. This girl's sour Ludong accent was very painful for the male actor opposite her.

After determining the final candidate for the heroine, Bertolucci asked the staff to announce the result to the many actresses waiting outside on the spot.

Except for Gong Li, the heroine who stood stunned on the spot, the disappointment of everyone else was palpable.

Chen Chong was very disappointed. She flew thousands of miles from the United States back to China to audition, but she didn't expect such a result.

Fortunately, when she came back to audition this time, she told the crew of "The Kite Runner" that she would take time off to visit relatives, and she could continue acting in the play when she returned.

Liu Xiaoqing never dreamed that he had always regarded Chen Chong as his biggest competitor, but he would be defeated by Gong Li, a little girl who was just starting out and had never even released a movie.

She glanced at Gong Li unconvinced, and really couldn't figure out where she had lost.

Similar to Liu Xiaoqing's thoughts, all the actresses present had only one thought in their minds.

Why can Gong Li be the heroine?

Gong Li stood there in confusion for a while, then recovered and asked, "Am I the heroine?"

When Zhang Yimou told her that the crew of "The Last Emperor" asked her to audition for the leading role, Gong Li was not only terrified, but she didn't think she would get the role. She thought she was only recruited because of the recent popularity of "Dream of Red Mansions" of.

When she thought about it, no matter what happened, such a movie with big investment, international background, and the blessing of a famous director would never be her turn!

But the fact was beyond her and everyone's expectation, the heroine really fell on her head.

Many actresses left Fangqinglou disappointedly, only Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong stood there unwillingly.

At this time, Bertolucci, Thomas, Lin Weimin and other three people came out of the audition room, and the three of them congratulated Gong Li, who was in a state of confusion.

Liu Xiaoqing on the side hesitated to speak. After hesitating for a moment, he still said: "Teacher Lin!"

Among the three, Liu Xiaoqing knew Lin Weimin and could only call him.

Lin Weimin glanced at Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong, and said to Bertolucci and Thomas: "Let me say a few words to them."

After saying that, he took Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong to the corner of the corridor. Looking at the slightly unhappy expressions of the two, Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Are you very unconvinced?"

Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong glanced at Lin Weimin and nodded.

It's fine if she loses to other actresses, but Gong Li is still a student of China National Opera and has acted in a movie before it was even released. Why should she lose to her?

Lin Weimin nodded slightly and said: "Compared with you two, Gong Li does have many shortcomings. But..."

He paused for a moment as he spoke, and their eyes were fixed on his face.

"Gong Li has an advantage that neither of you have."

"What advantages?" Chen Chong couldn't help but ask.

"She is holding a copy of "Red Sorghum" in her hands!"

Hearing this sentence, Liu Xiaoqing was surprised, what is this? No one has masterpieces. When it comes to masterpieces, she, Liu Xiaoqing, can beat Gong Li by a dozen.

"Little Flower", "Mysterious Giant Buddha", "Xu Mao and His Daughters", "Listening to Government Behind the Curtain", "Burning of the Old Summer Palace"...

Which work is not both well-received and well-received?

Not to mention her, even Chen Chong is better than Gong Li, a student!

Seeing the looks on Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong's faces, Lin Weimin had guessed what they were thinking and shook his head.

"You two didn't understand what I said. "Red Sorghum" just won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. In the next year, "Red Sorghum" will participate in any international film festival it can participate in. You know this is What concept?"

No heavy hammer is needed to play the drum. Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong immediately understood what Lin Weimin meant.

"In the next year, the name Gong Li will appear in many film festivals around the world. Each film festival is equivalent to Gong Li, an actress, being featured in the news in many countries and regions around the world.

One year is enough for Gong Li to become an internationally renowned actress.

At the same time, if Gong Li becomes the heroine of "The Last Emperor". So at every film festival, "The Last Emperor", as Gong Li's next film, will inevitably be mentioned and promoted.

This kind of exposure, if calculated as publicity expenses, is calculated in millions of dollars. "

At this point, Lin Weimin stopped talking.

The birth of "Red Sorghum" was a bit groundbreaking for the Chinese film industry.

It not only gave birth to Zhang Yimou, a talented and talented director, but also made the actress Gong Li famous, making her the number one among domestic film actresses since the 1980s.

This record was not broken until Ah Mou once again made the girl Zhang Ziyi famous.

Two thousand years later, Zhang, Zhou, Zhao, Xu and Shuang Bing all tried to win the prize.

But except for Zhang Ziyi, who was highly praised by the famous director, and Zhou Xun, who was extremely spiritual, all the others failed without exception.

Winning an award requires not only talent, but also timing and luck. It's not like you can just win one or two leading actress awards and be recognized by the public.

Later "Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1988. At that time, "The Last Emperor" had already been filmed and had even started its journey to compete in film festivals. Naturally, there was nothing going on without Gong Li.

But now, because of Lin Weimin, the Golden Bear Award for "Red Sorghum" was won in 1987.

With the strong blessing of this movie, Gong Li almost became the perfect choice for "The Last Emperor".

Lin Weimin glanced at Chen Chong, and four words came to his mind inexplicably.

Luck was taken away!

After slipping for a while, Lin Weimin came back to his senses and looked at Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong who were silent, "Do you understand now?"

The two nodded hard.

No matter how hard they thought, they never imagined that this would be the result.

While Liu Xiaoqing was upset, she even thought about how great it would be if the Berlin Film Festival was held a month later!

Unfortunately, there is no if in this world.

Who makes them not the heroines of "Red Sorghum"?

Liu Xiaoqing smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that after more than ten years of acting in movies and being a heroine for more than ten years, I would be inferior to a student who only acted in one movie."

Lin Weimin comforted: "You can't say that. Gong Li's situation has a lot of luck, and no one can predict it!"

Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong couldn't help but nodded. It was impossible for them to admit that Gong Li got this role based on her strength.

Saying it was luck, the two of them could just accept it.

After sending Liu Xiaoqing and Chen Chong away, Lin Weimin returned to the room.

Bertolucci and Thomas were asking about Gong Li's appearance in the movie. Although the girl had recovered from the huge surprise, she still looked confused.

She had only made one movie, and all she had contact with were new recruits like Zhang Yimou and others.

Leng Buding worked with Bertolucci and other foreigners and had no clue at all.

Seeing Lin Weimin's return, Gong Li was like a drowning man grasping at straws.

"teacher LIN!"

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. The heroine has been decided on. You can just listen to the director and producer for the rest."

Hearing his words, Gong Li's face showed some relief.

After the audition was settled, Lin Weimin left Yanying.

At work the next day, Wang Shuo came to the editorial department.

The script in his hand was thrown on Lin Weimin's desk, showing wanton debauchery, what stood out was his free and uninhibited character.

"Look!"

Lin Weimin glanced at the script without turning over it, "What are you showing me? This is not written for me!"

Wang Shuo, who had planned to take revenge, almost suffered internal injuries from these words.

The script was written for Zheng Xiaolong and his colleagues. What should I show Lin Weimin to read?

But if you think about it carefully, it’s not right!

"You are the chief writer of our TV series!"

Lin Weimin said "Oh", "Do I still have this title?"

The casual tone made Wang Shuo angry for a moment, and he pretended to be cool with us!

Lin Weimin then opened the script, glanced at it briefly, and then said: "It's well written!"

? ? ?

That's it?

Wang Shuo said unhappily: "Can you be more perfunctory?"

"I fully believe in your abilities!"

Lin Weimin threw the script back to Wang Shuo, "You can just discuss this script with Dudu and Haiyan. There is no need to show it to me!"

Wang Shuo muttered: "You just put your name on it and don't work, you are a black-hearted person!"

"By the way, how is your novel going?" Seeing this kid jumping like this, Lin Weimin decided to put some pressure on him.

When Wang Shuo heard this, his momentum immediately weakened, "I haven't found any space yet!"

"Hurry up! Don't hold on to a novel for half a year. This is how you make a living!"

Wang Shuo was upset by his urging and said perfunctorily: "I know, I know!"

If I had known earlier I wouldn’t have come!

Wang Shuo found an excuse and ran away, and Lin Weimin didn't keep him.

In the afternoon, another guest came to the editorial office.

It was Zhong Lin, the editor of "Script". Previously, "Script" wanted to publish the scripts of "Untouchable" and "Farewell My Concubine", and it came to Lin Weimin specifically.

The two scripts were published on "Script", allowing Lin Weimin to get several hundred yuan in royalties, which was better than nothing.

Today Zhong Lin came to the editorial office to find Lin Weimin, not on behalf of the "Script" editorial office, but on behalf of the Dramatists Association. He is now the secretary-general of the Dramatists Association.

Zhong Lin explained his purpose of coming. He was here to formally invite Lin Weimin to join the Dramatists Association.

In the past few years, Lin Weimin's works have been staged in the People's Art Theatre. However, because his teacher, Mr. Wan, is the chairman of the Dramatists Association, in order to avoid risks, Lin Weimin has not joined the association, and he has not even participated in the annual awards selection.

The reason why Zhong Lin invited Lin Weimin this time was related to "Red Sorghum".

Zhang Yimou, who had returned with great honors, praised Lin Weimin at the press conference, and flattered him constantly during the interview. Especially in the exclusive interview with Li Xiangyang, a reporter from the "Yanjing Youth Daily", the two sang and praised Lin Weimin. I have won all the awards in the past two years.

Countless readers also learned after reading this report that Lin Weimin had won two awards in China in the past two years.

Li Xiangyang also included private goods, and in his report he specifically educated readers on the value of the Cannes Film Festival and the Tony Awards.

One is one of the three major international film festivals in Europe, which is as famous as the Berlin Film Festival. The film "Lover" written by Lin Weimin won the Best Screenplay Award there.

One is the highest award for American dramas and musicals. The drama "The Intouchables" written by Lin Weimin won the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards there.

Because of Li Xiangyang's popular science, readers immediately understood the value of these two awards.

Lin Weimin is a screenwriter and won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Isn't that equivalent to Zhang Yimou winning the Golden Bear Award?

The Tony Award seems to have little to do with Lin Weimin, but he also wrote the script after all. Without a good script written by someone else, it will be useless no matter how good your actor is!

Besides, this is the highest drama award in the United States!

These days, no matter what the word "American" is on something, it will be looked down upon.

Riding on the popularity of "Red Sorghum", countless Chinese people know about the Cannes Film Festival and the Tony Awards, as well as the honors Lin Weimin has achieved overseas.

Teacher Lin, who had always been low-key, could no longer hide it.

In line with Zhang Yimou's rainbow farts on various occasions, apart from the director Zhang Yimou, the person who gained the most fame for "Red Sorghum" turned out to be Lin Weimin, not even comparable to the heroine Gong Li and the hero Han Zhuangzhuang.

It is precisely because of the Cannes Film Festival and the Tony Awards that the Dramatists Guild has been on pins and needles recently.

In the past few years, because Mr. Wan avoided suspicion, Lin Weimin's works did not even participate in the awards for several consecutive years.

Now that news has spread that Lin Weimin has won awards abroad for his drama creations, the association is feeling even more pressure.

Lin Weimin’s works have received awards abroad, but why are they not even nominated in China?

No one needed to ask, the Dramatists Guild itself felt guilty, so it quickly dispatched Zhong Lin.

Join the Dramatists Guild first, then give out awards.

This is what Lin Weimin understood from Zhong Lin's words.

Zhong Lin also emphasized: "We have already said hello to Mr. Wan, and the old man has no objection."

In the past, the main reason why Mr. Wan avoided suspicion was to protect Lin Weimin. With the title of "Wan Jiabao's disciple", no matter how strong he was, he would always be criticized.

Now that the news has spread that Lin Weimin won an award abroad, the Dramatists Association can't even think of not giving him the award. Who dares to question the credibility of this award anymore?

Mr. Wan was naturally reluctant to agree.

Since there is no problem with the teacher, Lin Weimin is naturally willing to give face to the Dramatists Association. After all, Mr. Wan is still famous in the Dramatists Association!

"Let's agree first, don't come to me for activities or anything like that!" Lin Weimin said to Zhong Lin.

"Oh, my Teacher Lin! As long as you can join the association, you don't have to worry about the rest. Our association will take care of everything for you!"

Zhong Lin looked pleading.