1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 129 The Dilemma of Casting

Going to work on Monday, Lin Weimin received another bag full of letters, all of which were letters from readers mailed to the Guowen Society from all over the country.

Lin Weimin's previous letters were handled by the editorial department of "Contemporary", but seeing the increasing number of letters, Lin Weimin's daily reply to letters has not decreased, and the office takes up too much space.

"For the people, I think you should find a place to gather these letters properly, it's not a problem to keep them in the editorial department!" Meng Weizai reminded.

When the leader spoke, Lin Weimin didn't dare to dawdle, and said, "Don't worry, I'll take it away after get off work."

After work, Lin Weimin's bicycle was full of letters on the back seat, and Rong Shihui and Yao Shuzhi's bicycles were the same.

There are too many letters, Lin Weimin can only ask for help.

Back home, Lin Weimin stuffed the letters from readers into the back room first, and the letters were scattered all over the place.

"For the sake of the people, Xinguang can't be left like this. The ground will be useless after a few days of return of moisture. You have to find something to put it on." Rong Shihui reminded.

"I know, I'll find someone to build two bookshelves later, and put all the letters on the bookshelves."

Yao Shuzhi said: "You are really extravagant, you still want to build bookshelves for the letter?"

"Then what should we do? There must be a place to put it?"

Lin Weimin said that I am nothing, there are people who specialize in buying houses and trusting them.

Yao Shuzhi thought so too. Most of these letters are impossible to reply to. If you are not willing to throw them away, then you have to keep them well. They are all the thoughts of readers all over the country.

Two days later, Lin Weimin visited Shi Tiesheng's house.

He's been really busy recently, so he hasn't been here for a long time.

It was summer, and the house in Shi Tiesheng's house was a bit stuffy, so the two went to chat under the tree in the yard.

Shi Tiesheng said that Qu Xiaowei hadn't been here for a while, so he didn't know what he was up to.

"What else can he be busy with? He is so idle at work, and he doesn't write articles anymore. What a waste of life!"

Lin Weimin didn't feel guilty about speaking ill of others behind his back. Instead, he was a little happy, "I don't know how his little partner is doing? Jinling, it's unrealistic to think about it. Seeing that the little girl should be graduating by now." .”

Shi Tiesheng said with a smile: "If you say she is a little girl, she seems to be older than you."

"That's different. I have experienced a lot, and my mental age is older than her." Lin Weimin babbled.

"That's right. Xiaojian came the other day and said that you have gone to Yanying to give lectures now."

Shi Tiesheng's tone was full of surprise.

Lin Weimin told the story of meeting Han Zhuangzhuang, and Shi Tiesheng was very happy to hear that Lin Weimin met his sister's son.

"You have to call your big nephew over and let me meet."

"No problem, this kid will find me a job this weekend."

Shi Tiesheng has always been a cheerful and generous person, he said: "Helping Yanying's students is also a rare experience, and it is also beneficial to your nephew's development."

"I know that, otherwise I wouldn't agree."

In the yard, the children of the neighbors next door were running around. Lin Weimin changed Shi Tiesheng's place, "I met Xiaojian in Yanying that day, and told him to come to your house to get together sometime. But it was a bit of a time Busy, I went to Shaanxi to catch Lu Yao and went back to Yanjing to revise the manuscript, tossing for a week."

Lu Yao started to write like a madman. Lin Weimin had already said that during the chat before, Shi Tiesheng shook his head and said: "He doesn't care about his body like this, and he will suffer in the future."

"Yeah, I went to get him to Yanjing because I was worried that it would be too dangerous for him to continue like this."

Lin Weimin thought of Lu Yao's tragic situation locked in a small dark room, patted the handle of Shi Tiesheng's wheelchair, and said with a smile: "It's better this time, make sure he has a healthy body. Not only the novel is finished, but also when it comes out. Look, I've lost ten pounds."

"Haha, you kid is too bad!"

After having dinner at Shi Tiesheng's house, it was already eight o'clock in the evening when Lin Weimin returned home.

After get off work the next day, Lin Weimin came to Renyi by bicycle. Today there is a script discussion meeting.

The script of Lin Weimin's "Farewell My Concubine" comes from the movie version. The movie is close to three hours in length, which is very long, but the creation of the script is basically based on the strict implementation of the classic three-act drama structure.

In order to meet the requirements of the drama stage as much as possible, Lin Weimin made necessary deletions and arrangements of all the content presented in the novel at the very beginning. This is why when the old comrades of Renyi said that they wanted to change the script, he firmly opposed it. one of the reasons.

Everything that can be changed has already been changed, and any further changes will be a big stretch, and the book will have to be changed.

It has been a while since the script was handed over to Lan Yinhai, and he has also optimized it.Of course, this optimization is more in line with the habits of drama performances.

Lin Weimin's original statement of "not changing a single word" was to reflect his own position.

Lan Yinhai sat beside Lin Weimin, holding a pen in one hand and scratching on the script, "That's it. The script is still three acts, but the concept of the scene should be enlarged. The three acts are friendship, grievances and betrayal, corresponding to the nine acts. There are three stages of development, entering the class, aspiring, turning into a butterfly; gifting a sword, saving the overlord, and saving the concubine Yu; hope, despair, and disillusionment.

According to this plan, it will take about two and a half hours. "

Lan Yinhai is an actor who turned to screenwriting halfway, but his professional ability is beyond doubt. He and Ouyang Shanzun discussed the plan for "Farewell My Concubine", and Lin Weimin couldn't find any faults.

"Okay, just do as you said, I have no objection."

After talking about the script, Ouyang Shanzun talked about the role again.

The biggest difference between "Farewell My Concubine" and Renyi's previous scripts is that the prominence of its characters almost exceeds the importance of conflicts, and the result of this is that the casting of actors has become a big problem.

Who can carry Cheng Dieyi, a character who is not crazy and not alive?
Now there are a lot of actors who have signed up for selection in the theater, but there are not many who can make Ouyang Shanzun and Lan Yinhai feel that they are a good match for their roles.

The two called the actors who felt similar to each other and let Lin Weimin take a look. Lin Weimin's impression of "Farewell My Concubine" all came from the movie. It shouldn't be a problem for an actor who is good at acting.

But he paid special attention to the casting of Cheng Dieyi. The appearance of the two actors he saw now made it impossible for Lin Weimin to play the role of Cheng Dieyi for them.

After exchanging his opinion with Ouyang Shanzun, he and Lan Yinhai were also a little worried.

The classic degree of Cheng Dieyi's role is self-evident. These two people have been choosing among the actors of Renyi these days, and most of the reasons for their hesitation are due to this.

After discussing for a long time, without any clue, Lin Weimin hesitated to speak.

Seeing his expression, Ouyang Shanzun said, "Teacher Lin can say anything he wants!"

Lin Weimin shook his head and did not speak.Just now an idea popped up in his mind to let Zhang Guorong act in a drama, but immediately he felt that his idea was simply whimsical.

After discussing for a long time without any clue, the meeting ended and Lin Weimin left Renyi.

(End of this chapter)