1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 186 New Inspiration
The novel about friendship that Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng talked about was inspired by a movie "The Kite Runner" he watched in later generations

The film was released in 2007. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name "The Kite Runner" published in 2003. Once it was released, it was on the "New York Times" bestseller list and continued to be on the list for 2003 weeks.

It was translated into 61 languages ​​in later generations, published in 152 countries and regions, and sold 3000 million copies worldwide.

The protagonist of the novel, Amir, was born in a wealthy family in Afghanistan. He and Hassan, the son of Ali, the servant of the family, were close friends who grew up together. The two often played and played games together.

Amir is an excellent "kite fighter", good at cutting the string of others' kites with his own kite, and Hassan is also an outstanding "kite chaser", because the tradition in Afghanistan is to chase the kite that falls when the string is cut to all of its people.

In the process of adulthood, Hassan clashed with his fellow clansmen in order to protect Amir, but the cowardly Amir did not stand up.

Amir wanted his father to fire Ali and Hassan because he couldn't face Hassan, but his father refused, so Amir framed Hassan on his birthday night, saying that he stole his birthday present.

Hassan sees everything and admits to the theft.

After the war broke out, the Amir family moved to the United States to live, and the family was handed over to Rahim Khan to take care of it.Amir became a writer after graduation and married a famous daughter.

But his childhood friend Hassan and his wife died in the war, leaving only one son, Sohrab.

The elderly and terminally ill Rahim Khan called Amir, hoping that he could take care of his friend's son Sohrab, but Amir was unwilling, and Rahim Khan told the truth that Hassan was actually Amir's father's illegitimate son.

Out of inner guilt, Amir broke through many obstacles and finally found Sohrab, but Sohrab, who had been seriously injured since childhood, did not accept him.

After Amir worked hard to bring Sohrab to the country of America, after a long time of familiarity, Sohrab finally smiled at Amir after a kite-chasing game, smiling away all grievances.

Shi Tiesheng asked Lin Weimin whether the friendship in this novel was pure or not. Of course it was pure, but the bigger core of this novel was about Amir’s conscience salvation, and it was also mixed with ethnic conflicts and the war in Afghanistan. The Elements of Interest, it's no surprise that it's a regular on the New York Times bestseller list.

Lin Weimin intends to change the wonderful plot setting and dramatic tension of this novel.

The author of the original book, Khaled Hosseini, is an Afghan-American. The background of the novel is set during the Afghan War. Lin Weimin intends to set the background during the Anti-Japanese War.

Kite chasing is a very important point in the novel, and Lin Weimin intends to make this point into a Mongolian lasso.

After the magic reform, the plot setting is probably like this.

The protagonist of the novel, Bayin, was born in a wealthy family on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. His father was a big businessman on the grasslands, and Battelle was the son of his father's workers. The two grew up together.

On the prairie, lassoing horses is a game for the brave.Bayin was cowardly since he was a child. In order to train him, his father often took him to harness horses and hunt. However, he was not brave enough. On the contrary, it was the worker's son Battelle who showed bravery and passion, which won his father's appreciation.

When he was almost an adult, a horse-riding competition was held on the grassland.In order to win his father's favor, Bayin mustered up the courage to participate in the competition, and with the help of Battelle, he successfully won the championship of the horse-drawing competition.

The two were elated, but they clashed with their opponents on the way home. In order to protect Bayin, Battelle stepped forward and cut his fellow clansman with a machete.

The people of the same clan scolded Battelle as a traitor, and the reason why they came to trouble Bayin was because Bayin was not a Mongolian.

His Mongolian identity was just a cover-up for his father's convenience in doing business on the grasslands, and his family was actually Han.

The people of the same clan gathered more people angrily to block Bayin and Battelle. Battelle stayed behind to help Bayin, but Bayin ran away timidly.

Afterwards, Battelle limped one leg.

Bayin couldn't face Battelle because of his guilt. He asked his father to give Battelle and his son a sum of money to fire them, but his father refused, so Bayin came up with a way to frame Battelle.

In the end, Bayin succeeded, and Battelle and his son left his home.

After the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the mud bombers hit the grasslands. Bayin moved to the southwest with his father and family, and the family was handed over to servants to take care of.After graduating, Bayin became a writer and married Jiangmenqianjin as his wife.

But his childhood friend Battelle and his wife died in the Anti-Japanese War, leaving only one son, Alaifu.

During the War of Liberation, an elderly servant who was about to die sent someone to contact Bayin, hoping that he could take care of his friend's son, Alaifu, but Bayin was unwilling out of guilt, so the servant had to tell the truth. However, Battelle is actually the illegitimate son of Bayin's father.

In order to make up for the guilt in his heart, Bayin broke through many obstacles and finally found Alaifu. At this time, he was pulled by the Guo Party as a young man, and he was about to go to the other side with the army, and he was seriously injured in the center of the war. Yin keeps Alefu behind by bribing the Guodang officers.

After getting acquainted for a long time, Bayin took the prairie and took Alaifu to experience horse harnessing again. Finally, after he helped BYNE successfully harness the horse, Alaifu smiled at him, and Bayin's conscience was comforted.

Lin Weimin spent a few days sorting out the plot, and only started to write after he felt that he had a complete grasp in his heart.

This time, Lin Weimin still wrote very slowly.

Lin Weimin planned to get rid of the day-and-night creative habit like before. After all, he only lives once, and he didn't want to exhaust himself to death like Lu Yao did.

It's just writing a novel, it's not enough.

While writing novels, Lin Weimin did not let go of his work. At the same time, he did not forget to go to Renyi occasionally to fulfill his work as a screenwriter.

The upsurge of watching "Farewell My Concubine" has finally eased under the dual measures of Renyi. The performance at the Capital Theater has ended, and the performance at the Youth Palace will also come to an end in a week.

The rerun of "Farewell My Concubine" will be another year later.

On this day, Yuzhi told Lin Weimin the good news that Shanghai invited Yanjing Renyi to perform "Farewell My Concubine".

You must know that there are also arts in Shanghai, and Yanjing Renyi's ability to receive an invitation from Shanghai is enough to show the influence of "Farewell My Concubine" in the city of Shanghai.

After the novel "Farewell My Concubine" was published, the response in the south was generally better than that in the north.In the previous stage, the premiere of the play "Farewell My Concubine" once became a phenomenon-level cultural event in the surrounding areas of Yanjing. Various newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and TV stations competed to report on it. Including Shanghai.

As the domestic economic center, Shanghai has always been at the forefront in terms of fashion. The upsurge caused by the "Farewell My Concubine" drama naturally aroused the curiosity of the Shanghai people. Coupled with the support of millions of readers of the novel, Inviting Yanjing Renyi to perform has become a matter of conforming to the hearts of the people.

So when he finished talking to Lin Weimin about it, his face was full of complacency.

Renyi is a big name. There is a People’s Art Theater in almost every province in the country, but the only ones with real national influence are Yanjing Renyi and Shanghai Renyi.

Now, Yanjing Renyi's repertoire is about to enter the headquarters of Shanghai Renyi, so he has no reason not to be proud.

"Weimin, thank you so much. We are blessed to have you!"

"Mr. Yu, don't say that. The effect of the drama is not only due to me."

After a few words of politeness, he invited Lin Weimin to go to Shanghai together during the performance after a while. The performance would definitely have nothing to do with Lin Weimin, so it was considered a trip to Shanghai to have fun, and it was also a benefit for him as a screenwriter.

Lin Weimin thought for a while, he had to work on weekdays, and he still had a novel in hand, so he declined Yu Zhi's proposal.

So I feel a little regretful, this is a good time to deepen my relationship with Lin Weimin, what a pity.

"Then next time, next time there is a chance."

"Ok."

At work the next day, Lin Weimin was held back by his colleagues in the editorial office of modern literature, and they talked about the publication of "The Wind" and "Speak Well".

Needless to say, "The Wind", the long spy war novel published in "People's Literature" last year, as always, maintained the high standard and high quality of Lin Weimin's creation of spy war novels, and received a lot of praise and praise from readers once published .

But this novel is a genre novel after all. Lin Weimin's "The Cliff" was published less than a year ago, and the agency decided to publish it this year after considering the time interval.

"Speak Well" is also a full-length novel, with a full text of 22 words.What Lin Weimin promised Yu Zhaohuai was a short story, but it turned into a long story, and finally handed it over to "Zhong Shan" for publication.

Since its publication in May, it has aroused considerable repercussions.

But this novel reflects contemporary urban life, with an absurd and joyful style, which is somewhat out of place in today's bitter, bitter, and deeply hostile atmosphere in the literary world.

Therefore, although it maintains a high level of reader evaluation and word of mouth, it is not very popular in the critics.

Because of this relationship, the social influence that the novel can arouse cannot be compared with a novel like "Farewell My Concubine".

"I have no objection to this matter, as long as the agency pays the manuscript fee." Lin Weimin expressed his opinion.

Colleagues laughed and teased him, "Never forget your manuscript fee. How many times have "Farewell My Concubine" been reprinted this year? "The Cliff" has also been reprinted once?"

Benefiting from the upsurge of the "Farewell My Concubine" drama, the novel has been reprinted for the fifth time, with a total printing volume of 150 million copies.

"The Cliff" has also been reprinted once this year, and the total printing volume has reached 60 copies.

According to feedback from post offices and bookstores around the world, sales have been good, and there is little need to worry about overstocking.

Because of these two reprints, Lin Weimin also received a manuscript fee of nearly 8000 yuan.

This time, "The Wind" and "Speak Well" are about to be published, and the manuscript fee of several thousand dollars is indispensable.

Coupled with the more than 2 foreign exchange certificates published in the United States for "Farewell My Concubine", the extra money Lin Weimin earned in the past six months is enough for the colleagues of the Chinese Literature Society to earn for several lifetimes.

While the colleagues were teasing, they were also full of envy and jealousy.

　There was a problem with the name display, Battelle’s son’s name was changed to Alaifu
　　
　
(End of this chapter)