1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 387 Mr. Lin, Winning is Numb
Under everyone's intense questioning, Lin Weimin recounted his own experience.

When Lin Weimin said that he is also the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" at the same time, Arthur Miller added in a timely manner: "Contemporary is the most famous mainstream literary publication in China, and the sales volume of each issue is more than 100 million copies."

"Genesis!" Woody Allen was so surprised that he almost swears, and exclaimed, "Genius! I'm right, you are indeed a genius!"

Everyone's expressions were equally amazed.

"It's hard for me to imagine that such a situation will happen in the United States, even if Lin is a genius!" Sean Adam said.

The others nodded in agreement.

Lin Weimin's situation is really special.

After only a short period of literary creation training, the creative inspiration was out of control, and the works were published again and again, even from the ancient East to the United States on the other side of the ocean, and there were many adaptations.

In his 20s, he became the editor-in-chief of a major publication.

Such an experience, even in the United States known as the "American Dream", is something that everyone dare not imagine.

This is not fantasy, this is magic!

"So, Lin, have you thought about it? Which work are you going to bring to the Broadway stage?"

Arthur Miller praised Lin Weimin enough, and when everyone was busy asking about Lin Weimin's legendary experiences, he finally remembered the business.

Lin Weimin pondered, and everyone stopped discussing and looked at him.

"The Lasso Man, what do you think?"

Arthur Miller frowned and said: "Although this work is based on the background of World War II, the war in the Far East is very unfamiliar to us Americans, and I am afraid it will be difficult to arouse the interest of most people."

"Same as "Untouchable", do localization, change the war background of Nibo's invasion of China to the war in Afghanistan.

There is a game of kites in Afghanistan, in which every kite flyer can start a fight with those around him and use his own kite to cut the string of others' kites.

A person who cuts the string of someone else's kite is called a kite fighter, and the kite whose string was cut will belong to the person who chased him.The wind fighter and the kite runner correspond to Bayin and Battle respectively. "

The Afghan war that Lin Weimin calls is not the one that Lao Mi fought in 2001, but the one that Lao Maozi invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

Lin Weimin is from the Northeast, so he doesn't have any good feelings for Lao Tzu, don't ask why.

So there is no guilt about taking Lao Maozi as the villain, on the contrary, I am a little happy.

"The Man on the Horse" was originally born from his magic modification of "The Kite Runner", and now it is sent to the American market, it is not too easy to modify it!
When Arthur Miller heard Lin Weimin's idea, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Great! Lin, your idea is simply brilliant. Ivy is right, you are a fucking genius!"

The Misu Cold War has lasted for more than 30 years, and it is in its intensified stage. The old Maozi is now showing signs of decline, and American personnel have long hated the Soviet Union under the propaganda of ideology.

Changing the background of "The Lasso Man" to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Arthur Miller knows how much it appeals to American audiences just by thinking about it.

He didn't care about so many guests present, and couldn't wait to discuss with Lin Weimin the specific adaptation details of "The Horseman".

The two asked and answered, and the others didn't feel left out at all, but listened with gusto.

Woody Allen listened to Lin Weimin expressing his thoughts without hesitation like a typewriter, and felt a sense of astonishment in his heart.

The man in front of him was born for drama!
A welcome dinner seems to be transforming into a drama salon.

Until the meal was over, the discussion between Arthur Miller and Lin Weimin was still going on, Woody Allen and Sean Adam occasionally interjected a few words, and many other guests just listened quietly.

"If you change it according to this way of thinking, it really fits the tastes of American audiences!" Woody Allen said with emotion after listening to the discussion between the two.

Arthur Miller said: "Not only that. Ivy, don't you think Lin's adaptation is more powerful? After the re-adaptation, "The Lasso Man" fully embodies the compassionate depiction of the Afghan people suffering from the war, Compared with the feelings of national hatred and family hatred in the original "Tao Ma Ren", it is more humanitarian."

Facing a behemoth like the Soviet Union, a small country with few people feels too strong a sense of national hatred and family hatred.

In Lin Weimin's adaptation, he emphasized Amir, an immigrant's mourning for the loss of his motherland, the hardships of trying to integrate into life in the United States, the joy of success, and his spiritual suffering after atonement for Hassan and his son. "People" is fully in line with Mi's values ​​and ideology.

Teacher Lin, this is all for making money, not to be ashamed!
"It's really great!" Arthur Miller stood there and walked back and forth twice, and said, "I'm still worried about this adaptation, but I didn't expect you to have such a mature idea in your heart. Lin, you It really surprised me!"

Lin Weimin shrugged his shoulders with an understated expression.

The other old Mi in the room couldn't help but smile. For Lao Mi who never knew what modesty is, his easygoing, free-spirited, and easy-lifting are just right for his appetite.

"However, the scale of your adaptation this time is really too big, especially compared to your original novel. The name of the drama can no longer be called "The Man on the Horse", right?"

Lin Weimin nodded, "That's natural!"

Arthur Miller looked at him expectantly.

"The Kite Runner, what about the name?"

"The Kite Runner?" Arthur Miller muttered the name, "Hassan is the 'Kite Runner', although this drama is completely performed from the perspective of Amir, but Hassan is the real soul That's right, that's the name, it's called "The Kite Runner"!"

Arthur Miller became more and more excited, and finally clapped his hands and shouted, "It's called The Kite Runner!"

Lin Weimin was also very excited.

What is this called?
This is called export to domestic sales and then to export!
Mr. Lin, it's hard to win!

After the two finished talking about "The Kite Runner", the people around them still felt a little unsatisfied.

Back then, Arthur Miller spent six weeks creating one of his most classic plays in the history of American drama "Death of a Salesman", which has attracted countless fans of American drama.

Tonight, everyone listened to the collision of inspiration between Arthur Miller, a figure at the top of the theater pyramid in the United States, and a genius writer from the far east, and witnessed the birth of an outstanding drama, which itself is full of legends .

"Arthur!"

Just when Arthur Miller was immersed in the excitement of the aftertaste of creation, his wife Inge Moras raised the camera at some point and pressed the shutter in the direction of Arthur Miller and Lin Weimin.

With a "click", the screen freezes.

Inge Morass shook the photo paper, and the newly released photos needed to be shaken to promote the volatilization of the potion in the air.

After the picture on the photo paper was completely finalized, Inge Moras stopped.

A large sofa, the young Lin Weimin sat there with his legs crossed and his expression calm.Woody Allen leaned sideways in a listening posture, his eyes focused.Arthur Miller stood behind the sofa, patted the back of the sofa with one hand, leaned forward, with an excited and joyful expression on his face.

The three men in the center of the picture have different expressions.On the edge of the frame, there are Bloomgarden, Sean Adam, Laurentiis and others.

The whole picture looks full of tension and full of story.

"Unfortunately, it's just a Polaroid photo!"

Inge Moras said with some regret.

Just now she looked at the picture of Lin Weimin and the three of them together. Out of the photographer's instinct, she captured the sense of story in the picture, but there was no professional camera around, so she had to get the nearest Polaroid to capture the picture.

Woody Allen took the photo and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what camera is used to take the photo, what matters is the content of the photo, isn't it?"

He looked at it for a while, and said in a joking tone: "Arthur, it's not a wise choice for the two of us to appear in the same picture with Lin."

Arthur Miller said: "I'm in my 70s and don't really care about that."

Woody Allen muttered: "No wonder I feel out of place when I look at the picture. It turns out that you, an old man, are added!"

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the words!

The interlude of the photo ended, and Woody Allen pulled Lin Weimin and kept chatting about his "Chasing the Murderer".

"Lin, have you ever thought about making "The Murderer" into a movie?"

"Movie?" Lin Weimin was a little surprised.

"That's right. I think your novel is very suitable to be adapted into a movie, constantly constructing, breaking, re-constructing, and breaking again... What a fascinating story! It must be very interesting if it is made into a movie!" Woody Ai Lun excitedly said.

Lin Weimin thought for a while and said, "If this novel is to be adapted into a movie, I'm afraid it doesn't suit your style."

"My style? Have you seen my movies?"

In the 80s, Woody Allen had never been shown in China, so Woody Allen was naturally very surprised when he heard Lin Weimin say that.

Lin Weimin showed an apologetic smile, "Although it's not good to watch pirated copies, I have to admit that I have indeed seen your movies. Foreign movies are called 'internal reference films' in our country, and only a few people can see them."

Woody Allen didn't care about piracy or not. He was only curious about the so-called "internal reference films". He never thought that his films would be watched by people on the other side of the ocean in this way.

Of course Lin Weimin is talking nonsense about the "internal reference film", but he thinks the pirated version is true.

Few of Woody Allen's films have been introduced in China, and his viewing experience basically relies on pirated resources.

"If this "Chasing the Murderer" is to be made into a movie, it will probably be a movie full of skills." Lin Weimin said.

Woody Allen's movies have always been known for their romance and humor, with emotions greater than skills, but stories like "The Murderer" are just the opposite. explode.

There are no advantages or disadvantages between the two styles, but different styles are not so easy for the director to control.

After hearing Lin Weimin's words, Woody Allen thought about it for a moment, and said dejectedly: "What you said makes sense! It's true."

The topic of "The Murderer" was finished, and the gathering at Arthur Miller's house was coming to an end.

At ten o'clock in the evening, everyone got up to say goodbye.

After leaving Arthur Miller's house, everyone went to the underground garage to pick up their cars.

Woody Allen and Laurentiis came together, and they were in the same car.

Before getting in the car, Laurentiis called Lin Weimin, a film producer, who is currently planning to shoot a movie with oriental elements.

At the party just now, he heard Woody Allen tell the storyline of "Farewell My Concubine". He is very interested in this novel and wants to ask Lin Weimin to talk about the novel "Farewell My Concubine" to see if there is any possibility of adapting it. .

"Lin, your "Farewell My Concubine"..." Laurentiis just spoke.

Suddenly a woman's voice came from the empty underground garage.

"Mr. Laurentiis!"

Both Lin Weimin and Laurentiis were startled by the sound. In the middle of the night, such a sound suddenly appeared in the underground garage, which shocked everyone.

The two followed the prestige, Lin Weimin's expression was surprised.

(End of this chapter)