1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 403 Why do you write like this

It was past ten o'clock in the evening, and an hour had passed since the end of the performance at the Capital Theater. It stands to reason that the audience had already left by this time, but the gate of the Capital Theater was surrounded by layers of audience.

These people are waiting here for only one purpose.

Meet "Jiajing" and "Hai Rui".

Lin Weimin was a little surprised when he drove Mr. Wan and his wife by the gate.

"Today's audience is quite enthusiastic!" Lin Weimin said with emotion.

Mr. Wan glanced out the window, "There were not so many people during the performance of "Farewell My Concubine", right?"

"How many years has it been since "Farewell My Concubine"!"

"Farewell My Concubine" was staged at the Capital Theater in 82 and has been very popular. It has become one of Renyi's most popular plays in the past ten years. It has been performed for four consecutive years and finally stopped this year.

No matter how popular a drama is, there are only so many audiences, and it is impossible to show audiences this drama forever.

Renyi's performance of "Farewell My Concubine" in the Capital Theater for four consecutive years, and going out on tour from time to time, is enough to prove the quality and influence of the drama "Farewell My Concubine".

"Farewell My Concubine" has been discontinued, and Renyi has another classic in its library. After two years, it will be performed from time to time, and its charm remains the same.

After Lin Weimin's crown drove by, not long after, the cast and crew of Renyi also got off work.

The audience at the door didn't stop everyone, everyone was waiting for the "corner"!
Tonight, Zhu Xu and Ren Baoxian are the "corners"!
Zhu Xu and Ren Baoxian rode bicycles and were almost treated like superstars.

Fanatical spectators shouted their names and surrounded them. They were riding bicycles, but unfortunately they couldn't ride at all.

I could only push the cart, move it step by step, and deal with the enthusiastic audience from time to time.

Even the other off-duty cast and crew could only be blocked behind.

Everyone followed behind, not in a hurry, watching the audience's reaction with great interest.

For the behind-the-scenes staff of Renyi, they have seen too many such scenes.

What was special about today was that the audience was a little too enthusiastic.

Feng Yuanzheng and Mu Sen walked at the end, and he looked enviously at Zhu Xu and Ren Baoxian who were surrounded by the crowd.

"That's called Jiao'er!"

Mu Sen encouraged: "In the future, you will definitely be as popular as them!"

Feng Yuanzheng said with a smile: "Then you have to write a good script for me!"

"no problem!"

The two young people chatted and laughed, and squirmed along with the team. After waiting for a long time, Zhu Xu and Ren Baoxian in front finally escaped from the siege of the audience.

The order at the gate was finally restored, and Mu Sen was about to walk out of the gate when he heard a heart-piercing voice from the audience.

"Musson! Awesome!"

This sound not only shocked Mu Sen, but also shocked the audience.

After the initial bewilderment, everyone immediately realized who the male voice was calling. It was the screenwriter of "Da Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui". It was written on the poster at the door!
Is the screenwriter of this play awesome?
Niubi!

The audience has just finished watching the play, and no one has more say than them.

After the heart-piercing male voice, other audience members shouted, "Mussen! Awesome!"

For a moment, there was an overwhelming momentum!
Mu Sen was both happy and somewhat dumbfounded.

At night, there were only street lights at the entrance of the theater, and the light was dim, but even so, Mu Sen could still recognize who was behind the original voice.

College classmate for five years, Zhang Jianjun!

Zhang Jianjun is cheering on his old classmates today.

Of course, the more important thing is that he wants to test the difference between their Yanshi University version of "Jiajing and Hai Rui" and Renyi's version of "Jiajing and Hai Rui".

Where is the difference?Why do we have to perform for people when we act well?
Facts have proved that the difference between cloud and mud.

Human art is so awesome!

Since the premiere of "Farewell My Concubine", Zhang Jianjun has always been a loyal audience of Renyi.This year, "Farewell My Concubine" was suspended, and Zhang Jianjun was still sad for a while. I don't know when he will be able to see "Farewell My Concubine" again.

But after watching the play tonight, Zhang Jianjun felt that there was nothing wrong with waiting for "Farewell My Concubine". Without "Farewell My Concubine", wouldn't there still be "Jiajing and Hai Rui"?

Dieyi is beautiful, but he is a man after all.

In comparison, the old man Hai Rui had a bit more flavor.

The premiere of "The Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui" was undoubtedly very successful, not to mention the reaction of the audience at the Capital Theater that night, but the reaction of the Yanjing media the next day already explained everything.

Great reviews!

More than four newspapers reported on the premiere of "Jiajing and Hai Rui" last night, and the praise was almost overwhelming.

Early the next morning, Moosen saw the reports from colleagues at the theater.

He recently graduated from Yan Normal University and has become a full-time employee of Renyi.

"Adapted from Lin Weimin's long historical novel "The Great Ming Dynasty 1566", the play "The Great Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui" created by Mu Sen, a young screenwriter of Renyi, premiered at the Capital Theater last night..."

Seeing his name printed on the newspaper, Mu Sen felt excited. This feeling was different from yesterday when he saw his signature on the poster at the Capital Theater.

At this moment, he really realized the meaning of Teacher Lin's refusal to sign.

Just then Lin Zhaohua came over and patted Mu Sen on the shoulder.

"Xiao Mu! She's about to become famous!"

indeed!

As the influence and word-of-mouth of the performance of "The Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui" gradually fermented, Mu Sen's name quickly became popular in Yanjing's theater and cultural circles.

Some newspapers even began to find Yuanli and request to interview him.

After Mu Sen hesitated, he chose to refuse.

"Why?" So he was puzzled.

Because Teacher Lin rarely accepts media interviews.

He definitely couldn't say this to Yu Zhizhi, he reckoned that if he dared to say it, the dean would dare to spray him in the face.

Do you dare to compare with Mr. Lin?
"The success of "Jiajing and Hai Rui" is built on the shoulders of giants, and my personal contribution is not much."

Mu Sen's modesty made Yu Zhi nodded in relief, "Xiao Mu, your mentality is right. But you can't underestimate yourself. Your contribution to this drama is also a great contribution."

So the more he said that, the less Mu Sen wanted to be interviewed.

Teacher Lin didn't accept the interview, so what's the matter with me accepting the interview?

So he nodded and said: "It's a good thing that you have such an awareness, so let's forget it this time. After you complete the work independently, we will accept interviews!"

The performance of "The Great Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui" once again caused an upsurge in Yanjing's drama circle and audience groups.

Although Lin Weimin did not sign the screenwriter column, no one will underestimate his role.

Anyone who has read the original novel knows that the success of the drama "Jiajing and Hai Rui" is inseparable from the good foundation of the novel.

But these heated discussions and concerns have nothing to do with Lin Weimin.

After a few days of hard work, the Chinese version of "Burning" was finally finished.

At this time, Lin Weimin received an international call from the United States.

It was Joson Williams on the phone.

Half a month ago, Lin Weimin's English version of "Burning" was mailed from Dakota's apartment in New York, and Qiao Sen received the manuscript a few days later.

For more than a week, not only he, but also the senior editors of Random House have read the manuscript of "Burning" more than once.

The opinions are very unified. If this novel is published, it may not be a best-selling work, but the work is very thoughtful and has a high probability of winning an award.

Because Lin Weimin's first few novels were imported, they almost missed the American literary awards.

The appearance of "Burning" this time made Qiao Sen and Random House see an opportunity.

The operating logic of publishing houses is actually similar. Apart from making money, the most important thing is the influence that can be created and generated.

Obviously, it would be very beneficial to Random House if a Chinese writer with strong influence in the United States can be promoted.

As long as the novel "Burning" wins one or two awards in the mainstream literary circles of the United States, Lin Weimin will immediately get rid of the phenomenon that "the works are popular but not popular" in the United States.

By that time, Random House will definitely make a lot of money by virtue of its years of cooperation with Lin Weimin.

"Yes, Lin, the editors are unanimously not optimistic about the prospects of this novel."

"But I believe in you. You have what it takes and what you have to be a world-class writer."

"Under my strong opposition, the company decided to publish the novel "Burning"."

"It's just that the royalty share needs to be negotiated, I think..."

Lin Weimin interrupted Qiao Sen.

The two have been dealing with each other for several years. Qiao Sen is a ghost, he doesn't say a word of the truth, and he wants to take advantage of the loopholes. Lin Weimin knows this well.

So there was no chance for Qiao Sen to bargain at all, "There is no need to talk about royalties, if you want to publish, you can publish it, and if you don't want to publish it, forget it."

This is called one force drop ten meetings!

On the other end of the phone, Qiao Sen was depressed for a long time, and finally said helplessly: "Lin, you are really not a good negotiator."

"But I'm a good partner."

The two ended the call.

Qiao Sen plans to come to China next month, not only to sign the publishing agreement of "Burning", but also to renew the publishing contract of "Farewell My Concubine".

The publishing contract between Random House and Lin Weimin was five years, but now four years have passed.

After four years of sales of "Farewell My Concubine", the sales curve is extremely stable, and Random House is reluctant to let go of this stable cash flow.

Just taking advantage of the signing of the publishing contract of "Burning" this time, the issue of contract renewal is also resolved. It is a little earlier, but it saves more nights and dreams.
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"How is the manuscript?" Lin Weimin asked while drinking tea.

The manuscript of "Burning" was given to Xie Mingqing by Lin Weimin a few days ago. As soon as he went to work today, Xie Mingqing brought the manuscript to Lin Weimin's office.

For the story of "Burning", Lin Weimin picks up Haruki Murakami's original novel "Burning the Barn", including Bangzi's film "Burning" based on this novel.

Lin Weimin felt that the name "Burning the Barn" was a little bit meaningless, but he felt that the name "Burning" was inexplicably interesting.

The story is not complicated, there are three protagonists, two men and one woman.

In a simple summary, the rich second generation pried away the money-worshiping girlfriend of the earth dog, treated the girlfriend who was regarded as a treasure by the earth dog as a plaything, and killed him, and the earth dog sent the rich second generation to hell.

The story couldn't be simpler, but it is even more beneficial for Lin Weimin who has ulterior motives to carry private goods.

In Lin Weimin's version of "Burning", the basic personalities of the three protagonists have not changed, the rich second generation, the local dog, and the gold digger, but the background has changed slightly.

All three are Chinese. When the 60s movement first started, the rich second generation and the money-worshiping women went to seek asylum with relatives abroad.

After many years of domestic reform and opening up, Tugou also went abroad to study with his own efforts.

During these years, the rich second-generation family got rich because of the more powerful relatives, while the money-worshiping girl's family was more miserable.

The earth dog reunited with the money-digger in college, because of the previous relationship, and the earth dog has more potential academically, the gold-digger and the earth dog fell in love.

But the good times don't last long, the earth dog contacts the rich second generation through Chinese friends, and the gold digger finds a better target to empathize with, thinking that the rich second generation, like the earth dog, will regard herself as a treasure.

In the end, the rich second generation just played with her, and the gold digger repeatedly entangled her, and even discovered the secret of the rich second generation's love of setting fireballs, and was killed by the rich second generation.

The earth dog who discovered the truth couldn't accept the reality, and also killed the rich second generation.

Throughout the novel, Lin Weimin's criticisms of capitalism and the United States, including those intellectuals who yearn for the Western capitalist world, are naked and undisguised.

Facing Lin Weimin's question, Xie Mingqing frowned, "Why do you have to write like this?"

(End of this chapter)