Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 604 Chapter 603 "Hello, Mr. Tree"

In the literary world, Jia Pingwa can definitely be considered a model worker. Not to mention short and medium-length stories, he has written one long novel after another, and at an extremely fast speed.

Lu Yao spent six years writing "The Ordinary World", Chen Zhongshi spent five years writing "White Deer Plain", and now Jia Pingwa has only been writing "Wasted City" for a few months!

It is impossible not to admire this.

Fang Minghua and his companions stayed in Tangyu Town for a week before returning to Xijing.

Jia Pingwa continued to revise the manuscript here.

In fact, it is much better here than at home. His wife is divorcing him, and in a way, he is homeless now.

Fang Minghua returned to Xijing, and his wife Song Tangtang also came back from Yanjing. She told him that the preliminary preparations for the "A Chinese Odyssey" crew were basically completed. The film will be co-produced by Stephen Chow's Star Wei Co., Ltd., Shengshi Film and Television Company, and Yanjing Film Studio.

In fact, China Film Co-production Corporation is just a name and a dragon logo. The main investors are Xingwei Co., Ltd. and Shengshi Film and Television. The total investment is expected to be 4000 million Hong Kong dollars, and Shengshi Film and Television accounts for one third.

"Now Stephen Chow and Liu Zhenwei are looking for the main actors for this movie in Hong Kong. When the weather gets cooler at the end of August, we will go to Yinchuan Western Film and Television City to shoot!"

"Hey, who are the actors who play the fairies Qingxia and Zixia?" Fang Minghua asked curiously.

"I heard from Stephen Chow that it was a Hong Kong actress named Athena Chu, who worked with him in 'Fight Back to School 2'. Although she debuted not long ago, her acting skills are good." Song Tangtang said.

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"Where is Tang Monk?"

“This seems to be undecided.”

"Tell Stephen Chow to let Law Kar-ying play the role," Fang Minghua said.

"Who is Luo Jiaying? Is he a Hong Kong actor? Why have I never heard of this actor?" Song Tangtang was very confused.

"He is an actor from Hong Kong. He used to sing Cantonese opera, but later switched to making movies. I heard about this actor when I went to Hong Kong two years ago. Stephen Chow must know him." Fang Minghua explained.

"Okay, I'll call Stephen Chow tomorrow when I get to work."

Well. As long as "A Chinese Odyssey" has these two actors, plus Stephen Chow's golden partner Ng Man-tat, the effect will not be worse than in history.

You don't have to worry about this matter for the time being.

"Tangtang, the filming of A Chinese Odyssey won't start until the end of August, so you can take a good rest in these two months," Fang Minghua said.

Unexpectedly, Song Tangtang glanced at him.

"Have you forgotten that Zhang Yimou is going to shoot 'To Live'? I still have to worry about this! The day after tomorrow I will go to Zibo, Shandong Province with the crew. The filming location is in a place called Zhoucun Street. I have to go and take a look before I can rest assured."

Fang Minghua was speechless for a moment, and couldn't help but complain: "Don't you have a vice president? Why are you the only one busy?"

"Wang Quanan's "The Weaving Girl" has also started filming, so he has to keep an eye on that." Song Tangtang replied.

Alas. Fang Minghua let out a long sigh.

"Okay, stop sighing." Song Tangtang hugged Fang Minghua's neck affectionately: "I won't stay in Zibo for a few days. I'll go home after I settle things and stay with you!"

"I don't care. I'm just worried that you're tired. We have two kids, and I miss you when I don't see you for a long time."

"I miss them too. When I come back from Zibo, let's go on a family trip! How about going to Dalian or Qingdao and taking the kids to see the sea?"

"Okay, I have nothing to do anyway."

"It's settled then. You just need to continue to behave yourself while I'm not at home." Song Tangtang gently touched Fang Minghua's head.

Song Tangtang hurriedly left home with her suitcase and headed for Shandong Province, but Fang Minghua was not idle.

After a stroll around Taibai Mountain, it’s time to write something. Before Fang Minghua came to this era, he read an article online that said, “Literature in the 1990s was gray.”

The 80s is called the "golden age" of literature because the ideals and passion of the time benefited literature. Compared with the dazzling golden age of the 80s, the literature of the 90s is gray - chaotic and bleak, barbaric and submissive, also because of the times.

This era is undergoing drastic changes.

The British writer Charles Dickens wrote in his A Tale of Two Cities:

This is the best of times, it is the worst of times; this is an age of wisdom, it is an age of foolishness; this is an epoch of belief, it is an epoch of incredulity.

This is a season of Light, this is a season of Darkness; this is the spring of hope, this is the winter of despair; people have everything before them, people have nothing before them; people are on the road to heaven, people are heading towards the gate of hell.

Fang Minghua feels that it is very suitable for the era he lives in.

Since I witnessed the changes in the lives of female workers in the textile city, I thought of Meng Hongxia, whom I met by chance when I went to Ningming to pay tribute to Yang Xiaohong, and Zhou Shunlai, who lost an arm in the war.

In the torrent of the times, helplessness slowly falls to the bottom of life.

Keep writing about little people.

They should not be ignored.

Fang Minghua quickly thought of a low-budget movie called "Hello, Mr. Tree" which depicts the tragic fate of young people from the lower class.

The film mainly tells the story of a rural youth named "Shu" who gradually collapses and becomes insane due to family tragedy and real-life difficulties.

However, Mr. Shu is a small person existing in every village under social development, representing the socialization process of generations who want to escape their own fate but are helpless and end up in tragedy.

The film received good reviews and won the Best Film Award at the Yenching University Student Film Festival and the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

The lead actor Wang Baoqiang’s acting skills were so explosive that he was instantly deified.

The smoking posture and the pair of hands that didn't know where to put became classic shots in Beijing Film Academy textbooks.

The style of this movie is also very interesting. It is a comedy on the surface, but it is full of black humor. It starts out as plain as Jia Zhangke's movies, but suddenly becomes avant-garde and magical later on.

From the narrative transition from explicit irony to implicit metaphor, the connotation beneath the sense of form is buried very deeply, surreal, absurd, and full of magical realism.

This time, Fang Minghua decided to think carefully and write a novella. He had plenty of time anyway, so he could think about it carefully.

The small courtyard is very quiet in summer.

The German Shepherd dog was lazily lying in the shade under the eaves to rest, but he was still looking at the gate vigilantly and would immediately prick up his ears if he heard any movement outside.

I don’t know where the tabby cat Xiao Douya has gone again.

Unlike the German Shepherd Xiao Douya who is loyal to the house, Xiao Douya runs out every few days, but usually comes back at night, and Fang Minghua doesn't care about it.

Fang Minghua was in the study room on the second floor, typing on the computer keyboard with great concentration.

He has been doing this for the past few days.

The story is still set in Northeast China.

This country, once the eldest son of the Republic and the pride of the motherland, has declined at a speed visible to the naked eye with the advent of the economic tide.

Not only cities, but also rural areas.

Northeast China in the 1990s is a place very worth writing about.

(End of this chapter)