A widower's entertainment

Chapter 170 [Movie]

Decheng, Chunfeng Lane.

The wind blows through the yard, bringing with it the distant atmosphere. The sun shines all over the ground, and the mottled and jumping light and shadow are enjoying freedom unbridled.

Although the matter of Lin Youcheng going to the capital has not been decided at all, the Hunan Writers Association already knows about it and naturally hopes to confirm it with Lin Youcheng, otherwise Zhang Jiefang would not come here to ask about this trip.

You must know that in addition to "Xiangjiang Literature and Art" wanting to invite Lin Youcheng to serve as editor, in fact, in the new election of the Hunan Provincial Writers Association, there will be discussions to elect Lin Youcheng as a director of the Hunan Provincial Writers Association.

This is all because Lin Youcheng is still well-known in the literary world. Not to mention several novels that have aroused heated discussions in China and are very popular. It is only that Lin Youcheng won the second Mao Dun Literature Award. This is enough to prove how great Lin Youcheng is. After all, this is a literary award that is only selected once every three years.

Although literary awards do not represent everything, they can also show that Lin Youcheng's current status in the literary world is not an ordinary writer. Now Lin Youcheng's three war-themed novels "The Wind", "My Commander My Regiment", and "War Meridian" have been published in different literary magazines, causing heated discussions, and even more so the writer Lin Youcheng. Much attention.

But at this time, news came out that Lin Youcheng was going to be transferred to the capital. This naturally made the Hunan Writers Association helpless, but if Lin Youcheng really wanted to go to the capital, he couldn't stop him.

After receiving Zhang Jiefang's reply, Chairman of the Writers' Association Kai Ming could only give up on recommending Lin Youcheng as a director of the Writers' Association.

But obviously, Lin Youcheng didn't know about this. In fact, he had mentioned it before, but at that time Lin Youcheng had not won the Mao Dun Literature Award, and Lin Youcheng also declined, so naturally there was no follow-up, but now there is always It would be inappropriate to let Lin Youcheng serve as an ordinary member of the Writers' Association.

Jiang Xiulian was about to say something, but Lin Youcheng waved his hand. He knew what Jiang Xiulian was going to say, so he signaled that there was no need to say more, and then said: "In the future, if anything happens to Gensheng and Wenjie, they can come to the capital to see me. "

When Jiang Xiulian heard Lin Youcheng's words, she was touched and seemed to understand something. She glanced at Zhao Wenjie who was playing with Lin Zhaohuan. She also realized that the child would leave the yard when he grew up and might go out to make a living.

"It's impossible for Gensheng and Wenjie to stay in this same courtyard forever."

Lin Youcheng didn't particularly care, but Jiang Xiulian knew that Lin Youcheng was going to the capital and was very concerned.

Jiang Xiulian hesitated to speak.

"Uncle——"

Lin Zhaoxi actually heard Lin Youcheng and Dabolin Youcai mention the matter of going to the capital during the Chinese New Year, but she didn't ask much because she now trusted her father immensely.

"Uncle, do you plan to go to the capital in the future?"

"Uncle, Wenjie and I——"

When Jiang Xiulian heard what Lin Youcheng said, she immediately understood that Lin Youcheng did not ask them to go to the capital together. In fact, it was not that she was unwilling to go to the capital. It was just that Zhao Gensheng was here, and she and her children still wanted to stay here.

Lin Youcheng smiled, looked at the square yard, which was neither big nor small, and said: "We can't just stay in the yard of Chunfeng Lane all the time. We have to go outside and take a look."

Jiang Xiulian nodded gratefully and asked, "Uncle, why are you thinking of going to the capital?"

Lin Youcheng glanced at Jiang Xiulian's rented house and said, "If we really have to go to the capital, you and Wenjie can live here directly instead of renting at sister-in-law Chunxia's house."

Perhaps, Lin Youcheng went to the capital, just like she and Zhao Gensheng left the remote countryside in Yun Province and came to Decheng.

Jiang Xiulian was a little embarrassed. She didn't know whether she should ask about this or whether she would feel sorry for Lin Youcheng if she told her what was in her heart.

Seeing Jiang Xiulian's hesitant expression, Lin Youcheng guessed what Jiang Xiulian was thinking and said, "If possible, I will take Xi'er and the others to live in the capital."

When Jiang Xiulian heard Lin Youcheng's affirmative words, she looked hesitant. She came to Decheng from the countryside of Yun Province and had not even thought about going to the capital. She also didn't understand why she needed to go to the capital when she could live well in Chunfeng Lane.

"Xi'er, what do you think if we go to live in the capital?"

Lin Youcheng said: "Don't worry, I have already told my elder brother that if we really have to go to the capital, and he is still here, if you have any questions, you can go directly to my elder brother. In two years, Gensheng will be gone." He will graduate and be assigned jobs. Then it will be up to him where he will be assigned to work, and then whether you want to continue to stay in Decheng."

When Jiang Xiulian heard that Lin Youcheng had already told Lin Youcai about this matter, she felt very grateful. In fact, she had always been grateful to Lin Youcheng from the bottom of her heart. Not to mention the cost of Zhao Wenjie's previous surgery, Zhao Gensheng would be able to go to school again. , the subsidies provided to their family these days really made Jiang Xiulian feel grateful.

But Lin Zhaoxi did not expect that Lin Youcheng would actually ask her opinion.

Lin Zhaoxi looked at Lin Youcheng, was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "Will we come back?"

"Of course, if you want."

Lin Zhaoqing, who heard that he was going to the capital, was very excited and asked: "Dad, do we really have to go to the capital? I have always wanted to go to the capital to see Tiananmen, the Great Wall, and the Forbidden City."

Lin Zhaomei also smiled and said: "I also want to see Tiananmen."

Lin Zhaohuan and Lin Zhaole also said they wanted to see Tiananmen Square.

Listening to the words of the carrot heads, Lin Youcheng smiled. He still remembered that the carrot heads had said before that they would be admitted to a university in the capital, and said: "From now on, we can go to see Tiananmen every day."

Lin Zhaomei seemed to understand something and asked, "Aren't we coming back?"

"If you want to come back, you can come back."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Zhaomei also started chatting with Lin Zhaoman about going to the capital to go to Tiananmen Square and climb the Great Wall.

Now, everyone is looking forward to climbing the Great Wall.

Now Lin Youcheng just mentioned the matter of going to the capital to the carrot heads and let them know about it. The carrot heads were not particularly sad yet, they were all very excited. However, Lin Youcheng has not yet gone to the capital. On the contrary, someone from the capital came to see Lin Youcheng.

Situ Hui from the Bayi Film Studio personally came to Lin Youcheng for the novel "War Meridian".

Obviously, after reading Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian", Bayi Film Studio wanted to make this novel into a movie.

"It looks like I'm here first this time."

Situ Hui's face was full of smiles. Speaking of the last film "The Wind", he and Zhou Haifeng from Shanghai Film Studio came to see Lin Youcheng. In the end, Bayi Film Studio and Shanghai Film Studio jointly produced and filmed Lin Youcheng's "The Wind". "The Wind".

Lin Youcheng poured a cup of tea for Situ Hui and said with a smile: "Yes, it seems that this story has not impressed Shanghai Film Studio yet."

When Situ Hui heard what Lin Youcheng said, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Youcheng, your novel "War Meridian" is quite touching. Many people in our factory cried after reading it."

Situ Hui did not say this casually as a compliment to Lin Youcheng, but it actually happened in the film studio.

As the Bayi Film Studio specializes in making military war films and has a very deep understanding of that period of history, it can be said that they know very well that Lin Youcheng did not write in an exaggerated way, but on the contrary, he was very restrained.

The story of the novel exaggerates a cruel atmosphere of war at the beginning. It coincides with the most brutal period on the battlefield behind enemy lines in the eight-year war of resistance - the May Day raids. During that time, the Japanese army's molestation of college students was not an exaggeration. You must know that historically There is a real incident - the Tiigou Massacre. More than 200 doctors and nurses at Bethune School were massacred there. Compared to the real battlefield, the staff of the Bayi Factory knew very clearly that Lin Youcheng had written very implicitly.

"Youcheng, the story you wrote is about twelve children surrounding a few wounded people and an unknown order. They kept following the order westward along the Great Wall until all losses were lost. It was really written very realistically, and through the The depiction of children directly engaging in battle profoundly expresses the cruelty of war and reveals the relationship between war and human nature. The cruelty of war is self-evident, and children’s perspective is often the easiest to impress.”

Situ Hui was still moved when talking about Lin Youcheng's "War Meridian" and said: "The generation born in the war, the moment they were born, they touched not a milk bottle but a rifle. In the cruel environment, they We have no choice but to go to the battlefield while missing our mother. This generation of children who were devastated by the war, as well as those revolutionary ancestors like Gu Xiaomeng, are telling us not to forget history and cherish the hard-won peace in our hands today."

In fact, from Situ Hui's point of view, Lin Youcheng wrote this story as if he wanted to build a memorial monument for the nameless children from the beginning. Just like what the novel said at the end, "Let's build a monument for them." "But they don't even have names." Nothing left."

Lin Youcheng nodded.

"I wonder, who will shoot this movie?"

Lin Youcheng naturally had no objection to Bayi Studio's desire to adapt and film this novel, but he was just curious about who would direct and film the film.

You must know that the original "War Meridian" was directed and filmed by Feng Xiaoning.

Lin Youcheng also admired the director Feng Xiaoning. After working as a sand foundry worker for several years, he was admitted to the Fine Arts Department of Yenching Film Academy at the age of 24, and was a classmate of Zhang Guoshi. After graduation, Feng Xiaoning was assigned to work as an art artist at Yanjing Children's Film Studio. This occupation was the same as that of another director Feng Xiaogang.

This is why Feng Xiaoning was later able to take care of both art and prop work when directing. The key is that Feng Xiaoning also acted and participated in a famous movie "Thunderbolt Beibei".

Yes, it is China's first children's science fiction film. There was a children's science fiction film in 1988, and I have to say it is amazing.

The alien wearing sequined clothes in the movie was played by Feng Xiaoning, and the key thing is that the alien's clothes were also designed by him.

Later, Feng Xiaoning began to direct film and television works. His debut TV series "Virus·Gold·Sunday" won the Feitian Award for Best Director.

Then there are the war trilogy of "Red River Valley", "Yellow River Love" and "Purple Sun".

Of course, there were several movies before this, such as "War Meridian" is one of them.

In order to shoot the film, Feng Xiaoning issued a military order to the film studio, promising that the filming budget would not exceed 50 yuan. At the request of the film bureau, it took only two months to complete the filming of the film. The only well-known actor in the film was Shen Danping. , but there are two young actors in the film who will become powerful actors in the film and television industry in the future. One is Fu Dalong, who plays a veteran, and the other is an actor who was drowned because of his mistakes.

Of course, Lin Youcheng now knows very well that if Bayi Film Studio really wants to make the movie "War Meridian", it is naturally impossible to find Feng Xiaoning, who is still working as an artist at Children's Film Studio.

Situ Hui heard Lin Youcheng ask this question and said: "The film studio has not decided yet, but the film studio very much hopes that you will serve as the screenwriter."

Lin Youcheng nodded when he heard this. He had no intention of refusing to be the screenwriter of "War Meridian".

Because he knows very clearly that the most touching aspect of the original "War Meridian" movie is the time and space transformation, which allows the young soldiers of the Eighth Army to change time and space with today's children. This kind of shooting technique will be rare not only now, but also in the future.

However, perhaps because it was too ahead of its time, this point caused "War Meridian" to be questioned after it was released at the time. Children found it boring and adults found it boring. However, truly excellent works can stand the test of time. .

Lin Youcheng didn't feel like he wanted to change the script. On the contrary, such a time-space transformation would be more impactful.

The visual and ideological impact brought by the time and space transformation of "War Meridian" is obvious. Especially in the movie, the different ways of sacrifice of the little soldiers, through these shocking shots, life and death, happiness, joy and suffering are intertwined, making people unable to not re-examine their views on war movies, and at the same time, they will also re-examine their views on happiness. view.

There is no doubt that the original film is quite astonishing in terms of its thoughtfulness and advanced shooting techniques.

The most important thing is that before the filming of the movie, the children in the movie were urban children wearing Eighth Army uniforms. It was required that the children be put into a real environment for exercise. The children were brought to the real Great Wall to let them experience the arduous hardships. As for the environment, there are tribulus bushes and jujube thorns everywhere on the mountain. There was no road originally, but the crew spent several days digging out a road among the jujube thorns.

That can be considered a real experience of life.

For some reason, thinking of this, Lin Youcheng looked at his few carrot heads. He was thinking about whether he could let his bigger carrot heads experience life.

Of course, it still depends on whether the carrot heads are willing or not.

However, Lin Youcheng felt that Lin Zhaomei, who said he wanted to be the most powerful director, would be quite happy.

(End of this chapter)