The literary era since 1979

As night falls, the main hall of the courtyard is still brightly lit as during the day.

Gong Xing sat on a Huanghuali armchair, holding a magazine in his hand and flipping through it page by page.

Outside the house, a car horn suddenly sounded.

Immediately afterwards, Fangyan walked quickly from outside the yard to the door.

"What are you looking at?"

"Your old unit."

Gong Xing showed the cover of October and said, "I still have the food warm, do you want to eat some?"

"Okay, I'm a little hungry." Fang Yan smiled, "How about you eat another bite with me?"

"Then I'll bring it over." Gong Xing nodded.

Fang Yan said: "Let me do it."

"Let me do it. You just came back. Sit down and have some water." Gong Xing put the magazine on the table and walked briskly.

While drinking water, Fangyan picked up "October" and saw that Er Yuehe's "Kangxi Dynasty" was being serialized on it.

Although the second issue of People's Literature published "The Chess King", which was the first to seize the forefront of root-seeking literature and reversed the previous decline of the journal, the competition in the literary journal industry is now quite fierce, and it is almost like one person takes the stage after another, and the flags on the city walls change all the time.

Before People's Literature could even catch its breath, October stole the limelight again!
It seems that I was the one who commissioned this manuscript for October. Oh, that’s okay!

However, at the moment, the next issue of "Huacheng" will publish the third part of "The Grandmaster Huang Feihong", which is also the final work. If the news of Hong Kong and the mainland co-producing "Huang Feihong" appears in the newspapers again, it is entirely predictable how popular this issue of "Huacheng" will be.

Together with "Contemporary" and "Harvest", the four famous figures have made concerted efforts, and the throne of "People's Literature" as the leader of the literary world is really unstable.

If I hadn't come, People's Literature would have been beaten up by the four famous actors.

I'm here, and "People's Literature" is still being bullied by the four famous actors, so my trip here is in vain!
His brows were knitted together, and he was thinking hard when Gong Xing came in with a tray of hot food.

"What are you thinking about? Why do you look so unhappy?"

"When I get to eastern Guangdong, I'll look for a few more good manuscripts for People's Literature."

"Speaking of Yuedong, when are you planning to go there with your brother-in-law?"

"We've already made an appointment. Once the Film Bureau's co-production seminar is over, we'll go to eastern Guangdong with Xu Ke and the others."

Fangyan placed the plates on the table.

Gong Xing was inevitably surprised, "It's been two days since the symposium started, and it's still not healed?"

"Of course we see the prospects of co-productions and film and television bases. If the movie "Huang Feihong" can be successful, the way for co-productions between Hong Kong and the mainland will be paved in the future." Fang Yan said, "So we have to figure it out, maybe we can come up with some trial policies."

"What you said is similar to what Teacher Xie and the others said."

Gong Xing said that the campus of Beijing Film Academy is also discussing whether co-production will be a trend in the domestic film and television industry in the future.

Fangyan picked up the chopsticks and said, "How can we not continue such a win-win cooperation?"

"The script hasn't even come out yet, are you so confident that it will be a win-win situation?"

Gong Xing asked curiously about the situation in the studio.

Fangyan did not hide anything and told the truth, including asking Wang Shuo and Zhong Acheng to work on the first draft of the script for "Huang Feihong".

Gong Xing was worried: "They are good at writing novels, but can they handle such an important script?"

"Why not?"

When it comes to commenting on dialects one by one, the first person we mention is Wang Shuo.

"His greatest talent is that he can tell interesting stories, without boring preaching or grand narratives. He occasionally shows off his wit and satirizes some characters and images. It is perfect for him to write about the love story between Huang Feihong and Aunt Thirteen."

Then he changed the subject and commented on Zhong Acheng.

"What I'm least worried about is Ah Cheng's writing style and storytelling ability. The key is that he is not pretentious at all, which is the so-called literary character. He has never considered himself a writer, but rather a job to earn money to support his family. A commercial screenwriter should be like him."

"how about you?"

Gong Xing's eyes flashed with cunningness, "Do you have the character of a scholar?"

Fang Yan smiled and said, "You don't understand me. I am just an ordinary person. I don't have any integrity. I am just flirtatious."

"Vulgar!" Gong Xing rolled his eyes and frequently added food to his bowl.

"That's right, Wang Shuo is even more vulgar than me!"

Fangyan smiled playfully, "He plans to write a book about "Stewardess" to honor you." "Honor me?"

When Gong Xing heard that the role of the heroine was going to be closer to hers, he shook his head and laughed, "Why not give it to Zhao Jing or Xiao Yu? I don't know if they are willing to act in a TV series." He poked his chopsticks in the rice and said, "How about Zhu Lin? She will definitely be suitable to play the role of a flight attendant!"

Fang Yan really couldn't think it through, so he gave the opportunity to Zhao Jing and Zhang Yu, which was called keeping the benefits within the family.

Give it to Zhu Lu?

When did Zhu Lin and Gong Xi become so close?
"I saw that she was alone in Chengdu, with no relatives or friends, and felt very pitiful, so I occasionally wrote to her to exchange ideas about acting. After a while, we became pen pals." Gong Xing said, "She would tell me about any troubles in her heart."

"What's her trouble?" Fangyan was surprised.

"How can I tell you the secrets between us women?"

Gong Xing kept his mouth shut and did not reveal the fact that Zhu Lin and his wife were living apart and having a quarrel.

After all, even if Zhu Lin might get divorced, that is their own family affair.

…………

The next afternoon, there was a symposium at the Film Bureau.

There were still 20 minutes before the closing ceremony. Fang Yan arrived at the venue early and bumped into Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng.

"Teacher Fang, each of your Once Upon a Time in China is more exciting than the last."

After watching the third part of "The Grandmaster Huang Feihong", Xu Ke was full of praise for it, saying that it was rich in history, magnificent, and blah blah.

Fang Yan smiled faintly and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

"Not at all! Not at all!"

Xu Ke waved his hand. What he liked most was the ending.

Cixi openly issued an order to declare war on eleven powerful countries, but she never expected that she fell into the trap of Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and others.

On the surface, Li Hongzhang and other court ministers used the "Lion King Conference" to weaken the power of the Qing court and the Boxers.

Behind the scenes, taking advantage of the opportunity of the "Lion King Conference", Li Hongzhang contacted the governor-general of Liangjiang Liu Kunyi, the governor-general of Huguang Zhang Zhidong and other provincial governors of several southeastern provinces. On the other hand, he signed an agreement with the consuls of various countries stationed in Shanghai to implement the "Southeast Mutual Protection" and promised not to follow suit and participate.

On the other hand, he officially replied to the imperial court: "This is a chaotic order. Guangdong will not obey it."

The final result was just as history had shown. When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Huang Feihong was shocked to hear the bad news and became disheartened. He lived in seclusion in Bao Zhilin in eastern Guangdong.

"Teacher Fang, I wonder if there will be a fourth part of Once Upon a Time in China?"

Shi Nansheng cast an inquiring look.

"Writing is a natural thing, it is something that is created by chance. It all depends on whether you have inspiration."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "But if I have to write, I want to write about Huang Feihong's story during the Xinhai period."

Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng looked at each other and asked, "The Xinhai Revolution?"

"That's right. When writing modern historical literature, we should not only focus on the three revolutionary climaxes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Boxer Rebellion and the Xinhai Revolution, but also pay attention to the four stages." Fang Yan said, "That is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, the Westernization period, the Hundred Days' Reform period and the Xinhai period."

He spoke incessantly, gradually attracting more and more listeners.

Although the third part of "Huang Feihong" borrowed from "Towards the Republic", it did not copy the characters in it.

Adaptation is not random editing!
"But Mr. Fang, if this third part is to be made into a movie in the future, should the ending be changed?"

Xu Ke reminded him, "Too negative."

Fang Yan said: "When luck comes, heaven and earth are on your side. When luck is gone, heroes are helpless. In the face of the general trend, heroes are also weak and powerless."

Xu Ke advised, "Although that's true, you also said that movies are dreams, and audiences watch martial arts movies to fulfill their dreams of becoming heroes. It's better for heroism to have a happy ending, don't you think?"

Seeing that he insisted again and again, Fangyan changed his mind and said, "How about trying this instead?"

As he was talking, he told the ending of the movie "The Lion King".

"Sir Li, as the saying goes, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. Now, this gold medal is in my hand, Huang. It's not that I won."

"The lion king competition organized by the court to show the power of our people has cost so much money and effort, and so many people have been killed and injured. In fact, in the eyes of the world, we have all lost. In my opinion, we should not only practice martial arts to strengthen our bodies to resist foreign enemies, but more importantly, we should open up channels for communication and integrate governance and martial arts. That is the way to make the country rich and the people strong. I hope you will think twice about whether a mere plaque can change the fate of the country. I will give you this gold medal as a souvenir."

"........."

In an instant, the whole room was in uproar and shock.

When Xu Ke heard this, his blood was boiling. When he thought of this scene, he immediately got goose bumps all over his body. (End of this chapter)