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In the conference room, the trial broadcast of the first and second episodes of "The Horse Herder" was completed.

Lu Xiaowei and Zheng Xiaolong hurriedly asked, "What do you think, Teacher Fang?"

"Good."

Fang Yan said: "If the subsequent episodes can maintain the quality of these two episodes, it will definitely be a successful TV series."

Everyone in the TV drama production studio, including Su Ya, was jubilant and excited.

"With Teacher Fang's words, we feel relieved."

Lu Xiaowei exhaled, "Originally, everyone was worried that the rough set would ruin the audience's viewing experience..."

"The most important thing for a TV series is the plot. The plot should attract people, and everything else is secondary."

Fangyan waved his hand and said that compared with the cheap costumes and props and the shoddy scenery, it could never compare with TVB Hong Kong dramas.

But even Hong Kong dramas like "Swordsman", "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and "A Step into the Past" can still be called classics despite the limitations of cheap set pieces and costumes and props, because the actors' superb acting skills and the ups and downs of the plot make the audience subconsciously ignore the fake scenery.

Although the funding for later generations was higher and the scenery was more beautiful, the fighting scenes were just like a three-year-old child playing house!
"It makes sense! It makes sense!"

Zheng Xiaolong and Lu Xiaowei looked at each other and then lowered their voices: "I heard from Su Ya that Wang Shuo intends to give "Air Hostess" to our studio to be adapted into a TV series?"

Fang Yan nodded: "How about this, I call him over to have lunch together?"

"That's really great!" Zheng Xiaolong was overjoyed: "Teacher Fang, thank you for your help."

…………

"Dingling bell~"

"Dingling bell~"

Wang Shuo wore flip-flops, ran into the study room, and picked up the phone: "Hello, who is this? Teacher Fang!"

Hearing "Teacher Fang", Ye Jing ran from the living room to the study door with a popsicle in her mouth.

Amidst a series of "hmm" and "oh" responses, Wang Shuo hung up the phone.

"Why did Teacher Fang call you again?" Ye Jing blinked, "Isn't he going to treat you to dinner again?"

Wang Shuo said, "You are half right, but it's not Teacher Fang who is treating us, it's the Yanjing TV Drama Studio."

Ye Jing was startled. "Isn't that right? This seems to be a banquet specially arranged by the Human Film Studio for Teacher Fang. Why did Teacher Fang invite you to go?"

"You look down on me by saying that!"

Wang Shuo rolled his eyes and picked up the script from the table, "Brother, this time we are going to make a fortune. "Stewardess" is going to be made into a TV series, do you understand?"

"I see! It was recommended by Teacher Fang again, right?"

Ye Jing's words were full of sourness. It would be so nice to be Teacher Fang's lackey! Damn, I want to be one too!
Wang Shuo said: "Don't say that I'm not loyal. Do you want to go with me to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks?"

Ye Jing was surprised and delighted, "Can I go too?"

"Yes, Teacher Fang said this is a private party and asked me to invite Ah Cheng as well."

Wang Shuo nudged him gently with his elbow and said, "You must seize this opportunity. Whether you can enter the studio depends on your luck."

Ye Jing smiled and said, "If you can get close to Teacher Fang's thick and long thigh, I will treat you to a good rub at Lao Mo."

Next, I asked about the location of the banquet held by the Yanjing Television Drama Studio, and it turned out to be at the Peace Hotel.

…………

Wangfujing, Goldfish Hutong.

When Wang Shuo and Ye Jing brought Zhong Acheng to the restaurant, Fang Yan, Zheng Xiaolong and others had already taken their seats.

Although Wang Shuo laughed, scolded and jokingly wrote novels, he was too shy to move freely when facing strangers, especially so many strangers.

Especially when I met Feng Xiaogang for the first time, I felt even more uncomfortable, and kept calling him "Teacher Wang" all the time.

"How dare I call myself a teacher in front of Teacher Fang!"

Wang Shuo was so frightened that he said, "You should just call me by my name."

"In my eyes, both of you are teachers." Feng Xiaogang grinned, revealing a mouthful of rotten teeth.

Ye Jing saw it and said, "There's nothing about him that's worthy of your unstinting praise. Are you trying to gain something from it?"

Feng Xiaogang said: "I really don't want anything, I just like it and I want to express it freely."

Seeing that he was about to pour wine for Fangyan, Wang Shuo immediately became anxious and snatched the bottle, saying, "How can it be your turn to do this job!"

Ye Jing looked this "crooked" man up and down, and warned him secretly:

"This guy is a flatterer and a smooth talker. He is definitely not a good person."

"you do not say!"

Wang Shuo curled his lips, feeling uncomfortable when he thought about how he had just tried to curry favor with Fangyan.

I am Mr. Fang's lackey, not you! You are not trying to take my place, are you?
Feeling the inexplicable hostility, Feng Xiaogang was puzzled. I just wanted to serve Teacher Fang, so what did I do to offend him?

"Come on, come on, cheers!"

At Zheng Xiaolong's call, everyone raised their glasses.

Fang Yan took a sip of wine and said, "Actually, this TV series 'The Horse Herder' is quite literary."

Lu Xiaowei was surprised and asked, "Why did Teacher Fang say that?"

"The movie 'The Horse Herder' is positioned as an art film, so the narrative and filming are both art-oriented."

Fang Yan said, "But TV dramas are different. Who usually watches TV dramas?"

Wang Shuo didn't even think twice, "Of course it's the common people!"

"Yes! We have to shoot what ordinary people like to watch."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "People love to watch Blood Ties. Maybe we can make a new The Shepherd based on the idea of ​​Blood Ties."

Lu Xiaowei, Su Ya, Zheng Xiaolong and others looked at each other.

"The original manuscript of The Horse Herder was not like the movie, but because the ending had to be bright, it was changed to this."

Fangyan did not hide anything and told another version of the story of Xu Lingjun and Xiuzhi.

Xu Lingjun couldn't resist the temptation and abandoned Xiuzhi and the child to Qilian Mountains, becoming a "Chen Shimei" who abandoned his wife and children.

After returning to the United States, he married and had a daughter, while Xiuzhi raised his son with great difficulty and got him into college. Their children were studying in Yanjing University. By chance, they met and fell in love. When the time came to talk about marriage, Xu Lingjun and Xiuzhi, as the parents of both parties, came to meet the in-laws.

As a result, their half-brother background was exposed.

Brother-sister love, terminal illness, amnesia, car accident...

A tragic ethical drama that immediately gave everyone present a small shock.

Su Ya opened her mouth. This was simply an enhanced version of "Blood Ties", involving the love-hate entanglement of two generations!
“Thunderstorm seems to be integrated into this…”

Lu Xiaowei noticed this, and Zheng Xiaolong also noticed this.

I even thought that if "The Horse Herder" was really filmed according to Mr. Fang's version of the story, whether it would cause social controversy is secondary. The key is that it will definitely be more popular than "Blood Ties", and the ratings will definitely be far ahead, and it is possible that it will become popular all over the country.

"Of course, we can't shoot like this now."

Fang Yan said: "The images of Xu Lingjun and Xiuzhi have been deeply rooted in people's hearts, so we can't mess with them. After all, adaptation is not random editing."

Feng Xiaogang was the first to come forward and agree: "Yes, yes, Teacher Fang is absolutely right!"

"What a pity, what a pity."

Lu Xiaowei and Zheng Xiaolong were just the opposite. Their tone was filled with regret. Why didn't they think of this? Teacher Fang was indeed the one. They were standing on the third floor, while Teacher Fang was already on the fifth floor!

Seeing that the atmosphere at the dinner table was not right, Fang Yan turned his head and looked at Wang Shuo:

"Did you bring the script for 'Stewardess'?"

"I brought it, but what Teacher Fang said just now..."

Wang Shuo felt a little ashamed. He thought the script he wrote was too crude and the love between the flight attendant and the demobilized navy soldier seemed childish.

Zheng Xiaolong couldn't wait to say, "It's still in the first draft stage, so we can revise it."

Wang Shuo said solemnly: "Yes, I plan to make some changes according to the ideas provided by Teacher Fang."

"How do you plan to change it?" Fang Yan said.

Lu Xiaowei, Su Ya and others were also very curious and looked at him.

Wang Shuo took a sip of wine and said bravely that the original story was about a stewardess who loved a naval soldier, and until the naval soldier was discharged from the army, she boldly pursued him. Just when the two were about to get married, the flight the stewardess was on had an accident and she died in the crash.

But now, we must make good use of elements such as terminal illness, amnesia, and car accidents.

"Teacher Fang, do you think this change is appropriate?"

His eyes rolled and inspiration came to him. He said that a naval soldier went to the hospital for treatment due to occasional physical discomfort. Unexpectedly, the diagnosis result was that he had an incurable disease called "myasthenia gravis", and he fell into despair.

While working, the flight attendant was immersed in the joy before marriage and had already revealed the good news of marriage to her best friend.

However, after the naval soldier calmed down, in order not to drag down the young stewardess, he decided to hide his illness from her and break up, and he reluctantly kicked her out of the house. As a result, the stewardess's best friend knew the truth and chose to stay and take care of the naval soldier.

"And in the process of taking care of her, did her best friend also fall in love with this good man who sacrificed for love?"

Fang Yan took over the conversation: "And the flight attendant also discovered the truth."

"The one who understands me best is Teacher Fang!"

Wang Shuo slammed the table and said, "The two women turned against each other because of him. Isn't this a love triangle?"

"This this……"

The plot elements were too complicated, and Zheng Xiaolong, Su Ya and others were unable to fully digest them at once.

The dialect suppressed the smile on his face. Isn't this the plot of "Forever Lost"? It was directed by Feng Xiaogang!

Wang Shuo asked: "After that, the flight attendant regretted it so much, and the more miserable the man was, the better. Everyone was moved to tears by them in the end."

When everyone heard this, they were all amused by him.

Wang Shuo didn't care and only cared about Fangyan's opinion. "What do you think?"

Fang Yan said: "This is a bit cliché. It would be better to change it to the hero finally responding to this love with the comfort and encouragement of his best friend, and the two reconciled. But the plane that the stewardess and her best friend were on crashed, and she also lost the courage to live..."

"Sigh~"

Su Ya took a deep breath. She never expected that he could be so cold-blooded and cruel to kill all the protagonists with one stroke.

Zheng Xiaolong hesitated and asked, "Isn't this ending too sad?"

Wang Shuo's eyes lit up, "Tragedy is good! If it's not tragic, how can we make the people cry!"

Su Ya was stunned, "But..."

"This is just like when I first watched Teacher Fang's Under the Hawthorn Tree."

Wang Shuo said: "If Lao San hadn't died, he and Jing Qiu would have had a happy ending, but I think such a novel would just be a vulgar work. But Lao San died, and Jing Qiu lived. Such a regrettable ending, such a painful tragedy, made the work sublime all of a sudden."

“The real tragedy is to tear beautiful things into pieces and show them to others!”

Ye Jing added, "Teacher Fang obviously has grasped the essence of Mr. Lu Xun."

Seeing the two people flattering each other in dialect, Feng Xiaogang slowly figured out what was going on. It turned out that they were Teacher Fang's lackeys!

No wonder he felt so annoyed when he saw himself flattering Teacher Fang!
When he thought of this, he looked at Fangyan on the left and Wang Shuo on the right, and an idea suddenly came to him, which was not stumped at all.

Since I can't get close to Teacher Fang, I might as well settle for the next best thing and get close to Wang Shuo.

The lackey of Teacher Fang's lackey is indirectly equivalent to Teacher Fang's lackey!

In short, it is his honor to be Teacher Fang's lackey. He doesn't care if it's shameless because he really wants to make progress!
………………

As they clinked glasses, everyone took this as inspiration to discuss the outline of the story, make up stories to enrich the plot, and design the fate of the characters.

In the end, the new script of "Stewardess" was given to Su Ya to write, while Lu Xiaowei and Zheng Xiaolong were the directors.

At the same time, in a harmonious and cheerful atmosphere, the first generation of Beijing circle with dialect as the core was initially formed.

Of course, Feng Xiaogang can only be regarded as a non-staff member, and whether he can be converted to a regular employee depends on his "performance".

Amid the calls of "Goodbye, Teacher Fang", Fang Yan said goodbye to everyone and took a minibus known as the "Yellow Bug".

The reason why it is called "yellow bug" is that in the old cities at that time, cars had not yet entered families. Taxis were mainly mini vans, which were basically yellow in color. Although they were fuel-efficient and could carry a lot of loads and run fast, they were like a big steamer in midsummer.

Fangyan felt like sitting on a stove, unbearably hot and sweating profusely.

The key point is that the price is very expensive, one ticket for every 10 kilometers!

When I got home, my clothes were all wet, and Gong Xing bumped into me:

"Take it off quickly, get a basin of water, and wipe it off."

"Eh!"

"You're back so early. I thought we had to wait until the sun goes down."

"I'm in a hurry to bring you good news."

"Why is it still related to me?"

Gong Xing was stunned and listened to the whole story. It turned out that after much selection, she was chosen as the heroine of "Stewardess".

Fang Yan poured a basin of water, "The male lead is Jiang Wen, the one who played King Huiwen of Qin in Shang Yang."

Gong Xing uttered a sigh, "Didn't I ask you to help me turn it down? Didn't you tell them?"

"I did, but it's no use!"

Fangyan shrugged his shoulders. Not only did Wang Shuo repeatedly emphasize that the heroine was designed based on Gong Xian's image, but even Su Ya had defected and supported Gong Xian to play the stewardess. As for the TV drama production studio, they all felt it was suitable and were naturally willing to sell it.

"This this……"

Gong Xing pursed his lips.

"Don't be so picky. Think positively about everything. Isn't this an opportunity?"

Fang Yan said, "You are studying at the Beijing Film Academy's directing department. Isn't this a good opportunity for you to see how others direct and manage a crew?"

Gong Yu hesitated for a moment, his face showing less resistance. "Who are they going to ask to play the role of the stewardess' best friend?"

"According to what you said, Zhao Jing, Zhang Yu, Xiao Ying," Fang Yan paused, "and Zhu Lin, whom you specially recommended."

Gong Xing's eyes lit up, "Who will be chosen then?"

"We have to wait until the audition results come out before we can decide."

"When are the auditions?"

“It will probably start when we get back from the United States.”

Fangyan wiped his sweat while looking at the calendar hanging on the wall. It was almost time to set off. (End of this chapter)