Literary Master 1978

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang was walking around Weiming Lake after lunch, and met Wang Xiaoping and Zha Jianying from the Chinese Department. There were two foreigners beside them, and they looked like international students.

The two sides said hello, and Wang Xiaoping introduced the two foreign students to Lin Chaoyang.

The two international students are both Americans, one is named Li Congren and the other is named Lan Wendy. They both followed the local customs and gave themselves Chinese names.

Like Amao, they were the first batch of publicly funded overseas students sent by the Carter administration after the two countries established diplomatic relations. Compared with the international students of later generations, the quality of current international students is much higher.

Li Congren is a student in the Chinese Department of the University of Michigan, and Wendy Lan is a master's student at the University of Berkeley.

Among their group of international students, the one with the highest academic qualifications is Fei Nengwen, who is the roommate of Liu Zhida in the Chinese Department. It is said that he has doctorates from both Harvard and Yale.

Li Congren and Lan Wendy are practicing English with Wang Xiaoping and Cha Jianying, mainly with Cha Jianying because she is planning to study abroad at her own expense.

She has been taking classes in the Spanish language department since the beginning of this semester. Everyday when she has nothing to do, she goes to the international student building to catch someone to practice speaking with her.

Wang Xiaoping introduced Lin Chaoyang as a writer, and Li Congren and Lan Wendy showed great curiosity about him.

Although both of them are international students, their research directions are Chinese literature. Li Congren studied the notebook novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Wendy Lan studied Lu Xun.

The two of them chatted with Lin Chaoyang for a long time, and then Wang Xiaoping took the opportunity to chat with Lin Chaoyang. She mentioned the newly renamed "Yenjing Literature".

"Chaoyang, have you read the article "Being Ordained" in "Yanjing Literature"? Wang Zengqi's writing style has a beauty that coincides with your work in some aspects."

The language of Wang Zengqi's novels is plain and simple, and does not pursue gorgeousness and complexity, but at the same time it can be full of interest, full of charm, and smooth narrative. It is indeed similar to Lin Chaoyang's style, but both have their own characteristics.

Lin Chaoyang chatted with a few people for a few minutes. After seeing that the time was almost up, he returned to the library.

After he left, Li Congren and Lan Wendy asked about Wang Xiaoping and Lin Chaoyang's works.

It is true that they studied Chinese literature, but the subjects they studied have passed away. Lin Chaoyang is one of the few Chinese writers they have come into contact with, and according to Wang Xiaoping, he is still very famous. Naturally, the two of them want to read it. Wang Xiaoping enthusiastically gives them an advantage. Read some of Lin Chaoyang’s works.

The next day, Lin Chaoyang and his colleagues were busy organizing the library.

Generally, there are three sources of library collections:

The first is library ordering, which means the library purchases books at its own expense. The ordered books and periodicals must be reviewed by experts before purchase, and can only be purchased after approval by the library committee. Yanda Library also encourages teachers and students to recommend excellent books and periodicals to the library.

The second is to purchase gifts or donate. For example, Yanda received a large number of books donated from Harvard University in the early years, and many faculty and staff of the school also donated to the library.

The third is exchange. This method is usually between libraries, because the collection of books in each library is different. Yanda Library has established exchange relationships with many libraries in China.

In a few days, Yan University Books will exchange its collections again, and Lin Chaoyang and a few others are responsible for sorting out the books to be exchanged.

After working for most of the day, the book list was finally sorted out. Just when he was about to take a break, a note was sent to him from the elevator downstairs, saying that someone was looking for him.

When he went downstairs, he saw a middle-aged man with a square face whom he didn't recognize.

"You are..."

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand towards Lin Chaoyang and introduced himself: "Hello, Comrade Chaoyang, I am Teng Hongsheng from China Film Co-Production Company."

After listening to the man's self-introduction, Lin Chaoyang became even more confused.

China Film Co-production Company? He really couldn't think of any interaction between himself and them.

"My visit this time is commissioned by Director Li Hanxiang. Do you know Director Li Hanxiang?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "I know."

When he was at Yan Film Studio, Cheng Yin mentioned that Li Hanxiang wanted to return to the mainland to make movies.

Teng Hongsheng explained and said: "Director Li recently came to our mainland and planned to prepare a movie. It's a long story..."

"Director Xie Jin wanted to shoot my "Wrangler" before. I heard that Director Li mentioned the movie he wanted to shoot when they were chatting."

Teng Hongsheng laughed and said, "That's easier. Let me just tell you the purpose of my visit. Two days ago, Director Li watched your "The First Floor in the World" at Renyi. He really liked it. I would like to ask you to meet and chat when you have time. Let’s talk.”

"Director Li wants to talk to me? What to talk about?"

"This... I am responsible for passing on the message." Teng Hongsheng said cautiously, and then he was afraid that this would make Lin Chaoyang feel a little perfunctory, so he added: "Director Li is here this time for his new movie. The publicity department and the movie The leaders of the bureau also attach great importance to his movie, so..."

Teng Hongsheng looked sincere and said, "I hope you can take some time to meet with Director Li."

It is not difficult to see from Teng Hongsheng's attitude that the leaders above him value Li Hanxiang. In fact, it is not difficult to guess the purpose of Li Hanxiang's meeting with him. It was not convenient for Teng Hongsheng to say it because Li Hanxiang did not say it directly.

Lin Chaoyang pondered and said: "It's no problem to meet, can you think of Sunday?"

"Today is only Monday... Do you think this will work? I'll help you ask for leave from your work. How about you take time to meet with Director Li tomorrow? We will send a car to pick you up early tomorrow morning."

Teng Hongsheng offered to help with the leave and arranged for a car to pick him up and drop him off, so Lin Chaoyang naturally had no reason to refuse.

He said happily: "Okay, then it's settled."

The next morning, a black Toyota Crown car parked at the entrance of the Overseas Chinese Apartment, attracting the attention of many residents in the community.

The people living in the Overseas Chinese Apartment are either rich or noble, but cars are still rare here. If it is a Yanjing 212, people may not pay much attention to it.

But cars like Toyota Crown are rare in China now, so they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Lin Chaoyang got into the car under the attention of many eyes, and joked with Teng Hongsheng: "Imported Crown, your company's level is high enough."

Teng Hongsheng smiled and said: "It's not that our level is high, it's mainly because we are a co-production company and have to pick up and drop off foreign guests, so the car is a little better. This car was purchased two years ago. In addition to the foreign affairs department, we are the first department to be equipped with this kind of car."

"So I also experienced the treatment of foreign guests today?"

"Haha, you are joking."

The two chatted all the way, and the car came to the Yanjing Hotel on East Chang'an Avenue. To the east is Wangfujing, and to the west is Tiananmen and the Forbidden City. Built in 1900, the Yanjing Hotel has witnessed the vicissitudes of the city of Yanjing for a hundred years, and has also carried the changes in Yanjing's world. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has always been an important place for foreign affairs reception.

Teng Hongsheng took Lin Chaoyang upstairs and knocked on the door of the room. After a few seconds, a rough-looking man with thick eyebrows opened the door.

"Comrade Chaoyang, this is Director Li Hanxiang. Director Li, this is Comrade Lin Chaoyang."

Teng Hongsheng introduced the two to each other, and Li Hanxiang extended his hand to Lin Chaoyang enthusiastically, with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I didn't expect you to be so young, you are really young and promising, young and promising!"

"Hello, Director Li."

After greeting, Li Hanxiang invited Lin Chaoyang into the room, but Teng Hongsheng did not follow him in, but retreated.

The hotel room where Li Hanxiang stayed was a suite with a special reception room, and an old man was sitting on the sofa in the living room.

After Li Hanxiang's introduction, Lin Chaoyang learned that the old man was Shi Kuan, the head of the China Film Co-production Company.

After a few pleasantries, Shi Kuan briefly introduced to Lin Chaoyang the cooperation between their co-production company and Li Hanxiang.

At present, Li Hanxiang's film is still in the promotion stage. He wants to shoot a historical blockbuster, which costs a lot. The co-production company previously found Changchun Film Studio according to the arrangement of the Ministry of Culture, but Changchun Film Studio was unable to invest in such a large-scale film due to economic accounting reasons.

So the co-production company found the Youth Film Studio, which is the teaching studio of the Yanjing Film Academy and is also unable to afford such a large-scale film.

In desperation, Li Hanxiang had to find a way on his own. He recently contacted Mr. He in Haojiang, who was interested in investing.

The funding issue is finally expected to be resolved, so now Li Hanxiang can't wait to get the script out and take it to Haojiang to win Mr. He's investment.

Originally, Li Hanxiang was going to contact playwright Mr. Yang Chunbin to write a script for him, but this time he went to the People's Art Theater to watch a drama, and heard several old friends of the People's Art Theater talk about how good "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" was, and heard about the grand occasion of the drama's performance.

Li Hanxiang was eager to see the drama, so he asked to see it.

"The World's No. 1 Restaurant" was performed five months ago. Even if many performances were added later, this year's performance had already ended. Where would the stage be for him to watch?

But Li Hanxiang was a guest that the higher-ups valued very much. People's Art Theater couldn't ignore his request.

It was impossible to see a complete stage performance, so let the actors perform a plain performance.

Everyone put on costumes and makeup and performed in an empty rehearsal room, without stage lights, sound effects, scenery and props.

But it was such a plain play that was almost in a rehearsal state that made Li Hanxiang excited after watching it. He praised it highly and couldn't wait to meet the screenwriter Lin Chaoyang, so today's scene happened.

After understanding the objective situation of the film preparation and the reason for meeting Lin Chaoyang, Li Hanxiang eagerly asked Lin Chaoyang: "Mr. Lin, what do you think if I adapt the play "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" into a movie?"

Hearing Li Hanxiang's words, Lin Chaoyang frowned and said thoughtfully: "Director Li, although "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" is my work, I think this play is not suitable for you to adapt into a movie."

"Why?" Li Hanxiang asked.

"I heard that you wanted to film "Teahouse" before. In fact, "The World's No. 1 Restaurant" and "Teahouse" have their own advantages. If they are adapted into movies, their shortcomings are also very similar.

The plot of the drama is driven by dialogue, while the movie is first and foremost a visual art. This is the inherent shortcoming of drama adaptation movies.

For drama adaptation movies, it is not enough to just show the drama part. It must fundamentally conform to the tone of the movie, and the difficulty of doing so is undoubtedly extremely great.

It is better to give up the idea of ​​adaptation and write a new script."

Lin Chaoyang expressed his thoughts directly and sincerely. After he finished speaking, Li Hanxiang's expression was solemn and he said nothing.

After a few seconds, Li Hanxiang smiled.

"Mr. Lin is indeed a young talent. Not only is he good at writing novels and dramas, but he also has a deep understanding of film creation."

Lin Chaoyang said modestly: "You are polite. I don't know much about movies. What I said just now was just a show of my skills in front of an expert."

"I'm not being polite." Li Hanxiang laughed heartily, and said, "Mr. Lin, I want to invite you to be the screenwriter of my new movie. What do you think?"

Li Hanxiang's invitation did not surprise Lin Chaoyang. He just talked about the topic of adapting drama into movies, which was more like a test to test Lin Chaoyang's understanding of film creation. Obviously, he was very satisfied with Lin Chaoyang's answer.

Lin Chaoyang glanced at Shi Kuan. Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Hanxiang asked, "Mr. Lin, do you have any concerns?"

Shi Kuan also said, "Comrade Chaoyang, please speak directly. We are all family members."

Lin Chaoyang nodded and said, "I have two questions. One is the content of the script. Director Li is the director, and you must be the one to check the script of the movie, but I have a habit of writing scripts. I don't like others to change the script. Minor changes are okay, but major changes are not okay."

Lin Chaoyang's words made Li Hanxiang silent. He has been in the film industry for nearly 40 years, and this is the first time he has heard of a screenwriter not letting the director change the script.

He didn't know what the "minor revisions" that Lin Chaoyang was talking about were, but he knew that if such a condition was put forward, it would definitely be a tough one.

Which good screenwriter wouldn't let the director change the script?

He couldn't help but glance at Lin Chaoyang, and only saw the four words "young and vigorous" on Lin Chaoyang's face.