1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 351 "The Biography of the Female Doctor"

The script of the co-produced TV series was written very quickly in Lin Weimin's hands, basically producing two episodes per day.

But the script was too long, so Xiao Sheng could only wait in the Yanjing Hotel.

In the evening of this day, Lin Weimin came to Xiao Sheng again with the script written for the six episodes.

After reading the script, Xiao Sheng sighed: "There are still a few episodes that are written and talked about?"

"That's right. It is said in history that Yoon Hyun lived to be 96 years old, but the later life is not too good. For the sake of the audience's feelings, I will not write to the end. I only write about the climax of her writing a book, saving lives and healing the wounded."

Xiao Sheng nodded, this is a mature screenwriter.

After these days of creation, the script of the TV series has been written to 56 episodes, and 4 more episodes will be a full [-] episodes.

It's not that TVB has no TV series with more than sixty episodes, but all of them are unit dramas.

There has never been a TV series of such length written by a single story like Lin Weimin, and its difficulty is not the same as that of a unit drama.

He recalled the content of the script, which was a script based on the female doctor Tan Yunxian of the Ming Dynasty.

Tan Yunxian was born in the Tan family in Wuxi. The Tan family is not only a medical family, but also prominent in the times. His ancestors were both famous doctors and once served as doctors in government.Tan Yunxian is the daughter of Tan Gang, the second son in the family. Tan Gang was the head of the criminal department in Nanjing at that time, and now he is a bureau-level cadre.

As Tan Gang's daughter, Tan Yunxian can have a name since she was born, and she has also received a good education.

Tan Yunxian was intelligent since she was a child. Under the cultivation of her grandparents, she was deeply loved by her grandparents. She was brought with her every clinical consultation, and carefully explained various prescriptions and pathologies.When Tan Yunxian grew up, she had already learned superb medical skills.

At the age of marriage, Tan Yunxian married the Yang family who were also doctors.Not long after marriage, Tan Yunxian suffered from Qi and blood deficiency and was unable to bear children. She used the pharmacological knowledge she had learned to prepare her own prescriptions and tried them herself. In the end, the medicine was cured, and she successively gave birth to three children for her husband's family. Daughter and a son Yang Lian.

Since then, Tan Yunxian's medical skills have impressed her in-laws' family, and all family members will trust her for diagnosis and treatment when they get sick.

When the step-grandmother Ru Shi was dying, she handed over all the medical skills, prescriptions, and medical equipment she had collected to Tan Yunxian, and affirmed Tan Yunxian's medical skills: "My eyes are closed!".

In the Ming Dynasty, under the influence of Chen Zhu's Neo-Confucianism, the society was strict in ethics and morality. Many women were reluctant to ask male doctors for diagnosis and treatment because of their male-female differences. The pulse signal must be separated by a handkerchief, and tragedies of delayed illness and death often occur.

Due to the different physiological structures of men and women, women have many difficult and miscellaneous diseases that involve privacy, which makes it difficult for them to speak to male doctors. The appearance of Tan Yunxian, who is highly skilled in medicine, has given many female patients hope and asked her to come to the doctor for treatment.

Encouraged by her grandmother, Tan Yunxian officially walked out of the deep house compound, and walked the world as a female doctor in public.

Tan Yunxian not only has excellent medical skills, but also has a great understanding of the patient's psychology. In the process of communicating with the patients, Tan Yunxian relieved the anxiety of the patients with the delicate and gentle characteristics of women, and used this to describe the tragic situation of those abused women. She resorted to the folks and gained a great reputation, and even began to go to the court many times as a female doctor.

As Tan Yunxian's fame grew, many sick royal family members were unwilling to ask male imperial doctors for diagnosis and treatment, so they all invited Tan Yunxian to enter the palace.

Lin Weimin's script only ends here. Tan Yunxian has become a master of Chinese medicine, and the next four episodes will be the end.

"Historically, Tan Yunxian wrote a book first, then lost his son and grandson, and no longer wanted to write a book. I plan to reverse the order, first lose his son and grandson, and then write a book."

Xiao Sheng nodded after hearing this. Don't underestimate the reverse order of these two events. As long as the TV series is well contrasted, the legendary and glorious image of the characters can be established at once.

TV dramas are not official history, and must be properly processed artistically for dramatic effect.

After sorting out all the plots, Xiao Sheng asked: "Should the title of the play be finalized, too?"

Lin Weimin thought for a moment, "Or, let's call it "The Biography of Female Doctors"!"

""The Story of a Female Doctor"?" Xiao Sheng chewed on the name, read it a few times, and said, "Okay, this name is good. It is simple and atmospheric, and makes people understand the main idea and content immediately after hearing it."

Lin Weimin smiled. He chose Tan Yunxian, a female doctor, as the protagonist to write the script because he was influenced by Kimchi Country's "Dae Jang Geum".

The prototype of "Dae Jang Geum" did exist in history, named Xu Chang Jin.As the daughter of a commoner, she taught herself medical skills, and was appreciated by King Jongjong of the Joseon Dynasty and was named Dae Jang Geum.After Zhongzong's death, he was convicted and exiled, and died in 1566.

Xu Changjin and Tan Yunxian died in the same year, but Tan Yunxian was born decades earlier than her.

When it comes to medical achievements, Tan Yunxian can write a book.In terms of life trajectory, she is far more ups and downs than Xu Changjin.

Lin Weimin felt that it was a waste to keep such good material and not use it.

What's more, they have nowhere to go after taking the path of Little Kimchi, and they are very happy to think about it.

At this time, there are very few TV dramas with female inspirational themes.

Lin Weimin also deliberately avoided the bloody love and palace fights in the so-called "female inspirational" TV series in later generations, and completely put his pen and ink on the portrayal of Tan Yunxian, the first female doctor in history. This is the real "big heroine" drama".

A few days later, the script of "The Biography of a Female Doctor" was officially completed.

Dai Linfeng, Xiao Sheng, and Lin Weimin gathered again in the coffee shop of the Yanjing Hotel, and Xiao Sheng presented his own budget based on the script.

1000 two million!

Seeing this number, Dai Linfeng's heart trembled.

Two classics were filmed in Taili, "Journey to the West" invested 300 million yuan, and "Dream of Red Mansions" invested 600 million yuan. When it comes to this TV series "The Story of a Female Doctor", it costs 1200 million yuan.

"This... this is too much!"

Recently, Yang Jie had just spent the 300 million invested in her by the TV station. In addition, the crew often changed roles and the special effects were out of order. Yang Jie was reported to the TV station. CCTV also set up a special investigation team to check the accounts of the "Journey to the West" crew. .

Lin Weimin said: "Dai Tai, you can't look at it like this! The number of episodes and duration of our TV series combined are as many as the two TV series "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions". Together, they almost invested 1000 Don’t worry? Besides, we still have comrades from Xiangjiang, and Xiangjiang’s labor is also expensive!”

When Lin Weimin talked about Xiangjiang's artificial labor, Dai Linfeng felt even more distressed. It's not that Lao Tzu asked them to come, it's better to use our own talents.

"Dai Tai, don't forget. The TVB TV station and CCTV's investment in this TV series are [-]-[-], and TVB [-], you three, in fact, CCTV doesn't pay much."

Being reminded by Lin Weimin, Dai Linfeng felt a little better.

"There have been too many major investments in the station in the past two years." Dai Linfeng sighed.

"Understood!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Several people continued to communicate, and the behind-the-scenes production team will be a collaboration between the two places, with half and half of the staff.

When it came to actors, Xiao Sheng's attitude was rather stubborn, and he asked TVB actors to be used for the main roles.

His reason is also very simple. Mainland audiences usually don't pay attention to the reputation of actors, they look at everyone the same, as long as the actor fits the role.

But the audience in Xiangjiang is different. It was originally a co-production film, and actors from the mainland were used. They are not well-known in Xiangjiang. If it affects the performance of the TV series, it will be bad.

Dai Linfeng argued hard, "Co-productions, co-productions, actors from both places will naturally be used. How can we only use your Xiangjiang and not our mainland? I don't agree."

The two held their own opinions, and the scene fell into a stalemate for a while.

Lin Weimin smoothed things over, "This problem is also easy to solve. Since producer Xiao is worried, the actors are not well-known, and the Hong Kong audience will not accept them very well. Then we can find two famous actors?"

"A famous actor? Who are you looking for?" Xiao Sheng asked.

"Liu Xiaoqing, who has acted in "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government Behind the Curtain" before, should still have a good reputation in Xiangjiang."

Dai Linfeng's eyes brightened, "Not bad, not bad, Xiaoqing is very suitable."

Fit ass!
Lin Weimin couldn't help complaining in his heart, just her big Bener, how can she be a bit like the heroine like me?

But there is no way, in order to take care of the overall situation, Mr. Lin can only recommend her by pinching his nose, who made her popular!
Xiao Sheng murmured when he heard the name. "The Story of a Female Doctor" is a veritable heroine drama, and the eyes of the drama are all on the heroine. If the heroine is given up, Xiao Sheng feels that even if all the other protagonists and supporting roles are included Got it and panicked.

"Heroine, I think there are two actresses in our wireless TV station who are more suitable than Liu Xiaoqing."

"This is a co-production, the roles are all given to you, what else do our mainland actors play?"

Dai Linfeng was angry at Xiao Sheng's insatiable greed.

The two sides discussed and discussed, and no one can convince the other.

Lin Weimin smoothed things over again, "Since we can't make a decision, let's not make a decision yet! Anyway, Producer Xiao has to go back to Xiangjiang. How about this, we will list all the spare actors. When Producer Xiao returns to Xiangjiang After discussing with the senior management of TVB, we will negotiate on the phone."

Dai Linfeng and Xiao Sheng could only agree with Lin Weimin's plan.

The next day, Xiao Sheng boarded the plane back to Xiangjiang with the script.

The matter of "The Biography of a Female Doctor" is considered to have come to an end for Lin Weimin.

Fast forward to August, and Lin Weimin received another letter from Arthur Miller.

The award ceremony for the Tony Awards mentioned in the previous letter was held in June.

"Untouchable" won two awards for Best Actor in a Drama and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, but missed the two heavyweight awards of Best Drama and Best Drama Director.

This result was expected by Lin Weimin. "Untouchable" is a drama driven purely by characters and stories. It is not flattering in the competition for these two awards. It is already very good to win two performance awards.

Arthur Miller obviously also recognized this result, and expressed his pleasure in the letter.

Because of the Tony Award, the attendance rate of "Untouchable" reached a new high, and the show was almost full within more than a month after winning the award.

So this quarter, Lin Weimin's performance share has increased compared to before, reaching 42 meters.

Looking at this figure, Lin Weimin felt surprisingly calm.

It can't be spent anyway.

Putting away the mail, Lin Weimin was planning to continue reviewing the manuscript, and Mo Yan came to the editorial department of "Contemporary" after a long absence.

Lin Weimin asked happily: "Your school should be on holiday, right? I thought you had already returned to your hometown!"

Mo Yan nodded, "I let it go. I was going to go back, but there are still things to finish."

(End of this chapter)