1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 378 Cannes Film Festival

In the evening of the next day, Mo Yan found Renyi.

Lin Weimin was watching the rehearsal of "The Great Ming Dynasty [-]: Jiajing and Hai Rui" here at night, and he came over to talk to Li Guangfu about the house.

Mo Yan holds a huge sum of 6000 yuan, which is no problem to buy a house in Yanjing.The difficulty is how to buy a desirable house, which requires the help of Li Guangfu.

"With Mr. Lin here, Mr. Mo's business is mine." Li Guangfu assured, patting his chest.

"My surname is Guan." Mo Yan reminded.

"Sorry, sorry, Teacher Guan."

"It's okay, I will trouble you about the house."

Li Guangfu smiled and waved his hands, "Hey! This is all a matter of passing on. I found Mr. Lin's more than 30 houses for him, which is not bad for you. I have news later, and I will contact you as soon as possible .”

Mo Yan was shocked when he heard Li Guangfu's words, more than 30 houses?

Firstly, he was shocked by the number of houses, and secondly, he was shocked by Mr. Lin spending so much money on buying houses.

To be honest, he took the manuscript fee to buy a courtyard house because he was influenced by Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin's small courtyard by the Shicha seaside left a deep impression on him. He was hidden in the wild and hidden in the city. Whenever he visited Lin Weimin's small courtyard, Mo Yan had a feeling that he wanted to sit in such a small courtyard for the rest of his life. impulse.

This time he received such a large amount of royalties, he naturally couldn't wait to realize this impulse.

Of course he also knew that he might not stay in Yanjing in the future, but it didn't matter, the house in Yanjing was worth more than the house in his hometown, so even if he sold it at that time, he wouldn't lose money!

He knew that Lin Weimin asked people to buy a house for him, but he didn't expect to buy so much. How much would it cost?

Mo Yan sighed for only a moment, and he knew very well that for Mr. Lin, let alone more than 30 houses, even [-] houses can afford it.

Thinking of this, Mo Yan's heart moved.

He has been in contact with Mr. Lin for several years. He admires Mr. Lin's talent and talent in creation, and his vision and insight also make him heartbroken.

Mr. Lin bought such a big house, there must be a deep meaning behind it, and when I have money, I have to buy it and stock it up.Anyway, the house is still money, and Yanjing is the capital, so the house will not worry about selling.

After talking about the house, Mo Yan stayed in the Renyi rehearsal field to enjoy the rough rehearsal of "The Ming Dynasty [-]: Jiajing and Hai Rui". After only a few minutes, he was attracted by the powerful charm of this drama and got carried away watching it. Even the time is forgotten.

When he came to his senses, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the bus was gone.

"Just now I saw that you were fascinated, so I didn't call you. I'll take you back to Junyi later!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Mo Yan said gratefully, "Thank you Teacher Lin."

On the way back to Junyi, Mo Yan talked about the drama he just watched, even if it was a rough rehearsal, he was still very shocked.

"I just realized that dramas can be written in this way. Mr. Lin, your script writing is really amazing!"

"The script is credited to Mu Sen!" Lin Weimin said.

Mo Yan thought of the young man with thick bottle-bottom glasses he saw in the rehearsal field.

Mo Yan was used to Lin Weimin's modesty, and he knew that it was Mr. Lin who was supporting the young man named Mu Sen.

Without Mr. Lin's novel, how could Mu Sen write such an excellent script?
He has read both novels and dramas. The content of the script is almost [-]% the content of the novel, but the form has been greatly innovated, and all the content has been deconstructed, disrupted, and rearranged.

Mu Sen's ideas are of course very valuable, but without the foundation of Mr. Lin, everything is just a moon in the water, a flower in the mirror.

What a blessing that young man is to have a noble person like Mr. Lin to help him on his life journey! ——
By mid-March, the filming of "The Story of a Female Doctor" had come to an end.

During this period of time, Lin Weimin only occasionally appeared in the crew, but because of his great power that time ago, the absolute authority of his crew had already been established, and no one dared to make trouble for him.

Tao Huimin's role actually ended at the beginning of March, but his secondment procedures were handled by CCTV, so there is no need to worry about the time. During this time, he has been enjoying the two-person world with Lin Weimin, and occasionally went to the crew of "The Story of a Female Doctor" and Let's chat.

Lin Weimin didn't wait for the news that the filming of "The Story of a Female Doctor" had finished. He first waited for the news that "The Lover" had finished filming in France. He received an international call from Yang Meng from France.

Because the film "Lover" has scenes in Shanghai and France, it was filmed in two places, first in Shanghai and then in France.

When writing the script, Lin Weimin took into account the limited production budget of the crew. In terms of the performance of the script, there were very few shows in France, including a lot of empty shots.

In fact, if you really want to save money, you can shoot without going to France.

But Xu Anhua is very serious about making movies. Even when the budget was tight, she still went to France. The crew only went to four or five people, each of whom took on multiple roles, and worked hard for a week to finish the final shooting.

Yang Meng told Lin Weimin on the phone that post-production will be carried out after filming, and director Xu Sangchu of Shanghai Film Studio originally planned to invite "Lover" to hand over the post-production to Shanghai Film Studio.

But Yang Meng and Xu Anhua chose to return to Xiangjiang for the final film effect.

It is true that post-production in the Mainland can save a lot of money, but it will affect the quality of the film.

After decades of rigid planning systems in many domestic film studios, overstaffing and rough production have become common problems.

Yang Meng said that she plans to take this "Lover" to participate in the film festival, so the quality must not be slack, and she must strive for excellence.

Lin Weimin had heard her talk about this plan before, and asked, "Is there a plan for the film festival?"

"Before I contacted director Li Hanxiang for help. During the filming, we had the honor to invite the selection director of the Cannes Film Festival. The French are very interested in how the Chinese can make a film with a French style. Now "Lover" has successfully signed up .

An Hua and the others have already returned to Xiangjiang. She has to post-produce "Lover" within a month, and then send the copy to France. After the preliminary review of the film selection team of the film festival is completed, it can be determined whether we can be shortlisted for the main event. competition unit. "

Lin Weimin knew that the Cannes Film Festival that Yang Meng was talking about was the "Cannes Film Festival", one of the three largest in Europe.

The history of the Cannes Film Festival can be traced back to the 30s, but the first film festival in the true sense was held on September 1946, 9, supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and the Film Federation. Action Society hosts the Cannes International Film Festival.

From 40 to 90, for a full [-] years, before Hollywood swept the world film world with its special effects and sci-fi films in the [-]s, the influence of the Cannes Film Festival was no less than that of the Oscars in the United States.

Before Gilles Jacobs took over the Cannes Film Festival in 1978, the film selection principle of the film festival has always been that the relevant departments of film in various countries and regions select the best works of the year and submit them for competition.

After Gilles Jacob took over, he boldly made an adaptation, changing the selection method of the Cannes Film Festival to self-selection of films.

But with the change in the way of film selection, a new problem emerged.

Films from all countries and regions in the world can apply for the Cannes Film Festival, but there are only a few behind-the-scenes selection teams for qualified films to be shortlisted for the festival.

In this way, the small number of behind-the-scenes film selection teams became monopolized, and the matter of being shortlisted was extra casual, which is why Yang Meng stayed in France.

The first domestic film to participate in the Cannes Film Festival can be traced back to "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by director Li Hanxiang in [-]. This film was shortlisted for the main competition unit, but unfortunately it did not win the grand prize.

Later, in [-], "The Concubine Yang" directed by Li Hanxiang won the Indoor Color Filmmaking Technology Award. This was only a technical award, but it achieved zero breakthroughs for Chinese-language films at the Cannes Film Festival. In [-], "A Chivalrous Woman" directed by Hu Jinquan also won this honor.

In [-], "The True Story of Ah Q" starring Yan Shunkai was selected as the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or, but unfortunately it still did not win.

It is of course a good thing that "Lover" can participate in the Cannes Film Festival. Even if it does not win an award, as long as it occupies the media space, it will also play a positive role in the promotion of the film.

This film is destined to miss the mainland market because of its scale. Yang Meng, as a ZY filmmaker, is also unlikely to win the Bay Island market. He lost two major markets. The propaganda offensive is bigger.

Lin Weimin sighed: "Time is very tight!"

The Cannes Film Festival registers in mid-March every year, and the film festival opens in May. The time left for "Lover" is really tight.

"That's right! So the post-production cannot be handed over to Shanghai Film Studio."

Efficiency is also one of the important reasons why Yang Meng couldn't hand over the post-production to Shanghai Film Studio.

The movie "Lover" has French elements, and the actress who plays Jane is also a French ZY actress that Yang Meng spent a lot of time finding. Participating in the Cannes Film Festival has unique conditions, and Lin Weimin is also looking forward to it able to get a good grade.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Weimin said to Teng Jinxian, "Teng Ju, I really caused you trouble."

"Hehe, Mr. Lin is being polite!"

Yang Mengren was in France, so it was not easy to contact Lin Weimin by phone. Her call was to the Film Bureau, and the Film Bureau found Lin Weimin to answer the call.

Teng Jinxian is the director of the Film Bureau, and only the phone in his office can make and receive international calls in the entire unit.

And the reason why Yang Meng had to go to such great lengths to call Lin Weimin was because he had previously rejected the Shanghai Film Studio.

She heard Xu Anhua talk about the relationship between Lin Weimin and Shanghai Film Studio, and she also knew that Lin Weimin asked Shanghai Film Studio for help, so she called to explain.

"I've heard about your name before, but I've never met anyone. This time I finally met you!"

Teng Jinxian has a rich face and a fat body that is rare in this era. He smiles kindly and is somewhat funny, which makes people feel kind.

Lin Weimin exchanged pleasantries with him for a while, and then offered to leave.

Unexpectedly, Teng Jinxian stopped him, "Teacher Lin, go slowly, I happen to have something to ask you for advice!"

Lin Weimin immediately said: "I don't dare to ask for advice. What's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)