1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 440 You Have a Heavy Burden

There is an old saying: Guowenshe has no impenetrable walls.

The whereabouts of Lin Weimin's lost manuscript of "The Ming Dynasty 1566" has always been one of the unsolved mysteries of the Guowen Society.

After Lin Weimin learned of the whereabouts of the manuscript from Ma Dudu, he never disclosed it to his colleagues in the agency.

I accidentally revealed this matter on the phone call today, and it became a hot topic in the Guowen Society within two days.

It seems that Comrade Lao Tan is not the only one who has a bad mouth in the Guowen Society!
A few days later, on the day of May [-]st, Tong Zhonggui found Lin Weimin and took out his latest novel.

It's not the "suffering big one" mentioned before, it has become a novella.

Lin Weimin recognized this work on which Su Tong became famous in his early days with just one glance.

The novel "Wives and Concubines" tells the story of a 19-year-old female student, Song Lian, who marries Chen Zuoqian as the fourth concubine because of her poor family.

But there are many concubines in Chen Zuoqian's family. The first wife Yuru is cold and gloomy, the second wife Zhuo Yun is scheming, and the third wife Meishan is sinister.

The young master Fei Pu and Song Lian hit it off, and at the same time, Song Lian had fierce conflicts with the first wife, the second wife, and the maid Yan'er who yearned for a position in the Chen family, which made Song Lian feel disheartened.

Song Lian expresses her love to Fei Pu, but Fei Pu dare not accept it because he has physical and psychological obstacles.Song Lian was in extreme pain. In the middle of the night, she heard that the third wife, Mei Shan, was caught having an affair with the doctor and was thrown into the well. After being rescued, she was frightened mad.In the spring of the next year, Chen Zuoqian married his fifth wife.

On the whole, "Wives and Concubines" depicts an extremely sad living world of women with indifferent brushstrokes. They are oppressed, enslaved, swallowed and submerged under the feudal ethics, which is humble and pitiful.

"Excellent writing!"

Lin Weimin praised Tong Zhonggui after reading the novel, and Tong Zhonggui was very happy.

He originally planned to write "Wives and Concubines" as a long novel, but after writing it, he found that the volume of this novel was still suitable for a medium-length novel, so he had to reluctantly delete a lot of content.

He clearly remembered Mr. Lin's teaching that a good writer must have the ability to examine his works beyond himself.

Now being highly praised by Lin Weimin, Tong Zhonggui's confidence has greatly increased, and his conscious efforts have not been in vain.

"Let's show it to everyone later, and if there is no problem, we will line up and prepare to publish it."

Tong Zhonggui responded excitedly, and happily left with the manuscript.

On the last day before May [-]st, Zheng Xiaolong once again treated guests to dinner, this time it was Ma Dudu who invited Lin Weimin, and also sent Lin Weimin the script of "Longing".

Wang Shuo is very arrogant, but everyone knows his efficiency. It is impossible to write a long-form TV drama script in ten days and half a month.

He is not Teacher Lin!

Ma Dudu worked with Wang Shuo and Haiyan for several months, and finally finished writing the script of "Longing".

Lin Weimin read the script once, and the writing has that taste.

The weather has become hot recently, and it is not suitable to eat mutton in Donglaishun. Zheng Xiaolong arranged the place to eat at Jimen Restaurant.

When Lin Weimin came in, everyone was already there, almost the same as last time, except that the few children from the big courtyard last time were missing.

When Lin Weimin came, it meant that today's meeting had a backbone.

The reason why Zheng Xiaolong invited guests to dinner this time was that the script of "Longing" was finished, and he wanted to hear the opinion of Lin Weimin, the chief screenwriter, and talk about the filming by the way.

"I have read the script and there is no problem. When do you plan to shoot?"

"I made a report to the center and plan to start filming in the second half of the year."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xiaolong was a little worried.

Yanjing TV Art Center was separated from Yanjing TV Station, so it was raised by a young mother. You can't get any good things, and you have to be self-reliant if you want to do something.

After several years of development, the art center has at least gained some foundation.

The length of the script of "Longing" is 50 episodes. According to Zheng Xiaolong's calculation, even at the cost of 2 yuan per episode, it will cost 100 million yuan.

And this average production cost is actually not much compared to today's TV drama creation.

All of a sudden, it was tantamount to wiping out all the family property of the center, and Zheng Xiaolong was under a lot of pressure.

Before 1995, the state only allowed state-owned production organizations to enter the field of TV drama production.

Filming TV dramas in the 80s was really not a profitable business.

At this time, the procurement of TV dramas has not yet broken away from the planned economy of unified purchase and marketing. TV stations or production companies have worked hard to spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to make a movie. , It is very likely to lose money by the end of the broadcast.

In such a situation, Zheng Xiaolong couldn't help but be careless, this was the first time he handled such a large project.

"Whether a TV series makes money or not is beyond your control, but as creators, you have the ability to decide whether the filming is good or not," Lin Weimin comforted.

Zheng Xiaolong nodded.

He suddenly thought of the TV series "The Story of a Female Doctor". It was difficult for the center to get 100 million yuan, but CCTV and TVB's 1000 million yuan was spent immediately.

There is also Xie Tieli's version of "Dream of Red Mansions", which has been widely circulated since last year, with an investment of over [-] million yuan, Zheng Xiaolong hardly dared to think about it.

"It's good to have sufficient funds!" Zheng Xiaolong sighed.

Lin Weimin said: "Whether the funds are sufficient or not has nothing to do with the quality of the work. Don't express this kind of emotion in front of the leaders when you turn around. Your center spent 100 million yuan and it's not to listen to your complaints. After listening to your words, They're definitely going to have a murmur in their hearts."

Zheng Xiaolong naturally understood that Lin Weimin was kindly reminding him, he smiled at Lin Weimin, "I understand!"

Talking about the topic of "Longing", everyone talked about the issue of actors, Wang Shuo said casually: "Wei Min, I see that your family Tao Huimin is quite suitable for the role of Liu Huifang."

When the others heard this, they looked at Lin Weimin. Among them, only Wang Shuo and Ma Dudu had seen Tao Huimin.

But everyone has watched "The Story of a Female Doctor", and Tao Huimin has a lot of roles in it.

Ma Dudu also said with a smile at this time: "Master Shuo has a bad eye! Mr. Lin, he is really right. Your teacher Tao is indeed very suitable for Liu Huifang."

Lin Weimin hesitated for a moment when he heard what the two said. The original actor in "Longing" was Zhang Kaili. There is no comment on her acting skills.

Compared with Zhang Kaili, Tao Huimin's appearance is much more beautiful and gentle, and her virtuous temperament is even more outstanding. If she is to play Liu Huifang, she is indeed a good candidate.

When Lin Weimin was pondering, Zheng Xiaolong said: "Mr. Lin, I am worried that I don't have a suitable actress. You must help me."

As for favors, Zheng Xiaolong is naturally willing to sell them.

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Don't say that, it would certainly be an opportunity for Hui Min if she could act in "Longing", but she is currently filming "Dream of Red Mansions" directed by Xie Tieli, so it is impossible to make "Longing"."

He understood Zheng Xiaolong's psychology of wanting to be human, but the situation really didn't allow it.

Seeing his straightforward refusal, the others did not bring up the topic again.

After May Day, Lin Weimin was working at his unit when someone came to his door.

Seeing this person, Lin Weimin was stunned for a moment before he remembered, isn't this Director Deng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences?

"Director Deng, why are you here when you have time?" Lin Weimin smiled.

Director Deng said: "Mr. Lin, you are really big-hearted. It has been more than a year since you bought the dormitory in our hospital, and you don't even ask."

Lin Weimin was overjoyed when he heard his words, "What's the matter? The house has been vacated?"

Director Deng laughed, "I'm here to give you good news. The staff dormitory we built on Huayuan East Road has been completed, and we are planning to move the staff recently. It won't take long. Your house will be in your hands."

Lin Weimin said happily: "This is great, it's not in vain."

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

After a few words of politeness, Director Deng reminded again: "During this time, the employees have been moving one after another. If you are free, you can take someone to the house to have a look and plan how to clean it up in the future."

"You reminded me, I'll find someone to go there later." Lin Weimin said.

After talking about this matter, Director Deng said goodbye and left.

After get off work in the evening, Lin Weimin went to Renyi to find Li Guangfu.

Hearing that Lin Weimin's Baylor Mansion will be vacated soon, Li Guangfu is also a little excited.

He has accepted his fate now, and there is nothing wrong with being a contractor in his spare time.

Make money, don't be ashamed!
He even ran to find Ma Dudu on purpose, and went to Yongxin Baylor Mansion with Lin Weimin the next day.

The car passed Shichahai and stopped near Xinjiekou.

It has been more than a year since the last time I saw the mansion, but the location of Yongzhen Baylor Mansion was imprinted firmly in Li Guangfu's mind.

From Gaojing Hutong to the east to Sanguan Temple, the entire house occupies a very large area. Anyone who has seen it will never forget it.

It was the first time for Ma Dudu to come to this house. When he saw a house from a long distance away, and then saw the layout of three rooms and five doors in Baylor Mansion, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

He had heard Lin Weimin and Li Guangfu talk about buying the Baylor mansion before, and he knew that there were so many prince's mansions and Baylor mansions in Yanjing City since he was a child.

But seeing it with my own eyes, and clearly knowing that this house is the feeling of my acquaintances, but the feeling of passing these places is completely different.

It’s too shocking!

Although the paint on the gate of the vermilion gold pillars has peeled off, and the sparrows on the eaves pillars have been mottled, the momentum of this house has not changed after all the vicissitudes.

The three of them entered the yard and found that a small part of the houses had been vacated. It was obvious that these people had moved out.

"Hey, at this rate, it will definitely be vacated in two or three months."

Li Guangfu inquired with the people in the courtyard, and said happily when he came back.

A few people walked around, Ma Dudu looked around and said, "It takes a year to tidy up such a big house, right?"

"One year?" Li Guangfu glanced at him, feeling that the boy was talking in his sleep, "This kind of house can't be cleaned up well after two or three years, Teacher Lin's standard of cleaning up the house is not generally high. "

Li Guangfu's words made Ma Dudu feel ashamed. He was right. Mr. Lin spent 20 meters just to buy this house.

Now that the house is in your hands, it is impossible to tidy it up and live in it?

With Mr. Lin's inhumane style, Ma Dudu would not be surprised if he threw a knife of hundreds of thousands of meters.

He was only curious about one thing, what would the house look like after it was tidied up?
Just as Ma Dudu was thinking, Lin Weimin patted Li Guangfu on the shoulder.

"Guangfu, you have had a heavy burden these two years!"

(End of this chapter)