1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 442 The Biggest Bully in the Chinese Literary World
Filming crews have always been habitual criminals who destroy cultural relics. Lin Weimin has heard a lot about it in later generations, and there are a few particularly famous incidents among them.

The Sino-Italian co-produced TV series "Marco Polo" was once approved to enter Changling's Yan'en Hall for live shooting. The crew put plaster on the golden bricks of the hall, nailed nails on the main beam of nanmu, and scratched and damaged more than 100 pieces of painted ceilings. Smoking in the hall was banned. The management staff dissuaded them, but the Italian staff disobeyed the management and had an arrogant attitude, and finally nothing happened;
When the movie "The Promise" directed by Cheng Kaige was filmed in Shangri-La, the Bigu Tianchi, which was once famous for its beautiful scenery, was scourged into a huge garbage dump. In the end, the local government came forward to repair it.

In addition, during the filming of "The Last Emperor", rails were laid on the ground of the hall, nails were nailed on the wall to erect lights, and light was blocked, which caused irreversible damage to cultural relics.Also from then on, the Forbidden City no longer allowed crews to enter.

Teng Jinxian may turn a blind eye or close one eye when he sees this kind of thing, but Lin Weimin can't do this when he sees this kind of thing. He also knows Teng Jinxian's inner thoughts very well.

This has nothing to do with character, and it has nothing to do with ideology.

It is simply the ass that decides the head, and now the general direction of the upper echelon is to treat foreign guests with courtesy and give foreigners super-national treatment.

Since it is super-national treatment, it means that people must enjoy certain privileges. If you want to control them, how should you manage them?
It's easy to be ashamed if you really make a fuss.

So in the end, many grassroots officials will choose to ignore their problems and be a good gentleman even if they don't understand what foreigners are doing.

After all, no one wants to be hit by the board in the end.

Compared with an official in power like Teng Jinxian, Lin Weimin certainly has less scruples, not only because he and Teng Jinxian belong to two systems, but also because of the huge influence he has.

Going back to making troubles, Lin Weimin certainly wasn't making troubles out of nowhere, and he also understood the depression and helplessness in Teng Jinxian's heart.

He dragged Teng Jinxian to mutter for a while, only to see Teng Jinxian's complexion changing back and forth, like a chameleon.

After finally listening to Lin Weimin's speech, Teng Jinxian thought to himself: You cultural people are hooligans, and there is nothing wrong with others.

"According to me, is it okay?" Lin Weimin asked.

"No problem, no problem."

Teng Jinxian could tell that this guy was a devil in disguise.

It's good to frighten those foreigners, so that they won't be arrogant all day long.

According to Lin Weimin's instructions, Teng Jinxian returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony again.

At this moment, it was only a few minutes since the quarrel broke out just now. Bertolucci in the hall was directing the staff to continue working, while Thomas stood there cursing with lingering anger.

Teng Jinxian approached Bertolucci eagerly, "Director Bertolucci, stop for a while, stop for a while!"

Bertolucci thought that Lin Weimin left and could make movies with peace of mind, but Teng Jinxian appeared again.

"Director Teng, do you also want to stop our filming?" Bertolucci asked, while Thomas looked gloomy.

Teng Jinxian shook his head and said: "It's not that I want to stop you from filming, but Lin Weimin wants to stop it. You should stop now. He is going to our department to find my leader and the leader in charge of cultural relics in the Forbidden City. He Let's make a big deal out of it!"

When Thomas heard his words, he couldn't help bursting into anger, "Who does he think he is? We invested tens of millions of dollars in this movie and created a huge amount of foreign exchange for your China. Your government departments should not listen to him. One sided words!"

Teng Jinxian sighed, and said: "Of course the higher-ups won't listen to his one-sided words, but you don't know his temper and energy. This person is not easy to get along with."

Seeing his gesture, Bertolucci couldn't help asking: "Director Teng, why do you say that?"

Listening to his question, the embarrassment on Teng Jinxian's face became more obvious, and he hesitated to speak.

Thomas, who was still angry at first, saw that he seemed to have something hard to say, and asked, "What's going on? Can he really influence the shooting of our movie?"

Seduced by the two of them, Teng Jinxian was secretly happy, his expression struggled, and he seemed to have made a decision, "Let's change the place where we talk."

Bertolucci and Thomas followed Teng Jinxian to a corner in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, looking at him with burning eyes.

Teng Jinxian and the two looked at each other, and then slowly said: "Lin Weimin is a writer and a playwright at the same time, you should all know that."

The two nodded. They knew this from the beginning of their cooperation. They also knew that Lin Weimin was quite famous overseas. Both his novels and scripts had won awards abroad. They knew all of this.

"But there are some things you may not know..."

When Teng Jinxian said this, he paused for a moment. The expressions on Bertolucci's faces became even more curious. What else did they not know?

"First of all, he is young and talented, not only because of his excellent talent, but also because he has a good teacher."

"teacher?"

"That's right. Mr. Wan Jiabao, the most outstanding contemporary playwright in China, if you want to compare it, it is equivalent to your Italian Dario Fo."

Bertolucci and Thomas are filmmakers, so they naturally know Dario Fo's status in the Italian theater world, so this teacher is indeed very good.

"Because of this teacher, Lin Weimin has always cooperated with the most famous and powerful theater in China. In his crew, he has always said what he says, and even the director has to listen to him.

Not only dramas, but also movies and TV shows.The director didn't even have the right to change the script he wrote.

The year before last, he facilitated the cooperation between China Central Television and Xiangjiang's largest wireless TV station. Because they had a conflict with him, he forced all the people in Xiangjiang to go back.

And he participated in our country's largest festival party. The reviewers of the program group are all leaders at all levels of the government. If he raises any objection to his program, he dares to scold him bloody.

Last time my direct leader invited him to a meeting and even praised him a few times, but he still didn't give me any face and left the meeting midway. "

Bertolucci and Thomas were shocked by Teng Jinxian's accusations of Lin Weimin's "bad deeds".

This Nima is the screenwriter?

Our Italian mafia is not as overbearing as him!
"Why did he do this? It's too much!" Thomas said angrily, arguing for those colleagues who were bullied by Lin Weimin.

"Why? Because of his strong relationship, because of his good works!" Teng Jinxian said, and then said: "Since he started his creative career, he has won almost all domestic literary awards, and the sales volume of his works They are all counted in millions of copies. One drama has exploded, and a TV drama planned at random has set a ratings record in our country and Hong Kong. The past two years have been even more extraordinary. The film written by the screenwriter returned to overseas and won awards. , Ni Bo, the literary award of the United States also won..."

"Also, I just said that the publication he chairs is called "Contemporary", which is the largest literary publication in China. Each issue sells 200 to [-] million copies. He can become the editor-in-chief of this level of publication at a young age. , relying on real work ability.

I can say that more than half of all well-known young and middle-aged writers in China in the past ten years are his classmates, or they were discovered by him, so his influence in the Chinese literary world is very important. "

Teng Jinxian sighed deeply again as he spoke, "If it's just like this, this person is at most influential in the literary and theatrical circles, but he can't interfere with our film bureau and your film shooting, but... "

His pause again made Bertolucci and Thomas' hearts tugged. This "but" was too terrible. They looked at Teng Jinxian with worry in their eyes.

"He has an administrative position, and his rank is not low. He already belongs to the senior cadres of our country. He is only less than 30 years old this year, and he still has a lot of time in the future. His rank must not stop there.

Let me give you an example and you will know that the publication he chairs is called "Contemporary", and the previous editor-in-chief of "Contemporary" was the president of National Literature Publishing House.There is also the former editor-in-chief of another publication in their unit. After being promoted, he became the head of the ministry, which is the level of my leader. "

Although Bertolucci and Thomas don't understand China's officialdom ecology, they only need to use common sense analysis to understand that if it is true what Teng Jinxian said, then this Lin Weimin is indeed someone in the Chinese government that many people do not want to offend .

"Not only that, he is also the funder of the largest literary foundation in our country, and he is also the vice president. Do you know who the president is?"

Bertolucci and Thomas shook their heads cooperatively.

Teng Jinxian didn't give a damn and said, "One chairman is the most well-known literary elder in our country, and the other is a leader at the head of state level."

Hearing this, Thomas' eyes flickered. He never thought that Lin Weimin's energy was so great!

Teng Jinxian finally finished his long speech, and quietly looked at Bertolucci and Thomas.

The words that Teng Jinxian said just now were spinning in the minds of the two of them. Thomas was confused and asked: "After all, we are foreigners, and we still come to shoot movies about your China, which is very good for China's foreign propaganda. You should guarantee that our investment will not be affected?"

Teng Jinxian said with a wry smile: "Mr. Thomas, there is an old saying in China that only a thousand days can be a thief, but there is no thousand days to prevent a thief. If Lin Weimin is determined to make trouble for us, no one can guarantee whether it will affect this movie. Shoot!"

Bertolucci and Thomas glanced at each other. With Lin Weimin's influence, it was not difficult to make trouble for them.

Thomas asked with the last hope: "Isn't he afraid that your government will hold him accountable?"

"If he was afraid, he wouldn't have done it. At most, it would be administrative punishment, suspension or something like that. His annual novel royalties and drama box office are several million dollars a year, let alone in our country, even in our country. You Western countries are also at the level of rich people, and this kind of punishment has no effect on him."

Bertolucci and Thomas fell silent.

Teng Jinxian understood the feelings of the two of them very well.

Make a good movie, how did you come across such a thing?

(End of this chapter)