1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 493 Director of "Untouchable"
In the afternoon, Huang Anyi chatted with Shi Tiesheng's house for a short time before leaving. After she left, Lin Weimin also left.

A few days later, the Seoul Olympic Games were in full swing, and the people of Yanjing were also full of criticism.

Especially the further you get to the back, the more you scold.

Because it was all semi-finals and finals, and the medals were stolen under their noses, who would not be angry when they saw it?

Lin Weimin hadn't seen Bangzi's performance at Shi Tiesheng's house that day, and there was no need for Chunchun to make himself angry.

Fast forward to the end of September. Amidst the criticism of the Seoul Olympics, the editorial department of "Contemporary" completed the preparations for this year's tenth issue. Everyone thought it would be easy for a few more days.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. I didn't expect Er Yuehe to knock on the door of the editorial department with the last manuscript of "Kangxi the Great" on his back.

Tong Zhonggui went to the office and told Lin Weimin that Er Yuehe had come with the manuscript on his back, and he was overjoyed.

From the first volume of "Seizing the Palace and the First Politics" in 1984, the second volume "Frightening Wind and Rain" in 1985, and the third volume "Yu Yu Cheng Xiang" in 1986, Er Yuehe's creative efficiency is very stable.

When it came to the fourth volume, "Rising the Wall of Chaos", because it was the last volume, Er Yuehe wrote it very carefully. The content of this volume took more than two years to write.

Recently, he finally finished writing the fourth volume, asked for a leave of absence from his work unit, and went straight to Yanjing with the manuscript on his back.

The four volumes of "Kangxi the Great" have a total of more than 160 million characters, which can be called a masterpiece.

Lu Yao's "Ordinary World" was worth more than a million words and it took five years to write it. By comparison, you can see that Er Yuehe's creative efficiency is high.

Holding the thick manuscript, Lin Weimin sighed: "It's not easy! It's really not easy! It's rare to write such a tome in four or five years!"

Er Yuehe sent the manuscript, and he seemed to relax physically and mentally, "I can have a good sleep this time!"

Lin Weimin handed over the manuscript to his colleagues, and said, "I finally finished writing the book, this time I have a good time in Yanjing, so let's take it as a vacation for myself!"

These days, packages can only be sent by post, and occasionally there will be cases of lost packages, so the more important manuscripts of writers are sent by human flesh.

Many times, some writers will call the publications because of their identity, saying that my manuscript is finished, do you want the publication, and if you want it, send someone to pick it up. Many publications will try to get high-quality manuscripts. Send an editor to pick it up.

The status of "Contemporary" is too high in the world, and no one dares to do this. It is usually sent by the writers themselves or by others.

Er Yuehe came to Beijing with the manuscript of the fourth volume of "Kangxi the Great" on his back. This volume has nearly 50 words, and it will take at least ten days and a half months to review the manuscript. If revisions are required, it will take even longer , One to two months, three to five months is possible. If Er Yuehe stays in Yanjing during this period, he will naturally have a lot of time to play.

Er Yuehe declined Lin Weimin's suggestion. His identity as a writer is only a part-time job, and his main job is a civil servant.

A few years ago, he revised the first volume of "Seizing the Palace and the First Politics" and stayed in Yanjing for several months. This time, he asked the work unit for leave and said that he would come to Yanjing to deliver the manuscript. The work unit was afraid that he would repeat the situation last time, and warned him again and again. Come back after delivery.

Er Yuehe went to the guest house upstairs to rest, and the colleagues in the editorial department sighed while holding the manuscripts. Originally, they thought they could rest for two days, but this time it was impossible.

In recent months, "Contemporary" lacks heavyweight novels, and Lin Weimin intends to publish the finale of "Kangxi Emperor" in No.11 issue.

In just one month, it is not difficult to complete the review work of a 50-word tome.

Fortunately, it took more than two years to create the fourth volume of "Kangxi the Great", "Rising the Xiao Wall", which shows Er Yuehe's prudence and dedication, and there are not many things that need to be revised.

In order to improve the efficiency of the revision, the editorial department colleague Er Yuehe spent several days on the phone to communicate all the details to be revised.

At the beginning of November, the fourth volume of "Kangxi Emperor" "Rising the Xiao Wall" was officially published in the No.11 issue of "Contemporary". Because of the huge volume, this novel will be divided into two issues, respectively in No.11 issue and No. Published in Issue 12.

Speaking of which, the first three volumes of "Kangxi the Great" were published consecutively in "Contemporary", which aroused huge repercussions, and the evaluation in the critic circle was not much worse than that of Yao Xueyin's "Li Zicheng".

In terms of audience, "Kangxi the Great" has a lot more readers than "Li Zicheng".

There are two main reasons for this.

One is that the writing of "Li Zicheng" is too idealistic, and the "Red army" of the Chuangwang army deviates from the historical facts to a certain extent. Readers who read this kind of book usually have better historical knowledge than ordinary people. Naturally, there are many criticisms of this point. This is the shortcoming of "Li Zicheng".

However, "Kangxi the Great" is relatively stable and realistic in this regard.

The second is the issue of the age of the work. As the last feudal dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, no matter how it behaved, one of the advantages that must be mentioned is that it is close to the contemporary time, and the historical materials are relatively rich. Most readers are familiar with it. This is "Kangxi the Great" "The advantages.

As one ebbs and the other rises, the audience of "Kangxi the Great" increases.

However, although it was widely praised after its publication, it was not without criticism.

In the past few years, the most criticism of the novel "Kangxi Emperor" is the "view of the emperor's history" involved in the novel. Although the novel more reflects the intrigue of the officialdom, many media and scholars still criticize the novel as a Write books and biographies for feudal emperors, and sing praises.

This kind of argument has been repeatedly raised in the past two years, and the editorial department of "Contemporary" has never responded positively.

At the end of "Kangxi the Great", Lin Weimin wrote an "Editor's Note" to respond to this question.

There are two responses to this:
First of all, traffickers and soldiers can write, civil and military senses can write, and emperors of all ages and moderns can naturally write. This is not only the freedom of creation, but also the historical materialism that is not based on family background.

Second, Kang, Yong, and Qianlong are the three major rulers recognized by the historians. Not to mention Qianlong, who was very watery, the positive historical value of this period cannot be completely obliterated. The credit for laying the territory of modern China alone is worthy of special mention.

With the publication of No.11 issue of "Contemporary", Lin Weimin's "Editor's Note" has also aroused a lot of discussion among readers and academic circles.

Of course, a simple editor's note cannot eliminate the controversy, but this is the first positive response from the editorial department of "Contemporary", which has played a positive role in the discussion of the novel in the folk and academic circles.

After the No.11 issue of "Contemporary" went public, the editorial department had a few days of relaxation.

Lin Weimin received a call from Michael Phillips from the United States. The investment for "Untouchable" has been in place, the script has been written, and now he is choosing a director.

"Lin, I need your help." Michael Phillips said to Lin Weimin on the phone.

"Help? Mike, what can I do for you?"

"Does Steven Spielberg know?"

"Of course. The director of "Jaws" and "ET", you won't tell me that you want him to direct "Untouchable"?" Lin Weimin said in surprise.

Phillips was very satisfied with his surprise, and said with a bit of complacency in his tone, "My friend, it seems that you are quite satisfied with this director?"

Phillips and Spielberg first met in the post-production stage of Spielberg's first feature film "Rampage" and have been close for more than ten years now.

"Originally we were just having dinner together, and we chatted casually about a project I was preparing to produce recently, and Steven heard that I was planning to make "Untouchable", so he chatted with me.

I saw that Steven was interested in "Untouchable", so I invited him to be the director of this film.Steven is a little embarrassed. He is making "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and has a fantasy romance movie in his hand. "Phillips paused here, it seems that he intends to show off.

"Then how did you convince him?" Lin Weimin asked.

Phillips said with a smile: "It's not that I convinced him, but that he asked me."

"I want to ask you? What do you mean?" Lin Weimin asked puzzled.

"He wants your movie rights to 'Life Is Beautiful Anyway.'"

"Do you want the movie copyright of "Life is Beautiful Anyway"? Is this the condition for him to accept "Untouchable"?"

"That's right!" Phillips explained to Lin Weimin: "Steven liked the "Life is Beautiful Anyway" that you published in the United States at the beginning of the year very much. Lin, you may not know that Steven has always planned to shoot A film about the persecution of Jews by the Nazis during World War II, which is their national pain."

Lin Weimin instantly thought of the movie "Schindler's List" shot by the later Spielberg in the 90s.

"Is he sure he wants to make "No matter what, life is beautiful"?" Lin Weimin asked.

"There is no way to be sure about this. Lin, you know, for a director of Steven's level, he may have as many as five or six films in the process of directing and producing at different stages in his hands. There are dozens of copyrights.

Before the film is officially approved, no one can guarantee that the film will be shot. "

Lin Weimin pondered for a moment after listening to Phillips' words.

Phillips said: "Lin, is there any hesitation? Steven is now an S-level director in Hollywood. If he is really willing to take over "Untouchable", including the possible follow-up director "None", It's definitely a good thing for you."

"Mike, of course I'm very happy that the work was adapted by a great director, but I'm even more afraid that no one will see this work."

Phillips immediately understood what he meant, "Are you afraid that Steven won't shoot the copyright after buying it?"

"Yes."

Philip suddenly felt awkward. Steven is a famous director in Hollywood, but Lin Weimin's works are also not worried about being shot. It seems that it is not so easy to match this matter!
(End of this chapter)