1980 My Literary Era

Chapter 52 "The Tea House"

Lin Weimin stayed in the guest house of "Contemporary" for one night. He didn't sleep much that night. He spent most of the time chatting, not only with Gu Hua, but Lu Yao also came over in the middle of the night.

Most of the time, the two of them talked, and Lin Weimin listened.

Both of them are currently in the creative stage, and there is a stomach full of fragmented inspirations that urgently need to be consolidated in the form of dialogue, which is precisely Lin Weimin's strong point.

What Gu Hua is talking about is "A Remote Mountain Town", but what Lu Yao is talking about is not "A Thrilling Scene" he is currently creating, but another story, a love story between an educated youth named Gao Jialin and a rural girl Liu Qiaozhen , Lin Weimin immediately thought of his famous work "Life".

He hasn't read the novel "Life", but he has seen the movie.

The next day, several people slept until noon.

Lin Weimin had lunch, and played table tennis with writers in other dormitories in the corridor during his lunch break.

A few people didn't pay attention to the time, they were still playing after work, and were reprimanded by the gray-haired old lady passing by.

Under reason, several people listened to the training in a well-behaved manner.

After the people left, Lin Weimin asked in a low voice, "Who is this old lady, so arrogant?"

"You don't know her? Old lady Wei!"

Mrs. Wei?
Lin Weimin immediately thought that there seemed to be only one person with the surname "Wei" in the Humanities Society, and that was the editor-in-chief Wei Junyi.

In the afternoon, Lu Yao said that a fellow villager wanted to invite him to dinner in the evening, and asked Lin Weimin to go with Gu Hua. Gu Hua said that he was busy finishing the manuscript before school started, so Lu Yao dragged Lin Weimin to the appointment.

It was only after we met that we found out that it was the director Wu Tianming who invited Lu Yao to dinner.

Lin Weimin is not very familiar with people in the literary world, but he is not unfamiliar with those in the film and television circle.

The bald man's famous work is the adaptation of the film "Life", and then he won the Film Festival Award and Film Critics' FIPRESCI Award in the main competition unit of the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival for the film "Old Well" .

It is worth mentioning that the leading actor in "Old Well" is Zhang Yimou. At this time, Zhang Yimou has not yet made his mark, and he won the honor of best actor for this film.

It's amazing that a director actually robbed an actor's job, which can only be said to be a talent.

After chatting, Lin Weimin found out that Lu Yao and Wu Tianming were fellow villagers, and they had known each other a few years ago.

Wu Tianming is currently preparing to shoot the movie "Kindang", which tells the story of a father and daughter who meet their relatives after 30 years of separation due to the war. Lin Weimin has no impression.

When Wu Tianming learned that Lin Weimin was the author of "Latent", he immediately became interested. Although this novel has only been published for a short time, the influence it has caused on readers is not small. It has been a long time since there has been such an excellent novel in China. Spy novels appeared.

In fact, there were many novels with high reputation in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but later, due to well-known reasons, even works like "Lin Haixueyuan" became taboo, so the themes of spy wars have gradually decreased in recent years .It wasn't until the turmoil of the past few years passed that the ban on this topic was lifted.

Wu Tianming has read the novel "Latent". Not only has he read it, but he also likes it very much.

When he was reading it, he felt that the text of this novel is very visual, the rhythm is compact and lively, and the contradictions and conflicts are fierce, as if it was born to be prepared for film and television.

"Brother, have you thought about adapting your novel into a movie?" Wu Tianming asked in a seductive tone.

At that moment, Lin Weimin felt that this bald man had more potential to be a magician than himself.

"Brother, you are joking. If "Latent" is to be made well, the length of the movie may not be enough."

Wu Tianming thought that Lin Weimin would agree or refuse, but he didn't expect his thinking to be so clear that he even considered such a thing.

"My brother has insight. Although the length of "Latent" is not long, the rhythm is too tight and there are too many information to be processed. It is really not easy to shoot it well within the length of the movie."

His expression was full of regret, but he also understood that what Lin Weimin was talking about was a fatal problem.

After that, Wu Tianming didn't talk about this topic again, and started talking about other things.

After a meal, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

Lin Weimin and Lu Yao drank in a daze, and went back to No. 166 Chaonei Street with their arms crossed, and woke up the next day with a severe headache.

Lu Yao was revising his manuscript, Gu Hua was also working on it, Lin Weimin was in pain, and thought of the few tickets Wan Jiabao had given him, which happened to be today's show.

In the evening, Lin Weimin rode a bicycle to the Capital Theater, which has been the performance venue of Renyi since 1956.

The theater is located in the north of Wangfujing Street, covering an area of ​​nearly 5000 square meters and a building area of ​​1.5 square meters. It integrates performances, rehearsals and theater offices.

In China today, there is no better theater than this.

Entering the theater, the interior decoration is classical and luxurious, and the momentum is magnificent. The auditorium is divided into upper and lower floors, and there are nearly a thousand seats by visual inspection.

The seat given by Mr. Wan Jiabao was very close to the front, and Lin Weimin found his seat only after walking about ten meters away from the stage.

Today's repertoire is "Tea House", the representative work of Mr. Lao She, a classic repertoire that can no longer be classic.

"Tea House" premiered in 1958, but it was popular at the time but also suffered a lot of criticism.Then in 1963, "Teahouse" was revived, adding some positive content. The original author, Mr. Lao She, was very dissatisfied with this.

It was not until last year that "Tea House" was finally revived, which caused a sensation in Yanjing.

Lin Weimin had watched the movie version of "Tea House" before, and it was almost a remake of the drama version, even the actors were the same.

So Zhi, Zheng Rong, Ying Ruocheng, Lan Tianye, Lin Dongsheng, Hu Zongwen...

With the unhurried narration, various characters appear on the stage.

Lin Weimin's position is close enough to the stage, not only can he listen to every line of the actors at close range, watch every movement of them, and even see every subtle expression on their faces clearly.

All the stage details are close at hand.

Watching the classic "Tea House" at such a close distance is completely different from watching a movie. Even though the 82 version of "Tea House" he has seen is almost a perfect reproduction of the drama, the visual impact of being so close The power still makes Lin Weimin feel fascinated.

The 150-minute repertoire was unknowingly finished, and Lin Weimin was still immersed in the plot until the actors took the stage and called the curtain call.

In the past, he always felt that it was a fake thing to watch a drama or movie in the theater, but after this experience, he understood that some people may applaud some works out of politeness, but for people like For a work like "Tea House", people's applause comes from the heart.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when he came out of the Capital Theater. Lin Weimin rode a bicycle and wondered whether the performance on the stage would flash in his mind. Such an experience is really unforgettable.

　Recover for another day and start the third shift tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)