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Chapter 636 Mr. Wan's Gift
Just in time for the weekend, early in the morning, Lin Weimin and Tao Huimin hugged Xiaodoubao, and the family of three went to Yanjing Hospital.

Mr. Wan has been plagued by illness for the past two years, and spent most of the year in the hospital.

Some time ago, Xiaodoubao was born and held a full moon wine. Mr. Wan called and wanted to visit, but was rejected by Lin Weimin. Mr. Wan told Mr. Wan not to worry, he would bring his daughter to visit his old man when he was free.

Lin Weimin's family came to the hospital today and called Mr. Wan in advance.

Mr. Wan was very happy, he changed into a white shirt specially, his glasses were polished, and he looked full of energy.

"You don't look like you are sick. If you want me to see it, just leave the hospital!"

Xiaodoubao was held in Tao Huimin's arms, and Mr. Wan was teasing her from behind. The little girl was teased with joy, her laughter was clear and sweet, which made Mr. Wan and his wife very happy.

"It's impossible to be discharged from the hospital. My body is getting worse day by day. Occasionally, I will be smarter for a day. Maybe it's just a flashback!" Mr. Wan said relaxedly.

His words caused Li Yuru to roll his eyes.

Mr. Wan added: "This child is beautiful and has a good personality. He really looks like Huimin."

Lin Weimin couldn't help asking: "How do you know she looks like her? I think Xiaodoubao looks more like me!"

Tao Huimin repeated Li Yuru's actions and gave Lin Weimin a big roll of his eyes.

"Girls are as beautiful as their mothers," Li Yuru said.

"Master, it's not ugly to look like me! Besides, girls shouldn't be too pretty, for they are easy to be targeted by those bad boys."

Mr. Wan joked: "Are you a 'good boy'?"

To paraphrase a saying of the bad streets of later generations, the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon.

Lin Weimin married a beautiful wife and gave birth to a beautiful daughter. It is indeed a bit ironic to guard against her potential suitors in the future.

With people like him, how can society progress?How did human beings develop?

After staying in the hospital for more than an hour, Mr. Wan's energy was almost used up. Lin Weimin saw that he was tired, so he planned to leave.

But Mr. Wan said to Li Yuru, "Go borrow a camera from the hospital and take a photo of me and my child."

Lin Weimin stopped Li Yuru and went to look for it by himself. Hearing that Mr. Wan wanted to borrow a camera, the hospital hurriedly found it from the office and sent it over.

It was around ten o'clock in the morning, and the sun was shining right outside the window. Lin Weimin asked Mr. Wan to stand against the wall, and the sunlight came from the side, so there was plenty of light.

Mr. Wan was wearing a white shirt with a relaxed expression, looking at the baby in his arms with a slight smile.

The little bean bun in his arms was looking at him with black pupils, the old and the young looked at each other.

Lin Weimin seized this moment and pressed the shutter.

"It's done."

"So fast?" Mr. Wan didn't expect to take the photo so quickly.

Lin Weimin said: "The camera is good. It's imported from Mud Boom, and it automatically focuses."

Mr. Wan handed the child back to Tao Huimin, and then came to the camera to look left and right, with the curiosity and innocence of a teenager.

"This thing is really good, it's really high-tech!"

Instructing Lin Weimin to turn around and develop the photos and send them to him, Mr. Wan greeted Li Yuru again, and Li Yuru took out a box from the cabinet.

"This is a handicraft given by the leader a few years ago. At that time, the African brothers sent a large number of ivory in China. These ivory were made into handicrafts and given to us cultural people. This fan should be a meeting gift for Xiaodoubao. .”

At this time, the trade and processing of ivory had not been banned in China. Lin Weimin opened the lacquer box, and inside was an ivory carved round fan, which was exquisitely crafted and exquisite.

Ivory has been a luxury item since ancient times. Although modern handicrafts lack collection value, ivory products are valuable in themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Wan and his wife, who have just given their first full moon, treat Xiaodoubao as their own children and grandchildren.

"Look, look at the child and let you spend money!"

Lin Weimin smiled brightly and was polite, but he didn't mean to refuse at all.

Seeing his posture, Mr. Wan couldn't help but cursed with a smile.

The ivory-carved round fan that Mr. Wan gave Xiaodoubao is not only a round fan, but also a folding fan. Liu Yuanqing's "Xian Yi Bian" said: "Folding fan, also known as a fan."If you choose, you will fold it, and if you use it, you will scatter it.

In ancient times, imperial fans were divided into seasons. Folding fans were used in early summer, round fans were used in midsummer, feather fans were used in midsummer, and round fans were used when it was slightly cooler.

It's only the middle of June, which is the time to use fans. This gift from Mr. Wan is very suitable for the occasion, which shows that he has put his thought into it.

Fans made of ivory might have really been used to fan the wind and enjoy the cool in ancient times, but in modern times, they are almost as good as collections.

"This thing is too precious, and it's too extravagant to fan it, in case it breaks again." Lin Weimin laughed.

Mr. Wan said: "She can't fan even if she's a little doll, if she wants to fan, it's up to you adults. If it breaks, it's your business."

"I dare not use what you said."

The teacher and the student had an argument, and Lin Weimin accepted the gift.

Two days later, Lin Weimin received an international call from Italy.

The caller was Bertolucci, the director of "The Last Emperor". This time, he saw the list of the [-]th and [-]th winners of this year's Strega Literary Award, and found Lin Weimin's name, so he specially called him to congratulate him. .

Since "The Last Emperor" won the Academy Awards in 1988, Bertolucci's reputation in the European film industry has been in full swing.

Although most practitioners in the European film industry do not wait to see Hollywood, they have to face the reality that Hollywood's influence is completely crushing the European film industry.

After "The Last Emperor", Bertolucci's main work was on the film "The Sheltered Sky" adapted from the novel by Paul Bowles, which is the second part of Bertolucci's "Oriental Trilogy" , and the first part of the "Oriental Trilogy" is of course "The Last Emperor". Anyway, Lin Weimin didn't hear such a statement from Bertolucci when he was making the movie.

"The Sheltered Sky" was filmed on location in Africa at a cost of US$5000 million. During this period, Bertolucci also took time to participate in the filming of "Twelve Italian Directors and Twelve Cities".

The film was released in Omi Country in the second half of 1990, and the response was mediocre, with neither box office nor awards, which made Bertolucci suffer a lot.

"The Last Emperor" invested tens of millions of dollars, and the box office was not ideal, but at least it won an Oscar, and it could recover blood by selling copyrights and video tapes.

But "The Sheltering Sky" is a big production of 5000 million meters, and it lost both box office and awards, which is a bit unreasonable.

During this period, Bertolucci was still working on the third part of his "Oriental Trilogy", which tells the story of a Western child who is identified as the reincarnation of H Buddha.

Listening to Bertolucci's narration, Lin Weimin smelled a rush. Lin Weimin has seen this movie, and he only has one comment: it's not good.

Lin Weimin felt that Bertolucci had fallen into paranoia, and had to create some kind of "Oriental Trilogy" for some reason, but in fact, the three films were not next to each other in terms of content or style, and the result of such blunt application was failure.

The relationship between him and Bertolucci is not good enough to give advice on how to make a movie, so Lin Weimin did not express any opinions on the movie, but made an appointment with Bertolucci to meet him when he went to Italy. get together.

In late June, the first draft of the script of "Farewell My Concubine" was released.

Lu Wei took over the script of "Farewell My Concubine" in March. Although he was born in Yanjing, he grew up in Xi'an. "Farewell My Concubine" tells a story that happened in Yanjing. He was afraid that he would be timid and violate some common sense when writing the script. Sexual mistakes, and in order to better express the emotions in the script, I borrowed the video tape of the drama "Tea House", watched it day and night, and learned while watching.

Then I went to the Yenching Library and the Library of the Central Academy of Chinese Opera to search for materials, and finally went to the Opera Artists Association to collect materials.

After three months, the first draft of the script of "Farewell My Concubine" was finally written, but many details still need to be carefully polished.

Cheng Kaige knows that this movie is very important to him, so he has stricter requirements for the script.

At the same time, news also came from Xiangjiang.

Ms. Chen, Zunlong's agent, really had something to do with offending Xu Feng. In the end, it was useless even if Zunlong himself called to apologize. In addition, Zhang Guorong's willingness to play Cheng Dieyi was very strong. Make sure it's him.

Within two days after confirming his role, Zhang Guorong flew to Yanjing.

The first request he made to Xu Feng was to meet Lin Weimin. Lin Weimin was the original author of "Farewell My Concubine".

"Azi, long time no see."

"Mr. Lin, we meet again!"

I haven't seen him in seven or eight years. Zhang Guorong has long since shed the youthfulness of the past. In these years, he has flourished in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry. He has developed in both the film and music circles. He has produced excellent works frequently. He seems to be a superstar of his generation.

"Back then you said that I had the opportunity to play the role of Cheng Dieyi, and now it has really come true, thank you."

Lin Weimin said, "It has nothing to do with me. It was Ms. Xu who strongly recommended you to play the role. Besides, you are a movie superstar now, and being able to play Cheng Dieyi is also a bonus for this movie."

Lin Weimin and Zhang Guorong are not very close friends, but at least they are old friends. With Xu Feng and Cheng Kaige as their companions, they got together to eat and chat about their experiences and movies over the past few years. They had a good time.

Zhang Guorong said that he would go to visit Mr. Mei's tomb tomorrow. "Farewell My Concubine" is not only a novel, but also an opera. The story told in the novel is also based on the play "Farewell My Concubine".

Hearing what he said, Lin Weimin was satisfied, which is called awe.

"Azai, you still need to practice your lines well. Although your Mandarin is very good, the flavor of Xiangjiang is still too strong. After hearing this, the audience will want to play."

Before leaving, Lin Weimin exhorted.

"Don't worry, I came to Yanjing early this time to learn Peking Opera and practice Mandarin."

Sensing Zhang Guorong's sincerity for the role of Cheng Dieyi, Lin Weimin encouraged: "With your dedication, I will definitely be able to play this role well."

Zhang Guorong laughed happily. The movie "Farewell My Concubine" is scheduled to start shooting in September, and he still has less than three months to prepare. The pressure can be imagined.

Hearing the encouragement from the author of the original work made him feel a little more relaxed, and he also had more confidence in the role of Cheng Dieyi.

(End of this chapter)