1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 699 Too Stealing
During the ten-day signing tour, Lin Weimin traveled all over the major cities in the United States, giving speeches and accepting interviews from time to time, with little rest time.

When he returned to New York again, it was already the end of November.

This time I came to the United States to work so intensely that I didn't even see many acquaintances.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were still two days left before returning to China, Lin Weimin planned to visit an old friend. Since he had the last interview in the morning, he could only go in the afternoon.

At nine o'clock in the morning, sunlight shines into the room through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in the executive room.

The reporter who wanted to interview Lin Weimin had just walked into the room, and Lin Weimin was a little surprised to see the yellow face of the other party.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I'm Zhang Chunru, a reporter from the Chicago Tribune."

Lin Weimin greeted Zhang Chunru warmly, and asked, "Ms. Zhang is Chinese?"

"That's right. My parents immigrated to the United States in the early years, and I was born in the United States."

Lin Weimin smiled and talked to her in Chinese, and Zhang Chunru answered her fluently.

"There are not many second-generation Chinese who are fluent in Chinese like you."

"I communicate a lot with my parents in Chinese at home, so my Chinese is pretty good."

Chatting casually, the atmosphere is relaxed and pleasant.

The interview lasted nearly two hours. After the end, Zhang Chunru praised: "Mr. Lin, it is a great pleasure to be able to interview you."

"Thank you, you are also a very good interviewer." Lin Weimin smiled.

Zhang Chunru took out two more books from her bag, one was "Farewell My Concubine", and the other turned out to be the Chinese version of "Da Ming Dynasty 1566".

"Do you still like this kind of historical novels?"

"I'm very interested in Chinese history."

After happily signing, Lin Weimin wrote down his contact information on a piece of paper.

"We are all compatriots. If you go to China in the future, you are welcome to contact me and treat me to dinner!"

Zhang Chunru was surprised by Lin Weimin's enthusiasm. She took the contact information and thanked Lin Weimin.

After sending Zhang Chun away, Lin Weimin stood at the door of the room, looked at her back, and sighed.

After lunch, Lin Weimin came to the Sanremo apartment.

Arthur Miller was nearly eighty years old, and he hadn't seen him for four years. His description was much older, but he was still in good spirits.

Seeing Lin Weimin, he was a little excited and chatted enthusiastically.

In the past few years, Arthur Miller has been in a semi-retired state, and has rarely participated in activities in the drama industry.

But he has been engaged in drama creation all his life, but he has never stopped. This year he just completed the creation of the play "The Last Yankee".

He also showed off the script to Lin Weimin. After Lin Weimin read it, Arthur Miller asked him for his evaluation of the script.

Lin Weimin praised a few words without softening his mouth, but Arthur Miller said: "Come on, I know that the writing is not good."

He looked a little depressed after finishing speaking, "For anyone engaged in art work, time is the greatest enemy."

"We have a poem in China: Since ancient times, heroes are like beauties, and the world is not allowed to see gray hair. You can be content, you can still write at this age, and Mr. Wan has already stopped writing."

"That's very well said." Arthur Miller sighed, then collected his emotions and asked about Mr. Wan's current situation.

The two chatted for an afternoon, and Arthur Miller and his wife entertained Lin Weimin for dinner before he left the San Remo apartment.

The next day, Lin Weimin went to buy some gifts and prepared to return home the next day, but received a call from Michael Phillips.

The cast of "Farewell My Concubine" has just arrived in New York, and the awards season is about to begin.

On December 12, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the first award of the awards season and the first of the four major film critics awards in the United States, will be held in New York. This award is one of the important weather vanes for the Oscars.

Through a set of data, we can see the influence of the New York Film Critics Association Awards on the Academy Awards: the best director overlap rate is 28%, the actor overlap rate is 35%, and the actress overlap rate is 31%.

Although "Farewell My Concubine" has a financial background from the United States, the director, screenwriter and actors are all Chinese. It can be said to be a Chinese film through and through.

In other Film Critics Association awards, it may not be dominant, but it is an exception in the New York Film Critics Association.

Before 1966, the New York Film Critics Association Awards were mainly based on local historical legends or costume dramas, which greatly overlapped with the Academy Awards.

However, after the establishment of the American Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Association gradually shifted its taste to foreign films in order to conduct differentiated competition and has maintained it to this day.

As early as mid-November, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards announced this year's winners.

"Farewell My Concubine" won two awards for Best Actress and Best Foreign Language Film.

The New York Film Critics Association Awards have a total of nine awards. Except for the two awards won by "Farewell My Concubine", the remaining seven awards were divided up by three films, namely "Schindler's List" and "Farewell to the Piano" and Naked.

Therefore, the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" attaches great importance to the New York Film Critics Association Awards. Xu Feng, Cheng Kaige, and Gong Li were all present. Gong Li is filming Zhang Yimou's "To Live" and asked for leave. After all, it was given to the Best Actress .

In later generations, many people always think that Zhang Guorong's Cheng Dieyi is amazing and brilliant, but in fact Zhang Guorong has not won any heavyweight actor with the role of Cheng Dieyi.

On the contrary, Juxian played by Gong Li has a very high status in the hearts of North American filmmakers. Not only did she win the New York Film Critics Association's Best Supporting Actress that year, but she was also named the "Premiere" in the United States in 2004 for her role as Juxian. Ranked 89th on the magazine's list of the [-] Greatest Performances in Film History.

In today's timeline, the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" signed Gong Li not as a supporting actress, but as a leading actress, and she successfully won the New York Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for this reason.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Lin Weimin, Cheng Kaige, Xu Feng and others met at a high-end French restaurant in New York.

Recently, Lin Weimin has gained a lot of limelight in the United States. Xu Feng and others couldn't help but be speechless after hearing Michael Phillips talk about it, marveling at Lin Weimin's popularity and influence in the United States.

Hearing that Lin Weimin would return to China tomorrow, Xu Feng disagreed and insisted that Lin Weimin stay for two more days to attend the New York Film Critics Association Awards ceremony before leaving.

"You judge your awards, how can I help you."

"Why can't you help? Where you stand is the best topic. There will be more media reporting on us." Xu Feng said.

Michael Phillips also persuaded: "Yes, Lin. Don't underestimate your influence in the United States. Now you and Richard Yates are at the highest heat. If you attend the event, you will definitely be able to contribute to "Farewell to the Overlord." "Ji" has attracted a lot of attention, which is very helpful for the promotion of the film during the awards season."

The two partners joined forces to persuade, and Lin Weimin finally compromised.

Anyway, I have been on leave for such a long time, so it is not less than three or four days.

Old Cheng, let him wait!
December 12, Walter Reed Theatre, Downtown New York.

The 59th New York Film Critics Association Awards will be held here as scheduled tonight.

A red carpet has been laid out in front of the theater, and a cordon has surrounded the area where the stars will appear. Outside the cordon, a large number of movie fans are gathering.

At the end of the red carpet is a photo booth, where the stars will have a short visit and photos after walking the red carpet.

A few meters across is the media area, where dozens of reporters with cameras are standing ready to go.

At around six o'clock in the evening, the red carpet ceremony began.

Because the results of the New York Film Critics Association Awards are announced half a month in advance, there are not many film crews who came today. There are only four award-winning film crews, but there are quite a few stars.

After all, it is one of the earliest and most important outposts of the Hollywood awards season, where movie stars, singers, and producers all appear in their best attire.

The cast of "Farewell My Concubine" is ranked in the middle. Except for Michael Phillips, a veteran, Yi Shuier's yellow skin and dark eyes are particularly eye-catching among the foreigners.

Lin Weimin wore a suit and blended in with the crowd, standing on the side when taking pictures.

He didn't want to be interviewed by the host, but Michael Phillips specifically cue him.

"Mr. Lin Weimin, the original author of "Farewell My Concubine" also came to the award ceremony."

His words immediately attracted the flashes of many media, and the reporters' cameras quickly pressed the shutter of the camera in the direction of Michael Phillips' finger.

Although today is the film awards ceremony, Lin Weimin has been very popular in the American cultural circles recently, and many people who were not familiar with him have become familiar with his name due to the recent news.

Such news hotspots are naturally the focus of reporters' cameras.

Lin Weimin has never participated in the awards ceremony, but at least he just accepted the baptism of the Shanghai International Film Festival in October. Facing the many flashing cameras, he behaved calmly and gracefully.

Because of his presence, the interview was originally only one or two minutes long, but the host abruptly dragged it on for several minutes and asked Lin Weimin several questions.

After dealing with the host's questions, the five-person crew came to the theater.

The crew of "Farewell My Concubine" and the crew of "Schindler's List" are right next to each other. Michael Phillips and Steven Spielberg are good friends, and the two specially said hello.

Michael Phillips introduced Lin Weimin to Steven Spielberg.

"Steven, Lin, although it's the first time you two met, you can be considered old acquaintances!" Michael Phillips said with a smile.

Spielberg is the director of the movie version of "Untouchable", and once bought the copyright of "Life is Beautiful Anyway", although it failed to be filmed in the end, he turned around and filmed the serious "Snyder" Le List", but after all, it can be regarded as a former partner.

The two greeted each other with a smile, exchanged a few words, and took their seats.

As the top of the four American Film Critics Association Awards, the New York Film Critics Association Awards are not low in standards. Today, more than 100 guests from the entertainment industry and several singers performed to add to the fun. The entire awards ceremony lasted for nearly two hours.

Because the results of the awards were announced half a month in advance, there was no suspense in the award presentation, and the scene was harmonious.

On the contrary, during the interview session after the awards ceremony, when the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" appeared in the interview area, the reporters immediately became excited.

However, the reporters did not interview the director Cheng Kaige, nor did they interview Gong Li who had just been crowned actress. Instead, they turned their microphones on Lin Weimin, the original author who deliberately stood on the edge of the interview area.

"Mr. Lin, can you talk about your feelings about "Farewell My Concubine" winning the New York Film Critics Association Award?"

"The New York Film Critics Association Awards are an important outpost for the Oscars. Do you have any expectations for the Oscars?"

"You have a huge influence among American book fans, do you have any plans to write some works about America?"

"Mr. Lin, you have won the National Book Critics Circle Award twice, but were not shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award because of your nationality. Have you ever thought about naturalizing in the United States?"

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The reporters' questions were normal at first, but as they continued to ask, their tone changed. After all, they were all entertainment reporters, and their focus was completely different from the reporters from literary publications and serious newspapers that Lin Weimin came into contact with.

Lin Weimin gave a few perfunctory answers and handed the microphone to Cheng Kaige, and ran out of the interview area in the disappointed eyes of the reporters.

After more than ten minutes, several people from the crew of "Farewell My Concubine" joined Lin Weimin.

Cheng Kaige sighed a little. He just heard that Mr. Lin is very famous in the United States. Today, he participated in the awards ceremony, and he finally felt personally how famous Mr. Lin is in the United States.

It is hard for him to imagine that a foreign writer has such a reputation here.

It's so eye-catching, it's really enviable!

The end of the New York Film Critics Association awards ceremony is just the beginning. In the next two months, "Farewell My Concubine" will continue to make frequent appearances in major awards events in the American film industry.

Accompanying the crew to attend the awards ceremony of the New York Film Critics Association, Lin Weimin's mission is considered complete.

Time to go home!

(End of this chapter)