1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 782 A Great Invention

That night, Lin Weimin didn't drink, he just drank some tea. He didn't want to drink, and no one dared to force him to drink.

During the dinner, Haiyan talked about the TV series "The Swordsman" again. Since the 80s, many Jin Yong martial arts TV series from Xiangjiang have been introduced to the mainland, and have been strongly sought after by the vast number of TV audiences in the mainland. Many Xiangjiang actors have become household names in the mainland. A big star with huge influence.

Liu Yanming and Zhang Heping looked surprised when they heard that Wencheng Film and Television had obtained the rights to adapt the TV series "The Swordsman". Jin Yong's novels are well-known and have many successful cases. Once the TV series is completed, it will surely be another popular one. Welcome to the masterpiece, the development of Wencheng Film and Television will inevitably reach a higher level.

Liu Yanming smiled and said: "Hey, even I don't know this news, you guys have done a great job keeping it secret!"

Haiyan said: "I have been communicating with CCTV before, so it is not appropriate to make it public. We have almost communicated in the past two days, so I dare to make it public. The investment in martial arts dramas is huge, and we, Wencheng family, cannot win it."

"That's true." Liu Yanming nodded and asked, "How much is the investment in this TV series?"

"800 million, we will provide 400 million, and CCTV will provide 400 million. We will provide the script, and CCTV will provide the platform. The purchase price will not be less than 20 per episode."

Liu Yanming's eyes brightened, "The conditions are so favorable?"

"This is the first time that a martial arts drama with such a large investment scale has been produced in China, and it is a martial arts drama by Jin Yong. The martial arts dramas of Xiangjiang Wireless TV have been very popular in China in recent years. CCTV has high hopes for this TV series. In addition, Our previous two collaborations were very successful," Haiyan explained.

Liu Yanming nodded, raised his wine glass, and said to Haiyan: "Wencheng's development is inseparable from your contribution. Come on, come on, I respect Haiyan!"

When the banquet was over and before leaving, everyone else was drunk, but Lin Weimin remained sober.

The next day, Tong Zhonggui came to Lin Weimin and said that the filming of "Winner" had been completed. Yan Film Studio invited them to watch the movie inside to see the quality of the film. Lin Weimin drove Tong Zhonggui to Yan Film Factory.

Over the years, Lin Weimin has dealt with Yanying Factory a lot. Last year, Han Shanping was transferred to Yanying Factory as the director, and the two parties established a close cooperative relationship.

"Winner" is one of the two films that Wenhua Film and Television participated in. Director Huo Jianqi, like Zhang Yimou and others, came from Yanying 78, but he studied art design and has been engaged in art for these years. He has worked with many fifth-generation directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang and Xia Gang.

Two years ago, he came up with the idea of ​​becoming a director and gained the support of his wife Su Xiaowei. The couple collaborated on the script of "Winner".

It also happened that Han Shanping was transferred to Yan Film Studio and was ready to vigorously support young and middle-aged directors, so "Winner" was successfully put into production.

Yan Film Studio has its own auditorium and small screening room, both of which can show movies. Today is an internal preview, so I chose the small screening room.

Lin Weimin came in and shook hands with Han Shanping first. Han Shanping introduced him to Huo Jianqi and Su Xiaowei. They chatted for a while before watching the movie.

The story of the movie is not complicated. Lu Xiaoyang, played by Ning Jing, is a girl from Yanjing. She met Chang Ping, a disabled athlete played by Shao Bing, because of a car accident. As the contact deepened, Lu Xiaoyang and Chang Ping developed a good impression of each other, and finally The two overcame many obstacles and came together.

The style of the movie is fresh and natural. Huo Jian's directing performance at first was not amazing, but it is reasonable. After all, not every director is Zhang Yimou.

"The movie was well done."

After watching the movie, Lin Weimin praised it, which made Huo Jianqi and his wife very happy.

Lin Weimin has never been involved in the domestic film industry, but his legend is everywhere in the domestic film industry.

Just the fact that he single-handedly presented Zhang Yimou is enough to make countless domestic filmmakers worship him.

What's more, he has actually won many international awards by writing movie scripts. To hear the "not bad" comment from him, how could Huo Jianqi, an old artist and new director, not be excited.

After chatting with Huo Jianqi for a while, Lin Weimin raised a few practical problems, such as the leading actor's acting skills being too hard, and the editing continuity of a small part of the scene being too poor, which made Huo Jianqi feel a little feverish on his face.

In addition to raising questions, Lin Weimin also praised a few words.

"Geng Le's performance is good."

In the movie, Geng Le plays the boyfriend of the heroine Lu Xiaoyang. He has full tauren attributes. His girlfriend was robbed, and he wanted to vent. It turned out that the other person was disabled and could only hold it in. Geng Le played Great feeling.

"The scene where you tie your shoelaces with your teeth is also good. I looked at the cast list. Is that young man's name Wang Qianyuan?"

Huo Jianqi replied: "Yes, I am a student of the Chinese Opera, and I haven't graduated yet!"

Lin Weimin nodded, "It's a good seedling!"

Huo Jianqi smiled and said, "I'll have to pass on your words to Xiao Wang later. I think this kid will go crazy with joy."

After chatting with Huo Jianqi for a while, Lin Weimin asked about the release of Han Shanping's movie. Yan Film Studio planned to release the movie on November.

For this era, the cast of "Winner" is pretty good. Ning Jing and Geng Le acted in "Sunny Days". Shao Bing is also an idol actor of this era. Several main actors are quite well-known. Can attract a lot of viewers.

"Pay more attention to publicity." Lin Weimin warned.

The publicity work of state-owned studios these days is really hard to describe. It is nothing more than printing posters and advertising in film publications. The methods are lackluster.

On the one hand, this is caused by outdated concepts, and on the other hand, it is also caused by reluctance to spend money.

After all, this film is not controlled by the Chinese Literature Society, and Lin Weimin will not have too many suggestions.

However, Han Shanping still attached great importance to Lin Weimin's suggestion and said on the spot that he could add an additional 20 yuan as publicity expenses. 20 is not a big sum of money, but for "Winner", which only invested 100 million, it is a large amount of publicity expenses.

Seeing that Han Shanping attached so much importance, Lin Weimin also said to Tong Zhonggui: "We will also increase the publicity expenses in proportion."

Tong Zhonggui nodded in agreement, but Han Shanping said hurriedly: "Mr. Lin, there's no need. We can just pay the money. After all, we are the issuer."

Han Shanping was persistent, but Lin Weimin stopped insisting.

A few days later, Lin Weimin received an email from Roger Strauss. The content of the email was the first draft of the English translation of "God Bless the United States."

With Lin Weimin's English proficiency, it was not difficult to create an English version, but he was too lazy to waste the time and energy and left it directly to Roger Strauss.

It only took about a month, and the efficiency of FSG Publishing House was pretty good.

Lin Weimin scanned the translation and found that "God Bless the United States" was written about the United States, and it made more sense to read it in English.

Roger Strauss also specifically mentioned his feelings about the novel in his email. At first, he just listened to Lin Weimin briefly describe the content of the novel, and his heart was already full of expectations.

After the novel was translated, he couldn't wait to read it.

In the email written to Lin Weimin, the word "amazing" appeared four times throughout the article, and "magnum opus" was used to describe the novel.

Compared with words such as masterpiece and classics that can also represent "masterpieces", magnum opus is much more powerful because it is an imported Latin word in English and has the meaning of "masterpiece". It is usually used to describe great artists and classics. will be used.

Through words, Lin Weimin can feel the joy and excitement of Roger Strauss.

He spent a few days revising part of the translation and then sent the email back to Roger Strauss.

Then he made a special call to Roger Strauss to remind him. After receiving his call, Roger Strauss slapped another rainbow fart and warned Lin Weimin that the novel would not be unexpected. Published in early October.

It was published two months apart from the domestic one. For multinational publishing, this efficiency is already very high.

Nowadays, the sales of "God Bless the United States" are changing day by day, breaking records every day, and the attacks on him by pro-rice parties from the outside are still continuing.

Lin Weimin also saw the fighting power of this group of people this time, which was indeed extraordinary.

When he wrote "Burning", although he also criticized the United States, his focus was still on capitalism itself. There were many criticisms, but compared with this time, they pale into insignificance.

Lin Weimin even doubted whether he had torn up someone else's ancestral grave.

Yu Hua brought him a copy of "Shanghai Literary Theory" this morning. This is a bimonthly magazine founded in 1987. Its content mainly focuses on research and reviews of contemporary literature, with an appropriate introduction to foreign literary theory and its trends.

In the latest issue of "Shanghai Literary Theory", an associate professor from Fudan University published a special article.

"On the Anti-M Tendency in Lin Weimin's Works", the name alone is scary enough.

The article contains more than [-] words. It lists and analyzes all the content in Lin Weimin's works that involves foreign countries, especially the United States. Finally, it comes to a conclusion: Lin Weimin has serious populist ideas and uses his works to slander other countries. His most fundamental purpose is to Support conservative forces and attempt to interfere with the direction of public opinion.

"Teacher Lin, I think you have really stirred up a hornet's nest this time. This time these people are scolding you endlessly," Yu Hua said.

Lin Weimin put down the magazine and said with a smile: "The title is scary enough, and the hat is big enough. It's really hard for them to put so much thought into it."

"Aren't you worried at all?" Yu Hua asked.

"worry about what?"

"Three people are like a tiger, and a crowd of words can make a fortune. If you let them curse so unscrupulously, what if over time, it affects your image in the minds of readers?"

Lin Weimin asked: "Don't worry. These people won't be scolded for long. You have to figure out who these people are."

"who?"

"All those who admire Western countries, excluding a very small number of true patriots, hope to learn from the foreigners and learn skills to strengthen themselves. Most of them are just admirers. Their worship and admiration for the United States and the West is the preservation of exquisite self-interest. The doctrine is inside.

This kind of person will never persist for a long time for something without benefits.Imperialism is a paper tiger, and compradors are not even paper. "

Lin Weimin's tone was understated, but in Yu Hua's ears, there was a sense of pride that "I am surrounded by thousands of enemies, but I remain unmoved."

Yu Hua looked at Lin Weimin's indifferent expression, envious of Teacher Lin's courage, and admired him even more.

After chatting for a while, Lin Weimin asked Yu Hua again, "Is this why you came here to send me this magazine?"

Yu Hua said: "Of course not. Mo Yan has been under great pressure recently and wrote to me to complain."

(End of this chapter)