1980 My literary era

The novel about friendship that Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng talked about was inspired by a movie "The Kite Runner" that he watched in later generations.

This movie was released in 2007. The movie was adapted from the novel "The Kite Runner" of the same name published in 2003. It was on the New York Times bestseller list as soon as it was released and stayed on the list for 103 weeks.

In later generations, it was translated into 61 languages ​​and published in 152 countries and regions, with global sales of 30 million copies.

The protagonist of the novel, Amir, was born in a wealthy family in Afghanistan. He and Hassan, the son of Ali, the servant of the family, were close friends who grew up together. The two often played and played games together.

Amir is an excellent "kite fighter" who is good at cutting the strings of other people's kites with his own kite. Hassan is also an outstanding "kite chaser" because the Afghan tradition is to chase the kites that fall after the strings are cut. To everyone who comes to it.

In the process of coming of age, Hassan had conflicts with his fellow tribesmen in order to protect Amir, but the cowardly Amir did not come forward.

Amir wanted his father to fire Ali and Hassan because he could not face Hassan, but his father refused, so Amir framed Hassan on his birthday night, saying that he had stolen his birthday gift.

Hassan knew everything and confessed to the theft.

After the war broke out, Amir's family moved to the United States, and the family was left to Rahim Khan to take care of. After Amir graduated, he became a writer and married a wealthy daughter.

But his childhood best friend Hassan and his wife died in the war, leaving only one son, Sohrab.

Rahim Khan, who was old and terminally ill, called Amir, hoping that he could take care of his friend's son Sohrab, but Amir was unwilling. Only then did Rahim Khan reveal the truth. Hassan was actually the illegitimate son of Amir's father.

Out of inner guilt, Amir overcame many obstacles and finally found Sohrab, but Sohrab, who had been seriously injured since childhood, did not accept him.

After Amir worked hard to bring Sohrab to the United States, and after a long period of familiarity, Sohrab finally smiled at Amir after a kite chasing game, and his grudge was gone with a smile.

Shi Tiesheng asked Lin Weimin whether the friendship in this novel is pure. Of course it is very pure, but the larger core of this novel is about the salvation of Amir's conscience, and it is also mixed with extremely emotional feelings such as ethnic conflicts and the war in Afghanistan. Because of the element of interest, it is no surprise that it has become a frequent visitor to the New York Times bestseller list.

Lin Weimin planned to modify this novel because of its wonderful plot setting and dramatic tension.

The original author, Khaled Hosseini, is an American of Afghan descent. The background of the novel is set during the Afghan War. Lin Weimin plans to set the background during the Anti-Japanese War.

Kite chasing is a very important point in the novel, and Lin Weimin planned to make this point a Mongolian horse roping.

After the magic change, the plot setting is roughly like this.

The protagonist of the novel, Bayin, was born into a wealthy family on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. His father was a big businessman on the grasslands, and Battelle was the son of a worker under his father. The two grew up together.

On the grassland, horse roping is a game for the brave. Bayin has been timid since he was a child. In order to train him, his father often took him to harness horses and hunt. However, he was always not brave enough. On the contrary, Bater, the son of a worker, showed bravery and enthusiasm, which won his father's appreciation.

When he was almost an adult, a horse roping competition was held on the grassland. In order to win his father's favor, Bayin mustered up the courage to participate in the competition, and with the help of Battelle, he successfully won the championship in the horse roping competition.

The two were in high spirits, but on their way back they clashed with their opponents in the competition. In order to protect Bayin, Battelle stepped forward and cut his fellow tribesman with a machete.

His fellow tribesmen angrily called Barter a traitor. The reason why they came to trouble Bayin was because Bayin was not a Mongolian.

His Mongolian identity was just a cover-up for his father to facilitate business on the grasslands. The family was actually Han.

The people of the same tribe angrily gathered more people to block Bayin and Bater. Bater stayed in order to help Bayin, but Bayin ran away timidly.

Afterwards, Battle was lame in one leg.

Bayin could not face Battle because of guilt. He asked his father to give Battle and his son a sum of money to fire them, but his father refused, so Bayin came up with a way to frame Battle.

In the end, Bayin succeeded, and Battelle and his son left his home.

Later, the Anti-Japanese War broke out and the Nibo people invaded the grasslands. Bayin moved to the southwest with his father's family, and the house was left to the care of servants. After graduating, Bayin became a writer and married a general's daughter.

But his childhood best friend Battelle and his wife died during the Anti-Japanese War, leaving only one son, Alef.

During the War of Liberation, the old servant who was about to die sent someone to contact Bayin, hoping that he could take care of his friend's son, Alef. However, Bayin was unwilling due to his inner guilt, so the servant had to tell the truth. , Battle is actually the illegitimate son of Bayin's father.

In order to make up for his inner guilt, Bayin overcame many obstacles and finally found Alef. At this time, he was recruited by the Kuomintang and was about to follow the troops to the other side. Moreover, his soul was seriously injured during the war. Yin bribed the fruit party officers to keep Aleph.

After a long period of familiarity, Bayin took Aleph to the grassland to experience horse roping again. Finally, after he helped BYNE successfully rope a horse, Alaf smiled at him, and Bayin's conscience was comforted.

Lin Weimin spent a few days sorting out the plot, and only started writing when he felt he was completely sure.

This time, Lin Weimin still wrote very slowly.

Lin Weimin planned to change his previous habit of creating day and night. After all, he only had one life, and he didn't want to tire himself to death like Lu Yao did.

It’s just writing a novel, that’s not it.

While writing novels, Lin Weimin did not give up his work. At the same time, he did not forget to occasionally go to the People's Art Theater to fulfill his work as a screenwriter.

The craze for viewing "Farewell My Concubine" has finally eased due to the dual measures of people and art. The performance at the Capital Theater has ended, and the performance at the Youth Palace will also come to an end in a week.

"Farewell My Concubine" will be staged again one year later.

That day, Souzhi told Lin Weimin the good news that Shanghai invited Yanjing People's Art Theater to perform "Farewell My Concubine".

You know, there are also people in Shanghai. The fact that Yanjing People's Art received an invitation from Shanghai is enough to illustrate the influence of "Farewell My Concubine" in the city of Shanghai.

After the novel "Farewell My Concubine" was published, the response in the south was generally better than in the north. In the previous stage, the premiere of "Farewell My Concubine" once became a cultural phenomenon in the surrounding areas of Yanjing. Various newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations reported on it, and a lot of the information was reprinted and spread to some provinces in the south. Among them Including Shanghai.

As the country's economic center, Shanghai has always been at the forefront of following fashion. The craze caused by the drama "Farewell My Concubine" naturally aroused the curiosity of the Shanghai people. Coupled with the blessing of millions of readers of the novel, Inviting Yanjing People's Art Theater to perform has become a matter of popular support.

So after telling Lin Weimin about this, his face was full of pride.

People's Art Theater is a big name. There is a People's Art Theater in almost every province across the country. However, only Yanjing People's Art Theater and Shanghai People's Art Theater have truly national influence.

Now, Yanjing People's Art's plays are about to enter the headquarters of Shanghai People's Art, and he has no reason to be dissatisfied.

"For the people, thank you so much. Having you is a blessing to our people and art!"

"Teacher Yu, don't say that. The effectiveness of the drama is not just my fault."

After a few polite words, he invited Lin Weimin to go to Shanghai with him when he performs in a while. Lin Weimin will definitely have nothing to do with the performance then, so he will just treat it as a trip to Shanghai, which is also a benefit for him as a screenwriter.

Lin Weimin thought about it for a while. He had to work on weekdays and had a novel he was writing, so he declined the proposal.

So it was a bit regretful. This was a good opportunity to deepen our relationship with Lin Weimin, but it was a pity.

"Then next time, there will be a chance next time."

"OK."

When he went to work the next day, Lin Weimin was grabbed by his colleagues in the modern literature editing room and talked about the publication of "The Wind" and "If You Have Something to Say".

Needless to say, "The Wind" is a long spy war novel published in "People's Literature" last year. It has maintained the high level and quality of Lin Weimin's spy war novels and won praises and praises from readers as soon as it was published. .

But this novel is a genre novel after all. Lin Weimin's "The Cliff" was published less than a year ago. The publisher decided to publish it this year after considering the time interval.

"Speak Well If You Have Something to Say" is also a full-length novel, with a full text of 220,000 words. Lin Weimin originally promised Yu Zhaohuai that it would be a short story, but it turned into a long story after writing, and finally it was handed over to "Zhongshan" for publication.

Since its publication in May, it has caused quite a stir.

However, this novel reflects contemporary urban life, and its style is absurd and joyful. It is somewhat out of place in the current atmosphere of bitterness and hatred in the literary world.

Therefore, although it maintains a high standard in terms of reader evaluation and word-of-mouth, it is not well received by critics.

Because of this relationship, the social influence that the novel can have is incomparable to that of a novel like "Farewell My Concubine."

"I have no objection to this matter, as long as the agency pays the manuscript fee." Lin Weimin expressed his opinion.

A colleague laughed and teased him, "I never forget your royalties. How many times have "Farewell My Concubine" been reprinted this year? "The Cliff" has also been reprinted once, right?"

Thanks to the popularity of the drama "Farewell My Concubine", the novel has been printed for the fifth time, with the total printing volume reaching 1.5 million copies.

"Cliff" was also printed once more this year, and the total printing volume reached 600,000 copies.

According to feedback from post offices and bookstores everywhere, sales have remained good and there is little need to worry about overstock.

Because of these two additional printings, Lin Weimin also received nearly 8,000 yuan in royalties.

This time, "The Wind" and "If You Have Something to Say" will be published soon, and the royalties will be several thousand dollars.

Coupled with the more than 20,000 foreign exchange coupons from the previous publication of "Farewell My Concubine" in the United States, the extra money Lin Weimin earned in the past six months is enough for his colleagues at the Chinese Literature Society to earn for several lifetimes.

While colleagues were teasing me, they were also filled with envy and jealousy.

There was a problem with the name display, and the name of Bater's son was changed to Alaf