1980 My literary era

After successfully fooling Chen Xiaoer, Lin Weimin left the room. The rehearsal in the corridor was over. Lin Weimin knocked on Tao Huimin's room while no one was there.

When Tao Huimin opened the door and saw him, she was frightened and quickly looked around, "Why are you so brave?"

"I'll just say a few words to you and then leave."

While the two were talking, Lin Weimin noticed the pair of dark eyes behind Tao Huimin.

"You guys are talking, I didn't see anything."

After saying hello to Jiang Yao, Lin Weimin said: "It's convenient this time. Many of the sketch actors recruited for the party are also staying in the hotel. From now on, it will be justifiable for me to come to see you."

Tao Huimin's expression was a bit joyful.

After the two said a few words, Tao Huimin was afraid of being discovered by others, so she urged Lin Weimin to leave.

It’s another new week, and Lin Weimin came to the broadcasting compound where CCTV is located for a meeting.

Now the program type and content of the New Year's Gala has been basically determined, and creation and rehearsals are in full swing.

Lin Weimin is the screenwriter and consultant of the sketch program, and she is in charge of the director Deng Zaijun. In addition to the sketches, she is also responsible for the cross talk program.

The meeting held today was actually a small meeting for sketches and cross talk programs, and was hosted by the chief director Huang Yihe.

It was also the first time for Lin Weimin to meet all the creators of sketches and cross talk programs.

There were dozens of people sitting in the conference room, many of them familiar faces.

Needless to say, the pairing of Chen Xiaoer and Zhu Shimao, the great nephew, Liang Guanhua and Song Dandan are also there. The most important thing is that the party director team has invited two heavyweights in the domestic performance industry.

——Yan Shunkai and Wang Jingyu.

When it comes to Yan Shunkai, many people will have the impression that he is a little old man with embarrassing eyebrows. He is a master of domestic comedy circles.

But Yan Shunkai’s real fame came from starring in the drama film "The True Story of Ah Q" for the first time in 1981. For this film, Yan Shunkai also won the Best Actor Award at the 6th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award and the 2nd Weiwei International Comedy Award. Film Festival Golden Cane Award for Best Actor.

After that, he participated in the Spring Festival Gala and performed in various film and television works, and Yan Shunkai gradually became well-known to the audience.

The other Wang Jingyu is also a mime actor. Compared with Yan Shunkai, who has outstanding acting talent, he is stronger in creative ability and is a composite talent who combines choreography and acting.

Today's meeting was hosted by Huang Yihe, and the main issue discussed was the number of programs.

In the past, they were afraid that there would not be enough programs or enough time, so they kept inviting everyone to the party. In the past few days, the program arrangement of the party was smoothed out, and Huang Yihe and Deng Zaijun discovered an embarrassing problem.

The number of programs seems to be exceeded.

The number of programs was exceeded, and the duration of the party was naturally exceeded.

Therefore, the two could only think of ways to reduce the number of programs. The first thing that came to mind was cross talk and sketches that took up the most time in the program.

Crosstalk is a performance form that has existed since the Spring Festival Gala. It is loved by people across the country and has always played a very important role in the program arrangement of the party.

In comparison, the performance form of skits is much newer and has not been tested by national TV audiences, so Huang Yihe immediately planned to start with sketch programs.

But everyone was invited by their director team. Now they came with scripts and programs. The director team suddenly said no, which sounded very disrespectful. Huang Yihe hesitated again and again and didn't know how to speak.

In the end, Deng Zaijun couldn't stand it anymore and told everyone openly and honestly.

Everyone present was a little surprised. They didn't expect that today's meeting was just to talk about this matter.

Lin Weimin looked around at everyone. No one spoke first, so he raised his hand.

"Teacher Lin, what do you think?"

Lin Weimin said happily: "I produced four sketches for the party, which may be a bit too much. If it doesn't work, just cut two of them. Just keep "Eating Noodles" and "Yang Bailao and Huang Shiren"."

To put it bluntly, Lin Weimin was willing to write a script for the party, largely to promote his nephew and Chen Xiaoer to the stage, and also to drag his young girlfriend to Yanjing.

Now that the goal has been achieved, the remaining two programs were performed by the director team themselves. There would be no loss for him if they were axed. It was just a favor.

As for how the actors who have been laid off will feel, that is not within the scope of Teacher Lin's consideration.

When the directing team was in trouble, Lin Weimin came up with such a skill, which is really a bit noble.

Huang Yihe looked at Lin Weimin with eyes full of gratitude.

With his beginning, Yan Shunkai also said: "The director team asked me to appear in the show before, and I applied for three. You can deal with it as you like."

His attitude was more straightforward and he left it directly to the directing team to decide.

Lin Weimin and Yan Shunkai, who have the most programs in the sketch category, have expressed their opinions one after another. The only one left is Wang Jingyu. It's not that he doesn't want to express his opinion, but he only has one program "Chicken Eating" and can't be cut.

The creators of sketch programs suddenly made room for at least three programs. While Huang Yihe and Deng Zaijun were happy, they also felt a little sorry for them.

At this time, Ma Ji said: "We can't just cut off sketch programs. We have more cross talk programs than they do. Let's cut off ours first."

He turned to look at his apprentice Jiang Kun, "We have seven programs together, so it doesn't matter if we cut off three or four."

Jiang Kun, who is still a junior, naturally did not dare to express his opinion, "I will listen to you, Teacher Ma."

"Director Huang, Jiang Kun and I will give up a few programs here."

In addition to Ma Ji's master and apprentice, the cross talk programs present also included Hou Yaowen's program. However, out of respect for Hou Yaowen's father, Mr. Hou Baolin, a senior, Ma Jiti did not mention Hou Yaowen's program.

"There's no need to cut so many programs. It's enough to cut five programs." Huang Yihe said.

Lin Weimin said: "Director Huang, let me listen to you. We don't have any objection to which program you want to cancel."

Everyone echoed in unison.

Huang Yihe's expression was a bit complicated. He was happy that the problem was solved, but also felt guilty that he had failed others.

"I'm sorry, everyone!" Huang Yihe first hugged everyone, and then discussed with Deng Zaijun for a while.

In the end, it was decided to cut two sketches by Lin Weimin, one sketch by Yan Shunkai, and one cross talk each by Ma Ji and Jiang Kun.

Among the five programs, more sketches were cut than cross talk, because cross talk has a good mass base; young people cut more programs than old people, which is to respect the seniors.

As soon as everyone heard the result, they immediately understood the intentions of the director team.

Lin Weimin didn't take the fact that the show was canceled to heart at all. Instead, he was chatting and laughing with Chen Xiaoer next to him. The other creators of the canceled show also looked normal.

The meeting should have been tense, but the atmosphere was harmonious due to the open-mindedness of several key figures.

However, the few actors who were called by the director's team from drama troupes and film studios to perform in Lin Weimin's sketches didn't look very good at this time.

But there was nothing they could do. This small conference room also had a class-conscious ecology.

Whether it is Lin Weimin, Yan Shunkai, or Ma Ji Jiangkun, they are the ones that the party's director team really relies on, and these less well-known actors are just consumables.

After the meeting, Deng Zaijun kept saying sorry to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "Director Deng, what you said is completely exaggerated. You said you invited me here, so I must support your work!"

While the two were talking, the younger versions of Jiang Kun and Hou Yaowen walked over hand in hand.

"teacher LIN!"

Lin Weimin stopped talking, "Hello you two!"

Hou Yaowen's smile was very distinctive and a little overwhelming, "We both like your novels very much. It's our first time to meet you today, so we came here to say hello."

"That's so polite. It's nice to meet you two today. I should go say hello."

Hou Yaowen and Jiang Kun are both descendants of famous celebrities. One of their fathers is a cross talk master and the other their master is a cross talk master. With these advantages, it is basically effortless to attend the Spring Festival Gala.

Especially Jiang Kun and Mr. Ma Ji are in their prime, and it is their master and apprentice who will carry the banner for this Spring Festival Gala cross talk program.

After a few polite words, after the two left, Deng Zaijun continued to chat with Lin Weimin, talking about "Cliff" that was about to be broadcast.

CCTV has been broadcasting the trailer of the TV series "Cliff" in the past few days.

The TV series "Cliff" has set several records in the Chinese TV series industry so far.

The first was full-on-location shooting. The crew went to Harbin, Longjiang Province for more than four months.

The second one is the longest, with 20 episodes and a total broadcast time of 860 minutes, which is the first time in the history of Chinese TV dramas.

The third one is to pioneer the launch of a TV series on CCTV on New Year's Day.

In order to film this TV series, Teacher Jinshan specially invited Deng Zaijun to sit on the set. It goes without saying that she has put in a lot of effort for this TV series and placed her hopes and feelings on it.

After coming out of the broadcasting compound, Han Zhuangzhuang got on Lin Weimin's bicycle.

"Uncle, "Cliff" is about to be broadcast. Maybe I can attend this year's Spring Festival Gala. Do we need to add a TV to our family?"

There has never been a TV in the Shichahai courtyard, only a radio. Lin Weimin really has no interest in TV programs of this era, so he has never thought of buying a TV. A radio is enough to listen to the news.

When Han Zhuangzhuang said this today, it seemed like he should buy a TV. If nothing else, it would be great to watch "Cliff"!

"I'll go take a look in two days."

Han Zhuang was very happy. He had been in Yanjing for more than a year, and he was able to watch TV. It was not easy.

A few days later, inside the Friendship Store.

Lin Weimin handed a small stack of foreign exchange coupons to the salesperson, opened them, and received a Toshiba 16-inch color TV.

Han Zhuangzhuang lifted the TV and his butt almost went up to the sky. It was called a squeak.

It’s hard not to laugh at the combination of these three words: imported, 16-inch, and color TV. In the early 1980s, it was a huge thing.

Lin Weimin contributed 3,200 yuan in foreign exchange coupons to the Friendship Store.

In addition to the fact that their products in the 1980s were really good, the most important thing about his generous support for Little Life's products is that he just received royalties from New Trend Press from Nih Hung yesterday.

The Japanese version of "Farewell My Concubine" has been translated and typed for printing. The first printing is 30,000 copies. The royalties paid to Lin Weimin are calculated based on 8% royalties, totaling 6.8 million yen.

At this time, the exchange rate of yen to rice is 250:1, and 6.8 million yen is about 23,000 meters.

Thinking of the appreciation of the yen in 1985, Lin Weimin wanted to keep all the money in his hands.

It's a pity that the policy does not allow it. According to the old rules, he exchanged it for foreign exchange coupons, and he had an extra 35,000 yuan in foreign exchange coupons.

I just got the royalties and if there is demand, then buy the best one.

A 16-inch color TV is considered top-of-the-line these days.

After returning home, Han Zhuangzhuang couldn't wait to put the TV in the living room of the main house, and walked around the yard holding a six- to seven-meter-high piece of wood as thick as his arm.

The scene was inexplicably reminiscent of the famous classical painting - Lin Daiyu uprooting a weeping willow.

"Uncle, is there a signal?" Han Zhuangzhuang turned the antenna for a long time, his arms were a little sore.

"Yes!" Lin Weimin's voice sounded in the room.

Han Zhuangzhuang spent a few minutes fixing the antenna and ran into the house impatiently.

At this time, the color TV picture was staying on the CCTV channel.

Announcer Li Juan's voice rang out: "This is the longest TV series in our country so far."

It's the TV trailer for "Cliff"!

I forgot to mention, there are still three updates today, there should be one in the afternoon and one in the evening. I haven’t saved the manuscript, and I can’t say how much time I have. Please forgive me.