1980 My literary era

In the second half of the year, Yan Wenjing officially retired.

As expected by most people in the society, Meng Weizai successfully took over as president of the Chinese Literature Society.

Meng Weizai was promoted, and the position of director of the editorial department of "Contemporary" became vacant.

From Meng Weizai's rise from the position of director of the editorial department of "Contemporary" to the position of president, we know the importance of the editorial department of "Contemporary" in the Chinese Literature Society.

Of course, there are also issues with Meng Weizai's qualifications and seniority.

But this does not prevent everyone from treating the position of editorial director of "Contemporary" as a fat job.

The publication's sales of more than one million copies per issue alone are enough to make everyone greedy.

Therefore, the first thing that Meng Weizai urgently needed to do when he took office was to determine the editorial director of "Contemporary".

When it came to selecting the director, Meng Weizai did not hesitate and directly confirmed Tan Chaoyang as the director of the editorial department.

This result disappointed many people, but it was also expected by many.

After all, "Contemporary" has two editors-in-chief, plus a director, which means there are too many leaders.

In the past, it was just a temporary solution for Tan Chaoyang and Lin Weimin to serve as dual chief editors. Now that there is a vacancy, Tan Chaoyang can just take over the position of director. Anyway, he has enough qualifications and no one can comment on it.

The reason is too upright.

Many people in the club are also speculating whether Lao Meng had other considerations in assigning Tan Chaoyang to the position of director.

You know, Lao Qin is already over 60 years old. He was re-employed from retirement. Even if he is to be a director, how many years will he be able to work?

So who will be the next director?

Eighty people have set their sights on Lin Weimin, the youngest among the leaders of the Chinese Literature Society. At present, Lin Weimin is a unique candidate.

But there is a prerequisite: there are no airborne troops.

Thinking of this, Lao Meng put Lao Qin in the position of editorial director and said it was a big deal.

This is obviously paving the way for Lin Weimin!

Lao Qin can still serve as director for at most three years. By then, Lin Weimin will not yet be thirty, so he looks very young.

But age does not equal qualifications. Lin Weimin has been working as editor-in-chief for three or four years, and his work achievements are obvious to all. Wouldn't it be logical to appoint a director by then?

The personnel turmoil provided the employees of the Chinese Literature Society with a wealth of talking points, and everyone discussed it with great interest.

It was almost acquiesced that Lin Weimin would be the next director of "Contemporary", but Lao Qin, the newly minted director, had no sense of existence.

CCTV has been studying for more than two months, and finally has an answer on cooperation.

The cooperation between CCTV and TVB in co-producing a TV series has been approved by the superior department, but this is not a formality. The effect of this cooperation will determine whether to continue the cooperation in the future.

After receiving this news, Lin Weimin was finally able to reply to TVB.

Shao Yifu was very happy to learn that CCTV had agreed to cooperate, even if it was just a try.

Those who do business are not afraid that there will be few opportunities for cooperation, but they are afraid that the other party will not even give them a chance.

When you reach Shao Yifu's level, you are definitely not looking at temporary gains and losses, but you are paying more attention to long-term interests.

Now that the mainland is reforming and opening up, and the return of Xiangjiang was just confirmed last year, it will be beneficial and harmless for TVB to establish a good relationship with CCTV and maintain long-term cooperation.

Moreover, Shao Yifu also has a good sense of proportion and will never touch anything other than a co-produced TV series, so as not to offend the sensitive nerves of the British and the Bay Island.

The two parties confirmed their intention to cooperate, and Lin Weimin's script became a top priority.

TVB specially sent Fang Yihua north to discuss cooperation matters, and the meeting place was arranged at the Yanjing Hotel.

On CCTV's side is deputy director Dai Linfeng, and on TVB's side, in addition to Fang Yihua, there is also a tiger general Xiao Sheng.

Xiao Sheng is nearly 60 years old. Before joining TVB, he was a gold medal producer at rival Jiayi TV Station. He single-handedly created "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (Michelle Version) and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (Michelle Version). Classic martial arts dramas such as "Meteor and Butterfly Sword" once defeated TVB.

After Jiayi stopped broadcasting, Xiao Sheng was recruited by TVB. In recent years, he has contributed to TVB such masterpieces as "Dragon", "Thirteen Sisters", and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" (Chen Yulian version).

Last year, he produced three TV series: "Qiu Jin", "Chu Liuxiang: The Bat Legend", and "Guangdong Iron Bridge III". He planned to take a break this year, but was temporarily captured by Shao Yifu and sent to coordinate the co-production.

In addition to people from the two TV stations, there is also the middleman Lin Weimin.

After the meeting and greetings, Lin Weimin took out the things he had prepared.

"I discussed the subject matter of the script with everyone on the phone before. This is the outline of the script I just finished writing, as well as the scripts for the first six episodes."

Dai Linfeng has actually read the synopsis of the script and the scripts of the first six episodes. This time, it was mainly for people in Hong Kong to read. Before, we only communicated on the phone, and many things were not clear.

Fang Yihua handed the script to Xiao Sheng, and Xiao Sheng found another quiet seat in the coffee shop to read it. Lin Weimin, Dai Linfeng, Fang Yihua and other three people gathered together to chat.

Nearly an hour later, Xiao Sheng came back.

"Producer Xiao, do you think there is anything that needs to be changed in the script?" Lin Weimin asked proactively.

Xiao Sheng was born with a bad face and wore a pair of glasses. When he wasn't smiling, it always seemed like he was angry.

Hearing Lin Weimin's question, his face softened and he said: "No, it's very good. The subject matter is novel, the plot is compact, and the characters are vivid. It is a rare good script!"

After he finished the compliment, he asked with a bit of curiosity: "How did Mr. Lin come up with this subject?"

Lin Weimin mused: "It should be said that I was inspired by "The Story of Ashin". Oh, it should be called "Axin" over there in Xiangjiang. It was inspired by the TV series "Axin". It is a TV series with female inspirational themes. It’s a good content output point.”

"When choosing a costume drama, one is to reconcile the different tastes of the audiences in the two places. The pace of modern development is inconsistent. If you shoot a modern drama, there must be one audience that needs to adapt. There is no such restriction in costume dramas, because everyone is Chinese.

Secondly, in order to avoid duplication of themes, "Axin" is very popular, breaking the ratings record, and it is also a big hit when it is broadcast in Xiangjiang. CCTV will also broadcast this TV series in the second half of the year. This TV series has received high praise from the translators and producers, and it will surely be very popular by then. "

Xiao Sheng nodded slightly, as the saying goes, an expert will know if there is anything as soon as he takes action.

He was a little worried before coming. Instead of using so many screenwriters on the stage, let one writer take the lead in the co-production drama.

Now it seems that he was worrying too much.

With just these few sentences and the script he just saw, Xiao Sheng recognized Lin Weimin's vision and strength as a screenwriter.

The script has been approved by both parties. The next step is Lin Weimin's work to complete the creation of the script as soon as possible.

Fang Yihua will stay in Yanjing for a few days to communicate with CCTV about specific cooperation matters.

Xiao Sheng will stay at the Yanjing Hotel, waiting for Lin Weimin's script, and will discuss it with him from time to time.

After chatting about the business, we had lunch and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Lin Weimin took out a few more drama tickets, "My drama is being performed at the Capital Theater recently. If Miss Fang and Producer Xiao are free, you might as well watch it and just relax."

Fang Yihua took the ticket with a smile, "I have long heard that Mr. Lin is not only a good writer of novels, but also a top-notch screenwriter. We must take a good look."

Xiao Sheng's expression was a bit surprised. Before he came, he only knew that Lin Weimin was a famous writer in the mainland. When he was in Xiangjiang, he had also read Lin Weimin's "Lover" and "Farewell My Concubine".

I just didn't expect that the young man in front of me was actually involved in drama creation.

Capital Theatre, as you can tell from the name, the standard of this play is not low, and the quality is not too bad. No wonder he is confident to be the screenwriter of the co-produced TV series.

Because of the script of the co-produced TV series, Lin Weimin's historical novel creation was once again put on hold.

Sometimes even his colleagues can't help but urge him, "When will you finish this novel?"

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"We're not in a hurry, it's because you wrote too slowly." Liu Yin complained.

"I'm slow?"

For the first time in Lin Weimin's creative career, someone said he was slow. Teacher Lin felt humiliated.

"You've been holding back the second volume of "Emperor Kangxi" for more than a year, right? I don't see you saying he's slow."

"That's different. He's at that level, and you can't have such low expectations of yourself!"

Lin Weimin was speechless for a moment after being criticized by Liu Yin.

Sadly, it’s all my own fault!

After get off work in the evening, Lin Weimin went to Yanying Factory to pick up Tao Huimin.

Recently, the filming of "The Wind" has started, using the venue and sets of Yan Film Studio.

"Sister Zhu Lin, goodbye!" Tao Huimin waved goodbye to Zhu Lin and got into Lin Weimin's car.

"You two are quite familiar with each other!"

Tao Huimin said with a smile: "Sister Zhu Lin is very nice, and we have many scenes opposite each other in the play."

After picking up Tao Huimin and driving eastward, Tao Huimin asked, "Isn't this the way home?"

"Let's go to Zhuangzhuang's to eat tonight. Tomorrow he and Geli will go to Shanghai."

The performance of "Let the Bullets Fly" has ended. In order to get married, Han Zhuangzhuang even turned down the role Lin Weimin prepared for him in "The Wind".

Yanda, where Yin Geli is from, is also on summer vacation.

The two of them are planning to return to Shanghai tomorrow, stay in Shanghai for a few weeks, and then go to Austria.

The car stopped at the entrance of the alley and walked into the courtyard.

Han Zhuangzhuang and Yin Geli are busy in the kitchen, and the young couple is getting more and more lively.

The food was served on the table, and several people sat together to eat and chat while eating.

Lin Weimin asked about Han Zhuangzhuang's house.

His courtyard house was bought in Qizhuo Hutong. As soon as he entered the courtyard, which is a single-family house, it was to the east of Beihai and adjacent to Di'anmen West Street.

I still hired Li Guangfu to do the repairs and decorations, and now they have been installed.

It cost more than 10,000 yuan, thanks to the acupuncture performance after the Spring Festival every year, plus the occasional TV series he filmed. If it were based on salary, Han Zhuangzhuang would be exhausted and couldn't afford it.

"It just so happens that Gloria and I are going abroad during this period. Let's put the yard away for a while, and then we'll move in when we come back."

"Where will the banquet in Yanjing be held? Do you need me to find a place for you?"

Han Zhuangzhuang said: "No need. Just do it at home. There is room in the yard anyway. We don't hold any ceremony, we just invite everyone to come and be happy. We don't invite many people, just set up a few tables."

Lin Weimin nodded. It was indeed different now that he was getting married. He thought about things more thoughtfully than before.