1980 My literary era

The next evening, Mo Yan found Renyi.

Lin Weimin was here at night watching the rehearsal of "The Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui". He came over just in time to talk to Li Guangfu about the house.

Mo Yan had a huge sum of 6,000 yuan, which would not be a problem to buy a house in Yanjing. The difficult thing is how to buy a satisfactory house, which requires Li Guangfu's help.

"As long as Teacher Lin is here, Teacher Mo's business is my business." Li Guangfu promised, patting his chest.

"My surname is Guan." Mo Yan reminded.

"Sorry, sorry, Teacher Guan."

"It's okay, I'll leave it to you to worry about the house."

Li Guangfu smiled and waved his hand, "Hey! This is all a matter of coincidence. I found Mr. Lin's more than 30 houses for him, and it's worth it to you. When there is news later, I will contact you as soon as possible. you."

Mo Yan was shocked when he heard Li Guangfu's words. More than thirty houses?

First, he was shocked by the number of houses, and secondly, he was shocked that Teacher Lin spent so much money on buying a house.

To be honest, he took the royalties to buy a courtyard house because he was influenced by Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin's small courtyard by the Shicha Sea left a deep impression on him. He could live in seclusion in the wild and in the city. Whenever he visited Lin Weimin's small courtyard as a guest, Mo Yan felt like he wanted to sit in such a small courtyard for the rest of his life. impulse.

After receiving such a large sum of money this time, he naturally couldn't wait to realize this impulse.

Of course he also knew that he might not stay in Yanjing in the future, but it didn't matter. The house in Yanjing was always worth more than the one in his hometown, and he wouldn't lose money even if he sold it!

He knew before that Lin Weimin asked people to help buy a house, but he didn't expect to buy so much. How much would it cost?

Mo Yan only sighed for a moment. He knew very well that for Teacher Lin, not to mention more than thirty houses, even three hundred houses could be afforded.

Thinking of this, Mo Yan's heart moved.

He has been in contact with Teacher Lin for several years. He admires Teacher Lin's talent and talent in creation, and his vision and knowledge also make him heartbroken.

Teacher Lin must have a deep meaning behind buying a house with such a large sum. When I have money, I will buy it and hoard it. Anyway, it's money to put the house there. Yanjing is the capital, so there is no need to worry about selling the house.

After talking about the house, Mo Yan stayed at the People's Art Rehearsal Hall to watch "The Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui" which was currently being rehearsed. In just a few minutes, he was attracted by the powerful charm of this drama and was so carried away. I even forgot the time.

By the time he came to his senses, it was already ten o'clock in the evening and the buses were all gone.

"I saw you were fascinated just now, so I didn't call you. I'll take you back to Military Arts later!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Mo Yan said gratefully, "Thank you, Teacher Lin."

On the way back to Military Art, Mo Yan talked about the play he just watched. Even the rough arrangement still shocked him.

"I just realized that a play can be written like this. Teacher Lin, your script is really awesome!"

"The script is the credit of Mu Sen!" Lin Weimin said.

Mo Yan thought again of the young man wearing thick bottle-bottomed glasses he saw at the rehearsal venue.

Mo Yan was already used to Lin Weimin's modesty. He knew that this was all Teacher Lin trying to support the young man named Mu Sen.

Without Teacher Lin's novels, how could Muson write such an excellent script?

He has read both novels and plays. The content of the script is almost 100% the content of the novel, but the form has been greatly innovated, deconstructing, disrupting and rearranging all the contents.

Mu Sen's ideas are of course valuable, but without Teacher Lin's foundation, everything is just a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror.

What a blessing it is for that young man to have a noble person like Teacher Lin to help him on his life journey! ——

By mid-March, the filming of "The Biography of a Female Doctor" had come to an end.

During this period of time, Lin Weimin has only appeared in the crew occasionally, but because of his great show of power a year ago, the absolute authority of his crew has been established, and no one dares to find trouble anymore.

Tao Huimin's role actually ended in early March, but his secondment procedure was handled by CCTV, so there is no need to worry about the time. During this time, he and Lin Weimin have been enjoying their two-person world, occasionally going to the crew of "The Legend of a Female Doctor" and Let’s chat.

Lin Weimin did not wait for the news that the filming of "The Legend of a Female Doctor" had been completed. He first waited for the news that "The Lover" had been completed in France. He received an international call from Yang Meng from France.

Because the drama "Lover" has scenes in Shanghai and France, it was filmed in two places, first in Shanghai and then in France.

When he was writing the script, Lin Weimin took into account the limited production funds of the crew. In terms of the performance of the script, there were very few scenes in France and it also included a lot of empty scenes.

In fact, if you really want to save money, you can shoot without going to France.

But Xu Anhua is very practical in making movies. Even when the funds are tight, she still went to France. There were only four or five people in the crew. Everyone wore multiple hats and worked hard for a week to complete the final shooting.

Yang Meng told Lin Weimin on the phone that after the filming of the film was completed, post-production was required. Director Xu Sangchu of Shanghai Film Studio originally planned to invite "Lover" to hand over the post-production to Shanghai Film Studio.

But Yang Meng and Xu Anhua chose to return to Hong Kong for the final effect of the film.

It is true that post-production in the Mainland can save a lot of money, but it will affect the quality of the film.

After decades of rigid planning systems, many domestic film studios have become common problems with overstaffing and rough production.

Yang Meng said that she plans to take "Lover" to participate in film festivals, so the quality must not be slacked off and must be improved.

Lin Weimin had heard her talk about this plan before and asked, "Have you already made plans for the film festival?"

"I contacted director Li Hanxiang for help before. During the filming, we were fortunate to invite the selection director of the Cannes Film Festival. The French are very interested in how the Chinese can make a film with French style. Now "Lover" has been successfully registered. .

Anhua and the others have returned to Xiangjiang. She must complete the post-production of "Lover" within a month and then send the copy to France. Only after the preliminary review of the film festival's film selection team is completed can we determine whether we can be shortlisted for the main title. Competition unit. "

Lin Weimin knew that the Cannes Film Festival Yang Meng mentioned was the "Cannes Film Festival", one of the three largest in Europe.

The history of the Cannes Film Festival can be traced back to the 1930s, but the first film festival in the true sense was on September 20, 1946. With the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and the French Film Federation, it was Arts Action organizes the Cannes International Film Festival.

Forty years from 1946 to 1986, before Hollywood swept the world of film with special effects and science fiction films in the 1990s, the influence of the Cannes Film Festival was no less important than the American Oscars.

Before Gilles Jacob took over the Cannes Film Festival in 1978, the film selection principle of the film festival had always been that the relevant film departments of various countries and regions would select the best works of the year and submit them for review and competition.

After Gilles Jacob took over, he made a bold adaptation and changed the Cannes Film Festival's film selection method to self-selected films.

But with the change in film selection methods, a new problem emerged.

Films from all countries and regions around the world can apply for the Cannes Film Festival, but the behind-the-scenes selection team that selects qualified films to be shortlisted for the film festival is sparse.

As a result, the sparse behind-the-scenes film selection team has monopolized power, and the matter of being shortlisted seems particularly casual. This is why Yang Menghui stays in France.

The earliest domestic film to participate in the Cannes Film Festival can be traced back to "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Li Hanxiang in 1960. This film was shortlisted for the main competition, but unfortunately it did not win the grand prize.

Later in 1962, "Yang Guifei" directed by Li Hanxiang won the Indoor Color Filmmaking Technology Award. This was only a technical award, but it achieved a breakthrough for a Chinese-language film at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1971, "The Heroine" directed by Hu Jinquan also won this honor.

In 1982, "The True Story of Ah Q" starring Yan Shunkai was selected into the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Palme d'Or, but unfortunately he still did not win.

It is certainly a good thing that "Lover" can participate in the Cannes Film Festival. Even if it does not win the award, as long as it occupies the media space, it will play a positive role in promoting the film.

This film is destined to miss the mainland market due to its scale. As a ZY filmmaker, Yang Meng is unlikely to win the Bay Island market. He has lost two major markets. He can only find a way in Hong Kong and the Southeast Asian market. Naturally, he has to The propaganda campaign is even bigger.

Lin Weimin sighed: "Time is very tight!"

Registration for the Cannes Film Festival starts in mid-March every year, and the festival opens in May. The time left for "Lover" is indeed very tight.

"Yes! So the post-production cannot be left to Shanghai Film Studio."

Efficiency issues are also one of the important reasons why Yang Meng cannot leave post-production to Shanghai Film Studio.

The movie "Lover" has French elements. The actress who plays Jane is also a French ZY actor that Yang Meng went through a lot of trouble to find. She is uniquely qualified to participate in the Cannes Film Festival. Lin Weimin is also looking forward to it. Able to achieve a good result.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Weimin said to Teng Jinxian: "Tengju, I really caused trouble for you."

"Haha, Teacher Lin is so polite!"

Yang Mengren was in France, and it was not easy to contact Lin Weimin by phone. Her call was to the film bureau, and the film bureau found Lin Weimin to answer the call.

Teng Jinxian is the director of the Film Bureau, and the only phone in his office in the entire unit can make international calls.

The reason why Yang Meng had to put in so much effort to make this call to Lin Weimin was because of his previous rejection of Shanghai Film Studio.

She heard Xu Anhua talk about the relationship between Lin Weimin and Shanghai Film Studio, and also knew that Lin Weimin asked Shanghai Film Studio for help before, so she called specifically to explain.

"I have always heard of your name before, but I have never seen you in person. This time I finally saw you!"

Teng Jinxian has a rich face and a body shape that is rare for fat people in this era. His smile is kind and a bit funny, which makes people feel friendly.

Lin Weimin chatted with him for a while and then took the initiative to say goodbye.

Unexpectedly, Teng Jinxian grabbed him and said, "Teacher Lin, walk slowly, I just have something to ask you!"

Lin Weimin immediately said: "I don't dare to ask for advice. What can I do for you?"