1980 My literary era

Under intense questioning from everyone, Lin Weimin recounted his experience.

When Lin Weimin said that he was also the editor-in-chief of "Contemporary", Arthur Miller duly added: ""Contemporary" is the most well-known mainstream literary magazine in China, with sales of more than one million copies per issue."

"Kinese!" Woody Allen was so surprised that he almost cursed and exclaimed: "Genius! I'm right, you are indeed a genius!"

Everyone's expressions were equally astonishing.

"It's hard for me to imagine that this would happen in the United States, even if Lin is a genius!" Sean Adam said.

Others nodded in agreement.

Lin Weimin's situation is really special.

After only a short period of literary creation training, his creative inspiration was out of control, and his works were published one after another, even from the ancient East to the United States on the other side of the ocean, with many adaptations.

In his twenties, he became the editor-in-chief of a large publication.

Such an experience, even in the United States, which is famous for its "American Dream", is something that no one would dare to imagine.

This is not called fantasy, this is called magic!

"So, Lin, have you thought about it? Which work should you bring to the Broadway stage?"

Arthur Miller had had enough of praising Lin Weimin. When everyone was busy asking about Lin Weimin's legendary experiences, he finally remembered the business.

Lin Weimin pondered, and everyone stopped their discussion and looked at him.

""Horse Trapper", what do you think?"

Arthur Miller frowned and said: "Although this work is set in the background of World War II, the war in the Far East is very unfamiliar to us Americans, so it may be difficult to arouse the interest of most people."

"Similar to "The Intouchables", we will localize it and change the background of the war in which the mud bomb invades China to the war in Afghanistan.

There is a kite game in Afghanistan. Each kite flyer can challenge the people around him and use his own kite to cut off the strings of other people's kites.

The person who cuts off the string of someone else's kite is called a kite fighter, and the kite whose string is cut off will be attributed to the person who catches it. The Wind Fighter and the Kite Runner correspond to Bayin and Battle respectively. "

The war in Afghanistan that Lin Weimin mentioned was not the one that Lao Mi fought in 2001, but the one that Lao Maozi invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

Lin Weimin is from the Northeast and has no good impression of me. Don't ask why.

So I feel no guilt when using Lao Maozi as a villain. On the contrary, I feel a little happy.

"Horse Trapper" was originally born from his magical modification of "The Kite Runner". Now that it has been delivered to the American market, it is not too easy to modify it!

When Arthur Miller heard Lin Weimin's idea, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Great! Lin, this idea is simply brilliant. Ivey is right, you are such a fucking genius!"

The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union has lasted for more than thirty years and is now in its intensifying stage. The decline of Lao Maozi is now fully visible. American personnel have long hated the Soviet Union due to ideological propaganda.

Changing the background of "Horse Trapper" to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Arthur Miller knew how much it would appeal to American audiences just by thinking about it.

He ignored the presence of so many guests and couldn't wait to discuss the specific details of the adaptation of "Horse Trapper" with Lin Weimin.

The two asked and answered questions, and the others did not feel left out at all, but listened with interest.

Woody Allen felt an astonishing feeling in his heart as he listened to Lin Weimin telling his thoughts without any delay like a typewriter.

The man in front of me was simply born for drama!

A welcome dinner seems to be transforming into a drama salon.

Until the meal was over, the discussion between Arthur Miller and Lin Weimin continued. Woody Allen and Sean Adam occasionally interjected, and many other guests listened quietly.

"If it is changed along this line of thinking, it will really suit the taste of American audiences!" Woody Allen said with emotion after listening to the discussion between the two.

Arthur Miller said: "It's not just that. Ivey, don't you think Lin's adaptation is more powerful? The re-adaptation of "The Horse Trapper" fully embodies the compassionate depiction of the Afghan people suffering from the war, Compared with the feelings of hatred between the country and the family in the original version of "Horse Trapper", it is more of a humanitarian feeling."

Facing a behemoth like the Soviet Union, a small country with few people had a strong sense of disobedience when talking about enemies of the country and the family.

In his adaptation, Lin Weimin emphasized Amir, an immigrant,'s mourning for the loss of his motherland, the hardship of trying to integrate into life in the United States, the joy of success, and his spiritual torment after atonement for Hassan and his son, making the adapted "Horse Harnessing" "People" is fully in line with American values ​​and ideologies.

Teacher Lin is doing this all to make money, not to be embarrassed!

"It's really great!" Arthur Miller stood there and walked back and forth twice and said, "I'm still worried about this adaptation, but I didn't expect you already have such a mature idea in your mind. Lin, you What a surprise!”

Lin Weimin shrugged with an understatement.

The other people in the room couldn't help but smile. For someone who never knew what modesty was, his relaxed and carefree attitude was what appealed to him.

"But the scale of your adaptation this time is really too big, especially compared to your original novel. Can the name of the play no longer be called "Horse Trapper"?"

Lin Weimin nodded, "That's natural!"

Arthur Miller looked at him expectantly.

"The Kite Runner, how about this name?"

"The Kite Runner?" Arthur Miller chanted the name, "Hassan is the 'Kite Runner'. Although this play is completely performed from Amir's perspective, Hassan is the real soul. . Yes, that’s the name, it’s called “The Kite Runner”!”

Arthur Miller became more and more excited as he talked, and finally clapped his hands and shouted, "It's called "The Kite Runner"!"

Lin Weimin was also very excited.

What is this called?

This is called exporting to domestic sales and then exporting!

Teacher Lin, you win!

After the two finished talking about "The Kite Runner", everyone around them still felt that they still had unfinished business.

Back then, Arthur Miller spent six weeks creating one of the most classic plays in the history of American dramas, "Death of a Salesman," which was talked about by countless American drama lovers.

Tonight, everyone listened to the collision of inspiration between Arthur Miller, a figure at the top of the American drama pyramid, and a talented writer from the far East, and witnessed the birth of an outstanding drama. This event itself is full of legend. .

"Arthur!"

Just when Arthur Miller was immersed in the excitement of the aftertaste of creation, his wife Inge Moraes raised the camera at some point and pressed the shutter in the direction of Arthur Miller and Lin Weimin.

There was a "click" and the picture was frozen.

Inge Moraes shook the photo paper, and the newly emerged photos needed to be shaken to promote the evaporation of the potion in the air.

When the picture on the photo paper was completely finalized, Inge Morath stopped.

On a large sofa, young Lin Weimin sat there with his legs crossed and his expression calm. Woody Allen leaned sideways as if listening, his eyes focused. Arthur Miller stood behind the sofa, patting the back of the sofa with one hand, leaning forward, with an expression of excitement and joy on his face.

The three men in the center of the picture have different expressions. At the edge of the frame, there are Bloomgarden, Sean Adam, Laurentiis and others.

The whole picture looks full of tension and full of story.

“Too bad, it’s just a Polaroid photo!”

Inge Moras said with some regret.

She just looked at the picture of Lin Weimin and the three of them together. Out of the photographer's instinct, she captured the story of the picture. But there were no professional cameras around, so she had to get the nearest Polaroid and capture the picture.

Woody Allen took the photo and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter what camera you use to take the photo, what matters is the content, right?"

He looked at it for a while and said in a joking tone: "Arthur, it's not a wise choice for the two of us to appear in the same scene as Lin."

Arthur Miller said: "I am over seventy years old and I don't really care about this."

Woody Allen muttered: "No wonder I feel out of place when I look at the picture. It turns out there is an old man like you!"

Everyone burst out laughing when they heard this!

The photo interlude ended, and Woody Allen pulled Lin Weimin to chat about his movie "The Chase."

"Lin, have you ever thought about making "Chasing the Murderer" into a movie?"

"Movie?" Lin Weimin was a little surprised.

"That's right. I think your novel is very suitable for adapting into a movie. It is constantly constructed, broken, re-constructed, and broken again... What a fascinating story! It would be very interesting if it was made into a movie!" Woody Eilish Lun said excitedly.

Lin Weimin thought for a while and said, "If this novel is to be adapted into a movie, I'm afraid it won't suit your style."

"My style? Have you seen my movies?"

In the 1980s, Woody Allen had never been released in China, so Woody Allen was naturally extremely surprised to hear Lin Weimin say this.

Lin Weimin smiled a little apologetically, "Although it's not good to watch pirated copies, I have to admit that I have indeed watched your movie. Foreign movies are called 'internal reference films' in our country, and only a few people can see them."

Woody Allen didn't care about piracy or not. He was only curious about the so-called "internal reference films". He did not expect that his films would be viewed in this way on the other side of the ocean.

Of course Lin Weimin was talking nonsense about the "internal reference film", but he thought the pirated version was true.

Very few of Woody Allen's films have been imported into China, and his movie-watching experience basically relies on pirated resources.

"If this "Chasing the Murderer" is to be made into a movie, it will probably be a movie full of techniques." Lin Weimin said.

Woody Allen's movies have always been famous for their romance and humor, with emotion being more important than technique. However, a story like "The Hunt" is exactly the opposite. It relies entirely on technique to pave the way for emotion, progressing step by step, and finally reaching the climax at the end. explode.

There are no advantages or disadvantages between the two styles, but different styles are not so easy for the director to control.

Woody Allen heard Lin Weimin's words, thought carefully for a moment, and said dejectedly: "What you said makes sense! It is indeed the case."

After we finished talking about "The Pursuit", the party at Arthur Miller's house came to an end.

At ten o'clock in the evening, everyone stood up and said goodbye.

After leaving Arthur Miller's house, everyone went to the underground garage and picked up their cars.

Woody Allen and Laurentiis came together, in the same car.

Before getting in the car, Laurentiis called over Lin Weimin, a film producer who was currently preparing to shoot a film with oriental elements.

At the party just now, he listened to Woody Allen telling the plot of "Farewell My Concubine". He was very interested in this novel and wanted to ask Lin Weimin to talk about the novel "Farewell My Concubine" to see if there was any possibility of adapting it. .

"Lin, your movie "Farewell My Concubine"..." Laurentiis just started to speak.

A woman's voice suddenly came from the empty underground garage.

"Monsieur Laurentiis!"

Lin Weimin and Laurentiis were both startled by the sound. When such a sound suddenly appeared in the underground garage in the middle of the night, everyone would be startled.

The two of them followed the sound, and Lin Weimin looked surprised.