Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 451 Coincidence
Zhang Yimou gave a class to the acting major, but more than 100 people came at once.

Zhang Xian specially arranged a large classroom to allow more students to participate, but it still couldn't accommodate the students who came to attend the class.

Looking at the classroom full of students, Zhang Xian smiled and said to Yu Dong beside him: "Unfortunately, the class should be held in the small auditorium."

Yu Dong shook his head, "Put it in the small auditorium but it won't work."

"That's right." Zhang Xian nodded, "However, the more celebrity classes we have in the future, the better. If the level of lectures is not improved, the celebrity effect is still there. Look, these students are usually let out in class, one by one listless. When they hear that Zhang Yimou is coming Give them lessons, one is more motivated than the other."

"It doesn't work if there are too many classes of this kind." Bi Feiyu said on the side: "Yu Dong is a ready-made example. At the beginning, the students were very active in his classes. Over the past few years, their enthusiasm has gone down, and they are also very active. Freshman, I haven’t seen Yu Dong before, so I’m more motivated to try something new.”

Zhang Xian said with a smile, "Isn't your situation the same?"

Bi Feiyu concluded, "These students are tired of us."

Listening to their chat, Yu Dong pursed his lips and smiled.

In addition to "aesthetic fatigue", it is also related to the majors they teach.

He and Bi Feiyu were not majored in film and television after all, and the content they taught was mostly literary.

These contents are definitely useful to these students, but the effect is subtle, and it is difficult to see it for a while. Only when they have been exposed to it for a few years, they really go to work, and then look back, can they truly understand the impact of these literature courses on students. their usefulness.

As for Zhang Yimou and Zhao Baogang who had attended the class before, what they taught was very practical and very close to the majors of the students, so it was easy for the students to arouse their interest.

For example, now, Zhang Yimou doesn't need to talk about anything professional on stage, he just tells the students some of the things he encountered in acting and filming before, and the eyes of the students are already brightened.

Zhang Yimou was very interesting. It took more than two hours for a class to end.

After the class ended, the students circled around Zhang Yimou and asked questions for a while, and it was Yu Dong who "dispelled" the students before Zhang Yimou was able to escape.

After the students had left, Zhang Yimou made an exaggerated gesture of wiping sweat, and said to Yu Dong and the others, "I have put in all my strength for you Jin Yi."

Yu Dong smiled and said, "You are not from Shi En Jiayi."

Zhang Yimou replied with a smile: "Then you are not an ungrateful person."

Zhang Xian said from the side, "Director Zhang, you can rest assured that Yu Dong has always been a person who knows how to repay you. If you have anything to do in the future, he must be duty-bound."

"You really know how to do business, thank you, but I will report it later." Yu Dong shook his head, "Forget it, I blame my life, and the class is over, let's go to eat. Let's not go to other places at noon , just deal with it in the cafeteria."

He looked at Zhang Yimou, "I still have something to discuss with you in the afternoon, and we will go out to eat in the evening."

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "You know me, eating is a trivial matter."

Yu Dong nodded. Zhang Yimou really didn't pay much attention to eating. Generally speaking, Zhang Yimou's life was less tasteful than Yu Dong's and the others. He could even eat the same food for a month in a row, and even quit smoking. .

Yu Hua said before that people like Zhang Yimou are scary.

……

At noon, Yu Dong and the others had a meal in the cafeteria, but it was quite rich. After all, Zhang Yimou is also a celebrity, so he has some privileges, so Wu Changxin specially asked the chef of the cafeteria to "specially provide" the town hall treasure of Jinyi Cafeteria to Zhang Yimou and the others. ——Braised pork.

After eating, Yu Dong took Zhang Yimou to his office.

Yu Dong was pouring tea for Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou couldn't wait to ask, "You said you had something to discuss with me before dinner, could it be that the script matter has some clues?"

"Indeed." Yu Dong went over with a teacup, "I have some ideas about the rural education script."

It was a coincidence that Zhang Yimou came to him yesterday, and Yu Dong received a message from the company this morning. Shi Qiangsheng got a reply, saying that he has no recent work plans.

In other words, Shi Qiangsheng will not write "There is a Sun in the Sky" for the time being.

That being the case, Yu Dong can do it himself.

Zhang Yimou took the teacup and looked at Yu Dong with piercing eyes: "Tell me about it."

Yu Dong nodded: "My idea is to make a film that can not only reflect the difficulties of rural education, but also inspire grassroots educators and express their hope for improving the rural education environment."

"Be specific."

Yu Dong was not in a hurry to express his thoughts, but instead asked: "What do you think should be the focus of expressing such a theme?"

Hearing Yu Dong's question, Zhang Yimou frowned and began to think.

After a long while, he pondered, "I personally think that we should focus on the teacher, and we can work hard on shaping the teacher's image. For example, this teacher gave up a lot of his own things for the selfless dedication of the students, and even The body is broken."

Before Dong could respond after speaking, Zhang Yimou shook his head and denied, "No, such words fall into the stereotypes, and the suffering of typical images may earn some tears from the audience, but it cannot inspire other grassroots educators, nor can it inspire others. It is impossible to express the hope of improving the education environment at the grassroots level very well.”

"That's right." Yu Dong nodded, "I agree with you. You can focus the story on the teacher, but the image of a typical selfless and dedicated teacher is too ordinary and too visual. Don't say anything else , Just from a dramatic point of view, it can’t meet expectations.”

Zhang Yimou frowned, "Then what do you think?"

Yu Dong was still not in a hurry to tell Zhang Yimou what he thought, and continued to ask questions, "How much do you know about basic education? Have you ever visited the current situation of rural primary schools?"

"I listen more than I read, and what I hear the most is the story of the teacher's selfless dedication." Zhang Yimou said truthfully.

"I do know a volunteer teacher. She is one of my pen pals. We have known each other for many years. Before that, she was a teacher at Jiangcheng University. A few years ago, she wrote to me and told me that she was going to be a volunteer teacher. She has been there for several years."

Zhang Yimou nodded and listened carefully to Yu Dong.

"The educational environment in the countryside is quite poor. Needless to say, the infrastructure is poor. Many schools can hardly guarantee even the most basic school buildings. Even when it is windy and rainy, they have to move their positions. But compared to school buildings, the most What is lacking is teachers. Many villages are too poor and remote, and ordinary teachers don’t want to go to places where birds don’t lay eggs.”

"That's right, so your pen pal is very admirable. She was originally a teacher at Jiangcheng University and had a bright future, but she devoted herself to rural education without hesitation. This is something ordinary people can't do. And such a People are indeed very suitable to be set up as models and benchmarks."

Yu Dong smiled and shook his head. He knew that Zhang Yimou probably thought he wanted to write a story about his pen pal.

But this is not the case, he continued: "The school she was in, when she went, plus she had only three teachers, and then one old teacher retired, another teacher left, and she was the only one left. Later, the school ushered in a substitute teacher. This substitute teacher is both a helper and a student. During the day, the substitute teacher helps take care of the students, and at night, my pen pal will spare time to give the substitute teacher extra lessons."

Zhang Yimou sighed, "It's not easy."

At this time, Yu Dong began to tell the story of "No One Less", "Actually, I think movies can start with this kind of substitute teachers who have no foundation."

Zhang Yimou blinked his eyes. Just as Yu Dong thought, he really thought that Yu Dong wanted to write the story of that pen pal at first, but he didn't expect that there would be a big turn in the end.

"Substitute teacher...you continue."

"Introducing the story from the perspective of a substitute teacher has the advantage that the story can be limited to a group of children, because this kind of substitute teacher is not very old, usually middle school students. In this way, the focus of the story can be guaranteed to be on the teacher. , and can put more perspectives on the students.”

Zhang Yimou understood a little bit, "In this case, the story is indeed more dramatic. And for such a substitute teacher, it is not surprising that anything happened."

Yu Dong said with a smile: "It's still based on the school where my pen pal is. If my pen pal encounters something and has to leave for a while, then the only teacher left in the school is the substitute teacher."

"In this way, the substitute teacher will have to face many problems that she may not be able to solve, and conflicts will naturally arise." Zhang Yimou also laughed, and the more he listened, the more he understood: "First of all, in many classes, she I can't teach."

"This is not a problem. No one expects a middle school student to be able to teach students well. The biggest problem she faces is the departure of students. This problem has always existed. Many students choose to drop out of school for various reasons. I went out to work when I was young. For this reason, my pen pal has made a lot of efforts, successfully retained, and also watched the students leave helplessly. When my pen pal left, the substitute teacher will bear all this alone.”

"And it could get worse."

Yu Dong nodded: "That's right, that's the point of what I'm going to say."

At this point, Yu Dong got up and got a pen and paper, and while making gestures on the paper, he said to Zhang Yimou: "Let me tell you about this story..."

……

When Yu Dong was telling Zhang Yimou the script of "Not One Less", Liu Cixin had just come out of Jinling Railway Station.

This time he came to Jinling for "Supernova Era".After several revisions, "Supernova Era" is quite different from the first draft. After talking with Yu Yu and the others on the phone, Yu Yu also felt that this book could be published, so he rushed over with this draft .

After leaving the train station, Liu Cixin saw a young man holding a big sign with two bold and black characters on it: Big Liu.

Seeing this sign, Liu Cixin couldn't help laughing with the corners of his mouth pulled.

The nickname Da Liu was first called by Yu Dong, and later other people followed Yu Dong to teach him Da Liu, and the nickname became popular.

After connecting with the person who came to pick him up, Liu Cixin got into the car arranged by Shen Kong and went to the company.

Along the way, Liu Cixin couldn't help feeling that it was indeed a blessing to sign a contract with Deep Space Company. They can always arrange things properly and don't let the authors worry about it.

When he arrived at the company, Liu Cixin went to see Yu Liang first.

Yu Yu has been very busy recently, because there are many plans in progress in the near future, and he needs to watch them personally.But Liu Cixin is here, he will find time to entertain no matter what.

"Da Liu, the company is still relatively simple now, but it won't take long for our new building to be completed, and the environment will be much better by then."

Liu Cixin also heard about the Deep Space Building. It took several years for this building from planning to construction and then to topping out. I heard that it is currently undergoing interior decoration.

In fact, there are more than one Deep Space Building. In addition to the office building of the Deep Space Corporation, there are also other buildings such as a sci-fi themed pavilion. The overall plan should be completed after 2000.

Liu Cixin looked around Yuyu's office and said with a smile, "The current environment is also very good, at least much better than our office."

Yu Yue laughed, "If you think your office is not good enough, after the building is completed, I will apply to Mr. Ji to get you an office in the building."

Liu Cixin waved his hands again and again, "Don't, don't, I'm doing a good job now, so I can't throw it away."

"It's okay, I'll prepare it for you when the time comes, and I'll wait for you to come later. We also talked about the matter of "Supernova Era" on the phone. For details, you can talk to Guan Xiangning from the library department, and he will help you contact the publishing house for discussion." You don’t have to worry about other things about publishing.”

Liu Cixin nodded: "No problem, I also talked with Mr. Guan on the phone."

"Then it's no problem. It's hard to come here this time. Just stay a few more days. I'll have someone accompany you to have fun in Jinling. By the way, did you contact Teacher Yu and Secretary Hu when you came this time?" ?”

"No, I don't have much leave. I can only stay in Jinling for a little more than a day. I will go back after finishing the "Supernova Era", so I won't bother them." Liu Cixin said with a smile.

In fact, he also wanted to meet Yu Dong and the others, but he still had to communicate with the library department about the "Supernova Era", and he might not have enough time for serious work, so he didn't have time to find Yu Dong and the others.

If that's the case, it's better not to bother.

Yu Yu thought for a while, and said: "Let's tell them. After all, we came here, and we should say hello. I'm also to blame. I thought you had contacted them. If I knew you hadn't contacted them, I would I told them ahead of time."

……

On Jin Yi's side, Yu Dong and Zhang Yimou hadn't finished chatting about "Not One Less", when he received a call from Yu Yu.

(End of this chapter)