Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 455: Someone invited Fang Minghua to write a TV script

"Do you trust me so much?"

"You are Tangtang's cousin. Who else can I trust if I don't trust you?" Fang Minghua took out some papers from the bedroom and handed them to Li Li.

"Here are the authorization letters for Mo Yan and Yu Hua's works. Please give them to Professor Howard Goldblatt when you return to the United States. Also, here is my authorization letter. If you encounter any difficulties in the United States, you can contact Sun Lizhe in Chicago. He is my friend. You can also contact Emily, the American female writer. I will give you their contact information."

"Brother-in-law, what is your relationship with Emily?" Li Li asked playfully.

"What kind of relationship? Just ordinary friends!"

A week later, Song Tangtang drove Li Li to Xijing Airport, where she flew to Yanjing and then flew directly to the other side of the ocean thousands of miles away, beginning her life abroad.

In the waiting hall, Song Tangtang said goodbye to Li Li. Looking at Li Li walking into the security checkpoint alone with her suitcase, she suddenly couldn't help but shed tears.

Fang Minghua leads a quiet life, working, taking care of children, practicing calligraphy, looking at paintings, and drinking tea.

After several consecutive rains, the weather in Xijing suddenly became cooler.

Autumn has come.

This morning at work, Fang Minghua was looking at submissions in his office. The novel recommended by the editor-in-chief of "Yanhe" for the next issue was "Wives and Concubines" written by Su Tong.

This is one of Su Tong's representative works, which has been adapted into many film and television works, including "Raise the Red Lantern" directed by Zhang Yimou.

This novel is somewhat different from Su Tong's previous novels. It adopts a traditional narrative style and is no longer obsessed with the previous avant-garde language. It marks the official return of Su Tong, who became famous for his avant-garde novels, to tradition.

Later, literary critics gave it a new name - the new historical novel.

In fact, it is a variant of new realism novel, and its creative method is consistent with the basic tendency of new realism novel.

Representative works include Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" (although it contains magical realism) and Yu Hua's "To Live".

In the editor's comments this time, I will use the term "new historical novel" to summarize and generalize.

Fang Minghua took out the manuscript paper and wrote seriously.

"In this novel, the author uses a calm and almost plain style to depict for readers an extremely sad world of women's existence. They are a group of humble and pitiful characters, and their fate is like a candle in the wind and duckweed in the water."

"The novel breaks through the traditional concept of historical narration and tells us a "new history" with a different look. Its writing style is similar to that of new realist novels. I call it a "new historical novel."
Fang Minghua was writing seriously when suddenly the phone on his desk rang.

He picked it up and said, "I'm Fang Minghua, who is this?"

"Minghua, I am Wu Tianmin."

"Congratulations, Brother Wu. This year's Golden Rooster Awards are a great success for your Xi'an Film Studio."

Fang Minghua is right.

At the 8th Golden Rooster Film Awards held this year, Xi'an Film Studio stole the show.

"Old Well" directed by Wu Tianmin and "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou won seven major awards including Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Actor.

Xi'an Film Studio ushered in the most glorious moment in its history.

The person who made the greatest contribution here is the factory director Wu Tianmin.

Wu Tianmin laughed when he heard this on the phone: "Yes, this year is a bumper year."

He showed his pride without concealing it.

"Well, Brother Wu, do you want to treat us?" Fang Minghua said again.

"Please, of course I will! After Yimou received the award, he went to Longxian to shoot the movie "Qiu Ju Goes to Court" that you wrote. When he finishes filming and returns to Xijing, I will invite him together!"

"Okay, I'll wait."

"Minghua, are you free now? Someone wants to see you." Wu Tianmin started talking about business.

"Who?"

"A friend of mine, Liu Changzheng, the director of the production department of our provincial TV station."

"Oh, is there something wrong?" "It's hard to explain in a few words. He is right here with me. If you are free now, let's come over together."

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Fang Minghua agreed readily.

In the director's office of Xi'an Film Studio, Wu Tianmin said to a middle-aged man in his forties, "Let's go, Minghua is in the office."

"Tianmin, thank you so much." Liu Changzheng said.

"Don't be polite. Actually, Changzheng, you can go find him yourself. It's not like you don't know Fang Minghua." After saying that, Wu Tianmin stood up, picked up his old briefcase and walked out.

Liu Changzheng hurriedly followed. As he walked, he smiled and said, "I know him, but you are friends with him, so this is more powerful."

Half an hour later, Wu Tianmin and Liu Changzheng appeared in Fang Minghua's office.

"Director Wu, Director Liu, please take a seat." Fang Minghua greeted them warmly.

After the two men sat down, Fang Minghua poured them some tea and then returned to his seat. The three of them chatted for a while.

Wu Tianmin spoke quickly: "Minghua, I know you are busy, let's get straight to the point. Director Liu came to you this time to ask you to help write a TV script."

TV script?

Fang Minghua looked at Liu Changzheng and asked:
"Director Liu, as far as I know, your TV station's production department seems to have people who specialize in writing TV scripts, right?"

"No way! They all started out as middle-class people, and the only one was poached by Yanjing TV." Director Liu smiled bitterly. "To be honest, how many TV shows have our provincial radio station produced in the past few years?"

What Liu Changzheng said is true.

In the Qin Province film and television circles, the Qin Province film industry represented by the Xi'an Film Studio has risen rapidly. The films it has produced have won numerous awards at home and abroad, and it has become the leading domestic film studio.

But in TV dramas, very few have made an impact.

The most famous one is the 86-episode TV series "Li Xin and Hong Niangzi" filmed in 12. There are almost no other memorable TV series in which he appeared.

Without good TV dramas, the ratings won’t go up, and there won’t be any advertising. Besides, Qin Province is originally poor, and it can’t be as rich as Yanjing and the TV stations in the coastal provinces - if they can’t make it themselves, they can buy it!

As a result, the ratings of Qin Province TV station were so low that even the people of the province no longer watched it.

Liu Changzheng was appointed as the director of the production department this year, which can be said to be a task he took on in a time of crisis.

To change this situation, we must produce TV series that ordinary people like to watch, and that requires a good script.

So Liu Changzheng thought of Fang Minghua.

However, he was not familiar with Fang Minghua and was worried that the other party would refuse, so he asked Wu Tianmin, who was familiar with Fang Minghua, to be his lobbyist.

"Editor-in-Chief Fang, you are the best writer in Qin Province. You write both novels and scripts, so I would like to trouble you to write a TV script for me."

The number one literary figure in Qin Province?
This hat is a bit big.

Fang Minghua said that he was not worthy of the title, and then said, "Director Liu, I have written scripts, but they were movie scripts, not TV scripts."

“They’re all pretty much the same.”

Seeing that Fang Minghua did not agree immediately, Liu Changzheng quickly winked at Wu Tianmin.

Wu Tianmin had no choice but to say, "Minghua, do you have time recently? If you are free, please write one and do it as a favor. Changzheng is an old friend of mine. This new official has three things to do when he takes office. You should help him with some of his duties."

That's right
Wu Tianmin was still given face.

"Okay then." Fang Minghua couldn't refuse any more, so he agreed.

"Thank you." Liu Changzheng was overjoyed when he heard that.

"Don't be polite, we are all friends." Fang Minghua replied with a smile: "Director Liu, what are your requirements for the script?"

"It's nothing, as long as people like to watch it. Also, it's better to spend less money when filming."

(End of this chapter)