Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 692: Hermione is the Chinese student's spokesperson for the wizarding world

After hearing this, Song Tangtang looked at her husband in surprise.

She originally thought that Fang Minghua would only write a novel of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of words, similar to "The Wizard of Oz", but it seems that is not the case at all!
She suddenly thought of a question: "Minghua, after you finish writing this novel, can Shengshi Film and Television make it into a movie?"

Chinese people making Harry Potter?
Wow, this is a bit out of the ordinary.

But we can’t discourage my wife’s enthusiasm!
"Okay, wait until I finish writing the first part and then you can take a look at it," Fang Minghua said.

"Okay, you're busy. Take care of yourself and rest early. I'll go change your tea." Song Tangtang knew that her husband couldn't write without tea.

After Song Tangtang left, Fang Minghua's mind was suddenly opened.

It is hard to say whether a Chinese director can make a good film of this purely Western fantasy novel, but.
Why not add more Chinese elements?

In fact, there are already some Chinese elements in the original work: the Chinese fireball dragon, the big Chinese red lanterns in "Harry Potter 6", and the shadow play in "Harry Potter 7", but more importantly is Harry Potter's first love, Qiu Zhang.

Although the novel does not explicitly state that Qiu Zhang is of Chinese descent, judging from her name, she is most likely a Chinese girl. Although Qiu Zhang did not succeed in holding hands with Harry in the end, as the school belle of Ravenclaw and dating all the popular seniors in the school, Qiu Zhang is undoubtedly a goddess-level beauty.

However, Qiu Zhang only appeared in the third film, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and his role was relatively small.

Add more scenes?

It would be better to make Hermione Granger, one of the golden trio in the novel, a Chinese girl.

In fact, as far as the original work is concerned, Hermione is the spokesperson for the magical world for Chinese students!
Hermione is smart and hardworking, and is the representative of a top student in our hearts.

However, her biggest fear was failing the exams, a fear that did not stem from laziness or lack of effort on her part, but from the extreme importance she placed on grades.

Hermione was not sorted into Ravenclaw, probably because she was not looking for wisdom, but excellent test scores. She believed that only by passing the exams could she prove her worth.

Hermione's fears and pursuits are so similar to those of students in our country.

Compared to Harry and Ron's relaxed and casual attitude towards studying and exams, Hermione feels anxious due to study pressure, which makes us Chinese feel more intimate and resonate with her.

Damn, the character of Hermione is definitely plagiarized from a Chinese academic master. It would be very easy to change her into a Chinese.

I’ve decided on a name.

Just call it, Rui Fang, hehe, write your baby daughter's name in it.

When daughter-in-law Song Tangtang saw the name, she giggled, and her daughter was even more excited when she knew it.

"Wow, I know magic, I can fly on a broom!"

But his younger brother Lele next to him poured cold water on him: "Dad said that magic is fake! We must believe in science!" Then he took out a newly subscribed magazine "Youth Science Pictorial" to show off!
Ruirui was of course not convinced by her brother's "troublemaking" and pointed at him: "Okay, if you have the guts, don't read what Daddy has written in the future!"

“I want to watch it critically!”

Oh my god
The couple was amused by their son's last words.

Whose tone are you imitating?
The brother and sister often quarreled, but Fang Minghua didn't care, as long as they didn't fight.

Although Fang Minghua had read the original novel and the movie, the structure of this book was relatively large. It took him three days to sort out the novel's world view, magic system, and main character settings and relationships, and he also drew a character relationship diagram.

Some character settings have been adjusted. For example, the blonde girl Hermione was changed into a black-haired oriental beauty of Chinese descent.

The role of the Chinese girl Qiu Zhang needs to be changed to a Western girl, otherwise it would be too abrupt.

The May Day holiday is coming soon, and from today onwards the country will implement a two-day weekend.

Just recently, the State Council issued a notice that starting from today, the workweek will be changed to 5 hours starting from May 1st of that year. The two-day weekend and the three-day holiday for Labor Day became his first "short vacation".

For Fang Minghua, the whole family went to his parents' house on the first day, and on the second day he took his two children and Song Tangtang to his father-in-law's house to stay for a whole day. The third day was the day that truly belonged to him.

Song Tangtang drove her two children to Wang Xia's house early in the morning. Zhao Hongjun was not in Xijing but in Shencheng, so the two women planned to take the children to the Big World Amusement Park on Hancheng Road in the western suburbs, leaving Fang Minghua at home.

He did not go fishing that day. Instead, he went to the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall on the third floor to appreciate calligraphy and paintings alone, and then returned to his study to copy calligraphy.

Suddenly, the nanny Xiaoqin, who was doing housework, hurried up and knocked on Fang Minghua's study door: "Brother Fang, there is a man and a woman at the door. The woman said she is your student and came to visit you."

"Oh what's your name?"

"She said her name was Li Hongying."

Li Hongying?
Didn't you go to study in the UK?

Returned to China?
Fang Minghua put down his brush and went downstairs with the nanny.

"Where is the man?" Fang Minghua asked casually as they walked.

"She didn't introduce myself. I felt like her husband and also like her father," Xiaoqin said.

Fang Ming was amused. "Is he a husband or a father? There is a big difference."

"I feel the same way. You'll know when you go and see."

Fang Minghua went downstairs and came to the gate of the yard, and saw Li Hongying standing at the gate. Next to her was a middle-aged man in a suit and tie, who looked like a scholar and seemed to be over 40 years old. Both of them were holding gifts in their hands.

"Teacher Fang!" Li Hongying called respectfully.

"Hongying, are you back home?" Fang Minghua said with a smile.

"Well, I'm here to visit my relatives." Li Hongying replied, and pointed to the middle-aged man next to her: "This is my husband, Zhao Yiheng, a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London."

It turns out that he is a husband, not a father!
"Hello, Chairman Fang. I've been abroad and have heard of your name for a long time." Zhao Yiheng stretched out his right hand.

"You're welcome, Professor Zhao, Hongying. Please come in."

Fang Minghua led the two into the living room. The babysitter poured them tea, and the three of them sat on the sofa and started chatting.

Li Hongying told Fang Minghua that Zhao Yiheng was her teacher at the University of London. They got married at the beginning of this year and are now on honeymoon leave to visit relatives in China.

After going to Zhao Yiheng's hometown Guilin to meet his parents, he went to Chongqing to visit Li Hongying's parents. Originally, Zhao Yiheng wanted to go to Yenching to visit his teacher, the famous poet Bian Zhilin, but Li Hongying suggested taking a detour to Xijing to visit Fang Minghua.

"He is also my teacher. Although he only taught me for a few months in Luyuan, I benefited a lot from him!"

Hearing his newlywed wife say this, Zhao Yiheng agreed.

"My husband studied at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the early 80s. His teacher was Mr. Bian Zhilin. He studied Shakespeare's literature with Mr. Bian and obtained a master's degree in literary theory. He then went to the University of California, Berkeley to study for a doctorate. My husband respects Mr. Bian very much and visits him whenever he returns to China."

Li Hongying said this, looking at her husband with admiration in her eyes.

"Professor Zhao is Mr. Bian's student? It is true that a good teacher produces good students." Fang Minghua complimented with a smile.

Bian Zhilin is not only a famous poet in my country, but also a senior researcher of Shakespeare's literature and the vice president of the Chinese Shakespeare Research Association.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Li Hongying asked, "Teacher Fang, what novel are you writing recently? I came back and saw that your book "In the Name of the People" which exposes the real officialdom is selling very well. Are you writing a realistic work?"

(End of this chapter)