Back to 80: My literary life.

Chapter 748 Isn’t this just slapping yourself in the face?
It takes some time to get a visa, so Fang Minghua certainly won't be idle. The third Harry Potter book has been completed, and now he is writing the script for the first one.

Song Tangtang said on the phone that Warner Bros. invited the famous Hollywood screenwriter Tony Gilroy to write the script. He had only given some suggestions, but Fang Minghua still decided to write one himself.

Historically, the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was relatively successful, making the plot more compact, with relatively minor changes, and retaining the framework of the original novel relatively well.

The disadvantage is that it lacks a lot of psychological descriptions, so that people who have not read the novel may feel that the story progresses too fast.

The establishment of the friendship between Hermione, Harry and Ron. In the first half of the novel, Harry and Ron both disliked Hermione and there was almost no deep friendship between them. It was not until the incident in the bathroom on Halloween that their friendship was established. If you only watch the movie, you will feel as if they have always been together.

Well. If we add some more plots to this part, of course it’s not Hermione but Ruifang.

While writing the script at home, I also had to apply for a visa. However, with the help of Shengshi Group's Yanjing office, and this was my second trip to the United States, I was familiar with the procedures.

What's important is writing the script.

The winter in Xijing is still relatively cold, with heavy snowfall often. Except for occasionally going out fishing with Bai Miao and others, Fang Minghua spends most of his time at home typing.

There is nothing more comfortable than sitting in a warm study and drinking steaming hot tea.

It took Fang Minghua more than twenty days to finish writing the script of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", but he did not send it directly to Warner Bros. Instead, he sent it to Li Li's email address and found a suitable opportunity to call her.

"Lili, I'll send you the script, and you can find someone in the translation team to help translate it into English."

"Don't bother anyone else, I'll translate!" Lili said on the phone.

"You are in confinement after giving birth, so just rest and don't think about working all the time! Aren't you going to classes next semester? You should stay at home during this period." Fang Minghua said in a serious tone.

"No. I stay in my room all day and I'm not allowed to do anything. My mom won't let me go out. Minghua, I'm so fed up." On the other end of the phone, Lili actually started to act coquettishly.

"Besides, American women don't observe confinement after childbirth."

"I don't care about others, but you have to listen to your mother!"

"I don't, um. Minghua."

It was rare to hear Li Li act coquettishly. Wu Yue women's voice was naturally soft, and when she spoke in such a coquettish way, Fang Minghua felt that her bones were a little soft.

Just as I was about to say something else, I heard Li Li's panicked voice from the other end of the phone.

"Mom, no, nothing."

It turned out that Li Li's mother Zhou Yunmei heard her daughter mumbling in her room, as if she was acting coquettishly with someone, so she pushed the door and walked in.

"That was my cousin's call." Li Li hung up the phone and regained her composure: "My cousin is at the publishing house. If you don't believe me, call my cousin."

"He's already in his thirties, yet he's still acting like a spoiled brat in front of his cousin." Zhou Yunmei muttered, then went in to check on the baby on the bed, then went out again.

"On the phone, the name was clearly Fang Minghua's, but it said it was Tangtang's call? Did I hear it wrong?"

Zhou Yunmei thought about it and went downstairs.

Li Li in the room also breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s better to send an email. My mom can’t see any sweet words you say.

Li Li opened the laptop on the table and sent an email to Fang Minghua to let him know that everything was fine and, more importantly, to translate his script.

By the end of December, Li Li had already translated the script and sent it to Fang Minghua's email. Fang Minghua took a few glances at it and sent it to Jeff, the vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures. Everything was OK.

The visa procedures for going to the United States have been completed, but Minghua is not in a hurry to leave. Song Tangtang has not returned yet, and it is impossible for both husband and wife to go to the United States and leave two children at home. Although he can ask his father-in-law and mother-in-law to help take care of the children, Fang Minghua feels that he still has to fulfill his responsibilities as a parent.

Spend more time with your children. It’s so cold. Don’t let them walk to school by themselves early in the morning. Drive them there instead.

On the way back, he would have a bowl of spicy soup or soy milk and fried dough sticks, and also have breakfast. Fang Minghua really couldn't get used to the bread and milk that the nanny prepared for the two children.

While Fang Minghua was spending the winter leisurely at home, Thomas, the head of the planning department of Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank, thousands of miles away, was a little annoyed recently.

As the company's planning department, a very important responsibility is to assist in revising and coordinating the script.

And today, a script is placed on the desk - "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".

It was the one written by Fang Minghua.

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is the highlight of Warner Bros. Pictures. The company will invest a lot of money in filming it, so a good script is the basis for making an excellent movie.

To this end, the company spent a lot of money to invite Hollywood screenwriter Tony Gilroy to serve as editor-in-chief.

Tony Gilroy is a newly emerging screenwriter in Hollywood in recent years. He has served as the screenwriter for many films including "Frozen", "Tears of Devil's Advocate", and "The Devil's Advocate".

But now, Tony's script has not been written yet, but the Chinese man's script is already on his desk!
This was sent over by Vice President Jeff, and the Planning Department was asked to conduct an initial review first.

Is the script poorly written?

No, no, it's well written.

Thomas read the script carefully and discussed it with two senior editors in the department. They all agreed that the script had a compact structure, a smooth story, and a great sense of rhythm, while also retaining the important plots and essence of the novel.

"If we follow this script and find a good director, we will definitely make an excellent movie!" This was the conclusion reached by several people.

Thomas was both happy and worried.

There is a good script, which is the achievement of the planning department, but the problem is: it was not written by Tony.

And Tony strongly requested the invitation himself!

Isn't this just slapping yourself in the face?
Let's put it aside for now and wait for Tony's script, Thomas thought.

Maybe Tony's script will be better than this?
But we have to hurry up.

Thinking of this, Thomas picked up the landline on the desk and dialed a number: "Mr. Tony? I'm Thomas from Warner Bros. Pictures. Have you finished writing your script?"

"Not yet?! Oh my God, that Chinese writer, Mr. Minghua, the author of Harry Potter, has sent me his script!"

"No, no, Mr. Tony, please don't be angry. This is not my intention. This is the decision of the president, Mr. Jeff. He wanted to wait until you finished writing the script and then listen to the opinion of the novel author himself. You also know that this is a common practice in Hollywood. I didn't expect that he wrote one himself!"

"How is it? I personally think it's pretty good. Of course, I hope you can do better, so please write the script and send it to me as soon as possible!"

"Ok, I'll wait for your good news."

Put down the mic.

Shit! Thomas couldn't help but swear.

(End of this chapter)