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Snowflakes are flying and the north wind is blowing.

Fang Yan pushed Shi Tiesheng, who was sitting in a wheelchair, and came to Donglaishun with Wang Shuo, Yu Hua, Lu Haiyan and others.

The house was steaming hot, and the copper hot pots on every table were boiling. Lamb, cabbage, pig blood and other dishes were placed on the table.

At this moment, Zheng Xiaolong, Su Ya and others shouted and waved to Fang Yan and his group, greeting them with smiles and enthusiasm.

Fang Yan exchanged greetings with everyone at the Yanjing Television Art Center, and then he was surrounded and sat in the main seat.

"Teacher Fang, how long will you stay in Yanjing this time?"

Zheng Xiaolong diligently filled his glass with wine.

Fang Yan noticed the pairs of curious eyes staring at him, and he did not hide the fact that he returned to Beijing this time because of the filming of "Farewell My Concubine" and because the script of "The Decisive Battle" trilogy was nearing completion, so he would stay in Yanjing for a long time.

"Hong Kong Joint Publishing and the group headquarters have approved my application for leave..."

"That's really great!"

Feng Xiaogang, Zhao Baogang and others all showed excitement at the same time.

Fang Yan asked, "Why, you seem to really want me to stay in Yanjing?"

Su Ya pretended to cough, "It's been a long time since you went to Hong Kong."

Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Wang Shuo curled his lips and said, "I think you guys are thinking about the TV drama script created by Teacher Fang?"

“That’s part of the reason.”

Lu Xiaowei laughed to ease the awkward atmosphere, "Especially after I Love My Family achieved such a great success."

Zheng Xiaolong said, "Yes, we originally thought of "I Love My Family" as a transitional product before the second season of "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" was broadcast. We didn't expect that the ratings, reputation and social impact would be no worse than "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty". This is all thanks to you, Mr. Fang."

"You're thanking the wrong person. I just provided the overall framework of the sitcom. Liang Zuo and Wang Shuo were the ones who really filled it with the 'soul' and 'flesh and blood'." Fang Yan said, "Most of the unique gags and lines in it were thought up by them."

Wang Shuo looked at Liang Zuo and said jokingly, "No, Liang Zuo told me when he was writing the script that he was going to use these 'baggage' in his own novel to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, but now he can only use them here reluctantly."

"puff."

Liang Zuo almost spit out his wine, "Wang Shuo, you are too mean, you spread all the jokes we made to others."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "Did you really say that?"

Liang Zuo was frightened and said, "Teacher Fang, I was just joking when I was arguing with Wang Shuo. How dare I show off my skills in front of you? As for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, your chances of winning are many times higher than mine."

"You're too kind. Mr. Cong Wen was only nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature this year." Fang Yan waved his hand. "Looking back, in the Chinese literary world, only Lin Yutang and Lao She were nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Mr. Lu Xun once refused the nomination." Zheng Xiaolong said seriously, "Having said that, Mr. Fang's current achievements in the Chinese literary world and even in the world literary world will sooner or later be worthy of a Nobel Prize in Literature nomination, or even a Nobel Prize in Literature."

"If I win, I'm lucky. If I lose, I'm doomed. Let's not talk about this. Let's have a drink."

Fangyan raised his glass, and everyone responded.

With a "ding" sound, the wine glasses clinked together, making a crisp sound, and then all the wine inside was drunk up.

"Teacher Fang, to be honest, from the TV series I Love My Family, our center and our superior Yanjing TV station have seen the potential of indoor situation comedy and new realism." Lu Xiaowei said seriously, "So we decided to make major adjustments and revisions to the production guidelines for next year and established the 'three-legged tripod' policy, that is, art history drama, indoor situation drama, and new realism life drama."

Shi Tiesheng half-jokingly said: "See, Yanzi, I knew that it would not be easy to eat Director Lu's meal."

Fangyan picked up a piece of mutton and dipped it into the hot pot. "Tiesheng and the others told me a few days ago that you hope to have a script for the second season of I Love My Family, or a new sitcom similar to I Love My Family, right?"

Lu Xiaowei, Zheng Xiaolong, Su Ya and others were startled, their faces became serious and solemn, and they all nodded and said "yes".

"In fact, I have discussed with Yan Zi, Wang Shuo, Liang Zuo and others that it is not easy to create a situation comedy like "I Love My Family"."

Shi Tiesheng said, "What's more, Liang Zuo has been busy writing a crosstalk script for Jiang Kun to perform at the 88 Spring Festival Gala."

Liang Zuo added that the name of the crosstalk script is "Elevator Adventure", and he is afraid that he will not have time to create other scripts until the end of the year.

Lu Xiaowei, Zheng Xiaolong, Feng Xiaogang and others all looked changed, and couldn't help but show complex expressions of regret, embarrassment, and confusion on their faces.

"But don't worry. Under the guidance of Teacher Fang, we quickly came up with an idea for a neo-realist TV series."

Wang Shuo raised his chin, looking very proud.

Then, under everyone's expectant gaze, he said without hesitation, "This play is called "Desire". It is a story written by me, Mr. Fang, Tie Sheng, Yu Hua, Liang Zuo and others. The whole plot is integrated with the thoughts of several of us. It also brings together the stories written by several of us, the fate of the characters we designed, and the plot of the organization. It can be said that this script embodies the wisdom of the entire studio."

Zheng Xiaolong's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "What on earth is this movie 'Desire' about?!"

"The theme is 'The truth, kindness and beauty of the world, and giving to others'. The story can be simply summarized as 'the eldest sister-in-law's child was lost, the younger sister-in-law found it, and then returned it to her after a tortuous process'. It contains family love, love, friendship, true feelings and worldly feelings."

Shi Tiesheng talked incessantly, telling the plot of "Desire".

Fangyan listened quietly, smiling without saying anything. The current "Desire" is not the same as the previous version of "Desire".

The reason why there was a saying in the previous life that "the whole country mourns Liu Huifang, the whole country scolds Wang Husheng, and everyone sighs for Song Dacheng" is because in the story of "Desire", the honest man Song Dacheng and the good-natured Liu Huifang were brutally tortured, and two love triangles were created.

The result is that "Giant Baby Wang Husheng" and "Selfish Wang Yaru" are at large, even hypocritically singing the song "Good People Will Have a Peaceful Life"?
But Song Dacheng's family is not harmonious and Liu Huifang is paralyzed in a car accident. Are good people supposed to be tormented like this?

Isn't this bullying an honest person? (End of this chapter)