Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 154 The Shocked King
There was a warm applause in the cafeteria for Lin Chaoyang's wonderful answer and his sincere attitude.

The vast majority of people present today have longer creative experience than Lin Chaoyang, and some even have creative experience longer than Lin Chaoyang is old.

If some people were still a little bit unconvinced and arrogant towards Lin Chaoyang before the symposium just started, then after listening to Lin Chaoyang's speech and answers, everyone had only one feeling in their hearts, and that was complete conviction.

After the applause, the students asked questions again enthusiastically, and Lin Chaoyang and Wang Zhaoqian answered everyone's questions without any perfunctoriness.

The lively atmosphere lasted for more than half an hour, and everyone stopped only when the bell rang, feeling unsatisfied.

Tang Yuqiu gave another brilliant summary, and today's symposium came to an end.

Lin Chaoyang originally planned to go back, but everyone insisted on keeping him for lunch, and during this time, he exchanged a lot of ideas with him.

After finishing his meal, Lin Chaoyang rode his bicycle to leave, and the teachers and students from the Institute of Literature came to the courtyard to see him off.

Jiang Zilong looked complicated as he watched Lin Chaoyang leave. Chen Shixu, who was standing by, saw his expression and asked, "Brother Zilong, what are you thinking about?"

Jiang Zilong hesitated and said, "Nothing, just some sighs."

Chen Shixu nodded. Although Jiang Zilong didn't say it, he understood what he meant.

"He is a talented and thoughtful person who can easily understand things that may take us several years to understand. It is really depressing to be with such a person."

Listening to Chen Shixu's words, Jiang Zilong remained silent.

Compared with Chen Shixu and others, he needs to do more psychological preparation when standing with Lin Chaoyang.

"The Shepherd" is praised as "the pioneering work of scar literature" and "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" was also called "the pioneering work of reform literature" when it was first published.

He and Lin Chaoyang are both winners of the National Excellent Short Story Award. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the outside world always compares the two. Sometimes even Jiang Zilong himself finds it difficult to avoid this mentality.

In the past year, Lin Chaoyang has published novels one after another, and almost every one of them is a heavyweight. In fact, Jiang Zilong has already discovered the gap between himself and him.

But it was not until today that he finally realized that the two sides were actually no longer on the same level.

He could clearly feel that Lin Chaoyang's considerations were at a higher level than his.

There may not be much obvious difference when this kind of thinking is put into practice on paper, but he is very clear that this is exactly what a writer must go through to reach a higher level.

What was even more difficult for him to accept was that Lin Chaoyang was only in his early twenties. Thinking of this, he let out an imperceptible sigh. This gap was really despairing!

After returning home from the Institute of Literature, Tao Yushu handed Lin Chaoyang a letter from Shenzhen.

The face of Ermaitai suddenly flashed through Lin Chaoyang's mind. The letter was indeed written by Ermaitai to Lin Chaoyang.

During the Chinese New Year, Er Maitai said he wanted to go out to work, and Lin Chaoyang suggested that he go to Shenzhen, Guangdong.

In fact, if we really compare, these days, except for the provincial capital Guangzhou, the conditions in other places in Guangdong may not be as good as those in the Northeast.

But it is precisely because of this that rural youths like Ermaitai, who have no power or skills, have the opportunity to make a name for themselves.

We all come here to work, and it all comes down to who works harder, who is smarter, and that little bit of luck.

Shenzhen, a special economic zone, has only been established for a short time and has a huge talent gap. According to official data, there are only six college students among the 300,000 people in Shenzhen.

It can be said that in Shenzhen at that time, as long as you were not paralyzed in bed, even a disabled person would not have trouble finding a job.

After 86, it became more difficult to go to Shenzhen. The state issued a regulation, adding a "border pass", which blocked a large number of poor people who wanted to go to Shenzhen to work.

Er Maitai went to Shenzhen in April at the beginning of spring. Coincidentally, one of his brother Da Maitai’s comrades was from Shenzhen, so he joined the construction team after he arrived there.

Shenzhen at that time was a big construction site with buildings being built everywhere. Er Maitai was strong and healthy, and he felt like a fish in water when he joined the construction team.

The only thing that made him uncomfortable was the sense of gap in his heart. It was said that Shenzhen was a special economic zone and the forefront of reform and opening up. Before he came here, he thought Shenzhen was like heaven.

But after arriving, he found that the level of construction here was not as good as that of his hometown county.

In addition, he was unfamiliar with the place and had trouble acclimatizing to the local climate. It took him several months to finally adapt to the environment.

However, Er Maitai also said in the letter that the income from working in Shenzhen is indeed much better than farming in his hometown.

He worked as a laborer at a construction site, earning 60 yuan a month. He saved nearly 200 yuan in four months. He couldn't earn that much money by working at home for two or three years. Even if he worked in a factory, he would have to save for a year.

After reading the letter, Lin Chaoyang unfolded the letter paper and wrote a letter back to Er Maitai, reminding him to be more careful and use his brain more when he was away from home.

A few days later, as school was about to start, Lin Chaoyang received another bill for royalties, which was for the number of copies of "The Wreath under the Mountain".

In the past two or three months, thanks to the news in the People's Liberation Army Daily, the single volume of "The Wreath under the Mountain" has been selling like crazy.

As of the end of August, the single volume had been on the market for half a year and the total print run had reached an astonishing 3388 million copies, setting a sales ceiling for Chinese military literature and allowing Lin Chaoyang to once again earn yuan in royalties.

After receiving this royalty, Lin Chaoyang and his wife’s savings exceeded 16,000 yuan.

After finishing the accounts in the evening, Tao Yushu said to Lin Chaoyang: "Hey, has De Ning contacted you recently?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. She came to school to see me twice."

When Tao Yushu mentioned this, Lin Chaoyang immediately understood Zhang Dening's little plan and knew that Zhang Dening was planning to go the wife route.

"I also told her that you wrote a novel this year and also wrote a script for Director Xie. It's not good to keep giving away things like this. You have been studying all this time.

She also encouraged me to publish more articles in Yenching Literature and Art.”

Lin Chaoyang laughed. This Zhang Dening really put a lot of thought into compiling the manuscripts.

"Then you have to write more articles and earn more royalties from Yanjing Literature and Art."

Tao Yushu said gloomily, "Even if I write a hundred articles, I won't earn as much as you do by writing a novel."

When Lin Chaoyang saw that there would be a day when the King of Rolls would be defeated by him, he felt a little proud.

"Then stop writing and take a good rest."

"No, then I will become a freeloader?" Tao Yushu retorted.

This isn't allowed, and that isn't allowed. Lesbians are really troublesome.

Lin Chaoyang decided to teach her a lesson and let her know who is the authority in this family.

By September, the scorching hot weather had a hint of coolness, especially in the mornings and evenings.

September of each year is the freshman orientation season, and it is the busiest time of the year on the Yanda campus.

After the leisurely summer vacation, the library is crowded again.

After work that day, Lin Chaoyang passed by Triangle Land and met A Mao after a long time. There were several students around him.

Ah Mao saw Lin Chaoyang from a distance and waved to him enthusiastically, "Lin!"

"I haven't seen you for a long time. What are you busy with?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

"Study and research. You don't know that I followed the professor to conduct a social survey in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

When talking about the past few months he had disappeared, A Mao's face was full of pride.

"Social survey? Are you qualified to go?" Lin Chaoyang teased.

A Mao is an international student. Normally, the school and teachers would not arrange for them to go together for social surveys.

But who can blame A-Mao for not playing by the rules? Last year, he ran away for half a month in private, which shocked Yanda University. This year, the department had a social investigation activity, and A-Mao took the initiative to apply to go. The department thought that instead of letting him run away alone, it would be better for him to go with everyone to avoid any trouble.

After listening to A Mao's explanation, Lin Chaoyang nodded. He thought it was just an accident.

"What are you doing again?"

Lin Chaoyang looked at the students surrounding A Mao again.

When talking about this, the smile on A Mao's face turned into distress.

“Learn English!”

Although Lin Chaoyang could roughly guess this idea from the situation just now, he couldn't help laughing when he saw A Mao's expression.

"There are quite a few people." His tone was filled with gloating.

A Mao said with a sad face: "Many of them are preparing to study abroad and use me to practice speaking."

In the past six months, the news of studying abroad at one's own expense has been widely circulated. There are many people in major universities in Yenching who are preparing to study abroad at their own expense, and students at Yenching University are naturally no exception.

"This can be considered as a contribution to Yanda."

"Don't make fun of me."

After joking for a while, Lin Chaoyang said, "Come to my house when you have time. I've moved."

"Okay, I will go when I have time."

After leaving his home address for Amao, Lin Chaoyang left on his bicycle.

A few days later, Lin Chaoyang received a call from Xie Jin. He had just arrived at the guesthouse of Yanying Studio. He came to Yanjing specifically to discuss the script of "The Shepherd".

Xie Jin put aside the post-production of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" and came to Yanjing to discuss the script. Lin Chaoyang had to take a few days off to accompany him in the guesthouse in the north building of Yanjing Film Studio, smoking and revising the script.

Early that morning, the door of the guesthouse room was opened from the outside and Director Cheng Yin walked in.

"Wow! You guys are at a fire scene."

He fanned the smoke in the room with his hands and walked to the window and opened the curtains.

Originally, the light in the room was not very bright, but when he drew open the curtains, the sky outside became bright. Lin Chaoyang and Xie Jin looked like monsters about to reveal themselves, squinting their eyes with painful expressions.

"Pull it up quickly! Pull it up quickly!" Xie Jin shouted hurriedly.

Cheng Yin didn't listen to him, and opened the window to disperse the smoke in the room, saying disdainfully: "If you don't let the smoke out, I'm afraid you two will get lung cancer."

Cheng Yin is a meritorious director of Yanying Studio. His representative works include "The Battle of South and North", "The Red Detachment of Women" and "The Red Lantern". He is a good friend of Xie Jin.

"Lung cancer is something that will happen in the future, but I might go blind right now."

Xie Jin stepped forward and half-closed the curtains, blocking out some of the light, and then he adapted to the light outside.

"Another sleepless night?" Cheng Yin asked.

Lin Chaoyang didn't say anything, but his dark circles under his eyes and dry, pale lips had already answered the other party's question.

Although Xie Jin is over 50 years old, he is a director and his work and rest schedule is reversed all year round. He doesn't have much inspiration during the day, but he is full of inspiration at night. He will pull Lin Chaoyang to stay up all night to revise the script.

Staying up late is bad enough, the main problem is that he is addicted to smoking. After revising the manuscript for several hours, the changes in the manuscript are less than the cigarette butts on the ground.

Sometimes when he really had no inspiration, he would drink and could drink for half the night. He felt happy, but Lin Chaoyang could not hold on any longer.

After spending a few days revising the manuscript, he felt like he would live at least a year shorter.

It's not worth the money earned!
"I had some inspiration last night, so I wrote and drew and forgot about time." Xie Jin replied.

Of course, his words should not be taken seriously. Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but complain: "You have inspiration every night, but I haven't seen you draw a few storyboards."

Movie scripts are divided into literary scripts and storyboard scripts. Literary scripts are the work of screenwriters, while storyboard scripts are the work of directors.

Xie Jin was very satisfied with the literary script of "The Shepherd". Although he said that he was discussing and revising the script this time, it was actually more for the creation of the storyboard script.

Xie Jin blushed when Lin Chaoyang exposed his true identity. "Keep improving."

"Just do as I tell you..."

Lin Chaoyang was halfway through his words when Xie Jin pretended not to hear him. He pulled Cheng Yin and said, "Come on, let's go have breakfast."

Lin Chaoyang shook his head helplessly. He had watched the movie "The Horse Herder" more than once in his later life. When Xie Jin wanted to draw the storyboard script, his presence was like a built-in cheating device.

But Xie Jin felt that he was the director, so how could he let the screenwriter dictate to him? He insisted on drawing it himself, and even did the opposite of Lin Chaoyang, which resulted in slow progress in the creation of the storyboard script.

While eating breakfast, Lin Chaoyang said, "If you continue like this, I won't accompany you."

"You're a screenwriter, you've already received the money, why would you quit halfway?"

After spending a few days together, Lin Chaoyang and Xie Jin had become familiar with each other and were no longer polite to each other.

"I received the money for the literary script, and the script has been completed."

"I still have to change it. You have to take responsibility."

"Change your storyboard?"

The two of them argued for a while, Cheng Yin watched the fun with a smile, but in the end Xie Jin became unhappy.

"Are you here to watch the fun?"

"What do you say have to do with me?"

Cheng Yin just wanted to be a spectator, but he didn't expect to be the target of his old friend's anger.

"It's okay, just stay away."

"You eat in our Yanying Studio cafeteria, and you want to chase me away?"

Most of the noises and jokes between the few of them were made, and no one took them seriously.

When the meal was almost over, Cheng Yin talked about the latest news in the Yanjing literary and art circles.

"Li Hanxiang is coming to Yanjing again!"

"Again?" Xie Jin's tone was a little surprised.

Lin Chaoyang listened to the conversation between the two and showed a bit of curiosity on his face.

Of course he knew Li Hanxiang, an important director in the history of Chinese films. In his early years, he studied at the National Peking Art College, which is now the Yenching Academy of Fine Arts.

He came to Hong Kong in 47 and started directing films in the s. He has shot dozens of films so far.

Many of these films were widely loved by the audience and achieved great success at the box office and in the public eye. Many of the works, including "The Kingdom and the Beauty", "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Yang Guifei" and "Empress Wu Zetian", were shortlisted for and won international awards.

His works cover many styles including Huangmei Opera, martial arts films, ghost films, erotic films, epics, literature, realism, etc. Today, he can be said to be a representative figure in the Hong Kong film industry.

At this time, there is not much communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places. The situation has improved after the reform and opening up, but the communication is still very limited.

When Li Hanxiang, a Hong Kong director, came to the mainland, the first names of two movies came to Lin Chaoyang's mind.

(End of this chapter)