Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 286 I'll recite a passage for you

Yan University students love to participate in various activities. Whenever there is a little disturbance on campus, there will be chaos. Lin Chaoyang has been working at Yan University for almost four years and has become accustomed to the enthusiasm of students to make some noise from time to time.

Listening to the noise outside, he guessed that it might be another social elite who came to the school to participate in an event, attracting the attention of students.

This kind of thing has happened several times before. When Yan University students are alone, they can always maintain the demeanor of students from prestigious universities. But once there are many people around, they can't help but be influenced by the herd mentality, and everything they do is crowded.

"What happened again?" Du Rong heard the noise and wanted to go out to see what was going on.

Lin Chaoyang was not interested in these things and went straight upstairs.

He had just sat down for a while when he heard the noise downstairs getting louder and louder, and finally it seemed to stop in front of the library building.

Not long after, the sound of footsteps was heard downstairs, and Du Rong ran upstairs breathlessly, as if something big had happened.

“Chao…Chaoyang, hurry…quickly come downstairs and take a look!”

"What happened?"

Looking at her condition, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but stand up and ask.

"Liu...Liu Xiaoqing is here!" Du Rong said a name excitedly.

"Liu Xiaoqing?"

When Lin Chaoyang heard this name, his face was full of surprise. He really couldn't understand why Liu Xiaoqing appeared in Yanda.

“She’s coming to give a speech?”

Du Rong shook her head vigorously, "No, no, he said he was here to see you."

Lin Chaoyang was even more confused now. Why did she come to see him?
"Tang Guoqiang is here too." Du Rong added a surprising name and urged Lin Chaoyang, "You should go down and take a look. There are too many people."

Lin Chaoyang went downstairs with her. The students who were originally studying in the study room and reading room crowded at the door of the library and looked out.

There were crowds of people outside as well. I didn't know how many people there were exactly, but looking from inside the library, there were people everywhere, and the number was increasing.

"These students are too enthusiastic!" Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but complain when he saw this scene.

Under the current circumstances, he can't get out at all.

Du Rong also started to worry for him, "These students are really getting worse and worse. They have never seen the world."

Lin Chaoyang wanted to help her recall what happened when she went upstairs just now. "Forget it, let them make a scene first. We can talk about it after the security guards drive them away."

Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to squeeze in with these excited students and chose to stay quietly aside.

Sure enough, after waiting for less than two minutes, the school security was dispatched and the students were dispersed. Liu Xiaoqing and Tang Guoqiang, who were originally surrounded by three layers inside and outside, also revealed their true faces.

After being surrounded by students for more than ten minutes, the two were in a somewhat embarrassed state. The security guard was afraid that if they continued to stay here, something might happen again, so, at their request, he came over to invite Lin Chaoyang and found a classroom in the History and Literature Building to have a detailed chat with them.

When the few of them were walking towards the Literature and History Building, many students were still hanging on from a distance, hoping to have a chance to get close to the movie stars.

Liu Xiaoqing introduced Tang Guoqiang to Lin Chaoyang, and the two exchanged a few words.

"You two big stars are really attractive here. Yan University students are not usually like this."

Liu Xiaoqing has an outgoing personality and didn't feel anything about Lin Chaoyang's teasing. On the contrary, Tang Guoqiang was a little shy and modest.

When they arrived at the classroom in the Literature and History Building and there were no students watching them, the two men finally explained their purpose.

Liu Xiaoqing first expressed her gratitude to Lin Chaoyang. Zhang Jinling quit the roles in "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and "The Last Emperor". She became the person who benefited the most and became the heroine.

Li Hanxiang originally wanted to shoot "From Behind the Curtain", but because the script was so good, he couldn't bear to give it up, so it turned one movie into two. In essence, it still tells the story of how Cixi went from being a concubine of low status to finally ruling the country from behind the curtain and wielding all the power.

As the protagonist of the story, Cixi's role and position in the movie far exceed those of others, even the Emperor Xianfeng played by Tony Leung cannot compare to her.

Knowing that she had become the leading actress, Liu Xiaoqing immediately visited director Li Hanxiang. It was from him that she learned that it was Lin Chaoyang's recommendation that made Li Hanxiang think of letting her play Cixi.

After expressing her gratitude, Liu Xiaoqing talked about Tang Guoqiang again.

The two of them met while filming the movie "Little Flower". In 1979, the movie with the highest number of viewers and box office in China was "Gunshots in the Secret Bureau", but the movie with the greatest influence that year was undoubtedly "Little Flower" produced by Yanying Studio.

This film is adapted from the novel "Heroes of Tongbai", which tells the story of a poor family in the Tongbai Mountain area who were forced to sell their biological daughter Xiaohua in 1930.

Later, they adopted a baby girl left behind by the Red Army, and they named her Xiaohua. More than ten years later, in the smoke of the War of Liberation, the separated relatives finally reunited and wrote a heroic song together.

After the movie was released, it aroused enthusiastic response from all walks of life. Audiences flocked to the cinema in large numbers, creating a strong wave of movie-watching.

The story of the brother and sister in the film is deeply imprinted in the memory of a generation.

This movie also successfully made three young actors who were still unknown in the film industry at that time, Liu Xiaoqing, Chen Chong and Tang Guoqiang, famous, and changed the life trajectories of the three people.

After filming this movie, Liu Xiaoqing was successfully transferred from the Chengdu Military Region Repertory Theatre to the Yan Film Studio, and has starred in many movies since then.

Another female lead, Joan Chen, chose to study abroad after becoming famous.

As the leading actor, Tang Guoqiang won the audience's praise and accumulated a number of awards and honors with "Little Flower". He should have become a rising star in the Chinese film industry.

However, Chen Chong joked about his love for cream in an interview, and the reputation of "cream boy" spread like wildfire. The next year, he happened to play in "The Peacock Prince", in which he was gentle, delicate, fair-skinned, and handsome, which made the title of "cream boy" spread more widely.

Many young girls would put his poster in "The Peacock Prince" in their bedrooms, and Tang Guoqiang thus became the earliest idol actor in the domestic film industry.

But unfortunately, the aesthetic taste of Chinese people today has not yet become as Korean, feminine, and aunt-like as in later generations. Whether on the big screen or the small screen, what is popular are faces and characters with serious masculine charm.

Tang Guoqiang's image cannot be described as feminine, but the label of "creamy boy" caused his reputation in the industry to decline rapidly and cast a shadow on his acting career.

During this period of time, the news that director Xie Jin is going to shoot "The Garland under the Mountain" has been widely circulated in the domestic film industry.

Tang Guoqiang came here today just to get the opportunity to star in the movie "The Garland under the Mountain" through Lin Chaoyang.

In the Chinese film industry, whenever Xie Jin’s film is about to start shooting, it always stirs up huge discussions. This is the influence of a famous director.

In the acting industry, this shock is particularly great.

After all, the opportunity is so rare. There are dozens of film studios in China, and at most they can only shoot dozens or hundreds of films a year.

There are so many famous actors in China, and many of them only get a chance to play a role every few years. Many actors may not even get to play a leading role in their entire lives, let alone star in Xie Jin's movies.

In order to be able to act in Xie Jin's movies, many actors can be said to have tried every possible means, each showing off their magical powers.

Some called Xie Jin to ask for mercy, some asked for connections, and some asked authority figures to write notes asking for help...

Tang Guoqiang is also a well-known actor with a good temperament and image. When he wanted to get a performance opportunity, he did not go to director Xie Jin, but instead asked him, the screenwriter. It was a bit like looking for fish in a tree, and Lin Chaoyang did not understand.

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's confusion, Tang Guoqiang complimented him, "You are really modest. You have produced many excellent works in the literary world, and your works in drama are also well-received."

"Yesterday I went to the People's Art Theatre to watch your play The No. 1 Restaurant in the World. It was really well written, on par with Teahouse and Longxugou."

"And The Horse Herder has won so much love and recognition from the audience!"

"I heard before that you insisted on recommending the two leading actors, Shi Mao and Cong Shan, to Director Xie."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hands when he heard this. "Director Xie favored both leading roles. I just participated in the casting."

Seeing that he expressed his intention and seemed to be refusing to help, Tang Guoqiang didn't know how to ask for help, so he looked at Liu Xiaoqing for help.

Liu Xiaoqing then spoke up, "Director Jiang said that you are a man who is eager to help others and loves talents. Guoqiang's image and acting skills are impeccable, but when he was called a 'creamy boy' a few years ago, many directors were unwilling to use him. It was really an unprovoked disaster."

"He wanted to act in this movie not only because it was directed by Xie Jin, but also because he liked your novel."

"Don't you think Zhao Mengsheng in "High Mountain" is very suitable for him?"

"Guo Qiang has an elegant and handsome image. Isn't he just like Zhao Mengsheng in the early stage of "High Mountain"?"

"He just didn't have time to grow a beard today. I saw him with a beard when I was on the set. It was rough and tight, but also had a manly side. Guoqiang is very malleable."

"He really likes your novel. If you don't believe me, I'll ask him to recite a passage to you..."

Liu Xiaoqing winked at Tang Guoqiang, who immediately said, "I haven't read the script of High Mountain. I'll recite a passage from Zhao Mengsheng's speech to Jin Kailai."

As he spoke, without waiting for Lin Chaoyang to speak, he picked up the accent, saying that he was reciting, but in fact he was performing according to his own imagination of the novel.

Tang Guoqiang was calm at first, then the expression on his face changed, with a bit of sadness, a gloomy look, and a look of reminiscence in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had grasped the feeling of the character.

"If we evaluate people based on their combat achievements, our deputy company commander can definitely be named a combat hero!"

If he really had a small notebook of bold words in his pocket, he could spread them even more!
But when we reported his heroic performance on the battlefield to the regiment, some people in the regiment said: "Jin Kailai has always had a low level of thinking and is a big complainer. Before the war, he was the deputy company commander, and he told him to die! Besides, he died for a bundle of sugarcane, which seriously violated the three major disciplines and eight points of attention. His death was not worth it!"

When Tang Guoqiang opened his mouth, his voice was low and sad. When he got excited, his tone became excited and his expression became resentful.

The dialogue of commending the merits was not long. At the end, when he mentioned the contemptuous comments of Jin Kailai by the people in the troupe, he seemed to be immersed in the role. He pounded his fist on the desk with a bang, and was filled with anger.

This punch really made Lin Chaoyang see some heroic spirit of a wronged person.

After the performance, Tang Guoqiang calmed down and turned to look at Lin Chaoyang.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang looking thoughtful, he felt uneasy.

"I came up with this performance after reading the novel. It's definitely not as good as what you wrote in the script..."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "The performance was good, the momentum and temperament were all right. But..."

When Tang Guoqiang heard the word "but", his heart suddenly hung in the air.

In fact, when Tang Guoqiang heard that Xie Jin was going to film "High Mountains", he planned to go to Xie Jin in person to recommend himself.

A few days ago, by chance, he met Liu Xiaoqing. At that time, the news that Liu Xiaoqing would play Empress Dowager Cixi had just come out. As they were chatting, Tang Guoqiang mentioned his idea of ​​recommending himself to play the role in "High Mountains".

However, Liu Xiaoqing said that there are at least 800 actors across the country who have recommended themselves to Xie Jin through various channels and connections, and he might not even get a number if he went there. Tang Guoqiang thought about it and it made sense.

But what else can he do if he doesn't recommend himself?

At this time Liu Xiaoqing said to him, "I have a solution!"

(End of this chapter)