Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 298: Dead Taoist Friend, Immortal Poor Taoist
The meals were changed at noon, but Lin Chaoyang left in the morning, waving his sleeves lightly without taking away a cloud.

Today is the second day of the official start of filming. The staff have been busy for the whole morning in weather over 30 degrees Celsius. Not only are they physically exhausted, but they are also mentally tormented.

"This damn weather! It's so hot it's killing me!"

The morning scenes had just been filmed, and several stagehands who were transferred from Yan Film Studio to help the crew gathered together in the shade. They were all young people, and had been transferred together to help, so they stuck together.

"What are we having for lunch today?" someone asked.

"What can we eat? Cabbage, tofu, eggplant, potato, that's all. Do you expect to eat meat and fish like Hong Kong people?" another person said sarcastically.

"Comparing people will make you die, comparing goods will make you throw them away, after all, I am from Hong Kong."

"That's enough. There's no point in saying these things. I can't blame them. I'm just seconded here, not a member of the crew."

"Did that production assistant from Xiangjiang tell you this? Do you believe that we are not the crew's job?

To put it bluntly, they think we are easy to bully. The people above are bastards. They are all in the same group and bully those of us who have no power or influence."

The more they talked, the angrier they became, and they looked unfriendly at a few Hong Kong staff members who were enjoying the cool in the awning nearby.

Although the crew was established only a few days ago, the different treatment of staff in the two places has been reflected in all aspects.

The staff from Hong Kong not only have good food and accommodation, but they also have awnings for their lunch breaks and stools for their meals. However, the staff from the mainland can only find shade and a random place to eat.

"It's time to serve food! It's time to serve food!"

A Hong Kong staff member pushed a food cart to distribute lunch boxes to the Hong Kong staff just like yesterday, while the mainland staff could only queue up under the scorching sun to receive lunch boxes. The weather was hot and curses were heard from the crowd from time to time.

Everyone got their lunch boxes and returned to where they were just now to eat. Someone opened the lunch box with a surprised expression, "Huh? There's meat?"

Upon hearing this, the others first looked at his opened lunch box, then opened their own lunch boxes and found that there was indeed meat in it. Not only that, the dishes had also changed from two vegetarian dishes to two meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes. Although the amount of dishes did not change much, the quality was obviously improved.

Such food looks so appetizing!
Everyone looked at the food in the lunch boxes curiously, and was very happy. "What day is today? Is it a holiday?"

"Maybe he has a change of heart!"

Some people were curious and ran to the Xiangjiang staff to take a look at the lunch boxes they were eating, and found that they were exactly the same as their own dishes.

He immediately ran back to tell everyone the news, and everyone's reaction was even more shocked than when they saw the dishes in the lunch box just now.

Their food standards are actually the same as those of Hong Kong people? This seems like a fantasy to everyone.

It's not that everyone is a cheapskate and thinks they don't deserve such treatment, but the crew has been established for several days, and the different treatment of staff from the two places has already made everyone extremely disappointed.

But who could have thought that these Hong Kong people would actually change their personalities?

"Do you think these Hong Kong people have really changed their character?"

Liu Xiaoqing was chewing meat, her tone full of surprise.

Zhou Jie shook her head. "What gender change? The higher-ups don't care whether we live or die, how can they treat us well? How can we possibly change gender?"

"Then why did the food suddenly get better?"

"I did hear something..." Zhou Jie looked hesitant.

"What's going on? What's going on? Did that little assistant from Hong Kong tell you? I saw the two of you whispering this morning." Liu Xiaoqing immediately asked.

Zhou Jie said: "I can't guarantee the truth of what I said."

"Hurry up and speak, don't talk nonsense." Liu Xiaoqing urged her.

"I heard that screenwriter Lin came to visit the set yesterday and saw that our meals were not as good as those of Hong Kong people. He argued with Director Li, saying that we mainland staff are also part of the crew. It's okay to have a difference in salary and pay, but it's unacceptable to treat us differently in terms of meals.

I heard that he talked to Director Li for a long time. Just think about it, there are hundreds of people in our crew. If we raise the food standards, it will cost at least tens of thousands of dollars for a drama.

Fortunately, screenwriter Lin had a good reputation with Director Li, so Director Li really agreed. "

Zhou Jie told her what she had learned. Several actresses sat together and after listening to her, they all praised Lin Chaoyang highly.

"I can't believe that no one from the co-production company or the production studio gave us a hand, but in the end it was the screenwriter who gave us a hand. It's really..."

Chen Ye, who played Ci'an, shook his head and sighed, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Liu Xiaoqing said: "Screenwriter Lin is really a good person, he is not arrogant at all, this is what we call a person of both virtue and talent."

Several actresses talked about it over and over again. With Lin Chaoyang as a comparison, they felt more and more that some of the Hong Kong people in the management and crew were inhumane.

At this moment, Teng Hongsheng, the producer of the co-production company, happened to pass by them, and Liu Xiaoqing suddenly called him.

“Producer Teng!”

Teng Hongsheng stopped and looked at them. "What's the matter?"

"The food is good today. I heard that our food standards are the same as those of Hong Kong people."

"Yes, it will be the same for everyone in the future," Teng Hongsheng replied.

Liu Xiaoqing acted grateful and said, "That's great. Thank you so much for thinking of us!"

Listening to her words, Teng Hongsheng had a strange look in his eyes and a slightly awkward expression.

Although he was the producer in the crew, he actually had little power. His main job was to help the crew contact various domestic units for coordination. After the crew was established, both the co-production company and the production studio were well aware of the different treatment of the staff in the two places.

The production studio was unwilling to spend money to improve the salaries of its own people. The co-production company had a small investment share and little say, and was also concerned about the foreign status of the Hong Kong crew members. In addition, the people Li Hanxiang brought from Hong Kong occupied all the powerful departments of the crew.

The combination of several factors has led to the differential treatment that mainland staff have received on the crew.

Teng Hongsheng was present yesterday when Lin Chaoyang and Li Hanxiang were arguing about the food issue. When he first saw Lin Chaoyang discussing the staff food issue with Li Hanxiang, he felt that Lin Chaoyang was somewhat meddling in other people's business.

He was also afraid that Lin Chaoyang was too young and might get into a conflict with Li Hanxiang due to emotional conversation.

But when Lin Chaoyang fought for the rights of the staff, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and was polite and decent. In the end, he cleverly persuaded Li Hanxiang, and Teng Hongsheng finally felt relieved.

Teng Hongsheng was the person involved and knew that this matter had nothing to do with him, but Liu Xiaoqing expressed her gratitude to him in front of him, which of course made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

He forced himself to smile and said, "As long as everyone eats well, that's all. Eat, I have something else to do."

After saying this, he quickly left without waiting for Liu Xiaoqing and others to react.

Zhou Jie asked Liu Xiaoqing, "Why are you thanking him? This matter has nothing to do with him, right?"

"Am I thanking him? I'm scolding him!"

Several actors couldn't help but laugh at Liu Xiaoqing's teasing, and then they spread the news of Lin Chaoyang's efforts to improve the treatment of mainland staff through casual chatting, which led to hundreds of mainland staff in the crew being full of gratitude to Lin Chaoyang as the screenwriter.

The leisurely summer vacation is about to end. Apart from occasional duty, Lin Chaoyang has spent most of his time taking care of Tao Yushu, and the remaining small part of his time is occupied by writing.

After moving to Xiaoliubukou Hutong, Tao Yushu only had to walk a few hundred meters to and from get off work every day, so she no longer needed to be picked up. However, whenever Lin Chaoyang was free, he would still pick her up at the gate of the Cultural Bureau compound.

The couple's love attracted envious glances and ridicule from Tao Yushu's colleagues.

The same thing happened that night, Lin Chaoyang took Tao Yushu back home.

After washing up, she told Lin Chaoyang that she wanted to treat her colleagues to dinner at the weekend, and Lin Chaoyang readily agreed.

"It's great to have this opportunity. We can have open discussions and it's good for mutual promotion. I'll be the chef on the weekend and show you my cooking skills."

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang supported her work so much, Tao Yushu was very happy and talked about some work matters.

"Yenching Literature" is a publication under the Yenching Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and has close ties with the Yenching Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The editor-in-chief Yang Mo and the deputy editor-in-chief Wang Meng do not have much control over the affairs. The main person in charge is another deputy editor-in-chief Su Xinqun, and Zhou Yanru is half the boss.

The main leaders don't take charge of things too much, and the atmosphere in the editorial department is harmonious, but sometimes it can seem lax and lack cohesion.

Given Tao Yushu's personality, after watching for a long time, he naturally disapproves of the way these people work.

But she is neither a leader nor has much experience, and if she rashly gives everyone suggestions, it will only make people disgusted.

So she came up with an idea, which was to use this kind of gathering to subtly change everyone's working style.

The weekend party is said to be a dinner for colleagues, so dinner must be included.

But before and after the meal, Tao Yushu arranged discussions on commissioning and reviewing articles, etc., the main point of which was to sell dog meat under the guise of selling mutton.

After hearing Tao Yushu's plan, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but mourn for the few lazy people in "Yenching Literature".

It’s such a blessing that the leaders of our company don’t care about anything!

It just so happens that the young girl who just came to the company wants to clean up the workplace, which is simply going against the will of heaven.

"Wife, your idea is great! Why can't Yenching Literature catch up with People's Literature and Harvest? Isn't it because these editors have a lax attitude towards work?
With your encouragement, I believe that everyone will be more motivated to work, and the development of Yenching Literature will reach new heights in the future."

If the editors of Yenching Literature heard Lin Chaoyang's flattery, they would inevitably call him "shameless".

But Lin Chaoyang thought that instead of letting his wife get involved with him, it would be better to let her get involved with his colleagues.

A dead Taoist friend will never die but a poor Taoist.

A few days later, as the school was about to start, a symposium on "Life" was about to be held in Yanjing, and Lu Yao came to Beijing specifically to attend the meeting.

When he saw Lin Chaoyang, he gave Lin Chaoyang a warm hug.

Although the two had known each other for a short time and had met seldom, Lin Chaoyang provided a lot of help before and after the publication of "Life".

Especially the 5,000-word review article that Lin Chaoyang published in "Youth Literature" last month, which suddenly made "Life" more famous in the literary world, and made Lu Yao, who had just tasted the taste of fame for the first time, feel grateful.

When they met again after more than half a year, Lu Yao was in high spirits and looked very handsome. He was completely different from when Lin Chaoyang saw him at the National Excellent Novella Award Ceremony two years ago.

At that time, he had just written his famous work "A Thrilling Scene". When he came to Beijing to receive the award, he felt insecure in front of so many young talents and even appeared very shy at the symposium.

Today, with the blessing of a representative work like "Life", Lu Yao speaks with full confidence.

When chatting with Lin Chaoyang, he mentioned that Shanghai Film Studio had taken a fancy to "Life" and was recently discussing the issue of film adaptation with him.

"Congratulations!"

"There's nothing to congratulate. There are many writers whose works have been adapted into movies."

Lu Yao spoke modestly, but he couldn't suppress the joy on his face.

After a few words of small talk, the symposium was about to begin and the two returned to their seats.

(End of this chapter)