Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 347 Film Review Meeting

Zhang Guiqin touched it herself and said, "It's okay. It might be the wind that blew it."

Lin Chaoyang took out a thermometer and asked her to measure her temperature. Zhang Guiqin was reluctant and asked, "What's there to measure?"

"Measure it if you ask me to!"

Zhang Guiqin was forced to put on the thermometer. Five minutes later, she found that her fever had reached 39 degrees.

"Where have you been? Why do you have such a severe fever?" Lin Chaoyang asked with a frown.

Zhang Guiqin hesitated for a while before telling the truth.

It turned out that she went home to take a nap last night, then got up at two or three in the middle of the night to queue up at Wangfujing Department Store. She queued until it opened at eight in the morning and went in to buy a lot of things.

Lin Chaoyang sighed helplessly: "Oh my god, can you please let me save some trouble? Is our family short of that little bit of cloth?"

“People say that after what happened, cotton and cloth will be hard to buy.

I was thinking that if I bought more this time, I wouldn’t have to worry about it in the future!”

Zhang Guiqin's ideas represent the thoughts of the vast majority of ordinary people of that era. If you ask ordinary people in the 1980s what impressed them the most, "rush buying of supplies" would definitely be at the top of the list.

The parallel operation of the dual-track system in the 1980s forced people to be immersed in anxiety about material shortages.

Lin Chaoyang looked at his mother and sighed again, "Don't do this again in the future. Don't worry about the food and daily necessities at home. Just tell me if you need anything."

He added, "You have such a high fever. Take some antipyretics first. If you don't feel well, go to the hospital. Don't worry about it for now, Dongdong."

"It's okay. Having a fever won't interfere with your work."

"What do you mean it won't delay your work? Take your medicine and lie down. There's nothing urgent at home."

Lin Chaoyang watched Zhang Guiqin take the medicine with a tough attitude, then watched her go back to the room to rest, and finally shook his head helplessly.

When will I be able to change this bad habit of forcing myself to endure hardship?
In the middle of the month, Xie Jin came to Yanjing from Shanghai and brought Lin Chaoyang a good news that the film "The Garland under the Mountain" had been completed.

This film has been in preparation since the first half of last year. In the middle of the year, the crew went to the Yimeng Mountains to experience life. The filming did not start until the second half of the year. They went to Yunnan for filming, which took more than half a year.

The filming was completed in August this year and the post-production has begun.

Xie Jin has put all his efforts into this work. Now that the film has been completed, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"The movie is done. Why don't you stay in Shanghai? Why did you come to Yanjing?" Lin Chaoyang asked him.

"You think I want to come? I have to review the film, and I have to go to a film festival in France."

The film festival Xie Jin mentioned is the Nantes Three Continents Film Festival held in Nantes in western France. This film festival was initiated in 1979 by the French brothers Alain Jarardou and Philippe Jarardou.

The so-called "three continents" are Asia, Africa and Latin America. As can be seen from the name, the film festival's stance is obviously pro-Z.

Xie Jin is the only Chinese director invited to attend this year's film festival, and the festival has also specially arranged a screening of his films.

Xie Jin’s representative works such as "Stage Sisters", "Basketball Girls No. 5", "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" and "The Shepherd" will be screened during the film festival, which can be said to be a very high honor.

Xie Jin looked proud when he talked about this.

As for the film review, before Xie Jin came to Yanjing, "The Garland under the Mountain" had already undergone review within the Shanghai Film Studio and the Shanghai Film Bureau. Both the studio leaders and the film bureau leaders gave high praise to the film.

This time Xie Jin came to Yanjing for the review of the Ministry of Culture.

"We're going to review the film tomorrow, come with me." Xie Jin said to Lin Chaoyang.

"What am I going to do?"

"There's nothing wrong with going and listening to everyone's opinions. Besides, don't you want to see the finished film?"

After Xie Jin said this, Lin Chaoyang hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay then."

The next morning, Lin Chaoyang and Xie Jin went to the projection room of the Film Bureau together.

In addition to director Xie Jin, the director of Shanghai Film Studio Xu Sangchu also came to Beijing this time. Xu Sangchu and Lin Chaoyang shook hands.

"Comrade Chaoyang, you have contributed two good scripts to our Shanghai Film Studio!"

"Director Xu, you are too polite."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Lin Chaoyang greeted the other people present.

Before Lin Chaoyang came, he had not imagined that the standards of the film review meeting for "The Garland under the Mountain" would be so high. The Ministry of Culture sent Assistant Minister Ding Qiao, Director of the State Film Administration Shi Fangyu, and Film Administration consultant Chen Bo to attend.

The army sent Liu Baiyu and Deputy Minister Li Ying from the General Political Department's Cultural Department. The China Film Association also specially invited several authoritative figures in the cultural and film circles, including Chen Huangmei, Feng Mu and Zhong Dianwei.

Lin Chaoyang is the original author and screenwriter of "The Garland under the Mountain". Everyone present smiled when they saw him.

Feng Mu was the first heavyweight figure in the literary world to publicly praise the novel "The Garland under the Mountain" that year, and he also had some friendship with Lin Chaoyang.

He talked to Lin Chaoyang for a few words, and then introduced him to Zhong Dianwei. Lin Chaoyang called him "Uncle Zhong". Feng Mu asked curiously, "How did you two become friends?"

Zhong Dianwei said with a smile: "I heard from our Ah Cheng that he and Comrade Chaoyang are good friends, and he received guidance from Comrade Chaoyang when he wrote the novel!"

Lin Chaoyang said modestly: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it! Ah Cheng is talented in creation."

Li Ying, deputy director of the General Political Department's Cultural Department, said with a laugh: "Come to think of it, Comrade Chaoyang is also one family to us." Feng Mu thought she was referring to the fact that Lin Chaoyang wrote popular military-themed works such as "The Garland under the Mountain" and was treated as a family by the troops.

Li Ying shook her head, "No, no!"

Seeing that everyone was a little confused, Li Ying said, "The novel "The Wreath under the Mountain" was still somewhat sensitive when it was written. It happened that Comrade Chaoyang had a relative with Comrade Ruolin of our Yanjing Military Region, so he asked him to send it to our Ministry of Culture for review before it was published in the People's Daily."

Listening to Li Ying's explanation, Liu Baiyu and others whispered a few words. Some of these people knew Du Ruolin before, and some didn't, but now they all knew.

It turns out that Lin Chaoyang had such connections in the army. No wonder Lin Chaoyang's "The Wreath under the Mountain" was published. This is impossible for an ordinary writer.

After a round of greetings, everyone sat down.

The lights in the projection room dimmed, and the beam of light from the projector hit the white screen. Lin Chaoyang noticed that Xie Jin, who was sitting next to him, had a serious expression on his face and sat upright. It was obvious that at this moment his heart was filled with nervousness and anxiety.

"The Garland" is a film he made with great passion and dedication. Although he was confident in his own creation, he was facing so many authoritative figures after all.

Even if you are a famous director, and even if you have experienced film reviewing countless times, you can’t avoid being nervous.

Compared to Xie Jin's nervousness, Lin Chaoyang was much more relaxed. On the one hand, it was because he was confident in the quality of "The Garland under the Mountain", and on the other hand, it was because he was just a screenwriter.

My novels and scripts are so well written. If your movie is not good, it must be the director's fault.

The 140 minutes passed quickly. With the completion of the last shot of "The Garland under the Mountain", the picture on the screen disappeared and the lights came on.

Everyone sat quietly in their seats, some were sobbing, some were constantly wiping their eyes, and some were still crying silently.

Liu Baiyu stood up and excitedly shook Xie Jin's hand, saying repeatedly: "This movie is so well made! It's so well made!"

Feng Mu patted Lin Chaoyang's shoulder with satisfaction, "Chaoyang, the novel is well written, and the script is also good. This movie will leave a mark in the history of Chinese cinema."

Ding Qiao, the Minister of Culture who was present today, was the person who could make the final decision. He also shook Xie Jin's hand with an excited expression and praised him repeatedly.

“The Garland Under the Mountain is a rare and excellent film, extremely touching and heart-wrenching!”

With Ding Qiao's words, it can be basically declared that "The Garland under the Mountain" has successfully passed the review process, and Xie Jin felt relieved.

After the film review meeting was over, he pulled Lin Chaoyang to go for a drink.

Lin Chaoyang didn't want to go, so he asked him to find Chen Huaikai and Jiang Huaiyan.

"Old Chen is busy filming a movie, and Old Jiang is working on the script. You are the only one who has time."

"Looking for Lao Cheng."

"Lao Cheng has had high blood pressure recently."

"So you're just looking for trouble with a young and strong man like me, right?"

Lin Chaoyang finally accompanied Xie Jin for a drink, during which Xie Jin talked to him a lot about the filming experience of "The Garland under the Mountain" and the various difficulties he encountered.

The movie passed the review smoothly, and Xie Jin was in a particularly relaxed mood and kept chatting.

"I went to see The Last Emperor the day before yesterday. Li Hanxiang shot it very well and I heard that it did very well at the box office."

"How is it? Are you feeling stressed? It's said that a movie directed by a Hong Kong director made tens of millions of dollars in box office when it was released in mainland China."

Xie Jin laughed, "Why should I feel pressure? You are the one who should feel pressure. You wrote the script. If the box office is not good, it only means that you are not a good script writer."

……

After staying in Yanjing for a few days, Xie Jin set off for France, and Lin Chaoyang's writing progress was delayed by two days.

There's nothing wrong with Mr. Xie except his hobby of drinking, which costs him so many friends!
In a blink of an eye, Lin Chaoyang had been resting at home for more than half a month. He had planned to go back to the library to work in the next two days, but unexpectedly, Xiao Dongdong also had a fever.

The child is already eleven months old, and this is the first time he has caught a cold and fever. Lin Chaoyang and his wife have no experience and are in a panic.

Not only Lin Chaoyang, but even Tao Yushu didn't even bother to go to work. She had been working for almost two years and this was the first time she had asked for leave.

After three days, Xiao Dongdong's temperature finally dropped, and the couple were exhausted both physically and mentally.

Tao Yushu stood by the bed with red eyes, looking at his son sleeping peacefully, and couldn't help but reveal a loving smile on his face.

Lin Chaoyang teased, "My son is almost one year old, and I just saw you take him so seriously."

Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him, "What do you mean I don't value him? He's just a boy, and you want me to spoil him?"

The couple chatted for a while and were about to take a good sleep when a guest came to their house.

"Du Rong, how come you have time to come here?"

Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised to see Du Rong. He always had a good relationship with his colleagues, but not many of them came to his home as visitors.

"Chaoyang, are you busy now? The director asked you to go to the museum."

"what's up?"

"They said some foreign friends came to give them books as gifts. They heard that you work in the library and wanted to meet you."

foreign friends?

(End of this chapter)