1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Cheng Xuemin quickly drew up the list, and the old factory director was not vague about it either, and quickly sent it to the department in Cheng Xuemin's car.

Of course, the driver was not Cheng Xuemin, but an experienced driver in the factory who could drive a prop car.

Nowadays, although the old director of Yanying Studio did not have a car, the factory had a large variety of prop cars used for filming movies.

The most important thing is that these prop cars are real cars, not molded cars of later generations. So, although the old factory director did not have a company car, there were many experienced drivers in the factory.

"What are you talking about?"

"Teacher He, it's done! I'll work overtime tonight and try to finish the first part for you!"

After returning from the old factory director's office, I saw He Chengwei from the story-telling club. I don't know when, but he got together with Liang Xiaosheng from the literature department next door.

"Okay, okay! Thank you so much, Teacher Cheng!" He Chengwei stood up and said, not looking too excited, and continued, "Teacher Liang and I are talking about your script! It seems that Teacher Liang has almost finished writing it!"

"Yes, Xuemin!" Liang Xiaosheng also stood up, picked up the manuscript in his hand, and came forward to say, "I have almost finished adapting the third draft of the movie script for Director Qiao's inauguration. Xuemin, you are here, so I thought I would show it to you first!"

"Uh, really? You finished it so quickly?" Cheng Xuemin nodded with a smile.

"Xuemin, please stop mocking me! How can this be so fast? You guys are the latecomers who have surpassed me. People in the factory are very dissatisfied with me!"

"There are people scolding behind my back. If you can change it, change it. If you can't change it, hand it in quickly. The whole director team is waiting. What are you thinking!"

"Xuemin, listen to this. This... I was thinking of striving for perfection and treating it with caution!"

"Do I dare to deal carelessly with the task assigned by my superiors?"

Cheng Xuemin's teasing made Liang Xiaosheng, who was still very happy, instantly look downcast.

But at the end, he added a sentence, bowed to Cheng Xuemin, and said, "No matter what, I still have to thank you for your support and persistence this time, Xuemin, otherwise those people in the factory would have kicked me out and replaced me long ago!"

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Teacher Liang, I can't resist such a gift from you!" Seeing Liang Xiaosheng actually bowing to him, Cheng Xuemin quickly stepped aside and waved his hand, saying, "Actually, I didn't say much, I just feel relieved to let Director Qiao take charge of the changes!"

Cheng Xuemin only found out afterwards that not long after the publication of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", it was assigned to Yanying Studio by the higher authorities, and it was required to finish the film script immediately and start the project to prepare for filming.

When Yanying Studio got the project, the first thing they wanted to do was to find Cheng Xuemin, the original author, to adapt the film script. After all, there was already a film called "The Shepherd", which was written and adapted by Cheng Xuemin himself.

Moreover, the script of "Loess Plateau" submitted to Xi'an Film Studio was also read by the old director of Yan Film Studio at that time. He was very good at it and knew that Cheng Xuemin was not only able to write original novels, but was also very good at adapting scripts.

Therefore, the higher-ups approved the project of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office", which was a political task, and the old director must have wanted the original author Cheng Xuemin to revise it himself.

Unfortunately, Cheng Xuemin went to the south to express condolences and lost contact with the front line for nearly two months.

There is no way to get in touch with them at all. The preparation for the filming of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" is a task assigned by the higher-ups, so it certainly cannot be put on hold or delayed.

Therefore, Yanying Film Studio decided to let their screenwriting and literature department revise the film themselves, and the task was given to the youngest and most motivated Liang Xiaosheng.

When Liang Xiaosheng received this task, he was flattered and nervous, but he was also full of energy and started working without hesitation.

It took a month to finally finish the script, but it was blocked by the old factory manager, who felt it was not good enough, so he sent it back for revisions.

At this time, Cheng Xuemin also returned from the south, and only then did he know that "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" had already begun to be adapted, so he did not ask any more questions.

After all, at that time, Cheng Xuemin was too busy to handle a lot of things.

I had to accompany my wife during her confinement after childbirth, and attend to my second sister-in-law and older sister's final sprint for the college entrance examination. After the exam, I had to go to the Northwest to shoot the movie "The Horse Herder".

When Cheng Xuemin came back from the Northwest, Liang Xiaosheng's second draft was finally completed and passed the factory's review.

But when it was sent to the ministry for review, it was rejected again. Even with Mr. Liao's personal comments, it still lacked depth.

Well, there’s no way around it, so I can only continue to change it!
This time, the old factory manager reminded Xiao Liang not to work on his own. Hasn’t the original author Xiao Cheng already returned?
I quickly went to the original author to ask for advice on how to deepen the character of Director Qiao.

Liang Xiaosheng then came to his senses and went to find Cheng Xuemin himself. This was in the middle of last month.

In a flash, half of the time has passed, and our teacher Liang has finally finished revising and writing the third draft.

"Xuemin, I won't say more anyway. Look at this manuscript, it's all in here!"

What can Liang Xiaosheng say?

Obviously Cheng Xuemin knew about the situation in his family, so when he knew that it was he who was revising his script of "Director Qiao", he gave him a lot of guidance.

If Cheng Xuemin had not repeatedly declined, Liang Xiaosheng would have worshipped Cheng Xuemin as his teacher. However, not only was he politely rejected, he was not even allowed to call him "Teacher Cheng". They were just peers.

Liang Xiaosheng was so moved that he treated Cheng Xuemin, a young, talented, enthusiastic and friendly man, as his teacher.

"Okay, I have some free time here and don't have to run out, so let's polish the manuscript!" Cheng Xuemin nodded, took the third draft handed over by Liang Xiaosheng, and began to read it carefully.

Cheng Xuemin was indeed very familiar with Liang Xiaosheng's family situation. After all, they had dealt with each other and chatted together in their previous life.

Combined with the memory of the golden finger in my mind, I know that Liang Xiaosheng's family situation was actually very poor at that time.

His parents were old farmers living outside the Great Wall. He was the eldest son in the family, and had five or six hungry siblings. They all depended on Liang Xiaosheng, their brother who had moved to the city, to support them.

Therefore, Liang Xiaosheng basically sent all of his monthly salary back home. He had no savings at all and he rarely went out of the factory, living a tight life.

This made Mr. Liang, who was already extremely simple, even more indifferent to the ordinary people. He was already in his thirties, but still a bachelor and had not married.

Ok!

Logically, Liang Xiaosheng has now been officially transferred to Yanjing Film Studio and has obtained a Yanjing household registration. He is considered a wealthy son-in-law within the system, so it should not be difficult for him to find a wife.

But everyone also knows that he has parents who cannot take care of themselves and five or six hungry brothers and sisters at home. Who the hell would dare to marry their daughter to him?

Which young girl in Yanying Studio would dare to choose him?
And although he had been transferred to Yanying Studio and had a Yanjing hukou, but but but... his qualifications were too shallow and it was not his turn in the queue for housing allocation.

By the way, Teacher Liang has never been willing to buy the standard bicycles for Yanying Studio employees. Anyway, he lives in a single dormitory and rarely goes out. There are buses when he goes out, so buying a bicycle would be a waste of money.

So, with no house, no car, no savings, and no good looks, Teacher Liang became a big problem in Yanying Studio.

It was precisely because of the script of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" that Cheng Xuemin and Teacher Liang had an intersection in advance. It just so happened that Teacher Liang was in an awkward situation where he might be kicked out at any time and replaced by someone else. How could the enthusiastic Cheng Xuemin not help this old acquaintance from his previous life?
This led to the third draft with Cheng Xuemin's suggestions.

In fact, Mr. Liang’s first two drafts were not completely useless. On the contrary, Cheng Xuemin felt that Mr. Liang’s first draft was a bit amazing.

Cheng Xuemin himself didn't realize that there were so many things in his book "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office".

After all, it was his tribute, not his own work, so it was definitely not as profound as Liang Xiaosheng's, who personally worked on it. It may also be because the first draft added some of Mr. Liang's own things, so it was sent back for revision.

After the failure of the first draft, Mr. Liang, who was ready to do a great job, also had his confidence hit hard.

The second draft was revised with trepidation and caution. It was too conservative. The factory was satisfied because there was no risk, but the higher-ups were not satisfied and felt it was not profound enough.

So, if Cheng Xuemin now says, "Okay, this third draft is indeed a great improvement, but I still think the first draft is the best, let's just stick with the first draft!"

I wonder if Teacher Liang will beat me to death on the spot if I say this?

"Xuemin, isn't this a bit too radical? I wrote my first draft like this, but the factory rejected it!"

After reading Liang Xiaosheng's third draft, Cheng Xuemin gave some suggestions. Liang Xiaosheng hesitated for a moment. Isn't this the same as the first draft he wrote before?

"If it's not radical, how can we show Director Qiao's courage and determination?"

"Teacher Liang, if you change it like this, and the factory doesn't approve it, I can always sign it, right?"

Cheng Xuemin said this to comfort Liang Xiaosheng.

In fact, Liang Xiaosheng had asked Cheng Xuemin to sign his name before him, and to be the first screenwriter.

But can Cheng Xuemin bully an honest person like that?

Cheng Xuemin had no involvement in the script adaptation of "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" from beginning to end. How could he be so shameless as to steal other people's credit and even be named the first screenwriter?

So he had refused before, but Liang Xiaosheng kept insisting, saying that he was not sure about it and hoped that Cheng Xuemin could sign it to help him with the guarantee.

OK, now I see Liang Xiaosheng is hesitant again, and hesitant and unwilling to let go when it comes to revising the manuscript.

How can this be possible?

If he was conservative in his thinking and could not be liberated, he would not be able to make good changes to this first film on the theme of reform and opening up, so Cheng Xuemin simply gave him support and let him let go of his thoughts and make bold changes.

"Okay, okay! With what you said, Xuemin, I feel more at ease!" Liang Xiaosheng was very happy to hear that, but he didn't feel that Cheng Xuemin was taking advantage of him by signing his name.

"But we have to make it clear in advance. Mr. Liang, you are the first screenwriter, and my name will be after yours. I will be there to support you, okay?"

The number one screenwriter Cheng Xuemin would definitely not snatch the work from others. After all, he has been busy for four or five months. It would be bad to take advantage of others and become the number one screenwriter when the manuscript is finalized.

"That won't work! Xuemin, you must be the best screenwriter..."

"It's settled. I'll be behind you. Otherwise, forget it. Teacher Liang, please find someone else, okay?"

"what?"

Cheng Xuemin smiled, returned the script, and said, "Teacher Liang, let's make it a deal. Just follow your original idea and make bold changes!"

"I will submit this script to the department for review in person!"

Liang Xiaosheng was embarrassed and excited, so he didn't know what to say. He could only thank him repeatedly, "Thank you, thank you! Xuemin, thank you so much. I'll do whatever you say!"

For Cheng Xuemin, signing his name was a huge advantage and he was bullying an honest person, but for Liang Xiaosheng, he was actually taking more advantage of Cheng Xuemin, the original author.

And with Cheng Xuemin's words, his script is basically set in stone, and it might even be launched this quarter.

The most important thing is that this was the first script that Liang Xiaosheng completed independently after being transferred to the Literature Department of Yanying Studio.

Once the manuscript is approved, the factory will give an 800 yuan royalty allowance.

Because of this, Liang Xiaosheng wrote a letter to tell his family the good news as early as May when he first received this independent task.

So now his family members are all looking forward to the huge sum of royalties from Liang Xiaosheng.

But I didn't expect that it would take such a long time to be revised over and over again.

Of course, for Liang Xiaosheng, let alone four or five months of revision, in fact, at their Yanying Studio, it is very normal to revise a script for one or two years.

Think about it, the royalties for a script can be thousands of yuan, which is equivalent to an average person's annual salary, so it is normal to revise it for a year or two, and it is all extra profit.

But I am not like Cheng Xuemin who is very productive and can finish a script in less than half a month.

It is really no exaggeration to say that it is picking up money or robbing money.

"By the way, Teacher Cheng, I just heard from Teacher Liang that your Yan Film Studio will be showing "The Shepherd" tonight?" He Chengwei, who had been staying in the office, suddenly asked after seeing Cheng Xuemin and the other two finished their work.

"Oh, yes, yes! Teacher He, our studio is indeed showing The Horse Wrangler tonight. I'll ask Teacher Liang to take you over to watch it later!"

"I don't have time. I have to rush back to school. In fact, our school has scheduled the first screening for tonight."

If He Chengwei hadn't mentioned this, Cheng Xuemin would have forgotten about it. He immediately reminded Liang Xiaosheng and said, "Teacher Liang, I'm sorry to bother you to take care of Teacher He these days."

"It's okay, it's okay, Xuemin, what are you talking about! In fact, Teacher He and I hit it off right away and we can talk to each other."

"Xuemin, you can go back. I will make arrangements for Teacher He."

Cheng Xuemin nodded, and started chatting with Liang Xiaosheng, He Chengwei and others while waiting for the old factory director to drive the car back.

When Cheng Xuemin returned home, everyone in the family was already prepared, waiting for him to come back and go to Yanda to watch the premiere of "The Shepherd" together.

Cheng Xuemin sent the copy he brought back from Yan Film Studio to Yanda yesterday. The school was very happy when they found out about it.

Because "The Shepherd" has not been officially released in the whole of Yanjing yet, let alone other parts of the country.

Therefore, their performance at Yanda tonight is definitely the premiere of the inside story.

In order to allow more students to see The Wrangler tonight, Yan University directly moved the big screen from the auditorium to the playground for open-air screening.

The news was also broadcast today, so when Cheng Xuemin and the others rushed over, the entire playground was crowded with people, and it was very lively with jumping heads and figures everywhere.

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