Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 276 Borrowing a machine, fangirl Cai Ming, not eating pork (3K)

The dialect dispelled the images and audio of the skits from his past life in his mind.

Then he invited the Chen family father and son, as well as the Cai family father and daughter behind them:

"Hello everyone, please come in!"

Fang Chen, who was standing behind Fang Yan, also made an inviting gesture to the four people.

When Professor Cai entered the room again, he took his daughter aside to introduce her.

At this time, Chen Huaikai walked into the porch, looked at Fang Chen behind Fang Yan, and asked.

The dialect introduced:
"He is the author of "Black Soil Love", my younger brother Fang Chen."

Hearing this, Chen Huaikai's eyes lit up.

He immediately went up to her, held Fang Chen's hand with both of his own, and said enthusiastically:

"Comrade Fang Chen, hello!"

"My name is Chen Huaikai, and I'm a director at the Beijing Film Studio. After reading your novel a few days ago, I wanted to communicate with you in person. The novel is really well written, and I think it has great potential to be adapted into a movie."

Fang Chen didn't expect that Chen Huaikai would directly affirm his work right from the start.

Remembering my brother's advice, I quickly said modestly:
"Director Chen, you are too polite. This is my first time writing and I still have many shortcomings!"

"I don't deserve your praise!"

When Chen Huaikai heard the young man being so humble, the smile on his face became even wider and he praised Fang Chen.

Chen Kaige, who was standing by, saw that his father had started a conversation, so he quickly took advantage of the opportunity to move forward, grabbed Fang Chen's other hand with both hands, and said excitedly:

"Comrade Fang Chen, I'm glad to meet you. I really like the stories you wrote..."

One of Fang Chen's hands was held by Chen Huaikai, and the other hand was held by Chen Kaige. It looked like a leader going to the countryside.

Just after exchanging pleasantries with the father and son, Professor Cai came up again.

He stepped forward and shook hands with Fang Chen, then said:

"Hello, Comrade Fang Chen. It's not easy! We finally meet!"

"The subject matter of your novel is so novel. It's not even on the market right now. It's a great subject matter."

Fang Chen looked at Fang Yan who was standing aside, and then said to Professor Cai:
"My brother helped me choose the subject."

After hearing this, several people suddenly realized and looked at Fangyan who was standing aside.

Fangyan waved his hand and said:

"I just provided an idea and didn't interfere with his creation. It's his own ability to write well."

Professor Cai commented:

“It’s not easy to provide a new subject matter.”

Then he remembered that he had not introduced himself yet, and hurriedly said to Fang Chen:

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My last name is Cai. I am a university teacher and a cadre of the Huaxia Writers Association. Comrade Fangyan said before that you have the idea of ​​publishing this book. I am here today to give you advice and help."

Fang Chen understood that this was the leader of the Writers Association that his third brother had mentioned. The distribution of the books today depended entirely on him. He did not dare to neglect it and quickly shook his hand tightly, saying solemnly:
"Hello, Teacher Cai! Thank you very much for coming to help me."

Cai Yuping nodded with a smile. This young man didn't seem to have the arrogance of those scholars at all, which made him very happy.
At this moment, Cai Ming, who was standing at the end, saw that her father also shook hands with Fang Chen, so she slowly stood next to her father and secretly glanced at the young man in front of her.

He was actually quite similar to the male protagonist in the novel she had imagined.

He is tall, thin and looks gentle, wearing glasses.

She was wearing a white shirt today and had long pigtails. This look was specially designed to match the look of "Yu'er" when she appeared in the second story of the novel.

As soon as Professor Cai let go of her hand, she went up to hold Fang Chen's hand and said:
"Hello, Comrade Fang Chen! I'm a fan of your books. My name is Cai Ming."

Fang Chen only regarded Cai Ming as a little girl at this moment. After nodding, he greeted everyone:

"Everyone, come inside and chat slowly."

"Okay." A group of people agreed and, led by the two brothers Fang Yan and Fang Chen, walked towards the main courtyard of the quadrangle.

……

From the front yard, pass through the moon gate and enter the main courtyard.

Among the few people, all of them were people who had seen the world, and after entering the yard, they found that this place was unusual.

Chen Huaikai said to Cai Yuping:
"This courtyard house is in a great location, in the city center with convenient transportation. Most people probably can't afford to live there."

Professor Cai nodded:

"That's right. Nowadays, people who can enjoy their own house and yard in the city center are not ordinary people."

Fang Chen, who was leading the group in front, turned around and said to them with a smile:

"This is the yard my brother was assigned."

They were both stunned when they heard this. They had previously guessed that it might be the courtyard house allocated to his grandfather or father, but it turned out that Fang Chen's words were spoken in dialect?
After hearing this, Chen Kaige immediately asked Fang Yan who was walking behind them:

"Brother Fang, is this courtyard allocated to you?"

Fangyan nodded, and without keeping the topic secret, he explained directly:

"Well, I accepted two foreign apprentices, so the foreign affairs department helped me solve the housing problem."

"We just moved in not long ago. As you saw just now, the outer courtyard is still being renovated."

After hearing the information in Fangyan's words, several people's expressions changed immediately.

Although they are in different industries, the fact that Fangyan was assigned to a foreign-related mission alone means that he must be an extraordinary person. I know what kind of person can get such a courtyard house.

Compared to Fang Chen's potential, Fang Yan has already shown his potential, and he probably has more connections than they thought.

At this time, they had already walked to the main hall, and Fang Chen invited everyone:

"Everyone, please go to the study first and chat while drinking tea."

When they were led into the study, the first thing that caught everyone's eye was the countless ancient Chinese medical books. This study was as big as several of Chen Huaikai's studies at home. Everyone was envious.

Chen Kaige used to feel that he was pretty good, but now he finds that he is still far from it.

As someone in the family is a doctor, the Cai family father and daughter were even more shocked by the ancient Chinese medical books in this room.

Fangyan invited a few people to sit down and then poured tea for everyone.

At this time, Chen Huaikai recognized the furniture in Fangyan's house. After careful identification, he found that it should be a set of antiques from the Ming Dynasty.

After Fangyan poured tea for everyone, he let his younger brother take over the scene.

After receiving instructions from his brother, Fang Chen immediately took over the conversation and told everyone about his novel, and said that it has been completed.

The main reason I asked them to come here today is to see if we can finalize the film and publishing matters at one time.

Get straight to the point without any procrastination.

After hearing his words, Chen Huaikai and Professor Cai also came to their senses and said that they needed to read the rest of the manuscript.

Fang Chen was already prepared and directly took out the prepared manuscript.

There is only one copy this time, and it can only be read by one person.

It is not easy to finish reading hundreds of thousands of words.

The first person to see it was Chen Huaikai.

While he was watching, everyone else could only sit aside and drink tea and chat.

Fangyan took the opportunity to ask Professor Cai about the typewriter.

"We have quite a lot of typewriters in our Writers Association. The editorial department of People's Literature has several," said Professor Cai.

As a cadre of the Writers Association, Professor Cai also has a say in People's Literature, a journal under the supervision of the Writers Association.

Fang Yan asked Professor Cai:
"If we want to borrow it, is it possible?"

Professor Cai was startled and asked:

"You want to borrow a typewriter?"

Fang Yan did not say that he would use it to write a book, but gestured to Fang Chen and said:

"Well, mainly writing is too slow. It is said that a typewriter can type a lot of words in one minute, and the typed wax paper can be mimeographed repeatedly, so I plan to borrow one for subsequent creations."

Professor Cai touched his chin and said:

"You can borrow it, but most people can't play very fast even if they get it."

"Unless we assign a professional typist, most people can't use it faster than writing."

When Fang Yan heard what Professor Cai said, he immediately smiled and said:

"We can solve the problem of typists ourselves. We just want to borrow a typewriter."

Professor Cai nodded and said:

"Okay, I think you can borrow it from the editorial department. I'll make the contact for you and have someone send it over."

"Thank you so much." Fang Yan said to Professor Cai with a smile.

Professor Cai waved his hand:

"You're welcome."

After Fangyan finished fixing his typewriter, he asked Fang Chen to chat with Professor Cai about novels.

He excused himself and left.

They have to be entertained tonight, so Fangyan has to go to the market to buy fresh ingredients.

After riding his bike out of the house, Fangyan went straight to the vegetable market.

You have to be extra careful when eating today, because Professor Cai and his daughter don't eat pork.

So don’t buy anything related to pork.

In addition, Chen Huaikai’s ancestral home is Fujian, so he has to cook a few Fujian dishes in the dialect, and pork is not allowed.

After a long shopping spree at the vegetable market, I finally bought the ingredients I was satisfied with.

I glanced at the time and saw that Chen Huaikai had almost finished reading it and Professor Cai was still reading it.

Fangyan then slowly began to select the ingredients to treat the workers in the front yard to a meal tomorrow night.

Workers are the most honest people and have no dietary restrictions, so Fangyan thought it would be best to just make hotpot.

I fried some beef hotpot ingredients myself and got two bottles of white wine, and I guaranteed that all the workers would be happy to eat and drink.

After finishing this, Fangyan rode his bike back.

By the time I got home, more than two hours had passed.

He guessed that his younger brother was already talking about it by now.

So after putting the ingredients in the kitchen, he washed his hands and went back to the study.

As soon as I entered the study, I heard Professor Cai ask Fang Chen:

"Comrade Fang Chen, which publishing house do you plan to publish to? I'll help you contact them."

Fang Chen looked a little excited. He glanced at Fang Yan who had come in, and then answered Professor Cai according to the answer they had discussed before:

“I want to submit to People’s Literature.”

"Good!" Professor Cai clapped his hands happily and stood up.

He excitedly held Fang Chen's hand and said to him:
"This is our Writers Association's own publishing house, so there's no need to contact us. I can give you an answer right now. We want your book."

(End of this chapter)