Literary Master 1978

Two days later, Yanda officially opened its semester, and the 1981 freshmen were admitted. The campus was crowded, lively, and full of youthful vitality.

After lunch, Lin Chaoyang took a walk by Weiming Lake and met several familiar faces such as Chen Jiangong, Liang Zuo, and Li Tong.

We haven’t seen each other for a whole summer vacation, and we are all very affectionate.

"I heard that you went to the PEN Club during the summer vacation." Chen Jiangong asked Lin Chaoyang enviously.

"Forget it, what a PEN meeting! I just closed the dark room and put it on Huangdao for everyone to write the manuscript for a week."

Listening to what Lin Chaoyang said, the envy on Chen Jiangong's face disappeared, replaced by gloating, "Haha! Really? Fortunately, I didn't go."

"By the way, the day before yesterday I saw Du Pengcheng's review published in "Yanhe", and he spoke highly of "The Chess". Your novel has been very popular recently."

Chen Jiangong mentioned "The Master of Chess", and several other people also joined the topic.

"The novel Chaoyang has been praised by many people and criticized by many people. This summer I read several articles criticizing "The Master of Chess"," Li Tong said.

Lin Chaoyang said calmly: "In novels, it is normal for there to be praise and criticism. Creation and criticism are the two wings of literature, and neither one can survive without it."

Chen Jiangong joked: "Look at the situation in Chaoyang! He is indeed a popular writer. The novel has only been published for less than two months, and there must be about 20 review articles published, right? When will my novel also be published? So many people are talking about it!”

Li Tong took advantage of the situation and said, "Then we have to wait until you become as popular as Chaoyang."

Chen Jiangong shook his head, "Being popular is one thing. Didn't you find a problem? There are many more people who praise Chaoyang than scold him. This fully shows that Chaoyang is very popular."

Liang Zuo said: "What you said is wrong, can't it be because my master's novels are well written?"

After saying that, before Chen Jiangong could refute, he asked Lin Chaoyang another question, "Master, I heard that Nie Weiping came to play chess with you during the summer vacation?"

"Who did you listen to?"

"I heard what Teacher Hong said." Liang Zuo replied and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

"It was two games of chess."

After receiving Lin Chaoyang's affirmative answer, Liang Zuo's eyes lit up, "Master, you are so awesome! You can even play against him."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "It's just entertainment. You can beat me with one hand."

Liang Zuo said excitedly: "It's not shameful to lose to him! And I heard..."

When he said this, his eyes showed a bit of admiration, "Nie Weiping also said that he can't do anything within fifty moves."

Lin Chaoyang:? ? ?

"Is this what Hong Zicheng told you?"

"Uh..." Liang Zuo hesitated, "That's how I understand it."

Lin Chaoyang was speechless. You are not a scriptwriter.

“Do less reading comprehension.”

After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang separated from the others.

After getting off work in the evening, he passed by the Literature and History Building and happened to meet Hong Zicheng.

"Chaoyang!"

"Brother Zicheng."

After saying hello and exchanging pleasantries, Lin Chaoyang asked, "Who did you hear about Nie Weiping asking me to play chess?"

"I heard what Xie Mian said."

"Who did Xie Mian listen to?"

"have no idea."

Lin Chaoyang scratched his head. Xie Mian's family lived in Langrun Lake Apartment, so it was not surprising to know this. He was just curious. There were only two of them that day when he and Nie Weiping were playing chess. The gossip spread really fast.

The next morning, Lin Chaoyang received a call from Xie Jin.

"Wrangler" has been filming in the northwest for almost half a year. The filming of the racecourse scene has finally ended. In the past two days, the crew is packing their bags and heading to Yanjing for the next filming.

According to the script written by Lin Chaoyang, "The Wrangler" had a total of three filming locations. One was at the Shandan Military Horse Farm, where Xu Lingjun lived for the first half of his life;

The other place is Yanjing, where his father, who has been separated for many years, is looking for Xu Lingjun, and the father and son are reunited in Yanjing;

There is also a scene in Shanghai, which plays out Xu Lingjun’s childhood, when his father abandons his wife and son, and his mother dies.

The scene at the Shandan Military Racecourse was undoubtedly the heaviest among them, and it also took the most time, a full half year.

Then there is the scene in Yanjing. Xie Jin plans to stay in Yanjing for a month and then move to Shanghai.

There is his base camp. After completing the shooting, he can directly transfer to post-production, seamlessly.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang came to Yanjing Hotel and met Xie Jin.

At the beginning of the year, Xie Jin was controversial because of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" and "Wrangler". He was under great pressure and had no energy.

Now it's completely different, the wind is everywhere when I walk.

After Lin Chaoyang visited the crew in March, Xie Jin first received letters of commendation from the Ministry of Culture and the China Film Association.

In April, the Ministry of Culture held the 1980 Outstanding Film Creation Award Ceremony in Yanjing, and "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" won another award.

In the blink of an eye, in late May, the first Film Golden Rooster Award and the fourth Film Hundred Flowers Award Ceremony were held in Hangzhou.

This year is the first time that the Golden Rooster Awards are held. The film industry has been talking about the awards for some time, and it can be said that it has attracted much attention from the industry.

At the awards ceremony, "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" was a double blessing. It not only won the Best Feature Film Award at the 4th Hundred Flowers Film Awards, but also won the Best Feature Film Award, Best Director Award, and Best Feature Film Award at the 1st Golden Rooster Award. The film won the Best Cinematography Award and the Best Art Award, becoming the biggest winner at this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards. This situation is extremely rare in Chinese film award selections after liberation.

Continuous awards and prizes have swept away the haze that Xie Jin had felt since the filming of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain". In addition, the filming of "The Shepherd" went smoothly. When they met again, he was full of joy.

The crew settled in the Xinqiao Hotel. Xie Jin saw Lin Chaoyang and happily took him to have a meal. He drank a lot of wine at noon. Xie Jin did not let Lin Chaoyang go, and took him to the room to talk about the next filming plan.

After chatting for a while, he took Lin Chaoyang to the room of actor Liu Qiong.

The scenes of Shandan Military Horse Farm in Gansu belong to the outdoor scenes, which are also the most scenes of "The Shepherd". The main scenes of the crew returning to Yanjing this time are about the reunion of Xu Lingjun and his father Xu Jingyou. Another character is his father's secretary Miss Song, who also has some scenes.

The script of "The Shepherd" is actually based on the several conversations between Xu Lingjun and his son in Yanjing as the "warp", and Xu Lingjun's fate and experience over 30 years as the "weft". The warp and weft are intertwined to form a beautiful picture.

The father Xu Jingyou is played by Liu Qiong, an old actor from Shanghai Film Studio. He started acting in movies in the 1930s and has starred in many classic films such as "The Big Road", "Little Angel", "Lost Lamb", "Wolf Mountain Bloodshed" and so on.

The last time Lin Chaoyang went to Gansu, Liu Qiong did not have a role, so the two had not met.

"Old Liu, let me introduce you, this is Lin Chaoyang, the author and screenwriter of "The Shepherd."

"This is my old colleague Liu Qiong from Shanghai Film Studio."

Xie Jin introduced both parties and exchanged a few pleasantries. He asked Lin Chaoyang, "How is it? How do you, 'Xu Lingjun', feel when you see your 'father'?"

Xie Jin's words were naturally teasing. Lin Chaoyang smiled and looked at Liu Qiong. He was over 60 years old, with a straight body and an elegant temperament. Lin Chaoyang was about to speak.

Liu Qiong waved his hand, "Wait a minute."

After saying that, he ignored the reactions of Xie Jin and Lin Chaoyang, opened the closet at the door of the room, and put on the suit he was going to wear in the play. His movements were slow, unhurried, and measured.

After finally putting on his clothes, he looked at the wall, where there seemed to be a non-existent mirror. He unbuttoned the collar of his shirt, making himself look a little tired.

Then he walked towards Lin Chaoyang, his face solemn, his eyes full of emotion, and asked with a trembling lip.

"Lingjun?"

Lin Chaoyang immediately realized that Liu Qiong was acting the scene in the script where Xu Lingjun and Xu Jingyou, father and son, met.

Liu Qiong's acting was sincere and natural. After saying that, she came over, held his arm, and continued to speak the lines, "Are you tired? How many hours of flight?"

"Two hours." Lin Chaoyang answered fluently, but he did not get into the character. He was not a professional actor.

Liu Qiong then spoke to the air again, this was his line with his secretary Miss Song, then he pinched the legs of his glasses and looked at Lin Chaoyang carefully, his eyes flashing with extremely complex emotions, guilt, heartache, joy...

"Why... have white hair?"

Lin Chaoyang was silent, Xu Lingjun in the script did not respond to his father's question, but had a complicated expression.

"Lingjun, stand up, walk a few steps, walk a few steps for me to see."

Lin Chaoyang stood up and walked a few steps, Liu Qiong stood up again, patted his shoulder, and said with emotion: "Every time I dream, I dream that you become a cripple."

Feeling the gushing emotions in Liu Qiong's lines, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but put himself into the character of Xu Lingjun.

"You've thought about it before, haven't you?"

Liu Qiong held his hand, stroking the calluses that didn't exist on it, "If I were on the street, I wouldn't recognize you."

The undercurrent of emotions became turbulent after Liu Qiong said this line. Lin Chaoyang could feel that at this moment he seemed to be the father who had been separated from his son for nearly 30 years.

"Good!"

Lin Chaoyang exclaimed sincerely.

This "good" seemed to be a switch, allowing Liu Qiong to immediately withdraw from the character, and the expression on his face changed to a relaxed and carefree one.

Xie Jin said proudly: "Did I choose the "father" correctly?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "Yes, it's very good! With such superb acting skills, Shimao can act more freely."

Zhu Shimao smiled and responded: "Of course."

Before Lin Chaoyang and Xie Jin came, Zhu Shimao was rehearsing with Liu Qiong.

After gaining Lin Chaoyang's recognition with his acting skills, Liu Qiong felt much more relaxed. During the chat, he asked Lin Chaoyang about some of his thoughts when writing the script.

Actors perform according to the content of the script, which is a second creation. Today, Lin Chaoyang, the author and screenwriter, is here, so he wants to learn from the experience of the old actors.

Maybe the screenwriter can save them a lot of time and energy in thinking about the characters with just one or two words.

"For the scene where Xu Lingjun and his father parted at the end, I thought of two ways. One is that when they are about to part, Xu Jingyou reluctantly walks forward and hugs his son tightly, tears flow down his face full of vicissitudes, and then turns away. This is a conventional way of acting.

Another way is that Xu Jingyou looks at his son affectionately, and his son also looks at him affectionately. At this time, Xu Jingyou gently says goodbye, then turns around and silently takes out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears and leaves. This way of acting is more restrained.

Which way do you think is better?"