Literary Master 1978

Ten years was an extremely heavy blow to China's news and publishing industry. The institutions shrank, the backbone team was lost, and news reports and speeches were imprisoned.

With the liberation of thought, domestic news gradually broke through the forbidden zone and ushered in the spring of news work. New newspapers and magazines were born in various places.

Against this background, "Beyond Eight Hours" magazine was officially launched in 1980.

This magazine was founded in Tianjin. From the name, it can be seen that this magazine wants to convey different information from most magazines today.

"Eight hours" naturally refers to working hours, and "beyond eight hours" is not the time and things outside of work?

What would it be?

Entertainment!

If you talk about the specific content, you can think of it as the early 1980s version of "Zhiyin", which often publishes some eye-catching articles.

For example, when the dance party was popular, it would publish an article "Talking about Dancing and Dance Parties", which seemed to be very serious in popularizing the knowledge of the readers, but at the same time you can also understand it as a kind of propaganda, which is "playing the edge" in the words of later generations.

"A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished" has been released for more than a week, but it has hardly made any splash in the domestic film industry, not only in the film industry, but also among the fan community.

Under such circumstances, cinemas in various places would show the film for ten days or half a month, and then gradually withdraw it from the screens when new popular films are released. Just like those unpopular films in the past, there were neither audiences nor attention.

But at this time, Tianjin's "Beyond Eight Hours" magazine published an article about the behind-the-scenes story of "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished", which attracted the attention of many readers and viewers.

——"The Love and Hate Behind the First Sino-Japanese Co-production Film".

Nowadays, there are no gossip magazines. Although "Beyond Eight Hours" claims to be a combination of documentary and fun, it is equivalent to the gossip magazine of this era to some extent, but the scale is not as large as that of later generations.

"The Love and Hate Behind the First Sino-Japanese Co-production Film" is a long article of more than 8,000 words, which specifically describes the various details of the birth of "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished".

Nowadays, people lack entertainment means, and movies are popular entertainment. Articles like this that tell the story behind the scenes of movies are already quite popular.

The content of this article is quite detailed, and the details of the various scenes of the movie are also introduced in detail.

Perhaps because the article should have a hot spot, the author spent a lot of words when writing about the content of Yanying Studio inviting Lin Chaoyang to join the crew. After careful calculation, it almost occupied nearly half of the article.

So much ink was spent on writing about the process from Yanying Studio inviting Lin Chaoyang to join the crew to the end of the two sides turning against each other. It was vivid and heart-wrenching, which also corresponds to the "love and hatred" in the title of the article.

After the magazine was published, this article quickly caused heated discussions among readers.

Don't look at the later "Beyond Eight Hours" not being well-known, it sounds like a roadside tabloid.

But in fact, its sales today are not low. Although the sales of 300,000 or 400,000 copies per issue cannot catch up with those popular magazines that easily sell millions of copies, it is also somewhat famous nationwide.

When this incident happened last year, it was circulated in a small range in the film circle of Yanjing. It was not a secret, but people in the industry knew more about it.

Now, as more and more readers read this article, this case that happened more than a year ago has been brought up again and has become the focus of many people's attention.

In the simple concept of most ordinary people, the little Japanese are full of evil. Even though the diplomatic relations between the two countries have been normalized in recent years, the concept of ordinary people has not changed much.

In the article, Lin Chaoyang had a dispute with Yanjing Film Studio and the crew because of his position, and even turned against each other. He was successfully portrayed as a firm patriot and won the praise of many readers. Readers wrote to the editorial department to praise Lin Chaoyang's firm position.

Originally, the incident was normal up to this point, but probably out of indignation, many readers actually wrote to Yanjing Film Studio and scolded them.

Yanjing Film Studio was confused at first. Why did there be a hundred or eighty letters from viewers that were all scolding?

As a result, they found out what was going on and felt aggrieved immediately.

Unlike later times, government agencies and state-owned enterprises can treat ordinary people like grandfathers scolding their grandchildren. Even CCTV has to apologize on the "News Broadcast" when it is scolded by the people.

Yanying Studio naturally did not dare to offend these enthusiastic readers, so it reported the matter to the Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

"Beyond Eight Hours" is a publication under the Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Yanying Studio found the right person to report the situation to them.

In the eyes of Yanying Studio, the conflict between them and Lin Chaoyang last year can only be regarded as the disagreement of the creative concepts of both parties at best.

Although the relationship between the two parties was difficult to ease afterwards, it did not cause any bad influence, and the matter was just over.

The narrative of the article in "Beyond Eight Hours" is obviously malicious, deliberately portraying Yanying Studio as a negative role.

Moreover, the article was published a few days before the release of "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished", just in time for the formation of public opinion after the release of the movie, which directly affected the box office of the movie.

As the article continued to spread, the influence of fermentation was getting bigger and bigger, which had caused irreversible bad influence on Yanying Studio. It is understandable that they found the Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles to communicate.

After receiving the information from Yan Film Studio, Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles investigated the article in "Beyond Eight Hours" and found that the description was basically correct, but the position was indeed somewhat biased.

After asking the editor, I learned that the article was fabricated by Wu Ziren, a young editor in the editorial department, and it was somewhat personal and nationalistic.

The leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles asked Wu Ziren about the source of his information. His articles were all about the behind-the-scenes stories of "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Completed". Even if it was hearsay, there must be a way.

Wu Ziren was young and passionate. He didn't want to say it at first, but he was a young man after all. He had never experienced any big scenes. He was tricked by the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and confessed everything.

It turned out that he had been very close to Zhang Manling, who was assigned to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles at Yan University. A few days ago, the two saw the news that "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Completed" was about to be released in "Popular Movies". Zhang Manling told him about the feud between Lin Chaoyang and Yan Film Studio last year.

After listening to this, Wu Ziren thought this was a very interesting topic. His family was a literary and artistic family, and he had some connections in the film industry. He also asked someone about some behind-the-scenes stories of "A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished", so he wrote this article.

After understanding the situation, the leader of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles confronted Zhang Manling. When she learned that she was betrayed by Wu Ziren, Zhang Manling first glared at him fiercely, then puffed out her chest and admitted the matter arrogantly.

"He was instigated by me to write that article, but we are all realistic and did not fabricate facts."

Zhang Manling took all the responsibility on herself, and her actions made Wu Ziren feel ashamed.

After listening to Zhang Manling's words, the leader of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles felt puzzled, "Isn't your "There is a Beautiful Place" going to be made into a movie by Yanying Studio? Why do you want to go against them?"

Zhang Manling remained silent.

Feeling guilty, Wu Ziren spoke for Zhang Manling: "Manling was trying to stand up for her good friend."

"Good friend?" The leader of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles immediately realized that Wu Ziren was talking about Lin Chaoyang, "What does he have to do with this?"

"Manling's novel was published thanks to Lin Chaoyang's recommendation. She said that Lin Chaoyang was like a teacher to her.

It just so happens that I have this opportunity this time to give Yanying Studio a bad name."

The leader was amused and said, "You little girl, you still want to go against a department-level film studio? Aren't you afraid that they won't film your novel?"

"My novel is filmed by Qingying Studio. Besides, if they don't film it, then don't film it. What's the big deal? There is not only one Yanying Studio in China!"

Zhang Manling's temper is unruly. Facing the leader's questioning, she was not flustered at all. Instead, she stiffened her neck and looked like she was ready to sacrifice herself.

She is a top student of Yanda University. Before graduation, she published two influential novellas. Now she is a well-known young writer in China. After being assigned to Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles, she has always been the focus of the leaders.

Now the situation is clear. The article was concocted by these two young people, but how to deal with Zhang Manling and Wu Ziren has become a headache for the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Both of them are newly assigned college students and are highly valued by the unit.

Especially Zhang Manling, who has just graduated from college and has achieved considerable achievements in creation, is the key training target of Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles in the future.

Finally, after a discussion, the two were given a warning and asked to write a self-criticism, which was a small lesson for these two young people.

In terms of external attitude, the main strategy of Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles is to protect its own children. The reply to the film studio was:

It has been investigated and there is no problem. The content of the article is realistic.

The implication is that the bloody criticism of your Yanying Studio by readers is all your own fault. Don't come to me to cause trouble, and look for your own reasons.

After receiving the reply from Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the film studio naturally felt depressed and angry.

These days, the influence of the article in "Beyond Eight Hours" has been growing, and many readers have written to call them traitors.

They naturally couldn't swallow this breath, so they brought the matter to the Film Association.

"A Game of Chess That Has Not Been Finished" is a political task. The film association was the big boss who proposed the co-production, so the Film Association naturally had to support Yan Film Studio.

But the Film Association is only a group member of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the two sides have no affiliation, so it became a difficult problem to deal with this matter.

After thinking about it, the people of the Film Association came up with a solution for Yan Film Studio.

Doesn't Tianjin Federation of Literary and Art Circles have "Beyond Eight Hours"? Their Film Association also has "Popular Movies"!

"Beyond Eight Hours" only has a sales volume of hundreds of thousands of copies, while "Popular Movies" has a sales volume of millions of copies. In terms of public opinion influence, their Film Association is not inferior at all.

That evening, Lin Chaoyang just returned home and found that there were two more guests at home.

"Why are you two here?"

The visitors were Jiang Huaiyan and Chen Huaikai from Yanying Studio.

"We can't come yet? You too, why didn't you tell us that you moved? If we hadn't asked Li Tuo, we wouldn't have been able to find your house." Jiang Huaiyan complained.

"Yushu is pregnant, and this place is close to her workplace."

Lin Chaoyang explained with a smile. Tao Yushu came over and whispered to him that the two of them came with something. Lin Chaoyang was immediately moved.

"No one comes to the temple for no reason. Tell me, what's the matter?" He asked straight to the point.

Jiang Huaiyan and Chen Huaikai looked at each other and gave way to each other.

"Old Chen, tell me."

"You come."

...

The two of them pushed it for a long time, and Lin Chaoyang was getting a little impatient, "Alright, alright, are you here for the "8 Hours" thing?"

In the past half month, the article "The Love and Hate Behind the First Sino-Japanese Co-production" has attracted a lot of attention. As the person involved, Lin Chaoyang naturally couldn't be unaware of it. People around him don't know how many times they have discussed it.

Chen Huaikai asked: "Chaoyang, do you know the whole story?"

"What do you mean?"

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang didn't seem to know, Chen Huaikai asked: "Don't you know who wrote the manuscript of "Beyond Eight Hours"? "

"It's getting more and more confusing. Wasn't the manuscript sent by the editorial department?"

Chen Huaikai explained to him doubtfully: "The manuscript was written by the editor of the editorial department, but there is another master behind it."

"Who?"

"Zhang Manling."

Lin Chaoyang was stunned when he heard this familiar name from Chen Huaikai, "You said the manuscript was written by her?"

"She and the editor of "Beyond Eight Hours" worked together, we have found out everything!"

After Lin Chaoyang was surprised, he immediately understood why Zhang Manling did this.