1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 262 Giving something away

“The Garland under the Mountain is a good work, a work filled with lofty revolutionary sentiments and capable of elevating and purifying people’s ideological realm.

He has made groundbreaking contributions to the creation of military-themed works.

It presents the cruelty of war with a majestic and tragic story, creates a series of heroic portraits of soldiers with full and rich emotions, and reveals the breadth and complexity of the human spiritual world with a realistic approach.

This literary review highly praised and fully affirmed Jiang Xian's novel "Wreath", and determined that it was a rare breakthrough in the history of military literature.

After reading it, Jin Shaoxian was ecstatic and immediately circulated it to his colleagues in the editorial department of October. After reading it, everyone gave unanimous praise.

This literary review is not only well-written, but also written by Comrade Feng Mu.

Feng Mu is the mentor of the "Shan Yaodan School". In another time and space, he wrote for the controversial "The Record of Director Qiao's Taking Office" and for the unknown "My Distant Qingping Bay" by Shi Tiesheng. He is a towering figure in the circle of literary criticism.

In this literary review, Feng Mu did not hesitate to express his love for the author Jiang Xian, and in his review he identified Jiang Xian as a "conscientious and talented writer."

"I didn't expect Comrade Feng Mu really wrote to you." Jin Shaoxian immediately found Jiang Xian, with a look of joy on his face as if he had recovered what he had lost.

Jiang Xian was also surprised.

But he didn't show much pride, "It seems that Comrade Feng Mu agrees with the basis of my writing."

Jin Shaoxian looked at his calm face and admired the young man's composure.

But think about it again.

That's how it should be!

The book "Bronze Coin Street" published some time ago used the preface left by Mr. Mao!

In the preface, Jiang Xian and Mao Gong asked and answered each other's questions and recalled each other, which was so sincere and touching that it moved many readers to tears and recalled the literary giant who passed away not long ago.

After three reviews, the editorial department of October decided to publish Jiang Xian's "Wreath under the Mountain".

As mentioned before, "October" is a bimonthly magazine. Unlike "Harvest", this bimonthly magazine is published monthly. "Wreath" is scheduled to be published in the fourth issue in July this year.

The editors of October are ambitious.

Not only are we planning to publish the novel "The Wreath" on the front page, but we are also going to publish a recent photo and profile of Jiang Xian as well as Feng Mu's comments at the same time, in an effort to solemnly promote this thought-provoking "masterpiece" in the history of contemporary military literature to our readers.

That’s right, “The Garland under the Mountain” has not yet been published, but after only a small range of circulation, it has already been regarded as a “masterpiece” in the history of contemporary military literature.

That day, Zhang Shouren knocked on Jiang Xian's door.

When he arrived, Jiang Xian and Zhu Lin were wearing sportswear and practicing martial arts in the open space downstairs.

"What kind of Qigong is this?"

Zhang Shouren watched from the side for a while, not knowing what kind of training these two people were doing.

"Lao Zhang, why are you here?"

Jiang Xian stopped his moves, wiped his sweat, and explained: "It's not Qigong, it's just some random movements."

Zhu Lin greeted Zhang Shouren.

Jiang Xian patted Zhang Shouren on the shoulder and said, "Old Zhang, is there something wrong with "The Wreath" again?"

Zhang Shouren took out a list from his bag, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"You, don't you want the royalties for The Wreath at the Foot of the Mountain?"

"Payment?"

Jiang Xian slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my memory. I almost forgot about the royalties."

Zhang Shouren pursed his lips, speechless because of this guy.

Of course, the price that October offered Jiang Xian was the standard of 10 yuan per thousand words for famous writers.

"The Wreath at the Foot of the Mountain" is not long, only about 90,000 words, and the remuneration received is only about 900 yuan.

The "eight-level wage system" is being implemented now. The wage for a level eight worker is the highest, about 900 yuan a month, 8 yuan, which is almost the annual wage for a level eight worker.

Changing the track, Zhang Shouren remembered that Jiang Xian said that it took him two months to complete the novel "Wreath".

I earned 900 yuan in two months, which is 450 yuan a month.

At this rate of making money, according to the administrative "24-level salary system", this kid's monthly income is close to that of level 3 or 4.

Those all have the word "country" in them!
"Okay, I've delivered this to you, you two can continue practicing."

Zhang Shouren left after delivering the payment slip, and no matter how Jiang Xian tried to persuade him, he refused to stay for tea.

Jiang Xian pulled Zhu Lin to practice again.

"What kind of weird skills do you have?"

Zhu Lin asked doubtfully, "Why don't I just go and sign up for a qigong class outside and learn from a master for two days.

I saw many people from the Beijing Film Studio went there, and Sister Xiaoqing even recommended a master to me. "

"What is there to learn from them?"

Jiang Xian muttered to himself as he flipped through an ancient book in his hand, which he had bought from a Chinese store using overseas remittance coupons.

In Beijing, there are a total of six shops where you can buy and sell antiques and cultural relics: the Cultural Relics Store, Rongbaozhai, Beijing Furniture Factory, Trust Company, Friendship Store, and China Bookstore.

Chinese bookstores mainly sell old books, inscriptions on stone tablets, calligraphy and paintings.

These six companies only collected foreign exchange coupons and overseas remittance coupons, which Chinese people basically could not buy.

There is no way around it, this is related to the nature of the antique industry at the moment.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the capitalist industry and commerce were fully integrated into public-private partnerships, and the antique industry, which existed as a private form, no longer existed.

Later, due to the impact of North Korea and the Cold War, China's international trade was greatly reduced and foreign exchange was in short supply.

In order to earn foreign exchange, various places set up state-owned cultural relics stores and arts and crafts stores to sell some "duplicate and of average value" cultural relics and artworks purchased from the private sector to foreign guests in order to obtain foreign exchange.

Jiang Xian didn't buy these two ancient books on a whim. They were for physical exercise and mainly to help Zhu Lin practice basic skills.

Some time ago, Beijing Film Studio received a notice that the movie "Shaolin Temple" produced by Great Wall Company would come to the Beijing Film Studio Actors Troupe to select a female actress.

Yes, it’s the “Shaolin Temple” starring Li Lianjie!
"Shaolin Temple" can be considered a national project. At the beginning, it was Mr. Liao who proposed: Hong Kong and overseas audiences like to watch martial arts films, so why not shoot a Shaolin Temple or Tai Chi?

Hong Kong's Great Wall Film Company took over the job and invited Chen Wen, a very famous director in Hong Kong at the time, to take the lead in preparing to shoot a "Shaolin" movie.

Director Chen Wen is ambitious. After he came to the mainland to shoot a series of films, people were stunned.

Before I came here, I never thought winter in the north would be like this!

Chen Wen has been making movies all his life, but he didn't expect that his first attempt to shoot in the mainland would fail miserably.

It was winter, and he didn't pay attention when filming. After finishing the filming, he found that the picture was gray and dark. In addition, he used a bunch of Peking Opera actors, so the whole movie looked very weird. After shooting for several months, Chen Wen knew that what he shot was definitely not good.

After spending 40 Hong Kong dollars, he could no longer hold on and quickly invited Zhang Xinyan to join the team to replace him.

Zhang Xinyan was the director who later filmed "Seven Swordsmen" and "Kung Fu Kids".

As soon as he joined the group, he made drastic changes and replaced all of Chen Wen's styles.

Originally "Shaolin Temple" was a drama, but he changed it into a comedy.

Originally, the leading actors of "Shaolin Temple" were Wu Gang from Great Wall Company and Peking Opera actors, but he decided to replace them with martial arts elites from the mainland.

So they went to Beijing Film Studio to select actresses for the role of Bai Wuxia. The prerequisite was, of course, that she had to be pretty, and secondly, that she had to have some martial arts skills.

Jiang Xian clearly remembered that the original actor who played the role of Bai Wuxia was Ding Lan, an actress from Beijing Film Studio.

As soon as "Shaolin Temple" was released, Ding Lan and Li Lianjie became famous all over the country.

But this time, with him being one more person, everything is naturally different.

Personally, Zhu Lin is his wife, but Ding Lan is not.

Publicly speaking, Zhu Lin is a Chinese actress, but Ding Lan is not.

Like Ding Lan, Zhu Lin has been practicing basic dance skills since childhood, and her beauty in ancient costumes is recognized by people all over the country.

In Jiang Xian's opinion, if Ding Lan can play Bai Wuxia, then Zhu Lin can play the role too. "Jiang Xian, do you think it's too big of a leap for me to act in a martial arts film?" Zhu Lin still had some concerns.

Costume dramas are Zhu Lin's ultimate path. Jiang Xian doesn't want his wife to miss any of the future dramas, be it "Dream of Red Mansions" or "Journey to the West".

Zhu Lin glanced at him and murmured, "Let me tell you something serious. If I'm really chosen this time, I'll go out of town to film."

"Ah."

Jiang Xian recalled that the filming locations of Shaolin Temple were quite a lot, including Henan, Shandong, and Zhejiang.
Seeing that he had no reaction, Zhu Lin reminded him: "This time, I'm afraid it will happen again this year..."

"What again?"

Zhu Lin blushed, "What did you say?"

"What did I say?" Jiang Xian was confused.

"Ah!" Zhu Lin was furious and slapped his arm. "Where is your usual cleverness?"

She reminded him, "If I take this role, I won't be able to have a child again this year."

".Uh."

Jiang Xian smiled and said, "It's not like we have to rush to have a baby this year, especially."

"Besides what?"

Zhu Lin waited for the second half of his sentence. Jiang Xian held her hands and looked at her seriously.

"Besides, you deserve more!"

Jiang Xian's words came from the heart.

With the broadcast of "Cars and Drifters", Zhu Lin's image of Ai Jinghua has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

But in terms of popularity, it still can't compare to the phenomenal sensation like "Lush Mountain Love" and "The Shepherd".

But if Zhu Lin could star in "Shaolin Temple", everything would be very different.

When this national-level movie is released, the fame she will gain will be unprecedented.

He hopes Zhu Lin can reach the top of the entertainment industry.

Of course Zhu Lin didn't know he had thought about so many things. She was stunned for a moment and immediately pulled her hand back.

"What a weird thing to say."

He turned his head and continued practicing, but he couldn't forget what Jiang Xian had just said: "You deserve more."

For a moment I didn't know what was going on.

The slogan of this era is: "Women hold up half the sky."

The more you shout, the more you lack.

In fact, the people around her still have deep-rooted feudal ideas. Even her mother often told her to quickly have a child with Jiang Xian. Since her family had no worries about food and clothing, she should stay out of public view.

Even though so many people are against it, the person next to me is the most supportive.

The sun was shining brightly, and Zhu Lin looked at Jiang Xian's tall figure under the elm tree.

Is God too good to me? This is what the so-called ideal husband is like.

"Is there something on my face?" Jiang Xian looked at her.

"Virtue."

Zhu Lin smiled, turned her head away, and showed off her moves. Her whole body was stretched, her wrists were tender and white, and her legs were straight and long.

Editorial Department of Film Creation.

Cao Hongxiang nervously handed a script to Jiang Xian's desk.

He has revised this script countless times, but it still hasn't been revised to a level that satisfies Jiang Xian.

"Is it fixed?"

"It's fixed. Take a look."

"I'll take a look."

Jiang Xian took the manuscript, found the revised part, and read it carefully line by line.

This is a football-themed script.

As early as 1957, the Chinese national football team launched its first attempt to qualify for the World Cup.

Unfortunately, they were eliminated in the play-offs because their total goals were less than Indonesia.

Since then, due to the buzz, the Chinese national football team has been suspended for 20 years.

This year, 1981, an unprecedented team finally emerged in China.

This is the best and most powerful team in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Later Asian powerhouses such as Japan, South Korea, Iran, and even Australia from Oceania were all confused by the Chinese football team.

Do you believe that the Chinese national football team can beat the Japanese team 2-0?
To Jiang Xian, this was as fantastic as a dream.

But in this era, hey, it's really a real thing.

In 1981, the Chinese national football team was one of the strongest teams in Asia, and it was a glorious time.

By the end of 81, the Chinese national football team had gained a huge advantage of 5 points in the qualifying round and was just one step away from the World Cup.

There are two seats in Asia. Although Saudi Arabia, which has already been eliminated, lost to Kuwait and allowed the other team to get one spot, considering that Kuwait was able to draw 2:2 with New Zealand away from home, it is basically impossible for them to lose to the opponent by 5 goals at home, and the ticket to the World Cup is within reach.

The Chinese people cheered and Chinese journalists wrote extensively about the event.

The result was calculated into the score.

Kuwait lost 0:5 to New Zealand at home, causing the Chinese national football team to lose the qualification for the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Nevertheless, 81 was a rare year for football in China.

As for the script written by Cao Hongxiang in Jiang Xian's hand, it was a classic work that he planned to publish in "Film Creation".

——Kyoto Ball Man!
In another time and space, this is an indelible classic movie from the 80s, starring Chen Peisi, Zhang Fengyi, Jiang Kun and La Fang.

It tells the story of the late Qing Dynasty, when the lower-class Chinese people spontaneously organized a football team to fight a decisive battle with Western teams for national self-esteem. It combines Chinese Kung Fu and football in a funny and ironic style.

"How about adding this sentence here?"

Jiang Xian held the pen and added a line for Cao Hongxiang in the script.

Cao Hongxiang took it respectfully and looked at it. Editor-in-Chief Jiang had written a sentence:
"If you want to play well, you must first play with your life, and second, you must have unique skills."

Hiss.

Cao Hongxiang slapped his thigh and said, "Great! Isn't this how we should kick the ball? Your modification is great!"

"Okay, that's it. You arrange for the headlines for August." Jiang Xian made the decision.

"Headline?!"

Happiness came too suddenly, Cao Hongxiang couldn't accept it for a while, and asked tentatively:
"No, no need to change it anymore?"

"Why? What are you not satisfied with? There are still two months left. I have no objection if you want to make some changes."

"No, no, no!"

Cao Hongxiang denied it decisively and shook his head like a rattle.

Seeing the boy looking so proud, Jiang Xian smiled and took out something and put it in his hand.

"Don't be idle, go and help me deliver something."

(End of this chapter)