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Chapter 106 "Horse Wrangler" Scripted (Monthly Ticket 1500 plus more)

Xie Jin has been in the film industry for more than 1960 years. In 19, at the first Hundred Flowers Awards, he won the Best Picture and Best Director awards for "The Red Detachment of Women". He was already a top director years ago.

After the turmoil, Xie Jin made two films, Youth and Ah! Cradle. Although they received good reviews, they can only be regarded as mediocre in his series of works.

He is 56 years old and has passed his prime in terms of energy and physical fitness, but his creative thinking and film skills are at their peak. He hopes to make more films that keep up with the times while he can still do so.

Especially after the National Congress of Writers and Artists, he knew that spring had come for filmmakers and he had to seize the time because who knows when winter would come again.

Reading the novel titled "The Shepherd" at this time, he felt a strong urge to create, especially the male protagonist Xu Shengfang. Although he was a little too perfect, isn't the movie supposed to be an idealized presentation?

Moreover, the author uses exquisite dialogues and contrasts to construct a convincing story, and the director only needs to make the audience believe it after watching it.

He had heard of the name Wei Ming several months ago. As the saying goes, a duck knows first when the river water warms in spring. He even joined in the fun and bought two bottles of Ginseng and Osmanthus Yangrong Wine.

However, Director Shi also had a good vision, so Xie Jin started reading the script adapted from "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" again.

"The Shepherd" is more of a scar literature. Although it also criticizes that era, its core is positive and gives people strength.

"Legend of Tianyun Mountain" is a relatively standard reflective literature. The story is also very good. The author uses the protagonist's mouth to say what many people dare not say. It's just that the character is a bit stereotyped and may need to be revised.

Moreover, this is a story about the Anti-Rightist Movement. Would it be risky to film it now?

In Xie Jin's heart, his balance is more inclined towards "The Shepherd", but "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" already has a complete script, which can be used after some modifications, and a team can be put together to shoot it soon.

It may not take much time to shoot a movie, but sometimes it can take a year or two to write the script. Xie Jin likes to let the original author write it himself, and then have it revised by a professional screenwriter.

Wei Ming seems to be only 18 years old. Can he write scripts?
So he found his elder brother Sun Daolin, who had mentioned that he had made a friend after returning from Yenching, the writer Wei Ming.

"Writing scripts?" Sun Daolin smiled after hearing Xie Jin's question. "It should be right for you to find him. He has written scripts for the Shanghai Animation Film Studio before."

"Ah, Shanghai Animation Film Studio? Animation script?" Xie Jin felt that it didn't fit.

"Yes, that guy has a lot of skills, so he shouldn't have any problem writing the script. You can call Peking University and ask him to revise the script and send it out for us to see."

Xie Jin nodded: "Then let him write it first. I will talk to Director Shi about "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" first. He values this project very much."

He was thinking about filming "Tianyun Mountain" first, and by the time Wei Ming finished writing "The Shepherd", he would probably have finished filming "Tianyun Mountain".

After Xie Jin left, Sun Daolin took out the envelope that Wei Ming had mailed to him from the drawer. There was a phone number of Peking University South Gate on it. This guy was thoughtful.

Coincidentally, after Wei Ming sent Aaron away, he was at the South Gate and just received a call from Mr. Sun Daolin from Shanghai.

After answering the call, Wei Ming expressed his gratitude to Teacher Sun again and again. This news was so timely for him!
It is better to become famous early, and it is best to adapt it.

He hoped that Xie Jin could film his own "The Shepherd" first, so that he could have a famous work in the film industry. Maybe it could also lead to the adaptation of the previous novels, and his value would also increase.

If you adapt it a few more times, you can buy yourself a car and a house!
The biggest purpose of this phone call from Teacher Sun was to let Wei Ming know that he had a competitor, and Director Xie liked "The Shepherd" more, so he had to be quick!
If we wait until the "Tianyun Mountain" project is officially launched, it will be too late and we will have to wait at least another year.

Although "The Shepherd" has such a good story foundation that there will definitely be other directors coveting it and it will not be difficult to find a good partner, but in Wei Ming's opinion, there is no director in the mainland who is more capable than Xie Jin at this time, and he is the most suitable candidate.

Not long after Wei Ming hung up the phone, Uncle Ping An called him, also looking for him.

"Hello, Director Wei."

"Comrade Wei Ming, good news!" Wei Ping'an said excitedly, "Director Xie Jin from Shanghai Film Studio just finished watching your The Shepherd and called the school to ask if you are interested in adapting the novel into a script. He is very interested in this story!"

Wei Ming said calmly: "Okay, I'll change it right away. Say hello to Director Xie for me."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Pingan was surprised. Why did Xiao Ming not seem excited at all? That was Xie Jin, Xie Jin from the Red Detachment of Women!
Wei Ming's excitement was all on his pen. He had originally wanted to spend the afternoon with Melinda, but now he decided to rewrite the script immediately.

While he was adapting the magazine, 20 copies of Contemporary were sold out by the market in just three days.

The literary world was once again shocked by the "Wei Ming effect". After Liu Zhenyun, many articles began to ignore Wei Ming's novels and directly comment on Wei Ming, study Wei Ming, and even summarize a "Wei Ming effect".

He has a lot of the aura of Wang Shuo and Wang Xiaobo when they were popular in later generations. He may be far from being a literary overlord, but he is a real literary idol and has a strong ability to sell goods.

The People's Literature Publishing House also responded quickly, urgently printing another 15 copies and quickly sending them to all parts of the country!

The circulation of "Contemporary" soared from 10 copies to 30, directly becoming a first-tier literary magazine.

Bai Shurong also called Wei Ming to tell him that their leader, Mr. Yan Wenjing, had suddenly suffered an acute cerebral thrombosis and was hospitalized.

Wei Ming was shocked: "Is it because the magazine is selling so well?"

"That may be the reason, but the main reason is his age. He has always been in poor health. After this illness, he will probably have to retire from this position."

"Which hospital is Mr. Yan in?" Wei Ming asked. "Friendship Hospital, I'm glad you have this intention, I will help you convey it, but we are not allowed to go now." Bai Shurong said.

"Okay then." Wei Ming sighed.

Bai Shurong added: "As expected, your novel has caused quite a bit of controversy. Looking at newspapers, it seems like every newspaper is discussing the Wrangler and Xu Shengfang. What do you think?"

"I'll sit down and read." There was a newspaper in front of Wei Ming, and there was a review article criticizing "The Shepherd" for being false and empty.

Wei Ming thinks this kind of comment is also very good. The commentator believes that people are selfish and have a biological instinct to enjoy a good life, so Xu Shengfang does not seem to be real enough.

In the past, such an idea would have been unthinkable, but now he has thought about it, written it down, and published it.

This is an improvement.

Although more readers were moved by Xu Shengfang's choice, and "The Horse Shepherd" was also seen as a positive example and many official newspapers were promoting it, there were still many questioning voices.

However, the Daily News soon gave a strong response.

On that day, the third edition published a real-life version of the story of "Xu Shengfang and Wei Fenfang" about raising pigs in Ningxia, "The Choice of Brazilian Chinese Couple Yan Jitong and Wang Bailing".

On the same day, Wei Ming also published an article entitled "My Father and Mother" in China Youth Daily, in which he first talked about his motivation for creating "The Shepherd".

"At first I just wanted to record the story of my father and mother getting married first and then falling in love. Later I saw a report about Yan Jitong and Wang Bailing from Ningxia, so I incorporated their story into the film, and that's how The Shepherd came about..."

Wei Ming then told some stories about his parents based on his childhood memories, and revealed his intention to find them at the end of the article.

China Youth Daily was very cooperative and did not delete a single word, and Wei Ming also agreed to give them a formal interview in a few days.

~
Yanjing Railway Station.

43-year-old Zhang Xianliang finally returned to Yanjing.

He studied at Yenching University more than 20 years ago.

Ten years ago, he hitchhiked on a train from a converted farm to return to Yanjing to visit his mother. That was the last time he saw his mother and the last time he returned to Yanjing.

This time he was invited back to Yenching as an author. The Beijing Film Studio wanted to adapt his novel "Gypsy", so they invited him to Beijing to discuss related matters.

As soon as he got off the train, Zhang Xianliang hurried to find a newsstand and wanted to buy the third issue of "Contemporary".

Because during the two days and two nights on the train he had read a lot of newspapers from different people, many of which were discussing the novel "The Shepherd".

Unfortunately, the newsstand said that they were sold out, but new magazines would arrive soon.

I asked several companies and they were all the same.

Fortunately, when he arrived at the Beijing Film Studio, Zhang Xianliang borrowed a copy from Jiang Huaiyan, the director of the literature department, and finally got to see the true face of the book.

After reading this novel, Zhang Xianliang finally understood why Wei Ming became so popular.

This novel is not as lively as "Two Oxen and Two Donkeys" and is slightly less interesting, but the writing is solid and it makes you unable to stop reading it after reading the beginning, and you can't stop until you finish it.

It’s hard to imagine that the other person is only 18 years old. What a monster!
Then he thought of the prototype of the story in Ningxia, and his sense of smell was not as keen as that of someone far away in Yanjing, and Zhang Xianliang felt very regretful.

~
In Melinda's dormitory in the Shaoyuan Girls' Building.

Wei Ming was writing a script when someone approached him and hugged him from behind.

From the obvious touch on his back, Wei Ming knew that Melinda had returned.

He wanted to go to the library to write a script in the morning, but he failed to get a seat. In addition, Charlie rarely came back during the day, so after asking Melinda for her opinion, he came here temporarily to seek some peace and quiet.

Melinda bit Wei Ming's ear: "I've locked the door, do you want to stay in the dormitory..."

Wei Ming's hands grabbed her legs from behind: "It's not good to indulge in lust in the daytime, and I still need to eat lunch."

"It's not enough to eat me." Melinda walked around to the front and put her little mouth close to mine.

Wei Ming took two sips and said, "I've eaten. It's time to eat."

"Why don't you eat in the international student cafeteria today? After dinner, come with me to return the tape, and I'll introduce you to Teacher Gu..."

(End of this chapter)