Chapter 52: Teahouse

Lin Weimin stayed in the guesthouse of "Contemporary" for one night. He hardly slept that night and spent most of the time chatting, not only with Gu Hua, but also with Lu Yao who came over near midnight.

Most of the time, the two of them were talking and Lin Weimin was listening.

Both of them are now in the creative stage, with a lot of fragmented inspiration in their minds that urgently need to be consolidated through dialogue, which is exactly Lin Weimin's strength.

Gu Hua was talking about "A Remote Mountain Town", while Lu Yao was not talking about "A Thrilling Scene" which he was currently working on, but another story, the love story between an educated youth named Gao Jialin and a rural girl named Liu Qiaozhen. Lin Weimin immediately thought of his famous work "Life".

I haven't read the novel of "Life", but I have seen the movie.

The next day, several people slept until noon.

Lin Weimin had lunch and took advantage of the lunch break to play table tennis with writers from other dormitories in the corridor.

A few people didn't pay attention to the time and were still playing after work, and were scolded by a white-haired old lady who passed by.

As they were in the wrong, they listened to the lecture obediently.

After everyone left, Lin Weimin lowered his voice and asked, "Who is this old lady? Why is she so arrogant?"

"Don't you know her? Mrs. Wei!"

Mrs. Wei?

Lin Weimin immediately thought that there seemed to be only one person with the surname "Wei" in Renwen Press, and that was the editor-in-chief Wei Junyi.

In the afternoon, Lu Yao said that a fellow villager wanted to invite him to dinner in the evening, and asked Lin Weimin and Gu Hua to go together. Gu Hua said that he was busy finishing the manuscript before school started, so Lu Yao took Lin Weimin to the appointment.

Only after meeting did I find out that the person who invited Lu Yao to dinner was actually director Wu Tianming.

Lin Weimin is not very familiar with people in the literary world, but he is not unfamiliar with those in the film and television circles.

The bald gangster's famous work is the adapted film "Life". Later, he won the Film Festival Grand Prize and the FIPRESCI Award in the main competition unit of the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival with the film "Old Well".

It is worth mentioning that the leading actor of "Old Well" is Zhang Yi. At that time, Zhang Yi had not yet become successful, but he won the honor of Best Actor for this film.

It's really amazing that a director actually took away the jobs of actors. It can only be said that he is extremely talented.

As they chatted, Lin Weimin found out that Lu Yao and Wu Tianming were from the same hometown and had known each other for many years.

Wu Tianming is currently preparing to shoot a movie called "Kinship", which tells the story of a father and daughter who reunite with their relatives after being separated from them for thirty years due to the war. Lin Weimin has no impression of it.

When Wu Tianming learned that Lin Weimin was the author of "The Disguiser", he immediately became interested. Although the novel had only been published for a short time, it had caused quite a stir among readers. It had been a long time since such an excellent spy novel appeared in China.

In fact, there were many highly acclaimed spy war novels in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but later, due to well-known reasons, even works like "Lin Hai Xue Yuan" became taboos, so spy war themes have gradually decreased in recent years. It was not until the storm in recent years that this theme was lifted.

Wu Tianming has read the novel "The Hidden Corner". Not only has he read it, he also likes it very much.

While reading it, he felt that the novel had a strong visual appeal, a tight and brisk rhythm, and intense conflicts, as if it was born to be adapted into a film or TV series.

"Brother, have you ever thought about adapting your novel into a movie?" Wu Tianming asked in a seductive tone.

At that moment, Lin Weimin felt that this bald gangster had more potential to become a charlatan than himself.

"Brother, you are joking. If Insidious is to be filmed well, the length of the movie may not be enough."

Wu Tianming thought about whether Lin Weimin would agree or refuse, but he didn't expect that his thinking was so clear that he even considered such a thing.

"Brother, you are very knowledgeable. Although Insidious is not long, its rhythm is too tight and there is too much information to process. It is not easy to shoot it well within the length of a movie."

His expression was full of regret, but he also understood that what Lin Weimin said was a fatal issue.

After that, Wu Tianming never talked about this topic again and turned to talk about other things.

The reception was very enjoyable for both the guests and the hosts.

Lin Weimin and Lu Yao were drunk and returned to No. 166 Chaonei Street with their arms folded. They woke up the next day with a severe headache.

Lu Yao was revising his manuscript, Gu Hua was also working on his own, and Lin Weimin was bored to death. He thought of the tickets Wan Jiabao had given him, which happened to be for today's show.

In the evening, Lin Weimin rode his bicycle to the Capital Theatre, which became the performance venue of the People's Art Theatre in 1956.

The theater is located on the north side of Wangfujing Street, covering an area of ​​nearly 5,000 square meters and a construction area of ​​15,000 square meters. It integrates performances, rehearsals and theater offices.

There is no better theater in China today.

Entering the theater, the interior decoration is classical and luxurious, magnificent, the auditorium is divided into two floors, and there are estimated to be nearly a thousand seats.

The ticket Mr. Wan Jiabao gave him was very close to the front, and Lin Weimin had to walk about ten meters away from the stage before he found his seat.

Today's play is "Teahouse", Mr. Lao She's representative work, a play that cannot be more classic.

Teahouse premiered in 1958, but while it was well received, it also received a lot of criticism. Then in 1963, Teahouse was revived with some positive content, which the original author, Mr. Lao She, was very dissatisfied with.

Until last year, "Teahouse" was finally re-performed in its original form, causing a sensation in Yanjing.

Lin Weimin had seen the movie version of "Tea House" before, which was almost a replica of the drama version, even the actors were the same.

Yi Shizhi, Zheng Rong, Ying Ruocheng, Lan Tianye, Lin Dongsheng, Hu Zongwen...

As the narration unfolds slowly, characters of all kinds appear on the stage.

Lin Weimin's position was close enough to the stage that he could not only listen to every line of the actors and watch their every movement, but also see every subtle expression on their faces clearly.

All the stage details are right before your eyes.

Watching the classic work "Tea House" at such a close distance is completely different from the feeling of watching a movie. Even though the 1982 version of "Tea House" he had seen was an almost perfect reproduction of the drama, the visual impact of being right in front of him still made Lin Weimin feel intoxicated.

The 150-minute play was over before he knew it, and even until the actors came on stage to take their bows, Lin Weimin was still immersed in the plot and couldn't extricate himself.

In the past, he always felt that it was particularly fake to applaud while watching a play or a movie in a theater, but after this experience, he understood that some people might applaud certain works out of politeness, but for works like "Tea House", people's applause came from the heart.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when Lin Weimin came out of the Capital Theatre. As he rode his bicycle, he could still think of the performance on stage. This experience was truly unforgettable.

I will recover for another day and start posting three updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)