Chapter 165 How about I tell you about the play?
Lu Yao came to Beijing and lived in the guesthouse of Contemporary Magazine. After all, he was an author trained by their own magazine, so he deserved this treatment.
He moved into the third floor, causing a huge sensation.
You should know that the back building is not only for authors who come to Contemporary to revise their manuscripts, but also for all authors of the Guowen Press who need their manuscripts revised.
In the second half of last year, "Life" came out of nowhere and Lu Yao became famous, not to mention those who are in the literary circle.
Lu Yao suddenly became the focus of attention of the entire floor. The dormitory was filled with people every day, making the room smoky.
Lin Weimin brought Xie Mingqing to find Lu Yao, and the group of people gathered in the room left tactfully.
Xie Mingqing came to Lu Yao because Guowen Publishing House was planning to publish "Life".
This was certainly a good thing for Lu Yao, and he readily agreed.
The publication of the single volume of "Life" is of great significance to Lu Yao. This is his first time to publish a book, and it is published by the authoritative publishing house Guowen Publishing House. Most importantly, he can get a large sum of royalties.
Based on the number of subscriptions received by the editorial department during this period, Guowen Publishing House plans to print an initial print run of 200,000 copies, which is a very conservative number.
After agreeing on the publication of "Life", Xie Mingqing left the dormitory.
Lin Weimin talked to Lu Yao about the novella he was writing, which was Lu Yao's fourth novella.
Lu Yao has just written the beginning of this novel, and he had previously given the outline to Lin Weimin.
"It's still a long way to go before the award ceremony. Just stay on the third floor and write peacefully during this time. The influence of Life is growing. I'm really afraid that in two months, you won't even have time to write."
When Lu Yao heard what Lin Weimin said, his heart skipped a beat. He felt like a lamb that had walked into a wolf's den. He recalled the last time he was locked up in a small dark room by Lin Weimin to revise his manuscript.
"Actually, I came to Yanjing because I was annoyed by people back home." Lu Yao said, and then observed Lin Weimin's expression and said, "I want to write the manuscript slowly this time. I worked too hard before."
Lin Weimin nodded and said, "That's right, you have to take care of your body."
"It's just right for me to go out and have some fun during this time."
Lin Weimin glanced at Lu Yao, and seeing his eyes flickering, he knew what he was thinking.
"Don't forget about the novel," he reminded.
Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief, "It will definitely not affect my novel writing."
One day in mid-February, Teacher Jinshan came to the editorial office of Contemporary Magazine.
"Teacher Jin, why are you here?"
Jinshan smiled and talked about the reason why he came.
Under his leadership, the TV series "The Cliff" was jointly produced by the Television Art Committee and Qindao TV Station.
During the early preparations, Mr. Jinshan provided a lot of help to the crew and even went to Harbin for a few days before the New Year.
During the Chinese New Year period, he finished his work and prepared to go to Harbin again to see the filming of "The Cliff".
As the first long-form TV series in China, "The Cliff" is record-breaking in length, with 20 episodes. A TV series of this scale is not easy to handle, and he would never feel at ease unless he went to see it himself.
"I was thinking that since you are the original author of our TV series and also the screenwriter, you should go and watch it together and help me check it out."
After listening to Jinshan, Lin Weimin really couldn't find any reason to refuse.
He ran to Meng Weizai's office and said he wanted to take a few days off.
Lao Meng's heart subconsciously skipped a beat. After listening to what Lin Weimin said, he thought that it was fortunately not some fake creation.
"Okay, this is serious business, so I'll grant you a week's leave."
After taking a leave and going home to pack his things, Lin Weimin was about to go to the train station when he saw Han Zhuangzhuang standing there, staring at a motorcycle and grinning.
During this period, he often rode a motorcycle when Lin Weimin was not around. Traffic police were not strict these days. To be more precise, no one checked at all. Han Zhuangzhuang learned to ride steadily after trying a few times.
Lin Weimin threw the car keys to him and said, "Ride carefully and remember to refuel!"
"Understood, uncle!"
The call of "uncle" was so sincere and heartfelt, even more passionate than calling him dad.
There is one advantage of traveling on business with Teacher Jinshan. The old comrades are of high rank and they sit in soft sleeper cars, so they don't suffer at all.
After spending almost a day and a night, the two finally arrived in Harbin.
Because they called in advance, the crew sent a car to pick them up. It was already evening when the driver took them to the guesthouse where the crew was staying.
After waiting for a while, the main crew finished work and returned to the guesthouse.
"Oh, Teacher Jin and Teacher Lin, we've finally got you here." Ren Hao greeted and shook hands with the two enthusiastically, and introduced several key figures of the crew to Lin Weimin.
Teacher Jin has been here before and got to know everyone.
In addition to director Ren Hao, there is another co-director in the crew, who Ren Hao introduced as Shao Honglai.
Lin Weimin felt that the middle-aged director looked familiar. After thinking for a long time, he realized that he seemed to be a special actor who often played the role of Mr. Shouchang.
"Hello, Director Shao!"
"Hello, Teacher Lin!"
Then Ren Hao introduced a heroic middle-aged woman, who was the production director of the crew, named Deng Zaijun. She was actually the main director of CCTV, and this time it was Teacher Jinshan who specially invited her from CCTV to help the crew.
The Television Art Committee is the ace army of radio and television, and only they have the face to invite people from CCTV.
After Lin Weimin and Deng Zaijun exchanged greetings and shook hands, Ren Hao pointed at the handsome male lead and said, "Teacher Lin, I don't need to introduce this guy to you, right? He's Tang Guoqiang, a nationally renowned film actor."
"I've heard a lot about you!" Lin Weimin smiled and shook hands with Tang Guoqiang, cursing in his heart: Marshal!
No wonder some people dislike you, you are really too handsome.
"Teacher Tang is an actor from the Bayi Film Studio, right? I'm quite familiar with Chen Xiao... Chen Peisi from your film studio."
"Teacher Lin knows Pace? What a fate!" Tang Guoqiang's laughter is very iconic, and Lin Weimin almost shouted "Prime Minister".
Ren Hao added: "Teacher Lin, this is the heroine of our "Cliff", Zhu Lin."
Lin Weimin had a reserved smile on his face, "Hello, Comrade Zhu Lin."
Zhu Lin looked at Lin Weimin with a bit of timidity, stretched out her hand and gently shook hands with Lin Weimin, "Teacher Lin, long time no see."
Ren Hao asked in surprise: "Do you know each other?"
"Zhu Lin and my nephew are classmates of Yan Ying."
Ren Hao was a little surprised. Zhu Lin should be older than Teacher Lin. Was she a classmate of Teacher Lin’s nephew?
There was no time to think about these things. Ren Hao laughed heartily and said, "This is really fate!"
The last person introduced was a young man with a round face.
He stood aside for a long time, and without waiting for Ren Hao to speak, he took the initiative to shake Lin Weimin's hand.
"Hello, Teacher Lin, I'm Wang Gang!"
Mr. Wang, could you lend me your treasure-protecting hammer?
Lin Weimin took a short break and shook hands with Wang Gang. "Comrade Wang Gang, hello. We finally meet."
Wang Gang said humbly, "Director Ren told me before that thanks to your support, I have the opportunity to star in such an excellent work as "The Cliff".
Lin Weimin laughed and said, "Don't say that. Our crew should be called destiny. You see, Teacher Tang and I have common colleagues and friends. Zhu Lin is my nephew's classmate. As for you, you have previously broadcasted "The Cliff" on the radio, and now you are starring in the TV series "The Cliff". Haha, you tell me, what a great fate this is!"
When the people around heard him say this, they all laughed. It was indeed a wonderful fate.
In the evening, Ren Hao specially invited Lin Weimin and Jinshan to have a meal to welcome them.
The next morning, Lin Weimin and Jin Shan followed the crew to the filming location.
The filming of "The Cliff" started in mid-December and is now more than halfway through, and is expected to be completed before April.
The shooting period of this TV series is not long in this era. On the one hand, it is because the domestic film and television industry is under industrialization and inefficient. On the other hand, it is also because the crew is striving for excellence.
The scenes being filmed today are at the homes of Zhou Yi and Gu Qiuyan in the play. The scenes being filmed are the rivalry between Tang Guoqiang, who plays Zhou Yi, and Zhu Lin, who plays Gu Qiuyan.
Following Ren Hao's order, the filming began with Tang Guoqiang and Zhu Lin standing opposite each other.
This is a pull-back shot, which means that the camera is framing one character through the shoulder of another character.
There was only one camera in the group, and at this moment it was filming Zhu Lin from behind Tang Guoqiang.
The crew's photographer's surname is Ma, he is over 50 years old, and has been at Qindao TV Station since its establishment. He is an old photographer in the station.
This scene is a simple indoor scene, with only a few words of dialogue between the male and female protagonists and no intense emotional clashes. Logically, Zhu Lin should have completed it easily.
But at this moment, she looked nervous and stiff, and she recited her lines like a machine, without any emotion.
Ren Hao frowned and murmured in a low voice: "Zhu Lin's performance today was a bit poor!"
He called for a reshoot so that Zhu Lin could sort out her emotions and get a feel for the character.
Teacher Jinshan asked: "Xiao Zhu's performance today is a little abnormal!"
"Yeah, it's a bit bad indeed."
Lin Weimin, who was standing by, didn't agree. Wasn't her acting always bad? Wasn't today's performance considered normal?
After a short break, filming started again. Zhu Lin's performance was still unsatisfactory. Her eyes were wandering and she looked in the direction of director Ren Hao from time to time.
"Zhu Lin, why do you keep looking at me? You are acting with the male lead!" Ren Hao said stiffly.
Zhu Lin quickly lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, Director."
Ren Hao shook his head helplessly, "You're wasting time on such a simple play. What's wrong with you today?"
Zhu Lin lowered her head in shame and kept saying sorry.
Lin Weimin saw that this was not a solution. Thinking of the miraculous effect of his "explaining the play" to Zhu Lin during the filming of "The Courtyard", he said, "How about I explain the play to Zhu Lin?"
Ren Hao and Jin Shan looked at Lin Weimin in surprise, "You can also tell a story?"
"What kind of look is that? If you don't believe me, ask Zhu Lin."
Lin Weimin pointed at Zhu Lin and said, "She couldn't get into the role when she was filming in school. Thanks to my explanation, she got it right in one take."
Ren Hao and Jin Shan looked at Zhu Lin inquiringly, only to find that Zhu Lin looked terrified.
(End of this chapter)
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