Chapter 424 Meeting in Zhuozhou Next Week
The term "revolutionary Spring Festival" originated in the 1950s and is no longer used today, but the short three-day Spring Festival holiday has been retained.
Compared with the seven-day holiday in later generations, these three days of holiday are indeed a bit short.
But we don’t take holidays!
Thinking of this, Lin Weimin couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority.
After paying New Year's greetings on the first day, he ran to Shi Tiesheng's house on the second day.
"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"
Lin Weimin went into the house without waiting for Shi Tiesheng to come out.
Before the Spring Festival, Shi Tiesheng and Cheng Ximi went to Xi'an, met their future father-in-law and mother-in-law, and after getting their approval, he went to Cheng Ximi's unit to get a certificate, took his household registration booklet and went to Xi'an to get a marriage certificate.
Then he returned to Yanjing with his sister Shi Lan. Zheng Guo was responsible for coordinating Cheng Ximi's work, and it would probably take a few more months.
During this period, the young couple Shi Tiesheng and Cheng Ximi could only live apart temporarily.
"How does it feel to be a groom?" Lin Weimin joked.
Shi Tiesheng smiled and said, "I am the happiest person in the world!"
Lin Weimin also laughed. This answer was very strange.
"Hey, where's Shi Lan?" Lin Weimin asked after chatting for a while.
"What else can she do? She made an appointment with her classmates to go out and play." Shi Tiesheng sighed, "This girl has been making a fuss about moving out recently."
"Moving out?"
Shi Tiesheng said: "They want to make room for Ximi and me."
Lin Weimin said, "What else do you need to vacate? I've already found a place for you two to live. How about renting the yard in Shichahai to you?"
Lin Weimin had already considered everything for Shi Tiesheng early in the morning. He would ask Zheng Guo for work matters. Cheng Ximi is a teacher, and his father happened to be in the education field. With the last incident with Qu Xiaowei and his wife, it didn't matter if he asked for help once or twice. He didn't have to worry about the debts anyway.
The house was allowed for Shi Tiesheng and his wife to move into a small courtyard in Shichahai. Given Lin Weimin's character, he actually intended to give the courtyard to Shi Tiesheng and his wife as a wedding gift.
But he knew Shi Tiesheng, and he would definitely not accept it if it was given to him, let alone move there. If he rented it, it shouldn't be a problem.
"Rent it to us?"
Shi Tiesheng shook his head. How could he not understand Lin Weimin's thoughts?
"Well! You are a great writer, you can't afford the rent of 200 yuan a year, right?"
Two hundred dollars?
Shi Tiesheng hesitated.
What he was afraid of was that Lin Weimin would use the excuse of renting the house to him at a low price, saying it was renting, but in fact it was giving it to him and letting him live there for free.
"I'm giving you a discount because of our friendship. You don't want to pay the hundred dollars, do you?" Lin Weimin said deliberately.
A few years ago, a single room in a large courtyard in Yanjing City cost two yuan a month. In recent years, the price has risen to three yuan.
Lin Weimin's yard has more than a dozen rooms, and it only costs two hundred yuan a year. It is certainly not expensive, and it is in line with what he said, so he gave a discount.
This price dispelled Shi Tiesheng's idea of avoiding suspicion. Although he took advantage of Lin Weimin a little, it was fortunately within a reasonable range.
He smiled, "You are very thoughtful."
Lin Weimin said proudly: "I am the 'timely rain' of Yanjing!"
After joking, Lin Weimin said, "I have everything over there. I'll ask Shi Lan to pack some clothes for you and you can move in right away."
"What about you?"
"I'm still living in Tuanjiehu recently. When spring comes, I'll move to Xi'anmen Street. I have a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings piled up, so I'd like to go over there and look after them."
The three-courtyard house on Xi'anmen Street is called Shizhu. Lin Weimin had previously asked Li Guangfu to be in charge of its tidying up. He spent tens of thousands of dollars, not only to tidy up the yard and the house, but also to build a basement to collect antique calligraphy and paintings.
A lot of effort was put into building this basement. This time, the Shichahai courtyard was vacated for Shi Tiesheng and his wife to live in, so he can be considered to have moved into a bigger house.
“There are just too many houses, and it’s a bit overwhelming to live in them all!” Lin Weimin sighed.
Shi Tiesheng silently pushed his wheelchair to the door.
When Lin Weimin saw this, he immediately and tactfully lifted the door curtain and pushed him out.
Shi Tiesheng looked back at him angrily, but Lin Weimin didn't notice at all. He smiled and said, "It's a rare good day today, it's nice to go out for a walk."
What a bullshit!
I just don't want to chat with you, a pretentious person, not to come out and suffer in the cold.
I spent a day at Shi Tiesheng's house on the second day of the Chinese New Year, rested on the third day, and went to work on the fourth day.
The second issue of "Contemporary" in 1987 is about to be published and the selected short story series will also be on the market. The publishing house is also preparing to publish a single volume of the second part of "Ordinary World".
As soon as the editorial department returned to work after the Chinese New Year, the work intensity was immediately increased to the maximum.
On the sixth day of the New Year, Wang Shuo went to the editorial office with a smug look on his face.
When Lin Weimin saw this character, he knew that something good must have happened to him.
A dog’s stomach can’t hold two ounces of sesame oil!
"What's coming?" Lin Weimin asked.
Wang Shuo tried to remain calm, "Nothing, isn't it Chinese New Year? I came to see you!"
"You're looking at me with empty hands?" Lin Weimin teased.
"It's urgent!" Wang Shuo shamelessly pulled a chair and sat down.
Lin Weimin lowered his head to review the manuscript. He was silent for a long time. When he looked up, he saw Wang Shuo's face was almost swollen. Then he said, "That's enough. Stop pretending. Just tell me if you have anything good to say!"
After hearing what he said, Wang Shuo could no longer hold back the expression on his face, but he still wanted to maintain it, so he waved his hand and said, "Oh! Actually, it's nothing..."
As soon as he said this, Lin Weimin lowered his head again to continue reviewing the manuscript, and Wang Shuo almost got hurt from holding it in.
After a long while, Lin Weimin asked again: "Will you tell me or not?"
Wang Shuo finally couldn't control himself anymore and said with his teeth bared, "My buddy's novel is going to be made into a movie."
"Who is so blind as to read your novel?"
Wang Shuo was not angry at all when being mocked by Lin Weimin. He was just jealous.
"Mi Jiashan! The famous director, do you know him? His wife is Pan Hong!" Wang Shuo boasted on his face, as if Pan Hong was his wife.
When he heard the name Mi Jiashan, Lin Weimin immediately realized which novel of Wang Shuo he was going to adapt.
"The Troublemakers?"
Wang Shuo looked surprised, "Wow, your guess is pretty accurate!"
Buddy, this is not guessing, this is called cheating.
Mi Jiashan, like Teng Jinxian and Han Shanping, is from Emei Film Studio. He was sent to Yanying for further studies in the same year as Han Shanping. Both of them are considered potential stocks among the younger generation of directors in Emei Studio.
Of course, the thing that this director is best known for by the audiences of this era is that he married the big star Pan Hong.
In the impression of the younger generation of audiences, Pan Hong has long been a professional nagging mother.
But in the 1980s, she was a big star who was no less famous than Liu Xiaoqing.
She rose to fame in 1979 for her role in the movie "The Smile of the Troubled Man". In just a few years, she won four Golden Rooster Awards, three Golden Phoenix Awards, three Xiao Baihua Awards for Best Actress, one Hundred Flowers Award, the Huabiao Award, the Shanghai Film Critics Award, the Damascus International Film Festival, the Taormina International Film Festival in Italy and many other domestic and international best actress awards.
If Liu Xiaoqing represents the ceiling for Chinese actresses in terms of movie box office and popularity, then Pan Hong is undoubtedly the ceiling for actresses in terms of film awards.
She was even named one of the "Top Ten Movie Stars in the World" by an authoritative media in 1988.
It is natural that countless fans will never forget the fact that such an actress with both acting skills and beauty has become a wife.
According to Wang Shuo, Mi Jiashan approached him to adapt his film "The Troublemakers". The film was not invested by Emei Film Studio, but by Yanying Film Studio.
Mi Jiashan also invited Wang Shuo to be the screenwriter of the film, which is a matter of course in this era. Nowadays, literati are valued, and when adapting works, the original author will basically be invited to be the screenwriter first. Only when the original author refuses, will another screenwriter be found.
In addition to the joy of having his novel adapted into a movie, the main reason why Wang Shuo was happy was that he could make money twice from his manuscript.
He has envied Lin Weimin's style for a long time, and now it's finally his turn.
“Can you write a script?”
Lin Weimin's question hurt Wang Shuo. He shouted, "Who is born knowing how to write a script? If you can't, can't you learn?"
"If you can write, then write. Why are you so excited?"
The more excited he is, the more guilty he feels. This is Wang Shuo's first time as a screenwriter, so of course he doesn't have the confidence. This is also the key reason why he came to find Lin Weimin today.
"Well, I wrote a first draft of the script these days. Can you help me take a look at it?" Wang Shuo pleaded.
Lin Weimin asked, "Don't you know how to write?"
"I clearly said to study well, okay?"
After a brief argument, Lin Weimin took over the script from Wang Shuo.
After more than half an hour, Wang Shuo asked, "How is it?"
"Not very good." Lin Weimin pointed at the contents of the script and said, "Writing a script is not like writing a novel. Why did you write so much useless stuff?"
"Isn't this for the director to understand?"
"The director has even read your novel, how could he not understand the script? Buy two copies of the script, follow the script above, and delete your content."
Apart from the useless psychological descriptions and lyrics, Wang Shuo's script is actually well written, which shows that he is indeed talented in scriptwriting, but Lin Weimin just couldn't help wanting to strike a blow against this guy.
"I understand." Wang Shuo seemed to be well prepared and was not discouraged at all after listening to Lin Weimin's advice.
After taking back the script, Wang Shuo said, "Are you free this weekend? Let's have dinner together!"
It’s the weekend in a few days, the kind of weekend without any extra days off.
"Why do you want to eat out of the blue?"
"Hasn't it been a long time since we last met?"
If someone else said this, Lin Weimin would believe it, but when it came from Wang Shuo's mouth, he wouldn't believe a word of it.
This kid is used to eating and drinking for free, so it's unlikely that he would take the initiative to talk about eating.
"Xiaolong is treating. He plans to invite more people so that everyone is in the same circle and can get to know each other."
No wonder.
"That's fine!"
"Then it's a deal, we'll go to Donglaishun this weekend, don't forget."
“I can’t forget it!”
Seeing that Lin Weimin agreed to have dinner, Wang Shuo left happily.
Not long after Wang Shuo left, Lin Weimin received a notice from the commune asking him to go to Zhuozhou for a meeting the next week.
I will spend time with my family on May Day. I will only update twice today and tomorrow. I wish you all a happy May Day and have fun!
(End of this chapter)
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