Chapter 40: Li Sanzhu, a man from Hong Kong, opens his mouth to his daughter and...
Li Sanzhu felt that he had been ripped off by his daughter's behavior of asking for money right away. He really thought that a girl in her fifties was at the right age to make a living.
When I first came to Peking, I was looking everywhere to see if there was anything I could do.
As a result, he could only cultivate a vegetable garden at home. He had cleared out a small vegetable garden across the 600-square-meter courtyard to grow the vegetables he usually eats.
The rest of the time he just wanders around the alleys, and sometimes goes to the nearby park. He is more familiar with the surrounding area than Li Daohua.
Because of traveling during this period, Li Daohua has not had time to write articles, but the homework she left behind when she held an exchange meeting at Peking University has been completed by others.
Although it's just a short story, it's a good start.
It's written to be anti-traditional, but actually it's not too anti-traditional. According to what Li Daohua said, it could be about a princess subduing a dragon.
The name of the film is "The Princess and the Dragon". It is about a dragon who loves gold coins. During the prince's coronation ceremony, the dragon captures the prince because of the jeweled crown he is wearing on his head.
In order to rescue her beloved prince, the princess traveled thousands of miles. She moved the dragon with her beauty and kindness, and left her crown to the dragon to rescue the prince.
In the end, the prince and princess lived happily together.
Li Daohua feels that this short story could actually be even more exciting. For example, the dragon is either after the crown or the prince, and he falls in love with the handsome prince.
In order to protect the prince's chastity, the princess embarked on a journey to find her husband and eventually cut off the dragon's head.
However, this is still too advanced for China.
The short story "The Princess and the Dragon" has received a lot of praise. As a new writer, being able to write such a short story is not only anti-traditional, but also represents that women can hold up half the sky.
Fortunately, this was not written by Li Daohua. If she had written it, there would have been more criticism than praise, and people would have said that she had run out of ideas.
After "The Princess and the Dragon", more and more similar anti-traditional short stories emerged, including some outstanding works.
"Hey, Ouyang, please help me. You are an employee of our school after all. Help our school invite your wife to attend the exchange meeting. This is not asking you to do anything illegal."
In the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Library, the library director was persuading Ouyang Yuan.
"Director, I can only mention it to Daohua, I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."
"this……"
He was trying to persuade Ouyang Yuan with all his heart, just to make him agree. If he just wanted to mention it, he could just go to his house and talk to him in person.
Recently, many people want to invite Li Daohua to attend exchange meetings, but I heard that Teacher Daohua is traveling and has no time.
If it's based on first come first served, they don't know how long they will have to wait.
Speaking of which, the curator also thinks it is not a big deal. When Li Daohua first became famous, she was still living in the staff building. If she had invited someone to hold an exchange meeting at that time, it would have been easy.
If you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries. Who would have thought that Li Daohua's novels would become popular abroad.
Li Daohua was not idle either. She traveled to Peking, but not far. Most of the time when she returned home, she was busy with her work.
Even if she hadn’t written the novel, she still had things to do with the previous novels to keep her busy.
I came back early today. As soon as I entered the alley, I saw two cars parked in front of her house. Several middle-aged men were standing near the cars, looking around the alley.
From time to time, he would reach out and comment on the surrounding buildings.
When you get closer, you can hear that they are not speaking Mandarin. In fact, it’s not right. They still have a slight Mandarin accent.
"Hey, here he comes. The young man in the middle is Teacher Daohua."
Only then did Li Daohua realize that Li Qingquan was also among this group of people. This was not easy, as Li Qingquan usually worked in the newspaper office.
Li Qingquan took a few quick steps and explained to Li Daohua in a low voice: "This is someone from Hong Kong Island. We should try to cooperate with him if possible."
Oh, Li Daohua knew that Hong Kong’s cultural circle was also divided into two factions at that time, □□ and □□.
□□’s main idea is to move closer to the inland, but now it is difficult to maintain its position in Hong Kong Island. □□’s pressure and influence are too great, forcing them to unable to raise their heads.
Since the 1950s, □□ has frequently come to the inland to study and exchange ideas, and has basically never stopped except for a ten-year period.
"Hello, welcome to Peking, our motherland."
"Hello, hello!"
After entering the courtyard, they were still impressed by how well Li Daohua's courtyard was tidied up, with an ancient charm, without interfering with normal life.
"What a mess! This yard is still well maintained. It just needs some simple repairs."
Several people looked at each other, nodded, and then said, "Teacher Daohua, this is it, my name is Zhang Xinyan, we came to Beijing this time to shoot "Shaolin Temple".
But during the filming period, I also watched a lot of your works, and I think your works can be shown in Hong Kong Island, and through this method, people in Hong Kong Island can learn more about the motherland. "
Li Daohua also knew that this was also the reason why they filmed "Shaolin Temple".
"But as far as I know, the film and television styles in Hong Kong Island seem to be different from ours, and my works are not very suitable for Hong Kong Island."
Zhang Xinyan was not depressed when he heard this. Instead, he said happily, "Teacher Daohua has studied Hong Kong's film and television works?"
Li Daohua nodded. This period was a strong period for Hong Kong in the film and television industry, especially Hong Kong stars, who influenced the development of the Asian film and television industry.
Later, Japanese and Korean stars imitated the style of Hong Kong in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
"Most of the films and TV shows in Hong Kong are fast-paced and light comedies. Domestic works are not very suitable, including my works, which can barely be associated with fast-paced ones."
"You are absolutely right!" Zhang Xinyan felt that he had made the right trip.
He was also very distressed during his time in the mainland, and the reason for his distress was the cultural differences.
Fortunately, the mainland is very supportive of him, including the fact that he changed the script of "Shaolin Temple" he had prepared before into a light comedy, and the mainland also supported him.
This made him think of continuing to contact Li Daohua.
When the domestically produced version of Journey to the West was later broadcast in Hong Kong, the ratings were not very good because Hong Kong people felt that it was too serious.
That’s right, “Journey to the West”, which is already very flexible in our opinion, is very serious in the eyes of Hong Kong Island.
Hong Kong Island later filmed its own version of "Journey to the West", adding a lot of funny elements, and it became the ratings champion of the year.
“We can adapt your work to make it more suitable for Hong Kong Island, just like what we are doing with Shaolin Temple now.”
Having said that, if I continue to pester her, it would seem as if she is unwilling.
"Which novel do you like?"
“Once Upon a Time in Wall Street, and 18 Again and Under the Roof.”
Li Daohua thought for a moment and said, "The first two are OK, but I don't recommend One Roof."
"Why?" This time it was Li Qingquan who asked the question.
"Back to 18 Again" and "One Roof" were recommended by them, especially "One Roof" which has already been filmed. If Hong Kong Island is willing, they can even take it back and broadcast it directly, which can save time and money.
"The main story of 'One Roof' is about the transformation of houses from state-allocated houses to commercial houses. For people in Hong Kong Island, they do not understand the background of the times and therefore will not understand and agree with the development of the whole story.
If you don’t understand and identify with this story, how can you think this movie is good?”
Li Qingquan didn't expect that he didn't know much about real estate in Hong Kong Island.
In terms of real estate, Hong Kong Island was ahead of the mainland. It can be said that if someone understood the TV dramas about Hong Kong Island's real estate at that time, they could have made a lot of money.
“That’s not how you play real estate in Hong Kong Island,” Li Daohua said earnestly.
Zhang Xinyan put Li Qingquan aside and concentrated on communicating with Li Daohua. In fact, he didn't understand the story of "A Piece of Eaves". It's not that he couldn't understand it, but he didn't understand the idea that it wanted to convey.
The idea that "One Roof" wants to convey is that you should buy a house as early as possible, but the time to buy a house as early as possible in Hong Kong Island has long passed.
When he watched "One Roof", he just thought, why should it be changed? It would be much better to divide the houses. A director like him also lived in an old and small house when he was not famous in his early years.
In Hong Kong Island, there are many people living in old and dilapidated houses, and such places are also breeding grounds for all kinds of crimes.
The housing prices in Hong Kong Island are so high that many ordinary people cannot afford a house that can accommodate their family even if they work for their entire lives.
"If you trust me, maybe I can write you a real estate novel specifically for Hong Kong Island, so that you can adapt it into a TV series."
"This..." Zhang Xinyan hesitated again, thinking about what he had just said to Li Daohua, and nodded.
"Okay, anyway, I still have to shoot Shaolin Temple and stay here for a while, so just write it boldly. I believe in you."
The group shared a lot of knowledge about Hong Kong real estate, and finally had dinner at the Peking Hotel before officially parting.
It was already very late at this time. Li Qingquan sent the people from Hong Kong Island back to their residence, and then came back to explain many things to Li Daohua.
"Hong Kong Island will be returned sooner or later. What we need to do during this period is to □□."
"I know, I know." No one knew better than her when Hong Kong Island would come back.
After seeing Li Qingquan off, Li Daohua lay in bed but did not fall asleep immediately. His mind was very clear now, and all he was thinking about was how to write this novel specially prepared for Hong Kong Island.
Compared with Hong Kong Island, the real estate in China is still dwarfed by it, but the gameplay is actually the same.
"Above the Rooftop" is the name Li Daohua prepared for this novel.
At the same time, at the very beginning, Li Daohua had decided that this novel would be a light comedy tragedy.
The whole novel is written in the style of a light comedy, interspersed with funny scenes, but these funny scenes cannot conceal the fact that the final ending is tragic.
In the end, home buyers cannot buy houses, those who speculate in real estate suffer huge losses, and only real estate developers win in the end.
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