Chapter 381 The Disaster in the Film Industry

Author: Sitting at Jingting

Chapter 381 The Disaster in the Film Industry

On this day, Liang Xiaosheng came to the editorial office of "Contemporary" to find Lin Weimin.

"Xiaosheng? Why are you here?"

"I have something to do with you."

Liang Xiaosheng sat down, took a sip of tea, and talked about the purpose of his visit today.

It turned out that director Xie Tieli was going to make a movie version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" and wanted to ask Lin Weimin if he was interested in being the screenwriter of the movie.

"Why are you looking for me?" Lin Weimin asked.

Liang Xiaosheng said: "Aren't you a consultant for CCTV's TV series? And I heard that the script editor also helped. Director Xie thinks you have experience and are capable in drama creation."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "I just went to watch CCTV's TV series, but I didn't offer any specific help."

Liang Xiaosheng didn't understand what "making soy sauce" meant, but he understood what Lin Weimin meant, "But you are still a consultant."

Lin Weimin sighed: "I understand, Director Xie is planning to take advantage of me?"

Liang Xiaosheng stopped talking and gave him a look, "You said this yourself, I didn't."

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the four great classics. If a director wants to make it, regardless of whether it is a movie or a TV series, people will naturally care about it.

Whether you take good pictures or not is one thing, but your attitude is another.

CCTV has recruited a large number of experts to form an advisory committee. It is not easy to invite so many experts, and CCTV has spent a lot of effort.

Besides, even if Xie Tieli can invite people, can he still invite more people than CCTV? In the end, it seems that he is being unfair.

But Xie Tieli always wanted to express his feelings, so he thought of Lin Weimin, the youngest consultant on the advisory team for the CCTV version of "Dream of Red Mansions".

It's all about errands anyway, and Lin Weimin's own screenwriting ability is well-known, so why not hire him to be a screenwriter?

Lin Weimin knows very well that being a screenwriter for famous books is definitely a thankless job.

If the film is good, the original work is good. If the film is not good, the director and screenwriter are rubbish.

Even if I beat him to death, he wouldn't do such a thing.

After being bluntly rejected, Liang Xiaosheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Director Xie called me here because he foresaw this situation."

"There's no sincerity in loving him!" Lin Weimin said in a brisk tone.

Liang Xiaosheng said: "You don't know your reputation among the directors of the Yan Film Department, right?"

Lin Weimin stopped talking.

Yan Ying and Xie Jin had both talked to him about the adaptation of their works before, and wanted him, the author of the original work, to be the screenwriter. However, he was a screenwriter with more talent than a director, and he couldn't stand it even as a director. Now he has a reputation of being difficult to work with in Yanjing.

The news has spread throughout the film industry.

At the end of last year, news came out that he had expelled more than a dozen people from the crew of the Hong Kong co-production in Mainland China where he had saved his life. The director and producer were so suppressed that they didn't even dare to let go, and everyone was even more frightened.

This kind of screenwriter is simply a scourge to the film industry!

Xie Tieli asked Liang Xiaosheng to invite Lin Weimin with the intention of giving it a try.

Anyway, it’s not like he came by himself and the negotiation was successful. As a director, he has the face to recruit Lin Weimin. If the negotiation failed, it was just Liang Xiaosheng’s trouble.

Liang Xiaosheng choked on his words and Lin Weimin was speechless. He stood up and said, "Then my mission is completed."

After saying that, he wanted to get up and leave, but was stopped by Lin Weimin, "Don't leave in a hurry yet!"

"What else?"

"Manuscripts, are there any recently?"

"No."

"Really not? The remuneration standard of our editorial department has increased a lot recently!" Lin Weimin said seductively.

There was a bit of excitement in Liang Xiaosheng's eyes, but he had to be realistic, and if there was nothing, there was nothing.

"I will definitely send it over after I finish writing it."

Lin Weimin was very satisfied with Liang Xiaosheng's attitude and asked Liang Xiaosheng to chat a few more words about "A Dream of Red Mansions".

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In early April, the filming of "The Legend of a Female Doctor" finally ended after half a year. Lin Weimin specially invited the crew members to have a meal.

Quanjude was almost booked by Teacher Lin, causing the staff to call Teacher Lin "arrogant".

After half a year, even the staff at Xiangjiang knew that Lin Weimin was rich.

During the meal, Zhang Guorong came to toast again, "Mr. Lin, I hope we can work together again if we have the opportunity."

He was thinking about the role of Cheng Dieyi. Lin Weimin naturally knew it and said with a smile: "There will be a chance."

The day after the banquet, Xiangjiang's team left Yanjing. The post-production of "The Biography of a Female Doctor" will be done by TVB. The two places have already formulated a broadcast plan. Both TV stations have their own broadcast plans.

Time cannot be completely unified.

It is expected to be broadcast in mid-June, no more than a week apart.

There is no Internet these days, and TV stations have no worries about the impact of time lag in broadcasting.

After Xiangjiang's team left, Tao Huimin also began to feel melancholy.

She was an actress seconded by CCTV. Although the filming of the previous scenes was completed, the scenes were not finished and the crew did not know the situation. They took advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the two of them in Yanjing for a period of time.

Now that the filming of the movie is finished, it won't be a problem to delay it any longer.

So in the past two days, Tao Huimin looked gloomy.

"There is good news! There is also bad news! Which one do you want to hear?" Lin Weimin said to Tao Huimin when he returned home in the evening.

"What good news?" Tao Huimin's expression was gloomy. When she thought about the upcoming separation, she couldn't cheer up.

In the past, my boyfriend and I were separated from each other for half a year and I never felt this way.

"You choose good news?" Lin Weimin deliberately teased her.

Tao Huimin rolled her eyes at him, becoming more and more charming, and Teacher Lin couldn't help but want to teach her a lesson.

After a lesson, Lin Weimin said to Tao Huimin in his arms: "Director Xie Tieli is going to film "A Dream of Red Mansions", and I recommend you to audition."

"A Dream of Red Mansions? Hasn't that already been filmed?"

"That is the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" produced by CCTV. The one I am talking about is the movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions" invested and produced by Yan Film Studio."

Tao Huimin asked: "Who can I play if I go?"

"Sister Lin!"

She looked unbelieving, "Don't lie to me, how could I play Sister Lin?"

"What's wrong? If you don't have confidence in yourself, you have to have confidence in my vision!"

Tao Huimin looked confused: "What do you mean?"

"My motto when looking for a girlfriend is to find a beautiful woman who will conquer the entire country!" Lin Weimin said.

Tao Huimin looked shy when he praised her.

After making a joke, Lin Weimin got serious and said, "Sister Lin is a real lady of the family. Your temperament is gentle and gentle, so you are completely qualified."

Tao Huimin was very unconfident after being praised by him, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when she thought that she was going to audition for such an important role.

"By the way, you just said the good news, what about the bad news?" Tao Huimin asked.

"The bad news is that even if you succeed in the audition, you won't stay in Yanjing forever. The investment in Yanjing's version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" exceeds 10 million, and the filming needs to be transferred between several domestic cities."

Tao Huimin was really disappointed when she heard this. When she heard that she could act in "A Dream of Red Mansions", she was most happy to be able to stay in Yanjing in the name of filming, but she didn't expect that the reality would be like this.

"Don't frown like that!" Lin Weimin touched her cheek, "I won't stay in Yanjing forever, it's not that I won't stay in Yanjing forever, it's just that I can't do it like before when I filmed "The Biography of a Female Doctor"."

Lin Weimin's comfort made Tao Huimin feel a lot happier. He continued: "Although I am not very optimistic about Yanying's version of "Dream of Red Mansions," but for a fledgling actor like you, this is a rare opportunity."

"Why don't you like Yanying's version of "A Dream of Red Mansions"?" Tao Huimin asked curiously.

"There is a natural conflict between a masterpiece like "A Dream of Red Mansions" and the art form of film itself.

The wonder of "A Dream of Red Mansions" lies in its emotion, as well as in the various characters and social conditions depicted by Cao Xueqin. However, the length of the movie is limited, how can it be possible to fully present the vast content of the novel?

Even if Director Xie can film all these contents, movies are different from TV series. You can watch them at home by turning on the TV. You have to go to the cinema to watch such a grand movie, no matter how short it is.

It’s also a matter of having several films released.

This brings up a problem. Although there are so many people watching movies now, it seems to be a popular art. You can watch it as long as you go to the cinema.

But it is precisely because of this threshold that does not look like a threshold that most of the viewers who are interested in "Dream of Red Mansions" are blocked from the cinema.

In addition, if it is released in several movies, it will be difficult for the audience to follow each one. These are the problems that Yan Film's version of "Dream of Red Mansions" will face."

Tao Huimin listened to Lin Weimin's words and unconsciously nodded in approval of his words, "Then according to what you said, doesn't it mean that the TV version of "Dream of Red Mansions" has a much higher chance of success than the Yanying version?"

Lin Weimin nodded, "Not bad!"
To be continued...