Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 259: A Man of Learning and Poetry

After a day of eating, drinking and having fun in the city, Tao Yushu returned home feeling a little tired, so he took a shower and prepared to go to bed.

But as soon as she lay down on the bed, a hand was playing tricks on her waist. Tao Yushu asked, "Aren't you tired?"

Hearing his wife's subtext of refusal, Lin Chaoyang kissed her gently, "I won't let you move."

Tao Yushu glanced at him with her almond-shaped eyes and helplessly let him do what he wanted. Then she was gradually led by him and gentle sobbing sounds were heard in the room.

This lasted for more than an hour, and the shaking bed frame stopped, leaving only the man's panting after excessive exercise.

Tao Yushu was lying on her back on the bed, breathing sweetly. Suddenly, she turned sideways and asked, "Why are you working so hard today?"

"What do you mean by that? When do I not work hard?"

Lin Chaoyang looked over and saw that she was lying on her side, her body forming a perfect S-shaped curve.

After several years of marriage, Tao Yushu has lost her youthfulness and gained the charm of a mature woman.

As he spoke, his hand gently stroked the top of the S-shaped curve, "Did they tell you, Mom?"

Tao Yushu knew what her husband was talking about. "They have already discussed it."

"They are also anxious to have a grandchild." Lin Chaoyang looked at her tenderly and said, "You have just started working, and having a child will definitely take up your energy. But it doesn't matter, we can just give birth to a child and let them raise it."

Tao Yushu knew that her husband was trying to comfort her. She said coquettishly, "You made it sound like I only wanted to work and didn't want children."

"That's a coincidence. Since Madam also wants a child, why don't we have one?"

He pounced on Tao Yushu like a hungry tiger, he had worn enough latex condoms in the past few years, tonight he was going to go into battle shirtless and kill her without leaving a single piece of armor.

Yesterday was the third day of the release of "The Horse Wrangler" in the Yanjing area, and also the first weekend after the movie was released.

Nowadays, people have relatively fewer entertainment activities, and watching movies is one of the most mainstream forms of entertainment. Movie theaters are always crowded every weekend.

If the two years before its release were the brewing period for The Horse Wrangler's reputation, then yesterday weekend was the explosion of the film's reputation.

The Capital Cinema showed a total of 11 movies from morning to night. Except for the earliest movie in the morning which was not full, the other screenings were all packed, and even the red tickets were sold out.

The popularity of "The Horse Shepherd" in the Capital Cinema was not an isolated case. It was the same in cinemas in various districts of Yanjing on that day.

As the year draws to a close, people's enthusiasm for watching movies is already high. The original novel of "The Shepherd" has a deep readership, and with the support of famous directors like Xie Jin, the quality of the film is excellent. In just a few days, it has formed a movie-watching trend among the audience.

At that time, there was no Internet, and the word-of-mouth spread of movies basically relied on newspaper publicity and word of mouth from the audience.

The movie has only been released for a few days, so the effect of newspaper publicity is not yet apparent, but with the spontaneous promotion of the audience who watched the movie this weekend, the popularity of "The Horse Wrangler" has begun to show signs.

Early that morning when Lin Chaoyang was at work, he heard his colleagues discussing the movie. Several of them even came over to ask him, the original author and screenwriter, about some details about the movie.

"Chaoyang, the male and female protagonists in the movie are really well chosen, especially the male protagonist, his name is Zhu Shimao, right? I didn't know this actor before, he is really good at acting, he will definitely become a movie star in the future."

Most of the people who asked this question were female colleagues. Zhu Shimao's appearance was indeed very lethal to these female comrades, especially to middle-aged women. His slightly heroic and rough handsomeness was simply a nuclear bomb.

Many people were discussing the male lead, and some were also paying attention to the female lead, the director, the script, the filming... Because of an "insider" like Lin Chaoyang, everyone had a full understanding of the convenience of "The Shepherd" on and off the stage.

It's a pity that Lin Chaoyang's participation in the film was only at the script stage. He could only cope with the endless questions from everyone. In the end, he had to switch positions with Tu Mansheng and run to the library to hide away.

After lunch, he received a letter from Shanghai. The sender was Li Xiaolin from Harvest.

In November, Lu Yao came to Beijing to revise the manuscript. The publishing house was very satisfied with the revised manuscript, but still wanted to publish the novel first and then publish it after it had a certain influence.

Lin Chaoyang recommended his novel to Harvest. In the middle of last month, China Youth Publishing House sent the manuscript to Harvest on behalf of Lu Yao.

After review by the editorial department, it has been decided to publish this novel.

The Lu Yao incident was just an introduction. Li Xiaolin's purpose in writing the letter was to request an article.

It has been two years since Lin Chaoyang's last novel "Parental Love" was published in "Harvest". During these two years, Lin Chaoyang has successively published many novels including "Lai Zi's Summer", "The Death of Van Gogh" and "The Chess Master".

Each of his works was extremely influential at the time, and Lin Chaoyang's reputation has skyrocketed in the past two years. It is a pity for Harvest to have missed out on so many of Lin Chaoyang's novels.

Lin Chaoyang is currently writing a new novel. He is now a seasoned man and has become immune to the flattery and sweet talk from these editors. He will never make any promises to them before the novel is finished, so he only mentioned to Li Xiaolin in his reply that he was writing a novel and did not mention anything else.

After get off work, he posted the reply to Li Xiaolin and rode his bike home.

When he came back, Tao Yushu had just returned home from get off work. She had already cooked dinner. While waiting, Tao Yushu was flipping through the newspaper.

"Hey, the evening paper reported on the popularity of The Shepherd, and praised Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan, saying that these two actors are rising stars."

When a movie is popular, the direct beneficiaries are the actors, followed by the directors. As for the screenwriters, apart from the industry, ordinary audiences and the media rarely pay attention to them.

"They both really acted well and it fits the characters. They are going to become famous this time."

The two of them talked, held each other's hands and started cooking.

After dinner, Tao Yushu turned on the TV and had just watched it for a while when he was dragged into the bedroom by Lin Chaoyang.

How can we waste such a beautiful night?
No. 61 Shitou Hutong, Xicheng District, Yanjing City, was the former residence of Yu Sansheng, one of the top three Peking Opera actors in the Qing Dynasty. In the s, it was allocated as a dormitory for employees of the Yanjing Peking Opera Theater, the Northern Kunqu Opera Theater and the Yanjing Workers' Club.

Over the years, 15 families have moved into this century-old three-courtyard courtyard house.

In the evening, the faucets in the yard were always running in winter. Qin Xiaoyu filled a basin with cold water and prepared to add some hot water from the stove to go back to the house to wash vegetables. Coincidentally, a neighbor also came to get water.

The neighbor is an employee of the workers' club. Although we live in the same courtyard, we are not from the same unit after all. We don’t communicate much in normal times. We just say hello and chat for a while when we meet.

It was getting dark and the temperature outside had dropped a lot. Qin Xiaoyu wanted to just say hello and go into the house, but her neighbor was particularly enthusiastic today and kept chatting with her.

After a long while, the neighbor said, "Our son went to the cinema yesterday and said that the movie 'The Shepherd' starring your daughter was released. She performed very well." When the neighbor talked about her daughter, Qin Liangyu became more patient, with a smile on her face, and said modestly, "That's because the director directed it well."

"No matter how good a director is, he can't act for an actor. I think your Shanshan is a great actress and will become a movie star in the future."

The neighbor's compliment made Qin Xiaoyu smile even more, and she almost forgot about cooking. It was not until her husband came out to find her that the two ended their conversation and went back home.

After entering the house, her husband Cong Zhaoheng asked her, "What are you talking about? You can't even remember to cook?"

Qin Xiaoyu smiled and said in an exaggerated tone: "Let's talk about Shanshan's movie. Her movie is very popular now."

"It's normal for Xie Jin's work to become popular!" Cong Zhaoheng's tone was calm and composed.

"It's different. Didn't you see it when you went to the movies yesterday? How many people were there in the theater? When we watched "Wild Fire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City" and "Gunshots of the Secret Service" before, there weren't so many people."

The couple was talking when a noise was heard outside.

"Shanshan is back!"

"Hello, Aunt Wang."

"I watched your movie. It was really well acted!"

"Thank you, Aunt Wang."

As soon as he finished speaking, his daughter Cong Shan walked into the house and asked, "Mom, is the meal ready?"

"He's gone in the morning, and comes back after dark. He has to eat as soon as he walks in the door!"

Qin Xiaoyu, who was proud of her daughter just now, couldn't help but criticize her daughter when she saw her daughter's true appearance. She still liked the daughter that others talked about more.

"Mom, I went out to work."

When Cong Shan said this, there was an undisguised pride on her face.

Qin Xiaoyu asked: "You? What kind of job can a student have?"

"Don't look down on me! I'm the leading actress in a movie now, just wait and see."

"What are you watching? Didn't we finish watching your movie last night?"

"It's not a movie, it's next month's Popular Movies."

"What do you mean?"

"I went out today to be interviewed by Popular Movies. I will be on the cover of their magazine next month." Cong Shan said with her neck tilted back.

Her words surprised Qin Xiaoyu and Cong Zhaoheng. It was not uncommon for their daughter to be interviewed by newspapers and magazines after starring in a movie directed by Xie Jin, but it was unusual for her to be on the cover of "Popular Movies" magazine.

"Popular Cinema" was founded in 1950. It was originally a film magazine in Shanghai. Later it moved to Yanjing and came under the leadership of the Film Association. It is the most authoritative publication in the domestic film industry.

After the magazine resumed publication in 79, thanks to the booming domestic film industry, its sales have been rising steadily. The past two years have been the peak period for the magazine's sales, with sales of 950 million copies per issue.

You have to know that the literary magazines that are praised to the sky nowadays have the highest sales volume of only over one million copies.

The sales volume of a single issue of Popular Movies is nearly 10 million copies, which is unprecedented and unlikely to be surpassed in the future. The readership it covers is in the hundreds of millions, and it can almost be said to be a magazine for the entire population.

In the past, the cover of each issue of the magazine featured famous figures in the domestic film industry. Now that my daughter can appear on the cover of "Popular Movies", it means that she will really become a movie star as the neighbors said.

Having just finished an interview with Popular Movies, Cong Shan excitedly talked to her parents about what she had seen and heard today.

After listening to her for a long time, her father Cong Zhaoheng warned her: "The popularity of the movie is the result of the director and screenwriter. You have just starred in one movie and your reputation is not yet established. You must be modest and not get cocky."

Qin Xiaoyu also said: "Your father is right. You are lucky to be able to act in Director Xie's movie, and it is also the help of noble people. You have to thank your teacher Tao and screenwriter Teacher Xu..."

Cong Shan corrected her, "Mom, my last name is Lin."

At the end of last year, Xie Jin went to the Central Academy of Drama to select actors for "The Shepherd". Cong Shan became the heroine after being recommended by Tao Yucheng. After returning, Cong Shan told her parents the whole story. Even the neighbors and colleagues at her parents' unit knew that she had become the heroine of Xie Jin's new movie.

"Whether it's Teacher Xu or Teacher Lin, you are where you are today because of their help, don't you know?"

"understood."

Cong Shan nodded helplessly.

At this point, Qin Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask out of curiosity: "That Xu Lingjun..."

Cong Shan looked over and Qin Xiaoyu said, "I'm talking about the screenwriter. What does he look like?"

Cong Shan sneered, "Mom, you're still talking about me. You're so superficial."

"I'm just asking." Qin Xiaoyu argued.

Cong Shan didn't think so. When watching a movie yesterday, her mother praised Zhu Shimao for playing Xu Lingjun. She said that Brother Mao was indeed handsome and heroic, but the movie was fake. The real handsome one was Zhu Shimao.

Therefore, for some viewers, it is easy to pin the handsomeness of "Xu Lingjun" on the original novel and the screenwriter.

After all, the novel "The Shepherd" gave a detailed description of the protagonist's appearance. When it was published, countless girls had fantasized about what "Xu Lingjun" looked like.

The author's pen name is also this name, so it is hard not to associate the two together.

"Teacher Lin is very young and very talented. To sum him up in one sentence: A man of culture is naturally elegant," Cong Shan concluded.

Qin Xiaoyu nodded slightly when he heard this, and an image of a well-mannered, gentle and modest gentleman appeared in his mind.

(End of this chapter)