1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 299 Will this subject matter pass review?
"Red Sorghum" was handed over by Cui Daoyi to Wang Fushou, who was very close to Jiang Xian.

Wang Fu spent a day reading the novel. When she closed the last page, her heart was filled with deep shock.

The scale of this novel is so high!
It stands at a height that transcends class, and looks at people and their destinies in the historical process with a sympathetic and compassionate eye.

"Definitely a great article!" Wang Fu excitedly gave feedback to Cui Daoyi.

"Except for Jiang Xian, no other writer in China can write such a long and magical stream-of-consciousness style."

Wang Fu first shared his surprise, and then said, "Teacher Cui, before publishing this novel, I have a concern."

"You said."

"Now we are advocating Sino-Japanese friendship. Jiang Xian wrote in this novel that skinning would happen. Do you think it would happen?"

As we all know, the general environment in the 80s advocated Sino-Japanese friendship, which was the honeymoon period of relations between the two countries.

Why should we be friendly? China wants to reform and open up, develop its economy, fight against the Russians, and seek allies. Japan wants to be a political and economic power and wants to dump its products.

So this kind of friendship is needed by both countries.

But this does not mean that the propaganda about anti-Japanese war in the literary and art circles in the 80s stopped.

Among Chen Daoming's early films, there were several on the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, including "One and Eight" in 1983 and "Bloody Evidence of the Massacre" in 1987.

There are also "Shooting, Seeing Him Off" in 1982 and "Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang" in 1986.
This is not to mention the "three old wars" that were repeatedly broadcast across the country: "Tunnel Warfare", "Landmine Warfare" and "South-North Campaign".

Except for "The Battle of South and North", the first two films are about the anti-Japanese war.

Little-known fact: the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall was built in 1982, and a research team was set up to collect information and study this period of history.

The Memorial to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre was completed in 1985.

That year, he personally visited Nanjing and wrote the name of the "Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders".

According to statistics, between 1960 and 1982, People's Daily promoted the Nan Tu Massacre 0 times, and between 1982 and 2000, People's Daily promoted the Nan Tu Massacre more than 400 times.
So friendship is friendship, and publicity is publicity.

Anti-Japanese has never been a sensitive taboo word. After the founding of New China, anti-Japanese is absolutely right.

To put it bluntly, the so-called Sino-Japanese friendship is just about each side meeting its own needs. Everyone knows the reality, but they just don't say it out loud.

The relationship between countries is always determined by the amount of profit and the strength of national power.

During the period of friendship between the two countries, the economic relationship was indeed good, but the fundamental problems would not be solved. What Japan is best at is saying friendly and then changing its face at the speed of light.

For example, in 80, Suzuki Zenko, who actively advocated "Sino-Japanese friendship", visited the "toilet" of the shrine in the second month after taking office as Prime Minister of Japan, regardless of the relationship between the two countries. His son-in-law Taro Aso repeatedly provoked us after taking office.
“Novels about the anti-Japanese war are rare, but they do exist.”

Cui Daoyi said, "Xu Guangyao's "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and Liu Zhixia's "Railway Guerrillas" are both popular literary works. There is no danger in writing "Red Sorghum" about the anti-Japanese war."

In the field of literature, there are relatively few works writing about the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but relatively many works talking about the War of Liberation, such as "Defending Yan'an", "Red Sun" and "Red Rock".

But Cui Daoyi does not think that anti-Japanese war would be a dangerous subject at all.

"Thank you!"

"Jiang Xian!"

"Haha, we meet again!"

That day, Jiang Xian met up with Xie Jin who had rushed to Kunming. The two hugged each other warmly and then held hands tightly.

“I never thought that you, an author, would come to Kunming in person.”

“It’s good to come here and take a look.”

Jiang Xian chuckled and said, "Now is a good time to come here for a walk. The rainy season hasn't started yet, the weather is not hot, and there are green mountains and clear waters everywhere. It's so beautiful."

"It seems you are already familiar with this area."

"That's quite familiar. By the way, I haven't introduced it to you yet."

Jiang Xian pointed to a middle-aged man beside him and said, "This is Comrade Guo Mingxiao, a writer from the military region. He has been my guide these days, accompanying me throughout my interviews in the border areas."

"Hello."

Xie Jin shook hands with him enthusiastically.

Guo Mingxiao said excitedly: "Director Xie Jin, I have heard of your name a long time ago. The Ministry of Culture has already informed us about the filming of this movie. We need the cooperation of the entire army. I believe that you can create another classic in your hands."

"I will try my best not to disappoint my comrades' expectations," Xie Jin said politely.

"Old Guo, you don't trust Director Xie when you say this to him."

Jiang Xian joked, "With Lao Xie, the pillar of Chinese cinema, and Lao Li, the golden beam that bridges the sea, the two of them working together to shoot "Walnut", even I, the author, feel relieved. What do you have to worry about?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Several people burst into laughter, and Guo Mingxiao laughed but felt helpless.

What are these words like white jade pillars supporting the sky and purple gold beams spanning the sea?

After spending the past few days with the writer Jiang Xian, I feel that he is an amazing person.

As they talked, they got into a Jeep Cherokee painted in military green. This hardcore American-made off-road vehicle has the standard features of American cars, with a large displacement, strong power, and a 4.0-liter 6-cylinder engine.

This is the special car provided to Jiang Xian by the Political Department of the Military Region, which makes it convenient for him to travel around the border areas.

When I arrived at the temporary residence, I finally met Li Jun. Li Jun came to Kunming with his wife.

"Old Li, how do you feel about coming here?"

Li Jun has been walking and looking around with Jiang Xian during this period. The soldiers are dedicated to protecting their safety. It is like coming here for a tour. It is really an eye-opener.

"I didn't expect the Yunnan frontier to be so magnificent and colorful, and the ethnic minorities to be so frank and cheerful. You came late. We had a meal of mushrooms yesterday. The mushrooms were delicious and fragrant."

Li Jun described mushrooms in detail, which made Xie Jin feel a little greedy.

Of course, overall he was very satisfied with his trip to Yunnan and had more confidence in the adaptation of the script.

As for Jiang Xian, he hasn't been under any pressure during this period.

The main purpose of his visit to the border area this time was to write a report entitled "Long Live Understanding". He simply extracted some excerpts from Cai Chaodong's speech and added some of his own feelings.

As the main creative team of "Wreath", the three met with the officers and soldiers under the arrangement of the army.

"Comrades, this is director Xie Jin, the writer of The Wreath Jiang Xian, and the writer of Li Shuangshuang Li Jun.

If you have any ideas about adapting The Garland Under the Mountain into a movie, feel free to tell them. "

When the soldiers heard that the famous director Xie Jin and the author of "The Wreath" Jiang Xian were here, they became very enthusiastic and surrounded them immediately.

Xie Jin's scalp instantly went numb.

The influence of the novel "The Wreath" on the front line was fully and intuitively demonstrated at this moment.

"Everyone, speak one sentence at a time!"

Jiang Xian, Xie Jin and Li Jun listened to the soldiers expressing their ideas.

After listening to it, the soldiers said the most that Liang Sanxi's debt and the complaining Jin Kailai must not be adapted. There are many stories of martyrs who owed debts on the front line. Most of these martyrs came from old revolutionary areas such as Yimeng Mountain and were very poor.

A company commander from a rural area in Shandong died and his comrades took out a bloody "debt bill" from his pocket.

In his suicide note, the martyr asked his wife that if he died gloriously, she should not ask the country for money and should use the pension to pay off the debt. He also told his wife to remarry as soon as possible after his sacrifice.

Because they were too poor, the martyr's wife used up all her pension and even sold the only pig in the family as well as the dowry from her parents' home.

Upon hearing this, Xie Jin could not help shedding tears, and immediately stated to the soldiers that not only would Liang Sanxi's "debt" not be deleted, but he would also do his best to film this scene well.

"Your novel is so true."

After the meeting, Xie Jin and Jiang Xian touched each other and looked at him with a hint of admiration.

Liang Sanxi's problem was the problem of many soldiers. If it weren't for Jiang Xian's keen observation and his audacity, Xie Jin might never have understood such a thing in his life.

"Director Xie, what do you think about the actors in the movie?" Jiang Xian asked.

Xie Jin thought for a while and said, "I plan to go to the Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy to choose and have a look."

"Ah."

Jiang Xian said nothing.

As I recall, "The Garland under the Mountain" featured Dong Zhuo, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi in the same frame.

"You should have returned to Beijing during the casting. If you are worried, come and take a look then," said Xie Jin.

"Yeah." Jiang Xian didn't be polite at this time.

For some roles, even the director finds it difficult to grasp whether they are suitable or not and is prone to making wrong judgments. But if the author is the one who chooses, he will be right at every turn and you can tell at a glance who the role is in his mind.

In the following days, Xie Jin, Jiang Xian and Li Jun drove to many places in the border areas.

Wherever they went, the soldiers gave them a warm and enthusiastic welcome and treated them with the best conditions.

Both Xie Jin and Li Jun understood that this treatment was brought to them by the novel "The Wreath".

However, the shock brought by "The Wreath" goes far beyond this.

Xie Jin was dazzled by the colorful Yunnan, but Jiang Xian raised a question.

"The mountains and rivers are steep, so it would be much more difficult to shoot."

"The Garland under the Mountain" is a war film, and war films mean large-scale and daring war scenes.

For example, in order to film Tolstoy's immortal masterpiece "War and Peace", the Soviet Union is said to have mobilized 12.5 troops and spent more than 3000 million rubles. The production cost is equivalent to 10 billion US dollars in later generations.

What concept?

It is said that the filming of "Hot" cost 3.5 million yuan. The cost of shooting this film is equivalent to the cost of shooting 20 "Hot" films.

Jiang Xian, Xie Jin, and assistant director Ms. Wu Zhennian had a long discussion about the filming issues and made a vague list of the required filming conditions.

"Brother, can your Shanghai Film Studio afford this?" Jiang Xian asked while looking at the list.

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Xie Jin frowned and said nothing.

Seeing his embarrassment, Jiang Xian smiled and said, "Don't worry for now. Don't forget that you are the director in the play, and there is also a chief director outside the play."

Xie Jin's eyes lit up.

"Looking for Comrade Huang Mei?"

They found it right away. As the mainstay of Shanghai Film Studio, Xie Jin naturally understood that the studio did not have such great power.

He hurriedly called Chen Huangmei. It was Chen Huangmei's secretary who answered the phone and wrote down the question.

After a while, the call was returned and Chen Huangmei only replied with four words.

"Come on without any worries!"

While Xie Jin was moved, he was once again overwhelmed by the charm of Jiang Xian's "The Garland".

If "The Wreath" had not been written well enough, how could Chen Huangmei have supported it so wholeheartedly?

Jiang Xian saw that things were progressing, and he and Xie Jin were happy, and reminded him at the right time, "Old Xie, now that you have this imperial sword, why don't you find someone to operate on you?"

"Operation?"

"So so, so so."

Jiang Xian told Xie Jin his idea, and Xie Jin blushed with embarrassment.

"This"

"Thank you, Director." Jiang Xian tried to persuade him, "Reputation is something outside of one's body. Isn't the filming of "The Wreath" more important?"

The next day, Peng Jingfeng came to visit Jiang Xian and his friends.

Peng Jingfeng declined the job of adapting the script of "The Wreath", but this job was given to him by Chen Huangmei, who had helped him, so Peng Jingfeng felt very guilty and had to show great concern in the filming of "The Wreath".

As soon as he entered the room and greeted a few people, he saw Xie Jin striding over and shaking his hand.

“Brother, you have to support me with all your strength!
I need the cooperation of the troops this time, and I also need to find a military commander to serve as a military advisor. I also ask you to provide the ammunition and smoke for the filming. Our factory is poor and cannot afford these money. "

"This"

Peng Jingfeng was overwhelmed by what he heard.

He just refused to adapt "The Garland", so why was he being blackmailed about the supply of ammunition and smoke?
He looked at Li Jun and Jiang Xian at a loss.

Li Jun covered his face, seeming to feel a little embarrassed.

Jiang Xian also turned his head away, looking innocent as if it had nothing to do with him.

He wanted Xie Jin to be like the film directors of later generations who went to investors and cried miserably.

I didn't expect Xie Jin to be so talented.

Alas, as a director, I still have the talent to make people cry miserably.

Peng Jingfeng couldn't stand Xie Jin's crying, and hurriedly said, "Director Xie, I can't make the decision on these matters, especially the use of troops, but don't worry, I will report to the military region."

"Brother, I feel relieved when you say that." Xie Jin quickly handed the list of troops and equipment needed for the filming to Peng Jingfeng. He felt relieved as if a major task had been transferred.

"Comrade Huang Mei said that you would definitely support us wholeheartedly, brother, and it turned out to be true."

"Since Comrade Huang Mei has given me such an instruction, I will of course do my best to support him," said Peng Jingfeng with a wry smile.

He lowered his head, looked at the numbers on the list, and took a deep breath.

"How about letting me write this movie?"

(End of this chapter)