Literary Master 1983

Chapter 146 Influence

The car on the cotangent is already very familiar to these two people.

Zhang Li was in the front, close to Yu Qie, and Chen Xiaoxu was in the back, also close to Yu Qie, and each of them wore a helmet.

There was a letter frame hanging on the back seat of the Yamaha, and they all saw it.

Chen Xiaoxu asked: "What is this?"

“Letters from readers.”

"Yu Qie, have any of your readers scolded you?"

"Of course there are, but not many. Most people send me letters to express their love for my novels and for me as a person."

"Bah! You are so conceited!"

The training venue for the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" is in the Old Summer Palace, which is only about ten kilometers away from Yu Qie's home and can be reached quickly by car.

Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu talked about the recent events on the set: Director Wang Fulin was ready to decide on the roles of each actor and had the actors try on makeup and costumes.

Among them, Chen Xiaoxu is Lin Daiyu, while Zhang Li is Xue Baochai. There is an actress named Zhu Biyun, who is also Xue Baochai like her, and the two are in competition.

Wang Fulin was undecided and didn't know which one to choose to play Xue Baochai.

Zhang Li is younger than Chen Xiaoxu and has never been a professional actor, which is a disadvantage. Zhu Biyun is older and has acted in some TV dramas, but Wang Fulin wanted to cast all amateurs in the cast.

Because Wang Fulin believes that any actor who has performed in a play before will have certain fixed mindsets, and it is difficult for them to completely become a certain role, and they cannot be trained to do so.

These disadvantages do not have much impact on supporting characters, but they have a huge impact on key characters like Xue Baochai.

Zhang Li felt very nervous, and studied "Dream of the Red Chamber" hard after returning home. The good news was that all the Redologists invited by the crew supported her to play the role.

I don’t know if it’s because all the scholars of the Dream of the Red Chamber know Yu Qie.

But things haven't been finalized yet, so it's normal for Zhang Li to be nervous.

Late at night, the three of them played cards as usual. Zhang Li was absent-minded and the game ended hastily. Yu Qie happened to have a pile of letters to reply to, so he turned on the light in his room and picked out some of the letters to reply to.

On the other side, Chen Xiaoxu was encouraging Zhang Li: "You will definitely succeed. Zhu Biyun can't compare to you. I think you will definitely be the one to take on the challenge in the end."

Zhang Li said: "I'm not as confident as you. You said you want to play Daiyu, and you have to play Daiyu. You don't want any other role. I don't have your unwavering determination!"

"Zhang Li, just put your feelings for Yu Qie on Xue Baochai. Don't you always say that Yu Qie is much better than Da Lian Bao? If you were not Xue Baochai, how could you two be together?"

As a result, Chen Xiaoxu came up with a bad idea. Zhang Li became even more nervous and grabbed her hand: "You are right, I must do it."

Chen Xiaoxu asked Zhang Li and Yu Qie to stay for a while to see if Yu Qie had any ideas.

"Yu Qie is replying to the letter. I will influence him." Zhang Li shook her head.

"He doesn't need one more night!" Chen Xiaoxu pushed Zhang Li and forced her to pass.

Not long after, Yu Qie and Zhang Li were heard chatting, and the two chattered. Among the letters Yu Qie received, many were love letters written to him by female readers. Most people would definitely not let their girlfriends read these.

Yu Qie is just the opposite, he specifically picked it out to show off.

Not only did he pick it out, he also asked Zhang Li to read it to him.

Chen Xiaoxu was almost confused: Yu Qie is really an idea king! Is there such a narcissistic person in the world?

"Teacher Yu Qie, ever since I read your novel, I have often imagined in my mind what kind of person you are. I think I have fallen in love with you..."

Zhang Li was also dumbfounded. She tried to read on and found that the last part was "I think you should be a mature elder, who has seen a lot of things and knows the ways of the world but is not worldly..."

This is definitely not the same thing as Master Yu Qie.

Zhang Li read another letter: "Teacher Yu Qie, you must be a retired soldier, otherwise you wouldn't have such deep feelings for our troops! I am xxx from a field hospital in a camp in southern Xinjiang. I feel that you are a wise man. You know what happened to us, and you also understand the weakness of women on the battlefield... Have you ever had a battlefield relationship..."

This is even more irrelevant.

There were even more letters left. Some wrote love poems and asked Yu Che to comment on them because "Yu Che is a poet". Some thought Yu Che was a woman because Yu Che wrote "The Two of Us", in which the protagonist was a young female college student.

……

Zhang Li understood. What Yu Qi meant was that people had no idea what kind of person he was and only saw one side of him.

But Yu Qie said, "Whether it's me, the director, or your friends... we really know you and we really think you are similar to a certain character. This is the most rare thing - how can such a coincidence happen? If you can't play this role, it will be a loss for the crew!" "Others are acting, or like me, writing novels on the spot... Only you don't need to 'act', you are, and you are better than others."

Zhang Li was very happy when she came back, but Chen Xiaoxu felt a sense of loss.

She didn't know that this feeling was because her comforting Zhang Li was useless, while Yu Che's comforting Zhang Li was useful, which made her be quickly surpassed by Yu Che.

Or it was because Yu Qie could actually speak so highly of Zhang Li: he could actually make fun of a man like himself to make Zhang Li happier.

Am I jealous of Zhang Li?

How could I be jealous of someone else? This is someone else's partner, and they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.

Chen Xiaoxu didn't want to think about these things anymore, but before going to bed, Zhang Li went to talk to Yu Qi again, reminding Yu Qi to go to bed early - Yu Qi was still replying to readers' letters.

As if possessed by some mysterious force, Chen Xiaoxu also got up and ran to see. She tiptoed for fear that others would hear her voice, and leaned against the window of the main room. She only heard Yu Qie and Zhang Li talking about the casting of the crew.

And they talked about her, and the two of them spoke in their native dialect.

Zhang Li said: "Director Wang was looking for someone everywhere before, wanting to find someone who looks good, but found that none of them had good temperament. In the end, he chose Chen Xiaoxu because she had no competitors in the group and her situation was better than mine."

Yu Qie said: "Chen Xiaoxu is indeed suitable for playing Lin Daiyu. She is a natural born Daiyu."

"What is the Eucharist?" Zhang Li asked.

"It's this person's personality, temperament, and especially experience... many things are similar, she is the most suitable."

Historically, after the makeup of the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" was finalized, Chen Xiaoxu was not liked by book fans at first, as they thought she was not pretty enough. After the show was broadcast, she was also criticized at first because she played "Lin Daiyu" as a mean, petty, and crybaby.

A few years later, when comparisons began, book fans were convinced.

No other version of Lin Daiyu can compare to Chen Xiaoxu, she even reversed the image of the role of "Lin Daiyu". Just like Lu Shuming who played Guan Yu in "Three Kingdoms", even the statue of Guan Yu was modeled after Lu Shuming.

When Chen Xiaoxu heard this, he felt his heart almost flew away.

Yu Qie speaks so nicely, why doesn’t he speak normally?
He always says that I'm neither this nor that and never gives in to you at all.

Oops!

They finished talking.

Chen Xiaoxu took two steps at a time, stepped on the stairs and kicked them, crying out in pain. She crawled into the thin blanket like a cat, waiting for Zhang Li to lie next to her.

When Zhang Li saw her, she was puzzled: "Hey, why did it change its position? It was facing the wall before, but now it's facing the door."

what?
Chen Xiaoxu used all his acting skills in this life and pretended to have just woken up: "Well...well...I'm a little hot, it's cooler over here."

"Are you hot?"

"I'm really hot."

Zhang Li nodded and said, "Then let's switch sleeping positions. From now on, you sleep outside and I sleep inside."

In this place, Chen Xiaoxu was closer to Yu Qie. As long as she opened her eyes, she could see the light on in Yu Qie's main room, where Yu Qie was replying to a letter. Zhang Li was behind her, and she didn't know if she had her eyes open or not. She just opened her eyes and stared blankly.

Chen Xiaoxu imagined Yu Qie's meticulous response to the letter. The glimpse of the study was very different from usual:
Well, it’s quite nice to think about, but it’s not often seen.

He doesn't often praise me, but always makes fun of me.

The next day, I sent them to the crew as usual. Along the way, I came across some people queuing at a bookstore. When I asked, I found out that they were buying Yu Qie's books. Fortunately, Yu Qie was wearing a helmet, otherwise he would have been recognized.

The book has become so popular, but they still don't understand what kind of influence it has.

I just felt that the people in the crew began to talk about Yu Qie in front of Zhang Li intentionally or unintentionally. The Redologists were particularly good to Zhang Li. Originally, when Zhang Li came to consult the Redologists, how long she could talk was mainly determined by the Redologists' "teachers".

It is different now. Sometimes you can feel that Redologists will deliberately drag Yu Qie over so that they can have a chat. There is a huge group of masters behind "Dream of Red Mansions", many of whom are writers and literary theorists, including the father of Zhong Acheng who wrote "Chess King".

In the early stage, the main person who worked was a Redologist named "Zhou Ling", who was also the screenwriter of the TV series. Later, he came into contact with Wang Shitou of Wan Ke, started a business, and left the Redology circle.

Yu Qie got along well with him, but they didn't talk about literature, but about economics.

Director Wang Fulin also had something to do with Yu Che, because CCTV was going to have a set visit program to check out the preparations for the production of A Dream of Red Mansions. Yu Che was very popular right now, and the program crew also hoped to film Yu Che.

(End of this chapter)