Chapter 600 Yu Hua sent "Alive" again
He went there in Fang Minghua's SUV.
In the small courtyard of his home in Bailuyuan, Chen Zhongshi entertained them warmly.
He took two bottles of Xifeng wine and asked his wife to catch a big rooster from her yard and burn it.
Chen Zhongshi certainly had no objection to Shengshi Books publishing his book "White Deer Plain" and giving him royalties.
A publishing contract was signed on the spot, and Su Bin also promised to advance 5,000 yuan in royalties to solve Chen Zhongshi's current life dilemma.
It was not until night that Fang Minghua and the others drove away from Bailuyuan.
Chen Zhongshi sent them outside the gate, watched the car disappear into the night, and lit a Bashan cigar. Suddenly, his wife, who came out to see off the guests together, said lightly.
"Mother, there is no need to come back to raise chickens."
After saying that, she turned around and entered the small courtyard.
Su Bin returned to Haikou with "White Deer Plain" and immediately started the work of publishing the book, proofreading, typesetting, and editing.
Of course, the more important thing is publicity and promotion.
For this reason, Shengshi Books bought half a page in Guangming Daily to promote this book. Three months later, as the first book in the "Buhu" series, it was officially released to readers. A printing of 500,000 copies sold out quickly.
Critics praised this epic work, which reconstructed the national spirit in a profound sense. It gives the highest praise to nationalism after "Four Generations Under One Roof". The publication of "White Deer Plain" enabled the rise of national literature in a higher sense. ”
Of course, the bold erotic descriptions in the book also caused a lot of controversy, which laid hidden dangers for the selection of the Mao Dun Literary Award three years later. I was almost "shot". This is a story later.
Just when Fang Minghua got Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" and handed it over to Shengshi Books for publication, a young writer far away in Yanjing also finished writing a novel.
In the early 1990s, Tuanjie Lake in Yanjing was still a relatively remote place, surrounded by a large number of villages where young painters from all over the country lived - because the famous Yanjing Painting Academy was nearby.
Yu Hua also lives here.
For no other reason, he was not interested in painting, but because the rent here was cheap.
In August last year (1991), he divorced Pan Yinchun and married Chen Hong half a year later. He rented a room nearby and settled down to write novels.
Soon, his second novel "Alive" was published in this simple room.
"Chen Hong, I will send the manuscript to Minghua tomorrow. He said he would help me check it." Yu Hua said to his wife while smoking a cigarette.
"Don't worry, Teacher Fang will definitely like this book you wrote." Chen Hong said softly.
"If it is approved by Minghua and successfully published, your contribution will be included in it. The military medal will be half, no, more than half!" Yu Hua said with gratitude in his tone.
He didn’t mean to say that.
Writing this novel didn't go smoothly at first. After writing tens of thousands of words, he found that he couldn't write anymore. It wasn't that his thoughts were flowing, but that his thoughts were blocked.
But his wife’s words woke him up.
“Since the third person is not good at writing, why not try using the first person?”
In the sudden flash of lightning, Yu Hua suddenly had an idea, so he overturned and rewritten all the previous content.
Changing his writing vision suddenly made him feel creative and creative, and the novel was successfully completed.
For this, he is very grateful to Chen Hong.
What a wonderful helper and lucky star.
It was noon a week later when Fang Minghua received the manuscript from Yu Hua.
Of course he was happy. Just as he was preparing to create a brand of serious literature called "Buhu", Yu Hua sent his masterpiece! After making a cup of tea and sitting comfortably on the recliner under the grape trellis, Fang Minghua looked at the manuscript carefully.
As he watched, he fell into deep thought.
It's not because of the content of the novel - he had read this book before he came to this era.
What he is thinking about now is how to publish this book smoothly? Besides, you can still make money.
You must know that "Alive" and "The Wasted City" were published almost at the same time, and also experienced the same fate: published and then destroyed, becoming a banned book!
But luckily for "Alive", unlike "Dead City" which was banned for 16 years, "Alive" was only banned for five years before being unblocked. After being unblocked, it was followed by the award-winning movie novel Sales are also booming.
In fact, the novel "To Live" is very unfair. Although it was not a big deal when it was first published, it was nothing. The reason it was banned was that the movie "Alive" adapted by Zhang Yimou was banned.
And the ban was still not lifted before Fang Minghua came to this era. He also watched pirated copies online.
The movie "Alive" can be said to be Zhang Yimou's pinnacle work, and has won many awards overseas.
The Jury Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival, the Best Foreign Language Film at the National Society of Film Critics, and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd American Film Golden Globe Awards. Ge You also won the title of Best Actor at the Cannes International Film Festival.
As for the reason why the movie was banned, Fang Minghua had read news about this on the Internet before he came to this era.
First, the film production team secretly obtained the film to participate in the election abroad without being reviewed and approved by the relevant departments.
Secondly, some plots in the movie are still too sensitive.
Especially the first one is a big no-no.
If you don’t ban, who will you ban?
Before Fang Minghua came to this era, he still carefully compared the differences between novels and movies. The movie deleted a lot of the original content. Compared with the cruel and indifferent world written by Yu Hua, The movie seems much more tender.
For example, it was deleted that Fengxia was given to someone else as a servant because her family was poor so that she could study. During the famine years, Fengxia fought with the villagers for a sweet potato. Fengxia couldn't hold back when she saw others getting married. Jiazhen got it. rickets; Jiazhen went to the city to ask for food from her father; Jiazhen distributed the food to the district chief, etc.
Characters and plot are closely connected. When deleting the plot, it is inevitable to delete the characters. For example: Mr. Shen, Mr. Feng Shui, the physical education teacher, etc. are not seen in the movie.
Of course, many plots have also been added: Erxi kidnapped Professor Wang back to the hospital when Fengxia gave birth; Professor Wang choked to death after eating steamed buns; the conversation between the Fugui couple and Erxi in front of Fengxia's grave and the discussion about giving birth to a child The plot of the steamed bun photography was all added by the director.
These added plots enhance the conflicts between the characters, highlight the characters' personality traits, and make the characters' images more full.
The overall tone of the movie is also heavy but not heavy, sad but not sad, unlike the novel - it leads to one tragedy after another step by step.
Zhang Yimou will definitely make this novel into a movie. Some history will not change just because he traveled through time.
Of course, I don’t hope that after the film is completed, it will not pass the review and will not be able to meet the mainland audience.
Then let’s change the script again, with fewer sensitive plots and blurry treatment.
Fang Minghua thought to himself.
Of course, you must contact Zhang Yimou first.
Now Zhang Yimou is easy to find because he also has a BB machine.
Fang Minghua put down the manuscript, picked up the landline phone on the TV cabinet, dialed the 126 manual station, left a message for the pager girl, and received a call back from Zhang Yimou a few minutes later.
Fang Minghua got straight to the point: "Yimou, I am Fang Minghua. I have a very good novel on hand. Do you want to make it into a movie?"
(End of this chapter)