Chapter 10 Discussion (Part 1)
The next day, Chen Linfeng listened to the teacher’s lecture while imagining the topic for the new concept essay preliminary competition.
In the past two years, newspapers have been mentioning the shortcomings of test-oriented essays. The name combines the new concept. It is conceivable that what the organizers want is an article that is different from the standards of middle school essays.
The requirements for the preliminary round were not too high. After thinking about it for a while, Chen Linfeng wrote a short story about a one-minute time machine.
This is the plot of a creative short film from later generations.
The male protagonist strikes up a conversation with a beautiful lady. Unlike ordinary chatters, the male protagonist has a time machine that can travel to one minute ago.
He is not a good expressive person and made many mistakes during the conversation.
So the male protagonist kept pressing the time machine to avoid his poor performance.
From the female protagonist’s perspective, the male protagonist who struck up a conversation gave her a good impression.
As the conversation progressed, the male protagonist learned that the female protagonist was a female Ph.D. in physics, and she was holding a book on quantum mechanics.
The two started a discussion about quantum mechanics. The male protagonist kept pressing the time machine and tried his best to maintain the topic until the male protagonist told him about the time machine.
The heroine, who is a doctor, told him the truth about traveling through time.
It turns out that traveling through time once means that oneself in the original world died once, so it is not really going back to the past, but the mind travels to another world one minute ago.
The male protagonist fell into panic. He has traveled through time more than a dozen times, which means he has died more than a dozen times.
Seeing the man extremely frustrated, the heroine, who had already developed a crush on the man, couldn't bear it and felt that she had done something wrong.
So now it's the heroine's turn to constantly use the time machine, just to prevent the man from knowing the truth about time travel.
The story ends here.
This is a short story of pure love that goes in both directions covered by time travel. There are many twists and turns in the middle, which should be enough to cope with the preliminary round.
After Chen Linfeng finished writing the story, he mailed it according to the address information required in the newspaper and waited for the result.
Chen's father left home at the beginning of October and participated in the project planning of the sequel to Journey to the West early.
Not long after, he sent back news that initial progress had been made in attracting investment, and he believed that preliminary preparations would begin soon.
In November, as expected, the organizer of the New Concept Essay Contest called to inform them that they had passed the preliminaries.
Zhu Guiming, deputy editor-in-chief of "Sprouting" magazine, told him on the phone,
"Your essay has won the prize in the preliminaries. We have decided that after the semi-finals next year, the composition of "Sprouting" will be Published in the 5th issue. Please be prepared to participate in the rematch on March 27th."
And provide some information about the rematch next year.
During this period, there was a lot of news about the new concept competition in the newspapers.
Sprout Magazine and 7 famous universities including Yenching University, Fuwen University, East China Normal University, Nanfang University, Jinkai University, Dongxia University and Haidong University jointly launched an initiative aimed at "facing the new century and cultivating "New Talents" and "New Concept Essay Contest".
In particular, the announcement of the competition mentioned that the winning high school graduates will enter the focus of 7 famous universities, and will be admitted in advance or given priority depending on their specific circumstances.
Once the news was revealed, it caused a huge response across the country.
The surrounding neighbors also heard about Chen Linfeng’s participation in the preliminary round. Now that he entered the semi-finals, there was a lot of noise.
The enthusiasm about Chen Linfeng on campus had just cooled down slightly, but then it started to rise again.
The school attaches great importance to this, and the Chinese teacher conducts composition exercises every few days.
The principal even decided to go to Shanghai to participate in the rematch with Chen Linfeng.
Father Chen returned home at the end of December.
He threw his bag on the table and slumped in the chair, looking a little depressed.
Chen's mother saw that he was so depressed and asked, "What happened? You are acting like this."
"The project of a sequel to Journey to the West is on hold. Why did I have to make do with it in the first place?" Chen My father slapped himself on the forehead, full of regret.
"At the beginning, you swore that there would be no problem, but now it's a bit difficult, so why not? Tell me slowly what the specific situation is." Mother Chen said calmly.
Chen Linfeng was confused when he heard this.
That’s not the case. The Legend of Journey to the West in the Past Life was aired successfully. The impact is not small. I didn't do anything, it shouldn't be the problem. Chen's father said in a low tone, "The most important factor in deciding to get involved in this drama was that Cao Rong said that he met Zhang Lingtong when he was acting in the sequel to Journey to the West, and he was sure to invite him to star in the sequel. "Sun Wukong"
He spread his hands and said, "Let me ask Zhang Lingtong's Sun Dasheng who is not convinced. I felt at that time that this project would definitely make a profit."
Mother Chen nodded, "That's true. Really, if you really want to invite him, this will naturally be the basis for a hit drama."
"That's right. When the intention was initially established, Zhang Lingtong also agreed to star."
The more Chen Shantong thought about this, the more unlucky he felt, "Who knew his wife would disagree."
Chen's mother was surprised and asked, "What does it have to do with his wife?"
"Zhang Lingtong's wife said that if he played Sun Wukong too much, his image would be solidified, which would be detrimental to his future career as an actor. In the past two months, Zhang Lingtong's wife said The soul boy hesitated and hesitated, and finally refused to take part."
When Chen Shantong said this, he cursed, "The good protagonist is gone, this drama is taking jujube pills."
So that's it. Chen Linfeng pondered for a moment and asked, "Dad, don't worry, let's not worry about what his wife says. Can I ask how much Zhang Lingtong's salary is?"
Chen Shantong hesitated. After a moment, he slowly said a number.
"This number is not low. It ranks among the top among mainland actors." Chen's father explained.
Is this the level of pay for top mainland actors?
“That’s the current salary of top actors in mainland China, and it still doesn’t match their worth.” Chen Linfeng said unceremoniously.
“There is another reason. Most of the dramas played by these top actors are serious dramas, which can improve their reputation, so the remuneration is limited, which is understandable.
But our Journey to the West Is writing a sequel the way to do a drama? ”
Chen Linfeng thought of his previous life and the initial reputation of Journey to the West.
"Dad, I have read the script. This drama is obviously a commercial drama in the form of a joke. The director is still a novice. Zhang Lingtong stars in this drama. It is good without word-of-mouth."
"You mean Teacher Zhang thinks he has too little money?" Chen Shantong grasped the key point of his son's words.
"No way, why would an artist do it because of money." Mother Chen thought it was unlikely.
"That's right, Xiaofeng, you underestimate artists too much. To put it bluntly, it's his wife who is causing trouble. Zhang Lingtong is also a big man. How can you listen to a woman on such a big matter?"
Halfway through the words, Chen Shantong saw his wife glance at him, and his voice became softer and quieter, and finally it was almost mumbling.
Chen Linfeng explained, “It’s not entirely because of the lack of money, but I still feel that it’s not worth the small remuneration and the risk of reputation.
Since he had agreed in advance From his perspective, he didn’t have much objection to the remuneration at first. But when his wife raised objections, he started to consider many aspects, and the remuneration would become one of the important factors.”
He raised his finger. , detailing various factors that may lead to Zhang Lingtong not being cast: "The pay is not outstanding, the film may not have a high reputation, and continuing to play Sun Wukong will cause transition problems."
Chen Linfeng shook three raised fingers, "It's very Obviously, after comprehensive consideration, Director Cao’s personal friendship is no longer enough for him to star.”
"I think Teacher Zhang still doesn't want to be trapped in the role of Sun Wukong." Shi Xiaolong raised his hand to express his opinion,
"Xiao Feng, didn't you also tell me about the issue of transformation after adulthood? This kind of pursuing artist will definitely consider future development issues.”
“All of this can be solved with money!” Chen Linfeng said firmly.
“Zhang Lingtong’s Sun Dasheng is already a classic and can’t be any more classic. People all over the country only recognize his Sun Wukong.
Play it more or less, and the difference is not that big. Give it to me. Paying enough money will allow him to consider the transition later.”
Chen Linfeng looked at his father. Father Chen was motionless with his hand on his chin, obviously still thinking about it.
“In the film and television dramas related to Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is the absolute protagonist, and it is related to success or failure. In this regard, Zhang Lingtong has the ability to carry the drama alone and can sell the drama on the TV station.”
Chen Linfeng continued,
"Dad, why don't you discuss with Director Cao, on the one hand, to increase Zhang Lingtong's salary and use money to knock him out, on the other hand, to use his last performance as Monkey King His reputation attracts investment.
When the wool comes from the sheep, the extra salary will be just a hair on the nine cows in front of the companies that invest in his name, and it is not worth mentioning. .”
When Chen's father heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt, "What you said is getting more and more outrageous. The higher the salary, the higher the cost. If the investment is large, it will be difficult to recover the cost. Do you think it is so easy to attract investment and make TV series?"
(End of this chapter)