Chapter 130: Director Xie, why don’t you test me with this? (Please book in full)
After taking the exam, she hid in her small room early, and Feng Jiayou started counting her little treasury again!
Previously, there were more than 5,300!
Including the reprints in various newspapers and magazines in Yanjing during this period, Cheng Xuemin gradually received more than 750 yuan, which if added together would have exceeded 6,000 yuan.
The comic strip "Journey to the West" was handed in today. Feng Jiayou never thought that the royalties would be paid today, which is another thousand three hundred and eighty-six yuan.
Cheng Xuemin has become more honest now, and even handed over the 121-dollar fee bill reprinted in "Shanghai Literature and Art" to Feng Jiayou.
If Cheng Xuemin wanted to save his personal money, in fact, the one hundred and twenty manuscript fee bills could be withheld privately. How could a woman find out?
However, Cheng Xuemin didn't do this now, and still handed it over obediently. The Feng family was so beautiful that they rewarded him with ten Great Unity cards and let him deposit them into a small treasury.
Why are women so generous?
Isn’t it the same for adults who don’t do multiple-choice questions? She wants Cheng Xuemin's private money. Cheng Xuemin wants to give her a little surprise, and the woman also wants it.
He would save the money he usually gave Cheng Xuemin as a reward to give her little surprises from time to time.
So it was Cheng Xuemin's personal money, but it was not saved for the woman in the end. She knew the money well, so how could he spend it randomly?
In the end, the woman calculated this, and now she has more than 7,400 yuan in her hand. In addition to the 5,500 yuan that I planned to buy the courtyard house, I could still save a small amount of 2,000 yuan.
When my eldest brother got off work in the evening, he brought Xie Jin over with him!
"Xuemin, after much selection, I still think you are the most suitable to play Xu Lingjun!"
"How's it going? What are your thoughts on this? How much can you give me a sure answer?"
Xie Jin has been building the crew of "Wrangler" at Yanying Studio these days, and the other actors have basically been finalized.
But when Zhu Lin and Zhu Shimao were asked to play Li Xiuzhi and Xu Lingjun together, Xie Jin, as a director, always felt that something was missing!
Maybe it’s because Xu Lingjun has already seen Cheng Xuemin, so he has never liked other Xu Lingjun!
This is just like Feng Jiayou. After looking at the defensive house in the Overseas Chinese Apartment, it was no longer good to look at other houses.
The woman also wanted to end the idea of an overseas Chinese apartment directly, so she took a step back and urged Cheng Xuemin to negotiate for the courtyard house quickly.
The situation is the same for Xie Jin. The crew has been basically formed, but the core character Xu Lingjun has not been finalized. He wanted to complete all the work here before returning to Shanghai.
After the Chinese New Year and spring begins, I will go straight to the northwest farm to collect local materials and shoot!
So today, I followed my uncle Feng Jiazhao to visit again to do some ideological work for Cheng Xuemin. I also wanted to do some work for my mother-in-law, Teacher Gu.
Because he knew that by taking a shortcut through the mother-in-law, Cheng Xuemin was his son-in-law!
"Director Xie, you've also seen it! I really don't need too many manuscripts on hand!"
Cheng Xuemin also said bitterly, "Look, this is my mother-in-law's "October", this is from Yanjing Literature, this is from People's Literature, this is from your Shanghai Literature and Art Company! This is... …”
"Okay, okay, stop it, stop it! I really don't want to tell you about this! I'll go tell your mother-in-law and father-in-law!"
Seeing Cheng Xuemin placing a pile of empty manuscript papers in front of him, Xie Jin didn't know whether this guy was really so busy, or whether he was deliberately talking to him like this!
Immediately interrupted and waved his hands, he stopped standing outside the window and went directly into the main room to chat with Father Feng!
"Old Feng, your son-in-law is amazing!"
"I heard that this overwhelming Factory Director Qiao was also written by your son-in-law?"
After entering the main room and handing Father Feng a cigarette, Xie Jin sat down and asked.
"Don't tell me! Whether he goes or not, my words really don't work!"
Father Feng took the cigarette and borrowed a lighter from Xie Jin. After taking a puff, he waved his hands repeatedly, knowing what Lao Xie wanted to talk to him!
But it’s really not up to Feng’s father to decide whether Xuemin plays Xu Lingjun or not!
"I understand, understand, I'll talk to Teacher Gu later!"
Xie Jin also nodded to express his understanding, and then said, "Actually, I can't borrow it for a few days! I promised Xuemin before that it will be a month at most!"
"After he joins the cast, our crew will focus on his role throughout the whole process, so we won't waste much of his time!"
"Want to write a manuscript?"
"You can write at home, and the crew can also write! We don't take up his 24 hours!"
Xie Jin talked a lot, and Feng's father was equally astonished. He couldn't help asking: "Is Xuemin really such a good actor? Lao Xie, do you have to be him?"
"It has to be him! We all feel that he is Xu Lingjun, and the manuscript and script are completely based on his prototype!"
"So if he plays the role, it will be his true character!"
Xie Jin said without exaggeration.
"Xuemin's performance as Xu Lingjun is indeed good. We have tried several actors so far, but none of them have the same taste as Xuemin's performance!"
Feng Jiazhao, the uncle who was accompanying him, also nodded and said.
"Yes! Lao Feng and Jia Zhao said so!"
"And this time Yan Film Studio asked Jiazhao to be the producer, so if you don't care about my old Xie's face, you have to give it to your uncle, right?"
Xie Jin thought of this and quickly followed.
"I told you, it's useless to tell me, you should talk to Xuemin yourself!"
"But if it really takes a month, Xuemin can really go out and exercise!"
Father Feng agreed with his son-in-law!
After all, it’s really not good to sit at home all day writing manuscripts without having any social interactions.
In addition, his son-in-law was a man of few words. Mr. Tang said that Xuemin was a bit dull, so it would be good for him to have Jiazhao Xie Jin take him out for some exercise.
"Is this right?" Xie Jin was overjoyed and slapped his thigh when he heard this, and then explained, "Lao Feng, please help to persuade Teacher Gu later!"
"It's not the same thing to lock your son-in-law at home all day long to write manuscripts!"
Xie Jin could imagine that his mother-in-law, who was an editor, tried her best to squeeze her son-in-law who wrote articles. She wished she could help her write articles 24 hours a day, just like the mother-in-law version of Huang Shiren.
"Lao Xie, you can talk about it later, but don't mention writing a manuscript! So far, his mother-in-law has not gotten a single manuscript from her son-in-law!"
Father Feng's mouth twitched. If Xie Jin talks about this with his lover with this attitude later, believe it or not, he will kick you out directly?
"Yes, yes, Lao Xie, don't mention the manuscript in front of my mother later! Now our family doesn't dare to mention the manuscript in front of her!"
The eldest uncle Feng Jiazhao also nodded repeatedly. Father and son had the same view. If Xie Jin dared to mention the manuscript, her mother would explode.
"That's not true, is it?"
“Didn’t scholars publish several articles that received great response?”
Xie Jin was stunned after hearing this, a little unbelievable. His son-in-law has written so many articles, but the mother-in-law has not used the last one yet?
However, I quickly checked and found out which publication Cheng Xuemin’s son-in-law’s response was published in.
He shut up instantly, really!
Soon, Feng's mother's meal was ready and served, and Xie Jin started again!
"Thank you, don't tell me. Ask Xuemin what he thinks!"
Feng's mother nodded after hearing this and did not express her position but let Cheng Xuemin make his own decision.
The ball has been kicked back again!
Xie Jin was really embarrassed. He rolled his eyes and said to Cheng Xuemin: "Xuemin, I heard that Jiazhao said that you plan to buy a house recently?"
"Well?"
Cheng Xuemin and Feng Jiayou both looked at their uncle Feng Jiazhao. They didn't expect that his eldest brother was such a quick-talking person.
"Don't look at me! I just mentioned it to Lao Xie casually, saying that next time he comes to see you, it won't be here!"
Feng Jiazhao quickly explained the matter and mentioned it casually when he just entered the door.
But who knows why Xie Jin suddenly changed the subject and mentioned this matter! "Xuemin just asked you if you want to buy a house recently?"
Xie Jinxian didn't care so much and asked Cheng Xuemin directly.
"Director Xie, we do have this idea, but as you just saw, we have to get all those manuscripts out before we can barely get it together!"
Cheng Xuemin nodded and began to cry about being poor and miserable again. He also hinted in disguise to Xie Jin, your crew doesn't pay wages, who will go all the way to act with you?
Besides, even if the salary is paid, how much will it be?
His eldest uncle Feng Jiazhao, as the producer of the show, would get some extra rewards besides salary, which would not exceed 100 yuan at most.
So don't blame Cheng Xuemin for not realizing it. We haven't implemented the self-financing and loss-remuneration system yet. Acting in movies, making TV shows, and rehearsing plays is really something that artists didn't say!
"I have to write so many manuscripts to collect them all, and I have to die from exhaustion!" How about a movie script that asks you to grab a knife?”
"Writing scripts is your strong point, Xuemin. You can finish it in ten days and a half. The script fee is 1,500 yuan!"
After all, isn’t it because we are short of money to buy a house, so we have to work hard to write articles to earn money for the house?
What a coincidence. Their Shanghai studio has launched a new movie, and they are asking Xie Jin to recommend a screenwriter for the script.
If Cheng Xuemin goes with him, Xie Jin will do anything to help him get the 1,500 yuan royalties for this script!
A well-known director from Shanghai Studio still has the right to speak!
“Shanghai Studio is also going to launch a new movie? Is it a translated film, or is it an adaptation of a well-known domestic drama?”
Feng Jiazhao, the uncle next to him, couldn't help but asked in surprise when he heard this.
Similarly, Cheng Xuemin also looked up at Xie Jin. This old boy was determined to play Xu Lingjun.
If free prostitution doesn't work, just bribe him with the script!
The script remuneration of 1,500 yuan, to be honest, this money is definitely profitable.
"It's not a translated film or a drama adaptation, just like Xuemin's "The Wrangler"! At the end of the year for Shanghai Literature and Art, didn't we also publish a manuscript that received a good response?"
"Not long ago, Shanghai Literature and Art submitted it for review, and our studio has also decided to start filming this year. We are now confirming the screenwriter for the adaptation!"
Xie Jin took a sip of wine and said to Feng Jiazhao and the others while smelling of alcohol!
""Female College Dormitory"?"
When Cheng Xuemin heard what Xie Jin said, his expression turned strange. Feng Jiayou couldn't help but ask Xie Jin.
"Yes, yes! You guys guessed it right, but I think the response to this manuscript is really good!"
Xie Jin nodded repeatedly and said to Cheng Xuemin, "How about Xuemin, you must have read this manuscript, right?! Is it not difficult for you to be the screenwriter and adapt it?"
"Isn't this fifteen hundred yuan script fee easier than writing a script of hundreds of thousands of words?"
"No, why are you looking at me like this? Am I wrong? How can a small adaptation defeat the scholars?"
Seeing that the people in the old Feng family were looking at him with strange expressions, Xie Jin wondered where he was wrong!
Was he wrong?
As far as the level of their son-in-law’s adaptation is concerned, even his brother-in-law Feng Jiazhao thinks he is inferior, and even Lao Teng, the chief screenwriter of Yan Film Studio, all agrees!
So was it difficult for Cheng Xuemin to adapt "Female College Dormitory"?
Not difficult!
It must be easier than Cheng Xuemin writing a manuscript of hundreds of thousands of words, right?
With Cheng Xuemin’s current net worth, the royalties he pays for various publications are only seven yuan per thousand words.
The manuscript fee of 1,500 yuan allowed Cheng Xuemin to spend all his time and brains to write more than 200,000 words.
But a small script shouldn't be too easy for him, right? But why do people from the old Feng family look at me like this? What do they mean?
"Yes, yes, thank you, you are right. Adapting other manuscripts may be a bit difficult for scholars!"
"But adapting "Female College Dormitory" is not difficult, not difficult, not difficult!"
My eldest uncle Feng Jiazhao nodded repeatedly, and finally added, ""Female College Student Dormitory" was written by Xuemin!"
"I just said it's not difficult for Xuemin... No, what are you talking about, Jiazhao? Did Xuemin write the article "Female College Students' Dormitory" in our "Shanghai Literature and Art"?"
After receiving the approval from his uncle Feng Jiazhao, Xie Jin nodded repeatedly, but when he heard the last sentence that changed the subject, he was suddenly stunned.
After thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "This is wrong, no, no, no, Jia Zhao, how could "Female College Student Dormitory" be written by Xue Min? He is a gay!"
"Aren't they all saying that "Female College Students' Dormitory" was written by a female college student named Kuang Yalan from Yan'an University? How could it be Xuemin!"
Kuang Yalan, as soon as I heard the name, I knew it was a female author. How could it be written by Cheng Xuemin, a gay man!
"Kuang Yalan is another pen name of Da Lao Cheng. He has many pen names now..."
Before Cheng Xuemin could explain awkwardly, sister-in-law Feng Jiamo, who couldn't keep her mouth shut while eating, nodded repeatedly.
Hearing this tone, he wanted to expose the rest of Cheng Xuemin's waistcoat. Cheng Xuemin quickly took over the conversation and said angrily, "Director Xie, "Female College Student Dormitory" is indeed my spare time work!"
"No way! Did you really write it, Xuemin!?"
Xie Jin was dumbfounded on the spot. He originally thought of using the script "Female College Student Dormitory" to bribe Cheng Xuemin, but he didn't know that it belonged to Cheng Xuemin in the blink of an eye!
Although "Shanghai Literature and Art" has submitted and authorized the manuscript to their studio, if the original author of the manuscript wants to adapt and write the script himself, he will definitely have priority!
Therefore, such an attractive condition offered by Xie Jin is blind!
"What you do in your spare time, what you do in your spare time!"
Cheng Xuemin smiled awkwardly and said modestly, "Female College Dormitory" is also going to be adapted into a movie, so the letter from "Shanghai Literature and Art" should be here soon!
Although I heard from Xie Jin that the Shanghai Film Studio had asked Xie Jin to recommend screenwriters, he obviously didn’t know that Cheng Xuemin, the original author, could actually write the script himself!
This script...
To be honest, Cheng Xuemin really doesn’t have the energy to write this script right now!
Although it is the same tribute, the script can be completely copied. After all, this manuscript in the previous life was also adapted into a movie with the same name and the same play, so it is not difficult to copy.
But they were all copied, and they had to copy this and that, and there was no time to spare at all!
"Xuemin, please pull me down!" This bullshit spare time work was a little too modest. Xie Jin started to feel jealous and said angrily, "Anyway, I will help you get this script Come on, I’ll recommend it to you when I get back!”
"This is really amazing! Does Lao Zhou know that Xuemin, you are still Lao Qiao of "Wrangler", the director of the factory?"
Xie Jinti’s old Zhou was Zhou Jieren, the editor-in-chief of Shanghai Literature and Art at the time, and the former vice-president of Fuzhou University.
"Then I'd like to thank you for guiding me!" Cheng Xuemin nodded. Having Lao Xie, an old man from the studio, recommend him would be less philistine than Cheng Xuemin's own initiative.
"If it's scheduled after the new year, I'll see if I can find some time!" He then said to Xie Jin, "But Director Xie, I've already agreed in advance. Whether it's successful or not, I'll give it a month!"
"Really?! Xuemin, you agreed!?"
Hearing this, Xie Jin slammed the table with excitement and said excitedly and happily, "I told you, Xuemin, that you should act. Your Xu Lingjun and Zhu Lin's Li Xiuzhi are really a match made in heaven, and it doesn't look like acting at all..." "
"Ahem, Teacher Gu, this...my...isn't what you think anyway! I just..."
Xie Jin was overly excited, and the more he talked, the more excited he became. But in the end, he found that the old Feng family member was staring directly at him, which made him instantly react. What are you talking about?
Cheng Xuemin's Xu Lingjun and Zhu Lin's Li Xiuzhi are a perfect match! ?
Cheng Xuemin is his son-in-law, and his wife is sitting next to him. Do you tell their family this?
Embarrassed, Xie Jin kept changing his words, but he was choked up and didn't know how to argue!
Get ready to kneel on the washboard tonight!
Cheng Xuemin listened to Xie Jin’s arrogant words and looked up to the sky speechlessly. He had never seen such a pig-like teammate. He was trying to trick him to death!
It hurts!
Feng Jiayou smiled and seemed to say nothing, but with his hands, he had already made circles on Cheng Xuemin’s waist!
The Feng Jiayou exams were successfully completed the next day. Next, they were waiting to receive their transcripts for the winter vacation. By the way, they took a look at the courtyard house. The price was negotiated at 5,500 yuan and a deposit of 500 yuan was paid. !
The following Sunday, while everyone was resting at home, Cheng Xuemin took his mother-in-law and father-in-law, as well as his eldest brother, sister-in-law, and second sister-in-law to see the courtyard house at Yanda!
Buy a house!
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(End of chapter)