Chapter 12 Gold Powder and Red Mansion
After putting down his mobile phone, Zhang Yuan stopped a taxi and hurried to the agreed hotel.
Faced with this great opportunity, he did not dare to delay for a moment.
At the beginning of the 20th century, countless drama gods fought and competed for beauty, but even in such cruel competition, "The Golden Family" still became an extremely important event in the history of mainland TV dramas.
And unlike "Small Workshop" like "Conquest", "The Family" is a big production, with a star-studded cast.
One drama made two heroines famous, and also provided a pension insurance for Sha Baoliang, who sang the theme song.
Go to the private room of the hotel and knock on the door to enter.
"Zhang Yuan, you are here, let me introduce you." Gao Qunshu stood up to greet him with a smile.
“This is Director Li Dawei.”
“This is Director Yang Tao Yang.”
"This is Director Zhou Xiaowen."
"This is..."
Everyone present here is either the director or the crew, all of whom are industry insiders. Everyone looks at this person curiously. A newly arrived young man.
Li Dawei, whom Director Gao mentioned on the phone, had a flash of disappointment in his eyes after seeing Zhang Yuan.
Lao Gao has been bragging to me for a long time. I thought he was an expert who has never been out of the market, but it turned out to be just a yellow-haired boy... Li Dawei cursed.
You can't blame him. Who can believe that a young man under 20 years old can modify the script.
After greeting everyone one by one, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to sit at the bottom of the banquet.
Although he has been able to stay by the director's side on the set of "Conquer", when he is away from home, he is a stranger, so he still has to be low-key and humble.
"Lao Gao, this is the genius you are talking about. You are not bragging, right?" Zhou Xiaowen has a straightforward temper and speaks straightforwardly.
It helped Li Dawei speak.
"You must have drunk too much. You are joking with us."
Gao Qunshu smiled evilly and gave Zhang Yuan a look as if to say.
Xiaoyuan, give them the whole life!
Seeing that the host Li Dawei was silent, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to speak.
"Director Li, I heard from Director Gao that you are planning to adapt and film "The Golden Family" recently, right?"
"I just happened to have read this novel."
Li Dawei was stunned. This is a novel from the Republic of China period, and you have actually read it.
He asked himself, if he had not been filming a TV series, he would not have read the original work.
Isn’t this guy trying to trick someone?
"Okay, you said you have read it, let's talk about your feelings about this novel." Li Dawei's suspicion became more and more intense, and he also felt that Gao Qunshu was unreliable.
Others thought the same way. They wanted to see what Gao Qunshu could do after he had been bragging for a long time.
Speaking of this book, Zhang Yuan actually read it in his previous life.
It wasn’t that he was a young man, but that there was a young girl he wanted to date in college who loved to read novels about the Republic of China. He wanted to create some common topics, so he studied hard all night long.
Of course, in the end, this so-called literary young girl was actually a pretty girl, and Zhang Yuan’s book was in vain.
I didn’t expect that reviving my life would be useful.
Zhang Yuan was unhurried and showed three fingers with a calm expression: "Actually, if you really want to say it, the story of "The Golden Pink Family" is just three words."
""A Dream of Red Mansions"!"
< br>"This..." Li Dawei raised his eyebrows, and then looked at the people on the left and right.
"What do you mean?" Seeing that the others were as confused as him, he continued to ask.
Zhang Yuan put on the posture of a storyteller and spoke eloquently.
"Everyone knows that the book "Dream of Red Mansions" uses a mythological background to tell the story of human relationships in the world."
In fact, three of the four major classics have such a story structure, starting with gods and monsters and telling human affairs.
And these three books all start from a stone, namely the Immortal Stone in "Journey to the West", the Demon-Conquering Stone in "Water Margin", and the Sky-Mending Waste Stone in "Red Mansions". In fact, if I have to say it, "Three Kingdoms" also revolves around the jade seal that represents power.
“It seems to be writing about the bad things of the Jia family, but in fact, these characters are used to describe the decline of the aristocratic family represented by the Jia family, and even the dynasty.”
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"Although the last dozens of chapters of "A Dream of Red Mansions" are missing, their content must be about the depression after the Jia family fell and the trees fell and the hozens dispersed."
"Seeing him build a Zhulou, watching him entertain guests , seeing his building collapse."
"If the outline of the novel "The Golden Fen Family" is drawn out, it will be at least 70% similar to "The Red Mansion"!"
Li Dawei's eyes flashed after hearing this! He had read the novel several times in the past few days, and he knew the content clearly, and he always felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
After Zhang Yuan said this, he suddenly became enlightened and enlightened!
Zhang Yuan secretly laughed. Zhang Henshui, the original author of "The Golden Family", is known as the male version of Zhang Ailing. Except for some short novels that satirized the social politics of the time, most of his works were almost all about love themes.
And this man is also a tentacle monster. He once wrote seven novels at the same time, each with over a million words!
In the days of the Republic of China, there were no computers or keyboards, so I had to rely on a pen and ink to write out each word. This shows how terrifying this person’s hand speed was. He could be called Kato... an eagle during the Republic of China.
"You can't say that. There are too many novels like "Dream of Red Mansions". After all, it is the pinnacle of our Chinese novels. If the backgrounds cannot be similar, just say they are the same."
Li Dawei Zhou Xiaowen beside him raised a question. Although Li Dawei said nothing, he looked at Zhang Yuan, instinctively wanting to hear what the young man had to say.
"In fact, not only the background, but also many characters and plots can correspond to Red Mansion." Zhang Yuan answered without fear of questioning.
“The Jin family, the protagonist of “Jin Fen Family”, has a romantic young master who not only keeps a concubine outside, but also falls in love with his wife’s dowry girl Xiao Lian.”
“This It is almost exactly the same as the story about Jia Lian coveting Wang Xifeng’s dowry girl Ping’er in The Red Mansion, and the eldest mistress’s child is a girl, and Wang Xifeng’s child, Sister Jia Qiao, is also a girl.”
Zhou Xiaowen, who raised the question, was low. After thinking about it in my head for a while, I found that they corresponded exactly to each other.
“Not only that, but the third young master of the Jin family has an affair with a male actor, which is very similar to Xue Pan in The Red Mansion falling in love with the actor Liu Xianglian.”
"Let's talk about the protagonist Jin Yanxi. The main line of the story is his entanglement with the two women, which corresponds to Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. Even the characters' personalities match up!"
Li Dawei is curious! Looking at Zhang Yuan, this kid is indeed right.
I am obsessed with authority. I didn’t feel it when I read the book, but now I jump out of the book, it is indeed the case.
"This...there are many books with similar plots, and the similarity of several characters doesn't mean anything." Zhou Xiaowen was still arrogant.
"So, how should we explain the fact that the birthdays of the heroine Leng Qingqiu and Lin Daiyu are both on the Hua Chao Festival?" Zhang Yuan threw out the "Wang Zha".
Zhou Xiaowen was completely silent.
It’s easy to explain that the character designs are similar. Even the birthdays are the same. This can’t be said to be unrelated.
"Director Li, I think "The Golden Family" pays tribute to "The Red Mansions" to a great extent, just like Jin Yong's "The Secret of the City" pays tribute to Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo."
"Okay, the word "tribute" is well said!" Li Dawei raised his glass and gave Zhang Yuan a toast.
Then he looked at Gao Qunshu beside him.
"Lao Gao, if you have this kind of talent, you didn't share it earlier and kept it secret. It's so uninteresting!"
You didn't believe it before, you thought I was bragging... Gao Qun Shubai glanced at him.
What he said was so meaningful that it was impossible to refute it. All the industry insiders present were convinced and began to get in touch with Zhang Yuan.
The film and television industry is the same as other circles. Either it depends on background or strength, there must be something that can be used.
Obviously, Zhang Yuan Xiaolu has won the recognition of these people.
After changing glasses and adding a few hot dishes, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.
Zhang Yuan also used his increased drinking capacity to mingle with the directors.
“What a drinker!” The straight-tempered Zhou Xiaowen was speechless by Zhang Yuan just now. He was holding back his anger.
But people with a straight temper are actually easy to coax. After a few glasses of white wine, he and Zhang Yuan hooked up.
Zhang Yuan also intends to get close to this person. He knows that Zhou Xiaowen and Zhang Dabeard have a very good relationship, and he should soon replace Ju Jueliang in directing "Dragon Babu"!
"In this way, it is easy for me to make this film. I can just follow the style of the 1987 version of Red Mansions and put the contents of the novel onto the screen in a precise manner!" Li Dawei was in a good mood, feeling as if he had finally recovered from constipation after three weeks. .
"No!" But he didn't expect that Zhang Yuan suddenly said: "You can't completely follow the novel."
Li Dawei's smile stopped, and he and others looked at him He...
(End of Chapter)