Lu Yao was deeply moved by Lin Chaoyang's support. He regarded him as a close confidant and was extremely excited.

Since the first part of "The Ordinary World" came out, except for some voices of support within the Shaanxi literary circle, most writers, critics, and screenwriters have given negative feedback to this novel.

Yesterday he went to Lin Chaoyang's house, and the two chatted for a long time, but more about the creative process and some ideas.

Lu Yao even deliberately avoided asking Lin Chaoyang what he thought of the first part of "The Ordinary World" because he was afraid that Lin Chaoyang's evaluation would be the same as those people's. Lin Chaoyang's speech today really made him feel

It was unexpected and surprising, especially when facing such fierce public opinion, his support is even more valuable.

When Lu Yao was moved, the critics present had different expressions after thinking about it.

They are all professionals with superb literacy and experience in the field of literary criticism, and they have their own judgment on whether a work is good or bad.

Some people with a moderate attitude think that Lin Chaoyang's words are reasonable. For a huge work like "The Ordinary World", it would be too arbitrary to deny the whole thing in only one third of the content.

Some people believe that whether a novel is good or not is not only related to the completeness of the story, but also directly related to the creative techniques. "The Ordinary World" has lagged behind the times in terms of technique, and it will not be as good as two more novels.

any difference.

But no matter what, Lin Chaoyang, the absolute protagonist of the seminar, said something like this, and it is impossible for everyone to criticize "The Ordinary World" again. If that were the case, today's meeting would not be a seminar, but a seminar.

He came here to make enemies with Lu Yao.

"Let me talk about Parasite.

Comrade Chaoyang just talked about "The Truman Show". In fact, both novels are set in the capitalist society of Hong Kong, but the reading experience is completely different.

"The Truman" is absurd and ironic based on fantasy. The first thing it brings to readers is a complete and highly readable story, which is how Truman ran towards freedom.

Under this layer of "sugar-coating" are the themes it wants to express: such as the excessive control and manipulation of media in capitalist society, the distortion of human nature, the entertainment of other people's suffering, etc.

"Parasite" is different. It constructs the most basic contradictory unit of capitalist society and shrinks this society into two families.

The complexity and struggle of human nature are nakedly displayed in front of readers. Whether it is the creation of characters or the arrangement of plot contradictions, they are extremely delicate and natural. It is this delicate and natural processing method that makes the story logically impeccable.

And very watchable..."

After Lin Chaoyang, the critics continued to speak, and everyone tacitly agreed not to comment on the first part of "The Ordinary World" again. They still focused on "Parasite" as the topic of discussion, and the meeting went back to the old way.

Faced with this situation, Li Shifei and Wang Yu, as hosts, were helpless.

Their original intention was to use this seminar to restore some reputation for the first part of "The Ordinary World", but now it seems that this idea is simply a delusion. On the contrary, because of the foil of "Parasite", "The Ordinary World"

The World Part 1 became even more unpopular.

Now Lu Yao could only sit there with a bitter look on his face. Every minute of the seminar was like sitting on pins and needles for him.

By the end of the day's seminar, Lu Yao was like a laborer who had been drained of energy, full of despair, but he still maintained his apparent strength and politely bid farewell to the critics.

Before going out, the critic He Zhenbang who attended the meeting told Lin Chaoyang that he wanted to visit his home tomorrow. Lin Chaoyang knew that the other party must have something to ask for, so he nodded and agreed.

On the way back to Xiaoliubukou, Lin Chaoyang drove and Lu Yao sat in the passenger seat, drowsy.

After arriving at the place, he said something to Lin Chaoyang, then walked into the yard and did not come out again. It was not until the next morning that he came to say hello to Lin Chaoyang in high spirits.

Seeing him carrying his luggage, Lin Chaoyang was slightly surprised, "What are you...

"I'm back. I haven't finished writing the second part of "The Ordinary World" yet. I have to hurry up." Lu Yao said. There was a stubborn light in his eyes, which was a firm belief that he tried his best to prove himself.

Lin Chaoyang also knew that yesterday's meeting gave Lu Yao a lot of stimulation, so he patted Lu Yao on the shoulder.

"I won't say anything else. I hope you will finish "The Ordinary World" as soon as possible!" Lu Yao's eyes were determined and he nodded solemnly.

"I believe that day will not be too far away!"

Lin Chaoyang drove Lu Yao to the Capital Airport to take a flight. When he returned home, He Zhenbang had been waiting for a long time. In addition to him, there was another guest at home, Tang Yin, who had known Lin Chaoyang for several years.

Lin Chaoyang apologized, explained, and chatted with Tang Yin for a few words.

Only then did Lin Chaoyang know that after the establishment of the Lu Academy, Tang Yin was transferred from the "Literary News" to the Lu Academy as the dean, while He Zhenbang was only transferred to the Lu Academy as the deputy dean this year.

The office is engaged in literary criticism.

Lu Xun Literary Institute, the previous literary training center, was renamed in 1984. After a few pleasantries, Tang Yin explained his purpose.

"The new training class of our college will start this month, and we would like to ask you to give lectures to those students."

As early as 1980, when Lin Chaoyang had just won the second National Outstanding Short Story Award, he went to the Institute of Literature to give lectures to the fifth class of students. However, that time could only be regarded as a short exchange. This time Tang

Yin and He Zhenbang hoped to invite Lin Chaoyang to give a systematic lecture to the students. Tang Yin knew that Lin Chaoyang would be in Xiangjiang for a considerable period of the year, and said that Lin Chaoyang's course could be compressed into two weeks.

Lin Chaoyang pondered for a moment and then agreed. It was not difficult for him to take classes with the students. After all, it was an invitation from an acquaintance, so it was difficult to refuse.

The teaching time of this student class is from February to July. Lin Chaoyang discussed with Tang Yin and He Zhenbang, and finally set his teaching time in June. As time passed, the Lantern Festival had passed several days.

That night, Lin Chaoyang coaxed Yan Yan to sleep and began to count the days.

Tao Yushu has been away from home for more than half a month, and the West Berlin Film Festival should be closing now, right? I don’t know if "The King of Children" can win an award.

He reversed the later generation Chen Kaige's betrayal of faith and switched from West Berlin to Napoleon. He also supervised and controlled the script. He has done all he can. The rest depends on whether Hadern, the chairman of the film festival, is as he wants.

That said, let’s watch Chinese movies.

The biggest problem in this era is the inconvenience of communication, Lin Chaoyang complained inwardly.

The day after he complained, Lin Chaoyang suddenly received a call from Shi Fang from the Film Bureau at around 10 a.m. "Chaoyang, I won an award! "Kid King" won an award!"

Shi Fangyu's tone on the phone was excited and full of joy.

Lin Chaoyang was also excited when he heard this. He asked: "What award did you win? The Golden Bear Award?" Upon hearing Lin Chaoyang's question, Shi Fangyu's joy on the other end of the phone stopped.

Do you really dare to think that the highest award at the three major international film festivals in Europe is a cabbage? Can you win it casually? "No. It is the Silver Bear Award, the Silver Bear Award of the Jury Prize at the West Berlin Film Festival!"

When it came to the award, Shi Fangyu's tone could not hide his excitement.

The highest award of the West Berlin Film Festival is the Golden Bear, which is awarded by the Film Festival Bureau to reward the best film in the main competition unit of the film festival each year. There is only one award in each session.

But there can be many Silver Bear Awards. Unlike the Golden Bear Award, which is aimed at recognizing the comprehensiveness and integrity of the entire film production, it is used to reward the outstanding performance of a certain film in terms of script, director, actor performance, etc.

The awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Director are all Silver Bear Awards.

For example, in 2014, Liao Fan participated in "Fireworks in the Day" directed by Diao Yinan and won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. The Jury Award was the most valuable among the many Silver Bear Awards at the West Berlin Film Festival. Only

Second to the Golden Bear.

To sum it up in terms of image, she is probably equivalent to the queen of the feudal dynasty - below one person, above ten thousand people.

Shi Fangyu's excitement is understandable. "King of Children" won the Jury Prize at the West Berlin Film Festival. It can be said to have broken the history of Chinese films and became the first film to win the heavyweight award at the three major European international film festivals.

Award-winning domestic film.

At this time, "The Truman Show" could not be forgotten, because the film was registered for the quota in the Xiangjiang area. After being happy for a while, Shi Fangyu explained to Lin Chaoyang the specific circumstances of the film's award.

The opening of this West Berlin Film Festival was on February 10th. "Kids" participated in the film festival. In addition to Tao Yushu attending on behalf of the film crew, Chen Kaige and Xie Yuan attended on behalf of the crew. The film bureau also sent officials to the scene.

Just last night, at 7 o'clock local time in West Berlin and 2 o'clock midnight Beijing time, the film festival held an awards ceremony.

The Soviet film "Theme" won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film, and "The Kid" not only won the Jury Prize, but also won a FIPRESPI Award. The FIPRESCI Award is also called the International Film Critics Award and belongs to Europe.

External awards often awarded at the three major film festivals or other international film festivals.

It is not affiliated with any film festival unit, but is awarded by the International Association of Film Critics and is recognized by professional film critics. It does not have high gold content, but it is very valued in the circle of film critics.

The fact that "The King of Children" won this award proves that international film critics are unanimously optimistic about the film.

After the award ceremony, the film bureau officials accompanying the film festival contacted China as soon as possible, but due to the time difference, they could not get in touch. It was not until this morning that they contacted the film bureau.

Shi Fangyu was naturally overjoyed when he got the news. After spreading the good news, he remembered that Lin Chaoyang might not have received the news due to the inconvenience of making international calls, so he called him specifically to inform him.

The two exchanged a few words of congratulations on the phone before Shi Fangyu hung up the phone.

"The King of Children" won the award. This was an achievement of the film bureau. He had to quickly contact several media to promote it.

Two hours after receiving the call from Shi Fangyu, Chen Huaikai took Jiang Huaiyan and ran to Lin Chaoyang's house. He was as happy as if Fan Jin had won the exam. "Haha! Chaoyang, I won the prize! I won the prize!"

Chen Huaikai's hearty laughter seemed to break through the roof, and he was full of high spirits. For him who has always been calm (lao) quiet (hu) and reserved (li), this kind of performance is really unusual.

But anyone who sees it will understand that they hope their children will become successful.

You must know that what Chen Kaige won is not an ordinary award. During "Yellow Earth", he traveled around Europe and won several awards. But those awards combined are not as good as the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival. This is Europe

The gold content of the three major film festivals!

When Chen Huaikai learned that "King of Children" had won the award, he immediately rushed to Xiaoliubukou Alley, dragging Jiang Huaiyan, who was the first to congratulate him, with him, without even bothering to deal with the congratulations from people in the factory.

He knew that without the help of Lin Chaoyang and his wife, Chen Kaige's road to winning the prize would never have gone so smoothly. "You must drink tonight! You will not come home until you are drunk today!" Chen Huaikai said proudly.

After he finished speaking, he went to buy groceries. At this time, two more people came to Lin Chaoyang's house, Zhang Yimou and Chen Jianyu.

After several months of creation last year, the script of "Red Sorghum" has been finalized. Zhang Yimou went to Shandong to scout locations two years ago and decided to shoot the film in Mo Yan's hometown of Gaomi, Shandong.

Recently, he is preparing for the crew and casting, and travels to major professional schools and theater troupes in Yanjing every day.

Today, he and Chen Jianyu were auditioning for actors at the Yanjing Film Academy, but before the audition was over, news was already circulating in the Yanjing Film School that "Kid King" won the West Berlin Award. After receiving this news, Zhang Yimou was sincerely happy for Chen Kaige

, at this time, he and Chen Kaige were still close classmates, colleagues, and friends.

After the audition was over, Zhang Yimou couldn't wait to come to Xiaoliubukou Alley and wanted to talk to Lin Chaoyang about winning the award for "Kid King".

After listening to Zhang Yimou's words, Lin Chaoyang was amazed in his heart. The news spread too fast. It's hard to imagine that this was the speed of communication in the 1980s. In just half a day, it spread even to Yan Ying.

While he was marveling at his skills, Tao Yucheng burst into laughter and ran into the yard. No need to ask, he must have heard the news about "The King of Kids" winning the award.

"Chaoyang, you two are so awesome now! One of you is going to win the Jury Prize at the Film Festival, and the other is going to win the Jury Prize at the West Berlin Film Festival. Your film company is on par with award-winning professionals."
To be continued...