Lin Chaoyang was speechless, "Why are you looking at me? Do you believe him and say this? You don't think he doesn't even have this little creative freedom, right?"

Everyone thought about it, and looked at Zhang Yimou again, and saw that he looked honest and honest, honest and pure.

Zhang Yimou was just polite, but unexpectedly he stumbling on his boss's father. He hurriedly pulled Yu Hua, "I think there are some places in "Alive" that are not detailed enough-"

Seeing that the two of them were together, Li Tuo and Zhu Wei were not easy to disturb him.

"Ye, Chaoyang, how are you writing your new book?" Li Tuo asked.

"Still writing."

"What is the content of the new book about? This time it is the "birth" of "birth, old age, sickness and death"? Let me tell us."

"It's probably about telling the story of an old hunter and five dogs-

Lin Chaoyang told the story he was writing. Li Tuo and Zhu Wei gradually became fascinated until Lin Chaoyang finished talking about the general plot of the novel, and the two of them reminisce about it for a long time.

Finally, Zhu Weicai said, "Your story feels a bit like "The Old Man and the Sea"!"

Li Tuo opposed: "It's still different. "The Old Man and the Sea" focuses on 'a person can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated'. It is a praise of the human indomitable spirit, but it is also limited to the perspective of personal heroism.

superior."

"The protagonist of Chaoyang novel An Bren has the unyielding spirit of San Diego, a broader mind to save people, and the portrayal of those hunting dogs has also made the story more humanistic.

"In the spiritual core, this story has the shadow of "The Old Man and the Sea", but it is more breadth and depth than "The Old Man and the Sea".

As a senior Lin Chui, although he only heard Lin Chaoyang tell a rough story, Li Tuo's content is enough to output a few high-quality literary comments.

Zhu Wei pondered and said, "So, is this "birth" the "birth" of seeking survival?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "Yes."

"Chaoyang, I have a question. After hearing what you said, I feel that the length of this novel is probably not too long, right?" Li Tuo asked.

"It shouldn't exceed 160,000 words."

The new novel is shorter than Lin Chaoyang's previous works, but it is already very long compared to the 40,000 words of "The Old Man and the Sea".

Li Tuo recalled what Lin Chaoyang said, "This type of novel should not be too long, otherwise it would be easy to reduce the urgency of the story and the immersion of the readers when reading it."

"Yes, I thought so too."

After chatting for a while, Li Tuo begged Lin Chaoyang to take out the manuscript of the novel and give them a glimpse of it first. It took only half a day to see it. It was not until Yu Hua left with Zhang Yimou that the two of them came to their senses.

"Where are you going?" Li Tuo asked Yu Hua.

"It's late today, so I won't cause trouble for Teacher Chaoyang. Yimou wants to talk to me about some details, and "Alive" may have to add some content."

After Yu Hua finished speaking, he left Xiaoliubukou Hutong with Zhang Yimou, went to Santana at Zhang Yimou's entrance, and drove all the way to Sanyuan Bridge.

Finally, Santana stopped at the entrance of a villa area. The gate of the community was magnificent, with the words "Lijing Garden" written on it.

Zhang Yimou suddenly reminded Yu Hua: "Don't tell anyone about this place."

"I understand, don't worry." Yu Hua said relaxedly.

Lijing Garden is a community that was just built last year. Because it is a foreign-related project, the housing price in the community has reached a sky-high price of 10,000 yuan per square meter. It is said to have set a legendary record of "selling 60 units in 4 hours" when opening. It is now the top luxury house in Yanjing.

Zhang Yimou led Yu Hua into a double-storey villa with a spire roof, looking like a small church.

When he walked into the interior, the space was spacious, comfortable and gorgeous. It was much bigger or more luxurious than the small nest of Yu Hua and Chen Hong. As soon as he entered, he felt that his eyes were sunny and he was trapped in the decoration of the house.

Then Yu Hua saw a bright and beautiful figure. He was surprised and immediately suppressed the turmoil in his heart and greeted Gong Li on the opposite side.

This time he finally understood why Zhang Yimou had just told him what he said before entering the door!

After saying hello, the atmosphere felt a little awkward. Yu Hua asked, "Yimu, your house is not cheap, right?"

After asking this, Zhang Yimou's face twitched.

Gong Li said generously: "I bought this house."

"ah!"

The short cry contained surprise, surprise and embarrassment. Yu Hua coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

Gong Li is now an international film queen. Some time ago, "Movie Review" reprinted an article from Wandao's "World Movie" magazine, saying that she has been making continuous film appointments and the single film pay has reached HK$1.5 million.

With her income level, it is not surprising to buy such a garden villa.

"I will talk to Yu Hua about his "Living". I plan to shoot this in the next film." Zhang Yimou explained to Gong Li.

Gong Li nodded, "You guys sit down, how about drinking some coffee? You can try the Arabica beans I brought back from Italy."

The "high-end noun" mentioned by Gong Li made Yu Hua feel a little ashamed. Although he didn't know what this Arabica bean was, it did not prevent him from nodding.

"good."

Gong Li went to make coffee, Zhang Yimouli asked Yu Hua to sit down, and as soon as his butt touched the sofa, he felt a softness surrounded.

I don’t know if it’s a preconceived relationship, but Yu Hua only feels that all the things in this house are high-end and luxurious.

He has been in Yanjing for four or five years and has visited many places, but this is the first time he has come to a high-end house like Lijing Garden.

Yu Hua subconsciously compared this villa with Xiaoliubukou Hutong. He felt that except for occupying a piece of land, the rest was almost crushed by Lijing Garden.

It is truly worthy of being the number one luxury house in Yanjing!

Gong Li came over with two cups of coffee, and Yu Hua finally tasted what Arabica beans are, and he felt sour and bitter.

This thing is far worse than instant coffee!

Coffee doesn't matter, what matters is the adaptation of "Living".

Zhang Yimou is not a talkative person, but when talking about movies, he always talks freely and is full of energy.

Yu Hua was chatting with him, and Gong Li sat aside and listened quietly. Yu Hua was occasionally distracted. When he saw Gong Li's face, he would inexplicably think of various reports in the media.

Then he quickly focused his attention and listened to Zhang Yimou's thoughts.

After chatting for several hours, it was getting dark outside. I gradually sorted out the idea of ​​adaptation. At the end, Zhang Yimou talked about the creation of the script.

He expressed his hope that the author Yu Hua could serve as the screenwriter, but given that Yu Hua had no experience in writing a movie script, Zhang Yimou said he would call him a reed again.

"Farewell My Concubine" swept Cannes last year, and the screenwriter Lu Wei also became famous in one fell swoop.

Yu Hua had no objection to this, but instead felt that it would be a great thing if Lu Wei could serve as the screenwriter, and it would be equivalent to escorting the adaptation of "Living".

Then Zhang Yimou mentioned the issue of copyright fees and royalties.

"According to our Lin Family Pictures' rules, the copyright fee is generally HK$200,000—"

"200,000?"

Yu Huazai had imagined the copyright fee for adapting the novel, but the 20-square-meter Hong Kong dollar was still far beyond his expectations, which made him exclaim.

Zhang Yimou naturally knew that this number was a big number for mainland writers. He continued: "In addition, if you are a screenwriter, you will have a Hong Kong dollar royalty fee of 100,000."

That is HK$300,000, what is it converted into RMB?

It seems to be about 220,000!

Yu Hua was a little dizzy by the huge sense of happiness.

No matter whether he was working or writing, he had never made so much money. If he counted the money he had made over the years, he might not even have one-tenth of this number.

"And—" Zhang Yimou's words didn't stop.

besides?

Yu Hua is already stupid. Is it so profitable to make movies? No wonder Gong Li can buy such a big villa!

"After the movie is released, you and Lu Wei will also have some dividends as screenwriters."

Yu Hua asked curiously, "How much can there be dividends?"

"This is not good, I have to pay attention to the movie." Zhang Yimou thought about it and gave an example, "The previous movie of Lu Wei has won more than HK$2 million so far."

HK$2 million!

Yu Hua took a deep breath. This number had completely exceeded his perception. Yu Hua couldn't figure out how he could make so much money by writing a script.

Zhang Yimou had to patiently explain to him how Lin's films treated the screenwriter well, and said:

"Farewell My Concubine won the Cannes Palme d'Or, and the box office in the Mainland and Hong Kong alone combined was HK$82 million.

Moreover, it is very popular in Europe, the United States and other Western countries. Overseas distribution rights have been sold in more than 40 countries, bringing Lin's Pictures more than HK$100 million.

If you can win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in two months, it will not be impossible to double your income."

After saying that, he specifically emphasized, "Actually, if Lu Wei was the screenwriter of our company, his dividend could be 0.5%.

Yu Hua fell into aphasia, and he no longer had the brain to calculate how much the 0.5% dividend is.

Yu Hua suddenly thought that Zhang Yimou made a big splash with "Farewell My Concubine". Didn't his own "Qiu Ju Fight" win the Venetian Golden Lion Award?

If a screenwriter makes so much money, how much does a director make?

"and you--"

Before Yu Hua could ask about his question, Zhang Yimou interrupted him, "Let's not talk about this, let's not talk about this!"

Yu Hua couldn't help but laugh in silence when he looked like a landlord Lao Cai who was very careful in his calculations.

Then he couldn't help but look forward to it. If he could win the gold medal in the three major European countries after the adaptation of "Living", wouldn't he be able to make millions of yuan?

He remembered the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award mentioned by Li Tuo during the day. After comparison, he felt that 100,000 yuan was nothing.

Yu Hua suddenly felt an impulse in his heart, otherwise he could also be a screenwriter in Lin's Pictures!

Then, he immediately calmed down again.

Writing novels is the foundation of his life. As long as he continues to write good works like "Living", is he still afraid that there will be no chance to make a lot of money when adapting them?

Thinking of this, Yu Hua's inner desire for creation suddenly became hot, and his creative enthusiasm had never been as high as it is now!

In Xiaoliubukou Hutong, Yu Hua was abducted by Zhang Yimou, Li Tuo, Chen Jiangong and Zhu Weichong Window read the novel manuscript and gave a very high evaluation.

When they listened to Lin Chaoyang's talk, they felt that the whole story was dangerous and undulating, but when the story was presented in the form of words, the feeling was more abundant than when they listened to the story.
To be continued...