Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

In the office, the topic about "The Instant Universe" continues.

After Yan Bingyan calmed down, she asked Shanhe:

"Shanhe, may I know the other starring actors in the movie?"

"Other roles have not been decided yet. If nothing else, they should include Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang. The heroine in this movie is the key to the show, and you are the first one to be decided!"

"Thank you for your recognition!"

Yan Bingyan then made a request,

"I don't know much about the life of Chinese immigrants. Can you arrange for me to go to Country M to experience it for a while?"

Before Shan He could reply, Yang Liu answered Yan Bingyan’s question.

"Leave this matter to me! I will be your agent soon. This is my duty."

Shanhe looked at Yangliu. His hands and feet were so nimble that he dug up the man so quickly.

However, Shanhe never interferes with the operation of the brokerage company, and it also welcomes Yan Bingyan to join Chuhe Film and Television.

Good actors also need opportunities!

Yan Bingyan is a very stubborn actress. Once she accepts a script, she will devote all her attention to the role. She soon asked Shanhe about Shanhe's vision for the role with excitement.

The two then exchanged and discussed the script and characters.

The heroine in "The Instant Universe" is a difficult character to grasp. Her life is in a mess, and almost everything goes against her wishes. She is a tragic housewife.

But this is also a comedy. The characters need to bring a sense of joy in the tragic life, so that the audience can experience the bitterness of life in joy. This brings great difficulties to the actors in shaping the characters.

Sufficient acting skills and creativity are required, and Yan Bingyan needs to determine the image tone and performance method of the heroine Xiulian.

Shanhe finally made a request to Yan Bingyan,

"Bingyan, you not only have to perform the bitterness and depression of the heroine, but also bring enough joy to the character. This is the biggest problem you need to solve. In addition, there are a lot of action scenes in the movie, and you have to undergo martial arts training. !”

Yan Bingyan thought for a moment after hearing this, nodded and replied:

"I have taken on martial arts dramas before, so my martial arts training is no problem. This is my first time coming into contact with a comedy movie. This role is really challenging for me. Although it is not easy, I am confident!"

"I have full confidence in you too!"

Shan He smiled and said, "If you have any requests, you can ask Yang Liu. I wish us happy and successful cooperation!"

"Thank you, I will use actions to prove your support and approval!"

The heroine of "The Instant Universe" has been decided, which means that the movie has entered the substantial preparation period, and Shanhe has put "The Instant Universe" into the work schedule.

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As time moves forward, "The Life of Yi" has entered its third week of sales. Although the novel is still popular, sales have dropped significantly compared to the previous two weeks.

If you have strong explosive power, it will definitely not last long!

But for other literary novels, "The Life of Yi" is still a monster. Even if it slows down, it is still terrifying.

Because the novel is still accumulating with sales figures of 600,000 to 700,000 copies per day.

Young Yi is also the focus of mainstream literature and popular readers this week.

In mid-April, Disney announced the project of the movie "The Life of Yi" and briefly introduced the preparations for the movie.

The producers of the movie are still Disney Pictures and Chuhe Films.

The two parties purchased the film adaptation rights of the novel from Shanhe at a sky-high price of US$15 million plus a 5% share of the global box office.

"Life of Yi" has a budget investment of US$200 million and is shot using the latest 3DIMAX technology. Its visual effects will surpass "Gravity" and "Avatar".

There is no suspense that the movie will be directed by screenwriter Shan He. His salary as screenwriter and director has reached a terrifying US$30 million plus a 10% share of the global box office.

The slogan of the movie is: A fantasy journey beyond the boundaries of life, an ultimate visual and spiritual baptism, Huaxiaqiu takes you into the world of young Yi!

The film's preparation period is one and a half to two years. Filming is expected to be completed in early 2012 and will be released in the summer of 2012.

Shanhe made a huge profit from this film and television adaptation, with a personal income of US$45 million plus a 15% share of the global box office.

The cooperation between Disney and Scholar Publishing House can be described as a tacit understanding, and the popularity of "The Young Man" that had just subsided has been artificially heated up again.

Book fans around the world are looking forward to the news of the film adaptation of the novel and are discussing it a lot.

How will Shanhe adapt the script, how will Young Yi and Tiger Richard Parker be filmed, and how much real experience can 3DIMAX bring to this fantasy journey?

Book lovers talk about these topics with great enthusiasm.

And Shanhe's terrifying income also created another hot spot.

How much wealth has "The Life of Yi" brought to Huaxia Qiu?

Book lovers and melon-eaters are very interested in this topic, and money is so exciting!

"Hua Xiaqiu is probably the richest writer in the world. One book can earn hundreds of millions of dollars. It's really scary!"

"Hundreds of millions of dollars? Far more than that. "Dallas Buyers Club" Hua Xiaqiu made at least more than 200 million U.S. dollars. This time "Life of Yi" may be even more!"

"The Life of Yi has sold more than 10 million copies, and the royalties and signing fees alone are at least more than 20 million US dollars. This is just ten days of income!"

"Ah! That's it. It seems that you can still make money by making movies. Forty-five million U.S. dollars plus 15% of the global box office share. "Life of Yi" should not be a problem with a billion U.S. dollar box office, 100% Fifteenth is 150 million U.S. dollars, my God, the movie adaptation alone is 200 million U.S. dollars!"

"Novel royalties are available for a long time. If "Young Man Yi" is sold for one or two years, the royalties are estimated to be hundreds of millions of dollars!"

"Oh my God! I also want to start writing. The requirements are not high, as long as I have one thousandth of Huaxia Qiu!"

"Stop dreaming, there is only one Huaxia Qiu in the world!"

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While the film project has aroused heated discussions, interviews with major literary magazines have also come one after another.

Shanhe looked at the schedule of visits to dozens of literary media magazines such as "The Times Supplement", "France Magazine", "Paris Review", "Granta", "Kenyon Review" and so on, and his mind was in a daze. .

"Zhixuan, how come there are so many interviews from authoritative literary media, and they come so intensively?"

Kang Zhixuan pointed at the itinerary and replied:

"There should be promotion from Scholar Press. This is one of Scholar Press's award public relations methods. Both the Booker Prize and the Goncourt Prize have already started preliminary selection. It should not be a big problem for "The Life of Yi" to be nominated. The possibility of winning the award is not small, and these authoritative European and American magazines play a big role in it!"

Shanhe was a little confused. Scholar Publishing House had such awesome public relations methods, so that it could attract so many mainstream literary media?

"is that so?"

Kang Zhixuan looked at the mountains and rivers and responded bluntly:

"Boss, "The Life of Yi" is a phenomenal literary work. You are this year's phenomenal literary writer. It caused a sensation in the literary world and gained collective recognition from the mainstream literary world. You are now a well-known writer. This Titles are valuable!”

"Yeah?"

Shanhe smiled and laughed at himself, "It turns out I'm just a low-level writer, and I can't catch their eye!"

"How old are you! Today's mainstream literary circles in the world are filled with old men and women, and their vision is very high! You have conquered them!"

"Okay! Let's see what these old men and women think of me, a newcomer?"

…

In the mainstream Western literary world, Shanhe is indeed a special case!

Compared with other well-known literary writers, Shanhe is too young. He is more like a commercial best-selling author, and most of his exposure is entertainment or mass media.

He is also committed to entertaining the public, without any of the highbrowness of ordinary writers.

For the world's mainstream literary circles,

Mountains and rivers are like baby birds that soar into the sky just after taking off.

Past works were more like accumulating feathers and practicing flying.

And "The Life of Yi" is a symbol of Shanhe's maturity and growth.

Now that you have flown high into the sky and joined the elegant flock of birds, and in a shocking posture, everyone must applaud and celebrate your appearance!

Because of this, authoritative mainstream literary media have paid this collective visit.

Shan He is the standard-bearer of the new generation of literary writers, and "The Life of Yi" deserves to be interviewed and recommended by mainstream literary media.

Shan He is indeed very different from other famous literary writers.

They are either professors or visiting professors in major universities around the world, or they live in seclusion and focus on writing. They also spend their daily lives in the literary world, participating in various literary symposiums, or visiting and giving lectures in various countries.

To a large extent, the life of mainstream writers is to be separated from the public, especially in the era before the Internet. Their circle was small, but very high-end.

The various practices of mountains and rivers are more like the fun of youth to them!

For example, a reporter from The Paris Review asked him:

"Qiu, will you continue your current life in the future? Continue to be a director and make movies to entertain the public?"

"certainly!"

Shanhe answered affirmatively,

"The original intention of the birth of literature is to entertain the public. As for the various connotations endowed in it, they are the product of the development of human society. My original intention has not changed since I first wrote a diary for my sister when I was a teenager. I hope more people will read it. When it comes to my words, I hope to interpret a story in a way that ordinary people can accept. The same is true for movies. Words and images are two completely different forms of expression, but in my mind the two complement each other, which makes me Very fascinated!”

“In your opinion, what is the biggest change for the new generation of mainstream literary writers?”

"I cannot represent the new generation of mainstream literary writers. I am not even sure whether I am a mainstream literary writer. There is no distinction between mainstream and commercial literature here. What we are facing is the Internet age, where information is highly developed, and the mainstream literature of the future will It is bound to face more readers and commercialization.

No matter how well written the novel is, only a handful of people can read it, and only a handful of people can sympathize with you. This means nothing to me! "

…

These Western media have asked a wide range of questions about Shanhe, from literature to life to all aspects of social development.

"The Times Literary Supplement" raised such a question about Shanhe:

"Qiu, as a new generation Chinese, how do you view the pain left by the times? After all, these pains are the source of inspiration for literary writers?"

Shanhe looked at the middle-aged reporter who had something to say, and smiled slightly.

"The world has a lot of pain, and China has even more pain. The biggest pain is that we used to be at the forefront of the world, but were defeated by Western modern technology, which left huge wounds. The entire China has spent nearly It took two hundred years to heal this bleeding wound, and almost all the pain of modern China was for the purpose of healing!

No era is perfect. Perhaps writers need to expose darkness and reflect reality, but that should be the author’s life experience and true thoughts. If you deliberately sell and hype the pain of the era, you are putting the cart before the horse, and your behavior is shameful! "

The reporter still refused to give up and continued to ask:

"China's economy is developing rapidly, but other aspects still seem to be stuck at the same level as 20 years ago. Do you think this situation is healthy?"

Facing this typical Western reporter with a sense of superiority, Shanhe said very directly,

“When you comment on a person or a country, you need to understand its history and current situation first-hand. You don’t just stand on a high point and just make comments based on hearsay!

You may not have tasted the suffering caused by the backwardness of the country to the people, but we have experienced it. My ancestors have told me about the history of suffering more than once. The tears and blood of being trampled and invaded cannot happen again in China. , this is the consensus of all China, so we are committed to strengthening ourselves.

As for what you said has never changed in twenty years, I don’t agree. The changes in your eyes are nothing more than political concepts such as democracy and human rights. China and the West have different histories, and there are many differences between Eastern culture and Western culture. You Looking at Chinese people by Western standards will inevitably lead to many misunderstandings. I suggest you learn more about China, just like we understand Europe! "

The mainstream Western literary circles have a strange and pitiful view of China. In their view, a good Chinese literature writer should expose ignorance, criticize reality, and describe China as it appears in their eyes.

For example, Yu Hua's "Alive" and "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood", such as Mo Yan's "Feng (ru) Fat (tun)" and "Frog".

There are almost none of these in Shanhe's novels. His two most famous works in the past were all about the darkness and flaws of the West.

And this "The Life of Yi" transcends politics and race, and focuses on the philosophical speculation of the entire human race.

This is very different from the Chinese writers in their eyes, so this difference is very obvious in many interviews.

A reporter from the Kenyon Review asked Shanhe directly:

"Modern Chinese literature has experienced scar literature, root-seeking literature and now avant-garde literature. Qiu, as a new generation of Chinese literary writers, you are very different from them. How do you view the current situation of Chinese literature and how do you view Chinese literary writers?"

Shanhe thought for a moment and replied:

"They are all my predecessors. My father likes their works very much. They are the leaders of my writing. I admire and respect them very much!

China has experienced some special sufferings, and its thoughts and life have been greatly suppressed. When a person is liberated from extreme oppression, his thoughts are extremely active and novel. It is precisely because of this that the Eighth China The 1990s experienced a huge literary trend. Scar literature, root-seeking literature, and avant-garde literature were the products of this trend. These are the products of the times left to China, and they are still the mainstream literature in China.

But I live in a different era. I was born in the countryside, learned in the county, studied in the city, and grew up in global information. This determines that there is a huge difference in the thinking of our generation and our parents. Literature is rooted in History and culture follow the footsteps of the times. I am no different from my fathers. They follow their times, and I follow mine! "

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An interviewer from France Magazine also asked:

"Your Chinese predecessors all described the ugliness of human nature and the darkness of society, but this is not seen at all in your novels. Why is this? Is it because you are a nationalist or are you deliberately covering it up?"

"Ha ha…"

Shanhe was amused by the reporter's question.

"Maybe it's because I'm still too young! Writing requires an understanding of life. You may not know my growth experience. I don't understand how to expose. If I create to deliberately expose the darkness or cater to the needs of some people, that is Deceiving, deceiving others is also deceiving yourself!

Novels are making up stories, but they actually reflect reality. My predecessors wrote these because they experienced and witnessed these sufferings, but I don’t have their experience. This has nothing to do with nationalists. Nationalism is not whitewashing. Taiping, my works reflect the shortcomings of society. I suggest you watch "We Are Young" and "Signal"! "

…

Shanhe experienced dozens of interviews with literary journalists and became deeply aware of the superiority and political stance of the mainstream Western literary circles.

They never looked at China levelly, but looked down and with prejudice, which made Shanhe very uncomfortable.

If it hadn't been agreed in advance, Shanhe would have refused all subsequent interviews. I won't bear this anger for the sake of a bullshit trophy!

"Zhixuan, help me reject all such bullshit interviews from now on. I don't care about any mainstream literary circles or literary awards. My works don't need their recognition!"

Kang Zhixuan looked at Shanhe who looked calm and said softly:

"Boss, regardless of political stance, mainstream Western society has many misunderstandings and inertia about China. I think this is why you need to step forward more. You are the representative of young Chinese people. What you have done has changed many Western people's understanding of China. In fact, you don’t have to care about their arrogance and prejudice about China and its people. Having strength can naturally change their views. Winning the award is more meaningful to you!”

Kang Zhixuan's soft words fell in Shanhe's ears, but they were a deafening thunder. When did I become so impetuous?

I had already expected the bias of the Western mainstream media. How could they be so angry?

Shan He fell into deep thought.

As a Chinese who grew up in country M, Kang Zhixuan's understanding of the Western world is much clearer than that of mountains and rivers. The Western world's view of China is no different from how white people view Chinese Americans. There is discrimination and prejudice at the root.

The support of overseas Chinese around the world for Shanhe is one-sided. Why?

Because he brought glory to Chinese people all over the world, he let everyone see the excellence of Chinese people, and he proved that Chinese people are no worse than anyone else!

This has the same meaning in China. Mountains and rivers are one of the miracles of Chinese culture and the pride of the times. They have brought too many shocks and changes to the world. No one can deny this.

As a result, he enjoys the love and support of the people and has become the pride of Chinese people around the world!

If you get something, you will naturally have to give it, which requires you to bear more. The greater your ability, the greater your responsibility.

Kang Zhixuan has higher expectations for her boss. She watches mountains and rivers create miracles one after another and feels proud of them. She hopes that she can follow and witness a legend that will be passed down to the world!

After a long time, Shanhe came back from his thoughts. He looked at the assistant he had hired from Country M and sighed:

"I'm so lucky to have mentors and friends like you by my side all the time. Thank you for reminding me. I'm really drifting during this time. I'm too arrogant and can't stand a little grievance!"

"Haha...you have the right to be proud!"

Kang Zhixuan smiled and brushed off the topic.

"Boss, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles has sent you an invitation letter, inviting you to attend the Dunhuang Silk Road Cultural Exchange Symposium. Famous literary writers across the country will be invited to attend the forum. Take a look!"

Shanhe took the invitation from Kang Zhixuan, looked at it and joked:

"It seems that I have really gotten into the literary circle now, let's go! I've long wanted to visit the Mogao Grottoes!"

Kang Zhixuan smiled and replied: "The drawers are full of invitations to exchange discussions and lectures sent to you these days."

Shanhe asked with a smile:

"Really, am I so high-end now? What kind of invitations are there?"

"There is a literary forum to be held in Jerusalem next month, there is a literary exchange meeting in Rome, there are also invitations to give lectures at Cambridge University, and there are also exchange forums and lectures at Harvard College in M ​​country. Why don't you find two of them to take a look at?"

Shanhe waved his hand and replied with a sigh:

"Is this the daily life of a writer? Let's forget it! I'm not that high-end, and I don't want to show my cowardice!"

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In the following days, several Western literary media published interviews with Shanhe.

The content is not much different from the interview, but the title has a somewhat special meaning.

"Hua Xia Qiu—a new generation literary genius who transcends China!"

“I only follow my times!——Exclusive interview with Hua Xiaqiu.”

"My pain comes from my nation - Hua Xiaqiu's interview!"

…

Shanhe looked at the interview reports that were obviously full of doubts, smiled softly, and threw them aside.

Westerners have Western attitudes, what does that have to do with me!

I want to appreciate our national treasures. The Mogao Grottoes are the shining pearl of the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, and the Hexi Corridor is the entrance and exit for the formation of Chinese civilization.

China began cultural exchange and integration two thousand years ago. The heritage of thousands of years has given us greater inclusiveness and greater vitality.

You don’t understand our pride!