Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 104: You are really good at judging people (2000 monthly tickets plus more)

After chatting with Xie Daoyuan for a while and hearing the news that the library department was preparing to recruit correspondence students, Lin Chaoyang returned home.

"Why are you here?" He returned home, and before he could share the news with Tao Yushu, he saw Chen Jiangong sitting at home.

"Jian Gong invites you to watch the rehearsal." Tao Yushu answered the question for Chen Jiangong.

"Beautiful Love" premiered on the Yan University campus some time ago, receiving rave reviews from many teachers and students, and even attracted imitations from other universities. Less than a month later, Chen Jiangong was under considerable pressure to tinker with "Conscience".

He was already a well-known amateur writer before he entered the Chinese Department of 77. He has been writing continuously since then and has published several works in the past year and a half. Even the school magazine has praised him before, and his reputation in Yanjing University is even greater than before.

If he didn't do a good job writing plays after Li Chun, he would be ridiculed in private for imitating others.

"Conscience" had just started rehearsals these two days, so Chen Jiangong wanted to invite Lin Chaoyang to come over and discuss it together.

Lin Chaoyang didn't want to waste his energy on a student drama, but Tao Yushu didn't think so. She advised, "Aren't you going to help us write the script recently? Go over and take a look and exchange experiences."

Chen Jiangong asked in surprise: "Write a script? What script?"

Tao Yushu explained: "Our school is also planning to put on a play. Chaoyang has a very good idea and has been trying to see if he can write it recently."

“That requires a good exchange.”

After dinner, Lin Chaoyang and his wife followed Chen Jiangong to the auditorium of the office building. Because of the success of "Beautiful Love" and its influence in the Yenching University community, Yenching University is very supportive of students' independent drama.

The absolute protagonist of the drama "Conscience" is a blind old man who seeks justice for his daughter SF, and the actors are still the same group as in "Beautiful Love".

Li Tong, a student of the Chinese Department of 77, played the blind old man, Liu Zhida played the hypocritical Director XF, Huang Beijia played the eldest daughter, and Wang Xiaoping played the younger sister.

When Lin Chaoyang arrived at the auditorium, they were already rehearsing. Almost all of them had gone through the experience of "Beautiful Love". Even if they were amateur actors, they were experienced amateur actors and they performed very well on stage.

"You know what, this group of people acted really well." Tao Yushu commented in a low voice, "Especially the 'blind old man', he has a bit of Shi Yizhi's flavor."

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "If Li Tong knew you said that about him, he would be so happy."

"Conscience" is a one-act play, and it doesn't take long to rehearse. After rehearsing once, the people on the stage took a break. Lin Chaoyang told Li Tong about Tao Yushu's evaluation, and he was so happy that he almost jumped up on the stage.

"Comrade Yushu has a really good eye. I'm a long-time fan of the People's Art Theatre. I can recite the lines of Teahouse with my eyes closed."

As he said this, he was about to show everyone a classic line from "Wang Lifa", which was quite exciting.

"Li Tong really has some talent as an actor."

After appreciating his performance, Tao Yushu's comments made Li Tong ecstatic, "Bo Le! Bo Le! Comrade Yushu is indeed the most discerning lady in our Yanda University."

This insightful evaluation has been attributed to Tao Yushu by some people since Lin Chaoyang became famous. Whenever people talk about Lin Chaoyang, they always mention Tao Yushu, who knew him from a humble beginning.

Chen Jiangong smiled bitterly and said, "Yushu, stop praising him. If you keep praising him, this kid will drop out of school and go to the Central Academy of Drama."

"I'm going to the National Theatre of China too," Li Tong said quickly.

Everyone present laughed.

Student drama represents amateurism, but also represents enthusiasm that is completely motivated by hobbies and interests. In one night, the actors on stage went through the play several times and were sweating profusely.

Chen Jiangong and Lin Chaoyang are credited as screenwriters, but the advice they give to everyone is very amateurish and based entirely on feeling.

After two days of rehearsal, everyone's performance seemed to be quite good, but Lin Chaoyang always felt that something was lacking.

After Wang Xiaoping got off the stage, he wiped his sweat and said, "Chaoyang, you can't treat us like professional actors. I think the arrangement is good enough."

Lin Chaoyang said, "Xiaoping, you have to strive for excellence. Beautiful Love is such a good film, it would be embarrassing if you guys were too bad."

After he said this, Wang Xiaoping and other actors were fine, but Chen Jiangong felt a lot of pressure and frowned and muttered to himself.

After returning home in the evening, Lin Chaoyang continued to write his script.

Tao Yushu is right about one thing. The creation of a drama script does require communication and the collision of inspiration on stage.

Even great writers like Lao She and Cao Yu, after writing the first draft of the script, had actors stand on the stage and polish the script over and over again before finalizing it. This was even more so for an amateur screenwriter like him who had no experience in drama creation.

Lin Chaoyang has been running to the auditorium frequently recently, which has helped him quickly find the feeling of writing scripts. Although he returns home at nine o'clock every night, he still takes more than an hour to write the script.

From a textual perspective alone, the amount of work required to create a drama is less than that required to create most medium-length or long novels.

With examples for reference in later generations, Lin Chaoyang got into the right state and was very efficient. In just one week, he had already created more than half of the script.

During the rehearsal that night, Chen Jiangong asked, "Chaoyang, what's the status of your script?"

“I’ve only written half of it.”

"Let me see it when you finish writing it."

"You have time to pay more attention to your script."

"You look down on me, don't you? Let me tell you, I write scripts, and they are all inherited."

Lin Chaoyang sneered, "You need to change your habit of bragging. It's okay now, but when you get older, it will be easy to leak."

Chen Jiangong squinted his eyes and thought for a long time before he understood what he meant. He was indignant at his ridicule. "Just wait, I'll show you what I can do in a few days!"

"What did you see?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Chen Jiangong did not answer, but looked mysterious.

That evening, after Lin Chaoyang had dinner at home and was about to go to the auditorium, he was blocked by Wu Zuxiang downstairs.

"Chaoyang, you seem to be quite busy these days!"

"Yes, the students from the Chinese Department put on a play, and I went to help."

After a few pleasantries, the old man pulled Lin Chaoyang aside and said, "I heard that your book The Wreath under the Mountain is very popular. It would be a pity if you don't publish it."

Lin Chaoyang probably guessed the reason why the old man took the initiative to find him. It’s not easy for the master either!
"Yes."

"Um...does it still require a preface?"

"Well... I guess this is not necessary."

Wu Zuxiang was a little surprised. "The publishing house is helping to hire people? That would cause them so much trouble!"

Wu Zuxiang imagined that the publishing house would help him find someone to write the preface, and Lin Chaoyang was too lazy to correct him. "It's a bit troublesome, but it's less troublesome for me."

The old man couldn't help feeling regretful when he saw that he could no longer earn the writing fee.

At this time, Lin Chaoyang asked: "You haven't smoked recently, right?"

"Yes, of course..." As the old man spoke, he reached into his pocket and took out a cigarette box to prove it to Lin Chaoyang.

"And what else? Never mind."

Lin Chaoyang was about to leave, but the old man grabbed him and said, "Don't say half the words. Is there anything I can help you with? You're welcome."

"Nothing, I'm just reading a novel about the Ming and Qing dynasties recently, and there are some things I don't understand, so I'd like you to help me solve them."

People in later generations know Wu Zuxiang mostly because of Dream of the Red Chamber, but in fact the old gentleman’s achievements go far beyond that.

He became famous in his early years for his novels and essays, and was renowned in the literary world for his distinctive realistic style. His works such as "One Thousand Eight Hundred Dan", "Peace in the World" and "Fan Jia Pu" are indispensable works for many scholars studying modern and contemporary Chinese literature.

As early as the 1938s, he co-founded the "Novelist" magazine with left-wing writers such as Zhang Tianyi. In , as one of the initiators of the National Anti-Enemy Association of Literature and Art, he and Lao She jointly drafted the "Manifesto of the National Anti-Enemy Association of Literature and Art" and served as a permanent director of the association.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in addition to being a professor in the Chinese Department of Yenching University, he also held many titles, the most inconspicuous of which was the deputy commander of the Yenching City Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

At the same time, he has made great achievements in the academic field. He is a leader in the academic world in the study of ancient literary history, especially Ming and Qing novels.

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Wu Zuxiang looked thoughtful and reserved, "This is considered a private lesson."

Looking at the old man's expression, an animated picture flashed through Lin Chaoyang's mind.

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Seeing that the old man was about to raise the price, Lin Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll take your class later."

"No, no, no!"

Wu Zuxiang stopped him quickly. If Lin Chaoyang really went to attend the class, he wouldn't get anything out of it. He might as well get some cigarettes.

"Come over to my house when you have time in the evening, even when we're smoking downstairs."

I was just teaching you something good, but the old man made me become like a street vendor.

"Then I'll give you a pack of cigarettes every month." Lin Chaoyang took the initiative to say.

"A little less, maybe two."

"Two are too many, and I don't have enough money."

"I am a professor of Chinese after all. Do you want to join the Yanjing City Literary Association? I can get you in."

"You are abusing your power for personal gain."

"Oh, that's wrong! Excellent young writers like you are the ones that our organization is actively developing."

The two of them huddled together and whispered for a long time, and finally reached an agreement. Lin Chaoyang would hire Wu Zuxiang as the human version of "Xiao Ai" (in the field of Chinese literature) in exchange for a pack and a half of cigarettes per month.

The agreement between the two was somewhat joking, but Lin Chaoyang really wanted to ask Wu Zuxiang for advice. Although he could always meet many learned people at Yanjing University, it would be difficult to have a dedicated person to answer his questions if they kept changing people.

"From the first day I met you, I felt that you were a good candidate for literature. Now I see that it is true. You are so talented and so eager to learn. You will definitely achieve great things in the future."

Before going upstairs, the old man did not forget to provide some emotional value to Lin Chaoyang.

A master is a master, he has a very accurate eye for people!

(End of this chapter)