Back to 80: My Literary Life

Fang Minghua understood this very well.

Poor.

Fang Minghua agreed.

After seeing Wu Tianmin and the other two off, Fang Minghua drank tea and considered agreeing to what Liu Changzheng said.

In fact, he had just decided which script to write.

In the 1990s, if we were to ask which TV series was the most popular in China, it would be "Desire".

It is said that once Yanjing Satellite TV aired it, it became extremely popular and ranked second in TV ratings at the time.

Who ranked first?

News Broadcast.

After other stations followed suit, the crime rate in the country dropped by 30%, because even thieves were busy going home to watch TV series. Later, Yanjing Public Security sent a banner to the crew, winning the "Maintaining Social Security Award"!

"The whole country mourns Liu Huifang, the whole country scolds Wang Husheng, and the people sigh for Song Dacheng", which became a unique landscape of the year.

I heard that Zheng Xiaolong, the first generation boss of the Beijing circle, from Yanjing TV, arranged a dinner party and invited colleagues Li Xiaoming, Wang Shuo, Zheng Wanlong and other writers in the BJ literary world at that time to go to the then foreign-related restaurant Jimen Hotel to talk about the script while eating mutton hotpot.

Of course, Fang Minghua also knew that it was an Internet legend and there was no way to verify it.

However, now I don’t need to bother those guys, I will write it.

Before Fang Minghua came to this era, out of curiosity, he watched this TV series online.

The plot is not complicated.

The young and beautiful female worker Liu Huifang hesitated in the face of two suitors. One is Song Dacheng, deputy director of the workshop, and the other is Wang Husheng, a college graduate who came to the factory to work.

She longed for love, but the former had a favor to her, and the latter was in trouble and needed help, which made her torn.

The play pioneered a realistic perspective to face the era of social turmoil and upside-down right and wrong, telling the complicated love experiences of several young people and revealing people’s desire for love, family affection, friendship and a better life.

It abandoned the "false and empty" TV series of the past, and focused the camera on the most grassroots little people, recording their joys, sorrows, anger and happiness. For the first time, Chinese audiences showed the power of "reality", which was called a milestone in the historical turning point of the development of Chinese TV series.

Just write it.

It doesn't have to be the same as the original script, as long as the main characters in the play are grasped and down-to-earth.

This is not a difficult task for Fang Minghua.

In addition, the background of the story must be moved from Yanjing to Xijing, which is closer to life. Moreover, this drama has the flavor of indoor situation drama, with less investment, which also meets Liu Changcheng's requirements.

Recently, I have nothing to do, so I am busy with this.

Time passed day by day, and it was the end of October in a blink of an eye. The script written by Fang Minghua was also nearing completion.

After dinner this afternoon, Fang Minghua and his wife played with their son at their parents' home for a while, and then returned to Xingfu Community.

"Tangtang, take a look at the last few episodes I wrote." Fang Minghua said to Song Tangtang, who was learning English with TV programs in the living room.

"It's over? Let me see." Song Tangtang said and walked into the study.

Fang Minghua wrote several scripts and asked Song Tangtang to read them and ask for her opinion.

After a while, Song Tangtang came out of the study with a bad look on her face.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Fang Minghua asked with concern.

"Liu Huifang is such a good woman, why do you want her to be paralyzed in the end? And Wang Husheng is too bad! Song Dacheng is too pitiful." Song Tangtang asked with a questioning tone.

Fang Minghua laughed: "The fact that Comrade Song Tangtang, who is always aloof, can feel this way shows that I wrote this script well!"

"What do you mean? Minghua, are you laughing at my lack of emotion?" Song Tangtang was so angry that she immediately punched Fang Minghua on the back with a pair of fists.

"It's just a joke." Fang Minghua quickly grabbed his wife's fists.

"I admit that I'm not as sentimental as some women, and I don't like to cry all the time, but your script really touched me. I just shed tears." Song Tangtang said.

"Does that mean it's well written?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, I'll revise it and call Liu Changzheng to pick it up!"

A week later, Liu Changzheng received a call from Fang Minghua and came to his office excitedly. Fang Minghua handed him a thick stack of scripts.

"So many?"

"Fifty episodes."

Fifty episodes? !

Liu Changzheng was shocked. Qin Provincial TV Station has never produced such a long TV series since its establishment.

How much does it cost to make it?

Liu Changzheng muttered in his heart.

But he didn't say it out loud. He read the script first.

Liu Changzheng sat in Fang Minghua's office and couldn't wait to read it.

After a long while, Liu Changzheng raised his head and said, "It's well written and very touching. I'll take it home and give it to the director for review. If he agrees, how about we sign the contract?"

"Okay, you take it."

"Thank you very much. I'll give you news soon."

Liu Changzheng left in a hurry.

Fang Minghua drank a sip of tea and finally had a rest for a while. Liu Changzheng responded very quickly. Fang Minghua heard someone knocking on the door soon after he got to work that afternoon. He opened the door and saw that it was Liu Changzheng.

"Director Liu, it's enough to just make a phone call. Why bother you to come here in person?" Fang Minghua invited him in: "Sit down, I'll pour you some tea."

"No, no." Liu Changzheng said politely, and suddenly sighed and said: "Editor Fang, I'm sorry, our station leaders have studied your script and did not approve it."

"Not approved?!" Fang Minghua was pouring water from a thermos into a teacup. She was a little surprised to hear this and stopped what she was doing. "The script is not good?" "No, no, the script is very well written." Liu Changzheng said hurriedly: "The main reason is that your script is relatively long, with 50 episodes. Our director said that the station's funds are too tight and they don't advocate such a long TV series." So that's it! "I'm really sorry, Editor Fang." Liu Changzheng said, and took out a thick stack of manuscripts from his briefcase. It was the script "Desire" written by Fang Minghua. "It doesn't matter." Fang Minghua said with a smile. Liu Changzheng chatted for a few words and left. Fang Minghua looked at the script in the drawer and shook her head. Don't want it? Then put it aside for the time being. Fang Minghua stuffed the script into the drawer. When she returned home in the evening, Fang Minghua told Song Tangtang about this, and Song Tangtang was also surprised. "Such a good script is not filmed? Their director is so short-sighted!"

"You can't say that. Everyone has their own opinions, but it doesn't matter."

"How about seeing if other TV stations haven't filmed it? It's a pity to leave it alone." Song Tangtang said again.

"Put it aside for now. I don't have time recently. Mingli's marriage is a big deal." Fang Minghua said.