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Movies were not rare in the Republic of China. At the end of the 19th century, that is, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shanghai had already begun to show imported foreign films. After the first Chinese domestic film "Dingjun Mountain" was produced in Beijing in 1905, Chinese films developed rapidly from scratch. Since 1922, it has entered a period of rapid development. Various film companies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and domestic films have also begun to flourish.

However, due to the influence of the level of technology, current movies are all black and white silent films. Inspired by shadow puppetry, many cinemas will specially hire people to hide behind the scenes to dub when showing movies. Le Jing had accompanied Li Shuran to watch dubbed movies several times before, and then he had to admit that although the technical level and picture quality of the Republic of China movies could not be compared with modern movies, it also had its own advantages.

The first is the dubbing of the dubbing actors. The old Mandarin popular in the Republic of China is very similar to the pronunciation habits and intonation of modern Mandarin, and modern people can easily understand it. Moreover, the dubbing actors of these movies are professionally trained, with clear and pleasant voices and charming accents. Although they have a serious broadcasting accent, their emotions are still full.

Then there are the actors. The ancient costumes of the actors in the Republic of China really beat the modern studio style. The actors in the Republic of China, regardless of gender, are elegant and solemn, and their clothing and behavior are quite sophisticated, which makes them look particularly classical. Because the movie has no sound, their performances are more delicate and pay more attention to the expression of their eyes. The eyes seem to contain thousands of words. Only some old actors can speak with their eyes in modern times.

Le Jing went to the cinema to try out the movies a few times and never went to see them again. It's like a gourmet who is used to eating seafood and abalone will feel that he can't eat boiled cabbage again. The themes of movies in later generations are flourishing. Not only are the themes of movies in the Republic of China monotonous, but many of them are adapted from novels and dramas. If Le Jing has that time, he might as well read the original works directly. Compared to the secondary interpretation of the movie, Le Jing prefers to read the original work in its original form.

However, Le Jing still supports his work being adapted into a movie. After all, compared to novels, movies naturally have a wider audience.

So he smiled with surprise and said, "This is really good news. Which movie company is it? Who is the director?"

Yang Jinglun reported the name of a movie company. Le Jing had never heard of this company. It was probably just a small and unknown company. Yang Jinglun also said a little embarrassedly, "This company is a newly established company with limited funds, so the offer is not very high, only three hundred dollars, but the company's director, Mr. Ji Qi, is very sincere. He rushed over from Shanghai and hopes to meet with you."

Three hundred dollars is indeed not high. When Le Jing serialized "Memoirs of a Famous Courtesan", he was already four yuan per thousand words. The full text of more than 100,000 words brought him more than four hundred dollars. Of course, three hundred dollars cannot be said to be a small amount. After all, the monthly salary of the top traffic stars in the Republic of China was only 2,000 yuan, and half of it had to be paid to the film company. The monthly salary of ordinary actors ranged from tens to two hundred yuan.

So when Le Jing just crossed over and considered his future livelihood, he chose to earn royalties by writing articles. Because in the Republic of China, professors and writers were the two most profitable professions, and many literary masters often taught and wrote at the same time.

Because the country has been poor for too long, and the people have been beaten for too long, the government and the people are eager to save the country with knowledge, and they are eager for those scholars to use the knowledge and technology they have learned to save this country in the wind and rain. Therefore, the government spends a lot of money to support reading and education, so the literati in the Republic of China can live so well.

Of course, this does not mean that today is not as good as in the past. The reason why literati in the Republic of China had high incomes was that there were few readers at that time. Assuming that the government of the Republic of China allocated 100,000 yuan and divided it equally among 100 people, then each person could get 1,000 yuan; the New China government allocated 1 million yuan, but it had to be divided among tens of thousands of people, then each person could only get a few dozen yuan.

Le Jing was not a money-loving person, so he did not care about the copyright fee. What concerned him at this time was the name Ji Qi. Although he still looked thoughtful, Le Jing's heart had already set off a storm, and the name Ji Qi was swiping the screen in his mind.

Le Jing had watched a documentary about Ji Da Lao on the movie channel before, and knew that this big man had a brilliant and extraordinary life. Maybe this name is not well-known now, but it won't be long before the owner of this name will become famous and leave a name in the history of Chinese film, and make great contributions to the development and dissemination of Chinese film. Ji Da Lao was poor when he was young, and his parents were ordinary farmers, which also profoundly affected his future film creation. His lens is always aimed at the broad masses of working people, recording the bitterness of the poor, using movies to speak for the disadvantaged groups in society, and is respected by later filmmakers as a good medicine for society and the mouthpiece of the people.

It is normal that Le Jing has never heard of the name of Ji Qi's current company, because according to historical development, this company will soon go bankrupt due to poor management. Ji Da Lao went through many years of ups and downs, and it was not until ten years later that he really took off. At that time, he was already in his thirties, which is a case of ten years of hard work. And the magic of fate is that in the future, Ji Qi will also become a hit with the movie "The Long Road to Good Life" that reflects the real life of prostitutes. Not only did he become famous in the film industry, but he was also well received by the people. Now, due to a strange combination of circumstances, Ji Da Lao is going to shoot a movie about prostitutes ten years in advance. I don't know if he will become famous ten years in advance.

So Le Jing smiled and said, "In that case, please tell Mr. Ji that I will be waiting for him at home at any time on weekends."

Yang Jinglun nodded, "I will forward your message to Director Ji." Then he brought up the old matter again: "Sir, your new serial...?"

Le · Moders Road · A Happy Dove · Jing said with integrity: "I will give it to you in a few days."

Yang Jinglun looked at him closely and asked, "How many days will it take?"

Le Jing: "I will definitely give you the new serial next Sunday."

After receiving a positive reply, Yang Jinglun left with satisfaction.

After Ji Qi and Le Jingtong agreed on a meeting time, he visited early on the weekend.

Ji Qi's appearance can only be described as ordinary, and he is not very tall, only about 1.6 meters tall. He looks particularly unattractive. Le Jing could tell that he had tried his best to dress up for this meeting, and he specially borrowed a suit. It's just that the suit doesn't fit him well, and it's baggy on him, making him look like a kid wearing adult clothes, which is especially funny.

Today, Ji Qi is twenty-three years old and has just returned from studying abroad at a university in the United States at public expense. Although his family is poor, he has an impressive academic qualification through his own efforts, thus transcending the limitations of his original family and successfully completing a class jump. .

While Le Jing was sizing up Ji Qi, Ji Qi was also sizing up Le Jing.

Although he had seen photos of night watchmen in newspapers, the difference between the photos and the real people was really big. The boy in front of him looked young, with very fair skin, a little too thin, and looked not in good health. Although he knew that the night watchman was very young, Ji Qi always thought that the two were about the same age. Now that he has met the real person, he realizes that the real person of the Night Watchman looks a few years younger than in the photo, probably not even as young as a weakling!

Writing "Memoirs of a Courtesan" at such an age? This has exceeded the scope of genius and is enough to be called a monster!

The young man cupped his hands at him, his eyes clear and penetrating, his smile gentle and calm, "This is Mr. Ji, I am Li Jingran, Night Watchman was my former pen name."

Ji Qi's eyes lit up, and only one sentence came to his mind: People on the road are like jade. Judging from his critical eye as a director, the appearance and appearance of the young man in front of him are more than enough for acting in movies. Li Jingran's appearance is not top-notch, but what really attracts attention is his outstanding temperament. He is really full of poetry and calligraphy.

After the two exchanged a few words, they officially got down to business.

Le Jing asked curiously: "Why did Director Ji fall in love with my novel?"

Ji Qi's eyes were long, obviously lost in memories: "The novel "Memoirs of a Courtesan" was sent to me by a classmate of mine in Peking. He thought I would like it, and I did like it very much." He read it earnestly. He looked at the scene with deep appreciation in his eyes, "From Mr.'s words, I can read the precious rebellion."

"Rebellion?"

Ji Qi nodded and said: "Yes, it is rebellion. What is rebellion? In my opinion, rebellion means not accepting fate! Bai Shaoyao does not accept fate, so even though she did not defeat fate in the end, in my opinion, it was a glorious defeat."

He raised his head, and at this moment, the eyes of this humble little man were filled with fire that would never go out. "Are the poor going to accept the fate of suffering without any resistance? Why? Why? From the current government to the one since the emperor For thousands of years, we poor people in China have been accepting our fate, but Has China become better? Only the meat-eaters are favored by fate. In this case, why should the poor accept their fate? "Ji Qi also showed up and said: "I am also a poor person. Son, I refused to accept my fate, so I got the opportunity to drink broth now."

Le Jing smiled.

This is a warrior who is determined to fight against fate. Anything that cannot knock him down will make him stronger. Even if Le Jing did not have the history of later generations as a reference, he could be sure that Ji Qi would become a great player in the future.

Sure enough, no one's success is accidental.

"You are qualified." Le Jing said with a smile: "If it were you, you would definitely be able to remake my novel into an excellent movie."

Ji Qi was stunned. To be honest, he had prepared a lot for this meeting. He knew that his low offer had no advantage, so he could only let Lejing see his sincerity through other means. So when he came this time, he not only brought the script of "Memoirs of a Courtesan" that he adapted, but also several large books of "Memoirs of a Courtesan" reading notes he wrote, hoping that through these things, the night watchman could see his intentions. This allowed him to turn the novel into a movie.

He hasn't yet come up with these "homework", but the Night Watchman has already readily decided on him as the director. Isn't this plot development going too smoothly? Even if the Night Watchman doesn't care about the price, he still wants to hear his interpretation of the novel and his ideas for adapting the script, right?

Ji Qi's brain twitched and he actually asked the questions in his heart.

I saw the brilliance in the young man's eyes, and he smiled brightly, like a star shining on the sea, "Because you don't accept your fate. Not accepting your fate is a quality I have always admired. I also think that only those who do not accept their fate can make the movie I want." ”

A gentleman is like jade. Ji Qi can only use these four words to describe Li Jingran. What is a gentleman?

Confucius said: "A gentleman has nine thoughts: looking for wisdom, listening for intelligence, looking for warmth, looking for respect, speaking for loyalty, acting with respect, doubting and asking questions, being angry and thinking for difficulties, seeing and thinking for meaning."

"Book of Changes" says: "Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement."

Because Li Jingran is a gentleman, he will not hesitate to trust a stranger with just a few words. Because he is a gentleman, he agrees with his "not accepting fate."

If Le Jing knew what Ji Qi was thinking at this time, he would definitely be amused. Le Jing considered himself an unscrupulous villain, but he did not have the courtesy of a gentleman. It can only be said that this is a wonderful misunderstanding.

Ji Qi took out a thick piece of manuscript paper from his briefcase, put it on the table, and said quickly: "This is a script I adapted before and some of my thoughts on "Memoirs of a Prostitute". Please correct me sir. "

Le Jing took the manuscript, but did not read it first. Instead, he asked: "A few days ago, my "Memoirs of a Prostitute" was adapted into a drama. The actors in it are all real prostitutes. I wonder if Director Ji has seen it?"

Of course Ji Qi knew about this. As soon as he arrived in Peiping, he excitedly wanted to go and see it, but...

He smiled wryly, shook his head, and sighed: "I have admired the name of this drama for a long time and have always wanted to see it. Unfortunately, the drama is so popular that I have never been able to buy a ticket."

Le Jing smiled and said, "I'm familiar with the drama actor. If Director Ji is free tomorrow, I can get you in for free." Tomorrow is Monday, and it seems that he has to ask for sick leave again.

Ji Qi smiled in surprise and said, "That's great. I wrote about it here, sir."

Le Jing smiled and said: "Don't thank me, I have selfish motives too." He put away his smile and said solemnly: "I have a merciless request."

Ji Qi seemed to have guessed something, "Sir, if you have anything to say, I will definitely agree to it."

"I hope that the film actors of "Memoirs of a Prostitute" can be chosen from drama actors as much as possible." Looking at Ji Qi's knowing look, Le Jing added calmly: "I want prostitutes to play prostitutes."

He could imagine the commotion this would cause. Readers who hear the name "Memoirs of a Courtesan" for the first time will inevitably have erotic associations. If prostitutes are chosen as actors, then this movie will really become an erotic movie in the eyes of many people. . This will add a lot of unnecessary scandal and trouble to the movie.

But there’s no better outlet for advocacy than movies. If prostitutes are to overcome their terrible fate, films that speak for them are indispensable.

Ji Qi smiled and said, "Sir, you really gave me a difficult problem."

Le Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, can't you do it?"

Ji Qi laughed heartily and freely, "Sir, you really like me. You are indeed as literary as he is!" He waved his hand boldly and said loudly: "When you have a close friend in life, you should be honest."

In response, Le Jing smiled and pointed at himself: "Sorry, I'm underage and weak, so I'm not allowed to drink."