Literary Master 1978

Chapter 298: My friend dies, but I live forever

The food was changed at noon, but Lin Chaoyang left in the morning, gently waving his sleeves and not taking away a single cloud.

Today is the second day of official filming. We have been busy all morning despite the weather being over 30 degrees Celsius. Not only did the staff suffer a huge physical exertion, they also felt mentally tortured.

"This weather is so damn hot!"

The morning scene had just been filmed, and several field staff from Yan Film Studio who had been transferred to the crew to help gathered together in search of shade. They were all young people and had been transferred to help together, so they were very close to each other.

"What are you having for lunch today?" someone asked.

"What can we eat? Cabbage, tofu, eggplant and potatoes, that's all. Do you still expect to eat big fish and meat like the people in Xiangjiang?" Another person said in a strange way.

"Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with others will lead to throwing away goods. Who is the person who is from Xiangjiang?"

"Okay. It's pointless to say these things. I can't blame them. We're seconded here and we're not part of the crew."

"The production assistant in Xiangjiang told you this, right? Do you believe that we are not doing the work of the crew?

To put it bluntly, they think we are easy to bully. The above group of people are also bastards. They are all in the same group and bully us who have no power. "

The more they talked, the more angry they became, and they looked at the Xiangjiang staff who were enjoying the shade in the awning with unkind eyes.

Although the crew has only been established for a few days, the differential treatment of staff in the two places has already been reflected in all aspects.

The staff in Xiangjiang not only have good food and housing, but also have shades for their lunch break and stools for meals. However, these staff in the mainland can only find shade and find a place to eat by themselves.

"It's time to serve food! It's time to serve food!"

Like yesterday, a staff from Xiangjiang pushed a dining cart to distribute lunch boxes to the staff in Xiangjiang. However, the staff from the mainland could only queue up to receive lunch boxes under the scorching sun. The weather was hot and several curses could be heard from the crowd from time to time. .

Everyone received the lunch boxes and returned to the place where they were before to prepare to eat. Someone opened the lunch box with a surprised expression, "Eh? Is there meat?"

After hearing this, the others first looked at the lunch box he opened, and then opened the lunch box in their hands, and found that there was indeed meat. Not only was there meat, but the dishes were also changed from two vegetarian dishes to two meat and two vegetable dishes. Although the amount of the dishes was Not much has changed, but the quality has definitely improved.

Such meals look so appetizing!

Everyone looked at each other's dishes in the lunch boxes curiously, and were very happy, "What day is it today? Is it a holiday?"

"Maybe it's because of conscience!"

Some people were curious and ran to the Xiangjiang staff to take a look at the lunch boxes they were eating, and found that the dishes were exactly the same as their own.

He immediately ran back to tell everyone the news, and everyone's reaction was even more shocked than when they saw the food in the lunch box.

Their food standards are actually the same as those of Xiangjiang people? This seems like a fantasy to everyone.

It’s not that we are all bitches and think we don’t deserve such treatment, it’s that the crew has been established for several days, and the different treatment of the staff in the two places has already disappointed everyone.

But who would have thought that these people from Xiangjiang would change their gender?

"Do you think these people from Xiangjiang have really changed their gender?"

Liu Xiaoqing chewed the meat in her mouth, her tone full of surprise.

Zhou Jie shook her head, "Why change your gender? The superiors don't care whether we live or die, but how can people treat us? How can we change our gender?"

"Then why did the food suddenly become better?"

"I heard something..." Zhou Jie looked hesitant.

"What's going on? What's going on? Did the assistant from Xiangjiang tell you that? I saw you two muttering there in the morning." Liu Xiaoqing immediately asked.

Zhou Jie said: "What I said is not true."

"Speak quickly and stop talking nonsense." Liu Xiaoqing urged her.

"I heard that screenwriter Lin came to visit the crew yesterday. He saw that our food was not as good as the people in Hong Kong, so he argued with Director Li, saying that our mainland staff are also part of the crew, so the difference in wages and remuneration should be ignored. There would be no difference in food. It just doesn't make sense to treat them differently.

I heard that I had been talking to Director Li for a long time. Think about it, there are hundreds of people in our crew. If we raise the food standards, it will cost tens of thousands of yuan at least for one movie.

Fortunately, Screenwriter Lin had face with Director Li, so Director Li really agreed. "

Zhou Jie told what she had learned, and the actresses sat together. After listening to what she said, they all praised Lin Chaoyang.

"I can't believe that no one from the co-production company stood up for us, and no one from the studio stood up for us. In the end, it was the screenwriter who stood up for us. It's really..."

Chen Ye, who plays Ci'an, shook his head and sighed, the meaning of which is self-evident.

Liu Xiaoqing said: "Screenwriter Lin is really a good person. He has no airs at all. This is what he calls a combination of virtue and art."

Several actresses talked and talked about it, and with Lin Chaoyang as a comparison, they felt more and more that some of the people in Xiangjiang above and on the crew were indifferent.

At this moment, Teng Hongsheng, a producer of the film company, was passing in front of several people, and Liu Xiaoqing suddenly called out to him.

"Producer Teng!"

Teng Hongsheng stopped and looked at the people, "What's going on?"

"The food today is good. I heard that our food standard is the same as that of the people in Xiangjiang."

"Yes, everyone will be the same in the future." Teng Hongsheng replied.

Liu Xiaoqing looked grateful, "That's great. Thank you so much, leader, for thinking of us!"

Listening to her words, Teng Hongsheng had strange eyes and a slightly awkward expression.

Although he is the producer in the crew, he actually has little power. His main job is external relations, helping the crew to contact various domestic units for coordination.

After the crew was established, both the co-production company and the production studio knew about the different treatment of the staff in the two places.

The production studio was unwilling to pay to improve the treatment of its own people. The co-production company had a small investment share and little say. It was also concerned about the foreign guest status of the Hong Kong crew members. In addition, the people brought by Li Hanxiang from Hong Kong occupied various powerful departments of the crew.

Several factors combined together to cause the different treatment of mainland staff in the crew.

Yesterday, when Lin Chaoyang and Li Hanxiang argued about the food issue, Teng Hongsheng was at the scene. When he first saw Lin Chaoyang talking to Li Hanxiang about the staff's food issue, he felt that Lin Chaoyang was a bit nosy.

He was also afraid that Lin Chaoyang, who was young, would conflict with Li Hanxiang in his excited words.

But when Lin Chaoyang fought for the rights of the staff, he was neither humble nor arrogant, and was polite and well-mannered. In the end, he cleverly persuaded Li Hanxiang, and Teng Hongsheng was relieved.

Teng Hongsheng was the person involved, and he knew that this matter had nothing to do with him. Liu Xiaoqing thanked him in front of him, which of course made him somewhat uncomfortable.

He smiled and said, "It's okay as long as everyone eats well. You guys eat, I have something to do."

After speaking, he left quickly without waiting for Liu Xiaoqing and others to react.

Zhou Jie asked Liu Xiaoqing, "Why are you thanking him? This matter has nothing to do with him, right?"

"Am I thanking him? I'm scolding him!"

Several actors couldn't help laughing because of Liu Xiaoqing's teasing, and then spread the news of Lin Chaoyang's fight for better treatment for mainland staff through small talk, which led to hundreds of mainland staff in the crew being full of gratitude to Lin Chaoyang as a screenwriter.

The leisurely summer vacation is about to end. Apart from occasional duty, Lin Chaoyang has spent most of his time taking care of Tao Yushu recently, and the remaining small part of his time is occupied by writing.

After moving to Xiaoliubukou Hutong, Tao Yushu only needs to walk a few hundred meters to and from get off work every day. She doesn't need to be picked up, but Lin Chaoyang will still pick her up at the gate of the Cultural Bureau whenever he is free.

The couple's love has attracted the envious eyes and ridicule of Tao Yushu's colleagues.

That night was the same, Lin Chaoyang took Tao Yushu home.

After washing up, she told Lin Chaoyang that she wanted to treat her colleagues to dinner on the weekend, and Lin Chaoyang readily agreed.

"It's also good to have such an opportunity. Everyone can communicate openly, which is beneficial to mutual promotion. I will cook on the weekend and show you my skills."

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang supported her work so much, Tao Yushu was full of joy and talked about some work matters.

"Yenching Literature" is a publication under the Yenching Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and has a thousand connections with the Yenching Federation of Literary and Art Circles. The editor-in-chief Yang Mo and the deputy editor-in-chief Wang Meng are not very responsible. The main person in charge is another deputy editor-in-chief Su Xinqun, and Zhou Yanru is half the boss.

The main leaders are not very responsible, and the atmosphere of the editorial department is harmonious, but sometimes it can appear to be lax and lack cohesion.

With Tao Yushu's personality, after watching for a long time, she naturally disapproves of these people's working methods.

But she is neither a leader nor experienced, and rashly giving everyone suggestions will only make people disgusted.

So she thought of a way, which is to use this kind of gathering to subtly change everyone's working style.

The weekend gathering is said to be a dinner for colleagues, and there must be dinner items.

But before and after the meal, Tao Yushu arranged a discussion meeting on the invitation of manuscripts, manuscript review, etc., and the main point is a sheep's head, selling dog meat.

After listening to Tao Yushu's plan, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but mourn for the few salted fish in "Yenching Literature".

It is so happy that the leaders of the unit do not care about things!

But the young girl who just came to the unit wants to rectify the workplace, which is simply against the will of heaven.

"Wife, your idea is good! Why can't "Yanjing Literature" catch up with "People's Literature" and "Harvest"? Isn't it because these editors have a casual attitude towards work?

With your supervision, I believe that everyone's motivation for work will be stronger, and the development of "Yanjing Literature" will definitely be further improved in the future."

If the editors of "Yanjing Literature" heard Lin Chaoyang's flattery, they would inevitably scold him for being "shameless".

But Lin Chaoyang thought that instead of letting his wife roll up himself, it would be better to let her roll up colleagues.

It is better to let my friend die than to let me die.

A few days later, when the school was about to start, the symposium of "Life" was about to be held in Yanjing, and Lu Yao came to Beijing to attend the meeting.

When he saw Lin Chaoyang, he gave Lin Chaoyang a warm hug.

Although the two had not known each other for a long time and had met seldom, Lin Chaoyang helped him a lot before and after the publication of "Life".

Especially the 5,000-word review article published by Lin Chaoyang in Youth Literature last month, which suddenly made Life famous in the literary world, and Lu Yao, who had just tasted the taste of fame, was grateful.

After more than half a year, Lu Yao was in high spirits and heroic, and he was completely different from when Lin Chaoyang saw him at the National Excellent Novella Award Ceremony two years ago.

At that time, he had just written his famous work Thrilling Scene, and when he came to Beijing to receive the award, he was very unconfident in front of many young talents, and even seemed very shy at the symposium.

Today, Lu Yao, with the blessing of a masterpiece like Life, speaks with confidence.

When chatting with Lin Chaoyang, he mentioned that Shanghai Film Studio had taken a fancy to "Life" and was discussing the issue of film adaptation with him recently.

"Congratulations!"

"There is nothing to congratulate, there are many writers whose works have been adapted into films."

Lu Yao was modest, but he couldn't suppress the joy on his face.

After chatting for a while, the symposium was about to begin, and the two returned to their seats.

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