Chapter 111 of the main text volume

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In China, the great director Zhang Yimou received a sample of the latest issue of "Hundred Flowers" magazine. ◇↓

As the leader of the fifth generation of directors in Huaguo, he has various channels in order to obtain high-quality shooting materials.

He has a team of screenwriters who specialize in writing scripts according to his ideas and preferences.

He would keep in touch with many famous Chinese writers, and from time to time exchange his ideas with these writers through letters and interviews, hoping to collide with the spark of ideas.

He also gets inspired by his work, and he has signed "first look" agreements with several major magazines in China, so that he can get the latest magazine content.

Including "Huaguo", "Chuangzào" and "Hundred Flowers" and so on.

Hua Guo is a publication under the Writers' Association, and the novels published are more orthodox and are the base of traditional writers.

The rise of "Chuangzào" originated from the scars of the early 80s, mainly recalling and criticizing the novels of that era, gathering a group of writers around the age of 40, who belonged to the backbone of the Chinese literary scene.

"Hundred Flowers" has always been known for its innovation, cultivating new talents, daring to publish the works of cutting-edge writers, with distinctive style and bold content, becoming a paradise for avant-garde writers, and a young Zhuang school in the Chinese literary circle.

It can be said that the famous writers in the Chinese literary world have been collected by these three magazines.

Magazines with strong regional colors, such as "Beijing", are only second-rate, publishing works with a Beijing flavor, and the distribution scope is only in the surrounding areas of Beijing.

Zhang Yimou has never lacked scripts in his hands, what he lacks is good scripts, especially the scripts he wants to shoot.

After years of struggle, his films have won many awards internationally, have been recognized by the international film industry, and have become a leader in the domestic film industry.

It can be said that he is one of the few internationally influential directors in China.

Just forty-two years old, he stood at the pinnacle of his life, and he felt a little cold from a high place.

However, for his films, the domestic film industry is not unanimously applauded, but has different opinions.

Some critics and industry experts have criticized his films for being too form-oriented and lacking in content, while others have said that he made films to cater to foreign judges in order to win awards abroad.

Zhang Yimou was exceptionally admitted to the Beijing Film Academy after the Huaguo Hui fù college entrance examination and studied in the Department of Photography.

He first started as a cinematographer on the set and later became a director, so his films always have a strong visual impact, and he himself likes to use that strong color with great fanfare.

In other words, his movies have a strong personal style, which makes people know that this is Zhang Yimou's movie as soon as they see the picture.

Because of this, he is slightly weak in storytelling, and his personal style obscures the storytelling nature of the film.

Both the audience and the judges will be attracted by the pictures he shot, but after watching them, they don't remember much about what the movie says.

Zhang Yimou is also very helpless about this, he wants to change, he wants to make a movie, and the audience doesn't think it's Zhang Yimou's movie after watching it, he wants to hide behind the movie.

He needed a challenge, a challenge to his past self.

He feels that only by breaking through this layer can he reach a new realm, provided that there is a good story.

It was in this situation that Zhang Yimou received the magazine "Hundred Flowers" and saw the novel "Alive".

After reading "Alive", he was moved by the tenacity and tenacious survival spirit of Fugui in the novel, and he felt that this was the story he had been looking for, and this was his challenge.

He is ready to abandon the heavy colors of the past and shoot this film in the most plain way.

It's just that he still has doubts in his heart, can this novel be adapted into a movie? Can censorship pass guò?

Zhang Yimou called the "Hundred Flowers" magazine, found Li Linlin, the president of the magazine, and asked about the novel, he couldn't figure out how the novel could be published in the magazine.

"I'm going to publish it first, and I'll talk about it later as to what the impact will be and what the consequences will be." Li Linlin responded.

At this time, this issue of "Hundred Flowers" magazine has not yet been released and is in the process of being printed.

Zhang Yimou thought about it, should he wait and see, or sign the adaptation rights of this novel now?

It's rare to come across a story he likes, so he simply wants to sign this novel and make it into a movie.

Zhang Yimou asked for the contact information of the novel author Lin Zixuan from the "Hundred Flowers" magazine, and the phone number of the Beijing Television Art Center, but he didn't expect Lin Zixuan to go to the United States to shoot a TV series.

Do you have to go to the United States to shoot TV dramas in China now?

Zhang Yimou is mixed up in the film industry, or the international film industry, often running around in Europe and the United States, and does not pay much attention to the domestic situation, let alone the domestic TV circle.

Although surprised, he politely asked, and then he was shocked again.

Jiang Wen also started acting in TV series?

He has worked with Jiang Wen, and he knows Jiang Wen's temper, he won't accept the unchallenged play, when will the TV series be challenging.

This is not to belittle the meaning of the TV series, but for the actors, the movie can have more room for performance.

Zhang Yimou felt as if he was out of touch with the domestic entertainment industry, and even Jiang Wen acted in TV series, what else was impossible.

He wanted to find the leadership of the Television Art Center, and asked Lin Zixuan to contact him in the United States, and first verbally signed the novel "Alive", and then talked about it after it was adapted into a script.

At this time, Lin Zixuan was talking to Li Hong.

He is talking about selling domestic TV dramas to the United States, the copyrights of "The Story of the Editorial Department" and "Alien Girl" are in the hands of the Art Center, but the copyright of "Longing" is in the hands of Huaguo Television.

He needs to get authorization from Huaguo TV to trade TV dramas in the United States, which needs Li Hong to coordinate.

If Huaguo Television agrees, Lin Zixuan can set up a company in the United States to operate the distribution of domestic TV dramas in the United States, as well as the sales of TV drama videotapes.

There are many Chinese living in the United States, and it should be very promising.

International long-distance is quite expensive, Mu Shanshan has been talking for a while just now, he made a long story short, just explain the matter clearly.

Not long after he hung up the phone, the phone rang.

There is a telephone in the apartment building where they live, but they can only make calls in the United States, so Lin Zixuan specially found a telephone operating company in the town for convenience and opened an international long-distance business.

It was the first international call he made just now, and Lin Zixuan picked up the microphone and answered the sound.

"I'm Zhang Yimou, you are Lin Zixuan, the author of "Alive", right?" A man's voice rang on the other end of the line.