In fact, Zhang Chunru only guessed half right.

"Rabe's Diary" and "Schindler's List" do have many similarities, and can even be said to be different versions of the same story, but Zhang Chunru ignores an important issue.

Because Spielberg was Jew himself, Schindler's List had a special meaning for him, which was not the case with Rabe's Diary.

Spielberg's willingness to put a lot of emotion into "Schindler's List" does not mean that he will do the same when filming "Rabe's Diary", because he is not Chinese, and he will not have that kind of personal sympathy for the killing of his compatriots, but will only look at the problem from the perspective of a bystander, even if Spielberg is willing to take over, it will certainly not make a shocking effect like "Schindler's List".

Another important reason is that directors of Spielberg's level are generally not willing to shoot films of the same theme repeatedly, and "Rabe's Diary" is too similar to "Schindler's List", but it is easy to be rejected by Spielberg.

Of course, Lin Youlun and Spielberg have an appointment in advance, and now the two are partners, as long as Lin Youlun speaks, Spielberg will not refuse to shoot "Rabe's Diary", but the film effect made in this way will definitely not be as good as expected.

Lin Youlun spent so much effort to find all kinds of information, in fact, to persuade Spielberg to willingly help him make this movie, and of course he chose Spielberg for a reason.

On the one hand, Lin Youlun needed to use Spielberg's superb directing skills to make the film like a classic like "Schindler's List". On the other hand. There are only international directors like Spielberg. Only when a film reflecting the Nanjing Massacre is made will it be fully convincing in the international community, which is irreplaceable by Chinese directors.

Zhang Chunru didn't ask Lin Youlun the reason, but she could vaguely guess in her heart that the answer to all this might fall on the Chinese female writer that Lin Youlun was going to meet next.

Not long after Zhang Chunru left, a Chinese woman in a windbreaker came late, and as soon as they met, she was busy apologizing to Lin Youlun.

"Mr. Lin, I'm really embarrassed. The car broke down on the way here, and I had to take a taxi to rush over, which delayed a little time, and I hope you will forgive me! ”

Lin Youlun raised his hand, "Ms. Yan, please take a seat!" ”

The other party sat down, and the waiter quickly brought her a cup of coffee.

"I went to see "Jurassic Park" before I came back, and the feeling that this movie gave me can only be described as breathtaking, no wonder Mr. Lin is so confident in the box office."

"Ms. Yan won the award, and I just participated in the investment in that movie...... In other words, no matter how successful the film is. It's still a Hollywood movie. ”

When Lin Youlun said this, the atmosphere of the whole conversation suddenly became a little heavy.

The Yan lady was silent for a moment. Only then did he speak: "If Chinese films want to achieve such success, it is estimated that they will have to wait for a while, but with the existence of people like Mr. Lin, I think the future of Chinese films can be looked forward to." ”

Lin Youlun was already numb to this kind of praise, and the compliments in it were automatically filtered out by him, "Okay, back to the topic, I asked Ms. Yan to come over this time, I actually wanted you to help me write a script!" ”

"Writing a screenplay?" Ms. Yan was stunned, she didn't expect Lin Youlun to make such a request.

"What, is there anything wrong with Ms. Yan?"

"No, no, I'm just a little curious, why would Mr. Lin look for me?" Ms. Yan frowned slightly, before she studied in the United States, she wrote a few novels in the mainland, at that time, the possibility of those works being appreciated by Lin Youlun was very small, and after settling in the United States, she only wrote one novel, published in the United States did not attract much attention, recently she has the idea to change careers to become a professional editor, and has also written a few scripts for friends, but those scripts have no possibility of being made into movies at all, purely for practice, and now I suddenly heard that Lin Youlun asked her to help write a script, It's like a poor person who suddenly wins the jackpot and is a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Because I wrote it myself, I may not be able to write that feeling, but it just so happened that someone introduced me to a novel by Ms. Yan, and I felt that you were the person I was looking for. Of course, there is a more important reason, Ms. Yan is a Chinese. ”

"Mr. Lin, you may not know yet, I have officially become an American citizen." Ms. Yan said with some embarrassment, after all, she was still a little ashamed to say such a thing in front of her compatriots.

Lin Youlun shrugged, "This is Ms. Yan's personal choice, I can understand, and it doesn't matter, at least Ms. Yan used to be a Chinese, and that's enough for me." ”

"I take the liberty of asking, the script that Mr. Lin asked me to write is related to China?"

Ms. Yan regretted asking this question, she knew that this question was very stupid, if it wasn't related to China, there are so many screenwriters in Hollywood, why did Lin Youlun ask her to write this script.

"Ms. Yan, let's take a look at this first!" Lin Youlun did not answer directly, but handed the rubbings of "Rabe's Diary" and "Weitling's Diary" just left by Zhang Chunru to Ms. Yan, to be precise, Yan Geling.

Yan Geling took it hesitantly, and it happened that the first thing she read was "Wei Tling's Diary", and after reading two pages, she suddenly realized that the script that Lin Youlun asked her to write was related to the Nanjing Massacre.

All the doubts in my mind were solved at this moment, why did Lin Youlun have to find a Chinese to write this script, and then chose her among so many people...... All the answers point to these two diaries.

"Ms. Yan should have guessed, yes, I was about to make a film about the Nanjing Massacre, and I wanted this film to attract widespread attention in the international community, so it took me more than two years to find these two diaries, and then I spent more effort to convince an American director to direct this film, and now the only thing I am missing is a story that can move people."

"Didn't Mr. Klin already find these two diaries?" Yan Geling asked curiously.

"It's just that these two diaries are far from enough, I don't need to make a film that reflects the historical facts of the Nanjing Massacre, I don't need to work so hard at all, I hope this film can not only objectively reflect the Nanjing Massacre, but also bring the audience some reflections on human nature and war."

As soon as Lin Youlun said this, Yan Geling suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"Mr. Lin wants me to write a new story based on these two diaries?"

Lin Youlun finally showed a smile on her face, it is easy to talk to a smart person, you only need to dial it lightly, and she can understand what you mean.

"I have already sorted out the outline of the story, Ms. Yan only needs to further refine the plot under the framework of this story, and then give the characters an independent soul and flesh."

Yan Geling didn't speak, she was seriously considering Lin Youlun's suggestion.

"Ms. Yan doesn't need to rush to agree, you can listen to this story before making a decision."

From Lin Youlun's words, Yan Geling heard a different kind of self-confidence, but she couldn't figure it out, where did Lin Youlun's self-confidence come from, and why did he think that he would definitely agree to take over the job after listening to his story outline?

Lin Youlun saw Yan Geling's doubts, but he didn't explain, but began to tell the story in his heart.

"In 1937, the Japanese army launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, Nanjing fell, there was a Catholic church in the city that had not been occupied for the time being, a group of female students from the church school, a few women from the wind and dust on the banks of the Qinhuai River, wounded soldiers of the national army, and an American John entered this church one after another, and when they faced a catastrophe of life and death together, they had all kinds of wonderful feelings between them. But soon this side of the Pure Land was also invaded, and the Japanese army stormed the church and found the schoolgirl, preparing to carry out the strong. During the violence, the wounded soldier hiding in the church shot and saved the schoolgirl, but he was killed. Later, the Japanese army prepared to forcibly recruit female students to participate in the celebration of the Japanese army, and the female students were unwilling to be humiliated by the Japanese army and prepared to commit collective suicide, but were rescued by the prostitutes led by Yumo. These 13 dusty women, dressed in singing robes, took the place of the schoolgirls in the church and went to a tragic death appointment......"

Yan Geling listened to this story silently, and suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, this story was as if he had heard it somewhere, there was a familiarity that went straight to the heart, but compared to the memories in reality, he couldn't find any source.

After pondering for no answer, the last strict can only attribute this familiarity to the resonance that the story brings to her, because only this reason can be explained.

The American John in the story can be regarded as a fusion of Rabe and Weitling, and Lin Youlun designed such a character, obviously in order to use his perspective to show the audience the inhumanity of the Nanjing Massacre more objectively and realistically, and use the small world of the church to reflect the tragic situation of the entire Nanjing City.

In Yan Geling's view, this is a clever way of expression, of course, this story outline is very good, but to really become a masterpiece, the key is to look at the shaping of each character in it, this is the work that Lin Youlun gave to Yan Geling.

Yan Geling is very aware of the difficulty of this work, especially when she heard that Spielberg is expected to direct this movie, her heart is even more wavering, to satisfy Lin Youlun and Spielberg at the same time, this matter is equivalent to several times more difficult.

But Yan Geling still agreed to Lin Youlun's request, because in the dark she had a feeling that if she missed this opportunity, she would regret it for the rest of her life. (To be continued......)