International events have little to do with Lin Chaoyang, but the appreciation of the yen did bring him some benefits.

Originally, these royalties were only about 100,000 US dollars, but now they have become more than 120,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to an invisible increase in royalties.

Perhaps it was because "Into the Kanto" entered the Japanese book market for the first time and its sales were good. At the end of the letter, Miyu Kitamura mentioned that Kawade Shobo hopes to strengthen cooperation with Lin Chaoyang and continue to introduce and publish Lin Chaoyang's works.

After reading the letter, Lin Chaoyang wrote back to Miyu Kitamura. In principle, he agreed with Kawade's study room idea, but he also put forward his own requirements.

The reason why "Into the Guandong" was published without any conditions was because it was published in Japan for the first time. Now that the novel has performed well since it was put on the shelves, it is natural that the treatment should be improved.

A few days later, Mo Yan returned to Yanjing from his hometown in Shandong with his luggage, and found Xiaoliubukou Hutong according to the address Tao Yushu gave him.

Two days ago, he received a call from Tao Yushu in his hometown in Shandong from Yanjing, saying that he wanted to adapt his "Red Sorghum" into a movie, so that he could have time to return to Yanjing as soon as possible.

After receiving the news, although he couldn't believe it, Mo Yan said goodbye to his family and hurriedly boarded the train back to Beijing.

The reason why he said "returning to Beijing" is because he just left Yanjing half a month ago.

Ever since he was separated from many amateur creators by Tao Yushu that year, Mo Yan's creative career has opened up a new world.

He has successively published many novels in many magazines such as "Lotus Pond", "Huashan", "Novel Monthly", and "People's Literature".

In 1984, he learned that the Literature Department of Military Arts had just been established and was enrolling students. After many setbacks, he successfully became a student of the Chinese Department of Military Arts.

Now he has been studying military arts for two years. He returned to his hometown in Shandong during the summer vacation in July.

After meeting Tao Yushu, Mo Yan felt particularly cordial and told her about his situation in the past few years.

"It was late when I went to the military art program and registration had closed.

Thanks to Teacher Xu who was impressed by my name and asked me if I was the Mo Yan who wrote "Folk Music".

I said yes, and he said that he had read Mr. Chaoyang's review of "Folk Music" and was impressed by me, so he allowed me to sign up."

When talking about the experience of enrolling in military arts, Mo Yan's face was full of gratitude. Tao Yushu did not expect that Lin Chaoyang's small actions would affect Mo Yan's life, but he still said:

"This is all the result of your own efforts. The response to "Red Sorghum" has been so good after it was published, which fully shows that you have been making progress in the past few years."

After the two reminisced about old times, Tao Yushu took Mo Yan to the West Courtyard and wanted him to meet Zhang Yimou.

After Feng Jicai came to Yanjing, the West Courtyard, which had been silent for a few days, became lively again. Today there were several guests in the courtyard.

Tao Yushu introduced Mo Yan and Zhang Yimou to each other, and then introduced the movie to Mo Yan.

Finally, the issue of royalties was mentioned.

"Yimou is the director of "Red Sorghum", and the director's salary is 5,000 yuan.

Moyan, your copyright fee is 2,000 yuan, and the script adaptation fee is 4,000 yuan. Can you write the script?"

Zhang Yimou and Mo Yan were very surprised when they heard Tao Yushu's words. They had never discussed the issue of remuneration with Tao Yushu before, and they did not expect that she would be so generous.

Zhang Yimou is paid a salary at the Guangxi Film Studio, and is given a daily subsidy when he goes out to film, which is just over 100 yuan a month.

Mo Yan is better than Zhang Yimou. He is now paid to go to school, the army pays him a salary, and he can earn several hundred yuan in royalties every year.

Mo Yan really wanted to pocket the script adaptation fees, but he had no experience in writing scripts at all, so he had no confidence in getting the money.

"Teacher Tao, I'm afraid I'm not good at writing scripts." Mo Yan said hesitantly.

"You are the original author and the creator of this novel. You must have confidence in yourself." Tao Yushu advised.

While the two were talking, Zheng Wanlong on the other side smiled and asked, "Why don't you let Chaoyang write the Jade Book?"

"Chaoyang is writing a new novel." Tao Yushu explained.

"That's easy!" Li Tuo pushed Chen Jianyu out beside him, "Jianyu's script is well written. Let him cooperate with Mo Yan, and there will be no mistakes."

Mo Yan has ideas and writing skills, but what he lacks is the experience of writing scripts. Chen Jianyu can just make up for his shortcomings. Tao Yushu thinks this is a way.

She consulted Mo Yan and Chen Jianyu for their opinions. They were also very happy. With Chen Jianyu's help, Mo Yan gained confidence.

As for Chen Jianyu, he can also take advantage of this opportunity to make some extra money.

The 4,000 yuan divided equally is 2,000 yuan per person, which is higher than his annual salary.

The two happily accepted the errand. When they heard that they were going to write a script, Li Tuo and his gang also gave them suggestions, and the conversation was lively.

Tao Yushu looked at this scene and exited the west courtyard happily.

A few days later, Chen Kaige came to Lin Chaoyang's house with the script of "Kid King".

The script of "The King of Children" was written by him with Chen Maiping, his teacher at China National Theater. The two of them jointly signed the script. Chen Kaige was full of confidence in the script.

After Lin Chaoyang finished reading the script, he said to him: "Kege, as a director, it's okay to communicate your ideas with the screenwriter, but it's not necessary to write the script yourself. At this point, you have to follow the artistic approach.

To study."

Chen Kaige didn't understand Lin Chaoyang's words at first, but he soon understood.

Uncle Lin was dissatisfied with his poor script writing.

"No, Uncle Lin, listen to me, my script - -" - Look at this scene, I planned to shoot it this way - the image of this shot and this line have three meanings -

Chen Kaige tried to persuade Lin Chaoyang with his sharp tongue, but unfortunately he met Lin Chaoyang who knew his bad nature.

He talked for a long time, and Lin Chaoyang finally said only one sentence, "When you make a movie, you have to show it to the audience in the end. Even if it is an author's movie, it still needs an audience."

After realizing that his efforts were in vain, Chen Kaige became angry.

Uncle Lin just compared him with Zhang Yimou. Is this comparable?

Do you think Zhang Yimou doesn’t want to write a script? He doesn’t have the talent.

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

After coming back to his senses, Chen Kaige said: "It's nothing."

Lin Chaoyang pointed out: "A Cheng's original work has a good story. Since you are interested in this work, this should be retained. The rhythm of the script should be faster, with less meaningless lines and empty scenes -·

The script is not a novel, but it is certainly not an essay. You wrote the script in such a loose manner. Do you intend to be alone and enjoy yourself when you film it?"

Chen Kaige felt very aggrieved and wanted to refute Lin Chaoyang, but everything Lin Chaoyang said made sense.

The most important thing is that he holds the best screenwriter at the Cannes Film Festival. Chen Kaige always wants to refute a few words, but he always feels that he has no confidence in his heart.

Uncle Lin has won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His attainments in drama creation are definitely much higher than mine. If he doesn't understand something, it must be because he is not good enough.

"Then I'll take it back and change it."

After being criticized by Lin Chaoyang, Chen Kaige said angrily.

"Well, change it as soon as possible." Lin Chaoyang said, and felt that after the slap, he should be given a sweet date.

"We will try to start shooting the film in September or October, and finish the post-production as soon as possible so that we can be in time for next year's Berlin Film Festival.

After hearing this, Chen Kaige, who was originally in a low mood, suddenly became excited.

"Uncle Lin, can my film go to the Cannes Film Festival?"

"Whether you can go depends on the quality of your photos."

The reason why Chen Kaige is so excited is that when he first filmed "Yellow Earth", he wanted to hit the three major international film festivals in Europe, namely Cannes, Berlin and Venice.

It's a pity that my luck was a bit bad, and I only visited some relatively less influential film festivals in Europe.

If the new film has Uncle Lin leading the way and the quality is guaranteed, it will definitely not be difficult to be shortlisted and win an award when the time comes...

Chen Kaige didn't dare to think about it anymore, for fear that he wouldn't be able to help but laugh out loud.

In addition to being happy and excited, he also felt motivated to change the script.

"I understand, I understand. I will make sure to change the script as soon as possible when I get back and try to start filming as soon as possible."

"Okay, let's go."

Chen Kaige happily walked out of the east courtyard with the script. When passing by the west courtyard, he heard the noise inside and knew that there must be another gathering of writers inside.

He is usually very willing to participate in occasions like this, but now when he thinks about his film being able to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, he feels like a fire is burning in his heart.

It doesn't matter whether it's a party or not, just come up with the script first.

With this thought in his mind, he took long strides and left gracefully.

Time flashed to mid-August, and Tao Yushu returned to Xiangjiang a few days ago. The main purpose was to settle the dividends of "The Truman Show."

After the Shana Film Festival ended, the overseas copyrights of the film were sold one after another. As of early August, a total of overseas copyrights from 29 countries including Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea had been sold, and the cumulative copyright transaction volume had reached

$11.45 million.

In addition, there is a symbolic copyright buyout fee of US$20,000 in mainland China.

Overseas copyright income alone is equivalent to HK$91.76 million in Hong Kong dollars.

In addition to overseas copyright transactions, "The Truman Show" has also been released in Hong Kong in the past two months.

Screened in the Gulf Islands and Southeast Asian countries.

Xiangjiang is released on May 24th, Bay Island is released on May 29th, Thailand is released on June 4th, and Malaysia is released on June 5th.

Japan·The screening period varies from 25 to 35 days in various regions and countries.

By mid-July, the screenings were basically over. The box office of "The Truman Show" was 33.46 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, NT$42.73 million in Bay Island, and 6.29 million ringgit in Malaysia.

Screenings in Taiwan and Southeast Asia have achieved impressive results, with the final total box office equivalent to HK$71.55 million in Hong Kong dollars.
To be continued...