When Lin Chaoyang was talking, Xie Jin kept listening quietly. At the end of the moment, he couldn't help but feel the urge to applaud.

He knew him with emotion and moved him with reason. His words were reasonable and well-founded. He felt that if he was Zhang Yimou, he would feel ashamed if he didn't cooperate.

"Okay, then give it a try."

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Yimou made a decision.

With his statement, Lin Chaoyang and Xie Jin were both happy.

But the two of them co-directed "Opium War" cannot even be considered the beginning, after all, there is no script for this masterpiece now.

Then Xie Jin and Zhang Yimou began to discuss the details of the film preparation. Now there are two years and four months left before returning, and time seems to be abundant, but for historical blockbusters like "Opium War", time is quite tight.

Currently, scripts are the top priority. With scripts, the entire preparation work can have a foundation.

"Chaoyang, why don't you write the script?" Xie Jin suddenly said to Lin Chaoyang.

Lin Chaoyangran then smiled and said, "I am an amateur screenwriter, and I haven't written scripts for many years."

Seeing him refusal, Xie Jin took a look and encouraged him.

"The Opium War is both a historical drama and a war drama. When you wrote the scripts of "The Wreath Under the Mountains" and "On the Political Bureau from the Curtains", each of which was outstanding.

I can't imagine a more suitable screenwriter than you for a drama like "Opium War".

This is a gift to the return of Xiangjiang, you can't shrink back!’

Lin Chaoyang felt very familiar when listening to Xie Jin's words. Isn't this what he fooled Zhang Yimou?

Only when the boomerang hits me did I realize how much it hurts!

I am an investor myself and write scripts, so I can’t even get a royalty fee.

Blood loss!

"Okay."

Lin Chaoyang reluctantly agreed. Anyway, the novel has to be finished recently, so it would be great to be busy occasionally.

With him joining, Xie Jin and Zhang Yimou also have more confidence in this movie.

In the next few days, Lin Chaoyang was busy ending the novel in the morning and discussed the script with Xie Jin and Zhang Yimou in the afternoon.

During this period, Lin Chaoyang invited Dai Yi from the National People's Congress and Zhu Jiajin from the Forbidden City Research Institute to serve as counselors through Tao's father's relationship. Both of them were huge walls in the field of Qing history.

Dai Yi served as a member of the Qing History Compilation Committee since the 1960s and is one of the top scholars in the country in Qing history research.

Zhu Jiapu specialized in the fields of cultural relics and culture in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and he also worked as an advisor to "Directions from the Curtains".

Xie Jin invited his old friend Zong Fuxian, who was a well-known playwright. His representative work "In Silent Place" can be said to be the pioneer of the drama of reform and opening up.

With these people joining, the lineup of the "Opium War" creation team is luxurious.

A week later, Lin Chaoyang took out the first version of the script outline of "The Opium War". After everyone's discussion, the outline was unanimously approved, and the next step was to create more detailed creative work.

On the afternoon of March 10, Xie Jin stood on the podium of the People's Hall. He is 73 years old this year and has served as a member of the National ZX Standing Committee for two years.

In today's speech, he still talked about film art, not about the general discussion, but about the movie he was conceiving and creating with many of the best creators in the country, namely "The Opium War".

At such a solemn third session of the Eighth National Congress, a film director discussed his film conception, which is unprecedented in history.

"In two years, Xiangjiang will return to the motherland. Faced with such a major historical moment, if we Chinese film workers cannot produce a movie that reproduces that history, we will feel ashamed of history and the nation——"

Xie Jin started to speak emotionally as soon as he spoke. When he talked about the more specific details of the movie, he mentioned several names.

"I want to thank my friend Chaoyang for his age-lost friends. Investment is undoubtedly an astronomical figure for a large-scale film like "The Opium War".

In my imagination, the investment in this movie is probably going to be 100 million. That day I talked to him about this matter.

Without saying a word, he agreed to invest and served as the chief screenwriter of the movie.

Comrade Yimou will also direct this movie with me.

There are also Comrade Dai Yi from the Qing History Compilation Committee, Comrade Zhu Jiapu from the Forbidden City Research Institute, and my old friend Comrade Zong Fuxian·—.”

Every name that Xie Jin pronounced may not be a big deal in politics, but it is a well-known figure in the cultural circle of China.

After his speech, the people's halls burst into thunderous applause, and a sacred and solemn feeling arose in his heart.

These applauses represent not only encouragement to him and all those who participated in the Opium War, but also a wish and a trust.

After the meeting, Xie Jin was surrounded by many reporters at home and abroad, and kept asking questions, and even chased Xie Jin's residence in Yanjing, Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

In the history of *******, such enthusiastic interviews are rare.

It’s not because of how important the movie is, but on the contrary, it’s because the movie is not that important, so when Xie Jin proposed the idea of ​​"Opium War" on such a major occasion, it caused such a big response.

During the meeting, Xie Jin, as a member, had a special location for Xiangshan Hotel, but for the sake of the script,

I have been living in the west courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

Anyway, it is very close to the sea, so you can walk in the morning.

The reporters chased Xiaoliubukou Hutong unyieldingly, naturally hoping to learn more about the inside story of the movie "Opium War" from Xie Jin.

Xiaoliubukou Hutong at night never thought it would be so lively today. In order to deal with the reporters, Xie Jin pulled Lin Chaoyang out to block the gun.

The two of them had to satisfy the reporters' curiosity about the preparations for the film, but could not reveal too much information. They were besieged by the reporters for several hours, and they did not send off the last batch of interviewers until late at night.

Lin Chaoyang's mouth was dry and his throat was almost hoarse. He complained: "You said you were the show-off, but why did you still pull me as a cushion?"

"What does it mean to pull you as a cushion? You are also the soul of this movie!

Besides, when such a great historical moment is approaching, we will devote ourselves to it without hesitation and burn our lives with brilliant glory. Isn’t this the mission we should fulfill as film workers?”

Xie Jin's face was flushed and his tone was excited, just like he had been injected with chicken blood.

Lin Chaoyang took a look at the time and it was already 1 a.m.

"Okay, you're amazing! You burn, I have to go to bed!"

Lin Chaoyang gave a thumbs up and wanted to go back to the house to sleep, but Xie Jin grabbed him, "What are you sleeping? You are so young,

Can you sleep? Come on, let's continue talking about the script."

Lin Chaoyang looked in pain. You old comrade, don’t delay the sleep of young people? Don’t know if you have too many young people?

A few hours later, the fish belly in the sky turned white.

The spring cold at dawn is particularly bone-permeable. The tender leaves sprout on the branches of the French sycamore trees in the courtyard. In a short while, these seemingly inconspicuous leaves of life will spew out, adding infinite vitality and green to the earth.

Xie Jin, who had not slept for a night, only squinted for two hours at dawn. Although he was tired after getting up, his face was extremely full.

He greeted Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, you eat first, I'll go to the meeting."

Lin Chaoyang looked up at him muffled, responded half a beat slow, and then quickly finished his meal and went back to the house to take a break.

He really regrets that he was doing the first time. Xie Jin made a movie, and he paid and worked hard. Now he can’t even sleep in a window, so where can he make sense?

During this sleep, Lin Chaoyang forced himself to make up until after four o'clock in the afternoon.

When he finished the meal, he saw that Xie Jin had not come back, and he thought that the old comrade had some activities, so he didn't take it seriously.

As a result, just after a while, he received a call from Xie Jin. He said that his leader wanted to see him and immediately sent a car to pick him up and let him stay at home honestly.

"What's going on?"

"Blind, you haven't read the newspaper yet?"

"What does it mean?"

Xie Jin briefly talked about the situation. During the *******, the speeches of the committee members attracted much attention. Xie Jin was also a famous director and had public attention. The topics he talked about were down-to-earth movies, which involved the return, so he naturally attracted more attention.
Chapter completed!