Chapter 362: Lao Zhang’s Circle of Friends
"I have been helping out with some things at the Foreign Affairs Department recently, so I haven't been to school."

Li Changhe simply said to Zhang Guangnian
He believed that with the other party's intelligence, he would understand what he meant as soon as he heard it.

"Okay, you guys chat, I'm going back to the literature club first."

Liu Jianqing stood up and interrupted at this time.

He still has a lot of things to do at People's Literature.

After Liu Jianqing left, Li Changhe continued to ask, "By the way, Editor-in-Chief Zhang, I heard from Editor-in-Chief Liu that you were looking for me. Is there anything?"

After hearing this, Zhang Guangnian thought for a moment, then walked to the desk and took out a magazine.

This magazine is October

"This is the third issue of October. There's a novel in it called 'Bitter Love'. Take a look."

Li Changhe picked up "October" curiously, then turned to the novel called "Bitter Love" and started reading.

After reading it, Li Changhe frowned.

He had never heard of the name of this novel, nor had he read much of its content, but there was a sentence in it that he was quite familiar with.

This sentence became quite famous in later generations.

[You love this country, but does this country love you? ]

Wow, so this sentence comes from this novel?

"After watching it, how do you feel?"

Zhang Guangnian looked at Li Changhe's attitude, then sat on the sofa next to Li Changhe and asked.

Li Changhe shook his head: "I think it's too one-sided."

What story does "Bitter Love" tell? It is actually a story about the tragic experience of an intellectual.

A painter couple who lived overseas returned to China before the founding of the People's Republic of China. As a result, they suffered a tragedy during that period of time. Unable to bear it, they finally fled into the wilderness and became savages who ate raw fish and drank bird eggs. Until the dawn came, the protagonist died, and before he died, a big question mark pattern crawled out of the snow.

The famous words above were said to the protagonist by his daughter who wanted to go abroad.

"One-sided? What do you mean?"

Zhang Guangnian asked curiously at this time.

Li Changhe put the magazine down at this time and said slowly: "The theme of this novel is not good."

"The whole article focuses on his misery, and many of his difficulties are obviously exaggerated by the writers. Of course, this is a common technique in novels."

"I think the main problem with it is that it is not objective enough. From the main point of view, it wants to accuse something, but there is no detailed explanation. This kind of vague writing can easily mislead readers."

"I don't know whether the author did it on purpose or not, but this kind of writing style can be interpreted in many ways. You can say anything you want."

"But I personally don't like his approach. No one is perfect, let alone a country as big as this. Accusations are fine, but they have to be relatively objective. This is a bit deliberate, and to put it bluntly, it's a bit vilifying and smearing."

Li Changhe said slowly.

When Zhang Guangnian heard this, he also sighed.

"Yeah, it's, like you said, a little subjective."

"I let you read it because I wanted to hear your opinion. After all, what you wrote is similar to his to a certain extent, and both contain connotations that accuse the past."

Li Changhe was speechless after hearing this.

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang, what I write is different from his. You can't compare me with him."

"Besides, the manuscript has already been published. What does it matter whether you read it or not?"

Zhang Guangnian shook his head: "It's not just a novel. Now the Changchun Film Studio has taken a fancy to this novel and adapted it into a script. They want to make it into a movie."

"This script has caused a stir. The Central Propaganda Department is very cautious and has been discussing this."

After listening to this, Li Changhe was speechless.
Isn’t this another Tian Zhuangzhuang-style director? He just keeps on showing the difficulty.

"This"

"Okay, I'm just letting you take a look at this manuscript. As for the rest, don't say anything. Don't publish any opinions about it in newspapers or magazines, and don't attack it."

"Now many people are very cautious about this manuscript."

Zhang Guangnian said to Li Changhe helplessly at this moment.

He didn't want Li Changhe to get involved in this kind of thing, so letting Li Changhe watch it was actually a disguised way of reminding him so that he wouldn't be asked about it in the end, and would make some comments after watching it, and then get dragged into it.

Li Changhe was also helpless. The danger of this kind of novel manuscript is that if you are not careful, it will become a trend and then blow in an unknown direction.

Finally, the wind became stronger and stronger and turned into a tornado.

To be honest, the literary and artistic front has only been calmed down for a few days, but this kind of manuscript is like a piece of gunpowder, which will explode if you are not careful.

The most speechless thing is that you say it is not good but it actually conforms to the current trend of thought, but you say it conforms but the description is too ridiculous. Different people have different interpretations, which is really a scam.

Seeing that Li Changhe was still thinking, Zhang Guangnian said, "Okay, don't think about it. Lao Liu asked you to see me, what's the matter?"

"Oh, I actually wanted to ask you for help."

"You should be quite familiar with the leaders of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Film Association."

Li Changhe then asked Zhang Guangnian seriously:
With Lao Zhang's many years of experience, he should know those people.

"The Federation of Literary and Art Circles? The Film Association?"

"Yes, they are familiar with each other. What's the matter? What do you want to do with them?" Zhang Guangnian looked at Li Changhe and asked with a smile.

"It's like this. The foreign affairs department has a large amount of foreign exchange, and the other party wants to invest in the country, but the investment is in the cultural direction."

"They want to build a film and television base, a base specifically for filming movies, but it's not easy to build this base alone. You know, cultural publicity is very important."

"We just heard that the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Film Association want to organize another film award."

"I wondered if this film award could be made bigger, like a film festival abroad, to select high-quality Chinese-language films."

"Then, in this film and television base, we can build a venue specifically for this film award and use it as a fixed venue for film awards in the future. What do you think?"

Li Changhe told Zhang Guangnian his thoughts, but Zhang Guangnian did not answer immediately. Instead, he sat there and began to think.

"Why do you want to build a film and television city?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Guangnian asked suspiciously.

Li Changhe sighed: "The main reason is that there is no way to build anything else."

"This money is needed for the country's foreign exchange, but when it comes to China, it becomes hundreds of millions of foreign exchange coupons. You have to spend it."

"If you spend the money, it belongs to the country. If you don't spend it, it still belongs to the other party."

"The other party has no industrial technology and wants to spend a lot of money. The best way is to build a large amount of construction, but you can't ask him to build a house."

"After much thought, it is most appropriate to build a film and television base to facilitate filming by major studios. It is nothing more than building some antique buildings, and it does not involve cultural output."

"But there has to be a reason to do this, so I thought of taking advantage of the film award to combine the film award with the film and television base and put them together."

"Besides, we need a venue to present film awards, right? We can't hold it in Beijing this year, Shanghai next year, and Guangzhou the year after. We can't run around the country like a homeless child."

"Your statement does make some sense."

"Come to think of it, don't you know? The reason why Old Yu brought up this matter was because of you!"

At this time, Zhang Guangnian said to Li Changhe with a smile.

"because I?"

Li Changhe frowned slightly, then asked hesitantly, "Is it because of the Hundred Flowers Awards?"

"That's right. Your work won the Hundred Flowers Awards and spread throughout the literary and art circles. Old Yu called me to find out about your situation."

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with you winning the award, but the Film Association has to consider this situation."

"Voting for the Hundred Flowers Awards is popular among the general public, but the professionalism of the films is weak."

“So, Lao Yu and his team thought about designing another professional award besides Baihua.”

"Lao Xia and Huang Mei also agree with this proposal."

As Zhang Guangnian was speaking, he looked at Li Changhe's bewildered expression and suddenly reacted.

"Don't you know who these people I'm talking about are?"

Li Changhe nodded. He knew nothing.

"Old Yu is Yu Min, now the secretary of the Film Association."

"Old Xia is Xia Yan. He is currently the vice-chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the chairman of the Film Association."

"Huang Mei is Chen Huang Mei. He is now the deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture and is in charge of the Film Bureau. He is the head of the Film Bureau."

Zhang Guangnian introduced them to Li Changhe one by one. After listening to them, Li Changhe thought, well, if these three people sit together, then from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to the Film Association to the cultural department, wouldn't that be complete?

And from the way Lao Zhang spoke, he seemed to be very familiar with them. Lao Zhang had a very wide circle of friends.

If that’s the case, doesn’t it mean that we are all family?
"How about you invite them and we can sit together and have a chat?"

Li Changhe asked Zhang Guangnian cautiously at this time.

Zhang Guangnian looked at him and smiled: "That's fine, Lao Xia said before that he wanted to meet you, so it's not impossible to meet you."

"Editor-in-Chief Zhang, may I ask again, do you have a deep friendship with them?"

Li Changhe thought about it and asked Zhang Guangnian again.

Hearing Li Changhe's question, Zhang Guangnian looked at him with a smile: "Why, do you want me to help you intercede?"

"That's not it."

"I just thought that the depth of your friendship with them would determine how I would convince them."

"The main reason is that I'm afraid that if some of my opinions are raised, it might lead to disputes, which would not be good!"

Li Changhe said carefully at this time.

Although it is the 1980s now, to be honest, there are various tendencies in the domestic ideological and cultural circles, and it is not the case that everyone will agree with the country's call for reform and opening up.

Li Changhe is not very familiar with these people, so when the time comes, he will have to see how strong Lao Zhang's relationship is with them, and then make decisions on what opinions to put forward.

Hearing Li Changhe's words, Zhang Guangnian smiled and said, "I have known them for decades. Just speak up."

"Besides, even if they said something wrong, can they hold it against a junior like you?"

"Let me make some calls first."

Zhang Guangnian then came to the desk, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed.

(End of this chapter)