"Then what do you think? Make your voice heard through the media?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Li Tuodao: "We are eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing his magical powers. As long as there is a channel to express his voice, we must take a clear-cut stand against those hypocrites! Fake righteousness! I don't believe it. We can't fight against such a bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites!"

"That's right!"

"That's right!"

Li Tuo has always been professional when it comes to making trouble, and he has extensive connections in the literary world. As long as he is given time, he will definitely make a big splash.

With everyone so active, Lin Chaoyang certainly cannot lag behind and must speak out when expressing his stance.

Li Tuo stopped him, "This matter happened because of you. You can't come forward to refute them, otherwise it will be proven that you worship money and are greedy for money. This matter must be handled by us colleagues in the literary world.

Don’t they like to stand on the moral high ground? Then let’s treat them the same way they do!”

Speaking of this, Li Tuo's eyes were firm, and several others were also very motivated. Everyone was united and must fight against the news that confuses right and wrong in the media!

A few days later, Chen Huaikai, whom he had not seen for several months, appeared at Lin Chaoyang's house.

In the past few months, Chen Huaikai has been busy with the post-production of "The Master of Chess".

Recently, the film has been completely completed, and Chen Huaikai is busy with the review process again.

"It has been passed by the city, and it will be reviewed by the film bureau in two days. If you have time, go and take a look."

"A film review, what should I do?"

Chen Huaikai had a look on his face that said, "Go to the grand scene!"

"Should I go to the big scene?"

"You also know that the current general atmosphere still advocates bilateral friendship, and the direction of "Chess" is definitely not popular.

The city was easy to talk to, so I was given a token deletion of two scenes, but the film bureau was not sure!

It would be best if you go and call one or two more experienced seniors, you writers have more say than we do in filmmaking."

Listening to Chen Huaikai's explanation, Lin Chaoyang nodded.

He used to collaborate with Xie Jin. Lao Xie is a leading figure in the film industry. He has great influence and voice. Even if someone puts forward an opinion, there will be people to support Xie Jin.

Chen Huaikai is different. In terms of qualifications, he is almost the same as Xie Jin, but his influence is far behind.

Apart from anything else, in their respective studios, Xie Jin can direct the director to do things, but Chen Huaikai still has to listen to the director. This is the essential difference.

If the director doesn't have enough influence, then he has to be the screenwriter.

But who can I ask for help?

Lin Chaoyang thought for a while and narrowed down two candidates. He took Chen Huaikai to the Cultural Association Compound first.

When Feng Mu saw Lin Chaoyang coming, he said happily: "You are a rare visitor. What kind of wind brought you here today?"

After a few words of greeting, Lin Chaoyang explained the purpose of his visit. After hearing this, Feng Mu said: "I thought you were here for the royalties!"

"We'll talk about the royalties later. You're a respected person. Please come and support us in the next two days, so that the people from the film bureau won't make things difficult for us."

"That's because you don't want to be..."

The naked flattery was a bit disgusting, but it also depended on whose mouth it came from. Lin Chaoyang held a very important position in Feng Mu's heart, so he would not refuse Lin Chaoyang's request if he was given face.

It was already evening when he left Feng Mu's house. Feng Mu originally wanted to leave some food, but Lin Chaoyang thought of looking for Wang Meng again, so he left.

When Wang Meng returned to Yanjing in 1979, he stayed in a small guest house in the front gate. Later, the Yanjing Literary and Art Association arranged for him to stay in the first three gates.

After being transferred to the editor-in-chief of "People's Literature" magazine, Wang Meng finally enjoyed the leadership treatment and now lives in the Hufangqiao Writers Building not far from Guangming Daily.

It was already past dinner time when Lin Chaoyang and Chen Huaikai arrived at Wang Meng's house. Wang Meng was slightly surprised to see him. This was the first time Lin Chaoyang came to their house after knowing him for so many years.

After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang explained the purpose of his visit. After hearing his request, Wang Meng showed some hesitation.

He is used to being a good guy, and charging forward doesn't suit his character.

"Tell me, you are now the editor-in-chief of "People's Literature". Can you show some courage?"

Lin Chaoyang's method of stimulating generals did not work very well on Wang Meng. Wang Meng said: "We are not in the same system. When I go to someone else, why don't I be called a dog?"

"With Mr. Feng standing in front of you, what are you afraid of? Besides, you have to have some confidence in yourself.

Wang Meng felt that Lin Chaoyang was being arrogant, and said angrily: "You ask for help with a gun and a stick like this?"

"What's wrong with me? I'm telling the truth. It's called having high hopes for you. You're such a mean-spirited person, and you still talk about other people's dirty thoughts."

The two argued for a while, but Wang Meng finally agreed to Lin Chaoyang. After all, he had asked Lin Chaoyang for help before, so he couldn't burn bridges by crossing the river.

After finishing Wang Meng, Lin Chaoyang and Chen Huaikai came out of the writer's building.

Lin Chaoyang laughed, "Just say it casually, just give him a few compliments."

Chen Huaikai muttered in his heart, your compliment sounds like a curse.

Two days later, the review screening of "Chess Master" was held as scheduled in the film bureau.

From the Yan Film Studio, director Hu Qiming and director Chen Huaikai came. Chen Huaikai also specially invited Acheng's father Zhong Lingping, an old comrade who is regarded as one of the top film critics in the country.

The film bureau sent the film bureau director Shi Fangyu and the film bureau consultant Chen Bo. The film bureau also attended the last screening meeting of "Garland Under the Mountain".

From a side perspective, the appearance of the two of them can be regarded as the importance attached to the movie "Chess Master".

Seeing Lin Chaoyang, Feng Mu, and Wang Meng appear at the film review meeting, Shi Fangyu was a little surprised. Lin Chaoyang was a film screenwriter, so it was reasonable to appear here, but why did Feng Mu and Wang Meng appear?

Hu Qiming said with a smile: "Comrades Feng and Wang Meng have always praised the original work of "The Master of Chess" and provided many valuable opinions during the script creation stage. Now that the film has been completed, it is time for them to review it. You two appreciate it."

Of course no one believed his nonsense. How could Shi Fangyu not understand that Yan Film Studio was beating up Xiao Jiujiu? But he couldn't say anything and could only start the review meeting according to the procedure.

The total length of the film "Chess Master" is 105 minutes, which is a decent length.

But after all, the original work is a novel of more than 200,000 words. The film adaptation, even if it requires necessary condensation and cutting, this length fully illustrates Chen Huaikai's restraint in expression.

There are many good directors, but few know how to exercise restraint.

The long shot at the beginning is still stunning, and people are quickly immersed in the dream of light and shadow.

As the one-and-a-half-hour screening came to an end, a "bang" gunshot was heard from the speakers in the screening room.

On the screen, the sky was covered with white snow and snowflakes. Jiang Nansheng fell to the ground, his blood dyed the snow on the ground red, and he became more and more dizzy little by little.

The camera slowly zooms up, and the tragic sound of music surges around. The final shot of the movie is full of tragedy and tragedy.

Everyone is immersed in such an atmosphere, their hearts are surging, and it is difficult to extricate themselves.

After a while, Hu Qiming took the initiative to applaud. Only then did everyone present react and burst into warm applause.

Judging from the public's reaction, the quality of the film "The Master" is undoubtedly outstanding, but film review does not only look at the quality of the film.

In the discussion session after the screening, Shi Fangyu did not speak, but consultant Chen Bo spoke first. As soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned the issue that Chen Huaikai was most worried about before the review.

"From an artistic level, "The King of Chess" is a very good film.

The characters are well-developed and the plot has ups and downs..."

There are skills in speaking, especially when speaking at meetings. It is not a good thing to hear good words first, because they are often followed by a "but".

Of course, there are some people who do not add this suffix, but such cases are rare.

"But..." As Lin Chaoyang expected, Chen Bo changed the subject and said "but".

The following words can be summarized as taking into account the diplomatic relations between the two countries, some scenes in "The Master of Chess" should still be a little more subtle.

Chen Bo's words were expected by Lin Chaoyang and Chen Huaikai. After hearing Chen Bo's opinion, Lin Chaoyang did not rush to refute. He exchanged eyes with Wang Meng and the two understood.

Wang Meng stood up at the right time, "Comrade Chen Bo's opinion is very reasonable. We really need to consider this issue. However, how to grasp this scale is a difficult problem."

"In my opinion, Director Chen's expression in this aspect is still very restrained. Except for the last scene in the movie, there is not even a bloody scene.

The cruelty of war is mostly reflected through voice-over, narration and environmental background. Even the death of the little beggar is not shown in a frontal shot.

I think this is a very good way to handle it, after all, the historical facts are there."

Chen Bo retorted: "I still think there are a few shots that should be processed again."

Wang Meng didn't say anything when he saw this. The purpose of his coming was not to argue, but to help.

Feng Mu continued: "Specific shots will be dealt with in detail. I think the film bureau might as well list the shots and dialogues that you think are problematic, so that Director Chen and others can make corrections easily."

Feng Mu De was highly respected, so his words were naturally weighty and reasonable. Chen Bo looked at Shi Fangyu.

Feeling the pressure, Shi Fangyu sighed inwardly.

From the moment Zhong Tangping, Feng Mu and Wang Meng appeared at the film bureau, he knew that today's film review meeting would not allow them to play freely.

They are a functional department. Logically speaking, it doesn't matter if all these people's words fall on deaf ears.

But the influence of these people lies here, even if they are the director, they don't dare to neglect them.

"Is it okay to blur some of the dialogue about the chess player 'Li Zhuo' in the movie?"

Compared with Chen Bo's request, Shi Fangyu's request can be said to be a huge concession.

When the novel "The Chess Master" was published, some people discussed that the prototype of Jiang Nansheng's character might be the Showa Chess Master.

But in fact, anyone who knows something about Go can actually understand that the character in the novel who is really based on the Showa chess master is the naturalized chess player Li Zhuo.

In the movie, the description of Li Zhuo's origin in the novel is retained, and anyone with a discerning eye will know who he is talking about at a glance.
To be continued...