Chapter 185: Adaptation of "The Story of Stealing Officials"
Some things can be discussed at the meeting, and some things cannot.
These proposals of Liu Hongmin were obviously not suitable for discussion at the meeting. Not to mention how much resistance there would be, just by saying it out loud, there was no telling how many governors would hate Liu Hongmin to death.
In the subsequent meetings, Liu Hongmin's proposals were put forward by more than a dozen different people and then written into the Land Management Law.
Xiyuan's operation was very clever and did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
Having escaped the "disaster", Liu Hongmin once again returned to his secluded life.
Ma Weidu is currently writing Justice Bao 11. He has already written seven episodes and is very familiar with the story. He is not in a hurry to submit the manuscript, so when he has nothing to do during the day, he just wanders around.
Liu Hongmin glanced at him and said, "You look like you are in your seventies or eighties now."
Ma Weidu smiled and said, "All the men in Beijing dress like this, I'm just trying to show off my taste."
Liu Hongmin sneered: "Wearing an old man's shirt is elegant?"
Ma Weidu didn't care, he knew he couldn't talk about elegance with Liu Hongmin. Liu Hongmin didn't understand elegance and art. Although he collected a lot of good things, what he really liked were the handicrafts that had no artistic value.
"You go ahead and do your thing. I'll just read a book here and then leave."
As he spoke, Ma Weidu took out a book and started reading.
Liu Hongmin took a look and asked, "The Story of Stealing an Official?"
Ma Weidu had just leaned on the sofa, but when he heard Liu Hongmin's question, he immediately sat up straight.
"It's The Story of Stealing an Official, a novel by Ma Shitu."
Liu Hongmin became interested and said, "Let me see it."
Ma Weidu handed the book in his hand to Liu Hongmin, then randomly picked a book from Liu Hongmin's bookshelf, sat on the sofa and started reading.
Liu Hongmin opened "The Story of Stealing an Official" and found that it was indeed the original work of "Let the Bullets Fly". However, "Let the Bullets Fly" was adapted too much by Jiang Wen, and it was almost a new story.
"The Story of Stealing Officials" tells the story of the struggle of poor people, so the ending is not good. Zhang Muzhi killed Huang Batian, but was forced to the execution ground by "Huang Batian" and beheaded in front of the people. Although the people called him Zhang Qingtian, they watched him being killed.
In Let the Bullets Fly, the people stood on Zhang Muzhi's side and killed all the "Huang Batians". Although Zhang Muzhi won, his brothers left him, leaving Zhang Muzhi alone on his white horse.
After Liu Hongmin finished reading The Story of Stealing an Official, he put the book down and said to Ma Weidu, "This story is interesting. Please help me contact Mr. Ma Shitu and tell him that I want to adapt The Story of Stealing an Official."
"You want to make "The Story of Stealing an Official" into a movie?" Ma Weidu said in surprise.
"No!" Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "I want to adapt it into a novel."
Ma Weidu said in surprise: "Change the novel into a novel? What's your plan?"
Liu Hongmin: "This is interesting, isn't it?"
Ma Weidu stood up and said, "Okay! As long as you are happy! I will contact Shancheng Publishing House. They should have Mr. Ma's contact information."
A few days later, Ma Weidu came again and said, "I have contacted Mr. Ma Shitu. He is very interested and allows you to adapt it as you like."
"Okay!" Liu Hongmin took out the outline from the drawer, "I understand."
Ma Weidu came over, "Let the Bullets Fly"?
"Have you finished writing the outline?"
"Well, I have to write a novel these days. If there is nothing important, just wait until I finish the novel."
"Okay!" Ma Weidu asked curiously, "It seems that you take this book very seriously!"
Liu Hongmin said without even looking up, "If it's well written, it will be the next "Mr. Donkey Gets Water." Ma Weidu was a little surprised. Although "The Story of Stealing Officials" was not bad, it was still far behind "Mr. Donkey Gets Water." Liu Hongmin's adaptation could improve it so much?
Is it because Liu Hongmin's writing skills are so superb? Not necessarily.
The quality of a novel is never judged by its writing skills; the story comes first.
"Please let me know when you've finished writing it. I'm really curious about how you've changed it to look like."
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Okay!"
The two fell silent immediately. Ma Weidu knew that Liu Hongmin was gradually entering the writing state, so he left the study without saying goodbye to him.
Liu Hongmin didn’t know when Ma Weidu left. When he looked up again, it was almost evening.
After turning on the light, Liu Hongmin saw the food on the desk. He thought it was brought in by Liu's mother, who saw that he was busy so she didn't disturb him.
Just as Liu Hongmin was about to pick up his bowl and chopsticks, his mother pushed the door open and walked in. "Have you finished writing? Don't eat the leftovers. The meal will be ready soon."
"Okay!" Liu Hongmin agreed, then stretched lazily and walked out of the study.
As soon as Liu Hongmin sat down, his father asked, "Xiao Ma came this afternoon."
"It shouldn't be anything important."
Father Liu pointed to the newspapers on the table and said, "These are all sent by him."
"So many?" Liu Hongmin was a little surprised. Ma Weidu was not responsible for the affairs of the Xinguang Daily, so why did he send so many newspapers?
"Yes, there are quite a lot. I took a look and it seems like there's nothing special."
"Okay, I'll take a look later."
After dinner, Liu Hongmin picked up the newspapers and soon discovered the clue. Wang Xiaoping and others had already fought back against those articles that worshipped foreign things. Some of them had been abroad and knew that things were not that good abroad.
However, that group was so powerful, and many famous people spoke out, so the words of Wang Xiaoping and others had little effect.
Liu Hongmin took out a pen and paper from his chest pocket and wrote down the names of those famous people.
"Dad, take this piece of paper. When Old Ma comes back, ask him to mail this list to Ms. Deng."
"Okay!" Father Liu put the note away.
Liu Hongmin returned to his study and continued his creation.
The next day, Ma Weidu came to the door as expected. Liu's father handed him the note, and Ma Weidu took it and left.
When Ms. Deng received the letter, she was a little surprised. After opening it, she found that it was a list of names of famous cultural workers. After a closer look, she found that it was written by Liu Hongmin.
"What did these people do? They actually let Xiao Liu get put on the list."
She was a little old and didn't have the extra energy to deal with things outside of work. So she picked up the phone, called Xiyuan, and reported the name on the list.
Xiyuan smiled and said, "Ms. Deng, we are already paying attention to these people."
Ms. Deng asked curiously: "What did they do?"
"They published articles that worshipped foreign things and created a bad influence."
After hanging up the phone, Ms. Deng sighed, "They are all old Gemins, why do they become confused when they arrive?"
Thinking about those who have betrayed Ge Min over the years, Ms. Deng shook her head helplessly, "There are too few people who can stick with it from beginning to end."
(End of this chapter)
