Chapter 298

Beijing University dormitory, Li Ye was writing a manuscript in front of the window, Sun Sun Xianjin walked over and placed a stack of application forms in front of him.

"Brother Yi, take a look at these club membership applications and see if there are any that satisfy you."

Li Ye pinched the thickness of the applications and smiled, "It's only been a few days, why are there so many again? Didn't we post a notice that we aren't recruiting new members this year?"

Because of the "Wangxiang Wangxiang Gujun" matter, the Wangxiang Gujun Literature Society received a large number of student membership applications, so Li Ye had to post a notice that they would no longer recruit new members this year, but now it seems it's not very effective.

"If the notice were effective, then what would we need dollars for? What would we need movie stars for?"

Sun Sun Xianjin lay down diagonally on the bed next to him, listlessly saying, "You've been hiding for peace these days, but I've suffered."

"Each one of them has the wisdom of Kongming and the talent of a general. It's as if if I don't allow them to join the club today, tomorrow I should be locked up to reflect deeply on what heinous crime I committed."

"But when you look at what they write, it's not much better than shit. If we take them in, it's purely adding one more person to split the money."

"What do you mean by hiding for peace?" Li Ye said amusedly. "Isn't this me calming down to find inspiration? Do you understand inspiration?"

"I understand inspiration, but I don't understand yours."

Sun Sun Xianjin flipped over, looked at Li Ye with both admiration and helplessness, and said, "We've known each other for over a year, and I've never seen your inspiration run dry. As long as you want it, it's like taking a ladle and scooping it out of your brain, one scoop after another..."

"..."

"One scoop after another, do you think you're scooping water from a vat?"

Li Ye scolded with a smile, then said, "Don't complain. Although you've been busy and tired in the literature society these days, you've gained quite a bit, right? Just your way with words is visibly improving."

"Can it not improve? Arguing with a group of people all day, drinking two big vats of water a day..."

Sun Sun Xianjin complained again, then said, "By the way, Brother, there's another thing. Since the day before yesterday, those actors haven't come to discuss scripts with us anymore."

"Old Four and Old Seven were still muttering today, saying it was you who neglected them, so everyone didn't have time to have in-depth exchanges with them, and they don't know if there will be any chance for exchanges in the future."

Old Four Zhou Zhou Zhihe and Old Seven Ge Linshen were students who participated in the writing of "Wangxiang Wangxiang Gujun." This time, Pan Hong, Little Nie, and the screenwriters from the Shanghai Film Studio came to discuss the script, and the two cooperated with extreme enthusiasm.

It's just that beautiful women like Pan Hong and Little Nie have seen countless boys who admire them since they were young, so they could naturally see the hormonal fire in the two's eyes.

So after not seeing Li Ye for several days, they naturally stopped coming.

Li Ye couldn't help but say, "Don't they know how to be annoying? Discussing scripts should be with screenwriters; what's the point of chatting with actresses all day?"

Sun Sun Xianjin curled his lips and said, "If you say that, it works. If I say it, Old Four and Old Seven will get anxious with me. Both of them have used half a box of hair oil these days, and they even borrowed my pants, dressed up so flashy, it's really showy."

"No matter how showy, it's useless," Li Ye pushed the application forms away and said, "The film studio people probably won't come again in the future. Tell them to give up that idea!"

"If they have that mind, they should improve their professional courses. Old Four almost failed last semester, right?"

Sun Sun Xianjin asked in surprise, "They're not coming? Why? Did you receive a notice?"

Li Ye said lightly, "They probably feel they don't need us anymore!"

After several days of secret competition, several film studios finally showed their cards to Pei Pei Wencong and revealed their final bottom line.

Pei Pei Wencong had also assembled a film and television team and started entering formal cooperation negotiations, so how much value could Li Ye, the "intermediary," have left?

Sun Sun Xianjin was stunned and nodded, "That's fine too. Our main task is still literary creation. The literature society has been chaotic with people these past few days; who has the mind to write?"

"Meeting tonight to discuss the next arrangements."

"Alright! I'll go notify everyone right away."

In the evening, Li Ye arrived at the Wangxiang Gujun Literature Society and was surprised to find that Director Xiong from the Chang'an Film Studio was also there.

Li Ye asked suspiciously, "Director Xiong, do you have something to do?"

Director Xiong smiled and said, "Nothing much, just that the factory sent some local specialties. I thought that I've been coming over to trouble you these days, so I brought some for everyone to taste."

At this time, Li Ye noticed that behind Director Xiong, there were two large burlap sacks, full of something.

"No, Director Xiong, you're being too polite!" Li Ye smiled and said, "We haven't helped much these days; you're making us feel so embarrassed."

"What do you mean you haven't helped? Being able to write the novel is a huge help to us."

Director Xiong sighed and said very realistically, "This time, no matter who ends up filming 'Wangxiang Wangxiang Gujun,' won't there still be Chang'an City in the movie in the end?"

"Now we can't compete with the coastal areas, but as long as the movie is broadcast, won't everyone know that Chang'an was once glorious over a thousand years ago?"

Li Ye nodded slowly and said, "Yes, Chang'an was once the greatest and most prosperous city in the world."

"Eh, exactly!"

Director Xiong slapped his thigh and said happily, "So, as long as this movie starts filming, we won't lose anything."

Li Ye smiled, "That's true."

"Then I'm leaving. This is my phone number and address. You must look for me when you come to Chang'an in the future. In addition, our factory said that we will send local specialties to the literature society every year from now on. It's not worth much money, just hope everyone doesn't mind."

Director Xiong grinned, turned around, and left.

Li Ye had Sun Sun Xianjin and others open the sacks and found that they were all walnuts, big dates, air-dried chicken, and other side food products.

Don't look down on these little things; in '83, it was still far from reaching the point of material abundance.

Want to eat egg yolk pie? Want to eat Oreos?

Are you dreaming?

Being able to eat snacks like walnuts and dates is already an enjoyment.

"Today we are holding a meeting to discuss two things. First is the recruitment of new members for the literature society. From now on, we will only recruit five new members each year. Others who want to join can, but we won't accept application forms, only portfolios. Let them bring out their published works."

Today, Li Yang Huaisheng and Yang Yang Yumin didn't come. Li Ye was presiding over the literature society meeting for the first time, and he immediately set a strict rule that would offend people.

With so many people wanting to join the literature society these days, naturally, there was no shortage of people using connections to get to Sun Sun Xianjin, Zhou Zhou Zhihe, and others. Several meritorious officials felt they had some face and always wanted to plead with Li Ye, making him extremely annoyed.

Now Li Ye directly let them "speak with works," first to "shut everyone's mouth," and second to emphasize who is the boss.

In the literature society, there can only be one boss; don't treat Li Ye as not being a cadre.

The dozen or so people had different expressions, obviously having their own thoughts, but in the end, no one dared to beep at Li Ye.

The foundation for a boss to show off is to have ability, and the pocket money in everyone's pockets is the solid proof of Li Ye's ability.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Li Ye threw out a few thin sheets of manuscript paper, with a few large characters written on them—"The Longest Day in Chang'an."

"Second, this is the outline for my scheduled new novel. Everyone divide into several groups to collect historical data, flesh out the character images, and try to write a film and television script."

"..."

The literature society fell silent, and the dozen or so people looked at the thin sheets of manuscript paper one after another.

Then, like cold water falling into hot oil, it became lively with a "sizzle."

"Whoa~, are we going to film a movie again? Good guy, if this continues, we're going to steal the rice bowl of Beijing Film!"

"It's only been a few days! Li Ye, you have new inspiration? Do you have any secrets? How about taking me as an apprentice?"

"Forget it! I haven't even been accepted as a disciple yet! Besides, can you learn inspiration? Do you know why our dormitory calls Li Ye 'Brother Yi'? He is the only one!"

"..."

"Beep beep beep~"

Li Ye tapped the table, and after it quieted down, he asked, "Then next, who thinks they can be the lead writer?"

Everyone was stunned, and someone asked, "Isn't the lead writer Old Yang?"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "I asked, he doesn't have time."

Li Ye did indeed ask Yang Yang Yumin, but that guy floated after having money in his pocket. Not only did he buy a courtyard house, but he also disappeared all day, refusing the lead writer job in one breath.

Everyone looked at each other for a moment, and all looked at Li Ye in unison.

Yang Yang Yumin's writing style is very good, but your "Seven-Inch Blade" isn't bad either! If you don't lead write, who will?

Li Ye is also very busy. He is already a sophomore, and the courses are much harder than in his freshman year. He doesn't want to end up having to take make-up exams.

In addition, after his elder sister Li Xia Yue came to the capital, Li Ye always had to pay attention to her and give her lessons. There was also a large pile of manufacturing construction plans that needed him to strategize. If he were to lead write a new novel, it would affect his lovey-dovey time with Wen Watching Wen Leyu.

"I've been very busy lately, everyone think about it! The distribution ratio of manuscript fees will follow past conventions, with the lead writer getting more money."

"That's it for today, meeting adjourned."

Li Ye left cleanly and neatly, leaving a group of classmates looking at each other.

When Li Ye instructed Yang Yang Yumin and Li Yang Huaisheng to insist that the school set a distribution ratio for withheld manuscript fees, it was to form a "convention" for the future.

Otherwise, this "big pot of rice" would break up sooner or later.

Now that everyone saw that large sum of pocket money for the lead writer, and had a chance to fall on their own heads, each one of them forgot their own weight and was tempted.

However, before they could recommend themselves to Li Ye, a "Cheng Yaojin" appeared halfway.

The next afternoon, just as Li Ye finished class and was about to go find Wen Watching Wen Leyu for dinner, his head teacher Mu Mu Yunning stopped him.

This semester, Mu Mu Yunning changed her "nanny-style" working method from last semester, becoming elusive. Li Ye had only seen her once at the beginning of the semester, and he hadn't had a chance to ask her about going to the lighthouse.

This reminded Li Ye of his university head teacher in his previous life who only appeared twice a semester, whose main style was "free-range."

"Teacher Mu, are you looking for me for something?"

Li Ye pondered that he had been absolutely law-abiding and not causing trouble during this period, so he couldn't guess what Mu Mu Yunning wanted with him.

Mu Mu Yunning didn't speak, but handed Li Ye several literary journals.

"These contain several works I published before. Take a look and see if they meet the club's standards."

Li Ye looked at Mu Mu Yunning in surprise for several seconds and asked, "Teacher Mu, you want to join our literature society?"

Mu Mu Yunning nodded, without half a word of nonsense.

Li Ye thought for a while and asked again, "Teacher Mu, can I know why?"

Mu Mu Yunning said, "To make money. I want to try being the lead writer for your new novel."

Li Ye: "..."