Rebirth 79: from Buying a Courtyard House to Being the Founder of the Film Industry

Lin Yan was reborn in Yanjing in 1979. As an unemployed young man who had just returned to the city, his goal was very clear: never get involved in college. He used the memories of his past life to write a few popular martial arts and suspense novels. He just wanted to earn some royalties, so he crazily stocked up courtyards in the Second Ring Road and became a "Jingye charterer" who wandered around to drink tea every day. As a result, the novel became so popular that it was chosen by the Beijing Film Studio to adapt into a movie. The crew even borrowed the courtyard house he just bought as a filming location. Seeing the crew's rustic service and rigid shooting techniques, Lin Yan, who has the memory of a senior actor and director in later generations, couldn't hold back and started the "King of Strong Mouth" mode on the spot. This guidance didn't matter. Not only did he train the original director of the crew to be convinced, but he also deceived the "fifth generation directors" who were working at the bottom of the crew and would be powerful in the Chinese film industry in the future. "Master Lin, how should we position the camera in this drama?" "Mr. Lin, do you think this long shot of mine has the 'sense of fate' you mentioned?" Lin Yan, who originally only wanted to collect rent, was forced to establish the first private film and television studio in China. From the martial arts master of "Shaolin Temple" to the founder of commercial blockbusters; from the tycoon who hoarded courtyard houses to the founder of China Entertainment who created Oriental Hollywood. Lin Yan spread his hands helplessly: "At first, I really just wanted to collect the rent quietly!"