Liu Tong, who loves writing, didn't want to be "too comfortable" since he was a child. His father is a doctor. Instead of applying for medicine, he applied for the Chinese Department of Hunan Normal University behind his family's back, so he didn't talk to his father for two years. Every night when he was confused and worried about the future, he wrote one by one with manuscript paper, although Bole didn't say to him, "Let me help you publish it."
Liu Tong, who was admitted to Changsha from Chenzhou, Hunan Province, has been working hard. He insisted on writing and practicing. He took part in singing competitions, speech competitions and calligraphy competitions, breaking through his self-confidence and blushing in order not to return to the city where he was born after graduation. After graduating from college, Liu Tong stayed in Hunan TV Station. He worked hard and tried his best to create every program, so that his hair and eyebrows fell out together. He also let himself put all his eggs in one basket and resigned for postgraduate study. Unexpectedly, he missed two points, failed to pass the exam, but mistakenly found a chance to drift north. He has been in the light media for more than ten years.
Under intense work, he regards writing as a way to release himself more than karaoke. The book "Youth Not Confused", which made me unexpectedly popular, was extracted from my 2 million-word ten-year diary. In 20xx, the film of the same name of this work was released. In order to make a real youth film, he and his partners selected six young people from many fresh faces as the protagonists. In order not to dance drama on the campus of youth, they also selected nearly 30 real students as classmates from the sea election of nearly100000 people. He said they all have a youth hormone. Some people say that they are thinking about the future development, so it is better to spend two months feeling the new world.
Before the release of Who's Youth is Not Confused, there were various questions on the Internet. More than 300 people gave this film 1 point in Douban. National premiere for four minutes, Douban for five points; Half a month after the film was released, the Douban score rose to 6. Six points. In this regard, Liu Tong was very confused and angry, and even sent Weibo to crusade, but in the end, everything was wiped out by the audience's trust and warm feedback. At the screening in Chengdu, some viewers raised their hands after watching the film and told Liu Tong that he would write a film review on all social platforms to tell everyone that "Who's Youth Not Lost" was not smashed. Hearing this sentence, from the director, producer to actor, the whole crew burst into tears. "It's like walking in the cold for two years, and suddenly a little kindness from one person makes you hear the sound of melting ice and snow, as if spring is coming."
In the end, the film won 200 million box office beyond everyone's expectation. But Liu Tong thinks that it is more important for the six new stars to be seen by everyone with their own efforts than the box office. In order to achieve the effect of My Youth is Like Yours, Liu Tong asked the actors to go to Xiamen to shoot alone without an assistant. In the relaxed atmosphere of the crew, after a year of getting along, the six starring roles have a good relationship. In order to let more young audiences know these new people, Liu Tong wrote an outline for the proposal of Happy Camp, which also touched the program group, and made Happy Camp an exception to make a program for this new crew, and achieved quite high ratings.
Liu Tong said that he was an emotional person. "I cry easily. Some people say that I am sentimental, but I know that it is a gift from God. " . In the past, Liu Tong was embarrassed, thinking that people who shed tears were "cowards" and "sissies". Later, he realized that people who are easily moved can care more about the feelings of others and understand the quiet beauty more easily. Liu Tong also applies this ability to his work. When writing a book, he has to cry himself first, and then all four people in the editorial department are moved, otherwise he will change it. In the company's new film cooperation, Liu Tong is always the first one to be invited to watch the film to judge whether the story can move people. "The movies that make me cry are basically good, and the correct rate is over 90%." In the cast of Qingmang, an actress often cried with Liu Tong when she was talking about the play. Liu Tong told her seriously, "You must keep this, put your heart in the sun and be an open person."
In his spare time, Liu Tong will relax himself by watching some movies and books that move him. He likes Korean dramas, please answer 1988, Zhou Niu Niu and his love 1980. "There are feelings in these works, so you can write them down and cry. This kind of record is a description of life, which makes you feel that life is not wasted. " Despair and exhaustion are the only way for us to treat any enthusiasm in life without regrets. If we have a dream, we will do it and realize it. Liu Tong said, "Our youth is the same, lonely, confused and bright."
Every time I finish writing a story, it's like dying once.
Q: You said, "Confused? Yes, whose youth is not confused. " But you seem to have been writing, not confused. When did you make a plan for yourself to write "Green Mountain" series?
A: I don't want to write. Whose youth is not confused is itself a product of unplanned. I used to keep a diary every day from the age of twenty to thirty. Once the editor said that I cried while reading my diary and wanted to sort out something similar to Beipiao's diary. At that time, I didn't think anyone would watch it. This is very dramatic. Some articles want to strangle themselves when they see me But I didn't expect this book to sell so well after it came out. At that time, I realized that many people, like me, pretended to have a good life and had special goals, but they were really confused, so I continued to write.
Q: The book Towards the Light is the third book in the Qingmang series and has the title of best-selling author. Were there any distractions when you were writing this book?
A: "Whose youth is not confused" was written by me when I was growing up; "Your loneliness, though defeated, is glorious" can represent a Chinese student who is writing something seriously; And this book is what I want to say at the age of 35, through the story of my living friends. I did have some burdens when I wrote Your Loneliness, Even though I was defeated, because "Green Mountain" was criticized by many people, and the industry said that you were lucky, and the second book was definitely not selling well. But in fact, it sold better than the first book, and I gradually realized that my ability and what I wanted to express could be seen by others, so it was easier. This book should be formed naturally, but there are not many distractions when writing.
Q: What is the current timetable? How to keep writing under high pressure?
A: At present, many film projects of the company are in the publicity period. I usually sleep for 7 hours in 24 hours and work at other times. At night/kloc-write from 0/2 to 2: 00, go to bed at 3: 00 and get up at 90: 00. Take a nap for an hour and a half, close my office door and turn off the lights. I won't open anyone knocking at the door and pretend no one is there. When I'm not publishing a book, I have to write. I came back from a business trip yesterday and wrote an article on the official WeChat account. I can't sleep without writing. For me, writing is a bit like others karaoke to buy clothes. This is a way to relax, not another job. I think I am very happy. Writing makes my life more harmonious without financial pressure.
Q: When the past flows at the tip of the pen, it seems that you have experienced those lives again, and your emotions are ups and downs?
A: I remember the feeling that reappeared yesterday, which moved me very much. Remembering those warm things in life is a person's precious wealth. Everyone should be kind to their memories, and I don't want to live up to these beautiful things. You must open your heart frankly, so that everyone can see your heart and you can see everyone's heart, so that there is no obstacle to your communication with the world. When you start pretending, you must spend a lot of energy to break these.
Q: I like the crying described in the book. As a sentimental Pisces, will it take too much energy to write like this?
A: Pisces takes a lot of energy to write stories. Every time I finish writing a story, it's like dying. At that time, the principle of me and the publishing house was that every story should make me cry, and then four people in our editorial department should be moved to tears, but if one person didn't feel it, I would rewrite it. Advantages, Pisces is when I dig my heart out to analyze myself, I represent many people, as if there is a natural * * *. Just like when I was promoting movies, I took six children to run roadshows all over the country. Every time I get off the bus, I have to feel what the gas field is like among all the people in this venue, so that I can judge how to say my first three sentences and integrate into this venue. Strangely, this feature of Pisces makes it easy for people to have no boundaries and integrate people as much as possible.
Q: A few years ago, Qiu Wei wrote the earliest preface for you, saying that she didn't read your article and thought that you should be a young writer who loves words ... After more than ten years, has your initial intention of writing changed? Do you also want to write a book like "White Deer Plain" so that the writer can rest on the coffin?
A: That was my first book, published in 20xx. I think if you write a book for something, it's utilitarian. Many young people think that I can't hold back the book "White Deer Plain" and "Ordinary World", and you don't even know your own life, so you will start writing social themes? That's impossible. I didn't think of a work with a coffin as a pillow. If someone happens to read my book when he needs it and sees what he wants from it, I think it's enough. Sometimes the staff members post through Weibo that I am a "post-90s spokesperson" and a "favorite writer of college students", so I let them delete it. Even I feel sick after reading it. Why should I make others uncomfortable in this way?
When you are stressed, your hair and eyebrows are falling off.
Q: You have two contradictory sides. You don't deny that you are naturally shy, but when it's time to shoot, you can let go like chicken blood.
Actually, I'm shy. When I was in college, I was embarrassed to sign up for a singing contest. Many things are pushed by others. The reason why I played like chicken blood was because I didn't want to disappoint my friends. For example, the movie we released more than a month ago. When I was filming, many people scolded me online. After the list of actors was announced, the industry said, Oh, my God, if you use a few passers-by to play a youth film, the box office must only be 30 million. After the screening in Chengdu, some viewers raised their hands and said, "Whose youth is not confused" has not been made into a bad film. After he finished this sentence, all of us cried on the stage for five minutes. The director doesn't panic when he meets anything. An actress shaved her head and didn't collapse. Female number one was wrapped in plastic wrap for five days, and her legs could not move or cry. But all of us cried on the stage that day. We didn't disappoint each other.
Q: Speaking of friends, I found that there are several people you mentioned in every book, such as Brother Xi. Write about the feelings of the same person at different stages of life?
A: Brother Xiaoxi was my first producer. At first, he gave me the feeling that he was super cool and gave me many opportunities. Then he came to light and we became colleagues. With the competition, he gave me the feeling that he looked down on me because I was his apprentice. In the third stage, when we met again, I found that he was the kind of person who hurt me in the mouth but always encouraged me behind my back. We haven't seen each other for a long time. We can't say a word face to face, and we have to drink many cups before we spit it out. We are very clear about this. Find a place when we meet, then have a drink, then say whether you are stupid or not, and then start talking. This feeling is particularly good.
Q: In Look on the Bright Side, you wrote about a dozen people who appeared in your life. What are the criteria for choosing them? Or which emotions are still strong and which ones have faded?
A: I chose to write about a person because I have a new feeling for him. For example, Lao Zhangman, I once wrote about him because he taught me a lot in the company. Now I write about him because he gave up 100 million yuan of stock, and he wants to start a business and go home to have children. At that time, I thought this person was so cool, but he didn't want a hundred million yuan and went back. Then Xiaoxi and others gave up stocks, so they followed him back, but left me in the light. He is a very important existence to me. He is so amazing that everyone can work safely by his side and be himself. So when I write about him, I will write about him in the second state. I choose to write about someone because I have a new feeling for him. For example, Lao Zhangman, I once wrote about him because he taught me a lot in the company. Now I write about him because he gave up 100 million yuan of stock, and he wants to start a business and go home to have children. At that time, I thought this person was so cool, but he didn't want a hundred million yuan and went back. Then Xiaoxi and others gave up stocks, so they followed him back, but left me in the light. He is a very important existence to me. He is so amazing that everyone can work safely by his side and be himself. So when I write about him, I will write about him in the second state. I'm not afraid of repetition, as long as I don't feel it.
Q: You often talk about your mother. You always have a headache whether she and her father have feelings or not. She didn't want to spend money or use new things until she saw her father holding her hand on the icy road in winter, and they walked as sweetly as lovers in love. Only to find that you think too much?
A: Yes, for my mother, I gradually learned what kind of personality she is with time. I used to think that my mother was my mother, and everything was natural. Later, you found that she also needs to be understood, tolerated and loved. Many people in our parents' generation were like this, including love. At first, we were young and energetic, thinking that we were together for the children, but later we will find that love is actually a habit. Finally, I thought, oh, it's better for you, then who is far worse than you. That's what my parents do. They may be noisy, but they have their own ways to express their love.
Q: Will your mother still nag you?
A: Yes, when I was in Hunan, I was under great pressure at work, and my hair and eyebrows were falling out. In the first two months to promote movies, I usually go to one or two cities a day, and I can change to five cities at most. It's terrible. I am the only one of all people who insists from beginning to end. Later, a friend told me, Liu Tong, I think you are very strange. Do you have hyperthyroidism? He is a very funny man and we have a good relationship. He told people everywhere that Liu Tong had hyperthyroidism. During that time, someone always sent me a message about your hyperthyroidism. My mother is very interesting. When she saw this message, she asked me, are you hyperthyroidism? Do you want me to buy you medicine? Besides, they said that if you hold your hand up for 30 seconds, it will make you tremble, so I held it up and said, you see, I really don't tremble. Oh, it's so annoying.
I just like to feel ashamed, cry and pay tribute to the queen.
Q: Confused, lonely and bright, where do you think you are advanced?
A: They are all my growth labels. From the age of twenty to twenty-eight, my whole life is very confused and I don't know where my future is. Everyone around me has jumped ship. I have been staying in the light, and I don't know when I can buy a car or a house. Until the age of 30, an opportunity suddenly came, that is, when the second phase of "Going to Work" was recorded, a guest didn't come. My friend said that Liu Tong happened to be a media worker, and you came to help us save a scene. Who knows that everyone felt good after the recording, so I was known by more people because of this program, and then everyone looked through it and found that I had written so many things. At that time, you felt that all the preparations were not in vain.
Q: There is another saying that people are animals living in relationships, so loneliness is terrible. what do you think?
A: Loneliness also runs through my twenty-five to thirty-three years old. One of my great changes in recent years is that I can especially adapt to a person's state and think a lot of things I didn't know before. I used to want to get along with others, because I wanted to live in a crowd and couldn't stand loneliness. After I took myself apart, I felt that I had a miserable life before. I wrote this feeling into loneliness and found that many people are like this. Some people ask why everyone says you write chicken soup. In fact, not everyone can understand everything you do. I am writing persistently in order to find my peers and people who have * * * sounds with me.
Q: I have written some novels myself. You said you had the idea of burning them?
A: Yes, seven or eight novels I wrote before were all catering to others. I think they like the story of the rich second generation and the story of the school grass and the school flower, but no one reads it. When you start writing your own story one day, you can attract the people you represent, and that's what you achieve through writing. Some fans said that I couldn't read my previous books, and I couldn't even read them myself. I have been out of the mainstream for a long time. On a radio program the other day, the host took one of my books. When I saw it, there was a half-naked photo of myself in the book. It's disgusting. I want to burn this book.
Q: It's better to hold a lamp than to complain about being in the dark. Have you had enough fun now?
A: There is still confusion. The difference is that I didn't know what to do before. Today, everything I am confused about is very specific. I just want to solve it in some way. I graduated from college and entered Hunan Taiwan, and then entered the light. For more than ten years, I haven't taken more than five days off except for the Chinese New Year holiday. I'm so tired. Now that all my movies are over, my confusion is how to persuade my boss to give me a long vacation. But I've been in the company for so long that the boss has treated me as his own child. I always have work to do. Thirty-five years old, I don't know how to ask my boss for leave. What a failure ...
Q: What else can arouse your intense happiness and anger now? What do you think is luxury?
A: I do a lot of things I want to do, and I am very happy every day. Angry is that the boss won't give me time off, ho ho! Luxury is vacation, relaxation and boredom. Many things are on my mind every day, so I yearn for that kind of particularly boring life, but I will definitely go to work again in two days. People are mean. I want to take a vacation when I am at work, and I want to work when I am not working.
Q: You laughed and said that you couldn't catch up with half of your father's masculinity, so you laughed at yourself?
A: I just like black crying. Anyway, he is a very casual and natural person.
Q: If you have a time machine to meet the person you want to meet most, who do you want him to be and what do you want to talk to him about?
A: Li Bai, because I heard that he likes drinking, I want to have a drink with him. I also like drinking. I especially want to know how good a person's literary talent is after drinking. I want to feel it.