"Honey, what are you doing?" Tangning "sneak-attacked" Heidi who was at the desk from behind and asked.
Heidi wiped her tears and said with emotion: "Captain Halway is really great!"
Tangning glanced at the novels on the table and found that Heidi was reading "The Disaster of the Normandie" written by the French writer Hugo. She couldn't help but recall the days when she was in school and wrote a review for this novel.
However, the "Normandy" that Hugo wrote about was not the Normandy cruise ship that was comparable to the Titanic. That ship was not launched until 1932. The ship that Hugo wrote about was built in 1863, but it had the same name.
"Captain Halway is indeed great and touching, but I think it could actually be made more tragic and shocking!"
Heidi's eyes lit up when she heard what Tangning said, and she quickly asked, "Tony, do you have any good ideas when you say that?"
Tangning nodded and replied, "Yes, but I plan to write it as a love story!"
"Love story? How to write about love in this critical moment of shipwreck?" Heidi asked puzzledly.
Tangning replied mysteriously: "Well, you'll know after I write it out!"
"What?! Tony, you want to write it yourself?!" Heidi couldn't help but exclaimed. In fact, it's no wonder Heidi was so surprised, because even though Tangning is famous now, in fact, he only wrote one
"Gone with the Wind" and the follow-up "Scarlett Scarlett" were written by Heidi. For "Downing Abbey" he only provided a story outline. As for "Death in Atlanta", it is completely Melina's personal work.
Tangning naturally understood why Heidi was so surprised, so she replied with some embarrassment: "Well, because this story is not long, I still have time to write it!"
Because Tang Ning had written a rebirth historical novel with "Titanic" as the entry point before time travel, so she was very familiar with the plot. In addition, the story was indeed not long, so she finished "Titanic" within a few days.
》 was written out.
"Dear, what do you think of this story?" Tangning proudly asked Heidi, who was already crying.
Heidi wiped her tears and replied: "Tony, you are really amazing. Before, I was thinking about how to write a love story about a shipwreck. Now I realize that this kind of life and death situation is actually the most test of love!"
Just when Tangning was feeling proud, Heidi suddenly changed the subject: "But Tony, what you wrote doesn't feel like a novel, but more like a script!"
Faced with this question, Tangning was a little dumbfounded because Heidi was right, this was originally the script.
So I had to bite the bullet and explain: "Well, I just wanted to describe the scene in my mind. It does look a bit like a script."
But before Tangning could finish her words, Heidi interrupted: "It doesn't matter, it's just a script. Anyway, it's a wonderful story. I believe there will be many theaters willing to buy it. I can't wait to watch it."
It’s time to arrange it!”
When Heidi mentioned the theater, Tangning immediately remembered that it was because of the Moda Theater and Keira. Unfortunately, Keira is on Broadway now, otherwise she would have been able to see her starring in "Ruth", but when she thought about it, she actually didn't
Bad thing, because she's not suitable to play Ruth either, at least she's not that fat
Although "Titanic" is indeed a script, Tang Ning still plans to send it to "City Paper" first. Firstly, because she has never written anything for "City Paper", this time "Titanic" will be regarded as a script.
Secondly, I was not familiar with the theater people, and the previous Moda Theater had been closed down during the war.
Finally, Tang Ning also has a selfish motive, that is, the newspaper spreads widely and can be seen by more people. Although there are still decades before the Titanic accident, she hopes to use this to remind more people to avoid the disaster. Of course
It would be better if the White Star Company could be alerted. Even though Tang Ning knew what happened to the author of "In vain", he didn't care. After all, he was already an old man in his seventies by 1912. Would he even survive?
It may not be that day
Just when Tangning's mind was filled with random thoughts, Heidi suddenly asked again: "Tony, if Jack and Rose had not died, what would their life be like after they came to New York? Would they be very happy?
"
Tangning thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you want to hear the real situation or the plot in the novel?"
Heidi replied without hesitation: "Of course it is true. I will also write novels!"
"If this is true, then there is a high probability that the two of them will not be happy, because the growth environment and values of the two people are completely different, so there will inevitably be many conflicts and disputes that are difficult to reconcile after marriage. This cannot be solved by love alone.
Of course, this may be because my thoughts are too dark, maybe the two of them will live happily." At this point, Tangning suddenly remembered a movie starring DiCaprio and Winslet.
, I can’t remember the specific name, but the general content can be seen as the love between Jack and Ruth that was wiped out by the money, rice, oil and salt after they got married.
After hearing Tangning's answer, Heidi thought for a while, then nodded in agreement: "I think the situation you mentioned is more likely to happen, Tony. However, this will not affect the popularity of your novel, after all, you have no
Write these cruel truths out!"
Sure enough, after seeing "Titanic", Levine was very happy: "Tony, you are great! This "Titanic" will be very popular!"
But then the conversation changed and he said: "It's just a bit short! It will be serialized in one week at most."
Fortunately, Tangning had already prepared for this, so she replied: "This is easy to handle. I can give you an outline, and then you can find someone to continue writing about the lives of Ruth, Karl and others after the shipwreck!" In fact,
Tang Ning's outline was adapted from the "Titanic" fanfic she wrote before she traveled through time.
Levin looked at the outline, then frowned and said: "Well, although it's not as exciting as the story on the boat, it's okay! But Tony, you are too lazy. You finally wrote it once, but you only wrote the beginning!
"
"Levine, you also know that I am very busy right now. How can I have so much time to write a novel? And you are right, I am indeed very lazy!" Tangning said nonchalantly.
"What a waste of your talent!" Levin shook his head helplessly and sighed.
PS: For those who haven’t seen it, please refer to Lesson 23 of the Four Chinese Language Books of the People’s Education Press, “The Disaster of the Normandy”.