Red Moscow

Chapter 2492

Hearing Liuba’s question, Sokov began to wonder which female salesperson in the department store was suitable to play the role of the female soldier in the novel. The five female soldiers who died must be played by professional actors, but the other female soldiers can be selected from female salespersons in department stores.

In Sokov’s impression, for the role of Sergeant Kiryanova, the deputy platoon commander of the anti-aircraft machine gun platoon, the actors selected in the TV series performed too frivolously and exaggeratedly, which seriously affected the image of this character. If she had to choose, the department store manager Liuba could let her try it out. If she is not nervous in front of the camera, then she can play the role.

While Sokov was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the receiver: "Lyuba, Lyuba!"

Liuba, who was on the phone with Sokov, said in a stern tone: "Akshonova, why are you always so rash, didn't you see that I was on the phone?"

Aksyonova, who was scolded by Lyuba, quickly said in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, Comrade Manager, I didn't notice you were on the phone. Please forgive me for being reckless!"

Liuba and Aksyonova have a good relationship. Seeing that she took the initiative to admit her mistake, it was hard to criticize her anymore, so she softened her tone and said, "What do you want to see me for?"

“Liuba, look, this is the new book I bought.”

Lyuba took a look at the book in Aksyonova's hand and said with surprise: "Aksyonova, this is the book "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by Comrade General. Which bookstore did you buy it from? Arrived?"

"It's the bookstore not far from our department store." Aksyonova explained: "When I just walked there, I saw a small blackboard hanging at the door of the bookstore with a notice on it: 'This book store has Everyone is welcome to come into the store and buy the novel "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by General Sokov, and then I went in."

Liuba remembered the content of her phone call with Sokov, and asked tentatively: "Isn't the location of this book difficult to find?"

"No, it's quite easy to find." Aksyonova said: "As soon as I entered the door, I saw an extra bookshelf in the open space directly opposite the door, and on the bookshelf was Comrade General's "Here" "The Dawn Is Quiet". I bought a copy and came to you directly when I came to the mall. I wanted to tell you the good news..."

"Comrade General, did you hear that?" Liuba put the microphone to her ear again and said excitedly: "Akshonova said that your book is for sale in the bookstore near our shopping mall, and it is also on display. In a conspicuous place. I will notify the salesperson later and let everyone go to the bookstore to buy your book."

Sokov couldn't help but feel happy when he learned that his books had been placed on the bookshelf directly opposite the door, and there was a notice board at the door of the bookstore. Hearing Liuba say that she wanted to mobilize the salespersons to buy books, she quickly expressed her gratitude: "Thank you, Liuba! Thank you for supporting me! But buying books is a private matter. You don't have to give orders to the salespersons, lest some people I don’t feel happy after buying it. Let them make their own decision. If they want to buy it, they can buy it. If they don’t buy it, don’t force them.”

“I understand, I understand, Comrade General.” Lyuba smiled and said, “I will convey your message to the salesperson.”

When Lyuba put down the phone, she saw Aksyonova next to her with her mouth wide open in surprise, and asked jokingly: "Akshonova, are you surprised to hear that Comrade General and I are talking on the phone? ah?"

“Yes, yes.” Aksyonova recovered from the shock and asked Lyuba cautiously: “Liuba, why did you call Comrade General?”

"What else can I do, of course, for the newly arrived batch of signed papers at your counter." Liuba said: "I originally wanted to leave fifty copies for Comrade General, but now that his book has been officially published, we If you want to read a book, you don’t have to copy it yourself. This will virtually save dozens of manuscript papers, which can all be handed over to Comrade General, so that he can use these manuscript papers to write more exciting novels.”

“Liuba,” Akshonova summoned up the courage to say to Lyuba after a moment of silence: “Since it is the goods on my counter, let me deliver it to Comrade General’s door, okay?”

“Comrade General said he would come to us to pick it up when he was free.” Liuba said, “Originally I wanted to send someone to deliver it to my door, but he refused.”

“Oh, what a pity.” Aksyonova’s face was filled with disappointment when she heard Lyuba say this.

“By the way, before you barge in,” Liuba continued, “I’m still asking Comrade General, if this novel is adapted into a movie, can we let the salespersons in the department store participate in the filming?”

Hearing Lyuba say this, Aksyonova’s eyes suddenly shone and she asked repeatedly: “Liuba, what did Comrade General say?”

“He didn’t say anything.” Liuba said with regret: “He might have been thinking about my problem at that time, but who knew he was interrupted by you barging in.”

"It would be great if I could play a role in the movie." Aksyonova said: "I like both the roles of Sonia and Zhenya. As long as I can play one of them, I will be satisfied. "

"Put it down, Aksyonova. You haven't gone to film school or participated in acting training. It's simply impossible for you to play an important role in your first movie. I think you can play a high-judged role." A female soldier in the machine gun platoon would be very good." After Liuba said this, she waved her hand to Aksyonova and said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense here, hurry up and go back to your counter to work. .”

Sokov, who had just put down the phone, knew nothing about the conversation that took place in the department store office, but he began to think about which actors should be found if "The Dawns Are Quiet Here" is adapted into a movie in a short time. What about the characters in the play?

In Sokov's memory, there are three versions of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet". The earliest version was a movie shot in 1972; the second version was a Chinese TV series remake in 2005, and a Russian remake in 2015. Movie. But no matter what, he thinks the most classic version is still the 72 version.

As for the actors, this gave him a headache. Therefore, the actors in the 1970s version should not have been born yet, and it is definitely impossible for them to play. To choose actors, you can only turn to Eisenstein or Werner and ask them to help you choose suitable actors from the studio.

After thinking about it for a long time, his head hurt. Sokov could not come up with a suitable charter. He could only put it aside for the time being and concentrate on writing his "Ordinary Soldier", preparing to finish the book as soon as possible. Then he worked with Werner to adapt "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" into a movie script. As for the three scripts about the three snipers, I will put them aside for the time being. Whenever I have inspiration, I can write them again.

 That evening, Sokov received a call from Werner.

As soon as the call was connected, Werner said excitedly: "General Sokov, let me tell you some good news. Your book sold more than two thousand copies today."

"Oh, more than two thousand copies were sold?" Although this sales volume is not worth mentioning compared with later generations, Sokov was still very happy when he heard it at this moment: "It seems that your publicity effect is good , actually sold so many." Hearing what Sokov said, Werner laughed twice awkwardly, and then apologized to Sokov: "Comrade General, please forgive us for our negligence in our work. We will wait until your book is published. At that time, the necessary publicity was not carried out, which led to the failure of sales on the first day."

"Comrade screenwriter, what you said is wrong. Even if I want to apologize, it was someone from the publishing house who apologized to me. How can it be you who apologizes?" Although Sokov knew that the sales on the first day were very bad, he Eager to know how bad it was, he asked tentatively: "Can you tell me now, how many copies of my book sold on the first day?"

"Comrade General, let's forget it." Werner said sheepishly: "The sales volume is too low. I'm afraid it will affect your mood if you tell me."

"It's okay, let's talk." Although Sokov only went to one bookstore that day, according to his observation and judgment, the sales volume on the first day would never exceed three digits, so he asked Werner to ask questions. Be clear about whether your judgment is wrong: "It doesn't matter even if you only sell a few copies. Didn't you sell more than 2,000 copies today?"

Seeing that Sokov insisted on knowing the sales volume on the first day, Werner was worried, gritted his teeth, and said: "A total of 41 copies were sold on the first day, 28 of which were from the store closest to your home. It was sold in a bookstore. I guess it’s because you went to that bookstore and let the salesperson in the store know your identity, so there were so many sales.”

"Maybe." Now that sales have increased significantly, Sokov is more concerned about when this book can be adapted into a drama, opera or movie, so he cautiously asked: "Comrade screenwriter, you once said , my book can be adapted into a play, opera or even a movie. I would like to ask, when can the adaptation start?"

"Comrade General, I am calling you today. In addition to telling you that the book has sold well, I am also officially informing you that the drama script adapted from the book "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" has been completed and will be handed over to the drama troupe for rehearsal tomorrow. ." Werner said enthusiastically: "If everything goes well, in a week at most, this play will be released in the theater, and I will definitely invite you to watch the first performance."

“That’s great.” Sokov said excitedly after hearing this: “Comrade screenwriter, I’m just waiting for your invitation.”

But before the play could be staged, the celebration day of October Revolution Day arrived. Sokov took the invitation sent by Yakov and took Asya to the viewing platform of Red Square to participate in the festival's military parade.

Since there is a major celebration in the Red Square, many streets near the square are under martial law. If Sokov had not had the invitation in hand, he might not have been able to reach the vicinity of the Red Square.

When Sokov was at the entrance, he showed the invitation to the officer on duty.

After reading the invitation, the officer politely said to Sokov: "Comrade General, there are still nearly two hours until the ceremony starts. You can go sit in the history museum and come out when the time is almost up."

Sokov knew that the officer meant well. After all, it was already November, and the weather in Moscow was already more than ten degrees below zero. If he froze for a few hours on the viewing platform next to Lenin's mausoleum, he would definitely get sick, so he After expressing the agreement to the officer, he led Asiya towards the nearby history museum.

The History Museum was built in 1873 and is located on Manesh Square on the north side of Red Square. It is a vermilion building with a very beautiful architectural shape and a strong Russian style. There is a tall, symmetrical tower on each side of the main building, as well as decorative spires, triangular eaves and round-arched windows.

Before entering the museum, Sokov intentionally looked at the open space at the door. He clearly remembered that there was a bronze statue of Zhukov riding a horse at this location in later generations.

 “Misha!” Asiya saw Sokov stopped and asked curiously: “What are you looking at?”

"Oh, I didn't see anything." Sokov recovered his thoughts and said to Asiya: "It's too cold outside, let's go in first."

 After entering the gate, Sokov found that the hall directly opposite the door was actually full of people. Even though there were so many people, everyone deliberately lowered their voices when talking, so the whole hall felt very quiet.

Sokov looked around to see if he could find an empty seat. It's okay to stand for a while, but Asiya is pregnant and can't stand for a long time, so it's best to find a seat and sit down.

 But after looking for a long time, all the benches or sofas were full of people, and there was no empty seat at all.

Asiya next to her guessed what Sokov was thinking, and quickly held his arm and said to him: "Misha, since there are no seats here, let's just wander around in the museum. Maybe we'll get there halfway. Found a place to sit."

Sokov has visited the History Museum many times in later generations and knows that it has the most complete and rich collection of ancient coins; there are a large number of unearthed cultural relics, as well as Russian, Eastern and some Western weapons, Russian and foreign clothing and fabrics, Agricultural tools, wooden household items and other carved and painted woodware, ceramics and glassware. In addition, the museum also collects a large number of paintings depicting historical figures, events, characteristics, architecture, etc. in different categories, as well as historical maps, archives of folk customs, various handwritings, ancient seals, etc.

Since Asiya wanted to visit the museum, Sokov agreed smoothly: "Okay, Asiya, I will walk around in the museum."

 But soon, Sokov discovered that his wishful thinking was wrong. Because there were celebrations today, the museum’s exhibition hall was not open to the public.

The staff member who stopped Sokov plausibly said: "Comrade General, I'm sorry, because there are major celebrations in Red Square today, our exhibition hall is not open to the public. But you can move in the hall, which is the only place open to the public. Open area.”

 In this way, Sokov and Asiya returned to the hall in dejection.

Just as Sokov was wondering whether he should find a corner to lie down and let Asiya sit on it as a stool, he suddenly heard someone next to him calling his name: "Misha!"

Following the sound, he looked over and saw two people playing chess sitting on the sofa not far away. When he saw the person who called him clearly, he was immediately shocked: "Comrade Khrushchev, what are you doing?" Will it appear here?"

 (End of this chapter)