The first update, because of the daytime company training, had to delay the update until the evening

The glorious task of shooting war films was given to the Moscow studio, and by the Soviet film master Stanislav? Rostotsky was in charge, for which Yanayev also took the time to meet with director Rostotsky, as a master who directed "The Dawn Is Quiet Here", Yanayev is very confident that Rostotsky can complete this glorious and great task.

Originally, Rostotsky was not interested in Yanayev's instructions, as a master of film, if he couldn't shoot his favorite movies as he wanted, he could only make some political propaganda films, what difference would life be. So when he first met Yanayev, Rostotsky's attitude towards Yanayev was also polite, which means that he did not want to have much intersection with the government.

But Yanayev did not give up, the director will always have some temper that is not in harmony with the mainstream, otherwise the film masters Parajanov and Andrei? Nor will Tarkovsky flee to the Western world to escape the sanctions of communism. The former spent fifteen years in prison because he was considered by the authorities to express negative thoughts, while the latter boycotted and banned most of his works by the Soviet authorities, so much so that he had to publish his works abroad.

So the last Rostotsky director Yanayev did not treat him as a baby.

"This is the script for the film that we gave to Comrade Rostotsky." Yanayev handed Rostotsky a thick piece of manuscript paper, and when Rostotsky took it, he did not read it, but simply put it aside. And this arrogant move did not make Yanayev angry.

Anyway, Rostotsky is also a person who is open-minded, and if he can't survive in the Soviet Union, he will go to Paris and Western Europe, and the filmmakers in those places will worship him as a god anyway. It's just that he loves this homeland where he raised him, so he never chose to leave.

"You don't have to rush to answer if I want to take this task, we have time anyway." Yanayev took the form of wanting to capture the past, first planting a good impression in Rostotsky's mind.

"Farewell, Comrade Rostotsky. I hope to see your work on the big screen. Yanayev said with a smile, then got up and went out. The visit was just him and some KGB security agents. Almost no one recognized him, the general secretary of the CPSU, who was low-key.

Surkov had complained about Rostotsky's arrogance and why these talented artists just didn't like to work with the authorities, which led Yanayev to personally visit Rostotsky's house and hand him the manuscript.

"Politicians have to be close enough to impress the guys with a lot of personality." How could Yanayev not understand this truth, so no matter how the other party behaved and refused for thousands of miles, he always had the patience to wait to touch the other party's heart. In fact, these guys eat soft rather than hard, as long as Yanayev behaves friendly enough, even if he doesn't achieve his goal in the end. They won't be resistant to you.

Sure enough, a few days later, Yanayev received Rostotsky's words, and the director on the phone stammered a little, apparently caused by too much excitement. He asked on the phone if he could talk to the writers of the films, and Yanayev said he was the director of the films.

So Rostotsky strongly asked to meet Yanayev, this time no longer with a cold eyebrow, but with a hard-to-find expression, he strongly asked General Secretary Yanayev if he had graduated from the screenwriting major before.

"I graduated from the Gorky Agricultural Institute, how can I go to the screenwriting major?" Yanayev vetoed Rostotsky's question. He said that he did write the scripts himself, but he was just providing an idea. The rest is written by someone else.

"But these stories are exciting enough." Rostotsky said that in his years as a director, he has only been exposed to a few masterpieces, and the scripts provided by Yanayev can be said to be all of them. As long as you bring it to the big screen through your own shooting, it will definitely be a classic.

Seeing Rostotsky's attitude, Yanayev finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was natural, he included all the classic Hollywood war films. How could it be garbage.

"The scripts provided to me by those officials of the Propaganda Department before are simply rubbish compared to these, and what political correctness is not as meaningful as a classic." Almost as if he had met a baby, Rostotsky was eager to get the Moscow studios up and shoot the film immediately.

"As long as you think these scripts are worth it, our task is to be able to present more wonderful works for the people." Yanayev added that as long as it does not touch certain political bottom lines, the government does not have the right to control the freedom of filmmaking, whether it is realism or modernism, there should be a spring of a hundred flowers blooming in the Soviet Union.

"Our opposition to some anarchist dross does not mean that we oppose the freedom of filmmaking, on the contrary, we should encourage and support your creation. It doesn't mean that a movie doesn't make a good movie if it has something in it that the government thinks is wrong. Any form of artistic coercion policy is wrong. ”

And what Yanayev said is the best description of Andropov, who loosened the political ties of the Soviet Union in 1983. At that time, the Soviet political arena began to reform, first of all, the appropriate relaxation of political repression, so that the works of those film masters could be re-introduced to the screen.

"Yes, the general secretary is right. The development of art must not adopt a high-pressure posture, otherwise it will only be counterproductive. ”

Seeing that the other party had already followed his own thinking, Yanayev said bluntly, "There are also costumes, props and funds you need, the government will fully support them, and what you Comrade Rostotsky has to do is to shoot these scripts well." "I believe you have the strength, that's why I'm going to give you these scripts." It doesn't take too much, as long as there is a boutique on the screen a year. ”

"I am more than happy, General Secretary Yanayev." Rostotsky said excitedly.

Yanayev successfully solved Rostotsky's biggest problem, and even Surkov had a nose to come to the door before, but he didn't expect Yanayev to easily get him done. Then he just waited quietly for Rostotsky's work.

Surkov was a little surprised, why did General Secretary Yanayev easily solve the problem that he did not even solve in person, the head of the Soviet Propaganda Department? With curiosity, he asked Yanayev about this question. Yanayev replied, "Anyone wants their work to be recognized by others, and they are the same, but they want their ideas to be recognized by the mainstream." So when we offer a script that is almost identical to theirs, how can the excitement not be overflowing. ”

"One of the questions I am most curious about is, what is the reason for the general secretary to come out personally? Such trivial matters obviously don't need to bother you. "Surkov did not understand Yanayev's attitude to everything, and it stands to reason that the general secretary should focus on the general direction, and such a trivial matter is not worth his work at all. What's more, among these high-ranking leaders in the history of the Soviet Union, Yanayev is the only one who will focus on these small details that no one pays attention to.

Hearing what Surkov said, Yanayev seriously criticized, "Comrade Surkov, what you said about trivial matters is wrong, and this is not a trivial matter. Let's not forget that serving the people is not a slogan, but a real implementation in the details. Why can't I, as the general secretary of the CPSU, do some small things within my ability? If you are out of touch with the people all the time, you will sooner or later become a corrupt bureaucrat. ”

"Everything for the people is not an empty ideal, it is as simple as implementing it concretely, being loyal to the people and serving the people. If those who are accustomed to class privileges have this consciousness, will our country still decline? (To be continued.) )