sentences:  Upon mentioning this to his friend, author Wang Shuo, the latter suggested that he adapt one of his old novels, "Get a Kick and Die" (sometimes translated as "Live it up before You Die").Reading the book, Zhang agreed, though he moved the story's action forward from the 1980s to present day Beijing.While Zhang had worked with major authors before (notably Yu Hua and Zhu Wen in 1999's "Seventeen Years"), "I Love You" marked the first time Zhang would directly adapt a literary work.