1980 My literary era

Colleagues gathered to discuss Lu Yao and "Life".

Lu Yao can be said to be a writer cultivated by "Contemporary". His works are currently becoming popular, and everyone is happy for him, and even more happy that "Contemporary" can cultivate such a writer.

Rong Shihui sighed: "It's not in vain that he traveled all the way to Shaanxi to serve the people. Lu Yao is really up to date this time."

Everyone looked at Lin Weimin with a bit of envy. The writers under him had achieved results, and the editor-in-chief also had a bright face!

Lin Weimin smiled and chatted with everyone, and Xie Mingqing walked into the office.

"The Wind" has been confirmed to be published in the November issue of "People's Literature", and he came over to deliver the manuscript payment slip to Lin Weimin.

"The Wind" is a novel with a total text of 203,000 words. "People's Literature" still paid the maximum standard of twelve yuan per thousand words. Now Lin Weimin received more than two thousand yuan, which made his colleagues ridicule and envious.

After Xie Mingqing left, everyone got into working mode.

Lin Weimin continued to review the manuscripts piled on his desk, and Yu Huaxin sent him two manuscripts, both short stories.

After reading carefully for a long time, this guy has made a lot of progress, but the two works still feel a bit lacking.

Lin Weimin wrote down his review comments in detail, and then wrote a letter to Yu Hua.

These days, there are so many literary lovers, and the editorial department receives a huge amount of submission letters every day. If you have to reply or give detailed opinions on every submission, the editors will be exhausted.

Therefore, most editorial offices will attach a pre-printed rejection letter with a uniform format. Yu Hua's treatment is obviously much higher than that of those who submit letters.

After a busy day, Lin Weimin got off work early. He first went to the post office to collect his royalties, and then deposited the money.

Before we know it, our savings have exceeded 20,000 yuan. We are going to look at the house tomorrow!

Before, Lin Weimin told colleagues and friends around him that he wanted to buy a house, and everyone paid attention to him.

However, Lin Weimin's requirements are not low. Although there have been many houses for sale in Yanjing in the past two years, there are not many quadrangle houses with independent houses and excellent geographical locations that are free of disputes. Yanjing is the capital after all, so there are no worries about really good houses. selling.

Everyone asked around, and it was Li Guangfu, an old Yanjing man, who found him a yard with similar conditions.

After get off work the next day, Li Guangfu met Lin Weimin at the entrance of the Chinese Literature Society on his bicycle and led him to ride towards the Forbidden City.

When they arrived near the Forbidden City, they turned around and rode onto Beichizi Street. After walking for less than a minute, they entered an alley.

The alley is very short, with a T shape at the end, and the courtyard is at the head of the alley.

Li Guangfu and Lin Weimin came to the gate of the courtyard. Li Guangfu introduced: "This courtyard is next to the Forbidden City. You look across the courtyard. It was Chen Zhongfu's old residence and is now the editorial department of "New Youth" magazine. Just now. There is a courtyard further down the street. Have you heard of Yuan Lizhun? The inscription on the 'Xinhua Gate' was written by him, and his courtyard is in front..."

Before entering the courtyard, Li Guangfu gave Lin Weimin a detailed introduction to the surrounding environment, focusing on the former residence of a celebrity.

To introduce the courtyard to a great writer like Mr. Lin, mentioning the location and supporting facilities is just a cliché. It requires some culture.

After introducing the surrounding environment, Li Guangfu rang the door knocker of the Xunmen of the courtyard.

"Hello, Teacher Zong!" The person who opened the door was an old man who looked to be in his sixties.

Li Guangfu just introduced that this person, whose surname is Zong, is a teacher at Yanjing Institute of Technology.

After nodding and saying hello, Teacher Zong acted a little dull and seemed to be a person who was not good at talking.

After entering the door, Lin Weimin and the two found that there were many people living in his home.

The courtyard has two entrances. Compared with the small courtyard with one entrance at home, this quadrangle with two entrances is much more elegant.

If we make an analogy, the second-level courtyard is basically formed by expanding vertically on the first-level courtyard.

Usually, a barrier wall is added between the south gables of the east and west wings to separate the inside and outside of the courtyard, and the inverted room is separated from the outer courtyard, thus forming a second courtyard. There is a second door in the middle of the partition wall, and the second door is a wall-mounted door.

In the courtyard of Mr. Zong’s house, a hanging flower door was built along with the wall door. Old BJ people like to call a house with a hanging flower door a “zhai gate”. In the traditional society of the past, the door behind the second door was the so-called “inner house” where no one could enter without invitation.

Teacher Zong's home seems to have a large population. After living there all year round, there are many minor flaws in the details, but overall it is well maintained.

After looking at the house, Teacher Zong invited Lin Weimin and Li Guangfu into the main room for tea.

Several people were sitting in the room, and the children of Teacher Zong's family would lie on the glass of the window and look into the room.

Teacher Zong stood up and drove the children away, turned around and apologized to Lin Weimin and the others: "Children are not sensible."

When I was looking at the house just now, Teacher Zong introduced that this house does not belong to him alone, but all three brothers in his family share it. He is over sixty this year and is the eldest in his family. His two brothers are not much younger than him and both have grandchildren. Teacher Zong’s eldest grandson has now reached the point of discussing marriage.

The reason for selling the house this time is entirely because there are too many people in the family. When I was young, my family had a small population, and the relationship between the brothers was relatively harmonious. There was nothing wrong with living in the same courtyard.

But now, as the number of people in the family increases, the housing conditions become tense. With so many people living together, it is inevitable that they will encounter difficulties. The contradictions have accumulated over time and have reached the point where it is difficult to reconcile.

Teacher Zong is an old-school person, and from the bottom of his heart he doesn't want to separate the family, but now his children and grandchildren are making a lot of noise, and even his two brothers are very dissatisfied, and he can't bear it anymore.

Lin Weimin came to see the house today. Everyone in his family was a little excited, and many people didn't even go to work.

On the one hand, it was because I heard that the person who came to see the house was a great writer. On the other hand, I also hoped that the house would be sold quickly.

The younger generation is still using the money from selling the house to buy a building. That house is much more comfortable and more respectable than this old shabby courtyard house.

Teacher Zong was old-fashioned and dull. Even with the help of Li Guangfu as a middleman, he still offered a fixed price of 12,000 yuan and refused to let go no matter how hard Li Guangfu spoke.

Li Guangfu was also anxious, "Oh, my teacher Zong, no one can do business like you. They ask for high prices and pay back the money. Why don't you let me go?"

Teacher Zong spoke categorically, "I'm not asking for a high price. I've asked about it. The asking price is a bit expensive. But our yard is neat and the main beams are made of nanmu. You won't suffer any loss if you buy it."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "Teacher Zong, that's not what you said. I'm here to buy a house, not wood."

"That's right, Teacher Zong, please show your sincerity and make some concessions."

Li Guangfu also echoed from the side. The two exchanged a few words back and forth, and Teacher Zong finally came to his mind.

"Can you really buy it?"

Li Guangfu looked at Lin Weimin and nodded, "As long as the price is right, we can make a decision today."

"Then I'll discuss it."

Teacher Zong walked out of the main room and called his family together to discuss.

Li Guangfu whispered to Lin Weimin: "I think the price of killing Teacher Zong is probably based on the head of his family."

"Is there still such a calculation?"

When Li Guangfu introduced the house to Lin Weimin, he made sure to understand the seller's situation in advance. "How about he be a rigid person? But he is also kind. The price is a little too expensive. Let's cut it for him." .”

The two waited in the room for almost half an hour before Teacher Zong came back and gave him a quote of eleven thousand yuan.

Lin Weimin was a little surprised. He looked at Li Guangfu and saw him nodding, knowing that the price should be about the same.

"Teacher Zong is so refreshing!" Lin Weimin stood up and shook hands with Teacher Zong to settle the matter.

Under the witness of Li Guangfu, Lin Weimin first paid a deposit of 500 yuan to Teacher Zong's family, received the receipt, and agreed to go through the formalities in two days.

Before leaving, Lin Weimin saw Li Guangfu chatting with Teacher Zong for a while. After the two of them left the yard, Li Guangfu told Lin Weimin the reason.

The reason why Teacher Zong was out for so long was to unify the opinions of his family.

But when there are more people in the family, people are not unified. Everyone has their own ideas. Some people agree to lower the price and sell it cheaper, while some are greedy and don't want to lower the price. The worst is to wait.

In the end, Teacher Zong discussed with the two brothers and lowered the price. The three elders suffered some losses and absorbed this part of the price concession themselves.

Li Guangfu shook his head and sighed: "I used to think that Teacher Zong's family was honest and kind, but now I see that the more people there are, the more chaotic things will be, and there will be too many thoughts."

"Every family has its cupboard!"

"yes!"

A few days later, after the house procedures were completed, Lin Weimin's wallet suddenly shrank a lot.

Lin Weimin gave Teacher Zong's family a few more days. Their family had a large population and it would take several days to move.

After finally waiting for their house to be vacated, Lin Weimin brought Han Zhuangzhuang over to clean up the house and yard.

Han Zhuangzhuang looked at the huge second person entering the courtyard, his stupid and young face full of shock.

"Uncle, did you buy this house?"

"Um."

Lin Weimin was very satisfied when he saw his eldest nephew's expression. The young man was very supportive!

Han Zhuangzhuang stood there in shock for a long time. After Lin Weimin walked into the house, he followed him, "Uncle, you are really rich!"

"When you become famous and famous in the future, this won't be a big deal."

Han Zhuangzhuang felt very unsure and muttered: "Wait for me to become famous and famous? Then I might as well wait to provide for you until you die!"

After he finished speaking, he glanced guiltily, but luckily his uncle didn't hear him.

"Bang!"

The broom, dustpan, and rag were thrown at Han Zhuangzhuang's feet, "Go to work!"

It's not that Lin Weimin didn't hear it, he just simply felt that mental attacks had no effect on Han Zhuangzhuang, a tough guy, and he still had to inflict some physical damage on him.

Sure enough, within half an hour, Han Zhuangzhuang began to scream tiredly.

"I can't do it anymore. Uncle, I can't do it anymore."

"I only know how to eat every day, and I just dawdle when I ask you to do some work. How long have you been working?"

"When will we have a woman in our family?" Han Zhuangzhuang sighed. He glanced at Lin Weimin and said, "Uncle, please find me an aunt as soon as possible."

Lin Weimin squinted at Han Zhuangzhuang, "Then why don't you find me a nephew-in-law?"

"If I can find it, why don't you tell me?" Han Zhuangzhuang muttered.

While working and bickering, the uncle and nephew worked for more than half a day, and only half of the cleaning work in the courtyard was completed.

Lin Weimin began to feel a little regretful. This house was more or less too big!

"Uncle, why don't we come back tomorrow?" Han Zhuangzhuang suggested in a low voice.

Lin Weimin nodded, this was a good idea, "Okay, come over tomorrow and continue the work."

"how about you?"

"I'm so busy all day, how can I have time to do all this work with you?"

Han Zhuangzhuang looked at Lin Weimin's handsome back, his face full of grief and anger, "Is this your fucking house or mine?"

When he went to work the next day, Lin Weimin was sore all over and sighed.

Yao Shuzhi asked him, "What's wrong with you?"

"Don't mention it, I'm tired of cleaning the house."

"How tiring it is to clean up the house? You are too weak for your body type."

Liu Yin smiled and said: "Xiao Yao, don't you know something? The house they tidied up is not the same as your house. It has a big yard with two entrances!"

She said to Lin Weimin: "I said Weimin, you are showing off naked!"

Yao Shuzhi glared at Lin Weimin, "Slut!"

Lin Weimin cried out: "You are a bit unfair. Didn't you ask?"

Joking with his colleagues, Meng Weizai walked in and said, "For the people, come on."

Lin Weimin got up and left the office, and saw Teacher Jinshan standing in the corridor.

"Hello, Teacher Jin!" Lin Weimin greeted Jinshan.

Jin Shan responded with a kind face. After entering Meng Weizai's office, he said: "I went to Qindao a few days ago and I have already made an agreement with the TV station that the TV series "Cliff" will be produced by us. It is jointly produced by the Radio, Television and Television Arts Committee and Qindao TV Station."

"That's great!" Lin Weimin said happily.

Jinshan continued: "I am here to bring you something."

He said, taking out a manuscript fee slip from his bag, "Your script has been received by Qindao TV Station. They are very satisfied with it. I have also read the manuscript. It is indeed well written and requires almost no changes. This is the royalties for this time.”

This era is different from later generations. Remuneration for film and television works of novels is generally not high, and they are all given in the name of royalties.

This time "Cliff" was adapted into a TV series. Firstly, Lin Weimin's original novel was used, and secondly, the adaptation was completed by him himself. Therefore, the royalties from Qindao TV Station were quite considerable, totaling 2,200 yuan.

It seems that there is still a future for writing novels these days!

Lin Weimin thought so and accepted the royalties.

He chatted with Jinshan about the progress of "Cliff" again.

Now Qindao TV station is preparing the crew, and Ren Hao has already gone to Harbin, the capital of Longjiang Province, to see the scene, where the story of "Cliff" takes place.

"It's September now, and the crew will need at least more than a month to prepare, just for the actors. The story of "Cliff" takes place in winter, and when we arrive in Harbin, the time is just right."

Lin Weimin said in surprise: "Teacher Jin, are you coming over too?"

Jinshan smiled and said: "I just went to see it in the early stage. Teacher Lin, if you have time, you can also go and see it!"

"I will definitely go if I have the chance." Lin Weimin promised with a smile.

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