1980 My literary era

In an era when televisions were not yet popular, dramas and movies were the biggest fun for many young people to date and have fun. Relatively speaking, dramas were more high-end, mainly because the ticket prices were expensive.

The ticket price for a movie is more than 10 cents, but the starting price for a drama is only 50 cents, and the location is not good.

"Farewell My Concubine" is the main drama promoted by People's Art this year. It has the blessing of millions of sales of the original novel. It is conservatively estimated that there are at least tens of millions of book fans nationwide. After its premiere, it immediately became a major attraction in the cultural circles of Yanjing City. Phenomenal event.

Speaking of which, the most popular movies in the literary and art circles in 1982 should be regarded as the two movies released at the beginning of the year.

"Shaolin Temple" and "The Wrangler".

Both movies were released in February, and in a short period of time they set off a movie-watching frenzy across the country. With the movie ticket price of more than 10 cents in this era, they both sold hundreds of millions at the box office.

If calculated based on the ticket prices of later generations of movies, the box office would be tens of billions, which is terrifying.

Nowadays, the two movies have been released for nearly half a year, and they are still the most popular movies in movie theaters. At this time, it is normal for a movie to be released for half a year and a year after its release.

If we talk about the first half of 1982, the biggest cultural phenomena in Yanjing were "Shaolin Is" and "The Wrangler".

So in the first few days of the second half of the year, this object is rapidly changing into "Farewell My Concubine".

Moreover, due to the different media of communication, "Farewell My Concubine" can only be enjoyed in theaters, and it is only performed at the Capital Theater. It is the only one, which makes it difficult to get tickets for the drama.

Since the earliest ticket sellers appeared on the opening day, the number of ticket sellers outside the Capital Theater has increased day by day.

Tickets for "Farewell My Concubine" have also risen with the tide. The tickets with the worst seats originally only cost a few cents, but they were sold to a sky-high price of ten yuan by these unscrupulous vendors, not to mention those tickets with the front seats, which easily cost three cents. Starting at fifty bucks.

The most exaggerated thing is that the ticket price has been so high that some people actually buy it.

Lin Weimin was shocked when he heard the news. No matter what time it was, there were indeed many wealthy people in Yanjing City. He was ready to move. How about we get some tickets to sell?

"How is it now? Can't it still be so expensive?"

"We just caught two ticket scalpers yesterday, and the rest ran away in a swarm." Han Zhuangzhuang stuffed his mouth with food, swallowed it down and said: "But the problem is that the ticket sellers ran away, and the tickets were gone! In the past, the tickets were gone! There are ticket sellers, and everyone buys tickets from the ticket sellers. Now that there are no ticket sellers, you can only ask people to inquire. There are fewer tickets, and they are sold more expensively!"

Lin Weimin took a bite of his meal in silence, and he opened the door for him to be so outrageous. It was so outrageous.

The fare is getting more and more expensive!

"Uncle, you don't even know. Now there are spectators who have come to our courtyard to react and demand that "Farewell My Concubine" must be re-performed. Some retired old comrades also joined in the fun and reported the situation directly to the superior department. They said that "Farewell My Concubine" is very problematic and demanded that it be banned."

Lin Weimin sneered, "Are they trying to go backwards?"

"Who says it isn't? But the courtyard is a bit numb now, and there are too many people who want to watch this play. You wouldn't know it if you haven't been to the Capital Theater in the past few days. Every afternoon, the entrance to the theater is surrounded by people. Many people tried to sneak in without tickets, and the police were called several times because of this."

Lin Weimin frowned, "It's not okay to continue like this. We have to find a way to solve it."

"Yes, can't we solve it? So the hospital is currently studying and planning to borrow another theater, gather all the B actors together, and create a performance group."

Lin Weimin nodded when he heard this plan and said, "This is a good idea."

He smiled at Han Zhuangzhuang again and said, "So, you have a chance to play?"

Han Zhuangzhuang laughed naively, "We have waited until today."

"Act well. The role is small, and you need to show your skills."

"Yeah. By the way, uncle, you don't know, right? Yang Lixin was beaten!" Han Zhuangzhuang said with a gossipy face.

"what happened?"

Han Zhuangzhuang recounted what happened the night Yang Lixin was smashed, and Lin Weimin couldn't help but become happy.

"Xiao Yang's role is quite miserable!"

"Hehe, if it were for me, I would be willing to be smashed once a day." Han Zhuangzhuang said enviously.

Yang Lixin is now completely famous, at least in the area of ​​Yanjing City.

Regardless of whether you have watched the drama or not, everyone knows that Yanjing People's Art Theater has produced an actor who plays Cheng Dieyi.

The performance season of "Farewell My Concubine" lasts for half a month, but due to the audience's eager demand to watch the show, Renyi had to extend the performance time to one month.

In order to alleviate the urgent needs of the audience, they rented the venue of Yanjing Youth Palace and announced to the outside world that they would perform at the Youth Palace in the near future.

The two additional measures for the drama "Farewell My Concubine" completely disrupted Renyi's arrangements for the second half of the year, and Renyi was very troubled by this matter.

Fortunately, these two measures they launched, after being widely publicized by the media, finally alleviated the anxious waiting of the audience.

The growing influence of the drama "Farewell My Concubine" is also inseparable from the reports of major media in Yanjing. Not only the print media, but also radio and television stations have been alarmed. Yanjing TV Station and Yanjing People's Broadcasting Station have all reported The drama-watching phenomenon triggered by "Farewell My Concubine" has been reported. Such specifications are rare in this day and age.

It is precisely because of this that the influence of "Farewell My Concubine" is gradually expanding to areas outside Yanjing.

It is no exaggeration to say that the impact of "Farewell My Concubine" during its half-month run was greater than that of "The Intouchables" in more than a year. The influence and effect of the two are incomparable.

The cultural scene created by "Farewell My Concubine" is still happening, and it has also affected Lin Weimin. Recently, he still goes to and from work as scheduled every day, and occasionally gets together with friends.

However, recently there have been more young men and women blocking the door of the Chinese Literature Society hoping to meet Lin Weimin. The performance of the drama "Farewell My Concubine" has brought Lin Weimin, the original author of the novel and dramatist, to the attention of readers and audience friends again.

Many people place their love for the work on the actors, and many people place their love on the original author.

Lin Weimin has been going to work every morning these days as if he were reviewing the troops. He has to say hello to the readers who are standing at the door of the Chinese Literature Society waiting to ask for his autograph or to meet him. He just barely says "Comrades, thank you for your hard work."

These readers and drama fans are all young people, many of whom are high school students and college students. They are the treasures of the country in this era, just like the young people of "Today" who went to the gates of government agencies and colleges and universities to post publications. The security personnel of those units had the same reaction, and the security personnel of the Chinese Literature Society did not dare to drive them away casually.

We can only hope that Lin Weimin will come here early every day and send these people away early.

The performance of "Farewell My Concubine" these days has put unprecedented pressure on the security staff of the Chinese Literature Society, which no one expected.

"Okay, okay! Everyone has worked hard. Don't wait here. I am just an ordinary editor. As you can see, the signatures are coming. Go back and study hard and work hard. Don't delay the business."

With a smile on his face, Lin Weimin persuaded the readers and drama fans who gathered at the entrance of the Chinese Literature Society this morning to leave, and raised his hand to look at the time.

Okay, late again!

When he entered the hospital, he looked upstairs. In front of a window on the front floor, Yan Wenjing was staring at him as he just entered.

Lin Weimin lowered his head with a guilty conscience and hurried into the back building.

Entering the office, Lin Weimin spread out a pile of letters addressed to him from readers on his desk. These readers would not only write letters to him, but also send him things, including those readers who were blocked at the door.

Just like the mothers of popular celebrities in later generations, they always give him something.

Lin Weimin really wanted to pick up their little heads and roar: "I can make more money by writing a book than you can by working for ten years. Please wake up!"

Therefore, Lin Weimin never accepts anything from these readers. If someone gives him something, he will just stuff it back.

Some letters contain information that cannot be discovered in time, so he will send them back after reading them.

After working until the afternoon, the sample issue of the fourth issue of "Contemporary" this year came out, and Shi Tiesheng's "My Distant Qingping Bay" was published in this issue.

Lin Weimin rode his motorcycle to No. 26 Yonghegong Street after get off work, "Tie Sheng! Tie Sheng!"

At this moment, Shi Tiesheng was enjoying the shade in the yard, "I'm here, what are you shouting for?"

"got used to!"

Lin Weimin took out the sample issue of "Contemporary" from his pocket and said, "Let me show you, it was just released this afternoon."

Shi Tiesheng took the "Contemporary" with a happy face, flipped through the catalog to find his novel, and rubbed the paper with his hands.

"It's considered published!"

"It's not like it hasn't been published in "Contemporary"."

Shi Tiesheng shook his head, "It's different. "Qingping Bay" should be regarded as a small breakthrough in my creative journey. It was also published in "Contemporary". Now "Contemporary" has millions of readers across the country. "Qingping Bay" "It's my blessing to be published on it."

Lin Weimin took out a list from his bag again, "Don't worry about the difference for now, let's see if the royalties are right."

Just as Shi Tiesheng was about to take over the payment bill, his sister Shi Lan snatched it away.

"Ninety yuan? Brother, the royalties are a lot this time!" Shi Lan exclaimed happily.

Shi Tiesheng said: "How many more, one book of yours, Brother Lin, is dozens or hundreds of times more than this."

"You can't compare with Brother Lin."

Shi Tiesheng was frustrated by his sister. What do you mean I can't compete with him?

"Shi Lan, you can't be anxious about this kind of thing. When your brother publishes more works in the future and can be published again, his royalties will be more. Then you can eat hotpot mutton every day."

Shi Lan laughed thinking about such days, "It's true that at that time, I also worked to make money, and I'll treat you two to hot-boiled mutton."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "Okay, but you must be prepared to be eaten and cried by us."