1980 My literary era

Zhang Yimou received Mo Yan's script, and Lin Weimin brokered the cooperation between them, which was half successful.

The next step is how Zhang Yimou went to tell the factory leaders. He is still helping the crew of "The Legend of a Female Doctor". No matter what, he will have to wait until he returns to Guangxi Film Studio to get any news.

Lin Weimin couldn't just come up and ask him to contact Wu Tianming and ask Xi Film Studio to invest in the film. He was from Guangxi Film Studio. If he wanted to be a director and make a film, it wouldn't make sense without first applying to the factory.

After leaving Mo Yan and Zhang Yimou to chat about "Red Sorghum" in the room, Lin Weimin went to the next room to chat with Xiao Sheng for a while. When it was almost nine o'clock, he sent Mo Yan back to Junyi and then went home. .

Early the next morning, Lin Weimin ran to the telephone exchange. He had to do a big thing today.

Apply to install a phone.

The phone at Yanjing Hotel cost several hundred yuan, which finally made Lin Weimin think that he should install a phone at home.

Since the second half of 1982, Yanjing City has had a pilot program for private telephone installation.

The very ordinary Nongfengli community opened and used the first small exchange. In the next two years, more than 50 "ordinary" cadre and worker households in Nongfengli community were equipped with telephones. The cost of installing a small switch was not expensive. The phone is only over 200 yuan.

After two years of promotion, Yanjing began to install private telephones. The first person to install private telephones in Yanjing was Zhao Mingcai, a well-known mushroom grower in the suburbs of Beijing. The price for his installation of telephones was not expensive, only 2,000 yuan.

Lin Weimin had always used his work phone before and couldn't remember the phone call.

Yesterday's "telephone assassin" gave Lin Weimin a wake-up call.

In the past two years, Yanjing has been installing switches. With this device, you can make long-distance calls at home. The trouble is still the same. The advantage is that making local calls only costs 20 yuan per month.

Long-distance and international long-distance charges are charged separately. They are not cheap either, but they are convenient after all, right?

After going to the telephone office and filling out an application form, Lin Weimin asked the salesperson for another order.

"What do you want two bills for?"

"I'll install two."

The salesperson glanced at Lin Weimin unexpectedly, and then handed over the form. After filling out the two forms and paying four thousand yuan, the salesperson wrote down two phone numbers on the receipt issued to him.

The salesperson told Lin Weimin to wait at home tomorrow, and the telephone office staff would go to the home to inspect first tomorrow. If conditions permit, the installation would be completed on the same day.

After returning to the Chinese Literature Society for a day's work, he greeted Tan Chaoyang in the evening and said he would take leave tomorrow.

"What's up?"

"Put a phone at home."

Tan Chaoyang joked: "Okay, have you installed a phone? How much did it cost?"

"2,000 yuan."

Qin Chaoyang frowned and asked, "Isn't it that expensive?"

Although Qin Chaoyang's home does not have a telephone installed, he also knows the price for cadres to install a telephone.

"I'm an ordinary person with a flat head. Isn't this the price for installing a phone?" Lin Weimin joked.

In order to install telephones in recent years, many comrades have taken advantage of their positions to report to the telephone company and apply for telephone installation, and the telephone company will usually give them face.

Tan Chaoyang smiled and shook his head. With Lin Weimin's conditions, he would definitely disdain to take advantage of this, but Tan Chaoyang felt that this was even more noble.

"Don't always talk nonsense." He warned.

Lin Weimin knew that what he said was offensive, understood Tan Chaoyang's good intentions, and nodded with a smile.

The next day, Lin Weimin was waiting at home.

Due to price constraints, Yanjing Telephone Bureau's private telephone installation business is not large.

The staff came to the door quickly and after a day of hard work, they finally installed telephones in both Shichahai Courtyard and Tuanjiehu Apartment.

That night, when Tao Huimin came back from the set, she excitedly dialed the public phone at home. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the phone rang again.

Tao Huimin answered the phone, and Mother Tao's worried voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Huimin, why did you call home just after you went to Yanjing? Did something happen?"

"It's nothing. I just missed you guys. I called to ask what you and my dad were doing."

"Damn girl! Do you know how expensive the phone is? Why should you call me if you have nothing to do? Hang up!"

Mother Tao cursed a few words and hung up the phone.

Tao Huimin also put down the phone happily.

“It’s so convenient to have a phone!”

The weekend after the Lantern Festival is already March in the Gregorian calendar, and the winter in Yanjing is slowly leaving.

Maybe it's because the New Year has just passed, everything looks new and full of joy.

With new taxis, new buildings, clean streets, bright clothes, and all kinds of billboards, the ancient and staid imperial capital is rejuvenating.

On the rare weekend, Tao Huimin had to film a movie, and Lin Weimin also had to go to Renyi to watch a movie in the afternoon. He only had free time in the morning, so he drove around in the streets of Yanjing.

There are more and more tower cranes on both sides of the street, including apartments, hotels, office buildings, overpasses... Yanjing is gradually turning into a large construction site.

Lin Weimin curiously counted while driving, and there were as many as sixty tower cranes passing by. Yanjing like this is increasingly looking like the infrastructure maniac of later generations.

After wandering the streets for a while, I became a little bored, so the car stopped at the entrance of the alley at No. 26 Yonghegong Street.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

Lin Weimin called out Shi Tiesheng's name before he entered the hospital. Instead of calling out Shi Tiesheng, he called out Shi's father.

"We have guests at home!"

"Then I'll come back another day?" Lin Weimin said politely, but had no intention of stopping.

After entering the door, Shi Tiesheng joked: "I heard you saying goodbye in the room, why did you come in again?"

"I'm not afraid that you won't be able to receive guests due to lack of energy, so I'll say hello to you!"

As Lin Weimin spoke, he looked at a middle-aged man and woman in the room, who looked like a couple.

Shi Tiesheng introduced: "This is Liu Qingbang, and this is her wife Yao Weiping."

"Hello you two!"

Lin Weimin shook hands with Liu Liuqingbang and his wife politely and said hello.

After the greetings, Shi Tiesheng talked about the purpose of Liu Qingbang and his wife. They actually gave Huang Anyi a sweater.

"to whom?"

"Give it to me!"

Lin Weimin was unhappy, "Why did I just give it to you?"

"Who else should I give it to?" Shi Tiesheng had a vague smile on his face.

Lin Weimin muttered, "This is so uninteresting for An Yi. After all, we are old classmates. Why are we only thinking about you and not me?"

Previously, Liu Qingbang wrote a novel at the invitation of Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. Because he was afraid that the novel manuscript would be lost in the mail, he asked his wife Yao Weiping to send the manuscript to Shanghai.

Huang Anyi had known Liu Qingbang before. Through Yao Yuming, the editor of "Shanghai Literature", she knew that his wife Yao Weiping had come to Shanghai, so she asked Yao Weiping to live in her house.

"An Yi said that everyone was not rich and would save every penny they could, so Wei Ping settled in their house. She was knitting sweaters at the time, and Wei Ping also loved knitting sweaters.

As soon as the two started chatting, An Yi said that the sweater was knitted for Tiesheng. She said that when she and Tie Sheng went to Xiangjiang for a visit last year, they saw that the camel-colored jersey sweater Tie Sheng was wearing was very old, and it looked small and thin when it was hooped around him..."

When Liu Qingbang said this, Lin Weimin looked at Shi Tiesheng, who happened to be wearing the same camel sweater today.

In my impression, Shi Tiesheng seemed to be changing out just one or two sweaters all the time. He really didn't pay attention before.

Lin Weimin couldn't help but sigh, women are still attentive.

He touched the sweater Liu Qingbang brought. The dark green sweater was made of pure wool and was beautifully knitted.

"An Yi's craftsmanship is pretty good!"

Yao Weiping said: "An Yi has been knitting for almost a winter. She knits slowly. She also said that it is a bit late to deliver it now."

Shi Tiesheng joked: "Why is it late? It's not late at all. She's giving me timely help! How can a writer as big as her knit a sweater for me? How can I afford it! I don't think I can wear this sweater. I should Then embroider the words "Huang Anyi Weaving" on the sweater and send it to the museum."

His tone was relaxed, but his eyes were filled with emotion and excitement. He was always accustomed to concealing his inner turmoil under his calm appearance, expressing his gratitude in a joking tone and humor.

Lin Weimin joked again: "Comrade Ximi won't be jealous if An Yi knits a sweater for you, right?"

Being ridiculed by Lin Weimin in front of a stranger, Shi Tiesheng blushed and retorted: "Comrade Ximi is different from you. He will not find fault with others when he fails to do what he has done."

"You're just taking advantage and acting like a good boy. I'm going to write a letter to An Yi to condemn her later!"

The two bickered for a while, and then chatted with Liu Qingbang and his wife. They couldn't ignore the guests.

Liu Qingbang is currently engaged in editing and journalism in the Ministry of Coal. He writes novels in his spare time and has published many works, but his reputation is not obvious.

Talking about his work in the Coal Ministry, Lin Weimin naturally talked about Lu Yao, who is currently nesting in the Chenjiagou Coal Mine and writing the second part of "The Ordinary World".

The first part of "The Ordinary World" was published in the first issue of "Contemporary" this year. Although it received a bad reputation among critics, the sales of the first issue of "Contemporary" have been getting better and better in the past two months. Not affected by the critics at all.

It can also be seen from the feedback from readers' letters that the reputation of this novel among readers is gradually improving.

"I have been working in the Ministry of Coal since 1978, and have been exposed to a lot of news and deeds published in the newspapers. There are some things in "The Ordinary World" written by Lu Yao that I don't agree with, but the flaws cannot be concealed. This novel is indeed very good."

When Liu Qingbang talked about "The Ordinary World", his comments were impartial and affirmative.

Shi Tiesheng asked Lin Weimin, "Lu Yao is busy writing the second part of "The Ordinary World", why haven't you made any news about your next novel?"

"Even the donkeys in the production team have to take a break after a day's work! How long ago did I finish writing my last novel?"

Shi Tiesheng joked: "Who told you to be as productive as a sow?"

Several people couldn't help laughing.

After the joke, Lin Weimin said seriously: "I may not be able to spare time in the first half of the year."

"Why?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

"I'm currently helping Renyi watch a play, which is an adaptation of my "Ming Dynasty 1566". After finishing this play, I plan to go to the United States."

"Going to the United States? What organization invited you?" Shi Tiesheng asked.

In recent years, many domestic writers have been invited to go abroad, almost always sponsored by some non-profit organizations.

"It's not an organization, it's Arthur Miller. Didn't he bring my "The Intouchables" to the United States? It has been performed in the United States for more than a year now, and the results are good. He wants to continue to introduce my works and invite me past."

Shi Tiesheng asked: "How long will it take?"

"I haven't decided yet. I'll make a decision after I finish all the things at hand. I'm sure I won't be away for too long. I still have work to do."

After Lin Weimin finished speaking, Shi Tiesheng and Liu Qingbang both had a look of envy on their faces.

In recent years, due to propaganda reasons, ordinary people, cultural circles, and government departments have a very favorable impression of the United States. Many media have come close to portraying the United States as a paradise on earth.

Liu Qingbang and his wife were even more shocked when they heard Lin Weimin accidentally talked about the box office share.

In the past two years, Lin Weimin's earning of foreign manuscript fees is nothing new in Yanjing City.

But actually hearing it admitted by myself is completely different from hearing it through hearsay.

The impact is too strong, they need to slow down!