1980 My literary era

Of course I don't blame Jiang Wen for being like this. If he does, he has to blame his mother.

While several people were talking, the door rang again.

Tao Huimin went to open the door, and it was Han Zhuangzhuang and his wife who came.

"Why are you two here?" Lin Weimin asked.

"Come here and ask you something."

Han Zhuangzhuang responded absently, but his eyes were fixed on Jiang Wen.

This feeling is so familiar!

"This is my nephew and his wife."

"This is Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen."

Lin Weimin introduced both parties, and after a few pleasantries, Liu Xiaoqing was about to leave.

Han Zhuangzhuang asked anxiously: "Uncle, that movie directed by Bertolucci..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Weimin interrupted him angrily, "What does it have to do with you?"

Han Zhuangzhuang knew as soon as he saw his expression that this matter was definitely not going to happen, but he still refused to give up and said, "I'll just ask."

"You don't have to ask. The protagonist won't be your turn. If a supporting role suits you in the future, I'll find you naturally."

Han Zhuangzhuang was a little disappointed, "Oh!"

"Is this why you came here?"

"No way!" When he mentioned this, Han Zhuangzhuang became energetic again and said with excitement: "Ge Li is pregnant!"

Lin Weimin was a little surprised when he heard the news. Pregnant?

He looked at Dayang Niu and then at Han Zhuangzhuang.

Am I going to be upgraded to a grandpa?

Teacher Lin's heart suddenly became filled with vicissitudes of life. Time makes people grow old!

"How long?" Lin Weimin asked.

"It's been almost two months," Yin Geli said.

Seeing that several people were chatting about home affairs, Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen stood up and said goodbye, "Teacher Lin, I really bothered you today, so we'll leave first."

"Okay!" Lin Weimin stood up and walked the two of them to the door.

Just as he was about to leave, Lin Weimin looked at Jiang Wen and suddenly said, "Xiao Jiang is quite talented. Do you want to consider becoming a director in the future?"

Jiang Wen was stunned for a moment when he heard this. His first reaction was to think of the student version of "Farewell My Concubine" that he worked on in school.

Teacher Lin must have appreciated my talent. After a miserable night, Jiang Wen finally started shaking.

"Don't tell me, I really have this plan!"

Jiang Wen had no plan, and he just climbed along the pole. This was his specialty.

Teacher Lin took the initiative to mention it today. With Teacher Lin’s words, if I really want to change my career and become a director and encounter any difficulties in the future, wouldn’t it be natural for me to ask Teacher Lin for help?

Lin Weimin smiled and nodded, "That's good. It's good for young people to have ideas!"

After encouraging Jiang Wen, Lin Weimin sent the two of them out of the door.

Coming out of Lin Weimin's house, the north wind was howling outside.

Jiang Wen glanced at the crown parked downstairs, with a hint of envy flashing in his eyes.

Then he got on the bicycle, and Liu Xiaoqing naturally sat on his back seat.

The two of them chatted as they rode the bicycle all the way west.

"I used to think that Teacher Lin was difficult to get in touch with, but I didn't expect that he is quite easy to talk to today." Liu Xiaoqing said.

Jiang Wen thought about the several times he had contact with Lin Weimin, "Teacher Lin is really easy to talk to."

Liu Xiaoqing thought about that encounter at Maxim again, "I see, he is still separated."

"What's the meaning?"

"What do you think is the difference between you and Song Huaigui?" Liu Xiaoqing asked.

Jiang Wen pondered, "Man and woman?"

Liu Xiaoqing slapped his back, and Jiang Wen said helplessly: "What's the reason?"

Liu Xiaoqing said: "You two, one relies on the kindness and sophistication of the reception, and the other relies on your own talents."

Jiang Wen thought for a while, and it seemed to make sense.

"Teacher Lin is still a noble scholar at heart and doesn't like the smell of businessmen." Liu Xiaoqing concluded.

"Hey, what did Teacher Lin say to you just now?" Liu Xiaoqing asked Jiang Wen again.

With a bit of pride, Jiang Wenlue talked about his work on "Farewell My Concubine" at school.

"So, Teacher Lin quite appreciates you?"

"That's right!" Jiang Wen said with a bit of pride.

Liu Xiaoqing hugged his waist with a smile on her face. She fell in love with Jiang Wen. In addition to his masculine appearance, another reason why she fell in love with Jiang Wen was his talent.

Now it seems that even Teacher Lin admires him, and I was really right.

Why did Lin Weimin tell Jiang Wen about becoming a director?

Because there is a conflict between his acting career and that of his eldest nephew. If this kid is not a director, Zhuangzhuang has no way out!

Besides, he has some talent as an actor, but his strength lies in his personality. In fact, his acting skills are not top-notch, and he looks like himself in everyone he plays.

There is absolutely no future as a director!

Teacher Lin is such a talented person!

After seeing off Liu and Jiang, Lin Weimin chatted with Han Zhuangzhuang and his wife for a while.

When leaving, Han Zhuangzhuang said nonchalantly: "Ge Li, please pull up your clothes. Don't freeze while riding a motorcycle in this cold weather!"

After Han Zhuangzhuang finished speaking, he showed a flattering smile to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin had to think more, this kid was becoming more and more evil.

Send the two of them downstairs and watch Han Zhuangzhuang leave with Yin Geli on a motorcycle.

He looked at the crown on the side again, as if he really needed to change his car.

In the past two years, there have been more and more taxis on Yanjing Street, and they all have crowns.

As soon as his car drives out, it always feels like it is picking up a passenger.

This time when changing cars, Lin Weimin didn't look for Xie Jing. Hainan had been hit hard in the past two years, so he planned to take a regular route.

Lin Weimin went to an automobile trading company and ordered a Mercedes-Benz W126, which is commonly known as the sixth-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan.

The Mercedes-Benz W126 was born in 1979. According to the past practice of Mercedes-Benz, the S-Class sedan is basically iterated every ten years. However, the sixth-generation S-Class born in 1979 was not replaced by the Mercedes-Benz W140 until 12 years later in 1991. , which shows how classic this car is.

The current cars of the auto trading company are basically mud cars. There are only a few German cars, let alone luxury models like the Mercedes-Benz S. It will take at least two months to purchase them.

Previously, because the private car policy had not been completely relaxed, Lin Weimin's crown was hung under the foundation.

After two years, the country has basically liberalized private car purchases. There are more and more private cars on the streets of Yanjing, and Lin Weimin has no worries when buying a car.

For a Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan, the auto trading company quoted RMB 1.2 million, and there were still procedures to go through.

Lin Weimin bargained, saying that he could pay for the foreign exchange, thus eliminating a lot of formalities.

Nowadays, it is almost impossible for individual users to directly pay foreign exchange when purchasing a car in China.

Even if some people have foreign exchange in their hands, they dare not use it so blatantly because the channels are more or less formal.

But Lin Weimin is not afraid. All his foreign exchange has been registered with the Bank of China.

In the end, after some haggling, the price of the car came to 260,000 yuan.

Automobile trading companies are very powerful these days, so you have to pay the full price first and then wait for the car.

Lin Weimin could only take people to the Bank of China first. When the bank heard that Lin Weimin wanted to use foreign exchange, it would cost 260,000 yuan, and he had to seek special approval from the president.

"Zhou Xing, your bank needs to be more flexible! I have so much foreign exchange in my account, what's the point of getting a quota of 200,000 meters a year?" Lin Weimin complained.

Zhou Xing was helpless and nodded: "I'll help you raise the limit later!"

Because the yen is anchored to a positive value, the amount of foreign exchange in Lin Weimin's current account has grown crazily during this period.

From the time Lin Weimin came back in June to now in November, the yen in his bank account has appreciated by nearly 50%, including the income from overseas royalties and box office shares during this period.

The amount of funds in Lin Weimin's bank foreign exchange account has exceeded 7.5 million converted into rice knives.

With so much money in the account, it is really unreasonable to let people touch it just a little bit every year.

After the car is done, there will be a long wait, let alone two months.

A few days later, Yang Meng, who was far away in Xiangjiang, called Lin Weimin again and said that a French publishing company had contacted their company and asked Yang Meng if he could contact the author of the original novel of the movie "Lover".

Since "Lover" participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May this year and won two awards, the film has been exported to more than 30 countries around the world, making Yang Meng and her Jade Bird Company a lot of money.

"Lover" was released in local French theaters in late May. It received very good reviews from both audience and film critics.

The film itself has many French elements, with French actors participating, and the tone and style of the story are in line with French values ​​and appreciation.

So not only is it excellent in terms of reputation, but it also reflects even better at the box office.

In the 1980s, Hollywood had not yet conquered cities all over the world, especially in Europe, where economic strength and cultural strength were side by side, the film industry was flourishing, and literary and artistic films could also achieve good box office results.

In France alone, "Lover" received more than 2 million box office viewers.

Before 2000, France calculated box office based on the number of moviegoers.

"Lover" has the three elements of being a foreign, low-budget, and literary film, so it is not easy to achieve such box office results.

However, such box office results have nothing to do with Yang Meng and Lin Weimin. The film's distribution rights in France had already been sold to a French film distribution company when they participated in the film festival, and it was a one-time deal.

In the title of the movie, the words "Adapted from Lin Weimin's novel "Lover"" must be translated according to the contract no matter which country holds the copyright.

Some time ago, "The Lover" was completely screened in French theaters.

Literary movies with millions of moviegoers are very influential. The characteristics of the audience of literary movies are die-hard fans. While these people like movies, most people also like literature.

A publishing house noticed this film adapted from the novel of the same name and approached the production company Bluebird.

"So they want to publish the novel?"

"Yes. I just gave them your contact information and address. I estimate that someone will contact you in two days. Please pay attention."

"Okay, thank you very much, Ms. Yang."

Two or three days after Yang Meng's call, Lin Weimin first received a call from France, and a few days later, he met someone from Gallimard Publishing House, which was going to publish "Lover" this time.