1980 My literary era

Facing Lin Dan's thanks, Lin Weimin was a little embarrassed, because after all, Lu Yao's manuscript was written for "Contemporary".

Lin Weimin knew that Lu Yao later died in the 1990s, but he didn't know much about the inside story.

This time, I also learned from Lao Guo's lesson and took early precautions. Unexpectedly, I actually found out.

It is definitely a good thing to detect the disease early. As long as it is treated properly, Lu Yao can naturally avoid the fate of future generations.

"You have to listen carefully to my sister-in-law. Put the manuscript aside beforehand. Don't worry. We'll talk about it after you recover." Lin Weimin left after a few words.

Two more days passed, catching up with the weekend.

Colleagues in the editorial department mobilized collectively. Everyone had heard about Lu Yao's condition. Now that he was recuperating in Yanjing, they naturally wanted to come and see him.

A large group of people came over to visit the patient, carrying their belongings. Lu Yao and his wife quickly and enthusiastically let everyone into the room.

The yard provided by Lin Weimin for Lu Yao's family was very spacious. After a few chats, they all said that it was very comfortable to live here. The family of three would also go for a walk by the Beihai in the evening.

In the past two days, under Lin Dan's hard work, Lu Yao's work and rest have returned to normal and he has stopped smoking.

Lin Dan was full of complaints when he talked about this topic, and she often got angry with Lu Yao because of it.

"Even when it comes to writing, he still refuses to listen to me. Now I let him sit for two hours every day. If he sits for a long time, I will remove the chair."

There's nothing wrong with working two hours a day.

"This time you have to listen to your loved one. It is a great good thing for you to discover this disease in time. You must eradicate this disease completely at once, so that you can better devote yourself to creation in the future." Chaoyang Yinyin warned.

He was Lu Yao's boss, and Lu Yao treated him very respectfully, nodding his head.

Everyone stayed with Lu Yao for about an hour before saying goodbye and leaving. Lu Yao and his wife planned to stay with everyone for lunch.

But Lu Yao is currently recuperating from illness, and everyone understands that he is not staying.

After visiting Lu Yao, Lin Weimin came to Renyi in the afternoon.

Recently, "The Intouchables" is in intensive re-arrangement and is scheduled to be performed in August. In addition, "The Horse Trapper" is scheduled to be performed in October.

The public's voice was so loud that it completely disrupted Renyi's performance plan for this year. However, there was nothing that could be done about it. The people's voice was still powerful these days.

In the revival of "The Intouchables", the cast has changed. Li Guangfu, who plays Lin Xiaoding, is now busy working as a contractor. He has been furloughed from the People's Art Office and has become a trend-setting person.

So every time I talked about this matter, I felt very resentful towards Lin Weimin.

He was a good actor, but he deceived him into becoming a contractor.

It has disgraced Renyi’s face!

After watching the rehearsal results of "The Intouchables", I called Lin Weimin over and told him something.

Recently, Renyi received an invitation from the Xiangjiang Repertory Theater, hoping that Renyi can come to Hong Kong to perform "The Ming Dynasty 1566: Jiajing and Hai Rui".

This time Renyi was invited to perform in Hong Kong, it is inseparable from the popularity of the novel "Ming Dynasty 1566" in Hong Kong.

The novel was launched in Xiangjiang some time ago, immediately arousing public attention and rush to buy it. .

In just one month, 200,000 copies of "The Ming Dynasty 1566" were sold out.

Sanlian Bookstore had to contact Lin Weimin again and urgently printed an additional 200,000 copies before it could barely cope with the public's enthusiasm.

The 1980s was the golden age of Hong Kong's development. Every young person wanted to be Li Ka-shing's second best. This trend is very realistic and represents the style of Hong Kong.

These ordinary people are curious about the magic power of "Ming Dynasty 1566", which is so popular among the merchant class in Hong Kong.

Coupled with the news that Lin Weimin's works have won multiple Tony Awards some time ago, people in Hong Kong regard him as a big shot, a writer from the mainland who has won many awards overseas and is well-known overseas, and are even more interested in his works.

It was against this background that Renyi received an invitation from the Xiangjiang Repertory Theater.

This drama troupe, founded in 1977, was invited to perform the famous British drama "No Child's Play" in 1985, and was invited again to perform Du Guowei's "On Earth" in Yangcheng this year. It has close ties with China.

"This is a good thing!" Lin Weimin said happily.

So Zhi nodded, "Of course it's a good thing. The number of places for the Xiangjiang performance is limited, so I reserved two for you and Huimin."

"No need. Huimin has to make a movie and can't leave. I also have work, so just let the people in your hospital go."

Lin Weimin declined Su Zhi's kindness.

Going abroad is a rare thing these days. If any unit has such an opportunity, everyone is rushing to get it.

So of course he knew that Lin Weimin could go abroad at any time if he wanted to, but whether they would go or not was their problem, and whether he invited him or not was a matter of attitude.

Seeing Lin Weimin's clear refusal, he stopped trying to persuade him and started talking about another matter.

"Your Huimin graduated this year, right? Did you tell me what unit she was assigned to?"

Tao Huimin's status as an opera actor in Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe is part-time work-study. Now she has to be distributed after graduation, and she will no longer stay in Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe.

It was difficult for the teacher to keep thinking about this matter. Lin Weimin said: "She graduated this year. She recently set up a school and worked in Gangzhijiang. It was said that she would be assigned to the army drama troupe in Jinling."

"Aren't you going to separate again? Find a way to be transferred to our hospital. After all, they are all performing dramas!

If you agree, I will help you with this matter. "

Teacher Yu spared no effort for Lin Weimin's affairs, which is of course inseparable from Lin Weimin's contribution to people and art creation.

In the past few years, when talent shortages were most serious and there was a shortage of good works, Lin Weimin, for several consecutive years, greatly helped Renyi alleviate the script shortage with the efficiency of one drama per year.

Moreover, with the passage of time, the classicity of Lin Weimin's works has become more and more prominent. "The Intouchable" and "Horse Trapper" will be revived. If everything goes well, Renyi will also re-release "Farewell My Concubine" and " Jiajing and Hai Rui" and other works.

In this repetitive cycle, Lin Weimin's works will exist on the stage of human art for a long time.

This kind of treatment is only available to the three elders who founded the hospital.

But Lin Weimin didn't even have a personal art organization.

Isn't this equivalent to preparing three or eight to defeat the Japanese?

It is precisely because he is no longer in the arts, but he has been making contributions to the arts, so Lin Weimin's status in the arts is transcendent. Even those meritorious directors, screenwriters and actors in their 60s and 70s respect him very much.

Everyone knows Lin Weimin's contribution to the arts. Such a person deserves everyone's respect, regardless of age or seniority.

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

Lin Weimin did not refuse Suzhi's kindness this time.

Tao Huimin was assigned to the army drama troupe. If she wanted to be transferred to Renyi, she not only needed the help of Renyi, but also the army to let go. He really didn't have any connections in this area. It would be best if Suzhi could help.

When Su Zhi heard his words, he was shocked and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Two days later, Tong Zhonggui looked a little excited when he went to work.

Today is the day when the eighth issue of "Contemporary" is published, and his "Wives and Concubines" was published in this issue.

For a manuscript of 45,000 words, Tong Zhonggui received a manuscript fee of 675 yuan, with the standard fee of 15 yuan per 1,000 words.

This price is much higher than when he published his works before.

In terms of remuneration, Lin Weimin's standard for "Contemporary" has always been to keep up with commodity prices.

In recent years, the country has chosen price reform as the breakthrough point in economic system reform, because the price system formed under the planned economy system and has remained unchanged for decades has seriously affected the rational allocation of resources and hindered productivity. The development of the country has reached a point where reform is indispensable.

But when prices are liberalized, it can easily become a wild horse that is not so easy to control.

In the past two years, ordinary people have felt it particularly deeply.

Food is more expensive, meat is more expensive, rice is more expensive, and clothes are more expensive. These are all major issues related to the people's basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation.

Last month, the Beidaihe Conference had just concluded, and rumors about price breakthroughs had spread widely in Yanjing City, touching the sensitive nerves of the people.

Putting aside the rumors in society, it is an objective fact that the prices of daily necessities have skyrocketed, and it is also a fact that wages generally have not increased.

What Lin Weimin can do is to try his best to get everyone's labor and creation corresponding rewards. The general increase in royalties has benefited all authors who contribute to "Contemporary".

It also makes "Contemporary" unique among many publications across the country. All writers know that the fee for writing for "Contemporary" has always been the highest.

Therefore, "Contemporary" never lacks manuscripts, let alone good manuscripts.

When he got off work, Tong Zhonggui wanted to treat Lin Weimin to dinner. He had just received more than 600 yuan in royalties and the novel had been published. He was very happy.

It's okay to eat, but Lin Weimin will definitely not let him pay.

Lin Weimin asked Tong Zhonggui what he wanted to eat, and he said meat. Lin Weimin smiled, called a few colleagues, and led everyone to Bai Kui Lao Hao in Dongsi.

This is one of the most famous halal restaurants in Yanjing. The most famous one is the roasted mutton, which is roasted whole lamb.

Together with Donglaishun's hot-boiled mutton, barbecue season's roast mutton, and Yueshengzhai's sauced mutton, they are also known as the "Four Masters" of Yanjing mutton products.

I ordered a roasted whole lamb and several more dishes. It was so rich that everyone was almost salivating when they smelled the aroma of meat wafting in the store before they even had time to eat.

Prices have risen sharply in the past two years, and everyone is restraining their appetites. Only when they go out with Lin Weimin can they satisfy their cravings.

Normally everyone just laughs at you, who wouldn’t like such a leader!

While chatting while waiting for the food, the soaring prices inevitably came up, and everyone complained.

Colleagues only receive dead wages, and they occasionally publish articles in publications and get some royalties to improve their lives, at most once or twice a year. Compared with many people in society, their income is actually considered high.

But facing the current situation, I still have a bit of a headache.

"I really don't know when prices will be stable. If they continue to rise like this, we will not even be able to eat in the future with such a dead salary."

"The state will definitely take care of it. These are temporary difficulties."

Among the people at this table, only Lin Weimin, known as "Lin Wanwan", would not worry about such trivial matters as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. Everyone looked at him with envy.

He Qizhi talked about Tong Zhonggui again, "We are definitely no better than Weimin. In fact, a single person like Xiao Tong is pretty good. He can feed himself and the whole family is not hungry, and he can get royalties, so he has saved all his salary, right?"

Tong Zhonggui was a little embarrassed by his ridicule, "I haven't saved much money yet, and I still have to buy a house!"

Everyone praised Tong Zhonggui for his ambition.

These days, the vast majority of young workers are waiting for their work units to allocate a house, and even if they can afford it, they won’t buy it.

Your work unit can allocate houses, but you have to spend money to buy a house. Isn't this stupid?

Of course Tong Zhonggui is not stupid, he just changed his way of thinking and concepts after being around Lin Weimin.

According to the style of Guowen Society, when he gets married, he will be allocated a house of 20 to 30 square meters, even if it is a high-end house, it will still be a large courtyard bungalow in an alley.

Such housing conditions were not what he expected, let alone having to wait so many years.

Why not just buy a house by yourself, like Teacher Lin's courtyard house, which is uncomfortable to live in?

As for spending money, he is also very open-minded. If he wants to enjoy a superior living standard, isn't it reasonable to spend some money?

Besides, Teacher Lin has said it all.

The country is becoming more and more open, and the mainstream of the future will be a market-oriented economy. Yanjing is the capital, attracting talents from all over the country. When people from all over the country come here, housing prices will inevitably rise.

Tong Zhonggui felt that Lin Weimin was right. House prices in Yanjing would definitely rise. Although he didn't know how much they would rise, since he knew that rising prices were a general trend, of course he had to start early.