1980 My literary era

In 1988, four of Wang Shuo's novels were successively adapted into film and television works, and some media called that year the "Year of Wang Shuo."

But in fact, his family knew his own affairs. In 1988, Wang Shuo became very famous across the country. He was writing novels and scripts. He was as tired as a dog, but he didn't make much money.

This year is completely different.

At the beginning of the year, Huayi Publishing House first published his book "You Will Die If You Are Too Addicted", and gave Wang Shuo a royalties of 100 yuan for 1,000 words. Wang Shuo made nearly 30,000 yuan in one fell swoop, which was the most he had ever earned since he started working in the writing industry. A sum of money.

And it was much easier than his exhausting work writing scripts. They were all novels that had already been published and published, and they were just compiled into a collection and then published. They were making money while lying down.

At that time, Wang Shuo went to Lin Weimin to show off, but was educated by Lin Weimin. He suddenly came to his senses and decided to ask Huayi for royalties.

"Death If You Are Too Addicted" sold hundreds of thousands of copies within a short period of time after its publication. Huayi knew the essence of the book and approached Wang Shuo in the middle of the year to publish an anthology for him.

Wang Shuo listened to Lin Weimin's suggestion and asked Huayi for royalties, setting a precedent for domestic writers.

It has been nearly four months since "Wang Shuo's Collected Works" was published. The first printing of 100,000 copies has already been sold out. Now it is the second printing, and the sales volume is heading towards the record of 400,000 copies.

Anthology is different from a single book. The price of a set of anthology is easily more than ten or twenty yuan. During this period, the sales volume of the anthology of the publishing house exceeded 4 million. Two days ago, Huayi just settled the first 300,000 copies for Wang Shuo. Wang Shuo suddenly received more than 400,000 yuan from the royalties. He made a lot of money and was ecstatic.

On the day he received the royalty share, he took his wife Shen Xujia to the city of Yanjing. The "black brick" in his hand was the product of crazy consumption in the past few days.

"Okay, Mr. Shuo, you've already got Big Brother!" Lin Weimin came to the dining table, first said hello to Shen Xujia, and then teased Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo's face glowed red, and he didn't care at all about the teasing in Lin Weimin's words, "Isn't this just for convenience? When someone comes to see me, it's convenient to hold this thing."

While he was talking, he "accidentally" revealed the accessory hanging on his waist, um, a BP machine.

The standard for the nouveau riche in the 1990s!

The conditions for the guests who can come to Maxim's to eat are not bad, but the guests at the next few tables still showed a bit of envy when they saw the two pieces of equipment on Wang Shuo.

In 1991, with a mobile phone in my hand and a BP machine hanging on my waist, I couldn't do it without some strength.

This set of equipment now costs more than 20,000 yuan, which is enough for ordinary office workers to work for ten years. Not everyone can afford it, even if they are in business.

"Hurry up and sit down, I'll show you!" Shen Xujia blushed a little for Wang Shuo's swelling, and couldn't help but pull his sleeves to make him sit down.

Wang Shuo was good at what he said, but his mouth didn't stop after he sat down.

"Weimin, I'm not talking about you, you are so busy all day long, you should have a big brother, otherwise it would be so inconvenient!"

Lin Weimin waved his hand, "No need. I work on the line at 2:00 a.m. all day long. If I have anything to do, I can call home or work. Besides, this thing is not very practical, and there is no signal at all times."

Lin Weimin has the experience of later generations and knows that once you have a mobile phone, it is equivalent to a shackles. You have to answer anyone who comes to you. It is completely unnecessary.

It's good to be like this now. I can call the landline when I need something, or come to my door if there's an emergency. Unless it's a big deal, it's better to be more free like this now.

Wang Shuo obviously wanted to persuade Lin Weimin, but in fact he was still showing off his big brother.

Lin Weimin still made the same comment: A dog cannot store two ounces of sesame oil in its belly.

After showing off the phone call, the topic naturally shifted to royalties, and Wang Shuo couldn't even close his mouth when talking about it.

The royalties of more than 400,000 yuan were several times more than what he had earned in the previous ten years.

"It is said that a horse will not be fat without night grass, and a man will not be rich without windfall. This is indeed true." Wang Shuo said with a bit of arrogance on his face.

"So, this anthology can bring you at least one to two million in income?"

"It must be one million, but I don't know how much it could be higher. Who knows how many years it will last!"

The waiter came to take orders, and Wang Shuo brought over the menu. Based on the principle of ordering whatever is expensive, he fully demonstrated what it means to be a nouveau riche.

After ordering, he returned the menu to the waiter and said to Lin Weimin: "Speaking of royalties, thank you for giving me your advice."

You see, he still has to thank us!

"Hey, you are out of line when you say this. Besides, you are benefiting all writers this time, and I am getting royalties now."

After getting the benefits, I have to let Shuozi live in terms of face.

Sure enough, when Wang Shuo listened to Lin Weimin's compliments, a bright smile bloomed on his increasingly plump round face.

"They are all our own brothers, our own brothers!"

Wang Shuo waved his hands, speaking modestly, but his expression wished Lin Weimin could say more.

After letting Wang Shuo swell for a while, the waiter began to serve the food, and several people chatted while eating.

Tao Huimin and Shen Xujia talked about topics between women, while Lin Weimin and Wang Shuo talked about topics between men.

"Xiaogang's daughter's surgery was completed and she said it went well and she will be like a normal child from now on."

Feng Xiaogang's daughter's surgery was just completed in January. The little girl is lucky. Although she suffers from cleft lip and palate, it is a cleft lip and palate. The best time for surgery is three to six months after birth. Feng Xiaogang I borrowed money from Lin Weimin and planned to have the surgery as soon as the time came.

After the operation, Feng Xiaogang specially brought his wife to Lin Weimin's house to express his gratitude. Wang Shuo did not know these things.

"He has suffered a lot during this time."

"No, I plan to help him earn some extra money next year. He owes a lot of money for the surgery on his child." Wang Shuo said.

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "There are advantages to following Mr. Shuo."

"Get out of here! You're destroying people, right?" Wang Shuo laughed and cursed.

Wang Shuo wants to bring Feng Xiaogang to earn extra money by writing scripts for TV series. Since the establishment of Haima Studio, it has produced two TV series.

One is "The Story of the Editorial Office" which was aired at the end of last year. Once this TV series was aired, the ratings have skyrocketed, creating an extremely strong social influence. A number of actors have become well-known to the audience because of this TV series.

Needless to say, Ge You, Lu Liping, Hou Yaohua and others who played the leading roles, Fu Biao, Liu Bei, Zhang Guoli and others who played supporting roles also left a deep impression on the audience.

There are frequent golden quotes in the play, and even decades later, they are still talked about by TV drama audiences.

Another TV series is "Love You Without Negotiation". This TV series followed the path of "Desire" and received good response. It did not reach the height of "Desire", but the results were still good.

These two TV series have completely opened up Haima Studio’s reputation in the field of Chinese TV series.

If China's film and television industry developed rapidly in the future, the people at Haima Studio would have made a lot of money. Unfortunately, it is 1990, and these people can only get some royalties and planning fees.

Feng Xiaogang helped write several episode scripts for "The Story of the Editorial Department" before, but they were all based on other people's ideas, so he made a lot of hard money.

This time Wang Shuo plans to give him some space. How much he can earn depends on his ability.

"How is the script written by Jiang Wen?" Lin Weimin asked.

Wang Shuo shook his head, "I don't know, I won't get involved."

"What happened? We broke up?"

Wang Shuo squinted at Lin Weimin and was very dissatisfied with the gloating on his face, "That Sun thief is full of ideas. Whoever writes a script for him will have bad luck for eight lifetimes. It's almost like kneeling down to beg for food."

Whether Jiang Wen is writing scripts or making movies, he has a lot of wild ideas. Most people can't afford to mess with him. Wang Shuo has given in this time.

"I want to see what he can come up with!" Wang Shuo said angrily.

It seemed that although there was no quarrel, Jiang Wen was probably a bit angry.

Lin Weimin can probably understand Wang Shuo's mood. He was still the eldest brother before Mingming invested in him, but now that the movie has not been filmed, he has become a minor bastard. No one can bear this anger!

"I'll take care of him later!" Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Wang Shuo immediately poured a glass of wine for Lin Weimin, "Take care of him, don't be soft!"

While the two were chatting, a few young men walked up to the performance stage at the back of the restaurant and were moving instruments and speakers. It looked like there was a band performing tonight.

Maxim has been performing music since the day he was born. At the beginning, he was playing piano. Later, the restaurant manager Song Huaigui began to introduce bands and took the livehouse route.

In 1986, Cui Jian sang the first Chinese rock music song "Nothing" at the Yanjing Workers' Gymnasium and became famous. However, in the 1980s, rock music was still a new thing in China. Even with the emergence of Cui Jian and his band did not have many performance opportunities despite the immediate success of the Workers' Stadium.

At this moment, Song Huaigui of Maxim extended a helping hand to Cui Jian and invited them to perform at Maxim.

Western restaurants and rock music, if you think about it, you will know how inconsistent these two things are when put together.

But at this time, everyone ate little Western food and had no idea about rock music. They just appreciated it as the host came, and on the contrary, it achieved good results.

Cui Jian and his band received valuable performance opportunities, and Maxim once again set a precedent in Yanjing's catering industry.

Over the past few years, rock music performances in restaurants have become a repertoire, and many young people come here for this.

"There is Cui Jian's performance tonight, and there are several new rock stars who will be on stage." Wang Shuo said while looking at the stage.

While the two were chatting, the stage had been set. Cui Jian, who had no wrinkles on his face, walked onto the stage and introduced himself and the band in a deep voice.

The diners in the restaurant were very familiar with Cui Jian, and everyone applauded him as soon as he opened his voice.

The rhythm of musical instruments sounded on the stage, and the atmosphere in the restaurant immediately became lively. As the sound of the music gradually became louder, the diners became more and more excited.

Lin Weimin didn't understand, but was shocked.

He wouldn't believe it even if he said that this group of people were here to eat.