1980 My literary era

While everyone was making random guesses, Lin Weimin continued: "You just said that the film bureau was going to ban it, but someone gave me a message, saying that we, the Chinese Literature Society, should not sell the novel "Alive" for now."

Ge You's face was full of worry when he heard this. The matter of banning has been a hot topic recently. If the director and the original work were banned, then he, the leading actor, would probably end up not much better, especially since he also won the best actor. The goal is bigger.

"Teacher Lin, you..."

Just as Ge You was about to speak, he was interrupted by Lin Weimin, "It's okay, that person asked me to fight back. It's inexplicable, how come our Chinese Literature Society sells book wheels and they have to take care of it?"

"Teacher Lin..." Ge You hesitated to speak.

Lin Weimin immediately understood that what he was worried about was definitely not the novel.

I couldn't help patting him on the shoulder and jokingly said, "You are as courageous as a pin. There is a director standing in front of you, what are you afraid of?"

Ge You laughed twice and said nothing, while Zhang Yimou looked bitter.

Lin Weimin said simply: "Okay, I'll make a call later to ask about this."

After he said this, Zhang Yimou and Ge You were immediately relieved.

Everything will be easier if Teacher Lin takes action.

Zhang Yimou was very knowledgeable and didn't even mention the movie. Teacher Lin was able to help him out of friendship.

The movie was invested by Qiu Fusheng and has nothing to do with them at all.

What's more, in what Lin Weimin said just now, he was extremely dissatisfied with Qiu Fusheng, the investor.

In fact, it's not just Lin Weimin. Zhang Yimou is kind, but he's not stupid, so he doesn't know Qiu Fusheng's thoughts. But when he thinks that they have invested real money, he can only take the risk and cooperate with Qiu Fusheng to take that step.

Now that I think about it, it's really not worth the gain.

Lin Weimin said casually, but he didn't take it to heart. However, a few days later, Xu Feng suddenly called him.

"Mr. Lin, I heard that you want to ban Qiu Fusheng?"

Lin Weimin looked confused, "When did it happen? Who said it?"

"Many people in the film industry are spreading rumors that you have called the film bureau because of Zhang Yimou's "Alive"."

Lin Weimin suddenly recalled what happened a few days ago in his mind. He shook his head and said: "It's probably spreading rumors. It's true that he called the film bureau, but it was just for Yimou. He took "Alive" to participate in the competition in violation of regulations. , I didn’t take the film bureau seriously at all. Director Liu had just taken office, wasn’t he waiting to be punished? There were rumors recently that the film bureau was going to ban him, so I called him to ask, but it was all untrue. "

He added: "As for what you said about me banning Qiu Fusheng, I'm not that capable. That day I just talked about the illegal participation in "Alive". I heard that it was Qiu Fusheng who took the initiative to let Yimou participate. I felt that what this person was doing was very unethical, so I publicly criticized him a few times.”

After Lin Weimin said this, he asked, "Why do you care about this matter?"

Xu Feng hesitated for a moment, then said truthfully: "After all, we are both from Wan Dao, so we can't meet each other without looking up. He invited me to dinner before, and he intends to participate in Veuve Clicquot's next movie."

"Oh, that's it. There's no such thing as blocking, and I'm not the director of the Film Bureau." Lin Weimin said.

But Xu Feng couldn't help but slander you, saying that you are not the director of the Film Bureau, but you are more popular than the director of the Film Bureau.

Xu Feng is a good person. Although Lin Weimin said that "there is no such thing as blocking," he had clearly mentioned his dissatisfaction with Qiu Fusheng just now. With Lin Weimin's energy in the mainland, he wanted to block the movies that Qiu Fusheng invested in the mainland. , it’s not that difficult, you just need to check it out at the film bureau.

She originally heard the rumors today and went to Lin Weimin to inquire about the situation. If possible, it would be best to act as an intermediary between the two parties, so that she could show off her connections and status in the mainland in front of Qiu Fusheng. This would be useful for her on the island. The inner image is very helpful.

But Lin Weimin's attitude made her give up the idea. If she really did this, she might offend Lin Weimin, which was completely unnecessary.

Xu Feng changed the topic and mentioned Cheng Kaige's new movie.

"Farewell My Concubine" won the Cannes Palme d'Or, the Golden Globe and the Academy Awards last year. Not only did it win awards, but it also became a box office hit.

After six months, "Farewell My Concubine" was finally released in all countries around the world.

Among them, the box office of North America was 302 million US dollars, which made it difficult to squeeze into the top five in the history of North America's box office rankings.

The box office in Europe and East Asia exceeded 89 million knives, and the box office in mainland China, Bay Island, and Hong Kong also exceeded 43 million knives, and the cumulative box office total exceeded 434 million knives.

The total investment of "Farewell My Concubine" was 8 million US dollars, and the box office revenue was 434 million US dollars. The investment income ratio reached an astonishing 5400%. Looking at the decades of Hollywood history, there are only a handful of movies that can achieve this level of income.

The above countries all share the box office share. The lowest box office share received by the film studio is 20%. The box office share in most countries is around 25%. Only the three places on the Taiwan Strait and Mainland China have the highest box office share, which can reach up to 60%.

In total, "Farewell My Concubine" has generated box office revenue of 116.7 million for the film studio in the above countries and regions.

In addition, the copyrights of dozens of countries around the world were sold, with profits exceeding 10 million US dollars.

For now alone, the nearly 130 million yuan that has been accounted for has made Lin Weimin, Xu Feng and Michael Phillips a lot of money.

In addition, the TV broadcast revenue and video tape revenue that "Farewell My Concubine" may generate in the future will also be at least 20 to 30 million US dollars.

Xu Feng has been making movies for half her life, but her income is less than half of what she got from "Farewell My Concubine". How could she not value Cheng Kaige as a director?

Moreover, Xu Feng also understands that the success of "Farewell My Concubine" cannot be separated from the credit of the original work, so her inner thought is to promote Cheng Kaige and Lin Weimin to collaborate again.

She can be sure that if news of Cheng Kaige and Lin Weimin's second collaboration comes out, Hollywood funds will chase the investment, and the bottom line of the movie's box office will be 100 million yuan.

It's a pity that she wanted it all, but Cheng Kaige didn't buy her account at all.

Recently, Cheng Kaige was planning his next work. After picking and choosing, he fell in love with Ye Zhaoyan's novel "Flower Shadow".

Xu Feng was not satisfied with this, but now Cheng Kaige is no longer the original Cheng Kaige. He holds three awards, including the Palme d'Or, the Academy Award, and the Oscar. He has already entered the ranks of famous directors.

Xu Feng can give Cheng Kaige advice, but he cannot influence Cheng Kaige's thoughts.

After all, she doesn't invest in Cheng Kaige's movies, but others do.

"In fact, from my perspective, I definitely hope that he can cooperate with you again."

How could Lin Weimin not understand what Xu Feng meant? He just wanted to imply that Cheng Kaige's new movie was his own decision.

"Ceuve Clicquot is a capable and thoughtful director. Even if he doesn't cooperate with me, he will definitely make a good movie!" Lin Weimin said.

Xu Feng added: "Would you like to participate in his movie this time?"

"This is not necessary, you and Mike can do it."

Without "Farewell My Concubine", Cheng Kaige's movies cannot be said to have lost money, but they did not make much money, and Lin Weimin didn't have much interest.

Xu Feng asked again tentatively: "The investment in the movie this time is not large. I think Mike and I have enough funds..."

She just said that Qiu Fusheng wanted to participate in Cheng Kaige's new movie, and now she said that she and Mike had enough funds, which was equivalent to shutting out Qiu Fusheng's investment. She was obviously selling it to Lin Weimin.

It's normal when you think about it. Xu Feng made tens of millions of dollars thanks to Lin Weimin's works.

How could a shrewd person like her not be able to tell the difference between what is important and what is important?

"Haha, then I wish your cooperation this time another success!"

After chatting for a few more words, Lin Weimin hung up the phone.

It's really tiring to deal with a woman like Xu Feng, who has eight hundred tricks in one sentence.

After get off work, not long after Lin Weimin returned home, Qu Xiaowei and Zheng Guo came home together.

The two of them came today without their wives and children. As soon as Qu Xiaowei entered the door, he pulled Lin Weimin and said that he had business.

Lin Weimin knew what he meant by business without guessing.

"What's wrong? Are you going to join in the fun with him?" Lin Weimin asked Zheng Guo.

Zheng Guo looked relaxed, "He has no money, let me invest some."

"No money?" Lin Weimin glanced sideways at Qu Xiaowei, "If I don't have any money, if Santana sells it, won't I have money?"

Qu Xiaowei muttered: "Do you think I am a wealthy landlord like yours? I just want to change my BMW car?"

His Santana hasn't been heated up yet, and he won't sell it even if I kill him.

"Sparing one's life for big things but forgetting one's righteousness when seeing small gains is what you are talking about." Lin Weimin said sarcastically.

"Only you can do great things!" Qu Xiaowei retorted.

After exchanging a few words, Qu Xiaowei talked about what he had done these days.

A few days ago, Lin Weimin gave Qu Xiaowei an idea to open an Internet cafe.

This stuff is not new now, it doesn’t exist at all.

Qu Xiaowei couldn't feel his pulse at the moment, but he was a resident of Yanjing, and his family's connections in Yanjing were intricate. It was not difficult to find out something.

Although there are no Internet cafes now, computer houses have appeared in Xiangjiang and Wandao areas. These computer houses basically focus on LAN game battles and can be regarded as upgraded versions of game arcades.

It's really promising, but the investment is huge.

A computer easily costs 10,000 to 20,000 yuan, plus rent, water, electricity, labor, and of course the most expensive thing is the cost of accessing the Internet.

Yanjing has not yet popularized Internet access services, but the State Administration of Telecommunications is now working intensively to open a 64K dedicated line to the United States for Yanjing and Shanghai.

Once the connection is successful, the telecommunications side will open up the Internet access business, and Qu Xiaowei even inquired about the price.

Dial-up Internet access costs 40 yuan per hour.

Lin Weimin was secretly surprised when he heard this figure. The earliest Internet cafe he knew cost only 40 yuan per hour for Internet access. Now the dial-up Internet fee is 40 yuan per hour. What else do Internet cafes earn?

This thought flashed past, and Lin Weimin suddenly thought of the difference in time. Weigate opened in 1996.

In the first few years after the Internet was introduced to China, the cost of dial-up Internet access dropped year by year, and the rate of decline was exaggerated.

By 1999, the network usage fee for dial-up Internet users in Yanjing was 4 yuan per hour within 60 hours; and 8 yuan per hour for more than 60 hours.

Compared with the original 40 yuan per hour, it has dropped by 90%.

After Qu Xiaowei finished talking about some of the things he had learned about, Zheng Guo said: "I think it would be good to open a computer room now. Internet cafes seem to charge high fees, but they basically work for telecommunications. Opening a computer room, Even if it charges 10 yuan per hour, it is still very impressive. If everything goes well, the money can be repaid in less than half a year. When dial-up Internet access is available in the future, Internet services must be provided selectively! Not everyone who plays computer of guests require dial-up Internet service.”

Zheng Guo showed a shrewd energy when he spoke. Lin Weimin really felt that he was more suitable for business than Qu Xiaowei.

"You are more suitable for business."

Lin Weimin was obviously praising one person, but he affected two people.

Qu Xiaowei was very unhappy, "Why do you think I called him?"

Lin Weimin looked at him, "You know you can't do it?"