1980 My literary era

In fact, at the summary meeting before New Year's Day, Xiao Liu mentioned all these contents. The main purpose of his report today is that the radio series "White Deer Plain" will be launched soon.

For a huge film like "White Deer Plain", any form of adaptation is a very huge project.

Tiantian Changting only dared to take action on this classic work after several months of trying.

A "White Deer Plain" radio series uses more than 40 voice actors alone. The completed radio series is 30 tapes long. Calculated at 1.5 tapes per tape, a radio drama requires 20 tapes. , in other words, the price of 80 yuan for a set of radio dramas is a limitation on the dissemination of radio dramas.

The production cost of the radio series "White Deer Plain" is high, and the profit point is around 8,000 units. It has set a record of being listened to every day. Lin Weimin also said that he would reduce the price of tapes. You can imagine the pressure on Xiao Liu's heart.

"Don't feel pressured. Of course, the price of radio dramas cannot be kept in line with piracy endlessly. It's just that the profit margin is larger now, so this adjustment is made."

"I understand that this is a consideration of the overall situation."

After talking about the radio drama "White Deer Plain", Lin Weimin asked: "How are you adapting to the new office?"

The family building of the Chinese Literature Society has been completed, and all the stores on the first floor have been reserved. Tiantian Changting has never had a serious office space. After these few months of hard work, it can be considered that some achievements have been made. Lin Weimin discussed with Cheng Wanchun to open a store It was assigned to Tiantian Changting as the office.

Of course, the rent must be paid to the club according to the market price.

Nowadays, Tiantian Changting can be said to have escaped the hardships of starting a business, and it is slowly starting to look like a company.

Xiao Liu, the "executive deputy minister", was officially appointed as the general manager of Tiantian Changting by the company. He already has four people under him, but they are all contract workers.

As for the Copyright Operations Department, it is no longer under his control. Just after New Year's Day, there were personnel changes in the agency. Three people were added to the Copyright Operations Department, and the person in charge was still the editor-in-chief Lin Weimin.

The work report was almost done, and Xiao Liu planned to leave.

Lin Weimin suddenly asked: "Has the royalties been paid into your account?"

"Alai's royalties have been paid. I confirmed with him that they have been received. Yu Hua's has not yet been paid. "Alive" was released less than three months ago and the due date has not yet arrived."

"It will be distributed by the end of the year, it doesn't matter how many days it takes."

Xiao Liu nodded, "Yes."

According to the path planned by Lin Weimin, although it has only been implemented for half a year, the copyright operation of the Chinese Literature Society has already achieved initial results.

Tiantian Changting has produced three radio series six months after its establishment, with revenue of 3.6464 million yuan and a net profit of 788,600 yuan.

This number is certainly inconspicuous when compared to the annual revenue of hundreds of millions of Chinese language publishers. But after all, Tiantianchangting is just a new media company, and the field it involves is also a field with a narrow audience. To be able to achieve such results in half a year is already It’s so valuable.

Just now Lin Weimin mentioned the royalties. Tiantian Changting produced three radio series in half a year. In addition to his own "Cliff", there are also Yu Hua's "Alive" and Alai's "The Dust Settled".

The royalties for radio series are based on a royalty-sharing system. Writers can get 10% of the royalties without having to worry about anything.

The radio series was a best-seller, with Yu Hua getting 31,200 yuan and Alai getting 165,100 yuan. For them, this royalties were an unexpected surprise.

Also because Alai received his first royalties for a radio series, the radio series being produced by the Chinese Literature Society has recently become news in the literary world.

Many writers who have published works in the Chinese Literature Society are secretly contacting editors to inquire about their requirements for adapting their works into radio dramas.

Alai has received more than 160,000 yuan in royalties, and he still doesn’t know how much he will receive in the future. This is another way to get rich. Writers also have to eat all kinds of food, so how can they not be interested in it?

Unfortunately, the editors of the Chinese Literature Society did not know much about the adaptation of radio dramas, so they went to inquire with Xiao Liu. The answer given by Xiao Liu was that the scope of adaptations of radio dramas in a short period of time is still mainly popular novels.

This sentence immediately made most writers feel cold. If their novels could sell well, they wouldn't have to stare at the radio drama adaptation.

Many people complained that this was really the result of drought and waterlogging.

What these people don’t know is that radio drama adaptations are just the tip of the iceberg in the copyright management of the Chinese Literature Society.

Two companies, Wencheng and Wenhua, were established at the same time. Wencheng specializes in TV series and Wenhua specializes in movies. There is also the acquisition of "Picture Book King" that is waiting for approval from the Publishing House. The copyright operation network of Guowenshe is gradually opening up. .

On Friday afternoon, Lin Weimin ran to Cheng Wuchun's office and blocked him.

"Can you complete the painting king's procedures?"

Sensing Lin Weimin's deep distrust, Cheng Wuchun became impatient and said, "Then you go tell the leader?"

"Look at you, why don't I ask? It's already the Chinese New Year."

"Do you think approval is so easy? If it weren't for my old face..."

Lin Weimin looked at Cheng Wanchun's mouth shape and couldn't help but wander.

Wang Yongsheng helped to acquire "The King of Painting Books". Ningxia People's Publishing House had already agreed, and now it still needs approval from the Publication Administration. The special feature of "The King of Painting Books" lies not only in the change of organizer, but also because of its It is a publication that has been forced to cease publication.

During the discussion in the office that day, although Lao Cheng said he didn't care, he couldn't really care.

When it comes to the acquisition and approval of publications, these are all the president's business. If Lin Weimin is asked to do it for him, doesn't that give him an opportunity to seek power and usurp the throne?

Lao Cheng will never let this kid succeed!

"The problem with the leadership is not big. We have to change the name of the publication. It is equivalent to a major rectification. The department is completely justified. But it is the end of the year and everyone is busy. Just wait. It will be difficult before the year. After the year There must be a letter."

Lin Weimin finally extracted useful information from Cheng Wuchun's long speech.

After the new year, Lao Cheng's efficiency is really average, but it is still acceptable.

At the weekend, Lin Weimin drove to Shi Tiesheng's house.

Last night, Qu Xiaowei called Lin Weimin and told him that his Feiyue Internet Cafe had launched dial-up Internet service in the past two days, and he sincerely invited Lin Weimin to experience it.

"Tiesheng! Tiesheng!"

Lin Weimin banged the iron door of Shi Tiesheng's house and opened it. Shi Tiesheng had a smile on his face and said, "As soon as I saw breakfast, I couldn't eat less!"

After entering the door and exchanging pleasantries, Lin Weimin talked about Feiyue's launch of dial-up Internet access, and Shi Tiesheng was indeed very interested.

"Let's go, let me take you to play for a while!" Lin Weimin excitedly pushed Shi Tiesheng out of the door.

Shi Tiesheng's home is near Jintai Road, outside the East Third Ring Road. The Feiyue Internet Cafe co-owned by Qu Xiaowei and Zheng Guo is near the Capital Gymnasium, in the HD area, outside the Northwest Second Ring Road. It's not close. It took 40 minutes of driving to get there. place.

It was just half past nine when the two arrived, but Feiyue Internet Cafe was already overcrowded.

Today is the weekend. Feiyue Internet Cafe is located on Zhongguancun South Street, next to all major universities in Yanjing. In the past few months since its opening, business has been booming. Many college students would rather skip a few meals to experience computers.

There were 12 computers in the Internet cafe when it opened, but now, the number of computers has increased to 20.

Half a month after its opening, Feiyue Internet Cafe's daily turnover is half a computer. Excluding labor, water, electricity, losses and other expenses, the daily profit exceeds 3,500 yuan.

In the middle, Qu Xiaowei and Zheng Guo successively purchased two batches of computers, increasing the number of computers to 20. Now the daily profit is stable at more than 5,000 yuan.

In Qu Xiaowei’s words: Opening an Internet cafe is so profitable!

He now wished he could clear out all the sofas in the Internet cafe and put them all on computers.

In the past two days, Feiyue Internet Cafe has launched a dial-up Internet service. If you want to dial-up Internet access, the Internet fee has doubled to 40 yuan per hour. Qu Xiaowei’s hands are numb every day when collecting money, and his face is numb from smiling. .

The Internet cafe was overcrowded, and seeing that there were still people queuing up, Qu Xiaowei planned to use the boss's privileges to make room for two college students who were fascinated by playing games, but Lin Weimin stopped him and directly resorted to throwing money.

The two college students played computer games for an hour. Not only did they spend no money, they also made fifty yuan. They happily gave up their seats to Lin Weimin and Shi Tiesheng.

Sitting in front of the computer, Lin Weimin felt an inexplicable feeling of nostalgia.

It’s not that he doesn’t have a computer at home, but it’s just that sitting at home using a computer and sitting at an Internet cafe playing on the computer are two completely different feelings. What he misses are those nights he stayed up all night in Internet cafes.

Nowadays, dial-up Internet access is actually very limited in what you can do.

Perhaps "limited" shouldn't be used to describe it, but boring.

Netscape's Netscape Navigator browser was just over two months old and had very little entertainment content.

Or you can use CompuServe's network service, subscribe to news groups, view web pages...

There's still a lot of features, but it's still boring.

After playing for a while, the initial excitement passed, and Lin Weimin began to write emails to friends overseas.

French Gary Young, American Mark Dream, Roger Strauss...

After writing the email, Lin Weimin clicked his finger to send it, feeling the power of technology again.

Although the entertainment value has not yet shown much, the convenience level has indeed improved significantly than before. In the past, it would take at least ten days and a half to receive a letter!

While he was writing the email, Shi Tiesheng beside him was scratching his head.

These days, a lot of information on the Internet is in English. Shi Tiesheng's English level is average, and it is very difficult to operate. He is just guessing, and most of the fun is suddenly lost.

He looked at Lin Weimin's operation and asked, "Is this the girl who sends E?"

Shi Tiesheng has never sent an email, but he usually uses a computer, so he naturally knows "E-Meier".

"Well, would you like to try?"

"Who am I writing to?"

Lin Weimin thought for a while and said: "Didn't that French sinologist Anna write to you some time ago? Do you have her email address?"

Shi Tiesheng clapped his hands and said, "By the way, she also left me Sister E's address in the letter!"

"Come on, let me help you write a letter to her."

Lin Weimin opened a blank email with great interest, and he was about to take action.

Turning to Shi Tiesheng, he said: "Let's agree first to write a letter of apology for you. If Simi finds out, you can't betray me! Also, you have to pay attention to the scale!"

Shi Tiesheng looked at Lin Weimin, wanting to hit him on the head with the mouse.