1980 My literary era

The later movie "Let's Talk" did not win any major awards, but it did well at the box office. In 1997, the year it was released, 46 million was already a rarity.

Now it has become Lin Weimin's novel, and will soon be adapted by Zhang Yimou. The biggest difference from later generations is the reader base and popularity.

This novel has been published for more than ten years, and its sales volume has always been at the bottom among Lin Weimin's works. But even so, it still sold nearly 3 million copies, beating most so-called bestsellers.

In terms of popularity, this novel is also at the bottom among Lin Weimin's works, but with the name "Lin Weimin", it is like hanging out a gold-lettered signboard, naturally attracting the attention of countless readers and viewers.

With the media reports, the news that Zhang Yimou adapted "Something to Say" spread more and more widely, and became well known in the country.

In June, the crew of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" went to Pengcheng for filming.

Haiyan gave full play to his subjective initiative and came up with a publicity coup. He cooperated with "Hongdou", a romance literature magazine owned by Tongwen Society, and planned to release a starring role in "Flower Season and Rainy Season" every month to attract public attention.

"Hongdou" has been in existence for more than two years, and its sales have gradually increased. Today's sales are on par with "Kyushu Heroes", with average monthly sales of more than 4 million copies.

The sales volume of "Heroes of Kyushu" has been stuck at 4 million copies for more than two years. So far, it has not made any progress to prove that the audience market for martial arts literature is that big.

But the situation of "Red Bean" is slightly different. For more than two years, the sales volume of this publication has maintained a continuous and stable growth trend, and it has not stopped yet. According to the current momentum, it is very likely to pull "Story Club" He became the sales king of popular literary magazines.

Lin Weimin positioned the TV series "Flower Season" as the first youth idol drama in China. Haiyan unswervingly implemented Lin Weimin's ideas. "Red Bean" has the same attributes as "Flower Season" and has huge influence. He used it to promote the TV series , indeed a wonderful idea.

The protagonists of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" are all handsome men and beautiful women selected from tens of millions of people. As soon as they were published in "Red Bean" magazine, they immediately attracted the enthusiastic pursuit of many girls. Before the TV series was aired, the young actors in the TV series became Signs of thousands of girl idols.

Affected by this, the sales of "Red Bean" also achieved a huge jump within one issue.

The fourth issue of "Hongdou" in April sold only 4.2 million copies. When the fifth issue came out in May, it published the makeup photos, artistic photos and personal information of Huang Xiaoming, the leading actor Zhang Chao, and sales suddenly jumped. To 4.6 million copies.

Li Xin was so happy that he immediately sent two editors to Pengcheng to prepare a series of documentary articles for "Flower Season and Rainy Season".

Lin Weimin was a little surprised when he heard Li Xin's approach. Why did he feel that the promotional methods of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" were becoming more and more like those of later generations?

He also saw that his full delegation of authority was gradually stimulating the creativity of his subordinates.

Lin Weimin is naturally happy to see this happen.

In addition to the rapid increase in sales of "Red Bean", "King of Painting", which serializes the comic book of the same name "Flower Season and Rainy Season", also experienced huge growth this month.

On June 5, the third issue of "The King of Painting" was launched. In less than half a month, it achieved sales of 2 million copies and continues to hit new sales peaks.

From March to June, in just three months, the Chinese Literature Society’s all-copyright operation plan has been slowly showing its potential even though it was born very young.

It's the end of the month in a few days, and the weather in Yanjing is gradually getting hotter.

After several months of writing, Lin Weimin's new novel has finally been completed.

Compared with the previous efficiency, this time it is indeed much slower, but after all, we are middle-aged, and it is not easy to complete the work with quality and quantity, so we can no longer ask for time.

Recently, He Qizhi has been hanging around Lin Weimin whenever he has something to do. He can see him at work in the morning and after get off work in the evening. He is like a ghost.

He didn't mention the novel in a word, but every expression and every movement announced to Lin Weimin: You are almost done with the novel!

Even though he was already the editor-in-chief, he still couldn't escape the fate of being pushed for manuscripts. Lin Weimin felt depressed just thinking about it.

That morning, he called He Qizhi, and Comrade He ran over after receiving the call.

Lin Weimin no longer worries about "Contemporary". There is no other reason to find him except new works. How can Comrade Lao He be unhappy?

Arriving at Lin Weimin's office, He Qizhi was full of expectations.

Lin Weimin didn't waste any time, handed him the manuscript, and kicked him out.

He Qizhi held the freshly released manuscript as if he had found a treasure. He couldn't wait to shut himself into the office and read it carefully.

Two days later, He Qizhi finished reading Lin Weimin's new novel and felt full of inner conflicts.

Honestly, is the novel well written?

It’s so good!

Between laughter and curses, it vividly displays the intrigues of politics, the ugly greed of human nature, and the social Darwin laws of American society. It is full of all kinds of black humor and bitter irony.

Apart from Lin Weimin, no other writer in China could write such a novel.

This is not only a matter of writing and thinking, but also Lin Weimin’s in-depth understanding of American society.

He Qizhi even feels that such a novel is more realistic than the American society shown in most American works. This novel is at least as good as many classic American literary works he has read.

But……

He Qizhi looked at the enlarged book title on the first page of the manuscript, feeling melancholy in his heart.

"God Bless America."

This is the name of Lin Weimin's new novel. It is simple and unpretentious. Anyone who reads it will have to say that the title fits it.

In the public opinion environment of this era, the United States is a representative of democracy and freedom, and its politics are so clear that countries around the world need to learn from it.

But in the novel "God Bless the United States", Lin Weimin has completely stripped away all the political operations in the United States, including presidential campaigns, party struggles, conspiracies and conspiracies.

In order to reach a high position, they can arbitrarily frame competitors and other countries, create plagues, and launch wars...

One of the passages in the novel that impressed Hutchison the most was the one in which the representative of the United States held a bottle of washing powder at a UN meeting in front of the world, falsely claiming that it was a biological and chemical weapon, slandering hostile countries, and then launched a The text of a war of aggression.

After He Qizhi read this passage, he felt that his views were almost subverted.

Is this still the land of samurai, the beacon of freedom?

This is simply more cruel than the little devils and Nazis!

There are many scenes like this in the novel "God Bless America". He Qizhi believes that even Americans may have their views shattered after reading it.

Although He Qizhi didn't know much about the political circles in the United States, he also knew that the novel must contain elements of fiction and exaggeration, but even if only one tenth of the content in the novel was true, it would still be shocking enough.

If such a novel were published in the United States, it would probably be banned, right?

Even in China, it may be difficult to publish, after all, it involves WJ.

There is nothing trivial about WJ!

He Qizhi felt a headache. The creative scale of the editor-in-chief was getting bigger and bigger!

Compared with the masterpieces of the editor-in-chief, Mo Yan's "Feng*Fat*" is nothing.

He is also an old athlete. In China, it is absolutely impossible to engage in literature if you do not understand politics.

He Qizhi stroked the manuscript with his hand, feeling extremely tangled in his heart.

After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed, picked up the novel and ran to the front building.

When Lin Weimin saw He Qizhi, a smile appeared on his face, "Have you finished the novel?"

He Qizhi looked sad and said, "I've finished reading."

Looking at the chuckle on Lin Weimin's face, he recalled the subtle expression on Lin Weimin's face when he asked for the manuscript.

"You did it on purpose." He Qizhi said bitterly.

"Look what you said. I didn't have to give it to you. You asked for the manuscript yourself. How can you blame me?"

He Qizhi was upset that such a good novel could not be published. How could he not be angry?

"What are you going to do with this novel?"

"Publish it directly in the United States. It has been published abroad, can we still give it away in China?"

Teacher Lin vividly explained what it means to conquer ten societies with one force. I have published it in the United States, but the country is too embarrassed to give it away?

"Can this novel be published in the United States?" He Qizhi looked a little surprised.

Lin Weimin showed a somewhat mysterious smile, "You still don't understand the social ecology of the United States. In the United States, scolding officials has never been a problem."

"It seems that the United States is indeed democratic!" He Qizhi sighed.

Lin Weimin shook his head, "It's okay to scold the commander-in-chief. Why don't you scold a veteran or a Jew? The national conditions are just different."

He Qizhi understood what Lin Weimin meant, and without saying anything else, he asked Lin Weimin: "Do you want to show this novel to Lao Cheng first?"

"It's not his business, so why show it to him? Besides, I don't publish in China."

"Say hello! Don't cause any trouble after it's published in the United States. The higher-ups will look for him and catch him off guard."

He Qizhi's words of advice were mature and serious. Lin Weimin thought about it and said, "Okay, tell him."

After He Qizhi left, Lin Weimin went to Cheng Wanchun's office and briefly explained the content of "God Bless the United States" to him. The more Cheng Wanchun listened, the more serious his face became. Finally, he stretched out his hand to Lin Weimin and said, "Where is the manuscript?"

"What are you doing? I just informed you. Do you still want to review my manuscript?"

"Isn't it okay if I take a look?"

"You are the editor-in-chief, and I am the editor-in-chief?"

"I was once the editor-in-chief after all!"

Cheng Wuchun insisted, but Lin Weimin had no choice but to hand the manuscript to him. Before leaving, he did not forget to add: "Don't worry, I will get this book published in the United States first."

After he left, Cheng Wanchun picked up the manuscript and read it.

Sweat breaks out on my face as I look at it, this bastard dares to write anything!

After spending two days reading the novel, he took Lin Weimin to the Publishing House.

"Did I say you didn't care? Isn't it just a novel? It was handed over to the department!" Lin Weimin complained.

"Nothing is trivial in WJ. Even if you want to publish in the United States, you have to consider the impact."

“Then what if the authorities don’t let me publish it in the United States?”

Cheng Wuchun sneered: "What did I say? You are worried that you won't be able to publish it in the United States."

"Don't misunderstand me. What I mean is that the higher-ups will not allow me to publish it in the United States because of the impact."

"In your heart, are you so afraid of trouble?"

Lin Weimin curled his lips and said nothing.

A few days later, before the department had finished reviewing the manuscript, Lin Weimin made a phone call to urge him.

As a result, I was told that the manuscript had been handed over to the Ministry of Etiquette.

Lin Weimin was speechless. As for what happened, he had no choice but to call the leader of the Ministry of Rites.

"Leader, please read my novel..."

After a three-minute call, Lin Weimin's face turned dark when he hung up.

His novel went to the Ministry of Rites for a few days, and then to the Ministry of Justice. The reason given by the leader of the Ministry of Rites was: the novel was related to the world of the two countries and had to be reviewed by the leaders of the Ministry of Justice.

He was familiar with the leaders of the Etiquette Department, but he had no say in the WJ Department. The main leader was of a high level, so he had to wait patiently.

I'm just going to write a novel, are you okay with that?