1980 My literary era

There is a lot of news from the outside world, but the Chinese Literature Society is like a paradise.

The president and editor-in-chief swapped positions, but it didn't seem to have any impact on the work of the club, and everything was business as usual.

The president should preside over comprehensive work, focusing on the word "comprehensive".

A leader who is reluctant to delegate power wants to have all the power in his own hands. His subordinates complain that he does not give them a chance, and he himself is exhausted to death.

Lin Weimin is a person who is willing to delegate power. Nothing is irreplaceable, and there is no job that can only be done by one person.

If you delegate power, your subordinates will be happy to work, and he will be happy and relaxed, so why not do it?

After being the president for a few days, Lin Weimin finally discovered Lao Cheng's happiness.

Isn’t this much better than being the editor-in-chief who works exhaustingly reviewing manuscripts every day?

Freed from the heavy review work, Lin Weimin boldly delegated authority in administrative work. His work intensity was suddenly reduced a lot, and he even had time to leave early to pick up his daughter from kindergarten.

"Dad, don't come to pick me up tomorrow!"

Xiaodoubao huddled in Lin Weimin's arms, with his little face raised, and said to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin was puzzled, "Why? Doubao doesn't like your father coming to pick you up?"

Xiao Beanbao smiled guiltily, "No!"

Duplicity is a woman's nature.

Seeing the hypocritical expression on his daughter's face, Lin Weimin suddenly felt a little sad in his heart.

I started to dislike myself when I was only four years old. If I get married in the future, will I still have an peaceful life?

Teacher Lin thought this and became melancholy and unhappy.

Xiaodoubao realized that his old father was unhappy, so he kissed him twice on the face.

Lin Weimin felt that his daughter was really a considerate little cotton-padded jacket. This was because he was afraid that coming to the kindergarten would delay his work!

When I got home, the meal was ready.

Xiaodoubao is now four years old, and Lin Weimin specially made a chair for her so that she, a little girl, can sit and eat with the adults.

However, her little arms were still short and she often couldn't pick up the food. From time to time, she would lean forward and lie on the table to pick up the food.

Every time Tao Huimin saw her like this, she couldn't help but scold her: "Look at you, do you look like a girl?"

Xiaodoubao had just stuffed the chicken legs into his cheeks. Hearing this, he looked at his mother with a confused face, his big eyes filled with grievances.

"She can't reach it." Lin Weimin said, moving the dish on the table in front of the bean buns, "If you want to eat vegetables, just tell your mother and let her pick it up for you."

"Yeah." Xiaodou Bao nodded with his mouth full of oil.

Tao Huimin felt depressed as she looked at the father and daughter singing together.

Now she is the only bad person in this family.

Before going to bed at night, Lin Weimin returned to the room after finishing telling Xiaodoubao a story. Tao Huimin was leaning on the bedside, feeling unhappy. Seeing the happy expression on his face, she became even more angry.

Lin Weimin keenly felt the low pressure in the room, glanced at his wife's expression, got on the bed, skillfully hugged Tao Huimin's arm, and coaxed her with a few sweet words, and Tao Huimin's expression softened.

"I'm warning you, don't spoil her again in the future. Look at how she has been spoiled by you now?" Tao Huimin warned.

"Yes, yes, my wife is right."

Being able to bend and stretch, being soft and hard, are the basic qualities of a middle-aged man.

Next, Lin Weimin fully demonstrated his excellent basic quality.

Two days later, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" was broadcast on CCTV.

On the day of the broadcast, the ratings were good, and they have continued to rise since then, with the highest ratings reaching 28%. It has become another popular drama on CCTV this year after "Flower Season and Rainy Season" to break through 20% ratings.

The first broadcast of the TV series on CCTV achieved high ratings and an excellent reputation among the audience, triggering a lot of attention and discussion.

Li Baotian, who plays Liu Yong, Zhang Guoli, who plays Qianlong, and Wang Gang, who plays He Shen, all became famous because of this drama.

The three of them were all well-known in the domestic film and television circles before, especially Li Baotian, who is much more famous than Zhang Guoli and Wang Gang because he acted in Zhang Yimou's movie.

However, the influence of TV series in the 1990s has exceeded that of movies. The influence of a successful TV series on the broad masses of the people is far greater than that of movies, and it is also more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The success of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" made three actors famous in one fell swoop, and also made Wencheng Film and Television a lot of money.

The total investment in the TV series is 2.6 million yuan, but the purchase price given by CCTV is 90,000 yuan per episode. The length of the series of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" is 40 episodes. The first round of copyright fees sold to CCTV alone was 3.6 million yuan, making a profit 1 million yuan.

When the TV series was in the middle of broadcasting, there was an endless stream of TV stations coming to Wencheng Film and Television to inquire about purchasing the second-round broadcast rights.

As of the end of the TV series' broadcast, "Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo" has sold the broadcast rights to 12 TV stations at all levels. This TV series alone has contributed 22 million yuan in revenue to Wencheng Film and Television.

General Manager Hai Yan has been in a very high mood recently. "Flower Season and Rainy Season" was broadcast on CCTV at the beginning of the year and achieved the highest ratings of more than 50%.

After the first round of broadcasting, the rights to the second round of broadcasting were collectively snapped up by TV stations across the country, selling for 24 million yuan.

In less than half a year, the copyright income of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" has reached 38.8 million yuan.

Including the 22 million yuan for "Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo" and the scattered copyright sales of other dramas of Wencheng Film and Television, the revenue of Wencheng Film and Television in the first half of this year has reached more than 60 million yuan.

Although the current information exchange is not smooth, Haiyan is very sure that the revenue of Wencheng Film and Television is enough to securely occupy the leading position in the domestic TV drama production field.

There are still nearly seven months until the Gregorian New Year. Wencheng Film and Television will also broadcast "The Swordsman" this year. As long as the TV series performs normally, the company's revenue should still see a relatively large increase.

Haiyan has even set a goal for Wencheng Film and Television next year: revenue exceeding 100 million.

With the foundation laid last year and this year, this goal does not seem difficult.

When Haiyan was thinking about the company's plans for next year, he received a call from Lin Weimin, saying that an acquaintance of Zhang Yimou wanted to invest and they wanted to have a meal together in the evening.

At around six o'clock in the evening, Haiyan drove a Santana and parked the car at the entrance of Fengze Garden, where we would have dinner tonight.

Not long after he arrived, Lin Weimin and Zhang Yimou arrived, along with an old comrade who looked to be in his fifties or sixties.

Zhang Yimou introduced: "Teacher Lin, Mr. Hai, this is Director Guo Baochang."

A few people shook hands, exchanged greetings, sat down, ordered food, and started chatting.

When it comes to Guo Baochang's name, some people in later generations may not know much about it, but I believe that the name "Mansion Gate" will be familiar to most people. Guo Baochang is the director of the TV series "Mansion Gate".

"The Gate of the Great House" tells the century-old history of the rise and fall of the Bai family of Baicaotang. The Bai family in the TV series is actually the real-life Yanjing Le family, and the prototype of Baicaotang is the famous Tongrentang in later generations.

Xiangxiu, the dog-hugging girl in the TV series who later became Bai Jingqi's concubine, is Guo Baochang's adoptive mother in reality.

Guo Baochang has been planning to put the history of Lejia and Tongrentang on the screen since his youth. He wrote the script of "The Mansion Gate" many times, but the script was destroyed many times. Until he was over 50 years old, this ill-fated The script was finally born.

In the following years, Guo Baochang sought investment everywhere in order to successfully film "The Mansion Gate". Finally, he secured investment last year, and the filming of the "Mansion Gate" TV series officially started.

In 1982, several graduates of Yanying Class of 1978 were assigned to the Guangxi Film Studio. At that time, Guo Baochang was serving as the art director of the Guangxi Film Studio. Under his strong support, several graduates, including Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, Only the fledgling students had the opportunity to form a youth filming class and produced two works, "One and Eight" and "Yellow Earth".

Because of this kindness and the experience of fighting together, Guo Baochang has maintained a good relationship with Zhang Yimou, Cheng Kaige and other fifth-generation directors.

Last year, the filming of "The Mansion Gate" started. Guo Baochang's long-cherished wish came true and a party was specially organized.

At the party, Guo Baochang also showed the script of "The Mansion Gate" to Zhang Yimou and others, asking them to help think about how to shoot it. Several people also gave Guo Baochang many ideas.

At the party, Tian Zhuangzhuang had a sudden idea and suggested that everyone play a guest role for Mr. Guo in "The Mansion Gate". Everyone responded positively immediately.

Nowadays, everyone is no different than back then, they are all successful and famous, and they have collectively appeared as guest stars in Guo Baochang's TV series. This is a big gimmick, and Guo Baochang is very happy.

But in the past year, after only three episodes of the TV series "Gate of Mansion" had been filmed, Guo Baochang had a conflict with the investors. The investor directly withdrew the investment and the crew of "Gate of Mansion" was shut down.

This is hard to do for Guo Baochang. If the investors withdraw their capital, how can this TV series continue to be filmed?

He had no choice but to dismiss the crew first and look for funds again.

Zhang Yimou, who was busy in the later stages of "If You Have Something to Say", heard about this incident and took the initiative to find Guo Baochang, hoping to attract investment for him.

When Guo Baochang wanted to make a TV series, the first thing Zhang Yimou thought of was Wencheng Film and Television.

However, his relationship with Haiyan was average, and Haiyan had recommended actors from Wencheng Film and Television to him before. Zhang Yimou had not used them yet. He had teased his face before, but now he came to ask for help. Zhang Yimou was afraid of being rejected, so he thought of Lin Weimin. .

Lin Weimin was also a little happy when he received a call from Zhang Yimou. When later generations talk about domestic TV series in the 1990s, "Mansion Gate" is a name that cannot be avoided.

Such a classic, he took the initiative to submit, he had no reason to refuse, he couldn't wait to sweep up the bed to welcome him.

A few people were chatting, and before the waiter served the food, Guo Baochang took out the script of "Mansion Gate" and handed it to Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin took the script but did not read it. Instead, he handed it directly to Haiyan.

"I don't need to read Director Guo's script. Yimou has praised it to me several times. Haiyan, you can discuss it with Director Guo later and see how much funds are missing. Wen Cheng must give full support."

From these words, Haiyan could tell that Lin Weimin attached great importance to Guo Baochang and "The Mansion Gate", and he nodded in agreement.

Guo Baochang was extremely pleasantly surprised. He thought he came to dinner to talk first, but he didn't expect that Lin Weimin decided on the investment in just one sentence, without even reading the script.

While he was excited, he also thought in his heart that this was 100% done by Lin Weimin for Zhang Yimou's sake.

This huge favor made him unable to sit still at all. He stood up and toasted Lin Weimin with a glass of wine, and then toasted to Haiyan and Zhang Yimou.

When it was Zhang Yimou's turn, he looked ashamed, "Master Guo, didn't you slap me in the face? Without you, how could we be where we are today!"

"You can't say that. You are all talented directors, and you can still succeed without me." Guo Baochang said.

If Lin Weimin is Zhang Yimou's talent as a director, then Guo Baochang is Zhang Yimou's talent as a film director.

Without Guo Baochang's insistence on setting up a "youth film crew", Zhang Yimou would not have shot a movie in his second year after graduation, and it would have been impossible for him to embark on a career as a director.

Lin Weimin laughed at this time and said: "Director Guo has made the greatest contribution to Chinese films. Without you, their fifth generation directors would not have come forward so quickly. You got it wrong, Yimou should give you a toast." "

He broke Zhang Yimou's embarrassing situation with one sentence. Zhang Yimou stood up quickly, holding the wine and said: "That's right, it's up to me to respect you."

After some negotiation, the two of them had a drink and then sat down.

After drinking and eating, Guo Baochang was in a happy mood after receiving investment in the TV series. After chatting for a while, he mentioned the starring role in the TV series.

Due to the investor's withdrawal of capital, the crew has now been disbanded and the actors are all idle at home.

It was Guo Baochang's wife Liu Gege who played the role of the second grandmother, which surprised Lin Weimin.

After the investors withdrew their funding, "The House Gate" stopped filming for three years before resuming production. Only then did Liu Gege become the second wife's choice for the heroine, Siqin Gaowa.

Siqin Gaowa's version of the second grandmother is a classic, and Lin Weimin doesn't want to watch an unknown actor play the second grandmother.

He further worried about whether other actors were the same as the version he had seen, and asked Guo Baochang carefully.