1980 My literary era

Lin Weimin had communicated with Li Xin earlier that when the two comic publications "King of Painting" and "Hongdou Comics" stabilize their market share, form a certain influence in the comics industry, and have the ability to incubate works, they can Shangma Animation Company further promotes the expansion of the influence of intellectual copyright of works.

Now that everything is as successful as Lin Weimin described, Li Xin naturally thought of the animation company Lin Weimin mentioned.

Turning comics on paper into cartoons broadcast on television is undoubtedly a leap for comics.

Lin Weimin had mentioned Disney abroad to him many times. Li Xin had collected a lot of information about Disney this year and was already familiar with Disney's development path.

This company, founded in 1923, started with animation. After more than 70 years of development, it has not only become the largest animation company in the world, but also completed a series of industrial layouts such as theme parks, film and television production, distribution, and TV channels. It has become one of the large groups in the American media industry, and its dominance has begun to emerge.

Li Xin gave a detailed summary of Disney's development over the past seventy years, which can be roughly summarized into three stages.

The first stage is the accumulation of content. From 1923 to 1954, Disney started by selling the copyrights of cartoons, and then successively created classic animation images such as Mickey Mouse series and Snow White series. A series of fourteen classic animated feature films were produced around these images. . After 32 years of accumulation in animation creation, the classic images have become widely known, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent development of these core IPs.

The second stage is the physical layout. From 1955 to 1983, Disney theme parks were established in many cities around the world. In 17 years, the offline layout began to take shape.

The third stage is the media layout. From 1984 to the present, Touchstone Pictures was established as a film distribution platform on the film side, and Disney Hollywood Film Studio was established to improve the industry chain of film production and distribution. Last year, Disney just invested US$19 billion The acquisition of ABC owns the ABC television network and ESPN, the largest sports television network in the United States.

Just last month on the 5th, Disney spent 30 million yuan to create "Toy Story", which was released and released by Oriental Film and Television Distribution Company, a subsidiary of Shanghai Film and Television (Group) Company.

With the gimmick of being the first three-dimensional computer animated film in the history of world cinema, "Toy Story" has been in theaters for nearly a month and has grossed 31.8 million yuan at the domestic box office.

Disney's success is of course unparalleled, but there are traces of this success, and with such a successful example in front of him, Li Xin imagined the future that Lin Weimin had described to him, and countless ambitions had already arisen in his heart.

Lin Weimin heard Li Xin's words and asked with a smile: "What's the matter? An animation company has been established, do you want to take care of it?"

Li Xin nodded honestly.

"What about Tongwenshe?"

There was some hesitation on Li Xin's face, "Can't I take care of both?"

"greedy!"

Lin Weimin said something to Li Xin, and there was a bit of anxiety on his face. After a moment, Lin Weimin said: "Okay. "King of Painting" and "Hongdou Comics" are now large-scale, and the number of readers they can mobilize has reached tens of millions. On the other hand, the animation company should really be started, and you will be in charge of the new animation company."

Hearing this, Li Xin was extremely excited, "Thank you very much, President!"

"Don't get excited yet, I want to give you the first task."

Li Xin stood up straight, waiting for Lin Weimin's instructions.

"You go and get in touch with Zheng Yuanjie first."

What Lin Weimin said was reasonable, but it was also unexpected by Li Xin. With a little surprise on his face, he asked: "What do you want to do? Sell all his copyrights?"

Lin Weimin shook his head, "I want to buy this person."

Li Xin:……

Do you always want to be a human trafficker?

This is of course Li Xin's inner joke.

Speaking of Chinese children's literature, Zheng Yuanjie is a name that cannot be avoided.

In the 1980s when the older generation of children's literature writers were gradually declining, Zheng Yuanjie emerged as a new force.

In 1978, his debut fairy tale "Gecko and Bat" was published in "Sunflower" magazine. Since then, Zheng Yuanjie has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the creation of fairy tales, and has successively created a series of classic fairy tale images such as Pipilu, Lu Xixi, Shuke, and Beta. He not only weaves a beautiful childhood for Chinese children, but also creates a wonderful world for himself. brought huge returns.

Zheng Yuanjie joined the army at the age of 15. He retired at the age of 21 and was assigned to work in a factory. The content of his work was very leisurely. His main task was to look at the water pump. When he went to work, he pressed the green button to transport water to various workshops and canteens. When he got off work, he pressed the red button to turn off all the water. water source.

All changes began in 1977, when Zheng Yuanjie's girlfriend, who had already discussed marriage, was admitted to Yanzhou Normal University.

His girlfriend became the favored one, while Zheng Yuanjie was still the worker who looked after the water pipes. The gap suddenly widened. Under the persuasion of his relatives, his girlfriend broke up with Zheng Yuanjie.

The lovelorn Zheng Yuanjie was in great pain. At that time, the domestic literary trend was gradually rising. Many young people changed their destiny through writing, and Zheng Yuanjie also had the idea of ​​​​writing.

But he soon discovered that compared with those real writers and poets, his level was too low, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not compete with others, so he decided to change the track and focus on his favorite fairy tale.

After several years of hard work, Zheng Yuanjie became a well-known fairy tale writer in China.

But at that time, Zheng Yuanjie still relied on royalties from the serialization of his works, and his income was limited.

So he approached the editor-in-chief of the magazine and asked him to increase his royalties. The editor-in-chief asked him a question: "How can you prove that you drive sales?"

This sentence made Zheng Yuanjie freeze on the spot, speechless.

In fact, most people can hear that the editor-in-chief's words are completely an excuse to not give Zheng Yuanjie an increase in manuscript fees.

But Zheng Yuanjie is not an ordinary person. In order to prove himself, he came up with an idea - to establish a journal that only publishes his own works.

In 1985, he quit his job and founded the magazine "The King of Fairy Tales" by himself. All the works in the magazine were written and serialized by him alone.

After "The King of Fairy Tales" was founded, Zheng Yuanjie frantically outputted 6,000 words a day, writing for more than 30 years, until "The King of Fairy Tales" ceased publication in 2022.

Compared with Zheng Yuanjie, the Internet writers of later generations are extremely weak. In the era before computers, he insisted on writing 6,000 words every day, which took more than 30 years to write. Without talent and perseverance, it would be impossible to complete.

Now in 1996, Zheng Yuanjie's "The Fairy Tale King" and the classic fairy tales he created have become famous in China and have a wide influence among children.

As early as 1993, Zheng Yuanjie's annual income exceeded one million yuan. However, because fairy tales do not have a strong presence in the domestic literary field, his super high income is not well known to the public.

Li Xin has been working in the publishing industry for many years, and in the past few years has been fighting in the field of popular literature. He is quite clear about Zheng Yuanjie's situation.

"President, his income is not low."

"Everything can be negotiated. Buying people is of course an exaggeration. Cooperation does not adhere to formalities. Our Chinese Literature Society is not a black-hearted workshop. As long as he is willing to cooperate, the conditions can be negotiated. Please highlight our advantages in copyright development. "Lin Weimin warned.

Li Xin nodded, "I understand."

After Li Xin left, Lin Weimin thought for a moment and made a call.

"Hongdou Comics" has achieved great success. This is one of the results of the "5155 Project" cooperated by the Ministry of Rites and the Publishing House. It is necessary to report good news to the leaders.

The leader of the Ministry of Rites is at the deputy level of the state. He is busy with work on weekdays and worries about national affairs. Lin Weimin bothers people with such big things. How can the old comrade not understand what he means.

"Can't you be a little patient when you ask for help?"

Lin Weimin is known as a thorn in the field of culture and propaganda, but he has also made many contributions, so the old comrades have no airs about him.

Lin Weimin smiled sheepishly, "I'm causing trouble to you. I'm also anxious to contribute my strength to Yanjing's urban construction!"

The old comrade chatted with him for a few words, and finally said: "Just wait and see, there should be news in the next two days, and the comrades in Yanjing should also comprehensively consider the city's planning and construction."

"Yes, yes, I understand, I have caused you trouble!"

After a brief chat, Lin Weimin wanted to hang up the phone. The leader had many things to do, and he was embarrassed to take up too much time.

Unexpectedly, the old comrade suddenly asked, "When are you going to write a new book?"

When Lin Weimin heard these words, it was like a book friend from Qidian asking the author: Why is it not updated three times?

"Soon, soon!" He said in a perfunctory and insincere manner.

After saying that, he hung up the phone in a hurry without waiting for the leader's reaction.

He had previously discussed with Ma Dudu and Li Guangfu about building a new library and expanding the museum. Finally, after much deliberation, he found the leader of the Ministry of Rites.

His matter is considered a private matter, but if it is implemented in detail, it will also be beneficial to Yanjing's urban construction and cultural promotion of the city, so the leader gave him a face and handed him a message. .

After waiting for another two days, Lin Weimin received a call from the deputy mayor in charge of urban construction.

The two made an appointment to have a meal. Lin Weimin talked in detail about his museum and his idea to expand the museum and build a new library. Lin Weimin accompanied the deputy mayor to inspect the surroundings of the Beijing Museum.

The deputy mayor stood opposite the museum and looked at the continuous residential houses. "With such a large area and so many people to move, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money!"

Lin Weimin didn't believe that this elder brother had never seen the map of Yanjing before coming here. He was in charge of this work, so maybe he was already familiar with the map of Yanjing.

Lin Weimin laughed and said: "It's me who has caused trouble for the government. Don't worry, the demolition compensation will be based on the highest standards. If the city has any other demands, I will fully cooperate and will not embarrass the government."

With his words, the deputy mayor's face lit up with a smile.

It's a pleasure to deal with smart people!

The land next to the Jinghua Museum is a commercial and residential area in the future planning of Yanjing City. There are no urgent arrangements. As long as Lin Weimin follows the demolition and compensation standards, Yanjing City will not have any difficulties.

On the contrary, it will gain a museum and library, which will not only be beneficial to the urban construction and cultural construction of Yanjing, but also be beneficial to the spiritual civilization construction of Yanjing citizens. It is not a small political achievement.

For the Yanjing Municipal Government, this is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

What the deputy mayor is most afraid of is that Lin Weimin, relying on the leadership of the Ministry of Rites, will ask the government to help compensate for the demolition, and then give some symbolic compensation. If that happens, they will be in trouble.

Fortunately, Lin Weimin had no such thoughts, and the two parties had a very happy conversation.

After an on-site inspection with Comrade Vice Mayor, the two reached a tacit understanding and determined the framework of cooperation. The rest is the business of the people below.

A day later, Ma Dudu received calls from several government departments.

He is the person in charge of the Jinghua Museum. Lin Weimin informed him of this matter after communicating with the deputy mayor yesterday.

After receiving a call from the government department, Ma Dudu actively visited each one of them.

The leader's words caused the soldier to run away and break his leg. Ma Dudu deeply felt the meaning of this sentence again.

But at the same time he had another strong feeling.

He has had many opportunities to deal with the government over the years, but this was the first time he was greeted with a smile, spoke politely, and responded to all requests.

That evening, he invited a director to have dinner. In the evening, the two came out of the restaurant arm in arm and exchanged affectionate words about brother and brother. Then Ma Dudu had the leader sent away.

After the people left, the hazy drunkenness on his face disappeared, and he breathed out a breath of alcohol.

It's really tiring to eat with these officials. It's far less comfortable and relaxing than eating with Teacher Lin and the others.

He stood at the door of the hotel for a while and saw a Santana parked in front of him.

Li Guangfu got out of the car and asked with a smile: "Hey! Isn't this the curator?"

Facing Li Guangfu's teasing, Ma Dudu laughed and cursed, "Watch your attitude, we will be your client from now on!"

Li Guangfu called Qian'er, "I will follow your orders!"

After joking for a while, Ma Dudu pulled Li Guangfu and whispered: "I'm telling you, Teacher Lin is going to stab the sky this time!"