1980 My literary era

This intellectual property inspection organized by the State Council was at the invitation of the United States. Before boarding the plane, everyone had already been informed of a series of disciplines.

After the delegation landed in the United States, the entire trip was organized by the U.S. government. First, they visited research institutes at several universities in New York, and then the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, which is also one of the 14 subordinate offices of the U.S. Department of Commerce. , and then went to Detroit to inspect the General Motors Automotive Research Institute.

During the week, half of the time was spent on the road, and the rest of the time was spent hurriedly looking around.

Because it was an official inspection, the discipline was strict and the time was rushed. Lin Weimin couldn't make appointments with friends, which made it very uncomfortable this week.

The only good thing is that I bought a few magazines. In the New York Times Book Review, "Don't Knock Tomorrow" ranks third on the bestseller list. This novel has been on the market in the United States for more than half a year. The fact that it still remains in this position over time is enough to prove its popularity.

According to Roger Strauss, sales of "Don't Knock Tomorrow Again" exceeded 1 million copies in September.

"Hey, Weimin, look, is this a review of your novel?" Jin Ying asked, pointing to an article in the New York Review of Books.

The New York Review of Books sounds similar to the New York Times Book Review, but it is actually two magazines. It was founded in the 1960s, and its publication time is somewhat special. It is not a weekly or monthly magazine in the traditional sense, but has two issues per month, during the summer. One issue per month, a total of 22 issues a year.

Almost all users of the New York Review of Books are high-level intellectuals in the United States. Although its sales volume is not as good as that of the New York Times Book Review, its impact is greater because of the high overall level of readers. However, it has also been contaminated by the influence of some high-level intellectuals. Arrogant and charming, not very down-to-earth.

The New York Review of Books has always insisted on publishing in-depth and insightful long book reviews. This approach has destined their book reviews to never pay attention to the so-called "timeliness". They can even publish a book that is twenty years old. Review articles on previously published novels.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the book review of "Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow" was published at this time.

"Not bad, you can read magazines? You didn't learn English in vain."

"Who are you looking down on?" Jin Ying rolled her eyes at him fiercely and ignored him.

The title of this article in the "New York Review of Books" is "The Shining Glory of Humanity", and the author is Susan Sontag, an old acquaintance of Lin Weimin.

Susan Sontag is a writer and a critic. She has published several collections of reviews and has a high status in the critical circles in the United States.

Just by looking at the title, you can't tell it has anything to do with "Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow", so Lin Weimin's sentence is indeed suspected of slandering people, and Jin Ying has read a lot of the content.

"The writing is average." Jin Ying read it for a while and gave this evaluation, "The main reason is that the work is not good and the praise is too blunt."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "Comrade Xiao Jin, what you said is contrary to your will. You can say that the review is not good, but to say that the work is not good is a bit unrealistic."

While the two were bickering, the airport announcement rang, and they were about to board the return flight.

Jin Ying put the magazine in her hand on the chair and said with some regret: "I bought it for several dollars, and I just read it for a while."

"Take it, just go back and show them."

Jin Ying did not follow Lin Weimin's words. He joked: "You are so cautious. If you don't become a deputy national leader, you will be undermining your talents."

His teasing drew another eye roll from Jin Ying.

On the plane back, Lin Weimin thought about his experience this week and couldn't help complaining: "It's really hard to follow you officials on inspections."

These days, everyone in the inspection team has become familiar with each other, and they don't mind his unrestrained speech.

Jin Ying said: "Don't be ignorant. Vice Prime Minister Zhu asked you to participate in this inspection group. Also, what do you mean by 'you bunch of officials'? Why are you here? Don't you have any idea?" "

"I am the business editor, we are different."

Jin Ying snorted coldly, "It's far-fetched. Unorganized and undisciplined. I'm talking about someone like you."

The evaluation given to Lin Weimin by the Ministry of Civil Affairs Tianguan is still very accurate. It has spread in recent years and is always used as a joke by everyone.

Back in Yanjing, before everyone dispersed, the group leader told everyone to submit an inspection report within a week, and Lin Weimin couldn't help but sigh.

It took a few days to complete the inspection report, and the inspection mission was finally completed.

November has arrived in a flash, and Yanjing has entered the winter coal-fired heating mode again. The air has been terrible these days. It is always foggy when going out, which makes people depressed just looking at it.

On the 7th, at the beginning of winter, Han Zhuangzhuang and his family went to Lin Weimin’s house to cook hot pot.

It was said to be to celebrate the beginning of winter, but Lin Weimin felt that it was just to show off his newly bought Hu Touben.

"How's it going? Is my car good?" Han Zhuangzhuang showed off his new car proudly.

Lin Weimin looked at the car and said: "Drive a BMW or take a Mercedes-Benz. Whoever has nothing to do can buy a Mercedes-Benz and drive it by yourself. It looks like a driver."

Hearing this, Han Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but retort: ​​"Don't you also drive a Mercedes-Benz?"

"When did I buy my Mercedes-Benz? Who would take me as the driver at that time?"

Thinking about the scene where he was driving a Mercedes-Benz and being evaluated as a driver, Han Zhuangzhuang felt a little depressed. He knew that his uncle must be trying to attack him, but he felt that what he said seemed to make some sense.

"If I were the driver, then you would be an experienced driver." He said with a broken voice.

After eating, Han Zhuangzhuang's appetite is still astonishing. His daughter, Nannan, is now quite like her father. The mutton flies up with a chopstick and she gets at least half a tael of meat. The key is that she doesn't get fat even if she eats it dry.

After entering elementary school, the little girl's height increased steadily. She had just turned ten, but she was already 1.6 meters tall. She was a full head taller than her peers at school. She was holding a small bean bag that was more than five years old. Just like playing.

A few days later, Lin Weimin received a call from Yu Dong from Nihong.

At the end of October, Yu Dong led the crew of "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" to Nihong to participate in this year's Tokyo Film Festival. The film festival opened on November 1st and closed on the 10th. The awards ceremony was just held this evening.

"The Mountain That Man That Dog" and the Bosnian film "The Perfect Circle" jointly won the Golden Kirin Award for the best film in the main competition section of this Tokyo Film Festival.

The Tokyo Film Festival was founded in 1985 and is one of the earliest international film festivals in Asia.

Since the establishment of the Tokyo Film Festival, Chinese films and filmmakers have always been the major winners here.

At the 2nd Tokyo International Film Festival in 1987, Wu Tianming's "The Old Well" won three awards including Best Film, International Film Critics' Special Award, and Tokyo Governor's Award. At the same time, Zhang Yimou also relied on his wonderful performance in "The Old Well" His performance won him the Best Actor award that year.

In the fourth session of 1991, Huang Jianzhong's "New Year" won the Jury Prize, and Zhao Lirong won the Best Actress.

In the sixth session in 1993, Cheng Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" won the best film and best director, Zhang Guorong won the best actor award, and Tian Zhuangzhuang's "Blue Kite" won the jury award.

At the 7th 1994 Film Festival, Yan Hao's "The Rebellious Son of Heaven" won the Best Director award.

In the ninth session of 1996, Wu Tianming's "Face Changing" won the best director, and Zhu Xu won the best actor.

Judging from the past award-winning experience of domestic films, as long as it wins the best picture or the director's film, there is a high probability that it will win a best actor award.

This time, "The Mountain That Man That Dog" is no exception, inheriting the glorious tradition of its predecessors. While winning the best film, the film's leading actor Liu Ye also won the best actor at this Tokyo Film Festival Awards.

Although Chinese films have won many awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, it does not stop Yu Dong and others from being happy and excited about winning this award. It is other people's business to win awards. "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is the son of Wenhua Investment.

What's more, it was very difficult to distribute this film after it was shot. The reason for participating in the Tokyo Film Festival this time was to open up opportunities through overseas markets and switch exports to domestic sales. Now that things have come true as they expected, Yu Dong is naturally very happy. .

Four days after the Tokyo Film Festival ended, Yu Dong returned to Yanjing. The first thing he did was to come to Lin Weimin's office to report on the results of his trip to Tokyo.

The Tokyo Film Festival has little influence worldwide, and the copyright trading market is relatively small.

Before "That Mountain That Man That Dog" won the award, no one cared about the copyright, and Yu Dong was once discouraged. This trip to Tokyo Mandarin cost real money. The group spent nearly 100,000 yuan on air tickets, food and accommodation.

If the copyright cannot be sold this time, Wenhua will suffer a big loss.

Fortunately, at the final awards ceremony at the closing ceremony, "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" came out on top, winning two awards for Best Picture and Best Actor. The film immediately became a hot commodity at the film festival, and its copyrights were much easier to sell.

In just one day, Yu Dong sold the copyrights to more than a dozen countries in Asia and Europe.

The copyright fee is not expensive, and it only sold for a total of 350,000 yuan.

However, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat. After selling the copyright, I can at least get my money back. The investment in the film was less than 2 million, and now it has made a small profit.

Not only that, Yu Dong also negotiated with Toei Co., Ltd. about the release of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" in Nihong. He has been delayed on this matter in the past few days, otherwise he should have released it the day after the film festival. came back.

Founded in 1949, Toei is one of the five major film companies in the country. Its business spans film production, distribution, theaters, satellite TV and film rentals and other related businesses. At the same time, it is also one of the founders and major shareholders of TV Asahi, and owns Toei Animation, Toei Recording, Asahi Shimbun and other subsidiaries.

The style of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is fresh and natural, and it won the love of many Nihong movie audiences during the film festival. Yu Dong successfully reached a distribution agreement with Toei, and the film will be released on Nihong in late November. Released.

"If it's like what you said, this movie should do well at the box office in Nihong. Let's see the results of Nihong's release. If it's ideal, we can promote it properly and find a suitable schedule. ." Lin Weimin said.

The overseas rights to the film have been sold back, and Yu Dong feels much less pressured, so he responded: "Yes."

"President, "Hero" was also released in the United States two days ago, and the final box office was fixed at 163 million U.S. dollars. The release in many European and Asian countries is also coming to an end, and the total box office of the movie reached 286 million U.S. dollars. In terms of box office revenue, after excluding various costs, taxes and dividends, our Mandarin's net profit should be around 45 million dollars. During this period, box office revenue from various countries will gradually arrive."

"Hero" invested 100 million yuan, of which a company from Wenhua accounted for more than half of the investment. Now the movie is a hit, with a net profit of 45 million yuan, which is 370 million yuan when converted into RMB. This is real cash flow, and there is no room for fraud.

Lin Weimin nodded and said: "Not bad. Wenhua is able to achieve such results in its first attempt at a large-scale commercial production. It is already excellent enough."

He said with a somewhat teasing smile on his face, "The subsequent copyright income can also create a steady stream of cash flow for Wenhua. In addition, the box office revenue of this movie is higher than what our agency has achieved in several years." The profits are huge, and you, Wenhua, are now a big player."

Sometimes the leader's praise may also be a slap in the face. In the past few years of working in Yu Dong, he has become more mature and his mind is much more delicate than before. He feels that at this time, he has to be calmer.

He doesn't have much of a foothold in the Chinese Literature Society. Now that Wenhua is developing so well, he might be picked off at some point.

So Yu Dong was not happy when he heard Lin Weimin's words, but instead bowed his shoulders.

"Wenhua's success is the success of the club. The success of "Hero" is inseparable from the strong support and help given by you and the club."

Lin Weimin stared at Yu Dong with interest. Under his intense gaze, Yu Dong's face gradually became stiff, his eyes were a little wandering, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Yu Dong felt as if his little thoughts were clearly seen by the president.

"Okay. Don't think too much. I asked you to be the general manager of Wenhua because of your ability."

Hearing these words, Yu Dongxuan's heart relaxed, "Yes."