1980 My literary era

After the award ceremony, everything has settled. The Chinese Literature Society still demonstrated its strong strength. Even the Literary Association and the jury can only influence the award results in a limited space, and cannot change the Chinese Literature Society’s role in the Yanbing Literature Award. A dominant situation.

In late April, the Chinese literary world was flooded with news about the Yan Bing Literature Award. This awards event set a record for the longest duration among several Yan Bing Literature Awards. The various stories that happened during the process have also become a literary masterpiece. A talking point in private gatherings in the world.

After the awards ceremony, as in previous years, this year's five award-winning works were moved to the most conspicuous positions in bookstores across the country.

With the popularity of the Yanbing Literature Award, these five award-winning works have naturally become the works that many readers in China are flocking to, and bookstores are full of readers coming to buy these works.

The readers who came to buy "White Deer Plain" cover all ages. Some young readers did not find anything special in this book, but some old readers keenly discovered the difference in this book.

Compared with before, the words "revised edition" on the cover and spine of "White Deer Plain" were missing. These old readers were a little surprised to look through the content and found that it was exactly the same as the first edition in 1990, and many deleted contents reappeared. In the novel, these readers were so excited that they rushed to tell each other.

The unabridged version of "White Deer Plain" is back!

"Full version" and "unabridged version" may not seem to have much difference in meaning, but there is a big difference in readers' eyes. This is like "uncoded" and "cracked". Everyone has no code, but obviously "cracked" is more Appetite for LSP.

There is no need for deliberate publicity. Just relying on the spontaneous publicity of readers, "White Deer Plain" took only half a month to achieve sales of 223,000 copies. It was like an old tree blooming, and it directly topped this week's "Guowen Bao" Top of the book sales list (fiction category).

For an old book that has been published for seven years, even with the blessing of the Yanbing Literature Award, it is extremely outstanding to achieve such results, which is enough to illustrate the influence of "White Deer Plain" among readers.

In fact, not only "White Deer Plain", several other award-winning works of this Yanbing Literature Award have experienced a surge in sales during this period, ranging from 20,000 to 30,000 copies to as many as hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, these novels all appeared on the book sales ranking list of this issue of "Guo Wen Bao", but their rankings are different.

In addition to these works, the names of the works that topped the book sales list (non-fiction) of the "Guo Wen Bao" issue in early May are also particularly eye-catching.

"Jinling Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II", written by Zhang Chunru, sold 85,471 copies in this issue and 443,726 copies in total.

Lin Weimin decided to introduce this work to China in December last year, and the final work was officially put on sale in China in early February.

A total of 443,726 copies were sold in three months. For a Chinese-American writer like Zhang Chunru who has no reputation in China, this achievement is quite outstanding.

There was a knock on the office door, and Lin Weimin put down the "Guo Wen Bao" in his hand, "Please come in!"

Zhao Xin walked in and said: "President, Ms. Zhang has agreed to our invitation and can come to China next month."

Lin Weimin nodded, "Okay, you are responsible for communicating with her about the specific itinerary and activity arrangements."

"Yes." Zhao Xin responded and exited the office.

"Jinling Massacre: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" was introduced into the country and has achieved good results of more than 400,000 copies in three months. Of course, the Chinese Literature Society must promote it well and invite Zhang Chunru to China to hold readers' meetings and book signings. and speeches are indispensable.

Lin Weimin had discussed this topic with Zhang Chunru via email a few days ago. Yesterday, he asked Zhao Xin to communicate with Zhang Chunru about the specific arrangements.

Compared with a few months ago, Zhang Chunru is a very busy person now.

"The Jinling Massacre: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" sold well after its publication in China, and even better in the United States. In five months, the sales volume of the work has approached one million copies, and its impact has been even more sensational.

After all, this is one of the very few books that has appeared in Western countries in more than half a century about the atrocities of mud bombing during World War II.

However, high sales and great influence have also brought about another result, which is that Zhang Chunru has recently begun to be attacked by some people.

"Jinling Massacre: The Forgotten Catastrophe of World War II" exposed the hypocritical mask that the Nihong people spent decades carefully disguised after World War II. This naturally made some Nihong right-wing forces angry, and then began to attack and smear Zhang Chunru and her works. Zhang Chunru was unbearable and had a certain impact on her work and life.

Lin Weimin learned these things during the exchange of emails with Zhang Chunru. She now also understands what Lin Weimin said to her before the work was published. However, her character is stubborn and she does not take these things to heart. superior.

Two days later, the box office share of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" released in Nihong was officially transferred to Wenhua Film and Television's account through Bank of China.

This film was released in late October last year and was officially released in late April this year. It was screened for half a year. The final box office result was fixed at 1.136 billion yen, which is equivalent to about 170 million yuan in RMB. Finally, it went to Wenhua Film and Television's account The price is about 49 million yuan.

Including other income from this film, the total income brought by this film to Wenhua Film and Television reached 64 million yuan, making it one of the films with the highest investment return rate so far for Wenhua Film and Television.

After all, the investment is too small, less than 2 million yuan.

Although "Hero" made much more money than it did, and its investment base was large, more than fifty times that of "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog," it was incomparable in terms of investment return rate.

While Wenhua Film and Television is rejoicing at the huge profits from "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog," domestic films are experiencing this brutal and inhumane beating.

Since its release on April 3, "Titanic" has dropped a nuclear bomb on the Chinese film market, with a box office of 90 million in the first week and 85 million in the second week. Even though piracy has become rampant in the third week, the movie is still It created a performance of 64 million yuan, and the cumulative box office reached 240 million yuan in the three weeks of release.

This efficiency is much faster than when "Hero" was released last year. Therefore, many people in the film industry also concluded that it is only a matter of time before "Titanic" breaks the 300 million box office myth created by "Hero".

In May, the negative impact of pirated DVDs on "Titanic" became more and more obvious, but there were still many moviegoers who were full of curiosity and fascination with the film, and went to the cinema to watch it more than once.

This of course has something to do with the quality of the movie itself and the grand scenes, but it also has a lot to do with the uncut scene in the movie where Jack sketches Rose.

Before there was "White Deer Plain" and after that there was "Titanic".

They once again confirmed a profound truth, LSP is always the primary productive force!

In the fourth week, "Titanic" once again achieved a box office of 42 million yuan, bringing the cumulative box office to 282 million yuan, which is very close to the record of "Heroes".

This month Wenhua Film and Television has just obtained the first domestic film distribution photo shoot for a non-state-owned studio or distribution company, but Yu Dong can't be happy at all. In fact, it's not just him, but many serious filmmakers in the country. Because "Titanic" created a feeling of anxiety, the feeling of watching their country's box office record being broken by a foreign film made everyone feel powerless and helpless.

After touching the fish for a while, Lin Weimin raised his hand and looked at his watch. Seeing that it was almost time, he put down the newspaper in his hand and stood up to get off work.

When he reached the stairs, many people had already walked out of the office. Everyone nodded and said hello when they saw him, and then walked out of the building.

After getting off work, the employees all rushed out of the building and outside the courtyard, and the entire Chinese Literature Society courtyard became noisy.

The laughter of the employees, the ringing of bicycles, the roar of motorcycles... Lin Weimin drove his old Mercedes-Benz all the way west.

Back home, Shen Xujia came with her daughter.

Lin Weimin said hello to the mother and daughter, and said with a smile: "I haven't been here for a long time, so I need to add two extra dishes tonight!"

Shen Xujia smiled brightly and said, "Why don't we add two more dishes when we come?"

"Isn't it a waste if you can't eat it? If you two are willing to eat it, stay here for two more days and I'll have someone make it for you in exchange for flowers." Lin Weimin said.

"I was thinking about it, but it's a pity..." Shen Xujia's tone was a bit sad and regretful.

Lin Weimin noticed the strangeness in her tone and cast a questioning look at Tao Huimin.

Tao Huimin shook her head slightly and did not explain to Lin Weimin.

On the contrary, it was Shen Xujia who said openly: "Lao Wang and I are divorced and we are going to the United States next month."

The sudden news caught Lin Weimin off guard, "Divorced? Why so sudden?"

Shen Xujia smiled and said, "If anything happened suddenly, we should have left long ago."

"His little honey..."

Didn’t his Xiaomi get divided?

Lin Weimin realized something was wrong halfway through speaking. They reunited but the cracks still existed.

"It has nothing to do with others. When she came to make trouble, I didn't even think about getting a divorce. But now I understand, if this happens the first time, there will be a second time. I am not Sun Wukong, so I can still live with it. Eighty-one is difficult?

Anyway, his heart is no longer with us, so he might as well just get divorced. "

Shen Xujia's words were free and easy, but there was also a hint of helplessness. She gently stroked her daughter's hair, "I just want to educate this girl to be a good person."

"Then there's no need to go to the United States!" Lin Weimin said.

"It's not that I won't come back, it's all for the sake of the children."

Lin Weimin guessed that Shen Xujia wanted to go abroad not only for the education of her children, but also to get away from the pain caused by this failed marriage.

He has known Wang Shuo and Shen Xujia for more than ten years. From their love to marriage, Lin Weimin was a witness.

The couple who were gods and gods back then were now parted ways, and Lin Weimin's heart was full of sighs.

"Give!"

When Lin Weimin was caught up in the past, Shen Xujia handed something to him, and he took a closer look.

It was actually a plum blossom women's watch.

It looks old and somewhat familiar.

Lin Weimin recognized it immediately, "This is..."

"That watch you gave me." Shen Xujia's face showed a look of reminiscence, "He also said before that as a favor to you, he could only get a wife because of this watch..."

Her tone dropped.

When Wang Shuo fell in love with Shen Xujia, his business failed and he had just published a few novels, but the conditions were not generous.

At that time, he bought Shen Xujia a second-hand Plum Blossom women's watch from a trust store. The new watch cost 360 yuan, while the second-hand watch cost only 280 yuan. There was no need to pay for it.

Later, Shen Xujia once performed at the Yanjing Exhibition Hall Theater. While taking a bath, someone had everything stolen, including the watch.

After Lin Weimin found out, he bought another watch for Wang Shuo and asked him to give it to Shen Xujia.

"Are you really good at buying second-hand watches for your girlfriend?"

With the past events still fresh in his mind, Lin Weimin took over the watch.

Shen Xujia's eyes followed the plum blossom watch, showing a bit of reluctance, but more importantly, sadness and determination.

The sweet bullet from many years ago traveled through time and space and hit the frustrated person right between the eyebrows.