1980 My literary era

Throughout July and August, floods have been raging, but the actions and will of the government and people to fight against the disaster have become stronger than ever.

In August, the floods receded in some areas, but the situation in many places was still very critical.

There are more and more charity performances and charity sales in China. On the evening of August 16, the Red Cross, China Charity Federation and CCTV held the "98 Flood Relief Charity Gala".

The scene was very touching, and the effect of the party was very significant, raising a lot of money for charity.

Two days later, CCTV's "Xinwen Lianbo" broadcast a news.

On the screen was the commander-in-chief of the United States, Zipperton, with a sad face on the TV. He gave a televised speech to the national media in the United States, apologizing to the people of the country for his actions in misleading the American people in the Lewinsky scandal. , and takes full responsibility for what happened.

At the end of his speech, Zipperton did not forget to change the topic: I hope the American people can shift their attention to face the challenges and opportunities of the next century.

I have to say that this topic was turned very bluntly.

Not to mention the people of the United States, the eyes of people all over the world are now focused on the zipper of his pants. Because of this scandalous news incident, the Republican Party has launched an impeachment process against him. Now there is no question whether Zipperton can retain the leadership. The position has become the focus of attention all over the world.

Zipperton's televised speech provided a joke for the anxious Chinese people. As time went by, the peak of the flood gradually passed. After entering late August, good news came from various places.

This flood fighting battle lasted for nearly three months, and finally ushered in the dawn of victory.

At this time, Lin Weimin received a call from Haili. After several months of research and discussion, the restructuring plan submitted by the Chinese Literature Society was approved, and the next step was to promote the restructuring.

Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. In China, for any policy to be implemented, successful pilots are a prerequisite.

In early September, the State Council officially issued a document designating the Chinese Literature Society as a pilot unit for the transformation of public institutions into enterprises.

At this time, the domestic flood fighting battle has not yet completely passed, and the eyes of the common people are still affected. This news did not attract widespread attention, but many knowledgeable people were shocked when they saw the news.

The reform and opening up in 1978 started with the restructuring of state-owned enterprises. It has been exactly 20 years since then. During these 20 years, China has experienced a series of developments and turmoils, but the final results are wonderful. The economy has developed rapidly and people's lives have improved. The level has been greatly improved.

Now the transformation of public institutions into enterprises is about to begin again. It is obviously another heavyweight reform measure. The impact may not be as great as the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, but it will definitely have a profound impact on China's future economic reform.

National Literature Publishing House!

This publishing house, whose name seemed completely unrelated to economic reform, turned out to be a pioneer in the transformation of public institutions into enterprises. Everyone who saw the news was full of curiosity.

Why is it?

These people's inquiring eyes repeatedly looked at the Chinese Literature Society, and finally focused on its new generation leader Lin Weimin.

In recent years, various news about the Chinese Publishing House has appeared in domestic media of all sizes from time to time. This kind of media attention is not in line with the social popularity and tone of a publishing house.

A closer look at the development of the Chinese Literature Society over the years will reveal that it was precisely the emergence of Lin Weimin that brought such attention to the Chinese Literature Society.

When Lin Weimin took office as the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Literature Society in 1991, he drastically completed the reform of the performance review system within the society, and then initiated the compilation of the World Literature Classics Library.

China has had a habit since ancient times of "replying books during the prosperous times."

The compilation of large-scale book series is not only a symbol of the country's economic development, but also illustrates the prosperity of cultural governance.

Before China, only a few developed countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom had completed the compilation of world-class literary libraries. The Chinese Literature Society launched the compilation of the "World Literature Classics Library", which undoubtedly brought the Chinese publishing industry into the world. A new level.

From 1991 to 1996, it took the Chinese Publishing House five years to complete this monumental project, which is known as the "Three Gorges Project in the publishing industry". It also made outstanding contributions to China's publishing industry and cultural undertakings, and was highly praised by the top leaders of the government. of praise.

In 1992, the Chinese Literature Society launched the "Buhu Series". The first batch of works in the series, such as "Abandoned Capital" and "Flower Season and Rainy Season", quickly aroused the popularity of domestic readers. One "Abandoned Capital" sold 5 million copies in half a year, creating a The sales myth of China’s publishing industry and book market.

After that, the Buhuhu series has been selling well for many years and is still an indispensable force in the domestic book market. This series has also set a sales record for a series in the history of Chinese publishing. Today, the sales volume is reaching 100 million copies. Approaching, let alone unprecedented, at least it is unprecedented.

The birth of the Buhuhu Series proves that the Chinese Publishing House has a keen sense of the market and that this publishing house, which is famous for literature, has a strong ability to adapt to market competition. It not only makes the Chinese Publishing House a leading unit in the domestic publishing industry, but also provides The Chinese literary world has created a number of millionaires and multi-millionaires, truly realizing the saying that "books have their own golden houses".

With the popularity of the Buhu series, the Chinese Literature Society launched a full copyright operation plan in 1994, taking literature as the source and using various forms such as movies, TV series, radio series, comics, and animations to give literature a new look.

The TV series version of "Flower Season and Rainy Season" was broadcast on CCTV and created a ratings of more than 50%;

The movie "Speak Well" earned more than 60 million at the box office;

"Hongdou Comics" published the comic version of "Spirited Away" and the cumulative sales exceeded 50 million copies

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After four years of development, the all-copyright operation plan of the Chinese Literature Society has achieved a staged victory. It has not only brought a lot of income and popularity to the majority of writer friends, but also injected new vitality into the development of the Chinese Literature Society.

By the end of 1997, the annual revenue of the Chinese Literature Society had exceeded 1.4 billion yuan.

What is this concept?

Last year, the total box office revenue of the entire Chinese film industry was 1.1 billion yuan, which was not as high as the revenue of one unit of the Chinese Literature Society.

The figure of 1.4 billion has no rival in the national publishing industry. When we expand our focus to the cultural industry, there is no one that can compete with it.

Even in the corporate world across the country, this is still a force that cannot be underestimated.

The Chinese Literature Society is becoming a behemoth in China’s cultural world.

Lin Weimin put down the "Economic Daily" in his hand, "These newspapers are really afraid that the world will not be in chaos, and they are afraid that others will not know the background of our Chinese Literature Society."

The Chinese Literature Society became a pilot unit for the transformation of public institutions into enterprises. The response among the people was not great, but in the eyes of the political circles and the press, it was obviously a major event related to the development process of the Republic.

Therefore, after the news came out, many domestic media also focused their reports on the Chinese Literature Society.

The report this time is different from the previous media reports on various market activities of Guowenshe. There is a kind of butcher who is aiming at the hairy pig and wondering where to cut it, which makes people very uncomfortable.

"You are so cheap and so good! Others only change when they can no longer do it. Your Chinese Literature Society has developed so well, and the higher-ups still agree to let you reform, so you can just have fun!"

Yang Weiguang was sitting with Lin Weimin, and after hearing what he said, he made a few jokes.

"What if we don't change? We can't compare with CCTV. It only charges over ten or two billion in advertising fees a year, and one or two billion for each one."

Yang Weiguang pointed at him and smiled: "You have such a mouth, you will never suffer any loss."

Lin Weimin said seriously: "The temporary development does not mean anything. The success of the Chinese Literature Society in recent years is more due to the accumulation in the past. When no one else has adapted to the market, we adapted to the market in advance, so we have received rich returns." . But when everyone is on the same starting line in the future, the situation will not be so optimistic, so it is better to make changes late than to make changes early."

"No wonder Leader Zhu always praises you. This awareness is indeed extraordinary."

By mid-September, the flood that had raged for three months finally passed.

Today is September 19th. The General Office of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Red Cross Society of China, and the China Charity Federation jointly held a charity evening called "Welcome Together, Rebuild Our Homeland."

Lin Weimin was invited to attend this meeting. He was waiting with a group of people, and Yang Weiguang was sitting next to him.

At around seven o'clock in the evening, the party officially started.

A passionate Peking Opera chorus "Welcome Together and Rebuild Our Home" kicked off the charity evening. 83-year-old Yuan Shihai took to the stage with Du Jinfang, Ma Changli and many other famous Peking opera masters.

This party itself was specially organized and organized by the members of the literary and artistic circles, calligraphy and painting circles of the National Z Association in order to implement the spirit of "continuing to donate money and materials to support the reconstruction of disaster areas", so most of the actors on stage today are also members of the National Z Association. The entire evening show was mainly based on Peking Opera, with songs and cross talk running through it.

Compared with the "98 Flood Relief Benefit Gala" more than a month ago, the content was relatively old-school.

The main reason why Lin Weimin attended this party was because the party was for charity. A few days ago, the organizer asked him to donate something to the party. He is not a calligrapher or painter, and he has no calligraphy paintings to donate. After thinking about it, he I took out the manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine".

Everything has been donated, people will definitely be there, and they will have to go to the platform when the time comes!

Just after two performances, the fund-raising activity began. Since it is a charity donation, companies cannot just come up and pay for it. Famous celebrities in the literary and art circles, calligraphy and painting circles donated many works at the party, and then the companies present pledged donations. .

Qi Gong, Zhao Puchu, Bai Xueshi, Wang Chengxi, Liu Bingsen, Ouyang Zhongshi, Li Duo, Han Meilin...

Many famous artists' works were on display. Compared with the charity performances in later generations where celebrities' personal belongings were auctioned, today's party was more conscientious. These works will at least be worth some money in a few years, and some companies may even make a profit.

Halfway through the party, the pledged amount had reached 110 million yuan. The work with the highest pledged amount was a calligraphy work painted with brush and ink at the Qi Gong scene, which set a sky-high price of 8 million yuan.

Qi Gong is a master of calligraphy in modern times, but there are many works in existence, and the price in the collection world has never been high. The price of 8 million is obviously higher than the value of the work itself.

But as for charity donations, everyone is not just for stuff.

When the manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine" was unveiled, powerful background music sounded on the stage, and the host introduced the background of the manuscript in a rich voice.

"Farewell My Concubine is the representative work of Comrade Lin Weimin, a famous Chinese writer. It has been loved by countless readers since its publication in 1981. The novel has been sold in dozens of countries overseas, with domestic sales exceeding 20 million copies, and total sales worldwide exceeding 40 million copies.

At the same time, the plays and movies adapted from this novel have also been widely welcomed by audiences around the world, and have won many honors such as the Tony Drama Award in the United States, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival, and the Academy Award..."

After the host's introduction was over, Lin Weimin was invited to the stage to give his platform for this pledge.

Today's party came to 69 enterprises across the country, the vast majority of which are state-owned enterprises, and less than 20 are private enterprises.

As soon as the pledge ceremony for the manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine" began, various companies in the audience enthusiastically supported the donation, and the numbers quoted were higher than the last.

In less than two minutes, the number of pledges increased from 1 million yuan to 8 million yuan, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic.

"10 million yuan! We Huawei will provide 10 million yuan!"

A little old man who looked to be in his fifties and not very good-looking shouted.

The host was overjoyed when he heard this, "10 million yuan! Huawei from Pengcheng has pledged 10 million yuan. Is there anyone else who can offer a higher price than this?"

10 million yuan set a record for pledges at today's party. The business representatives present looked at each other and thought for a moment, but no one expressed a higher price.

The manuscript of "Farewell My Concubine" was sold to Huawei, and the little old man with an unattractive appearance was happily invited to the stage to take a photo with Lin Weimin.

"Teacher Lin, could you please leave a calligraphy treasure for Huawei?" the little old man asked.

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "I can't use my handwriting. But since Mr. Ren doesn't mind it, I'll write something for you."

Ren Zhengfei was overjoyed, and Lin Weimin asked, "Does Mr. Ren have any requirements?"

"No request, no requirement, just write whatever you want." Ren Zhengfei said happily.

Today, pens, inks, paper and inkstones were prepared for calligraphers and painters to use on the spot. Lin Weimin came to the table on the stage, holding a langhao pen in his hand, meditating for a moment, and then started writing.

"The foundation of a country, science and technology comes first. The people govern and support each other. Huawei is committed to public service and justice. Donating money to the people is a sign of great friendship. Revitalizing the country with science and technology is a great event. It benefits the country and the people, and everyone is looking forward to the red banner." .”

Lin Weimin is not a master of calligraphy, but over the years he has occasionally hidden in his study to practice calligraphy when he has nothing to do, and he is quite good at regular script.

The forty-eight inscriptions are dignified, clean and neat. Although they are not as powerful as those of famous artists, they are still dignified and smart. The inscriptions are full of beautiful meanings, which makes people happy to read them.

At the end, there is a line of small words signed: Pengcheng Huawei donated a huge amount of money to the country and the people. I respectfully write a message to commemorate it. Lin is a letter to the people.

After finishing the inscription, Lin Weimin put down the brush in his hand, and together with Ren Zhengfei, displayed the inscription in front of the TV to the national TV audience.

After accepting Lin Weimin's calligraphy, Ren Zhengfei took the initiative to hold Lin Weimin's hand.

"Mr. Ren, I wish you Huawei to achieve greater development and become a technology company that represents China, and from now on it will go global."

Ren Zhengfei looked at Lin Weimin, with a smile as bright as a chrysanthemum.

"Thank you, Teacher Lin!"

It’s a manuscript, an inscription, and a blessing.

This 10 million is really worth it!

The second update will be later.