1980 My literary era

Readers have always used the same methods to urge readers to read more, such as "my roommate wants to read it before he dies" and "sacrifice my friend who has been single for twenty years". Mr. Wan is not exempt from this, but the old man is more ruthless towards himself, which makes Lin Weimin uncomfortable. Not taken seriously.

After dinner in the evening, instead of watching TV with Tao Huimin as usual, he locked himself in the study.

His last novel "Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow" was completed in January 1997 and published in "Contemporary" in March. It has indeed been almost two years since he wrote a new work.

"Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow" follows a tragic path, and successfully earned the tears of countless readers after its publication. Of course, Lin Weimin also received scoldings.

He was sorting out his thoughts in his mind. The event that touched him the most this year was undoubtedly the great flood that had just passed.

Nuwa mended the sky, Sui people drilled into the fire, Dayu controlled the floods...

Although Chinese people always like to worship gods and Buddhas when they have nothing to do, in the face of natural disasters, Chinese people never place their hopes on the illusory gods and Buddhas in the sky.

Whether it is civil strife or decadence in prosperity, whenever disaster strikes, this nation will always show its most tenacious side, with the pride and feats of firmly believing that man can conquer nature.

With so many thoughts in his mind, Lin Weimin's thoughts gradually became clear.

He wanted to write a story about a man who is indomitable and self-improving in the face of unpredictable fate. This is not only a story about a man, but also a story uniquely Chinese.

"66 buzzing", "78 reform and opening up", "91 wave of going overseas", "97 layoffs"...

He picked up a pen and wrote these phrases on the paper. Thirty years ago, the time seemed too short to last throughout his life. He thought for a while, and then wrote "Coronavirus 2005" and "Real Estate Bubble 2015" at the back.

From 1966 to 2015, half a century of vicissitudes have happened to the same man. The world has changed and the world has gone through vicissitudes of life. The only thing that remains unchanged is his unyielding fighting spirit in the face of fate.

He deliberately blurred the time at the later nodes, which can be regarded as a reminder to the public.

In terms of character and plot design, Lin Weimin referred to two later works.

One is the novel "Human World" published by Liang Xiaosheng in 2017, and the other is the Korean movie "International Market".

The story of "In the World" is familiar to many people, and the TV series adapted from it has become a hit. "International Market" tells the story of Dexiu, who has ambitions and ideals but has never lived a serious life for himself, and fights his whole life for his family.

Lin Weimin kept writing and drawing on paper, and the story in his mind became clearer and clearer until midnight, when he turned on the computer.

"On the day Mao stood in Tiananmen and announced that 'the Chinese people will stand up from now on,' Li Jianguo was born..."

When a writer writes a new work, his reaction is probably similar to that of a man in ancient times who just married a concubine. They worked hard at night, sighed and groaned the next day, and continued to work on it at night without a long memory.

In the end, the lady was offended and her jealousy was overturned.

"How old are you? You don't know how to pay attention. Do you think you are still a twenty-year-old boy?"

Lin Weimin didn't get up until noon. He was still yawning during lunch. He had heavy dark circles under his eyes and was listless. Tao Huimin couldn't help complaining when she saw his state.

"The main reason is that I haven't written for a long time. It will only take a few days to get used to it." Lin Weimin said.

Tao Huimin sneered at this. How could she not know about Teacher Lin's body?

"Go to bed early today. You have to go to work tomorrow. Don't delay your work."

She gave this step very cleverly. Teacher Lin pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, I understand."

After lunch, Lin Weimin took a walk in the courtyard and walked around the verandah. He went to bed in the middle of the night last night and didn't get up until almost noon. His body was relatively tired and he felt much better now that he was active.

Xiaodou Bao was clamoring to go roller skating at the roller rink. She made an appointment with her classmates to go roller skating today, and Tao Huimin was about to take her out.

At this time, Sister Qin, the nanny who had cleaned up the kitchen, suddenly found her and said that she wanted to take a week off in two days.

The two exchanged a few words, and then Tao Huimin called to Lin Weimin: "Weimin, come here!"

Lin Weimin returned to the house and asked, "What happened?"

"Sister Qin's son is getting married. She will take leave to go back to her hometown for a week in two days." Tao Huimin said.

"My son is getting married? This is a good thing. Congratulations to Sister Qin!" Lin Weimin smiled and arched his hand towards Sister Qin.

Sister Qin returned the gift with some embarrassment.

Lin Weimin added: "Since we are getting married, we have to go back early. There is no need to rush back. Let's not wait for a week, but half a month. The salary will still be paid."

Tao Huimin smiled and said: "That's what I mean too, but do we have to express our feelings?"

Lin Weimin nodded, "It should be."

Sister Qin quickly said: "No, no, you two are usually good enough to me..."

She was a nanny, hard at work, but poor at speaking. After a few words of refusal, Lin Weimin and his wife persuaded her that she didn't know what to say. She just kept saying "I can't have it" and "I can't have it."

"We call you sister. Your son's marriage is also a wedding gift from us to the younger generation!"

Lin Weimin made the final decision and asked Tao Huimin to take Sister Qin to the mall to pick out a DVD player.

"Other things are too big. The DVD player will be easier to hold. It will complement the big color TV set you bought for your son."

Sister Qin couldn't refuse in the end, and felt embarrassed to accept the gift, so the smile on her face was slightly shy.

In the blink of an eye, the National Day holiday is over and everything is back on track.

The second Internet Creation Competition of the Chinese Literature Society is still in progress, with thousands of new works added every day.

From last year to this year, not only has the Internet Creation Competition become more famous, but also has literary websites like Rongshuxia co-organizing it. The number of domestic Internet users has also grown tremendously, so the number of users participating in the Internet Creation Competition has also increased. .

The workload of the judging panel is much greater than last year. Lao Cheng has been working as a salty fish for a few days, and now that he has taken all the holidays, it is a bit unreasonable to fish again.

But the high-intensity work still made him curse.

"I remember when I was the president..."

In mid-October, Sohu’s third round of financing was officially finalized. Goldman Sachs from the United States invested $6 million to acquire 15% of Sohu’s shares.

This also means that Sohu's valuation has jumped from 1.5 million US dollars in the second round to 40 million US dollars, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement for Sohu.

Zhang Chaoyang, who had just reached a verbal agreement with Goldman Sachs, immediately called Lin Weimin to report the good news.

"Teacher Lin, what you said is so right! So right!

Goldman Sachs is indeed very wealthy. I made the right bet! "

On the phone, Zhang Chaoyang's voice was extremely excited.

When he first came into contact with Goldman Sachs, he was immediately confused by the $10 million valuation given by Goldman Sachs.

Later, it was Lin Weimin who reminded him that he realized that Sohu was no longer Wu Xia Amon.

Now they are the number one portal in China's Internet industry, with millions of users and a large number of new users every day.

In China, as long as someone wants to access the Internet, Sohu is their best Internet entrance.

By mastering the traffic entrance of the Internet, Sohu also mastered the magic weapon to win.

And companies like Goldman Sachs are indeed what Lin Weimin said.

They are extremely shrewd in doing things. Before seeing the benefits, no matter how wealthy they are, they can still make nothing.

But if they see full benefits, then the bloodthirsty gene in their bones will be activated, and they will be willing to take no matter how big the risk is.

From the initial $10 million to the successful negotiation of $40 million, the conditions of both parties were several times worse. Zhang Chaoyang never thought he would succeed at the beginning.

But he still did it, not because of how eloquent or talented he was, but because the representatives of Goldman Sachs saw a set of numbers.

As of October, the number of Internet users in China has exceeded 2 million. In the past six months or so, for every new user added to the Chinese Internet, Sohu has gained one more user.

With such a vast market, such strong growth, and such a high user conversion rate, Goldman Sachs cannot take its eyes off Sohu.

Faced with the uncompromising Zhang Chaoyang, they finally had to resort to the "Golden Dollar Technique" to increase Sohu's valuation from 10 million US dollars to 40 million US dollars.

Zhang Chaoyang told Lin Weimin the details of the negotiation with Goldman Sachs on the phone. He was happy and excited, but also full of luck.

"Thanks for listening to you then."

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "It should be said that you have to be firm in your will, otherwise no one can do anything."

The two joked for a while, and Zhang Chaoyang extended an invitation to Lin Weimin.

"Teacher Lin, after the investment agreement is signed in two days, we will have a celebration banquet. You can also come and attend."

"Okay, no problem." Lin Weimin readily agreed.

Three days later, Lin Weimin drove to Guangming Building.

Just yesterday, Sohu officially signed an investment agreement with Goldman Sachs. The investment amount of 6 million US dollars will be received in three batches within two months.

After the agreement was signed yesterday, the first investment of 2 million meters has been received.

Sohu has never fought such a prosperous battle and must celebrate today.

Lin Weimin's car carried several people including Zhang Chaoyang and Chen Jianfeng, followed by several cars, and the entire convoy headed toward the Miyun Reservoir in a mighty manner.

Having just received a huge amount of investment money and eating rainbow trout at the reservoir, the young people in Sohu were extremely excited.

While everyone was laughing and playing around, Zhang Chaoyang and Lin Weimin sat together and looked at the scenery beside the reservoir in the golden autumn.

Zhang Chaoyang said: "Mr. Lin, Robert and the others want to introduce me to a CFO."

CFO?

Lin Weimin immediately became alert, "Chief Financial Officer?"

"Yes. He said that he had worked in Coca-Cola and two other large companies. He has very rich management experience and also has experience in going public..."

Lin Weimin asked: "What you value most is your experience in going public, right?"

Zhang Chaoyang nodded, "You better understand me. Robert and the others have always been uneasy about me, and I understand that they want to add people to the company, but Sohu really needs a knowledgeable financial director now."

"You reminded me of the company's problems some time ago, and I sorted it out when I came back. We do have a lot of problems. Some of them can be corrected with some time, but some problems require talents. Fortunately, we have dealt with them. Goldman Sachs’ due diligence.

But I think we should introduce a few professional talents as soon as possible. Sohu has now completed its third round of financing, and I want to prepare to be listed on Nasdaq next year. "

Hearing these words, Lin Weimin looked thoughtful.